Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-01-10
PRIZES ON PATENTS,
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Wtmn or has u Clear Gilt OF"
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them In stlII
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun.
dred dollars? 1fyou would, read cale,uiIy
what follows and you may see way ~ u" Nv
The Press Claims Company devotes much
s,,.ntion To patents. 1t has handled thous.
amds of applications for Inventions, but IL
would like 10 handle thousands more tnere
Ia nlenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but e n C o u "a g III Ell '
To- nroduce practical results. That ehcoui
aoament the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT SO HARD As III SsiHMS
A potent strikes most people as an app"ll'
;noly formidable thing. The ldea IS ina, an
inventor must be a natural genius, IKE Eu,-
son or Bell that he must put years 10 aei'ihs
IN complicated mechanical problems ano
that he must spend fortune on dcl,ca!ecA
nrrimrp}s before he can get new device W
y nate3tablc degree OF perfection ms ae-
Iusion the company desires to dlspci. IL de-
sires to get into the head of the pubic a clear
comprehension of the tact that IT IS not 'ne
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
That bring the best returns 10 'heir au'''o ~.
but tue little, simple, and cheap 0ues-u .,lo
things that seem so absurd'y Trivial Una. NY
citizen would feel somewhat asii"'1eu y.
bringing them to the attention 81 INC 1"'en'
Office. a:,.a
FdIson saws that the profits lie has received
from the naients on all his marvellous inven.
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
Of his experiments. But the man VINO con
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF ruoper
cord 10 a clilds ball, so that 1t would come
back to his hand when thrown MADE LOT
time out of his scheme. The modern sew
inp.machinc is 4 miracle OF ingenuuy-the
nroduct of the toll of hundreds OF busy Drains
through hundred and fifty years out .nc
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
solves as inventors, but almost everybody
Inns been struck, at one time or ano'her,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reuuce
some ofthe little fric,ions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without 1lrlher
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows so that they coulo NC STU uP
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?" exclaims the traveller. IN "ere
running the road l would make the" IN SIC"
q way" ,o
w nat WtS Ilt illuH Nh"p h''NS
nan thinking ot!' grumbles the cook HE
never had TO work over stove, or he would
have known how it ought to have been hxcd.
"Hang such collar button y grow's the
man who is late for breakfast. I'll were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gougc out the BACK
ofmy neck
And then the various sufferers forget about
Their grievances and begin to thiuk OF some
thing else. Ifthey would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put their iueas
about Car windows, saucepans, ana collar
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 the 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 fhep person who submits to
ii the simplest and most prom
Using from II CONNER
ciaI point ofNiew. the company
will give $4,000 in cash. In adj
dition to refund ding the fees for
securing the patent.
twill also advertise the in.
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. lie
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five doNars. Should
Xb CT, hic ny1rijh Ia .ap r,,'('+
eatable, he can withdraw without further eX-
pense Otherwise he will BE expected to
complete his application md TAX" 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 o: not the inventor will have
patent that ought tO be valuable property
to HIM. The prlze will be awarded by a Jury
consisting nf three reputable patent aitorn-
eys of Washington Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for
ward it with their application .
- -. 1898.
II 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 competition OF rainier 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
his 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
rewarded for doing it, The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing It, The architect whose com.