Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-08-23
PRIZES ON PATIENTS.
How to Get Twenty five Hun.
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has Il Clear Gilt OF IL
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may
Bring them in still
MOrCs

More.
Would you ike to make twenty-five nun
drcd dollars? lfyou would, read carciolly
what follows and YOU may see way to 90 IT,
Thr Press Claims Company devotcs much
attention to patents. 1t has handled lhous'
ands of applications for Inventions, but II
woull like TO handle thousands more Ihcre
is n]enty Of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but enco uragc m eli
to produce practical results. That cncour'
arcmcnt the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NlrVSO HARD As IT SEEMS.
A patent st.ikcs most people as an appall'
iruly formidable thing. The idea is TINT an
inventor must be natural genius, like Edl-
son or Bell that he must put years to dclVlhgg
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend fortune on delicate ex-
ncrimcnis before he can get new device 10
n patcntnblc degree OF perfection ms &C.
lus,on the company desires to dlspcl. III dc-
sircs to get into the head Of the pubic cical
comprehension of the fact that it is not the
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
tlat bring The best returns TO their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap oncs-liIc
things that seem 50 nbsurdly trivial thal lAc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the faleht
Office.
Edison SAYS thatthc profits he has received
from the palcnts on NIL his marvellous lhNch-
tions have not been sufficient topay The cost
of his experiments. But the man who con
cciycd the idea of fastening Il bit OF Enho'r
cord to a chii's nall, 50 that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made Ter
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ing.marhnc is miracle OF nschully-!he
product OF the toll 0fhundreds OF busy Drains
through hundred and fifty years, pot lnc
whole brilliant result rests upon thc s''hi,ic
device of putting the eye OF me neculc al VIC
point instead Of the other end
TINE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or aho'ier'
with ideas tia, seemed calculated TO re"ucr
some of the little iric,ions OF HE, CSNnlIV
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Whv don't the railroad company make
its car win lOws so that they could be slid up
and down without breaking The passengers
backs?" cxcIaims tie traveller. IF ""n
running the read | would make them IN s9ch
a way"
"What was the man That made tins sauce
nan thinking Off, grumhcs The cook. lie
never had to work over 4 stove, or he would
have known how it ough, to have been hAcd.'
Hang such a collar bntron! groN|s the
man who is late for breakfast, "Ii were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
s.ip out or break oil, or gOuge out the BACK
OF my neck
And then the various Sufferers forget about
Their grievances and BERN to think of sonc-
lhing else. If they would sit down at Tie
next convenient opportunity, pul lhc|r IDEAS
about car windows, SHNCcI ans, ana coIIhf
buttons into practical shape, and then Apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy rs the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, Or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
ATEssE'I4NG 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 person WElO submits to
il the simplest and 'nost prom
Using invention. from a. CONNER
ciaI point of ieW. the company
will give S2.5GO in cash, in adj
diti0n to refuiltsing the fees for
securing the patent.
KtwiH also advertise the in
yen.i0H free occllarge.
This otler is subject to the following con-
litions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
/, tlrhIrrl the rnmnnnV IL
must first apply for a preliminary search,
the cost Of which will he five dollars Should
this search show his invention to be unpa,
entabr, he can withdraw without further eX
pcnsc. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take ont pat
cnt in the regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees, will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize o" not the inventor will have
patent that ought to be a vaiunblcp.Operly
to INN. The PRIZE Will be awarded 10y jury
consisting OF three reputable patent a,torn-
eys of Washington Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application
- ----, --, 1893
81 submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
No Blanks iN this Competition.
This is a competition Of rather an unusual
nature 1t IS common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the competitors risklng the loss OF their
labor and the successful one merely selling
ais for The amount Of the prize. But the
Press Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
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