Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-08
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoN SWEET mARoEM.
PUT NEW BLOOD INTO YOUR
BUSINESS.
Copyright By Mcclure Newspspsr syndicate

A medical journal reports an ex-
pertinent upon a very feeble horse
twenty-six years old. The blood of
four lambs was transfused into the
animal and he Immediately showed
marked signs of new life and vigor
and seemed much younger. The young
er, more vigorous corpuscles of the
lambs rejuvenated the old horse and
impaired new vital force.
There are business houses which
have become feeble from the loss of
the old time vigor and vitality. Some
times because the proprietors have
gotten along in years or because they
have made their money and are in
clined to take things easy. But what
ever the reason Of a declining vitality
In business. II 1t Is not resuscitated
and rejuvenated with new blood. with
new vitality, IL it is not Refrigerated
In some way. dry rot will set in and 1t
VIII gradually peter out.
! have in mind proprietor who has
been running his business ON the
same old plan. on the same old ideas
as his grandfather used. More pro-
gressive young men moved to his
town and have started the same line
Of business. and although he sees his
customers gradually slipping away
from him he says that what his. com
petitors are doing doesn't interest
him. He is never looking to see what
others in the same line Of business are
doing, what new methods. new ideas
they are adopting. The result IL that
he is hopelessly in rut and his bust.
ness Is gradually dropping on.
A business must be fed just as much
as an individual, and 1t must be fed
on new food. 1t must be fed on new
ideas.
The progressive man keeps in touch
with his competitors.
The junior member Of q firm recent
ly established was asked by an old
business man how they managed to
get their store 90 quickly into line, &C
fully equipped. and in such excellent
working order. The young man re
piled that he had been ION the road
for some time, had visited food fairs
and model stores in different sections
of the country and that the firm had
put into practice the points he had
gained while travelling. He then con
fided to him some entirely new and
attractive features which they were
about to introduce as the result Of hi'
observations while ION the road"
When q man says to himself. Nov
I can breathe more freely. I can lei
up q little. have q field, am heat
and shoulders ahead of my competi
tors and I can afford to take thing
easy" he is in danger.
Overconfidence is the first sign Of I
deHline. the first symptom Of deterio
ration. We do our best work when VI
are struggling for our position. wheI
we are trying with all our might Il
gain our ambition. to attain that which
the heart longs for.
Ambition IL the very handspring o
efficiency. for without 1t there IL NJ
motive for the necessary effort Il
achieve. It IL possible to ruin tn
finest ambition in q short time. Tn
enemies of ambition are always q
work. Encouragement, fear. worry
laziness, the temptation to take thing
easy, to slide along the line Of leas
resistance, the feeling Of satisfaction
In ones achievements - al thes
things. II not constantly watched an
guarded against, viii gradually undcl
mine the ambition.
This II true Of the teacher, tn
preacher. the merchant, and the spt
cialist in every line. II they do no
keep up with the times. II they do no
keep in the very van Of progress. q
ways on the lookout for the new an
the progressive. they quickly becom
back numbers. The new. the upto-dat(
everywhere 10 crowding out the oil