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THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS
BY
WALDO PONDRAY WARREN
WHY MISTAKES ARE MADE
MISTAKES do not "happen" they are the results of
causes. A vast measure of time, money, and oppor
tunity Is lost In making mistakes and trying to rectify
them. To correct mistakes Is a good work, but to prevent
them Is a. far higher achievement. The "ounce of prevention"
may bo applied by carefully considering some of the chief
causes of errors In business. They are:
Carelessness, Inattention and superficial Interest;
Laziness not being willing to take the trouble;
Accepting appearances as facts without investigation;
Proceeding without discussion or advice;
Impulsive decisions not well thought out;
Lack of foresight and preparation;
Wrong theories and biased advice;
False economy and desire for gain;
Lack of tact and thoughtfulness;
Forgetting and neglect of duty;
Depending on those not properly Instructed;
Failure to take due precautions;
Failure to safeguard weak points;
Ov'erconfidence and exaggerated hopes.
The remainder may be chaHtably classed as the result of
human frailty a last resort in explaining mistakes that can
not be rectified nor traced to their roots In undeveloped char
acter. (Copright, IM7, by Jotapb. D. BowletJ
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Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
REMINISCENT.
Hack to the town where I M-as born
To 8C0 the boys attain
Who used to jro to school with m
When wo were little men.
To talk about the nnclont pranks
On whloli we used to thrive '
And cause the teacher, young and prim.
To know slio was alive; ' .
To tread tlio old familiar ground
Where In the long nco
Quite methodless my Infant feet
Wont lightly to and fro;
To talk with ancient cltUon-
Awhile for old time's sake
Whoso applo trees I used to rob
And get the stomach actio;
To wander where the babbling brook
Across the meadow stole
And see with my delighted eyes
The old time swimming hole,
To gmxe Into Its murky depths.
To wonder at the time
I had the nerve and recklessness
To plunge Into that slime.
'h. city of my boyhood days.
Oh, village of my birth,
I used to think that you were Just
The finest place on earth!
But now that I have been around
And have a wider view
I find that there are here and there
Some towns as fine" as you.
Something Elss.
"Have a cigar?"
"No. 1 never uso tobacco."
"Have a cigarette, then,"
Quite Likely.
"It Is easy enough to plumb n worn
an's mind."
"Is itr
"Yes."
"There Is another thing that Is easy
too." .
"What?"
"Getting your plums canned."
Where Luck Counts.
"A man can do anything he makes
np bis mind to do."
,lThlnk so?" .
"Yes. It is all a matter of will."
"Ever try to break the hank at
Monte Carlo?" . ,, - . . ' ,'-. ,
1
Disqualified.
. "1 come to you for your cnndld opln
Ion."
"I have no candid opinion."
"No?"
"No; I am n politician."
.1
Explained.
' "Are you fond of autumn, Mr.
Brown?"
1 "Why, I am n married man."
"Well, what's the answer?"
''Housecleanlng time."
No Recourse.
Suppose the football game Is slow,
Tou have to hold the sack.
If no one In the game Is killed
You get no money back.
Cast Him Out.
"I hear that
Jobtax has set
tled down since
his marriage."
"Yes; he has
become a stuid
family mau." -
"Never goes
out with the
boys at nil?"
"No. Ho has
cut tliein out 80
completely that
they got togeth
er the other
evening and for
mally expelled
him from the
town paluters'
union."
WHEN THE BABY CRIES
' Don't let the mother see that it an
noys you; some women arc Just con
trary enough to tako delight In ,nnuoy.
lug, nnd the child might hurt himself.
Let him have your watch to play
with; he may be a master mechanic lc
embryo, and there Is nothing like en
icouroglng latent talent.
1 Don't tell his mother that be look?
Hike her at this crucial moment; just
'remark contemptuously that as a
pocket edition of his dad the youngstei
strikes you as a howling success.
( If ho has any particularly young and
tgood looking aunties you might turn
yourself into n Jack-in-the-box for hit
edification; you will thereby add muc'n
to the joyousness of the young ladle)
when they roclto tho Incident to hilari
ous friends.
Ask anxiously what la tho matte;
1 with the perturbed father while hlj
(offspring is taking lung exercise; yoo
will thus prove your friendly concern
land lucldently get set down mentally
as an Idiot.
(SKfiO OUT
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A INT -3(
WORKING A SWINDLE.
The Way That Clever Rouues Operate
Through the Malls.
Uncle Snm is a proud and watch
ful of his mails us u father of his
favorite child, yet it is through tho j
poalofllce that tho succulent "suck
er" is so frequently ticRed for, Borne-1
times by n thin lino of correspond-'
ence reeled out 11,000 miles away, '
and he has been known to Bimp at
one hook with avidity while nt tho'
thno he had another in his fiilla.
One man engaged n small room in
a downtown oftleo building, New
Yovk, installed a single typewriter, j
which ho manipulated himself, and '
from an investment of less than j
$300 within two months cleared over '
$10,000. How did ho do itP Letj
us go back to the day that his ofllce j
rent began.
lurst, he had his door adorned
with handsome gold lettering, as fol
lows: "Henry Ilarriman, Watch
and Diamond Merchant."
A capacious letter box was than
attached to the door, and, removing
his coat, Henry Ilarriman, with a
newspaper directory at his elbow,
struck off several hundred typewrit
ten letters to as many different
newspapers throughout the country,
inclosing in each letter 10 cents in
stamps and asking that he bo for
warded a copy of the latest edition.
As fast as copies of these papers
came in he looked ovor the death
columns and, selecting one or two
likely names from each paper, sent
the decedent a typewritten letter
begging that he kindly remit the
$10 balance duo and tho hundred
dollar diamond ring which ho had
purchased would go forward by ex
press. A neat bill was inclosed with
the letter, made out as though $90
in installments had already been
paid in on the diamond.
When this letter reached its des
tination (and with it was sent an il
lustrated folder of watch and dia
mond bargains) it was opened by tho
widow of the decedent, and thirteen
times out of a baker's dozen tho $10
was remitted in hasto by "that sur
prised yet not less pleased lady.
An early letter informed tho
widow that her remittance had been
received and tho diamond would go
forward by express within twenty
days direct from the importing
house. Should alio fail to receive
it, would she be good enough to
notify the firm, etc.
When the po3tofTicc inspectors
looked into the matter somo two
months later they found correspond
ence showing that Henry Ilarriman,
watch and diamond merchant, had
netted over $10,000, but that gen
tleman had thoughtfully betaken his
person to. greener fields. Don Mark
Lemon in Bohemian Magazine.
Prefers Wood to Paper.
Tho looker on was watching a
contractor doing some figuring
where his men were building a
house. He took out his pencil and
carefully put away in his pocket a
small block of paper, which, how
ever, was evidently intended to be
used for hasty scribbling and notes.
Then he commenced a frenzied
search for a small block of wood and
finally compromised by figuring vig
orously on the framo of a.window.
"Why didn't you use the paper ?"
humbly questioned the looker on.
The contractor looked, surprised.
Then he laughed. "To tell you the
truth, I don't know," he said, "ex
cept that I've got into tho habit of
working on anything else but a piece
of paper, so never feel at homo un
til I have found a scrap of wood or
something." Boston tteeord.
Too Fair For Use.
"The late Bishop Potter," said a
famous beauty ut a dinner in New
York, "could pay charming compli
ments. He paid me a charming
compliment when I was a young
girl.
"It was at a country house in
Vermont. Bishop Potter was very
busy in the library one morning
when I entered. He at once asked
mo to help him. He gave me a list
of chanty subscriptions to add up.
As I set to work Bishop Potter,
bending over me, said:
" 'You must forgive me. I have
gravo compunctions about asking
iyo.u toio anything useful. It is as
if one should cat hash from a gold
dish carved by Benvcnuto Cellini or
use for a napkin a square of Vene
tian lace.' "
An Exciting Pursuit.
Once at an international photo
graphic congress the question was
raised which was tho most exciting
pursuit in connection with the cam
era. One member averred, "Photo
graphing wild beasts in Africa'
Another gave it as his opinion that
photographing tho treacherous sum
mits of tho Alps nnd Himalayas was
tho most nerve racking; another
mentioned submarine photography.
Whon they had nil finished, a pale,
wild eyed man got up and said:
"Gentlemen, all these things are
placid diversions compared with my
specialitv. I am a child photogra-
I pher." Strand Magazine.
Money Laid
Out On Groceries
in our store is always well spent. You get
your full money's worth, besides the satis
faction that you nro consuming ouly pure
goods. Even nil tlio Canned goods that
arc so much consumed during the summer
season are bought by us from the most
reputable packing houses, with their guar
antee that we can warrant the purity ot
each article to our customers. Our Pickles,
Soup, Sardines and Fruits are tho best
manufactured today.
JAMES GRAHAM
Seven room
flodern House
$3,200.
A fine seven-room, modern
house located in the best resi
dence district in Alliance, on
Laramie avenue. This house
has a good hot-air furnace,
electric lighted throughout,
bath room, lavatory, etc. A
good steel range connected
with the hot-water system,
goes with the house. Dumb
waiter to basement, good elec
tric lighted barn, laundry, etc.
This will not last1 get in now
and see it.
Nebraska
. Land Co.
J. C: MrCoRKLE, Mgr.
Lloyd C. Thomas, Sec'y.
Phone 28 1-Alliances Natl. Bank Blk.
Try My Flour
and you won't have any more
worry about your bread.
My brands of Ai and Cow are
not excelled anywhere in this
country, and ladies who have
used them are my best adver
tisers. PhwwNa. 71 R, PhmNt.95
J. ROWAN
THE FtfiUR AND FEEB MAH
G. G. Gadsiiv
T. J. TllKELKELO
THE GADSBY STORE
Funeral Directors
and Embalmers.
FUNERAL SUPPLIES
OFFICE PHONE 4QvS .
RESIDENCE PHONES 207 and 510-
Your Printing
It should be a fit representative of row
business, which means' the high grade, ar
tistic kind. That.s the kind we do.
AH EXCELLENT ASSORTMENT
OF TYPE, GOOD PRESSES AND
TYPOGRAPHICAL ARTISTS
These represent our facilities for doiaf
the kind of printing that will please yea.
The prices are right, and prompt delivery
the invariable rule at this office.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
The State ot Nebraska, I In the Comity
llor llutte County, f Court
In matter of the oatato of Morris KelloKff.
j To tho creditors of Mild estate:
You win uno notice that i will sit at ttie
t'Aunty court room In Alliance, on Monday.
May l . ill, 11109. at 10 o'clock u.m. to recclvo nod
examine an ciunns against, saia estmo, wmi
a view t their iJuitmurit and allowance.
Tho time limited tor the presentment of
clnims Hgulnst said estate Is six months from
tho tilth day ot November I WW, and the time
nimltod for their payment Is one year from
uumI 18th day of November, 1006. All claims
galntt sal-il rotate not presented to the court
by said 17th (lay of May, 1900, will bo forever
barred.
Witness my hand and the teal of our County
Court this 10th day of November, 1D0A
(sea 1.1 L. A. IIkhuv.
Ip Nor l9-3tr County Judce.
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GaV&cs a SyXtaU$
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GEO. T. HAND, M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Ecs Tested and Glasses Fitted.
DR. G. W. MITCHELL,
Phvslctun nno Bartfeon Dy nnd night ctll
OMco over noguc Store. Fhoueltt.
H. A. COPSEY, M. D.
Physician and Surxson
Phone 300
Calls nnsnered promptly day and night from
oRllce. Oftlces $Alllnnce National Ksnlt
Unltulnfrnrorthe rostumce.
DR. CHAS. E. SLAQLE
WITH
DR. BELLWOOD
Special Attention
Paid to Eye Work
GEO. J. HAND,
HOMEOPATHIC
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Formerly Ihterno Uosaeopathto Hos
pital University ot Iowa.
Phone 231. Office ovkt Alliance Shoe 8tea
Residence Phone SSI.
DR. C. H. CHURCHILL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
(Successor to Drl J. E. Moore)
OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK
Ofllco hours H-12 o.m.i 2-4 p.m. 7;30-9 p,m.
Office Phone 62
Ucs. Phone, 85
Drs. Bowman & Veber
PHYSICIANS AND SUKGEONS
First National Bank BIdg. Hoonia 456
Office hours, 10 to 12 a. m.,
U30 to 4, 7 to 8 p. tn.
Office Phone G5 Res. Phone 16 & 184
T, J. THRELKELD,
Undertaker and Embalmer
OFFICE PHONE 20?
RES. PHONE 498
ALLIANCE, NEBR,
A. H. THORNTON,
Physician and Surgeon
Office Pltoue, No. 4
Res. Phono,. No. 187.
OFFICE IN-NORTON BLOCK'
Drs. CoppernoK & Petersen
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
(Succeors to Drs. Tres & llutfe)
17 and 18 Rumer Block
Office Phone 43, Residence io
AUG. F. HORNBURG
Private Nurse
Phone 492
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY
AT LW.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
EUGENE BURTON
Attorney at Law
Office in rooms formerly occupied by
R, C. Noleman, First Nal'l Bank blk
'Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NEB.
H. M. BULLOCK.
Attorney at Law,
A.X-1L.IA.NOIG. NEB.
SMITH P. TOTTLE.
(BA B. XA88
TUTTLE & TASH,
ATTORNEYS
AT LAW.
REAL ESTATE,
North MalnSt.,
ALLIANCE. NEB
WILCOX & BROOME
LAW AND LAND ATTORNEYS.
Loog experience in state and federal
courts and as Register and Receiver U. 8.
Land Office is a guarantee for prompt aal
efficient service.
Office tn Land Office Building.
ALLIANCE NEBRASKA.
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