Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-19

10 suddenly arrest public attention. The
great English backing maker ooee sens ~
agents 70 Egypt 70 print on the Pyransos
the words. TRY Wasren'e Bloekines -
Strand. London" Ne was huobuagging
the tourists Who saw Il, bot Il Uas eos
cheat. for the article vas . good one. Ihs
English who read it we're indignant At the
sacrileee, and like all Englishmen DO or
threaten 10 DO, they wrote to the Tuna
wha, was the consequence: The letters
were copied every where, SO that all through
the country the letters ieemed with the ad-
vice. "Try W arren's Backing" and the ma
her thereof made his fortune.
When Jenny Lind frst sang IN America,
tickets were sold by auction. One enter'
prisng tradesman outbld the a'istocfau
and took the first ticket as $3.50 AS re-
suit Of this act, the mime Of "Genin, Inc
haster." VAS spread all over the coaetys
and evesy..man looked to zee II be- ~ -
wear .'Genin hst." That man also aods
his fortune by bis ingsnuity. -
The speaker sai1 he himself he'd eseo
spoken OF rs one Of the most notable hum
bugs Of the day. In HE occupation Of the
term, he did not deny il. He had fef many
years been sending up little skyrockeess 81
intsnded 10 attract the popular eye. 49,
ty.two years ago - took the A0ssteoa -
suem st New York fos song, for II he1
been losing money. He determined 70
spend oil the money he made the first year
in advertising. He placed sdveseiss0snsc
IN the PAPERS. covered walls With NAgs end
hsndb;lls, and did everything else be could
70 attract the popular eye One day hs etn-
Moved artists 70 cover his mussam oessids
with pictures Of aboat every. animal sna'
ever lived, and about half dozen tnre"n
in that he'd nsses existed. Asa consequence
Of these advertisements, he soon saw tn
people csowding iato his place, and, en-
long, found that he had more patronage
than be could accommodate.
After advertising. men must be detssm
ined to please their customors. They mus
DO polite. and also most b charitable. Net
who help ,.oos people will 6nd themeelvet
firmer in the pursuit q their avaeoeisee. J
. man il making money hs should keep q.
lcncs and not tsll everybody. or he will 6ns
that competition gill osise 10 injure hiU.-
On the other hand, u inan 10 losing moneJ
he should be equally careful to maiutain 81
lence, or else be win lose bic friends.
man never mskss anything By telling hi
! secrets. Let hin attend 70 his own busi
ness, always getting money honestly. Th
advice of the mises to his son, "Get money
honestly il you can, but get money" W
not good policy, for a. soon As . man at
tcmpts 10 overtsach, people will know il
and will treat him accordingly.
1
CRxDs-AsLs. About The best thing y
have heard Of the Mexicans for some tim
is the universal regret which 10 fsls and ex
pressed BY the common people for the %
fate which has ovcslaksn the Psineeas Chal
lotto. There 10 no doubt, that excellent ID
dy labored q earnestly and % asdently
she could 70 help the poor, to relieve d
distress, and to prove herself . bsaefaetc
TO oil classes. The qsasi compulsory mod
Of her withdrawal from Mexico. and the q
but tragic result Of her .nissien to Franc
and Rome were events that could hardl
fail to make deep impression upon . eou
munity SO much more under the sway I
, impulse than the hard teachings Of reasol
The entire number Of dwelling houses
the District Of Columbia Is ascertained
actual count to be 1929. The entire POI
population Of the district IL act down
l23. 1857, divided - follows: Washingto
O2.6l2; Georgetown. 1859; County, &
623; Total. l22,S67. The Washingte
Star saws that il will be seen that the pol
ulation of the district cities has not 2falls
off since the close Of the war to the exteI
generally supposed. The fact that there
scarce vacant dwelling in the city bea
testimony in the same direction. As tn
is The slack SEASON, during the compression
recess. the above may be put down 40 pc
manent population, or as nearly SO as pol
ulstion made up largely Of government en-
, ployes can be considered