Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-27

Would you like to make twenty-five huns
dred dollars II you would, read carefully
what follows and you may n way TO do 1t.
The Press Claims Company devotss mucH
attention to patents. 1t has hsndtsd thous
ands of applications for in ven ttons, but II
would like to handle thousands more There
is plenty Of inventive talent at large in thii
country, needing nothing but encouragement
to produce practical results. That encour--
agement the Press Claims Company pro<
poses to give.
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an sppalf-
ingly formidable thing. The idea is tbat an
inventor must be natural genius like Edi.
son or Bell; that be must devote years I'd
delving In complicated mechanical problems
and that he must spend fortune on delicate
experiments before he can get a new devics
to a patsntable degree of perfection. This
deiuscn the company desires to dispel IL
desires to get into the head of the public q
clear comprehension of the fact that it il
not the great complex and expensive i'm
ventions that bring tbs best returns to their
authors, but the little, simple, and cheap
one-ths things that seem so absurdly
trvisl that the average citizen would feel
somewhat ashamed OF bringing them to the
attention of the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits hs has re-
CslNeu lToth Jus phtcntt On dl ufS mhf VetOuf
inventions have not been sufficient to pay
the cost of his experiments. But the uaan
who conceived the idea of fastening bis of
rubber cord TO child's ball, 50 that it
would come back to the hand when thrown
made a fortune out OF his scheme Tha
modern sewing machine is a miracle of in
genuity-the product OF the toll OF hundreds
Of busy brains through hundred and fifty
years, but the whole brilliant result resta
upon the simple device of putting the eye
OF the needle at the point instead OF at tina
other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VAL.
UABLE.
Comparatively lew people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost every body
has been struck, at one time or another,
| with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little friotions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company mako
its car windows SO that they can be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?" exclaiu1s the traveller. 'If | were
running the road | would make them in
such a way
"What was the man that made this sauces
pan thinking of?' grumbles the cook"
"He never had to work over stove, or he
would have known how it ought to have
been fixed"
Hang such collar button ~ growls the
man who is late for breakfast. IF were
in the business I'd make buttons that
wouldn't slip out, break of, or gougs
out the back OF my neck. -
And then the various sufferers forget
about thar grievances and begin TO think Of
something else. If they would sit down at
the next convenient opportunity, put their
| idpas about windows and
collar buttons into practical shape, and
then apply for patents, they might find
themselves as Independently wealthy as tho
man who invented the iron umbrella ring.
or the one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there Is in them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
oTer prize.
TO the person 'rho submits to IL tbs
simplest and most pron.isidg inrentionx
from a commercial point Of rtetc the com-
pdny lcW gre Twenty-Five hundred dollars
in cash, IN addition to refUnd,ng tho
fees for securing the patent
It ,eW also advertise the Invention free
Of charge
This offer is subject to the following con-
dtions
Every competitor must obtain q paten {
for his invention through the company. Hs
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars
Should this search show his invention to be,
uupatentable, he can withdraw without
further expense. Other wise hs will be ex.
pected to complete his application and take
out patent in regular way. The total ex-
pense including Government and Bureau
fees, will be seventy dollars. For this
whether be secures the prize or not, the in
ventor will have a patent that ought to be
a valuable property to him. The prize will
be awarded by jury consisting OF three
reputable patent attorneys Of Washington.
Intending competitors should fl out the
following blank, and forward it with their
applications
IL submit the within described invention
In competition for the Twenty five HUI
dred Dollar Prize offered by the Press
Claims Company.
&c.,"
No BLANKS In THIS COMPETITION.
This is competition Of rather an I'M
usual nature. 1t Is common to offer prizes
for the best story or picture, or architec-
tural plan, all the competitors riskipg the
| loYs Of their labor and the successful ono