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Show Hie Lttile Things t e Most Valuable. 1 din. ii.ti ly few 'icopleregartllliem - !, i'h mifnti is,l - almost everyliotly 1 ' Finn I-, hi o i' time or another, "i I tni.t v em t calculated to re-' re-' mi : ill.' littl frictions of life. t h sueli Ideas ur.' dismissed witli-mi' witli-mi' iinilier thoiiiiht. "Win d.ui't tlio railroad company in 1. 1.- 1 ui- windows 3d that they can I. !i 1 npniidilown without breaking 1 . 1 1 lingers' hick?" exclaims the tti 1 ' r. "If I were running tho road I rn ild nmke tliein in tuch n way." " lint was the man that mado tins Miuivpaii thinking of "' grumbles the coi.k "IIo never had to work over etnve, or lie would hae known how it i.tight to have U'Ctt fixed." "Hung such n collar button I" growls tli- ninn m lio Is Into for hrcakfsnt. "If I I were in the butdiiiss I'if mako buttons t'int wi.uliltrtsllpotit, )r break off, or gunge out the back of my neck." Aud then tho vnrluus sttiTcrcrs forget about their grlovnttccs and begin to think ot something clso. If they would sit down nt the next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put thelridcasaboutrnrwIndoTfs Bsucepnns, and collar buttons into prac-tii prac-tii si shape, nnd then apply for patents, tin v might llnd themselves ns independently indepen-dently wealthy as theroan wholnventcd i'if iron umbrella ring, or tho one who patented tlio fifteen puzzle. a tkmitimi orrmi.S'K'SSSS To Induce people to keep trnckof their bright Ideas nnd bee what there is In them, the Pross Claim Company has resolved to offer a prize. To tho person who jubmits to It the siniplist and most promising invention, from a commercial point of view, the company w ill give twenty-five hundred dollars in cash, in ad Ution to refunding the feea for securing t no patent. It w 111 also advertise the invention frecotcharge This offer Is subject to tho following conditions: Etry competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through tho company. He timet llrst apply for a preliminary search, the cost of which, will bo live iloll.ua. Should this search show his invention to bo unpatentable, he can withdraw without further expense Otherwise no will bo 'xpectcd to complete com-plete his application nnd take out a patent In tho regulat way. Tno total expense, including Government and lliireau fees, will be seventy dollars. I or this, whether ho erures tho prize or nut, the inventor will note a patcntthat I mnjht to be a vnltiab .1 property to him. ! The prig ti ill be nw rded by a jury ooiieisting of three reputable patent iti'iriu-ys of Washington. Intending i ipetitorn should 111 out the following I lank, ami forward It nlth their nppll-entii.ii |