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Show The Litttft Thlnpn the Most VAluable. Comparatively few people t'.urd nem pelves ttsiiivetitorg.lmtnlmof'lererylxxly hai been struck, nt 0110 time or another, wilh Ideas that eecinett calculated to reduce re-duce Mine of the little frictions of life. Usually surh ideas are dlemimetl without with-out further thought. "Why don't tho railroad company mako its car window BBo that they can Iw slid up and down without breaking tho passanRcre' bick?" exclaims the travclor. "It I were running the road I would make them in atich a way." "What was the man that made this saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the cook- "Me never had to work over it elove, or lie would havo known how It ought to have lcn llxed.'t "Hang Mich n cellar button I" growls the man whoislftto for breakfast. "II I weroln the IniPi'ncw I'd mV bnttoat lha.1 wouldn't slip ont, or brrk B, or gonge ont the Wk of my neok." And then the various euffsrert forfrt about their grievances nd begin to think of something else. If they would Bit down at the next convenient opportunity, oppor-tunity, put lhuiridesaboutrrwlndows saucepans, and collar buttons Into practical prac-tical shipe, and then apply for patents, they might find themselves as independently indepen-dently wealthy as thomnn whoinvented tho iron umbrella ring, or the one who patented tho fifteen putzlo. a TitsirriNa orr-B. To iniluco peoplo to keep trackof their bright iJeas and nco wimt tliere is in them, tho Trees Claims Company lias resolved to ofTor n prir.e. To tlkjperson who submits to it the Rltnpiclfand most promising invention, from fil'immcrclal point of view, the compnl w lil give twenty-flvo hundred dollanin caidi, In addition to refunding tho fees for securing the patent. It will aleond vertise tlio invontion f rco of chnrge Tills offer is subject to tho following conditions: Kvciy competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through the company. Ho must first apply for a preliminary search, tho cost of which will bollvo dollars. Should this Bcarcli bIiow Ills Invention to bo unpatentable, ho can withdraw wltlioutfurtheroxpcnee Othcrwito ho will bo expected to com-plcto com-plcto his application and tako oat n patent .n tho regular way. Tiio total expense, Including Government nnil nuruniifces, will bo floventy dollars. For this, whether ho secure, tho prize or not, tho Inventor will havo a patent Hint ought to 1)0 11 vuluablo property to hlni. The prixo will b" awarded by n jury consisting .of (lirco reputable patent nttorneys of Wasljngton. Intending competitors slionld 1111 out tho following blank, mid forward It with their application appli-cation : " . 18C2. "I Biibuiit tlio within dcpcrificd Invention Inven-tion in c(niMtition for tho Twenly-llvo liundrcd Dollar Vrir.o ofTeicd by the 1'roas Chtlius Company. |