Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-03-07
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Whine has n Clear Gilt Ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Nave Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.

aGement tCe TTcss S'"ino ~"F-' ~
poses to give. -
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an appall,
inely formidable thing. The idea 10 that an
inventor must be natural genius, iiKe Eol-
son or Bell that he must put years 10 ae'vng
in complicated mechanical problems and
that he must spend . fortune on delicate ex.
periments before no can get new device 70
= patentable degree OF perfection. This DE-
lue,on the company desires to dlspel II de-
sires to>get into the head Of the public clear
comnrehension of the tact that it 10 not the
preat. complex. and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem 90 absurdly Trivial tnat the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the fa'en'
Once.
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous InVeh.
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of bis experiments. But the man who con
ceived the idea Of fastening a bit OF ruooer
cord to a childs ball, so that 1t wo9ld come
back to his hand when thrown mace lor'
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ino.machine ia a miracle OF ingenuity-the
nroduct of the toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye Of the needle AZ the
point instead Of the other end
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves ss inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little frictions Of life. Usually
such ideaa are dismissed without further
thought
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows 90 that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backse" exclaims the traveller. III l were
running the road would make them IN s1ch
. way"
"What was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking Off, grumbles the COOK he
never had to work oyer stove, or ne wou'u
have known how it ought to have been 1xea'
Hang such a collar button !! grows tne
man who is late for breakfast. iii were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wonidht
slip out or break of, or gouge out the oacR
of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
thing else. If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put their ide"s
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.
ATEMPTVNG OFFER.
To induce people to keep track OF their
bright ideas and see what there is In them
the Press Claims Company has reso we'd TO
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
Il the simplest and most prom.
Using invention. from . CONNER
cial point Of few, the company
will give 81, 500 in cash, i'm adj
dition to refunding the fees for
occurring the patent.
twill 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 q 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 Il jury
consisting Of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should I'll out the following blank. and for
ward it with their application:
-" -, 1898.
II submit the within described invention