\1rcAS ECONOMIC PROPOSITION.A local newspaper reflects lb*• rtuniness in forests of t he town in ^•it(- advertising columns, says hi exchange. A business man JooL- 1 ing joi ;i locution always exam- ( i11«• ^ rit*wh|n |**i*h 1 o see how its par- ^ t icii 1 iir lino m ropresf nted. If he 2 ilt;- a druggist and finds none adver- rjtising h« con cl iuImh there are i • K [druggists, or if there are, they are f all dead. If ho is a doctor or a I lawv* r ho looks over the profee- c sional cards to moo il his profession Ir if represented. Among the far- ( i in* r hiiI soribers t lie home paper ha* n similar mission. The pros-I poetiV huyer likes un invitation 11o come and t rade with the mer-! chante. A card of professional • njefi is pint oh ohHontial as the sign iri front of the door. It. i* jnot a (pioHtnni of being able to get. 1 1 along without it. A hardware ( | man need not. heat his store to,! keeji things from freezing. He might have ji boot h out on tin* |I street or at a *knt mg rink, and do I ji l«d of business instead of paying j rent at his store and huving inejjj 1o heat it with, hut. it might not i he economy to lt;Uho. Advertising 1 is let si luxury, but rather an ieconomic proposition recognized! by all the hunt, and most success-ful business men t he world over.