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Show itMiUliiifiii. 11 1 ! iMiia.lim.n,i,lj LtM Ine Llf- Thimra the Most Valuable. f iiiaratiely few- jicopieiRi,i,,t.-.pm f v ns inventors, butaimosleterylKsty lua been alrutk, nt ono time or nnother, w Ii Ideas that stviucil culciilnttnl lo re- 1 Mime ottliellitlo frictions of life. I Mall aiich Idea are dismissed ulili. ' fuither thought. Whv don't l!ie ruilrond oompnny nuke its car window sn that they call ' slid cp and down without brvsking Mi pnssniiitera' luck?" cxulnlmj the ttitwlir "ir I were running the ro.ul I would make them in suth 11 way." "Whnirt stliemnn tlwl made this suin pan thinking titT" grumbles the cook, "lie in-ver had to work oxer a stint', 111 lie would have known how It ought to have Uen fixed." "Hung such a collar button I" growls too man wlmlalalo for breakfast. "If I wercin tlio liuslntss I'd mako buttons that wouldn'tfllipoiit, or break olT, or gouge out tho back of my neck." And then tho various sulTcrcis forget aliout Ihcir grievances and begin lo think of something clc. If they would sit down at tho next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put thcirldcnsaboutrnrwliidows anucep.tns, nnd collar buttoiiH Into practical prac-tical shape, and then apply for patcnli, they might find themselves ns Independently Indepen-dently wealthy ns thoiimr, wholnvcnted the iron umbrella ring, or tho ono who patented the fifteen puzzle. a tkmitimi Drrmt. To induce people to keep trnck of their bright Ideas and see what there Is in them, tlio Press Claims Company has resolved to oiler n prlre. To tho person who submits lo it tho simplist nnd most promising Invention, from n commercial point .of vliw, tlio company w ill give twenty!! hundred dollars in cirh, in addition , funding the fees for securing tlio patent. It w ill also advertise the invention (reo of charge This oiler ia subject to Ilia following conditions: ISvery com pel I tor must obtain n patent for Ids Invention through the oompnny. Ho must first apply for n preliminary search, the cost ot which will lie llvedollnis. Should this search show his invention lo bo uiipilontahle, hocanvvithilravvvvithoiitfiirthcrcxpeiiso Otherwise ho will lie expected to compute com-pute his application and take out a patent .11 tho regular way. Ttio total expense, Including (Jnv eminent nnd nurcnii feos, will bo seventy dollars. For thitf, whether ho secures (ho prlroor not, tho Inventor will havoa patent that ought to bo a vnluablo property to him. Tlio prize will bo awarded by a jury consisting of thrca reputable patent attorneys of Washington. Intending competitors should fill out tho following blank, nnd f 01 ward It with their application appli-cation : " , 1802. "I submit tho within described invention inven-tion in competition for tho Tivculy-fivo bundled Dollar Prlo ollercd by the Press Claims Company. 11 11 |