ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXVIII. FORTUNE IN WASTE MATERIAL. The American People Waste More Fortunes than Other Nations Make–The Shoreditch Experiment in England–The Tonner System of Germany–Millions in Ashes–Coal Fortunes Waiting to be Picked Up–Astonishing Possibilities in Irrigation–Tons of Tin Thrown Away Every Day–$5,000,000 Lost in Sulphur Every Year–A Fortune Waiting …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXVI. FORTUNE IN THE FOREST. Unappreciated and Unappropriated Wealth in Trees–$5,000,000 Burned in Florida Forests–Reckless Waste of Timber–An Opportunity to Gain Prosperityin Paper Cane–Chances in Cedar–Small Spools Help to Wind Great Fortunes–How Some People Throw Away $50,000 a Year. There is likely extra fortune within the forests …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXVII. FORTUNE IN THE SEA. The Magician who Makes Gold Swim–$30,000,000 in a Shoal of Cod–200 per cent. Profits in Salmon–How French Sardines are Made in Maine–Vast Fortune in Bivalves–John Bull, Brother Jonathan, and the Seal Fisheries–Chasing a Greenland Whale–Old Salts who Have Made their “Pile”–Why Salt …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXV. FORTUNE IN ROD AND GUN. How to Combine Profit and Pleasure–Some Truths About Trout–Stories of the Wild North–Fortunes in Furs–Nearly Five Million Skins a year–Cost of Birds for Ladies’ Hats–$25 a Day and Your Own Game Keeper–An Elephant Hunt in Africa. Happy is the person who …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXIV. FORTUNE IN AMUSEMENTS. Fortune in Fun–Salary of a “Star”–Prosperityin “A Parlor Match”–A Pianist Who Got $2,500 a Night–How to Get a Start on the Stage–A New Field for the Amusement Artist–Humor and Hard Cash in Shadowgraphs–What Max O’Rell Earned on the Lecture Platform–Fortune within the Traveling …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXIII. FORTUNE IN BUILDING MATERIALS. Boundless Wealth in Brick, Wood and Stone–Farmers Who have Untouched and Unknown Mines–A Man With 2,000,000 Acres–How a Farmer Astonished a Lawyer–A New Way to Measure Land–Men Who Don’t Know They are Rich–Are You One?–More Fortune within the Builder’s Stone than within …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXII. FORTUNE IN THE POWERS OF NATURE. Vast Forces but Unknown–The Human Form a Key to unlock Nature’s Caskets of Gold–The Storage of Air–The Waste of Steam–The March of Electricity–How One Company saved $50 a Day–Sunbeams for Sale–Winds and Waves awaiting Man’s Sail and Wheel–How a Western …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XXI. FORTUNE IN ADVERTISING. More Fortune in Ink–Millions Paid for it Every Day–New Devices to Catch the Eye–Exposure of Advertising Tricks–Cupid on the Counter–What “Bargain Day” and “Below Cost” Really Mean–How an Advertising Agent Gained Prosperityin a Day–“Delivering” 5,000 Customers–A Line that Every physique is Sure to …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XX. FORTUNE IN FERTILIZERS. Wanted, a New Fertilizer–How “Golden” Forests Drop Gold–Why the Fields Near Berlin are so Productive–How We Lose $5,000,000 a Year–The Peat Treasures of New Jersey–Fortunes in Phosphates–Millions of Fish on Land in addition to within the Sea–$1,000,000 for Him Who will Pick It …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XIX. FORTUNE IN CLOTH. Capital in Cloth–How Uncle Sam Helps Linen-Makers–The Mistake of Stocking Manufacturers–5,000,000 Sales if the Maker will get the Right Thing–Better than Starch?–A Chance to Become a Millionaire–Another Eli Whitney Wanted–Go South and Get Rich–Secrets About Silk Manufacture–Startling Suggestions About a New Process of …

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