The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-07-20

mach g~iteuliOn To patents, It has han
died thousands OF applications for in
yuutiOu,, bat 1t would like 10 liandln
Thousand. more. Tarro Is plenty ni
incentive talent ut large III This country,
needing nothing but eucuu. agrulvnt to
produce PRACTICAL results. inat en-.
cuurHgelnc Il the P.uss Claims Company
proposes 10 give.
EHT 80 HARD A. II SEEMS.
4 puent strikes most people as an APP
paIlllgiy formidable thing. Inc idea Is
iLat tias iup.r!ur must he Il natural
y|rltija, Hike Euisp! ot Ecst. thHt lie
mast devote years "a delvi'g IN coEipli-
casri meruauical problems ana lhat he
nusl spend Il fortune on delicate expert
mcnls before he can get u new deFlct 10
II parrnlable degree OF perfection. fhls
dciusiua the company desires to dispel.
L. desires TO gel Ito thH hrau ci mo
pubiIc Il clear comprehension oi tile tact
Iiat It il not the great, complex, and
eXpcusiv- Inventions that bring the Dcst
returns TO their authors, buI the little,
simple and cheap Ones-the things
thai seem so absurIly trivial thai
the average citizen would feel somewhat
asliallel % bringing them TO the atteD-
lion OF the rLtent t,l4uq.
Edison says that the profits he has re-
cciyed IrOm the patents On all his mar
I yelous inventions have not beeu suili-
Client 10 pay tpe Cost OF experiments.
But the man who conceived the Idea oI
| fastening Il bit pf rubber cord to D child's
ball, 81 that il would come back To the
! iland vii u EhruNpt made a fortune
| out of his scheme. The modern sewing
! machine j. "A miracle OF ingenuity --liie
jpUduct OF the toll OF Aipdreds ot pusy
brains through II hundred and lily
Years, Jut The whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device OF putting the
eie Of the needle at the point instead Of
at he otl~P end
TIE LITTLE THINGS II MOST yALu-
ABLE,
Comparatively few people regard
themselves as Inventors, but almost
everybody has buea struck, at one time
VI mother, with ideas thar seemed cal
culatcd TO tGduCe some vi the little niC-
tloEs ot me. Usually such IDEAS are
dismissed without iurtuer thought.
why don't tilu railroad company make its
en- w4.doWa 80 tlHL tity GAN ue sud az lnd
down witnoui bivIhtds sue passengers DacksT
tio road l wOlid maze tlicn suct u way"
- hat "ds tue nlan tlat made thIs sauce pan
lhink,ng az ~ sruinUlus t1l uuok. 'Iie never
had 10 MvIk u4tr u llJlC, or hG would have
shown bow a Odsi. 10 nave OuUn iAod.'
Hang sLrn y sonar %UdtlJu, grOwls the
.3ah wh0 ~ late LOE DreahiIst. 'tAr were al
lhC business 1 would 4udkS Uutton6 that wOuld
tpt sap udt % Oreitk On, OF gulge out llc back
" l5 uLCk
aud tpgn lie VARIOUS sufferers forget idJout
niUIr grievances and begin ~ tillnk about
suuuCthius cue II tney would SIT down AZ Inc
ntAt convenient OPPORTUNITY, put thelr lduhs
abOdt car MiliUNs saucepan, and collar bat
IONS mo praUliOatii shape, aud then apply lOI
patenlsi LloJt lilEpt lHd thelnsclycs Rs inde,
pendtiuiy etAltny as The nlan wla Invented
llc trou uliDrciia ing, or The Que VINO patented
the iiitu0n pukzie,
IEMrlINC OFFER.
To induce people 10 keep track Of their bright
ideas and sUc what there rs IN them, the frcss
Claims COMPANY has resolved ~ Oner u prile.
10 Tie person. who sub,aits W II tie SIMPLEST
anu most promising al yti ,uoii, from acOunmcr-
cal pplht % Yisw the company Viii give
t~sniyviifs hpiiuted uoii0fs ~ Gasi, iii alJi-
:" reiuna,i.., ust tlles. iyt sspgfmg ile
.tV- 'Nse INV .utcitul
ltalcnt ~ wa ~,sO t,
Tree uf viidsc
mus oieris subject ~ the following condl'
tions; Livery competitor must rDtan a y lobt
los ms new Inyentoa tnrousn ile company.