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Show I Fiii'litiM-n In Sruull Thing. I The New Jersey man who hit upou tho I i idea of attaching a tublier erasing tip tc ' the end of lead pencils h worth $'00,000. ; I The miner who invented a metal rivel or ! eyelet al each end ol" (he mouth of coat ! and trousers pockets, to resist the elrain caused by Hie carriage of pieces of ore' ! and heavy tools, has made- more money ! j from his letters patent than he would j havo made had he slruck" a good vein i I of gold bearing quartz. Everyone has seen llie metal plates that are used to ) protect the heels and soles of rough i j shoes, but every one doesn't know that I within len years tho man who hit upon J j the idea has made $2o0,000. i As large a rum as was ever obtained for any invention was enjoyed by the Yankee who invented the inverted gloss bell to hang over gas jets to protect ceilings ceil-ings from being blackened by smoke. A simple thing? Yes, very. Frequently time and circumstances are wanted be-foroau be-foroau invention is appreciated, but patience pa-tience t;t frequently rewarded, and richly rewarded, loo, for the inventor of the roller skale has made $1,000,000, notwithstanding not-withstanding llie fact that his patent had nearly expired before llie value of it was ascertained in the craze for roller skating that spread over the country several years ago. The gimlet pointed screw lias produced more wealth than most silver mines, and the Connecticut man who first thought of putting copper tips on the toes of children's shoes is as well off as if he had inherited $1,000,000, for that's tho amount his idea has realized for him in cold, clammy coin. The common needle threader, which every one has seen for sale, and which every woman owns, wan n boon to needle users. It isn't at all intricate and any lO-y ear-old boy might havo thought of it, bin he didn't 'I he man who invented invent-ed it has an income of $10,000 a year from his invention. Few inventions pay better than popular patented toys. A minister made J-"iO.00u over in England by inventing an odd little toy that danced by winding it with a string as a boy wiuds a top The man who "invented" "in-vented" the return ball, an ordinary wooden ball with a rubber string attached at-tached to pull it back, made $1,000,000 from H. The person who invented the most recent popular toy, " Pigs in Clover." will be rich before the leaves turn this autumn, for there is un unprecedented un-precedented demand for it, and stationers station-ers cannot supply the demand. A half dozen factories in llie east are turning them out by the tens of thousands, but the public wants more than the factories can make. Pittsburg Press. |
