Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-07-19
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has n Clear Gilt Ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
lIaye Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.

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Would you like to make twenty-five nun
dred doaisI Ifyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way 10 q" IT,
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled tilous.
ands of applications for Inventions nMt IL
would like 10 handle thousands more. inere
ia plenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but courag m EN-
to nrUiuce practical results. That enconr'
arement TIC Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT SO HARD As 1T SEEMs,,,
A patent strikes most people as an app"l.'
ingly formidable thing. The IDEA IS that an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edi-
son or Bell that he must put years to delving
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend a fortune on delicate ex'
perimcns before he can get new device 10
a patentable degree OF perfection rms de'
lus,on the company desires to d,spel. IL nc
sires to get into the head of the public clear
comnrcbersion of the iact that it is not the
great. complex, and expensive Inventions
That bring the brst returns TO their nuthOrs
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem 50 absurd'y trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention Of the fateh'
Office
Edison SAYS that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous 'nven.
lions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who CON
ceived the idea of fastening u bit OF ruooer
cord to childs ball, SO that 1t Wou'u come
back to his hand when thrown made 1or'
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
lug machine is miracle OF ingenu'ly-!h
prOduct of the toll of hundreds OF busy or"ihs
through hundred and fifty years, but '',c
whole brilliant result rests upon the s'mpc
device Of putting the eye OF the neeo'c d. VIZ
point instead Of the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard 'ncm-
selves rs inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or a'i"'h'i'
with ideas that seemed calculated to REFUGE
some Of The little rric,ons of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without i"r'h'r
thought.
why don't the railroad company make
its car windows 50 that they could be Slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
la, Ks y" exclaims the traveller III were
running the road | would make them IN s1ch
q way"
"What was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking oi:' grumbles The c'nk. ne
never had to work oyer stove. or he wou'm
La We known how it ought TO have been nXeu.
"Hauy such collar hutton growls the
man who is late for break fast. "lf | were in
the hus,ress Id make buttons that wouldn't
slip ou: or break of, or gouge "u' the oacR
OF my neck
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
Thing else Ifthcy would sit dnwn at the
next convenient opportunity. put thcir "e''s
about car windows, saucepans, ana co''a'
buttons into practical shape, and then Apply
for patents, they might find themselves us
independently wealthy as the man VIII" IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or The one
| who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A EMPTlNG OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
| miyh, ideas and see what there is in thrh
| ihr Press Claims Company has resolved 10
| offer Il prize.
TO .ae person who submits TO
! IL the simplest and most prom
Using invention from u CONNER
cinl point Of view. the company
will give $2.5O0 iri cash. in nd
dition to refunding The fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In.
| yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to lhc following con-
| di,ions:
Every competitor must obtain patent tor
his invention through the company. He
! must first apply for preliminary search,
| the cost of which will Le five dollars. Should
| this search show his invention to he nEpat-
| cntable, he can withdraw without further ex'
pensc. Otherwise he will he expected TO
complete his application and take out 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 %: not, the inventor will have
a patent that ough, u bc a valuable property
to him. The prize will he awarded by jury
consisting "f three reputable patent A',orn,
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
| should ill out The following blank. and Tor,
ward it with their application
| Il submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press claims
Company >,