Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-04
LIVING.

L. LIVING.
Some Of the fecIiii Means of Livelihood
Which Civ: isaiion Devel ps.
There are MANY odd WAYS of earning
livelihood n great city like New
| York. ard it is surprising to see how
| many persons there are who readily
| adapt themselves to new occupations.
type writing, for instance. was un-
known few years ago. and now there
are thousands who support themselves
BY it. 1t has sup Lei a new and W: de
field for the emplo., ment of women.
ard tls come into almost universal
use for legal documents The inven-
ton OF tie telephone has given EN-
ployment to thousands in the con-
struct on of the apparatus and the
attendance at telephone Offices. and
the number thus employed already
rivals the number engaged in tele-
graphing.
Tie introduction of electric Fighting
has given employment to many per-
sons. as has also the comparatively
recent use of refined coal oil all over
the world for both lightn and heat
ing. it is only few years since the
invent on of the d street messenger
service and the employment of street
bootblacks gave employment to an
army of boys.
The successful manufacture IF play
ING cards, which were largely made
abroad Until within a few years, has
re,ently .y.yan am ln,-,napt tu ,,,,py
American workmen. The canned
goods industry has grown up nee the
war. and offers an entirely new occu-
patton.
PHOTO lithographing and many other
quick processes of picture printing
have furn shed employment to many
within few years. There is an i'm
mense business in readymade cloth
Ing for women and children that is of
comparatively recent growth.
There are. at q rough calculation.
about fifty men in the United States
who make Their living b. hardening
steel for various mechanical purposes.
There are three or four vino earn liv-
ing by demagnetizing watches, and
perhaps about as many who adjust
cornpasses ON iron ships. There is an
odd and somewhat intricate occupa-
ton in the insurance business known
As the aG iuStment of averages, and the
number o. men engaged in it in great
city may almost be counted On ones
fingers.
There are many men who earn liv-
ing by tasting various articles of food,
or Judging OF them by Their appear
ance. There are experts in handwrit.
ing. in chemistry, n mechanics, and
all sorts of things, who turn up in the
courts and make litigation costly.
C.vilizat on tends TO division of
labor. so that in every profession there
are men who get reputation for some
part cular branch. Thus there are &C
knowledged specialists in law. who have
have almost monopoly of certain
class of eases. Some LAWYERS know
all abont patents. and others all about
adm ralty, others all about landlords
and tenants. others all ai.out criminal
law. and so on. In the same way the
doctors take each some portion of the
human body as special study, so that
the old family doctor. who undertook
to doctor all sorts of diseases. is COM
parativelv obsolete in crowded com.
munities.
This division of labor leads to the es.
Enlistment in great cities of many !
queer stores. or depcts OF supplies for
all sorts of odd things of which the gen.
eral public knows little or nothing I
There are. for instance. depots for the |
supply of peculiar food for the various |
natiopalitieS that center in the great .
city. The Oh namen. the Italians, the /
Germans, and the Scotchmen all know |
where they can 90 and buy things that
are specially suited only to heir own
taste.
A craze like roller skating gives en- 1
ployment to many persons. American .
roller skates are now known all over /
the world. There is an American roller |
skating rink even in India. The pro-
gress of mechanical inventions. while |
It throws MANY people out of employ
ment also furnishes new occupations !
to many. and does away with the APP
prehcnsions that the machine may sup /
niant the man.-N. \. Sun.