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Year: 1876

THE MAN WHO ADyERTIsEs.


"Good morning, gentlemen" said he,
rs he came briskly into his Office, and
srlilingly saluted his three counting
house clerks.


At nine A. NJ. to the tick Mr.. Benson
is at his post, ard daily he goes through
pretty much the same class Of work.
He is never excited. Bustle is unknown
to him. Everything about him is sys-
tematic, and all goes Like clock work.
No ono would ever doubt the old aphor-
ism, Method is the soul of business, "
who once beheld his regularity and
order and the complete success of their
working. Fi sF


A consequence of his routine way of
doing things is that he is never in doubt
as to whether he has discharged certain
duties, and is therefore very free from
anxiety, which more than anything else
lessons the energies and impairs the
health of men actively engaged in COM
mercial pursuits.


Another result is that those who assist
him know precisely what lsbor they
have TO perform, and how and when it
is to be done. Employment is stripped
Of its repugnant features. To work is
to them a pleasure, for so long as they
10 the duties prescribed for them they
know there is no fear of things going
awry, and that nothing unpleasant will
by any chance be said.


Even. Mrs. Mccarthy, the clean look
ing charwoman, glides calmly along in
the methodic groove. She is convert
to the faith "a place for everything and
everything in its place" and therefore
all is natty, orderly and clean.


What surprises old MIR. Benson's &C
quairtances who are not very intimate
with him is how he managed to acquire
such wealth and such influence in the
business world.


It is clear enough from even a cursory
view that his is branch which depends
very considerably upon publicity. 1t is
not by local patronage such trade as
his could be sustained. Only by wido-
spread dealings could it be made even
moderately remnuer tive. Therefore
no doubt can exist that, to have attained
to the success he has, Mr.. Benson must
have had connections extending over a
wide scope. Nevertheless, it is well
known he does not employ single COM
mercial traveller, and those who have
heard him sketch his struggles and ex-
periences-and both have been more
than moderate-say that he AYERS he has
never used one. ..r-r. ....-


The secret of his success, he believes,
lies in an unfaltering ventilation of what
he trafEcs in by means of advertising.
In advertising he has been systematic
and persistent, and has never broken
faith with those who have been led by
his announcements to bestow patronage.


Well directed, sustained endeavor has
done for him what equally hard working
but less perspicacious men often fail
after lifetimes struggle to accomplish.


He sits in his Office receiving and at
tending to correspondence which. has
directly and indirectly come to him
through advertising.


Others strive to accomplish results
equalng his by personal endearor-re-
jecting the aid of the newspaper-and
the rewards of their labor are mediocre
only.
Year: 1876

oh, good old year! This nights your last.
And must You go? With you I've passed
Some dsys that bear revision.
For these I'd thank you, ere you make
Your journey to the Stygian lake,


Or to the fields Elysian.
Gong have you been our household guest,
To keep you We have tried our best.


You must not stay, You tell us;
Net cen to introduce your heir,
Who comes 60 fresh and debonair


He needs must make you jealous.
At twelve o'clock tonight Queen NAB
Will take you in her spectral cab


To catch the downward fast train.
Some Of us will sit up with you
And drink parting cup with you


While indite this last strain.
Oh, good. old, wise, frost headed year,
You've brought Us health and strength and


cheer,


Though sometimes care and sorrow.
Each morn you gave us newer hope
That reached beyond the cloudy scope


or each unseen tomorrow.
You 90 to join the million years;
The great veiled sky that never clears


Before our mortal seeing:
The shrouded death-the evolving life
The growth, the mystery, the strife


or elemental being.


All, no more rhymes for you and mo,
Old year, shall We together see;


For We tonight must sever.
Good-bye-o number Seventy-fve!
lis nearly time you took your drive


Into the dark forever.
The train that stops for you win let
A stranger out we never met,
To take your place and station.
With greetings glad and shouts Of Joy
They'll welcome him, while you, old boy,
Depart with no ovation.
Five minutes yet? But talk must end.
On with your cloak and cap, old friend!
Too long have been prating.
Your blessing now We1l think Of you---
All there's the clock Adieu, adieu-
see your cab is waiting. .
.sarF#a8 The Independent
Year: 1876

Five minutes before noon an alarm
was given from Box As, corner of Sew
enth and Cutter streets. The fire was
on the roof Of brick dwelling on Barr
street, between Cutter and Mound. Loss
trifiing.


Another alarm was sent in at O'Clock
from Box 80, corner OF Race and Fourth
streets. This alarm was due to an in.
cipient fire on the roof of the three.story
brick building on Race, above Fourth,
formerly the Sixth District School, the
third story Of which is occupied by Geo.
McGregOr as lock factory.


The engines soon had a number OF
streams on the flames, which were soon
extinguished. The loss does not exceed
500. The cause of the fire is mystery,
This building was burned some time ago.
Year: 1876

with display, such as is common with
other States, but that they went quietly


before Justice Of the Peace, took the oath
Of Office, and entered upon the. discharge
Of their duties. This ought to be
the boast Of every State in the Union.
II the plainncss and honesty Of public life
which it supposes were in vogue at the
National Capital, we should not be hu.
INFLATED as a people by the finger Of scorn
that is now pointed at us from abroad
"Sweet are the uses Of adversity." The
adverse times that arc now upon the
country would work very sweet uses in:
deed, If they would only bring us back
to true republican simplicity OF public
life at Washington. 1t is 10 be hoped
that the canvass this summer will dcvel-
ope a public sentiment 80 intense and
inexorable on this subject that it will
show its effect for years to come on OFF,
cial life in Washington.
Year: 1876

PlrTsBuRGu, March Tine puddlerr
and iron manufacturers met again last
evening and remained in joint session
till after midnight without coming to any
agreement. They finally adjourned with
the understanding that each manufactu'
rer pay whatever he thinks the market
will justify, the employees to accept or
reject such terms Us they may individu'
ally determine. t
Year: 1876

THE Register published as original mat
ter an article clipped from the Harris
burg PItriot. The same article afterwards
appeared in the INTELLrGENcER with the
proper credit. This is the difference
'twixt tweedle dun and tweedle dee.
Pull down your vest and try again, Lieu
tenant.
Year: 1876

An interesting article in regard to
work and wages" will be found on the
third page OF this mornings paper I'S
gratifyingto know that wages in so many
jepartments of labor keep up 80 we'll
and still more gratifying to find data ioF
hoping that in the course Of the next lew
weeks We shall see the ranks Of the un:
employed greatly diminished The h, com
inc Of Spring these hard times is like the
n"o.irr AWAY OF long and weary night.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Page asked Southland to allow him
to offer resolution (which was under
stood to be in reference to the escape to
Canada Of Marsh, witness against the
late Secretary OF War but SoIthard de-
clined to yield and insisted on the motion
TO adjourn.


Mr.. Page complained that no member
on the Republican side was recognized or
had any chance TO offer resolution. He
demanded the yeas and nays on the mo.
ton to adjourn.


The yeas and nays were taken and the
House by party vote adjourned.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Jones (of Florida) submitted d
resolution instructing the Committee on
Agriculture to furnish the Senate from
such data as is now in possession Of his
department, the following information
What are the geographical limits and
area Of the United States, the soil and
climate OF which Is we'll adapted to the
cultivation and growth of the stalk and
fibre Of sea island or long staple cotton, on
which said cotton natures a perfect
growth. Also the geographical limits
and area Of each OF the several States,
the soil and climate Of which is we'll
adapted the cultivation and growth OF
said cotton, and in which said cotton ma
lures a perfect growth OF fibre and stalk,
Agreed to.
Year: 1876

RevivaIs One Hundred Years Ago.
New York Observer +


Revivals in different periods Of
the church have had marked pecu-
liarities to distinguish them, In
the great awakening Of 1710, the
people of Enfield, Conn.,, were un-
affected, while the towns around it
were moved by the Holy Spirit.
They were in distress for Enfield,
and prayed most of the night for
its awakening. President Edwards
went there the next day, by previous
appointment, and the people came
to hear him, and were so giddy as
hardly to conduct themselves with
common decency in the church.
He preached clear argumentatiye
discourse on the danger Of living
in impenitence. "Their feet shall
slide in due time" was the text,
His reasoning took hold of Their
imagination and conscience, and
before the sermon was ended the
people were so affected as to cry out
in their distress and weeping, SC
that the preacher was obliged tC
speak to the people and desire thei1
silence that he might be heard. A
great revival in Enfield followed.
Other times of revival have been
marked by deep solemnity, strong
crying and tears, especially in the
midst of rousing preaching. There
has been little or none of that out.
ward demonstration Of inward
emotion in the hippodrome. Il
has been often remarked that the
vast assemblies, under the mos
earnest discourseS, have manifested
no excitement. The fixed attention
profound silence, tears without
sobs, and resort to the inquiry room
for private conversation, have beer
the only indications Of increased
religious feeling. This absence o
excitement has been noticed from
the first to the last. Occasional in
dulgence of the speakers in remark
that made the people laugh woulC
not be possible in the midst of re
Ivivals such as those in the days o
Edwards and White6eld. Tha
these are less genuine and perma
nently useful, we do not for a mo
ment suppose. They do, however
present phases that are peculiar
and invite attention from thos
who make religious movements


study.
Year: 1876

When people come to Louisiana and ex'
pect to live by political robbery, as your
friends, the Twitchell family from Vermont
have done, they must expect to reap the re-
wards of robbers and rascals. In this case
the just reward has been long delayed; but
as sure as murder will out" so sure does
wrong-doing fail to prosper. The Twitchell
case is only one more illustration of this
fact. People who are honest and willing to
work for an honest living, have nothing to
fear in Louisiana, no matter what their
politics are or where they hail from. Put
this IN your newspaper.


July, 1876. A LOUISIANIAN.


This card is postmarked 'sNew Orleans"
and We put it in our newspaper simply to
vindicate all that has been said respecting
the temper of Southern Democrats, Of
which the writer Of the above is sample.
If Twitchell had been the veriest c0rrup-
ZIONIST in the country it requires brutality
only possessed by Southern Democrat or
the trucking sycophancy of a Northern
doughface to suggest and defend assassina-
ton as the appropriate remedy. Our
Louisiana" friend admits that assassina.
ton is recognized remedy in the political
pharmacopeia of the South for men whose
ways do not happen to suit them.-Indian-
ap0!is journal.
Year: 1876

will thus call into existence; because war
begets var and hate begets hate. But if
he commit himself and his interests to the
cause of peace. then ne will grow with the
growth of peace; he will walk along with
her hand IN hand and her agencies for his
good will be found in the end more power
full and benefcent than the agencies or war
or force. The author of the negro's eman-
cipation is the author of peace. He is called
wonderful, counsellor. the everlasting
father. the prince of peace" The new race
life which he has called into existence in the
form of the negro will yet be lion among
the nations Of this earth. But the sure
hope of the race in the future. as in the
past, is in Him with whom alone dwelleth
infinite wisdom and power, and who alone
sees the end. Its sure line of policy is in
this crisis is along the quiet and shady and
beautiful paths which lead to peace. B.
Year: 1876

powerful desperate he may be, and that is to
to abate my hatred my most vigorous
resistance this attempted overthrow and enslavement
OF majority of the people OF South Carolina. Here
stand 1 can do no otherwise. God be my helper Wife
and children than the ruddy drops that
visit my heart all other considerations must give
way before the solemn duty to resist the na success OF
that mOustrous outrage under whose black shadow we
are assembled today.
Year: 1876

Gen. Diaz declared that the necessities OF the situation
required that should the Presidency OF the
Republic and the Both he officially announced as
Provisional President He invited the merchants OF the
city to meet him at the palace where lie told them he
wanted loan of 100000 at l per cent per month,
which was granted The question OF paying the hrst in
stnllment S3O0OOO due the United States In January
on tho claims awarded, is now being discussed Gen.
Diaz cannot possibly raise money above his immediate
wants and will not be able to pay it,
Year: 1876

LET US do our duty in our shop or
our kitchen, the market, the street, the
Office, the school, the home, just as
faithfully as il we stood in the front
rank of some great battle, and we knew
that victory for mankind depended on
our bravery. strength and skill. When
we do that, the humblest of us will be
serving In that great army which
achieves the welfare of the world.
Year: 1876

Louis Jolie, of Mackinaw. was in town
the early part of the week, and when he
was ready TO start hence found that his
mittens which he had left in the Spen-
Ger House office were so much lost that 4
dilliyent search failed to find them. Mr..
Spencer soon suspected that they were
stolen, and that dead beat, known as
Jimmy Dan," was the thief, as that in
dividual had been seen hanging around
short time previous to the loss being dis
covered. The suspected man had are ;dy
started for his home over at the Point,
but Mr.. Jolie came up with him on the
road, but he denied all knowledge of the
mittens. The next morning Mr.. Jolie
went to the young mans house and dis
covered a member of his family trying
the mittens OH. They were given up
without argument. Whether there will
be any further proceedings or not We
have not learned, but he had better make
himself scarce about the Spencer House.
Year: 1876

Last Sunday man named Bail, who
lives up on the other side of Mullett
lake, was coming across the lake. When
near Dodge's Point his horse broke
through the ic". He had two ladies with
him, but they could give him very little
assistance, and he was not long in finding
out that he could not get the horse out
alone. He called loudly for assistance,
and finally made some of the Dodges
hear, and they went to him and succeed
Ell in getting the horse out. He had been
in the water upwardrof half an hour be-
fore he was rescued, and was nearly ex-
hausted.
Year: 1876

Last Thursday Sam MacCOit was in
Devine's saloon, somewhat under the in
fiuence of liquor. There were some
other parties in the saloon who started
to go out but he did not desire them to
do so, and tried to prevent them, when
in some manner he run his right hand
through the glass in the door cutting a
cash about three inches long in his
wrist. The result was large flow of
blood and a visit to the doctors Office !,
where the cut was plastered up.
Year: 1876

GROWTH OF sIIAD FISHING - EXCEL


LENCE OF DELAWARE sHAD,


The fisheries in the waters of the
Delaware river, Its bay and tributaries
have grown with remarkable rapidity
within "a decade OF years, and give
good promise for still further develop
ment in the future. Twelve years ago
there was not busiaess enough done
in this trade in the city of Philadel-
phie to keep employed the attendants
of two ordinary stands; yet such has
been the sudden and continuing de-
mand of more recent years that the
industry has reached almost gigantic
proportions, and is recognized as one
of the most important industries on the
river front, The particularly great
demand occasioned by the Lenten sea-
son, which is now progressing, has
been greater this year than ever before
and it has been with difficulty that the
dealers have continued to meet it,
This scarcity in the supply has it's ORR
gin in the lateness of settled spring,
| the Icy GOODNESS of the river waters
keeping the more desirable fish away
The better class of Delaware shad, for
example, have not yet appeared in the
market, Notwithstanding the several eff
forts that have been made by those
who go fishing Tin an amateur way to
catch them. The gill net fishing, how
ever, was begun in Delaware bay sew
eral days ago, and yesterday three
thousand pretty fair shad were
brought to the city, 1t is not until
much later in the year-in the latter
part Of May, sometimes-tha the
waters of the Delaware are of the pro.
per warmth to entice the shad North,
aud it is the proper course to allow
them to remain in the river several
days before spreading the nets.


The reason for this is that the great
quantities of coal oil which float upon
the surface of the river in the neigh
berhood of League Island and the gas
works have similar attraction for
shad, as has been proven in cases
where they have been placed upon the
table. When this Objectionable fluid
is passed, the fish. driven by an instinct
to provide a pure place of deposit fol
their spawn, travel much further
northward. and are not only soon
cleansed of their impurities, but grow
very fat, and attain a flavor which Is
peculiar to the Delaware river alone
The connoisseur can always detect 6
Delaware shad when he is searching
for savoy dish by the wiggllng of it
tail and the tendency with which i
clings to lite after all the ether specie.
have succumbed. The male shad
though smaller, are much the fattel
and far richer in flavor than the fe
male. They are curious, toe, ana no
SO apt to run their noses into the ne
when once they have witnessed the re
{ suit of such indiscretion. The shat
that come from the South are not re
commended for us here. Packing ant
shipping them any distance destroy
the peculiar flavor for which they ar,
famed, while the delicate structure o.
the fish itself renders it liable, through
lengthy exposure, to decomposition
On the other hand, Delaware shad cal
be had for use within a few minute
of their capture. In about weel
from new, these fish will be plentiful
and it is thought that the quality will
be better than ever.
Year: 1876

1t is great pity to see how many peo-
pie allow cough or cold to go unnoticed,
and thus pave the way to an untimely
grave from the effects of consumption.
A pleasant, safe, releable and cheap
remedy is DR.. Bulls Cough SYrun.
Year: 1876

LOST THINGs.-There are a great
many things lost that are found again
and a great many Others that are lost
and never found. There are reputa-
tions lost which cannot be regained /;
there are hopes lost, which come not
again; there are Joys and friendships
lost there are thoughts and talents lost
which are never found. Every man
has at some time lost something,
which he would give the world if it
were his to recover. II may have
been but a single pearl from the thread
Of his friendship, or mere hope OF
his soul, but il was previously dear 10
him and life is sad and dark without
it. The mallest things are often
times the dearest to the heart of man,
as for instance, a little wife, a little
heir, a little fortune, a little home.
What wonder, then, when they are lost
he would give everything he had for
their recovery,
Year: 1876

TRUTHFULNESS To CHILDREN.--A par
ent, unlike poet, is not born-he is
made. There are certain things
which he has at once to learn. or he
will have no more influence over his
child than if he were a common strar-
ger. To gain obedience, you must
first set yourself TO deserve it. Wha,-
ever you promise your little one, how
ever small the thing may seem to you
and whatever trouble it costs you,
perform it. Never let the doubt once
enter into that innocent mind that
you say what you do not mean, or
will not act up to what you say.
Make as few prohibiiory laws as you
possibly can, but, once made, keep
them. In what Is granted, as in what
is denied, compel yourself, however
weary. or worried, or impatient, to
administer always evenhanded JUS
lice.
Year: 1876

GlFrs.-It is delightful to have
gifts made to you by those whom you
esteem and love, because then, such
gifts are merely TO be considered as
fringes to the garment-as incon5ider-
able additions TO the mighty treasure
of their affections, adding a grace,
but no additional value, to what be.
fore was precious, and proceeding as
naturally out of that as leaves burge
on out upon the trees but yOu feel 1t
to be different when there is no regard
for the giyer to idealize the gift
when it simply takes It's stand among
Your property as SO much moneys S
value.
Year: 1876

A married man falling into misfor.
tune is more apt TO retrieve his situa
ton in the world than single one,
chiefly because his spirits are soothed
and retrieved by domestic endear-
ments. and his selfrespect kept alive
by finding that although all abroad
be darkness and humiliation, yet
there is a little world of love at home
over which he is a monarch,
Year: 1876

Z. 1t shall he an abiding principle with US TO re-
ieve any OF oar oppressed and suffering brotherhood
by any means at our command.


Last, but not least, proclaim it among our pur
poses 10 Inculcate proper appreciation OF the aIl-
ties and spheres OF indicated by admit
ing her TO membership and position IN on order.


lmplorIng the continued assistance Of our Divine
Master to guide US in our work. We here pledge or
selves 10 faithful AMI harmonious alOT for all future
time, to return 10y united efforts ~ the wisdom
justice fraternity and political purity OF fore
fathers.