The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

! I've blocks OF the church was convinced thai
For week col6red sSmmitte" arG nontInSed
70 visit the property morning, noon and night
Gonstern9tion took trmer hold on the resi-.
gents ~ the n"ighDorhood. 1t looked ns II the
! intrinsic value OF real estate and the social
HMut o. an exclusive community were trem-
bling in tho balance. Something had 10 10
done. so meeting of the properly owners WINS
held the upshot OF which was tie raising Of a
church and thus prevent an influx OF coiored
churchgoers. Instead Of six months II did not
ebur mot s yen ssSH weeks wee to dsnose Of hS
as q very satisfactory profit from the deal
cot one sumner 1rr few lew years ago spent va
one ON, u mlu;sieally inclined and the other very
much iniatuGted With her own charms Of face
other ned for n diamond ring, but the nGri-
r n, vas S too hard un at that time to buy
such things Now. I never lose a chance to
make trade. no matter whore | go or how in
swapping is passion So as / had on
n.y. ny hands at TIE time about twenty five
She nI.I n'n @n which had been seized BY
a bankrupt manufacturer. and plenty Of
JewGlry; I offered to supply the girls II he he
plano ana diamond ring. The land was worth
500 an acre and the piano and ring were worth
thnt the Ticker was made and l lost nothing
MsHt spring butt fancy little Queen Anne
.ntlaEr on my lana AZ cost OF $1,000 and
th"n snapped II OIL for a small steam yacht
which sold some tim" ago for $500, so you
see how easy It Is to make swapping pay when
YOU know how.
;, There is ono professional snapper in New
YORK who started out less than i've years ago
writer's WREN Re had n td ty or
twelve he hired young man nj 81 a week and
a small office in an oId.ias hioncd building
writer exchange. selling the machines for two
nrI tl'rer times as much rs they cost him and
he continued to add to his stock aud to-day he
has big branch establishments in several large
must be something IKE $50. 90 a YEAR. "'
An2ther exrhonSc broker now located, In
New YORK was formerly a fakir who in his
neregrinations fetched UP at every corner OF
The United St4tes. When he came hero to stay
he had about $1,000. rather a small capital to
lowed with wonderful genius for swapping.
aud it was not long before he struck it rich,
stock Of n bankrupt manufacturer OF a patent
iniment which was advertised az sovereign
medical science He bought it in at auction sale.
being one OF only three bidders. for $500. to
s Gdo with the and Ss OF Plant The
wonderful curc.all about 5000 empty bottles.
two or three big mixing kettles. and $50
made 1t looked like an elephant. and so 1t
would have been to a less astute man. but he
half a dozen patent medicine fakirs. who ST were
out OF job and whom he knew to be partially
iniment, which In the meantime he had re-
labelled with some ahsurdly nreposterous
horses: employed negro banjoists. leather
lungcd vocals and sleight-of- hand per-
formers. and sent them through the
country to sell the stuff In small towns
Within a week the $1,000 titles were
consumed and he was working dozen men
With the capital obtained from this first sue
cess he was able to advertise extensively in the
stores everywhere. More than 100000 bottles
Of the stuff werc sold with six months after
Eventually he sold out to a company for some
thing like $4,000 With this sum he was able
to operate on a large scale. and. success having
attended most Of his efforts. he is now worth
more than S50O000 One OF his recent swaps
which Melted him considerable profit. was a
hig tramp steamship for an apartment house
in a fashionable section"