Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-01-02
PRIZES ON PATENTS,
How to Get TWENTY-FIVE Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has q Clear Gilt Ola
small Fortune, and the Losers
Nave Patents that NAV
Bring them I'm stiIu
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun ,,
dred dollarsf 1fyou would, read careiuiis
what follows and you may see way 10 oo ~ ~
The Press Claims Company devotes niue.
attention to patents. 1t has hanoIeo sncu; :,
ands of applications for lnyentlons, E T%or !,
u,omld like 10 handle thousands more. ihert
ia nientv of inventive talent In this country
needing nothing but n coura Gu
-. nro,ince practical results. That encour
scement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give: ~
v1,T so HARD AS 1T SEEMS.
A natent strikes most people as an appail
,naig p t"rmidable thing. The idea is that an
;nSe g tor must be natural genius, like Edl'
son or Bell that he must put years to delVing
n comnIicated mechanical problems and
tIat he must spend fortune on delicate ex'
ner;ments before he can get new device 10
= natentable degree OF perfection. ms de'
ira'on the company desires to dispei. IL de'
s;ras to oct into the head Of the public a clear
comnrehension of the tact that 1t is not lhe
oreat complex, and expensive inventions
rot hr;no The best returns to their authors
Int the little, simple, and cheap. ones-the
,h;ncs that seem so absurdly trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF inc r"'eh'
Office. .,hos roce;ved
from the patents on all his marvellous 'nven.
tions have not been sufficient 10 pay the cos'
of his experiments But the man VINO con-.
ceiyed the idea of fastening o't OF ruooel
cord to child's ball, so that 1t wo9io come
back to his hand when thrown maae u,
tune out Of his scheme. Inc mouern sew. Nv
;nr'mochine ia a miracle OF ingenulty-the
nroiuct of the toll of hundreds OF busy bra'ns
through hundred and fifty years, but me
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye OF the neeole ~ Vic
point instead of the other end.
TUE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them.
selves as inventors, but almost eVerypoay
..s; S.eu struck, at one time or aho!lel,
with ideas that seemed calculated 10 Teouce
some of the little frctions OF me. Cs u.has
such ideas are dismissed wi'hoo' '"f'u''
thought. &C.,, - ,,oto
T.. cer w;ndows 80 that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
hacks ~ exclaims the traveller. "lf were
r,,nninp the road would make them IN such
0 way" ,,oo
"What was the man that made this sauce uG1
nan thinking OFF, grumbles the cook. "Hc
never had to work oyer stoye, or he wou'u
have known how it ought to have been fixed
"Hang such collar button " growls the
oon who ia late for breakfast. "lf were In
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the oack
And thea the various sufferers forget about
Their grievances and begin to thiuk 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, ana 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.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there Is In them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer prize.
To the person who submits to
Il the simplest and most prom
ising inv ention, from u CONNER
cial point Of view. the company
Will give $4,000 In cash, in ad'
dition to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In.
ventiOn free of charge.
This offer is subject to the following con
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent fol
his invention through the company. Ht
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 ex
pense Otherwise he will be expected t
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
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 competition
should iii out the following blank. and for
ward it with their application:
- 1898
II submit the within described invention
Ia competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claim
Company
No Blanks I'm this Competition
This is competition of rather an unusua
nature 1t IS common to offer prizes for tn
best story, or picture, or architectural plan
all the councillors risklng the loss of thei