Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-18
aa1iseellausous Reaaing.
WAYS TO MAKE MONEY.
Some Unusual callinss Which Yield ar
Income to Workers.


Income to Workers.
In the whole history Of the world
there has never been country Where
1t Is so easy to make money as In the
United States. That there are many
WAYS of making living besides being
a life insurance president, prize fgh-
ter or a hodcarrier Is shown by the fol-
lowing collection of unusual occupa-
tions:
or the list Of unique callings none is
more peculiar than the business OF "Dr.
Cockroach" of Louisville. For stipu-
lated annual consideration the doctor
contracts to keep ones premises rid OF
cockroaches. At regular intervals ne
comes around with queer looking tools,
and mysterious powders, by means OF
which he persuades the cockroaches to
go.
Bird doctor and specialist" Is the
sign on the shingle which hangs In
front of an establishment on Broadway
in New York. The proprietor Is a
young woman who takes mammas pet
canary to board while the family IS
away at the seashore or absent from
home at other times. She also mas
hospital for sick birds and teaches
backward songsters their mission In
the world and is able to make a COM
petence from her work.
An Englishman possessed Of a small
annuity and in bad health went to FL
Paso, Texas. The expenses OF living
were so great in the southwestern city
that he soon found his income made
ouate. He invested all the ready money
he had in eight gilt and gaudy popcorn
stands, with little engines to run the
peppers. The idea worked and before
long he branched out to San Antonio.
He soon worked up baby trust which
brought him an income Of $4,000 year.
A woman in Boston makes a busi-
ness of taking inventories Of houses
which are rented furnished. She comes
to the house and makes complete lists
in triplicate of every article, with a
description Of its condition. When the
house is given up she comes again ana
checks over the household goods and
appraises the loss or damage. She has
been so successful in this kind of work
that her services are much in demand.
An Italian in New York takes over the
rubbish from the garbage collections
Of the great eastern metropolis at a
stated annual price and makes from
$40, 900 to $4,000 year from the bus
mess. He employs hundreds Of sorters
and pickers, who go over the rubbish
to get out old bottles, rags, rubber,
leather and other junk. 1t is said that
he realizes from $4,000 to $4,000 year
on old rubber shoes alone.
Several years ago a shoe buyer for
one Of the Chicago department stores
conceived the idea Of buying up slight
ly damaged or blemished shoes from
the manufacturers and retailing the
same at a sacrifice price. He opened
up with one clerk in a single room near
the roof Of a skyscraping office build
ing. To get a good pair Of $5 shoes
with nothing more than little scratch
on them for 81 was such bargain that
customers came fast. The business in
creased so rapidly that the original has
been enlarged to fifteen rooms, and for
ty clerks are employed instead Of one.
The capital earned from the original
store has been reinvested until now the
concern owns eight large stores in 9TH
er places.
A New Jersey girl, broken down by
teaching and office work, was ordered
by her doctor to get some occupation
which would keep her out Of doors.
She followed the physicians advice by
acquiring a bosgy farm in New Jersey,
where she began the culture Of bull
frogs Persons who heard Of the new
venture smiled until they learned that
she was making lot Of money selling
frogs legs at big prices to New York
hotels and restaurants. In order to get
the fresh air she does her own killing.
Attired in rubber boots, she tramps
about the marshes and shoots the frogs
with a small rifle.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.