Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-01-17
PRIZES ON PATENTS,
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.

dred UOlldrS lOr NUIuAAS'
The winner has Il Clear GIFT Ola
small Fortune, and the Losers
Haye Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.
Would YOU like to make twenty-five hun
dred dollars? Ifyou would, read careiuiiy
what follows and you may zee way 10 90 H.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous-
ands of applications for Inventions, 1 Maon ~
would ike to handle thousands more. There
is nlen,y of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but G n courage m eli
T., nro1nce practical results. That enconr'
arrment the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS,
A patent strikes most people as an appail-
ingly formidable thing. The idea 10 that an
inventor must be natural genius, hke Eol-
|nnan or Bell that he must put years 10 uel'ihs
nIx,p)ica,ed mechanical problems ana
mus, spend a fortune on delicate ex-
before he can get new device 10
bic degree of perfection ms de'
The company desires to dlsPei. ~ ue.
70 get into the head OF the pupFc c'ear
(ylprehersion of the tact that II IS not 'he
treat, complex, and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns to their authors
Int the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem so absurdly trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
brincinp them to the attention OF the fateht
Office
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the natents on all his marvellous inven-
tjons have not been sufficient topay the cost
of bis experiments. But the man who con-
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF ruoper
cord to child's ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made 1or-
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ing.machine is miracle OF ingenuity
product ofthe toll of hundIeds OF BUSY Drains
through hundred and fifty years out tnc
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye OF the neeole AZ 'he
point instead of the other end
THE LITTLE TH!NGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatiyely few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost every BODY
mas been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the little frictions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car Windows so that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs" exclaims the traveller. III were
running the road would make them IN sach
way"
what was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking Oi:.' grumbles the COOK ne
never had to work oyer stove, or ne wou'n {,
have known how it ought to have been hXed
"Hang such collar button y growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "lfl were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the oacK
of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
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, ana coilhr
buttons into practical shape, and lhen Apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or Inc one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there Is IN men,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer q prize.
TO the person who submits to
it the simplest and most prom
Using invention. from Il CONNER
ciaI point Of lew, the company
will give S2.jOO in cash, in adj
dition to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In
yention free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
diti"ns:
Every competitor must obtain patent tor
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for a preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entabe he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take ont 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 a valuable property
to HIM. The prize Will be awarded by Il 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:
-" 1893.
81 submit the within described invention
in competition for the twenty-five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
No Blanks i'm 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.
MI the competitors risklng the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
MS 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