Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-07-11
PRTZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has IL Clear Gilt OF a
Small Fortune, and the Losers
taaye Patents that NAV
Bring them in sill
More.

Would YOU like to make twenty-five nun IN
drcd dollars? 1fyou would, read cafe1uHv
what follows and you may see way " W. ~,
The Press Claims Company devotes much
.tt.nt;on to patents. 1t has handled thous-
ands IF applications for inventions, out IL
would like 10 handle thousands more. lhere
10 nleniv of inventive talent in this country,
nre,line nothing but n c o IL c III en-
-. nrnince practical results. That encour-
acement 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 IS thaI an
;nScntor must be a natural genius, like ELL
son or Bell that he must put years to dclVihg
In complicated mechanical problems ana
flat he must spend q fortune on ociica!c "a.
neriments before he can get new de , W
q natcntable degree of perfection. THIS de-
ius,on the company desires to dlspel. IL de-
s;res ia get into the head ofthe public clear
comnrchersion of the fact that it is not the
great, complex, and expensive inventions
that bring the best returns 10 their au'ho OK,
i but the little, simple, and cheap 0nes-.he
Filings that seem so absurdly trivial lha' INC
citizen would feel somewhat asna'i1eu VI
!, bringing them to the attention Oh 'he ''en'
Office. ooo;,od
IRON, thc nnicnts on all his marvellous inVen-
lions have not been sufficient to pay the cos'
of his governments. But the man VINO con
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF ruoper
cord to n child's ball, so that it would come
hack tn his hand when thrown made q lor-
tmne ont Of his scheme The modern sew
;nc.mochine is a miracle OF ingenuIty-the
nro,luct of the toll ofhundIeds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, pu. tne
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle al the
point instead of the other end
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparalively few people regard them
solves 80 inventors, but almost everybody
nos heen struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated TO reuuce
some ofthe little frictons of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without 1urther
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows so that they couio DC STU "P
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?' exclpims the traveller. III VERY
running the road would make 'hcm III SIGH
a way o,,,oo
nan thinking ot?.' Crumbles the cook. he
never had to work oyer Il stoye, or he "ou'u
have known how it ought to have been hXcu
-Hang such a collar button y grows 'ne
man who is late for breakfast. "lf were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slim ont. or break of, or gougc out the BACK
of my neck" o,o,,
their grievances and begin to think OF some
ih;uo else Ifthev would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put their IDEAS
about Car windows, sauccpans, ana coilar
buttons into practical shape, ana then Apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man VINO 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 III lheln'
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer q prize.
TO ,hep person who submits to
il the simplest and most prom
Using invention. from II CONNER
ciaI point of,iew, the company
will give $4,000 i'm cash, In adj
dftion to refundin. the fees for
securing the patent.
twill also advertise the in-
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditiDns:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company lie
must first apply for preliminary search
tho cost of which will be five dollars Should
this search show his invention to be nhpat.
cntable, he can withdraw without further ex-
pensc. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
cnt 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
q patent that ought to be valuable
to HIM. The prize will be awarded by jury
consisting of three reputable patent a'torn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
Should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application o
81 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.