The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-08-17
Prizes on Patents.
How t0 Get Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.


Ahitih you ttNH W nAl y lNSHtR ave
hundred ,t%piHroY IL you womb, rval
cGroiill!y what follows aad you may see
4 way 10 no u.
The Press Claim Company deyotes
altCiI attcn ION To patenIs. II has han
He'd thousands OF applications for In
yeutirns, mt it WUutd like 10 handi,
,housahd- more, rilofe ii ptentg %
.!HVcatiye talent II; lalse ia this ru,tttfY,
necd ~ iatiilig hat eacyui ageiusnt 10
rrodarG rrtcti al irsHit-. Ih.,t 81.
c%o'aagrino { the Ptess Claiiae Company
proposes TO give.
NOT 80 HARD As II SEEMS,
i rtent sutkus ni,sg people ~ nm ap-
palli'.giy ioriuidaD.e aiii.g. Tho idea is
iliat The inventor must he q DnturaI
genius, like EdisDn Or Ijcl; that he
must devote years to delymg III aoin Dii-
Gated mechanical problems and liat he
must ep"ld Il fortune On delicate experi-
meats heluIt he eau get u new device 10
Il pa,rltabie degree III perfection. This
drll-ipm the conipsliy desires lp iispel.
IL desires 10 get ii.tn the head OF tie
pubJc y cteae goinpreIelsion OF tlte,iact
that u Is not lhe great. cnnplex, aIQ
expensive Inventions tlnlt bring the best
icthfns 10 thslr authors, nut the ltttlr,
simple and cheap Oles-hc thin.s
thai seem 80 aDsurdiy trivial that
the average Vi .iZon wU,,ld iuei somewhat
ashamed II bringing them to The utleii-
lion III the Patent 9llcci
kdisou says that The profits hp has se-
eeiynu from The patents On all liIs mar
yelpls Inventions bayn uot Decn sutli-
rient 70 pay tho Gust OF experiments,
But the MAJ who conceived ihe ide.. o /
fastening a bit of rubber rurd 70 a eiiild's
baii 30 THAI IL would come bach ~ he
hand WIN thrvwh, made u fOrtaho
ouG vi his scheme. Tue modern sewing
inachiue Is a l~aitaulc VI Ingenuity the
p.0duet 0i the toll vi hundreds vi busy
brains through a hundred and liIty
cas-, III Liz. whole brilliant esnit rosts
yly0n the simple dsyiue OF putting The
wye OF The needie al the poinl Instead OF
At The otner eud.
THE LITTLE THINGS TIE LOST vALU-
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regard
themselves as lnYrntors, bus almost
eteryb dy has bted slr.ok III unH time
% rnVlhcr, with iieas ,hat seemed ed,
ylialed 10 rvlipe solne u the natlc lric.
uuns vi lne. Usually such ilrgs are
faEAitis9Nt Ntfbfht saw lAAhitA Alls faHHl
~ hy don't tue raAruad company make its
t3tf Winduws ~ lhArlavy tan " siiu up anu
down without brnsAii;y tlr passengers baoksf
eNcilltne lac tfavtiec. "lt 1 wefu running
tneioad ~ 0liltnaku ta0fi yuoi u Nay
'N mai waS tiial lii,spt lat ,,ais TINS RadcepaIi
ttd.Aii,s o. -stuihplts tiic usok. Tie neysf
had ~ @Dik pFnr = siySu. OF nc Would iiase
Aiyn "A now itDloAl ~ il.s,u DcHnpiAay.i y
fiians suIa q Noiaar hbltuls sfuAls tle
IM4 WIZ Is hage tvf heeAKtaAt, III wuis M
tho blaIiiesy woEll insaD DnttOus tiiut Moail
aot silp o4t. % DfeaA vl " ~ ~ oat VIC p.ack
Of uis nvLkY
Aud tnon tue VARIOUS Sufferers forget about
their grievances apd Dskip 10 taslk apout
sohietiuils e,se. Al fbey Mpuid b,SelvNsi ~ The
cYpfepivit oppoghtuin pat tnvsr ideas
aDDit uif Nntav,aa saueepAis aid cuitaf pat-l
pons ltno pftctiapn = pspu, a.fd iAup pSpiy iOfI
psttnts, f1aJ lalUtt And tDva,reiyus rs Inds-
psii1vttly ausilas az lhe il4u AyA0 Msuntod
nv AVA uNybrplis ilast o. tiis ono MAO patriiieu
tnV IA tvep fpzlle
q iElYiiSu ofFkR
10 induce peofle 10 ksei,trsek 81 their bright.
GlsIies So,dpsu5 mas feaoiyra ~ oaer d pri1e.
1uihe pe4 u Nlio i uplsnts lot ~ a. .esI
unlH Avs uiarb3lns l.yr. .tlo1, nom u cV..sa.f
Old, fufif W 4sisN1atbe tv nipAny ANT gyp,
tNNaiy-lx& tlqnVrSd n6stafb Al acshp. ~ nuJr
s Sss : Ss'sss'Fs sasssAisssf j. sse. &sss.i s',s
4his oavs sdbl col To t,e Following coaal
Hops htef} eVjapvutor nlust brAln Il u tcnl
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