The morning times., 1896-07-12

from this city were gwen a surprise b!
the train boy, who Offered them live frogs
but the boy knew his business. He Knew
that most of the passengers ON that trair
were gong to nearby resorts for the Dur
pase or angling, and that frogs OF "a certain
spec.es MAKE good bait and that there We're
no frogs where the anglers were going
He made rafting sale, with profit. and
as tire Union News Company makes no pre-.
tension in the traffic OF live thirgs. the
boy violated no trust and was so muci
ahead.
In the South train boys Go quite a busi-
ness in selling fish TO the inhabitants of
inland towns remote from good fishing
Ii is an everyday scene at the stations
of the smaller interior towns for people
to go to the trains for their fish, the
finny food being all supplied by the en-
terprising train boys. The frog business,
however. is something new on trains leay-
ing this city. In this, as in other things,
the train boy must know the character OF
his passengers IL he would meet with sue
cess. The traffic in frogs would not he
profitable on n through train The patrons
mus. be those who leave the city for an
outing where ''fishin' is good
KEEPING TRACK OF SALES.
The stock of tie news company is put up
at the station from which the train leaves
by il man specially employed for that pur-
pose. Every article OF Il certain value
that is, so many 1 cent, or 8. or what
ever the price of the article is inyeDtOried,
and put in big wooden box and is turned
over to the train boy OF train No. =.
When the box is returned the contents are
checked up against the original in
ventory, the money accounted for TO a
penny and the train boy is credited with
his commission.
He is paid his commissions at the end
of the week The company for which he
works pays,t the railroad company a stipu-
lated sum per year for the train boys
travel The business, in proper hands, is
lucrative, and from the fact hat manyof the
train boys have been in the service OF the
company for twenty years il would appear
that the business has an element OF con-
tentment and that the company appre-
ciates good agents and treats them &C
cordngly There is no incentive to honest
and capable work like that OF appreciation.
Disregard of the feelings Of an empIoye,
nothing but a selfish interest in his success
has driven many good man out of service
when he might have made the success OF
his employers greater and correspoDdingly
enhanced his own. The Union News Com
pany has increased its business by appre-
ciating The endeavors Of it's employees.
Notwithstanding this success the bust
ness is one that requires constant vigi-
lance and ripe Judgment. The country
is running over with scheners. 1t is u
fact that III many lines the first field which
a schemer or speculator seeks 10 exploit
his business is on the railroad trains. It
is great advertising medium and in that
respectit comes cheap. Edward R. Walsh,
who is the assistant manager of the Union
News Company, in this city, his jurisdic-
ton extending from Buffalo to Omaha. and
Oh all roads running into the South, has
many curious calls from these sEecula:ors.
There is frania for puzzles. There is
scarcely day Which does not witness the
invention OF a new puzzle, and the moment
it is perfected. the inventor rushcs in upon
Mr.. Walsh with it, and grows eloquent over
its bewildering properties.
And yet said Mr.. Walsh, while it is
true that the very best class of travel will
look at u puzzle and buyit. if there is any