Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-12-21
PRIZES ON PATENTS.

PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-avsHun-
Msu Doi4ars lur asotning.
The Winner hnsR Clear Git ora
small Fortune, ana the Losers
Have Patents that may
Bring them In stint
More.
Would you like to- make twcnty'nvc nun
dred .iullarsi lfyou would, read carefully
what follows aud you may Tee way to q" II.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled nous.
ands Of applications for Inventions nn'
wnn,d like 10 haudle thousands more. There
10 plenty Of inventive talent III this country,
needing nothing but . GU m Gu
, q. nr,,iuce practical results. Tint encOur.
sgemcnt the Press Claims Compan, pro-
poses 70 give. -
Nl,T 80 HARD AZ IT SEEMS..,
A patent strikes most people o. an appan
ingly formidable thing. The idea T. nv, Inn! WI
inventor must I've natural genus, IKE Eo'
son or Bell that he must put years 20 oe'V'ng
IN complicated mecl'an!cai pron'eihs ano
that he must spend fortune on oc,'c"!c -
rcr;mcn,s before he can get new device I"
: n.trniable degree ot perfection This de-
lus,on the company desires To d,spel. II dc
sres 10 o., into the head Of the public clear
comprehcr sion Of the tact that 1t 10 not Inc
great complex, and expensive Inventions
Thai bring the brst returns TO their authors
hut the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
,h;nps ,oat seem w xbsurd'v trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed oi
bringing them 10 the attention Of the Patent
Office .,;...,
Edison aays that the profits he has received
from the paients on all his marvellous inVen'
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
Of hi. experiments. But the man VINO con
ceiyed The idea Of fastening hit oi ru"ocr
cord to a child's ball. 80 tl,S, II would come
hack to his hand when thrown made TOT
tune out of his scheme. The modern rev
Tug machine Ia miracle Oi ingenuhy-th
product Of the toll Of hundreds "t busy or"lns
through hundred and tif,y years, tut tn'
whole brilliant result rests upon the s'mpie
device Of putting the eye of the needle ~ Tue
point instead uf the other end
THE LITTLE TnyNIS Tue
MOST VALUABLE.
COMPARATIVELY few people regard 'ilc'n-
selves =. inventor, but almost everybody
has (rrn struck, ut ono time Or announcer
with idras ,nat seemed calculated TO reduce
some Of the little fric,ions Of life Usually
such ideas ure dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't thc. railroad company make
ito cur Windows 50 that they could DC slid up
and down witluu, breaking the passengers
Iva, k. y" exc)aims the traveller III were
running the road would make them IN s1c''
q way
"Wha. war the man that made tins sauce
nan thinking ot!' grumLles the cook nc
never had to work oyer sioyo. or he won'm
have known how il 0ughttO nave been 1xcn'
"Hnng such r,llar button Y grnwls me
! man who il late for breakfast III were IN
iLe business Id make buttons that ~o"!dn
slip out. or break OF, or souse out the o"ck
Of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
| thing else. Ifthry would sit down Al 'he
next convenient opportunity. put 'hc'r '"e"e
, about cal windows, saucc ans, ana to''h'
buttons into practical shape, and then app.
| for patents. they might ma themselves "e
| intlt penden!!y wealthy rs the man "h" IN =
! vcn,t Il the iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
ATEMPrlNG OFFER.
To induce people to keep track OF Their
mjph, ideas and sec what there Is in then
the Press Claims Company has resolved I"
offer rrizc.
To he. lersOm who submits 10
II the sisn plcst and most prom
, isjng IN ' milton from y com M err
cinl v,s,iut Of lew. the COMPANY
viii give 800 In ca-h. IN nd.
diliom 70 refmnslimE the fets Tor
securing the patent.
ltwisl also aslvertise the IN.
yemliOu free 0frhMvxe.
This offer is subject ~ the following con
|i,i,ns:
Every competitor must obtain patent tor
h,s invention through tho company ~
must first apply TOR q preliminary search
the cost Of which viii { i've dollars. should
tIi, search show his invention to I've nbpat
pntablr, he can withdraw without further ex
pense Otherwise he will he cxP cte'l ~
complete his application and take out pat
ept IN the regular way. The total expense
including Government and Bureau fees, will
hp seventy dollars. For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize o. not, the inventor will have
n pa,en, that ought I" I've n valuable p.operty
to h,n,. The prlzc will he awarded by Jnr,
consisting vt three reputable patent a'torn
eys Of Washington. Intending competitors
should ill out the following blank, ana Tor
ward it with their application .,o,,
! 49, 1873
II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Ilnims
Company. e.
No blanks In this Competition.
This IL competition Of rather an unus.ia
nature. 1t ~ common 10 offer prizes ior 'llt
best story. or picture, ar architectural pan
NIL the competitors risk,ng the loss VI thel'
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount IF the prize. But tht
Press Claims Co,npany's offer is something
entirely different. Each person is asked
merely 10 help himself, and the one who
helpe himself 10 the beat advantage ID to I"
rewarded for doing II. The prize is only 4
stimulus to do something that would lH well
worth dong il, The architect whose com
p,t.tiye plan for club house "n = certain
corner is not accepted has spent bis labor on
some,hIng Of very little use I" him. But the
person who patents simple ana uscioI &c