The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-29
A Very Rich Newsboy.

Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Cincinnati, st. Louis, San
Francisco and Kansas City morning pa
pcrSl"
This cry has been heard on the streets
OF Denver for years. 1t is uttered by a
square-built, smooth-faced, matter Of
fact looking man, whose voice has struck
n certain pitch which has increased in
force with long practice.
His name is Mykins, and he is with
out doubt the richest newsboy in the
United States, Mykins has discovered
no gold mines he is no bonanza king.
He has made his money by selling pa
pers at ten cents apiece and blacking
boots at ten cents per shine. He invest
ed his money in property in Denver and
loaned it out on good security, and he
is worth to-day from $4,000 to 100000
A queer fellow is Mykins. Night and
day he hawks his papers on the street
lie knows just where q paper can be
sold. He is at the depots at the right
hours; he knows just when TO go to the
hotels, and be can spot stranger on
the street, and sell him n paper, while
one is wondering what place he came
from
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Cincinnati, ST. Louis, San
Francisco and Kansas City morning pa
pers" There the cry is heard where
many people are gathered together, and
there many dimes are raked in.
One day Mykins passed "Do yousee
that newsboy?' said gentleman to the
man Of news. "He is worth 10000"
How does he make lt?'
He came here a few years ago and
commenced selling Eastern papeys and
backing boots. He averaged SO per
day at the former business and no in
considerable amount from the latter.
He invested his money and now owns
several fine residences on Lawrence and
Fourteenth streets, two or three Of those
Grant houses on Welton street some
fine property on California street, and
besides has any amount of money loan
ed out at interest. He is rustler, and
will still black your boots for a dime
at least he would few months ago
The speaker led the way to the news
boys stand. An old coal box near the
corner of Sixteenth and Larimer streets.
with boot blacking chair and appar-
atus at one end Of it, marked the place
of business Of man who wa, worth
enough to make him comfortable for
lifetime.
why don't YOU interview MykinsP"
But this was easier said than done.
Mykins is evidently a man of sterling
business principles. One dime realized
from the sale Of one paper is evidently
more to him than an hours converse
ton with the most interesting gentle
man in the world.
He did not desire to tell anything
about his business.
Yes, he sold good many papers.
Sometime, he had a boy to help him.
He had been here several years
yes
Most of these papers are shipped
through to Mykins direct. They cost
him from two to four cents. He sells
them for ten cents number He pre-
fers TO peddle them on the street, and
doubtless has found that the most prof
table manner Of conducting his bust
ness He knows the value of his trade
and that small businesses are often more
profitable than large ones. By careful
attention he has worked up line of
customers to whom he delivers papers
at fifty cents per week
Mykins is unmarried, He looks like
the hard-headed business man that he
is. His face is bron2ed by exposure to
the sun and rain. His features are
sharp. His voice is as harsh and pierre
ing as years of continued eXertion in one
strain can make ii.
"Some day continued the first
speaker, who started the train of thought
about Mykins, II should think he would
want to retire from the bootblacking
and news business and live on his
riches.
Perhaps he may.--Dcncer Tribune.