The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-06-08
NOT so HARD As IT SEEMS.


\ patent strikes most people rs an ap-
pailliSiy formidable thing. The idea is
that TIE luycutEr mast ~ , n.iG;al
genius, like Edison br Bells thar he
must dcyOte years To delyiug ia conlpll-
Gated mechanical problems anu that he
lnust spend y FORTUNE on delicate experi-
ilehiis before he gan aGt a uuw dcyiuu 10
y pDtrntablc lngrce Vi PERFECTION. This
delIision lll0 company ~lcsircs 10 dispel,
II desires 10 yet Tito the head OF tho
pubic II clear comprehension oil the iact
that 1t Is not the great, complex, aud
expensive Inventions that bring tn, aust
. re!Wr.s to their authors, but The liule,
siml 10 aud. phean once die ,hlnss
tii(t seem so aBsurIly tliyl4l THAT
he average citilrR would feel somewhat
ashamed Oi bringing them to the alien
ZION at the Patent Office,
Euisou says THAT tlie profits he has re-
UeiNed from the patents on all his mir-
velous inventions have not bceu sufl-
clent to pay the cost of experiments.
But the man who conceived Inc ide , OF
fastening II Bit of rubber cord To a vhIld's
bali, So that IL would come back To the
hand when brown, made Il fortune
Out of his scheme. The modern sewing
machine Is IA miracle of ingrnuity--lir
piuiuct vi the toll ol hundi eds vi busy
Drains through Il hundred aud lilty
years, but the whole brilliant result rests
upon The simple deVice of putting u,G
eye Ut Inc needle NJ the lOiiit Instead OF
AT Tue other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST yALU-
ABLE.
Comparatively few people regard
themselves AS Inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, ut one time
Or another, with IDEAS that seemed cal.
culateu to irunce sOlne OF the little Iric-
tloIis vi Lille. Usually such ideas are
dismissed without iurtner Thought.
"Mhy don't the railroad company make its
down wltIout o~reakIhs Tue passengers bdeksy
eNclaIns Tie %lravcier. iii 1 were running
the road l wonld iuaku tnum sucn a way
" hat was the man that made tins saucepan
thinking uI grumUlcs the cook. "Ilc never
had 20 work over u stuye, or he wouid have
Know nihow u Ought Ia have been liked"
Hang such u collar button" gr0wls the
man Wnu rs iatv IUf breakfast. III were IN
the Diispicss 1 would make buttons that would
not sip out, or break on, or gouye out the back
oil M uvCk."
Aud then Tho various sufferers forget about
their grievances aud begin 10 TANK about
something Ease IL they would BIT dowU ~ tue
NEAT convenient Opportunity, put their ideas
aDout Gar windows saucelans, and collar Dul-
tohs INTO PRACTICAL shape, anu lnun Apply Tor
patents, thvJ mignt nhu themselves as inds- |
pehdentiy ncallDy us the mAu whU Invented
Inc iron umbrella ring, or The oue who patented
tlv nitven puzzie,
TEMPTING OFFER.
10 induce people to Keep track Of their bright
IDEAS ana SEE what there - IA tlcln, the Iruss
CLAIMS Company mas resolved 10 Uuer a prizv. |
40 tue person VINO suD.iits 70 1t THIS sIinp est
and most promising inveutiOn, from a CONNER
cal lioint VI view. the company wall gave
twcnty-ise hundred dollars IN cash. m adolf
uvn W returning the fees lor SECURING the
pateht' II wiii also ADVERTISE the mvvntlOn
free vi cnakc. |
rms oiicr Is snbJcot 10 tho following condi-
uons' avery competitor luust , bliin a p,,lentl
lpf n.s ,aYw inseuton lltvusn ins .vu,psny