The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-13
CURIOUS OCCUPATION
Smoke Bother, Teaser Goat and Deal.
er In Wairus Whiskers
(scientific American)

smoke eottIer, Veaser Goat and Deal
or In Walrus Whisksrs
(Scientific Amerlcan)
When the thirteenth census is
completed, that is when the last com.
pilation has been made and each in.
dividual has been put in the proper
! class, II will be the most exhaustive
classification ever made by the Cen.
sus Bureau. For instance, while ma.
chinists will. Of course, be placed un.
der one general heading, eacn OF them
will be classified according to the par.
ticular work he is doing, and SO with
other trades and industries. Some
of the sub.classes will contain but a
single lame. This will bring to light
number of queer ways in which
some people are engaged in earning
livelihood AS far as the work has
progressed. there is only one man
classed as snake merchant" This
man has snake ranch in Texas, and
has for more than seven years made
business Of handling snakes. Dur
ing the year 1910 he sold over 155 200
rattle snakes and black snakes. the
prices ranging from % cents to So
each. They are sold to ZOOS. side
shows of circuses, medical colleges
and scientists.
Under the shoe industry one would
hardly expect to find persons sub.
classed judgers, takers, plawers, slug.
gers, busters-out, cripple chasers, and
pancake makers, but there they are.
Another man who will be In a class
by himself when the work is finished
Is a resident of Kansas City. His
sole business is to bottle smoke of
burning hickory logs. He claims that
when this smoke is let loose in an
alright compartment where meat has
been hung It will produce tie same
results upon the meat as though it
had been smoked in an old.fashioned
smoke house. Such titles at whit
tier In a straw hat factory, "tobies,'
maker OF stogies, dock walloper,"
longshoreman, "pouncer" in hat
making establishment, vibrator" in
clock factory, 'tonger" I'm connec.
ton with oysters. "teaser" in a glass
factory. are some of the other queer
designations used by the Census Bu.
reau.
| Indeed there are as many women
as there are men who pursue odd
ways OF earning money, one class OF
which would be designated as goats
were common expression of the
times used, for IL Is their business
to be discharged" from the depart.
ment stores in which they are lem.
ployed" number of times each day
or as often as necessity might de-
mand. When grouchy or naughty
customer makes complaint Of dis
courteous treatment or what moi
against a clerk one of the goats Is sum
noned to the Office as the person in
charge Of that particular department
There she is given a good talking tc
before the angry customer and sum
marily dismissed and the complaint
ant goes away rejoicing.
Women policemen are becoming
rather commonplace. We have wo
man Chief of Police in Kansas: 9
town in Pennsylvania boasts a fail
Deputy Sheriff. who is colIese grad
uate. and Los Angeles was the frs
city to appoint woman to it's polio,
force.
One woman In Pennsylvania earn,
her daily bread by raising Persian
cats and selling them for $25 to $1O'
each. She not infrequently make,
large sales to wealthy cat fanciers
Still another woman in Maryland de
votes her time to pigeon raising
claiming her income from the indus
try to be about $7OO year.
One of the most unique trades O
the entire list, however. is that car
ried on by man In Seattle. Hi
business. and a profitable one, too, 4
to secure the mustaches from walru
killed In Bering Straits and sell then
to the Chinese for toothpicks. Thes
stout bristles are plucked from tn
nose OF the walrus by Indians, tie,
into small bundles and sold by him ol
the Pacific Coast to agents, who shi
them to China. where they are Il
great demand. In an aged bull wa
rus tho bristles are about foot lon
, and nearly as thick as lead pencil
BESIDES being extremely tough, the
can. when made into picks. be pushe
.. between the teeth without injury +
the enamel Last year this deale
cleared something like a thonsan
dollars by his traffic In walrus whisl