Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-21
Prizes on Paten1s-
How to Get twenty-five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has Clear GIFT Of Small
Fortune, and the Losers Have
Patents that may Bring
Them In Still
More.

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10 that an inventor must he a nat,,ral
genius, like Edison or Bell. that Ia
must devote years to delv,nr N COM
pi,cated mechanical problems and that
| he must spend a fortune on delh.ate
experiment. before he can oct new
device to a patentable degree ~ ner.
| fection This delusion the cnmn.nv
desires to dlspel. It desires to cet int
i the head of the public ! clear comnre-
hension of the fact that n "a NOT tha
| great. complex. and exnensiva ,nvan-
tiops thai bring the best retnrns to their
authors. but the little. simnIe and
cbeap ones-the thinos that seam IL
absurdlv trivial that the AVERAGE c,t,zen
would feel somewhat ashamed n br,no-
mo them 20 the attention Of the Patent
Office.
Edison saws that the nrofits ha re-
ceiged from the patents on al his mar
yelous invent,ons have not baan snff;c;-
ent to nav the cost of his experiments
Bu; the man who conceive,l the ,dea of
Fastening n b,t Of rnbber cord 10 - "a a
child's ball. so that it would come hack
to the haad whom thrown. made a for.
tune out of his scheme. The modern
sewing machine is a miracle Of inoanus
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drod aad St.u ,aars 'Iva ~. nun
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dau;ca ~ n~t,,na Vy, .ho ona n 'aS nP,e p,e
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= = : % suTr 80 M AI
! Comnarat;volv taw. naon,o roco,..
themssivas as ;nvantora bns sI6,.s,
evervhodv bas haan strmck ~ ona ,;,,sa
~ ano,her With ;daas ,ha, saerad sI0 -,
cnlatsd to radnco som soma os ,bs l;,tIa a sr;c S
,;on of I;fo us,.lI,, a,,ch a..
d;smissad w;tbo,t smr.Ior tno,rh.
s.Whu ,nn,t ,ha ra,,road
make ~ oar w,naows 90 that hoay +han oa
he slid nm and down w;shont b-ssL;nn inn
the passenger backsp'' exclains the
traveller. III were running the road
: wouiu make tnem IN sucn way,
saucenSn th,oklno % Of, ornmhIas a0 .u's .hs
cook. .He never had to work over 4
stove, or he would have known how it
ougnt 10 nave oeen nAed."
tho % .nsn wbo sno 4 ,sto n. - % kvM9 .fs9
we're in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out, or break off, 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.
TEMPTING OFFER.
| To induce peop.e to keep tract Of
their bright ideas and see what there Is
IN them. the Press Claims Company has
resolved to offer prize.
To the person who submits to IL the
amnlest and most nron;s;no ;rvsn,;on
-. r'ss' - -ss p'e' '.son''on'
l''ln con uerc'ai Poins u Views me
company will give twenty-five hundred
dollars in cash, in addition to refunding
'ne ices ior securing me patent
1t will. also advertise the invention