The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-01
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
Random Thoughts Put in Print With
Pen and Pencil.
NEW DEPARTURE
1t Establishes Reading Room for its
Members Valuable Hints to Business
People and Their Patrons.

The members of Hope Section No. 10, ].
t. of n. & T., have concluded arrange
ments to apen new headquarters in the
Beddall building, on Centre street, Just
| west of Main street, on Monday evening
next The Section was organized twenty.
two years ago and, unlike all other
| beneficial temperance organizations, il
| has never been compelled to suspend on
| account of lack of funds, or members.
To day il is the banner Section of the
state, meeting all It's obligations and ha-
a membership ranging from 1875 to 150 in
good standing. This is considered re
markable showing for an organization, as
it was compelled at one time to drop from
the roll all members IS years old and over,
but the law having been subsequently
changed membership is now continued
without regard to the increase of years.
Notwithstanding their prosperity the
members have concluded that there is
still much work for them to accomplish,
and in order to retain and increase the
membership they have gone to considera.
BILE expense to fit up new quarters for
that their means would allow has been
procured to make the room attractive and
pleasant. AS the Section has member.
ship that will at all times tax the seating
capacity of the room, it will be impossible
to throw the doors open to the public |
The rules of the Section will govern the
mem bers whether in session or not. |
Contributions of wholesome reading
matter will be gratefully received by the |
officers at all times.
Tomorrow will be candlemas, or ground |
hog day. This is the day. according to |
popular tradition, when the ground hog
prognosticates the weather for the follow |
ing six weeks. Let the ground hog
prognosticate. He has the floor
~
A gentleman of town who recently |
visited the Allentown Sanitarium says
there is patient there who threatens TO |
drink up the institution His daily CON
sumption of the ardent averages three
quarts and pint and though he has been
there week his appetite is not on the
wane and the faculty is puzzled. If this
patient keeps up his average of three and
half quarts day during his full term
of thirty days he will have consumed 1O5
quarts of whiskey, and if the quality of
the stuff is what it is cracked up to be
there will be but very little left of his
entrance fee of slOO
Suavity is very necessary adjunct to
the business man, no matter what line of
business he is in. Be polite 1t pays
every time You may be In business on a
small scale; your means may be limited,
and yet if you cultivate polite dealing
with the public you will find that it will
bring it's reward. Do not only be polite
with the public in general, but cultivate
this most desirable attribute among those
with whom you are associated. If you
are an employer you will find that by
treating those under you politely and
kindly you will secure double the amount
of labor from them. The same rule will
hold good If you are an employe. This
vein of thought is caused by an experience
/ had in one of the leading mercantile
establishments ON Main street, the pro
prietor of which could profit with success
by the advice here given.
~
Don't spend your time hunting up cheap
things 1t is all right to be on the look
out for bargains, but it is well to remem-
Der that not every cheap thing is bargain.
You want to make living, and you
should expect and allow others TO do the
same. Ths storekeeper who sends out of
town to get a cheap printer TO do his
printing, for instance, and refuses to sup
port one who is in his neighborhood,
simply because he asks a living profit for
his work, will probably lose the custom
of the latter, VIII ch, in years time, will
amount to considerable more than the
difference in the cost between the legiti-
mate business man and the cutter. This
way of doing business is only another
exemplifcation of the metaphor; "Stop-
ping at the spigot and letting out at the
bunghole." AS you are in business to
make money, you should allow your
neighbor to do the same.
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The local campaign is progressing
quietly, but neither side has as yet under
taken any vigorous work at vote getting.
Notwithstanding the assumed confidence
of the Democrats the Citizens party Is
chances for victories this spring are of a
most rosy hue. All the candidates of the
latter party are men OF excellent busi'
ness qualifications, good judgment, liberal
in views, and in every sense capable OF
intelligently and oonscientiously admin
istering the duties of the offices for which
they are candidates.
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Notwithstanding the favorable outlook
from the Citizens party standpoint, there