,,one ,,thousand ,,ways ,,to ,,make ,,money4 ,,by ,,page ,,fox4 ,,comprising ,the ,rounds and ,bounds of ,money-,making2 ,the ,arts of ,getting a ,living2 ,old and ,new ,opportunities for ,fortune2 ,a ,storehouse of ,facts1 ,hints1 ,helps and ,practical ,ideas1 in all ,kinds of ,business1 and ,hundreds of ,trade ,secrets ,never ,before ,given ,away4 ,,second ,,edition4 ,,the ,abbey ,press ,,publishers #aad ,,fifth ,,avenue ,,new ,,york ,copyright1 #aijj1 by ,,the ,abbey ,press in the ,united ,states and ,great ,britain4 ,all ,rights ,reserved4 ,,to ,,the ,,reader4 ,friend--,are you looking for a place8 ,we tell you how to find it4 ,are you poorly paid for your work8 ,we tell you how to get better wages4 ,have you goods you want to sell8 ,we suggest new plans4 ,are the profits of shop1 store1 office1 or farm unsatisfactory8 ,we tell you how to increase your income4 ,do you want to change your business8 ,we suggest a vast number of new ways to make money4 ,have you a boy whom you wish to put to a trade8 ,we tell you what occupations pay the best4 ,do you wish to make money in your own home8 ,we give you a list of #ajj paying articles which you can make and sell4 ,have you a little plot of ground around your house8 ,we tell you how to make it yield you a yearly revenue4 ,do you want to know how our rich men made their money8 ,we give the secrets away by the hundred4 ,do you want to know what to do with your savings8 ,we give you a list of the best-paying investments4 ,have you practical ideas8 ,are you skilled in the use of tools8 ,would you like to take out a patent8 ,we present to you a list of over #cjj inventions needed1 and in some cases even suggest how the article should be made4 ,have you literary ability8 or reportorial talent8 or advertising genius8 ,we mention #ajj ways by which you may be able to make a living by the pen4 ,in short the #a1jjj ways of money-making in this book are #a1jjj nails to hang your fortune on4 ,others have profited by these suggestions4 ,why may not you8 ,,contents4 ,,introduction4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,how ,,to ,,get ,a ,,place4 ,,page ,the ,secret of ,work4 ,nature's ,furrow4 ,general ,details4 ,the ,prismatic ,brain4 ,the ,bridled ,tongue4 ,studying the ,stair ,above4 ,the ,missing ,factor4 ,the ,magnifying ,glass4 ,the ,microscopic ,eye4 ,scoring a ,point when off ,duty4 ,the ,study of ,men #ac ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,starting ,,in ,,business4 ,the ,minimum ,basis4 ,the ,house-to-,house ,canvass4 ,the ,choice ,location4 ,the ,maximum ,basis4 ,the ,personal ,equation #ba ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,money ,,in ,,trade4 ,the ,interlined ,advertisement4 ,the ,picturesque ,name4 ,the ,pictorial ,wreck4 ,red-,letter ,day4 ,class ,discount4 ,the ,honest ,flaw4 ,the ,premium ,clerk4 ,the ,railroad ,mileage4 ,the ,dial ,dollars4 ,first ,customer ,package4 ,the ,carpet ,coupon4 ,the ,house ,lot ,coupon4 ,price-,time ,grade4 ,sales ,bulletin4 ,best ,reason ,prize4 ,birthday ,calendar4 ,conspicious ,price-,list4 ,the ,early ,discount4 ,the ,money-,space ,counter4 #bd ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,introduction ,,of ,a ,,new ,,article4 ,the ,puzzle4 ,the ,toy ,imitation4 ,the ,cartoon4 ,the ,conjurer4 ,the ,striking ,figure4 ,the ,advertising ,story4 ,the ,word-,builder4 ,the ,popular ,pun4 ,the ,political ,guesser4 ,the ,geometrical ,group4 ,the ,pictorial ,comparison4 ,the ,open ,challenge4 ,the ,book ,gift4 ,sunday ,school ,supplies4 #cj ,,chapter ,v4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,home ,,store4 ,section #a--;,household ,ornaments4 ,crystallized ,grasses4 ,leaf ,impressions4 ,vine and ,trellis4 ,the ,suspended ,acorn4 ,moss and ,cone4 ,the ,tumbler of ,peas4 ,the ,hanging ,turnip4 ,bleached ,leaves4 ,the ,artificial ,plant4 #ce ,section #b--,tea ,dishes4 ,delicious ,ham4 ,choice ,tongue4 ,artificial ,honey4 #ci ,section #c--,pastry4 ,angel ,cake4 ,dominos4 ,soft ,gingerbread4 ,doughnuts4 #da ,section #d--,sweetmeats and ,confectionery4 ,walnut ,candy4 ,chocolate ,caramels4 ,peppermint ,creams4 ,molasses ,candy4 ,blanched ,almonds4 ,fig ,paste4 ,fig ,layer ,candy4 #db ,section #e--,preserves1 ,pickles1 and ,jellies4 ,orange ,marmalade4 ,brandied ,peach4 ,ox-,heart ,cherry4 ,pound ,pear4 ,grape ,jelly4 ,sweet ,pickles4 ,chow-,chow4 ,pickled ,walnuts4 #dd ,section #f--,toilet ,articles4 ,rose ,oil4 ,cologne ,water4 ,french ,face ,powder4 ,night-,blooming ,cereus4 #dg ,section #g--,varnishes and ,polishes4 ,stove ,blacking4 ,shoe ,blacking4 ,furniture ,cream4 ,leather ,polish4 #dh ,section #h--,soaps and ,starches4 ,poland ,starch4 ,glue ,starch4 ,gum-,arabic ,starch4 ,starch ,luster4 ,hard ,soap4 ,savon ,d',amande4 #ej ,section #i--,soft ,drinks4 ,root ,beer4 ,ginger ,pop4 ,lemonade and ,orangeade4 #ea ,section #aj--;,dairy and ,other ,farm ,produce4 ,golden ,butter4 ,fresh ,eggs4 ,sweet ,milk4 ,sparkling ,honey4 ,new ,cheese4 ,clean ,lard4 ,white ,pork4 ,poultry to ,order4 #eb ,section #aa--;,garden ,vegetables4 ,cut-to-,order ,asparagus4 ,quick ,market ,strawberries4 ,round ,tomatoes4 ,pint ,peas4 ,string ,beans4 ,green ,corn4 #ed ,section #ab--,school ,supplies4 ,book ,covers4 ,artificial ,slates4 ,cheap ,ink4 ,school ,bag4 ,pen ,wiper4 ,children's ,luncheon4 #ef ,section #ac--;,christmas ,presents4 ,sofa ,pillow4 ,jewel ,tray4 ,american ,flag4 ,hair-,pin ,case4 ,chair ,cushion4 ,lamp ,shade4 ,bookmark4 ,handy ,work-,box4 ,pincushion4 ,catch-,bag4 ,court-,plaster ,case4 ,postage-,stamp ,holder4 ,photograph ,frame4 ,match ,safe4 ,wall-,pocket4 ,glove ,box4 #eg ,section #ad--,miscellaneous ,articles4 ,hot ,gems4 ,sliced ,watermelon4 ,toothsome ,pies4 ,ice ,cream4 ,pork and ,beans4 ,tomato ,ketchup4 ,mince ,meat4 ,dried ,apples4 ,peanuts4 ,cigarettes4 ,tallow ,candles4 ,lung ,preserver4 ,poison ,killer4 ,mucilage4 ,pop ,corn4 #fa ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,home ,,acre4 ,money in ,pears4 ,greenbacks in ,greenings4 ,plums of ,gold4 ,the ,raspberry ,acre4 ,profits in ,big ,peaches4 ,easy ,tomatoes4 ,assorted ,strawberries4 ,livings in ,lettuce4 ,sovereigns in ,spinach4 ,thousand-,dollar ,celery4 ,fortunes in ,water-,cress4 ,the ,dollar ,blackberry4 ,nickels in ,pickles4 ,the ,beet ,lot4 ,the ,roasting ,ear4 ,paying ,peas4 ,grated ,horseradish4 #fi ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,money ,,for ,,women4 ,the ,school ,store4 ,the ,hand ,album4 ,the ,novelty ,bakery4 ,the ,front ,yard ,snap4 ,the ,pet ,dog4 ,the ,box ,lunch4 ,the ,hairdresser4 ,typo and ,steno4 ,the ,sewing ,school4 ,flat ,hunting4 ,a ,tea ,room4 ,dress ,mending4 ,lace ,handling4 ,intelligence ,office4 ,professional ,mending4 ,the ,college ,cram4 ,shoe and ,wrap ,room4 ,general ,convenience ,room4 ,sick-,room ,delicacies4 ,shopping ,commission4 ,school ,luncheon4 ,hatching ,birds4 ,butter-and-,egg ,store4 ,saratoga ,chips4 ,fancy ,lamp ,shades4 ,bee-,keeping4 ,cleansing and ,bleaching4 ,fancy ,soaps4 ,home ,architecture4 ,home ,ornaments4 ,doubtful ,debts4 ,dressing ,dolls4 ,fruit ,preservers4 ,mushroom ,cellar4 ,poultry ,raising4 ,home ,hothouse4 ,art ,needlework4 ,news ,agency4 ,women's ,wants4 ,home ,printing ,press4 ,short ,service ,bureau4 ,delicatessen ,room4 ,miscellaneous ,exchange4 ,cap and ,apron ,plan4 ,kitchen ,utensils4 ,wedding ,manager4 ,foreign ,homes4 ,lady ,barber4 ,mineral ,collections for ,schools4 ,turkish ,bath4 ,trained ,nurses4 ,traveling ,companion4 ,paper ,flowers4 ,french ,perfumer and ,complexion ,expert4 ,a ,woman's ,hotel4 ,guide for ,shoppers4 ,bicycle ,instruction4 ,cooking ,school4 ,boarding ,house4 ,pen ,engraving4 ,ladies' ,restaurant4 ,a ,woman's ,newspaper4 ,advertising ,agent4 ,the ,civil ,service4 ,post-,prandial ,classes4 ,women ,druggists4 ,almanac ,makers4 ,women ,lecturers4 ,magazine ,contributors4 ,women ,physicians4 ,paper ,box ,making4 ,horticulture4 ,vocalists4 ,packing ,trunks4 ,women ,costumers4 ,express ,office4 ,fancy ,bakery4 ,women ,grocers4 ,food and ,medicine ,samples4 ,samples in ,stores4 ,samples from ,house to ,house4 ,the ,woman ,beautifier4 ,the ,manicure ,parlor4 ,the ,massage ,treatment4 ,ice ,cream ,parlor4 ,flower ,packets4 ,lady ,caterer4 ,delicacies for ,invalids4 ,insect ,powder4 ,rice ,cultivator4 ,yeast ,cakes4 ,physical ,culture4 ,house ,cleaning4 ,selling ,oysters4 ,pie ,cart4 ,men's ,neckties4 ,dancing ,teacher4 ,haberdasher4 ,lady ,architect4 ,lost and ,found ,agency4 #gc ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,money ,,for ,,boys4 ,section #a--;,how a ,boy ,can ,get a ,place4 ,free ,service4 ,special ,department4 ,show ,superiority of ,goods4 ,advertising4 ,influence4 ,a ,trial ,week4 ,commission4 #ajd ,section #b--,what ,boys ,can ,do4 ,the ,boy ,magician4 ,the ,glass-,blower4 ,the ,dime ,lunch4 ,cancelled ,stamps4 ,the ,boys' ,press4 ,saw and ,scroll4 ,the ,magic ,lantern4 ,candy-,making4 ,odd ,jobs4 ,general ,employment ,agency4 ,collect ,magazines4 ,vacant ,lot4 ,bicycle ,teaching4 ,first-,cost ,sales4 #ajg ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,money ,,in ,,agencies4 ,book ,agency4 ,patent ,agency4 ,commission ,merchants4 ,insurance ,agency4 ,traveling ,salesmen4 ,supply ,companies4 ,agencies for ,teachers4 ,clerical ,agency4 ,matrimonial ,agencies4 ,agency for ,servants4 ,agency for ,farm ,hands4 #aac ,,chapter ,x4 ,,money ,,in ,,proprietary ,,compounds4 ,healing ,ointment4 ,spasm ,killer4 ,anti-,malaria4 ,hostetter's ,bitters4 ,toothache ,ease4 ,candy ,digest4 ,cough ,lozenges4 ,lovers' ,hair-,oil4 ,purgative ,powder4 ,consumption ,wafers4 ,beef1 ,iron and ,wine4 ,spring ,tonic4 ,dr4 ,pierce's ,golden ,medical ,discovery4 ,bed-,bug ,exterminator4 ,catarrh ,cure4 ,lip ,pomatum4 ,ointment for ,chapped ,hands4 ,cod-,liver ,oil ,emulsion4 ,beauty ,water4 ,cough ,mixture4 ,dr4 ,sage's ,catarrh ,remedy4 ,diarrhea ,mixture4 ,blood ,purifier4 #abj ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,money ,,in ,,real ,,estate4 ,city ,property4 ,pleasure ,resorts4 ,new ,town ,sites4 ,western ,lands4 ,the ,apartment ,house4 ,the ,sky ,scraper4 ,the ,jersey ,flats4 ,abandoned ,farms4 #abg ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,fine ,,arts4 ,crayon ,work4 ,drawing4 ,photograph ,coloring4 ,oil ,painting4 ,water ,colors4 ,wood ,engraving4 ,book ,decoration4 ,dyeing4 ,designs4 ,engraving on ,glass4 ,embroidery4 ,lace ,making4 ,drawing in ,charcoal4 ,painting on ,china4 ,portrait ,painting4 #acb ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,manufacture4 ,bicycle ,factories4 ,double ,profit ,furs4 ,mica ,sheets4 ,artificial ,marble4 ,artificial ,whalebone4 ,artificial ,india ,rubber4 ,artificial ,camphor4 ,car ,building4 ,the ,transverse ,wooden ,pavement4 #acg ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,money ,,in ,,mining4 ,nevada ,silver4 ,aluminum1 the ,new ,mineral4 ,north ,carolina ,mica4 ,kansas ,zinc4 ,missouri ,cottas4 ,nickel ,mines4 ,mexican ,iron4 ,tennessee ,limestone4 ,fortunes in ,copper4 ,german ,amber4 ,african ,diamonds4 ,tasmania ,tin4 ,georgia ,sapphires4 ,rock ,salt4 ,asbestos ,pockets4 ,prospects in ,platinum4 ,petroleum ,wells4 ,gold ,discoveries4 ,prospecting for ,mines4 #adc ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,money ,,in ,,patent ,,rights4 ,section #a4--,money in ,bicycles4 ,a ,non-,puncturable ,bicycle ,tire4 ,bicycle ,holder ,attachment4 ,the ,bicycle ,umbrella ,holder4 ,a ,bicycle ,cyclometer ,clock4 ,the ,double ,power ,bicycle4 ,the ,folding ,wheel4 ,a ,bicycle ,support4 ,the ,cushion ,saddle4 ,a ,bicycle ,guard4 ,a ,combination ,bicycle ,lock4 ,a ,bicycle ,trunk4 ,the ,unicycle4 ,a ,bicycle ,cover4 ,a ,package ,holder4 ,handle ,bar ,cyclometer4 ,the ,all-,selling ,wheel4 ,toe-and-,heel ,clip4 ,the ,extension ,bicycle4 ,a ,bicycle ,shoe4 ,the ,stirrup ,pedal4 ,the ,home ,bicycle4 #adi ,section #b4--,money in ,building ,contrivances4 ,the ,ornamental ,floor4 ,the ,secure ,window-,blind4 ,the ,self-,locking ,window4 ,the ,adjustable ,blind4 ,the ,dollar ,door ,closer4 ,sectional ,window4 ,adjustable ,storm ,door4 ,a ,hinge ,lock4 ,double ,window4 ,hot-,blast ,furnace4 ,the ,weightless ,window ,sash4 ,a ,floor ,cover4 ,sash ,balance4 ,painting ,machines4 ,the ,pneumatic ,water ,tank4 ,the ,wood-,pulp ,floor4 #aed ,section #c4--,money in the ,kitchen4 ,the ,cheap ,washer4 ,a ,meat ,chopper4 ,automatic ,stove ,damper4 ,potato ,extractor4 ,knife ,sharpener4 ,cold ,handle4 ,the ,electric ,stove4 ,fruit ,jar ,holder4 ,can ,opener4 ,odorless ,cooking ,vessels4 ,coal ,filled ,flat-,iron4 ,automatic ,soaper4 ,dish-,washing ,machine4 ,a ,stove ,alarm4 ,the ,elastic ,clothes ,line4 ,combination ,line and ,pin4 ,a ,fruit ,press4 ,the ,can-,slide4 #aeg ,section #d4--,money in the ,parlor4 ,the ,chair ,fan4 ,the ,rocking-,chair ,fan4 ,christmas-,tree ,holder4 ,picture-,frame ,fastener4 ,adjustable ,head ,rest4 ,imitation ,coal ,fire4 ,music ,turner4 ,roll-,front ,fire-,screen4 ,removable ,rockers4 #afj ,section #e4--,money in the ,bedroom4 ,a ,noiseless ,clock4 ,a ,narcotic ,pillow4 ,electric ,fire ,igniter4 ,bedclothes ,fastener4 ,easy-,working ,bureau4 ,extensible ,bedstead4 ,movable ,partition and ,folding ,bed4 ,an ,attachable ,crib4 ,pulse ,indicator4 ,dress-,suit ,hanger4 ,the ,anti-,snorer4 ,the ,ventilated ,mattress4 #afa ,section #f4--,money in the ,cellar4 ,furnace ,feeder4 ,ice ,machine4 ,stove ,ash-,sifter4 ,jointed ,coal ,chute4 ,combined ,pan1 ,can1 ,sifter and ,roller4 ,ash-,barrel4 #afc ,section #g4--,money in the ,library and the ,schoolroom4 ,a ,paper ,binder4 ,the ,correspondent's ,desk4 ,book-,duster4 ,the ,portable ,library4 ,pocket ,lunch ,basket4 ,the ,multiple-,leaved ,blackboard4 #afd ,section #h4--,money in ,meals4 ,butter and ,cheese ,cutter4 ,paper ,tablecloth4 ,scroll-,edge ,meat ,knife4 ,carving-,knife ,holder4 ,lamp ,cooker4 ,wine ,tablets4 ,extension ,table4 #afe ,section #i4--,money in the ,business ,office4 ,the ,keyboard ,lock4 ,automatic ,safe ,opener4 ,paper ,binder and ,bill ,holder4 ,book ,lock4 ,the ,perpetual ,calendar4 ,the ,lightning ,adder4 ,copyholder4 ,envelope ,moistener and ,sealer4 ,multiple ,lock4 ,office ,door ,indicator4 ,automatic ,ticket ,seller4 ,perforated ,stamp4 #afg ,section #aj4--,money in the ,packing-,room4 ,nonrefillable ,bottle4 ,collapsible ,box4 ,bottle ,stopper4 ,combination ,cork and ,corkscrew4 ,collapsible ,barrel4 ,self-,standing ,bag4 ,barrel ,filler and ,funnel ,cut-,off4 ,folding ,crate4 ,paper ,barrel4 #afi ,section #aa4--,money in ,articles of ,trade4 ,the ,tradesman's ,signal4 ,barrel ,gauge4 ,elastic ,chimney4 ,air ,moistener4 ,automatic ,lubricator4 ,short-,time ,negative4 ,drying ,apparatus4 ,rotable ,hotel ,register4 ,glass ,dome4 ,round ,cutting ,scissors4 ,casket ,clamp4 ,self-,winding ,clock4 ,dose ,stopper4 ,faucet ,measure4 ,automatic ,feeder4 ,coupon ,cash ,book4 ,gas ,detective4 ,paper ,towels4 ,water ,filter4 ,pneumatic ,freight ,tube4 ,storm ,warning4 ,heat ,governor4 ,automatic ,oil ,feeder4 ,paint ,brush ,feeder4 ,inside ,faucet4 ,house ,patterns4 ,extension ,handle4 ,wire ,stretcher4 ,price ,tag4 ,handy ,vise4 ,folding ,ladder4 ,smokeless ,fuel4 ,finger-,ring ,gauge4 ,laundry ,bag4 ,sole ,cement4 ,goods ,exhibitor4 ,shoe ,stretcher4 ,cork ,ejector4 ,lemon ,squeezer4 ,spring ,wheel4 ,plural ,capsule4 ,dose ,bottle4 ,fisherman's ,claw4 ,pocket ,scale4 ,toy ,bank and ,register4 ,paper ,match4 ,illuminated ,type4 ,paper ,bottles4 ,paper ,sail4 #agj ,section #ab4--,money in the ,street4 ,street ,sweeper4 ,phosphorescent ,street ,numbers4 ,buggy ,top ,adjuster4 ,shoulder ,pack4 ,adjustable ,cart ,bottom4 ,nailless ,horseshoe4 ,elastic ,ring4 ,heel ,cyclometer4 ,whip-,lock4 ,rein-,holder4 ,automobile4 ,low ,truck4 ,automatic ,horse ,fastener4 ,foot-,cycle4 #agh ,section #ac4--,money in ,farming ,contrivances4 ,corn ,cutter4 ,frost ,protector4 ,farm ,fertilizer4 ,postless ,fence4 ,automatic ,gate ,opener4 ,corn ,planter4 ,all-,seed ,planter4 ,fertilizer ,distributor4 ,bone ,cutter4 ,bucket ,tipper4 ,post ,hole ,digger4 ,well ,refrigerator4 ,multiple ,dasher ,churn4 ,fruit ,picker4 ,portable ,fence4 ,poultry ,drinking ,fountain4 ,poultry ,perch4 ,mole ,trap4 ,seed ,sower4 ,milker and ,strainer4 ,paper ,milk ,can4 ,plant ,preserver4 #ahj ,section #ad4--,money in the ,mails and in ,writing ,materials4 ,the ,reversible ,package4 ,copying ,paper4 ,word ,printing ,typewriter4 ,transparent ,ink ,bottle4 ,double ,postal ,card4 ,safety ,envelope4 ,combination ,cover and ,letter4 ,always ,ready ,letter ,paper4 ,ink ,regulator4 ,pen ,finger ,pen ,rest4 ,perpetual ,pen ,supply4 ,letter ,annunciator4 ,envelope ,opener4 ,mail ,stamper4 ,rotary ,stamper4 ,invisible ,ink4 #ahd ,section #ae4--,money in ,dress4 ,bachelor's ,buttons4 ,shoe ,fastener4 ,trousers' ,guard4 ,twentieth ,century ,shoe4 ,combination ,tie and ,collar4 ,spring ,hat4 ,rear-,opening ,shoe4 ,detachable ,rubber ,sole4 ,instantaneous ,cement4 ,elastic ,hat ,pin4 ,starch-,proof ,collar ,band4 ,dress ,shield4 ,sleeve ,holder4 ,convertible ,button4 ,paper ,clothing4 #ahg ,section #af4--,money in ,personal ,conveniences4 ,the ,pocket ,umbrella4 ,the ,million ,match4 ,finger-,nail ,parer4 ,the ,watch ,pad4 ,pocket ,bill ,holder4 ,extension ,umbrella4 ,portable ,desk4 ,flower ,holder4 ,hat ,lock4 ,spring ,shoe ,heel4 ,self-,igniting ,cigar4 ,spring ,knife4 ,phosphorescent ,key ,guard4 ,knot ,clasp4 ,single ,match ,delivery4 ,watch ,head ,cane4 ,bookcase ,chair4 ,coin ,holder4 ,pocket ,punch4 ,mouth ,guard4 ,parcel ,fastener4 #ahi ,section #ag4--,money in ,household ,conveniences4 ,the ,warning ,clock4 ,slot ,gas ,machine4 ,revolving ,flower ,stand4 ,window ,shade ,screen4 ,baby ,walker4 ,detachable ,shower ,bath4 ,carpet ,beater4 ,carpet ,stretcher and ,fastener4 ,stepladder ,chair4 ,window ,fly-,gate4 ,double ,window ,shade4 ,folding ,baby ,carriage4 ,scrubbing ,machine4 ,catch-,all ,carpet-,sweeper4 #aib ,section #ah4--,money in the ,saving of ,life and ,property4 ,safety ,shafts4 ,pocketbook ,guard4 ,cheap ,burglar ,alarm4 ,collapsible ,fire ,escape4 ,air ,tester4 ,lifeboat ,launcher4 ,saw-,tooth ,crutch4 ,elevator ,safety ,clutch4 ,gun-,guard4 ,pocket ,disinfector4 ,automatic ,fire ,alarm4 ,key ,fastener4 ,lightning ,arrester4 ,window ,cleaner4 ,safety ,rein4 ,rope ,grip4 ,scissors ,guard4 ,double ,pocket4 ,fire ,extinguisher4 #aie ,section #ai4--,money in the ,laboratory4 ,fly-,killer4 ,artificial ,egg4 ,sediment ,liquefier4 ,fire ,kindler4 ,egg ,preserver4 ,mosquito ,annihilator4 ,artificial ,fuel4 ,flamless ,torch4 ,chemical ,eraser4 #aig ,section #bj4--,money in ,tools4 ,the ,instantaneous ,wrench4 ,the ,double ,channeled ,screw ,head4 ,the ,double ,power #8,screw ,driver4 ,the ,multiple ,blade ,parer4 ,knife ,guard4 ,the ,all-,tool4 ,nail-,carrying ,hammer4 #aii ,section #ba4--,money in the ,cars4 ,speed ,indicator4 ,automatic ,car ,coupler4 ,fender ,car-,brake4 ,folding ,car-,step4 ,car ,signal4 ,automatic ,water ,tank4 #bjj ,section #bb4--,money in ,making ,people ,honest4 ,the ,housekeeper's ,safety ,punch4 ,the ,unalterable ,check4 ,egg ,tester4 ,umbrella ,lock4 ,the ,honest ,package4 #bja ,section #bc4--,money in ,traveler's ,articles4 ,the ,adjustable ,trunk4 ,the ,hollow ,cane4 ,the ,elastic ,trunk ,strap4 ,the ,slide ,bag4 ,the ,outfit ,trunk4 #bjb ,section #bd4--,money in ,toilet ,articles4 ,curling ,iron ,attachment4 ,the ,hinge ,blacking ,box4 ,the ,mirror ,hairbrush4 ,the ,soap ,shaving ,brush4 #bjc ,section #be4--,money in ,amusements4 ,ducking ,stool4 ,double ,motion ,swing4 ,folding ,skate4 ,bicycle ,boat4 #bjd ,section #bf4--,money in ,war4 ,slow ,explosive4 ,transparent ,cartridge4 ,ship's ,bottom ,cleaner4 ,self-,loading ,pistol4 #bjd ,section #bg4--,money in ,minerals4 ,galvanized ,iron4 ,metal ,extractor4 ,gold ,paint4 #bje ,section #bh4--,money in ,great ,inventions ,unclassified4 ,storage of ,power4 ,pictorial ,telegraphy4 ,solidified ,petroleum4 ,non-,inflammable ,wood4 ,suction ,pipe4 #bjf ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,soil4 ,substitute for ,silk4 ,washington ,pippins4 ,dorsets and ,downs4 ,american ,cheese4 ,business ,apples4 ,fortunes in ,poppies4 ,the ,capon ,farm4 ,barrels of ,baldwins4 ,rare ,rodents4 ,mortgage-,lifter ,oats4 ,record-,breaking ,dates4 ,dollar ,wheat4 ,leaf ,tobacco4 ,tree ,nursery4 ,round ,number ,onions4 ,potato ,profits4 ,golden ,geese4 ,california ,prunes4 ,a ,bee ,farm4 ,the ,apple ,acre4 ,the ,sugar ,beet4 ,gilt-,edged ,breeds4 ,december ,layers4 ,florida ,celery4 ,oneida ,hops4 ,boston ,beans4 ,christmas ,trees4 ,the ,guaranteed ,egg4 ,double ,vegetable ,culture4 ,english ,shires4 ,fortunes in ,nut ,shells4 #bji ,,chapter ,,xvii4 ,,money ,,in ,,literature4 ,the ,popular ,novel4 ,the ,short ,story4 ,the ,village ,reporter4 ,the ,truth ,condenser4 ,town ,history4 ,the ,shoppers' ,guide4 ,birthday ,book4 ,church-,workers' ,book4 ,household ,economics4 ,the ,plain ,man's ,meal4 ,present ,century ,celebrities4 ,readers' ,guide ,book4 ,american ,eloquence4 ,racers' ,record ,book4 ,your ,own ,physician4 ,the ,boy's ,astronomy4 ,recreations in ,chemistry4 ,the ,curiosity ,book4 ,the ,child's ,bible4 ,guide to ,trades4 ,the ,pleasure ,book4 ,the ,soldier's ,book4 ,book of ,style4 ,science of ,common ,things4 ,popular ,songs4 ,foreign ,translations4 ,children's ,stories4 ,condensed ,stories4 ,the ,manner ,book4 ,the ,george ,republic4 #a1jjj ,times across the ,atlantic4 ,the ,man ,hunter4 ,story of a ,ragpicker4 ,story of a ,diver4 ,story of a ,convict4 ,the ,stowaway4 ,wheel and ,world4 ,story of a ,fireman4 ,in a ,balloon4 ,story of an ,engineer4 ,story of a ,murderer4 ,story of a ,tramp4 ,story of a ,lunatic4 ,story of a ,criminal ,lawyer4 ,story of the ,klondike4 ,the ,exposition of ,frauds4 ,sermons of ,modern ,preacher's4 ,the ,wonder ,book4 ,health ,resorts4 ,the ,all-,cure ,book4 ,success4 ,how to ,see ,new ,york4 ,map ,making4 ,story of the ,pole4 ,the ,making of a ,mighty ,business4 ,heroes of ,labor4 ,the ,elite ,directory4 ,popular ,dramas4 ,furnishing a ,home4 ,pretty ,weddings4 ,quotation ,book4 #bbj ,,chapter ,,xviii4 ,,money ,,in ,,newspapers4 ,the ,news in ,one ,minute4 ,nutshell ,news4 ,the ,bulletin ,forecast4 ,bottom ,facts4 ,the ,people's ,paper4 ,the ,big ,seven4 ,free ,wants4 ,bargain ,bureau4 ,reserve ,space4 ,the ,page ,contract4 #bda ,,chapter ,,xix4 ,,money ,,in ,,cloth4 ,linen ,mills4 ,triple ,knee ,stocking4 ,the ,unfrayable ,collar ,band4 ,the ,ramie ,plant4 ,cotton ,mills in the ,south4 ,artificial ,silk4 ,mineral ,wool4 ,leather ,substitute4 #bdg ,,chapter ,,xx4 ,,money ,,in ,,fertilizers4 ,garbage4 ,leaves4 ,urban ,sewage4 ,ashes4 ,phosphates4 ,cottonseed ,meal4 ,city ,stables4 ,peat4 ,menhaden4 ,fish ,scrap4 ,soot4 #bej ,,chapter ,,xxi4 ,,money ,,in ,,advertising4 ,money and the ,muse4 ,cents in ,nonsense4 ,word ,puzzle4 ,tracks to ,wealth4 ,the ,story ,advertisement4 ,the ,fictitious ,bank ,bill4 ,the ,pocketbook ,find4 ,everybody's ,eagle4 ,the ,witty ,dialogue4 ,the ,stereoscope ,bulletin4 ,the ,arc ,reflector4 ,the ,last ,scene4 ,the ,red-,letter ,bat4 ,the ,restaurant ,fan4 ,the ,cigar ,wrapper4 ,the ,growing ,word4 ,the ,polite ,stranger4 ,the ,funny ,quartet4 ,the ,street ,brawl4 ,the ,box-,kite4 #bed ,,chapter ,,xxii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,powers ,,of ,,nature4 ,compressed ,air4 ,steam4 ,electricity4 ,caloric4 ,water ,power4 ,windmills4 ,a ,sand ,mill4 ,sea ,power4 ,artesian ,well4 ,liquid ,air4 #bfa ,,chapter ,,xxiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,building ,,materials4 ,stone ,quarry4 ,artificial ,stone4 ,baked ,brick4 ,glass ,brick4 ,rubber ,floors4 #bfe ,,chapter ,,xxiv4 ,,money ,,in ,,amusements4 ,the ,farce ,comedy4 ,instrumental ,concerts4 ,stage ,stars4 ,popular ,lecturers4 ,hand ,shadows4 ,museum and ,circus4 ,gymnasts4 ,opera ,singers4 ,mimic ,battles4 ,theatrical ,enterprises4 ,dancers4 ,moving ,pictures4 ,band ,players4 ,impersonators4 ,ancient ,burlesques4 ,reciters4 ,bell ,ringers4 ,magicians4 ,story ,tellers4 ,cartoonists4 #bfh ,,chapter ,,xxv4 ,,money ,,in ,,rod ,,and ,,gun4 ,fat ,quails4 ,tropical ,birds4 ,ivory4 ,the ,trout ,pond4 ,fabulous ,prices for ,furs4 #bgd ,,chapter ,,xxvi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,forest4 ,wisconsin ,pines4 ,north ,carolina ,tar4 ,vermont ,maple ,sugar4 ,alabama ,chestnuts4 ,idaho ,cedar4 ,maine ,birch ,wood4 ,southern ,canes4 #bgg ,,chapter ,,xxvii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,sea4 ,oregon ,salmon4 ,massachusetts ,cod4 ,french ,sardines4 ,sea ,otters4 ,arctic ,whales4 ,behring ,seals4 ,sea ,gold4 #bhj ,,chapter ,,xxviii4 ,,money ,,in ,,waste ,,material4 ,waste of ,sewage4 ,waste of ,coal ,ashes4 ,waste of ,garbage4 ,waste of ,sulphur4 ,waste of ,tin4 ,waste of ,heat4 ,waste of ,land4 ,waste of ,gold1 ,silver1 and ,iron4 #bhd ,,chapter ,,xxix4 ,,miscellaneous ,,ways ,,of ,,making ,,money4 ,the ,national ,advertising ,co4 ,free ,rent4 ,x-,rays and ,x ,bills4 ,golden ,sails4 ,game ,preserve4 ,the ,junk ,shop4 ,old ,newspapers4 ,the ,bookstall4 ,old ,furniture4 ,public ,convenience ,room4 ,general ,advice4 ,language ,classes4 ,business ,opportunities4 ,mine ,owners4 ,cattle ,raisers4 ,stump ,speakers4 ,artistic ,home ,builders4 ,cemetery ,owners4 ,glass ,ball ,shooters4 ,entertainment ,bureaus4 ,ice ,cream ,manufacturers4 ,gold ,hunters4 ,asphalt ,companies4 ,horse ,jockeys4 ,wig ,making4 ,book ,repairing4 ,the ,household ,pack4 ,pawnbrokers' ,profits4 #bhh ,,chapter ,,xxx4 ,,money ,,in ,,speculation4 ,city ,bonds4 ,colonial ,trade4 ,the ,american ,tobacco ,co4 ,collapsed ,railroads4 ,wheat ,margins4 #bii ,,chapter ,,xxxi4 ,,where ,,to ,,invest ,,money4 ,illuminating ,companies4 ,trust ,companies4 ,banks4 ,insurance ,companies4 ,tin ,plate ,company4 ,pottery ,combination4 ,consolidated ,ice4 ,flour ,trust4 ,furniture ,combine4 ,telephone ,monopoly4 ,a ,great ,electrical ,company4 ,industrial ,stocks4 ,railroad ,dividends4 ,lodging ,house4 ,real ,estate4 #cjd ,,chapter ,,xxxii4 ,,money ,,in ,,spare ,,time4 ,what ,five ,minutes a ,day ,will ,do4 ,ten4 ,fifteen4 ,twenty4 ,twenty-five4 ,thirty4 ,thirty-five4 ,forty4 ,forty-five4 ,fifty4 ,fifty-five4 ,sixty4 ,seventy-five4 ,eighty4 ,ninety4 ,one ,hundred4 ,one ,hundred and ,ten4 ,one ,hundred and ,twenty4 #caj ,,chapter ,,xxxiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,odds ,,and ,,ends4 ,how to ,save #ajj a ,year4 #cad ,,chapter ,,xxxiv4 ,,strange ,,ways ,,of ,,making ,,money4 ,experts4 ,detectives4 ,traveling ,poets4 ,old ,coins4 ,purveyor of ,personals4 ,gold on ,sea ,bottom4 ,rare ,books4 ,old ,italian ,violins4 ,magic ,silk4 ,the ,gold ,cure4 ,the ,telephone ,newspaper4 ,race and ,stock ,tippers4 ,promoters4 #caf ,,chapter ,,xxxv4 ,,highly ,,paying ,,occupations4 ,electrical ,experts4 ,the ,confidential ,man4 ,the ,advertising ,agent4 ,the ,great ,daily ,editor4 ,medical ,specialists4 ,legal ,counselors4 ,corporation ,presidents4 #cbd ,,introduction4 ,the object of this work is to help people who are out of employment to secure a situation2 to enable persons of small means to engage in business and become their own employers2 to give men and women in various lines of enterprise ideas whereby they may succeed2 and to suggest new roads to fortune by the employment of capital4 ,the author has been moved to the undertaking by the reflection that there exists nowhere a book of similar character4 ,there have indeed been published a multitude of books which profess to tell men how to succeed1 but they all consist of merely professional counsel expressed in general terms4 ,we are told that the secrets of success are 8industry and accuracy10 8the grasping of every opportunity10 8being wide awake10 8getting up early and sitting up late10 and other cheap sayings quite as well known to the taker as to the giver4 ,even men who have made their mark1 when they come to treat of their career in writing1 seem unable to give any concrete suggestions which will prove helpful to other struggling thousands1 but simply tell us they won by 8hard work10 or by 8close attention to business40 ,the author of this book has gone to work on a totally different plan4 ,i have patiently collected the facts in the rise of men to wealth and power1 have collated the instances and instruments of fortune1 and from these have sifted out the real secrets of success4 ,when as in a few cases1 the worn-out proverbs and principles are quoted1 these are immediately reinforced by individual examples of persons who attributed their advancement to the following of these rules2 but1 in general1 the suggestions are new1 and in very many cases plans and lines of work are proposed by the author which are entirely original1 and so far as he knows1 absolutely untried4 ,hence1 the work becomes of incomparable value to business men who are constantly seeking new means to interest the public and to dispose of their goods4 ,of course1 the vast field of action treated of in this work lies beyond the experience of any one man1 but the author has talked with business men in every walk in life and gleaned from them the essential facts in their career2 in many instances these facts are not the things they have done1 but the things they would do if they could begin again1 thus giving the reader the benefit both of their success and failure4 ,as a book offering opportunities to the ambitious2 presenting openings to those seeking a wider scope for their faculties2 affording stimulation to persons of sluggish blood2 and giving away trade and business secrets never before divulged2 the author feels confident that the little work stands unrivaled1 and as such he modestly offers it to the public for its approval4 ,,one ,,thousand ,,ways ,,to ,,make ,,money4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,how ,,to ,,get ,a ,,place4 ,you ,can ,get ,it--,positions ,yawning for ,young ,men--,any ,young ,man ,may ,become ,rich--,men ,who ,began at the ,bottom and ,reached the ,top--,how ,a4 ,t4 ,stewart ,got ,his ,start--,john ,jacob ,astor's ,secret of ,success--,how ,stephen ,girard's ,drayman ,made a ,fortune--#ajj1jjj for ,being ,polite--,how ,one ,man's ,error ,made ,another ,man's ,fortune--,secret of the ,bon ,march in ,paris--,how ,edison ,succeeded--,a ,sure ,way to ,rise--,how a ,young ,man ,got ,his ,salary ,increased #b1jjj--;,a ,sharp ,yankee ,peddler4 ,young men are often discouraged because the desirable places all seem to be filled4 ,but remember there is always room for the right man4 ,says a ,new ,york millionaire3 8,i hold that any young man1 possessing a good constitution and a fair degree of intelligence1 may become rich40 ,says another business man3 8,i have made a personal canvass of a dozen of the largest business houses in five different commercial and professional lines to see to what extent there exist openings for young men40 ,in only two of the houses approached were the heads of the firms satisfied the positions of trust in those houses were filled by capable men4 ,and in each of these two houses ,i was told that 8of course1 if the right sort of a young man came along who could tell us something about our business we did not already know1 we should not let him slip through our fingers4 ,positions can always be created4 ,in four of the houses1 positions had been open for six months or more1 and the sharpest kind of a lookout kept for possible occupants4 ,these positions commanded salaries all the way from #b1jjj to #e1jjj a year4 ,in the publishing business1 ,i know of no less than six positions actually yawning for the men to come and fill them--not clerical positions1 but positions of executive authority4 ,young men are desired in these places because of their progressive ideas and capacity to endure work40 ,another prominent man who interviewed the heads of several large firms writes in a recent periodical as follows3 8,it is not with these firms a question of salary2 it is a question of securing the highest skill with the most perfect reliability4 ,this being secured1 almost any salary to be named will be cheerfully paid4 ,a characteristic of the business world to-day is that its institutions1 empires in themselves1 have grown to be too large for the handling of ordinary men4 ,these institutions are multiplying in excess of the number of men whose business skill is broad and large enough to direct and command them4 ,hence1 the really commanding business brain is at an immense premium in the market4 ,a salary of #ej1jjj a year as president of a railroad or manufacturing company at first sight seems exorbitant2 but the payment of such a salary usually means pure business4 ,the right or the wrong man at the head of a great business interest means the making or the unmaking of fortunes for the stockholders4 ,only a single glance at the industrial world is needed to show that here is room for the advent of genius of the first order4 ,this world1 seething like a caldron1 is boiling to the brim with questions of the most vexing and menacing kind40 ,look at the men who reached the top of fortune's ladder1 and see under what discouraging circumstances they began4 ,james ,fisk1 called the ,prince of the ,erie1 rose to that position from a ragged newsboy4 ,stephen ,girard began on nothing1 and became the greatest millionaire of his time4 ,young men1 would you scorn to row a boat for a living8 ,cornelius ,vanderbilt plied a boat between ,staten ,island and ,new ,york4 ,would you tramp the country as a surveyor for a map8 ,jay ,gould began in that way1 and forty years later satisfied certain doubters of his financial standing by showing them certificates of stocks worth #hj1jjj1jjj4 ,do you fear to have your hands calloused with ax or saw8 ,john ,w4 ,mackay1 who acquired a fortune of #bj1jjj1jjj1 started in life as a shipwright4 ,is it beneath your social station to handle butter and eggs8 8,lucky0 ,baldwin1 the multi-millionaire1 kept a country store and made his first venture by taking his goods overland in a cart to ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,are your fingers too delicate for the broom handle8 ,a4 ,t4 ,stewart began his business career by sweeping out the store4 ,do you abhor vile odors8 ,peter ,cooper made #f1jjj1jjj in the glue business4 ,tens of thousands are looking for a place4 ,most of them have had places1 but could not keep them4 ,if you follow all the rules below1 having obtained a place1 you will never need to seek one again4 ,the place will seek you4 ,employers are in search of the qualities herein to be considered1 and they are willing to pay liberally for them4 ,they are qualities that come high everywhere4 ,if you possess them1 you can in a short time command your own price4 ,but do not scorn to take the humblest place4 ,merit1 like murder1 will out4 ,be sure you have the winning cards and wait4 #a4 ,,the ,,secret ,,of ,,work4--,men will employ you if you mean business4 ,when you find men working1 work with them4 ,lend a hand4 ,every employer would rather employ a busy man than an idle man4 ,when he sees you working1 he will watch you4 ,if he likes you1 he will make you an offer4 ,a glazier1 being refused work at a place where a church was being erected1 put down his kit of tools1 picked up the broken pieces of glass which the workmen had thrown away1 and1 laboring just as if he had been hired to work1 fashioned the finest church window in the world1 and became rich and famous4 #b4 ,,nature',s ,,furrow4--,plow in nature's furrow4 ,in general1 a man is fitted for the thing he likes4 ,do that which you can do best4 ,what you want to do you are called to do1 and what you are called to do you can do4 ,darwin says that the fittest survive because they have a slight advantage over those which do not survive4 ,your liking for an occupation is the advantage you have over those who do not like it4 ,follow the hint1 whether it be to publish a paper or peg shoes4 ,a leading merchant in ,new ,york found his calling through having loaned money to a friend4 ,he had to take his friend's store to secure his money1 and thus learned his gift for merchandise4 ,the man was ,a4 ,t4 ,stewart4 #c4 ,,general ,,details4--,the best general is ,general ,details4 ,in business life1 no matter is small enough to be despised4 ,to master an infinite number of small things is to prepare yourself to master great things4 ,when your employers see that you have everything at your fingers' ends1 they will intrust you with larger interests1 and greater responsibility means greater pay4 ,john ,jacob ,astor knew the minutest point about every part of his great business4 ,that was the secret of his success4 #d4 ,,the ,,prismatic ,,brain4--,be many-sided1 but transparent4 ,tell your employer where you have failed4 ,do not try to cover up a fault4 ,be absolutely honest4 ,you may get along for a time on 8shady0 lines1 but such success is only gained at the expense of ultimate loss4 ,it is absolutely essential that your employer should have the utmost confidence in your integrity4 ,try by every means to gain that confidence4 ,court examination4 ,invite inspection4 ,remember that his profound belief in you--belief in you when out of business hours as well as in--is your surest stepping-stone to promotion4 ,character is power4 ,your success depends as much upon what you are as upon what you know or do4 ,stephen ,girard once trusted his drayman to buy a shipload of tea worth #bjj1jjj4 ,he trusted him because he knew his man1 and he gave the young man the profits of the transaction1 which amounted to #ej1jjj4 #e4 ,,the ,,bridled ,,tongue4--,do not cross your employer in any way4 ,never dispute with him4 ,you may be sure that you are right1 but do not say so4 ,you need not be a ,democrat or an ,episcopalian because your employer is1 but if you are wise you will avoid discussing with him questions of politics or religion4 ,courtesy pays4 ,ross ,winans1 of ,philadelphia1 secured a business that netted him #ajj1jjj a year simply through his politeness to two ,russian agents1 to whom others in the same trade had accorded scant courtesy4 #f4 ,,studying ,,the ,,stair ,,above4--,study1 not stars1 but stairs4 ,learn all about the position next above you4 ,when you can point out new methods to your employer1 advance new ideas1 or suggest new channels of trade or lines of work1 you are surely on the way to promotion4 ,only1 be sure that your new ideas are practical4 ,there is no more direct road to the confidence of your employer than for him to see that you understand any part of his affairs better than he does himself4 ,employ your spare moments in studying the business4 ,while the other clerks are joking1 do you be learning4 ,while the students at the boarding-house in ,andover were chaffing each other during the wait for breakfast1 ,joseph ,cook would turn to a big dictionary in one corner of the room and look out a word4 ,he climbed many stairs above them4 #g4 ,,the ,,missing ,,factor4--,your employers are wrestling with a question4 ,they are uncertain whether to invest or not4 ,they are doubtful about the character or standing of some man with whom they are or may become heavily involved4 ,it will be worth thousands to you if you can procure any scrap of information that will help to set them right4 ,a young clerk who discovered an error in ,bradstreet's was soon admitted to partnership in his employer's firm4 #h4 ,,the ,,magnifying ,,glass4--,make the most of your present position4 ,wear magnifying glasses4 ,exalt the importance of every item4 ,let not the smallest thing be done in a slipshod way4 ,if you are answering letters for the firm1 answer them briefly but completely4 ,remember that brevity is not brusqueness4 ,if you are waiting on customers1 treat the small customer just as courteously as the large one4 ,you may be sure that your employer knows the market value of politeness4 ,in the ,bon ,march in ,paris1 the employers determined that something must be done more than was done in other stores so that every visitor would remember the place with pleasure and come again4 ,the result was the most exquisite politeness ever seen in a mercantile establishment1 and it has developed the largest business of its kind in the world4 #i4 ,,the ,,microscopic ,,eye4--,the microscope shows a hundred things the naked eye cannot see4 ,endeavor to see what others fail to see--new possibilities of sales1 new means of profit1 new methods of doing things4 ,it was by steadily looking at a thing until he saw what was not apparent to the superficial view that ,thomas ,edison became the greatest electrician of the world4 #aj4 ,,scoring ,a ,,point ,,when ,,off ,,duty4--,do something for your employer when you are out of the shop or store4 ,you may be sure that he will appreciate it4 ,it is a fallacy that he has no claim on you when off duty4 ,do not give him the idea that you have no interest in the business except to get your salary1 and no time to spare him except what you are paid for4 ,do not watch the clock2 do not filch a few moments at the beginning or end of the day's work1 and do not ask leave of absence except when absolutely necessary4 ,do overwork and unpaid-for work1 and when you see a point in favor of your firm1 fasten to it4 ,become essential to the place1 and you will rise in the place4 8,i can't spare you10 said the publisher of a ,new ,york magazine to his advertising agent when another publisher offered him an increase of #a1jjj4 8,let's see--you are getting #e1jjj now2 ,i'll make it #g1jjj40 #aa4 ,,the ,,study ,,of ,,men4--,this is the very key to success4 ,the proper study of mankind is man4 ,the greatest college on earth is the business world4 ,the man who can sell the most goods is the one who knows the weaknesses of human nature1 and how to avail himself of them4 ,your best diploma is a big bill of sale4 ,sell something to everybody--what the customer wants if you have it2 if not1 what he doesn't want2 but at any rate1 sell him something4 ,it is related of a ,yankee book-peddler that he sold three copies of the same book to a family in one day--to the husband in the store1 to the wife who was calling at a neighbor's1 and to the daughter at home4 ,and not one of the family wanted the book4 ,following the above lines1 and adding thereto good health and steady habits1 you cannot fail to be promoted and to rise to the highest position of responsibility1 if not even to actual partnership in the firm4 ,these are the qualities that proprietors are yearning for--nay1 actually groaning for1 but which are hard to find in the average man4 ,employers are keeping the sharpest kind of a watch for the right man4 ,it is stated on the best of authority that there are a thousand business firms in ,new ,york and vicinity each having one or more #e1jjj positions awaiting the men who can fill them4 ,if you have the right qualities or will acquire them1 at least a thousand great firms want your services1 and posts of responsibility with almost unlimited salary await your hand or brain4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,starting ,,in ,,business4 ,why ,men ,fail--,luck on the side of ,pluck--,marking the ,day's ,profits ,before they ,begin--,no ,diamond ,like the ,eye--,the ,man ,who ,takes ,his ,bank to ,bed ,with ,him--,the ,two ,hands of ,fortune4 ,many men fail because they undertake a business without considering whether there is room for it2 others because they do not thoroughly establish themselves in the place1 making no effort to get a constituency2 and yet others because they do not keep the goods that are in demand1 or do not renew the stock sufficiently quick1 or do not present their goods in an attractive way4 ,such causes of success or failure as are in the line of this work will now be considered4 ,here are the rules of an old merchant which he would take for his guidance were he to start anew in business3 #ab4 ,,the ,,minimum ,,basis4--,enumerate the entire number of heads of families in the town1 village1 ward1 or neighborhood where you purpose to begin business4 ,figure out the number of such persons you will require as a minimum basis in order to get on--that is1 how many persons or families1 spending each on an average a certain amount per day or week at your place of business1 you will require in order to make a living4 ,do not go blindly into your work1 trusting to luck4 ,luck is always on the side of pluck and tact4 ,determine what per cent4 of the people's patronage is absolutely essential to your success4 ,the first step is to ascertain if such per cent4 is likely to come to you4 #ac4 ,,the ,,house ,,to ,,house ,,canvass4--,make a personal canvass from house to house4 ,do not trust the work to your friend1 relative1 or clerk4 ,nobody can help you so much as you can help yourself4 ,nobody has your interests so much at heart as you have4 ,tell people pleasantly that you are a new bidder for their patronage4 ,inform them what you propose to do4 ,make them to understand that no man shall undersell you1 or give them in any way a better bargain4 ,if possible1 take a few samples of your choicest goods with you4 #ad4 ,,the ,,choice ,,location4--,if you become popular1 the people will come to you2 but at first you must go to them4 ,your place need not be central or on a corner1 but it must be where many people pass4 ,step out largely and conspicuously4 ,you could make no greater mistake than to rent a shabby place on a back street4 ,have out all manner of signs1 curious1 newsy1 and alluring4 ,do not think to sustain yourself by people's sympathies4 ,men will trade most where they can do best4 #ae4 ,,the ,,maximum ,,basis4--,the maximum basis is the high-water mark4 ,it is the number of persons or families that under the most favorable state of things can be your patrons4 ,all you cannot expect4 ,kindred1 religion1 politics1 friendships1 and secret fraternities1 will hold a portion of the community to the old traders4 ,the sharpest rivalry will meet you4 ,also1 you must consider what incursions are likely to be made by out-of-town dealers1 and what prospect there is of others setting up business in the place4 ,but you should have an ideal trade toward which you steadily work4 ,declare daily to yourself1 8my gross earnings shall be --per day10 or 8---- 7so many7 persons shall be my patrons40 ,when you fall below the mark1 bestir yourself in many ways4 #af4 ,,the ,,personal ,,equation4--,remember that you yourself in contact with your customers count for more than anything else4 ,the weather of the face1 the temperature of the hand1 the color of the voice1 will win customers where other means fail4 ,make your patrons feel that you are their friend4 ,inquire about members of their family4 ,be exceedingly polite4 ,recommend your goods4 ,mention anything of an especially attractive or meritorious nature you may have4 ,join the church1 the regiment1 the fire company1 and the secret society4 ,become 8all things to all men1 if by any means you can sell to some40 ,be everywhere in your place of business4 ,oversee the smallest details4 ,trust as little as possible to your clerks4 ,the diamond of success is the master's eye4 ,remember there is no fate4 ,there are opportunity1 purpose1 grit1 push1 pluck1 but no fate4 ,if you fail1 do not lay the blame upon circumstances1 but upon yourself4 ,enthusiasm moves stones4 ,you must carry your business in your brain4 8,a bank never gets to be very successful10 says a noted financier1 8until it gets a president who takes it to bed with him40 ,there was an angel in ,michael ,angelo's muddy stone1 and there is a fortune in your humdrum store4 ,hard work and close thought are the hands that carve it out4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,money ,,in ,,trade4 ,what ,kind of ,advertisements ,pay--8,don't ,fail to ,see the ,blizzard ,saturday ,night0--,the ,keynote of a #bj1jjj1jjj ,sale--,selling ,goods by the ,mile--,watches for ,bait--,how to ,get ,five-,year ,customers--8,trade ,with ,me and ,get a ,house and ,lot0--,why ,trade at ,push and ,pluck's8--,bargains in ,buttons ,often ,means ,high ,prices in ,broadcloth4 ,thousands fail in business every year when an idea put into practical operation would have tided them over the trouble and opened the road to a competence4 ,this chapter will tell you how to succeed4 ,no man with common ability and industry who puts the half or even the quarter of these ideas into practice can possibly fail4 ,the great thing is to make people buy your goods4 ,but to induce them to purchase you must first of all call attention to what you have to sell4 ,here are a few of the ways in which this is to be done4 ,the following methods will fairly compel the people to trade with you1 but you must bear in mind that as soon as the influence of one device begins to flag it must be immediately succeeded by another4 #ag4 ,,the ,,interlined ,,advertisement4--,advertisements are not read unless persons are looking for something in that line4 ,this is because they are all placed by themselves4 ,your bid for patronage must be put in the midst of the reading matter if it is to attract general attention4 ,many publishers will not do this1 but your chief and only point in appearing in the paper is to have your advertisement read1 and it pays better to insert it in a journal with #e1jjj readers who will all see it than in one having #ajj1jjj subscribers1 hardly #ajj of whom will glance at the advertisement4 ,you can afford to pay handsomely if the publisher will give you a line of black-faced type to eight or ten lines of news4 #ah4 ,,the ,,picturesque ,,name4--,have a name for your store such as will easily fit everybody's mouth4 8,the ,beehive10 8,the ,blizzard10 8,the ,buttercup10 or 8,the ,bonanza10 are suggestive titles4 ,many customers are attracted by the talk of their acquaintances1 and it is much easier to tell a friend that you bought an article at 8,the ,hub10 or 8,the ,sun10 than to attempt the unpronounceable name of a proprietor1 or to give a forgotten number4 ,successful men in several lines of business assert that they owe much of their good fortune to the happy hit of a popular name4 #ai4 ,,the ,,pictorial ,,wreck4--,a writer with the gift of a lively imagination can write something interesting in the way of a fanciful battle between customers and goods4 ,head lines1 8,great ,slaughter in ---- 7the taking name of your store710 8,wreck of ,old ,conservatism10 8,smash of ,high ,prices10 8,ruined by the ,rush40 ,then would follow a graphic description of the charge of customers upon wares in which the store was almost wrecked by the enormous number of people who took advantage of the under-cost prices4 ,people enjoy this kind of pleasantry1 and the impulse to follow the crowd is almost irresistible4 ,a certain ,new ,york house grew from a small to a great one by this method of advertising4 #bj4 ,,red ,,letter ,,day4--,have a day in which you offer special bargains to the people of a certain town1 village or hamlet4 ,put up flaming posters1 announcing 8,squashville day10 8,jonesboro ,day10 8,bloomington day40 #ba4 ,,class ,,discount4--,you may draw numbers of men to your place by this means4 ,secret fraternities1 workingmen's orders1 church societies1 wheelmen's leagues1 will be attracted to you if they know you specially favor them4 ,fortunes have been made by close attention to these great organizations4 #bb4 ,,the ,,honest ,,flaw4--,strictly instruct your clerks to tell your customers the precise nature of every article2 if the quality is inferior1 make them to understand exactly what they are getting for their money2 and if there be a flaw1 let them be careful to point it out4 ,by such means thousands of people who cannot trust their own judgment in these matters1 will be attracted to a place where they are certain to be treated fairly4 ,a4 ,t4 ,stewart1 who began business in a modest store1 and who1 in the latter part of his life sold #bj1jjj1jjj worth of goods every year1 declared that this plan was the keynote of his success4 #bc4 ,,the ,,premium ,,clerk4--,you need clerks who can induce acquaintances to visit your store1 cajole visitors into customers1 and coax customers to become larger buyers4 ,if you have a number of clerks and your business will admit of it1 offer a monthly premium to the one who brings into the store the largest number of new buyers or into the cash-drawer the heaviest receipts4 ,there are certain kinds of business where this plan will work1 and will be provocative of such competition as greatly to increase trade4 #bd4 ,,the ,,railroad ,,mileage4--,arrange1 if possible1 with some railroad company to issue mileage tickets as premiums to those who will trade with you4 ,at two cents a mile you could afford to give two miles of travel for every one dollar's worth of goods4 ,at that rate #ejj worth of goods would buy a #bj mileage ticket4 #be4 ,,the ,,dial ,,dollars4--,how many figures on the dial of your watch8 ,twenty-eight1 counting the number ,,vi1 which is generally either omitted or only partly indicated4 ,fix a big dial two feet or more in diameter in some prominent part of your store1 and announce that when a customer has traded an amount equal to the total figures on the dial you will present him with a watch4 ,of course1 the timepiece would be a very cheap one1 but many a parent will trade with you for the sake of getting a watch for his child4 #bf4 ,,first ,,customer ,,package4--,in some periods of the day you will have more custom than you can well attend to1 while at other times you will have nothing to do4 ,the following plan will perhaps help to equalize trade1 and also give you additional buyers3 ,suspend a package in some conspicuous part of your store with the announcement thereon that it will be given free to the first customer in the morning4 #bg4 ,,the ,,carpet ,,coupon4--,by a system of large-sized coupons--we will say a foot square--you can put into practice a unique system that will appeal to the heart of every housewife4 ,publish that you will give a free carpet of a certain size and grade when a fixed amount has been traded4 ,a square foot of a coupon represents a sum of money spent in the store--perhaps one dollar4 ,every woman by measuring her room can learn how many dollars' worth of goods she must buy before she can have a free carpet4 #bh4 ,,the ,,house ,,lot ,,coupon4--,this is an extension of carpet coupon4 ,a certain amount of purchased goods entitles one to a building lot1 which1 if in the country1 need not be of great cost4 ,have the particular lots selected and advertised4 ,another plan is to offer the lot to the largest purchaser within a certain time--possibly five years4 ,this is a good way to hold on to customers4 #bi4 ,,price-,,time ,,grade4--,if you have the credit system1 have also a gradation of prices so as to encourage people to pay at the earliest possible time4 ,a system like this would do--forty days full price2 thirty days1 two per cent4 off2 twenty days1 three per cent4 off2 ten days1 four per cent4 off2 cash1 five per cent4 off4 #cj4 ,,sales ,,bulletin4--,people like to buy where others buy4 ,success brings success4 ,if you are doing well1 you may do better4 ,have a large bulletin board in front of your store1 or near it1 announcing your sales for the past week4 ,newspapers boom themselves in like manner by publishing their enormous circulation4 #ca4 ,,best ,,reason ,,prize4--,offer a prize to the one who will give the best reason for trading at ,push ,pluck's1 and then insert in the form of an advertisement in a leading paper a list of the best reasons4 ,six months before ,christmas offer presents to all who will trade a certain amount before that holiday4 #cb4 ,,birthday ,,calendar4--,a calendar with the birthdays of your customers 7age of course omitted71 would attract attention1 and the offer to give a present to any one trading a certain amount before his birthday would certainly add to your receipts4 #cc4 ,,conspicuous ,,price-,,list4--,buyers are caught like fish4 ,display in your window a list of cut prices4 ,passers-by who cannot resist the opportunity of a bargain will come in1 and often be induced to purchase the goods which are not reduced4 #cd4 ,,the ,,early ,,discount4--,in order to equalize the trade of the day announce that you will give a slight discount to persons trading during the dull hours4 #ce4 ,,the ,,money-,,space ,,counter4--,determine that every portion of your store shall pay4 ,have every lineal foot of your counters calculated at a certain rate of profit4 ,if you find a department that does not pay1 change methods or your goods1 and if still unsuccessful drop it4 ,many large dealers fail because they keep departments where the expenses are more than the profits4 ,but if every foot of room pays only a little1 the entire store must pay handsomely4 ,it will be seen in the foregoing how every leading impulse in human nature is appealed to--curiosity and cupidity1 honesty and economy1 personal flattery and local pride4 ,if1 in addition to these powerful inducements to patronage1 you combine shrewdness in buying and cautiousness in trusting1 if your goods are excellent in quality and generous in quantity1 if your place of business is neat and attractive1 and your service marked by promptness and politeness2 then it is impossible to fail2 you have all the elements of prosperity1 and are certain to be a great and successful merchant4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,introduction ,,of ,a ,,new ,,article4 ,success of the 8,imitation ,cigar0--,the ,dealer's ,seeds of ,gold are ,black--,barnum's ,belief in ,humbugs--,tricks for ,trade--,politics for the ,men1 ,novels for the ,women--,how the ,remington ,typewriter was ,boomed--,a ,business ,man's ,experience in ,advertising4 ,new articles in all lines of trade are constantly appearing4 ,inventors of mechanical appliances1 authors of books1 proprietors of patent medicines1 introducers of something novel in groceries1 and promoters of new departures in dry and fancy goods1 are all anxious to have the public take their products and pay them in cash4 ,the problem is how to introduce the article4 ,however meritorious it may be1 it is useless unless the people find it out4 ,the following are believed to be unique methods of advertising3 #cf4 ,,the ,,puzzle4--,buy some patented puzzle which can be manufactured cheap and scattered broadcast over the land4 ,there is no better way to advertise4 ,if men do not solve the puzzle1 they will remember what is stamped on it4 ,the 8,get-off-the-earth-,chinese puzzle0 enormously advertised its purchasers4 #cg4 ,,the ,,toy ,,imitation4--,wooden nutmegs and shoe-peg oats have duly advertised the shrewd ways of the people of ,connecticut4 ,a man recently made a hit by the 8imitation cigar10 which is only a piece of wood of the shape and color of a cigar4 ,every boy wants one4 ,as an advertising medium it was an immense success4 ,think of something as common and cheap as a cigar1 get up an imitation for the children1 have your enterprise stamped upon it1 and it will go from one end of the land to the other4 #ch4 ,,the ,,cartoon4--,a caricature of some political person or situation is always taking4 ,hit off some social craze1 or give a witty representation of some matter of passing interest4 ,drops of ink in this way are seeds of gold1 and the harvest will be golden4 #ci4 ,,the ,,conjurer4--,this is a good way to advertise when the article is a cheap affair which can be shown in the street4 ,there are few things so attractive to the masses as the tricks of the sleight-of-hand performer4 ,mr4 ,p4 ,t4 ,barnum uttered at least an half-truth when he said the people liked to be humbugged4 ,for a few dollars you can get an equipment1 and in a few days' practice you can acquire enough of the art for your purpose4 ,you can draw a crowd wherever there are people4 ,when you have performed a few tricks1 your climax should be a shrewd advertisement which can be worked into the last performance4 #dj4 ,,the ,,striking ,,figure4--,if your goods are on sale in some prominent store1 this device is sure to draw attention4 ,make a figure of some animal or vegetable or other form1 if your article will lend itself to such a work4 ,the figure could be some prominent man1 or represent an historic scene1 or illustrate some popular movement4 ,a dealer in confectionery had in his window a bicycle made all of candy4 #da4 ,,the ,,advertising ,,story4--,offer a prize to the one who will write the best story about the merits of your article4 ,the latter must be brought deftly into the story1 and the award should be based upon the merits of the literary production and the skill in the use of the advertisement4 ,every competitor should be required to buy a small number of the articles1 and the story should be published4 #db4 ,,the ,,word-,,builder4--,another prize might be offered to the one who could compose the greatest number of words from the name of your article or invention4 ,the name ought to include at least a dozen letters1 and there should be a set of rules for building words4 ,every contestant must buy your invention from whose title he is to build words4 #dc4 ,,the ,,popular ,,pun4--,this is an expensive way of advertising1 but an immensely paying one4 ,you make a pun upon some fad of the day1 a hit upon some general craze1 a piercing of some passing bubble1 a political quib4 ,something of this nature printed several times in the issue of the daily papers would make your venture known to everybody4 #dd4 ,,the ,,political ,,guesser4--,if your enterprise admits of the coupon system1 offer a prize to the one who will guess the successful candidate at the next election1 and come the nearest to the figures of his plurality4 ,the contestant must purchase one of your articles1 and in this way hundreds of thousands may be sold4 ,every presidential election is the occasion of the floating of many things by this scheme4 #de4 ,,the ,,geometrical ,,group4--,some wares1 such as fancy soaps and canned goods1 admit of a grouping which is very attractive to the eye4 ,pyramids1 cones1 circles1 and towers1 always draw attention4 ,some mechanical device whereby motion is produced will be sure to draw a crowd to your show window4 #df4 ,,the ,,pictorial ,,comparison4--,if you are sure of your ground1 draw a diagram or other figure1 comparing your staple with those of others in the market4 ,in this way the ,royal ,baking ,powder ,company pushed to the front1 comparing with heavy black lines its product with the outputs of other companies4 #dg4 ,,the ,,open ,,challenge4--,and if you are still further confident that you have the best thing of its kind1 you may issue a challenge to your competitors4 ,make it apparent that you are anxious1 even clamorous1 for a trial of your product against others4 ,by this means you will establish yourself in the confidence of the public4 ,the ,remington ,typewriter was boomed in this way4 #dh4 ,,the ,,book ,,gift4--,try the religious field4 ,issue leaflets or tiny books with paper covers1 costing not more than two or three dollars a thousand1 and offer them as gifts to ,sunday-schools or other children's organization4 ,most ,sunday-school superintendents would be glad to give away booklets of this kind if they could be obtained free of charge4 ,the books should contain a bright story1 a few pictures1 and1 of course1 a taking presentation of your wares4 #di4 ,,sunday-,,school ,,supplies4--,in some cases1 you might even be warranted in issuing the supplies of a ,sunday school1 at least for a portion of the year4 ,the books in the last number might not in every case be read1 but the picture papers1 lesson leaves1 and other helps1 are all looked over1 even if not studied4 ,you could in many cases present them1 reserving large advertising space for yourself so as to net a good profit4 ,the class of customers thus obtained would be the very best4 ,do not hope for large returns unless you are willing to spend money4 ,money is the manure that creates crops1 the blood that makes fatness1 the wind that fans fortune1 the sap that runs into golden fruit4 ,money is the bread on the waters that 8returneth after many days40 ,it seems like the sheerest folly to spend so much in advertising1 but you cannot reap bountifully unless you sow bountifully4 8,for every dollar spent in advertising10 declares a successful merchant1 8,i have reaped five40 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,home ,,store4 ,how to ,make ,money at ,home--,one ,hundred ,ways to ,get ,gain in ,your ,own ,house--,how to ,get ,one ,hundred ,per ,cent4 ,profit--,make ,your ,own ,goods--,cheaper to ,make than to ,buy--,anybody ,can do ,it--,a ,woman as ,well as a ,man--,a ,chance for ,persons ,with ,small ,capital--,three ,profits in ,one ,sale4 ,how8 ,on every article sold there is first of all the profit of the manufacturer1 then of the wholesale dealer1 and finally of the retailer4 ,there is commonly a fourth1 that of the freighter4 ,if you keep a retail store1 you must pay the man who makes the goods1 the man who transports the goods1 and the man who keeps the goods in large stock1 and all this leaves you only a small margin of profit4 ,in the following plan you avoid all these costs1 pay only for the raw material1 and make the four profits yourself4 ,you may begin your sales in your own home4 ,if you have a large room fronting the street and near it1 a little alteration will make it a veritable store4 ,an expenditure of #be should give you a show window and some nice shelves4 ,have a workroom in connection with your store4 ,if your sales at first are small1 you can put in your spare time in the making of your goods1 and afterward as your custom increases you can employ help4 ,the following articles are easily made4 ,many of them are novel1 but all are salable if the store is properly managed4 ,section ,i4 ,household ,ornaments4 ,a home may be rendered attractive by a few simple ornaments that are very cheap4 ,vines1 grasses1 etc41 add touches of beauty to a home and cost very little4 ,few people know how to prepare these little curiosities1 and many would esteem it too much trouble to get and arrange the material if they did know4 ,but most of these persons would buy them if the materials were prepared1 and the vines1 etc41 ready to grow4 ,you must have models of each kind in full growth in order to excite their admiration1 and then you must have others in the initial stage for sale4 ,take pains to show the models1 and explain the method of treating the plants and vines4 ,the following cost little1 and can be sold for from #cjj to #ejj per cent4 profit4 ,some of your patrons will prefer to buy the models outright1 and others to grow them themselves4 #ej4 ,,crystallized ,,grasses4--,put in water as much alum as can be dissolved4 ,pour into an earthen jar and boil slowly until evaporated nearly one half4 ,suspend the grasses in such a manner that their tops will be under the solution4 ,put the whole in a cool place where not the least draught of air will disturb the formation of crystals4 ,in twenty-four to thirty-six hours take out the grasses1 and let them harden in a cool room4 ,for blue crystals1 prepare blue vitriol or sulphate of copper in the same manner4 ,gold crystals can be produced by adding tumeric to the alum solution1 and purple crystals by a few drops of extract of logwood4 ,sell them at twenty-five cents a bunch4 #ea4 ,,leaf ,,impressions4--,hold oiled paper in the smoke of a lamp1 or of pitch1 until it becomes coated with smoke4 ,then take a perfect leaf1 having a pretty outline1 and after warming it between the hands1 lay the leaf upon the smoked side of the paper1 with the under side down1 press it evenly upon the paper so that every part may come in contact1 go over it lightly with a rolling-pin1 then remove the leaf with care to a piece of white paper1 and use the rolling-pin again4 ,you will then have a beautiful impression of the delicate veins and outline of the leaf4 ,a sheet containing a dozen such leaves should bring you twenty-five cents2 if arranged in a pretty white album1 with a different kind of leaf for every page1 the selling price should not be less than one dollar4 #eb4 ,,vine ,,and ,,trellis4--,put a sweet potato in a tumbler of water1 or any similar glass vessel2 let the lower end of the tuber be about two inches from the bottom of the vessel2 keep on the mantel shelf1 and sun it for an hour or two each day4 ,soon the 8eyes0 of the potato will throw up a pretty vine4 ,now with some small sticks or coarse splints construct a tiny trellis1 which1 if placed in the window1 will soon find a customer4 #ec4 ,,the ,,suspended ,,acorn4--,suspend an acorn by a piece of thread1 within half an inch of the surface of some water contained in a vase1 tumbler or saucer1 and allow it to remain undisturbed for several weeks4 ,it will soon burst open1 and small roots will seek the water2 a straight and tapering stem1 with beautiful1 glossy green leaves1 will shoot upward1 and present a very pleasing appearance4 ,supply water of the same warmth once a month1 and add bits of charcoal to keep it from souring4 ,if the leaves turn yellow1 put a drop of ammonia into the water1 and it will renew their luxuriance4 #ed4 ,,moss ,,and ,,cone4--,take a saucer and fill it with fresh green moss4 ,place in the center a large pine cone1 having first wet it thoroughly4 ,then sprinkle it with grass seed4 ,the moisture will close the cone partially1 and in a day or two tiny grass spears will appear in the interstices1 and in a week you will have a perfect cone covered with graceful verdure4 ,the advantage of this1 as well as of the other pretty things in this section1 is that they are fresh and green in the midst of winter1 and people are attracted to the slice of spring in your window when the outside world is mantled with snow4 #ee4 ,,the ,,tumbler ,,of ,,peas4--,take a common tumbler or fruit can and fill it nearly full of soft water4 ,tie a bit of coarse lace or cheese-sacking over it1 and covering it with a layer of peas1 press down into the water4 ,in a few days the peas will sprout1 the little thread-like roots going down through the lace into the water1 while the vines can be trained upon a pretty little frame4 #ef4 ,,the ,,hanging ,,turnip4--,take a large turnip and scrape out the inside1 leaving a thick wall all around4 ,fill the cavity with earth1 and plant in it some clinging vine or morning glory4 ,suspend the turnip with cords1 and in a little time the vines will twine around the strings1 and the turnip1 sprouting from below1 will put forth leaves and stems that will turn upward and gracefully curl around the base4 #eg4 ,,bleached ,,leaves4--,mix one drachm chloride of lime with one pint of water1 and add sufficient acetic acid to liberate the chlorine4 ,steep the leaves about ten minutes1 or until they are whitened4 ,remove them on a piece of paper and wash them in clean water4 ,they are now ready for sale1 and all you need do is to arrange a dozen of them on a sheet of black paper1 or in a dark-colored album1 and expose them in your show window4 #eh4 ,,the ,,artificial ,,plant4--,take the glossy silk stuff known as taffeta4 ,dye the piece the proper green color before cutting4 ,after it is dried1 prepare with gum arabic on one side to represent the glossy surface of the leaves1 and with starch on the other to give the velvety appearance of the under side4 ,use a fine goffering tool to make the veins and indentations4 ,glue the leaves to the stem1 and place to advantage in your store window1 where1 if you have been skillful1 they can hardly be distinguished from the leaves of a growing plant4 ,if you are moderately successful1 procure a book about household ornaments and artificial plants1 and you will learn to make many more designs4 ,we have selected these because they are the cheapest and most easily made4 ,all the above1 except the albums1 should sell for twenty-five cents4 ,remember that a great deal depends upon your taste in arranging1 your manner of explaining1 and your adroitness in recommending4 ,you must be so in love with your plants as to be enthusiastic4 ,in general1 a lady succeeds in this work better than a gentleman4 ,section #b4 ,tea ,dishes4 ,at almost no cost1 you find yourself established in the midst of dozens of clinging vines and pretty plants4 ,now for the next step4 ,have a few appetizing tea-dishes in your window4 ,put out a sign1 telling people that you will have every night certain fine and fresh table delicacies on sale4 ,the effect of dainty dishes in close proximity to graceful vines is exceedingly tempting to the appetite4 #ei4 ,,delicious ,,ham4--,if very neat1 you can sell to many families cold boiled ham for supper or lunch4 ,put the ham in cold water1 and simmer gently five hours4 ,set the kettle aside1 and when nearly cold draw off the skin of the ham and cover with cracker crumbs and about three tablespoonfuls of sugar4 ,place in the oven in a baking pan for thirty or forty minutes4 ,when cold1 slice thin and lay temptingly on large white plates4 ,cost of a ham weighing ten pounds1 #a4bj4 ,sales at thirty cents a pound1 #c4jj4 ,deduct for shrinkage in boiling and waste in trimming one and one-half pounds1 forty-five cents4 ,profits1 #a4ce4 #fj4 ,,choice ,,tongue4--,if successful with ham1 you can try a little tongue4 ,soak over night and cook for four or five hours4 ,throw into cold water and peel off the skin4 ,cut evenly and arrange attractively on plates1 garnishing with sprigs of parsley4 ,cooked meats should be placed in the show window under transparent gauze4 ,in hot weather a cake of ice beneath will greatly tempt the appetite of the passer-by4 #fa4 ,,artificial ,,honey4--,where honey is high priced1 make the following3 ,five pounds white sugar1 two pounds water1 gradually bring to a boil1 and skim well4 ,when cool1 add one pound bees' honey and four drops of peppermint4 ,there is a large profit in this where the customer is not particular about the quality2 but if a better article is desired add less water and more real honey4 ,you can add a number of other tea-dishes as you learn what will sell4 ,a thing that is salable in one community is often not so in another4 ,you must be guided by the taste of the locality1 and when a dish does not sell well try another4 ,section #c4 ,pastry4 ,suppose you now try a little pastry4 ,if you can make a superior article1 you will have a ready sale1 but it is often difficult to introduce the goods4 ,it is sometimes a good plan to donate a cake to a fair1 cutting the loaf into very thin slices1 and giving them to leading ladies who may be present1 superintending the matter yourself1 and advertising that you will take orders4 #fb4 ,,angel ,,cake4--,the whites of eleven eggs1 one and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar1 measured after being sifted four times1 one cupful of flour measured after being sifted four times1 one teaspoonful of cream tartar1 and one of vanilla extract4 ,beat the whites to a stiff froth and beat the sugar into the eggs4 ,add the seasoning and flour1 stirring quickly and lightly4 ,beat until ready to put the mixture into the oven4 ,use a pan that has little legs on the top comers so that when the pan is turned upside down on the table after the baking1 a current of air will pass under and over it4 ,bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven4 ,do not grease the pan4 ,this cake should sell for #a1 or1 cut in twenty pieces1 at five cents each4 #fc4 ,,dominos4--,if you are located near a schoolhouse or on a street where many children pass1 you can do a big business in dominos4 ,bake a sponge cake in a rather thin sheet4 ,cut into small oblong pieces the shape of a domino4 ,frost the top and sides4 ,when the frosting is hard1 draw the black lines and make the dots with a small brush that has been dipped in melted chocolate4 ,they will sell 8like hot cakes40 #fd4 ,,soft ,,gingerbread4--,all children like this4 ,here is an excellent kind3 ,six cupfuls of flour1 three of molasses1 one of cream1 one of lard or butter1 two eggs1 one teaspoonful of saleratus1 and two of ginger4 ,you can sell this1 when light and warm1 almost as fast as you can make it4 #fe4 ,,doughnuts4--,these1 too1 are tempting to children4 ,four eggs1 one half-pound sugar1 two ounces butter1 one pound flour1 boiled milk1 nutmeg1 cinnamon1 and a few drops of some essence4 ,beat the eggs and sugar and melt the butter and stir it in2 then add a pound of flour and enough boiled milk to make a rather stiff dough2 flavor with nutmeg1 cinnamon1 and a few drops of some essence2 cut into shapes with tumbler or knife1 and fry brown in hot lard4 ,when done1 sift on fine sugar4 ,made fresh every day and placed temptingly in the window1 they will sell fast4 ,after you are well established1 you should sell at least two dozen doughtnuts at a profit of a penny apiece1 two cards of gingerbread at seven cents profit each1 and three dozen dominos at a profit of five cents a dozen4 ,total profit per day on three last articles in this section1 fifty-three cents4 ,section #d4 ,sweetmeats and ,confectionery4 ,if you find that children are your best customers1 you may cater yet further to their taste4 ,remember that your success depends upon your keeping choice articles4 ,it is surprising how children find out the best candy stores1 and how quick they are to discern between good and bad stock4 ,by making your own goods1 you can sell a little cheaper than the dealers who have to buy4 #ff4 ,,walnut ,,candy4--,this is something which all children like4 ,put the meats of the nuts on the bottom of tins previously greased to the depth of half an inch4 ,boil two pounds of brown sugar1 one half pint of water1 and one gill of molasses1 until a portion of the mass hardens when it cools4 ,pour the hot candy on the meats and allow it to remain until hard4 #fg4 ,,chocolate ,,caramels4--,a favorite with girls4 ,boil a quart of best molasses until it hardens when put in water4 ,before removing from the fire1 add four ounces of fine chocolate4 ,pour a thin layer into tin trays slightly greased4 ,when it hardens a little cut into squares4 ,you can sell these as low as thirty cents a pound1 and still make a good profit4 #fh4 ,,peppermint ,,creams4--,take one pound of sugar1 seven teaspoonfuls of water1 and one teaspoonful of essence of peppermint4 ,work together into a stiff paste1 roll1 cut1 and stamp with a little wooden stamp such as are bought for individual butter pats4 #fi4 ,,molasses ,,candy 7,white74--,all children want molasses candy4 ,two pounds of white sugar1 one pint of sugar-house syrup1 and one pint of best molasses4 ,boil together until the mass hardens when dropped in cold water1 and work in the usual manner4 ,sell by the stick1 or in broken pieces by the pound1 half1 and quarter4 #gj4 ,,blanched ,,almonds4--,shell the nuts2 pour over them boiling water4 ,let them stand in the water a minute1 and then throw them into cold water4 ,rub between the hands4 ,the nuts will be white as snow1 and1 if placed prominently in the window1 very tempting4 ,sell by the ounce4 #ga4 ,,fig ,,paste4--,this always has a good sale4 ,chop a pound of figs and boil in a pint of water until reduced to a soft pulp4 ,strain through a fine sieve1 add three pounds of sugar1 and evaporate over boiling water until the paste becomes quite stiff4 ,form the paste into a square mass1 and divide in small pieces with a thin-bladed knife4 ,roll the pieces in fine sugar1 and pack in little wooden boxes4 #gb4 ,,fig ,,layer ,,candy4--,one half-pound of drum figs1 one pound of finest white sugar1 white of one egg1 one tablespoonful of cold water4 ,make sugar1 egg1 and water into a cream1 and mold like bread4 ,after figs are stemmed and chopped1 roll a fig to one fourth of an inch in thickness4 ,place the rolled fig between two layers of cream1 pass rolling-pin over lightly1 and cut into squares of any desired size4 ,delicious1 if well-made1 and always salable4 ,it is astonishing what vast sums accumulate from the children's pennies spent for candy and sweetmeats4 ,many cases could be given of persons who have kept small stores1 and been supported solely by the little streams of coppers and nickels4 ,get the children's confidence1 learn their names1 always have a bright1 kind word for them1 and bait your hook occasionally with little gifts of sweets4 ,they will flock to you like bees to a flower-garden4 ,section #e4 ,preserves1 ,pickles1 and ,jellies4 ,we put these sweets and sours into one group because they sell best when in proximity4 ,almost everything depends upon the way they are put up4 ,if the fruit shows artistically through the glass jars1 or the pickles are put up attractively in cute little bottles with fresh-painted labels1 he must be a stoic indeed who can pass your show-window without a coveting glance4 ,here are a few of the most popular things in this line3 #gc4 ,,orange ,,marmalade4--,take equal weights of sour oranges and sugar4 ,grate the yellow rind from one fourth of the oranges4 ,cut all the fruit in halves1 pick out the pulp and free it of seeds4 ,drain off the juice and put it on to boil with the sugar4 ,when it comes to a boil1 skim it1 and let it simmer for about fifteen minutes2 then put in the pulp and grated rind1 and boil fifteen minutes longer4 ,put away in jelly tumblers4 ,sell large glasses for twenty-five cents2 small1 for fifteen4 #gd4 ,,brandied ,,peach4--,the ,morris whites are the best4 ,take off the skins with boiling water4 ,to each pound of fruit allow one pound of sugar1 and a half-pint of water to three pounds of sugar4 ,when the syrup is boiling hot put in the peaches1 and as fast as they cook take them out carefully and spread on platters4 ,when cool put them in jars and fill up these with syrup1 using one-half syrup and one-half pale brandy4 ,this is a very choice brand1 and will only pay you where you have customers who are not sparing of their money4 #ge4 ,,ox-,,heart ,,cherry4--,of showy fruits1 none can excel this4 ,to each pound of cherries1 allow one-third of a pound of sugar4 ,put the sugar in the kettle with half a pint of water to three pounds of sugar4 ,stir it until it is dissolved4 ,when boiling1 add the cherries1 and cook three minutes4 ,put up in jars that can be sold for from twenty-five to fifty cents4 #gf4 ,,pound ,,pear4--,they hardly weigh a pound a piece1 but they look as if they do with their great white bulks pressed up against the sides of the transparent glass4 ,take the largest kind1 ,bartlett1 ,seckel1 or any that have a delicious flavor4 ,pare the fruit1 cut in halves1 and throw in cold water4 ,use one pound of sugar for three of fruit1 and one quart of water for three pounds of sugar4 ,when the syrup is boiling take the pears from the water and drop into the syrup4 ,cook until they can be pierced easily with a silver fork4 ,fill the jars with fruit1 and fill up to the brim with syrup1 using a small strainer in the funnel1 in order that the syrup may look clear4 ,sell good-sized jars for fifty cents4 #gg4 ,,grape ,,jelly4--,jellies in little tumblers take up small room1 and they can be grouped in artistic shapes4 ,here is a good grape3 ,mash fruit in a kettle1 put over the fire1 and cook until thoroughly done4 ,drain through a sieve1 but do not press through4 ,to each pint of juice1 allow one pound of sugar4 ,boil rapidly for five minutes4 ,add the sugar1 and boil rapidly three minutes more4 #gh4 ,,sweet ,,pickles--7,apple1 ,pear1 or ,peach74 ,for six pounds of fruit1 use three of sugar1 five dozen cloves and a pint of vinegar4 ,into each apple1 pear1 or peach1 stick two cloves4 ,have the syrup hot1 and cook until tender4 ,put up in attractive little jars with colored labels4 ,jars should sell for twenty-five cents4 #gi4 ,,chow-,,chow4--,here is a very taking kind3 ,take large red-peppers1 remove the contents1 and fill them with chopped pickles4 ,the red of the peppers against the white of the glass gives a very pretty appearance4 ,small bottles that can be sold cheap will be the most popular4 #hj4 ,,pickled ,,walnuts4--,pick out the nuts as nearly whole as possible1 and steep in strong brine for a week1 then bottle1 add spice1 and fill with vinegar boiling hot4 ,put up in very small jars4 ,have a jar from which to give samples if the dish is not common in the place4 ,there are a vast number of other fruits1 vegetables1 and nuts1 which you can use as custom shall demand4 ,if you grow your own fruit and do your own work1 the result is nearly all profit4 ,if you have to buy the fruit1 the selling-price should be such as to give one third profit4 ,this is the per cent4 which all manufacturers expect4 ,section #f4 ,toilet ,articles4 ,these have a perennial sale4 ,they are not confined to any season or age4 ,most of them1 especially the ,french makes1 come high1 but they are composed of a few simple ingredients1 and can be made by any person of ordinary skill4 ,here are a few of the best selling3 #ha4 ,,rose ,,oil4--,heat dried rose-leaves in an earthenware pipkin1 the leaves being covered with olive-oil1 and keep hot for several hours4 ,the oil will extract both odor and color4 ,strain1 and put in little cut-glass bottles4 #hb4 ,,cologne ,,water4--,take one pint of alcohol1 twelve drops each of bergamot1 lemon1 neroli1 sixty drops of lavender1 sixty drops of bergamot1 sixty drops of essence of lemon1 and sixty drops of orange-water1 shake well and cork4 #hc4 ,,french ,,face ,,powder4--,poudre de chipre one and one-half pounds1 eau 7water7 of millefleurs one and one-half drachms4 ,put up in small cut-glass bottles and give it a ,french name4 ,poudre de ,millefleurs will do4 #hd4 ,,night-,,blooming ,,cereus4--,this is a very delicate and fragrant perfume4 ,spirit of rose #d ounces1 essence of jasmine #d ounces1 tincture of tonka #b ounces1 tincture of civet #b ounces1 tincture of benzoin #d ounces4 ,cost #a4fe per pint4 ,put up in half-gill bottles at fifty cents each1 #d4jj4 ,profit1 #b4ce4 ,in selling expensive perfumery1 remember that the glass is cheaper than the contents1 and you should therefore select thick bottles with small cubical space4 ,tie pretty colored ribbons around the necks of the bottles1 and put them1 four or six together1 in attractive boxes with the lids removed4 ,you must in every way court the patronage of the ladies1 and you can in some cases well afford to give a bottle to the leader of a social set with the understanding that she recommend it to her friends4 ,section #g4 ,varnishes and ,polishes4 ,with your plants1 meats1 preserves1 candies1 and perfumery1 you have already got much beyond your show-window4 ,you now have a 8department store0 on a small scale1 and as you make the goods yourself you ought to be making money4 ,there are some things you can add for which the demand will not be great1 but then the cost of making is small4 ,besides1 the goods1 put up in bright tin boxes with colored labels and built up in pyramids on your shelves1 will give your store an artistic and attractive appearance4 ,here are a few things that might profitably occupy your spare moments3 #he4 ,,stove ,,blacking4--,take half a pound of black lead finely powdered1 and mix with the whites of three eggs well-beaten2 then dilute it with sour beer or porter till it becomes as thin as shoe-blacking2 after stirring it1 set it over hot coals to simmer for twenty minutes2 then1 after it has become cold1 box and label4 #hf4 ,,shoe ,,blacking4--,mix six parts of fine bone-black1 twenty-eight of syrup or four of sugar1 three of train-oil1 and one of sulphuric acid4 ,let the mixture stand for eight hours1 then add with vigorous and constant stirring four parts of the decoction of tan1 eighteen of bone-black1 and three of sulphuric acid1 and pour the compound into a little tin boxes4 ,cost1 one cent per box2 sell for five cents4 #hg4 ,,furniture ,,cream4--,take eight parts of white wax1 two of resin1 and one pint of true ,venice turpentine4 ,melt at a gentle heat1 and pour the warm mass into a stone jar with six parts of rectified oil of turpentine4 ,after twenty-four hours it should have the consistency of soft butter4 ,sell in small ten-cent boxes4 #hh4 ,,leather ,,polish4--,beat the yolks of two eggs and the white of one2 mix a tablespoonful of gin and a teaspoonful of sugar2 thicken it with ivory black1 add it to the eggs1 and use as common blacking4 ,this will give a fine polish to harnesses and leather cushions1 and also may be used as a dressing for ladies' shoes4 ,these are the varnishes and polishes that sell the most readily1 but you must not think they will sell without advertisement1 recommendation1 and display4 ,label them attractively1 and tell just what they will do4 ,it is well to have a little hand press so that you can print your own labels1 and also some marking-ink for posters4 ,use ink freely2 and1 if you can get the recommendation of some townsman who has tried one of your varnishes or polishes1 give it a large display4 ,section #h4 ,soaps and ,starches4 ,soaps are easily made and very profitable4 ,several firms have made fortunes in soap during the last few years4 ,you can make just as good an article in your own home and reap all the profits4 ,with starches1 take pains to let your customers know that you have different ones for different kinds of goods4 ,many use the same starch for all kinds of washing4 ,you must show people that your starches are made especially for various kinds of garments1 and that the effect will not be so good if the wrong starch is used1 or one kind applied indiscriminately to all kinds of goods4 #hi4 ,,poland ,,starch4--,mix flour and cold water until the mass will pour easily1 then stir it into a pot of boiling water1 and let it boil five or six minutes1 stirring frequently4 ,a little spermaceti will make it smoother4 ,when cold1 put in pasteboard boxes and sell cheap4 #ij4 ,,glue ,,starch4--7,for calicoes47 ,boil a piece of glue1 four inches square1 in three quarts of water4 ,put it in a well-corked bottle1 and sell for a little more than ,poland4 #ia4 ,,gum ,,arabic ,,starch4--7,for lawns and white muslin47 ,pound to a powder two ounces of fine1 white gum-arabic2 put it into a pitcher1 and pour a pint or more of boiling water upon it1 and cover it well4 ,let it stand all night1 and in the morning pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle1 and cork it tight4 ,recommend this to your customers1 and tell them that a tablespoonful of this stirred into a pint of starch made in the ordinary manner will restore lawns to almost their original freshness4 #ib4 ,,starch ,,luster4--,this is a substance which1 when added to starch1 gives the cloth not only a high polish1 but a dazzling whiteness4 ,to produce this result1 a little piece the size of a copper cent is added to half a pound of starch and boiled with it for two or three minutes4 ,now we will give you the whole secret4 ,the substance is nothing more than stearine1 paraffine1 or wax1 sometimes colored by a slight admixture of ultramarine blue4 ,you can buy it in quantities for a trifle1 and sell it in little balls or wafers at a profit of #ejj per cent4 #ic4 ,,hard ,,soap4--,five pails of soft soap1 two pounds of salt and one pound of resin4 ,simmer together and when thoroughly fused turn out in shallow pans so as to be easily cut4 ,this costs little more than the labor and by being able to undersell rivals you should have a monopoly in soap4 #id4 ,,savon ,d',,amande4--,this is a celebrated ,french toilet soap4 ,the recipe is ,french suet nine parts1 olive oil one part1 saponified by caustic soda4 ,toilet soaps are also made of white tallow1 olive1 almond and palm-oil1 soaps either alone or combined in various proportions and scented4 ,the perfume is melted in a bright copper pan by the heat of a water bath4 ,section #i4 ,soft ,drinks4 ,you may now if you have a counter try a few soft drinks4 ,a soda fountain is expensive and perhaps would not pay at this stage1 but you might try it when you have more capital and customers4 ,first try4-- #ie4 ,,root ,,beer4--,get a bottle of the extract1 and make it according to the directions4 ,cost of ten gallons extract and sugar1 #a4 ,put up in pint bottles at five cents a bottle #d4 ,profit1 #c4 #if4 ,,ginger ,,pop4--,put into an earthen pot two pounds of loaf sugar1 two ounces of cream tartar1 two ounces of best ginger bruised1 and two lemons cut into slices4 ,pour over them three gallons of boiling water1 when lukewarm1 toast a slice of bread1 spread it thickly with yeast and put it into the liquor4 ,mix with it also the whites of two eggs and their crushed shells4 ,let it stand till next morning4 ,then strain and bottle4 ,it will be ready for use in three or four days4 ,profits about the same as the last4 #ig4 ,,lemonade ,,and ,,orangeade4--,get juicy fruit1 and allow one orange or lemon to a glass4 ,the tumblers for orangeade should be smaller than those for lemonade4 ,profits about two and one-half cents a glass4 ,have your counter for drinks as near the door as you can4 ,keep your bottles on ice4 ,make your lemonade to order1 and let it be known that all your beer is home-brewed4 ,ask your patrons if they like it1 and take kindly any suggestions they may make4 ,let them know you want to please them4 ,section #aj4 ,dairy and ,other ,farm ,produce4 ,if you live in the country1 or if your grounds are large enough1 you can add immensely to your profits by keeping a cow1 a pig1 some poultry1 and a few hives of bees4 ,you will now need help--a boy to milk your cow1 run on errands1 and deliver goods2 and a girl to help you in the work-room and to assist in the store4 #ih1 ,,golden ,,butter2 #ii1 ,,fresh ,,eggs2 #ajj1 ,,sweet ,,milk2 #aja1 ,,sparkling ,,honey2 #ajb1 ,,new ,,cheese2 and #ajc1 ,,clean ,,lard1 are among the attractions and the sources of revenue you can add to your already prosperous business4 ,churn your butter till it is entirely free of the milk1 salt it well and put it up in tempting balls1 rolls or pats4 ,a little finely-strained carrot-juice will give it a golden color without any disagreeable taste4 ,for poultry1 the ,wyandottes and ,plymouth ,rocks are the best year-round layers4 ,have a sign 8,eggs ,laid ,yesterday10 or 8,this ,morning's ,eggs40 ,sell milk by the glass1 pint or quart2 only be sure it is always fresh4 ,get a small cheese-press1 and if you find a good sale for your cheese1 milk1 and butter1 add to your stock of cows4 ,find out which of the three dairy products pays the best1 and work accordingly4 ,invite people to taste your good things1 and tell them that everything is homemade and fresh4 ,bees are perhaps the most profitable things in the world1 as they entail no expense after the first outfit4 ,have honey both strained and in the comb as you learn the wants of your patrons4 ,the pig will keep you in meat a large portion of the year1 besides supplying to your store a limited quantity of nice white-leaf lard1 which should be sold in little bright tin pails4 #ajd4 ,,white ,,pork4--,if you do not care for swine's flesh1 you can sell it for from twelve to twenty cents a pound4 ,people are glad to buy fresh-killed meat and to pay a good price for it when their ordinary purchases have been many days slaughtered1 and often freighted a thousand miles4 #aje4 ,,poultry ,,to ,,order4--,do not keep your hens beyond the second year1 as they are not so good layers after that age4 ,have always a stock of fat fowls ready for market4 ,,spring ,,chickens4 ,here is another line in which you can invest4 ,a chick costs in feed about twenty-five cents for the season1 and they sell readily for a dollar a pair4 ,section #aa4 ,garden ,vegetables4 ,if you have a small garden1 you can supply your store with fresh vegetables during the season4 ,it is very important that they should be fresh4 ,having your own garden1 you can guarantee that quality to your customers4 ,take orders for the following day so that the vegetables may come straight from the garden into the hands of the consumer4 ,here are the six which grocers say sell for the largest profit4 #ajf4 ,,cut-,,to-,,order ,,asparagus4--,asparagus is at least one-half better when newly cut4 ,choose the white variety1 and tie in small bunches4 ,sell at fifteen cents a bunch4 #ajg4 ,,quick ,,market ,,strawberries4--,pick them fresh every morning4 ,put them in the usual boxes1 and set them on a stand in front of the store4 ,have one or two large ones on the top of each box1 and lay around them two or three strawberry leaves wet with dew4 #ajh4 ,,round ,,tomatoes4--,if possible1 have them so fine and large that five will fill a quart box4 ,sold even as low as five cents a box they are very profitable4 ,this is at the rate of a penny apiece1 and a thrifty tomato plant will bear fifty4 #aji4 ,,pint ,,peas4--,peas in the pod are not attractive1 but very young peas when shelled and put in little bright tin pails are irresistible4 ,the very sight of them tickles the palate4 ,rise early1 and pick and shell a pint of peas4 ,if they do not sell1 you can have them for your own dinner4 ,do not keep them overnight1 as the succulent quality is soon lost after shelling4 #aaj4 ,,string ,,beans4--,nothing easier to raise1 nothing easier to sell4 ,you can raise a bushel on a square rod if properly managed4 ,sell at fifteen cents a half-peck4 #aaa4 ,,green ,,corn4--,sell at twenty-five cents a dozen ears4 ,be careful to pick before the kernels become large4 ,have a notice1 8,corn ,picked to ,order40 ,we have found out from the grocers what garden products sell the best4 ,now1 suppose you have only a single rod of ground 7about the size of a large room71 and want to know how to plant it to the best advantage4 ,below will be found a comparative table of what1 under generous cultivation1 may be expected of each of the above in the way of hard cash from a single rod of soil4 ,asparagus 7#dj bunches at #ae cents a bunch71 #f4jj2 strawberries 7#cc baskets at #ae cents a basket71 #d4ie2 tomatoes 7#aej quarts at #e cents a quart71 #g4ej2 peas 7#af pints at #be cents a pint71 #d4jj2 beans 7#a bushel at #ae cents half-peck71 #a4bj2 corn 7#h dozen ears at #be cents a dozen71 #b4jj4 ,if you have twenty square rods instead of one1 your revenue from your garden may be increased by that multiple1 and you will have an opportunity to try all the above sources of profit4 ,find out what fruits and vegetables sell best in your neighborhood1 and plant accordingly4 ,and remember that the key to your success in garden produce is the single word fresh4 ,section #ab4 ,school ,supplies4 ,there are a number of articles in use in our schools which can be made at home4 ,once let it be known that you can make and sell as good a quality as the imported article1 and at a cheaper price1 and you will have the patronage of all the schools in your vicinity4 ,advertise wisely1 and in cases where the trustees furnish the things1 make a low bid for the entire school supply4 #aab4 ,,book ,,covers4--,save all your paper bags1 iron them out smoothly1 and make them into book covers4 ,sell them at three cents apiece1 or take the contract to cover all the books in the school at two cents apiece4 #aac4 ,,artificial ,,slates4--,take forty-one parts of sand1 four parts of lampblack1 four parts of boiled linseed or cottonseed oil4 ,boil thoroughly1 and reduce the mixture by adding spirits of turpentine so that it may be easily applied to a thin piece of pasteboard4 ,give three coats1 drying between each coat4 ,finish by rubbing smooth with a piece of cotton waste soaked in spirits of turpentine4 ,you have an excellent slate or memorandum book1 which may be sold for ten cents4 ,use a slate pencil4 ,made in large quantities1 these are very profitable4 #aad4 ,,cheap ,,ink4--,boil one and a half pounds of logwood with sufficient residue water to leave a residue of two and a half quarts4 ,when cold1 add one and a half drams of yellow bichromate of potash1 and stir thoroughly1 and the ink is ready for use4 ,the above will fill twenty-five large ink bottles1 which1 at five cents apiece1 come to #a4be4 ,cost1 #be to #ce cents4 #aae4 ,,school ,,bag4--,take a piece of cheap white linen and make it into a pretty bag1 with a strap to go over the shoulder4 ,have a colored stamp to put on the initials of the purchaser4 ,sell for twenty-five cents4 #aaf4 ,,pen ,,wiper4--,take any cheap material1 and cut in three circles of different sizes4 ,scallop the edges1 and stitch together at the center4 ,if the circles are of different color as well as size1 it will be attractive to the children1 and still more so if the smallest circle has an initial letter4 ,sell for five cents4 #aag4 ,,children',s ,,luncheon4--,thousands of parents would rather pay a trifling sum than be put to the trouble of providing and preparing lunch4 ,make a little repast cheap and neat4 ,one large or two small sandwiches1 a small dish of jelly or a tart1 a pickle or a piece of cake4 ,put in a collapsible paper box1 and tie with red or blue ribbon4 ,cost about six or seven cents4 ,sell for ten cents4 ,section #ac4 ,christmas ,presents4 ,you can do well with these if you are supple with your fingers and nimble with your tongue4 ,learn what artistic designs are becoming popular1 and keep abreast of the latest fads4 ,the fabric called denim is coming more into use every year1 and as it is very cheap1 and comes in all colors1 it is especially suited for making1 covering1 and adorning all kinds of household handiwork4 ,a ramble through the large metropolitan stores with a request to see the various lines of goods used for trimming and ornamenting will astonish you4 ,the endless varieties of silks1 satins1 velvets1 plushes1 linens1 laces1 feathers1 and so forth1 should suggest to a lively mind infinite possibilities in the way of made-up articles of market value4 ,our list below must be taken only as samples of what a fertile mind and ingenious fingers can accomplish4 #aah4 ,,sofa ,,pillow4--,take a piece of ,india silk of different colors1 and let them all taper to a common center upon which a monogram is worked4 ,relieve the bareness of the white by a running vine and morning glories4 ,a pillow of this kind which cost #c sold for #h4 ,the varieties of the sofa pillow are almost endless4 ,get a book of designs and learn to make the ,organdy1 ,butterfly1 ,duck1 ,clover1 ,daisy1 ,cretonne1 ,yacht1 ,mull1 ,poppy1 and many others4 #aai4 ,,jewel ,,tray4--,cut a circle of delicate cru linen twenty-two inches in circumference1 and sew a piece of bonnet wire around it1 notching or looping it so as to give an escaloped edge4 ,have a pretty little motto in the center1 and fill the remaining space with snowdrops worked in ivory white1 each tiny petal tipped with pale green1 and with a long green stem4 ,when properly worked1 this is very pretty1 and ought to command a good price4 #abj4 ,,american ,,flag4--,make it five feet in length by three in width1 and smaller flags in the same proportion4 ,there should be seven stripes of red bunting1 six of white1 and a field of blue4 ,on this field stitch forty-five stars of white4 ,face the inside of the flag with a piece of strong canvas for the admission of the pole4 ,if the stars are of silk1 the price should be at least twice that of linen4 #aba4 ,,hair-,,pin ,,case4--,cut a piece of fine white duck in the shape of a square envelope and embroider upon the flap any simple design in wash silk4 ,close with button and buttonhole4 ,sell for fifty cents4 #abb4 ,,chair ,,cushion4--,take blue denim with dark and light shades happily combined4 ,let the tint of pale blue be appliqued on1 and then worked in different shades of this color with rope floss in long and short stitch4 ,the back may be of plain denim unadorned4 #abc4 ,,lamp ,,shade4--,you can get a dozen skeleton frames for a few cents1 and ,french crpe paper which costs little1 and your own cultivated taste and deft fingers will do the rest4 ,a cheap kaleidoscope will suggest an infinite number of designs4 ,one lady made an elegant shade at a cost of #b4ej1 and sold it for #f4jj4 #abd4 ,,book-,,mark4--,silk1 worsted1 and two hours of spare time will give you a pretty book-mark which should sell for fifty cents1 at a cost of making 7time not reckoned7 of only fifteen cents4 #abe4 ,,handy ,,work-,,box4--,take a pasteboard box and line with denim4 ,include a tiny pin-cushion1 scissors-case1 thimble-holder1 needle-book1 flap1 and spool wires4 #abf4 ,,pin-,,cushion4--,always popular1 but the form changes every season4 ,cover with silk or satin1 and overlay with strips of fine linen embroidered in festoons of tiny blossoms4 ,border with ruffle of lace1 and put small rosettes of baby ribbon at the corners4 #abg4 ,,catch-,,bag4--,a convenient receptacle for laundry1 schoolbooks1 shoes1 and many other articles4 ,it should be in envelope form1 the dimensions eighteen by twelve4 ,the material may be white linen1 upon which you should work a gold border4 ,make an attachment for hanging on the wall4 #abh4 ,,court-,,plaster ,,case4--,cut two circles of celluloid two inches in diameter1 and four other circles of thin drawing-paper for inside leaves4 ,in these little pockets place pieces of court-plaster1 pink1 white and black1 cut into strips or squares1 and held flat and stationary by having their comers thrust into slits cut in the paper4 ,punch holes in the left side of the case1 and tie with baby-ribbon4 ,paint or work on outside cover a design of burrs with 8,i cling to thee10 or a design of beggar-ticks with 8,i stick to thee40 #abi4 ,,postage-,,stamp ,,holder4--,same as above except that the shape is square4 #acj4 ,,photograph ,,frame4--,take a piece of stout pasteboard and turn down the corners4 ,cut the inside to the proper size1 and stitch a piece of chamois over the pasteboard4 ,tie bits of colored ribbon on the corners4 ,sell for twenty-five cents4 #aca4 ,,match-,,safe4--,cover a tin box of any shape with one of the lesser inflammable materials such as chamois1 and on the front attach a piece of match-paper4 ,sell for ten or fifteen cents4 #acb4 ,,wall-,,pocket4--,take bamboo sticks or thin strips of wood1 and glue them together in the form of a pocket-frame4 ,the sticks should be about two inches apart and the outer lattice-work a little lower than the inner4 ,wind colored ribbons around the sticks1 and have a circular head-piece for attachment to the wall4 #acc4 ,,glove-,,box4--7,easter present74 ,cover a flat pasteboard box with pale gray linen or delicate blue4 ,work a spray of passion-flowers on the top1 inclosing some suitable motto4 ,christmas presents should be in the store at least three weeks before the holidays4 ,as many donors like to attach the initials of the recipient to the present1 have prettily worked letters for that purpose1 and charge ten cents a letter4 ,be careful to inform all possible customers of this arrangement1 as many will be attracted by that feature4 ,call attention to this class of goods when your patrons are buying other kinds of your wares1 and be always eager to show your latest designs4 ,remember that taste in this department is as important as the word fresh in ,section #aj4 ,section #ad4 ,miscellaneous ,articles4 ,here are a few other things to complete the list of one hundred which you can make in your own home4 ,you will discover many others for yourself as your trade increases1 and your friends make suggestions4 ,the secret of success is to find out what people want1 and then give them a better and cheaper article than they can get elsewhere4 ,you will find your customers' wants changing according to the season or the newest fad4 ,things which you expected to sell will often be left on your hands4 ,you must be prepared to take advantage of this4 ,drop the price when the demand falls1 and always have in your mind some new article of home manufacture to take the place of that whose popularity is waning4 ,keep eyes and ears strained for the newest thing4 ,as it was said of a certain burglar that he never saw a lock without the thought1 8,how can ,i pick it80 so you should never witness the sale of any article without the query1 8,how can ,i make it80 ,the following are easily made1 and some of them very profitable3 #acd4 ,,hot ,,gems4--,if you can work up a demand for hot gems1 you can make a good profit4 ,take a pint each of flour and milk1 an egg1 and half a teaspoonful of salt4 ,beat the egg until light1 add the milk and salt to it1 and beat gradually into the flour4 ,bake twenty minutes in hot gem-pans4 ,the quantities given will make a dozen gems4 ,notice should be given of the hour of the day when they may be expected to be fresh from the oven4 ,charge twenty-five cents a dozen4 #ace4 ,,sliced ,,watermelon4--,nothing so delights the heart of a boy4 ,cut a large ripe melon into half-slices1 rather thick1 and lay them on ice in the show window4 ,cost of melon and ice1 fifty cents4 ,twenty slices at five cents each1 #a4 ,profit1 one-half4 #acf4 ,,toothsome ,,pies4--,roll two strips of paste for the upper and lower crusts4 ,place the latter in position after moistening the plate1 and fill with the prepared material already sweetened and seasoned4 ,lay on the upper crust1 and make a little slit in the center4 ,put in hot oven1 close draft after fifteen minutes1 and bake from fifty minutes to one hour4 ,charge twenty-five cents for good deep pies4 #acg4 ,,ice ,,cream4--,you can do well with this in warm weather1 if you have a room suitable for serving4 ,one pint of sugar1 one of water1 and three of cream1 the yolks of five eggs and a large tablespoonful of the flavoring extract4 ,boil the sugar and water twenty-five minutes4 ,beat the eggs with one fourth of a teaspoonful of salt4 ,place the basin of boiling syrup in another of boiling water1 and1 stirring the yolks of the eggs into the syrup1 beat rapidly for three minutes4 ,take the basin from the fire1 place it in a pan of ice water1 and beat until cold4 ,add the cream and extract1 and1 placing the mixture in the freezer1 pack around with ice1 alternating with thin layers of salt4 ,turn the crank until the cream is frozen hard4 #ach4 ,,pork ,,and ,,beans4--,you can make a large profit on pork and beans in places where there is a demand for them4 ,both are cheap1 and you can make a handsome profit on a dish selling for thirty-five cents1 the dish to be returned4 ,it is well if you can to make a bargain to supply families once a week on particular days4 ,this dish takes well in all parts of ,new ,england4 #aci4 ,,tomato ,,ketchup4--,raising your own tomatoes1 you can make it at a trifling cost1 and reap a profit at ten cents for small bottles4 ,for twelve ripe1 peeled tomatoes1 take two large onions1 four green peppers1 and chop fine4 ,add two tablespoonfuls of salt1 two of brown sugar1 two of ginger1 one of cinnamon1 one of mustard1 a nutmeg1 grated2 and four cupfuls of vinegar4 ,boil all together for three hours1 stirring frequently1 and bottle while hot4 #adj4 ,,mince ,,meat4--,many housekeepers prefer to buy the preparation rather than to be at the trouble of making it4 ,lean beef1 two pounds2 beef suet1 one pound2 apples1 five pounds2 seeded raisins1 two pounds2 currants1 two pounds2 citron1 three-fourths of a pound2 pounded mace and pounded cinnamon1 two tablespoonfuls each2 one of grated nutmeg2 one each of cloves and allspice2 brown sugar two and one-half pounds2 sherry wine1 one quart2 brandy1 one pint4 ,put up in three-pound cans4 ,the compound should make six cans1 and you should charge seventy-five cents a can for so choice a product4 ,you can reduce the expense1 if your customers wish a cheaper article4 #ada4 ,,dried ,,apples4--,if you have a few apple trees1 you will often find it more profitable to dry for future sale than to sell the green fruit4 ,pare1 core1 and slice4 ,lay the slices in shallow pans or on clean boards1 and expose to the air until thoroughly dried4 ,then pack and store for the winter market4 ,you should get at least ten cents a pound4 #adb4 ,,peanuts4--,no risk of loss on these for they will always sell4 ,buy from a shipper or wholesale grocer a bag of peanuts and roast them in the oven until they are a fine brown1 taking care not to burn4 ,profits in a bag of peanuts selling at five cents1 one-half pint1 #ajj per cent4 #adc4 ,,cigarettes4--,roll a pinch of tobacco in a piece of white paper and scent with any agreeable perfume4 ,more profit than in cigars4 #add4 ,,tallow ,,candles4--,still used in the country1 and to some extent by poor people in the city4 ,take beef and mutton suet in the proportion of one to two4 ,melt1 and fill tin molds in which the wick has been previously inserted4 ,the cost is little beyond the work4 ,charge twenty-five cents per dozen4 #ade4 ,,lung ,,preserver4--7,rock and ,rye74 ,here is the secret of this popular remedy for coughs1 colds and lung troubles4 ,rye whisky1 three gallons2 syrup1 made of rock candy1 one gallon4 ,cost of whiskey and syrup1 #c4ej4 ,put up in pint bottles at fifty cents each1 #af4 ,profits1 #ab4ej1 or nearly #cjj per cent4 #adf4 ,,poison ,,killer4--,you may not sell much of this1 but it is a useful article to have in the house1 and will keep indefinitely4 ,buy a quantity of powder of aristol1 and put it in small pepper-boxes1 or in any box with a perforated lid1 holding a few ounces4 ,dust the affected part freely with this1 and the effect on the poisoned flesh will be magical4 ,use for any inflammation4 ,advertise it in placards4 #adg4 ,,mucilage4--,dissolve gum-arabic in water until the whole is of the consistency of cream1 and keep it from contact with the air4 ,add a few drops of sweet oil to prevent it from souring4 ,the cost is almost nothing4 ,you can sell it at five cents a bottle4 #adh4 ,,pop ,,corn4--,use a large popper1 and when the corn comes out white and hot1 add a little molasses to make it adhere1 and flavor with some popular extract4 ,mold it in balls1 rectangles1 or in any other fancy shape4 ,a bushel of shelled corn which costs a dollar will make #abe balls4 ,these at five cents apiece come to #f4be4 ,this completes the list of one hundred articles for your store4 ,observe that they are all made at home1 and for that reason the profits are from #ej to #ejj per cent41 while in the ordinary way of buying from the wholesaler the storekeeper has to be satisfied with from #aj to #bj per cent4 ,you will discover for yourself many other articles which can be made at home and sold at a profit1 and you will not confine yourself to homemade goods1 but will handle anything for which there is a demand whether you can make it yourself or not4 ,of course1 if you make all the above goods1 you will need much help1 the cost of which will diminish somewhat the profits1 but the design is that you begin on a modest scale1 at first doing all the manufacturing yourself1 and call in assistance as your business and capital grow4 ,in writing this chapter the author has contemplated a lady as keeping a store of this kind1 but a gentleman can do much of the work as well1 and some sections of it better4 ,perhaps the ideal store would be that kept by husband and wife with growing children to assist4 ,now let us have the experience of a lady who has tried our plan4 ,mrs4 ,j---- ,g---- says3 8,by the death of my husband ,i was left alone with three children1 ,wilhelm fifteen1 ,gertrude thirteen1 and ,egbert ten4 ,i had no means1 though1 fortunately1 my little place in the suburban town of ,t---- was free of debt4 ,it consisted of a neat house and three acres of land4 ,having a fondness for plants1 ,i cultivated them in curious ways1 while keeping my little family together by taking in sewing4 ,one day a lady who was spending the summer in ,t---- called and inquired what ,i would take for a pea vine which was growing in a tumbler of water4 ,i was surprised1 as ,i had not thought of making merchandise of my plant pets4 ,she purchased a number of pretty little odd things of vegetable life with which ,i had amused myself1 and suggested that ,i might earn something by cultivating rare forms of plants4 ,it was a new idea to me4 ,i had not thought there was any money in what had been to me only a pastime1 but ,i increased the number of my plant curiosities1 and the lady and her friends bought them all4 8,then my friend said to me1 #8,why don't you keep a ,home ,store8 ,you have so much taste ,i think you would do nicely8' #8,and pray what is a ,home ,store8' ,i inquired4 #8,oh1 it's a store where the things are all made at home4' #8,but ,i have no capital4' #8,you need no capital4 ,see1 the things are all made at home4 ,begin with a few tea dishes4' ,so ,i bought a ham1 sliced it thin1 and laid some sprigs of parsley around it4 ,i also made some artificial honey from a recipe in an old cook book4 ,with the money ,i thus earned1 ,i had my window enlarged into a show-window1 and put in a variety of vegetables from my garden1 taking care they should be strictly fresh every day4 ,i had such success that1 at the suggestion of my lady patron1 ,i began to make a great many other things--pastry1 preserves1 sweetmeats1 and toilet articles4 ,i also purchased one hundred fowls1 and served my customers with fresh eggs4 ,my trade grew so that ,i decided to have a real store1 and so1 at an expense of about #ej1 ,i had my two front rooms made into one and fitted up with shelves and counters4 ,i purchased a cow and a pig on credit1 and also two or three hives of bees4 ,the people seemed to appreciate my fresh eggs1 milk1 butter and honey1 and ,i soon paid all my debts and branched out in several other directions in the way of homemade goods4 ,hitherto1 my three children had afforded me all the help ,i needed1 but now ,i found it necessary to employ a cheap male laborer to look after my garden1 orchard1 cow1 pig1 and poultry1 as well as to assist in making some of my goods4 ,i made a great variety of things as new suggestions came to me almost daily1 and also1 as my customers called for them1 ,i bought what ,i could not well make myself4 ,now1 after three years' experience1 ,i think ,i have the most profitable store of its size that can be found anywhere4 ,here is my account for last year3 ,,articles4 ,,cost4 ,,sales4 ,,profits4 ,household plants ,seeds 4#ij #ae4be #ad4ce ,table dishes ,meats1 etc4 #ab4ei #cf4id #bd4ce ,pastry ,materials #ec4cf #aff4je #aab4fi ,nuts and candy 8 #fa4ff #cgi4bb #cag4ef ,preserves1 etc 8 #ab4aj #di4ge #cg4fe ,toilet articles 8 #i4je #ai4je #aj4jj ,varnishes and soaps 8 #c4ah #ae4ej #ab4cb ,soft drinks 8 #e4ae #ca4ee #bf4dj ,vegetables ,seeds #b4ej #cg4bg #cd4gg ,school supplies ,materials #c4gj #ac4ga #aj4ja ,christmas presents 8 #e4be #dh4ac #db4hh ,eggs1 honey and the dairy ,keeping stock #ge4ej #bag4jj #ada4ej ,miscellaneous articles ,materials #ee4je #bia4ae #bcf4aj ,goods bought ,price paid #dgc4jb #eea4aj #gh4jh ------- --------- --------- #ggc4ja #a1hga4fg #a1jih4ff 8,deduct from the above the wages of laborer at #bj per month1 #bdj1 and ,i have left #heh4ff as net profit for my year's work4 ,the fruit for the preserves and pies was raised on the place1 and ,i was under no expense for tin and paper boxes1 these being collected from the houses of my friends4 ,it will be seen that nearly one-third of the sales of my #8,home ,store' were of purchased goods on which the profit were only #ae per cent41 but so large was the profit on the homemade goods that the total sales were at the gratifying advance of #hj per cent4 ,besides1 ,i have had the living of my family and hired help4 ,the expense for meats not furnished on the place1 and for groceries not kept in the store1 together with that for clothes1 taxes1 and sundries1 was #caf4je4 ,thus1 ,i have paid all my expenses1 and saved #edj for a rainy day4 ,pretty good1 don't you think1 for a woman1 and a novice at that8 ,of course1 ,i have worked hard1 sometimes as many as fifteen hours a day1 but ,i have enjoyed it1 and think ,i am on the way to a snug little fortune4 ,others with more talents1 and under more favorable circumstances1 ,i have no doubt could do much better4 8,the secrets of my success1 if you ask me1 are3 ,first1 the trading instinct1 or the knowing what1 where1 and when to buy4 7,i never let myself get out of a stock article74 ,second1 courtesy to all--to the little barefoot colored boy just the same as to the grand madam4 ,third1 economy1 both in my family expenses1 buying only what ,i need1 and in my store1 using in other ways that which will not sell in the original form1 throwing nothing away unless it is spoiled and even that giving1 as a last resort1 to my pig and poultry2 and fourth1 hard work1 making and selling with my own hands everything ,i can1 and carefully superintending everything ,i cannot40 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,home ,,acre4 ,money at ,home--,what a ,single ,acre ,will ,do--,gold in the ,soil--,how a ,dike ,made a ,klondike--#a1jjj at ,your ,back ,door--,nickels in ,pickles6 ,livings in ,pickings6--,a ,fortune in a ,fat ,slice of ,earth--,a ,great 7,grate7 ,way to ,make ,money4 ,there are multitudes of people who have a single acre of ground which could be made to yield much profit if they knew how to handle it4 ,others have an half or a quarter of an acre2 not enough1 perhaps1 to give them a support1 but which would add very materially to their income if properly cultivated4 ,in this chapter we tell you what to do with the 8home acre10 with examples of what others have done with it4 #adi4 ,,money ,,in ,,pears4--,do you know that one acre of the best yielding pear trees will bring more profit than a five-hundred acre farm without a twentieth of the care or capital8 #aej4 ,,greenbacks ,,in ,,greenings4--,it is a fact that forty apple trees of the ,r4 ,h4 ,greening variety on a single acre have yielded a crop worth #djj4 #aea4 ,,plums ,,of ,,gold4--,a widow has in her garden twelve plum trees from which she regularly receives #fj a year4 #aeb4 ,,the ,,raspberry ,,acre4--8,there are repeated instances of #djj and even #fjj being made clear from a single acre of raspberries40 ,see ,morris' 8,ten ,acres ,enough40 #aec4 ,,profits ,,in ,,big ,,peaches4--,when ordinary peaches were selling at #be cents a bushel1 a grower received #b a bushel4 ,this is how he did it4 ,when the fruit was as large as a hickory nut1 he employed a large force of laborers and picked off more than one-half the fruit4 ,the rest ripened early1 grew large1 and were of excellent quality4 ,his net profit that year from eleven acres was between #c1jjj and #d1jjj4 #aed4 ,,easy ,,tomatoes4--,an easy crop1 requiring little care4 ,says a grower in ,new ,jersey3 8,my single acre of tomatoes netted a clear profit of #abj4 ,i am aware that others have realized more than double this sum1 but they were experienced hands1 while ,i was new to the business40 ,four hundred dollars per acre has frequently been realized from this crop4 ,one person had four acres from which he received from #a1ejj to #b1jjj annually4 #aee4 ,,assorted ,,strawberries4--,here is the experience of a novice3 8,i ran a ditch through my wet and almost worthless meadow land1 and set it out with strawberry plants4 ,the second year ,i had an enormous crop4 ,the larger berries were separated from the smaller1 and the show thus made by the assorted fruit was magnificent4 ,for #fjj quarts ,i received #cjj1 it being a little early for strawberries in the ,new ,york market40 ,it pays to grow early and large fruit4 #aef4 ,,livings ,,in ,,lettuce4--,fifteen thousand heads can be set upon an acre4 ,these at the average price of #a4ej per hundred means #bbe per acre4 ,five acres of this crop should give a fair-sized family a good living4 ,it is an auxiliary crop and may be sowed between heads of cabbage4 #aeg4 ,,sovereigns ,,in ,,spinach4--,there are few more important crops in market4 ,it requires little labor1 can be cultivated evenings and mornings by a busy man1 and pays about #ge an acre4 #aeh4 ,,thousand-,,dollar ,,celery4--,celery may be grown as a second crop after beets1 onions1 or peas are cleared up4 ,a little reckoning in the number of heads per acre shows that if the grower could get the consumer's price of eight or ten cents a head1 it would yield a clear profit of #a1jjj4 #aei4 ,,fortunes ,,in ,,water-,,cress4--8,i have no doubt10 says a large grower1 8that in situations where irrigation could be used at pleasure1 or regular plantations made as for cranberries1 judging from the enormous price water-cress sells at1 picked as it is in the present haphazard way1 an acre would sell for #d1jjj or #e1jjj40 #afj4 ,,the ,,dollar ,,blackberry4--,when the ,lawton first came out1 so great was the praise of it and the rush to obtain it that many roots were sent through the mail at #a apiece1 and the lucky discoverer netted a small fortune4 ,but any grower has the same chances to discover a new variety1 or to improve on his present stock4 #afa4 ,,nickels ,,in ,,pickles4--,do you know that the enormous number of #aej1jjj cucumbers may be easily grown on an acre of land1 and that at the low price of #a4ej per thousand this means #bbe per acre8 ,the crop also is very easily raised4 #afb4 ,,the ,,beet ,,lot4--,you can grow #hj1jjj roots per acre even when sown a foot apart1 yet at #a per hundred1 deducting one-half for expenses1 there still results a net value of #djj4 #afc4 ,,the ,,roasting ,,ear4--,you can plant an acre of sweet corn1 realize #ajj for it1 clear it off in ,august1 sow the cleared ground with turnip seed1 and from the second crop reap another #ajj4 #afd4 ,,paying ,,peas4--,they are the early kind1 marketed before the price falls4 ,if grown under glass so as to be crowded on the market in early ,june1 they will bring #d a bushel1 and at that rate an acre will mean #djj4 ,if delayed a month1 they will not bring a quarter of that sum4 #afe4 ,,grated ,,horseradish4--,the root is very easily raised1 requires little cultivation1 but is quite profitable4 ,grate finely and put in attractive white bottles with red labels4 ,give it some fancy name1 as 8,red ,orchard10 or 8,spring ,valley40 8,little ,neck0 clams got their reputation largely in this way4 ,sell for ten cents a bottle4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,money ,,for ,,women4 ,one ,hundred ,ways a ,woman ,can ,earn a ,living--,a ,new ,way to ,remember ,your ,friends--,the ,woman with a ,pet ,dog--,solving the ,servant-girl ,question--,shopping for ,pleasure and ,profit--,profits of a ,lady ,barber--,the ,business of 8,samples0--,the ,rise of the ,trained ,nurse--,dollars in ,scents--,how to ,go to ,paris ,without ,cost--,something that will ,sell to ,millions of ,shoppers--,how ,clara ,louise ,kellog ,got a ,start--,a ,woman ,who ,sold her ,jewels for ,newspapers--,women in the ,civil ,service4 ,the field of woman's work has been vastly augmented during the last half-century4 ,from school teaching and dressmaking1 which were about the only occupations open to our grandmothers1 the number of ways a woman can make a living have increased to over two hundred4 ,to be exact1 there are two hundred and twenty-one occupations open to women1 out of a total of two hundred and fifty4 ,it is the design of the author to give only those methods which are unique1 unusual1 and presumably unknown to most lady readers4 ,in a few cases these money-making methods must be considered as only tributary to a larger source of revenue1 as when a salaried position or business enterprise is not sufficient for a support1 or when a woman wishes to help the family 8eke out a living10 but in most cases it is expected that the suggestions if followed will be an adequate source of income4 ,several of these ways may often be united where one is insufficient4 ,there is no need for any woman to marry for the sake of a home4 ,the examples given will enable any lady of the least tact1 skill1 or enterprise1 to secure an independent living4 #aff4 ,,the ,,school ,,store4--,if you live near a public school1 a small store containing candies1 school supplies and knickknacks for the children will be found to bring much profit4 ,the store need not be large or conspicuous4 ,a room in a private house will do4 ,children1 like bees1 are all fond of sweets4 ,the store need be open only for an hour in the morning1 or noon1 and at the close of school1 so that other work may be carried on at the same time4 ,a dressmaker1 with hours arranged so as not to conflict1 could combine very well these two ways of earning a living4 #afg4 ,,the ,,hand ,,album4--,have an album made in usual style1 except that the places for pictures are omitted4 ,smear each page with soft wax to the depth of one-sixth of an inch4 ,when a friend calls1 slightly heat a page and request him to lay his hands1 palms down1 upon it4 ,in that way you can preserve the digits of your friends1 and you will be surprised to find there is as much difference in hands as in faces4 ,when your album is full1 if you choose you can consult a patent lawyer1 and arrange to protect your invention4 ,a novelty of this kind would doubtless be immensely popular1 and enable the author to reap a financial harvest4 #afh4 ,,the ,,novelty ,,bakery4--,a woman who knows how to make tempting creations in flour can make a good living4 ,begin by taking your goods to the ,woman's ,exchange1 of which almost every large city has at least one4 ,if your baking is novel1 from the ,exchange will come demands from private customers1 and even orders from hotels4 ,a ,new ,england woman1 beginning in a small way1 in a few months had an income of #cc per week4 #afi4 ,,the ,,front ,,yard ,,snap4--,with a photographer's outfit1 go through the better class residential sections of a city or town and take the pictures of the children which you will see in every street1 and in almost every front yard4 ,get a child in a most striking position1 on a wheel1 or in a swing or hammock1 or at play4 ,secure parent's consent to take the picture4 ,no matter if they declare that they will not purchase1 they will yield when they see a pretty picture of their child4 ,much money can be made at this4 #agj4 ,,the ,,pet ,,dog4--,do you know that pet dogs often bring enormous prices8 ,you want the ,yorkshire terriers1 or the ,king ,charles spaniels1 or some of the rare ,japanese breeds4 ,a lady in ,new ,york counts on #ejj yearly as the income from the families raised from one dog1 a ,king ,charles spaniel4 #aga4 ,,the ,,box ,,lunch4--,there is a large field for some one to cultivate in our great office buildings and factories4 ,thousands would pay for a light lunch which costs five cents1 and is sold for ten cents4 ,rent a small room near a business center4 ,make known your occupation4 ,go through the places of business if possible1 or if not take a stand near the door1 and if your lunch is tastefully arranged1 it will find many buyers4 ,after a time you will get regular customers4 ,profits #ajj per cent4 #agb4 ,,the ,,hair-,,dresser4--,a refined business for women is the dressing of hair4 ,for #be you can learn the business4 ,place samples of all kinds of bangs and switches in the window4 ,they can be sold for a great profit1 and if industrious1 you can build up in a good neighborhood an excellent paying business1 and best of all1 it can be done in your own home4 #agc4 ,,typo ,,and ,,steno4--,in many large cities typewriting and stenography may be learned in the ,y4 ,w4 ,c4 ,a4 ,then with a machine and a rented room cheaply furnished a woman is all ready for business4 ,many women are making #be per week4 ,one enterprising young lady takes dictated matter in short hand1 and then typewrites it at her leisure1 thus saving much time to her busy patrons4 #agd4 ,,the ,,sewing ,,school4--,here is a vast unworked field4 ,if you understand needlework1 and have a little business enterprise1 you are certain to succeed4 ,advertise in the papers and get out circulars1 stating that for the small sum of twenty-five cents per week you will teach all pupils plain and fancy sewing4 ,form your pupils into classes1 and if you are gentle and patient1 as well as skillful at the needle1 you will in a short time have the work which mothers are glad to get rid of4 ,and it can all be done in your own home4 #age4 ,,flat ,,hunting4--,rent a small office and advertise that for a trifling fee you will exactly suit persons looking for homes1 and save them all the trouble4 ,three or four hours a day are spent in house-hunting1 and two in the office4 ,you must have a book with your customers' demands set down in detail1 and another book with a careful description of each house to let4 ,a commission might be exacted from both owner and renter4 ,an enterprising woman could in a short time build up a large business in this way4 #agf4 ,a ,,tea ,,room4--,hire a counter in a fashionable store much frequented by ladies4 ,have a sign that fresh tea is sold here1 made to order with good cream4 ,small accessories may be fresh rolls1 toasted crumpets1 bread and butter1 and other light articles of food4 ,ladies weary with shopping will surely come to your counter to be refreshed4 ,a lady in one of our large cities made a fortune by this means4 ,the requirements are dazzling cleanliness1 a smiling welcome1 a cheerful place near the door1 and hot1 fresh tea4 #agg4 ,,dress ,,mending4--,here is a good field4 ,there is a vast army of women who would patronize a mending office rather than run around the city to find a sewing woman1 or use their own limited time in the use of the needle4 ,have a tariff of prices for mending gloves1 sewing on buttons1 renewing the sleeves1 putting braid around the bottom of dresses1 etc4 ,the right woman could earn a good living at this business4 #agh4 ,,lace ,,handling4--,the mending and washing of fine laces is a work that is given to experts1 and commands high prices1 yet is easily learned4 ,in five lessons at a dollar apiece any lady of ordinary intelligence can learn1 or1 cheaper yet1 one can sometimes give services in return for instruction4 ,you are then in a position to earn a great deal of money4 ,issue a thousand circulars to the wealthier people of the city1 letting them know of your enterprise4 ,this plan combines the three advantages of fascinating employment1 good pay1 and work done at home4 #agi4 ,,intelligence ,,office on the subscription plan4--,buy a copy of the 8,social ,register20 send circulars to all persons named therein2 announce that you have opened an intelligence office on a new plan4 ,for #aj a year you will keep them supplied with as many servants as they want1 and you will guarantee satisfaction4 ,make a specialty of securing servants for people going out of town4 ,thus you will go far toward solving the perplexing question for your patrons1 and make an excellent living for yourself4 #ahj4 ,,professional ,,mending4--,hotels1 boarding houses and bachelor apartments have loud and long calls for mending4 ,mothers with little ones1 professional women1 and school-teachers1 as well as men1 have neither time nor taste for this kind of work4 ,have an outfit in a small satchel1 which should contain a light lunch1 a white apron1 and various assortments of tapes1 buttons1 etc4 ,in a short time one would have a regular round of customers4 ,one lady who did this never had to go out of one large hotel for work4 #aha4 ,,the ,,college ,,cram4--,there is room for a lady with a knowledge of the classics and a faculty for teaching to take boys and young men and carry them over the hard spots in their education4 ,these hard spots1 which are known as examinations1 conditions1 etc41 are the bane and bugbear of many a young man's education4 ,in one town a lady earns #ajj per month by taking pupils through the intricacies of algebra and ,latin4 #ahb4 ,,shoe ,,and ,,wrap ,,room4--,a room in some fashionable quarter where ladies could go after a journey on the cars and have the dust brushed off their wraps and their shoes polished would doubtless prove remunerative4 #ahc4 ,,general ,,convenience ,,room4--,the last idea might be combined with this4 ,have a room in which1 for the charge of a dime1 one could get a glass of ice-water1 could read the morning paper1 have his clothes brushed1 and look over a map of the city or a directory1 and have all the advantages of a toilet room4 #ahd4 ,,sick-,,room ,,delicacies4--,another unoccupied field is the preparation of delicacies for the sick4 ,bouillon1 chocolate1 jellies and many other kinds of delicacies could be prepared and placed in a show window in some fashionable part of the town4 ,the conditions of success are exquisite neatness and daintiness4 ,it would pay well1 for people stop at no cost in providing for their sick friends4 #ahe4 ,,shopping ,,commission4--,if you live at a little distance from the city1 a good business may be built up by shopping for your friends and neighbors4 ,by dint of experience you know where to buy1 and when your practice is built up you can buy cheaper by reason of larger purchases1 and you can give both of these advantages to your patrons4 ,many women might find here both a congenial and profitable field4 #ahf4 ,,school ,,luncheon4--,here is another good field4 ,tens of thousands of schoolchildren have to eat a cold luncheon4 ,rent a small room near a schoolhouse1 and provide bouillon1 clam and chicken soups1 sandwiches1 baked beans1 lamb pies1 with white and brown bread1 plain cake and fruit4 ,you will help to preserve the digestion of myriads of children1 as well as fill your own pocket with cash4 #ahg4 ,,hatching ,,birds4--,buy half a dozen songsters at #a4ej apiece1 the females at half that price4 ,get proper cages1 mate the birds1 provide soft nests made chiefly of cotton2 and with care you can do an excellent business4 ,birds in good condition mate two or three times a year4 ,one lady1 with eighteen pairs of canary birds netted #ejj a year4 #ahh4 ,,butter ,,and ,,egg ,,store4--,butter and eggs are two things which every housekeeper wants fresh1 but which are difficult to obtain4 ,get some reliable farmer to supply you at stated dates1 and procure a list of customers4 ,then with a boy to deliver and a push cart for the merchandise1 you have little to do but figure your profits4 ,an advantage of this plan is that it gives you the most of your time for other work4 ,the business may be extended almost ad infinitum4 #ahi4 ,,saratoga ,,chips4--,these are a sample of what may be done with a single good article by one who knows how4 ,one family has a weekly income of #ab4ej from this means4 #aij4 ,,fancy ,,lamp ,,shades4--,made of crpe papers they are very cheap1 and look almost as well as silk4 ,any woman of ordinary ability can make them1 and they sell readily4 ,she can buy for sixty cents material for a shade which she can sell for #a4be1 thus more than doubling her money4 #aia4 ,,bee-,,keeping4--,this is another means of large profit4 ,it can be carried on even in a city where there is a small plot of ground4 ,fill all the space not occupied by the hives with white clover and such other flowers as your study of bees will tell you they delight in4 ,buy a book about bees4 ,the advantage of this industry is that the cost of supporting the bees is practically nothing4 ,there is no risk4 ,after the first small expenditure of capital for boxes and hives all is profit4 #aib4 ,,cleansing ,,and ,,bleaching4--,there are many things too costly to be intrusted to an ordinary washerwoman1 and many other cleansing processes that do not come within that woman's sphere4 ,cleaning feathers1 velvets1 furs1 gloves1 silks1 and many other articles afford a wide opportunity for one who understands the business4 ,who can take grease spots from carpets1 fruit stains from napkins and table covers1 paint from windows1 thumb-marks from books1 and scratches from furniture8 ,here is a useful field4 #aic4 ,,fancy ,,soaps4--,fortunes have been made from fancy soaps4 ,the process of making is easy1 and the variety of method is so great1 and the possible ingredients so many1 that there need be no danger of infringing on anyone's trademark4 ,get a recipe-book and practice on the kinds given in the formulas2 then branch out into new kinds4 ,the sale will depend upon your ability4 ,give your product an attractive appearance4 #aid4 ,,home ,,architecture4--,write to the secretaries or agents of church building societies4 ,many of these societies publish pamphlets1 in which1 in addition to the designs for churches1 will be found many cuts for pretty little parsonages4 ,from these you can compile an attractive little book of home architecture1 which would sell to every person contemplating building a home2 and almost every one living in a rented house hopes some day to rear his own domicile4 ,if you have a friend who is an architect1 he would procure for you other books of plans4 #aie4 ,,home ,,ornaments4--,what is a home without at least a few trifling ornaments8 ,an inventive mind can think of a hundred inexpensive ways of beautifying a room4 ,but most people are not inventive4 ,if1 therefore1 you have that gift1 and can think of a few novelties in lace and embroidered goods which you can make and sell for fractions of a dollar1 you will have opened your way to constant and remunerative employment4 #aif4 ,,doubtful ,,debts4--,it is well known that in efforts that require perseverance and persistence women succeed better than men4 ,grocers1 butchers1 real estate agents1 and in fact almost every business man1 has a large number of accounts1 a considerable per cent4 of which he considers worthless4 ,to any one who could succeed in collecting them1 the dealer would give a very large per cent41 in some cases even amounting to half the bill4 ,many of these are really collectible if attempted with the persuasive arts of womanhood4 ,here is a large and profitable field for a woman having the right qualifications4 #aig4 ,,dressing ,,dolls4--,a fair profit can be made by taking orders for making dolls' dresses1 as they can be bought and dressed for about one-half the cost of those already dressed4 ,persons giving the order should be required to bring the materials for the dress4 #aih4 ,,fruit ,,preservers4--,vast numbers of people are in the country during the fruit season1 and cannot 8do up0 fruits2 they must depend on the grocer4 ,let a thrifty1 economical woman who knows how equip herself with sugar1 fruit1 cans and preserve kettles1 and she will not long wait for customers if she makes her business known4 ,the second year1 her patrons having tested her talents and tasted her fruits1 and finding them so much better than 8store goods10 will flood her with orders4 #aii4 ,a ,,mushroom ,,cellar4--,an enterprising woman hired a cellar at a rent of #aj per month1 had it fitted up with shelves1 placed on these shelves in order1 straw1 fertilizers1 and soil2 then put on mushroom spawn1 renewing it at intervals1 as also at longer intervals the soil4 ,average sale of mushrooms per week1 #ca4ej4 ,average expenses1 #h4hj4 ,profit per week1 #bb4gj4 #bjj4 ,,poultry ,,raising4--,following is the experience of another woman in raising poultry4 ,she bought forty-five ,minorcas1 because they lay a large white egg1 and are nonsitters and prolific layers4 ,each hen laid on an average one hundred and sixty-four eggs per annum4 ,she purchased also forty ,brahmas for sitters and for fattening4 ,total expenses for fowls and for keeping1 #bgh4gj4 ,total receipts1 #a1add4aa4 ,net profit1 #hfe4ca4 #bja4 ,,home ,,hothouse4--,thousands of people will buy plants already started who would not go to the trouble to buy seeds1 slips1 and pots4 ,there is also a large demand for cut flowers all the year round4 ,have a cellar for rooting1 and a south room for sunning4 ,a liberal use of cards and circulars1 stating what you propose to do1 will surely bring custom4 ,the secret of the florists' business is to provide flowers for every month in the year1 and to force or retard the flowers that suit the demands of each month4 ,this is a very pretty employment for a woman1 and can be done in her own home4 ,there are three hundred and twelve floral establishments in this country managed by women4 ,the work is easy and tasteful to ladies4 ,the elements of success are the habit of early rising1 business ability1 close superintendence of laborers1 intelligent advertising1 knowledge of plants1 and promptness in filling orders4 ,the best location is near a large cemetery4 ,one florist thus located takes in from #a1ejj to #b1jjj per month during the busy season4 #bjb4 ,,art ,,needlework4--,here is the way a woman paid off a #fjj mortgage on her home1 and at the same time attended to her domestic duties4 ,she bought linens stamped with designs1 and gave her spare time to decorative embroidery4 ,she disposed of her work at the ,woman's ,exchange1 and at the art stores4 ,six hundred dollars in spare minutes are not a bad showing4 ,besides1 one could form a class and add the income from teaching4 ,mrs4 ,clara ,louise ,kellogg began by giving lessons in embroidery at the age of fourteen4 ,before her fifteenth birthday she was earning #cj a week with these classes4 #bjc4 ,,news ,,agency4--,keep the daily papers4 ,almost any lady who will go into the business could count on one hundred patrons2 and these by the recommendation of friends could easily be increased to five hundred4 ,one hundred patrons would mean at least #c per week1 and five hundred patrons would mean at least #ae per week4 ,tact1 enterprise1 and good service are the qualities needed4 ,if your place is on the main street1 and you can make a show-window for periodicals1 your income will be much augmented4 ,a woman came to this country and heard of a news stand for sale for #bej4 ,she sold her jewels to purchase it4 ,with her two brothers she made it a success1 and it now supports three families4 8,courtesy and application10 she says1 8were my capital40 #bjd4 ,,women',s ,,wants4--,take advantage of bargain sales--ribbons1 silks1 lace1 and velvets4 ,they can be had1 if you watch the papers1 at very trifling cost1 but wondrous are the shapes into which they can be made by woman's deft fingers4 ,you can make boas1 ruchings1 berthas1 lace bibs1 draped collars1 belts1 etc4 ,every woman wants these things1 and will buy them if they can be found in colors and style required4 ,they can be sold at moderate cost1 and at a very large profit4 #bje4 ,,home ,,printing ,,press4--,pay #aj for a press1 and a like sum for type and other accessories4 ,print visiting cards1 at-home cards1 business1 reception1 and wedding cards1 tickets of admission1 etc4 ,give a specimen of your work to every one of your friends1 and request their patronage2 place circulars with samples and rates in the stores1 and solicit the favors of business men4 ,doing the work in your own home1 you have no extra rent to pay as have printing establishments1 and you can do the work much cheaper and still make a profit4 #bjf4 ,,short ,,service ,,bureau4--,many people want help in an emergency1 and for a short time only4 ,the housewife is suddenly taken ill1 a servant without warning leaves1 company unexpectedly comes1 stoves are to be put up1 yards are to be cleaned1 gardens dug1 snow shoveled1 clothes washed1 and a hundred other things done requiring short service only4 ,keep a list of men and women who go out at labor4 ,know accurately their whereabouts every day4 ,be ready instantly to supply any one's demand4 ,when it is known that you furnish that kind of service1 your office will be in demand1 and your patrons well willing to pay4 #bjg4 ,,delicatessen ,,room4--,here is a paying business that is not overcrowded1 but success depends upon the quality of the goods4 ,make yourself a specialist in cookery4 ,homemade pies1 plum puddings1 orange marmalade1 salted almonds1 fancy cakes1 jellies and jams can be made and sold at a good profit4 ,bakers and grocers will be forced to keep them when once there is a demand for your goods4 ,this is no speculative idea4 ,many a woman has not only made a living1 but accumulated a snug little fortune by this means4 #bjh4 ,,miscellaneous ,,exchange4--,many people have no use for some of their possessions1 but desire something else2 others would be glad to get what these possess4 ,establish a place for the exchange of typewriters1 sewing machines1 bicycles1 baby carriages1 jewelry1 bric--brac1 etc4 ,charge both parties to the exchange a small commission4 ,this plan has the advantage that it requires no capital1 and hence has no risk4 #bji4 ,,cap ,,and ,,apron ,,plan4--,here is a plan available near any large hotel4 ,have a place for the sale of aprons1 waiters' jackets1 cooks' caps1 etc4 ,get out a great quantity of circulars1 stating your plan in an attractive form1 and have a boy to distribute them--one upon whom you can rely to hand one to every employee of hotel shop and store4 ,repeat the circulars every week until your business is thoroughly known4 ,arrange to keep the articles in repair1 and engage the agency of some laundry establishment for their washing2 then with the work of selling1 repairing and laundrying these goods you will have an established business4 #baj4 ,,kitchen ,,utensils4--,as a rule you can sell five kitchen utensils where you can sell one book4 ,the former shows for itself2 the latter must be exhibited and explained4 ,send to a large wholesaler for the most modern samples of labor-saving tools for the kitchen4 ,test them for a few days yourself4 ,then start out among your neighbors4 ,a housewife will purchase anything that lightens labor if it is only cheap4 ,an enthusiastic person can make many dollars a day selling useful articles for the kitchen4 ,a woman for three months averaged #d a day selling an improved coffee pot4 #baa4 ,,wedding ,,manager4--,how many brides shrink from the work of a large wedding1 while at the same time feeling under obligations to have one6 ,a lady who has an artistic taste and a knowledge of the best social customs may very properly undertake the management of a wedding4 ,she should know what is proper for the bride's outfit1 and how to dress her1 how to decorate the rooms1 what style of invitations to issue1 and in short1 all the delightfully perplexing details of a wedding4 ,for this work she has a right to charge a fair sum1 and if the wedding proves to be a very pretty one1 she is entitled to the credit of it4 ,when once the office of a lady manager is recognized1 and the relief afforded to the bride's family appreciated1 the fashion will quickly spread1 and others will wish to avail themselves of your taste and skill4 #bab4 ,,foreign ,,homes4--,here is an example of the pluck and enterprise of an ,american girl3 ,miss ,mary ,widdicomb went to ,paris in company with a lady friend1 and established a home for ,americans in that capital4 ,her rooms accommodated thirty-five1 and such was the success of her venture that she is about to open another apartment4 ,think of it6 ,you can go to a ,french city and hear the ,american language1 associate with ,american people1 and have ,american surroundings the same as if in the ,united ,states4 ,here is an opportunity for young women with small capital to see a foreign country and make money at the same time4 #bac4 ,,lady ,,barber4--,there is a school in ,new ,york for the instruction of barbers4 ,three months' apprenticeship will give you a knowledge of the trade4 ,one lady who graduated a year ago from the school now has two assistants1 and is earning from #f to #aj a day4 #bad4 ,,mineral ,,collections ,,for ,,schools4--,dana's ,mineralogy gives fourteen hundred places in the ,united ,states where rare minerals are found4 ,there are #bdj1ifh public schools1 and each one needs a mineral collection4 ,why has no one thought of gathering these rare stones and selling them to our public schools8 ,at #a a school1 the sale should be #bdj1fih1 but many rare collections would bring #e1 and even #aj each4 #bae4 ,,turkish ,,bath4--,one lady opened a place for ,turkish and ,russian baths4 ,she went around among her lady friends and acquaintances and secured the promise of a paying patronage4 ,five promised their patronage every week1 eight every two weeks1 and twenty-four at least once a month4 ,thus the sum of #fj per month was assured at the start1 and this paid for rent and assistants1 with a good margin of profit4 #baf4 ,,trained ,,nurses4--,trained nurses in our large cities command #be a week4 ,the duties are exacting1 but not difficult4 ,assistant nurses receive #ae4 ,the latter have less responsibilities1 and are not required to spend so long a time in training4 ,this is an inviting field for ladies who have gifts and tastes for this work4 #bag4 ,,traveling ,,companion4--,if you have a good education and can make yourself agreeable1 your services ought not to go long begging for an engagement in this delightful occupation4 ,watch the advertisements in the daily papers2 better yet1 insert an advertisement of your own1 modestly stating your qualifications4 ,the remuneration depends upon the wealth and liberality of your employer4 #bah4 ,,paper ,,flowers4--,this has become a distinct trade4 ,you can learn in a few months4 ,there is a paper flower store in ,broadway1 ,new ,york1 which does an immense business4 ,there are great possibilities in this line in every city4 #bai4 ,,french ,,perfumer ,,and ,,complexion ,,expert4--,how does this sound8--,madame ,racier1 ,french ,perfumer4 ,equip yourself with perfumes1 essences1 tinctures1 extracts1 spirit waters1 cosmetics1 infusions1 pastiles1 tooth powders1 washes1 cachous1 hair dyes1 sachets1 essential oils1 etc4 ,all ladies like perfumes4 ,once let it be known that you are an authority on the subject1 and you will lack neither patronage nor profits4 #bbj4 ,a ,,woman',s ,,hotel4--,a hotel exclusively for women would no doubt be a paying investment4 ,more than fifty thousand ladies without male escorts stop every year in the hotels of ,new ,york ,city4 ,a very large proportion of this number would patronize a cheap1 clean1 well-kept place1 fitted up and conducted solely for the comfort of ladies4 #bba4 ,,guide ,,for ,,shoppers4--,a department store in ,new ,york recently made a census of its customers1 and from the count kept for a single week it was estimated that #c1abe1jjj persons passed through its doors every year4 ,this for a single store4 ,but there are thousands of stores4 ,vast numbers of these people are from the country1 and do not know where they can trade to the best advantage4 ,what a field is here for a shoppers' guide6 ,ascertain what stores make a specialty of certain goods1 what ones sell the cheapest in certain lines1 and what days they make bargains in certain wares4 ,show by what routes the places are best reached1 where to dine1 etc4 ,fill a little book with just the information a shopper wants to know2 call it 8,the ,ladies' ,shopping ,guide10 put it on the market at ten cents1 and you can sell millions of them4 #bbb4 ,,bicycle ,,instruction4--,why1 may not a woman teach 8the wheel0 as well as a man8 ,many women are restrained from learning through the dislike of falling from the wheel into the arms of a strange man1 commonly a negro4 ,a woman's bicycle academy would pay in any large city4 #bbc4 ,,cooking ,,school4--,madam ,parloa and ,madam ,rorer have set the example1 and they will be sure to have many imitators4 ,a course of instruction in cooking1 costing #aj1 is a vastly better investment to any young woman than a course on a piano costing #ajj1 or many times that sum4 ,first1 learn the art thoroughly yourself and then teach it to others4 ,there is money in this1 but it needs taste1 tact and work4 #bbd4 ,,the ,,boarding ,,house4--,one who has a taste for cooking and a little marketing skill can do well in this somewhat overworked and not always paying business4 ,the gains increase from zero with one boarder1 in geometrical progression1 until #a a head is realized with twenty boarders4 ,profits1 #bj a week4 ,with great skill and management this may be doubled4 #bbe4 ,,pen ,,engraving4--,if you have a circle of one hundred friends1 and can secure their patronage1 you can make a fair living for one person at engraving cards4 ,a lady with a large calling list should engrave #ejj worth of cards a year4 ,expenses1 #be4 ,remuneration for work1 #dge4 #bbf4 ,a ,,ladies' ,,restaurant4--,a restaurant where delicacies pleasing to ladies are made a specialty would surely pay4 ,a lady who recently established one adjoining a large department store has been obliged to enlarge her premises to accommodate her crowd of patrons4 #bbg4 ,a ,,woman',s ,,newspaper4--,one has just been started in a ,western city4 ,the editors1 reporters1 printers1 and press-feeders1 are all women4 ,of course it advocates woman's reform4 ,an enterprise of this kind requires considerable capital1 and is not without risk1 but a woman of ability and experience can make it pay as well as a man1 besides the advantage of an appeal directly to her sex in support of a paper conducted in this manner4 #bbh4 ,,advertising ,,agent4--,a lady by her courtesy1 tact1 and gentle address1 is especially fitted for this work4 ,all our great newspapers and magazines pay large salaries to successful agents1 for1 as a rule1 the advertising department is the one that pays the dividends of the business4 ,the shopkeepers and others who1 by reason of repeated solicitations give the cold shoulder to the male agent1 would listen at least respectfully to a lady4 ,on the whole1 this field presents to ladies who have the right qualities better opportunities than to men4 #bbi4 ,,the ,,civil ,,service4--,this is now open to women4 ,there are more then ten thousand of these places to be filled every year4 ,clerkships range from #fjj to #c1jjj4 ,very few fall below #a1jjj4 ,these places1 according to the ,civil ,service ,law1 are filled by competitive examinations4 ,there are thousands of bright young women who secured these places1 not through any governmental pull1 but by sheer merit in examinations4 ,get a book entitled 8,civil ,service10 by ,john ,m4 ,comstock1 ,chairman of the ,united ,states ,board of ,examiners1 for the ,customs ,service in ,new ,york ,city1 and published by ,henry ,holt ,co4 ,this book will give you a complete table of the positions open1 the salaries attached to each1 and a list of questions required to be answered4 #bcj4 ,,post-,,prandial ,,classes4--,few1 even among educated women1 are masters of themselves to the extent of being able to rise before an audience1 and without previous preparation express themselves clearly and creditably on whatever subject may be under discussion4 ,a woman in ,new ,york1 a member of ,sorosis1 made a reputation for bright1 witty1 after-dinner speeches4 ,as she earned her living by newspaper work1 a friend said to her1 8,why don't you add to your income by teaching other women how to say a few graceful words in public80 ,she caught at the idea1 and organized classes in the hitherto untaught art of post-prandial speech-making1 and had capital success1 earning #ejj by it in one season4 #bca4 ,,women ,,druggists4--,the neatness of women1 their delicacy and attention to details1 qualify them admirably for the drug business4 ,at the ,woman's ,infirmary1 ,new ,york1 the apothecary department is entirely in the hands of ladies4 ,drug clerks receive on the average of #i per week4 ,there are few lady proprietors1 but there is no reason why there should not be more1 as the business is very profitable4 #bcb4 ,,almanac ,,makers4--,of late years many of the great dailies issue yearly almanacs4 ,the mass of matter which goes to make up these publications can be collected as well by women1 who have gifts for details1 as by those of the other sex4 ,in one publication house a woman is paid #cj a week to manage one of these almanacs1 and in another #bj for the compiling of an index for the daily paper4 #bcc4 ,,women ,,lecturers4--,women of talent have earned a competence and almost a fortune on the platform4 ,lucy ,stone was sometimes paid as high as #bfj for a lecture1 and ,anna ,dickinson also received large sums4 ,the lady who hopes to succeed in this field must have fluency1 the gift of oratory1 self-poise1 and a certain dramatic or magnetic power4 #bcd4 ,,magazine ,,contributors4--,in this work women are paid as much as men1 and their facile pens are often able to turn out equal and even superior work4 ,the ,harpers pay #aj a page2 the ,atlantic ,monthly1 #f to #aj2 the ,north ,american ,review1 #a4ej4 #bce4 ,,women ,,physicians4--,says a recent publication3 8,there is a real necessity for women physicians2 there are many ladies who prefer them1 and in some cases will consult no other4 ,there are now over one thousand lady physicians in the ,united ,states1 but the number will soon be doubled1 and even trebled4 ,several of these lady physicians are making over #b1jjj a year40 ,one of them says3 8,i have several well-to-do families whom ,i charge by the year4 ,i charge #bjj1 if they are people who are considered well off2 less1 if they are poor40 #bcf4 ,,paper ,,box ,,making4--,hundreds of women are making paper boxes1 but as employees1 not as proprietors4 ,a woman made the first orange box in ,california4 ,seeing that it was a good thing1 and that there would soon be a demand for others1 she built a factory1 and is now turning out fifty thousand boxes a year4 #bcg4 ,,horticulture4--,here is an example of what a ,california woman can do4 ,a widow having four boys purchased thirty-six acres of land in ,san ,jose1 and under her personal care1 aided by her boys1 planted the tract with apricot1 cherry and prune trees4 ,for four years she did all the pruning1 a difficult task for a refined and delicate woman1 accustomed as she had been to luxuriant ease4 ,her prune trees alone netted #b1gjj in one year4 #bch4 ,,vocalists4--,a lady with a good voice is certain of making a living1 some have made fortunes with it4 ,the demand is wide and various4 ,if your taste does not incline to the stage1 there is still a large field in the church4 ,all large churches1 and many small ones now1 have paid choirs4 ,the leading vocalists are commonly well paid4 ,there are a great number of altos and sopranos in ,new ,york and ,brooklyn1 and in the fashionable suburbs1 who receive #a1jjj a year1 or an excess of that sum4 ,and this is an excellent compensation when it is remembered that the singer has nearly all her time in which to pursue some other vocation4 #bci4 ,,packing ,,trunks4--,this is a ,paris occupation carried on exclusively by women4 ,you leave your order at the office of the transportation company1 and say when you want a professional packer4 ,she comes1 and is paid fifty cents1 and sometimes #a an hour for her services4 ,she has genius for folding dresses so that they can be carried all over the world without a wrinkle4 ,she wraps bonnets in tissue paper4 ,she tucks away bric--brac in a way that makes breakage impossible4 ,this industry might be introduced profitably into this country4 #bdj4 ,,women ,,costumers4--,costumes for the stage are now gotten up mostly by men4 ,a woman of taste and ability could make a success of this business4 ,many rich ladies would consult them in matters of personal wardrobe4 #bda4 ,,express ,,office4--,a woman can sit in an office as well as a man4 ,one woman in ,boston tried it four years ago1 beginning in a modest way4 ,now she has three offices and five teams in constant use4 #bdb4 ,a ,,fancy ,,bakery4--,an elegant and educated young woman in ,san ,francisco took a dingy1 dying little bakeshop1 with sickening sights and smells4 ,she put it in order4 ,in two months she had cleared #gjj1 and in four months #a1hjj4 ,another woman in ,brooklyn has just opened a bakery under very flattering prospects4 ,she works on the plan of exquisite neatness1 trimming her windows like those of a fancy goods' dealer1 and wrapping her bread in tissue paper4 #bdc4 ,,women ,,grocers4--,there are not many women in the grocer business1 but there is no reason why there should not be4 ,a woman grocer in a ,western ,state who has been established since #ahfj1 has a business worth #hj1jjj a year4 #bdd4 ,,food ,,and ,,medicine ,,samples4--,proprietors of patent medicines and foods will give you a large commission to introduce their inventions into homes1 and if successful1 you will soon be employed at a good salary4 ,these proprietors often pay ladies to introduce samples at country stores4 ,the storekeeper will give you room rent free for a few days1 with the understanding that he alone has the sale of the article in the place4 #bde4 ,,samples ,,in ,,stores4--,ladies of tact and good address are receiving fair salaries in the introduction of new articles4 ,every inventor is anxious to introduce his goods1 and every storekeeper is equally desirous to sell4 ,call upon the proprietor of some new article of household use1 secure territory1 and then solicit space in a country store4 ,after three or four days in one store you should go to another1 or perhaps to the next town4 ,you may have to begin on a commission1 but if successful you can soon command a salary4 #bdf4 ,,samples ,,from ,,house ,,to ,,house4--,others find ample remuneration in introducing new articles from house to house4 ,we know a little lady in ,brooklyn who is paid well for giving away samples of a new baby food4 ,this is much more pleasant work than that of importuning people to purchase4 #bdg4 ,,the ,,woman ,,beautifier4--,whatever is of the nature of beauty appeals to the heart of woman4 ,a lady who has the secret of making other women beautiful cannot fail of success4 ,after making a study of your business1 advertise that you understand the art of removing moles1 wrinkles1 warts1 wens1 birthmarks1 tan1 freckles1 and superfluous hair4 ,if successful in pleasing one or two leaders of fashion1 you will have plenty of custom4 #bdh4 ,,the ,,manicure ,,parlor4--,the manicure business is yearly increasing4 ,for #ae you can learn the business4 ,implements will cost you #aj more4 ,with the capital of #be you can begin business1 and1 if ladylike in appearance and gentle in touch1 you can build up a big business in the right neighborhood4 ,any lady would prefer in this art to patronize one of her own sex4 ,get out cards and circulars and scatter them freely4 ,there is room for many women to excel in this field4 ,one lady who entered upon this work two years ago says she is on the road to a fortune4 #bdi4 ,,the ,,massage ,,treatment4--,another lady is having great success with the massage treatment4 ,she has now more than seventy regular patrons4 ,this method of cure is easily learned and readily applied4 ,hardly a lady among your acquaintances is in good health4 ,it is a proverb that no woman is well4 ,a vast proportion of these cases are nervous and will yield to the massage treatment4 ,if you have strong muscles you could readily achieve a large practice by this system1 especially in summer resorts and places where invalids flock4 #bej4 ,,ice ,,cream ,,parlor4--,this is not new1 but possesses possibilities of a good living where the field is not overworked4 ,there are five things necessary to success1 and in the following order of importance3 ,an attractive place in a clean1 fashionable locality2 good and generous plates of cream2 unexcelled neatness2 polite service2 and popular prices4 ,we have known a lady commencing business on these principles to oust quickly an older establishment run on slacker methods4 #bea4 ,,flower ,,packets4--,buy quantities of flower seeds of all varieties4 ,put them up in very small envelopes1 a few seeds in each one1 advertise that you will send samples for a penny a kind1 ten for six cents1 twenty-five for fifteen cents1 fifty for twenty-five cents1 etc4 ,a large mail envelope will hold fifty or more of the smaller ones containing seeds4 #beb4 ,,lady ,,caterer4--,a woman has a fine chance to succeed as a caterer4 ,her taste in arranging tables should at least make her hold her own with business rivals of the opposite sex4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,marshall1 a woman caterer of ,london1 often manages a supper for one hundred guests4 #bec4 ,,delicacies ,,for ,,invalids4--,this is a new field which is being worked with much promise4 8,mrs4 ,kate ,teachman10 as she is known in the ,new ,york ,sun1 is working in this line with great success4 ,she says3 8,of course1 if you want this sort of thing you must pay for it--sixty-five cents for a pint of broth1 seventy-five cents for a pint of puree1 sixty-five cents for a half-pint of jelly1 twenty-five cents for chopped chicken sandwiches40 #bed4 ,,insect ,,powder4--,a ,california woman who now owns four hundred acres of land has a history that ought to inspire other women with a belief in their ability to get on in the world4 ,in #ahfa her husband died1 leaving her with a debt of #a1djj1 three children1 and a small farm mortgaged4 ,within five years she had paid the mortgage by taking boarders1 raising chickens1 and doing whatever offered4 ,in #ahgg she began to raise pyrethrum1 the plant from which insect powder is made1 some years having one hundred acres planted with it4 ,now she has from fifty to eighty employees of both sexes1 and is said to be worth half a million dollars4 #bee4 ,,rice ,,cultivator4--,a few years ago a young ,iowa girl-squatter1 with her sixteen-year-old brother1 took up a government claim in ,louisiana1 and went to planting rice1 the first crop of which paid her #a1jjj4 ,she lives in a three-room cottage1 and has a few fruit trees1 plenty of good fences1 and a sea of waving rice-blades4 ,her nearest neighbor is another girl-farmer who also settled a government claim1 and is bossing an orchard that is giving her a comfortable living4 #bef4 ,,yeast ,,cakes4--,here is what one woman did3 ,being thrown on her own resources1 instead of following the beaten path of custom1 she engaged in something novel4 ,she made yeast cakes4 ,gradually her trade increased until she was obliged to hire help1 and in time had to build an addition to the house to provide room for her thriving business4 ,she now makes a good living1 finding her work congenial as well as profitable4 ,here is her recipe3 ,take one dozen hops and boil two or three hours1 remove from the fire and strain through a sieve1 adding boiling water until there are three or four quarts of the liquid4 ,then thicken with canaille until quite stiff2 and one-half tablespoonful of ginger and one-quarter cup of molasses2 let it stand until cool1 add one-half cup of salt yeast1 or one cake of lard1 and in the morning stir down with a little fine cornmeal4 ,let it rise again1 then mix with cornmeal1 roll1 and cut with a cutter4 ,this rule makes one hundred cakes4 ,they sell for seventy-five cents per hundred1 and retail for one cent apiece4 #beg4 ,,physical ,,culture4--,there are twelve million young women in the ,united ,states4 ,the great majority of them have an ailment of some kind2 in fact1 it is almost impossible to find a perfectly healthy woman4 ,physical culture will add years to one's life4 ,an eminent physician has estimated that twenty-four million years1 or an average of two years each1 can be added to the lives of our young women by simple bodily exercise of one hour each day4 ,get a book1 study a chart1 employ a teacher2 then1 after a thorough course go about among your friends and form a class4 ,induce your pupils to bring other pupils4 ,advertise1 lecture1 give class exhibitions4 ,charge #e a quarter for a class of twelve2 #d for one of fifteen2 #c for one of twenty4 ,mr4 ,john ,d4 ,hoover1 of ,los ,angeles1 ,cal41 says3 8,when ,i entered a college of oratory1 ,i was almost penniless4 ,i took a special course in physical culture1 with a view to teaching that art4 ,it is now eighteen months since ,i left the college1 and during that time ,i have earned in clear cash from teaching physical culture the sum of #bj1ifj4 ,i have #a1ejg pupils4 ,my sister also has been very successful in teaching since she graduated1 and has made quite a large sum of money40 #beh4 ,,house ,,cleaning4--,enterprising men have taken up the work of house cleaning with considerable success1 but the business can be managed better by a woman than by a man4 ,if your patrons are not too many1 you can personally superintend the work in each house yourself to the great satisfaction of the lady1 who would commonly prefer to have it managed by one of her own sex4 ,if your business increases so as to require your presence in the office1 you can send a lady assistant to superintend the work4 ,have a fixed price per room where there is no extra work1 such as painting1 kalsomining1 and paper hanging4 ,in the latter case it is better to take the work by the job4 #bei4 ,,selling ,,oysters4--,here is the way a woman with five little children gets a living3 ,she hires a boy to open the oysters1 which she then puts up in little pint pails and takes from house to house4 ,she has many customers whom she serves regularly on certain days4 ,sales per week1 fifty pints1 or twenty-five quarts4 ,boy's wages1 #a4 ,net1 #c4 #bfj4 ,,pie ,,cart4--,hear what another woman says3 8,i have a little pie cart4 ,it is nothing but a pie-crate mounted on wheels4 ,i bake every morning ten pies and in the afternoon ,i sell them hot from door to door4 ,i make about seven cents on a large pie1 and four cents on small one40 ,average earnings per day1 fifty cents4 #bfa4 ,,men',s ,,neck ,,ties4--,as every man1 at least every well-dressed man1 wears a tie1 which must be renewed several times a year--white lawns every day--the number in demand is enormous4 ,first learn the business1 and then if you can sell them a little under the manufacturers' price you are sure to dispose of all you can make4 ,one girl earned #ab a week in this way4 #bfb4 ,,dancing ,,teacher4--,the natural grace of women fits them better than men to be teachers of this art1 especially to be instructors of young girls4 ,dancing teachers charge on the average #ae a quarter4 ,there are several very successful lady teachers4 #bfc4 ,,haberdasher4--,the selling of small articles of the dress and toilet is profitable if the location is good and the competition not too severe4 ,where one cannot purchase the articles outright1 she can sell on commission4 ,dealers in small wares of this kind often take in from #ab to #bj a day1 of which on the average1 one-sixth is profit4 #bfd4 ,,lady ,,architect4--,there is no reason why women should not succeed in this occupation1 since it is one in which taste is a chief requisite4 ,several young lady graduates of college have entered it recently1 and with flattering success4 ,architects charge about three per cent4 on contracts4 #bfe4 ,,lost ,,and ,,found ,,agency4--,in every large city numbers of articles are lost by the owners and found by others every day4 ,a single ,new ,york paper contains daily from ten to twenty advertisements of lost articles4 ,open a small office1 advertise in the 8,lost and ,found0 column of the paper that you will receive any articles that may be found1 and charge the owner a small commission4 ,the agency could be carried on in connection with some other light business4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,money ,,for ,,boys4 ,seven ,ways to ,get a ,place--,the ,way a ,boy ,should ,advertise--,openings ,everywhere for the ,right ,kind of ,boys--,beating the ,booksellers--,stories ,about ,smart ,boys--,twenty-five ,hints to ,hang ,your ,fortune ,on--,how a ,towheaded ,country ,boy ,became a ,great ,editor--,a ,barrel ,full of ,postage ,stamps--,how a ,poor ,boy ,became the ,richest ,man in the ,country--,the ,journey from ,nothing to ,forty ,millions--,the ,best ,school in the ,world--,the ,beginnings of ,great ,fortunes4 ,boys1 you can do it6 ,what6 get rich8 attain to fame8 ,yes1 both4 8,but ,i have no chance40 ,neither had ,humphry ,davy1 nor ,jay ,gould1 nor ,henry ,wilson4 ,but the first became one of the greatest of scientists2 the second1 the richest man in the country2 and the third1 vice-president of the ,united ,states4 8,the best school is the school of adversity10 said ,rousseau1 who1 from a waiter in a restaurant1 became the most noted man of his age4 ,the boy1 ,horace ,greeley1 wandered up and down the streets of ,new ,york1 asking of printers if they 8wanted a hand10 and was everywhere laughed at and turned away2 and the boy1 ,george ,w4 ,childs1 worked for #b a week as a clerk in a book store1 saved money1 bought the ,philadelphia ,ledger1 and became a millionaire4 8,i have no capital10 you say4 ,but you have ten servants 7fingers7 to work for you4 ,daniel ,manning1 ex-,president ,cleveland's ,secretary of ,treasury1 started as a newsboy4 ,john ,wanamaker1 the great merchant1 commenced in a book store at #a4be a week4 ,fred ,douglass1 the colored orator1 began life as a slave without a cent4 ,and ,p4 ,t4 ,barnum1 the world-famed showman1 rode a horse for ten cents a day4 ,no chances6 ,you have five on each hand4 ,no capital6 ,it is the blood that fights and wins4 ,if you have no opportunity1 make it4 ,do not wait for something to turn up2 turn something up4 ,be a match for events4 ,the world's great and rich men have forced their way to success at the bayonet points of their fingers1 and with the iron pry of an unconquerable will4 ,boys1 here are a few hints for you3 ,section #a4 ,how a ,boy can ,get a ,place4 ,,seven ,,ways ,,to ,,get ,a ,,position4 #bff4 ,,free ,,service4--,make friends with a clerk4 ,offer to go with him on the delivery wagon4 ,he will be only too glad of your assistance4 ,the next step will be to help in odd jobs about the store4 ,after a little familiarity with the business1 you will find an opening4 ,your friendly clerk will have a sick day1 or a leave of absence1 or a vacation4 ,the employer knows you have assisted the clerk1 and will gladly give you his place for a day or a week1 and from temporary employment it is but a step to a permanent place4 #bfg4 ,,special ,,department4--,make yourself familiar with a particular department of the work of shop or store4 ,suppose you take a pound of tea4 ,it will surprise you to find out how many things you can learn about so insignificant a thing as a pound of tea4 ,ascertain the different brands2 what markets they come from2 where they are raised2 how they are manufactured2 in what quantities they are shipped2 what are the fluctuations in price2 who are the largest dealers2 in what section of the country the trade is chiefly carried on4 ,a study of these things will suggest other branches4 ,a year given to a study of this kind1 and you will know more about tea than the most trusted employee1 whose knowledge is commonly of a superficial kind4 ,then1 if you have an opportunity1 you can surprise the merchant with a knowledge of his business1 and he will be sure to give you a place as soon as he has an opening4 ,one merchant says3 8,i always have a place for a person who can tell me anything about my business ,i don't know myself40 #bfh4 ,,show ,,superiority ,,of ,,goods4--,a man occupied his spare moments in measuring the linear feet of advertisements contained in the different ,sunday papers1 and sent the result to the one which had printed the most4 ,go around among customers and find what brand of goods they like the best4 ,then report to the makers of these brands1 and you may be sure they will take an interest in you if they see that you take an interest in them4 #bfi4 ,,advertising4--,here is an advertisement for the right kind of boy3 8,a brisk-footed1 up-to-date boy1 not afraid to work1 will take a place at low wages for the sake of learning the business40 ,here you have four qualities in two lines--quickness1 intelligence1 industry1 and low wages--the four things men are looking for1 and such an advertisement will not wait long for a reply4 #bgj4 ,,influence4--,great names are mighty4 ,introduce yourself to the greatest man in your town1 and tell him your qualifications and ambitions4 ,do not be afraid of him4 ,a truly great man is more willing to do a real kindness to a meritorious boy than you think4 ,robert ,lennox1 an old-time ,new ,york merchant1 one ,sunday at church saw a timid young person looking anxiously around as if for a seat4 8,come with me10 said ,mr4 ,l41 8and ,i will give you a seat40 ,the next day the young man took a letter of recommendation to the store of a merchant4 8,can ,i get a small bill of goods to begin business with80 he inquired4 8,i will trust anybody that ,robert ,lennox invites into his pew10 was the reply4 8,i owe all my success in life10 said ,jonathan ,sturges1 8to the invitation of ,robert ,lennox to sit in his pew40 ,with the great-and-good-man's indorsement you will find places waiting for you4 #bga4 ,a ,,trial ,,week4--,all many boys want is a chance4 ,when you apply in vain for a place1 tell the proprietor you are sure that he needs you1 and that you will come a week for nothing 7better a month if you can afford it74 ,if you really have the merit you think you have1 it will be strange if you cannot displace some indolent or indifferent employee4 #bgb4 ,,commission4--,offer to sell the dealer's goods on commission4 ,you must leave a deposit to cover the worth of the goods4 ,take the articles to your friends and tell them you are trying to get a place4 ,in most cases1 if the goods are cheap1 they will try to help you1 and you will be able to make an excellent report to your employer4 ,when he sees that your service means money in his pocket1 he will be eager to employ you at a salary4 ,section #b4 ,what ,boys ,can ,do4 ,,twenty ,,hints ,,for ,,boys4 #bgc4 ,,the ,,boy ,,magician4--,for fifty cents you can buy a book entitled 8,the ,parlor ,magician10 containing one hundred tricks for the drawing room4 ,a few weeks' practice should make you master of these arts1 and then with your outfit you are ready for a money-making tour4 ,it is best to take along a friend1 as in some of the most clever tricks you will need an assistant4 #bgd4 ,,the ,,glass-,,blower4--,for twenty-five cents you can get a book with full instructions in the curious art of glass-blowing4 ,the wondrous forms you will be able to produce1 the pleasure of the work1 and above all the money derived from the sale of your products1 will delight the heart of any boy4 ,there is money in glass-blowing after you have mastered the art1 but if you would make a business of it you must apprentice yourself for a time to a master of the trade4 #bge4 ,,the ,,dime ,,lunch4--,there are thousands of business men and clerks in our large stores and offices who would prefer to pay ten or fifteen cents rather than go out to a restaurant4 ,especially is this the case in rainy weather4 ,pretty boxes with tasteful lunches could be prepared at a small cost1 and taken through the places of business4 ,the important item is attractiveness4 #bgf4 ,,cancelled ,,stamps4--,in every large city there are dealers who will pay you for canceled stamps4 ,ordinary stamps bring about ten cents per thousand1 but rare ones bring very high prices4 ,ask all your friends for their canceled stamps4 ,in a store in ,new ,york there are several barrels full of postage stamps collected by boys4 ,each barrel contains a million4 #bgg4 ,,the ,,boys' ,,press4--,do you know you can get a printing press with complete outfit1 a full font of type1 and one hundred cards for #c8 ,you can make money easily by printing cards and doing other small press jobs4 ,charge fifty cents1 seventy-five cents or #a for cards1 according to the quality of paper and amount of printing4 #bgh4 ,,saw ,,and ,,scroll4--,most interesting articles1 both of use and ornament1 can be made by the scroll-saw4 ,some have earned boys' fortunes in making these curious articles1 and there is as much pleasure in making them as in getting the money for them4 #bgi4 ,,the ,,magic ,,lantern4--,the very best lantern and slides can be obtained for #f4 ,from that figure the price runs downward to fifty cents4 ,purchase a good one and give parlor exhibitions at a charge of five cents admission4 ,as you become more expert1 you can increase your price4 ,if you are a success at the business1 your services will be in demand for more pretentious entertainments1 where you can make #e or more in a single evening4 #bhj4 ,,candy ,,making4--,what can please a boy better than candy making4 ,offer your services free for a short time to a confectioner4 ,when you have learned the trade1 which you can do in a little while1 commence the business on your own account in a small way4 ,beginning with those sweets which are easily made1 you can extend your art as your business increases until you have a good trade4 #bha4 ,,odd ,,jobs4--8,i push baby carriages through the park at five cents apiece10 says a ,chicago boy4 8,i clean and oil bicycles10 says a ,new ,york lad4 8,i stand on the ,boulevard and pump up tires10 declares a third4 8,i buy a dozen lemons and a pound of sugar and sell lemonade on all holidays and at times of parade10 says an enterprising schoolboy4 8,i carry bundles and valises from the train1 and make often fifty cents a day10 says a ,boston youth4 8,i hang up a slate on the front gate and take store orders for neighbors10 says a bright village lad4 #bhb4 ,,general ,,employment ,,agency4--,inform a hundred or more families in a particular district that at a certain hour of the day you will be there to carry messages1 roll out barrels of ashes1 go on errands1 mail letters1 black boots1 and do whatever work they may require4 ,if the work is sufficient to warrant it1 a business partnership of boys may be formed1 so that while one is engaged another can go on his usual rounds1 and thus insure punctuality4 #bhc4 ,,collect ,,magazines4--,almost every one takes a literary magazine1 and some take two or three4 ,after a time they become refuse on their hands4 ,many persons would gladly give you a truck-load4 ,but these are worth money1 and second-hand dealers who sell them at five cents apiece will give you three cents for them4 #bhd4 ,,vacant ,,lot4--,if you live in the city1 get the owner of a vacant lot to give you the privilege of raising vegetables4 ,with a little experience you can easily raise from #ej to #ajj worth of vegetables on a lot #bj #ajj feet4 ,this will go far to eke out the support of a large family4 #bhe4 ,,bicycle ,,teaching4--,here is a field for a stout lad of fifteen years4 ,there are thousands of modest young ladies and men1 especially elderly gentlemen1 who would like to learn to ride a wheel1 but do not like the publicity of a riding academy4 ,issue some neat cards and circulate them from house to house with the information that for the sum of #a you will teach any one to ride4 ,most people have a back yard where such instruction could be given4 ,having no rent to pay1 you could easily afford to take them for that price1 as you have the advantage over the professional instructor1 both of cheapness and privacy4 ,there is a lot of money in this for the right kind of a boy4 #bhf4 ,,first-,,cost ,,sales4--,when public attention is aroused upon any subject1 consider how you can turn it to account4 ,here is what a boy thirteen years old says3 8,when #8,coin's ,financial ,school' came out and the people were talking about it1 ,i wrote to ,mr4 ,harvey1 the author1 and got a lot of the books and sold them all before they got into the book stores here4 ,i have made in this and like enterprises #ejj40 ,like opportunities were presented in our late war1 with the ,dewey buttons1 battleship pictures1 etc4 ,keep your eyes open4 ,opportunities to make money are all about you4 ,the alert boy makes the successful man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,boys1 there is gold in all the mountains1 pearls in all the seas1 and money in every street4 ,elijah ,morse at fifteen years of age bought a recipe for stove polish1 paying #e for the materials4 ,he peddled it in a carpetbag1 and from this small beginning grew the celebrated 8,rising ,sun ,stove ,polish10 whose huge factory covers four acres at ,west ,canton1 ,mass41 and whose proprietor is immensely rich4 ,cornelius ,vanderbilt was a poor boy without a cent4 ,when he died his estate was valued at #dj1jjj1jjj4 ,boys1 there is a fortune for you4 ,it is not to be found1 but made by hard work4 ,write on your banner1 8,luck is a fool4 ,pluck is a hero40 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,money ,,in ,,agencies4 ,the ,omnipresent ,agent--,what ,he ,says and ,what ,he ,sells--,power of the ,successful ,drummer--,the ,five ,secrets of the ,book ,agent--,five ,thousand ,dollars ,commission on a ,patent--,how ,seven ,men ,carry #g1jjj1jjj ,insurance--,a ,man ,who ,receives #e1jjj a ,year and ,does ,nothing--,how ,teachers ,pay for ,their ,positions--,searching for a #aj1jjj ,preacher--,the ,matrimonial is ,often a ,matter-of-money-all--,a ,new ,way to ,get ,good ,servants--,the ,farm ,supply ,company4 ,few occupations offer such inducements for persons with little or no capital as that of the agent4 ,there are two classes of agencies4 ,in one1 as a book or patent agency1 the agent works for one or two persons at a fixed commission and needs no capital4 ,in the other1 as that of servants and of supply companies1 the agent is also in a certain sense a principal2 he obeys no one's orders1 fixes his own commissions1 and makes his profits directly from the public4 ,here are a few points for agents3 #bhg4 ,,book ,,agency4--,the book agency depends partly upon the kind of book1 but chiefly upon the kind of man4 ,the right man selling the right book can make enormous wages4 ,an agent selling a commentary on the ,bible made sometimes #be in half a day4 ,an agent for the 8,people's ,encyclopdia0 earned #c1jjj in one year1 and spent only about half the time in the work4 ,many agents for 8,memoirs of ,general ,grant0 earned from #aj to #bj a day4 ,ordinarily1 an agent should be satisfied if he can make from #c to #e a day4 ,from this sum must come his expenses4 ,book agents receive from #be to #de per cent41 according to the nature of the work4 ,forty per cent4 is considered excellent compensation4 #bhh4 ,,the ,,patent ,,agency4--,considerable business is now done in the selling of patent rights4 ,the agent studies the lists that come out weekly in the 8,united ,states ,patent ,gazette10 and sends his circulars to those who have secured patents4 ,the agent will charge from five to ten per cent41 if he can arrange with a patentee for the sale of the patents4 ,in other cases1 he charges a fixed sum1 which is paid in advance1 and is considered an equivalent for his services whether or not he is successful in effecting a sale1 on the same principle that doctors and lawyers are paid whether they gain or lose a case4 ,in extent and profit1 the business varies from the itinerant vender with half a dozen patents in his valise to the established business house with sub-agencies in all parts of the world4 ,what the profits are in the latter situation may be judged from a single case in the former1 where a traveling man received as commission on a single patent sold the sum of #e1jjj4 #bhi4 ,,commission ,,merchants4--,a vast business is done in the sale of general merchandise on commission4 ,foreign houses have their agencies in this city4 ,also much of the produce of the farm and of the products of manufactures are disposed of in the same way4 ,take a case of the former kind4 ,a man hires an office in ,new ,york and storage in a warehouse4 ,then he sends circulars to ,westerndealers1 stating that he is prepared to take their stock or grain on commission4 ,when he can make quick sales he saves the expense of storage1 but rental in a warehouse is necessary in holding for futures4 ,he receives in one day #ajj1jjj bushels of wheat at seventy-five cents per bushel1 which1 after paying freightage1 he sells at one half of one per cent4 profit4 ,gain of one day1 #ejj4 ,he will not receive so much every day1 and some days he will have to sell at a loss2 but1 taken altogether1 there are good chances of wealth in the commission business4 #bij4 ,,insurance ,,agency4--,insurance1 both fire and life1 is a mine of wealth1 and has opened wondrously during the last few years4 ,the present magnitude of the business is shown by the statement that there are #b1ejj1jjj1jjj invested in life insurance in the ,united ,states1 while the fire insurance agents last year wrote more than #af1jjj1jjj1jjj4 ,there are seven men who have an aggregate of #g1jjj1jjj on their lives4 ,but the business is yet in its infancy4 ,the field of life insurance is not nearly covered1 and if it were1 ten million persons will come to maturity during the next ten years1 all of whom may be considered as candidates for insurance1 and all the policies will have to be renewed in a short time4 ,insurance agents receive as commission from ten to twenty-five per cent4 ,some companies secure to their agents a regular percentage on the premium so long as the policies continue in force4 ,if1 therefore1 an agent gets fifteen per cent4 commission1 and the company receives #aj1jjj per year as premiums from the policies he has written1 his share will be #a1ejj2 and thus he enjoys an annuity without any further work for a long period of time4 ,the larger old-time companies1 also1 have general agents whose positions are still more lucrative4 ,many of them are in circumstances of affluence1 and have very little to do4 ,in fact1 it is in the insurance business as in many other occupations1 that as one rises the salaries are larger1 and the actual work1 aside from the responsibility1 is smaller4 #bia4 ,,traveling ,,salesman4--,in some houses a traveling salesman is allowed a standing commission on all goods bought by firms whose custom was secured through his influence4 ,as the commission continues as long as the customer continues the trade at that house1 some agents1 after a few years of active work are enabled to retire on incomes of #b1jjj1 #c1jjj1 and in some cases of #e1jjj a year4 ,the business done by drummers is immense4 ,three hundred million tons of goods are shipped by them yearly1 and the business amounts to nearly #b1jjj1jjj a day4 #bib4 ,,supply ,,companies4--,a supply company differs from an ordinary merchants' firm in that it does not keep goods in stock4 ,it is a mammoth general agency for procuring whatsoever you desire4 ,specimens only are kept in the store1 and from these the customers make selections4 ,the advantage of supply companies is the saving of large rentals1 of expensive clerk-hire1 and of loss or damage in the long keeping of goods1 and1 most of all1 of risk in unsalable articles1 and in the fall of prices4 ,thus1 a supply company can undersell an ordinary dealer1 and if alert and prompt can make vast profits4 ,another great advantage is the smallness of the capital required4 ,here are great opportunities for bright young business men of limited means4 #bic4 ,,agencies ,,for ,,teachers4--,the number of teachers in the public schools in the ,united ,states is #djj1cbe4 ,the matter of engaging school teachers varies in different ,states1 and often in different parts of the same ,state4 ,sometimes it is done by county superintendents1 often by the ,board of ,education1 but most frequently by the school trustees1 commissioners1 or committees4 ,one going into the business of a ,teachers' ,agency must ascertain the particular method in every part of the country1 and learn the name of the persons authorized to act in that capacity4 ,then he should issue circulars by the hundred thousand4 ,for the eyes of applicants1 he should use the advertising pages of the newspapers4 ,teachers should be charged a commission upon their salaries in something like the following order3 ,five per cent4 on first year's salary1 three per cent4 the second year1 and one per cent4 the third year4 ,after that it may be allowed to lapse4 ,the contract should be rigorously drawn1 and1 where possible1 payments should be collected in advance4 ,there are great profits in the business when systematically and vigorously conducted4 ,one agency in the eastern part of the ,united ,states is receiving commissions from ten thousand school teachers4 ,owing to frequent changes1 the majority of these are paying five per cent42 but if we suppose the average to be only the amount payable the second year--#c commission--the income would be #cj1jjj4 #bid4 ,,clerical ,,agency4--,here is an opportunity for an unoccupied clergyman of wide clerical acquaintance4 ,there are thousands of vacant pulpits and other thousands of ministers anxious for calls4 ,establish an agency through whose medium the supply shall meet the demand4 ,your list should comprise the names of all churchless pastors1 together with those desirous of change2 and their experience1 qualifications1 education1 family1 age1 personal appearance1 together with other interesting information1 should be properly tabulated for the inspection of church committees4 ,candidates should be graded according to the catalogue1 and sent out in order as pulpit candidates4 ,as clerical engagements are commonly much longer than those of teachers1 it is right that you should receive a larger per cent4 for your services4 ,if a church pays its pastor a salary of #aj1jjj1 and you are successful in the search for an available man for its pulpit1 it would hardly be a presumption for you to charge #ejj for your services4 #bie4 ,,matrimonial ,,agencies4--,these should be conducted with the greatest care1 and only by the most conscientious persons1 on account of the great responsibilities involved4 ,they are1 however1 capable of vast development1 and of immense good4 ,in ,massachusetts alone there are seventy thousand females in excess of the males1 while in ,illinois the men preponderate to the number of fifty thousand4 ,your task of bringing together the unmated is a most delicate one1 and you should accordingly be well compensated4 ,where there is much wealth on either side1 your commission may be expressed in three figures1 and even in four4 ,one thousand dollars is a small sum for a man to pay who secures an accomplished wife and a happy home4 ,we have known several marriages made in this way to turn out exceedingly well4 #bif4 ,,agency ,,for ,,servants4--,this is not new1 but you might revolutionize it by a new plan4 ,written recommendations are worthless1 because almost every one will compensate the disappointment of the discharged servant by a certificate of good behavior1 in the writing of which the elasticity of the conscience is more or less drawn upon4 ,instead of accepting a valueless paper1 let an employee of the office personally visit two or three of the places where the servant has been employed4 ,the lady of the house will tell you many things she would not write in the letter4 ,this will consume time1 but the compensation is in the better class of service you will be enabled to offer4 ,when it is known that you make personal investigation1 sifting out the useless and offering only first-class help1 your patronage will be vastly increased1 and you can charge much higher commissions4 ,tell your patron that at the end of a month she may pay you #aj if satisfied2 and most people would prefer to do that than to pay a half or quarter of that sum in advance with small guarantee of fitness4 #big4 ,,agency ,,for ,,farm ,,hands4--,there are thousands of idle people in the great cities who would gladly go on farms for a portion of the year4 ,if they make personal application1 they are commonly regarded by the farmer as tramps4 ,besides these1 there are thousands of emigrants arriving in search of work4 ,many of them are valuable as farm help1 having tilled the soil at home4 ,an agent who has a keen knowledge of human nature1 and knows how to ask questions1 sifting out the useless and the vicious from the valuable and the virtuous1 can through proper advertising in agricultural papers1 send at least a thousand of these men into the country every summer4 ,through an arrangement with the farmer by which #e of the first month's wages shall be withheld and forwarded to the agent1 the sum of #e1jjj as commission for these one thousand laborers is secured4 ,but the energetic agent ought to do far better than this4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,money ,,in ,,proprietary ,,compounds4 ,proprietary ,kings and ,how ,they ,acquired ,power--,patent ,medicine ,secrets ,given ,away--,where ,perry ,davis ,found ,his ,recipe--,the ,parent of the 8,killers0--,men ,who ,made ,their 8,pile0 in ,pills--,fortunes in 8,bitters0--,electricity1 or 8,mustard ,plasters0--,the ,story of a 8,discovery0--,how a ,man ,made a ,fortune ,with an ,indian ,cure--8,what's in a ,name80 ,the ,mighty ,lubec--,tons of ,drugs ,taken ,every ,day--,triumph of 8,soothing ,syrup0--,a ,new ,patent ,medicine for ,every ,day of the ,year--,the ,man ,who ,took ,everything4 ,owners of proprietary compounds have built up great fortunes in the sale of their concoctions4 ,our drug stores are filled with patent medicines1 and millions of 8cures0 are sold annually4 ,the names of some of these1 such as ,hostetter1 ,brandreth1 and ,mother ,winslow1 have become household words1 proving how largely and universally their medicines have sold4 ,the story is told of one credulous hypochondriac1 who1 on the theory that of many shot some one is likely to hit1 actually took every kind of patent medicine in the world1 or at least of every sort he had heard about4 ,as there are more than three hundred and sixty diverse concoctions1 this genius must have taken a different kind for every day of the year1 or else have extended his experiments through a long period1 which seems impossible under the circumstances4 ,it is said that ,perry ,davis obtained his famous 8,discovery0 in the form of a recipe in an old newspaper which he found in an outhouse4 ,this was the foundation of one of the largest fortunes in patent medicines1 and it was the parent of all the 8,killers40 ,the men who have made their piles in 8pills0 may be counted by the hundred4 ,perhaps the 8,soothing ,syrup0 success is the most signal example of 8multum in parvo40 ,it is sold by the million bottles1 and yet it is nothing but a little paregoric dropped in some sweet mixture4 8,lubec0 is a mighty name1 but anybody can be a ,lubec so far as the question of perfumery goes4 ,among the anecdotes of medicine venders we have only space for one or two4 ,a man was crying up the virtues of an electric belt1 and it was found that he had adroitly attached a strip of mustard plaster to the magic band1 and this when heated by contact with the warm skin produced redness and an itching1 which were supposed by the too trusting patient to be the effects of the healing electricity4 ,another man has made a fortune with an 8,indian ,plant40 ,he travels about the country with what he advertises to be a 8troop of ,indians10 giving performances and hawking his 8cures40 ,the 8,indians0 are ,new ,york toughs1 and the 8medicine plant0 is a common pasture weed4 ,we give no sort of countenance to these frauds1 but1 dismissing them all1 there are still both profit to the patient and profit to the maker in the taking of proprietary medicines4 ,to succeed in this line one should first have an article of genuine merit1 and then advertise lavishly4 ,below are given some recipes quite as good as those that have made fortunes for their possessors1 and in some cases the exact formulas of these widely renowned medicines are given4 #bih4 ,,healing ,,ointment4--,one of the most celebrated of ointments is composed of these simple ingredients3 ,butter1 lard1 ,venice turpentine1 white wax and yellow wax4 ,here is a rule for another ointment3 ,fresh butter1 three-quarters pound2 beeswax1 four ounces2 yellow resin1 three ounces2 melt together2 add vinegar of cantharides1 one fluid ounce2 and simmer the whole with constant agitation for ten or twelve minutes1 or until the moisture is nearly evaporated2 then add of ,canada balsam one ounce2 express oil of mace1 one drachm2 balsam of ,peru1 ten or twelve drops2 again stir well1 allow mixture to settle2 and when about half cold pour into pots previously slightly warmed1 and allow it to cool very slightly4 ,there is nothing else but to put on your label and expose for sale4 #bii4 ,,spasm ,,killer4--,acetate of morphia1 one grain2 spirit of sal volatile and sulphuric ether1 one fluid ounce each2 camphor julep1 four ounces4 ,keep closely corked in a cool place and shake well before use4 ,dose1 one teaspoonful in a glass of cold water as required4 ,here is another3 ,spirits of camphor1 two ounces2 tincture of capsicum1 one ounce2 tincture of guaiac1 one-half ounce2 tincture of myrrh1 one-half ounce2 alcohol1 four ounces4 ,this is ,perry ,davis' famous medicine4 #cjj4 ,,anti-,,malaria4--,one ounce each of ,peruvian bark and cream of tartar1 cloves one-half drachm reduced to fine powder4 ,dose1 one and one-half drachm every three hours4 #cja4 ,,hostetter',s ,,bitters4--,here is the recipe for the famous bitters3 ,calamus root1 two pounds2 orange peel1 two pounds2 ,peruvian bark1 two pounds2 gentian root1 two pounds2 colombo root1 two pounds2 rhubarb1 eight ounces2 cloves1 two ounces2 cinnamon1 four ounces2 diluted alcohol1 four gallons2 water1 two gallons2 sugar1 two pounds4 #cjb4 ,,toothache ,,ease4--,liquor of ammonia1 two parts2 laudanum1 one part2 apply on lint4 #cjc4 ,,candy ,,digest4--,lump sugar1 one pound2 water1 three ounces2 dissolve by heat2 add cardamom seeds1 ginger1 and rhubarb1 of each one ounce2 when the mixture is complete pour it out on an oiled slab or into moulds4 #cjd4 ,,cough ,,lozenges4--,lactucarium1 two drachms2 ipecacuanha1 one drachm2 squills1 three-fourth drachm2 extract of licorice1 two ounces2 sugar1 six ounces2 make into a mash with mucilage of tragacinth1 and divide into twenty grain lozenges4 #cje4 ,,lovers' ,,hair ,,oil 7,makes the hair glossy74--,castor oil1 one pound2 white wax1 four ounces2 melt together2 add when nearly cold1 of essence of bergamot1 three drachms2 oil of lavender1 one-half drachm2 essence of ambergris1 ten drops4 #cjf4 ,,purgative ,,powder4--,equal parts of julep and cream of tartar1 colored with a little red bole2 dose1 a teaspoonful in broth or warm water two or three times daily4 #cjg4 ,,consumption ,,wafers4--,two parts each lump sugar and starch in powdered form2 powdered gum1 one part2 made into a lozenge mass with vinegar of squills1 oxymel of squills1 and ipecacuanha wine1 equal parts1 gently evaporated to one-sixth their weight with the addition of lactucarium in proportion of twenty to thirty grains to every ounce of the powders1 the mass being divided into half-inch squares weighing about seven and one-half grains4 #cjh4 ,,beef1 ,,iron ,,and ,,wine4--,here is a recipe for ,liebig's famous extract3 ,beef juice1 one-half ounce2 ammonia citrate of iron1 #bef grains2 spirit of orange1 one-half fluid ounce2 distilled water1 one-half ounce2 sherry wine sufficient to make sixteen fluid ounces4 ,dissolve the ammonia citrate of iron in the water2 dissolve the extract of beef in the sherry wine2 add the spirit of orange and mix the solution4 #cji4 ,,spring ,,tonic4--,calamus root1 two pounds2 orange peel1 two pounds2 ,peruvian bark1 two pounds2 gentian root1 two pounds2 colombo root1 two pounds2 rhubarb1 eight ounces2 cinnamon1 four ounces2 cloves1 two ounces2 diluted alcohol1 four gallons2 water1 two gallons2 sugar1 two pounds4 #caj4 ,,dr4 ,,pierce',s ,,golden ,,medical ,,discovery4--,here is all there is of ,dr4 ,pierce's ,golden ,medical ,discovery4 ,it is no doubt a good thing1 but you can make it yourself4 ,a one-dollar bottle holds #bbj grains of a brownish-colored1 clear liquid1 consisting of fifteen grains of pure honey1 one grain of extract of acrid lettuce1 two grains of laudanum1 #ajj grains of diluted alcohol1 with #aje grains of water4 #caa4 ,,bed-,,bug ,,exterminator4--,corrosive sublimate1 one ounce2 muriatic acid1 two ounces2 water1 four ounces2 dissolve1 then add turpentine1 one pint2 decoction of tobacco1 one pint4 ,mix4 ,for the decoction of tobacco1 boil two ounces of tobacco in one pint of water4 ,the mixture must be applied with a paint-brush4 ,if well applied1 this is a sure destroyer of bed-bugs4 ,it is a deadly poison4 #cab4 ,,catarrh ,,cure4--,one-half gram of carbolic acid2 one-half gram of camphor2 and ten grams of common salt2 which are to be dissolved in four-sevenths of a liter of water and injected into the nostrils4 ,you can call it the 8,excelsior10 for it is excelled by none4 #cac4 ,,lip ,,pomatum4--,for chapped lips1 lard1 sixteen parts2 cacao oil1 twenty-four parts2 spermaceti1 eight parts2 yellow wax1 three parts2 alcana root1 one part4 ,the substances are fused for a quarter of an hour at a gentle heat1 then strain through a cloth1 and mix with oil of lemon and oil of bergamot1 each one-sixth part1 oil of bitter almonds1 one-fifteenth part2 then the mass is poured into suitable vessels to cool4 #cad4 ,,ointment ,,for ,,chapped ,,hands4--,camphor1 sixty grs42 boric acid1 thirty grs42 lanolin and white vaseline of each one-half ounce4 #cae4 ,,cod-,,liver ,,oil ,,emulsion4--,yolks of two eggs2 powdered sugar1 four ounces2 essence of oil of almonds1 two drops2 orange flower water1 two ounces4 ,mix carefully with an equal bulk of cod-liver oil4 ,this is a delicious emulsion4 ,of course1 the dose is double that of the clear cod-liver oil4 #caf4 ,,beauty ,,water4--7,to remove freckles74 ,sulpho-carbonate of zinc1 two parts2 glycerine1 twenty-five parts2 rose water1 twenty-five parts2 spirits1 five parts4 ,dissolve and mix4 ,anoint twice daily1 keeping the ointment on the skin from one-half to one hour1 then wash off with cold water4 ,wear a dark veil when exposed to the sun4 #cag4 ,,cough ,,mixture4--,syrup of poppies1 syrup of squills1 and paregoric1 each one-half ounce4 ,mix4 ,dose1 a teaspoonful in a little warm water night and morning1 or when the cough is troublesome4 #cah4 ,,dr4 ,,sage',s ,,catarrh ,,remedy4--,here is the famous secret3 ,one-half grm4 of carbolic acid2 one-half grm4 of camphor and ten grms4 of common salt2 which are to be dissolved in four-sevenths of a liter of water and injected into the nostrils4 ,its reputation is believed to be well deserved4 #cai4 ,,diarrhea ,,mixture4--,wine of opium1 one fluid ounce2 tincture of valerian1 one and one-half fluid ounces2 ether1 one-half fluid ounce2 oil of peppermint1 sixty minims2 fluid extract of ipecac1 fifteen minims2 alcohol enough to make four fluid ounces4 ,this is the formula for a most celebrated patent medicine4 ,the dose is a teaspoonful in a little water every two or three hours until relieved4 #cbj4 ,,blood ,,purifier4--,equal to the best selling compounds4 ,for a bottle holding #bbj grms41 take fifteen grms4 of pure honey2 one grm4 extract of poisonous or acrid lettuce2 two grms4 laudanum2 #ajj grms4 of diluted alcohol2 with #aje grms4 of water4 ,make large quantities in like proportion4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,money ,,in ,,real ,,estate4 ,the ,costliest ,spot on the ,western ,hemisphere--,a ,mile and a ,half of ,millionaires--,the ,kings of the ,earth--,why ,some ,rich ,men ,do ,not ,live in ,new ,york--,the ,country ,fool and the ,knowing ,ones--,how ,coney ,island ,was ,born--,the ,story of a ,great ,land ,sale--,rents in ,apartment ,houses--,the ,fifty-story ,office ,building--,the ,man ,who ,gave a ,carte ,blanche ,decoration ,order1 ,but ,won't ,do it ,again--,the ,western ,land ,bubble--,good ,farms ,going to ,waste--,the ,jersey ,flats4 ,no class of men have made greater or securer fortunes than dealers in real estate4 ,w4 ,c4 ,ralston1 ,james ,lick1 and ,j4 ,j4 ,astor1 are examples of persons who have accumulated vast sums through investments in land4 ,the points of real estate are3 ,first1 a sound title2 second1 a keen foresight of the wants and the roads of civilization2 third1 a careful inspection of the neighborhood where a contemplated purchase is located2 fourth1 a thorough knowledge of market values of this kind of property2 fifth1 non-professional advice1 in the disinterested judgment of men thoroughly familiar with property and prices4 ,other considerations are the rate of taxes of various kinds1 imposed or likely to be imposed upon the property4 ,tax methods in large cities are often ways that are dark4 ,for this reason1 ,george ,gould1 the multi-millionaire1 and ,mr4 ,rockefeller1 the ,standard ,oil magnate1 have disposed of their urban properties4 #cba4 ,,city ,,property4--,a mile and a half of millionaires6 ,midway between the ,east ,river and the ,hudson there lay a few years ago a neglected tract of land which could have been bought for a few hundred thousand dollars4 ,to-day it is the wealthiest mile and a half on the ,western continent4 ,one hundred million dollars would not purchase the ground alone4 ,forty years ago a piece of land which is now almost 8down-town0 was called 8,eno's ,folly10 because he paid for it what was supposed to be an extravagant sum4 ,it is now the site of the ,fifth ,avenue ,hotel4 ,the tide is still running up1 but you must now go to the ,bronx1 or even further for cheap city property4 ,it is1 however1 the most secure of all investments4 ,nothing is more certain than that the property in the annexed district of ,new ,york is bound to advance4 ,so also with real estate in all city suburbs4 #cbb4 ,,pleasure ,,resorts4--,less than forty years ago a man1 simulating country simplicity1 sauntered along ,coney ,island and astonished the owners by inquiring the price of what was supposed to be worthless land4 ,they1 thinking him crazy or a fool1 named a thousand dollars1 or five times what it was supposed to be worth4 ,he accepted the offer on the spot4 ,a million dollars would not buy the land to-day4 ,the supposed countryman's 8folly0 has been repeated many times since4 ,the owner of ,bergen ,beach has made a fortune in this way during the last two or three years4 ,as cities grow1 pleasure resorts must be found4 ,buy a bit of seashore and make it into a ,bergen ,beach or a ,bowery ,bay4 ,or1 purchase a grove within easy distance of the city1 and make it into a pleasure park4 ,in either case1 railroads or trolley connection is indispensable1 but with these and plenty of enterprise and money you cannot fail to reap a large harvest4 #cbc4 ,,new ,,town ,,sites4--,large fortunes have been made by men who had the sagacity to see a potential factor in the meeting of two rivers1 or the projection of a railroad4 ,the question for investors in real estate is1 8,where is the population going80 ,keen observers note the drift1 get ahead of the tide1 and are ready to sell lots when the people arrive4 ,whitestone and ,morris ,park on ,long ,island were built in this way4 ,it is a good investment1 not quite so safe as city property1 but paying more handsomely where the projector is fortunate in his location4 #cbd4 ,,western ,,lands4--,fortunes have been made and lost in ,western lands4 ,the facts are that some sharpers have been booming lands that are hardly worth the taxes4 ,persons who have bought 8corner lots0 in 8promising0 ,western towns have been surprised to learn that the towns were not built1 or even surveyed1 and that often the site was located in the midst of an impenetrable swamp where a town was impossible4 ,however1 lands along the line of railroads1 or places which have harbor facilities on the banks of rivers are good investments4 #cbe4 ,,the ,,apartment ,,house4--,the apartment house1 which is a kind of evolution of the flat1 is becoming a feature of life in large cities4 ,the question whether it is a paying property will receive light by the consideration of the rents received by the owners of a building of this kind in ,new ,york1 the ,knickerbocker at ,fifth ,avenue and ,twenty-eighth ,street4 ,this is a typical apartment house1 and the tenants may almost be said to buy their rooms1 for there are several who give #ajj1jjj for a ten-years' lease1 and even small bachelor apartments on the tenth floor command #a1jjj a year4 #cbf4 ,,the ,,sky ,,scraper4--,there is no limit to the extent of a building in height4 ,some are twenty stories1 one is thirty1 and it is reported that a sky-scraper fifty stories in height is projected4 ,do they pay8 ,here is the account of a modest one of only nine stories1 the ,mills ,building on ,william ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,the cost1 with land1 was #b1ejj1jjj4 ,it is #age #aej feet4 ,it contains #djj offices1 has #a1bjj tenants1 and pays an annual net rental of #bjj1jjj1 or eight per cent4 ,it is related of ,mr4 ,d4 ,o4 ,mills1 the owner1 that in completing his magnificent residence on upper ,fifth ,avenue1 he gave a carte blanche order to a decorator1 and departed with his family to ,california4 ,on returning he was delighted to find the place transformed into an ,aladdin's ,palace1 but his joy was somewhat modified at the presentation of the bill which amounted to #dej1jjj4 #cbg4 ,,the ,,jersey ,,flats4--,right over against property whose taxable value is #c1jjj1jjj1jjj lies another property worth literally nothing4 ,step over from ,manhattan ,island1 where every foot of land needs to be overlaid with silver round-moons for its purchase1 to ,new ,jersey1 and you will find #bg1jjj acres of marsh lying under the very nose of the metropolis--land hardly worth a song4 ,why is this8 ,simply because capitalists have not been wise enough to improve this great waste4 ,in ,holland1 by a system of diking1 land in a similar condition is now covered by great warehouses and factories1 and cannot be bought for hundreds of millions of dollars4 ,here is the opportunity for capitalists4 ,why invest money in far-off gold fields when you have a ,klondike here at the very threshold of the metropolis8 8,the first step10 says the ,state geologist1 8is to build an embankment and a pumping station4 ,the cost will be about #a1jjj1jjj4 ,the main ditches should be made1 and the whole area laid out in twenty-acre farms1 and sold on the express condition that each plot shall be immediately ditched and brought under cultivation40 ,if we put the cost of ditching1 and of other incidental expenses at #ejj1jjj1 we have a total cost of #a1ejj1jjj4 ,then1 if we estimate the worth of the land at only one-fourth the average price of land on ,manhattan ,island--which is the average worth of land in ,jersey ,city--we have a value for the total #bg1jjj acres of #ej1jjj1jjj4 ,profits1 #dh1ejj1jjj4 #cbh4 ,,abandoned ,,farms4--,there are #d1cjj abandoned farms in ,new ,england alone4 ,these with a little expense could all be made profitable4 ,some are selling1 buildings complete1 as low as #gjj1 and even #ejj4 ,many of these abandoned farms1 costing #a1jjj1 could1 at the expense of another #a1jjj1 be put in a highly thrifty condition and sold for #d1jjj4 ,an ,abandoned ,farm ,company will some time be organized with chances of good profit4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,fine ,,arts4 ,some ,things ,everybody ,ought to ,know--,an ,institution that ,teaches 8,without ,money and ,without ,price0--,a ,woman ,who ,earns #c1jjj a ,year--,the ,old ,glue-,maker's ,gift to ,women--,how a ,little ,girl ,earned #cjj--;,a ,young ,woman ,who ,earned ,more ,than ,her ,father--8,as ,rich as a ,queen0--,fortunes in ,designs--,livings in ,lace--,one ,painter's ,earnings ,last ,year--,checks in ,charcoal--,book ,publishers ,who are ,looking for ,ideas4 ,this is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most remunerative occupations4 ,one of the noblest things which ,peter ,cooper ever did was to found a ,free ,art ,school for ,women4 ,not only is it absolutely free to all women1 but opportunities are afforded for meritorious pupils to earn no mean sums during their period of instruction4 #cbi4 ,,crayon ,,work4--,a teacher in the ,cooper ,institute says3 8,during the previous year forty of my pupils in art have made #g1jjj1 or #age each1 while learning the art of crayon-photography4 ,every year one hundred women on leaving the ,cooper ,institute make from #djj to #a1bjj a year by art work40 #ccj4 ,,drawing4--,one graduate of the ,cooper ,union is now receiving from #b1jjj to #c1jjj as a teacher of drawing in the ,new ,york public schools1 and another has been appointed manager of a decorative art society in ,new ,orleans1 with a salary of #aej a month1 and opportunities to earn as much more by private tuition4 #cca4 ,,photograph ,,coloring4--8,a little girl10 says ,mr4 ,cooper1 8came to my house to thank me for what she had learned at the ,institute40 8,i have earned #cjj coloring photographs10 she said with enthusiasm4 ,the coloring of photographs gives employment to many hundreds of young women1 and there is no prospect that the market will become glutted4 #ccb4 ,,oil ,,painting4--,a man in middle life met ,mr4 ,cooper on the stairs of the ,institute4 8,my daughter10 he said1 8makes #a1cjj a year by teaching painting1 and ,i never earned more than #a1bjj myself40 ,the chief points of oil painting are a good tooth 7a canvas which will take color from a brush readily71 perspective1 fineness of touch1 delicate perception1 an eye for shades of color1 and a bold1 free hand4 ,oil paintings bring from #e to #ej1jjj1 according to merit4 #ccc4 ,,water ,,colors4--,paintings in water colors are popular because less expensive than those done in oil4 ,good work in this department is1 however1 well paid4 ,much depends upon the subject and its treatment4 ,it is said that the artist1 ,mr4 ,john ,la,farge1 sold about #ae1jjj worth of water colors last year4 #ccd4 ,,wood ,,engraving4--,a young woman from ,california sat on the sofa of ,mr4 ,cooper's library4 8,i have come to thank you10 she said4 8,i feel as rich as a queen4 ,i have thirty pupils in wood engraving40 #cce4 ,,book ,,decoration4--,publishers of books1 and especially of magazines1 pay large prices for decorations for the covers1 title pages1 and other important parts4 ,the secret of success is in the design4 ,if you can find a happy idea1 you will get a large price for it4 ,of course1 the point in most cases is to illustrate the subject-matter4 ,a unique conception1 happily worked out1 will give both fame and money4 #ccf4 ,,dyeing4--,this may not be thought one of the fine arts1 but it requires a skill hardly inferior to that of the painter or sculptor4 ,there is a large field in the recoloring of tapestries1 silks1 and woolen goods4 ,the requisites of success are taste1 a good eye for color1 knowledge of dye-stuffs1 and indefatigable industry in finding a market4 #ccg4 ,,designs4--,these are constantly in demand4 ,wall paper manufacturers1 dressmakers1 architects1 builders1 home decorators1 carpet manufacturers1 fine-art workers1 all want designs4 ,an ordinary kaleidoscope will furnish you thousands of suggestions every day4 ,from these select a few of the best and work them on a fine1 white drawing paper4 ,have a separate folio for each department of drawings1 and advertise what you are doing4 ,if you have a real talent for the work1 and a show-window1 you cannot fail of success in any large town4 #cch4 ,,engraving ,,on ,,glass4--,by the use of the wheel this becomes easy work4 ,the chief fields for its operation are in summer resorts where people wish to carry away a souvenir of the place4 ,one who knows how to display goods can do a very profitable work in the season4 #cci4 ,,embroidery4--,this is one of the simplest of the arts4 ,the only capital required is a ball of worsted1 the only tool a needle1 and the only instruction a few elementary rules that can be quickly learned4 ,the demand depends upon the skill4 ,a small store can be cheaply stocked1 and its contents sold at a good profit if the articles are unique4 #cdj4 ,,lace ,,making4--,our valuable laces are chiefly imported1 but there is no reason why work equally good should not be done at home4 ,an immense field yet to be developed is ,american-made needle-point lace4 ,get a book on the subject and study it theoretically4 ,then take lessons of a maker4 ,the book will give you suggestions and enable you1 after you have learned the business1 to strike out in various directions independently of your teachers4 #cda4 ,,drawing ,,in ,,charcoal4--,this is a rapid1 facile1 and effective method for sketching4 ,the drawings are more especially in demand in summer cottages1 tents1 and in whatever places lodgings are temporary1 and where lodgers dislike the trouble of shipping costly paintings4 ,you can find a ready market for good work at any mountain or seaside resort4 #cdb4 ,,painting ,,on ,,china4--,this is becoming very popular4 ,few kinds of art pay better than china-firing4 ,the outfit will cost from #ae to #ej1 according to the size of the kiln1 but the pleasure and profit will be worth many hundreds of dollars4 ,if you live in a country town1 put your wares in a prominent store1 and they will be sure to attract attention4 #cdc4 ,,portrait ,,painting4--,this is profitable if you can secure sufficient custom4 ,the difficulty is to get the flesh tones1 the expression1 and the proper degree of illumination4 ,last year1 there were thirty young women in ,cooper ,institute learning the art1 and one-fifth of the number were earning from #e to #ab a week1 even during their tutelage4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,manufacture4 ,how a ,blacksmith ,got ,rich--,the ,story of ,pullman--,the ,story of the ,columbia ,bicycle--,a ,recipe for a ,fortune--,a ,mica ,secret--,how to ,make ,marble--,another ,great ,secret ,given ,away--,rubber as ,good as ,goodyear's--,a ,way to ,smash the ,trusts--,wanted--,a ,new ,railroad ,car--,sidney ,smith's 8,wooden ,pavement40 ,vast profits accrue from manufactures1 but the best returns for investments in this line are realized when the manufacturer is able to make a new article1 or to make an old article by improved means4 ,david ,maydole1 a village blacksmith1 was requested to make for a carpenter a hammer as good as he could make it4 ,he made a better hammer than had ever before been seen1 and the carpenter's mates all wanted one4 ,the village storekeeper ordered two dozen4 ,a hardware dealer1 passing through the place to sell his wares1 left an order for all the blacksmith could make4 ,the hammer-maker built a large factory1 and this was the humble origin of the celebrated ,maydole hammer1 and the foundation of a great fortune4 ,another fascinating chapter on manufacture is the 8,story of ,pullman10 which reads like a fairy tale1 but is all strictly true4 ,mr4 ,pullman began in a small way to build parlor cars1 making one or two as an experiment4 ,the traveling public were quick to appreciate the luxury1 and ,mr4 ,p4 had to enlarge his works again and again4 ,he built the town of ,pullman1 which is now valued at #cj1jjj1jjj1 and the capital stock which now has a market value of #fj1jjj1jjj1 has paid dividends with the regularity of a government loan4 #cdd4 ,,bicycle ,,factories4--,these have proved veritable bonanzas during the past few years4 ,in #ahgh1 ,col4 ,albert ,a4 ,pike began the manufacture of bicycles1 making fifty that year4 ,to-day he has a phenomenal business1 employing a capital of #e1jjj1jjj utilizing four factories in ,hartford1 ,conn41 and making #fjj bicycles a day4 #cde4 ,,double ,,profit ,,furs4--,here is a way to make a double profit from the skins of animals3 ,soak the furs in limewater till the hair is loosened1 then wash and hang it up to dry4 ,lay it on a board with the hair side up and apply a solution of glue1 care being taken not to disturb the natural position of the hairs4 ,when the glue is dry and hard1 hold the hairs so firmly as to allow the natural skin to be peeled off4 ,now you can apply the artificial skin by pouring over the hairs liquid ,india-rubber1 boiled drying-oils1 or other waterproof substances1 which on drying will form a continuous membrane supporting the hairs4 ,the glue is then removed by steeping the fur in warm water4 ,this plan has the double advantage that the fur so prepared is moth-proof1 and the old skin can be used for the manufacture of leather4 #cdf4 ,,mica ,,sheets4--,large sheets of mica command a great price4 ,there are only a few places where the mineral can be mined in sheets of one foot square or larger1 but the vast heaps of waste mica can be utilized by building up the sheets artificially4 ,this can be done by treating it with shellac4 ,there are fortunes in waste mica quarries for those who know how to utilize the countless tons of fragments4 ,the field is especially promising in ,north ,carolina and ,georgia1 where immense quarries abound4 #cdg4 ,,artificial ,,marble4--,there is room for profitable investment in the manufacture of any article which is procured from nature at great expense4 ,this is the case with marble4 ,it is scarce at best2 the quarries are remote from the centers of population1 and the mining and transportation make it a very costly article4 ,marble can be manufactured by imitating nature's processes--the percolating of water through chalk4 ,the popular verde antique can be made by an application of an oxide of copper4 ,the slices of marble are then placed in another bath1 where they are hardened and crystallized1 coming out exactly like the real article4 ,in ,italy1 a fine black marble is made from common white sandstone4 ,the manufacture is carried on by the owners of the local gasworks1 who thus reap a double profit from their plant4 ,here is a hint for ,american manufacturers4 #cdh4 ,,artificial ,,whalebone4--,whalebone is in great demand4 ,it is worth from #c to #d per pound4 ,no artificial substance has as yet been found to take its place1 but we are surely on the eve of that discovery4 ,no one substance is at the same time so hard and so elastic1 but experimenters will yet find a combination which will answer the purpose4 ,one has already been found which draws the surplus demand when the genuine article cannot be obtained4 ,the inventor who can advance another step and produce an exact imitation will have the whalebone market in his hands4 ,this field is rich with possibilities4 ,p4 ,s4--,since writing the above we have the secret4 ,here it is3 ,treat the rawhide with sulphide of sodium1 remove the hair1 immerse the hide twenty-six to thirty-four hours in a weak solution of double sulphate of potassa1 and stretch it upon a frame or table1 in order that it may not contract in drying4 ,the desiccation is allowed to proceed in broad daylight1 and the hide is then exposed to a temperature of fifty to sixty degrees4 ,the influence of the light1 combined with the action of the double sulphate of potassa absorbed by the skin1 renders the gelatine insoluble in water1 and prevents putrefaction1 the moisture being completely expelled4 ,thus prepared1 the skin is submitted to a strong pressure1 which gives to it almost the hardness and elasticity which characterize the genuine whalebone1 with the advantage that before or after the process of desiccation any color desired may be imparted to it by means of a dye bath4 #cdi4 ,,artificial ,,india ,,rubber4--,a man while experimenting recently with cottonseed oil for the production of a varnish1 obtained to his surprise1 not a varnish1 but a rubber4 ,by its use1 with fifteen per cent4 of genuine rubber1 an article can be produced so exactly like the real as to defy detection4 ,the process is so simple that a patent is not obtainable4 ,so1 manufacturers1 the field is open4 ,rubber is high and in great demand4 #cej4 ,,artificial ,,camphor4--,here is another trade secret4 ,the genuine camphor is scarce4 ,the artificial is made in ,england1 shipped to ,hamburg1 and then re-shipped to ,england as the real article4 ,here is the way it is made3 ,pass a current of dry hydrochloric acid gas through spirits of turpentine cooled by a freezing mixture4 ,the liquid deposits crystals1 which are dissolved in alcohol and precipitated by water4 ,the separated crystals are drained and dried4 ,they are perfectly colorless1 with an odor like camphor4 ,at the ordinary temperature1 its vapor tension is sufficient to cause it to sublime like ordinary camphor in small brilliant crystals in the bottles in which it is preserved4 ,it is insoluble in water1 and gyrates when on the surface of that liquid like true camphor4 #cea4 ,,car ,,building4--,some day another ,pullman will arise1 but with developments in car building in a totally different direction4 ,we quote from a recent magazine article3 8,the time is sure to come when a new railroad genius will arise and make an end of the game of brag between ,american general passenger agents4 ,this reformer will probably substitute light and easily cleaned bamboo seats for those now in use2 he will save a good deal of the money now spent in useless ornamentation1 and spend it in better ventilation and lighting2 and he is likely to design frames and trucks much lighter1 and at least as strong and durable1 as those which carry the average day car of the present time4 ,it is possible1 too1 that he may accomplish a good result by lowering the center of gravity of the prevailing type of passenger car1 thus preventing it from rolling at high rates of speed1 and obviating the supposed necessity of placing two or three tons of old rails in the floor to keep it steady40 ,it is perhaps needless to say that such a man as ,mr4 ,pullman or ,mr4 ,wagner will become a multi-millionaire through this much-needed reform4 #ceb4 ,,the ,,transverse ,,wooden ,,pavement4--,one day the celebrated wit1 ,sidney ,smith1 was talking with some vestrymen of the church of which he was a member about laying a wooden pavement around the sacred edifice4 8,well10 said the famous jester1 8we have but to lay our heads together and the thing is done40 ,but here is a pavement which some capitalists will one day lay their heads 7funds7 together to produce1 and it will be no joke4 ,it has been ascertained that the most durable pavement is made from blocks of wood sawed transversely about twelve inches in thickness4 ,the larger and smaller blocks are fitted together1 the smaller interstices being filled with wooden wedges4 ,here is a chance for some enterprising firm4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,money ,,in ,,mining4 ,the ,earth a ,vast ,treasure-box--#cjj1jjj1jjj from the ,comstock ,lode--,a ,short ,story of ,three ,millionaires--,opportunities in ,mica ,mining--,fortunes in ,salt ,wells--#aj1jjj for ,locating a ,mine--,not a ,cent of ,capital ,needed--,the ,gold ,belt of the ,united ,states--,two ,men's ,earnings with the ,pan--,what ,michigan ,boys are ,doing--,big ,dividends in ,tin--,a ,man with an ,income of #b a ,minute4 ,the immense importance which minerals play in our industries and the glittering fortunes made by delving into the earth1 are faintly indicated by the fact that the output of last year aggregated the almost unthinkable sum of nearly #a1jjj1jjj1jjj4 ,profits in mining come mainly from four sources4 ,the buying of mining lands with a view to sale1 prospecting for the purpose of selling claims1 placer-mining1 and mining by machinery4 ,here are a few of the most promising roads to the earth's hidden wealth4 #cec4 ,,nevada ,,silver4--,the ,comstock lode produced in three years #ajj1jjj1jjj1 of which #cj1jjj1jjj went for cost and working expenses1 and #gj1jjj1jjj for profits4 ,altogether #cjj1jjj1jjj have been taken from that celebrated mine4 ,in the ,african mines there are sixty-nine companies4 ,in #ahif the lowest dividend of any of these companies was #aj per cent41 and the highest #cej4 ,in #ahig the lowest was #aj and the highest #ejj per cent4 ,the accounts of the way that such men as ,james ,flood1 ,james ,g4 ,fair1 and ,william ,sharon obtained their wealth from silver mines reads like the fascinating story of a popular novel4 #ced4 ,,aluminum1 ,,the ,,new ,,mineral4--8,the product of aluminum in the ,united ,states10 says a mining expert1 8should be three million pounds in #aijj40 ,the present price is from thirty-five to fifty cents per pound4 ,it is found chiefly in ,georgia and ,alabama at the foot of the ,appalachian system1 but there is no known reason why it should not be discovered in other parts--the mountains of ,tennessee1 ,north ,carolina1 and ,pennsylvania4 #cee4 ,,north ,,carolina ,,mica4--,in the mountains of ,north ,carolina are found the best mica dikes in the ,united ,states1 but the methods of mining are crude and bring small profit4 ,here is an opportunity to make a vast fortune by the producing of mica with machinery such as is used in extracting other minerals4 #cef4 ,,kansas ,,zinc4--,zinc is a mineral which has a great future4 ,it is being used largely in place of tin4 ,there are many zinc mines1 and especially in the ,western ,states1 as yet undeveloped4 ,one acre in ,galena1 ,kansas1 produced #bej1jjj4 #ceg4 ,,missouri ,,cottas4--,for clay go to ,missouri4 ,it is found in #ij out of the #aad counties of the ,state4 ,from this mineral three companies in ,kansas ,city are manufacturing sewer-pipes and working on an invested capital of #a1jjj1jjj4 ,they have an annual output worth #a1ajj1jjj1 or more than #ajj per cent4 profit1 less1 of course1 the cost of production4 ,the sewer-pipe industry will vastly increase with the growth of cities4 #ceh4 ,,nickel ,,mines4--,nickel is a metal for which there is a constantly increasing demand4 ,aside from the vast number of nickel-plated articles1 it has recently been found that steel1 alloyed with a small percentage of nickel1 makes the hardest substance known which can be produced on a large scale4 ,it is bound to be used in future for the shells of our ironclads4 ,in ,north ,carolina and in ,oregon1 are large deposits of this valuable ore awaiting the hardy miner or bold speculator4 #cei4 ,,mexican ,,iron4--,near the city of ,durango1 ,mexico1 are the largest iron mines in ,north ,america1 but as yet entirely unworked4 ,there are #aj1jjj1jjj square feet in sight1 sixty per cent4 of which is metallic iron4 ,an opportunity for capitalists4 #cfj4 ,,tennessee ,,limestone4--,in the foothills of the ,cumberland ,mountains are ranges of blocks--lower ,carbonifererous and ,devonian shales1 and impure limestone1 but the rocks of the basin proper are pure limestone4 ,this limestone when pulverized makes the best phosphate1 and is worth #ah a ton4 ,a mining authority states that with proper working it ought to produce at least #bjj1jjj tons of rock per annum4 #cfa4 ,,fortunes ,,in ,,copper4--,forty-eight per cent4 of the copper of the world is in the ,united ,states and ,canada4 ,the price is #bjj a ton4 ,almost all the mines of the ,lake ,michigan region are making profit1 but the industry is yet in its infancy4 ,when it is known that a mine has been made to pay which contains less than one per cent4 of copper1 it can be seen what fortunes are in the mines that pay from forty to fifty per cent41 and there are some that pay even more4 #cfb4 ,,german ,,amber4--,in ,memel1 ,germany1 a dredging company pays the government an annual rental of twenty-five thalers a day for the privilege of dredging in the ,kurische ,hoff1 near the village of ,schwarzarts4 ,but it is not to be supposed that this is the only spot where amber is to be found4 ,it will doubtless yet be discovered in this country4 #cfc4 ,,african ,,diamonds4--,diamonds in vast numbers are found in the beds of many ,south ,african streams1 but if you have capital you may develop an industry like that of the ,de ,beers ,company1 which is paying forty per cent4 per annum4 #cfd4 ,,tasmania ,,tin4--,a single company in ,murat ,bischoff has paid more than #g1jjj1jjj in dividends to the fortunate owners of a tin mine4 #cfe4 ,,georgia ,,sapphires4--,in #ahgb1 ,colonel ,c4 ,w4 ,jenks1 of ,boston1 picked up one hundred of these valuable stones at ,laurel ,creek1 ,rylang ,county1 ,georgia1 a single gem of which was sold for #be4 #cff4 ,,rock ,,salt4--,rock salt is found in ,syracuse1 ,new ,york1 and in ,michigan1 also in ,louisiana1 and in ,south ,eastern ,arizona4 ,it is believed that if these mines were bored deeper1 potassium salt--a salt hitherto not found in the ,united ,states--would be discovered1 and home plants take the place of foreign imports4 ,here is a chance for enterprising men4 #cfg4 ,,asbestos ,,pockets4--,a profitable pocket of asbestos was found a few years ago on ,long ,island not far from ,brooklyn4 ,present supplies come from ,sal ,mountain1 ,georgia1 and from ,wyoming4 ,it is believed that the serpentine rocks in ,western ,north ,carolina1 as well as similar rocks in ,california and ,oregon1 contain rich deposits of this mineral4 #cfh4 ,,prospects ,,in ,,platinum4--,this is a metal of very great importance4 ,it has not thus far been found in large quantities in the ,united ,states4 ,the most promising field is the ,north ,pacific ,slope1 following the line of the coast mountains4 ,some day1 it is thought1 that rich platinum mines may be discovered there equal to those in ,russia1 and1 of course1 the early prospectors will reap large fortunes4 #cfi4 ,,petroleum ,,wells4--8,petroleum10 says a leading article in the ,electrical ,world1 8is the coming fuel40 ,it is believed by many that the excitement over the discovery of oil fields in ,pennsylvania in #ahfe will be repeated on a much larger scale in oil regions yet to be discovered in the far ,west4 ,at present1 the mountains of ,wyoming appear to be the most promising field4 ,to sink an oil well costs #ejj on the average4 ,on ,oil ,creek1 ,pennsylvania1 a few wells have been struck which yielded #c1jjj barrels a day4 ,one of the quickest ways to accumulate a fortune is to prospect for oil1 and when a rich vein is struck to buy as much land as you can4 ,a young man named ,johnny ,steel once owned nearly all the land where the ,pennsylvania oil wells were discovered4 ,his income was over #a1jjj1jjj a year1 #cj1jjj a day1 or about #b a minute4 ,but1 verifying the adage that 8a fool and his money are soon parted10 he not only spent all this enormous income1 but also squandered the entire principal1 and came at last to work as the driver of an oil wagon on the very oil farm he had once owned4 #cgj4 ,,gold ,,discoveries4--,draw a line from ,colorado ,springs1 ,colorado1 north to ,laramie ,city1 ,wyoming4 ,from these two points draw straight lines one thousand miles to the west and inclose the parallelogram4 ,you have inclosed what is known as the great gold belt of the ,united ,states4 ,nearly all the gold has been discovered within these comparatively narrow limits4 ,cripple ,creek produced #h1jjj1jjj in four years4 ,a man who walked into that place three years ago to save his stage fare is now taking out #ajj1jjj a year from his mines4 ,dawson ,city1 way up in the frozen ,british possessions1 promises to do as well as any gold discovery in the ,united ,states4 ,two men1 the ,thorpe brothers1 cleaned up with their pans #ac1jjj in eight weeks4 ,this was but a very small part of the immense amount of gold found in an insignificant creek1 but there are at least five hundred creeks on the branches of the ,yukon ,river1 many of them no doubt as rich as the one that gave ,dawson ,city its fame4 #cga4 ,,prospecting ,,for ,,mines4--8,how many undeveloped mines are there west of the ,mississippi1 which1 if developed1 would be valuable properties8 ,there may be ten thousand4 ,it is far more likely that there are a million40 ,extract from 8,mines and ,mining ,industries in the ,united ,states40 ,the same authority also says that a prospector who has spent a year in locating a mine should receive #aj1jjj from a capitalist as his share4 ,mark this1 you who think mining has no prospects1 except for men of wealth4 ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,money ,,in ,,patent ,,rights4 ,nearly #ajj ,patents ,issued ,every ,day--,the ,easiest ,way to ,get ,rich--,crystallize ,your ,idea ,into a ,coin--,six ,billion ,dollars of ,capital ,based on ,patents--,great ,returns for ,american ,genius--,what a ,patent is ,worth--,a ,million ,dollar ,patent ,discovered by ,accident--,a ,fortune in a ,needle's ,eye--,the ,man who ,invented the 8,donkey10 and ,what ,he ,made by ,it--,what 8,pigs in ,clover0 ,netted the ,lucky ,inventor--,how to ,get a ,patent--,what to ,invent for ,profit4 ,probably no enterprise has yielded so great profits with so little capital as the work of the inventor4 ,the small outlay1 resulting in mammoth fortunes1 has often consisted in little more than the set of stools and the cost of the patent4 ,of course1 there must be brains and hard thinking4 ,the sale of articles protected by patent rights is a stimulus to invent them1 and has been the source of fortunes for more people in the ,united ,states than in any other country in the world4 ,the ,united ,states ,patent ,office issues every year about #be1jjj patents1 and the number is constantly increasing4 ,nor are the patentees in all1 or even in a majority of cases1 men of genius1 or persons who have been learned in the occupations in which they have achieved distinction4 ,the greater part of them have been issued to persons in humble walks of life1 who made their lucky discovery either by accident or by close application of thought4 ,in every department of human industry there are possibilities of improvement4 ,he who can find a cheaper1 quicker1 or better1 way of doing anything will get rich4 ,cyrus ,h4 ,mc,cormick thought out a better way of cutting grain than with the old scythe4 ,the result was the ,mc,cormick harvester1 known all over the world4 ,his patents made him a millionaire4 ,charles ,goodyear accidentally mixed a bit of rubber and sulphur on a red hot stove4 ,the result set him to thinking4 ,he discovered the process of vulcanization1 which is the basis of the great rubber industry throughout the world4 ,his patents made him enormously rich4 ,elias ,howe wondered if there could not be some better way of sewing than by the bone and muscle of weary woman's hand4 ,he tried and tried in vain4 ,at last he had a dream in which he saw a needle with the eye at the point instead of at the head4 ,he awoke exclaiming1 8,i have it60 ,the result was the sewing machine4 ,mr4 ,howe received every year more than #ajj1jjj royalties on his patent needle4 ,eli ,whitney1 watching some slaves cleaning cotton1 set to work to find a better way4 ,he invented the cotton-gin by which one machine performs the labor of five thousand persons4 ,this invention reaped for him untold wealth4 ,these were men of genius1 but there are inventions which1 being simple1 lie apparently within the reach of all men4 ,mr4 ,parker1 whose invention of the tobacco box fastening1 is nothing but a 8bulge and a dent10 and which it would seem any child might have thought out1 made an immense fortune4 ,another inventor obtained a patent for a washing machine1 and sold it in about fifteen months for #ej1jjj4 ,a man obtained a patent for a windmill1 took a model through the ,western ,states1 and in eight months returned with #dj1jjj in cash4 ,probably the simplest device of all which has afforded amusement for millions is the game of the 8,donkey ,party10 which is nothing more than the picture of a tailless donkey placed upon the wall4 ,the game costs less than one cent1 but millions are annually sold4 ,a copyright costing #e insured this windfall to the inventor4 ,the 8,parlor ,target and ,dot0 patent brought #ce1jjj4 ,the chief examiner of the ,patent ,office says3 8,a patent1 if it is worth anything1 when properly managed1 is worth and can easily be sold for from #aj1jjj to #ej1jjj40 ,according to an estimate by the ,commissioner of ,patents seven-eighths of the manufacturing capital of the ,united ,states1 or upwards of #fjj1jjj1jjj is based upon patents1 either directly or indirectly4 ,a very large proportion of all patents prove remunerative2 this is the reason so many are applied for1 and so many millions of capital invested in their workings4 ,there is scarcely an article for amusement1 convenience1 or necessity1 in use to-day that has not at some time or other been the subject of a patent either in whole or in part4 ,the sale of every such article yields the inventor a profit4 ,if we purchase a box of matches a portion of the price goes to the inventor2 if we buy a bicycle the chances are that we pay royalty to a dozen or more inventors at once4 ,there are gold mines in every walk in life4 ,there are fortunes hid in the smallest and meanest of things4 ,so far from the field being exhausted1 more inventions are now being patented than ever before4 ,the world is inexhaustibly full of nuggets for him who can find them4 ,every sphere of enterprise is like the children's play of 8hide the thimble40 ,friend1 shall you be the first to spy the golden rim8 ,the cost of a patent in the ,united ,states is about #fj4 ,this includes the government fee1 and that of a patent attorney4 ,the way to get a patent is first to think it out2 then make the design and take it to a lawyer who makes a business of procuring patents4 ,the government does not now request a model1 but it requires a drawing and a specification1 and these must be prepared by some competent attorney1 in the legal form prescribed4 ,the following are a few suggestions in the various departments of toil where inventions are needed1 or where the pry of the brain will disclose the flashing ore4 ,section #a4 ,money in ,bicycles4 #cgb4 ,a ,,non-,,puncturable ,,bicycle ,,tire4--,any improvement in the universal wheel means a fortune to the inventor4 ,the ,dunlap tire sold for #ae1jjj1jjj4 #cgc4 ,a ,,bicycle-,,holder ,,attachment4--,one that will make it stand upright when not in use4 ,there is a fortune here4 #cgd4 ,,the ,,bicycle ,,umbrella-,,holder4--,it should not be difficult to fit to the wheel a small attachment for holding an umbrella4 ,the device should be made so as to allow the umbrella to turn at an angle4 ,most bicyclists would want this invention4 #cge4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,cyclometer ,,clock4--,a small clock or a watch to be fixed to the front part of the bicycle with cyclometer attachment1 so as to give the time of day1 the number of miles traversed1 and the rate of speed4 #cgf4 ,,the ,,double-,,power ,,bicycle4--,one in which the hand or the foot may be used in propelling1 to be employed alternately1 the one as a rest for the other1 or jointly1 as when pedaling against the wind or uphill4 #cgg4 ,,the ,,folding ,,wheel4--,one that can be carried lightly on the shoulder and packed in small space for storage or shipment4 #cgh4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,support4--,a contrivance for holding the wheel in place when the rider stops but does not wish to dismount4 ,a large sale guaranteed4 #cgi4 ,,the ,,cushion ,,saddle4--,the chafing1 painful experience of many bicycle riders would be obviated if some one would invent a saddle top as durable as leather1 and yet affording a much softer seat4 #chj4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,guard4--,one which will enable a lady with a long dress to ride without fear of her skirts being entangled in the wheel4 ,almost every lady in the land would ride a wheel if this difficulty could be obviated4 #cha4 ,a ,,combination ,,bicycle ,,lock4--,one million bicyclists want a cheap lock which can be operated without a key and fastened to any object4 #chb4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,trunk4--,one made of light material and adapted to carrying on the rear of a wheel4 #chc4 ,,the ,,unicycle4--,the wheel of the future will doubtless be single4 ,the man who is the first to invent a practical unicycle will reap a gigantic fortune4 #chd4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,cover4--,one which will protect the frame and handle bars when the rider is overtaken by rain1 and one which can be packed into a very small compass4 #che4 ,a ,,package ,,holder4--,one adapted to be kept on the bicycle frame4 ,as all bicycle makes are nearly uniform in size1 this invention should be an easy one4 #chf4 ,,handle-,,bar ,,cyclometer4--,let the indicator or dial face be fixed to the handle-bar instead of the wheel4 ,every bicyclist would want it4 #chg4 ,,the ,,all-,,selling ,,wheel4--,a pneumatic bicycle tire with a non-puncturable coating would easily bring a million1 and might even rival the popularity of a ,dunlap4 #chh4 ,,toe-,,and-,,heel ,,clip4--,an appliance to the bicycle pedal which would hold the heel as well as the toe1 and which would not increase the difficulty of mounting1 would have immense sales4 #chi4 ,,the ,,extension ,,bicycle4--,a wheel which may be made as convenience requires into a tandem or single wheel by addition or removal of parts would be in great demand4 #cij4 ,a ,,bicycle ,,shoe4--,a sole adapted to be attached to an ordinary shoe1 and with means for retaining a hold on the pedals4 #cia4 ,,the ,,stirrup ,,pedal4--,a pedal which is shaped like a stirrup1 holding the foot and doing away with toe-clips4 #cib4 ,,the ,,home ,,bicycle4--,the use of the bicycle in certain hours every day has become indispensable to the health of thousands1 but there are many rainy and inclement days as well as weeks and months in the winter when it cannot be used4 ,invent a home bicycle by means of which one can have all the exercise of the ordinary wheel in all kinds of weather4 ,section #b4 ,money in ,building ,contrivances4 #cic4 ,,the ,,ornamental ,,floor4--,ornamental floors1 for ballrooms1 summer hotels1 and all rooms where carpets are not indispensable4 #cid4 ,,the ,,secure ,,window ,,blind4--,the present appliances for holding back the window blind permit it to shake to and fro1 giving unpleasant noises in the night4 ,there is needed a device that will hold it securely in place4 #cie4 ,,the ,,self-,,locking ,,window4--,doors are made self-locking2 why not windows8 ,who will invent a means by which the shutting of a window at the same time locks it8 #cif4 ,,the ,,adjustable ,,blind4--,a mechanism by which a blind or shutter can be worked from within4 ,a toothed wheel with crank inside the window1 and a connection by an iron rod with the shutter whereby the blind or shutter can be held wide open1 can be closed1 or held in any position whatever1 by simply turning a crank4 #cig4 ,,the ,,dollar ,,door ,,closer4--,the automatic door closer made the inventor rich1 but it is expensive2 we want a door closer that can be fastened to every door and sold as low as #a4 #cih4 ,,sectional ,,window4--,a window built in horizontal sections of two or more with a spring or casing to hold it up--much cheaper than weights4 #cii4 ,,adjustable ,,storm ,,door4--,devise a simple door which can be readily brought into place in time of storm1 and which will be unnoticed or not seem unsuitable when not needed4 #djj4 ,a ,,hinge ,,lock4--,a hinge which operates as a lock1 when the door is closed1 and can only be opened by a key4 ,operated the same as a spring lock1 but with less mechanism4 #dja4 ,,the ,,double ,,window4--,here is a plan for window ventilation4 ,it is the idea of a ,french physician1 but he has not patented it4 ,have a double window with openings at the bottom of one1 and at the top of the opposite one through which the air comes in freely without any one feeling it4 ,the plan is said to possess simplicity1 efficiency1 and cheapness4 ,let the ,american carpenter take notice and profit thereby4 #djb4 ,,hot-,,blast ,,furnace4--,a small hot-blast furnace for drying walls4 ,builders who have to wait days for walls to dry call for such a machine4 #djc4 ,,the ,,weightless ,,window ,,sash4--,when the window can be opened the desired width and kept there without the aid of a rope that finally breaks and involves trouble and expense1 a great want will be supplied4 #djd4 ,a ,,floor ,,cover4--,carpets are expensive2 matting is not elegant4 ,discover something in place of both1 cheap and ornamental1 and you will reap one of the richest financial harvests of the century4 #dje4 ,,sash ,,balance4--,a system by which the force which holds the lower sash up may exactly balance the force which holds the upper sash down1 both sashes being opened at the same width1 and thus insuring both the outflow of impure air and the inflow of fresh4 #djf4 ,,painting ,,machines4--,why may not painting as well as so many other modern arts be done by machinery8 ,something on the order of the garden-hose and spraying nozzle could do the work of the painter more rapidly1 cheaply1 and with less risk of life and limb4 ,inventors1 give us a painting machine4 #djg4 ,,the ,,pneumatic ,,water ,,tank4--,instead of the unsightly water tank on the top of isolated buildings or country dwellings1 with its liability of leakage and destruction of property1 why not have a water tank in the cellar operated by means of compressed air8 ,by being placed in the cellar or underground1 there would be the additional advantage of having the water drawn cool and fresh4 ,in winter also1 it would be much better protected from freezing than when placed on top of a building4 ,some one will find money in a pneumatic water tank4 #djh4 ,,the ,,wood-,,pulp ,,floor4--,floors have been accused of great sins4 ,if the timber is not thoroughly seasoned they warp2 if the boards are not properly laid they creak2 and the cracks are all at times filled with injurious dust and dangerous germs4 ,why not invent a wood-pulp floor which shall have no warps1 and no cracks1 and no creaks8 ,dry the pulp to powder to facilitate transportation1 mix with a small amount of cement1 to increase the resistance of the floor1 and then after making it a gelatinous mass pass it between rollers4 ,when dry1 paint it to imitate oak or other wood4 ,besides avoiding all the inconveniences and annoyances of the ordinary floor1 it will be soft to the foot1 and though somewhat more expensive than the entire boards1 it will yet be the floor of the future in all comfortable homes4 ,section #c4 ,money in the ,kitchen4 #dji4 ,,the ,,cheap ,,washer4--,for all the many washing machines1 most of our women in middle-class and lowly life are still bending painfully over the old tubs4 ,what is needed is a cheap washer that everyone will buy4 #daj4 ,a ,,meat ,,chopper4--,one which has a large number of small blades dividing the meat ten or twenty times with one stroke1 where now the large blades divide it only one-fourth or fifth that number of times4 ,the scroll bread-knife netted a princely revenue to its fortunate inventor4 #daa4 ,,automatic ,,stove-,,damper4--,one to take the place of the heedless servant1 and close when the state of the fire warrants it4 ,thousands of dollars' worth of coal could annually be saved to housekeepers by this device4 #dab4 ,,potato ,,extractor4--,apply the principle of the glass lemon-squeezer to the raw potato and you have not only a new invention but also a new preparation of the common vegetable4 ,the potato in the form of the raw pulp can be cooked in various ways1 and will have a decidedly new and agreeable flavor4 ,as a salad or a dressing it would be invaluable4 #dac4 ,,knife ,,sharpener4--,one for the kitchen use1 that could be sold for twenty-five cents2 almost every housekeeper would want one4 #dad4 ,,cold ,,handle4--,a separate handle which could be instantly applied to utensils on the stove and remove them without burning the hands waits to enrich the inventor4 ,the cold-handled smoothing-iron brought much money to its inventor4 #dae4 ,,the ,,electric ,,stove4--,cooking by electricity will be the domestic feature of the next century4 ,there is a rich field here awaiting some inventive brain4 #daf4 ,,fruit-,,jar ,,holder4--,a device for holding fruit jars during the preserving process so that the can will neither burn the hand nor spill the fruit4 #dag4 ,,can ,,opener4--,all the women are crying for an effective can opener4 ,those on the market are not satisfactory4 ,they must be made to sell very cheap4 ,a gold mine in a can opener4 #dah4 ,,odorless ,,cooking ,,vessels4--,an attachment whereby the odors of cooking will be carried into the chimney instead of out into the room4 #dai4 ,,coal-,,filled ,,flat-,,iron4--,construct a hollow flat-iron so that it can be filled with live coals1 and thus keep in proper heat much longer than those now in use4 #dbj4 ,,automatic ,,soaper4--,a washboard so arranged that the soft soap is fed to the clothes by the simple act of rubbing4 #dba4 ,,dish-,,washing ,,machine4--,a dish-washing machine which can be sold for #e4 ,there are plenty of machines on the market1 but they are too expensive for use1 except in hotels or in rich households4 ,a cheap machine could be sold in every house4 #dbb4 ,a ,,stove ,,alarm4--,proper cooking requires the heat of the stove to be kept equable4 ,invent a contrivance by which when the heat exceeds a certain degree an alarm will be sounded4 #dbc4 ,,the ,,elastic ,,clothes ,,line4--,save washerwomen and housekeepers the nuisance of tying and untying of hard knots by inventing the elastic clothes line4 #dbd4 ,,combination ,,line ,,and ,,pin4--,if the old-fashioned line is to be used1 why not invent a cheap clasp which remains permanently on the line1 and is capable of being moved in either direction4 ,clothes pins are lost1 broken1 or not at hand when required4 #dbe4 ,a ,,fruit ,,press4--,a cheap press which will be as much a part of every furnished kitchen as a range4 ,every housewife needs one for the extracting of juices4 #dbf4 ,,the ,,can-,,slide4--,the opening of hermetically sealed cans is one of the difficulties of life4 ,all can openers so far invented are more or less ineffective4 ,a vast fortune awaits a man who will invent a can-slide which will effectually keep the food air-tight1 and which at the same time may be easily opened4 ,section #d4 ,money in the ,parlor4 #dbg4 ,,the ,,chair ,,fan4--,a slight vertical motion of the foot is much less tiresome than a lateral motion of the hand4 ,an ingenious man could attach a fan to a chair so as to cool the face by the action of the foot4 #dbh4 ,,rocking-,,chair ,,fan4--,a fan to be attached to the top of a rocking-chair and operated by the motion of a rocker4 #dbi4 ,,christmas-,,tree ,,holder4--,a device for holding the tree upright in any spot without further support4 ,would sell once a year by the million if made for twenty-five cents4 #dcj4 ,,picture-,,frame ,,fastener4--,a device such that every one can frame his own picture1 the parts of the frame being attached without hammer or nails4 #dca4 ,,adjustable ,,head ,,rest4--,one that can be attached to any chair and adjusted to any position4 #dcb4 ,,imitation ,,coal ,,fire4--,the asbestos back-log was quite a hit4 ,now let some one invent a fire where gas may be used in the same manner1 but the representation be that of red1 live coals4 #dcc4 ,,music ,,turner4--,a piece of music has only a few leaves4 ,it is easy to arrange a series of markers between each leaf with a handle for turning4 ,it may be an ornament as well as a convenience4 #dcd4 ,,roll-,,front ,,fire-,,screen4--,it is to be constructed on the principle of the roll-top desk1 with the difference that it rolls sidewise from one side or from both sides of the fireplace4 #dce4 ,,removable ,,rockers4--,a chair with rockers easily adjustable1 so that it may be a rocker or an ordinary chair as desired4 ,section #e4 ,money in the ,bedroom4 #dcf4 ,a ,,noiseless ,,clock4--,many nervous people are annoyed by the ticking of clocks4 ,who can invent one which will perform this work silently8 #dcg4 ,a ,,narcotic ,,pillow4--,will not some one give us a pillow composed of the dried flowers or leaves of soporific plants8 ,the nervous1 overworked persons who could thus get a night's sound sleep would bestow upon the lucky inventor the money which he now expends in drugs4 #dch4 ,,the ,,electric ,,fire ,,igniter4--,in almost every household some one on a winter's morning shivers over a cold stove and suffers much till a fire is well started1 but if the fuel were laid over night and the stove equipped with an electric wire running to the bedroom1 one could press a button with the satisfaction of soon entering a warm kitchen4 ,such a device would pay the inventor well4 #dci4 ,,bedclothes ,,fastener4--,a clamp or clasp which shall fix the cover to the board so that children shall not kick or pull the clothes off in their sleep4 #ddj4 ,,the ,,easy-,,working ,,bureau4--,who will contrive some device by which a bureau drawer will open readily and evenly at both ends8 ,the present working of these drawers is a vexation of the soul4 #dda4 ,,the ,,extensible ,,bedstead4--,a bedstead that can be extended to accommodate two or three persons1 or when room is wanted contracted to the use of one person4 #ddb4 ,,movable ,,partition ,,and ,,folding ,,bed4--,some one should invent a partition that will form a part of the wall of a room1 and which will inclose a bed when the latter is not in use4 ,in the economy of space which forms so important an element in the construction of city houses1 it is strange no builder has not yet thought of this4 #ddc4 ,,an ,,attachable ,,crib4--,a combined bed and crib so arranged that when the crib is not in use it may be folded in or under the larger bed of an adult4 #ddd4 ,,pulse ,,indicator4--,hardly one in a hundred can take the beats of his own pulse4 ,the first thing the doctor does is to feel your pulse4 ,invent an instrument so delicate that its clasp on the wrist will accurately tell the pulse4 #dde4 ,,dress-,,suit ,,hanger4--,the device for a dress coat should be extended to other parts of a gentleman's wear4 ,give us a dress-suit hanger which will cause the suit to appear when not in use very much as it does when on the body of a man4 #ddf4 ,,the ,,anti-,,snorer4--,it should not be difficult to invent a simple mouth or nose attachment to prevent the intolerable nuisance of snoring4 #ddg4 ,,the ,,ventilated ,,mattress4--,housekeepers take pains to air their beds1 but the mattress remains for years a mass of unventilated feathers or hair1 and a fruitful soil for the deposit of disease germs4 ,a kind of honeycombed mattress might be constructed1 through the holes of which the air could circulate freely4 ,it might be possible on this plan to have the spring and mattress in one piece4 ,section #f4 ,money in the ,cellar4 #ddh4 ,a ,,furnace ,,feeder4--,every householder would buy an automatic feeder for the furnace1 thus saving the arduous labor of shoveling coal4 ,there should be a bonanza in the right invention4 #ddi4 ,,ice ,,machine4--,the study of the large ice machines now in use1 with a view to produce one on a scale so small and cheap as to be introduced into every household has boundless possibilities of wealth for a fertile-brained inventor4 #dej4 ,,stove ,,ash-,,sifter4--,the waste of coal in unsifted ashes is enormous1 but the process of sifting is disagreeable4 ,what is needed is an attachment beneath the grate by means of which the ashes will be thrown into one pan and the unconsumed coals into another4 ,an immensely paying invention4 #dea4 ,,jointed ,,coal ,,chute4--,much time could be saved in unloading coal if some one would give us a coal chute jointed so as to be swung at an angle1 thus avoiding delay where the driveway is too narrow to permit the straight chute to be inserted properly4 #deb4 ,,combined ,,pan1 ,,can1 ,,sifter ,,and ,,roller4--,a useful article would be the pan beneath the grate of the furnace1 which could be used also as a can containing a sifter and provided with rollers so that it could be easily transferred to the street4 #dec4 ,,ash ,,barrel4--,much annoyance is caused1 especially on windy days1 by the blowing of ashes from the carts of the ash gatherers4 ,this might be avoided by the construction of a patent ash barrel which could be transferred to the cart and exchanged for an empty one1 on the same principle as oil cans are exchanged by the venders4 ,section #g4 ,money in the ,library and ,schoolroom4 #ded4 ,a ,,paper ,,binder4--,one that will bind newspapers and other periodicals1 and which can be sold for twenty-five cents4 ,those on the market are too expensive4 #dee4 ,,the ,,correspondent',s ,,desk4--,a desk with compartments specially arranged for correspondents would save much time and annoyance on the part of letter-writers4 ,paper1 pen1 ink1 envelope1 postage stamp1 answered letters1 letters requiring immediate reply1 and letters which require time for consideration1 would then be relegated to the most fitting place1 and be available when wanted4 #def4 ,,book ,,duster4--,there is needed some simple attachment to a bookcase whereby the dust which has gathered on the books may be quickly removed when one wishes a volume without soiling of the hands4 #deg4 ,,the ,,portable ,,library4--,a useful device would be a combined box and bookcase1 so that in packing for removal the books need not be disturbed1 the doors of the bookcase serving as a lid for the box4 #deh4 ,,pocket ,,lunch ,,basket4--,a lunch basket which can be folded and put in the pocket when empty4 ,ten million school children want this article4 #dei4 ,,the ,,multiple-,,leaved ,,blackboard4--,a blackboard attached to the wall and opening outwardly with several leaves so that it can be used by a number of pupils at once1 and when not in use can be folded back so as to occupy a small space4 ,section #h4 ,money in ,meals4 #dfj4 ,,butter ,,and ,,cheese ,,cutter4--,a device which cuts butter and cheese into small square blocks4 ,it should be shaped like a caramel-mold with sharp edges1 cutting ten or twelve blocks with a single insertion4 #dfa4 ,,paper ,,table ,,cloth4--,the constantly increasing use of paper for new articles is a feature of the times4 ,we have paper napkins1 but why could not a paper be manufactured of a little better quality so as to serve for a tablecloth8 #dfb4 ,,scroll-,,edge ,,meat ,,knife4--,the scroll-edge bread knife is being manufactured as fast as possible1 the factories running night and day4 ,construct a meat knife on the same principle1 with difference only sufficient to secure a patent1 and a fortune is yours4 #dfc4 ,,carving-,,knife ,,holder4--,a small wooden or wire frame with depressions for knife and fork when not in use would conduce to cleanliness and save much vexation on the part of those who carve4 #dfd4 ,,lamp ,,cooker4--,a wire frame with hooks on the bottom for clasping a lamp-chimney could be placed on the top of a lamp1 and would make an excellent patent cooker for light dishes4 ,think of the convenience of cooking your supper on your lamp chimney6 #dfe4 ,,wine ,,tablets4--,here is an idea for the trade4 ,we have lemonade tablets2 why not those of wine8 ,the grapes should be pressed in the ordinary way1 and then by means of a knife transferred to an apparatus where they can be evaporated in a vacuum1 the vapor to be drawn off by a pump and condensed4 ,as soon as the mass has the consistency of a syrup it is to be mixed with the pulp4 ,thus a sort of marmalade is produced1 containing eighty per cent4 of grape sugar4 ,makers of the lemonade tablets have done well1 but the inventor of the wine tablets would have an immensely larger market4 #dff4 ,,extension ,,table4--,difficulty is experienced with the present extension table4 ,the boards are not at hand when wanted1 and frequently will not go into place readily4 ,a table is needed in which the boards fold underneath1 and can be readily brought into place by the turning of a crank4 ,section #i4 ,money in the ,business ,office4 #dfg4 ,,the ,,keyboard ,,lock4--,a combination lock on the principle of the cash register4 ,instead of carrying certain combinations of numbers in your brain1 you simply remember a definite order of keys1 and push them in turn as you would in playing a light air on the piano4 ,this patent would be a great improvement on the present system1 and contains barrels of money4 #dfh4 ,,automatic ,,safe ,,opener4--,run by clockwork1 and set so as to open automatically at a certain hour of the day1 and impossible to open at any other time4 #dfi4 ,,paper ,,binder ,,and ,,bill ,,holder4--,a flat stick1 concave at each end1 so as to hold a large number of elastic bands4 ,slip a band over each bill1 and you may have a hundred or more papers preserved in compact form4 #dgj4 ,,book ,,lock4--,a pocket contrivance which can be attached to the edges of a book4 ,notebooks1 diaries1 and private correspondence1 could then be guarded during the momentary absence of the writer4 ,a great sale predicted4 #dga4 ,,the ,,perpetual ,,calendar4--,a calendar which will show on what day or month any event fell or will fall for all time4 #dgb4 ,,the ,,lightning ,,adder4--,it is possible by a system of keys to invent a machine which will set down almost as quick as lightning the sum of any column of figures1 thus dispensing with much of the service of a bookkeeper4 #dgc4 ,,copyholder4--,typewritists want a copyholder capable of being adjusted to any size of manuscript and which can be sold as low as twenty-five cents4 #dgd4 ,,envelope ,,moistener ,,and ,,sealer4--,construct a narrow brass or iron plate1 one-fourth of an inch wide and shaped like the flap of an envelope4 ,a shallow vessel of water is placed underneath1 into which by the manipulation of a screw1 the plate is occasionally dipped4 ,above the plate is fixed a second plate which acts as a sealer1 and which operates with a screw-head4 #dge4 ,,multiple ,,lock4--,a device for locking with one movement all the drawers in a desk or bureau4 #dgf4 ,,office ,,door ,,indicator4--,one to be operated instantly and easily1 showing that the occupant is out1 and with a dial face to indicate when he expects to return4 #dgg4 ,,automatic ,,ticket ,,seller4--,it is entirely feasible to have an automatic ticket seller which will both date and deliver tickets4 ,a machine of this kind has been fixed in the ,hammerton ,station at ,north ,london1 and is said to work satisfactorily4 ,but there is room for improvement on the part of brainy inventors4 #dgh4 ,,perforated ,,stamp4--,the chief of the ,london ,stamp office said the government was losing #ejj1jjj a year through the dishonest practice of removing stamps from official papers and using them again2 and he offered a large sum or a life office at #d1jjj a year to any one who would invent a stamp which could not be counterfeited4 ,section #aj4 ,money in the ,packing ,room4 #dgi4 ,,nonrefillable ,,bottle4--,such a bottle is an absolute necessity to beer and liquor manufacturers1 sauce and patent medicine makers1 yet no one has yet supplied the demand4 ,here is a chance1 and there are millions in it4 #dhj4 ,,the ,,collapsible ,,box4--,a box that cannot be refilled for fraudulent purposes4 ,must be so built that it cannot be opened without destroying it4 ,it would be purchased by every maker of confections4 #dha4 ,,bottle ,,stopper4--,there are mines of wealth in a cheap substitute for cork4 ,an inventor will some day make a fortune by the inventing of a paper stopper4 #dhb4 ,,combination ,,cork ,,and ,,corkscrew4--,a bottle stopper which can be removed by simply turning it around like the top of a wooden money-barrel made for children4 ,must be made to sell cheap4 #dhc4 ,,the ,,collapsible ,,barrel4--,a barrel arranged in a series of parts each one above smaller than the one below1 and so contrived that when not filled the parts sink into each other like the pieces of a field glass4 ,a barrel of such convenience for reshipping would be bought by the hundred thousand1 and would be full of gold for its inventor4 #dhd4 ,,self-,,standing ,,bag4--,a device whereby bags will stand alone with wide-open top while being filled1 thus dispensing with the services of an extra man4 ,all shipping merchants would pay largely for such a bag4 #dhe4 ,,barrel ,,filler ,,and ,,funnel ,,cut-,,off4--,barrel filling by the ordinary funnel is slow4 ,provide four openings at the bottom instead of one4 ,a small rubber hose will connect the opening of each barrel1 and a cut-off or a string attachment at the end of each hose cuts off the flow when the barrel is full1 and permits the contents of the hose to be carried back to the barrel and thence into one of the unfilled barrels1 thus avoiding waste4 #dhf4 ,,folding ,,crate4--,the transportation of fruit and other produce would be greatly facilitated and cheapened if some one would invent a folding crate4 ,an empty crate occupies as much room as a full one4 #dhg4 ,,paper ,,barrel4--,who will invent a paper barrel which will be as serviceable as the present wooden one1 and have the advantage of being light8 ,it would have a universal sale4 ,section #aa4 ,money in ,articles of ,trade4 #dhh4 ,,the ,,tradesman',s ,,signal4--,an automatic device for letting the grocer1 butcher1 baker1 etc41 know when he is wanted1 saving time both to the household and trade4 ,sure to sell4 #dhi4 ,,barrel ,,gauge4--,a dial with hands to be attached to a barrel or keg to indicate the amount of its contents4 #dij4 ,,elastic ,,chimney4--,an elastic glass chimney which will expand with the heat and not break would sell by the million4 #dia4 ,,air ,,moistener4--,a apparatus for moistening the air in the room4 ,it should avoid the objectionable feature of all present devices which sprinkle minute drops of water to the damage of goods4 ,all large manufacturers and proprietors of large stores1 where many workmen and clerks are employed will pay handsomely for such a machine4 #dib4 ,,automatic ,,lubricator4--,every wheel1 axle1 pulley and joint1 in labor's great beehive needs oil4 ,a vast amount of valuable time is consumed in the work4 ,invent an oil-can which will work automatically1 and you can name your own price4 #dic4 ,,short-,,time ,,negative4--,a process by which the negative of a photographic camera may be developed almost instantly instead of consuming the time now required4 ,an immediate fortune is assured to the discoverer of this art4 #did4 ,,drying ,,apparatus4--,an invention by which dry air could be produced in abundance so as to dry clothes or be employed in the preservation of fruits would make its deviser independently rich4 #die4 ,,rotable ,,hotel ,,register4--,a revolving frame for a hotel office1 so that the register is alike accessible to the clerks within and the guests without4 #dif4 ,,glass ,,dome4--,the inventor of the little glass bell for hanging over gas jets made a fortune1 but as the gas fixture is commonly attached to a movable bracket it does not always occupy the same place4 ,a glass dome which shall be a part of the gas fixture would be a great improvement and bring much money to the inventor4 #dig4 ,,round ,,cutting ,,scissors4--,a scissors or shears that will cut round as well as straight4 ,it would be bought by every one who uses a needle4 #dih4 ,,casket ,,clamp4--,three thousand people die every day in this country4 ,undertakers want a clamp which will keep the casket from moving in the hearse either laterally or longitudinally4 #dii4 ,,self-,,winding ,,clock4--,an arrangement such that when the weight of the clock touches a certain point it will set in operation a mechanism which will wind4 ,the prize for perpetual motion has never yet been awarded4 ,possibly the solution is in the self-winding clock4 #ejj4 ,,dose ,,stopper4--,a thimble-like contrivance which shall act both as a bottle-stopper and a cup to contain the exact dose4 #eja4 ,,faucet ,,measure4--,a device for measuring the quantity of liquid that passes through the faucet4 ,invaluable for store-keepers4 #ejb4 ,,automatic ,,feeder4--,a feeding rack so constructed that the hay or grain will be fed automatically with a cut-off when the proper amount has been given4 #ejc4 ,,coupon ,,cash ,,book4--,at present persons who pay cash are charged the same as those who trade on credit1 a practice which is manifestly wrong4 ,a cash-book should be made so that those who pay immediately for goods should receive a rebate4 ,every merchant would purchase a quantity of these books1 since the great bane of merchandise is bad debts4 #ejd4 ,,gas ,,detective4--,a device to be placed on a gas fixture to ascertain instantly whether it leaks4 ,often there is an odor of gas when it is difficult to tell whence it proceeds4 #eje4 ,,paper ,,towels4--,paper towels having the quality of cloth1 yet designed only for a single use1 will doubtless be a feature of the near future4 ,they will 8make0 their first maker4 #ejf4 ,,water ,,filter4--,a cheap device for use in every household1 one which could be attached to the water faucet1 and which would insure pure water4 ,it would sell enormously4 #ejg4 ,,pneumatic ,,freight ,,tube4--,if small packages for store and post office use can be sent by tubes1 why may not the principle of compressed air be extended so that grain and fruit may be transported thereby1 thus saving the great expense of handling and of car freightage8 ,some day the greater part of our freight will be carried by this means1 and he who is first in the field will coin a mint of clean dollars4 #ejh4 ,,storm ,,warning4--,apply the principle of the barometer to a large glass globe1 placed on the top of a public building1 by means of which the contained liquid shall be colored red on the approach of a storm2 or construct an instrument which will give forth a sound when bad weather is to be feared4 ,such an invention would be wanted everywhere4 #eji4 ,,heat ,,governor4--,if a regulator could be placed upon heat pipes so as to keep the heat at a desired temperature1 the inventor would reap untold millions4 ,florists1 poultry raisers1 and in fact every housekeeper needs this device4 #eaj4 ,,automatic ,,oil ,,feeder4--,an invention which will feed oil to a lamp at a uniform rate1 and which is provided with a cut-off whereby the supply can be stopped when the light is extinguished4 #eaa4 ,,paint ,,brush ,,feeder4--,a brush with a reservoir of paint so that when the painter finds the uplifted brush growing dry he has but to reverse it in order to have it replenished4 #eab4 ,,inside ,,faucet4--,the outside faucet is awkward and interferes with cartage4 ,one which could be worked on the inside by a button on the outside is demanded4 ,improvements in faucets have made two or three inventors rich1 but the right one is yet to come4 #eac4 ,,house ,,patterns4--,thousands of people like to plan for themselves the building of their homes4 ,at present the only means provided is that of pencil and drawing paper4 ,wooden blocks adapted for the purpose1 and ready-made joints would fill a long-felt want4 #ead4 ,,extension ,,handle4--,a handle which may be applied to any kind of a brush1 and which will enable painters1 window-scrubbers1 and others who have to work at high elevations1 to do their work from the ground4 #eae4 ,,wire ,,stretcher4--,thousands of tons of wire are manufactured annually1 but the wires often are slack4 ,invent a cheap1 simple device which will keep spring beds even and wire fences taut4 #eaf4 ,,price ,,tag4--,a price tag which can be instantly attached to a piece of goods4 ,merchants would buy it by the thousands if made for a trifling cost4 #eag4 ,,the ,,handy ,,vise4--,in the course of time a hundred things need fixing in every house4 ,what is needed is a small vise which can be readily attached to a kitchen table1 and which would not cost over fifty cents4 #eah4 ,,folding ,,ladder4--,a light ladder which is portable and extensible would pay well4 #eai4 ,,smokeless ,,fuel4--,a kind of kindling which will be as ignitable as wood1 but which will not smoke4 ,the inventor will have money to burn4 #ebj4 ,,finger-,,ring ,,gauge4--,a cylindrical piece of metal to which are loosely attached a number of rings of the same material1 serving as a gauge to measure the finger1 each ring differing from the others by a slight fraction4 #eba4 ,,laundry ,,bag4--,hotel keepers want a bag adapted to the carrying of washing1 so as to avoid the unsightly baskets of washerwomen4 ,a large ornamental bag should be constructed with apartments for different kinds of wearing apparel4 #ebb4 ,,sole ,,cement4--,a cement which could take the place of pegs1 nails1 and threads in the manufacture of shoes would revolutionize the trade and make money for the patentee4 #ebc4 ,,goods ,,exhibitor4--,on an upright column attach a number of steel or wooden rods radiating like the spokes of a wheel1 and made to turn by clock-work machinery4 #ebd4 ,,shoe ,,stretcher4--,a metal frame made adjustable to any shoe by having its parts extended or depressed and worked by a tiny crank4 ,the extension of the frame when the crank is turned stretches the shoe4 #ebe4 ,,cork ,,ejector4--,a simple means by which the cork can be ejected from within would supplant all prevalent methods and bring wealth to the inventor4 #ebf4 ,,lemon ,,squeezer4--,a squeezer of a new type1 having a tongue to pierce the fruit1 and making a hole just large enough for the juice to be extracted by the squeezer1 but not large enough for the pulp to escape4 ,the only squeezer which presses the lemon without cutting it in half4 ,the inventor of the glass lemon squeezer made a large fortune4 #ebg4 ,,spring ,,wheel4--,a wheel with inner and outer rim1 and the space between filled with springs would afford much easier riding than the present method4 #ebh4 ,,the ,,plural ,,capsule4--,capsules made so as to be divided in order that one-half or one-quarter the quantity can be taken4 #ebi4 ,,the ,,dose ,,bottle4--,this might be called the neck measurer4 ,a bottle whose neck holds exactly the dose1 and an arrangement for closing the lower end of the neck when it is full4 #ecj4 ,,fisherman',s ,,claw4--,a large1 steel claw somewhat on the principle of a net1 but with many advantages1 might be invented4 ,the claw when opened should cover three or four square yards of water4 ,it closes with a spring attached to the handle4 ,quite as much sport in this as with the hook and line4 ,the right article ought to have great sales4 #eca4 ,,pocket ,,scale4--,a little scale capable of being carried in the pocket1 so as to be instantly at service in weighing small articles would be appreciated and purchased by almost every one4 #ecb4 ,,toy ,,bank ,,and ,,register4--,there is needed for the holding of children's money a bank with a device attached for registering the amount which it contains4 ,a cheap device of this kind would be a great improvement on the present toy bank4 ,the inventor of one of the principal banks for children now in use is said to have made half a million dollars out of his invention4 #ecc4 ,,the ,,paper ,,match4--8,the time-honored scheme of rolling up a piece of paper and using it for a lighter could be utilized by an inventor in the manufacture of matches10 says the ,national ,druggist4 8,the invention would revolutionize match manufacturing1 because the wood for this purpose is constantly growing scarcer and more costly4 ,the matches would be considerably cheaper than the wooden ones1 and also weigh less1 a fact which counts for much in the exportation40 #ecd4 ,,illuminated ,,type4--,here is an idea which if properly worked ought to put the inventor on the high road to fortune4 ,why could not our newspaper-type1 by the use of phosphorous1 after the manner of the illuminated watch dial1 be illumined so that the print could be read in the dark8 ,illuminated type may be a newspaper feature of the coming century4 #ece4 ,,paper ,,bottles4--,if a paper bottle could be made as serviceable as glass1 its many other advantages would make it an ,el ,dorado for the inventor4 ,its lightness in transportation and its freedom from breakage would cause it to come into general use4 ,especially on shipboard1 where bottles are constantly broken by the roll of the vessel1 would such an invention be hailed with joy4 #ecf4 ,,the ,,paper ,,sail4--8,paper sails10 says the ,railway ,review1 8are meeting with considerable favor4 ,they are cheaper than canvas sails1 and they are soft1 flexible1 and as untearable as the original article40 ,there is room for invention here4 ,treated with the proper solutions1 it may be that paper will entirely displace cloth in the wings of our ships4 ,section #ab4 ,money in the ,street4 #ecg4 ,,street ,,sweeper4--,a device like the present carpet sweeper to be used on paved roadways will command a large sale4 #ech4 ,,phosphorescent ,,street ,,numbers4--,who has not been vexed in trying to locate an unfamiliar house in the dark8 ,in many streets not one number in a hundred can be seen in the night4 ,contrive some means of illuminating these numbers1 and you will confer a boon to others and reap a reward for yourself4 #eci4 ,,buggy ,,top ,,adjuster4--,a contrivance for raising or lowering the buggy top so that it can be readily operated from the buggy-seat4 #edj4 ,,shoulder ,,pack4--,men persist in carrying in their hands that which could be borne between the shoulders with much less strain4 ,who will give us a convenient pack to be carried upon the back8 #eda4 ,,adjustable ,,cart ,,bottom4--,a cart with device for lowering the bottom to the ground or nearly so1 for the easy reception of the goods1 with jack for raising the same when loaded4 ,every merchant1 carter1 and expressman would hasten to possess himself of this invention4 #edb4 ,,nailless ,,horse ,,shoe4--,a rubber shoe1 which can be easily adjusted to a horse's foot without nails4 ,the advantages would be many and the sales numerous4 #edc4 ,,elastic ,,ring4--,an elastic ring for hitching horses4 ,one with snap buckle for opening so as to receive both the bridle and the object to which it is to be attached4 ,as the ring is elastic1 it will fit any hitching post or tree4 ,it would be welcome to everybody who owns a horse4 #edd4 ,,heel ,,cyclometer4--,an indicator fixed in the heel of a boot or shoe so that each step records itself1 and by which the pedestrian is enabled to tell the distance he has covered4 #ede4 ,,whip ,,lock4--,a cheap device to be placed in the whip-stock of a carriage for securing the whip against theft4 ,if it could be sold for ten cents every driver would have one4 #edf4 ,,rein-,,holder4--,a contrivance attached to the dashboard and which holds the reins securely in position and prevents them from being switched under the horse's tail4 #edg4 ,,automobile4--,the horseless carriage is sold at prices ranging from #a1hjj to #c1jjj4 ,josef ,hofman1 the great pianist1 says he is confident he can build one for #cjj4 ,here is a great opportunity for mechanical electricians4 #edh4 ,,the ,,low ,,truck4--,it would be a great advantage to carters if a truck could be constructed whose body would be much nearer the ground than the one in present use4 ,great expense as well as expenditure of muscle would be saved if by some arrangement the cart body could be as low as eighteen inches from the ground4 #edi4 ,,automatic ,,horse-,,fastener4--,the man will make a fortune who can devise some means whereby the rider can fasten his horse and unfasten him without alighting from the vehicle4 #eej4 ,,the ,,foot-,,cycle4--,persons who know the ease and exhilaration of skating as compared with walking will be interested in an effort to invent a foot-cycle which will do for the foot on the ground what the skate does on the ice4 ,the roller-skate does this in a measure1 but it is adapted to hard surfaces only4 ,what is needed is something in the order of a miniature bicycle--a machine capable of going over surfaces hard and soft1 in fact1 a sort of bicycle skate4 ,here is vast room for a fertile inventor4 ,section #ac4 ,money in ,farming ,contrivances4 #eea4 ,a ,,corn ,,cutter4--,a machine to run between the rows and cut the stalks on each side would sell to every farmer2 and there are #d1efe1jjj farmers in the ,united ,states4 #eeb4 ,,frost ,,protector4--,a chemical combination whose product when ignited is chiefly smoke4 ,all farmers suffer from late and early frosts4 ,they would pay liberally for a smoke producer which would protect their crops1 for it is known that a very little smoke acts as a mantle to keep off the frost4 ,they should be made cheap so that half a hundred might be placed to the acre4 ,farmers are the most numerous class of people1 and fortunes await those who can invent anything for their benefit4 #eec4 ,a ,,farm ,,fertilizer4--,wanted--a fertilizer more powerful and less bulky than those in use4 ,we have condensed meat extracts for the table2 why not better condensation of food for the farm8 ,chemists will find no better paying employment for their brains than in this direction4 #eed4 ,a ,,postless ,,fence4--,for posts substitute a windlass at each corner of the field so as to keep the wires taut4 ,if the field is large or irregular1 more windlasses would be required1 but they could be manufactured at a cost much less than that of posts4 #eee4 ,,automatic ,,gate ,,opener4--,fix an iron bar or rail with a spring contrivance in such a way that the pressure of wagon wheels on one side of the gate releases a spring and causes the gate to fly open1 while the pressure on the opposite side causes it to close4 ,the arrangement of the contrivance on one side is of course the reverse of that on the other4 #eef4 ,,corn ,,planter4--,a long1 hollow cylinder filled with seed corn and having rows of holes placed at regular intervals for dropping the kernels1 and wedge-like or plow-shaped pieces of iron between the rows so as to throw up a light covering of soil1 would plant easily twenty-nine acres a day4 ,such a simple contrivance would cost only a few dollars1 and would command a ready sale to agriculturists4 #eeg4 ,,the ,,all-,,seed ,,planter4--,a device like the above1 the wheels and gearing remaining the same1 but with the cylinder fixed so as to be readily detached1 and other cylinders substituted1 having the rows and sizes of holes adapted to the planting of any kind of seed4 ,these sets of cylinders would make the machine much more expensive than the one in the former article1 but it would be much cheaper than separate machines for different seeds4 #eeh4 ,,fertilizer ,,distributor4--,one constructed on the plan of the street-sprinkling cart would make much of the farm labor easier than it now is4 #eei4 ,,bone ,,cutter4--,farmers want a cheap bone cutter--cost not to exceed #e--;by which bones and sea-shells can be cut into small bits for fowls4 ,bone is an egg-producer1 but no cheap means has been invented for utilizing this kind of refuse4 #efj4 ,,bucket ,,tipper4--,a bucket with an attachment at the bottom connecting with a finger-piece at the top1 so that the bucket can be tipped and its contents emptied without the wetting of the hands4 #efa4 ,,post ,,hole ,,digger4--,a four-sided metal casing is driven into the ground by a sledge-hammer4 ,a small handle sunk in one side of the casing pulls a metal plate through the earth at the bottom1 thus making an earth-filled box4 ,two more stout handles on the top are for lifting the digger and its contents4 ,a digger which could be made for #e would sell by the ten thousand4 #efb4 ,,well ,,refrigerator4--,farmers often keep articles in the well2 but if an accident to the rope occur1 the articles of food are often spilled1 thus spoiling the water in the well1 and entailing great annoyance and expense4 ,invent a way by which a well may be a safe ice-box4 #efc4 ,,multiple ,,dasher ,,churn4--,a churn which is constructed on the principle of the common egg-beater1 and which is operated from the top instead of the side or end4 ,a fortune in this4 #efd4 ,,fruit ,,picker4--,an open bag fixed at the end of a long pole with a shears operated by a string in the hand of the picker4 #efe4 ,,portable ,,fence4--,a fence in which the posts are made of steel or iron two inches in diameter1 and tapering at the end so as to be readily driven into the ground4 ,such a fence may be carried in a wagon and set up anywhere in a few minutes4 #eff4 ,,poultry ,,drinking ,,fountain4--,a round wooden dish with a large cone occupying the central space1 except the narrow channel near the rim4 ,this will prevent the fowls from getting their feet in the water and fouling it1 while at the same time the cone is a reservoir of supply4 ,there should be a faucet allowing the water to drip slowly so as to keep the channel filled4 #efg4 ,,poultry ,,perch4--,a movable perch1 with an erect post and numerous projecting arms4 ,it has the advantage that it can be removed and cleansed4 #efh4 ,,mole ,,trap4--,one of the greatest pests of the farmer1 and the most difficult to catch is the mole4 ,invent a trap whose upper part shall be somewhat like an old-fashioned hetchel1 full of sharp spikes2 the under part is a platform1 and releases a spring when the mole steps upon it4 #efi4 ,,seed ,,sower4--,apply the principle of the revolving nozzle in the lawn sprinkler to a machine for the sowing of seed4 #egj4 ,,milker ,,and ,,strainer4--,construct a pail in two parts1 the upper part to receive the milk directly from the cow while a strainer separates it from the lower part4 ,thus the milk can be taken from the barnyard already strained4 #ega4 ,,paper ,,milk ,,can4--,in time milk cans will probably be constructed of paper4 ,the saving in cost of transportation would cause every farmer to hail the construction of such an invention4 #egb4 ,,plant ,,preserver4--8,a ,german chemist10 says ,merck's ,report1 8has prepared a fluid that has the power when injected into the tissue of a plant of anesthetizing the plant4 ,the plant does not die1 but stops growing1 maintaining its fresh1 green appearance1 though its vitality is apparently suspended4 ,it is also independent of the changes of temperature4 ,the composition of the fluid is shrouded in the greatest secrecy1 but as the process is not patented the secret may be discovered and utilized by another investigator40 ,section #ad4 ,money in the ,mails and in ,writing ,materials4 #egc4 ,,the ,,reversible ,,package4--,there is needed a package or paper box in which legal papers or merchandise sent for approval can be turned inside out and remailed to the sender4 ,such a device would have a large demand4 #egd4 ,,copying ,,paper4--,a paper used for duplicating manuscripts would command a ready sale4 ,the carbon paper now employed is very expensive4 #ege4 ,,word ,,printing ,,typewriter4--,some typewriters have as many as fifty keys4 ,a small increase in number would cover the words in common use4 ,many words can be omitted1 and yet the sense be conveyed4 ,letters or postal cards1 consisting of one1 two1 or three lines could thus be written in one moment4 #egf4 ,,transparent ,,ink ,,bottle4--,produce an ink-bottle of which the glass shall not be so opaque as the one in common use and in which the depth of the ink is clearly seen1 thus avoiding the too deep dipping of the pen1 with the result of blots on the page and stains on the fingers4 #egg4 ,,double ,,postal ,,card4--,the ,united ,states ,government would no doubt consider favorably a postal-card made double1 so that one part could be readily torn from the other and remailed1 the one part containing the message and the other left blank1 save for the sender's name and address4 #egh4 ,,the ,,safety ,,envelope4--,an envelope such that it is impossible for it to be surreptitiously opened without the fact being discovered4 ,the government seeks such an envelope4 #egi4 ,,combination ,,cover ,,and ,,letter4--,an envelope to which is attached a half-sheet of paper which folds in the cover1 thus making only one piece4 #ehj4 ,,always ,,ready ,,letter ,,paper4--,there is room for a device whereby letter paper can be fed out to the writer as desired1 so that the pen or machine may travel continuously without stopping for new sheets4 #eha4 ,,ink ,,regulator4--,an inkstand provided with a tiny wooden disk which floats on the surface of the ink4 ,the slightest touch of the pen depresses the disk and permits the pen to be filled1 and at the same time prevents it from dipping too far1 and thus making an unsightly daub on the holder and fingers4 #ehb4 ,,the ,,pen ,,finger4--,might not a device be attached to the forefinger which could serve the uses of a pen8 ,think what ease and speed would be gained if one could write directly with one's finger instead of employing the entire hand4 #ehc4 ,,pen ,,rest4--,there is room for a device which shall rest upon the paper and support the pen while the latter is writing4 ,those who do every day a vast amount of writing would appreciate this invention4 #ehd4 ,,perpetual ,,pen ,,supply4--,on a slight elevation have an inkstand with an opening at the bottom to which is attached a small piece of hose1 the other end being connected with a hollow pen holder1 thus insuring a perpetual flow of ink4 ,a saucer on the writing table containing a tiny cup or several tiny cups holds the pen or pens in an upright position when not in use1 care being taken that the pens in that position are higher than the reservoir1 so as to cut off the supply4 #ehe4 ,,letter ,,annunciator4--,constructed on the principle of nickel and slot4 ,the weight of the letter in the house letter box pushes up into view a red card1 thus announcing the presence of mail matter at a distance1 and avoiding the opening of the box in vain4 #ehf4 ,,envelope ,,opener4--,most people open envelopes at the end1 often with trouble and awkwardly1 but almost every envelope has one of the flaps a little loose near the corner4 ,a small flat piece of steel with ivory handle such as could be disposed of for ten cents1 would be salable4 #ehg4 ,,mail ,,stamper4--,a stamper constructed upon a letter box so that it would be impossible to insert a letter without at the same time stamping it4 ,the ,united ,states ,government would pay a large sum for such a device4 #ehh4 ,,rotary ,,stamper4--,a wheel broad enough to contain the name desired1 and which is operated by taking the handle and drawing or pushing the wheel over the matter to be stamped4 ,it would be ten times quicker than the ordinary way4 #ehi4 ,,invisible ,,ink4--,an ink which is invisible1 and must be treated by some chemical to make it appear4 ,it would be invaluable to those carrying on a secret correspondence4 ,section #ae4 ,money in ,dress4 #eij4 ,,bachelor',s ,,buttons4--,invent an eyeless and threadless button1 somewhat on the style of the envelope-clasp4 ,the million or more bachelors would surely buy them4 #eia4 ,,shoe ,,fastener4--,some device is needed for the quicker and surer way of fastening shoes4 ,the button is inconvenient and the tie is unreliable4 ,the ,foster kid glove fastener made the inventor a man of millions4 #eib4 ,a ,,trousers' ,,guard4--,one which will effectively prevent the wear at the bottom4 ,trousers commonly give way first at the end of the legs4 ,the trousers-wearing world is vexed by garments frayed at the bottom4 #eic4 ,,twentieth ,,century ,,shoe4--,it will be one without laces or buttons4 ,the upper can be taken off or put on instantly when desired1 and yet be waterproof4 ,there is a gold mine in that shoe4 #eid4 ,,combination ,,tie ,,and ,,collar4--,a time saver which can be adjusted instantly1 and yet be separable when desired4 ,you would not have lost the train but for the delay in fixing your collar and tie4 ,thousands of minutes saved every day mean as many thousands of dollars in the pockets of the fortunate inventor4 #eie4 ,,spring ,,hat4--,not a hat to be worn only in the spring1 but a hat with a padded spring on each side1 so that it will fit closely in all kinds of weather1 and whether the hair is long or short4 #eif4 ,,the ,,rear-,,opening ,,shoe4--,a shoe in which the foot could enter from the back instead of from the top would have the double advantage of ease of adjustment and elegant appearance4 ,the buttons or lacings would then all be upon the sides4 ,there is a possibility of much money here4 #eig4 ,,detachable ,,rubber ,,sole4--,an invention whereby a rubber sole may be attached to an ordinary shoe in wet weather1 or to the shoes of base ball and tennis players to prevent them from slipping4 #eih4 ,,the ,,instantaneous ,,cement4--,for the last-named invention as well as for hundreds of other cases1 there is required a cement which will set in a minute4 ,the man who will produce it can live at his ease the rest of his days4 #eii4 ,,elastic ,,hat ,,pin4--,a flexible pin provided with a clasp at the head so that the pin may be bent around and secured1 thus lessening the danger from that formidable weapon4 #fjj4 ,,starch-,,proof ,,collar ,,band4--,shirts first wear on the collar4 ,millions of otherwise perfectly sound garments have to be thrown away because the collar band is worn out by the use of starch in ironing4 ,here is the inventor's opportunity4 #fja4 ,,dress ,,shield4--,ladies are often inconvenienced in keeping their dresses out of the mud1 both hands being occupied4 ,a dress shield attached to the dress does the work4 #fjb4 ,,sleeve ,,holder4--,an elastic cord passes between the fingers with a grip at each end for holding the sleeve of a coat while an overcoat is being donned4 #fjc4 ,,the ,,convertible ,,button4--,the button which can be so contrived as to be made into a flower holder when required would have an unlimited sale4 #fjd4 ,,paper ,,clothing4--,many of the ,japanese wear paper clothing4 ,the idea might be extended to warm climates1 and in the summer season to our own climate4 ,will not the time come when we shall hear of 8,moses' ,patent ,paper ,trousers10 and 8,isaacs' ,patent ,paper ,coats80 ,section #af4 ,money in ,personal ,conveniences4 #fje4 ,,the ,,pocket ,,umbrella4--,few things are in more common or universal use than the umbrella1 and yet what a cumbersome1 awkward thing it is4 ,who will invent one that can be folded1 packed and pocketed8 ,a ,mr4 ,higgins1 by the invention of the sliding thimble for umbrellas received #ajj1jjj cash as royalties on his patent4 ,a pocket umbrella should realize for its inventor much more than that4 #fjf4 ,,the ,,million ,,match4--,a slow-burning match1 which will burn four times as long as the ordinary one4 ,such a device contains a million dollars1 for it would drive all other matches out of the market4 8,a ,hungarian named ,janos ,irinyi1 the inventor of the lucifer or phosphorus match1 sold his patent for #c1ejj40 #fjg4 ,,finger-,,nail ,,parer4--,a fine blade1 especially adapted to the rounded shape of the finger-nail4 ,it may be attached to an ordinary penknife4 #fjh4 ,,the ,,watch ,,pad4--,a small watch set in the center of a square pocket pad1 so that the engagements for the day may be marked upon a paper opposite the time fixed4 ,the pad should have a sufficient number of leaves to last a month or more4 ,when all have been torn off1 the watch can be attached to a new pad4 #fji4 ,,pocket ,,bill ,,holder4--,within a flat1 leather case1 suitable to be carried in the pocket1 construct a device for holding bills for collection on one side and for bills for payment on the other4 ,every business man wants it4 #faj4 ,,extension ,,umbrella4--,an umbrella capable of extension in one direction so as effectually to shelter three persons4 ,it must be made on a radically different plan from the kind now in use4 #faa4 ,,portable ,,desk4--,a desk which can be conveniently carried under the arm1 hung upon a nail when it is not desired for use1 and in unfolding presents a stand and all the materials for writing4 #fab4 ,,flower ,,holder4--,a spring between the ends of pieces of wood will cause the opposite ends to press firmly together4 ,these ends will press firmly to the lapel of the coat1 and the coil of the spring will hold the stem of the flower4 #fac4 ,,hat ,,lock4--,a device for securely locking a hat in a public place so that it can be removed only by the owner2 a coat lock also would be useful4 #fad4 ,,spring ,,shoe ,,heel4--,a spring inclosed within the leather of the heel so as to facilitate walking4 ,it would be of special aid to the sick and the feeble4 #fae4 ,,self-,,igniting ,,cigar4--,some day an inventor will make a stupendous fortune by a cigar which can be ignited by simply rubbing the end1 as a match is now rubbed in lighting4 #faf4 ,,spring ,,knife4--,a pocket knife in which the blade can be opened by touching the spring1 thus avoiding the vexation of broken finger-nails4 #fag4 ,,phosphorescent ,,key ,,guard4--,a device which will serve the double purpose of covering the hole when the key is not in use and for finding the hole when the key is inserted4 #fah4 ,,knot ,,clasp4--,an effective clasp which will securely hold a knot4 ,parcels are constantly becoming untied and shoes unlaced when an effective clasp would prevent it4 ,it must be very cheap4 #fai4 ,,single ,,match ,,delivery4--,a penny-in-the-slot machine for use in cigar stores1 but operated free of cost4 ,the machine should deliver but a single match at a time4 #fbj4 ,,watch ,,head ,,cane4--,a small watch fixed in the head of a cane would be a great convenience to walkers4 #fba4 ,,book ,,case ,,chair4--,an easy chair1 provided with a small rack for books on each arm4 ,specially adapted for invalids4 #fbb4 ,,coin ,,holder4--,a device by which coins are in sight in a traveler's purse1 and by touch of a spring he can cause to fall the exact coin he wants4 ,very convenient for ferries1 cars and cabs4 #fbc4 ,,the ,,pocket ,,punch4--,a simple punch by which with a pressure on a pocket one could secretly make a record every time he paid out money1 and thus keep an account of his daily expenses without resort to bookkeeping4 #fbd4 ,,mouth ,,guard4--,if you can invent a mouthguard which will be both simple and ornamental and prevent contamination when drinking at public fountains or in partaking of the communion cup in churches1 you will confer much favor upon the community and reap large funds for yourself4 #fbe4 ,,parcel ,,fastener4--,a hook and eye capable of instant insertion in the wrapping of paper parcels would be sold by the million4 ,section #ag4 ,money in ,household ,conveniences4 #fbf4 ,,the ,,warning ,,clock4--,a clock which will give notice of its wants when it is nearly run down4 ,a simple device which it should be easy to contrive and quick to sell4 #fbg4 ,a ,,slot ,,gas ,,machine4--,one which will operate a certain length of time by the payment of a nickel and automatically close when the money's worth is consumed4 ,it would be invaluable for small consumers4 #fbh4 ,,revolving ,,flower ,,stand4--,a clock-work device so that all plants in a cone or pyramid could get their share of a sun-bath4 #fbi4 ,,window ,,shade ,,screen4--,the inventor would make a fortune who could devise something for windows which would be a shade or screen or both as occasion required4 #fcj4 ,,baby ,,walker4--,a light frame1 mounted on four casters1 partially supporting the baby and permitting him to propel himself in any direction4 ,only the four posts need to be made of wood4 ,for the rest1 two or three light pieces of cloth are sufficient4 ,it should not cost over fifty cents--better at twenty-five cents4 ,every mother with a baby would want one at the latter price4 #fca4 ,,detachable ,,shower ,,bath4--,every house should be equipped with a shower-bath1 but few have one which can be readily attached to and removed from the supply pipe of the bath room4 ,a cheap article would have an almost universal sale4 #fcb4 ,,carpet ,,beater4--,every husband would buy a machine that would beat carpets and thus save himself that drudgery or the expense of hiring a man4 #fcc4 ,,carpet ,,stretcher ,,and ,,fastener4--,unite in one device a stretcher and fastener1 thus doing away with the mischievous tack and the damage of piercing the carpet4 #fcd4 ,,step-,,ladder ,,chair4--,a chair so contrived that it may be thrown into a short step-ladder4 ,a greatly needed device for the house4 #fce4 ,a ,,window ,,fly-,,gate4--,apply the principle of the fly-trap to the window screen4 ,in this way the flies in the house may pass out1 but those without will not come in4 #fcf4 ,,double ,,window ,,shade4--,it is often desirable to shade the lower half of a window for the sake of privacy1 while the upper half is left open to let in light1 but the present window shade covers the wrong half of the window4 ,construct a shade which will be fastened to the bottom and work up to meet the other1 or else a single shade which works exclusively from the bottom4 #fcg4 ,,folding ,,baby ,,carriage4--,one which will occupy no more room than an ordinary chair4 ,perhaps your ingenuity could make an article which would be a chair and a baby carriage combined4 #fch4 ,a ,,scrubbing ,,machine4--,the handle just above the brush passes through a cylinder holding two or three quarts of water1 the bottom of the cylinder being pierced with holes so that the brush is supplied with water4 #fci4 ,,catch-,,all ,,carpet-,,sweeper4--,a sweeper with an appliance for running into the corners of rooms would supersede the sweepers now in use4 ,section #ah4 ,money in the ,saving of ,life and ,property4 #fdj4 ,,safety ,,shafts4--,a device for separating the shafts from the body of the carriage in the case of a runaway1 and thus insure the safety of the occupants4 #fda4 ,,pocketbook ,,guard4--,nearly all ladies carry the pocketbook in the hand4 ,a device should be invented for fastening it securely to the hand so that it could not be snatched by a thief4 #fdb4 ,,cheap ,,burglar ,,alarm4--,if you can invent an effective burglar alarm which can be sold at ten cents per window1 you will have a monopoly in that article4 #fdc4 ,,collapsible ,,fire ,,escape4--,one which may be folded or rolled and kept beneath the window-sill1 and which1 when occasion requires1 may be extended by throwing the unattached end to the street4 #fdd4 ,,air ,,tester4--,we have a barometer to test the vapor and a thermometer to test the heat4 ,who will make a contrivance that will test the quantity of pure oxygen in our rooms1 and also detect the presence of disease germs8 ,vast possibilities of wealth and fame open in this direction4 #fde4 ,,life ,,boat ,,launcher4--,the two ends of the boat should be attached to the arm of a crane1 one chain of which swings the boat clear of the ship1 while another releases it from its fastenings4 ,to the inventor this will be ,fortunatus' boat4 #fdf4 ,,saw-,,tooth ,,crutch4--,provide a crutch with teeth on the under side so that it can be used on ice or sleety pavements without slipping4 #fdg4 ,,elevator ,,safety-,,clutch4--,such a clutch has recently been invented1 but it acts too suddenly2 what is needed is one which in time of accident will bring the elevator to a stop slowly4 #fdh4 ,,gun-,,guard4--,a rubber guard for guns which will prevent their accidental discharge4 #fdi4 ,,pocket ,,disinfector4--,one has often to go into unhealthy neighborhoods and places where disease germs lurk4 ,a small flat can1 filled with some disinfectant which could be conveniently squirted1 would be not only a killer of offending odors1 but also a saver of life4 #fej4 ,,automatic ,,fire ,,alarm4--,procure some substance easily melted by heat2 which1 when melted1 releases a spring which operates an alarm bell4 #fea4 ,,key ,,fastener4--,a little thought properly applied will invent a device whereby a key in a door will be proof against a burglar's nippers1 it being impossible to turn the key until the device is removed4 #feb4 ,,lightning ,,arrester4--,why has there been no improvement in the ancient1 unsightly1 and expensive lightning rod8 ,this is the more remarkable since electricity is so much better understood now than formerly4 ,invent a cheap means of arresting the deadly fluid1 and of turning it into a harmless channel4 #fec4 ,a ,,window ,,cleaner4--,one which will do the work as well as human hands1 and at the same time do away with the peril of life and limb while cleaning the outside of high windows4 #fed4 ,,safety ,,rein4--,a third rein attached loosely to the others1 but capable of being drawn tight under the horse's chin1 thus throwing his head back and stopping him when disposed to run4 #fee4 ,,the ,,rope-,,grip4--,a grip which will take a firm hold of a rope of any size and not abrade the hand as in the ordinary method of descending by a rope4 #fef4 ,,scissors ,,guard4--,an attachment to the scissors which closes over the parts when not in use1 and thus prevents accidents to or by children by their unskilful use4 #feg4 ,,the ,,double ,,pocket4--,a pocket in two parts1 the lower part easily opened by the owner1 but of sufficient difficulty to baffle pickpockets4 #feh4 ,,fire ,,extinguisher4--,now we will give you the secret of a fire extinguisher that will do more with the same amount of chemicals used than any patented fire extinguisher in the world4 ,a small demijohn is filled with a substance that looks like water1 but sells for the price of brandy4 ,half a dozen of these demijohns scattered about a building will protect it from conflagration1 for it contains a liquid which is the most inimical to fire that is known4 ,a gallon of it thrown on the flames will subdue any ordinary fire1 and yet--here is the secret--it is nothing but aqua-ammonia4 ,section #ai4 ,money in the ,laboratory4 #fei4 ,,fly-,,killer4--,there is needed some powerful chemical that will destroy flies the moment they enter the house1 and yet be harmless to man4 ,he will become richer than ,crsus who shall give us the much needed boon4 #ffj4 ,,artificial ,,egg4--,the art of chemistry is now so far advanced that a clever student of the science ought to compound an egg which will be so cheap and such a clever imitation of nature1 as to enable him to make money by his skill4 #ffa4 ,,sediment-,,liquefier4--,find a chemical substance that will liquefy the residual substances in barrels4 ,there would be an enormous demand for a composition that would do the work effectively4 #ffb4 ,,fire ,,kindler4--,a material which will kindle both wood and coal without addition of paper1 shavings1 or any other article4 #ffc4 ,,egg ,,preserver4--,no process has yet been found for preserving eggs for months and keeping them as fresh as newly-laid ones4 ,here is the chance for the practical chemist4 #ffd4 ,,mosquito ,,annihilator4--,the greatest pest is the mosquito4 ,if some chemical could be found which could be squirted liberally upon the marshes1 which are the breeding place of the mosquito1 and thus annihilate the pest1 a long suffering public would shower its benefactor with gold4 #ffe4 ,,artificial ,,fuel4--,there is needed a fuel that can be produced as cheap as wood for use in the spring and fall1 when the weather is too mild for the use of the furnace4 #fff4 ,,the ,,flamless ,,torch4--,there are hogsheads full of money for the man who will invent an igniter which will cause combustible matter to burn1 but will not itself flame--a device which can ignite a lamp instantly by a thrust down the chimney1 or light the gas without the usual hunt for a match4 #ffg4 ,,chemical ,,eraser4--,some chemical should be produced which will effectively erase the marks of a pen and leave the paper the same as before4 ,section #bj4 ,money in ,tools4 #ffh4 ,,the ,,instantaneous ,,wrench4--,a monkey wrench1 the jaws of which may be adjusted instantly1 instead of by the screwing process now in vogue4 #ffi4 ,,the ,,double ,,channeled ,,screw ,,head4--,a screw in which the head has two channels instead of one1 crossing each other at right angles4 #fgj4 ,,the ,,double ,,power ,,screw ,,driver4--,the last invention requires another1 a screw driver1 also double at the end1 by means of which twice the power may be acquired in the insertion of screws4 #fga4 ,,the ,,multiple ,,blade ,,parer4--,a knife with several blades so arranged as to cut the skin of the fruit on all sides at once1 and with a gauge to fit it to any size of fruit4 #fgb4 ,,knife ,,guard4--,a knife with a guard for peeling fruit1 preventing the fruit from being pared too deep4 #fgc4 ,,the ,,all-,,tool4--,a pocket device on the principle of a many-bladed knife1 except that instead of blades the things which open from the handle1 besides the single blade1 are a saw1 gimlet1 file1 cork-screw1 screw driver and other useful tools4 #fgd4 ,a ,,nail ,,carrying ,,hammer4--,a device for holding nails to a hammer4 ,carpenters would work twice as fast4 ,section #ba4 ,money in the ,cars4 #fge4 ,a ,,speed ,,indicator4--,a contrivance for determining the speed of street railway cars4 ,the speed is governed by law1 but there is no practical means for determining how great it is4 ,the laws of all our cities will insure the success of such an invention4 #fgf4 ,,automatic ,,car-,,coupler4--,a device is needed whereby the simple impact of one car upon another will cause a coupling-pin to be inserted in place4 ,if you can contrive a system by which cars can be coupled by the same mechanism now employed for air-brakes1 every one of the million or more cars on our railways will be equipped with it4 #fgg4 ,,the ,,fender ,,car-,,brake4--,a fender so constructed that when it strikes an obstacle a brake is released which binds the wheels4 ,hundreds of lives would be saved every year4 ,companies which now pay heavy sums for loss of life and limb would buy such an invention on most liberal terms4 #fgh4 ,,folding ,,car-,,step4--,to avoid the difficulty of alighting from a car or of climbing into one when a car is not at a platform1 invent a step which folds up when not in use4 #fgi4 ,,car ,,signal4--,a device for signaling would-be passengers when the car is full4 ,the law will soon require such a device1 and then there will be a rush of inventors to reap the reward4 8,the early bird catches the worm40 #fhj4 ,,automatic ,,water ,,tank4--,here is a valuable suggestion to railway engineers and mechanics4 ,it is believed that it is entirely feasible to construct a railway water tank that shall work automatically4 ,it is to be done by utilizing the waste steam of the engine4 ,it is a new application of the old principle of the forcing of water into and out of a steam-tight chamber by the alternate admission thereto and condensation therein of live steam4 ,the condensation produces a vacuum1 and the pressure of the external atmosphere forces water into the tank4 ,it is only necessary to locate the tank within suction distance of its water supply1 and there is the saving of wages1 fuel and repairs4 ,it has been recently stated that the cost of pumping at the railway stations of the ,united ,states last year amounted to #g1jjj1jjj1 or an average of #gjj per station4 ,who will put these millions in his pocket by devising an automatic water-tank8 ,section #bb4 ,money in ,making ,people ,honest4 #fha4 ,,the ,,housekeeper',s ,,safety ,,punch4--,we want a device which will do away with the need of trusting to the honesty of the ice-man1 grocer1 baker1 and others who supply our daily wants4 #fhb4 ,,the ,,unalterable ,,check4--,invent a small1 flat leather case with lock and key1 into which the check or checks will securely fit4 ,only the signer of the check and the officer of the bank have the key4 ,the latter1 after paying the check1 holds the case for the depositor4 ,this would make it impossible for the check to be raised1 or1 if lost1 for a dishonest finder to have it cashed1 as he would be unable to give either the name or the amount4 ,the cases should be made very cheap so that a depositor could possess a number at a trivial cost4 #fhc4 ,,egg ,,tester4--,one which will test eggs by a new method and grade them according to the length of time they have been laid1 such as three days' eggs1 three weeks' eggs1 packed eggs1 etc4 #fhd4 ,,umbrella ,,lock4--,a small attachment to an umbrella which will serve as a lock when in place1 and will do away with the intolerable nuisance of stolen umbrellas4 #fhe4 ,,the ,,guaranteed ,,box4--,there is sore need of a patented box guaranteed to hold exactly one quart4 ,not only do present measures differ1 but the custom of dealers is not uniform with regard to a heaping or an even measure4 ,section #bc4 ,money in ,traveler's ,articles4 #fhf4 ,,the ,,adjustable ,,trunk4--,some kinds of traveling bags can be adjusted to suit the degree of baggage a traveler needs4 ,some similar arrangement should be supplied for trunks4 ,a half-filled trunk is more apt to be broken than a full one4 #fhg4 ,,the ,,hollow ,,cane4--,one which will contain many small articles for the use of travelers4 #fhh4 ,,the ,,elastic ,,trunk ,,strap4--,avoid the hard work of strapping trunks as well as the unsightly straps by inventing an ornamental band which will do by elasticity what is now done by the buckle4 #fhi4 ,,the ,,slide ,,bag4--,an extension handbag in which when required the ends may be slid out so as to treble the space1 and when empty may be slid back1 making it very small4 #fij4 ,,the ,,outfit ,,trunk4--,there should be a trunk with various divisions for the reception of articles1 like the drawers of a bureau or the compartments of a writing desk1 in which everything can be properly placed4 ,section #bd4 ,money in ,toilet ,articles4 #fia4 ,,curling ,,iron ,,attachment4--,a wire frame attached to a lamp4 ,the top part1 which is fixed on the lamp chimney1 should have a depression for holding a curling iron4 ,may be sold to every lady for ten cents4 #fib4 ,,the ,,hinge ,,blacking ,,box4--,invent a blacking box with a hinge top1 and thus avoid the difficulty of opening it in the old way1 and also the nuisance of soiled hands4 #fic4 ,,the ,,mirror ,,hair ,,brush4--,a combined toilet article for travelers1 the handle of the brush being enlarged so as to hold the comb1 which is released by a spring1 and the end of the brush containing a small mirror4 #fid4 ,,the ,,soap ,,shaving ,,brush4--,a shaving brush with a tin casing containing soap4 ,turning the brush makes a lather all ready for application to the face4 ,very convenient for travelers4 ,section #be4 ,money in ,amusements4 #fie4 ,,the ,,ducking ,,stool4--,a game for seaside resorts4 ,bathers would like a large pool or tank where1 by a system of planks fastened to a central post1 two bathers could go alternately up and down1 one being in the water while the other was in the air1 an arrangement like the see-saw which children are so fond of4 ,it should have sufficient capacity to accommodate a number of bathers at once1 and should be as near as possible to the sea1 so as to be available by persons in bathing suits1 who have already had a salt bath4 #fif4 ,,the ,,double ,,motion ,,swing4--,a swing or scup1 in which the swinger can raise himself up and down at the same time he is being carried backward and forward4 #fig4 ,,the ,,folding ,,skate4--,the man who will invent a skate which can be folded and put in the pocket will not only confer a boon upon millions of skaters1 but will also put a snug fortune in his own pocket4 #fih4 ,,bicycle ,,boat4--,a boat in which the pedal movement1 as used in the bicycle1 is employed for driving power1 and the boat is propelled in the water somewhat after the manner that the bicycle goes upon the land4 ,section #bf4 ,money in ,war4 #fii4 ,,the ,,slow ,,explosive4--,a shell that will penetrate the armor of a vessel before exploding and not1 as now1 at the instant of contact4 ,a military officer in ,france says that a fortune awaits the man who shall invent such a shell4 #gjj4 ,,the ,,transparent ,,cartridge4--,a mica cartridge would have the advantage of being transparent1 permitting the slightest chemical change to be detected1 and the danger of premature explosion avoided4 ,mica has the peculiar property of withstanding intense heat4 #gja4 ,,ship',s ,,bottom ,,cleaner4--,here is an invention that would be cheap at any price2 one that would clean the bottom of seagoing vessels without the necessity of docking4 ,even if it cost as much as docking1 it would still be a great invention of immense utility1 because it would save the time of a long voyage4 ,it is believed that the road to this invention lies in the direction of electricity1 whose industrial applications are so rapidly multiplying4 ,there is more fame and fortune in this than in the much-lauded revolving turret4 #gjb4 ,,self-,,loading ,,pistol4--,there is room for improvement in small arms4 ,a pistol ought to be invented which will fire eight or ten shots in rapid succession1 the discharge continuing simply by the holding back of the trigger4 ,in many kinds of fireworks the balls are sent off in succession in this way1 while the piece is held in the hand4 ,apply the same or a similar principle to the pistol1 and your reward will be that of a ,mauser or a ,maxim4 ,section #bg4 ,money in ,minerals4 #gjc4 ,,galvanized ,,iron4--,if you can discover a process for galvanizing iron which will save one-tenth of a cent in its present cost1 you will1 figuratively speaking1 sink a shaft into an endless mine of gold1 for the amount of galvanized iron now in use is enormous1 and the range of its usefulness is constantly increasing4 #gjd4 ,,metal ,,extractor4--,a solution which will precipitate gold or silver from the ore1 and thus save immense sums now expended in the crushing of the ore4 ,such an invention would revolutionize the mining industry1 and make the inventor enormously rich4 ,mr4 ,edison says3 8,i am convinced there is not a single abandoned gold claim in the world1 where gold has ever been discovered1 from which the precious ore cannot be extracted in quantities to pay a big margin of profit over the cost of operation40 #gje4 ,,gold ,,paint4--,henry ,bessemer invented gold paint1 which remains a secret to this day4 ,at first he made one thousand per cent4 ,to-day it yields three hundred per cent4 ,here is a chance for the man of brains1 as the monopoly lies in a secret and not in a patent4 ,section #bh4 ,money in ,great ,inventions ,unclassified4 #gjf4 ,,storage ,,of ,,power4--,no man with brains need go to the ,klondike4 ,diggings that pay infinitely better will be found in your own little workshop4 ,vast fortunes await those who can think out some means of utilizing the natural forces1 such as tides1 winds1 wave power1 and sunshine4 ,these forces can be and soon will be stored compactly1 so as to respond promptly to sudden drafts of power4 ,the future of the entire world's work lies along these lines1 and there will be inventions and enterprises that in importance will dwarf the discovery of steam power and revolutionize the world's commerce4 #gjg4 ,,pictorial ,,telegraphy4--,one of the greatest fortunes ever made by inventors will be realized by him who succeeds in making a perfect picture by means of the electric wire4 ,already inventors are at work trying 8to send pictures by telegraph10 and some have nearly succeeded2 but the first in this hot race will go to the head of millionaire inventors4 #gjh4 ,,solidified ,,petroleum4--,here is a fuel which1 if possible--and it seems entirely so--will turn the world upside down4 ,it is said that petroleum can be compressed into a solid1 and that three cubic feet will represent the bulk of a ton of coal1 and will last combustible as long as fifty tons4 ,think of the immense saving to our merchantmen1 steamboat1 and war vessels4 ,instead of five thousand or six thousand tons of coal1 they will have only a few petroleum sticks4 ,no invention of early or modern times contains such possibilities of economy in commerce1 of revolution in means of transportation1 and of limitless fortune to the lucky discoverer1 as this one that promises or threatens to displace coal1 as yet the greatest factor in the world's progress4 ,here is a prize alluring enough to call out the keenest and most devoted powers of the scientific inventor4 #gji4 ,,non-,,inflammable ,,wood4--,the vast benefit of a non-inflammable wood has long been realized4 ,as long ago as #afbe1 a patent for such a process was taken out in ,england1 but the old inventors labored under the disadvantage of being ignorant of the chemical and physical qualities of wood4 ,but the time is now ripe for a successful invention of that kind4 ,the difficulty is to get rid of the combustible gases in the wood without at the same time destroying the cells4 ,this difficulty could probably be overcome by placing the wood in a vacuum1 admitting steam1 and thus1 vaporizing the moisture of the wood1 drawing off the product of the vapor4 ,then1 if the wood should be saturated with certain salts1 it would doubtless be found that the combustible gases would be destroyed1 and the carbonization of the wood under high heat prevented4 ,if the process should be successful1 the demand for the wood would be enormous1 as it would be immediately required for all vessels1 and indeed1 for all buildings4 ,the possibilities of wealth from such an invention almost surpass the limit of the imagination4 #gaj4 ,,suction ,,pipe4--,there are many delicate operations in manufacture which are now performed at great expense by hand1 but which could be done better and cheaper by a gentle air pressure4 ,the inventor of a device of this kind for spreading and shaping the tobacco leaf in cigar manufacture has his patent capitalized for #b1jjj1jjj1 and it is paying sixty per cent4 interest4 ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,soil4 ,relation between ,soils and ,skulls--,the ,secrets of ,successful ,farming--,why go to ,alaska when there are ,gold ,mines at the ,home--,jute1 a ,keyword to ,fortune--,a ,million ,dollars in this ,suggestion--,what ,ignorance ,costs the ,american ,farmer--,a ,rival of ,king ,cotton--,doubling ,one's ,money in ,fowls--,how to get a ,big ,apple ,crop every ,year--#f1jjj a ,year to go to ,south ,america--,or1 ,if you want to ,go ,west1 ,uncle ,sam will give you a ,slice of ,land--,onions the 8,open ,sesame0 to ,fortune--,breaking ,records with ,potatoes--,yankees and ,hickory ,nuts--,how 8,plunger0 ,walton made a ,fortune in ,two ,years--,the ,great ,elmendorf ,stock-,farm4 ,we often hear it said that there is no money in farming4 ,on the other hand1 there are few occupations in which there is so much money1 if the work is carried on in the right way4 ,the trouble is that people often think it takes little intellect to be a farmer4 ,the truth is just the reverse4 ,to get returns out of the soil there must be brains in the skull4 ,we know a farmer on ,long ,island with less than sixty acres of land who has acquired a fortune in fifteen years of close application to the problems of the farm4 ,he has found the secret of knowing how to make ,nature give down her milk4 ,every foot of land is under cultivation1 and although he employs often as many as two score of men1 he gives every part of the work his personal inspection4 ,further than this1 his three secrets of success1 he tells us1 are1 ,what1 ,when and ,where--,what to plant1 ,when to plant1 and ,where to market4 ,do you know it is a fact that #ejj1jjj1jjj more was received from the sale of crops this year than last8 ,what do you think of that1 you ,klondikers who suffer hardships in the ,alaskan mountains for the sake of a little gold which1 after all1 you will probably never get8 ,if the gold output of the newly discovered regions of the far ,north reaches this year #aj1jjj1jjj--;a most liberal estimate1 and probably two or three times the actual yield--remember that the soil right here at home1 with one-half the labor and none of the risk of life1 has yielded fifty times that amount4 ,and this is not the actual yield1 but only the surplus over and above what the fields gave the year before4 ,five hundred millions of gold more than last year dug out of the soil--think of it6 ,in the following examples we only give the byways of farming--that is1 what can be done1 by the cultivation of a single product1 and not what may be accomplished in the regular way4 ,of course1 much more can be made by the raising of several staples1 and by a systematic rotation of crops4 #gaa4 ,,substitute ,,for ,,silk4--,send to the ,department of ,agriculture for jute seed4 ,jute will take dye as a sponge takes water1 and it has a gloss which makes it capable of being used in combination with silk so as to defy detection4 ,remember that when a thing can be made to look like some other thing at one-twentieth the cost1 it opens the way for mines of wealth4 ,a word to the wise is sufficient4 ,jute needs a warm climate1 and you must go to the ,southern ,states4 #gab4 ,,washington ,,pippins4--,they are known as ,newtown ,pippins1 but let us give you a secret4 ,the soil of the ,state of ,washington is so adapted to this apple that you can raise from one-fourth to one-half greater crops than in any other ,state4 ,apple raisers1 remember this4 #gac4 ,,dorsets ,,and ,,downs4--,fancy breeds of sheep6 ,two hundred million dollars worth of wool from these breeds were imported last year4 ,that was what we paid for a name1 and for our ignorance in not knowing that we can raise just as good sheep here4 ,reader1 if you want a share of this #bjj1jjj1jjj1 study a good book about sheep farming1 purchase a few of these two famous breeds1 and put the wool on the market as the genuine ,dorset2 for so it is4 ,the place counts for not one atom--only the breed4 #gad4 ,,american ,,cheese4--,here again we are foolishly playing into the hands of foreigners1 paying #a1ejj1jjj every year for that which can be produced equally as good and cheap at home4 ,everybody should know that there is no better spot on the globe for the kind of pasture that makes delicious cheese than ,delaware ,county in the ,state of ,new ,york4 ,we pay these millions to foreigners because we do not produce enough at home2 but here1 within two or three hours freightage of the metropolis of the ,western ,world1 we have the best cheese-producing country on earth4 #gae4 ,,business ,,apples4--,we call them ,business ,apples because they will mean a good business for you if you are wise enough to undertake their culture4 ,go to ,missouri and try the ,ben ,davis variety4 ,the soil of that ,state is the best for that kind of apple4 ,a man there set out two hundred trees1 and last year sold #dej worth of ,ben ,davis apples4 ,at the same rate1 one thousand trees1 covering about five acres1 should bring you #b1ejj4 #gaf4 ,,fortunes ,,in ,,poppies4--,here is another new idea4 ,france has caught upon it2 why may not the farmer of this country8 ,five hundred thousand pounds of opium are sold every year in our drug stores1 but it has been thought that the drug could only be raised in the ,east4 ,this is a mistake4 ,the ,french farmers sold #e1jjj1jjj francs worth last year4 ,it yields a net profit of #be an acre and requires little culture4 ,it may yet become a rival of ,king ,cotton in our ,southern ,states1 but those who are wide-awake enough to be the first in the field will reap the lion's share of this new bidder for our enterprise4 #gag4 ,,the ,,capon ,,farm4--,one hundred per cent4 capons6 ,this is the actual experience of a raiser4 ,he operated on forty1 sent them to market and realized #ci4bd4 ,he estimates the cost of keeping at less than fifty cents each4 ,there are few investments in which the gross proceeds are double the cost4 ,in addition1 the raising of capons may be carried on with the ordinary poultry farm4 #gah4 ,,barrels ,,of ,,baldwins4--,the home of this market favorite is ,northern ,new ,york and ,northern ,new ,england4 ,it is a hardy tree4 ,apple trees commonly bear only every second year1 and often cease to bear altogether4 ,the secret of success is to stir the soil and add a little fertilizer4 ,good ,baldwins1 commanding from #b4ej to #c4ej per barrel1 may be raised every year with the certainty of clockwork1 if the owner only exercises proper diligence and care4 #gai4 ,,rare ,,rodents4--,money in rats and mice6 ,in killing them8 ,no1 in raising them4 ,at the pet-stock department and appendage of the poultry show in ,new ,york recently1 rats and mice1 white or finely marked1 brought all the way from #a to #ab1 according to the fineness of the colors4 ,it will be a revelation to most farmers that there is money in creatures which they have hitherto regarded as pests to be put out of the way4 #gbj4 ,,mortgage-,,lifter ,,oats4--,so-called because a man developed a particular variety1 and with the sales1 advertised as fancy seed and bringing more than double the ordinary kind1 lifted a crushing mortgage from his farm4 ,you can develop a variety as well as he4 ,give it a taking name1 and advertise freely4 #gba4 ,,record-,,breaking ,,dates4--,a date plantation of five hundred or six hundred acres1 and capable of holding thirty thousand trees1 can be bought for #ejj4 ,the fifth year after planting the trees should bear sixty thousand pounds of dates1 worth at least #f1jjj4 ,pretty good return for #ejj6 ,dates are raised chiefly in ,south ,america4 #gbb4 ,,dollar ,,wheat4--,western farmers have contended that if they could command #a a bushel for wheat they could get rich4 ,this year their hopes have been realized4 ,if it is1 as many believe1 the beginning of better times for the wheat-raiser1 and the cereal can be kept at that price1 you have but to follow the advice of ,horace ,greeley1 and 8,go ,west0 to become a rich man4 ,the government will give you the land1 and industry and economy will do the rest4 #gbc4 ,,leaf ,,tobacco4--,where tobacco can be raised1 farmers have abandoned nearly every other crop4 ,it needs a rich1 warm soil1 and some experience in order to insure success2 but if you 8once learn the trade10 you will hardly try to raise anything else4 ,north of ,virginia1 it must be raised it the 8bottom-lands0 of the rivers4 ,price1 #h to #aj per one hundred pounds4 #gbd4 ,,tree ,,nursery4--,the expense of a tree nursery is almost nothing beyond the first investment4 ,small trees before transplanting may be set one foot apart1 and hence an acre will hold about forty-four thousand4 ,at nine cents apiece--the average price--this means #c1ifj4 ,deduct for labor and expressage4 ,the success of the tree merchant depends almost solely on his finding a market4 #gbe4 ,,round ,,number ,,onions4--,the round number of one thousand bushels to the acre has been done1 and can be done under favorable circumstances4 ,in a certain district in ,fairfield ,county1 ,conn41 nearly all the men are well-to-do farmers4 ,ask them the secret of their success and the one reply will be 8onions40 ,here1 surely1 even in rocky ,connecticut1 farming pays4 ,they get from seventy-five cents to #a4be per bushel4 ,the crop is not always a safe one1 dependent upon weather conditions2 but1 taken one year with another1 the farmers do well1 and steadily add to their bank account4 #gbf4 ,,potato ,,profits4--,let us see what can be done with potatoes4 ,in a prize contest recently the average per acre was #dfe bushels4 ,the highest was #ige bushels4 ,the price per bushel was from sixty to sixty-six cents4 ,the next profit was on the average #bfj per acre and in case of the highest was about #ejj4 ,of course this is vastly above what is accomplished by the ordinary farmer1 but it shows what can be done with good soil1 liberal dressing1 prolific variety1 and thorough tillage4 #gbg4 ,,golden ,,geese4--,here is one man's experience3 8,i bought a gander and three geese4 ,from the geese ,i received yearly forty eggs each in two litters1 or a total of #abj4 ,i find that from this number of eggs ,i can safely count on seventy-five per cent of matured chicks1 or ninety goslings4 ,the weight when fatted is #hee pounds1 and at twenty cents a pound ,i receive #aga4 ,cost of keeping is #df4 ,profits1 #abe4 ,of course1 the sum varies one year from another1 but this is my average for five years40 ,at the same rate the goslings from #ajj geese would pay a net profit of #d1abe1 but if they paid only one-quarter that sum it would still be a profitable investment4 #gbh4 ,,california ,,prunes4--,this great state has now #he1jjj acres planted with prunes1 and produced last year #fe1jjj1jjj pounds4 ,the crop has grown from nothing to this enormous amount in the last few years4 ,people do not rush into an enterprise in this way unless they are pretty sure it is a good thing4 ,the 8good thing0 in this case is that prunes costing one and one half cents per pound to raise sell for six and seven cents1 and the prune raisers are all getting rich4 #gbi4 ,a ,,bee ,,farm4--,here is another ,california bonanza4 ,says a man in the southern part of the ,state3 8,last year ,i marketed ten tons of extracted honey1 and three tons of comb honey1 all from #aed colonies4 ,i received on an average ten cents per pound1 or a total of #c1fjj4 ,the space employed was #a1chf feet1 or somewhat less than an acre40 #gcj4 ,,the ,,apple ,,acre4--,a man in ,new ,england said that after forty years experience1 raising all kinds of crops1 he found that his apple orchard averaged #ee per acre1 which was better than any crop on his other #bjj acres of land4 #gca4 ,,the ,,sugar ,,beet4--,purchase a farm within a few miles of a sugar beet factory4 ,with proper cultivation you can grow nine tons to the acre1 and the factory price should be #d4ej per ton4 ,the thriftiness of the beet makes little trouble with weeds1 and hence the expense of raising is not one-fourth that of onions4 #gcb4 ,,gilt-,,edged ,,breeds4--,the sum of #e1ajj was recently paid for a ,poland-,china boar4 ,a litter of pigs of this breed brought #c1ejj4 ,these sums seem almost incredible1 but when people have both the mania and the money they will pay any amount to gratify their taste4 ,there are persons who take as much pride in pigs as others do in horses4 ,the best way to succeed with new breeds is to cultivate a strain for yourself4 ,it requires time1 patience and experience1 and some outlay in risk1 but in the end it pays1 especially if one has the gift of knowing how to trumpet his stock4 #gcc4 ,,december ,,layers4--,with a trifling expense you can have eggs at ,christmas as well as at ,easter4 ,the price is often more than double at the former season4 ,connect with hot water-pipes and keep your hens warm4 ,a cold hen never lays an egg4 ,a poultry expert says if a flock is well cared for the whole year round1 it should pay annually for each hen #a net4 ,at the same rate a flock of four hundred would bring a net income of #djj4 #gcd4 ,,florida ,,celery4--,in ,florida the first growers made from #ejj to #a1ejj per acre4 ,competition has reduced the price1 but at present rates men with six acres are getting a comfortable support1 and those who have the means to cultivate a large farm of this popular vegetable are rapidly growing rich4 #gce4 ,,oneida ,,hops4--,it takes a good many hops to weigh a pound1 but growers in ,oneida ,county1 ,new ,york1 have raised #a1djj pounds per acre1 receiving therefor #aab4 ,probably this is somewhat better than the average1 but profits in even low-price years are better in that section of the country than for any other crop4 ,hops are a safe and easy crop4 #gcf4 ,,boston ,,beans4--,they are not raised in ,boston--only baked there4 ,they are a hardy crop1 and will grow on any properly cultivated soil4 ,one year with another they bring #b4ej per bushel4 ,beans are the surest of all crops1 and if the price were only as certain1 you could figure out your income in advance almost as accurately as if employed on a salary4 #gcg4 ,,christmas ,,trees4--,buy for a few hundred dollars an abandoned farm too poor for culture1 and pack it with small evergreens4 ,christmas trees command from fifty cents to #e1 and you can grow a thousand of them on a single acre4 ,there are fortunes in what is called worthless land if you know how to improve it4 #gch4 ,,the ,,guaranteed ,,egg4--,a great business can be done with a guaranteed egg4 ,success depends upon the absolute perfection of your egg4 ,have a stamp made1 and stamp every egg with the name of your farm1 and offer to replace any one found faulty4 ,also stamp the date on which they are taken from the nest4 ,in this way you will absolutely protect your product from the frauds of dealers1 your eggs will attain a wide reputation1 will have an unlimited demand1 and you will grow rich4 ,there is a mine of gold in this suggestion4 #gci4 ,,double ,,vegetable ,,culture4--,here is an idea of a ,new ,jersey farmer4 ,he has conceived the notion of grafting tomatoes on potatoes vines1 or an air crop on a root crop1 and thus raising vegetables at both ends4 ,there is nothing impracticable in the notion1 and it is doubtless entirely feasible1 if only he is liberal enough with his fertilizers4 ,this is an idea for growers who have only a limited space1 and where land is high4 #gdj4 ,,english ,,shires4--,colts from ,lord ,rothschild's stud farm last year averaged #hge4 ,it costs little more to keep a good horse than a poor one4 ,there are great possibilities in the raising of fine-blooded horses4 ,the colt that won the great ,futurity race this year could have been easily bought for #gjj before the race4 ,now #bj1jjj will not purchase him4 8,plunger0 ,walton made #cej1jjj in two years on the turf4 ,at the ,elmendorf stud farm near ,lexington1 ,ky41 a short time ago thirty-three yearling colts were sold at prices ranging from #aej to #e1ajj1 the average price being #a1dfj4hg per head2 at the same time twenty yearling fillies brought an average of #fgf4ej per head1 the forty-three yearling colts and fillies being the product of one breeding farm and selling in one day for #dg1acj or an average of #a1jie4hj per head4 #gda4 ,,fortunes ,,in ,,nut ,,shells4--,land too poor for meadow or even for pasture may be utilized for nut-growing4 ,the trees require little attention1 but will produce bushels of nuts if the soil is properly stirred and fertilized every year4 ,one man in ,connecticut raises each year #ajj bushels of hickory nuts from ten trees1 and sells them at #b a bushel4 ,the rocky1 waste lands of ,new ,england can grow millions of these trees4 ,chestnuts can be grown cheaper than wheat4 ,the standard price is #d to #h per bushel1 but large chestnuts1 early in the season1 that is1 in ,september and ,october1 bring from #aj to #ae per bushel4 ,judge ,salt1 of ,burlington1 ,n4 ,j41 says he has a chestnut tree in the middle of a wheat field that pays more than the wheat4 ,the average is about #ai per tree1 and twenty trees have ample room in an acre4 ,this makes #cjj per acre with but little cost for cultivation4 ,here is something of importance about the pecan4 ,the chief pomologist at ,washington1 ,d4 ,c41 says3 8,the cultivation of nuts will soon be one of the greatest and most profitable industries in the ,united ,states1 and there is no use in denying the fact that the ,texas soft shell pecan is the favorite nut of the world40 ,the average yield of these nuts in ,north ,carolina is #cjj to #ejj per acre4 ,some pecan trees in ,new ,jersey are producing annually five to six bushels of delicious1 thin-shelled nuts4 ,,chapter ,,xvii4 ,,money ,,in ,,literature4 ,profits of the ,pen--,ten ,cents a ,word--,a ,millionaire ,novelist--#c1jjj for a ,short ,story--,how ,hall ,caine ,won a ,fortune--,a ,pilgrimage of ,publishers--8,one ,thousand ,times ,across the ,atlantic0--#e1jjj for a ,song--,suggestions to ,writers--,what ,it ,pays to ,write4 ,literature requires the least capital of any enterprise with the possibilities of rich reward and wide renown4 ,a pen1 a bottle of ink1 a ream of paper1 and--brains4 ,these are all4 ,there is no occupation so discouraging to the one who lacks the last-named quality and few so alluring to those who possess it4 ,authors are supposed to write for fame1 but fame and fortune are twin sisters which are seldom separated4 ,hack writers are indeed hard worked and poorly paid1 but in the higher walks of literature rewards are generous4 ,in ,london1 the rates to first-class writers are #ajj per #a1jjj words4 ,in one case #ace was paid1 and in another #age demanded4 ,amelia ,barr1 the famous novelist1 receives #bj1jjj a year from the sale of her books4 ,there is a great deal of subterranean literature unknown to the critics and the magazine writers1 but which1 nevertheless1 pays handsomely4 ,one ,richebourg1 of ,paris1 has #d1jjj1jjj readers1 and often receives #ab1jjj for the serial rights alone1 yet he is unknown to the magazine public4 ,in this country the 8,albatross ,novels10 by ,albert ,ross1 sold to the extent of a million copies1 and the author acquired such a fortune that he was able to engage in charity on a magnificent scale1 yet the author is unknown to fame4 ,among the instances of the pecuniary rewards for single works are 8,les ,miserables10 by ,victor ,hugo1 which brought #hj1jjj and 8,trilby10 which netted the author the princely sum of #djj1jjj4 8,quo ,vadis10 by ,sienkiewicz1 sells all over the world1 but its author had already made half a million dollars with his pen before he wrote that popular book4 ,it is not our purpose in this chapter to treat of books requiring transcendent genius to create1 but rather to suggest titles of works which may be composed by less gifted authors1 books1 which if written with fair ability cannot fail to be of interest and profit4 #gdb4 ,,the ,,popular ,,novel4--,this is the best paying form of literature4 ,the pen that can touch the popular heart may not be a gold one1 but it will bring gold into the pockets of him who wields it4 ,amelie ,rives received #f1jjj for 8,according to ,st4 ,john40 ,lord ,lytton received #g1ejj for some of his novels4 ,of the 8,heavenly ,twins10 #ej1jjj copies were sold in #ahid2 of the 8,bonny ,brier ,bush10 #cj1jjj in five months2 and of the 8,manxman0 #ej1jjj in four months4 ,of ,mrs4 ,henry ,wood's 8,east ,lynne10 #djj1jjj have been sold1 and her thirty-four books have reached altogether over #a1jjj1jjj copies4 ,in ,france1 there are sold every year of ,feuilleton's works1 #ej1jjj2 of ,daudet's1 #hj1jjj1 and of ,zola's1 #ij1jjj4 ,hall ,caine received outright a check for #ej1jjj for 8,the ,christian40 ,he had struck the popular chord with the 8,deemster40 ,there was almost a pilgrimage of publishers to the ,isle of ,man to make engagements for the pen of the new writer when that book was launched upon the market4 #gdc4 ,,the ,,short ,,story4--,the short story is very popular in this country1 and has attained a perfection reached nowhere else in the world4 ,the rules of success in this department are briefly these3 ,first1 to be strikingly original2 second1 to write simply and naturally2 and third1 to condense into the smallest compass4 ,be brief4 ,this is the age of electricity4 ,many a story of #aj1jjj words has been rejected when if it had contained half that number it would have been accepted4 ,publishers pay liberal rates for short1 good stories4 ,the ,new ,york ,herald recently paid ,mollie ,e4 ,seawell #c1jjj for a short story4 ,within a very short time a magazine has offered a price of #a1jjj for the best short story2 another has made the same offer2 and a third one of #ejj4 ,among the publications that pay the authors the highest rates are ,harper's ,magazine1 the ,century1 ,mc,clure's1 the ,youth's ,companion1 and the ,ladies' ,home ,journal4 ,there are several others that pay nearly as much4 #gdd4 ,,the ,,village ,,reporter4--,write up some event that occurs in your neighborhood4 ,any leading newspaper will pay for it if well written4 ,it must be spicy1 but not ornate4 ,put in strong1 nervous adjectives2 color well4 ,take care not to make it libelous4 ,if you succeed you can try again1 and if you show aptness at the work you will doubtless secure a position as a reporter4 #gde4 ,,the ,,truth ,,condenser4--,facts for the million6 ,do you know that a cyclopedia of the most useful information can be written in a single volume8 ,the 8,britannica0 has twenty-five volumes4 ,the 8,international0 fifteen4 ,here is needed the faculty of condensation4 ,use facts only1 and you will be surprised to find how many articles consist only of words4 ,make use of the great cyclopedias1 the newspaper almanacs1 government reports1 and all books in which knowledge is condensed4 ,pack the book full of the things the millions want to know4 #gdf4 ,,town ,,history4--,write a short history of your native town or of some other town4 ,publish the portraits1 and residences or places of business1 of the leading townsmen4 ,mention in the book everybody in the town whom you can4 ,even for the most humble can be found a place in a work of genealogy4 ,the wealthy will give you large sums for the illustrations1 and the vanity of the poor will cause them to buy a book in which their name appears4 ,cost of issue of book1 #a1jjj4 ,one thousand subscribers at #b apiece1 #b1jjj4 ,one hundred of the wealthier class who will pay you #aj apiece for their portraits1 #a1jjj4 ,profits1 #b1jjj4 ,if you are satisfied with the result1 go on to the next town1 and so on ad infinitum4 #gdg4 ,,the ,,shoppers' ,,guide4--,a small book could be issued in paper covers for twenty-five cents1 giving an explanation of every kind of goods1 the difference1 and the best kinds and brands4 ,not one person in twenty is posted on these things1 and must take the clerk's word4 ,it should show what firms make a specialty in any line or department1 and on what days they make a discount4 ,merchants would no doubt pay you at advertising rates for such a notice of their places of business4 ,the book should include dry-goods and fancy stores as well as grocers and meat markets4 ,such a book should sell by the million4 #gdh4 ,a ,,birthday ,,book4--,we have the 8,shakespeare ,birthday ,book10 the 8,tennyson ,birthday ,book10 the 8,emerson ,birthday ,book10 and many others4 ,add one more1 the 8,richter40 ,the writings of ,jean ,paul abound in felicitous and eloquent passages1 just suited for such a work4 #gdi4 ,a ,,church-,,workers' ,,book4--,a man had a half-written book on church-work1 dividing it into twenty branches with one thousand working plans to be given by the most successful ministers and other ,christian workers in the land2 but owing to a pressure of other duties he was unable to complete it4 ,this lead is still unworked4 #gej4 ,,household ,,economics4--,a book can be written by one who understands the subject which it would pay every housekeeper to buy4 ,the kitchen alone should supply at least one hundred examples of waste4 ,the care of servants would employ another important part of the book4 ,every room would afford a chapter4 ,such a book1 telling the inexperienced housekeeper what to buy and how to economize would save money for many a beginner4 #gea4 ,,the ,,plain ,,man',s ,,meal4--,a book with this title should have a ready sale4 ,all cook books are for persons who can keep a butler1 or at least one or two servants4 ,the recipes are expensive4 ,write one by means of which an economical housewife can get a meal for four at an expense of fifty cents4 ,a regular menu for each meal for every day of the year would be appreciated4 ,plain food and simple cooking at cheap cost4 ,the book should not be over #cjj pages1 and should not sell for more than one dollar4 #geb4 ,,present ,,century ,,celebrities4--,nothing in history is harder to find out than the lives of persons in the last generation4 ,history tells us the remote past1 contemporary literature tells us about the present1 but there is no book that tells us about the recent past4 ,the men who were prominent in statesmanship1 commerce and literature1 two or three decades ago are not heard of now4 ,a new generation has come upon the stage and knows them not4 ,this is a want felt by every one who takes the slightest interest in times and men4 ,get out a book with a short chapter devoted to each of the prominent men who have lived in the last half of the nineteenth century4 ,if this work seems too voluminous1 then let it comprise only the leading men in our country since the ,civil ,war4 ,if well written it should command a great sale4 #gec4 ,,readers' ,,guide ,,book4--,a guide book for good reading which can be sold for #a is a desideratum4 ,enumerate a few of the best books of all the great departments of literature with a short critique upon each4 ,the list of the books as well as the critiques can be condensed from any of the ponderous reference lists in our great libraries4 #ged4 ,,american ,,eloquence4--,there should be a book published which would preserve the different types of ,american eloquence4 ,if it could be made a kind of text-book on oratory1 it would have an immense sale4 ,tens of thousands of young men are fitting themselves to be lawyers1 preachers1 elocutionists1 and public speakers in various capacities4 ,they want a book which will give them the rules and models of effective speech4 ,a book written with so much care as to make it a kind of standard of eloquence and oratory would pay well for the painstaking task4 ,our standard schoolbooks have proved mints of money to their authors4 #gee4 ,,racers' ,,record ,,book4--,a book which should be a reliable record of the fastest times made in horse races1 bicycle meets1 and sporting matches1 ought to have a ready sale4 ,it should consist of condensed tables of all the records of all the great races1 interspaced with blank leaves for the jotting down of new records4 ,there are at least a million men interested in racing1 and at a very moderate estimate one-quarter 7#bej1jjj7 ought to buy your book1 which1 we will say1 sells for twenty-five cents4 #gef4 ,,your ,,own ,,physician4--,we want a book on health1 written from the latest point of view of hygiene and physiology4 ,get a symposium of physicians to write on such topics as dress1 diet1 exercise1 sleep1 medicine1 baths1 etc4 ,most physicians would regard the advertising benefits of these articles as sufficient remuneration1 while at the same time their names would help to sell the work1 but if necessary pay them for their services4 ,entitle the work1 8,your ,own ,physician10 and sell it on subscription1 the canvasser showing how much cheaper it is to keep well at #b--the price of the book--than to get well at #bjj--the charge of a physician for services in a long spell of illness4 #geg4 ,,the ,,boy',s ,,astronomy4--,a small book about the sun1 moon and stars1 made attractive for beginners4 ,it should teem with illustrations1 and the youthful reader should be fascinated as he follows the sun and moon in their courses1 learns how eclipses occur1 and understands about meteors1 comets1 and nebul4 ,there should also be directions for finding the principal stars on any night of the year4 ,such a book should command a ready sale1 for he who writes for boys and girls has the largest market4 #geh4 ,,recreations ,,in ,,chemistry4--,a bishop of the ,methodist ,episcopal ,church once wrote a book entitled 8,recreations in ,astronomy10 which has had a very large sale4 ,but there is just as much room for 8,recreations in ,chemistry10 if written with as much imagination and skill4 ,it should contain such fascinating chapters as 8,chemistry of a ,candle10 8,the ,dynamics of a ,dewdrop10 8,the ,evolution of an ,oak40 ,the chief points in the authorship should be accuracy and a charming style4 #gei4 ,,the ,,curiosity ,,book4--,a book packed with the curious things in every department of human research4 ,people like to read about the rare and the curious4 ,a hundred chapters1 short1 spicy1 and containing each a few wonderful things in a special field of learning1 would be very popular with both young and old4 ,as a gift book it would be unexcelled4 ,there is money in it4 #gfj4 ,,the ,,child',s ,,bible4--,a ,bible which shall contain the numerous stories so connected in narrative form as to make a continuous history from beginning to end4 ,it should be very simple1 and in no way do violence to the sacred record4 ,if properly written1 this book could be sold by canvassers in almost every home1 and should bring much gain to the author4 #gfa4 ,,guide ,,to ,,trades4--,a complete guide to all the important professions1 occupations1 callings and trades4 ,this work should show the opportunities in each trade1 the comparative chances of success1 the remuneration1 and a few simple rules for guidance4 ,it should bristle with facts1 and should also give one or two examples in the form of stories--short autobiographies still better--of men who have been successful in each department of work4 ,the advantage of this book is that it has no competitor1 covering an entirely new field in authorship4 #gfb4 ,,the ,,pleasure ,,book4--,here is a unique idea for a book4 ,let there be three hundred or more sections1 one for every week day in the year1 and let each section contain a different form of amusement4 ,books on games1 riddles1 sports1 etc41 can be drawn upon for supplies4 ,as you must provide enjoyment for all kinds of weather1 it will be well to have a short alternative for rainy days in each section4 ,the amusement should be of the greatest possible variety1 from the fox-hunt in the fields to the thimble-hunt in the parlor4 ,as a large number of people have leisure only at night1 perhaps a work entitled1 8,three ,hundred ,happy ,evenings0 would be better than the suggestion above1 though it would necessarily have to leave out most outdoor sports4 ,holidays should have a more elaborate programme4 #gfc4 ,,the ,,soldier',s ,,book4--,there are #gej1jjj survivors of our ,civil ,war4 ,it would be too much to publish in one book even the briefest account of each4 ,the work should be published in several parts1 a volume to a ,state4 ,in a ,state like ,new ,york1 three lines only could be given to the record of a private1 but even for the briefest mention of himself and his comrades nearly all the old soldiers would buy the book4 ,in smaller ,states more space could be given to each man's record4 ,considerable capital would be required in the collecting of facts and records1 but the publication of such a work would certainly pay1 if accurately written and thoroughly canvassed4 ,we have estimated the cost of collecting the information at twenty-five cents for each soldier4 ,it would be much less in great cities where a large number of men could be seen in one day4 ,cost for #ajj1jjj soldiers1 #be1jjj4 ,such is the vanity caused by seeing one's name in print that the book would sell at least to every second soldier4 ,fifty thousand copies at #b4ej1 #abe1jjj4 ,deduct one-fourth for cost and getting out the book1 #ca1bej4 ,discount for canvassers at one-third the price of the book1 #da1fff4 ,total cost1 #gb1iaf4 ,profits1 #ea1jhd for #ej1jjj copies4 #gfd4 ,,book ,,of ,,style4--,a man well versed in books could write a small volume on literary style which could be sold to advantage for #a per copy4 ,the number of literary men is constantly increasing4 ,more than #aj1jjj young men and women are graduated every year from our colleges4 ,at a very low estimate1 #be1jjj would want a work of this kind4 #gfe4 ,,science ,,of ,,common ,,things4--,a book of great interest to everybody could be compiled from the vast body of matter contained in the last quarter of a century in such periodicals as the ,popular ,science ,monthly1 the ,scientific ,american1 etc4 ,it should contain a number of chapters about the heating and ventilating of dwellings1 about clothing and food1 about road making and house building1 and many other things1 and be written in such a fascinating style as to make the work attractive1 even to persons who ordinarily take no interest in such discussions4 ,the success of such a book depends entirely upon its style4 ,it is possible to write one containing a fortune for the author4 #gff4 ,,popular ,,songs4--,if you are a musical composer there is another rich field which invites you4 ,many a man in the making of bars and clefs has braided strands of gold4 ,daniel ,emmett wrote 8,dixie10 and it ran like wild fire all over the country4 ,stephen ,foster made a fortune with 8,old ,folks at ,home10 ,charles ,k4 ,harris wrote 8,after the ,ball40 ,its sales were over a million copies1 and it made him an independently rich man4 ,h4 ,w4 ,petrie wrote 8,i ,don't ,want to ,play in ,your ,yard40 ,its success was phenomenal1 and is likely to prove a bonanza to the author2 #ej1jjj copies were sold before they were fairly dry from the press4 ,edward ,b4 ,marks1 a young writer of ,new ,york1 wrote 8,the ,little ,lost ,child10 which netted him #ae1jjj4 ,sir ,arthur ,sullivan received #ej1jjj for his famous song1 8,the ,lost ,chord40 ,mr4 ,balfe got #dj1jjj for 8,i ,dreamt that ,i ,dwelt in ,marble ,halls40 #gfg4 ,,foreign ,,translations4--,another very wide field is that of the translation of foreign works4 ,there are vast numbers of foreign works upon which there are no copyrights in this country1 and others upon which the copyrights have expired4 ,this is a profitable field and comparatively unworked4 ,even of such transcendant works as those of ,george ,sand and ,balzac only a few have been translated4 ,publishers pay for translations about the same as royalties on original works4 ,dryden received #f1jjj for his translation of ,virgil1 and ,pope received #dj1jjj for his rendering of the 8,iliad40 #gfh4 ,,children',s ,,stories4--,there are bags of money in children's stories4 ,every child at a certain age wants to read or be read to1 and there are seven million of this age in the ,united ,states4 ,the stories should be short1 bright1 simple and original1 and the book should contain a number of illustrations4 ,whoever pleases the children pleases the world4 8,alice in ,wonderland0 brought a fortune to its author1 and every year ,christmas stories for the children bring much money into the pockets of the writers4 #gfi4 ,,condensed ,,stories4--,all the popular and standard fiction of the world could be condensed into a dozen volumes by a master hand4 ,it has never yet been attempted4 ,some omnivorous reader and ambitious writer may yet try it4 ,he must get the heart of the story--the plot--without regard to side issues1 by-plays1 or ornamentation4 ,see in how few words you can tell one of the ,waverley novels without omitting any of the main features4 ,then publish the entire series in one volume4 ,it is a new idea1 and ought to take4 #ggj4 ,,the ,,manner ,,book4--,how to ,act1 ,how to ,behave1 ,how to ,eat1 ,how to ,talk1 ,how to ,write ,letters1 ,how to ,propose--in short1 the correct way to get on in life4 ,a book consisting of pert1 witty chapters upon good manners ought to make a fast-selling work4 ,many have been written1 but none as yet quite meet the demand4 #gga4 ,,the ,,george ,,republic4--,something entirely new4 ,do you know that in the village of ,freeville1 ,tompkins ,county1 ,new ,york1 there is a republic composed of many hundred persons ruled entirely by boys1 and these the worst of boys1 taken mostly from the slums of our cities1 a class which could not be governed in the ordinary way8 ,it is hardly too much to say that it is the most suggestive experiment in self-government in all history1 and it awaits the pen of a practiced writer4 ,the movement is doubtless to be permanent and popular1 and the first one to pen it in graphic style will doubtless gather a good harvest4 #ggb4 ,,one ,,thousand ,,times ,,across ,,the ,,atlantic4--,here is a capital idea6 ,many sea captains have crossed the ocean as many times as that4 ,get an ,atlantic veteran to tell you some of the most thrilling stories of his forty years' sailing4 ,he may not be much of a writer1 but you can put the matter into attractive form4 ,for a small compensation1 or perhaps for the love of the thing1 he would tell you many exciting tales of the sea4 ,the title is taking4 #ggc4 ,,the ,,man ,,hunter4--,few writings are more fascinating than detective stories1 and no one has more interesting matter to relate than one of the sleuths of the law4 ,think of 8,sherlock ,holmes10 whom ,conan ,doyle created1 and who has made piles of money for his author4 #ggd4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,ragpicker4--,it is a new idea4 ,did a ragpicker ever write before8 ,but he must have had many interesting experiences4 ,transfer the stories from his tongue to your pen4 ,paste these uncouth patches into a literary crazy-quilt as an experienced writer knows how to do1 and you will have a book whose title will advertise it1 and whose unique contents will make it sell4 #gge4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,diver4--,under the ocean6 ,jules ,verne's 8,twenty ,thousand ,leagues ,under the ,sea0 actualized6 ,no one can have more thrilling experiences than a diver4 ,catch the homely words from his lips1 gild them with a lively imagination1 color them with an expert pen1 and you have a book whose sales will astonish you4 #ggf4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,convict4--,here is another new idea4 ,the under side of life is seldom if ever told4 ,who knows what the convict thinks1 feels1 and suffers8 ,let a narrative be written from a convict's point of view4 ,let him tell how he committed the crime1 how he was induced to do it1 how he felt when he was doing it1 his motives and hopes1 the account of his arrest1 what his lawyer said to him1 his trial1 condemnation1 and sentence4 ,then his long imprisonment4 ,a convict who is a good talker could easily give you material which you could skillfully work up into an attractive book1 as novel as it would be interesting4 ,much of the success of 8,les ,miserables0 was due to the vivid portrayal of the sufferings of ,jean ,valjean4 #ggg4 ,,the ,,stowaway4--,another unique idea6 ,stowaways are constantly crossing the ocean4 ,get his story4 ,tell pathetically his motives for crossing the water1 and the account of his privations on shipboard4 ,here is matter for another ,robinson ,crusoe4 #ggh4 ,,wheel ,,and ,,world4--8,across the ,continent on a ,bicycle60 8,around the ,world on a ,wheel60 ,these are attractive titles4 ,all wheelmen--there are #cjj1jjj in ,new ,york alone--would read it4 ,if you have not made the journey yourself1 get some one who has1 for a small sum1 to tell you the story4 #ggi4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,fireman4--,a fireman dwells in the midst of alarms4 ,a veteran fireman has been to thousands of fires4 ,let him tell you twenty or thirty of them in his own way1 the thrilling adventures1 the hairbreadth escapes1 the heroic rescues1 and the magnificent and appalling scenes4 ,every fireman would buy the book1 and1 if well written1 all the fireman's friends1 which means about everybody4 #ghj4 ,,in ,a ,,balloon4--,here is a most attractive field which has never been occupied4 ,edgar ,poe's 8,journey to the ,moon0 is celebrated1 but it is only a phantasy1 while we may have an equally interesting reality--not indeed of a journey to the moon1 but through the clouds4 ,if the narrative could be combined with a romance1 this might be made the book of the day1 which1 of course1 means many thousands of dollars in the pockets of the author4 #gha4 ,,story ,,of ,,an ,,engineer4--,another man whose life is worth relating is that of an old engineer4 ,fill the book with an account of his wonderful runs and his thrilling adventures on frontier roads4 ,of course1 there must be horrible accidents1 daring 8hold-ups10 bold train robberies1 stalling in snowbanks1 fleeing from prairie fires1 and racing with engines of rival roads4 #ghb4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,murderer4--,let the criminal give his version of the affair4 ,not every murderer has a story1 or is willing to tell it2 but out of hundreds of convicts you should be able to weave a tale as lurid as ,blackbeard among the pirates or ,bluebeard among the fairies4 ,if it be a recent and celebrated case which has cut a large figure in the newspapers1 so much the better4 #ghc4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,tramp4--,new interest is being taken in this erratic and omnipresent individual4 ,and the time is ripe for a facile pen to portray his vagaries and his wanderings4 ,the 8,story of a ,tramp0 affords an almost unparalleled scope for an author1 and there is no phase of civilization which may not be drawn upon to make the story interesting4 #ghd4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,lunatic4--,a very thrilling story1 somewhat perhaps after the manner of ,c4 ,brockden ,brown's 8,weiland10 could be worked up from the ravings of a lunatic4 ,there are a vast number of persons who have wild1 harrowing tales4 ,in fact1 the audience for such stories is larger than the number of readers of the finer quality of literature4 ,a writer in a recent newspaper says3 8,the masses do not read the magazines1 but they do read sensational literature in the form of dime novels and weekly story papers1 and this flashy fiction earns far more money for its writers than is made by more ambitious authors and more pretentious publications40 #ghe4 ,,story ,,of ,a ,,criminal ,,lawyer4--,a retired criminal lawyer might make money by the narrative of his most extraordinary cases4 ,if he does not care to write the narrative himself he might in odd moments give it to you4 ,with the pen of a ,doyle you might reap that author's immense royalties4 #ghf4 ,,story ,,of ,,the ,,klondike4--,many stories of adventure and hardship will doubtless be written about the new land of gold1 but the harvest will be reaped by the keen pen of him first in the field4 ,if ,alaska has been unkind to you1 you may revenge yourself by digging gold from her bowels with the pen4 #ghg4 ,,the ,,exposition ,,of ,,frauds4--,a very interesting book might be written with this title4 ,take a few national scandals1 like the 8,panama ,fiasco10 8,the ,south ,sea ,bubble10 8,the ,grant-,ward ,swindle10 8,the ,tichborne ,claimant40 ,these subjects when handled with a skillful pen are very interesting to business men4 #ghh4 ,,sermons ,,of ,,modern ,,preachers4--,we have volumes of collected and selected sermons1 but no volume which contains various specimens of the preaching of the present day4 ,have one sermon each from the very newest of pulpit celebrities1 such as ,s4 ,parkes ,cadman1 ,hugh ,price ,hughes1 ,wilbur ,chapman1 together with one each from such well-known preachers as ,phillips ,brooks1 ,t4 ,de,witt ,talmage1 and ,sam ,jones4 ,there are over #ajj1jjj ordained clergymen in the ,united ,states1 and at least one-half of them would want this book4 #ghi4 ,,the ,,wonder ,,book4--,a book describing briefly and graphically a few of the great wonders of the world1 such as ,london the greatest city1 ,niagara the greatest cataract1 ,monte ,carlo the greatest gambling place1 while other chapters would be headed1 8,the ,greatest ,picture ,gallery10 8,the ,longest ,railroad10 8,the ,tallest ,pyramid10 8,the ,deepest ,well10 etc4 ,the book would have a vast sale among young people1 and would be popular among all classes4 #gij4 ,,health ,,resorts4--,their number is legion4 ,select a few of the principal in all parts of the country1 and write charmingly of their peculiar merits4 ,especially impress upon your public the specific diseases for which they are beneficial4 ,the #ejj1jjj invalids of the country would want the book4 #gia4 ,,the ,,all-,,cure ,,book4--,a book which treats thoroughly the newest systems of cure1 such as the ,magnetic1 ,water ,cure1 ,massage1 ,barefoot1 ,christian ,science1 etc41 giving a history of the same1 and an account of the alleged cures4 #gib4 ,,success4--,a book for young men4 ,get twenty business men in different lines to tell you each in a few pages how he was successful4 ,it would be very popular if you could secure as authors such men as ,john ,wanamaker1 ,george ,gould 7for his deceased father1 ,jay ,gould71 ,james ,gordon ,bennett1 ,murat ,halstead1 etc4 #gic4 ,,how ,,to ,,see ,,new ,,york4--,not a guide book1 but one far more beneficial to strangers who want to see the great metropolis4 ,it should contain at least three sets of directions for persons preparing to visit the city for the first time4 ,these methods and order of sightseeing should be radically different1 giving the intending visitor the choice of the three4 ,the million or more people who come every year to ,new ,york for the first time would want the book1 and half of them would doubtless buy it if freely advertised and sold for not more than fifty cents4 #gid4 ,,map ,,making4--,there is money in the making of town1 county and state maps4 ,for this you need the services of a good surveyor4 ,go to a map publisher and get his estimates of cost2 he can inform you where to get a surveyor1 and give you much other valuable advice4 ,as a rule1 maps sell in proportion to the smallness of the territory portrayed1 people being chiefly interested in their immediate neighborhood4 ,it is with towns as with boarders--there is not much money in one or two1 but he who has the capital to work twenty towns at a time will do well4 ,jay ,gould got his first start in this way4 #gie4 ,,story ,,of ,,the ,,pole4--,a score or more of great captains have tried to reach the pole1 and many of them have told their story in captivating books1 but we want a book in which each man's story shall be condensed into a single chapter of fifty pages each4 ,the thousands of people who like comparisons and admire hardy adventures would like a book of this kind4 #gif4 ,,the ,,making ,,of ,a ,,mighty ,,business4--,we have spoken of the men who made the business1 but this book deals with the business itself4 ,what a great book could be made of a few chapters each1 one devoted to such themes as 8,a ,great ,railroad10 8,a ,great ,sugar ,house10 8,a ,great ,banking ,house10 8,a ,great ,steamship ,company10 8,the ,new ,york ,post ,office10 8,the ,united ,states ,patent ,office40 ,this book would appeal for interest to all classes1 and ought to be very profitable to the author4 #gig4 ,,heroes ,,of ,,labor4--,now let the laboring man tell his story4 ,a book to consist of chapters written by such labor leaders as ,t4 ,v4 ,powderly1 ,samuel ,gompers1 ,mr4 ,sovereign1 and other ,knights of ,labor1 relating the story of their struggles with capital4 ,technical matters1 such as interviews with directors and tables of wages should be made as brief as possible1 while strikes1 scenes of violence and suffering1 should form the chief matter of the book4 ,here is a chance for a gifted writer to make a second 8,uncle ,tom's ,cabin10 a book whose sale in this country has eclipsed that of any other thing ever published4 #gih4 ,,the ,,elite ,,directory4--,some cities like ,new ,york have such a book1 but other cities have not4 ,here is a field for the talent of the reportorial variety4 ,it will be a delicate matter to decide who shall be included in the gilded circle and who shall be excluded1 but if you are discreet and discriminating1 careful to make your book contain the names of only the recognized people of society1 these will in nearly all cases buy your book1 and will not be afraid of a good round price4 #gii4 ,,popular ,,dramas4--,these have made the fortunes of their authors4 ,a playwright often receives #ajj per night while the play runs4 ,more frequently the manager pays a sum outright for the rights of the play4 ,the sum of #aj1jjj was paid recently for the right to dramatize a popular work of fiction1 the author having already received a fortune from its sale as a novel4 ,eugene ,scribe1 the ,french dramatist1 left at his death the sum of #hjj1jjj1 mainly his earnings as a playwright4 #hjj4 ,,furnishing ,a ,,home4--,a book on home furnishing1 treating the subject from an artistic point of view1 would doubtless find a market4 ,each room should have a separate chapter4 ,the furnishing should be considered from the standpoint of expense1 comfort1 color and harmony4 ,a book entitled 8,inside a ,hundred ,homes0 had a large sale4 #hja4 ,,pretty ,,weddings4--,here is a field entirely unoccupied4 ,select twenty of the most stylish weddings of modern times1 and give a full account of them4 ,they should be1 of course1 weddings among the bon ton4 ,the book would be a kind of fashionable wedding guide1 and would be eagerly bought by every lady who expects to be a bride4 ,the book also might contain hints and rules for weddings among all grades of social life4 #hjb4 ,,quotation ,,book4--,one not classified in the old way1 according to subjects1 but in relation to occasion4 ,quotations for the business mart1 the theatre1 the church1 the political arena1 the dinner party1 etc4 ,if made to be sold very cheap it would have a good sale2 or it might be combined at a higher price with a book on manners4 ,see ,no4 #ggj4 ,,chapter ,,xviii4 ,,money ,,in ,,newspapers4 ,fortunes in ,printers' ,ink--,value of the ,new ,york ,herald ,plant--,story of ,mr4 ,pulitzer's ,struggles--,from a ,park ,bench to a ,newspaper ,throne--,alfred ,harnsworth1 the ,greatest ,paper ,man in the ,world--,serving the ,news ,hot--,secret of the ,springfield ,republican ,success--,a ,prophet as ,well as an ,editor--,how ,reporters ,earn ,big ,salaries--,motto1 the ,penny ,reform--,seven ,papers in ,one--,some ,new ,advertising ,schemes--,magazines for the ,million4 ,a newspaper undertaking is a great financial risk1 but at the same time it is one of the richest lodes of success if the proprietor has the capital and the qualities needed4 ,mr4 ,whitelaw ,reid has amassed a fortune in the ,new ,york ,tribune4 ,james ,gordon ,bennett1 proprietor of the paper originated by the senior of that name1 estimates his plant as worth #bb1jjj1jjj4 ,mr4 ,pulitzer1 of the ,new ,york ,world1 was a poor boy who slept on the park benches4 ,he got an idea1 a little money1 formed new plans1 and struck out on an untrod path4 ,he rattled the dry bones of his contemporaries1 and he is to-day a millionaire many times over4 ,dana made his fortune on ,the ,sun by his fearless1 outspoken editorials1 using the plainest ,anglo-,saxon4 ,hearst1 of the ,new ,york ,journal1 succeeded by his sensationalism4 ,alfred ,harnsworth1 an ,englishman and a very young man1 began the publication of a paper called ,answer with very small capital4 ,before the age of thirty he became a millionaire4 ,now at thirty-two he is the chief proprietor of seven dailies and twenty-two other periodicals1 and is the head of the largest publishing firm in the world1 with a total weekly output of more than #g1jjj1jjj copies4 ,the author of this work has formulated over #bjj plans for newspaper success4 ,he is sure that the majority of these plans are absolutely new and perfectly feasible1 but the scope of the work will not permit of the insertion of more than ten4 ,the following ten are selected with the firm belief that if they are followed up with ordinary zeal and skill the paper cannot fail to have a very large circulation4 ,news and ,editorial ,department4 #hjc4 ,,the ,,news ,,in ,,one ,,minute4--,we live in electric times2 men must have their news served hot4 ,we want to swallow the day's doings while we cross the ferry4 ,have an index on first page containing every item of news1 and showing in what columns it can be found4 ,then1 one can get the summary in a minute1 while if he likes he can spend hours in the details4 #hjd4 ,,nutshell ,,news4--,you may be sure that the paper which can give the news the quickest and neatest is going to the front4 ,some people care more for quantity than quality4 ,a vast variety of news from all parts of the country1 and each item condensed into a few lines1 makes more impression on many people than a page devoted to a single tragedy4 ,the ,springfield ,republican owes its success to its remarkable number of small items4 #hje4 ,,the ,,bulletin ,,forecast4--,most daily papers give out a bulletin4 ,thousands stand on the street and read the free bulletin1 but do not buy the paper4 ,have a forecast bulletin to read1 8,to-morrow's ,news40 ,then a speculation or prediction of what it will probably be4 ,put it in a sensational and interesting way4 ,thus3 8,the ,bugle will tell you all about it to-morrow4 ,buy the ,bugle40 ,in the paper1 conclude each important item of news with the editor's forecast of how the matter will turn out1 thus giving it the interest of a continued story4 ,editors often treat a news item in an editorial1 but a vast proportion of the readers never look at that page4 ,put the cream of the editorial1 and especially several pointed questions1 after the news item1 with the information that the paper will try to solve the problem to-morrow4 #hjf4 ,,bottom ,,facts4--,readers want facts1 not reporters' fancies nor embellishments4 ,it is well known that in many papers reporters are allowed to invent when they have no facts in the case1 and as they are paid by the piece it is for their interest to make as much of an item as they can4 ,hence1 our news is adulterated1 distorted1 and often falsified4 ,we know some reporters who have invented columns of so-called 8,facts20 others who have made sensational1 highly-colored stories out of the most insignificant occurrences2 and still others who have invented fake reports of sermons1 lectures1 and other public utterances1 when they had not time to obtain the originals4 ,have it clearly understood in large headlines as a part of the policy of the paper that no reporter will be allowed to invent or exaggerate1 that he will be instantly discharged if it can be shown that he has in any way distorted the cold facts4 ,in this way tens of thousands who are now disgusted with what is dished up for them as news but know not where to turn for better service1 will be drawn to your paper1 and you will establish the reputation for absolute truthfulness of statement and bald exactness of form4 #hjg4 ,,the ,,people',s ,,paper4--,let it be understood that your sheet is distinctively a people's paper1 and is not the organ of any party1 class1 or corporation4 ,announce that you will publish letters from anybody1 regardless of grammar1 sentiment1 or position1 with the only limitation of decency and personality4 ,advocate persistently cheap and honest public service4 ,let one of your mottoes be3 8,a penny a letter and a penny a mile10 that is1 the conviction that a letter ought to be sent anywhere in the ,united ,states for a penny1 and that a man ought to be able to travel all over the country at the rate of a penny a mile4 ,have such mottoes as3 8,all the ,people ,well ,off10 8,equal ,rights for ,everybody10 8,no ,nepotism1 no ,partiality1 no #8,pulls4'0 #hjh4 ,,the ,,big ,,seven4--,we have heard of the 8,big ,four0 in railroading4 ,let your paper be seven sheets rolled into one1 having one comprehensive name4 ,let the seven sheets each have a distinctive and peculiar title as if of a separate paper1 and let each be devoted to a particular field4 ,the ,art ,mirror will contain the pictures2 the ,news ,bureau will contain the crispiest news2 the ,sword and ,pen will contain the most pungent editorials2 the ,world ,joker or the ,new ,york ,clown will contain the comical things4 ,then there should be a 8stock paper10 a 8sporting paper10 etc4 ,let it be known that when a man buys ,the ,earth for three cents1 or for a penny1 as the case may be1 he really gets seven papers4 ,advertising ,department4 #hji4 ,,free ,,wants4--,in establishing a paying paper you lose nothing by what you give away4 ,you can well afford to give away space that costs you nothing4 ,before your circulation is large enough to attract advertisers1 you must devise some other means of attracting them4 ,advertise that on a certain day you will insert everybody's wants free4 ,this will introduce your paper to a large number of persons1 who will not only buy the copy in which their want appears1 but will in many cases be ready to pay a little when they next need the services of your sheet4 #haj4 ,,bargain ,,bureau4--,have a bargain bureau on the first page or in some other prominent place1 and let it be understood that you will each day in this bureau call attention to the bargains especially advertised for that day1 and to any new or special feature contained in the advertising columns4 ,you will thus please and draw advertisers1 and at the same time attract readers who want to know what1 where1 and when to buy4 #haa4 ,,reserve ,,space4--,have a large blank square or rectangle with the announcement that 8,this space is reserved for ---- ----40 ,after two or three days people will begin to wonder who will fill the great blank4 ,it becomes by far the most prominent and valuable advertising space in the paper1 and should command a good round sum4 ,make a profitable bargain for a month or year for the filling of the space4 ,if withdrawn1 announce1 8,this space will now be filled by ---- ----40 ,the first advertiser's rival will pretty surely want it1 a result which ,no4 #a will hardly permit if he can help it1 and so between competitors in business your blank will always be filled and you can raise your price if competition becomes sharp4 #hab4 ,,the ,,page ,,contract4--,when your advertising patronage becomes large and you find it necessary to employ assistants1 you will find it to your advantage to let the advertising out in contracts to your subordinates4 ,instead of paying your helpers a salary1 you tell them that they can have a page for #ej or #ejj 7according to the size of the page and the number of the circulation74 ,they then secure the advertisements themselves and make what they can4 ,they and not you take the risk4 ,many assistants would not be willing to do that1 but others would prefer the opportunity to work for themselves in this way4 ,,chapter ,,xix4 ,,money ,,in ,,cloth4 ,capital in ,cloth--,how ,uncle ,sam ,helps ,linen-,makers--,the ,mistake of ,stocking ,manufacturers--#e1jjj1jjj ,sales if the ,maker will get the ,right ,thing--,better than ,starch8--,a ,chance to ,become a ,millionaire--,another ,eli ,whitney ,wanted--,go ,south and ,get ,rich--,secrets ,about ,silk ,manufacture--,startling ,suggestions ,about a ,new ,process of ,making ,wool4 ,in the materials for making cloth and in the improvement of garments there is an unlimited field for development and fortune4 ,here are a few of the roads in which capital may profitably move3 #hac4 ,,linen ,,mills4--,the schedule of the new flax tariff was framed especially to protect linen manufacturers by cheapening the imports of the raw material so that they can compete with foreign rivals4 ,money put into linen mills ought to reap a bountiful harvest during the next few years4 #had4 ,,triple ,,knee ,,stocking4--,why do not stocking makers give additional strength to the parts which are the first to wear out8 ,five million boys and girls in this country are wearing their knees through their stockings and yet makers go on in the assumption that the quicker the wear the better the trade4 ,it remains for some sagacious manufacturer to put a double or triple thickness on the knee1 get a reputation for his stocking1 and command the market4 #hae4 ,,the ,,unfrayable ,,collar ,,band4--,shirts1 perfectly sound elsewhere1 go into the rag-bin because the collar band is frayed4 ,the man who will give us a substitute for starch1 which does all the mischief1 will earn both gratitude and greenbacks4 #haf4 ,,the ,,ramie ,,plant4--,a few years ago the ramie plant was introduced into this country from ,china4 ,it was reported to yield three crops a year1 a total of #a1ejj pounds to the acre1 and that the fiber would produce a cloth equal to cotton or even silk4 ,great things were anticipated1 but the hopes of the raisers were defeated by the lack of a process for separating it into fine filaments4 ,the slow hand press of ,china makes it too expensive4 ,here is a chance for some brainy man to do for the ramie plant what ,eli ,whitney did for the cotton1 reaping even a larger fortune than he because of the present greater demand for cloth4 #hag4 ,,cotton ,,mills ,,in ,,the ,,south4--,about #i1jjj1jjj persons in the ,united ,states and ,england depend for their livelihood on the cotton trade4 ,until recently ,new ,england had a monopoly of the cotton manufacture in the ,united ,states1 but of late it has been ascertained that1 owing to the cheaper cost of iron and fuel1 the business can be carried on more advantageously in the ,south4 ,the coal and iron in the mountains and the proximity to the raw product will cause ,new ,england soon to be distanced in this important enterprise4 ,for those who seek cotton manufacture for a livelihood or for a competence1 and especially for those who are beginning the business1 the northern parts of ,georgia and ,alabama present unrivaled opportunities for the carrying on of that industry2 and to such we would say1 paraphrasing ,horace ,greeley's advice to the young1 8,go ,south1 young man40 #hah4 ,,artificial ,,silk4--,the man who can invent or discover a substance which has the glossy luster and wear of silk so as to counterfeit the real article can name his own price4 ,four processes have recently been patented1 but the results are a fiber too coarse1 too stiff1 too weak1 or too expensive4 ,the ,chardonnet process makes a quality at a cost of #a4bc a pound1 and it sells at #b4gj a pound1 a very good profit if only it was enough like real silk to command the market4 ,put on your thinking-caps1 cloth manufacturers1 and obtain the rich prize which is already almost within your grasp4 #hai4 ,,mineral ,,wool4--,here is something new4 ,experiments have proved that rocks1 or at least certain kinds of them1 can be made into wool4 ,the wool is made from sandstone1 and from the waste slag of furnaces4 8,mineral wool0 is already being used for packing and fireproofing2 but the inexhaustible field for the industry in the millions of tons of serviceable rocks1 and the unforeseen possibilities in the use of the 8new wool10 make the subject a startling one and well worth the consideration of money-makers4 #hbj4 ,,leather ,,substitute4--,the high price of leather and its fluctuation in price have caused many substitutes to be devised1 but thus far they have been inferior in quality1 and will not stand the test of rough usage and exposure to heat4 ,imitation leather has always been made of two pieces of cloth pasted together1 which are bound to separate or blister4 ,here is a secret worth a fortune4 ,a single thickness of either drill or duck1 with a heavy surface coating1 will stand every test that leather can endure1 and is every way as good1 and can be produced at one-third the cost4 ,,chapter ,,xx4 ,,money ,,in ,,fertilizers4 ,wanted1 a ,new ,fertilizer--,how 8,golden0 ,forests ,drop ,gold--,why the ,fields ,near ,berlin are so ,productive--,how ,we ,lose #e1jjj1jjj a ,year--,the ,peat ,treasures of ,new ,jersey--,fortunes in ,phosphates--,millions of ,fish on ,land as well as in the ,sea--#a1jjj1jjj for ,him ,who will ,pick ,it ,up4 ,we are yet in the infancy of this important product4 ,the desideratum is a fertilizer that will do the best work in the least bulk4 ,the #d1efe1jjj farmers and vegetable growers of the ,united ,states will make independently rich the man who can produce a good fertilizer at small cost of transportation4 ,the field of chemistry is particularly rich in suggestions2 experiments in this line are constantly going on1 and there is reason to hope that an agricultural ,edison will soon arise4 ,meanwhile1 there is money in the following fertilizers3 #hba4 ,,garbage4--,every truck load of garbage is worth at least a dollar for manuring purposes1 and yet thousands of these loads are dumped every day into the water4 ,instead of the city paying a round sum for the removal of garbage1 it ought to receive a bonus from a contractor who knows how to turn it to account4 #hbb4 ,,leaves4--,rotted leaves form the rich base from which nearly all our forests1 and indeed nearly all the vegetation of the earth1 springs4 ,the number of loads of leaves that fall from the trees in the autumn are entirely incalculable4 ,the keeper of a country livery stable could add one half to his compost heap1 and thus double his sale of fertilizers4 #hbc4 ,,urban ,,sewage4--,the best of all fertilizers is allowed to float out to sea and is lost4 ,the ,germans are wiser4 ,they utilize all these waste products1 and the surprising fertility of the soil near ,berlin is the result of this wise employment of nature's richest fertilizer4 ,there are fortunes for those who will study the foreign system and apply it to the large cities of this country4 #hbd4 ,,ashes4--,we lose at least #e1jjj1jjj annually in the waste of ashes4 ,in the cultivation of gardens and city lots1 where the expense of transportation is small1 there is a field for the profitable use of this fertilizer4 ,it could be combined with some product rich in phosphates1 as1 for example1 bone dust1 and then put up in barrels for sale4 ,an ,ash ,fertilizer ,company would pay4 #hbe4 ,,phosphates4--,the phosphate rocks of ,north ,carolina1 ,south ,carolina1 and ,georgia contain fortunes for the men who will develop those industries4 ,the quantity is practically unlimited1 and the price of phosphate is #ah a ton4 ,cheap freights will make these rocks mines of wealth4 #hbf4 ,,cottonseed ,,meal4--,this sells for #bj to #be a ton1 and being a waste product the cost is light4 ,its sale could be made more general among the farmers if they knew its value4 #hbg4 ,,city ,,stables4--,much of the product of city stables is carried to the country in barges and sold1 but more is wasted2 especially is this the case with single and small stables in the suburbs1 where the accumulation is light1 and the law does not require its removal4 ,but a systematic collection of these products would pay any one who should undertake it on a large scale4 #hbh4 ,,peat4--,new ,jersey has more than #a1jjj square miles of peat lands1 for the most part undeveloped4 ,the peat is from three to six feet in depth4 ,when phosphates are selling for #ah a ton1 there ought to be a market for peat at #e1 which would still leave a good margin of profit1 if1 as seems entirely reasonable1 the labor and freightage could be covered for #c4 #hbi4 ,,menhaden4--,the farmers of the eastern end of ,long ,island have found this an excellent fertilizer4 ,the fish are strewn whole upon the land4 ,more than #a1jjj1jjj of the tiny creatures1 or upward of #ajj tons1 have been caught by one vessel in a single day4 ,the industry is chiefly confined to the vicinity of ,gardiner's ,island1 but it might be made profitable along other parts of the coast4 #hcj4 ,,fish ,,scrap4--,the chemists' valuation is #da a ton1 but it ordinarily sells for #ce to #ch4 ,it is admirably adapted for plant food4 ,one of the largest producers of dry ground fish claims that the farmer gets more for his money in this than in any other fertilizer4 #hca4 ,,soot4--,for some crops soot is one of the most powerful of all fertilizers1 and yet it is allowed to go to waste4 ,the total amount of soot produced in ,london twenty years ago was #a1ajj1haj bushels1 and is probably about the same for ,new ,york to-day4 ,the average price was five cents a bushel1 and the total worth #aji1afe4 ,probably in this country--at least until its worth is discovered--it could in most cases be obtained free by any one who will take the trouble to pick up this #ajj1jjj4 ,,chapter ,,xxi4 ,,money ,,in ,,advertising4 ,more ,money in ,ink--,millions ,paid for it ,every ,day--,new ,devices to ,catch the ,eye--,exposure of ,advertising ,tricks--,cupid on the ,counter--,what 8,bargain ,day0 and 8,below ,cost0 ,really ,mean--,how an ,advertising ,agent ,made a ,fortune in a ,day--8,delivering0 #e1jjj ,customers--,a ,line that ,every body is ,sure to ,read--,a ,great ,advertising ,success--,playing ,with ,mystery--,a ,sure ,way to ,draw a ,crowd--,novel ,ways of ,advertising in ,paris--,almost a ,street ,fight4 ,do you realize what an important part advertising plays in trade8 ,the men who succeed are those who let the public know what they have and at what price4 ,the great newspapers contain every day vast mines of advertising matter4 ,there are many merchants who pay over #ajj1jjj a year in letting the public know the cheapness and value of their goods1 and one enterprising company1 the proprietors of a celebrated baking powder1 expend #a1jjj1jjj a year in advertising their product4 ,these merchants are constantly seeking the best means to get their wares before the public eye2 also manufacturers1 builders1 real estate agents1 railroad companies1 and in fact all persons doing business on a large scale1 are seeking to let men know how and what they do4 ,owners of proprietary medicines have been known to expend #aj1jjj in a single advertisement in order to secure the attention of ailing people4 ,all these persons will pay you well for any ingenious suggestions whereby they can increase their patronage4 ,the following are some of the methods suggested3 #hcb4 ,,money ,,and ,,the ,,muse4--,select some liberal advertiser and note what he has to sell or what he has to do1 and embody his peculiar merit in a poem4 ,the poem should be short1 spicy and humorous1 and not be more than eight or ten lines in length4 ,let it hit off some of the fads of the day4 ,if it be headed by some catch-word of the hour1 so much the better4 ,an ingenious person who can write a verse or two of this kind will find a ready market for his muse4 #hcc4 ,,cents ,,in ,,nonsense4--,if you have artistic talent instead of poetic1 you can do still better with a drawing4 ,let the cut be as original and humorous as some of the cartoons in our daily papers4 #hcd4 ,,word ,,puzzle4--,a puzzle to some minds will be still more effective4 ,many will be disinclined to use their brains to work it out1 but those who do will remember it1 and that after all is the merit of an advertisement4 ,a puzzle which may be patented and sold to the advertiser promises much greater profit4 ,see the 8,chinese-,get-,off-the-,earth ,puzzle40 ,a puzzle of this kind is commonly sold exclusively to one firm1 and ought to bring quite a sum of money to the inventor4 #hce4 ,,tracks ,,to ,,wealth4--,the inventor who can produce a scheme to cause the customer to become his unconscious advertiser has found the very highroad to success4 ,such a scheme might be a word in raised letters on the heel of a shoe4 ,thousands1 especially in country towns where there are no sidewalks1 would constantly be leaving impressions in the mud1 and people would be astonished to find advertisements stamped on the very earth4 #hcf4 ,,the ,,story ,,advertisement4--,write a short story which ends in an advertisement4 ,this is one of the best methods to gain the reader's eye4 ,everybody likes a story1 and will read it if it be short4 ,the narrative should lead up gradually and naturally to the advertisement4 ,this requires some ingenuity and skill in writing4 #hcg4 ,,the ,,fictitious ,,bank ,,bill4--,a piece of paper which at first sight looks like a ten-dollar bill1 but turns out to be a clever advertisement1 would be picked up and read by everybody4 #hch4 ,,the ,,pocketbook ,,find4--,a clever imitation of a pocketbook would be picked up by every pedestrian1 and when it is opened with the expectation of money1 one finds instead an advertisement of ,pluck ,company4 #hci4 ,,everybody',s ,,eagle4--,a gold 787 eagle with the name of a firm in the place of the usual inscription1 will be readily pounced upon1 when the lucky finder will learn that 8all is not gold that glitters10 but will also learn where and what he can buy to advantage4 ,the firm's name1 of course1 is not stamped until the sale of the golden bird is effected4 ,millions of such eagles could be sold4 #hdj4 ,,the ,,witty ,,dialogue4--,few things in literature are more attractive than a witty dialogue in which the questions and answers are very short and the denouement is a surprise4 ,if the last word is the magical one of a certain kind of business1 such as 8,ozone10 8,electrophone10 8----'s ,baking ,powder10 8----'s ,stove ,polish10 etc41 the maker or merchant will be sure to appreciate it and pay for it4 #hda4 ,,the ,,stereoscope ,,bulletin4--,it pays to give a large sum to the proprietor of a paper who makes a practice of flashing election returns on screens4 ,there is commonly a long wait between the reports1 and the vast crowds will meanwhile have nothing to do but study your advertisement flashed between the successive returns4 #hdb4 ,,the ,,arc ,,reflector4--,have a reflector with an electric light arranged to throw a bright1 round light1 like the dial of a clock1 on the depot platforms1 the pavements of crowded streets1 or other places where many people congregate4 ,on the background of this strong light let your magic word appear4 ,this is an expensive but very effective way of advertising4 #hdc4 ,,the ,,last ,,scene4--,tens of thousands of persons every night are looking upon scenes depicted by the stereoscope4 ,after the 8,good ,night10 which generally closes the entertainment1 immediately1 and before the lights are turned on1 have your advertisement flashed upon the sheet4 ,as the programme is concluded1 the manager would doubtless for a small sum grant a privilege which would be worth many dollars1 as no one in the audience can fail to see the display4 #hdd4 ,,the ,,red-,,letter ,,bat4--,for a consideration1 the manager of a baseball team would probably let you furnish the players with an excellent bat stamped with your design in large red letters4 ,your advertisement would flash with every stroke of the bat1 and even if many in the crowd were too far away to read the letters1 their curiosity would incite them to inquire1 and curiosity is the very emotion advertisers seek to arouse4 ,the idea might perhaps be extended to the ball1 which is the center of struggle in football matches4 #hde4 ,,the ,,restaurant ,,fan4--,waiting men will read anything to kill time1 but a fan with your enterprise stamped upon it will attract attention1 whether one is inclined to read or not4 ,by the hundred thousand these could be produced extremely cheap1 and should be presented free to the restaurant keeper4 ,they might also be used in theaters and music halls4 #hdf4 ,,the ,,cigar ,,wrapper4--,it is estimated that #c1jjj1jjj cigars are purchased in ,new ,york and vicinity alone every day4 ,for a small sum1 say five cents a box1 you could doubtless prevail upon most dealers to permit you to wrap each cigar in a piece of paper2 especially if the latter were pretty and very attractive1 as in the latter case it might even help his sales4 ,the wrapper might contain an alluring picture1 but1 of course1 it contains your advertisement4 ,a small additional sum must be paid a boy for the work of wrapping4 ,as an advertisement1 the method would be exceedingly effective1 and the idea is certainly a novel one4 #hdg4 ,,the ,,growing ,,word4--,in a reserved space of a daily paper begin with a single glaring letter4 ,over the letter announce1 8,watch this space to-morrow40 ,the next day another letter is added1 and curiosity is excited4 ,if you can get a name for your advertisement similar to the name of a man in the public eye1 the success of the scheme is assured4 ,for example1 the first letter is ,g4 ,is it ,grover ,cleveland or ,garfield8 ,two letters are given--,,ga4 ,is it ,garfield or ,gage8 ,the third day ,,gar appears4 ,is it ,garfield or ,garland8 ,but in the end it proves to be neither2 it is ,,garlock1 the name of your invention or brand of goods4 ,ingenuity can play endlessly upon words in this way1 and the curiosity aroused makes it one of the best forms of advertisement4 #hdh4 ,,the ,,polite ,,stranger4--,this is a ,french idea4 ,in ,paris a lady is astonished to see a handsome1 faultlessly dressed man1 generally an elderly person1 step directly in front of her1 make an extremely polite bow1 turn and walk away1 when instantly the mystery is solved4 ,on his back appears an advertisement4 #hdi4 ,,the ,,funny ,,quartette4--,this also is from ,paris1 with adaptations4 ,four odd people--a little1 shabbily dressed old woman1 a splendidly attired and pompous gentleman1 a country youth in blouse and overalls1 and a man in the garb of a priest1 make up the queerest quartette imaginable4 ,they at once attract attention1 but when they begin to sing a crowd gathers instantly4 ,at the conclusion of the song1 one says in a loud tone1 8,where80 ,all reply1 8,at ----40 8,when80 8,to-night40 #hej4 ,,the ,,street ,,brawl4--,this is on the same line and even more exciting4 ,readers of 8,sherlock ,holmes0 remember the detective's ruse to gain entrance to a forbidden house4 ,in the same way1 let two men engage in a wordy quarrel4 ,nothing draws a crowd more quickly than the prospect of a fight4 ,of course1 on a city street the quarrel must not come to actual blows1 and the participants must keep an eye open for policemen1 but the climax should be the advertisement in the mouth of one or both of the disputants1 and the crowd should be dispersed with a hearty laugh4 #hea4 ,,the ,,box-,,kite4--,the box-kite presents almost unrivaled opportunities for advertising1 and the wonder is that it has not been utilized for that purpose4 ,by a clock-work arrangement and at regular intervals1 while the eyes of all are turned skyward1 the box releases a host of white leaves1 which1 floating to the earth1 are caught by the crowd4 ,every leaf contains your advertisement4 ,this method would be especially effective at ball games1 horse races1 and before election bulletins1 while the crowds are waiting for returns or exciting events4 ,,chapter ,,xxii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,powers ,,of ,,nature4 ,vast ,forces yet ,unknown--,the ,human ,form a ,key to unlock ,nature's ,caskets of ,gold--,the ,storage of ,air--,the ,waste of ,steam--,the ,march of ,electricity--,how ,one ,company saved #ej a ,day--,sunbeams for ,sale--,winds and ,waves awaiting ,man's ,sail and ,wheel--,how a ,western ,man ,invented a ,sand ,mill--,enormous ,power of ,sea ,waves--,a ,new ,use for the ,artesian ,well--,eureka6 ,the ,right ,kind of a ,storage ,battery--,opportunities for ,enterprise and ,wealth4 ,the finding and unlocking of the forces of nature have been sources of some of the world's largest fortunes4 ,steam and electricity are to-day among the earth's greatest contributors to wealth4 ,it is not1 however1 the simple discovery of a new force1 but its ingenious application1 that brings financial reward1 and there may be a hundred1 or even a thousand ways of applying a new power4 ,these powers are perhaps all known at the present time1 but many of them are little utilized1 and some have never been harnessed4 ,it is probable that we have as yet only begun to unlock the secrets of nature4 #heb4 ,,compressed ,,air4--,there are vast possibilities in the use of this power4 ,in a few years lightning expresses will fly over the land1 swift vessels will skim the deep1 monster passenger eagles will soar in the air1 and tons of mail matter will be blown through tubes from sea to sea1 all driven by this powerful motor1 compressed air4 ,these things only wait for money and brains4 #hec4 ,,steam4--,in the application of steam about ninety per cent4 of power is lost4 ,this is an enormous waste4 ,here is room for a second ,watt4 ,in the race for primacy as a power1 steam need take no second place if only its unutilized forces be turned to account by some inventor4 ,here is a field worthy of the noblest powers of man4 #hed4 ,,electricity4--,at present electricity sends our telegraph messages1 projects our voices through the telephone1 propels our street cars1 lights our streets and dwellings1 and in some ,states executes our criminals4 ,but it is altogether likely that this as yet comparatively unknown power will be extended into a hundred untried fields4 ,here is a single example of the economy in its use3 ,the ,baldwin ,locomotive ,company discovered that they were losing eighty per cent4 of steam power in shafts and belts4 ,they installed electric motors and reduced the bill for power immensely4 ,hundreds of large establishments waste from one-fourth to three-fourth of steam in the same way4 ,if electricity can save from #ad to #ej per day1 as in the case just quoted1 it is surely well worth a trial4 #hee4 ,,caloric4--,the time will come when the billions of cubic feet of sunlight that fall upon our earth will be utilized and will doubtless be the cheapest and most efficient of all the motor forces4 ,if you can only focus this widely distributed energy1 you can obtain any amount of heat and consequently power4 ,it has been proved that you can boil two pints of water with the heat of the sun falling upon one and one-half square yards of surface4 ,one square yard of sunshine represents one horse power4 ,the problem1 therefore1 is to concentrate4 ,this will be done some day by the use of immense convex mirrors4 ,already experiments are being tried1 and the first promoters of this scheme will have the power of the world at their feet and its wealth in their hands4 #hef4 ,,water ,,power4--,the time will also come when the thousands of cataracts and rapids that now waste their energies will all be harnessed and set to work4 ,it is estimated that the water power of ,niagara is as great as would be the steam power produced by #bbf1jjj1jjj tons of coal a year4 ,this one cataract has power enough to make a thousand millionaires1 and there are hundreds of smaller waterfalls running to waste4 #heg4 ,,windmills4--,steam is costly and water is not always available1 but the wind is everywhere1 and costs little or nothing4 ,it has the disadvantage of inconstancy and uncertainty1 but it is invaluable for storing up force for future use4 ,the windmill is susceptible of great improvements1 and waits for another ,morse or ,watt4 #heh4 ,a ,,sand ,,mill4--,one ingenious man out ,west has equipped his windmill with an endless belt provided with buckets1 like a grain elevator4 ,these dip into a box of dry sand and discharge it upon a large wheel like an overshot water-wheel1 which it turns as water would4 ,the sand is discharged again into the box and thus is used over again endlessly4 ,we think the man has not patented his invention2 he has missed a fortune which somebody else will pick up4 #hei4 ,,sea ,,power4--,next to the power of the sun is the power of the ocean4 ,an experiment with a dynanometer has shown that the pressure exerted by the sea waves during a storm often exceeds #g1fjj pounds per square foot4 ,multiply this by #a1cic1ibj1jjj1jjj1jjj feet1 which the surface of the ocean presents1 and we gather some little notion of the inconceivable power that is running to waste4 ,when will come the inventor who will harness the sea and set it to lighting our cities and carrying men and mail-bags8 ,there is said to be millions upon millions of gold strewn on the ocean's bed as the result of wrecks1 but there is vastly more gold for the daring inventor in the waves that forever pound upon the beach4 #hfj4 ,,artesian ,,well4--,the artesian well plant is coming into prominence4 ,formerly the well was only employed as a means of getting water to drink2 it is only recently that it has occurred to people that here is an immense and unused water motor4 ,water power from running streams is only available here and there1 but with the advent of the artesian well there is no spot on earth that may not have as much cheap power as it needs1 the cost being almost nothing when once the power is obtained4 ,here is another opportunity for enterprise and fortune4 #hfa4 ,,liquid ,,air4--,this is a new discovery1 and one very rich in promise4 ,here is doubtless the long-sought-for method of the storage battery4 ,it has been found that the same force of liquid air as applied in the electric storage battery scores from one-tenth to one-twentieth more than the electric fluid is able to do4 ,here we have a power whose application will result in such unknown quantities of usefulness and wealth as to defy the power of figures and even the imagination itself4 ,,chapter ,,xxiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,building ,,materials4 ,boundless ,wealth in ,brick1 ,wood and ,stone--,farmers ,who have ,untouched and ,unknown ,mines--,a ,man ,with #b1jjj1jjj ,acres--,how a ,farmer ,astonished a ,lawyer--,a ,new ,way to ,measure ,land--,men ,who ,don't ,know ,they are ,rich--,are ,you ,one8--,more ,money in the ,builder's ,stone than in the ,philosopher's ,stone--,secrets of ,brick ,making--,the ,exploits of 8,lucky0 ,baldwin--,a ,man ,who ,lives in a ,glass ,house--,the ,floor of the ,future--,time is ,money1 but the ,shorter the ,time the ,more the ,money4 ,it is certain that nearly all the structures now upon the earth will have to be rebuilt during the next half century4 ,when we consider the immense cost and vast number of these buildings1 aggregating thousand of millions of dollars1 the demand for building materials surpasses all computation and imagination4 ,during the next few decades untold myriads of persons will get rich1 either in this discovery of new fields for these materials1 exploiting the old ones1 or in the invention of new building matter4 8,how large is your farm80 inquired a lawyer of a verdant farmer whom he meant to guy4 ,the man of the law winked at his companion as much as to say1 8,see what sport ,i will have with the old fool60 8,well10 said the haymaker1 8,i reckon ,i have about #b1jjj1jjj acres40 8,two million acres60 gasped the attorney1 gazing round2 8pray1 where is it80 8,down yere10 replied the farmer1 pointing his long1 skinny fingers at the ground4 8,i have got a hundred acres on top1 and ,i reckon ,i own about down to the middle of the y'arth40 ,the man of the soil spake wiser than he knew4 ,he was rich1 but not exactly in the way he imagined1 for a granite quarry of the finest kind was found on his land1 which caused him to realize a large sum4 #hfb4 ,,stone ,,quarry4--,says a recent publication3 8,a man who has a quarry of good building stone1 easily accessible1 is richer than if he owned a gold mine40 ,but there are immense numbers of such quarries unworked and even unsuspected4 ,it is not too much to say that there are at least a thousand farmers bemoaning unproductive land which contains beneath the surface that which can make them richer than anything they can possibly grow from the soil4 #hfc4 ,,artificial ,,stone4--,many kinds of artificial stone are now employed1 such as ,ransom's concrete1 ,portland stone1 etc4 ,they are made by a mixture of cement1 sand and gravel1 and are molded into blocks4 ,the value depends upon the kind of cement4 ,no really good lime for this purpose has yet been found in the ,united ,states4 ,the man who can discover a calcareous deposit capable of making a good1 silicious or argillaceous hydraulic lime will have the market for manufactured stone practically in his hands4 #hfd4 ,,baked ,,brick4--,late improvements in baking brick have reduced the time required to bake #ajj1jjj bricks from fourteen to four days1 and the amount of fuel from forty cords of wood to sixteen4 ,the following suggestions by a brick-burner will show the path of fortune to those who can reduce the time still further4 ,mix a little charcoal in the clay4 ,double the length of the brick4 ,if by either of these ways you can make the bricks a trifle cheaper1 while retaining their qualities1 you have acquired a fortune4 8,lucky0 ,baldwin1 a man afterward famous for his mining and real estate speculations1 made his first large money in brick-burning4 8,i had no experience whatever then10 he said1 8but ,i studied up the subject1 thoroughly mastered the details1 and cleared #a1ejj in a month40 #hfe4 ,,glass ,,brick4--,another new idea6 ,why not make a brick of glass1 partially hollow1 so that1 filled with rarefied air1 it can be a non-conductor of heat8 ,such a brick would be a great improvement on the present method of constructing conservatories1 greenhouses and the walls of winter gardens4 ,the plan is being tried in ,europe1 but there is no patent on the introduction1 and nothing to stop an ,american from introducing a new kind of hothouse4 ,the adage about the 8man in a glass house0 may be realized yet4 #hff4 ,,rubber ,,floors4--,why do we go on in the old way1 employing rough-sounding and creaking flooring1 when there is a material which meets every want for a desirable floor8 ,india rubber tiles prevent slipping1 emit no sound under the foot1 and have the additional element of an agreeable elasticity4 ,it is a positive pleasure to walk on an ,india rubber floor4 ,it is1 of course1 more expensive than wood1 but the time is surely coming when every elegant dwelling1 all expensive halls and public buildings1 as well as the saloon decks of our first-class steamships1 will have these improved floors4 ,a man1 ambitious to be rich and possessing a few thousands of capital1 could hardly do a better thing than to manufacture rubber interlocking tiles1 advertising them extensively and exhibiting models to builders4 ,,chapter ,,xxiv4 ,,money ,,in ,,amusements4 ,money in ,fun--,salary of a 8,star0--,a ,fortune in 8,a ,parlor ,match0--,a ,pianist ,who ,got #b1ejj a ,night--,how to ,get a ,start on the ,stage--,a ,new ,field for the ,amusement ,artist--,humor and ,hard ,cash in ,shadowgraphs--,what ,max ,o',rell ,earned on the ,lecture ,platform--,money in the ,traveling ,show--,the ,greatest ,money ,burning in the ,united ,states--,fortunes in ,fireworks4 ,people who cater to public amusements are so many1 their entertainments so diverse and their talents so unequal1 that no general statement can be made about the remuneration for this kind of work4 ,there are 8stars0 at the top who receive from #bjj to #a1jjj per night1 and there are 8mediocres10 or worse1 at the bottom who barely eke out a living at #g a week4 ,no one should enter this field unless his talent is equal to his ambition4 ,here are a few of the prizes taken before the footlights3 #hfg4 ,,the ,,farce ,,comedy4--,evans and ,hoey purchased a comedy entitled 8,a ,parlor ,match40 ,mr4 ,evans says3 8,we played it over #c1jjj times1 and at a rough estimate ,i think we must have cleared from #cjj1jjj to #djj1jjj40 #hfh4 ,,instrumental ,,concerts4--,the possibilities of dollars in instrumental music are seemingly unlimited4 ,celebrated pianists have received almost fabulous sums4 ,rubinstein's six months' tour in ,america is said to have netted a profit of #fj1jjj1 and a second engagement was made for him at the rate of #b1ejj per night4 #hfi4 ,,stage ,,stars4--,the stage1 like every other profession1 is crowded at the bottom1 but has room at the top4 ,beginners seldom get more than #ae per week and commonly they receive much less4 ,leading people in road companies get #ej per week4 ,stars receive from #ajj to #ejj per night4 ,madame ,celeste made #ej1jjj in this country4 ,edwin ,forrest never received less than #bjj per night4 ,edwin ,booth sometimes played for #ejj per night4 #hgj4 ,,popular ,,lecturers4--,these are richly rewarded for their hour or two of entertainment of an audience4 ,john ,b4 ,gough's price was #bjj per night4 ,henry ,ward ,beecher1 ,wendell ,phillips1 and ,bayard ,taylor averaged the same figures4 ,the receipts for ,professor ,tyndall's thirty-five lectures in this country were #bc1ajj2 and ,max ,o',rell earned #e1bij by his lectures during a single week in ,johannesburg1 ,south ,africa4 ,says a magazine note3 8,money-making's most promising field is that of a popular lecturer40 #hga4 ,,hand ,,shadows4--,here is something new3 ,some amusement artists in ,england have conceived the idea of entertaining audiences with hand shadows4 ,a candle1 an oil lamp1 or an arc light is used1 and the beam of light passes through a small circular opening upon a sheet of ticket-writer's holland4 ,sometimes a pipe or a piece of cardboard is used to heighten the effect1 but for the most part the artist employs his hands only4 ,with diligent practice the most comical effects1 such as 8,dressing for a ,party10 8,the ,dog ,fight10 etc41 can be produced4 ,mr4 ,devant1 the originator of the shadowgraph1 convulses his audiences and reaps large profits for himself4 ,america1 where the humorous is quickly and keenly appreciated1 offers a large field for this new kind of entertainment4 #hgb4 ,,museum ,,and ,,circus4--,the vocation of the popular showman is a highly paying one4 ,it appeals to two of the most powerful motives of human nature--the desire to be amused and amazed4 ,p4 ,t4 ,barnum made and lost two or three fortunes2 ,bailey1 the successor of ,barnum1 and ,dan ,rice have also conducted highly successful shows4 ,dime museums in large cities often pay vast sums for curiosities and monstrosities1 and still conduct a very profitable business4 #hgc4 ,,gymnasts4--,athletes need to begin early in life in order to acquire suppleness of muscle4 ,there is no profession that demands a severer training or regimen4 ,a vast number of performers are constantly traveling through the country4 ,engagements with companies are made on exhibition of skill4 ,managers are always on the alert for something new4 ,some equestrians receive as high as #ejj a week for self and horses2 clowns often receive #ajj2 rope walkers1 #ej4 #hgd4 ,,opera ,,singers4--,voice1 gesture1 grace1 and beauty are the four qualities of success in the opera artist4 ,those who succeed receive princely sums for their services4 ,mario got #djj a night in ,philadelphia4 ,tamberlik every time he sung a high note demanded #ejj4 ,piccolomini cost her manager over #e1jjj a month4 ,madame ,perer received #ad1jjj for the season4 ,genius and hard work are nowhere better paid than in the opera4 #hge4 ,,mimic ,,battles4--,pain's fireworks at ,manhattan ,beach1 reproducing the 8,capture of ,manila0 and 8,the ,fall of ,santiago10 have been immensely popular1 sometimes drawing crowds numbering #aj1jjj4 ,a thousand dollars' worth of fireworks and papier mach are burned in a single night during the season1 but enormous as are the expenses we are informed that the proprietor seldom makes less than #ejj a night4 ,there is no patent on these exhibitions1 and they may be repeated or imitated anywhere4 ,a man who dares 8burn money0 in this way1 or a stock company where the individual risk would be comparatively small1 exhibiting these fireworks in all our great cities1 would certainly reap handsome gains4 ,especially at this time1 while the fervor of patriotism and the glow of enthusiasm over our recent victories are still at white heat1 the enterprise could not fail to be paying4 ,we would almost guarantee that a company which could set up as brilliant an exhibition as ,pain's in fifty leading cities would realize twenty-five per cent4 on the investment4 #hgf4 ,,theatrical ,,enterprises4--,running a theater is risky business2 it has its ups and downs1 and the downs are as swift as the ups4 ,oscar ,hammerstein1 who has just lost all by an unsuccessful venture1 says that once during the short period of four weeks he made #fj1jjj4 ,daly1 ,frohman1 ,lester ,wallack1 and many others1 have grown rich in the theatrical business4 #hgg4 ,,dancers4--,members of the vaudeville are not so well paid as in many other arts for amusing the public1 but special dancing 8artists0 sometimes receive almost fabulous sums4 ,famous dancers have received as high as #aj1jjj in the course of a season4 ,freda ,maloff1 the ,turkish dancer1 has just returned from the ,klondike1 where in the course of a few months she has made #fb1jjj in her profession1 the miners literally showering her with nuggets4 #hgh4 ,,moving ,,pictures4--,this latest and most popular form of amusement is coining money for the owners of the cinematograph1 biograph1 vitascope1 or by whatever other name the instrument is called which causes the scenes portrayed on canvas to be instinct with moving life4 ,the charge for an evening's service is commonly #ej4 #hgi4 ,,band ,,players4--,band players get from #a1jjj to #e1jjj a year1 according to proficiency4 ,sousa1 the leader of the celebrated band by his name1 received #f1jjj a year4 ,there are always openings for good band players4 #hhj4 ,,impersonators4--,dickens will probably always be the great resort for this class of entertainers4 ,of seven leading impersonators now on the platform1 four portray his characters almost exclusively4 ,it is a fine field for the elocutionist who has talents for mimicry4 ,the average charge is #be per night4 #hha4 ,,ancient ,,burlesques4--,there are at least three forms of this amusement which are having great success4 ,they are 8,the ,village ,choir10 8,the ,old ,folks' ,concert10 and 8,aunt ,polly ,bassett's ,singing ,school40 ,the last named has often cleared #ajj in a single evening4 #hhb4 ,,reciters4--,reciters and readers1 from ,dickens to ,hall ,caine1 have always been popular4 ,the highest paid are well-known authors1 who read from their own writings4 ,charles ,dickens seldom received less than #bjj an evening4 ,but the majority are glad to get engagements at from #aj to #be a night4 #hhc4 ,,bell ,,ringers4--,the discovery that many objects in nature could be made to give forth musical sounds has vastly widened the field of entertainment4 ,rocks1 steam pipes1 tumblers1 and dinner bells have been drafted into service1 the last named with notable success4 ,in one company four young ladies have charmed the public ear with the melody of a score of hand bells4 ,they have reaped rich harvests all over the country4 #hhd4 ,,magicians4--,this field has been somewhat overworked of late years1 but the phenomenal success of such men as ,blitz1 the ventriloquist1 and ,hermann1 the prestidigitator1 show the possibilities in this line4 ,both these men bewitched the public for a whole generation1 and made great fortunes4 #hhe4 ,,story ,,tellers4--,this is a late revival of a form of amusement as old as the times of ,homer4 ,those succeed best who are authors as well as elocutionists1 making their own story and telling it fresh from the heart4 ,we predict that this kind of entertainment is going to have a great run1 and persons who have talent in this line will do well to furbish up their weapons4 #hhf4 ,,cartoonists4--,cartoonists and crayonists receive high figures for their work1 as this kind of talent is rare4 ,the chief of this class of artists received from #ej to #aej per night4 ,since his death1 no worthy successor has been found1 but there are many young fingers that are clever with chalk1 and there is room for more4 ,it is a very inviting field for persons who have the right gifts4 ,,chapter ,,xxv4 ,,money ,,in ,,rod ,,and ,,gun4 ,how to ,combine ,profit and ,pleasure--,some ,truths ,about ,trout--,stories of the ,wild ,north--,fortunes in ,furs--,nearly ,five ,million ,skins a year--,cost of ,birds for ,ladies' ,hats--#be a ,day and ,your ,own ,game ,keeper--,an ,elephant ,hunt in ,africa4 ,happy is the man who can combine pleasure and profit4 ,most men use the rod and gun for sport1 but there are a number of persons who follow the business 8professionally40 ,especially in the great forests of the north are found thousands of men to whom the skins of wild beasts may be said to be meat and drink4 ,some of them even attain a competence and retire on their savings from the sale of furs4 ,this is less surprising when we remember that people in the great northern wilderness spend little beyond what is needful for the bare necessaries of life4 #hhg4 ,,fat ,,quails4--,the quail has been called the game bird of ,america1 because it is found almost everywhere4 ,some of the best shooting is found in ,north ,carolina and ,maryland1 where a hunter of average skill can bag fifty birds a day4 ,price1 #a4ge per dozen1 or #g for his day's sport4 ,hunters must consult the game laws1 which differ in various ,states of the ,union4 #hhh4 ,,tropical ,,birds4--,it is estimated that the number of birds it is necessary to slaughter annually for the decoration of ladies' hats amounts to the enormous number of #i1bej1jjj4 ,these are mostly tropical birds1 and are shot in the forests of ,brazil1 ,central ,america and ,mexico4 ,some are natives of our ,southern ,states1 especially of ,florida4 ,on account of the great difference in the worth of the feathers1 no estimate of the value can be given1 but it is said that a skilled hunter of these bright wings can easily bag #aj worth of the birds in a day4 #hhi4 ,,ivory4--,elephant hunting in ,africa is very profitable for those who have the courage and taste for the work4 ,seventy-five thousand elephants are slain yearly to supply the world's knife-handles1 billiard balls1 and piano keys4 ,there are a number of persons engaged in the killing of elephants for the sake of the sport1 but most hunters do so for the profit4 ,ivory is worth about #a a pound1 and the tusks of a male elephant weigh about fifty pounds4 ,the average of one elephant a day is considered a good day's work1 although five or six have been taken under the most favorable circumstances4 ,the safest plan is by means of a pitfall1 as then the enraged beast is unable to attack his aggressor4 ,the elephant hunting business is worth about #e1jjj1jjj a year4 #hij4 ,,the ,,trout ,,pond4--,in ,new ,england there are hundreds of fish dealers who own ponds which they have stocked with trout1 and which they sell for #a apiece2 and this price they often receive even when the buyer as sportsman catches them himself4 ,the profits of fish raising lie in the fact that fish are prolific to an extent vastly greater than any other creatures used for human food1 the female sometimes laying as many as #aej1jjj eggs4 ,there are owners of trout preserves who receive as high as #be a day from sporting clubs for the exclusive use of their ponds4 #hia4 ,,fabulous ,,prices ,,for ,,furs4--,hunting and trapping in ,british ,america and in the ,north ,woods of the ,united ,states have always been very profitable4 ,here is a list of the number of furs taken1 with a few of the prices obtained3 ,a good sable skin brings from #bj to #aej1 according to quality2 #ae1jjj are caught yearly4 ,almost as valuable is the fur of the pine marten2 #bjj1jjj skins taken annually4 ,another high-priced skin is that of the mink2 #bej1jjj are taken every year4 ,the ermine is another choice fur1 of which #djj1jjj are taken yearly4 ,a beautiful material for robes1 ladies' sets1 trimmings1 etc41 is the fur of the ,canada lynx1 of which #ej1jjj are taken yearly4 ,the fur of the otter is much esteemed for caps1 collars1 and gloves2 #dj1jjj taken yearly4 ,almost the same number of beavers are captured every year2 the fur is used for caps and mufflers4 ,three million muskrat skins are in demand every year4 ,of all kinds of foxes some #bjj1jjj find their way into our markets or are exported to ,europe4 ,the skin of the silver fox of ,labrador has been sold in ,london for #ejj4 ,the raccoon furnishes us yearly with #ejj1jjj skins1 and the badger with #ej1jjj4 ,we have as a summary #d1gde1jjj skins marketed every year1 affording employment for thousands of hunters and trappers4 ,,chapter ,,xxvi4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,forest4 ,unappreciated and ,unappropriated ,wealth in ,trees--#e1jjj1jjj ,burned in ,florida ,forests--,reckless ,waste of ,timber--,an ,opportunity to ,make a ,fortune in ,paper ,cane--,chances in ,cedar--,small ,spools ,help to ,wind ,great ,fortunes--,how ,some ,people ,throw ,away #ej1jjj a ,year4 ,there is doubtless more money in the forests that clothe the mountains than in the metals that are buried beneath their granite and limestone backs4 ,much of this wealth has been squandered through lack of knowledge of its worth and because of meager facilities for its utilization4 ,in the ,state of ,florida alone more than #e1jjj1jjj worth of timber has been ruthlessly burned in order to clear the ground for orange plantations4 ,forest wealth in the future will probably be obtained in the following ways3 #hib4 ,,wisconsin ,,pines4--,the merchantable timber in the forests of the ,wolverine ,state1 according to ,government estimate1 reaches the enormous amount of #da1jjj1jjj1jjj feet4 ,there are many fortunes yet to be carved out of the endless pines of this ,state4 #hic4 ,,north ,,carolina ,,tar4--,eight million dollars is the sum earned annually by the people of ,north ,carolina from the making of tar4 ,the pine forests that yield tar are not costly1 but a large amount of acreage is required4 #hid4 ,,vermont ,,maple ,,sugar4--,the people of ,vermont last year earned more than #ab1jjj1jjj by making maple sugar4 ,it is one of the surest sources of revenue4 ,the work is light1 pleasant and romantic4 #hie4 ,,alabama ,,chestnuts4--,thousands of acres of chestnut timber are wasted in ,alabama because its worth is not known4 ,the timber is felled for the tanbark1 but the ,commissioner of ,forests estimates that in a single region #ej1jjj could be made annually by cutting this waste wood into railroad ties4 #hif4 ,,idaho ,,cedar4--,the finest body of red cedar on the continent exists in the ,state of ,idaho4 ,red cedar is one of the most valuable of woods4 ,endless tracts can be purchased now for #aj an acre4 ,it is probable that in ten or fifteen years1 with better railroad facilities1 the standing wood alone without the land cannot be purchased for #ajj per acre4 #hig4 ,,maine ,,birch ,,wood4--,nearly all the wood used in making spools for thread in this country and in ,great ,britain is supplied by the ,maine forests4 ,so great is the demand1 and so profitable the work of felling the trees that the birch wood of this ,state is being rapidly consumed4 ,a good1 though long-time investment can be found in the setting out of birch trees on the waste lands of ,new ,england4 ,a thousand acres of land1 not worth #aj an acre at present1 may be stocked with birch trees1 which can be sold in from twenty-five to thirty years for #dj per acre4 ,profits1 less taxes1 #cj1jjj4 #hih4 ,,southern ,,canes4--,one of the most important factors of modern civilization is paper4 ,the ,united ,states consumes yearly about #ge1jjj1jjj worth of paper4 ,from rags1 which once afforded all the material for paper making1 but which are now entirely insufficient1 manufacturers are experimenting with all kinds of vegetable growth in search of the best paper pulp4 ,paper is now being made of the fiber of trees4 ,in the ,southern ,states there is a kind of coarse cane which affords an inexhaustible supply1 with a peculiar adaptation for the purposes of paper making4 ,here is a hint for the benefit of the one first to seize it4 ,a buyer who should purchase a thousand acres1 or even ten thousand acres1 of paper cane would soon find a profitable market4 ,,chapter ,,xxvii4 ,,money ,,in ,,the ,,sea4 ,the ,magician who ,makes ,gold ,swim--#cj1jjj1jjj in a ,shoal of ,cod--#bjj per cent4 ,profits in ,salmon--,how ,french ,sardines are ,made in ,maine--,vast ,money in ,bivalves--,john ,bull1 ,brother ,jonathan1 and the ,seal ,fisheries--,chasing a ,greenland ,whale--,old ,salts who ,have ,made their 8,pile0--,why ,salt ,fish is ,worth ,more than ,fresh--,the ,greatest ,reservoir of ,wealth--,a ,leaf from a ,business ,ledger4 ,gold floats in the air1 swims in the sea1 springs up out of the earth1 and lies deep hid in the mountain bed4 ,how can gold swim8 ,in the form of millions upon millions of tiny creatures whose destruction brings gold into the pockets of their captors4 ,literally1 the ocean is the biggest field of revenue on the planet4 ,it is a reservoir of wealth which all the ages are not likely to exhaust4 ,further1 the ocean1 unlike the land1 has not been and cannot be partitioned out among individual owners4 ,any man can enter upon any body of water not actually occupied by another1 and appropriate all that he finds there4 ,the following are among the most profitable of the fisheries3 #hii4 ,,oregon ,,salmon4--,the female salmon lays a thousand eggs for every pound of her weight4 ,for salmon profits go to ,oregon4 ,immense factories1 making enormous profits1 are already in the field1 but there is room for more4 #ijj4 ,,massachusetts ,,cod4--,professor ,huxley estimates the number of cod in a single shoal at #abj1jjj1jjj4 ,what do you think of that1 you who pay twenty-five cents for a small codfish8 ,a shoal of fish worth #cj1jjj1jjj6 ,go to ,newfoundland if you want to catch cod4 #ija4 ,,french ,,sardines4--,so-called ,french sardines are put up in ,maine4 ,they have a foreign label1 and command twice the price they would if it were known that they are a native product4 ,the deception1 however1 is only in the name1 for they are in no way inferior to the foreign brand4 ,as an example of the enormous profits1 we have it for a fact that herrings worth when fresh not more than #ej1jjj1 were put up as sardines in cans holding one pound each1 and in that style they brought #ggj1jjj4 ,this is the secret of the way some people get rich4 #ijb4 ,,sea ,,otters4--,these are not so plentiful as formerly1 but the increased price of the skins partly makes up for the less number of furs4 ,a few years ago a schooner sailed from ,boston to the ,northern ,pacific in quest of these slippery sea tenants1 and in the course of three trips netted #ge1jjj4 #ijc4 ,,arctic ,,whales4--,rivals of whale oil have reduced the price of that lubricant1 but there are yet many vessels engaged in the enterprise4 ,when we consider that the whaling industry has contributed #fhj1jjj1jjj to the wealth of ,england1 ,holland1 and the ,united ,states1 we can see what enormous profits have been reaped by those engaged in the business4 ,from ,sandy ,hook to ,cape ,cod1 all along the coast1 there are retired sea captains who have 8feathered their nest0 with the sales of whale-blubber4 #ijd4 ,,behring ,,seals4--,go aboard a sealing vessel4 ,the business is very profitable4 ,above #a1jjj1jjj seals of all kinds are taken yearly1 a single vessel sometimes catching as many as #e1jjj4 ,as these seals are taken by vessels owned and manned by legalized companies1 the profits are not so subject to fluctuation as in what is called individual luck4 ,to be a member of a sealing company you must have some capital1 but the business is so profitable that it pays at least twenty-five per cent4 ,john ,bull and ,brother ,jonathan have had many disputes about the right to catch these seals4 ,they are undoubtedly ,united ,states property1 but ,england bases its rights in old treaties4 ,however1 if the catch is not restricted1 the indiscriminating slaughter will soon diminish the number so that there will not be enough seals worth fighting about4 #ije4 ,,sea ,,gold4--,though this product of the sea has no fins1 it falls more appropriately under the heading of this chapter than any other4 ,the ,south ,sea ,bubble has had a parallel in the recent excitement over golden sea waves4 ,a clergyman1 a ,connecticut ,yankee by the name of ,jernigan1 together with his brother1 after many experiments1 announced that they had discovered a process for extracting gold from the sea4 ,a stock company was formed1 a large capital raised1 and a mill erected4 ,but the bubble exploded with loss to all except the reverend projector of the enterprise1 who is said to have made #ajj1jjj out of the scheme4 ,at least1 a loose leaf from his ledger1 which he left behind in his flight1 indicates that about that sum was inveigled from the pockets of the deluded members of the 8company40 ,however1 some of them still have faith in the enterprise4 ,it has been known to chemists for a long time that gold is contained in sea water4 ,the only question is whether it is in sufficient quantities to pay for the cost of its extraction4 ,it may yet be found that what is at present regarded as a gigantic swindle contains the seeds of a profitable industry4 ,,chapter ,,xxviii4 ,,money ,,in ,,waste ,,material4 ,the ,american ,people ,waste ,more ,fortunes than ,other ,nations ,make--,the ,shoreditch ,experiment in ,england--,the ,tonner ,system of ,germany--,millions in ,ashes--,coal ,fortunes ,waiting to be ,picked ,up--,astonishing ,possibilities in ,irrigation--,tons of ,tin ,thrown ,away ,every ,day--#e1jjj1jjj ,lost in ,sulphur ,every ,year--,a ,fortune ,waiting a ,stovepipe ,inventor--,enormous ,waste of ,gold and ,silver4 ,the ,american nation is a wasteful one4 ,every year by neglect1 poor economy and extravagance1 material is lost which if saved would be enough to make many people rich4 ,there are fortunes in ashes1 garbage1 sewage1 and cinder piles4 ,why explore new fields when the old is yet unworked8 ,here are a few ways in which capital can be expended with a certainty of quick and large profits3 #ijf4 ,,waste ,,of ,,sewage4--,the wasteful methods of civilization cause the destruction of by far the most valuable of all our fertilizers1 which passes out of our sewers into the sea1 and is lost4 ,it is estimated that the amount in ,new ,york ,city alone is worth over #e1jjj1jjj yearly4 ,in ,germany1 what is known as the ,tonner system saves this richest of fertilizers2 and the time is ripe for some one in this country to save this enormous waste and make himself many times a millionaire in the ,book of ,wealth4 #ijg4 ,,waste ,,of ,,coal ,,ashes4--,two hundred million tons of coal are consumed annually in this country4 ,about one-half of this amount goes to ashes4 ,it is safe to say that1 after all the cinders and slag have been sifted out1 there are still #ajj1jjj1jjj truck loads which are worse than wasted1 as they threaten to hinder the free navigation of our harbor4 ,coal ashes have a value as a fertilizer4 ,even at the cheap price of twenty-five cents a load1 we have an aggregate of #be1jjj1jjj lost by this careless waste4 ,the time will come when some enterprising firms1 with means for collecting and distributing this refuse1 will make fortunes by its sale to farmers and gardeners4 #ijh4 ,,waste ,,of ,,garbage4--,shoreditch1 population1 #abd1jjj1 a borough of ,london1 by a new system for the disposal of garbage1 called the ,dust ,destructor1 saved in one year #aa1jjj1 or enough to defray the expense of its electric lights4 ,what formerly cost eighty cents a ton for barging1 is now done by the new system for thirty cents4 ,in ,new ,york ,city 7not the ,greater ,new ,york7 the number of truck loads last year was #a1ehb1bhg1 and it is estimated that a similar system1 in place of the one which now costs the city ninety-four cents per load1 would save #gab1acb1 equivalent to the interest at six per cent4 on a capital of #aa1hfh1fge1 or more than sufficient to light the whole of ,manhattan ,island4 #iji4 ,,waste ,,of ,,sulphur4--,attention has recently been called to the enormous waste of sulphur which is going on in the copper furnaces of ,western mining towns4 ,it is said that the annual waste is #abh1jjj tons4 ,the price of sulphur is #cb a ton4 ,where is the man who will stop the pouring out of this vast quantity of poisonous vapor upon the atmosphere1 save the enormous waste of valuable material1 and make for himself a gigantic fortune8 ,the lists are open4 #iaj4 ,,waste ,,of ,,tin4--,thousands of tons of tin cans are daily thrown in the rubbish heap4 ,it is believed that by treatment of sulphate the tin may be recovered and again utilized4 ,it is a question whether the same amount of money now invested in tin mines1 if put to this novel use1 would not be the better paying investment4 ,it is estimated that there are two cents' worth of tin in an average-sized can4 ,cans could be collected at a cost of fifty cents per hundred1 or #e1jjj per million4 ,if we estimate the chemical process of recovering the tin at as much more1 the total cost would be #aj1jjj per million cans4 ,worth of the tin recovered at two cents per can1 #bj1jjj4 ,profits1 #ajj per cent4 #iaa4 ,,waste ,,of ,,heat4--,in our present systems of heating1 from one-fourth to one-third of the heat passes up the chimney and is lost4 ,could not some method be perfected by which this could be saved8 ,it would be a great boon to the poor1 who need to save every pound of coal1 if this could be done4 ,we suggest as one plan a stovepipe radiator--two pipes1 open at top and bottom1 traversing the vertical leg of the smoke-flue1 by means of which the air of the room shall be taken in at one end and sent out at the other4 ,there are at least #ajj1jjj apartments heated by steam4 ,a system which will add one-fourth to the heat of these rooms will be a material blessing4 ,there should be millions in the invention4 #iab4 ,,waste ,,of ,,land4--,judge ,emory1 at a recent irrigation convention1 stated that the arid and semi-arid lands of the ,united ,states are one-half as large as all our domain1 except ,alaska4 ,it is estimated that good homes1 fit for #ge1jjj1jjj to #aej1jjj1jjj people1 could be made by irrigation4 ,this system is yet in its infancy4 ,in a few years hundreds of millions of dollars will be invested in making our desert lands 8blossom as the rose10 but like all other enterprises1 first on the field will be the first in fortune4 #iac4 ,,waste ,,of ,,gold1 ,,silver ,,and ,,iron4--,the present clumsy methods of extracting the ore of metals must soon be superseded by a more economical system4 ,to say that there are #ajj1jjj1jjj worth of gold and silver in the refuse piled up around the mines would be much beneath the actual figures4 ,the loss in iron and other metals1 owing to the same cause1 is utterly incalculable4 ,the recent discoveries in magnetism point to the solution of the problem and the utilization of the waste4 ,it is not impossible that the electro-magnet contains more gold for its fortunate inventors than all the mines of the earth will yield to operators during a single year4 ,,chapter ,,xxix4 ,,miscellaneous ,,ways ,,of ,,making ,,money4 ,odd ,ways of ,making ,money--,millions for ,cents--,how to ,live ,without ,paying ,rent--,x-,rays and ,x-,bills--,fortunes in ,old ,iron--,newspapers1 ,like ,wine1 ,increase in ,price ,with ,age--,high ,price for a ,wig--#ijj per cent4 ,profit in ,old ,books--,what the 8,old ,furniture ,man0 ,makes--,the ,five-cent ,millionaire--,profits of ,peddlers--,why ,pawnbrokers ,get ,rich4 ,the ways of making money are as multifarious as the diversity of human industry4 ,some men earn a fortune1 some discover it1 some win it1 and some marry it4 ,every year new schemes are developed for the earning of one's bread4 ,many of them are unpromising and even startling1 and yet all the great industries that to-day pour wealth into the pockets of the capitalists were once derided as the folly of unpractical dreamers4 ,there is not one of the thousand or more methods of making a living in which there is not the possibility of a fortune4 ,the following methods are sufficiently out of the beaten track to be novel to most people1 while some of them are absolutely new and untried3 #iad4 ,,the ,,national ,,advertising ,,company4--,form a company of live1 energetic1 intelligent young men4 ,ascertain the extent of circulation of some of our literary magazines4 ,for every subscriber and buyer there are at least three readers2 some estimate five4 ,bunch together the circulation of some of the leading periodicals1 and when you are sure of a million readers1 begin operations4 ,divide the country up into sections1 with a central headquarters1 and let one of a pair of your young men work each4 ,one member of the firm remains to control the office4 ,the magazines should be those whose circulation covers the entire country1 and the advertisements you seek to gain should not be of a local but of a general character4 ,then you can work your field1 promising that for so many cents per thousand or dollars per million1 you will place the advertisements before the eyes of that number of people4 ,have circulars headed 8,millions for ,cents40 ,the power of numbers has a charm for most people1 and few advertisers will be able to resist your array of figures4 #iae4 ,,free ,,rent4--,get your rent free on the same plan that some men get a building lot free4 ,take a large house1 which1 we will say1 costs you #ge per month4 ,such a house should have at least twelve rooms1 six of which should be bedrooms4 ,these rooms should be readily sublet for #c a week1 which1 allowing for the fractions over the even weeks in a month1 exactly pays your rent4 ,by means of folding-beds you can readily convert some of the remaining six into sleeping rooms4 ,if your family is small1 a parlor can be so used4 #iaf4 ,x-,,rays ,,and ,x-,,bills4--,the fluoroscope is a new thing4 ,it is a great thing to see the bones of one's hands1 or keys imbedded in two inches of solid wood4 ,you can invent many other ways of making the novelty interesting4 ,people pay to see what is novel4 ,with proper advertising1 a really good fluoroscope exhibition should net at least #aj a night4 #iag4 ,,golden ,,sails4--,cleopatra's barge may not have had golden sails1 but if you live along shore1 especially near a summer resort1 you can turn your sails into gold1 and make the wind waft you money by taking parties for an outing on the water4 ,you should get #aj for a party of six2 #ae for a party of ten1 etc4 ,the requisites are a good boat1 made attractive by awning and colored cushions1 fishing tackle1 bait1 etc41 and a pleasant1 obliging disposition4 #iah4 ,,game ,,preserve4--,if you live far inland1 you can buy at cheap rates a wild mountain or a large tract of wilderness4 ,around this construct a high fence and stock your purchase with game4 ,all this will require capital1 but you will find ample returns for your investment in the rates which you will charge city sportsmen for a day's sport4 ,these hunters care little for the money if they can have a good day's sport4 ,after your game preserve becomes well known1 through liberal advertising1 #be a day on your investment during the season should be a very modest expectation4 #iai4 ,,the ,,junk ,,shop4--,one of the things most in demand to-day is iron4 ,this is the iron age4 ,it is displacing brick for building and wood for ships4 ,and yet how much goes to waste6 ,stoves1 pots1 kettles1 rails1 machinery1 wagon springs1 car wheels1 pillars1 girders1 and a multitude of other forms of this valuable metal go to waste4 ,the junk shop is a mine4 ,manufacturers will pay you fifty cents per #ajj pounds4 ,the fact is not generally known1 but many junk dealers have become rich4 #ibj4 ,,old ,,newspapers4--,newspapers should not be sold to the ragman until they have been scissored1 and perhaps not then4 ,in ,new ,york there is a man who makes a business of preserving newspapers4 ,you can get almost any copy of any paper for a number of years back4 ,copies forty years old bring as high as #bj apiece4 ,a copy twenty years old will bring #d or #e4 ,copies more than one year old and less than five sell from fifty cents to one dollar4 ,if salable1 every day increases the value of your stock4 #iba4 ,,the ,,book ,,stall4--,where come the books on the street stalls that sell for such marvelously low prices8 ,from the cellars 7would-be sellers7 of publication houses4 ,these are the books that will not sell at rates profitable to the publishers1 and are bought up by the thousand at small rates4 ,many of them come from the libraries of persons deceased1 and from the bookcases of men tired of carting them around in this moving age4 ,sold at fifteen1 twenty or twenty-five cents apiece1 there is a large profit in these books1 for they are often bought at #aj per thousand--that is1 a penny apiece4 ,profits at ten cents1 #ijj per cent4 ,bought at #ej per thousand1 you have still #djj per cent4 ,pretty fair profits indeed6 ,let us no longer despise the old dealer in second-hand books4 #ibb4 ,,old ,,furniture4--,furniture made of the best material brings large prices4 ,only slightly marred1 chairs and other kinds of household furniture often made of costly woods1 are stored away as useless in the attic4 ,these could frequently be purchased at very low prices1 the owners being glad to get rid of them as an incumbrance4 ,yet a little money would make them as good as new4 ,five dollars expended on a chair that originally cost #ej and was repurchased in a dilapidated state for #aj2 it was sold by the adroit second-hand dealer for #be2 and the purchaser considered it an excellent bargain4 ,the dealer's profit was #aj4 ,time consumed in repair1 one day and a half4 ,the man earned #f4ff-a_/c per day4 ,some in the same line have done much better4 ,with competent helpers and with industry in hunting up old furniture1 these figures should be trebled and quadrupled4 #ibc4 ,,public ,,convenience ,,room4--,establish it on some prominent thoroughfare4 ,it need not be very large4 ,suppose the rent to be #be per month4 ,let it be understood that for five cents you will furnish materials for correspondence 7pen1 ink and paper71 a writing desk1 brushes band lacking for shoes 7not the services of a bootblack71 a whisk broom1 a mirror1 the use of a daily paper1 a city directory1 a large map of the city1 information on points of interest concerning the things worth seeing1 directions how to reach any part of the city1 sofas and easy chairs for resting1 and the use of a toilet room4 ,all for five cents6 ,you should have at least #bjj patrons a day2 receipts1 #aj4 ,besides1 you could sell stationery1 confectionery1 cigars1 magazines1 and many other small articles in common use4 ,the place could advantageously be established in connection with a restaurant4 ,do you know that some of the largest fortunes have been made from just such five-cent charges4 ,a millionaire street-railroad magnate1 being asked recently what his business was1 replied3 8,oh6 just a five-cent business--that's all40 #ibd4 ,,general ,,advice4--,here is something entirely new3 ,thousands of people want information1 but do not know where to get it4 ,some write to the newspapers1 some ask friends4 ,it would be of great advantage if such persons could consult people who have more time to look into their affairs than a newspaper editor1 and who are more disinterested than friends4 ,let it be known that you will give tips on horse races1 inside information about stock1 points about the purchase of real estate1 advice about law matters1 suggestions about the investment of money1 or any other information that may be required4 ,have on hand a stock of dictionaries1 gazetteers1 directories1 encyclopedias1 and world books of general information4 ,you may charge ten cents for a simple consultation of five minutes4 ,you can give a great deal of information in five minutes1 if your questioner knows how to ask and you how to answer4 ,fifteen cents for ten minutes1 twenty-five cents for twenty minutes1 thirty-five cents for an half hour1 and half a dollar for an hour4 ,this business might be combined with the ,public ,convenience ,room in the last number4 #ibe4 ,,language ,,classes4--,here is one on a new plan4 ,a ,french teacher has hit upon the idea of combining work and play in a novel manner4 ,the classes form a club1 which meets as in progressive euchre4 ,the game is played after the old style of authors4 ,upon blank white cards are written the words to be used in sentences at the table4 ,one table has cards containing the names of clothing1 another of furniture1 and so on4 ,the players remain a certain length of time at each table1 and then pass to the next1 each player visiting every table during the session of the club4 ,afterward light refreshments are served by the teacher1 and the subjects announced for the next meeting4 ,the idea is a taking one1 and capable of great elaboration4 ,an up-to-date teacher ought to have immense success with this plan4 #ibf4 ,,business ,,opportunities4--,the business opportunities advertised in a single ,new ,york paper average #be a day1 #bjj on ,sunday1 or about #ag1ejj a year4 ,one man claims that #aj1jjj can be realized in two weeks by the opportune venture of #a1jjj in real estate4 ,another offers stock in a #aj1jjj mine which he is sure will shortly be worth #ajj1jjj4 ,a third offers #e1jjj for the use of #c1jjj one year in mining operations4 ,a fourth wants a backer for a new power1 in which #e1jjj1jjj will be easily realized4 ,most of these 8opportunities0 are doubtless illusive1 while many are bare-faced frauds2 yet among the myriads there may be some genuine chances for money-making4 ,a shrewd man might find a bonanza in this mine of opportunities4 #ibg4 ,,mine ,,owners4--,mr4 ,demullers1 of ,jefferson ,county1 ,n4 ,y41 a few years ago went to ,el ,paso1 ,mexico1 as a workman4 ,to-day he owns the most valuable turquoise mine in the world1 and is known as the 8,turquoise ,king40 ,one recent shipment netted him #aj1jjj4 ,another man in ,south ,america is known as the 8,nitrate ,king10 and is said to be the richest man on the ,western ,continent4 ,he also was once a poor man4 #ibh4 ,,cattle ,,raisers4--,six years ago ,grant ,gillet was a station agent in a small town in ,kansas1 working for a bare living4 ,he made an engagement as cattle feeder1 and from that position worked himself up into wealth by buying and selling cattle4 ,he actually made half a million dollars in four years1 and was known as the ,millionaire ,cowboy4 ,another man this last year bought ,texas cattle for #dcb1jjj1 and sold them for #edj1jjj1 making #ajh1jjj in four months4 ,this simply shows what opportunities there are for shrewd men in the cattle business4 #ibi4 ,,stump ,,speakers4--,men of oratorical ability have an opportunity during two or three months of every year to earn considerable money in political campaigns4 ,both of the great parties employ the best talent1 the pay depending partly upon one's convincing logic1 but mainly upon the celebrity of the speaker4 ,the lowest compensation is #e a night1 but noted speakers have received #ajj1 and even more1 for one short speech4 #icj4 ,,artistic ,,home ,,builders4--,these are not speculators1 but men who have built homes for their own occupancy1 yet have been induced to sell by the high prices offered4 ,we know of no less than three persons in this present year who have made #c1jjj to #e1jjj each in this way4 #ica4 ,,cemetery ,,owners4--,cemetery lots have proved good paying property to those who know how to manage it4 ,land which costs from #a1jjj to #e1jjj an acre is divided up into parcels one rod or one-half rod square1 and sold for from #ajj to #ejj a plot4 ,mr4 ,th4 ,e4 ,tinsley became a millionaire through graveyard operations in ,texas4 #icb4 ,,glass ,,ball ,,shooters4--,the names of ,carver and ,bogardus have become continental by reason of their skill in hitting glass balls shot out of a trap4 ,there is hardly any kind of sport more exciting1 and there is always a large class who will patronize a rifle contest4 ,these men pocketed fortunes by the exhibition of their skill4 #icc4 ,,entertainment ,,bureaus4--,a ,lecture ,bureau in ,brooklyn has the names of over #ejj persons1 embracing all kinds of talent1 booked to interest and amuse its patrons4 ,the manager1 by having several engagements on every night of the week1 and charging five per cent4 of profits1 is growing rich4 ,there is room for a bureau of this kind in every large city4 #icd4 ,,ice-,,cream ,,manufacturers4--,ten million quarts of ice-cream are annually sold in ,new ,york1 #fe1jjj quarts a day being the average consumption in warm weather4 8,it is nothing10 says a prominent maker1 8for a great establishment to dispose of #ce1jjj quarts in one day40 ,an idea of the money in the business may be formed from the fact that the value of the annual output is about #c1ejj1jjj1 of which fully one-third is profit4 #ice4 ,,gold ,,hunters4--,f4 ,e4 ,simmons1 of ,montana1 went to the ,klondike less than a year ago4 ,he suffered every hardship and nearly lost his life on the journey1 but he returned with half a million dollars4 ,there are a few prizes there1 as in all mining districts1 but the majority of gold hunters do not succeed4 ,yet ,mr4 ,j4 ,partridge1 a mining expert1 who has thoroughly examined the region1 says the wealth of the ,klondike is inexhaustible1 and he predicts that #cj1jjj1jjj will be taken out next year4 #icf4 ,,asphalt ,,companies4--,here is an example of the enormous profits made by these companies4 ,in one city the mayor1 suspecting the charges were exorbitant1 forced them to a lower scale1 when the company actually agreed to do for #a4ej per yard what they had hitherto received #b4be for laying4 ,this last was a living profit1 but the profits over and above a fair compensation were seventy-five cents per square yard4 ,this is the way contractors for the government get rich4 #icg4 ,,horse ,,jockeys4--,small men weighing not over #ajj pounds have an opportunity to earn money by riding horses on the race track4 ,as the race often depends upon the judgment1 skill1 and balance of the rider1 the owner wants the qualities of a man in the body of a boy4 ,jockeys receive on different tracks from #aj to #be for their day's work1 but riders of winners often receive presents of #aj and even more4 ,tod ,sloan1 a rider for the ,dwyers1 it is said1 received #a1jjj for a trip to the ,english ,derby4 #ich4 ,,wig ,,making4--,in a large city where there are several theaters1 you can do a good business in wigmaking4 ,the trade is easily learned1 and the goods will command prices varying from the mustache of fifty cents to the court wig for which you should receive #g or #h4 ,a location near a large theater is desirable4 ,actors are very fastidious about their make-up1 and willing to pay good prices4 ,it is said that ,edwin ,forrest once paid #cjj for a striking wig4 #ici4 ,,book ,,repairing4--,almost everybody has books that are out of order1 and yet1 strange to say1 we have never heard of any one making a business of repairing books4 ,for your outfit you need several sheets of paper of different sizes and thickness1 a few strips of leather1 some stout pieces of cloth1 a bottle of glue1 a penknife1 and a pair of scissors4 ,these can be carried in a small hand bag4 ,practice on your own and your friends' books before striking out4 #idj4 ,,the ,,household ,,pack4--,select twenty-five articles most needed in a household4 ,they should be compact1 so as to go in a small box or bag4 ,they should be such things as soap1 starch1 shoe blacking1 shoe polish1 stove blacking1 cement1 mucilage1 matches1 bluing1 yeast cakes1 baking powders1 etc4 ,these are articles in constant demand and consumption4 ,they can be sold from door to door1 mostly among people of limited means1 and if sold cheap there is profit1 because they are articles which every one wants1 and many sales1 even if the profits are small1 mean large results4 ,there are many peddlers who are foreigners1 and having made a competence1 go back to their own country to enjoy it4 #ida4 ,,pawnbrokers' ,,profits4--,the pawnbrokers' business has been largely given up to the ,jews1 but there is no good reason why it should be4 ,pawnbrokers make immense profits4 ,the amount of the loan is not above one-third the value of the article4 ,the goods are frequently not redeemed4 ,then there are the pawnbrokers' sales1 at which the articles command at least one-half their value4 ,the pawnbroker gets ten per cent4 or more on money loaned1 and if the goods are sold he gets the difference between one-third and one-half values2 that is1 if an article be worth #ajj1 the loan is #cc4cc-a_/c4 ,the amount realized at the sale is #ej4 ,pawnbrokers' profits1 #af4ff-b_/c4 ,this is the reason most pawnbrokers get rich4 ,,chapter ,,xxx4 ,,money ,,in ,,speculation4 ,true ,stories that are ,stranger than ,fiction--,fortune's ,great ,army--,the ,rise of ,jay ,gould--,the ,meteoric ,career of ,james ,fisk--,ferdinand ,ward1 the ,napoleon of ,finance--,how ,vanderbilt ,made a ,million in a ,day--,a ,man who was ,devoured by both ,bulls and ,bears--,some ,rules for ,timid ,investors--,john ,c4 ,eno1 the ,free-,lance ,operator--,the ,wonderful ,success of ,james ,r4 ,keene--,how ,daniel ,drew ,spelled 8,door0--,the ,great ,leiter ,wheat ,deal4 ,this is a dangerous sea1 strewn with wrecks1 but the fascination in the thought of making a fortune in a single day ever has and ever will cast its spell upon the human mind4 ,some men will take great risks in the hope of glittering gains4 ,we give a few of the most promising forms of speculation1 with examples of those who have been successful with the dice of fortune4 ,jay ,gould was employed as a map-maker at a salary of #cj per month4 ,he trudged over whole counties in ,new ,york ,state as a surveyor4 ,a lucky hit brought him into ,wall ,street1 where he made over #gj1jjj1jjj in forty years4 ,james ,fisk came down from ,vermont a penniless boy1 but getting into the company of ,wall ,street men he soon amassed an immense fortune4 ,ferdinand ,ward1 called the ,napoleon of ,finance1 had an unequaled gift for shrewd speculation1 and might have excelled all contemporaries had he chosen to stick by honest methods4 ,he made a fortune before he was arrested for 8crooked ways40 ,cornelius ,vanderbilt at twenty earned a living by rowing a boat between ,staten ,island and ,new ,york4 ,at sixty he was proprietor of a fleet of sixty-six steamboats and owner of several railroads4 ,he made his money in stocks4 ,in the fluctuations of the ,erie1 on one occasion he made a million dollars between rise and set of sun4 ,john ,c4 ,eno was called the free-lance operator4 ,he was one of the boldest manipulators of stocks1 and acquired an immense fortune4 ,perhaps the most striking success was that of ,james ,r4 ,keene1 who made #i1jjj1jjj in three years4 ,others who have won their fortunes in ,wall ,street are ,russell ,sage1 ,william ,belden1 ,george ,i4 ,seney1 ,henry ,villard1 ,william ,h4 ,vanderbilt1 ,william ,r4 ,travis1 ,c4 ,p4 ,huntington1 and ,daniel ,drew4 ,of the last named it may be mentioned--to show how little a college education has to do with success in business--that he was very illiterate1 possessing only a scanty knowledge of grammar1 and even of spelling4 ,it is related that on one occasion he told his cashier that he would set the safe lock on the word 8door40 ,when the cashier wanted to open the safe1 he tried 8door0 in vain4 ,knowing his employer's queer methods of spelling he tried varieties on 8door10 such as 8dore10 8doar10 etc41 but all in vain4 ,at last he was obliged to go to the hotel and awake his employer1 who had gone to bed4 8,uncle ,dan'l0 was quite crusty at being awakened1 and told his cashier again that he had set the safe on the word 8door40 8,but how do you spell #8door'80 inquired the cashier4 8,why10 said 8,uncle ,dan'l0 tartly1 8any fool can spell #8door4' ,you'd better get out of the business if you can't spell1 and ,i've a mind to discharge you on the spot4 ,how do ,i spell #8door8' ,why1 #8d-o-a-r-e1' of course60 ,the next day1 however1 on reflection the old man relented1 and concluded not to discharge his trusted employee for so trivial a blunder4 ,a rule for speculators is3 8,don't invest on professional advice40 ,your advisers have 8an ax to grind40 ,a man once ordered a broker to buy #a1jjj shares of ,erie when the price was #id2 it immediately dropped1 and he ordered it sold when it was #ib-a_/b4 ,in half an hour he returned and ordered it bought again4 ,it had then gone up to #ie4 ,after consulting again with 8friends10 he again ordered it sold4 ,the market then was down to #ij4 ,he came back the fifth time and said3 8,i consulted one man who told me to buy2 then another who told me to sell4 ,i understand that one is called a bull and the other a bear4 ,i don't know much about these names1 but ,i do know that ,i have been a jackass40 ,a much safer plan is to follow the lead of shrewd speculators4 ,in ,wall ,street you should reverse the advice given to the disciples concerning the ,pharisees4 ,christ said1 8,do as they say1 but not as they do40 ,but with speculators the direction should be1 8,do as they do1 but not as they say40 ,the chief form of speculation is in stocks4 ,these stocks may be railroads1 mines1 wheat1 corn1 cotton1 wool1 tobacco1 oil1 gas1 coal1 and1 in fact1 almost any industry where capital has constantly vacillating values4 ,we have room to mention only a very few3 #idb4 ,,city ,,bonds4--,these are generally among the best securities for investment4 ,the element of speculation comes in when they are bought below par in the belief of an early rise4 ,a sharp ,yankee bought #ajj1jjj of defaulted bonds of the city of ,houston1 ,texas1 forced a settlement at par1 and doubled his money4 #idc4 ,,colonial ,,trade4--,we have the very best authority for the information that the trade in our newly acquired territory1 the ,philippine ,islands1 will be worth one billion dollars annually under ,american development4 ,here is an immense opportunity for every form of profitable speculation4 ,cuba1 ,porto ,rico1 and ,hawaii1 also1 are inviting fields1 and there is no doubt that the next decade will witness the making of many fortunes in those islands1 and the foundations of hundreds of others4 ,now is the time to begin1 as those earliest in the field will have the first chance to buy up depreciated stocks and lagging industries4 #idd4 ,,the ,,american ,,tobacco ,,company4--,one of the most vacillating stocks lately has been that of the ,american ,tobacco ,company4 ,in ,january of the current year--#ahih--,mr4 ,j4 ,r4 ,keene purchased #hj1jjj shares at #ij4 ,september #bfth1 fearing the market was about to decline1 he began to sell1 and in two days had completely unloaded at figures ranging at #ade to #aci4 ,he cleared about #a1ejj1jjj in the two days4 #ide4 ,,collapsed ,,railroads4--,for a capitalist there are few more promising fields than the buying up of collapsed or run down railroads4 ,mr4 ,george ,i4 ,seney accumulated a large fortune by purchasing at a little more than nominal figures bankrupt or embarrassed roads1 and by thorough equipment1 and by connection with more prosperous roads1 soon put them in a paying condition4 ,if you can get one end of a small road into a large city1 or if you can arrange to make it the feeder instead of the rival of a large road1 it will be almost certain to yield abundant returns4 #idf4 ,,wheat ,,margins4--,fortunes are daily made and lost in wheat4 ,everybody has heard of the great ,leiter deal4 ,joseph ,leiter often made #ajj1jjj in a single day4 ,in ten months he rendered things lively in every great center of the world1 and in this period of less than a year he actually made #d1ejj1jjj4 ,true1 he lost it again1 but the fact that one could corner such a fortune in so short a time shows what may be accomplished with courage and capital4 ,the safest rule for small and timid operators is to follow in the wake of these bold speculators1 but not too far4 ,it may be laid down almost with the certainty of a logical premise1 that1 when a man of vast resources and thoroughly familiar with the field enters the market1 he is bound to win at first1 but bound to lose if he presses things too far1 because the tremendous stress produces at last reactionary conditions which no manipulator and no combination of speculators are able to face4 ,it does not matter so much whether you are a bull or a bear1 if you can perform the difficult feat of holding yourself in4 ,,chapter ,,xxxi4 ,,where ,,to ,,invest ,,money4 ,what ,shall ,i ,do with ,my ,money8--,enormous ,profits in ,trust ,companies--,the ,most ,costly ,bell in the ,world--,the ,bell ,telephone--,edward ,bellamy's ,vision--,the ,best ,paying ,stocks--#aa per ,day in a ,lodging ,house--,how a ,young ,man ,made #aj1jjj--;,how to ,start with ,nothing and ,be ,worth #ajj1jjj when ,you are #dj ,years ,old4 ,the first question is1 ,how to get money8 ,the second1 ,how to invest it8 ,the general distrust of money concerns is seen in the enormous deposits in the savings banks--a disposal of savings which yields the smallest returns--and also in the readiness1 not to say rush1 to take government bonds when only three per cent4 or even less is offered4 ,we give a few of the best paying investments1 but the list is by no means exhaustive4 ,the first four are in a section 7,brooklyn ,borough7 of a single city1 but there is no reason to doubt that other cities1 and other sections of the same city1 can make an equally good showing4 ,indeed1 many ,western concerns pay much higher dividends4 #idg4 ,,illuminating ,,companies4--,of the ten illuminating companies of ,brooklyn1 not one last year paid a less dividend than five per cent41 and one paid ten per cent4 #idh4 ,,trust ,,companies4--,of the eight trust companies in the same borough1 only one paid less than eight per cent41 and that paid six4 ,the highest paid sixteen per cent4 #idi4 ,,banks4--,of the twenty-three banks of ,brooklyn1 ,state and ,national1 one paid its stockholders sixteen per cent42 one fourteen2 two1 twelve2 one1 ten2 and four1 eight2 only one paid less than five per cent4 #iej4 ,,insurance ,,companies4--,of the four local insurance companies1 one paid its stockholders twenty per cent41 and the others twelve1 ten and five4 #iea4 ,,tin ,,plate ,,company4--,all the tin manufacturers of the country are about to be associated in one great company1 to be known as the ,american ,tin ,plate ,company4 ,the stockholders expect to double their profits4 #ieb4 ,,pottery ,,combination4--,under the laws of ,new ,jersey1 the pottery trust has just been organized with a capital of #bj1jjj1jjj4 ,the price of the stock is rapidly advancing4 #iec4 ,,consolidated ,,ice4--,an ice company1 to be called the ,consolidated ,ice1 will soon control all the trade of ,new ,york ,city4 ,prices are to go up1 and profits1 instead of a meager four or five per cent41 as at present1 will1 it is expected1 be eight or ten per cent4 #ied4 ,,flour ,,trust4--,british and ,american stockholders have combined to form one of the biggest trusts in the world4 ,the capital of the new company will be about #aej1jjj1jjj1 and the output #ie1jjj barrels of flour daily4 ,should the profits be only twenty-five cents a barrel1 the net earnings will be nearly #be1jjj a day2 but it is expected that with the increased price1 the profits will be at least double that figure4 #iee4 ,,furniture ,,combine4--,this is a new trust which is soon to be floated1 and which proposes to control the manufacture of all the school furniture in the ,united ,states4 ,the capital is to be #ag1jjj1jjj4 ,some idea of the enormous profits awaiting the stockholders may be formed when it is stated that the present output is more than #ae1jjj1jjj4 ,the combination means decreased expenses in operation1 higher prices for customers1 and1 of course1 greater incomes for stockholders4 #ief4 ,,telephone ,,monopoly4--,one of the greatest monopolies of the country is that of the ,bell ,telephone4 ,the company has increased its capital stock in eighteen years from #aaj1jjj to #cj1jjj1jjj4 ,in that time it has earned #db1ijc1fhj4 ,it pays dividends of eighteen per cent41 and could pay more1 if allowed to do so by its charter4 ,the surplus is used to increase the capital stock1 so that in addition to its enormous dividends1 every little while it presents its stockholders with new blocks of this exceedingly profitable stock4 ,the present price of shares is about #bhj4 #ieg4 ,a ,,great ,,electrical ,,company4--,another of ,bellamy's dreams is to be realized4 ,new ,york capitalists1 with millions of dollars at their command1 have united in a great scheme to supply electrical energy to run the elevated and surface railroads and the factories of the metropolis4 ,they propose to do away with steam entirely1 except for heating purposes4 ,they will control more than #a1jjj square miles of the watersheds of the ,catskills1 and the mountain streams will be harnessed to furnish electricity for ,new ,york4 ,the company claim to have the names of such well known persons as ,thomas ,c4 ,platt1 ,silas ,b4 ,dutcher1 and ,edward ,lauterbach as interested persons in the scheme1 and it is said that the undertaking will be on a much grander scale than the similar one at ,niagara1 to which the ,vanderbilts1 the ,webbs1 and other famous manipulators of finance have furnished backing4 ,if this scheme should materialize1 it will undoubtedly be one of the best paying investments4 #ieh4 ,,industrial ,,stocks4--,here is a partial list of the best paying stocks4 ,of course1 where the interest is large1 the price of the stocks is correspondingly high4 ,the investor1 before paying the high prices asked1 should use his best judgment in considering whether the present rates are likely to be maintained4 ,the highest dividends on industrial stocks last year were as follows3 ,adams' ,express1 #h2 ,consolidated ,gas 7,new ,york71 #h2 ,peter ,lorillard 7tobacco71 #h2 ,american ,tobacco1 #i2 ,diamond ,match1 #aj2 ,american ,sugar ,refining ,company1 #ab2 ,american ,bell ,telephone1 #ah2 ,standard ,oil1 #cc2 ,welsbach ,light1 #hj4 #iei4 ,,railroads ,,dividends4--,stock in such railroads as the ,pennsylvania1 ,lake ,shore1 ,michigan ,central1 ,new ,york ,central1 ,new ,york and ,new ,haven1 are safe and profitable investments1 if you can get them4 ,the last-named road has paid ten per cent4 for many years1 though recently the figures have dropped to eight4 ,the railroad stocks paying the highest dividends last year were as follows3 ,new ,york1 ,new ,haven and ,hartford1 #h per cent42 ,great ,southern 7,alabama71 #i2 ,manchester and ,lawrence1 #aj2 ,norwich and ,worcester1 #aj2 ,boston and ,providence1 #aj2 ,connecticut ,river1 #aj2 ,georgia1 #aa2 ,northern 7,new ,hampshire71 #aa2 ,philadelphia1 ,germantown and ,northern1 #ab2 ,pennsylvania ,coal1 #af4 #ifj4 ,,lodging ,,house4--,a man leased an abandoned hotel1 containing #ajj small rooms1 and fitted them up with single beds4 ,he charged a uniform price of twenty-five cents a night4 ,the location was down town in ,new ,york1 the congested district where congregate travelers1 tradesmen1 workingmen1 and the vast class of floaters4 ,his rooms were nearly always full4 ,income per day1 #be4 ,daily expenses3 ,night clerk1 #b2 two chambermaids 7#ae each per month71 #a4 ,rent1 #e2 lights1 #a2 laundry1 #c2 sundries1 #a4 ,total expenses per day1 #ac4 ,net profit1 #ab per day4 ,he says1 8,i am sure ,i could double these profits if ,i could double my accommodations40 #ifa4 ,,real ,,estate4--,a young man twenty-one years of age1 and possessing #ejj1 bought a tract of land in the outskirts of a suburban city for #a1ejj4 ,the tract contained twenty acres1 and he paid #ejj down and gave a mortgage for the remainder4 ,he had the property surveyed and divided into lots1 eight to the acre4 ,the tract was located on the bend of a river1 and he called it 8,riverside ,park40 ,lots were advertised for sale at #ajj each4 ,the first year he cleared off the mortgage by the sale of lots4 ,he had remaining #ade lots4 ,in five years he sold all these lots at an average price of #he4 ,total amount received for lots1 #ac1hbe4 ,price of land1 #a1ejj4 ,taxes1 #fbe4 ,surveying1 grading1 etc41 #gfb4 ,advertising and other methods of booming the property1 #a1bgb4 ,total cost and expenses1 #c1ecd4 ,net profit1 #aj1bia4 ,by repeating this process on a larger scale in another city1 this young man1 who started at sixteen years of age with nothing1 and by hard work and economy had save #ejj at twenty-one1 found himself at the age of forty with #ajj1jjj4 ,the secrets of his success were four3 ,shrewdness in foreseeing where property would be likely to advance2 energy in quickly changing the property from a farm into building lots2 taste in making them attractive1 and giving the place a pretty name2 and1 most important of all1 the knowing how to create a market4 ,we have known this process repeated by others with almost equally marked success4 ,in all our large cities there are land companies developing suburban property and making money rapidly4 ,,chapter ,,xxxii4 ,,money ,,in ,,spare ,,time4 ,fortunes in ,spare ,moments--,millions ,missed for ,want of ,economy of ,time--,stories of ,famous ,men4 ,lost6 somewhere between sunrise and sunset1 two golden hours1 each set with sixty diamond minutes4 ,no reward is offered1 for they are gone forever4 #ifb4 ,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day before a box of paints or a bunch of finely shaded ribbons will make you expert in colors1 a position of great importance and large salary in many stores4 #ifc4 ,,ten ,,minutes ,a ,,day practicing stenography after you have learned the system from a good text-book1 will fit you in a year's time to take any place where the services of a short-hand writer are required4 #ifd4 ,,fifteen ,,minutes ,a ,,day cutting out of newspapers data in regard to persons of note and classifying the same1 will give you in a few years an accumulation of material which you can dispose of to advantage to reporters and publishers on sudden demand of such matter--as the occasion of the death of the men in the public eye4 #ife4 ,,twenty ,,minutes ,a ,,day drumming on a writing machine should give you an expertness with the keys that will insure steady and profitable employment4 #iff4 ,,twenty-,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day will enable you to master any language in a year1 then tutorships1 professorships1 and translations of foreign works at good prices1 await your energy4 #ifg4 ,,thirty ,,minutes ,a ,,day running rapidly over figures will make you an expert accountant1 if not even a lightning calculator1 for whose services business men are willing to pay liberally4 ,time is money4 #ifh4 ,,thirty-,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day writing up some incident of news will give you a facility of the pen in the course of one or two years1 so that you can command a good salary as a reporter4 ,success in this department depends upon a writer's imagination and skill4 #ifi4 ,,forty ,,minutes ,a ,,day over reading selections will make you an elocutionist4 ,readers and reciters receive all the way from #aj to #ajj for an evening's work4 #igj4 ,,forty-,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day will give you a knowledge of bookkeeping in all its branches4 ,let the spare time be spent in acquiring a plain1 round business hand4 ,then master a book on the subject4 ,after that you should offer your services free to a friend for three-quarters of an hour every day4 ,bookkeepers command from #a1jjj to #c1jjj salary4 #iga4 ,,fifty ,,minutes ,a ,,day divided into periods of twenty-five minutes each1 should make you a good singer1 even if you have only a mediocre voice4 ,one quarter's work under a good teacher should give you the rudiments of the art1 together with foundation practice1 and from this you can go on by yourself4 ,you can always get a friend who will correct your faults gratis1 and it is the elimination of faults1 with steady practice1 that brings success4 ,singers in churches command all the way from #ajj to #e1jjj a year4 ,and the work is done chiefly on ,sundays1 when it does not conflict with other employments4 #igb4 ,,fifty-,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day with a book containing teacher's examination questions1 will give you such a command of the branches taught in our public schools as to insure you a position on the educational staff4 ,you should master not one book only1 but all you can procure which have a list of questions asked at examinations4 ,teachers get from #ejj to #e1jjj1 according to ability4 #igc4 ,,sixty ,,minutes ,a ,,day imitating the styles of our best story-tellers will give you1 as it did ,stevenson1 an easy command of all styles1 and an ability to write stories netting thousands of dollars4 #igd4 ,,seventy-,,five ,,minutes ,a ,,day will make you in the course of four or five years an engraver or painter in all the fields of the increasing application of those arts4 ,prices for this kind of work are so varied that no figures can be given1 but they are always high1 and some persons have made fortunes with pen and brush4 #ige4 ,,eighty ,,minutes ,a ,,day placing letters in pigeon holes and in learning such other knowledge as any handler of the mails will willingly impart to you1 will give you such deft fingers and such quick brains that it should not be difficult for you to secure a well-paid position in a large postoffice4 #igf4 ,,ninety ,,minutes ,a ,,day will enable you to master the intricate and almost infinite details of the insurance business in all its branches4 ,knowledge of the business and ability to persuade men are the two requisites of highest success in this occupation4 ,there are insurance agents receiving as high as #aj1jjj a year1 and presidents of companies #be1jjj1 and even more4 ,there is no reason why you should not reach the top4 ,the horses1 ,plod and ,pluck1 will draw you there4 #igg4 ,,one ,,hundred ,,minutes ,a ,,day will initiate you thoroughly into the banking or brokerage business4 ,read all books on the subject1 classify your knowledge1 repeat it over and over in your spare moments1 ask some friend in the business about any point you do not understand4 ,after three years of hard study1 offer your spare time free to a banker or broker1 informing him of what you have done4 ,you will have to begin at the bottom1 but the salaries grow fat as you rise1 and are enormously rich at the top4 #igh4 ,,one ,,hundred ,,and ,,ten ,,minutes ,a ,,day will give you for each year of your study a knowledge of a separate branch of the ,civil ,service4 ,five years will give you five branches4 ,appointments are now nearly all made by competitive examination4 ,salaries in some departments rise as high as #aj1jjj4 #igi4 ,,one ,,hundred ,,and ,,twenty ,,minutes ,a ,,day should enable you to master any musical instrument under the sun4 ,you will require a teacher for a part of the time1 but the most important thing is steady1 persistent practice4 ,the field for good music is constantly widening1 the demands for good musicians are steadily increasing1 and the remuneration is correspondingly advancing4 ,money is literally pouring into the lap of persons who can captivate the human ear4 ,,chapter ,,xxxiii4 ,,money ,,in ,,odds ,,and ,,ends4 ,how a ,family ,saved #ajj on a ,salary of #gjj4 ,economy is quite as large a factor as industry in the gaining of a fortune4 ,with people living on small incomes1 it is often the one element that determines whether they 8make both ends meet10 or run in debt and ultimately fail4 ,the following example shows how one family1 whose income was only #gjj a year1 actually saved #ajj4 ,mr4 ----1 of ----1 found himself getting behind in money matters1 and determined to practice rigid economy4 ,he found a great many leakages in the household4 ,perhaps some one who reads this will find the same or similar leaks1 and learn why he is not prospering3 #ihj4 ,,waste4--,scraps of meat thrown away1 making loss of dinners worth1 #ab4ej2 puddings thrown away1 #f2 waste of coal in not sifting1 #e2 one-half barrel of apples from not sorting1 #a4ej2 wash tub fell to pieces because left dry1 #a2 one-fourth loaf of bread every day thrown away 7#ij loaves at #aj cents per loaf71 #i2 ten dozen preserves1 one-fourth lost at twenty-five cents per can1 #g4ej2 twenty barrels of ashes1 five cents per barrel1 #a2 waste of bones which could be used for soup1 #a4ej2 waste of heat at the damper1 one-tenth in a ton of coal1 ten tons per year1 #e2 waste of gas in not turning down lights when not needed1 #ab2 canned salmon1 one-fourth spoiled because can was left open1 twenty-five cans1 #a2 cheese 7one-half used1 the rest thrown away because hard71 twenty-five pounds1 #b2 potatoes1 for want of sprouting1 one barrel1 #a2 clothing1 for lack of attention1 #ae2 milk1 #cge quarts at eight cents per quart1 one-fifth allowed to spoil1 #f2 umbrellas which could be mended1 #a2 shoes thrown away when they could be used by having heels fixed1 #c2 kitchen slops1 #a2 waste of vegetables1 #e2 wear of carpet for lack of rugs in places most used1 #c2 ,total waste1 #ajj4 ,,chapter ,,xxxiv4 ,,strange ,,ways ,,of ,,making ,,money4 ,a ,thousand ,ways to ,make a ,living--,the ,humbug of ,great ,names--,the ,mania for ,old and ,rare ,things--,the 8,relic0 ,manufacture--,the 8,imitation ,enterprise0--,the 8,box ,office0 ,clique--,the 8,cure0 ,fad--,the 8,fake0 ,news ,agency--,the ,museum 8,freak0--,the 8,treasure0 ,excitements--,the 8,literary0 ,bureau--,the 8,watered0 ,stock4 ,there are ways of making money that lie so far out of the ordinary channels as to warrant this chapter4 ,some of them are only strange because they are new1 as the telephone and the wood pulp were strange a generation ago4 ,others1 being decidedly odd in themselves1 will doubtless always be pursued only by a few1 and considered by the many to be curious ways of making a living4 ,success is easy when once you succeed4 ,this is the case with goods which have achieved a name4 ,frequently the founder of the name is bankrupt1 retired or dead2 but the goods continue to be manufactured and sold under the original trade-mark4 ,countless thousands of dollars are paid every year for shoes1 hats1 hardware1 groceries1 and innumerable other articles1 at rates above the average price when the goods are not a farthing better4 ,the deluded buyers are simply paying for a name4 ,others have a mania for the collection of all kinds of bric--brac--old coins and rare books are seized and hoarded as eagerly as if made of gold4 ,this mania is harmless in itself1 and gives its possessors no doubt much pleasure1 but they are made the prey of ,shylocks who carry on a regular trade of manufacturing 8old0 articles4 ,so also with the 8relic0 craze4 ,there are actually manufactories where relics are made4 ,conscienceless persons take advantage of the curiosity and piety of travelers to palm off all sorts of 8relics0 upon them at preposterous prices4 ,then there are the limitless imitations that are on the market4 ,some of them1 such as patent medicines1 brands of groceries1 oleomargarine1 etc41 are imitations pure and simple2 others are adulterations with more or less of the genuine4 ,so vast and profitable are these methods of deception that the government has been compelled to interfere to protect its citizens from fraud4 ,the box-office clique is only a less pernicious1 but equally barefaced1 means of getting money4 ,when a ,bernhardt or an ,irving is to perform1 an announcement is made that the box-office will be open at #i o'clock on a certain morning1 as early as #aj1 or even #f1 on the previous evening you will see a solitary man wend his way to the theater and silently square his back against the door4 ,in time he is followed by another1 and yet another1 so that by midnight perhaps a dozen or twenty of these grim-faced men are lined against the wall4 ,not one of them has the slightest idea of seeing the play4 ,it is simply their way of earning a living4 ,for the next morning they will sell their places in line to the highest bidders4 ,of the 8cure0 faddists there number is legion4 ,we do not mean the makers of patent medicines1 of which we have treated elsewhere1 but the men who profess to believe they have some unique and original way of ridding mankind of evil4 ,thus we have the gold cure1 the barefoot cure1 the mind cure1 the faith cure1 the cold water cure1 and the hot water cure--in fact the whole great family of 'pathies4 ,many of these curists no doubt are sincere1 but whether so or not1 they have reaped large sums of money4 ,equally industrious is the 8fake0 news agency4 ,there are agencies that manufacture news to order4 ,papers1 they reason1 must have news4 ,if there is any subject concerning which the public is eager to read1 and for any reason the reporters cannot give the facts1 the 8fake0 news agency is a welcome resort4 ,these bogus news agents are paid a certain amount a 8stick0 for their false news4 ,museum 8freaks0 too1 are manufactured to order1 and sometimes are made beforehand in anticipation of a market4 8,treasure0 enthusiasts are not quite as common now as formerly1 and yet the hot ,klondike fever is but a 8,kid's ,buried ,treasure0 under another name1 and on a mammoth scale4 ,of the #ajj who attempt to get to ,dawson ,city1 seventy-five will reach the place1 fifty will earn a bare living under all manner of hardships2 twenty-five will make about the same as if they had stayed at home2 ten will bring back a #ajj worth of dust2 three will do tolerably well1 and one will get rich4 ,the 8literary bureau0 is a more ingenious means to make a living4 ,a set of bright young men advertise that for a 8consideration0 they will send a sermon1 lecture1 address1 or after-dinner speech1 to any person who may suddenly find himself called upon when unprepared4 ,of the 8watered0 stock and other incorporated swindles1 almost every investor has purchased his experience at a dear rate4 ,this is a method of increasing one's capital stock in a company without the contribution of any new funds1 and it is one of the most common of frauds4 ,these are but a few of the many curious and ingenious ways by which people attempt to make a living4 ,in many cases1 especially the last-named1 there is no doubt that the promoters of these enterprises often do get rich at the expense of the public4 ,other strange ways of making a living are the catching of butterflies or canary birds at a penny apiece1 and the sifting of ashes and collecting of cinders4 ,in ,london sand is sold on the street for scouring and as gravel for birds4 ,then there is 8the curiosity shop40 ,in ,genoa1 there are marriage brokers who have a list of names of marriageable girls1 divided into different classes1 with an account of the fortunes1 personal attraction1 etc41 of each4 ,they charge two to three per cent4 commission on a contract4 ,in ,munich there are female bill posters1 and in ,paris there are women who make a living by letting out chairs on the street4 ,also1 in the same city1 men are hired to cry the rate of exchange4 ,then there are the men who gather old clothes1 and the street sweepers4 ,there are #f1jjj rag gatherers in ,paris4 ,then there are the refuse cleaners1 and the glass-eye makers1 the latter furnishing you with a crystal eyeball at rates from #aj to #bj when the physicians and oculists charge #fj or #gj for similar services4 ,then there are postage stamp gatherers and chair menders4 ,in fact the ways of making a living are legion4 ,we formulate a few of the best of this class3 #iha4 ,,experts4--,there are many kinds--accountant1 color1 handwriting1 etc4 ,any one who confines his life-work to a very small and special field can command a large price for his services4 ,experts often receive #aj a day4 #ihb4 ,,detectives4--,besides the men in the employ of the ,united ,states and local authorities1 there are many who work in private agencies4 ,the pay depends upon the nature of the work and the wealth of the employers4 ,in celebrated cases where suspected parties had to be shadowed for months1 a detective has received as much as #e1jjj4 #ihc4 ,,traveling ,,poets4--,since the days of ,wesley1 the traveling preacher has been a familiar figure1 but who since the time of ,homer has seen a traveling poet8 yet one called on the author the other day4 ,his patrons are chiefly obscure people who pay from #a to #aj to have their history1 home1 achievements1 or virtues lauded in verse4 ,it is hardly necessary to say that the poems are not published1 but kept as household treasures for coming grandchildren4 #ihd4 ,,old ,,coins4--,some have found a profitable source of revenue in the hunting and hoarding of old coins4 ,one numismatist recently sold a dollar coin of #ahjd for #e1jjj4 #ihe4 ,,purveyor ,,of ,,personals4--,a ,russian named ,romeitre started this enterprise in a small way4 ,now we have press-clipping bureaus so large as to employ seventy persons each4 ,in some of these places from #e1jjj to #g1jjj papers are read every day1 and the weekly clippings amount to more than #ajj1jjj4 ,there are now press-clipping bureaus in nearly all of our large cities4 #ihf4 ,,gold ,,on ,,sea ,,bottom4--,another class of men make money out of other men's misfortunes2 that is1 by stripping wrecks of their valuables4 ,others secure the services of divers and search the bottom of the ocean1 where vessels containing treasures are supposed to have gone down4 ,a few years ago a company from ,england went with divers to a place near ,bermuda1 where a vessel had been sunk a long time before1 and secured from the wreck the sum of #a1ejj1jjj4 #ihg4 ,,rare ,,books4--,the art of book collecting has been pursued with profit by some persons4 ,it requires no capital1 if one simply confines his efforts to book-stalls1 though1 if pursued on a large scale1 money is required for advertising and correspondence4 ,mr4 ,charles ,b4 ,foote1 of ,new ,york ,city1 is a veteran bibliophile1 and has made a specialty of first editions4 ,recently he made three auction sales of his stores1 and realized more than #bj1jjj1 and his home is full of treasures4 #ihh4 ,,old ,,italian ,,violins4--,they sell at prices ranging from #ejj to #e1jjj1 when you can buy them at all1 which is seldom1 for they are mostly in the hands of wealthy collectors4 ,now we will let you into a great secret4 ,it is not the kind of wood or the form of the instrument alone which produces the rare quality of sound1 but it lies also in the kind of varnish used4 ,by experimenting with varnish1 you can produce a 8,stradivarius10 which will sell for almost any amount you choose to ask4 #ihi4 ,,magic ,,silk4--,it seems like the trick of the magician to speak of turning cotton into silk1 but it can actually be done1 or at least cotton can be made to resemble silk1 so that discrimination between the two fabrics is impossible4 ,about fifty years ago1 one ,mercer1 a ,french chemist1 showed that cotton when subjected to the action of concentrated acid or alkalies1 contracts and has a greater affinity for dyes1 but it has only just been discovered that 8mercerization0 gives also a brilliant luster to the cotton4 ,the cotton is stretched violently during the operation1 and when an energetic rubbing is added to the tension the tissue receives a permanent luster4 ,it thus replaces silk at a fraction of its cost1 and offers a splendid chance for financial enterprise4 #iij4 ,,the ,,gold ,,cure4--,if the gold cure for which so much is claimed can really take away the appetite for liquor1 there is an immense field for its exercise and room for the making of many fortunes in the cure of ,america's drunkards4 ,in the ,united ,states alone an exceedingly moderate estimate makes the number of this unfortunate class #a1fjj1jjj4 ,at the very modest calculation that only one-tenth of these can be induced to try the cure1 and if each case nets the proprietor of the institution only #be--;and the estimate should probably be doubled and even trebled--there are #ae1jjj1jjj in it for the public benefactors who can thus curb the evil of dram-drinking4 #iia4 ,,the ,,telephone ,,newspaper4--,here is an idea for newspaper men3 ,in ,budapest1 ,hungary1 there is a telephone newspaper1 the first and only one in the world4 ,the main office is in telephone communication with the ,reichstadt 7corresponding to our ,congress71 and it often happens that important speeches are known to the public while the speaker is still addressing the house2 the latest reports from stock exchanges as well as political news are heard before any paper has printed them1 a short summary of all important items is given at noon and again in the evening2 subscribers are entertained with music and literary articles in the evenings1 the latter being often spoken into the telephone by the original authors4 ,the cost is only two cents a day1 and the company are said to be making money even at that figure4 #iib4 ,,race ,,and ,,stock ,,tippers4--,in addition to the regular brokers who supply tips to their customers1 there is now a set of professional tippers who profess to have 8inside information10 and make it a business to give tips to anybody who will pay for them4 ,they receive in some cases a fixed sum from their patrons1 and in other cases they take a liberal percentage of the profits4 #iic4 ,,promoters4--,this is a new vocation4 ,the promoter 8promotes0 anything and everything that will pay4 ,if you want to accomplish anything from the launching of a railroad enterprise to the selling of a penny patent1 you pay the 8promoter0 a certain sum to do the work4 ,he buys influence1 lobbies legislators1 controls newspapers and hypnotizes the public generally4 ,not all promoters come as high as ,mr4 ,ernest ,tooley1 whose own price can be imagined when he claims to have paid #bej1jjj to ,english peers for their influence2 yet we learn that the ,american ,tin ,plate ,company gave the promoters of the ,trust #aj1jjj1jjj in stock for their work4 ,,chapter ,,xxxv4 ,,highly ,,paying ,,occupations4 ,some ,golden ,plums--,what ,electrical ,experts ,get--,the ,confidential ,man--,rapid ,rise of an ,advertising ,agent--,editors in ,clover--,railroad ,presidents ,come ,high--,a #be1jjj ,engineer--,the ,paying ,berths in ,medicine--,some ,astonishing ,lawyers' ,fees--,what ,vanderbilt ,paid a ,steamboat ,man4 ,there are some positions in which enormous salaries are paid4 ,they are1 of course1 places where great responsibilities are incurred4 ,strange as it may seem1 however1 occupations where thousands of human lives are imperiled are not compensated at so high a rate as those where great finances are at stake4 ,here are a few of the golden plums3 #iid4 ,,electrical ,,experts4--,the use of electricity has so increased in the last few years1 and so many new uses have been found for it1 that there are to-day nearly fifty different departments of human labor where it is employed1 and naturally these have differentiated as many kinds of electricians4 ,a young man in a ,new ,york establishment says 8,i am in receipt of a salary of #d1jjj as superintendent of the dynamo building1 and recently ,i had an offer of #g1jjj to go with a new company out ,west40 #iie4 ,,the ,,confidential ,,man4--,another man in ,new ,york began his career in a store at wages of only #g a week4 ,he is now the firm's confidential man1 who decides on all important purchases1 and receives a salary of #h1jjj a year4 #iif4 ,,the ,,advertising ,,agent4--,the advertising agency is from a financial standpoint the most important department in the make-up of a paper or periodical4 ,on one of our most popular magazines there is to-day a young man hardly over thirty years of age who has advanced through the various grades of work until he is now superintendent of the advertising department1 receiving a remuneration of #g1jjj a year4 #iig4 ,,great ,,daily ,,editors4--,editors of leading departments in our great dailies receive from #b1jjj upward4 ,managing editors and editors-in-chief receive many times that sum4 ,one man in the ,new ,york ,sun office has for his services a salary of #ae1jjj1 and besides this does outside literary work to the amount of #e1jjj yearly4 #iih4 ,,medical ,,specialists4--,there is still 8room at the top0 of the medical world4 ,the largest harvests are reaped by those who devote themselves to particular parts of the human framework1 and at last are able to set up as 8consulting physicians40 ,one doctor1 whose apartments are crowded daily1 informed the author of this work that he was treating eleven hundred and fifty patients4 ,the celebrated ,dr4 ,loomis for some time before his death made #ej1jjj a year4 #iii4 ,,legal ,,counselors4--,what is true of medicine is equally so of the law4 ,specialists in such branches as real estate1 legacies1 insurance1 etc41 are in receipt of immense revenue4 ,celebrated bar-pleaders also have grown rich4 ,the names of ,rufus and ,joseph ,choate1 of ,wm4 ,evarts and ,ben4 ,butler1 are examples of men who have received single fees of #aj1jjj4 ,one young lawyer says3 8,i began seven years ago and during this period my earnings1 with their investments1 amount to #bjj1jjj40 ,legal talent is also liberally paid for by the great corporations1 all of which employ at a regular salary one or more attorneys4 #a1jjj4 ,,corporation ,,presidents4--,presidents of banks receive from #e1jjj to #ej1jjj2 of insurance companies1 there are at least three which pay their presidents #ej1jjj2 of railroad presidents1 one receives #ajj1jjj1 three receive #ej1jjj1 eight receives #bj1jjj1 and twelve #aj1jjj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in other occupations1 deep-water divers are paid at the rate of #aj an hour and fractions thereof2 circus managers1 #e1jjj a year2 and the buying man of great mercantile firms about the same4 ,bank cashiers get from #d1jjj to #g1jjj2 custom house officers from #c1jjj to #g1jjj2 judges of city courts 7,new ,york71 #f1jjj2 lecturers from #aj to #bjj per night2 preachers1 from #bj1jjj in ,john ,hall's pulpit to a pitiful #cjj in some country town2 school principals from #a1ejj to #c1jjj4 ,among exceptional salaries may be mentioned that of a steamboat manager of the ,vanderbilt lines on the ,mississippi1 who once received #fj1jjj a year2 also the engineer of a large manufactory1 who is paid #be1jjj4 8,is not that high80 inquired a visitor at the works4 8,he is cheap for us10 was the reply1 illustrating the truth that talent and skill are everywhere and always in demand4 ,the concern could not afford to lose him to rival firms who wanted his services1 and so found it cheaper to retain him even at that high figure4 ,,appendix4 ,we subjoin a table showing the average salary or wages in one hundred of the leading occupations4 ,in most cases the figures have been compiled from government reports1 but where no reports could be obtained an estimate has been made by taking the average receipts from certain districts4 ,in the latter instances1 of course1 the table cannot be considered perfectly reliable2 this is especially the case with the professions of the lawyer1 the doctor1 and the clergyman4 ,still1 as the sections of the country taken may be considered as fairly representative of the whole1 the figures will probably be found not far amiss4 ,some persons will be surprised to learn the average lawyer and physician receive respectively only #a1baj and #a1jec1 but they should bear in mind that while the pay in these professions is sometimes as high as #be1jjj and even #ej1jjj a year1 a great number of beginners and unsuccessful men are toiling--or not toiling--for a mere pittance4 ,were it not for the ten per cent4 of very successful men in these professions who are making fortunes1 the average receipts would be even smaller by two or three hundred dollars than they appear in the table4 ,other cases where the figures may not have as much value as could be desired are under the headings which really comprise a group of occupations instead of a single one1 as that of the journalist and the electrician2 yet others where the general name is that of a genus comprising many species1 as that of the engineer2 and still others where there is a great difference in the value of the work performed1 as in the case of teachers and factory operatives4 ,again1 in business ventures1 such as those of storekeepers1 bankers1 brokers1 and others1 many have actually lost money1 and this reduces immensely the average1 while among the so-called working classes1 days of idleness1 willing or enforced1 operate in the same way4 ,yet1 on the whole1 if any one consults the table as a general guide to the pecuniary rewards of the various trades and professions1 he will find that they have been placed in their relative financial standing4 ,in the occupations named1 employees are generally meant1 employers and independent workers being printed in capitals4 ,,average ,,pay ,,in ,,one ,,hundred ,,occupations4 ,engravers 7wood71 #a1fhd ,,surgeons1 #a1faf ,,theatrical ,,managers and ,,showmen1 #a1fje ,,bankers and ,,brokers1 #a1fja ,electricians1 #a1efj ,,saloon-,,keepers1 #a1dge ,designers 7textile71 #a1chc ,decorators 7china and stone ware71 #a1bdh ,,hotel-,,keepers1 #a1bde ,,lawyers1 #a1baj ,architects1 #a1bjf ,teachers 7all kinds of schools71 #a1aec ,,dairymen1 #a1aeb ,,merchants1 #a1adi ,,dentists1 #a1aae ,engineers 7all kinds71 #a1jib ,draughtsmen1 #a1jij ,furniture-,workers1 #a1jhg ,,physicians1 #a1jec ,dyers1 #a1jdj ,furriers1 #a1jcf ,engravers 7metals71 #a1jad ,actors1 #ihi ,,livery-,,stable ,,keepers1 #iha ,journalists1 #igi ,,clergymen 7house-rents not included71 #ifc ,,meat-,,dealers1 #iea ,painters 7house71 #icf ,,grocers1 #ice ,gunsmiths1 #icj ,,restaurant-,,keepers1 #ibd ,masons1 bricklayers and plasterers1 #iai ,plumbers1 #iai ,electrotypers1 #iaa ,hatters1 #iaj ,musicians1 #hii ,miners1 #hib ,bookbinders1 #hhd ,goldbeaters1 #heh ,watchmakers1 #hcb ,door1 sash1 and blind-makers1 #ghj ,glass-workers1 #ggh ,boot and shoemakers1 #ggc ,blacksmiths1 #gej ,carpenters1 #gej ,,farmers 7including living71 #gdi ,conductors and motormen1 #gbh ,telegraphers1 #gbj ,cooks1 #gbj ,,artists1 #gac ,,photographers1 #gjb ,typewriters1 #fij ,cigarmakers1 #fgf ,coopers1 #fge ,printers1 #ffj ,millwrights1 #fej ,harness-makers1 #fdh ,soapmakers1 #fdf ,upholsterers1 #fdb ,quarrymen1 #fce ,sawyers1 #fcj ,tailors1 #fbf ,locksmiths1 #fbd ,machinists1 #fbd ,press-feeders1 #fbd ,firemen1 #fbd ,sailmakers1 #fbc ,coachmen1 #fbj ,barbers1 #fai ,clerks1 #fjh ,cutlers1 #eih ,moulders1 #eie ,,dressmakers1 #eic ,boiler-makers1 #ehd ,cabinet-makers1 #egb ,tinsmiths1 #ega ,carriage-makers1 #egb ,draymen1 #ebj ,butchers1 #eag ,soldiers1 #ead ,,authors1 #ejb ,agents1 #dif ,millers1 #die ,waiters1 #did ,lumbermen and raftsmen1 #dhb ,brewers1 #dhj ,tanners1 #dfh ,farm laborers 7besides board71 #def ,factory operatives1 #dej ,weavers1 #dej ,peddlers1 #ddj ,bartenders1 #dbe ,,hunters1 ,,trappers1 and ,,guides1 #daf ,gardeners1 #cij ,laborers1 #cij ,sailors1 #cge ,confectioners1 #cdg ,stevedores1 #ccf ,nurses 7besides board71 #bhe ,hostlers 7besides board71 #ahj ,servants 7besides board71 #afb 99_/ ,,the ,,end4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,abbey ,press #aad ,,fifth ,,avenue ,,new ,,york ,,announcements ,may be ordered through any bookseller or will be mailed free for the published price4444 99 99 99 99 99 ,,authors ,,and ,,artists ,illustration3 text decorations ,collins1 ,wilkie4 ,cruikshank1 ,george1 ,jr4 ,de ,mezailles1 ,jean4 ,dickens1 ,charles4 ,drummond1 ,henry4 ,flattery1 ,m4 ,douglas4 ,gardner1 ,w4 ,h4 ,graham1 ,marie4 ,hamilton1 ,sam ,a4 ,hamm1 ,margherita ,arlina4 ,hartt1 ,irene ,widdemer4 ,howard1 ,lady ,constance4 ,jennings1 ,edwin ,b4 ,johnson1 ,stanley ,edwards4 ,jokai1 ,maurus4 ,kaven1 ,e4 ,thomas4 ,kearney1 ,belle4 ,kent1 ,charles4 ,mankowski1 ,mary ,d4 ,martyn1 ,carlos4 ,miller1 ,andrew ,j4 ,munn1 ,charles ,clark4 ,napoliello1 ,r4 ,r4 ,palier1 ,emile ,a4 ,parkes1 ,harry4 ,pash1 ,florence4 ,rideal1 ,charles ,f4 ,runyan1 ,n4 ,p4 ,scribner1 ,kimball4 ,stevenson1 ,robert ,louis4 ,tabor1 ,edward ,a4 ,tolstoy1 ,count4 ,walker1 ,jessie ,a4 ,winter1 ,c4 ,gordon4 ,,advertising ,,agents' ,,directory1 ,,the4 ,arranged alphabetically and in ,states1 including ,great ,britain and ,canada4 ,nothing of this kind has ever before appeared4 ,all who for any reason wish to know who the advertising agents are and how they may be reached1 will find the desired information here4 ,the ,directory is brought down strictly to date4 ,cloth4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,american ,,eloquence4 ,characteristic ,types from ,colonial ,times to the ,present ,day4 ,a ,text ,book of ,oratory4 ,by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,,american ,,men ,,of ,,the ,,time4 ,being a ,dictionary of ,biographical ,records of ,eminent ,men of the ,day4 ,revised to date and edited by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 ,fellow of the ,royal ,society of ,literature4 ,,american ,,women ,,of ,,the ,,time4 ,being a ,dictionary of ,biographical ,records of ,eminent ,living ,women4 ,revised to date and edited by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 ,fellow of the ,royal ,society of ,literature4 ,it is the first time a book of reference of this kind has been compiled in the interests of any women in any country4 ,the efforts of the publishers will be directed towards the end of securing a standard work1 founded on reliable data1 and which will be a suitable addition to any bookshelf4 ,,charles ,,dickens' ,,heroines ,,and ,,women ,,folk4 ,some ,thoughts ,concerning ,them4 ,a ,revised ,lecture4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 with drawings of 8,dot0 and 8,edith ,dombey10 by ,florence ,pash4 ,third ,edition4 ,cloth4 ,twenty-five ,cents4 8,a delightful little book40--,institute4 ,,charles ,,dickens ,,reader ,,and ,,reciter1 ,,the4 ,for the ,home1 ,school and ,platform4 ,compiled with an introduction by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 ,fellow of the ,royal ,society of ,literature4 ,formerly member of the ,council of the ,lecturers' ,institute of ,great ,britain4 ,author of 8,wellerisms10 8,charles ,dickens' ,heroines and ,women ,folk10 etc4 ,,church ,,worker',s ,,book4 ,one ,thousand ,plans4 ,by as ,many ,successful ,clergymen and ,other ,christian ,workers4 ,by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,,continental ,,cavalier1 ,a4 ,by ,kimball ,scribner4 ,author of 8,the ,honor of a ,princess10 7twenty-third thousand71 8,the ,love of the ,princess ,alice10 7fifteenth thousand71 and 8,in the ,land of the ,loon40 ,the author writes here in his well-known popular style and contributes one more 7and not the least7 to the eagerly awaited historic novels of ,revolutionary times4 ,his characters are resurrections and in them the past lives again4 ,mr4 ,kimball ,scribner is rapidly becoming one of the most popular of the younger writers of to-day4 ,with four illustrations on copper4 ,cloth1 #abmo4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,curious ,,case ,,of ,,general ,,delaney ,,smythe1 ,,the4 ,by ,w4 ,h4 ,gardner1 ,lieutenant-,colonel ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 7retired74 ,not in many years has a more interesting or mysterious story appeared than this4 ,those who follow the fortunes of ,general ,delaney ,smythe will certainly corroborate this statement4 ,the book will have a wide and permanent sale4 ,with four illustrations by ,miss ,lowenstein4 ,cloth4 ,one ,dollar4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,saleslady4 ,from 8,some ,people ,we ,meet0 ,,cross ,,of ,,honor1 ,,the ,a ,military ,dramalette in ,one ,act4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal and ,c4 ,gordon ,winter 7,jean de ,mezailles74 ,very daintily printed and bound4 ,one ,dollar ,,danger ,,signals ,,for ,,new ,,century ,,manhood4 ,by ,edward ,a4 ,tabor4 ,is a masterly discussion of the dangers that confront the individual as well as the society of to-day in the ,united ,states4 ,it is also a beautiful portraiture of the young manhood which should exist in the #bjth century4 ,including photograph and biographical sketch of the author4 #abmo1 cloth bound1 #caf pages4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,devout ,,bluebeard1 ,a4 ,by ,marie ,graham4 ,this is a keen1 satirical story which hits off foibles and humbugs in religious administration2 not in an infidel spirit1 but by a friendly hand and from the inside2 one is kept guessing who's who4 ,cloth #abmo4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,dry ,,toast4 ,some ,thoughts upon ,some ,subjects not generally dealt with4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,contents3--,a ,piece of the ,crust2 ,brains and ,black ,butter2 ,on the ,mending of the ,bellows2 ,on ,backbone1 or rather the ,want of ,it2 ,some ,phases of ,modern ,honesty2 ,on ,giving ,advice--and ,taking ,it2 ,concerning 8,hums02 ,on ,flap-doodle--the ,thick and the ,thin2 ,on ,cranks2 ,on ,pouring ,cold ,water2 ,on the ,art of ,making ,oneself ,uncomfortable2 ,on ,always ,doing ,something2 ,some of the ,advantages of ,being ,religious2 ,on ,playing ,one's ,cards2 ,on ,living it ,down2 ,on ,friendship2 ,on ,fame1 etc4 ,cloth4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,directory ,,of ,,medical ,,women1 ,,the4 ,being a ,list of those ,ladies who have ,qualified in ,medicine and ,surgery1 and who are ,officially ,registered as such1 with ,statistical and ,general ,information of ,universities1 ,colleges1 ,hospitals1 etc4 ,,from ,,clouds ,,to ,,sunshine2 or1 ,the ,evolution of a ,soul1 by ,e4 ,thomas ,kaven4 ,author of 8,a ,duel of ,wits10 etc4 ,cloth1 #abmo1 #bjj pages4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,gems ,,of ,,jewish ,,oratory4 ,a selection from the finest specimens of ,jewish oratory2 together with an introduction4 ,by ,madison ,c4 ,peters4 ,author of 8,justice to the ,jew10 etc4 ,,gems ,,of ,,jewish ,,prose4 ,a selection from the finest authors of ,jewish prose2 together with an introduction4 ,by ,madison ,c4 ,peters4 ,author of 8,justice to the ,jew40 ,,gems ,,of ,,jewish ,,verse4 ,a selection from the finest authors of ,jewish poetry2 together with an introduction4 ,by ,madison ,c4 ,peters4 ,author of 8,justice to the ,jew10 etc4 ,,greatest ,,thing ,,in ,,the ,,world1 ,,the4 ,by ,henry ,drummond4 ,,haunts ,,of ,,kipling4 ,fully illustrated4 ,a complete history and description of all the localities described by ,rudyard ,kipling in his works4 ,by ,margherita ,arlina ,hamm and ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,,house ,,of ,a ,,traitor1 ,,the4 ,by ,prosper ,merime4 ,illustration3 ,,sam ,,weller4 ,from 8,wellerisms40 ,,how ,,and ,,what ,,to ,,write4 ,a book for authors2 with some practical hints on ,journalism2 together with a chapter on illustrating for the press4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 ,fellow of the ,royal ,society of ,literature4 ,,how ,,success ,,is ,,won2 or1 the ,fight in ,life4 ,with ,celebrated ,illustrations4 ,drawn from ,life by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,in this book the author has produced a number of stirring illustrations written in a style and manner that command the attention of both the young and old4 ,it is an essential book for everybody4 ,,intellectual ,,people4 ,by ,william ,adolphus ,clark4 ,since most readers belong to this class1 all such will find their lineaments reflected in these pages 8as in a looking-glass40 ,many surprises await those who gaze herein2 whether of mortification or of gratification1 we must read to see4 ,cloth1 ,fifty ,cents4 ,japanese paper1 ,twenty-five ,cents4 ,,international ,,directory ,,of ,,authors1 ,,the4 ,with a full list of the titles of their works1 dates of publication1 etc4 ,compiled and edited by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,,last ,,of ,,the ,,musketeers4 ,a ,novel founded on the ,romantic ,career of ,general de ,gallifet1 ,french ,minister of ,war4 ,by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,,literary ,,life4 ,the most popular magazine for authors1 publishers1 booksellers and every one interested in literature1 issued4 ,it is a thoroughly impartial journal1 readable from cover to cover1 ,five cents per copy or fifty cents per annum1 mailed free4 ,,little ,,scarecrow1 ,,the4 ,by ,maurus ,jokai4 ,,lodging ,,in ,,the ,,night1 ,a4 ,by ,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,this is the first time that this celebrated story has been produced in a manner worthy of the reputation of its talented author4 ,it will be fully illustrated and issued in a most dainty binding1 forming a dainty and unique gift book4 ,,love ,,and ,,pride4 ,by ,r4 ,r4 ,napoliello4 ,this novel admirably portrays the play and counterplay of master passions4 ,the hero1 an ,italian1 bares his soul to inspection1 so that we see and participate in the struggle4 ,a rare psychological study4 ,cloth1 ,fifty ,cents4 ,japanese paper1 ,twenty-five ,cents4 ,,love',s ,,random ,,shot4 ,by ,wilkie ,collins4 ,,magistracy1 ,,the4 ,being a ,directory and ,biographical ,dictionary of the ,justices of the ,peace of the ,united ,states4 ,compiled and edited by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,,master ,,and ,,man4 ,by ,count ,tolstoy4 ,,more ,,people ,,we ,,meet4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,illustrated by ,mark ,zangwill1 etc4 ,a limited edition of signed and numbered copies at ,one ,dollar4 ,,nurses ,,we ,,meet4 ,some piquant ,pictures4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,a limited edition of numbered and signed copies4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,old ,,school ,,days4 ,by ,andrew ,j4 ,miller4 ,this book should have a wide reading4 ,it is healthy and breezy with youth and sport4 ,in its pages the experiences of all of us are laughably and vividly recalled4 ,cloth4 ,one ,dollar4 ,illustration3 ,,captain ,d4 ,t4 ,,rooker4 ,from 8,people ,we ,meet40 ,,on ,,the ,,charleston4 ,by ,irene ,widdemer ,hartt4 ,the smell of the sea and the odors of the woods and fields of ,guam are in these pages4 ,the tale sways1 like the ocean swell1 between ,jack ,tar and the soldiers in the ,yanko-,spanko ,war4 ,cloth1 #abmo4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,pair ,,of ,,knaves ,,and ,a ,,few ,,trumps1 ,a4 ,by ,m4 ,douglas ,flattery4 ,the literary quality of this fascinating novel would alone call attention to it4 ,when to this are added plots and counterplots1 dramatic contests and dnoments1 the book presents a combination of attractions quite unique and irresistible4 ,mr4 ,flattery's books are always readable and interesting4 ,cloth1 #abmo1 illustrated4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,people ,,and ,,property4 ,by ,edwin ,b4 ,jennings4 ,an animated1 logical discussion of the question of corporate rights versus human rights4 ,lincoln said that 8when a dollar comes in conflict with a man he sided with the man40 ,this book is timely1 able and interesting4 ,cloth1 ,fifty ,cents4 ,japanese paper1 ,twenty-five ,cents4 ,,people ,,we ,,meet4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,fully illustrated by ,harry ,parkes4 ,third and ,revised ,edition4 ,twenty-five ,cents4 8,a collection of characteristic sketches drawn with much humor and crisply described40--,scotsman4 ,,pictures ,,from ,a ,,new ,,york ,,boarding ,,house4 ,fully ,illustrated4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,pulpit ,,eloquence4 ,characteristic ,types1 with ,brief ,prefatory ,sketches of ,illustrious ,preachers4 ,by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,,pocket ,,island4 ,by ,charles ,clark ,munn4 ,a story of country life in ,new ,england4 ,a remarkably attractive book written in a remarkably attractive manner4 ,with frontispiece4 ,cloth1 #abmo1 #bjj pages4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,quaker ,,scout1 ,a4 ,by ,n4 ,p4 ,runyan4 ,the contradictory title adopted by ,mr4 ,runyan piques curiosity1 which1 upon investigation1 will be abundantly rewarded4 ,incidents without number succeed one another in rapid and romantic succession1 making the reader hold his breath and pant in sympathy with the recital4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,,rideal',s ,,elocutionist4 ,a ,book of ,readings and ,recitations for the ,home1 ,school and ,platform4 ,selected and arranged1 together with a chapter on ,reading and ,speaking1 by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal1 ,fellow of the ,royal ,society of ,literature1 and formerly a member of the ,council of the ,lecturers' ,institute of ,great ,britain4 ,,sermonic ,,silhouettes4 ,three ,hundred ,outlines of ,sermons by ,three ,hundred ,distinguished ,clergymen on ,various ,themes4 ,with index4 ,by ,carlos ,martyn4 ,,slaveholder',s ,,daughter1 ,a4 ,full of ,southern life and character1 and readable from cover to cover4 ,by ,belle ,kearney4 ,with #aa full-page illustrations and frontispiece4 ,cloth1 #abmo1 #bgj pages4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,social ,,sinners4 ,a realistic novel of to-day4 ,by ,emile ,a4 ,palier4 ,portrays a number of ,sinners and a few ,saints in the modern social order4 ,certain passages hold the reader spellbound4 ,there are several heroes and heroines1 all true to life after their respective kind4 ,cloth1 #abmo4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,temper ,,cure1 ,,the4 ,by ,stanley ,edwards ,johnson4 ,in the guise of a novel1 the author gives a fanciful account of a cure for bad temper4 ,there are no dull pages in this book4 ,cloth1 ,fifty ,cents4 ,japanese paper1 ,twenty-five ,cents4 ,,ten ,,years ,,in ,,cossack ,,slavery4 ,by ,mary ,de ,mankowski4 ,this is a graphic1 thrilling description of the personal experiences of a patriotic ,pole1 condemned to ,siberia for loving his country 8not wisely but too well40 ,the book explains the existing hatred of the ,russian government and gives the reasons therefore4 ,cloth4 #a4be4 ,,vengeance ,,of ,,the ,,mob1 ,,the4 ,by ,sam ,a4 ,hamilton4 ,an exciting story of ,florida1 in which the characteristics and the effects of 8,judge ,lynch's0 rule are exploited4 ,a thrilling love story runs through the novel1 with which the vengeance of the mob comes into collision4 ,cloth1 #abmo4 ,one ,dollar4 ,,wellerisms from 8,pickwick0 and 8,master ,humphrey's ,clock40 ,selected by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal and edited with an introduction by ,charles ,kent1 ,author of 8,the ,humor and ,pathos of ,charles ,dickens40 ,fourth ,edition4 ,with a new and original drawing1 by ,george ,cruikshank1 ,jr41 of ,mr4 ,samuel ,weller4 ,cloth4 ,one ,dollar4 ,this book has met with remarkable success4 ,the original drawing of ,sam ,weller1 by ,george ,cruikshank1 ,jr4 7a nephew of the original ,cruikshank71 is alone worth the money1 for the reason that it shows a mastery of fine work and detail1 in pen and ink not possessed by any other artist of the time4 ,it is a unique and acceptable addition to ,dickensiana and every lover and admirer of ,charles ,dickens should possess a copy4 ,,when ,,at ,,home ,,and ,,society ,,guide4 ,giving ,days when 8,at ,home0 of the ,upper ,classes4 ,compiled and edited by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,to which is added a chapter on the ,etiquette of ,calls and ,calling4 ,by ,lady ,constance ,howard4 ,each ,season4 ,,widows ,,we ,,meet4 ,twelve of ,them4 ,brief1 pithy characterizations by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,fully illustrated4 ,,young ,,gentlemen ,,of ,,to-,,day4 ,eighteen of ,them4 ,by ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,fully illustrated4 ,,zenith ,,memo-,,pad1 ,,the4 ,designed by ,lady ,constance ,howard and ,mr4 ,charles ,f4 ,rideal4 ,containing ,seven-day ,tear-off ,sheets and ,cover1 in convenient form either for laying flat on the desk1 or suspending from rack1 etc41 a ,complete ,calendar for the ,year1 ,postal ,information1 ,chief ,events1 ,lessons for ,sundays1 ,quotations from well-known ,authors1 and ,spaces for ,memoranda1 ,appointments1 etc4 ,indispensable for every one who writes1 makes notes1 etc4 ,twenty-five ,cents4 8,this useful addition to the writing table is nicely got up40--,princess4 8,is very well arranged1 with suitable quotations and memoranda for every day in the year4 ,it may be kept on the table or suspended against the wall or bookshelf1 whichever may be most convenient1 and in either position it is handy1 and takes up but a small amount of space40--,queen4