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tumblers out of a barrel. One way would be 

 to take one tumbler in one hand out of the 

 barrel, and set it into a basket on the floor. 

 Do this 50 times, and you would have 50. 

 And in stooping over and getting up 100 

 times you would probably get pretty tired. I 

 have seen full-grown people tire themselves 

 out in work, almost as thoughtless as this. 

 Now I will give you my way : First, set 

 your basket on a box or stool so the edge of 

 the basket will be on a level with the barrel. 

 Now count out your tumblers with three in 

 each hand ; or if your hands are small, two 

 in each hand; or, if the tumblers are very 

 large, perhaps one in each hand. Work rap- 

 idly, and prove your work afterward by 

 weighing, thus : Weigh half a dozen tum- 

 blers ; and then after you get througli, weigh 

 the whole. In this way you know there is 

 no mistake. You see, there are two things 

 needed in counting articles — rapidity acd 

 accuracy. Suppose you should say yon don't 

 care if you are slow. My little friends, a 

 slow person will have to work for 50 cts. 

 a day, where a quick and accurate one gets 

 from $1.50 to §2.00 a day, or even more. 

 There are many other similar ways of ex- 

 pediting work and to assure accuracy, which 

 I can not take space to mention to you now ; 

 but the same general rules that I have men- 

 tioned to you now will apply in counting 

 all kinds oif work. 



But few people understand how to count 

 money rapidly and accurately. A great 

 deal of time is taken to count it, mistakes 

 are made, more time is taken to correct 

 them, misunderstandings come up, these 

 take more time and sometimes hard feelings, 

 which last years, are the consequences. 

 Our time clerk who has just been around, 

 pays out $100 or $500 every Saturday 

 afternoon, and when she pays the boys and 

 girls, she always makes every one of them 

 count it after her. and give her an assent 

 that it is right. This prevents any one from 

 going after her to tell her she has made a 

 mistake. When you pay anyhody money , al- 

 ways insist that they count It, and acknowl- 

 edge it is all right. Before I adopted this 

 method , every little while somebody would in- 

 sist we made a mistake, and did not give the 

 right change. Now in regard to counting 

 money. If you have many coins to count, put 

 them in piles 10 high, then put your piles 10 in 

 a row. If the piles are not of an exact height, 

 you can see at a glance that there is a mis- 

 take somewhere. If you have considerable 

 money, assort it so each coin will be by it- 

 self, then put on your book so many of these, 

 and so many of those, until you get it all 

 down. If anybody should afterward tell 

 you you have made a mistake in counting, 

 you can say to them pretty conclusively that 

 you did not. If you do business in this way, 

 by and by you will get a reputation for ac- 

 curacy ; and who is there who does not ad- 

 mire and respect an accurate person V Why, 

 I have clerks so accurate that I would de- 

 pend on their counting, a great deal quicker 

 than I would my own. Such clerks, of 

 course, always command high wages. Now, 

 then, who can count four dozen eggs, do it 

 the quickest, and have it exactly right, and 

 not break any V 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The ABC came to hand all right. I would uot 

 take $5.00 for it, if I could not get another one. 

 Pennsylvania. T. R. Phelps. 



The little ones here are delighted with the counter 

 goods. They are very nice. W. B. Corbett. 



Bennettsville, S. C, March 38, 1883. 



Those scales came in about 30 days after you 

 shipped. They fill the bill; glad you took the liber- 

 ty to send by freight. E. S. Miller. 



Dryden, Lapeer Co., Mich., March 20, 1883. 



My hundred hives arrived a few days since, all, as 

 far as opened, all right. 1 wish I had ordered 300, as 

 I find I can sell them. M. M. Morrison. 



Corsicana, Texas, March 31, 1883. 



The Story of the Bible came all right. We think it 

 is a very handsome book, and just the book for 

 young folks. Mrs. Mary J. Ruger. 



Conklin Station, Broome Co., N. Y., Mar. 8, 1883. 



I received those goods the 17th, and am greatly 

 pleased with them, especially the ABC book. I 

 think it i'" a perfect gem. J. P. Allshouse. 



Evansport, Defiance Co., O., Mar. 33, 1883. 



The watch you sent me is all right. It is a nice 

 little watch. I bought it for my boy, and he thinks 

 so much of it he wouldn't sell it for any money. 



Hustisford, Wis., March 38, 1883. A. L. Lehman. 



Please find inclosed 75 cts. in stamps for a Clark's 

 smoker by mail. They are a little wonder, and can't 

 be beat. Please send as soon as possible. It is for 

 a neighbor. Edward E. Chapin. 



La Salle, 111 , Mar. 15, 1883. 



progressive. 



Seven years ago, when I first began keeping bees, 

 there was not a bee in town; now there are 30 bee- 

 keepers, who keep from 1 to 75 swarms each. 



Castle Hill, Me., Mar. 17, 1883. Edw. Tarr. 



The last bill of goods sent did very well, and any 

 one who would find fault with any of them would be 

 hard to please. Your $7.00 mandrel is a little beau- 

 ty. F. D. Clarke. 



New York, Feb. 14, 1883. 



The 30 lbs. of fdn. is received. It can't be beat, 

 especially the thin worker for sections. Gleanings 

 is not " flat" yet, and never can be with A. I. Boot 

 at the helm. Herbert Langdon. 



East Constable, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1883. 



I made about 10 lbs. of fdn. to-day to try my mill. 

 I like it so well that I shall have to send you a sam- 

 ple of about the third sheet I made. Publish my 

 praise of the mill to the world, if you wish. Any 

 one who will try can use it. N. A. Sanders. 



Montevideo, Hart Co,., Ga., April 7, 1883. 



I had intended that you should not have an oppor- 

 tunity of notifying me that my time had expired; 

 not that I intended running away, nor because I did 

 not like friend Root or Gleanings, senior and jun- 

 ior, that I would not be without them for the small 

 sum they cost. I do not flatter the editor, for 1 do 

 not like flattery myself, when I say that I have 

 formed a very high opinion of him as a gentleman 

 and a Christian, for a true Christian is ever a gentle- 

 man. 



christian unity. 



I hope the editor is a Baptist, for I am; but wheth- 

 er he is or not, I am sure he is a Christian, because 

 of his words and works, and I love him as such. 

 Now, I hope that not only the editor, but all who 

 read this, will stand up nobly for the Lord Jesus, 

 who is worth}' of our love and adoration. 



E. J. Haines. 



Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 37, 1883. 



[I commend your concluding sentiment, brother 

 H., and earnestly pray that, no matter what the de- 

 nomination, we may be a unit in every good cause. 

 Thanks for your rerj/ kind words.] 



