Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-08-17

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FORTUNE. and tho EqoGrs< \ )5sxe %
PatSnis that my EIfinf z.
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4 Would you like TO ma1th 1entysfye
hundred dellArsp II you would read
carefully what follows ana you nav seo
= way TO do it.
| The Press Claims Company devotes
much attention TO patents. L has han
died thousands Of appl!catioDs Tor In
veDtlons. but it would like TO handle
thousands more. There is plenty OF in
ventive talent at large III this country,
needing nothing but encouragement to
| produce practical results That en-
! couragementt the Press Claims Company
proposes to give.
NOT so HARD As IT SEEKS !.
| patent strikes most people Is an
appaliingly formidable thing. The idea
" that an inventor must be natural
genius. like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delving IN com.
plicated mechanical problems and that
he must spend fortnne on delicate
experiment. before he can get q new
device to . patentable degree Of per-
fection. This delusion. the company
desires to dispel It desires to get into
the head OF the publ,ca :, clear cOmpre-
hension of the fact th6e it Is not the
great. complex, and expensive lnven-
tions thas bring the best returns to their
authors, but the little, simple, and
| cneap ones-the things that seem SO
absurdly trivial that the average citizen
would feel somewhat ashamed Of BRING
ing them 20 the attention Of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he re-
ceived from the patents on nj his mar
velous Inventions have not been sufFici-
ent to pay the cost Of his experiments,
Blu; the man who conceived the idea OF
fastening bit Of rubber cord to
chiid's ball, SO that It would come back
to the tand when thrown, made for-
tune out Of his scheme. The modern
sewing machine is miracle of ingenus
ity-the produot Of the toll Of hun-
dreds Of busy brains through hum
dred and ifty years. but the whole
brilliant result rqqte upOn ahe sinplo
device Of putting The ega Of the neoolo
NJ the point instead Of at tho other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST vALu-
ABLE. #
Comparatively few peSples regard
themselves as inventors, 6dt almaet
everybody has been struck, st one time
or another, with ideas thar seemed cal-
culated 10 reduce some 81 thelittle fric-
tion Of life. Usually such ideas are
dlsmtssed without lurthcr thought,
why don't the railroad company
make its car Windows 80 that they ca1
BE- slid up and down without bgeakine
the passenger backsrn ex6loiais the
traveller. eli were running the road
4 would make them In such way. =
sWhat WAS the man tha. made this
saucepan thinking of grumbles the
e00k. ssHe never had to work over
stove, or be would have known how It
ought to have been fixed.n =
Hang such collar button!n growle
the man who Is late to breakfast. III
were in the business I'd make bnttons
that wouldn't slip Uut, or break OF. or
gouge out the back OF my neck. =
And then the various sufferers forget
their grievances and begin to think OF
something else. Ifthey would sit down
at the next convenient opportunity, put
their ideas about car windows, sauce
pans and collar buttons into practical
shape, and then apply for patents, they
might find themselves as Independently
wealthy as the man who invented the
iron umbrella ring, or the one who pat
ented the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
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their bright idoas and see what there Is
IN thems the Press Claims Company has
resolved to offer : prize.
To the person who submits to It the
simplest and most promising invsntion.
from : commercial point Of view, .hs
company will give twsnsy-five hundred
dollars in cash. In addition 70 refnnd,ne
the foes for securing the patent.
It vii: also advertise the invention
free Of charge.
This offer is subject TO the following
conditions: EverY competitor mu;f
obsain patent for bis Invention throurh
the COMPANY. He must first apply tor
preliminary search. the cost Of which
Will be five dollars. Should this search
show his invention TO be unpaten(able.
he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected
TO complete his application and take
ont : patent In the regular way. The \
total expense, including Government
and Bureau fees, will be seventy dollar.
For this, whether he secures The prize
or not the inventor will have patent