Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-28
The winner has q Clear GIFT Ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them I'm still
More.
NOT So HARD AS 1T SEEMS.

son or Bell that he must put years to delVIng
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend fortune on delicate ex-
periments before he can get new device 10
a patentable degree OF perfection. This de-
luslon the company desires to dlspet. 1t de-
sires to get into the head Of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that 1t is not the
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns to their AUTHORS
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-!he
things that seem SO absurdiy trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF Inc faten'
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all bis marvellous jnven-
tons have not been sufficient 10 pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who con-
ceived the idea of tas,eninga bit OF ruohcr
cord to a chid's ball, SO that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made Tor
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ipg.machine is a miracle OF ingcnu'ty-the
product ofthe toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through a hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle at the
point instead Of the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves "A inventors. but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little fric ions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without inrther
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
It's car windows so that they could De slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs ?" exclaims the traveller. 1T were
running the road l would make them insach
way"
What was the man that made tins sauce
pan thinking oi?.' grumbes the COOK. ne
never had to work oyer stoye, or he WouIn
have known how it ought to have been fxed.'
"Hang such collar button !" growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "fI were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the DECK
of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
thing else If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put Their IDEAS
about Car windows, saucepans, ana coilar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
independently wealthy as the man who in
vented the iron umbrella ring, or lhe 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
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
1t the simplest and most promo
Using invention, from a CONNER.
cial point of view, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, In adj
ditiOn to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In.
ventiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions: 4
Every competitor must obtain patent tor
his invention through the company. lie
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be FIVE dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entablc, he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out'a pat
ent in the regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees. will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize or not, the inventor will have
a patent that ought to be valuable property
to HIM. The prize will be awarded by jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for
ward it with their application:
-" 1893.
II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company