Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-01
SUNDAY READING.

LEARN Your BUsISEss.--A young man
in leather store used to feel very i'm
patient with his employer for keeping
him, year after year, for three years,
"handling hides" But he saw the
use of il in after years, when, in an es'
tablishment Of his own, he was able to
tell by a touch the exact quality OF the
goods. II was only by those thousands
Of repetitions that the lesson was
learned, and SO 1t is with everything
in which we acquire skill. The great
army of the "incapables" is large
enough We should none Of us willing
" Join its ranks. The half-inforMed,
haif-skilled in every branch of bust.
ness outnumbsr the others, dozens to
one. 1t is a good suggestion, worthy
of being remembered, which Daniel
Webster made to young man who
asked him If there was "any room IN
the legal profession" There IS al
WAYS room in the upper story
The better you know your business,
the better your chances to rise, you
drohe through you' "'iv'.' $50. -,
out keeping a wideawake lookout Oh
all that goes on about you, your Pro-
press will be needlessly slow. You can
gather mnch information by making
wise use OF your eyes anu ears ""u
haps, oe apie W su'p,.ao .ou
er in an emergency by stepping into
the mex man P." a,e,;,,
ing ms dat,es sa,'s .'' .,ns,r. v.., old
hhe ,,''le Tau '. a,an ." oi,;cs in a
was employed III te.eer"pi ',n n ,i
southern wv s,orfrIiv in that
n .o All IN. onerators were down
81 T.. .na o.h.rs sant an bv the COM
WAN WYNN ,ror. attsck.d No one knew that
i p""i ;o ~ nndsrstnod rho business: but
,"' , '" .,.;akad 1, nm ), ard now kept
~, " new ppn;o.,;ons b.tween the town
w. va .ha nrt.r world all the time the f.
anu w. J'''
''' o, o,orl
Ex'uoV. Morgan was ''.o. !" NJ
IN store AZ "a'ei'o'". Wv.
York was All event III 'loe1 ""y? ;,, bu
the young man haa proved az .,i '1 ;n',.n
that h. was a'lo"eo " MANI .no 49,
e.!, and was entrusted WIN so'e'a'
COMMISSIONS, "nA"hs '"on .;,,.
buy corn. he came pack III uue ' .ma
with me IN the Ola stage ooa'"' ""'
inquiries were maze aoout .he WI" ~. ~.
The price was very sa'is'"o"'y' w.,
the Old gentleman was ARA" ~
not b- good al 80 ~" PRIV. s".
ful which the young man pure" 'o"
his pocket convinced n"n' e", ""
was his amazemeht 10 IN" '"a' nc n"'
: bought f'oo cdrgoes.
; "Why, Edwin, what shall We do will
, its" he asked in CONSERVATION.
5 81 have disposed of all you don
} want" said Edwin, at an advance.
stopped in stores as l cam1 aiohs'
: could have disposed OF thFeo o"'soe'
| had had them
The profits were Gear Hnu MS ,, n,i
e ployer said the next morning: y"
- will Jet some one else 40 ire sweeping
e and Edwin was made partner, thous
J. under twenty-ene: II youh@'e 'aie''
= for business, 1t Will be lonha OUT.
The GOVERNOR IN THE IkLL.-" ne
It Mr.. Pollock was Governor OF fenhsy
y vania, there was man whose aea'l
! warrant he had signed ne rev 'h'
'e he could not let HIM die' oeihg
Le Christian man himself wlthou. eoii'
N down to tell him OF saviour low
y He went to the prison where the ma
:; was that was to be hung, le" nas
Is before the time liked Tor the execution
st He said to the sherhl, ~ whlSh "
- would take hie 10 MS CELL W. NV "
| him who | anu" He went in' al
in talked and prayed win the man.
told him of Christ and heaven; no
to God had sent his Son into the woria
d. save sinners.
He read him some portions of Il
word of God, and got down and pray'
with him. and commended him to Il
God of all grace. Some little time an
demned mans cell, and he said: "Wl
was that man that talked with me
kindly. and prayed with me!' II
o. sheriff answered, "that was Govern
IS pollock The condemned man tur
a. ed deadly pale, and lifting up bo
mt hands he said, ooh sheriff, was tn
I'd Gov.rnor Pollockp Why didn't "
H. toll ma Oh. i'll had known it,
ca would have asked him to save me. WI
Dy didn't Won tell me that was the Go
no arnor,H He wept and wrung l.
he hands in agony to think that the Go
IS. ernor had been right in his cell, al
lie the sheriff did not tell him it was t
il Governor.
tie sinner. | bring Won good news