The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-30
Prizes on Patents.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
r. o. Box 463.

would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollars? II yon would, read
carefully what follows and you may see
u way to do it.
The Press Claims Company dcvotes
much attention to patents. 1t has han.
died thousands of applications for in
%vcuiions, bnt it would like to handle
thousands more. There is plenty of
in'unti, toi"nt ut largo in this country,
needing nothing but encouragement IL
produce practical results. That en-
couragcme It the Press Claims Company
prupOScS to give.
NOT so HARD As IT SEEMS.
\ patent strikes most people As an APP
pa'lingly formidable thing. The idea is
that the inventor must be II natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to dclving In coiEplI-
Gated mechanical problems and that he
must spend a fortune on delicate expert
mcnts before he can get Il new device IL
Il patentnhle degree vi perfection. This
dcluslon the company desires to dispcl.
Ii desires to get Tito the head OF the
pubic Il clear comprehension OF the fact
that it Is not the great, complex, and
expensive inventions that bring the best
returns to their authors, Lut The little
simple and CHEAP ones-the things
that seem so absurdly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed vi bringing them u the atten-
tium OF the Patent Office
Edison says that The profits he has re-
ccivcd from he patents on all his mar
vicious inventions have not been suili
Cicnt Ia pay the cost of experiments,
But The man who conceived the idea OF
fastening II bit OF rubber cord to Il child's
bail, So that it would come back to the
hand Wh,n thrown, made Il fortune
oit Of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine Is II miracle of ingrnuity--the
Product OF the toll ut hundreds OF busy
brains through Il hundred aud iilIy
years, but the whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device OF utting the
eye of the needle at the point Instead OF
III Tie other end.
LITTLE THINGS TIE MOST VALU,
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regard
thcmF elves us inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, at n time
or another, with IDEAS that seemed Cal
culaLed to reduce some Of the little iric-
tons Of life. Usually such ideas are
lie Nv y Nv
"Why Lun't the railroad company make IL,
car window 30 thnt they can be sud up ant
down wlthodt breaking the passengers bncksr
the road / would make them such u way"
"n hat was the man that made this saucepan
thi!,Aing OF Z" Brumblcs the cook. ale DeveI
had 10 work over u stove, or he would hay,
known how II ought to have been liked"
"iiang such u collar BUTTON" growls tn,
man " no Is late for breakfast. III | were II
the business l would make buttons that woult
mai aim nnl mr. hFnnl nM nr rnIlUp ont tho hazel
oil III, neck"
Ana then the various sufferers forget abou
their grievances and begin 10 think abou
something else. II they would sit Town NJ u,
next convenient opportunity, put their idea
about car windows sauccpans, and collar but
TONS into PRACTICAL shape, anu Then apply 10
patents, they nlgnt nnu themselves as lnde
pciuently wealthy MS the man who invented
The ZION umbrella ring, or the one who patented
the fifteen puzzle.
ATTEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to Keep track OF their brigh
ideas and sec what there is IN them, the Prcs
Claims Compan has resolved TO orer "A prize
To the person VINO submits to II The slinpies
anu most promising Invention, from n CONNER
twenty-five hundred dollars in cash. in add
tiUn IL IriundlnR the ices for securing tn
patent. II wall also advertise the invention
Tree OF chage,
TINS offer is subject to the following condi
tons; Every mpetltor must obtain IA pdtcn
for his new i' nlon through The company
lie must ilrst apply for u preliminary search
the cost of which Will be i've dollars. Shout
this search show his invention TO be impatient
able. he can wIthiraw without any fur
Their expense. otherwise lie VIII be eNpecte
10 complete his application aud take out u pat
en- in The regular way, The total expense, m
GLIDING the government and bureau Tees, VII
be seyeutJ dollars FOR this whether he So
curcs the prize or not, the inventor will have
patent lhat ought 10 be II valuable property I
him., lhc priLu Will be awarded by a Jury cor
slsting OF three reputable patent attorneys 9
Washington, Intending competltors should q
out the following blank, aud forward II wit
thcir application:
-, 1870.
81 submit the within described invention 4