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Show Lie l n'lc Tnn gs the Most Valuable. ' nipirntii ly fi v people tegnrd them a Inventus, butnlmostcvcrybody "timk, at ono tlmo or another ' thiticeuied calculated fo re- . m the lit,le frictions of life I i i Ii ideas nro dismissed with- ' i thought. don't the railroad company i. i mr nindoua po that thoy can i i upsnddoivn without breaking i i nngnra' ba.'k?" exclaims the i u . r. "If I were running tho road I v.. uld make Ihem Ir sucli a way." What was the in tn that mad this mitccpnn thinking cf?" grumbles Hie cook- "He neer hid to work over a rtovv, or he would bnvo known how it iitijtht to bae been ilxcd." "Hang such a coll tr button I" growls the man who is lute or brcakfaaf. "If 1 I were in the business I'd make buttons thnt wouldn'tsllpoi.t, or break off, or gouge out tho back tl my neck," And then tho vnrbus sufferers forget about their griovai.ces and bogiti to think of something '.lee. If they would Hit donn at the next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put thcirideninboutcarvrlndows enucepflii", and collni bultone into practical prac-tical shape, nnd thet apply for patcntf, they might find thcuscUes rs Indopen-dently Indopen-dently wealthy as tinman iliolncnted t'.io Iron umbrella rii g, or the one who patented the fifteen liiztlc. a Tnti'Tih i orria. To Induce, people t keep track of their bright idtns and see what there is In them, the Press Chu as Company lini resolved to offer a pr ze. To tho person who submits to it the simplest nnd most promising invention, from atommcrclitl pilnt of view, the company villi gi a twenty-fit o hundred dollars in cash, in addition to refunding tho fees for securing ho patent. It will also ndvnrtise the Invention freo of charge This offer is subject to tho following conditions; Eery competitor must obtain a patent for hla Invei Hon through the company. He must first apply for a preliminary search, tiie cost of which will be llo dollars. Should this search show his invention to be unpatentable, ho ran w ithdraw n Ithout further expense Otherwise ho will be expected to com-pK'tu com-pK'tu his application and take out n patent .ti tho tegular way. Tho total I'xpcniH', Including Government and Ilureim fecH. will be seventv dollars. IV tins, whether he secures tho prize or not, ilu inventor will havo a patent that milit to be a valuable property to him. The prige will bo awarded by a jury coneisiing of threo reptttablo patent ultorueys of Washington. Intending compel llora should fill out tho following blank, and forward it with their application appli-cation " , 16C2 "I submit the within described invention inven-tion in competition for the Twenlv-fhu hut dred Dollar Prize offered by the Pi ess Clalniu Company. n i, |