The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-10
ODD SORTS OF OCCUPATION
Some OF the Means of livelihood Which
Civilization Develops.


- New YORK SUM-
There are many odd ways of earniu.- a
/ livelihood in great city like New York.
and il is surprising TO see how msny
persons there are who readily adapt them
selves TO new occupations Type writing
for instance. was unknown q few wears
ago. and now there are thousands who
support themselves by IL Il has sup
piled a new and wide field Ter The en-
ployment OF women. and has come into
almost universal use for legal documents
The invention Of the telephone has given
employment TO thousands in the con
strucgion Of the apparatus and the at
tendance at telephone Offices, and the
number thus employed already rivals the
number engaged in teleEraphins
The Introduction OF electric lighting
has given employment TO many persons
as has also the comparatively recent use of
refined coal oil all over the world for
lighting aud heating. Ii is only "a few
Years since the invention of the district
messenger service and the employment of
street bootbiackS gave employ ment 20 an
army OF boys.
The successful manufacture of playing
cards. which were largely made abroad
until within n few years, has recently
given employment 10 many American
worhmen- The canned goods industry
has grown up since the war, and offers an
entirely new occupation
Photo -lithographv and many other
quick processes of picture printing have
furnished employment % many within a
few years There is an immense business
IN ready made clothing for women and
children that Is of comparatively recent
growth
There are. al rough calculation. about
Lity men IN tue [ nited States who make
their living by hardening steel for various
mechanical purposes. There are three or
four who earn 8 living by deTagnetiLiug
watches, and perhaps about as many who
ADJUST compasses on IRON ships There
Is an Oh and somewhat intricate occBpa.
ton III the Insurance business known as
the adjustment of averages. and the mum
Der OF meu engaged in 1t in a great CITY
may almost be counted on one fingers.
There are many men who earn living
by tasting various articles of food or
Judging OF them by their appearance.
lhere are experts in handwring. in
chemistry. IN mechanics and all sorts of
things, who turn up in the courts and
make litigation costlt,
Civilization tends To a division of labor.
so that IN every profession there are men
VINO get reputation for some particular
branch Thus there are acknowledged
HPSOidllHts IN law, VINO have almost
monopoly Of a certain class Of cases
Some lawyers know all about patents.
ana others all about admiralty. others ali
about landlords and tenants; others all
about criminal law. and so on In the
same way the doctors take each some por-
ton Of the human body as a special
study, SO that the Old family doctor. who
undertook to doctor an sorts of diseases
is comparatively obsolete in crowded com
muuiiieS
This division of labor leads to the cstab.
ishment in great cities of many queer
stores, or depots of supply for all sorts of
odd things. of which the general public
knows little or nothing There are. for
instance, depots for the supply of pecu-
liar food for the various uationaitics that
center in the great city. The Cinnamon
the Italians, the Germans, and the Scotch
men all know where they can go and buy
things that are specially suited only to
their own taste
\ craze ike roller skating gives employ
ment to many persons. American roller
skates are now known all over the world
There Is an American roller-skating rink
even in India. The progress OF mechan-
lcal inventions, while it throws many per
sons out of employment also furnishes
new occupations 10 many. and does away
with the apprehension that the machine
may supplant the man.