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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Failure Afford. Typical Illustration

'
In the conduct OF engineering contracting
offices there Is the recent failure OF firm
bear ring all the carmarks OF success. This
company had STAFF Of competent engineers,
contracts for extensive profitab Bile work, and.
indeed, sufficient working prospects for years
ahead to mako substantial success and
to provide for extraordinary expansion.
Work was progressing satisfactorily and the
company seemed only to need facilities with
which TO care for the new contracts which
came In rapidly, One day, however. Its
doors were closed and the word went forth
that 1t had failed,
It was shock to local engineering firms.
All saw In this the handlwork OF poor busi-
ness methods. II expert commercial prac-
tIce had been applied to make the most OF
the prospects iof the company there Is no
reason why 1t should not be in existence to-
day and faring magnihcently, Many like
examples of the failure OF manufacturing
concerns, engineering offices, and the various
companies that spring up exploiting new
machines and appliances, might be given II
snace were allowed, to augment what is hero
traceablc to q lack OF sound business meth
DDS, In juxtaposition, could ascribe the
success OF certain tremendous Interests 10
contrasted plan of careful organization,
svstema tization, equipment. ana ma!nte-
nance.
what the failures needed. then, were men
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Tes,ed. AS Han,in First Place.

The man in question is one OF the to'e'''e''
who have been made. made MN my lu.e
man. 1 didn't make The Man, to peg" VIII
bu, did make him what you see MN now
theshead man OF this-shop. ~ WASH q ques-
ton OF simply seeing foreman ana "a A 49,,
him off the lathe and putting nun oVe' ~,
rest That would be like picking up steer
casting and .,sing it for wagon axle wlthou.
ever put,irs i, on the lathe. It's just as easy
10 nick up a.ssick of wood and callsit an ak
handle as 1t Is to take man off a 'machlne
end say ,ha:,he is a foreman.
needed a foreman in the shop. The old
ore was leaving. and therewas no one trained
"a step into Eis.s.oes. didn't want to go out
Of the shop tor'tts successnr-dont oei'eve m
.ha; kind of bushes s-so,ihe job was 10 tlnd
tho. man au.ong7siSzy fitted for the place,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
:Six Workers TO Choose From.

The old foreman, gave me list OF ha!1
dozen men who he thought might be all
right for thejob. investigated them Every
rne >of them was q good man as far as ms
work,went, Three ofrhem were expert lathe
hands, tried tool mon. and general mach'n-
lists. The others were specialists at the work
In this shop. All of'eT had been with us
time, Every one.of EN- had good rec
ard The rest OF thelmen IN the place felt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Why Number Z Was Chosen.

Then found this man. the one who is
now foreman. Here re the reasons why
picked him: lie was q toolmaker and ne
was studying mathematical drawing and
higher n,athemn tics at night. That was good
sign No. /. He was ambitious
He had been with us for four years and
had not lost days work. He had stood by
us during one strike. He was seldom late
Good sign No. Q. He was steady
took him into the furthest corner or
the. shop and put him TO work on machine
which had absolutely nothing to do With his
trade. He knew how to run 1t almost as
we'll as the man then In charge OF It.
How did you get next TO thds?" l asked
him. "At Moons and mornings before the
whistle blew" he said, tried him put IN
other ways, and found that he knew all
bout the business. the main thing required
Of my foreman looked up ms record.
He did not drink, he saved little money
evorv nlonth, he was married, and WAS pay
Ing on a home. All fine SO far.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Surprise for the Boss.

When the man returned he came into my
office. We'll, are you satisfied that I've got
nerve as we'll as ability in the trader" he
said, smiling.
"What?"
90, I knew why you sent mo with that
package, I'm not bltndl II you'll give me
the foreman's Job, III show you that can
do other things besides run machines and
make tools"
Well that's why took him off HIS machine
and made him my foreman. Some day he'll
be partner In the firm. Then tho rest of the
men will howl some more about his pull, just
as they did when made him foreman.
They can't see what the difference is And It
seems that you can't wake EN- up.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

r;OlJ take half hundred men ana PVT
Il 'em to work in shop like this where
everybody has Just about the same
Nj work 10 do and they all slzo upjust
~ about the samein thelonG run You
can look over 'ent,day after day-just walking
around the shop and taking in things with
both ewes astyou go--and you'll find that II IS
a good deal uke looking over g. teki o. lnush-
rooms. Some eize up lot bigger tnar oll-
ers. some lot neat Ell, and some a.'lot pr'sht-
or, But they MI look about the same. All
mushrooms have about the same shape, on
IAN nj lenst, It's the same with men and
that's what mal1es 1t SO hardSto PICK u man
when you are locking for FOREMAN
When you set out to look for o man 70 %
boss you've got to.iind something more ABOUT
him than appearsyon the top. You've got 70
20, down to the roots and find out Wny ne
grows as he does, why he'does'this and that.
and all about him if..you can. And Win al
of 'cm looking about the sameNfrom the Top
it,s ha ri to guess at who VIII be the telioW
mat It Will be worth while to,investisate.
You follow me? TO begin the picking IS
The hardest part ofithe whole game. once w
awhile, OF course, ltshappensthas some rclioW
comes along who pokes his head above inc
others IN a. way that makes you see at once
that he's the nlan.to be foreplan.
Butethis doesn't happen as often rs some
neople seem to believe. Most foredneh are
made, not born; and in most cases II is the
en,nloyer who makes them, not themselves
us confidence and authority that make
foreman count, and these things nave sol
TO come to hin, fronlahis boss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Rule Costs Firm a $1,000 Job
by Excluding a Customer.
Nv II alnh IA lev
BY Ralph Bailey.

But when he got back TO the hotel down
town he wrote note TO the old friend whom
he was not allowed to SEQ upstairs IN inc
publishing house:
"My Dear Abel--I called on you this after
noon at your place Of business N order TO
make an appointment for dinner tonight
not knowing the rules OF your house regard
ing visitors. came into town late last
night and had expected TO get out late to-
night. However, as my call on you was IN
terfered with, shall have to remain over
tomorrow, and so shall call on you at your
boarding house to arrange for that dinner,
."The delay OF which sneak incidentally
was brought about In the houss's refusal to
allow visitors inside. have printing job
footing about 81 600 which wanted to place
there through you. Instead I'll have to get
out early in the morning ard look up another
establishment to do the work Y
~ viii drop In tonight about o'clock
Always. JONATHAN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Wips on the Final Test.

Then I made the final test, I called him
into my office, told him to take o packa ge and
deliver 1t to certain office
Deliver the package" repeated, Don't
bring 1t back.
When he had left called up the office to
which he was going, and which was that OF
a friend of mine, told him what had done,
and Instructed him to refuse to receive the
pa ckage.
Twenty minutes later there came call
from my friend.
Your man del!ved that package here, all
right" he said.
"Why, told you not to receive 1t, said.
Yes" was the answer, but that man
MADE me take it!'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

1T was big publishing house. u had
O million dollars worth OF machinery ~
It, Three modern time clocks were neces'
u sary In the entrances to register me
1000 employees. A modern human Ger
bcrus guarded the doors, placed there simply,
because he had not enough common sense ana
,actfulncss TO serve anywhere else IN tho
establishment.
Attic same time the mana gement was I'M
messed with the necessity OF keeping every
employe strictly at his work, excluding every
possible caller from every possible worker
THAT particular afternoon an elderly man
entered the building and approacnea Ger
berus pleasantly and at his ease. Was MT
Abel Adam In
I" Yes" was the noncommlttal grunt OF tho
stony faced usher,
/" May / send up my card?" asked the VS.
itor. taking out his card case.
"No; visitors never arc admitted IN WorK-
ing hours" was the expressionless negative
OF the usher,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Why Visitors Are Excluded,

This visitor showed In his face that ne was
nonpused. Even Cerberus saw y, ana VOL
unteered his first speechi "a.
"You see, there are 1000 people m TINS
establishment and II every one OF mem nav ~ .
visitor for fiye minutes there wou'a DC o'ooo
minutes gone every day
The visitor saw the philosophy Of the thlns
In a noment--or said he did. re thanKea
Carhsrus at the door and howad his way out'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
House Worried Over Incident.

This note has been shown to the general
manager Of the printing plant, BUTT Is an
old established plant, and Cerberus has been
with the house since itbegan business; moths
Ing else In any decency would do saws pen
slonng him, aud the idea Of q pension gives
hysterla to the heads OF the house. Then
those new style time clocks cost a lot Of
money, ~
But the general manager is quite q little
worried oyer the incident
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Woman Best Business Nan !;
No Longer a Mere Clerk.
BY Sarah McFadden.

FEW years ago a great Chicago mer-
chant, upon being interviewed on the
question Of woman's threatened su-
perlorlty in the world Of business,
annnhad and said - Tim idnn that
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
CUTTING coTToN's COST.
Remarkable Invention Promises e
Reduce Cost 25 Per Gent,

Remarkable Invention Promises TO
Reduce Cost rs Per Cent.
Many mechanical cotton pickers
have been invented to gather the cot
ton from the plant. Some picked ev-
erything in sight, lint, leaves and
bolls Some We're made principally to
sell stock in the companies that ex-
plotted them, and never picked at all.
One ran away on a plantation in Mis-
sissippi and destroyed half an acre Of
cotton. Cotton pickers and gold
bricks are in the same category to
the average farmers mind Yet there
is mechanical cotton picker that has
worked. Mr.. George Lowry has r1aIs
one which with it's five operators
picked 1,4S4 pounds in day. thou
sand pounds is a good days work for
five hand pickers. The machine with
five men did the work of seven or
eight hands. 1t is not yet in its final
shape. The promoters admit that It
is not adapted to all kinds Of cotton.
Yet, with it's limitations, If 1t could
save even one-quarter of the $75,000,.
600 or more annual expense, and rem
der the present labor supply adequate
for the gathering of the crop, Mr..
Lowry would go down in history with
Eli Whitney.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Limit of Power to Control.

We don't know much about politics,
but if the president is to have power
to control, through men appointed by
him, the prices charged for transpor-
tation on our railroads, We do not
quite understand why he Should not
have the same power in regard to
steamboats,, interstate express compa-
MES, telegraph and telephone compa.
MES, and so on to the end of the chan.
ter, including, perhaps, the prices of
things in states where they are not
manufactured, and if one of these
days an ambitious rascal bf the Ma
poleon stamp should manage to get
into the White House, with all this
power and the army and navy behind
him, and should take a fahcy to dis
tinguish himself, under the Monroe
doctrine, by attempting to s,onouer the
world, we wonder what would become
of our free republic?-GeGrge T. An.
CELL, in Our Dumb Animal$
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
LOST EYESICHT
Through Coffee Drinking

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves
Of the body. Personal experience with
thousands proves the general state
ment true and physicians have records
of great numbers of cases that add to
the testimony.
The following is from the Rockford,
ILL.,, Register Gazette:
DR.. William Langhorst of Aurora
has been treating one Of the queerest
cases Of lost eyesight ever in history.
The patient is O. A. Leach Of Beach
county. and in the last four months he
had doctored with all of the specialists
about the country and has at last re-
turned home with the fact impressed
on his mind that his case IL incurable
A portion Of the optic nerve has
been ruined, rendering his sight so
limited that he Is unable to ses any
thing before him, but he can SEQ plain
u anything at the side Of him. There
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Lincoln and Masonry.

Col. E. B. Bierce of Springfield, H.,
while visiting in Nordin last week, dis
cussed the question of whether or not
President Lincoln was Mason. AL
though statements to that effect have
been made, Col. Bierce says that he
was not. He says that just after Lin
coins election in 1860 his petition
for membership was received by
Springfield Masonic Lodge No. q, of
which Col. Bierce is still member,
and acted upon favorably, but that in
view Of the exciting events which
came on apace during that fall, and
the many things which occupied the
attention of the president-elect, he
never found time to go any further in
Masonry.-Kansas City Journal
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

have been but few cases Of it2- kind
before, and they have been caused by
whisky or tobacco. Leach has Snever
used either, but has been a greati cof-
fee drinker, and the specialists ftlave
decided that the case has been carhsed
by this. Leach stated himself that
for several years he had drank Three
cups Of coffee for breakfast, twoi at
noon and one at night. Accordingly to
the records Of the specialists Of UAis
country this is the first case evar
caused by the use of coffee.
The nerve is ruined beyond aid and
his case is incurable. The fact that
makes the case a queer one is that the
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has been retained. Accord
Ing to the doctors statement, the
young man will have to give up cof-
lee or the rest Of his sight will fol-
low and the entire nerve DO ruined
Rsotst~- Gosetts.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
NO MAN IS STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsis
and his muscles would soon fail. .Physi-
cal strength is derived from food. II .
man has efficient food he loses strength.
verted into nutrition through the stom-
ach and bowels. 1t depends on the
strength OF the stomach to what extent
food eaten is digested and assimilated.
People can die of starvation who have
abundant food to eat, when the stomach
nutrition do not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach is really the vital or
gan Of the body. If the stomach is "weak'
the body will be weak also, because it Is
upon the stomach the body relies for it,
strength. And as the body, considered 40
whole, Is made up OF its several menu
bers and organs, so the weakness OF the
body as consequence OF weak" stom-
ach will be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. II the
body ts weak because it is ill-nourished
that physical weakness will be found in
al the organs-heart, liver, kidneys, etc.
The liver will be torpid and inactive,
giving rise to bliousness, loss Of appetite,
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action OF
heart, palpitation. dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses.
years after my health began to fail. my head
grew dizzy. eyes panied me. and my stomach
was sore all the time. While everything !
would eat would seem to lie heavy like lead
on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
twas sympathetic trouble due to dyspepsia,
and prescribed for me- and although l took
their powders regularly vet felt no better.
Ny wife advised me TO try DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Dscoyery-and stop taking the doc
tors medicine She bought me bottle and
we soon found that l began to improve. SO
kept up the treatment. took on flesh. my
stomach became normal. the digestive organs
worked perfectly and | soon began to look
like different person ] can never cease to
be grateful for what your medicine has done
for me and certainly give it highest praise"
Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbin8
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
be "just as good"
To gain knowledge of your own body
in sickness and health-send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book OF 1908 pages. Send 81 one cent
stamps for paper-covered or 81 stamps
for cloth-bound copy. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug.
gists authorized to refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure in to IA days. Soc.
Costly Shed for Music.

In the interest of music, Carl
Stocked, a Norfolk millionaire and
founder of the, Litchfield County
Choral union, comprising five singing
societies in as many towns in the
county, is having mammoth music
shed erected on the grounds of his
residence, Whitehouse, in Norfolk.
The building, which will cost 100000,
will be completed in June, when the
union will give it's sixth annual con-
cert, singing Mendelssohn's "Hymn Of
Praise" Each annual concert costs
Mr.. Saoeckel about $4,000. The sing
ers are always assisted by an orches-
ira of sixty pieces from New York
Winsted (Conn) Dispatch.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

Let It be rememberedt that the eyee
may be attacked. in one case and the
stomach in another, while in others ie
may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gen.
eral nervous prostration. The remedy
is obvious and should be adopted be-
fore too late.
Quit cStfee. If you show incipient
disease.
1t is easy If one can have well.
boiled Postum Food Coffee to serve for
the hot morning beverage. The
withdrawal Of the old kind OF coffee
that Is doing the harm and the sup
ply Of the elements in the Postum
which Nature uses to rebuild tho
broken down nerve cells, insures =
quick return to the old Joy of strength
And health, and it's we'll worth while
.no be able again to do things ana
leel well. There's q reason for
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
This viii Give Her Pretty Arms.

Here is physicians remedy for
superfluous hair on the arms, the
growth of which spoils the pleasure
of wearing short sleeves. 1t has been
used with excellent results by the fam
lily of girls to whom he gave it: One
part quicklime, two parts carbonate
of soda, vaseline eight parts. This
forms paste, which should be spread
on quickly. AS soon as it begins to
smart or burn it should be washed off.
The hairs will usually come away
with the third or fourth application.
The preparation is harmless.-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
THE INDISPENSABLE MAN.
Prudent Business Men Now Get Rid of
That Pomposity.

Prudent Business Men Now Get Rid of
That Pomposity.
Some of the most successful bust
ness men in this country make it a
rule to dispense with the services of
any man in their employ, no matter
how important his position may. be,
as soon as he comes to regard himself
as indispensable" says Success. This
may seem harsh and even upbusiness-
like; but, il we look into it, we shall
find that there Is wisdom In this prac-
tice. Experience proves that. the mo-
ment man looks upon himself as alb
solutely necessary, he usually ceases
to exercise to the fullest extent the
faculties which have helped him to
rise to that indispensable point. He
becomes arrogant and dictatorial, and
his influence in an organization Is
bound to be more or less demoraliz-
ing. Many concerns have been seri-
ously embarrassed by the conduct of
managers, superintendents, or heads
Of departments, after they. had reached
positions where they thought no one
else could take their places. This
undue appreciation Of ones own Inn
portance is as disastrous in. its re-
suits as utter lack Of self-esteem. It
is really evidence of narrow mind.
and ignorance Of general conditions:
for the man who is up to the times,
thoroughly posted In regard to the
worldwide trend of the twentieth
century, will realize that there are few
people in the world no matter what
their talents or ability, who cannot
be replaced. It is a very rare charac-
ter. indeed, that Is imperatively nee
essary. and the man who actually
reaches this point does not brag Of It,
nor act as IL no considered himself
:.ndispsusablAs
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
A Budding Genius.

Tell We what proudly boosted a
prominent citizen of the Arkansas
neighborhood of 'Possum Trot. THAT
fouteen-year-old gal of mine is sho'
a wonder! Why, she kin write a let
ter that will go plum to Kansas City
or Chicago, just the same as over to
Torpidville or Pogwash! What dye
thing o. that?"-Puck.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
CHAPTER XIX.

Ulin hesitated and trembled. and
finally sat down upon the bench from
which the chieftain had arisen. In a
few moments she had recovered her
self so that she could speak without
faltering.
Good sir, have one question to ask
you" She went on hurriedly, as
though the old impulse still led her:
You had not planned to leave the
cave so soon?"
II had planned nothing about it,
lady"
Buff had not been here, with
my servant, you would have remained
longer?"
Lady. do not ask me such oues-
TONS"
II must ask them, sir, for 1 want
to know. If I thought that my pres
ence here had caused you to leave
your old home, should be most un-
happy. When I came here l did not
know how near and dear this place
was to you. II one OF us must 20,
let me find some other resting place."
Julian started and trembled like an
aspen. moment it was SO, and then
he turned upon the maiden look so
earnest and so deep and so full of
tumultuous feeling, that she shook be-
meath it.
Lady" he said, speaking almost in
a whisper. you shall know the Sc
cret which I had purposed never to
reveal to mortal being. The words
are forced from me. Let me speak
them now; and then let them be for
gotten. When l heard that the king
of Damascus had shut up a fair maid
en- within the Palace Of Lycanius, and
that he meant to make that maiden
his wife, felt my heart grow sick
within me and resolved, II the fair
one was held against her will, that I
would set her free. led my brave
men to the palace and overcame the
guard which the king had set. Heaven
was opened, but in the blessed realm
was offered no abiding place. I saw
the loved spirit of light within the
cave which had been the home of nv
childhood; but my love 1 dared not
speak. How could l. the enemy of
Damascus, and the branded robber.
tell my love to the daughter of the
kings prime minister. Lady, l dare
not trouble you more"
Ito be continued)