The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-22
smulg,glipg Snakes,
A NIeddling Condactor, In the Role -os a
TREASURY DetectiVe

! | A NIeddling Condactor In the Role OF
Treasury Detective.
Col. Davis, press agent ofVan AM
burglr& Co, isfespansible for the fol-
lowing amusing incident: 1t seems
that one of the foreign agents of the
establishment had dajpstrelpapeihfr from
India with some rare and valuable
reptiles, and after handing in New
York, made a bee line sfers the siI6ws,
Il which, as our readers;know, is .now,in
j our vicinity. The agent entered the
Il domifioh not a thoustiid1hiles from Il
most noted bridge. Arrivea on the =
side, he shouldered his trunk, in which
his treasures were, enclosed, and made
a straight wake for the railway depot.
Barely had he gained the station End
deposited his precious burthen, when
a stalwart guardian of her ajestyis
! revenue laws appeared and demanded
I to know the cOntepts of that suspi-
/ cious looking trunk The agent. a
| plain, ,fariner-looking man. say :'aOh,
it is all right, sir. Nothing wrong i'm !
that trunk, sir Ah, besh, says her
majesty's, functionarys, {: sh oY, me tlre
! contents of the trunk OF. Iyshall, seize
it and put you under arrest, The
quiet agent. seeing no alternative, tfn-!
locked the trunk, and the affrightedis a
official desired ahim9 in terms moge,J
| forcible than polite to shut it,up, again ,
quick. 1t was near train time and the
! conductor of that train had e"soId"1
i the Custon Hous9 official sactimeAor
4 two, and here was good chance ttoO
| square baceounts!s 10 So Q AS the itfafflJ
backed down the officer helped theT
agent on board with his mysterious
trunk and assigned him the place ust-
ally occupied by the stoves inthe passii
senger car bid him q Q cordial, good-N
done yet. Seeking the Conductor he
told him in a CONFIDENTIAL swhispef,i
that there was a man Onooboard sihiss
train that looked like smuggler of
! the worst class+that he had not time
| to look after him now, but that if heor
(the Conductor) would cay upon his
word and honor that he would exam
inc every article In the mans tfunkfl
and give him a full report of it, Whend
he returned he would let the man go
-and he accompanied this with an in
timation that several little things had
gone out on his train lately that didn't
look just right; but he should say
nothing about it. Away went the
train, away the agent and his shakes,W
and in due course of time the C6na1
dgctor in his rounds found the. iagente
and trunk aforesaid, SHTickebR says
the guardian, The snake man respond.
ed in FORM ia Whose trunk is that ?''I
"Mine, sir" :gWoltGf
!" What are the. e.contentsi?nnps adT
"Nothiug wrong, sir" UaI
=, But I want. to know what. is In
that trunk, and I will" ''''''sAi 9h
"There is nothing in it sir. that ISL
centIaband |; and I tell iyous the truth
when | say so.iinsmnqeyo ie9oi 10
(" Well, sir open that, trunk, at once,
or will put you off the train and
place you under arrest" '-h'Kto9
=" 1 don't think it is hardly fairg sir;
but suppose i must comply with
your request. i will do, this, and. no,
more / will unlock the trunk and il
you choose to open it you can do SO at
your own risk" .o2hiiia2
/ 5tNot much risk in that. i 1simagine,"
says the CONDUCTOR, and, theitTunk hay,
ing been unlocked, he raised the cover
to be confronted with the erected
heads, cleaning eyes. and fofKedT
tongues of numerous serpehts, whose
dazzling colors and complex conyul-p
ment. ''''s'h I" 'h'i't a.
sts Shut it, for Gods sake ~ said mheL
grasping for breath and the agenti
and the snakes arrived in good erdeEna
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Success in Busin ness.-aAa secret
that Every one desirestO Bos-Y
-csess. eaosroq z; y1l9s70 .1h ssBno
The Journal of Commerce, i'm ia1l-f
swer,to the question of ofiaseorrespond-r
ent What is The secret Of Of buy business mess
47aIt IS not genius An With such
peculiar gifts make bad Imanagersaofi
any business, andlar too erratic for
ordinary, executiye purposes, And it
is not high Intellectual attachments.
Few scholarly men will lay asideithe
devotion 10 letters for their ownlsal1ey
and follow the plodding, course,zby1
which SUCCESS in business is 10 be at,
tanned. And it lies not in the force
Of circumstances. Some who might
otherwise have been successful siIb@
clearo course, tshaVeHdoub btless vbraken
down in the face of popular obstaeless
but the man who oap bend occasions,
and conditions to his viii can achieve
surroundihgs.I1 1fnis not lucl.li There
is less of happy chance in such success,
than is commonly supposed. 1t is
true that many tempt their fate and
escape as if by miracle, but this can
form no rule OF life; success in busis
ness is obedient te.a law that can be
clearly and distinctly traced through
out; the whole of ones career. This
law is based on The principie that ets
erything has It's price, and they only
who are able and willing toipay3itcan
acquire what they 9eovet, Some are
unable. through !, want of nerve, or
failing health, or defective Judgment,
or other mental and physical defectss
from succeeding in the struggle. Bat
more who are able fail because they
are unwilling to meet the cost. They
seek the end, but win not by patient
self-denial employ the means, Pres
ent ease, present. gratifoation,i some
form Of Indulgence mot soonsistent
with the end which has been proposed
offers a temptation too strong for
them to resist. Tomorrow they viii
begin q stei.ner course next week
they will turnover ranothero newalea(
with different readiag on the diverse
side; but to-day let the hands be fold
ed and the old nc1mbraiice remain,
No man is on the road to saecess who
has not already paid part iofnthei price.
and is not now holding out to f0rtnne
in full the next iRstallmsnt that is
euAse; 4 xaf .odi1d u tqaaila 70 .sIlrd
o 4aoini7T7T 10 fSS'ifFS T-I9ibuI. no svlt
Il Whatever a any part of I. the. Old