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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
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of Dr.HObbS SparaguS Kidney
Pills were given out at the Anti
Monopoly drug store to appli-
cants in one day, every one of
whom was willing to give DR..
Hobbs Pills fair test.
The free test called for no re-
strictions. Physicians were not
barred-in fact, they were well
come-and, as still further proof
of this, while the free distribution
of samples ended in Ocala a few
weeks ago, the Hobbs Remedy
Co., of Chicago, ILL.,, upon appli-
cation, will even now be glad to
furnish free to all physicians who
have not applied for sufficient
quantity of DR.. Hobbs Sparagus
Pills, to make such tests as in
their judgement may seem neces-
sary-in fact, the fullest and
most searching investigation is
cordially extended to physicians
as we'll as to the public.
What have been the results !?
The test has fully justified the
faith of DIR. Hobbs IN the ability
of his remedy to cure disease of
the Kidneys, Bladder and blood,
Rheumatism and allied troubles.
People who have been doctoring
for years testify they have obtain
ed more and better results after
taking DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kid
Pills for less than two weeks
than they ever did from anything
they ever used.
A well-known physician said
Yesterday: "One of my patients
has been taking DR.. Hobbs Spara'
gus Kidney Pills for about a
week and declared that he felt
better than he had for ten years
and he certainly looked better
than ever remember seeing him
am pretty thoroughly convinc
ed that Hobbs Spara gus Kidney
Pills will be universally prescrlb
ed by the medical profession.
Testimony as to the efficacy o
DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills
is coming in from every hand
and from people in every walk il
life, proving conclusively that ev
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
Result of a Few Weeks Test by
The People of OcaIa.
They Cure and Relieve Backache, Dis
eases Of the Kidneys, Bladder
and Blood, and Rheumatism.
Many Persons Cured and Many
More Receiving Benefit.
SALES ARE ENORMOUS.

About two weeks ago this pa
per gave public notice that DIR.
Hobbs, the well known specialist
in diseases of the kidneys, had
made a discovery of which, if his
claims could be substantiated,
would revolutionize the treatment
of all kidney diseases. In order
that the public might be given
the benefit of this discovery with
out cost, they were not only ask
ed, but urged, to call at the Anti
Monopoly drug store, of this city,
and get a trial package of DR..
Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills.
And that the claims of DR..
Hobbs might be severity tested,
physicians were specially invited
to procure samples and use them
among their patients.
DIR. Hobbs faith in the value of
his discovery to suffering human
ity was SO great that he staked
the future of his remedy in Ocala
upon the verdict of her citizens,
regardless of their wealth, power
ty, position Or profession. The
whole city was invited to partici-
pate in the test and render the
verdict, which meant much to him
and much more to the thousands
suffering from that most insidous
and devastating disease of this
era-kidney trouble. Everyone
was enabled to form his own judg-
ment as to the value of this med
icine without prejudice. Does
any sane man or woman believe
for one moment that any physi-
clan would dare to so openly
challenge public opinion, were he
not absolutely certain of his
ground? Reflect moment and
consider this point carefully.
The avidity with which people
from all grades Of society avail
ed themselves of DR.. Hobbs offer
revealed the startling fact that
there are great numbers afflicted
with kidney diseases in this Sec
ton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08

No. % Daily from Gainesville, Live Oak
f:5o,P ~ Wayernss. Savannah. Moctgomery
and all points n-rti. east and west, also from
Jacksonville and Palzfka.
No. 80 D.iiy from Pert Tampa, Tamra.
100 M Lakeland, Punta Gsrda. Barto~.
Fitzgerald. eesburg fpd II points south This
train carries through Sleeper from Port Tampa
TO New York via Ocala.
No rs Daily ON Leesburg. Fit1gera,i.
Llesfwster. ST. Petersburg, Iakel nd, Tampa
and Port amps, and daily EXCEPT SUI day fro-a
EustIs, Umati' and Aston nd Barlow, Pun "a
Gorda and intermediate stations.
No. - Daily except Sunday from Homo
Gas a ~ sssss Crystal and inter mediate points
No. IS Daily from Julietse, Eewberry Ar
S:2s , ~ cher and all points north, east aad
and all points south.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
LEAVE.

No. % Daily, 70, Leeshu-g, Fitzgerald,
2:fOPM Trlby. Lakeland, Tampa and |. a in
meiiste stations.
No. 76 Da'lv for Gainesville. Lake City,
ZOOS N Live Oas, savannah and all Y oints
north. east ard west. Connection st soche le
stations.
No. 80 Daily for G iresvi'le. I i've Oak,
1:3OAM Waycross. Montgomery. Savannah,
Ch.' Lesson, ard eli points north. east and west
his ira car les through slee. er from Port
Tampa to New York. via Ocala, Gainesvii c, Sa-
vannah and Charleston.
No. 80 Daily for Iulie.te and al stations
1905 noon n nth 20 High Springs and south
10 Trilby.
No. IS Daily except SUNDAY fo- CRYSTAL ard
z 20 p ~ H-mosassa- Conrects at Jpliette With
fast mail fer Tampa and the south.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
cry claim made by DIR. Hobbs is

cry claim made by DR.. Hobbs is
absolutely justified by facts.
Could the public but read all of
the letters which are daily re-
ceived by the owners of this grand
remedy from cured patients, let
tiers full to Overlooking from joy
full hearts once more restored to
health after years of suffering
and misery-the good this grand
medicine has accomplished and is
accomplishing today would be
more than ever realized and ap-
preciated by the public. No suf-
ferer should hesitate to try the
merits of this wonderful medicine
to cure his case.
DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney
A
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
Take Ike PLANT system FI P,,a as
SCHEDULE EFFECT MAY Is, 1897
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT OCALA

No. rs leaving Ocaa M solid train connecting
Waycross with Pullman sleeping follows Waycross St
Louis via Montgomery and & r; Waycross Nashville
Macon Atlanta and and Waycross New York
Savannah Charleston Atlantic Coast Pennsylvania Rail-
Nashville direct connection with the Chicago Limited Ves
bule solid through
and Cincinnati Chicago Train
via Gainesville and High Springs sleeping
and Philadelphia connecting Washington with the Old
Colonial Express for Boston without change No 80
connects at Waycross with through sleeping Cincinnati
without change.
New Orleans, at Birmingham Memphis
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08
No Time For Blues

''Don't you ever get the blues!
asked Mrs. Doleful of Mrs. Cheer
full on whom she was calling one
cloudy afternoon.
ono! l never do! You see, l
can't; l never have any time for
it. It's always time for some
thing else, either supper or din
ner time, or time for the mail to
arrive, or the train to come in
bringing some one, or to go
somewhere, or to do something
or other. My plans are made
ahead. jot them on a tablet, and
| like to finish up things, so as to
rub them off, and before l get
half of them rubbed off there are
more to put on; so l keep on and
on; l never get out Of jobs for a
minute, for / go to walk or ride
when l feel like it, right in the
midst of things; then / can work
all the faster when l come i'm, and
have something new to think of.
l never catch up, but it is real ex-
citing trying to do so. When /
sit down to rest always read,
and if a snow storm shuts us in
and other people out could en-
Joy having it last twice as long
as it ever does, for it gives me
such a nice chance at the maya
zines and books that come in, and
which are so fascinating. Some
of our good neighbors have had
sickness this winter, and I've felt
as if it were almost too good for
us to sit and read till ten o'clock,
and then so to bed and sleep
good all night while they were
watching and worrying with sick
ones. Oh! I should be ashamed
ever to be blue if l had time; but
[ never do have, and as for Dor
rowing trouble there seems new
err to be minute in which to
look ahead, for it's always time
to do something just now; and
en"--Glancing at the clock
cts time to put on the tea ket-
tie this very minute. "-Christian
Work.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08

Senator Deboe, succeeding Sen
ator Blackburn, of Kentucky, in
the United States senate, does
not use tobacco or liquor in any
form.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-06-08

A ton of sea water is supposed
to contain about IA grains of gold.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
Dte 0eTdhuftaInne.

q. s.. DUN &c Co.'S BO4entlthe
l1eberii9t iiber Sanbel unb 8etperbe
1ast 5olgenbes: 9ieie anbauernbe gnts
multiplying, bel Der fteti9en 3unabme pro-
Du5irenber Snbuitrien unb bes legitimen Sc
ODDITIES 9epdbrt cine mertpirbige @tn1tht
in bic meni3li9e Natur. Seine d4te uno
bauernbe 8eiierung tonnte nu4 elmer iol9en
Seoriidtbeit, tpte lie tpdbrenb Der leBten bier
Sabre geberrf9t bat, anbers eintreten als
langium uno S9ritt bor S9ritt uno Die
9of~fnungspOlfte Grf9einung Der Sage TT,
bab Der Sepinn fat 10 gang BON ben Gle
menten fret 1T, nelbe cine ungeinnoe Sage
unb etnen tDa6ri9einli9en Ridi 4lag bsrbetz
5nfiibren s%eeignet itnb. Ser erite S9ritt
CUR prosperitdt tit, baB Die Mai3inen tpiez
Der in 8etrieb geiebt unb bic 4rbeiter mieoer
bei9dftigt tperben, unb bic 3a6l Der Sabrtz
fen, tpel4e pd6renb Der nerflpifenen 8oHe
bic 4rbeit pieber %aufgenommen baben, tit
grOBer, als in irgenb elmer anberen Bo9e
felt g}obember.
Wabreno in bielen Sdlen Die Wieberauf
na5ms Dss 8etriebs bur4 Nbf4lisBung DON
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
NnpliihHf1ue.
Gifenbdbn=unf6ue.

Ser fiibli6 fa6renbe gbicaqo@Aai6biGsz
S9nensug 1T Mittpo4 friib 4 l1br auf Der
Gbanspine C Serre 6autez @tItltbuba Dernnz
g!iidt. Ser S9auplab bes rnfedes liegi
cine 0iertelmeile 5iibli9 bon Der @iienbabnz
Bride iiber ben @bite &iper, bic etpa 5pei
Meilen n0rblib BON 9a5leton, @ibfon Gounz
tip, Snb., ~entfernt 1T. 9as Stattpa1er BEG
sSluf1es tpar Bis auf tpenige SUB BON Del
6Dbe bes 8abnbettes geittegen, psl9es 2ebz
tere an oieIer @tene auf einem iebr bobsn
8abnbamm rubt. Oa ert elm paur Stun=
ben pprber mebrere 3iige iiber biefe Stele aez
fabren maren, 10 plrbe bas 8abn5ett fin
fi6er se6alten. Der S9nsn5ug butte biz
8riide pafIirt unb fubr nit elmer 9ei9ipitz
biofeit BON 25 Meilen bic Stunbe. Galtm
mar Der 53ug auf benz pben gei3tloerter
8obnbette aneelanet, als baiielbe unter oel
Gait bes 3uges 3ufammenbra@, in Solge bel
len bic Qpfomotipe, fofnie Potz, 9.pGdz uni
Rou6tpaeen ben 8abnbamm binuntertIrs.
ten. sSm Mu brarg bus Wafer bss StrOrnsS
NIT fur6tbarer @etpalt our9 ben enttanoe,
Ter g9ib, ben 8abnoamm in tur5er 3eit ger
5t6renb. Ser po1tnugen ~itiir3te 3uerft mil
benz 6interen Gnbe binnnter, bann itiir5te oen
Hau6pagen na9 unb tpuroe nit iol3el
Wubt unter ben poftpa9en g.trie6en, Daft
fem qanaes Dad pegserifen purDe. gremie1
SaueiI en, Der fi6 i'm &uu9pugen befanO
tpurb. apif6en ben Sfen unb bas gnoe bes
Wagsns ge5pdngt nnh mar langs 3eit aibe'
@tunbe, iib aus feiner Gage gu b%sfreien. 0e'
Waqen bing mebrere Stunben lang iiber Der
9Panb Der ausgei9pemmten Stellen binans
Dem 8remfer eelang es i9lieBli9, fi3 fret:
aumaden unb fih geraoe nod in @t4erbei
gu bringsn, ebe Der @a9en in bic 5lutber
tiir5te.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

Mu9 i9 bin i'm 8eiiB Sbres lpsrt6en Ro9.
bu9es unb frsue mid befen lebr, benin es
bat mir i9on 10 man9e CUTE Dienite setban,
baber fam ih es ieoer 9ausfrau beit.ns
empf.6len. Sd tpiini9te, bdB i9 bas &o9s
bud einige Sabre friiber gebdbt bate, benin
i6 tam als cine Ndberin in ben 6austanb,
alIo iebr unerfubren; aber bic CUTE Sreunbin
fe6lte bier, UNI mid 5ure9t gu psiien.
.5taot uno 2eute iparen mir fremb. 9dtte
ib 6amals Srau @rica's Bud CUR @tiiBe
ge6abt, 10 9dtte i9 man4en Seufacr, man9e
Gorge dbtperoen t0nnen. Senn ba lit ia
aQes 10 beutlib BON 4nfang Bis gum @nbe
bef9rieben, buB audi bic unerfubrenite iunge
Srau nit 9ilfe oieies 8u4es i'm Stanbe
lit, einen Ipar1amen prbentli9en 9ausitanb
gu fii6r.n. Man funn ben einfd9iten Six
fpie aud bas feinite 5o9Stitsmabl oarna9
subereiten, unb audi beim @inma9en 1T ba5
Iiebe 8u9 mir cine 9rpBe 9ilfe. Cine ieoe
oeutI9e 6ausfrau iOate barnu9 ftreben, in
ben 8siib zines iol9en pertbbolen 8u9es
gu e%elangen.
Sruu MorgentAaler.
Soplin. WaO.. 20. SttObsr 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
@nd1ett-
CUR Sea1tnn9.

gstm ginI6idsn neler Announcements unb
Bel @rneuerung alter lit es BON grOBter Bi9z
tiqteit. baB Namen unb Srt Des Ginienbers
senau angegeben iperhen. 8iele Dergel=
len Bel Der Srtsangabe @puntb uno @taat
gu nennen uno ba IS in ben Ser. Staaten
9unberte bon Srantlin, Columbus, Maibs
ington, Getpburg u. I. IN. gibt, tann pit crit
nu9 po9enlangem Su9en Der Ndme in
unierer M~6onnentsnliite aufgefunben per@
ben.
8ir tr1u9en oGGe unIere 2eier nm
Bsridf9tigung Dbtger 3eilen.
eSSuinpis @taatsz3eitung 80.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
msft genb, Soma.

@or uinaefdbr apei So6ren babe id mir
bos 8o6bu6 BON 5rau @rica angefdaTft.
I'd 6abe I.itber fleiBigen @ebrau4 oaoon
GTsmadt unb fam ni9t umbin, S9nen NIT
sutbeilen, baB es uniibertrefflid, ia nnter
ooNrn mir befannten &o9bi9ern, Die i1 NOD
oeprift babe, oas ullerbsit: 1T. pie BARN
Snoeoebsnen Re5epte IinO ausge5.thnet. uno
hn5s ih es idon alien meinen Sreunotnnen
oufs lpdrmf It. empfoblen. SD peros me
mieosr obne oi.s ri9t genug gu t3aBsnos
Ro9bu6 iein. u.,,fA
@lmburf, SG, 10. Sttpber 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
@erGnb.runa bes Monats unb Der scSabres

@eranberuug bes Monats unb Der Sabress
sobG.
Dieter 3etteI 5sist iebem 2efer, Big 81
pel4em Datum er gesablt but, unb mag
fdumige 3ubler eIei4aeitis an lire @sr=
pfli9tung %erinnern.
Brtefe uno Selber abreIiire man
ILLINOIS STAATSZEITUNG co,
CHICAGO,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
1nIittrhEH.
sunSesfenotorwabI in KentudY.

Sunoesf enatorwahI iii KentudY.
Ser acknowledgements %. @oofreD 9un@
ter tpnrbe Samitag in Der garteiperl amrl@
lung Der Gepublifaner Der Geiebgebnng BON
&entudp bsim erften Ballot als &anbfout
fir ben 8unbesienat aufgeieat.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
Termination, Nehr.

Oas aobbub bon Srau @rica babe lp
II iiber 2 Sabre unb es bat mir pdbreno
biefsr Belt man9sn treuen Sient g%elel1tet.
@ppeit i9 e. erprobt babe, muB t4 .1agen,
bah es alien biGigen Nnforberungeu. Die man
an Elm iolGss 8u3 itelen tann, ooatonrlsh
entIpri9t. Sd mO3te bafslbs n19t emit
g6rifin. Msrt:l.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

san Greet, Mis., 20. Oft. 1894.
Dos ao9bu9 BON Srau erica babe i9
iebt etpas iiber onei Sabre i'm @ebruu4. SIS
lit bas bette &obbu6 fir 9euti9ameritaner,
oas i9 bis6er fennen lernte. 0ab.r tann
i9 es nit gutem @eniTen empfe6len.
Strau 9. 90. Gpmbof.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

ed bob. bos bsutf6>ameritunii4e ao9z
bud fe6r fleiBig ssbrau@t, unO es bat ft4
out bepdbrt. Na9 meiner 4n1t4t 1T IS pas
bette in Der @slt, es 1T Elm gutter 9auS1alfer.
@inli.aeno finben sic ben 8strag fir elm
ameites beutIdzumerituntf4ss &o9bu9 bon
ssrau gricu, tpel4es sic mir alsbalO gu
f9iden molten.
Mef 8enb, Soma.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

6rau grica's &o6bud 9efdGt mir 10 i.br,
baB i9 lieber. in geflidten S6uben ge9.n
m09te, ais bafIel6e entbebren. NGen liebsn
6ausfrauen fann ib Is empfe6kn; benin .so
puBt fir iebe, ite mag Diele ober tpenise On,
iprii9e MAIDEN.
Sruu ST. s. 8rais.
Crete, ST., 13. Sttober 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

sSrou Grica's ap9bu4 fam i4 nnr ems
pfe6len, finbe bofelbe fir bic amerltanli9e
aiih. pprtreffli9. S9D. 8dtbartne.
9ittsburg6, 9a., IA. Nop. 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17
rs Gents
portofrei bon nns be5ieben.
portofrei BON uns be5Rben.
5linois Stats 3eitung Co.,
Chicago, gu.

ga6FebenO perOHentf@en mir eini9e BON ben 5a6lreidbeu sn=
erfnml1ues1dreiben, in 0enen beuti6=amerifanHbe Sausframen ibrer
s(niuht uber Sen gsertb bieies 8udes stusOruf seben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

Orlando 9ope aus 2ittle @pd,
i'm @taate Mrtanias, mar nit Ieiaer
Srau iii STREET serat6en unb bas @6epaar
bei9lob, ii9 gu ~trennen. Ou 6otpe fein
@elo bate, nabm er feline 8ebnidbrigen 3pilz
lingsiDbns unb ma3te fi9 nit ibnsn gu SUB
auT ben @e9 na6 StiqpeG in Mihouri.
Sic ein9en bas 8abneeleiie sntluna uno nuf
(GsrtieSuna auf Der 2. GettsA
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-03-17

Bsrtissuns auf Der 2. e.tts.l
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-17

1t Is not easy for girl in her teens
to rightly understand and appreciate
that . grave danger turks for her in
things which are not wrong in them
selves, and yet. in their spirit, are not
exactly right. There Is a fine line in
such distinction, which, naturally, she
hos not lived long enough to see. But
her parents see it, and try to make her
see it. In this they are, unfortunately,
not always successful. and the girl, feel
ing that the point has not been made
clear to her, leaves the counsel OF her
mother or father in q resentful mood.
What she cannot exactly understand she
refuses to accept, and therein lies q
danger. There are innumerable fine lit
tie points Of department which cannot
be made quite clear to young girl.
She has not had enough experience with
people and the world. But because
these points are not clear to her she
should not make up her mind that they
are not right. / wish it were possible
for me to say here just the right word
a word which would lead many girls
to accept, in q spirit of faith and obedi-
ence, the little restrictions placed upon
them. This acceptance does not call
for blind obedience;" it calls for what
is the most valuable element in a girls
life perfect faith and confidence in
her parents, and a belief that what
they do for her they do absolutely for
her best and her safest protection
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

During the century 19 volcanic is
lands have risen out of the sea.
The worlds agriculture occupies
the attention of 280, ,O00, 900 men. repre-
sents capital of s24, ,O0O, ,OOo, 900, and has
an annual product Of $20, ,0OO, 900 600.
Newfoundland has 47,OOO acres in
potatoes, turnips and other crops. There
are on the island 5000 horses. 10000
cows. 10000 sheep and 10000 pigs.
According to an eminent Italian
hygienic expert, official medical re-
turns show that in Italy 5000 persons
die every year from infection-that is,
from preventable-malad most of
them being young, "the hope of fam
ilies."
Dwellings are to be heated by elec-
tricity in Lewiston, Me-, power for the
current being furnished by water
fall at Turner, on the Androscoggin
The projectors say they can furnish
power at $50 per horsepower by the
year, and heat a ten-room house with
three horsepower the year round.
Dental surgeons have patented
processes for initiating gold filings in
false teeth. This is done by Furnishing
gold foil upon them in the manner COM
monty termed "fire gliding" Nobody
would be likely to suspect that grind
crs showing plain signs of repair
were artificial. Several applications
have been made for patents for proc
esses for setting diamonds in the teeth
the front teeth. of course-holes be-
ing drilled to receive the gems.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-17
ICE MEN.

How the Hardy Explorers Reached
This Land II . Mystery.
How paleolithic men got to this land
for it does not seem likely that the
genus homo was indigenous here-is a
question that has puzzled the wisest;
perhaps by way of Greenland, over the
bridging ice field which probably con-
nected Europe and America. However.
we know that he did get here, and, as
the first wandering bands of these old
hunters came, we know, too, that they
found land of snow and ice, of great
rivers and many lakes. 1t seems prob
able, from the finding of occasional inn
plements in the older gravels, that the
earliest immigrants arrived while the
glacier was at its maximum.
One unbroken field of ice had spread
over all the north, covering Manhat-
tan island 1000 feet and reaching to
within so miles of Philadelphia. AS the
years passed, more bands Of these hardy
explorers reached this land, and as the
second and later recessions of the ice
occurred, with accompanying flooded
rivers. it is likely that fairly dense
paleolithic population peopled our
river valleys. 1t was long time since
the first of their race came over the
ice; far distant past it must have
seemed-as it truly was to these later
day men. ....-
To us the founding of Egypt is SO far
away that 1t seems almost wholly myth
ical; but the time which elapsed be-
tween the period of maximum glacia-
ton and the later days Of the epoch
was possibly Ave times longer. Yet
this is one of the short periods in the
l:fe history of the infant race. Such
was time in the beginning.-Lippin-
cOtt's,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-17
THE CREDIT MAN"
An Important Person In tho (A,s~>
merctal World
HE Duties Are to Protect LA1ee C>n-
es1ns from Impositioa oa the
Part of Unknown Cue.
toners.

The functions of credit man are not
generally known to the public, but he II
in many respects the most important
person employed by mercantile con-
Germ. Briefly, he il supposed to be in
formed concerning the commercial
standing of every firm or individual
with whom his own house has any deal
ings. He is kind of walking Brad
Streets" and the firm for which he
works has the exclusive benefit of his
Investigations, his knowledge and his
experience. 1t does not trust to him
alone, OF course, because in the case of
q large house there would be rather
more than he could attend to. The regu-
lar mercantile agencies are depended
upon for . certain amount of informa-
ton. usually that which concerns the
oldest and richest corporations, about
whose solvency there is commonly no
question. The credit man may, however,
if his employers suspect . necessity for
it, be called upon to probe still further
than the regular agencies 60, in order to
make assurance doubly sure.
When a would-be buyer from some re-
mote part of the country presents him
self to firm to which he is entirely un-
known, he is introduced at once to the
credit man. The latter receives what
ever credentials the stranger has to
offer, and IL he is satisfied that the
house will run no risk in selling to him
he states the fact, and his Judgment il
accepted. Various considerations de-
termine the amount of security which
new customer il required to show,
and not infrequently it is stipulated
that he shall have q real estate backing
which il known to be responsible. The
credit man also figures out at once the
largest amount of credit which Gun be
granted to the new buyer. this being de-
termined according to the figure at
which he is rated.
subsequently, as he runs up bills for
goods, they all pass under the credit
mans watchful eye, and ii it is found
that the customer is close upon his
credit limit the last purchase is often
held until it is proved to a certainty that
it's delivery will entail no loss to the
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every buyers limit imposes q never
ending task upon the credit man, and
it is one which requires delicate hand
ling, too. While great caution is nec-
essary, there must be as few needless
suspicious az possible, for these are
often the means OF driving away per-
fectly trustworthy customers, who feel
themselves insulted by the reflection
upon their financial methods.
In cases where there il good ground
for believing that q customer will bear
the. credit mans investiga.
tions are very thorough. he inquiries
as to the private affairs of the buyer i'll
question:; finds out rs nearly as poSsi-
BILE the amount of his income, and how
his money is invested, and keeps an
eye as we'll upon the way in which he
lives and spends. With every precau-
ton, however, there are many losses,
and it is the business of the annual con-
vention of credit men to discover bet
ter ways each year of protecting mer-
camille interests.-N. Y. Tribune.