The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-06-29
Prizes on Patents.
HOW to Get twenty-five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has Il Clear Gift Of Il
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patent. that may
Bring them in Still
More.

hundred dullarsI II you would, read
carefully what follows aud you may see
II way to do il.
Tn" Press Claims Company dcvotes
much attention 10 patents. II has han
died thousands Of applications Tor III
vrntions, but II would Ike TO laHdi"
Thousand more. There il, plenty OF
invonliyc talent AT LARGE in this country,
needing nothing but encouragement 10
preface practical results. That en-
couuGcmc Il thc Pres ClaiI. Company
proposes 10 give.
NOV 50 HARD As IT SEEMS,
y patent strikes most peopio II, al APP
pailIn5iy formidable thjIg. lnc idea Is
That The inventor must he Il natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to deiviug in uuuIpiI-
Gated mechanical problems and that he
lnl.,l spend Il lurlgnr GA delicate expert
mcn,- before he can get a new deylcc To
II paicntahlc degree % perfection. This
dclu,iun the company desires 10 dIspel.
1t desires t. get ito the head ui The
puhLc Il clear comprehension OF the fact
that 1t Is not tie great, complex, aHd
expensive inventions that bring The best
rclurus to their authors, but The litlie,
simple anu cheap uucs--tlIr things
that seem so ab>urJly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed Of bringing them to the utten-
1 ton at the Patent Office.
y Edison says that he profits he has .c-
| ceived from The puteuis on al. iiih mar
| yclous Inventions have uot bvrn sull
rirHt 10 pay the cost Of cXperiu.enta.
But the man who conceived The idea OF
fastening n Bit OF rubber cord To u ciild's
ball, 50 that II would come back 10 the
hand VIII II thrown, made Il iortuue
uIIt Of his scheme. The modern SEWN.
iinachine Is q miracle Of Ingenuity the
'" ron ~ hundie eds VI busy
bralha through "a hunurcd auu ii..,
years, but the whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device OF putting The
eye Vi the needle al the point instead vi
ut The other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST yALU-
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regard
themselves US Inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, 1T one tiinc
Or another, with Ideas that seemed cal
culatcd 10 lculcc some vi the little Iric-
ions OF lie. Usually such ideas are
dismissed without furlner thought.
"why don't the railroad company make lis
car windows 80 that they can be sud up and
down without breaking me passengers backs!
e%Aolai,ns the tiaNcicr, ia | were running
the road ! Wo"ld MAKE them sucll u way"
~ hat was the man that made TINS saucepan
thinking OF SruinDies llc cook. 'iie never
had 10 work over II stove, or he would have
known now II ought to have been hNCd.n
Hang sucn a collar %DuttOn,' gruwls the
lnan who Is late Tor breakfast. ~ were in
the business 1 would make buttons thar would
not silp out, or brcak OH, or gOuge out tue back
vi NJ neck"
And lhcu the various sufferers forget about
lheir grievances ANA baEIn to THINK about
spnioIhlIg olse, IL they Nuuid SIT down az the
mat convenient opportunity, put ticIr ideas
ABOUT car windows s'tqcepaIs, and Collar but;
Vuis lhtO practical slapr, ana then apply Ior
patents, ihey nIgnt nnu themselves ~ inde;
pvndohliy cuiIn! as the lnhu wnU Invented
tle IRON umbrella aug, or the Que VINO patented
Inc hitecu puzzle.
AIENPllNU OFFER.
To induce people 10 Keep truck OF their bright
luuas anu soe wlHt llerc ~ IA them, the Irvsr
CLAIMS COMPANY has resolved 20 oHer a urI1u.
10 the pvreOn WAC subuiits ~ 1t The Simplest
ana most Promising invention, irvm u CONNER
cial ivint Of view The Company wil glvu
~ elity-u' nuhireu dollars IN cash, m .rlui.
lon 10 ieiundiIig the foes Tor Securing hn
patent IL wiii also advertise lnu InyuItlIOn
lee ui gage.
ihis oier ID subject 10 the following coudi.
lVns! rvery competitor must ,bllln a a ,iri
I "A La lAa.