New Ulm weekly review., 1880-10-13
Business Success.

once door at MONDAY will be recalled
by many, none may be more proftably
considered at the present time than his
comment on making haste to be rich.
"Tve stood here on State street," said
he, "for forty years, aad have seen
men accumulate fortunes by specula-
ton, and I've seen these fortunes dis
appear. l have seen men go up in
worldly wealth, and go down, and I've
always noticed that those persons who
were content with slow gains and six
per cent. interest came out ahead in
the long rum" The greatest of proverb-
tal philosophers has also said. "a
faithful man shall abound with blessings,
but he that maketh haste to be rich
shall not be innocent;'' and again,
"He that hasteth to be rich
hath an evil eye, and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon him."
He hastens best who hastens slowly;
not lazily, for there must be work,
backed by energy, perseverance, intelli-,
gent selt-denial and thorough business
habits. Believers in business impossi-
bilities are not as numerous as formerly.
For years we seemed to be living in the
atmosphere of venture and great un-
| dertaklngs, and our whole industry was
tinged with the unearthly light, but of
late years we have been suffering from
a collapse of these great hollow ideas,
and there is hope for a return of the
staple prosperity of earlier times.
The past six years of depression has
solidified all branches of business. Pru.
dence and economy is now the motto OF
the successful merchant. The misfor-
tunes of the past did not come for
naught. It is q delusion to suppose
that success is attained by any kind Of
patent process. Books are sometimes
advertised with such taking titles as
1.-THE Secret of Success" :'7The Road
to Wealth." etc., but they make the
path of success no palmer or easier for
those who are looking for a short road
to wealth, power, honor and influence.
These come only of years of intelligent
labor and devotion to business, pru-
dence, economy, honest dealing, cour-
age and perseverance. He that would
have true and lasting success must de-
serve it. A fortune won by blunder or
accident, by short cuts, by strategy, or
close bargains, is not success, and is
likely to leave its possessor as quickly
as it came. Success must be conquered
in legitimate way. The man who en-
ters business only for plumber and gain,
with no thought of his reputation or
character, is not good business man,
and is never regarded by his fellows as
q successful man. The truth Is that
real success does not mean wealth, So
cial position or political honors alone.
| 10 these must be added honesty, a
heartfelt consideration for others, civil
ity, promptitude of thought and action,
intelligence, sobriety and every manly
virtue.
The truly successful business man Is
one who is complete in everything that
belongs to his calling. He has a thor
ough knowledge of what has been done
in his business, and applies this knowl-
| edge with untiring diligence to the
undertakings before him. He watches
| and studies the markets, knowing how
much is produced of tho commodity in
| which he deals and the amount con-
sumed; he is prompt in decision and
execution, truthful in word and con-
duct, and keeps his credit unimpaired.
| In all that he does he commands the
respect and confidence of all with whom
he deals, and maintains high and
noble character before the world,
which is beyond all price. The prin-
cipal of the "survival of the fittest'' is
nowhere more applicable than in busi-
ness matters. The unworthy and in
capable are sure in the long run to sink
to their proper level.-Aneerican Manu.
fact'rer and Exporter.
A Dreamer's Senses.
If strong light be held before the
sleeper's eyes he is almost sure to
awake, but at the very moment he may
have dream of some tremendous fire,
perhaps that his house is in flames
The ear of the dreamer is generally
on the alert, and proves a gong to the
mysterious spirit to make its airy
| rounds. To some sleepors the sourd
of a flute fills the air with music, or
they dream OF delightful concert. A
| loud noise will produce terrific thun-
der and crashings unutterablc, and at
the same time awake the sleeper. Ac-
cording to DR.. Abercrombie, GENTLE
man who had been soldier dreamed
that he heard a signal. gun. saw the pro-
ceedings for displaying the signals,
heard the hustle of the streets, the as
sembling of troops, etc. just then he
was reused by his wife who had
dreamed precisely the same dream,
with this addition, that she saw the en-.
emy land, and a friend of her hus-
band killed; and she awoke in fright.
This occurred at Edinburgh at the
time when q French invasion was
feared, and it had been decided to fire
a signal-gun at the first approach of the
foe. This dream was caused, it ap-
pears, by the fall of a pair of tongs in
the room above, and the excited state
of the public mind was quite sufficient
to account for both dreams turning on
the same subject. An old lady, friend
which occurred to- her Just before the
battle of Waterloo, when the fear of
an invasion by Napoleon was at its
height. She heard the march of troops
in the streets, and the screams of the
populace. They broke into her own
house, ransacked it, and pursued her
with bayonet. She fell on the
floor and pretended to be dead. After
sundry thrusts, which seemed to her
growing spirit to be quite innocuous,
the soldiers remarked that she was
"done for.'' They departed, and she
escaped to consciousness. This dream
was no doubt caused il, the first in
stance by noise in the house or street,
and the painless bayonet thrusts by;
some slight irritation, such as hair
pin or other adjunct to dress. Whis-
peringg in a sleeper's ear. will often pro-
duce dream; and there are cases on
record in which people who sleep with
their ears open have been led through
dreadful agonies at the will Of their
! wakeful tormentors. The vivid do
scription given of a young officer so
treated br ~1radcs is both interest
ing and suggestive. In changing our
position, as we constantly do in sleep,
we touch the bedclothes, ETC., perhaps
the nose gets tickled or the sole of the
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