The Irish standard., 1886-11-27
BY-WAYs TO WEALTH.

BY-WAYS TO WEALTH.
Men Who Have Found Large Fortunes il,
Untrodden Paths.
[Long Branch Cor. Philadelphia Press]
Two curious characters drifted into thu
current of fashionable life here the other
day. They came in a private palace car in
which they had been travelling about the
country for the past six months. Both are
men of great fortune though not yet in
the meridian of life. One is Philar
delphian, the other a Jerseyman. Five
years ago neither Of them dreamed Of hir-
ing private car yet single stroke Of
good fortune brought them out Of the com.
! monplaces of life and gave them prom.
| inence in the world Of affairs. One made
his money out of glass signs and the other
from patent medicine which he COM
pounded in the seclusion Of fhis Jersey home.
Nine out of ton business men would
laugh at the idea of making fortune out
tering, and many would hesitate before
giving up even a moderate income to risk
his time with a patent cure-all remedy.
But now the life work of those two men
is done SO far as the acc,muiaG Gion of
money is concerned and they live for the
sole purpose of being amused by the world.
They came down here with car full OF
the many good things that wealth COM
nlands-a hamper of champagne and a
larder in which Delmonico chef would
reyel. A stable of horses had preceded
them, and when they were notluxurlating
IN their home on wheels they were spin
ming along the bluff behind team that
took dust from no one. Yet they tired OF
all this in two days, and just because a
slight rains-torm set in started down to
Cape May for g. change, as one of them
said
Before going, however, they picked up
companion who has been struggling in
the beaten path OF commerce for 8. life
time and had not reached the goal which
they touched in few years. He could in
terest then, by the stories of his busy ca
reer, and they took him along with them
for the one purpose Of listening to him.
There is s. man here the inventor Of an
oyster-opener and of an arrangement for
making coffee in a minute. He told me
that he had already formed two COM
panies for tho purpose of putting his in
vention upon the market, and thereby
giving an opportunity to every man tc
be his own oystel-npener and coffee.
maker. Who Gail help smiling at man
who builds his hopes in this way2
t'You see,'' said he ''every one likes e.
cup Of coffee as soon as he has gotten out
of bed. Now, propose to sell my ap.
paratus for fifty cents apiece ALL you
have to do is to jump out OF bed, pour as
much water in it as you want, g. tea
spoonful of coffee, and then light the lamp
underneath. You can then go back to bed
and take minutes nap, and when you
jump out again your coffee is made and
waiting"
''And you expect to sell a great many of
these coffee -makersg" [ asked.
"Well,,' confidently replied my latter.
day Mulberry Sellers, ''there are nearly
million coffee-drinkers iii New York City
alone; that is enough for me.n
E The world always finds amusement in
listening to the plans Of these living types
of John I. Raymond's great character, but
there are any number of them who have
made money OUT of seeming trivialities.
noticed a man driving on the avenue to-
day, who twelve years ago saw q fortune
in the sale of needles, if he devoted bis at
tention solely to them. He has reaped that
fortune now and is the only man in the
country who trades exclusively in these
little bits of steel. He controls the house
on this side of the Atlantic to which all
the needles in use have to be sent from
abroad There is another man stopping
here whose wealth has come from the in
vention Of q scarf-pi1l, and one of the
handsonest cottages at Seabright is occu-
piod by the inventor of a patent sus-
pender.
The person who first thought of attach
ing q ball to the end OF an elastic cord, so
that it would return, went to Caleb Cush- !
ing years ago to have him mako out the
application to be sent to Washington for
3 patent Mr. Gushing was busy at the
time with an Important law case and Won
1ered that the man was willing TO pay the !
arge fee he always demanded for his |
work, when he learned the nature OF the |
patent.
Il will have to charge you almost as
much as I imagine you will make out of !
ibis thing" he suggested to the inventor.
SWELL, I've already made contract that |
will net ME five thousand dollars" was thu
reply. ''and I can see my way
lear to ten times that amount.'