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Show I AUDIT AIIYERT1SIM. iUtit'h It fill In formation Overlooked hy Nt-clectlug the Ad. Coluunui. The ad vertisi ng columns of a newspaper are among the most important, im-portant, for no man really becomes acquainfed, even with the news of the'day until he has thoroughly perused the advertisements. Thev are the pulse of commerce and universal activity. They contain not only rare specimens of human idiosyncrasies, but afford a general view of life in eveiy possible phase. They aid the arts and sciences; they minister to love; they speak of change; sometimes they excite a smile, sometimes a tear. To the sick man they promise health; to the poor man they ofler wealth; the pleasure seeker is posted in amusements; the book buyer learns the title and Driee of the new work ; the house hunter reads of a " desh" abfe and eligible tenement; the traveler of the best means of conveyance; con-veyance; the unemployed of em-employment; em-employment; in fine, every imaginable imagin-able want is suppositiously supplied by the advertising department of a d a i 1 y n e w s pa p e r . Hti rpe r ' s Monthly. |