The state herald., 1893-12-22
ON PATENTS.
HOW TO Get TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS FOR NOTHING.
Tho winner has . CLEAR Gift Of q Small
xortunts, and the Losers Have
Patents that may Bring them In
Htill Mora,


Wouldy you like to make twenty.f hundred
dollaraf II you would, read carefully what fol-
lows and you may SEQ a way to II.
The Prcss Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
OF applications for inventions. hut 1t wsuld
like to handle thousands more. There is plenty
OF inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produco
practical results. That encouragement tho Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not NO Hard ~ 1t Seems.
patent strikes most people az an appallingly
formidable thing. The idea Is that an inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bell
that no must devote ycars to delving In compiler
ted mechanical problems and that no must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before he can
get now device to apatentable degree OF perfoc-
ton. This delusion the company desires to dispel
1t desires to get into the head ofthe public clear
comprehension Of the fact that is not the great
complex. and exponsive inventions that bring
the best returns to their authors, bat the little
ample. and cheap ones-tho things that secm 20
absurdly trivial that the average citizen would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to the
attention Of the Patent Office.
Edison says that tho profits he has received
hSb bho pttout vi ulfhlt marvellous Inventions
lave not been sufficient to pay the cost of his ex.
perimcnts. But tho man who conceived tho idea
Of fastening bit OF rubber cord to chld's ball,
30 that it would came back to the hand when
thrown, made fortune out Of his scheme. The
modern sewing-machino is a miracle Of ingenuity
the product Of the toll Of hundreds Of busy
brains through hundred and fifty years. but the
whole brilliant result rests upon tho simple de.
VII npfs,t ts,,.. - Al.
instead OF at the other end.
The Little Things the Most Valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck, ut one time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some Of the little
frictions o. life. Usually such ideas are dismissed
without further thought.
why don't the railroad company make its
car windows SO that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers' backsi" ex-
claims the traveller. "If were running the road
would make them in such u way"
What was the man that made this saucepan
thinking OFF, srumblcs tho cook. "He never had
to work over store. or he would have known
how II ought to have been fixed"
Hang such collar bu.tonr growls the mna
who is late for breakfast. "lf were in the bust
"u''"ii' uia' "ouiuh slip out, OF
break off, or gouge out the back of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think of something
else. IL they would sit down ut the next conyen-
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win.
dows, saucepans, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape. and then apply for patents, they might
find themselves ~ Independently wealthy as the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the
of,s, lp liant tod be
o"o WIN p"'en'ee .he hI.ceh PuLne.
tempting O"er.
10 inunco people 10 Keep track OF their bright
ideas and SEQ what there is in them. tho Press
Claims Company has resolved to offer prize.