If he succeeds in making money, it matters but little in what way he obtains it, whether by gambling or any other unlawful means; while on the other hand, if he has been doing good all his life, and by some mishap is reduced to poverty in his old age, he is despised and treated with contempt by a majority of the community.
It may not be uninteresting to a great many to know how the brass clocks at the present day are made.

It has been a wonder to the world for a long time, how they could possibly be sold so cheap and yet answer so good a purpose.

And, indeed, they could not, if every part of their manufacture was not systematized in the most perfect manner and conducted on a large scale.

I will describe the manner in which the O-G.
case is made, (the style has been made a long time, and in larger numbers than any other,) which will give some idea with what facility the whole thing is put through.

Common merchantable pine lumber is used for the body of the case.