Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-11-14
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

Comnaratiyely few people regard 'i!eu-
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
mas been struck, at one time or announcer
with ideas that seemed calculated 10 reouce
some ofthe little frictions OF HE. Csua''
such ideas are dismissed WITHOUT l'l'h''
thought. ~ ,o,o
its car windows so that they cou'o oe STU w
and down without breaking the passengers
hocks ." exclajms the traveller. 'lf l were
rnnn;no the road I would make them IN sIch
. way" ,,,,o so,oo
nan thinking ot?:' grumbles the cook. he
never had to work oyer stOye, or he Wouio
have known how it ought to have been liked"
Hang such collar button y grows me
man who Is late for breakfast. "lf | were in
the business Id make buttons that Wou!dn
slip out or break off, or gouge out the oack
Ofmy neck. co, o,,o,,.
their grievances and begin to think OF some
thing else. Ifthey 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.
ATEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
br;cht ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has reso Vcd 10
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
IL the simplest and most prom
Using invention, from n CONNER
ciaI point of view, the company
will give $500 in cash, in adj
dition to refuntling the fees for
securing the patent.
It will also advertise the in
yentiOn free of charge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain a patent for
his invention through the company. lie
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 cx-
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 fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application:
49, 49,, -, 1893.
~ 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 q competition Of rather an unusual
nature 1t 10 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
worth doing It, The architect whose com.
oeti.ive plan for club house on a certain
corner Is not accepted has spent his labor on
,methng Of very little use to him But the
erson who patents a simple and useful dc
rice iu the Press Claims Companp's Compe-
t,tion, need not worry if he fail to secure the
prize He has substantial result to show
for his work-one that will command its val
de In the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to m
prove it than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point OF
view. Get rid of the rid of the idea that an
improvement can be too simple to be worth
patenting TIE simbler the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the Press
Claims Companys twenty five hundred dol
ars.
The responsibility of this company may be
Judged from the fact that Its stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa
pers Of the United States.
Address the Press Claims Comaany, John
Wtddeburn, managing attorney. 6lsF street
y WASHINGTON D. &. INDY