Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-09-05
How to Get Twenty five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has u Clear GILT OF u
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them I'm still
More.

NOT SO HARD AS 1T SELMS,,
A natent strikes most people as an appail'
,rclv formidable thing. The idea is that an
snventor must be a natural genius, ike Ei-
a0n or Bell that he must put years 10 ueivns
in complicated mechanical proolehs "no
that he must spend fortune on dei'ca:e "a
periments before he can get new GGv!ce W
a patentable degree OF periecton. lh1s de'
luslon the company desires 10 dlsPei ~ , NC.
comnrehepsion Of the fact that it is not the
GREAT complex, and expensive Inventions
shst hiring the best returns TO their authors
Int the little, simple, and cheap. ones-the
THINGS that seem so absurdly trivial that the
cit;zen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the faten'
Office. oo;,oa
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the natents on all his marvellous inven.
lions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
NJ his experiments. But the man who con-
ceived the idea of fastening bit OF ruoper
cord tn a child's ball, 80 that it would come
haclx to his hand when thrown made Tor
time ont Of his scheme. The modern sew
;ng.mnchine is a miracle OF ingenu1ty-th
nroduct of the toll of hundreds OF busy orains
through hundred and fifty years. Dut Ine
whole brilliant result rests upon the slIhpie
device of putting the eye OF the neeoie ~ 'ne
point instead of the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
mas been struck, at one time or announcer
with ideas that seemed calculated 10 Teouce
some of the little frictions OF lie. usually
such ideas are dismissed wlthou' '"r'her
thought. ,o
its car windows 80 that they coulo pe STU up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?" exclaims the traveller. III ! we as
running the road I would make them IN sach
q way"
"What was the man that made this sauce
nan thinking ot!' grumbles the cook. NE
never had to work oyer stoye, or he would
have known how it ought to have been liked
Hang such collar button y grows me
man who is late for breakfast. "1fI were In
the business I'd make buttons that wouidnt
slip out or break off, or gouge out the BACK
of my neck"
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, and 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.
4 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 a prize.
To the person who submits to
It the simplest and most prone
Using inventiOn,f from q CONNER
cial point of view, the company
will give 81, 800 in cash. I'm 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:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat'
entable, he can withdraw without further ex.
pense. Otherwise he will be 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 O: not, the inventor will have
a patent that ought to be valuable property
to HIM. The prize will be awarded by a jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn'
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should gil out the following blank, and for
ward it with their application:
81 submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
C0mnanY