The state herald., 1893-06-16
PRIZES ON PATENTS
HOW 10 GET TWENTY-FIVE nunaatb DOL
lARS FOR NOTHING.
The winner has . char ala u ona,l
xertaats, asA Ne Eossrs 1avs
1stsnts tAssaAy DRisg sAen In
0All 1Iers.

Woulasoa ake 30 make twenty-five hupdrsd
dollsNs Nsou woold, read carefully what fol.
lows end you may 80 way to dc II.
The Press Claims Company dsvotes much
attention to pntents. II has handled Thousands
Of applications for Inventions. but 1t would
like Ia handle thousands more. There 10 plenty,
Of inventive talent at large In this eoshtey
needing nothing bot encouragement to produce
practical results. That encourage mont the Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not no HaPA ~ Il Seems,
patent strikes most people ~ m appaIlingly
formidable thing, The tisa 10 that an inventor
must BE- natural genius, like Edison or Boil
that no must dsvste years to dslving In oompiica.
ted mechanical problems and that DO must spend
a fortune on delicate experiments before he can
Gets new device to apatsntabis degree Of perfec.
tioa. This do,uson tho COMPANY dosirss to dispcl.
1t desrss to gst into tho head the public clear
eomprshsnsioa Of the fsct that Il u not the srcat
compiler. and expensive invsntloas that brins
the best fsturns 10 tAsiR authors, bat The littls
sinpls, and cheap ooss-ths thiAos that seem 70
sbsurdly trivial that he average eitissn vould
feel sonswhst ashamsa 1t hsinsine tAsn 70 tbs
attention q ths rsasns O6Rce.
k1isea says that The proon h. Aas rsesivsd
mon he patsaes % allhls nAzvslsas invsations
have not hssgsaGleasas 70 psy ~ eose q his a.
pssinsotA npt ths naa Who soassivsd he idsa
Of fnstsninG III o. rubber cord 10 ehild's hall,
% that It wsula came haek 70 ~ had vhsa
thrown, nsds fortune cut Of HI schsus, Ths
modem ssvias machine b . misaels Il inssnuiey
the product of ths toll Of hundsSds Of kosy
nesins through hundred and fifty ysass. but the
Whoas brilliant result rests upon The sinplc de-
VICE Of putting the go Of the needle q IL poin
instead oe Al he ethse cod.
The AAttle ThinSs the Nest Valuable.
Comparatively few peopls regard Themselves
y inssntors, bat almost everybody has bssn
struck, at oas time o. another, with iisss that
seemed calculated to reduce some Of the little
frstions oflifo. Usually such idsas are dismissed
without further thought.
why don't the railrosd COMPANY MAKE lie
car Window - that thsy can b aid up and down
withoat breaking ths passsnsess' hsoksr' On.
elaine the traveller. "If I were running IL rosd
! woald MAKE them In sseh . vay."
what VA the man that mad, this e.uosra.
thinking off, srunblss the cook. "Hs nsysr "a
TO work ovsr . stove. or BE- vsald have kpov.
how II ought 10 havr bssn Axsd."
Hang ssch collar buttoor' erowls the man
who islats for brsakfast. "If vsre In the bud.
mess I'd make EDITIONS that wouldn't slip out. or
break Cd. or sousc out the back Of my neck"
And then the various sulsrers forr,t about
their grievances and begin " think Of sometllnr
olse. II they would sit down 1t the next CONVEX
lent opportunity, put their idsss about car win
,lows, ssucspans, and collar buttons i,to pr.oti,
cal shspe. and then npply for patents. tho, misht
ind uemsrlves ~ Independently wealthy :. AZ.
man who inveoted the iron umbrclla rim. or Inn
oos Who ps>sotcd the fifteen puzzle.
A Tempting 0Ger.
To indacc people to keep track Of their BRIGHT
ideas and - what there Is in them, the prc..
Claims Company has resolved to oder pri,s.
10 ehe peFseA Who submits t. Il the
siopiess and nsst prsassl.g iaves.
sses' frso esnnerelal pslnt Il view,
the company will give twensy. ave
heaerea dollars II cash, IN aAaaeleu D.
refasAlag the fees fsr seeuranw ~
patent.
1s vim alss aAvsrtsss the asye.oae.
ffee - charge.
1hisoasr y sshtsst 10 the folioviae c,,dislo.s,
kvssy oomVstltor1 must obtain . patent fue
his tnventioa through tho company, II, mu,t
INIT apply foe . prcliminasy ssarch, ths COT az
w1aieh viii b. I've doilass, shosld this s.,euh
show his inveation 70 b unpserotahI..
he eau withdraw without far
ther cxpeusr. Othcrwise h viu h
espeetri to osnplete his and take out
patent In the regular way. The total sxp,s.,.
including 1sycrnmcpt and bureau fscs, viii b,
seventy dollars. Fof this. whesi.ss be secur,, IN.
pst.s OF not. thu inventor will have psseat thas
ought be a valuable property to him, TAopri,c
wall be awarded By aJury consisting Of three ROD
u'Ao'c patent stsornsys OF wa~hinston. Intending
oompeutofs should oil cut tho following blank,
and forward II With their application,
49,.
isab@it The within described inv-n,ion 10
oa.apstitsos for the Twenty-Five hundred Dollar
'hss sd"rsd b. ias Prsss Ciains Company.
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