Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-23
=NoRGATT0WN, (Va] SATURDA JUL Y233,

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command Of half tho spare funds
within the range Of his acquaintance,
and always encircles him with, q host
Of friends, who may bo depended up
on lin almost any conceivable emer.
gehcy.g Z" 'as,o'.n ,,... ,.,,.'., ~ .., ..,. ;.
'sl.s R1ateayae,. aa yoa joaa do, d. a ,eit1M M az
yoar nil t.:@;W Work at il, if necessat-
~, y, early and late, il. season and out OUT
Of season, not leaving stone unturnE,
ed, and never deferting for q single
hour that which can, just ass well be
done .nog. The old proyerb is full
Of truth and meaning, Z" Whatever IS
worth doing ut all, is worth doing
wvSell."m Manya man acquires for.
tune by doing his business thoroagAly,'
while his neighbor remains poor for
life, because he only "half does his
business. Ambition, energy, indus
try, and perseverance. are indispen-
sable requisites for success in ibusi.
ness. '''3 ~ ~ '4i '-''"1r
.4th, soJriiety. Use no description
of intosication drinks.-As no man
can can succeed inbusiness unless he has
a brain to enable him to lay his plans,
and reason to guide him in their ex-
ecutieoanI, SO, no mattel, how bountif
q ma man 4 may may be blessed with Aelli.
ge'nce, if his brain is, muddled and
judgment warped by Intoxicating
drinks, it is impossible for him 70 car.
ryi on business successfully How
many good opportunities have passed
never to return while aman was sip.
pinga "social glass with his friendi
\ How many a foolish bargain has been
made undor the influence Of the aer.
zine, which temporarily makes its
victim SO richi How many impor-
tant chances have been pUt.oF until
tomorrow, and thence forever, be-:
cause the wine.cup has thrown the
system into a state Of lassitlde, ,ieu:s
tralizing the energies so ogessentiel, ~
success in business. The use of in.
toxicating'drinks as a beveragesis es
much aniinfatuation as is the smoking
of opium by the Chinese, and the for!
mrer is quito asSdestructiyeto the sue
cess of the business man as the lat.
ter. 'al tNNei.'' stii {''H .t;'tt '',,.sas ;
5th. Let 1ope pliredomiinats, 5st Je
not too visionary.-Many persons are
always kept poor because they are
too visionary. Every project looks
to them like certainsuccess, and there,
fore they keep changing from one. .bu.
siness to another, alWays'iHho hot water,
and always aunder the harrow
The plan n'of counting the chickens
before they are hatchcd," is an error
Of ancient date; but it does not seem
to improve by age. ..s. ~, ,t...s,,
9th. DO not scatter your po,eers.--
Engage in ono kind of business only,
and stick to it faithfully untilyou sue
coed, or until you conclude to, aban-
don it. A constant hammering on
one nail will lSpenerallyidriye it homo
at last, SO that, it can be sclinched.
When a mans undivided attention is
centered on one object, bis mind will
continuallyfbe suggestipg improve;
ments of value, which would escape
himif his brain were. occupied by q
dozen different subjects at once.
Many a fortune has slipped through
mems fingers, ,by,snga aging in too ma
Ing occupations al once s5y5.1
9TH. Engage proper Employees.--
lNever employ D mansof bad habits,
when one whdse habits Ore good can
Ibe found to fill his situation. 1 have
| generally been extremely fortunate
in having faithfuland. competent per-
sons to fill the responsible situations
lin my business, ald, oman can scarce.
lily, be,too grateful for such 9 blessing,
when YOU find a man unfit TO fill his
station, eithefitom incapacity or Pc
Iculiarity Of, character or disposition,
dispense with his services, and don6t
drag out a miserable existence in tile
vain, attempt to change his IS 1atare.
| II ISL Is utterly impossible 70, do SO. You
cannot make:a silk purse. &c. He
has been created, for some sothcr
sphere; let Ct. him m find M g aud I'D lill il s13
s,h. Aavs,tises your, du;inessa Do
nosAide youralight anderiasJasA Il .
| IVhateyer, your occupationior calling
1 l'may be, if il needs support from the
i public adpertise- ii. thoroughly and
efficiently in some shape or other.
lthat will arrest public attention. !
freely confess that what success !
have had life may fairly be atlrib-
uted more to tho public press than
to nearly all other causes combined
There, may possibly bo occupations
that do not require advertising, but !
cannot we'll conceive what they are,
Men in business will sometimes tell
! you that they have tried advertising,
and tha. Il did not pay: This is only
when advertising is done sparingly
md orut]ainalyy Homeopathic do.