The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-17
FORTUNES WAITING FOR ALL.
Several Pressing Wants that Await
the Coming of an Inventor.
London Tit-Bits.

6CAAAoAA III
The person who is gifted with a fair al
lowance OF brains need not go abroad TO
max a fortune, for vast sums Of money
are awaiting those of an inventive turn OF
mind who can supply one Of the many re-
q~uirements Of the populace. In some cases
wealthy men have offered large fortunes
for simple Inventions, but IL is seldom any
one comes forward 10 claim them.
Smoke is one of the necessary evils OF the
winter months, and il is at all times a
nuisance in London. Some years ago A
wealthy man named Newling offered G1O0,-
600 to the person who would invent a meth
cd of banishing all smoke from the me-
trOpOlis, but as yet no candidate has APP
piled for the sum. Possibly when the genius
who can abolish smoke comes along he viii
tackle the fog problem also. If he could
chase the fogs away he would earn tie
thanks Of millions and a fortune beside.
Most men smoke, but the smokers ideal
pipe has yet TO be invented, for although
many patents have been taken out in this
direction from time TO time, not one has
reached perfection. In the cigar depart
ment there are also a number OF untitled
wants. The man who supplies these Will
speedily become a millionaire.
A mar in a hurry probably bites of the
tip of his cigar, and ere he gets half way
through il the end begins to unravel in his
mouth, either spelling the enjoyment of
his smoke, or, If he be eXtravagant, causing
him to throw the cigar away. A Havana
firm OF cigar makers has made an offer II
10000, which still remains valid. 10 the
man who will invent a method Of rOlliI z
or a paste that will restrain a cigar from
unrolling under any circumstance. vet the
evil remains unremedied. The individual
who could discover a way Of preventing the
cigar ash from falling would likewise never
have 10 do another stroke Of work In his
life.
There is no doubt that the postofHce
would handsomely reward the man who
could design a pillar box incapable OF be-
ing pilfered, "A form Of thicVing that costs
the authorities many thousands every year.
Many inventors have tried this. but 50 far
none of the IDEAS has been adopted by the
officials. The self-winding watch II a puZ-
gle for the brainy c~lOckmaker. and the
lucky solver OF the secret would coin
money faster than he could spend IL. rs
would the individual who produced a writ
ing ink that dried Immediately upon touch
ing the paper, thereby abOlishfng the use
of the blOtting pad.
Vast fortunes have been made over cycle
inventions, but there are plenty more watt
ing TO be claimed. The absolutely unpunc-
turable tire Is a discovery OF the future,
and the man who is to make a million OF
two thereby is probably vet unborn. Cv-
clists would also richly reward the person
VINO could devise a method OF repairing a
tire without having 10 take IL of and kneel
Tor a quarter Of an hour on a damp road
while IL was mended, and the self-fnnatine
tire would also prove 10 be a gold mine 10
It's inventor. Cheap motors will no doubt
In the future spell millions 10 somebody.
We want a soap that VIII cleanse without
the application OF water. and which could
be carried in the pocket and used at such
times when water is not 10 be obtained Tor
love or money. Shaving. too. Is a painful
operation on a cold winters morning. and
the person who wishes 10 possess wealth
beyond the dreams OF avarice has only "a
conceive some method that viii enable a
man 10 shave in half a minute without
water and viii make II impossible for him
TO cut himself. no matter how careless
he may be.