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Water Valley progress., 1905-12-23

red tape proceedings involved more or
lsss publicity which might give
designing relatives an opportunity
to wreck the old gentleman's gay
ty bedecked bark of happiness.
Attempt to Prevent Wedding.
Still. brayely and defiantly. he went
before the town clerk with his prom
ised bride and secured the document
when told the world that the commu
nity placed no restrictions on the
marital union OF the man anI woman.
Water Valley progress., 1905-12-23

Knicker- Does your wife do the cook
ing when Bridget leaves?
Booker Yes; merely jump out of the
frying ran into the chatting dish.--N. 4.
Sun
Water Valley progress., 1905-12-23
the young woman.
Are Made Man and Wife.

"Oh, that's all over now, firmly de-
clared Mr.. Huling.. I've got the
license right here in my pocket. and
| guess we can find a minister who
will fix us up all right. We won't
take any chances on going out, for
they might have some other writ or
summons against me, but Wen be
Water Valley progress., 1905-12-23

was advised to bring writ or Eabeas
corpus, whfcl the did, nd-after the
hearing the Judge decided to dissolve
the guardianship. physician testify
ing that Mr.. Huling was not insane
and showed ability to manage his
own affairs.
We'll get married now," said the
old gentleman determinedly, immedi-
ately after the conclusion of the court
proceedings.
But haven't any clothes" blush
ingly said Miss Bissell, as the gath
ering in the law Office exchanged
glances of amusement.
Clothes or no clothes" vehement
ly insisted the old gentleman, well
have the whole thing settled right
here and now for good, and we won't
have any more arrests or guardians
or anything of that sort"
Just think of the pretty white
dress | made and wore up to the
house the other night solely for the
wedding" half-protestingly declared
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Chance for Poultry Buyer. u
ByG. II. Clark

steel. his eye is clear, and his step and look
show perfect health Besides this he seems
to be in all ways the perfect master Of him-a
self.
Schwab Victim OF Fashions Whirl.
AS Mr.. Perkins earlier In his life was close
ly associated with Mr. Schwab, and came to
New York under much the same conditions
1t Is only ma tural that the course OF the two
men In this respect should be compared.
When Schwab came to the unaccust omed
life in New York he yielded to It's many al
lurements. He entered the most fashionable
whirl. He chose as his home the most os-
tentations and fashionable of hotels. lie
received many ndulations, as we'll as more
sincere and less cffusive respect. he plunged.
into exctements, and gave but little atten-
ton to the simple habits of living. the sleep,
plain eating and regular exercise which
would have been OF inestimable value to him
In carrying on the great volume OF his busl-
ness. His ostentatious manner Of living was
also made the subject Of criticism by, older.
men who were watching him, and his most
cordial well wishers feared for his ultimate
success.
It was matter OF comment how soon after
he had entered upon this course he performed
his much heralded feat Of = going up into the.
air." That Is to say. he lost his Judgment
and underestimat ted the strength necessary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
West Holds Out Hope.

In all OF this orrespondence there are sue
Eestions that many f3thoso considering re-
movals ofSthe kind have no fixed business to
which they look as an occupation. The
glamour Of the west is IN their outlook.
There Is the hope between the lines that 1t
will accomplish for them the things whichI
they have not been able to accomplish for
themselves east Of the Mississippi river.
These queries almost universally are for = q
live town somewhere In this new field OF
opportunities. Simply to get into live
place Of certain population seems to be
enough for this type. The location and the
environment evidently are looked to for the
of the rest 55El4
\ number Of the railroads with4lines to the
west Of Chicago are esta blishing Industrial
bureaus with the idea OF making place for
the larger industries and business ventures,
yet In great measure they are preparing
incidentally for taking the Individuals name,
occupation, and line on the locality towhich
he would move, and out OF these putting him
in direct touch with q position and liveli-
hood.
N In a general way the testimony OF most
OF these agents is that the man who would
go west in order to avoid decomposition and
the sharper struggles for existence that OBJ
tain In the east cannot afford to overlook at
the same time the necessity for an accurates
knowledge OF his business. $ ssss t
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Simple Life Saves Million Tres.

to continue his almost unmatched business
responsibilities. lie toppled,pver into mental;
collapse. In spite of the signihcant1act that
he had a superb physique.
II The fact that Mr. Perkins, whose achieve
ments have been quite. as difficult as Mr.
Schwabs, and who has even iexcelled him In
his ability to work several propositions at
the same time. all of which have involved the
most delicate and difficult handling, has
for a moment lost his nerve or condi-
ton Of superb Fitness :" is entirely attrib-
uted to the fact that his life has been tenn.
pered to mis- business duties.
Carnegie Lives Simply.
Simplicity has been q common trait WITH
stheAcoterie of men known IS the 9 PIttsburg
group Mr., Carnegie always has been no.
toriously frugal In his habits. It Is to his
lifelong abstinence from luxury that he t.
tributes the fact that his nerves are admira-
bly, balanced. The habits of his household,
are extremely simple, and the greatest pleas
ure that he can take is In riding and walking
over the hills and in golf. From his earliest
days In Plttsburg an abundance Of fresh air
has been his greatest intoxcant. When,
upon a few occasions, he has felt the nervous
strain OF his work. he has increased his all
lowance Of outdoor. life, and now thntShels
ldeyoting himself torecreationitis noticeable
that tho only luxurles which he affects are
golf, horseback rides. with long walks over
- 13c- 81 n K II
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81 r ANY O woman, through circun-
I'M stances, is thrown on tho Torld to,
III make her own living without being
fitted. through lack Of education or
S 4 training, for a position In the more
pleasant forms OF occupad alton While she
may have a little capital, usual y re pre-
scented by a life Insurance payment t. she has
mot the business training or experience mat
will make her Of any value to an en- loyer
OF Office help, and her education preclude
the possibility5of entering any higher class = O.
employment. %4s5 q.
She may secure n1ployment as a sa tN: :,
woman but the remuneration Is 50 - maj nan
as to render the work attractive 70 any an
one but a young person. and the woman
who has a little money Of her own els tha a.
she should do better than go to work LOT u
or SIS a week She Is apt to east about hers
for an opportunity to enter some business US ness
where her capital will be Of some assistance
to her. ss4$ l,i5
one Of the few lines where woman with
q little capital, a little native shrewdness.
and a we'll d eveloped abilty8to work, car an
do well IS in the laundry business. Few
women lack experience in this line. It's
empfaticaNya woman's line, for even the
woma n who has not done her own washing
has gained a broad experience in the art
OF making dirty clothes clean. She knows
ahow5it ought&to be DONE even II she hassnot
done 1t herself. She knows that clothes do
not have to be torn or worn out to BIO made
clean. and, better still. she car make other.
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NJ 4
\A/ to work at my present occupatIon?.
NV Well. there are plenty of reasons.
or course the argument VIII
spring up Instantly that the man
who longs to change his work for some
other does not know when he Is well OF, that
he only wishes TO shift In order to give the
other Job Y" q try
There are possibly mechanics who arc
wishing that they We're clerks and to thonl'
i will say that they do not know when they
are well off. They would probably say the
Same 10 me. But rs one who has worSedSat
clerical work for ten years and who now am
earning only $l5 q week, with absolutely no
prospect of a future, think am justified
.in8teling why think the mechunlci is better
Off than the clerk, as {5s 4g 81 s
There is no kind of Office work that have
not done. Ihave been bookkeeper, bill clerk,
cashier, head clerk and have kept my eyes
open and know what the condit !ons Of most
sclerksEare and what chanccs> they lave for
eyer acquiring anything better In the way
Of n position. s5y I'D l8Ss 81
VI Il am not SO entirely pesslmlstlc IS to be-
leye that there is no chance for the clerk
to rise Clerks do rise, occaslonally,to posi-
lions Of real worth and Importance. butthey
do not do because they are good clerks or
because there are opportunities for rising
from d clerkship. They do It because they
get out of the clerical positions and \ MAKE 9
hit 4, In some other department
6#g NJ 81 "
Clerking Means Dead Ambition.
There is no occupat Ion that VII so soon
dcuden d man,s ambition az his. TO work
al d desk for four or five years Will SO de1
splete ono's energy that lie VII hardly %
III condition 10 battle for position With INC
yigor necessary to success. The %ofk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Zach Nan Saws Work Of the Other Is the Better.

Mace In tho ilnachinist's lungs. a clerk is a
better risk to life insurance companytthans
the machnist. This means he will live
longer. 3535
!. But most men are willing to put up with
unpleasant work II there Is a chance tina by
SO doing they will be able to work up lnthelr
line The machlnist has little or no chance
TO become anything but a machlnlst, no ma a
ter how hard he works at IT or how lone no
stays with the work
This. of course, puts the trade out Of tho
question for the man who has ambition 70
ever become anything but a mere wage
Garner. The clerk is right In the office from
where the business Is ruled. and he has the
chance to see and learn Ifhe does not make
use OF his chances, that Is his own ia ut. fic
has some chance; the workman'has none
In wages tho machinist has noudYantagc,
A good clerk can NAL Ike S15 aweek all the time
IL he cares to work. The machinist VIII nave
~ hustle to find ten months work out OF me
year, and his wages Will never average lnoro.
than this unless he Is an expert In some ll''a''5
Then to Offset Ills high wages, he VIII l'As.
much more trouble in finding work he wv! =,
ind that tho fact that he Is union nan " W
not keep him III work, Ihe union IS asWo!.,
dcrful help to The machinist and gives h ~
possihly, a real advantage over tho ONCE nee
workers who arc not organized, but this one
bright spot does not su flee to cover the many
black ones Of the trade,
u 5e8{gl E
Associations Of Clerk Better,
III 1 hau n son now Just entering life WI VINO
had only clerical work and the mnchlnist'ss
trade to choose from as life VOCATION
would Insist thathe become a clerk and quote
5as my. great reason for so wishing the unde'
glrable atmosphere and associations, The
clerk may be- congenitally n sissy boy, but
he meets and deals with men who are at the
ioo ~ she ladder inl life and Is IN posi- ton 70
atsorb from Them much that VIII benefit
isiia. rhe machlnlstmeetson only. his own kind,
aHd this company Is hardly clcpating,
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teaches HIN little. 5sis4 81 sgst Is
Il The clerk Is In the anomalous posltlon 81
being a skilled worker without having the
ana treatment Of the same. lis
wages arc poor, his hours are apt to De ION 8;
and he has no recourse through strikes or
other methods OF persuasion to remedy his
condition IIe is treated more like an ONCE
boy8than competent worker. 81
These things are different in the trades
that arc organized. Here the workma IS
treated with some consideration, II he has
complaint to make IN regard to his va ges,
hours. or working conditions his employers
viii receive d delegation from his union.
resnectfully and deal with them IS men
dealing with men. What would happen IL
4 number Of clerks attempted similar ac-
ton? Their employers promptly would dis
charge them and have now men In their
places before they knew what was happen
ing.
III Cleric Merely Office Appliance.
This Is one OF, the things that make the
c,erk's lot insuffetable, He is simply a tool,
! 4 necessary office fixture, much like the type
writer Of the copying press. and Just about
"a 90 silly secured, he has nothing to rely on
side Of his work; and his Is at best but
Z NOR mea MS Of earning q livelihood. The
skilled man OF the trades not only has hia
craft to fall back on, but there ls always
some. work tina he can do for Which the clerk
is physically unified, The clerk cannot earn
over $50 a week unless j o Is a phenomenon
Twenty-four dollars o sWeelf Is not an unr
common figure for a man with. q trade. Tho.
clerk is laid Off at the first sign Of sa ckness
IN business because his employer knows
that he can get a hundred like him when he
needs some one In his place. An employer
does not like to lett skilled " orkmnn go, for
fear that he will not get one as competent
when he has ia replace him, 8
Thus the men who have trades are q
thousand tines more lndependent ana more
fortunate generally than the. poor clerks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Machinist Envious
B of Clerk, Saying he
Has the Batter Life.

p~HE desire Of one man to change MS
vocation for that Of another man Is
generally only an expression OF the
restless spirit that is in all mankind. +
No man Is entirely satisfied with his
own position. He gees just over the way
his neighbor's, much more desirable man
.t!s This spirit Is present In all xmas ana
conditions Of men, and the laborlns CLASS,
With good reason, expresses It moro ire
quently than others.
have been q journcyman machnlst 1of
seven years. served three years as an
apprentlcc; ten years at the trade The
BEST pay ever earned was s2o, and this was
only for one week, when managed to work
overtime two nights. Eighteen dollars ~
nv ma x!mum weekly pay. My average has
been when employed s15. There have been.
months al stretch when have not earned
n cent THIS Ia one OF the prime reasons
why / would Instantly deEert my trade II
the chance offered for me 10 become clerk.
When clerk secures a position he Is fixed
for as long az his work Ia UP TO the stand
ard When a niach!nist secures work he
Ia fixed until work begins total OF or until
the next labor trouble
Question OF Health, Considered.
There are any number or other TeaF5fsl
First. the question Of the nature Of the work
Is sure to arise no one Will try to maintain
that the work OF the clerk II not more pleas
ant, less arduons, and less i!iiintcal 10 the
health than that Of the Dsch!nist. While
the clerk Is confined indoors, ne always has
light, sanitary quarters 10 YORK III, q yntt'
chine shop Is generally the opposite Of tf!a,
II Is dark and n! ventilated, mere IL TIC heat
Of machinery TO help decrease the aapply ~
oxygen In the room, and dHgt froft IRON III tie
latlcs h!es aron,j In the air 10 hnt featsEy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Don'tlWa,,t to Ranch.

Considering the business OF the Industrial,
bureau OF this western road since Its opening
a year ngo residents OF tho United States rs
FAR east as Albany, NJ VI, are disposed to
look upon the great west with a certain long
ing. Michigan has a good many inquiring
minds. and the vista opens to Ill OF these only
about as far west as Colorado. Attic pres
ent time a good many people are interested
In Colorado, especially. Iowa, Nebraska, and
the Big Horn basin Of Wyoming are much dis
5cussed. but without any suggestion OF tho
5inqurer's desiring to run q farm or ranch.
Nearly all OF the seekers after kno Wedge OF
the west propose utilizing Its urban oppor-
tunties. 35
III this correspondence in general It Is re-
snarkable how much of 1t is written in the
vertical penmanship denoting the high school
graduate. In many OF these inquiries arc the
enthusiasm Of youth. while
others inSthe same style Of penmanship indi-
cate that tho writer hlleundcrj the parents
guardianship Is Enthusiastically tho moving
force in the effort to spy out q newer land OF
promise. MI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
ByR. 10. Settler.

trrorory a nd afterwards sleep on the sidewalk.
Tn the experience OF the west one Of the
easiest Institutions to open Is the conven-
tional hotel. Insthe experience OF the Indus
trial bureau OF the railroad, men who have
had to close half a dozen other varieties OF
business in the relative east at sheriff no.
tice are aching for chance at the inner
man almost anywhere on tho other SIDE OF
the Missouri river. 5ss .t4E
4 Men who want to open banks in the west
are more numerous than are those who have
ambitions toward lumber yards or tile coal
business The average type Of banker in-s
quirer explains that he has had a3thorough3
bank training and experience in banking
methods, and that man with the money
sufficient for the venture is ready to- putt
UP wherever In his judgment there Is suit
able opening. 9i
Nowhere In the lists Is there q demand for
q good lawyer, either in the singular or inthe
plural, but n round dozen doctors have been
inquired for Of The bureau, with not one doc
tor applicant for the position. Most OF these
places requiring the citizenship Of a good
physician are small, though some of them
have a good adjacent territory fairly well
populated sA4
Druggists Will Go West.
K The registered pharmacist, unlike the doc
tor, Is one OF the keenest OF inqurers to.
local conditions In the west. and his letters
are to the point in quest Of a good opening
B for drug stores where the climnt g Is not too
healthful.s The drug store inquirer ranks
second only to the man who wants to put
stock Of goods intoth general store. Some
Of these pharmacists write letters Of tbs
vertical type indicating their immaturlty.
and throwing into. the verbiage a good deal
OF the roseate glow. Of expectancy to have
been expected OF the first young man taking
Hora co Grecley's advice. &.
There are just two opportunities in this
1000 miles of railroad system for news-
papers to MI - that long felt want" that
has been read about. In each Of these cases
the patronage of the papers would be decid-l
eddy limited, even If everybody in the towns
and most OF the country. should subscribe and
pay up In cash, always a year In advance. (
But in*these two places at east the ntiment
OF the towns is for newspa per which shall
come to stay. s
Chance for Poultry Buyer.
While poultry raising is looked upon with
eyes a good deal askance by some Of those
who have made unsuccessful ventures into
In the west for those who would take up the.
commission business In poultry and buy and
ship to the great markets. Poultry may not
have paid many ofthe untried specialists who i
have gone into but poultry still Is one ofthe
great staples Of the west. For a man with a
knowledge OF the poultry Dealers business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Few = Failures in Laund ries.

The laundry business Is one OF the easis -
lines Of business to win success IN. = ere "
proba bly, fewer failures in 1t thana ny o., rs.
business. One laundry In every thu y lai.s'
three and one-third In the hundred ano, ~.
the average business the rate OF failures =
something like o outsof ten. So q woman man
starting In the laundry business has "a DOW ~
thirty times as many ances OF success az
In the average commercial line. This IS me the
percentage declared right for men, l no =
woma n Of business capacity has q still pet'
ter chance than a ma n. hi
In many ways the laundry business IS ths
Ideal line for a woman It Is a clean busl'
5ress the work for the most part - light,
and the heavy work can be done by "a DOT
employed at a nominal price. ills buslness
wherein allgthe Instincts OF the good house
wife can be utilized to the highest degree ,e
and be made to work for ultimate success So y
is d business which. once started, grows con-
stantly. and the capital required to start II Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
CHEYENNE Needs q Bar!

Another OF the oddities Of this industria
index to the more or less far west ID me u
statement that Cheyenne, Wyo., wit \ @ pop
,i1ltion OF $4,000, needs an opera mouse
in the worst way, and that It is absolutely l
suffering for a good hotel having q par
attachment, especially the bar. has been
explained by the local agent Of the industrial
bureau at Cheyenne that good whisky can
be bought some distance down the street
from typically poor hotc.; the whole IDEA
IS that the good hotel and the good bar are are
needed in the closest possible conjunction
with reference to the conventional eye opener
as well as the belated night caps and the
ever appealing appetizer.
In a general way a good many more peo-
ME wish to open hotels than the demands
OF the west seem to Justify, even We're each
hotel to have its bar. Yet q number OF the
smaller towns west and northw est are need
Ing places in which the transie1l guest can
ca t and sleep without feeling that he IS pre-
suming more or less upon the privacy OF some
family which sometimes beds andiboards '
tic traveller sooner than force him to eat a
CHEESE and cracker supper at the cross roads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
By IN. j. Clancy

women believe that she knows T. Many
housewives would rather have their wash
Ing done by a woman than consign5 \ to the
smercies OF a man run steam laundry. So
the woman aundryman ]" has many aids
to success ron her side. 81 a;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
Butchers In Demand.

Judging by the records. Of this railroads
bureau ofindustrial Information, more meat
markets are needed In tho cattle country
itself than anywhere else. More Of these
are wanted than are needed OF drug stores,
and yet nearly rs many requests for places
for drug stores come as are received concern
ing the general store.
Just why no one ever has applied for a 10
cation for a meat market In the west e1n Gu
tie country has puzzled the 1ndus1 usen''
n q well recognized by the traveller that IN
tic cattle country, where the warm carcass
of a beef is suddenly cut into steaks for sup.
Der at the station hotel, It becomes useless
60 express preference for a sirloin tender
lon porterhouse, or !" bone steak. T. rms
FOR two reasons: In the first place the steaks
nre not cut that way. and In the second place
the guests at the hotel couldn't chew them
II they were.
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Among Men Who Work with Hand Brain, lEzEg


the country has many excellent opporturi.
ties. ssS
\ A good many towns are wanting electric
lighting plants, electric street railways, and
water works. All OF hem are asking for new
Industries which shall take the raw materials
Of the country and convert them Into the
staples OF trade east and still furtherwest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
!. ORE men under IS years old are look

a ORE men under So years old are looR-
INN ing for place and opportunity 70
" start general stores In the newly set
tied west than are to be numbered IN
any of the commercial. Industrial,
and professional lines OF pioneer endeavor.
u would like TO open a general store
somewhere In a likely portion Of the new
vest" are the opening lines in scores OF the
annIieaticns received by the industrial agent
~ ono OF the greatest systems of2ratlway,
Ait Of Chicago. Yet town after town along
he lines or the system IS clan1oring for an
nm to date meat market, with an Ice box on
INC side. and no history Of a talSer for one OF
then, IN the years life OF this industrial hu-
reau, while general stores are the most con-
vcntional things to be found where ms many
as two dusty roads cross.