The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-19
OUR BOYS
a Tale That Every Roy Should Read
and Ponder Well.
Treasure Troye.l

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and Ponder Well.
Treasure Trove.l
There lives in the city Of New York man
who has accumulated quite fortune bv SIM
ply advising people what to do. There AL
ways will be large number OF person WIN
are unable torely on their own judgment;
others come to conclusion with ease and
certainty. A young man had accumulated
| q thousand dollars and was debating whether
| he should buy small candy store with n.
| or whether he should lend 1t ON a mortgage,
| This latter he knew was the secure way.
| The other promised great profits. In this
perplexity he saw an advertisement: "Ad-
| vice given to those going into business"
After stating bis case the counselor said
my fee will be s. in advance"
When this was paid he asked:
do you understand the candy businessr'
"No; did not think 1t was necessary.
expect to supervise 1t merely"
Then you will lose all your money In
three months"
you think had better lend the money
on the mortgage?"
II do not say that. What is your busI-
ness? That is, what do you perfectly under
81 know the pickle business through and
through. / can make pickles OF all kinds,
but do not like IL"
"Neyer mind what you like. Go and get
a small place and make pickles; 90 from
hotel to hotel, restaurant to restaurant and
sell them. In ten years come back and see
rue; you will have $4,000 at least"
As the young man was going away he was
called back.
"Here Is a card; want you to put It
where you can see It hundred times day"
These were the words on the card: "Busi-
mes is business. Men don't do what they
like, they do what they can"
The card had strange fascination for
him; he read it with care as he walked along
the street. As he studied 1t new light
seemed to enter his mind.
He found dingy basement, and began to
arrange for his operations. OF course vine
gar must be got, several barrels Of it; some
vas offered him at ten cents gallon, some
more was shown at five cents. (which shall
take?" He thought Of the words on his
card. He seemed to see people testing his
pickles, and, not liking them, depart without
buying. They will know good vinegar"
thought he, and so he bought the honest
In few days several tubs of materials
were ready, and he knew he must market
them. Now he greatly dreaded to face
strange people and push his goods upon
their notice. He never had courage when
timid. it seemed. But he thought Of the
words Of the card. and entered restaurant.
The evident manager was blooming young
woman, and the pickle dealer was more
afraid Of women than men. But business
Is business" repeated itself over and over
The answer to his statement was that his
pickles would be tried, and, If found all
right, would be purchased
"Glad got that good vinegar, thought
the young men, and he began to feel that
there was a certain power In the maxim his
adviser had given. He began to feel q
courage he had never expected In meeting
people and trying to sell his goods to them.
oil linz NJ kAEA afLk Ia a.
order for pickles In bottles, he was quickly
and rudely met with, "D0n't want TO see
any such stuff Noticing the utter dismay
on the young mans face, the merchant said.
short and sharp Don't you know enough
Of business to put up your goods attrac-
tively?"
AS he reiterated, rufied and disheartened,
the maxim repeated itself over and over
with this additional sentence, 1T is bust
sought out a photographer. and had some
handsomely colored labels printed. They
will buy the bottles" said friend. "just for
the picture you have on them"
When he had gained sufficient courage he
sought out again the merchant who had re-
buffed him. II have come to make you
present of bottle Of fine pickles"
"Why do you make me present OF them?"
Because you gave me advice that Is worth
a great deal"
The morning of one Fourth of July came,
and he pondered whether to go to his store
or not. All at once he thought. people going
on picnics will want pickles IL was the magic
words on the little card that ran through MS
mind. He found, as he had thought, large
number OF buyers waiting for him.
The little card was consulted in all sorts
Of weather. If man made proposition to
him Of any kind. and he was in doubt, he
would go and look at the words, though he
knew them by heart already. One day a
cheese merchant came to persuade him to
buy his stock.
ways buy cheese; you will do a big trade"
1t was temptation. he went and looked at
the words and studied them intently, trying
to think out their application to the case In
hand. Men do what they can" he reflect
ed II would like to sell cheese, but know
can sell pickles :" then he returned. Now
he was resolute and firm, although by ma
ture easily bent and swayed by the words Of
others.
"Business is business" he said. II am in
the pickle business; II cannot make money
in this l shall quit and 60 into something
else; but will not have two kinds on my
hands"
1t was turning point; after this he could
refuse all influence to go into something
that seemed at the time TO be more lucrative.
He was not only industrious, it Is plain he
had fixed principle Of action. OF course
he was successful; all men who put industry
and mind 70 their work are bound TO be sue
cessfnl. When the ten years were up OF
course he had the ten thousand dollars, and
more. too.
Curious Process Of Cutting an Orange
skin.
LA Nature.l
We illustrate in Fig. number Of curious
shapes into which the skin Of an orange can
be carved after particular tracing Gig. y
and then be spread out in its entirety, with
out break.
The process Is as follows:
An orange is selected that has as few flaws
in the skin as possible. 1t should not be
divided In the center into too large a number