The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-05-10

there Is something for every body to do I;
and place for every one who is willing
10 work.
Don't depend upon your own lungs
alone; use the lungs Of the press.
Don't depend alone on your own hands,
or the labor Of other mems hands; use
steam power IL possible.
Makeit known by printers ink that you
arc prepared to do business.
Confess ignorance in regard to subjects
on which you are uniformed; listen and
learn.
BE silent when fool talks; he will
cease the sooner; you cannot gain by his
converse.
BE ashamed Of nothing but your own
errors.
Calculate the probabilities of the future;
increase and multiply the means of in
formation.
To compete successfully with a neigh
Dor, participate in the facilities afforded
to go ahead.
The door to wealth, respcctability, in
fuence and honor, is thrown wide open
to all.
Establish yourself on the broad and
sound basis Of integrity; conduct your
business with intelligence and Judgment.
TriAe not with serious matters, and be
not serious about triAcs.
Wisdom and virtue make the poor rich
and the rich honorable.
There is no deep nor hidden mystery
to be studied or practiccd to carry on
business successfully; on the contrary,
all that any honest, legitimate concern,
demanded by the public wants, requires,
is fair judgment, close industry, unwaver-
ing integrity, superior workmanship, fair
prices, and to do better by your customers,
if possible, than Others in the same bust
ness can do by theirs,-and give it pub
licity.
Let the business Of others alone, and
attend to your own.
Don't buy what you don't want; use
every hour to the best advantage, and
study even to make leisure hours useful.
Find recreation in looking after your
business, and your business will not be
neglected in looking after recreation.
Buy fair, sell fair, take care of the
profits, and be economical
Should misfortune overtake you, re-
trench, work harder, but never fly the
track; confront difficulties with unhinch-
ing perseverance; should you then fail,
you will be honored; but shrink, and
you'll be despised.
Consider the causes of the good stand
ing of some, and the decline and fall and
want of success Of others, and regulate
your conduct accordingly. {.
The tricky, deceitful and dishonest are
rarely prosperous, for when confidence is
withdrawn, poverty is likely to follow.
With the preservation of an upright
character, if the opportunities for acquir-
ing knowledge and cultivating the mind,
which lie in every ones way, be pSonerly.
improved, respectability, influence, and
perhaps wealth, may be the reward.
Resolve to perform what you ought
and perform without fail what you resolve.
Reflect on what you see and hear, Set
your mind at work reason with candor;
weigh well and consider for yourself, de-
eide and act.
BE civil and obliging to all it costs
nothing, and is worth much.
BE kind, liberal and just to all connec-
ted with you in. business.
Be not diverted from your duty by
any idle reflections the silly world may
make upon you; their censures are not
in your power, and consequently should
not be any part Of your concern.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and
leave Others to talk as they will.
Never regret what is irretrievably lost.
Never believe that which seems i'm
probable.
Never expose your disappointment TO
the world.
Never speak boastingly of your bust
ness; keep your own counsel about the
of your affairs.
Be charitable according to your means.
Never complain of being i'll used.
Always speak well of your friends; but
of your enemies speak neither good nor
evil.
Treat your customers as your friends,
by serving them in the best manner, and
never let them be deceived or disap-
pointed.
Sell at small profits, for cash, and
make il known through the newspapers.
Keep tho Gate Shut.
An English farmer was one day at
work in his fields, when he saw party