Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-09-11
MISCELLANY Y. .
The Arts of Living.

THE Two INSURANCE SYSTEMS. The va.
rious arts of living, which have softeued the
manners and increased the happiness of So
ciety, have been especially aided and per.
iected by the operation of the Press. In
fact, without this, the discoveries and i'm
provenents of social life would be like a fleet
OF ships at sea, without breeze to blow
hem on their several errands. The Press
is the great worker of the Nineteenth Gen.
tury. Like the elephant-but far beyond
that powerful animal, which can tear up or
tear down trees with It's trunk, and also pick
up a pin with 1.-THE Press can perform the
most formidable as well as The finest feats
II can annihilate royal dynasty; and i, can
tiexibly address itself TO build up the fortune s
oil the humblest trader of small country
town.
Among the arts of living there is none
more important than the Trading Art-so to
speak. This art, in fact, covers, in one sense
or other, the whole mutual intercourse of
human beings; and il is by the aid of the
Press alone, that this art can reach its per.
lection. The system of it is at present in
very imperfect condition. But in thus re.
sIaci, it merely resembles what the system
OF Insurance was fifty years ago. Just now,
and IN the happiest operation throughout
society. Formerly it had many difficulties
to encounter. People were tlnacctIst omed
to it, and could not take TO il heartily. or es-
t'Ina;e the benefits of it. But with the art
of the Press, and in the inevitable progress Of
all good inventions, it has come al last TO be
what we see 1t. BY its means a vast amount
OF social comfort and security are available
the whole of fho r.,
nentralizes the vicissludes of life, controls
chance with the subtitle power of numerals,
and places the means of livelihood within
The reach of prudent calculation. These are
great results-great blessings. But, some
time ago, they were only imperiecrly be-
lieved in. People did not dream of the sue
cessful system that could he founded on the
principle of Insurance. IL is Just the same
'oih the Advertising principle, which is, in
deed, only another mode Of Insurance But
we prophecy that before long, this last sys>
tenn will be as generally recognized. preva-
lent and successful as the former. The sys-
tenn of advertising is in its infancy, as il
were. But the insurances that it effects are,
nevertheless, seen and understood 1t in
sures certain policy 10 the family of a man
in return for his periodical payments 10 the
ANC"SpupCi ICSS. Dut ttleEe is one COtllOTt
in this sort of insurance which is not 10 the
! other; and it is, that man need not wait to
be packed into the sexton's strong box before
he can be sure his relations benefit by what
he has secured to theW. On the contrary,
he may have the satisfaction OF seeing them
enjoy it-may enjoy it himself too a vastly
peasanter system of insurance to a man s
feelings. A mode, too, which we opine, is
| destined OH a m m ,ch NJ
influence in society as the other now exer.
cises.
The only course, then, i'm business, is TO
let the people know what you have 10 offer
to their notice, or what you may desire to OBJ.
tain from them. This system OF advertising
sets down The condition of existing trade, as
on a chart, and every one is enabled TO guide
his proceedings by il. Thus the exchanges
of commerce are made with rapidity and
satisfaction. Without such chart, people
are more or less in the dark; they grope
about in their occupations, and the results
are always conformable to such uncertain
means of acting. There are ten thousand
mutual wants in society which go about 10
search Of each other. A person who had
planned an encouraging enterprise and wish
ed for a partner in it, said TO us: sI have a
/
The man want is somewhere in the neigh
| borhood and he wants me as much as
want him. So that in fact, here are the tco
halres of a profitable project lying asunder,
and trying in vain to come at one another
in the crowd" Such was. indeed, the case
/ But if he had advertised his wishes as, he
said he was resolved TO do-and the other
nnheard of man had done the same, their
heads would have been put together aud a
new fact Would have come 10 life.
! This puts us in mind OF an Eastern tradi-
ton that, in love matters, every human be-
ing who comes into the world has perfect
congeniality of soul with some other being
and that throughout their lives they make
efforts TO find each other. lfthey meet, hap.
piness is the result. II they do not--and
this is too often the case-the result is dis.
appointment and those broken affection that
are strewed in all directions over the ways oil
the world.
Certainly, disappointments and failures
would be less common, if trading people
were brought together, more, and under
stood each others wants better Greater
benefits and larger amount of human suc>
cess would follow from an improved system
of trade such as we point out. The neces-
sites and competitions of the times will force
every one 20 take the most effectuaI means
of securing these. Danton, the Frenchman,
used to say that the necessary qualities for
revolutionary success wore Boldness, Bold
ness, Boldness. We assert, as ccnfden tly
that The sources of success in trade are-sAd-
verisement, Advertisement, Advertisement
I-Palmer's Register.