The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-09-08

Habits Of Business.

When we have clsesen our business
wlsely-when we have become initiated in
Its mysteries, and our apprenticeship is
drawing to clOse-the great question that
will frequently occur in our after life,
what shall we do? stares US in the face a
second time. Shall we attempt business
on our own account, or work a while for
another already established; and how shall
We be able to obtain the best situation p
We solicit advice from our friends, and
they tell us that the world will ask YOU
| two questions, which you had better ask
yourself beforehand Are you master Of
.your buSmessF ? and haze .you habits of bus
t''essF The former is presumed; but what
is meant by habits of business? Habits
of business include six qualities indus
try, arrangement, calculation, prudence,
punctualtty, and perseverance,. Are you ia
dustrlous Are you methodical? Are
calculating? Are you prudent? Are
you punctual? Are you perseyering? If
| so, you possess what is known by the fa-
miliar tcrm-Habits of Business 1t is
not the possession of any one of these
| qualities in perfection, nor the occasional
exercise of them by fits or starts, as it is
called, that will constitute man of bust
ness, but it is the possession of them all
in an equal degree, and their continuous
exercise as habits, that give reputation
and constitute ability. The difference in
men and their success may be attributed,
IN some measure, to difference in their
business habits, and many man has made
his fortune with no other capital than their
superior cultivation In fact, large cap
ital and excellent opportunities, without
them, will only provoke greater disaster,
and more widespread ruin. Perfection
| in most things is unattainable yet men
have attained to a greater degree of per-
fection in the cultivation of these quail
ties than in almost anything else at all
events, it is certain that he who ''aimeth
at the sun, though he may not hit his
mark, will shoot higher than he that aim
eth at bush"
Industry is the energetic engagement of
body or mind in some useful employment
1t is the opposite of the Indians maxim,
which says, at is better to walk than to
run, and better to stand still than to walk,
and better to sit than to stand, and better
to lie down than to sit" Industry is the
secret of those grand results that fill the
mind with wonder-the folios of the an
clients, the pyramids of the Egyptians,
those stupendous works of internal COM
munlcatlon In our own country, that bind
the citizens of many different States in the
bonds of harmony and interest. ''There
is no art or SCIENCE" says Clarendon,
"that is too difficult for industry to attain
to 4; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a
man understood and valued in all coun-
tries and by all nations; it is the philoso-
piers stone, that turns all metals and
even stones into gold, and suffers no want
to break into dwellings; it is the North
ships as soon to him as he can desire in
word, it conquers all enemies, and makes
fortune itself pay contributions The
tendency of matter is to rest, and 1t re-
quires an exercise of force or of will to
overcome the UiS inertio7. When thing
should be done it must be done immedi-
ately, without parleying or delay. 4 re-
peated exercise of the will, in this way,
will soon form the habit of industry.
arrangement digests the matter that in
dustry collects. 1t apportions time to du-
ties, and keeps an exact register of its
transactions it has post for every one,
a place for every tool, pigeon-hole for
every paper, and a time for every settle
ment. A perfectly methodical man leaves
his books, accounts, &C., in so complete
shape on going to bed, that, if he were to
die during the night, every thing could be
perfectly understood Jeremiah Evarts is
represented to have been a model of in
dustry and arrangement. A friend says
During years of close observation in the
bosom of his family, l never saw day
pass without his accomplishing more than
he expected; and so regular was he in all
his habits, that [ knew to a moment when
| should find him with his pen, and when
with his tooth brush in his hand and so
methodical and thorough that though his
papers filled many shelves when closely
tied up, there was not paper among all
his letters, correspondence, editorial mat
ter, and the like, which he could not lay
his hands on in a moment. never knew
him search for paper; it was always in
its place" Some manifest this habit at
an earlier age than others, and apparently
exercise it with less difficulty; but any
one with attention may acquire it.
ssa. The death of the body no more in
terrupts the life of the soul, than the