ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XVII. FORTUNE IN LITERATURE. Profits of the Pen–Ten Cents a Word–A Millionaire Novelist–$3,000 for a Short Story–How Hall Caine Won a Fortune–A Pilgrimage of Publishers–“One Thousand Times Across the Atlantic”–$5,000 for a Song–Suggestions to Writers–What It Pays to Write. Literature requires the least capital of any enterprise …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XVIII. FORTUNE IN NEWSPAPERS. Fortunes in Printers’ Ink–Value of the New York _Herald_ Plant–Story of Mr. Pulitzer’s Struggles–From a Park Bench to a Newspaper Throne–Alfred Harnsworth, the Greatest Paper Man within the World–Serving the News Hot–Secret of the Springfield _Republican_ Success–A Prophet as Well as an Editor–How …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XVI. FORTUNE IN THE SOIL. Relation between Soils and Skulls–The Secrets of Successful Farming–Why go to Alaska when there are Gold Mines on the Home–Jute, a Keyword to Fortune–A Million Dollars on this Suggestion–What Ignorance Costs the American Farmer–A Rival of King Cotton–Doubling One’s Money in Fowls–How …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XV. FORTUNE IN PATENT RIGHTS. Nearly 100 Patents Issued Every Day–The Easiest Way to Get Rich–Crystallize Your Idea Into a Coin–Six Billion Dollars of Capital Based on Patents–Great Returns for American Genius–What a Patent is Worth–A Million Dollar Patent Discovered by Accident– Prosperityin a Needle’s Eye–The Man …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XIV. FORTUNE IN MINING. The Earth a Vast Treasure-box–$300,000,000 from the Comstock Lode–A Short Story of Three Millionaires–Opportunities in Mica Mining–Fortunes in Salt Wells–$10,000 for Locating a Mine–Not a Cent of Capital Needed–The Gold Belt of the United States–Two Men’s Earnings with the Pan–What Michigan Boys are …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XIII. FORTUNE IN MANUFACTURE. How a Blacksmith Got Rich–The Story of Pullman–The Story of the Columbia Bicycle–A Recipe for a Fortune–A Mica Secret–How to Make Marble–Another Great Secret Given Away–Rubber as Good as Goodyear’s–A Way to Smash the Trusts–Wanted–A New Railroad Car–Sidney Smith’s “Wooden Pavement.” Vast earnings …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XII. FORTUNE IN THE FINE ARTS. Some Things Everybody Ought to Know–An Institution that Teaches “Without Money and Without Price”–A Woman Who Earns $3,000 a Year–The Old Glue-Maker’s Gift to Women–How a Little Girl Earned $300–A Young Woman Who Earned More Than Her Father–“As Rich as a …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER XI. FORTUNE IN REAL ESTATE. The Costliest Spot on the Western Hemisphere–A Mile and a Half of Millionaires–The Kings of the Earth–Why Some Rich Men Do Not Live in New York–The Country Fool and the Knowing Ones–How Coney Island Was Born–The Story of a Great Land Sale–Rents …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER X. FORTUNE IN PROPRIETARY COMPOUNDS. Proprietary Kings and How They Acquired Power–Patent Medicine Secrets Given Away–Where Perry Davis Found His Recipe–The Parent of the “Killers”–Men Who Made Their “Pile” in Pills–Fortunes in “Bitters”–Electricity, or “Mustard Plasters”–The Story of a “Discovery”–How a Man Gained ProsperityWith an Indian Cure–“What’s …

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ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNE – CHAPTER IX. FORTUNE IN AGENCIES. The Omnipresent Agent–What He Says and What He Sells–Power of the Successful Drummer–The Five Secrets of the Book Agent–Five Thousand Dollars Commission on a Patent–How Seven Men Carry $7,000,000 Insurance–A Man Who Receives $5,000 a Year and Does Nothing–How Teachers Pay for Their …

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