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Show MnHnN'MMNHWaMMnnMnH'WM lnc Litt'r Thlmra the Most Valuablt Comparatiii'ly d w peopioi'vuio-oei i eclf ostnienlois,liutnlnuisti'trvlaj1 has been strurk, at ono time or another, with ideas that seeincd (iileulated til ro ilueo Home of the little frictions of life Usually such Idras are dismissed with out further thought. "Why don't tho railroad coinpan; make its car w linlowo so that- they oil be slid up and down without breakiii tho pansaniwrs' bick?" eielaims tin traveler. "If I were running the road would maku them in such n wuy." "What wit the ninii that made thu saucepan thinking of?" gruiiibles tin cook "lit- nevir had to work user i stoie, or he would hato known how it ought to have lcn tlT,cd." "Hang irh ft collar button I" growls tho man w hois Into for breakfast. "If I wcreln thebiiHlness I'd maUo buttons that wouldn't slip out, or break oft", or cougsoiit the back of my neck." And then the various sufferers forjiel nlwut their grievances and begin to thlnl. of somctliluj rlBC. If they would sit dottn at the next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put theirl'leesaboutrnrwltidows snuci pans, and collar buttoiiH Into pnir-tienl pnir-tienl shape, mid then apply for patent?, they inlvlit find tlieinH'hes ns Independently Indepen-dently w ailhy as the man wholuvcntcd the iio i iiiolirella ring, or tho ono vlio paleni o tli Ufteen purxle. i mftiso urrtn. To i li ple to keep trnckof their hrl,jl il, u I see what thcro is in llicm i' li i Claims Company has resolw : r a prise. To I I, n who submits to it tho Himp i i loet promising Invention, from 1 1 reial point of view, tho ooni ii give tnenty-llvo hundred dollai ii, in add 1 1 Ion to rcfuudlnc the ft - i' in nig the patent. It will also nil i i Niitheinvetitlon frceofcharga Tins, .r is subject to thu following condili as: Ktery competitor must obtain a patent for ids invention through tile company, lie must first apply for a preliminary search, the cost of which will be live dollars. Should this search show his Invention to bo unpatentable, he can withdraw without further expense Otherw iso ue will ho expected to cont-pleto cont-pleto his application and take out a patent .n the regular way. Tno total expense, including Government and Ilurenit fees, will be seventy dollars. For this, whether ho secures the prize or not, the inventor will hnvon patent that ougut to be u valuable, property to him. Tho prir.0 w ill be n warded by a Jury consisting of thrco reputable patent attorneys ol Washington. Intending competitors should Mil out tho following blank, and forward It with their application: appli-cation: " , 1802. "I submit tho within described invention inven-tion in competition for the Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize offered by the I'resa Claims Company. ii it |