The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-06-15
Prizes ON Patents,
How to Get Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has a Clear Gift of a
Sulall Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may
Bring them in Still
More.

would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollarsy If you would, read
carefully what follows and yon may see
Il way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes
much attention to patents. IL has han
died thousands Of applications for in
vcDliUns, but 1t would like to handle
thousands more. There is plenty OF
inventive talent at large iu this country,
needing nothing but encouragement to
produce practical results. That en-
courageine 1t the Press Claims Company
proposes TO give.
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
a patent strikes most people rs an ap,
paIlingly formidable thing. The idea Is
that tile 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
ihents before he can get Il new device to
u patentablc degree OF perfection. This
delusiou the company desires u dispel.
II desires To get Tito the head OIL the
pubic i clear comprehension OF the tact
that it Is not the great, co4plcx, aud
expensive Inventions that briug the best
returns to their authors, but the little,
simple and cheap o%nes--the things
th4t seem 80 absurlly tIiyial that
the average citizcA wqYld feel somewhat
ashamed OF bringing them to the atten-
ton OF the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has re-
rciypd fran tho patents on all his mar
vel0ns inventions haYe not heeu stuff .
ciept to pay the COST of experiments,
But the man who conceived the idc, OF
fastening y bit Of rubber cord ~ n rilild's
ball, 50 that " would come back to The
hand whtn thrown, made u fortune
oiIt Of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine is a miracle Of ingenuity .-lhc
product Of the toll Of hundreds oi busy
brains through u hundred and fifty
years, but the whole brilliant result rests
upon the simple device of putting the
eye Of the needle VI the point Instead OF
ut the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST yALU-
ABLE,
Comparatively few people regard
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, at one time
or another, with ideas thar seemed cal
culated to reduce some vi the little iric-
lions of lite. Usually such ideas are
dismissed without further thought.
"why don't the railroad company make It's
car windows so that they can be sud up and
down without breakIny the passengers backsF
eNclaitn5 the Traveller. III were rauning
the road l would make theih such a way" y
~ hat was the man that made this saucepan
thinking OF ~ grumOles tho cook. "He never
had 10 work over a stove. or lac would have
known how II ought 10 have been fixed"
Hang such u collar BUTTON" growls the
pan VINO IL iatc-for breakfast. were IN
the business ! would make buttons thai would
not slip out, OF break on, OF gouse out the back
~ M neck"
Aud then tho various sufferers forget about
their grievances aud begin 10 think about
something else. II they would sit down at tho
neat convenient opportunity. put their ideas
ABOUT Cur windows saucepans, and collar but
TONS iutu practical shape, and tnen apply Tor
patshtsi tlicJ might lnd themselves Us Jude.
pendently ncaltuy as the man VINO invented
VIC IRON umbrella rinB, or The one who patented
tue niteen puzzle,
TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people " Keep track OF their bright
ideas ana see what there 10 IN them, me Press
CLAIMS Company has resolved W Vner a prize.
10 the person VINO submits 10 II the sinlI, est
anu most promising inye,ition, from Il CONNER
clul point VI view, the company Will give
twenty-five hundred dollars IA casa. IA a1ui.
ton W feiuhding tiie lees IOr securing the
patent. IL WIN also advertise the iuyuu,lVn
Tree Ol cDaxv. !
lius onef,s subject 10 the following condi.
hons avery competitor must ,btain i % tent |
ior his new Invention through iAv couipsny. :