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Show T' Little Thli gs the Most Valuable. 1 ip.iralhoh few people regard them i ' inventor, hiitnlmostevcrybody I ruck, nt one tlmo or another, t ' ' - lli.it Hieiiicil ealciilated to re- of llieli'tle frictions ol life. I 1 11 h ideas are dismissed with-0,1 with-0,1 I er thought. 'i1 don't tho 1 nil rood company II d 1' 1 in windows go that they can I -'1 I 111. and down without breaking t' ; oners' back?" exclaims the tii. ei. "If I were running tho rosd 1 w. nl 1 iniiko them in such n way." 'V 'mi was tlio man that made this huh . tn thinking of?" grumbles the eo .'. "lie never had to work oer a stot 1 , or ho would havo known how it oii2ht to have l.con fixed." "Hnng such a collar button I" growls the man who Is Into (or breakfast. "If I were in the buHlncaa I'd make buttons thnt wouldn't slip out, or break off, or gouge out tlio back of my neck," And then the various sufferers forget about their grievances and begin to think of something else. It they would sit down at tho next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, putthoiritteosnboutrnrwliidons saucepans, and rollai butlonJ Into practical prac-tical shape, nnd tlicn apply for patents, they might find themselves ns Indopon-dontly Indopon-dontly wealthy ns the man who Invented tho iron umbrella ring, or tho one who pu'tcntod tho fifteen purzlc. a -mtiTiNu orrEK.SmCS To induce people to keep trackof their bright Ideas and sco what thero Is In them, tho Press Claims Company has resolved to oiler n prio. To tho person who submits to it the simplest and most promising Invention, from a commercial point of view, tlio company will give twnty-flvo hundred dollars In cash, In addition to refunding the fees for securing the patent. It will also advertise tho invention frccof charge Tliis offer Is subject to tlio following conditions: Hvciy competitor must obtnln a patent for ills Invention through tlio company. Ho must first apply for a preliminary search, the cost of which will lie five dollars. Should this search show his invention lo bo unpatentable, he can w ithdraw w ithout further expense Otherwise 110 will be expected to complete com-plete lilii application nnd tako out a patent .11 the regular way. The total expense, including Government and Flureau fees, will bo seventy dollars. Por this, whether he fecures tho prize, or not, the inventor will have a patent that ought to lie a valuable, property to him. Tho priu will lie nwnrdedby a Jury consisting of threo reputable- patent attorneys of Washington. Intending competitors should fill nut tho following blank, and forward It with their application appli-cation t " . 1802. "I submit ths within ilcsciihcd Invention Inven-tion in competition for ths Twenly-lho hundred Dollar PfUo oflVral by the Prusa (.Malms Company . 11 11 |
