Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-12
Fortune In These ldsas.
SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T
BEEN INVENTED.

There are lots Of chances for inventors
still. It II an old saying that tho SIM
plest devices are the ones which prove
most profitable to their originators. The
field 10 not yet exhausted.
For instance, It 10 asserted that the
genius who conceives process for load
Ing coal on ocean going steamships which
will effect saving Of one-half cent ton
over the present methods employed, can
get check for u ,000, 900 for his idea the
minute he Is ready to demonstrate the
practicability Of his plan.
But, valuable a would be such an idea,
1t Is question whether It would bring .
larger price than method of treating
straw hats to prevent them from chang
ing color with the weather.
There Is also demand In the Amer
lean household as we'll "a in large can
ming establishments for an effective and
rapidly working device for sealing cans.
Fully fifty patents have been granted for
Icontrivances aimed to meet this want,
but the ideal has not yet been reached.
A typewriter that will do Its work
without the present nerve racking click
ing and clacking would bring q good re-
turn to the inventor and would be as
great boon to humanity as . speeches.
barber.
In the airship field there Is ample OPP
portunity for fortune making, and the
submarine boat can still be improved up.
on profitably. A flying machine that
will 60 up and come down and sub.
marine that will 60 down and come up
at the pleasure of the operator are
nightly to be desired, and would be OF
vast financial value.
The genius who contrives motor
actuated solely by the rays of the sun or
the waves of the sea, and OF practical
use, Is assured Of q fortune and niche
In the Hall Of Fame.
Shoe manufacturers have long sought
Q neat and durable substitute for leather,
aud they are willing to pay handsomely
the man who solves this riddle for them
Millions of dollars await the man who
invents substitute for coal. One Of the
biggest bills Of the world OF civilization
is lis fuel bill. Cut this down trifie a
year by any new means, and fortune
SURPRISING Rockefeller's will be the re-
ward.
A device that will entirely obliterate
the grating mechanical sounds OF the
talking machine will find q dozen bid.
ders with certified checks waiting to
purchase 1t.
The man who devises a method Of
cleaning ships bottom without dock
ing it will never have to work another
day in his life and can take trip abroad
in his own private yacht II he desires to
do so.
It is estimated that millions Of dollars
are locked up in waste of various kinds
from factories. Any scheme that will
efrectually utilize this waste and save the
millions will fill the Golfers Of the in
ventor with coin.
Probably five hundred patents have
been secured on nOn-reusable boxes and
five times as many on non.refillable bot
ties, but no one OF these meets all the re-
quirements. The inventor OF the per
feet thing in either of these classes will
| live on the fat of the land for the rest OF
his days.
Automatic chicken pickers and oyster
shuckers are in demand.
One of the ideas on which the invent
or may exercise his ability with profit
able results II he Is successful Ia an anto-
matte gas cock that will shut of the flow
as soon as the gas is extinguished.
There 10 q self.sharpening paper cut
ter which keeps its blade on edge through
the very process Of cutting paper.
There Is q tidy 100000 waiting for the
man who can apply the same principle
to scissors and shears.
A pen that will not corrode, 4 pin that
that will not dull, gasolene for auto
mobiles that will not smell, an ink that
will not evaporate, coloring matter for
light dress goods that will not fade, .
self.lubricating sewing machine, an
automatically puncture closing pneuma-
tic tire for bicycles and automobiles,
perfect smoke consumer, device for
accurately timing camera exposures, .
typewriter key that will not clog, and
hundreds OF other schemes that will add
to the comfort and economy of living,
are all waiting to be brought to that
stage of perfection that will make them
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