Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-04-11
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has a Clear Gilt Ola
small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.

suement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give. -
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS,
natent strikes most people as an appall-
,nolv formidable thing. The idea is that an
mentor must be natural genius, like Edi-
son or Rell that he must put years to delvlng
IN complicated mechanical problems ano
that be must spend fortune on delicate ex'
nerimen,s before he can get new device 70
4 patentable degree OF perfection. Ih1s ae'
luslon the company desires to dlspe!. oe-
sires to get into the head OF the pupllc ciear
comprehension Of the fact that 1t Is not inc
great, complex, and expensive inventions
that bring the best returns 70 their authoIs
but the little, simple, and cheap ones n
th;nos that seem 80 absurdly trivial that the
cjtizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
hr;noing them to the attention Of the Patent
Office. .,r.
Edison says 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 exneriments. But the man who con-
ceiyed the idea Of fastening bit OF ruoDer
cord to a child's ball, 80 that it would come
hack to his hand when thrown made lor'
tune ont of his scheme. The modern sew
;np.machine ia miracle OF ingenulty-the
product 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 neeoie AZ 'ne
point instead of the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
yelyes as inventors but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or fcothf.
with ideas that seemed calculated tS reduce
sope c = inc little frictions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows 80 that they could oe 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
nan thinking off, grumbles the cook. he
never had to work oyer stoye, or ne Wouiu
have known how it ought to have been hxed
"Hang such a collar button " grows the
man who il late for breakfast. "1f1 were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the oack
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, 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 paten, ed the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To indrce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there is IN them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved 10
offer prize,
TO the person who submits to
IL the simplest and most prom
Using invention, from u CONNER
cial point Of view, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, i'm ad.
dition to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
twill also advertise the in.
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
bis invention through the company. ne
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
eatable, 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 fill out the following blank. and for
ward it with their application:
w. -, 1898.
II submit the within described invention
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