The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-01-05
PRIZES ON PA7EA7S|
HOW 10 GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS FOR NOTHING.

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LARS FOR NOTHING.
xAs winner Has Clear oifs Of snail
xertsats. aad the Losers Fave
Patents that nay Bring them IN
Btil Nora.
Would you Like 10 make twenty-five hundred
dollarsf II you would, read carefully what fol-
lows and 700 may go way 10 doit.
Tho Pres Claims Company dsvotss nuch
attention to patents. II ha1 handled Thousands
Of applications for inventions. bot Il wsuld
like to handle Thousands more. There Il plenty,
OF inventive talent at large In this country
necdins nothing bot announcement to produce
practical results. That encouragement the Pres
Claims Con . my proposes to give.
Net 70 Hard - IL neens.
patent strikes most people ~ an appalllnsiy
formidable thing, The idea 10 that IN inventor
must bo natural genius, like Edison or Ball;
that no must devote ysars to delving In compiler
tod mechanical problems and that be must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before be can
gets now device to apatsutabie degree Of perfsc-
ton. This delusioa the company dssirss TO dispel
It dosires TO get into the bead the public clear
comprehension Of tho fact that Il IL not the great
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
thu best returns TO their authors, bat the little,
simple, and cheap ones-ths thlnss that Seem 70
absurdly trivial that the average citissu would
fssl somewhat ashamsd Of bringing them TO the
httsntion OF the Patent Offios.
Edison says that the prohts be kas received
from the patents on allhis marvellous Inventions
lave not been sufficient to pay tho cost Of his sx.
pcriments. But the man who conceived the idea
OF fastening bit Of rubber cord to childs ball,
sothat II would came back 70 the hand when
thrown, made fortune out Of his scheme. Tho
modern sewing-maohine u Miracle Of ingenuity
the product Of tho toll Of hundreds Of busy
brains through hundred and City ysar., but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple de-
vice OF putting the eye OF the noodle ct the poin
instead Of at the other end.
The Little Things the Nest Valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
- invention, but almost everybody has bean
struck, at one time or another, with ideaa that
seemed calculated to reduce some Of the littlc
frictions o. Life. Usually such ideas are dismissed
without further thought.
why don't tho railroad company make it,
car Window 90 that they can b aid up and dow.
without breaking the passsngers' backsr' ex-
clAims tho traveller. "If I wsro running the road
l would make them In such way
What was the man TINT made this saucepan
thinking OFF, grumbles the cook. "Hs never had
to work over stove, or ho wsuld have known
how II ought to have been hxed."
Hang such . collar buttonr' growls the man
who is late for breakfast. "If were In the busi.
ness I'd make buttons that wouldn't alp ont, OF
break OIL, or gouse out the back Of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of somethins
else. II they would sit down At tho next conveu-
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win
dows, sauoepans, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape, and then apply for patents, they might
ind themselves rs Independently wealthy - the
man who invented tho iron umbrella ring, or the
one who patented tho fifteen puszle.
A Tempting ORer.
To induce people to keep track Of their BRIGHT
ideas and sec what thers il In them, the Prssu
Claims Company has resolved to offer prise.
Ts the person whs sabRits to IL the
simplest and most proaising tnveu.
ton. from . commercial peint Of view,
the company Will give TWENTY-FIVE
hundred dollars In cash, In addition e
refundinG the fees for securing the
patent.
II will alss advertise the inventis.
FREQ Of charge.
Thisoffes Is subject to the following c,nditions
Evcry competitori must obtain . patsut sor
his invention through the company. He mus
hrst apply fos preliminary search. the cost Of
which will DO Eve dollars, should this search
aAoW his iuvcotion IN hB nnunt~rs.l,l.