The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
HOW ONE BOY SUCCEEDED.
ale That Is Diligent in Business Shall
Stand Before Kings"

ale That Is Diligent in Business Shall
Stand Before Kings"
This is what a lawyer said of the
story am about to relate to you: 'It
is the best boys story that l ever
/ heard.
I'VE have had a good many boys
with us from time to time" said Mr..
! Alden, the senior member of large
hardware establishment in Market
street, Philadelphia, las apprentices to
learn the business What may sur
prise you is that we never take country
boys unless they live in the city with
some relative who takes care of them
and keeps them home at night. for
when country boy comes to the city
10 live every thing is new to him, and
he is attracted by every show window
and unusual sight. The city boy, who is
accustomed to these things. cares little
for them, and if he has a good mother
he is at home and in bed in due season.
And we are very particular about our
bOys-and before accepting one as an
apprentice we must know that he
comes of honest and industrious pa
rents.
But the best boy we ever had is now
with US, and q member of the firm. He
is the one man in the establishment
that we couldn't do without. He was
thirteen years old when he was appren-
ticed to us, and he was with US for
eleven years, acting for several years
as salesman. When he first came we
told him that for long time his wages
would be very small, but that if he
proved to be a good boy his salary would
be increased at certain rate every
year, and, as it turned out, when ac-
cording to agreement we should have
been paying him five hundred dollars a
year we paid him nine hundred, and
he never said word himself about an
increase of salary. From the very ou;-
set he showed that he had an inte. est
in the business. He was prompt in the
morning, and if kept a little overtime
at night it never seemed to make any
difference with him. He gradually
came to know where every thing was
to be found, and if any information was
wanted it was to this boy, Frank Jones,
that every one applied. The entire es-
tablishment seemed to be mapped out
in his head, and every thing in it cata-
lOgued and numbered. His memory of |
faces was equally remarkable. He knew |
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the store to buy goods, what he bought, |
and where he came from. l used often
to say to him: Jones' your memory is
worth more than a gold mine! How |
do you manage to remember?
:" Il make 1t my business to remem-
Der, he would say. L know that if |
can remember man and call him by |
name when he comes into the store, and |
caa ask him how things are going on
where he lives. l will be very likely to |
keep him as a customer.
''And that was the exact case. He |
made friends of buyers. He took the |
same interest in their purchases as he |
took in the store, and would go to no |
end of trouble to suit them, and TO fill |
to the letter every thing he promised.
''Well, affairs went on in this way |
until he had been with us eleven years, |
when we concluded to take him into the
firm as partner We knew that he |
had no extravagant habits; that he
neither used tobacco, nor beer, nor
went to the theater. He continued as
at the beginning to board at home, and !
even when his salary was at the very
lowest he paid his mother two dollars a
week for his board. He was always
neatly dressed, and we thought 1t was
very probable that he had laid up one
or two thousand dollars, as his salary