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Show Waiaaiaaaaaaaa-awwwwaiKMaaaaawaaawaMMaMawaMMWw 1 lhe LitUi Thlnpa the Moat Valuable. Cowpnmtlvcly few people regara Attn 'rclreB08litventor9,buVnlmostcvcrylxly I has been struck, tit one timoor another, m itli Mens that roomed calculated to re- j dure aoin of the little frictions of lite. I'nidly audi idew are dismlsBcd wlth- out further thought. I "Why don't tho railroad company inako its car windows eo that they can ho slid up and down without breaking tho piuwangera' back?" exclaims tho ttawler. "If I were running tho road I would make them in micli a way." "What was tho man that mad thin saucepan thinking of?" grumble-! the cook. "Me never had to work over n stoic, or lie would havo known how It oiibIiI to have lieen fixed." "llnng such a collar bullonl" growls tho man wliolslato for breakfast. "If I werein tilt bupinem IM makt Irattoni that wouldn't slip out, or break oft, tr gouge out tiio back of my neck." And then the various sufferers forget alwtit their grievances and begin to think of eomothing else. If they would sit down at the next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put their Ideas about car windows Bairccpuns, and collar bnttonB Into practical prac-tical ahapc, and then apply for patents, (hoy infttht find themselves at independently indepen-dently i caltliy na the man who invented tho iron umbrella ring, or the one. who patented the llftccn puzzle. a TKurriNa orrnn. To Induco people to keep track of their bright ideas and soo what thcro is in them, tho I'rcad Claims Company has rcsolvod to ofier n prizo. To tho person who submits to It tho siinplcnt and most promising invention, from a commercial point ot vlow, the company will glvo twenty-flvo hundred dolhtra in audi, in addition to refunding tho fees for securing the patont. It will also ad vcrtiso tho invention freo ol cliargo This oiler is subject to tho following conditions: Kvcry compclilor must obtain a patent for Jils invention through tho company. lie must first apply for n preliminary search, the cost of -which will bo flvo dollars. Should this search hliow hla Invention to bo unpatentable, ho can withdraw without further oxpenso Otherwise lio will bo expected to com-picto com-picto his application and take out a patent .n tiio regular way. Tho total expense, including Government and Bureau fees, will bo seventy dollais. For this, whether ho secures the priro or not, the inventor will havo n patent that ought to bo :i vahiabio property to him. Tho prize will lie awarded by a Jury consisting of tliroo reputable patent attorneys of Washington, Intending competitors should 1111 out tho following blank, and forward it with their application appli-cation : " , 18C2. "I submit tho within described invention inven-tion in competition for tho Tnanty-fiva hundred Dollar l'rizo oUt-ml by the 1'iuss Claims Company. i ii |