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Show BECAN SELLING RAT TRAPS. A Millionaire Made His First Money In That Way. Joy Morton, tho Chicago millionaire and president of the International Salt company which has extensive salt In-toiests In-toiests In Hutchinson, Kan. niado his (list mom1) bj selling rat 'raps. sas the Kansas CIt Stur That was bo-foie bo-foie his father, I Sterling Morton, became be-came sei'ietary of ugilcultuto In I'res Ident Cleveland's cabinet, and when ho and his hrothei, Paul morton, president pres-ident of the llipiltnhln Lire Assurance company weie bins In Nebraska City, Nob Joj Moiton ami his biothcr were on their way west the other da) and were at lunchiou at the ILitcl Haiti-more Haiti-more whin ho told tho slot). "In thole dii) s tho patent right war not In such bad lepute," ho said "A man cams to Nebiaska City with a patent ml trap and 1 purchased tho pilvllcgo of selling the delso In and about tho vleinltv of m (own The nit trai was a device fearfull) and wondiousl) made and the price was llvo dollaia each. It (.ouslstod of a large giab hook on a stiong, heav) Kpilng When a tat Dibbled nt the halt he flipped the spring and the hook swung ooi ami nailed hint 'I ho tiup had o fault. It was good for only one nit foi after It had killed one none of his companions would go near It nsaln for a long time, because the) scented tho blood on the wire The eligible customers In my tenitni) conceived that (He dollnrs per rat was too extravagant a plan of exteimlnntlou and I sold only six tiaps It was the first money I over made" |