The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-12-07
Prizes on Patents.
How to Get TWENTY Five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.

would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollars? II you would, read
carefully what follows and you may see
u way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotcs
much attention to patents. 1t has han
died thousands of applications for in
vcntions, but it would like to handle
thousands more. There Is plenty of
inventive talent at large In this country,
needing nothing but encouragement to
produce practical results. That en-
courageme 1t the Press Claims Company
proposes to give.
NOT so HARD AS II SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an ap-
pallin2ly formidable thing. The idea is
that the inventor must be Il natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delving In compli-
Gated mechanical problems and that he
must spend Il fortune on delicate expert
mcnts before he can get Il new device To
q patentablc degree OF perfection. This
dclusion the company desires to dispel.
1t desires to get tito the head of the
public a clear comprehension OF the fact
That it is not the great, complex, and
expensive inventions that bring the best
returns to their authors, but the little
simple and cheap oncs-the things
that seem so absurdly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed Of bringing them to the atten-
ton OF the Patent Office
Edison says that he profits he has re-
ccived from the patents on all his mar
Vicious inventions have not been suill
Cient to pay the cost of experiments
But the man who conceived the idea o
fastening II bit of rubber cord to Il Child''
bali, SO that IL would come back to the
hand when thrown, made II fortune
ont of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine Is u miracle of ingcnuity--th,
product of the toll Of hundreds OF busy
brains through II hundred and fifty
years, but the whole brilliant result rest!
upon the simple device of luttlng til,
eye of the needle at the point Instead o
AT the other end.
TIE LITTLE THINGS THE. MOST vALU
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regart
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, Mt n tint
or another, with ideas that seemed cal
culatcd to reduce some of the little fric
tons Of life. Usually such ideas ar,
ulSllllsStu NitllDut ilIthtl thouShls
"why don't the railroad company make 1t
car wIndowS SO that they can be sid up an,
down without breaking the passengers backs'
cNclai,ns the traveller. III i were runhin
the road I would make them such "A way"
Nv hat was the man that made this saucepan
thinking oil Z" grumbles the cook. "iie neve
had to work over a stove, or he would hay
known how II ought To have been nNed.'
"iiang such u collar BUTTON" srowls til
man VINO Ii late for breakfast. Ii | were b
the business / would make buttons that woul'
| s.a alaa. ont mr. hTnnI MI mr. nm mn lna hlH
OF ny neck"
And then the various sufferers forget abou
their grievances aud begin 10 think abou
something else. II they would sit down at tn
next convenient opportunity, put their idea
about car windows, suucepans, and collar but
tons into practical shape, and then apply io
patents, they might fnu themselves us indie
pendently wealthy us the maj who iuyente
The IRON umbrella ring, or the one who patcnE
the fifteen puzzle,
TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track OF their brigt
ideas and see what there is in them, the Pret
Claims Company has resolved to oiier II priz'
10 the person who submits 10 1t the simpiei
aud most promising lhVehiiOn, from u CONNIE
eva, holh lyo Of lun SiSSi d daI S1ni IN eys, WIN IN aSSd i
ton 10 refundlng the ices for securing I'll
patent. 1t will also advertise the inventio
free OF ciagc.
This ohcr is subject 10 the following cond
tions Every = mpctitor must obtain u patei
for his new inv ntiOn through The conipan!
lie must first apply for u preliminary scare
the cost of which will be live dollars. Shoul
this search show his invention to be uppaten
able, he can Withdraw without any fu
Their expense. ~otherwise he VIII be expectt
to complete his application and take OUT pa
ent in the regular way. The total expense. i
GLIDING the government and bureau fees, W
be seventy dollars For this whether he d
cures the prize or not, the inventor will have
patent thai ought to be a valuable property
Him. 1hc prize will be awarded by n Jury co
sisting OF three reputable patent attorneys
l AlAalaNNFlRn lnlAnHlnU annn alllnEH ahnlIln \
out the following blank, and forward II
their application:
al submit the within described invention
competition for the twenty i've hundred doll