Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 December 1871 — Page 1

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Vol. 2.—No. 23.

THE MAIL,

Office, 142 Main Street.

TK&RKrHA UTS PRINTING HO USE.

O.J.SMITH & Co.,

Steam «jJob Printers,

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Railroad ft Commercial Printing a Specialty.

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F*- VAWDALIA RHOBT LIMB. J^ Indianapolis Division. Leave. Arrive. 12:60 a. York Exptfest JWSO a. m. ?ts06 a. ra. Itoy Express 1I:JM a. m.

SM p. in Lightning Express—11:00 p. m. 'Jdtt p. m....Ind'l 4:10 p. m. til. ljouis Division.

Leave. Arrive. MS5 a. Pnclflc Kxpress -12:40 a. m. IMU Noon Day Kxpress ....3:80 p. m. 11:10 p. in .St. L. A Cairo Ex 10:10 a.m.

SVANSVIL.LS A CKAWrOBDSVILLS R. B. Leave. Arrive. 6:60 a. Express 10jfl5 p. ra. ^4:10 p. ra Mall ... SOU p.

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heave. tj-i Arrive. •4125 p. ill...-.: ..,-. .: Mail...*.#. «..liK85|i. ni. B., T. II. CHICAGO RAILWAY.

Leave. Arrive •f!l* p. Kxpress MttllL .* *10 A. Local Freight 8:!*) P. M.

Markets.'

TERRE-HAUTE MARKET. TKHKB-HAUTB, Dec. 2. The following figures are paid to farmer* and other* by d«*nler* In this city

BRKSWAX Yellow. •&&•&!. IflTTTKit— Best. 20(»»!l6c. OOltN MK.VL-10.-.

Krc«li. 'Jttifibc. 1,15

FKATHKUH—Liv«* Geese, 55?i80c. oiti io«we. FLOUR—Fancy brands, 17 00 «8 00. FKUIT—Green Applet, HOc.ftillOO

Dried Apples, Dried IVuches, 9®10c.

GRAIN—Corn. .tV. Oats, 2*0»Wc. Itye.tX) rrttW.

NHW White Wheat, II 35. AI tlvunu, $11)0. -rf. Mixlliei rautinu, tl 35. -.'1.1

(JIVHKNO.Vh-.. (lltKAHK -Hruwn, •VS'Jc.

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1IIDRI+—Green Trimmed, Id.

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Halted, 9kc. }i

... Dry l4($16c. Flint. Iflc. Hlioop skins I14tl "K.

Slg. Jl»s«lj0.

TALLOW -7V. PROVISION^ llama UMII3c. Sides ftyjfic1^.

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LA RD-Country, 7«#c, POTATOK*-7Van»e. 1 POULTRY—Tu«k«ys, alivep« ft Ml 10c

Dressed O^lOc

Docks per dosen, |3 00. (J.we IS 60. V_V,

»i-**-, 4'vOtlflkeni*,old, periioacn. 1260. yoouf, r^u^w. flKF.PH—Flnx. 91 45.

RAim-tJollon. a«8}4o. WOOt—Tul-wiv*hwi. fl0rflft»c. FU««cv W®Vc. lfnwi»j«h«d, 40$«c. lloGA-The packing •eamon 1* now fnlly lnauKurnt««l, with f«w arrival* of hog*. Huich McBlrney A Co., who now oocnpy the old ^Enrly" Pncklng House, comnicnced kllllnx on ymicrday and the other houaeii will ulito open In a day or two. To^lay we quote Krorn hog* at 8^0 to 4c aaknd, cKmlng ^ulet. In r«»ponae to other innrketa. The Indlcnllona are ikvorahle for a lance packing MMon at thU point Itoooipta to date about 4,000 head.

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NEW YORK. N*w YORK. No*. 80.

'COTTON-Dull and bolderw anxiou* to «ell middling upland*, l»o. LO

I'll -Hu |xrfl ne Weatcrn and HLate, IS 7049*1

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common to good, W SBeffl 30 good

to "ch nice, W MW»7 whit® wh«»t extra, fT

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amber II «f white II 86^1 TO- No. 8 Ohl«ngo n|»rIitic, II W: Na S ditto II «§1 60. HY E «H' hl.l, WOc naked for wwiteru.

HAULKY—U»k« shore 11 CnnadR East In store, 1 07prime iUuada Wart in aUre, ti jr. (\)HN-'W««tcrn mixed, afloat, 78jc, tor buyer* aellem aakiug TVKs.

OATH-Wwleni *ntl Dhto.MS®^-WOOL-Kxir» Ohio, pulled »e ,un wiwhcd, 6»c |»KOVl«tONf*-Pork (Inner: mesa, 118 35# 18 80 f«»r January, 114 80 March. Ill ».

Bee) and out meal* unelMWigwl lulddlts Urra.or Ions cloar rlbe 7^c abort ditto, 7Ji#8c

^LA Ul F?j?n'^o, 1 to prime *t*«tni, prime kettle rendered, Ko December January, February, *Uc 'March 10c.

1 CINCINNATI, ClNCIKKATI, No*. 8ft. FLOt Family. 18 Kart TS.

W!IKAT-R«I, I 4l#l 44. Nf*w 44c, OATS—Slewly. with a moderate demand.

A Kl.K lH?mai»d good at full prlww. IMtOVlslDNH Pork, an advance.I but none eeliiltUaheii :lia 75ofTHtd tor^JieW^nd i|W aaketl mlea tor January, II* Bulk

laiS-An advance laaaked bat nonem-

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S» bead pound. 'A. at H#4 SIS** n*dltxm to eteolce.

A N«W YOH* BELLE, who WM porobaaiu«( aome cIovm, told lh« clerk abe wanted tbctu o! a "nubduad moUM color." The clerk WLD tb«j w«r« all oat of Iha abada, bat io||«Md "Infuriated rat" aa a aabaUtata, U« wm dteot»art«d.

A Wwrwut utock-brreedee proad 9f the prada«Uonof boned oolt,*lil«b IM aecounta lor by Um appraaoli ot lb* «|aitt*-ex.

The News.

DOMESTIC* iifjj

It is »till asserted that Hall, Sweeney, and othera will shortly be arrested. The murder of Loringby the Apachea ia cos firmed by E. M. Richardson, artist of tbe Wheeler expedition.

A oorresftondenl writes from Columbia, 8. C„ that tbe debt of that State is over flfteen milliona. It has heretofore been slated at about seven and three-quarters million*. The frauds alleged against aome of the officials are fully confirmed.

A. H. Conner, against whom suit had been begun for moneys over-drawn, has pioposetl to pav to the State |18,*®6T50, as a compromise In consideration of a withdrawal of his »ult. The state authorities have accepted the proposition and that suit is closed.

Alexis has accepted an invitation from Commodore Bennett to dine with the New York Yacht Club, to-dar. The ducal party will visit Montreal on the 12th of December, and Ottawa on the 13th, where the Duke will pay his respecls to the Governor General. From theuce he will proceec to Niagara Falls.

The Postmaster General who has for Nome days past been engaged in investigating the charge agAlnst Hon. Wm. Prower, to the effect that Prosser received pay while a member of Congreas for prosecuting a claim ugalnst the Government, has dismissed the charge as entirely without foundation.

Many politicians say that Mayor Hall will resign at once. The demand of the Committee of Seventy, for Ills resignation, was unexpected. Incase Hall retires from the present Hoard of Alderman, Mr.Coman. who has been a Tammany Democrat, will for the present take his place. Senator O'Neil says he will sue hliu on frauds in conne Hon with the Harlem Court House.

Ex-Comptroller Connolly was locked up In Ludlow street Jail Wednesday afternoon. Connojly left his appartments at the Now York Hotel Tuesday, and, accompanied bv two deputy sheriffs, scoured tha city In quest of ball, but without success, and at length Connolly waa forced to admit further search to be useless, and he reluctantly consented to l»e conveyed to tail. Tue conduct or McGowan In withdrawing hi* name from Ills bond was especially painful to the exL'outroller. He was piovided with a comfortable bed and left to his gloomy reflections. As though In mockery of Ills present humiliating position, the first object which met his izu on entering thejali was full slxe portrait of himself as he appeared In the days of liU prosperity. Connolly appeared much depressed in spirits

The Hon. Montgomery Blair has Interviewed. He says: l»t the Democrat Ic party as an organisation stand back, and tbe field be Hept clear to disaffected and Independent ltepublleans let the Radicals call their convention and nominate whoever they pleano, and then the Democrats rally to his support. He says that some sacrifice must In made to defeat Grant, and expresses a poisonal preference for William Cullen Bryant, although he thinks that Trumbull would make a splendid candidate, as would also Judge Davis,

*V iL foreign. Gen. Sickle* was married in Madrid to Miss Creach on Monday.

The swwlon of the Diet of the Kingdom of Pruswla was opened Monday by the King In penwn. The speech from the throne points to the financial prospects of the country, proposes a general Increase of official salaries, and rvcomnu-nds the encouragement by the Diet of railway enterprlsra. The speech was well received, and the Kmperor-KIng was loudly cheered by the Diet on entering and leaving the chamber.

Mexico Is In a stale of oftftpl®t« anarchy. The troops are g'owlng revolutionary. Porflrlo IMaa has formally pronounced against .luarea, who is counseling with his ministry. DIMS IS backed by the Legislature of Oaxaca. Minister Nelson was closeted with Juares on th* night of the I7tb, and advised him to change hi* IfeblneU Tbe people are fearful of American Intervention. The party of Lerdro de TeJ*da announce that they oympathlse neither with Dias nor the government, but will remain neutral.

A special from RAme says that Victor Kmmanuel was received with tremendous enthusiasm by the Italian Parliament. In his address be said tbe work to which be bad devoted his lift- was completed. An luUmatton that then? was a necessity for conciliating the Vailean, was coldly re««i ,ed. At the conclusion of the ceremonies of the opening of tbe Parliament, he was called to tbe balcony twice by the populace. The eltjr was grandly Illuminate*! In the evening. Tbe Pope was consoled by tbe priests.

Tbe Oommone prisoners Roeeel, Ferand Boargeolse. were Tuesday taken to the Camp of Salary, the place of execution, under a ftirong escort. A hollow square was formed bv the troops, at one end of which the prisoners wefe placed. Tbe behavior of tbe three men most courageous. Soldier* approached to blindfold tbem.but Peers refused to be bandaged, saying be would look bis executioners In the Oace. At one o'clock tbe company drtnlW tor doty advanced and tired. Anwi Ml at tbe first discharge, and was Instantly killed. The bullets did not take effect upon tbe others, and as they were writhing, the same shooting party. In obedience to Imtraetlnns, Mm* up wttb ptstols, gave tbe aomp dt fm«, and pal them oat of their sg»nv. Tb« bodies were then plaeed In a plain *ffin and Immediately iwmoverf. The p*«nitK»n took place In the |t»« of XM» traopa. A profound MKMttloa waa produced throughoat tbe city by UM duty. Tbe death of ysang JSHI fa» nueh lamented.

Tn Louisville Oouner-Journal aava Ik* "aoMilt«lkoo of Tom Scott, of too Pennsylvania Central, for President look* a little bUtooa. If Rob Wiggins, General ttofwrtntent of tbe Baagtowa Narrow (laa«p Turnpike, should doeiiae tbe we of bta natAe for tbe VWseloaey on tbe llekH wa t«ar tba www be a teilora.

I

Judge Ran-

ney, ex-Secretary Cox, and Gratz HIDWII. lu spite of his tariff proclivities he would support Greeley. He does not think there is any soarolty o' material, and thinks that th&ouly dlfTloulty lobe apprehended In the hunkerlHtn and boarbonism of Democracy.

A Herald dispatch from Washington says that the leadinz features of the President's message will he Internal taxation, tariff, finance, Washington treaty, Indians, and the KuKlux disturbances in th«South. It Ui understood that the message will recommend the abolition of all intemnl taxes except on spirits, malt liqnors, tobaccco In every form, and stamps. A general recommendation Is made for a revision of the tariff, although no article* are specified for a reduction or abolition of duty It is, however, suggested that those only should be touched which can be Included In revision with the least injury to the country. No ge In the Indian policy will be recommenced. The message will allude but briefly to the KuKlux, and li will be left to the Attorney General to report at length upon the question. The result of the labors of the Joint high commission will be the mihj«etof congratulation. What further measures will lie taken respecting the recent campaign In Corea have not yet been definitely determined a strong policy, however. Is indicated, and puulsliment of the Coreans for the murder or wrecked American seamen Is considered complete.

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THE SOURCE OF ALCOHOL. You mans, in his exhaustive treaty on the source and natnre of alcohol, says that it has only one origin. It come* from the dea. ruction of sugar, and haa no other source in nature. It ia not a product of vegetable growth, like those substances which are created to from tbe food ot man. No chemist haa ever founn it among the compounds built up by plants. The solar beam that "reaches like the finger of God across the abyss of space," and in tbe labratory of vegetation, takes to pieces poisonous gases and puts together their atoms in new groups which are capable of nourishing the animal body this celestial force never aranged together the atoms which form alcohol. On the contrary,it is a product of dissolution— of the wreck and disorganization of the principles of human food. It has the same origin as those maliscnant and fatal exhalations which constitute the genius of pestilence—the death and putrefaction of organic matter. Indeed, the saiue act whtch gives birth to alcohol also brings into the world a twin compound, which is one of the promptest und'subtlest of all poisons—carbon ic acid g*s. If this view be correct, how important that we should take as little of the poisonous matter into our system as possible!

WHAT WAS HIS OTHER NAMEt"' As Artemus Ward was once travel^ ling in the cars, dreading to be bored, and feeling miserable,a man approached him, sat down and said

Did you hear that last thingon Horace Greeley "Greeley? Greelev?" said Artemust "Horace Greeley Who is be

The man was quiet about five minutes. Pretty soon he said George Francis Train is kicking tip a good deal of a row over in Englans, do you think they will put him in a bnstile?"

Train,Train, George Francis Train," said Arteinus solemnly, "I never heard of him."

This ignorance kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes, tnen he said "Whatdo you think about General Grunt's chances for tht Piesidency, Do you think they will run him ••Grant, Grant! hang it, man," sa|d Arteinus "you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw." "The man was furious he walked up the car, but at last came back and said: "You confounded ignoramus, alft you ever hear of Adain f"

Artemns looked up and said "What was his other tinme."

A CANT AT HIVE'S TOILETTESV Niisson's toilettes are announced by Boston critics to be remarkably beautiful. Her Lucia dress is of the most delicate peach blossom colored silk. lit the shade It was 4 decided pink, and in the full blase of the lootligh— paled to almost whiU*. The breadth was literally covered with flounces of point lace, and a deep flounce went around the train. The corsage was heart-shaped, and filled to the tliroat with a white tulle tucker. Uer ornaments were diamonds, and they suarkled from the dainty ears,and fiashea from tbe throat.

But the loveliest toilette she haa worn was the one she appeared in in the last act of "Martha." A petticoat of sky blue silk was trimmed with silver fringe and rows of silver braid, between which were brilliant buttons. The train of black velvet was looped at the side by silver cord tassels. The tight-fitting velvet bodice was fastened with diamond buttons, and the wrists were finished with deep cuffs of point lace. A coquettish gray hat, with a long blue plume, was set jauntily on the frissled mass of golden hair. It was the very perfection of a toilette.

OUTRAOKOUS DECEPTION.—A sadly decoived man has posted the following notice In the post office at Berlin, Vermont: "My wife, Mary Miller, having deceived me in regard to her age, before marriage, claiming to be twenty-six only when she was thirty-two, with teeth badly decayed, while I am not twenty-two, with perfectly sound teeth therefore, I will pay no debta of her oontracting. His

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1871.

L. H. "X Church." mark.

IT HAS just been discovered that the last Pension act imposes an obligation which few pensioners will care to assume. It most explicitly requires each veteran of sixty days' service in the war, who appliee for a pension, to support the Constitution of tbe United States, ami the surviving widtHcs of such officers and enlisted and drafted men as took part In tbe war, kindly "provided, however, that such widows have not remarri d." For one man to swear to support ali that mighty army of widows la hardly fair play.

Yor »o America 11. surely take the Grand Duke to Its heart when it knows that he turned out of bed at Washington early on Thursday morning and invested in a reviving whisky cocktail at a neighboring restaurant. Alexis thus showed bis complete adaptability to a life of Republican simplicity. He ought to become a naturalised American.

A ORNTLKMAN traveling in Geogia met an old colored man, on wboae bat was encircled the crspe of grief. Tne

Send,

ntleinan saJd "You have lost some I *e«." "Yea, mass*." "Was It a near or distant relative 1' "Well, pretty dlatant 'bout twenty-tour nillea."

A DOWN-KASTKR being told tbat lils ffctber, noted for his msinnaw. would tell a lie fornix and a quarter cenU, indignantly denied tbe allegation, bat at tbe aatne time aduiiied that be might relate alxi«*n f«»r a dollsr.

PAMUH, nmtciuber wbat Horace Greeley aava—'don't feed your cows pickled ftxkler. or xou'll get notbtng bat bau*r-uillk from tbem,f Give your

00ws

plenty of gnod feed in

this first aotd sasp.—Vafioon JtmmaL

A RCTHMOKD n»erch«nl. on bring asked how large an adyentaement be wanted in the **Koqutrer." replied that they might "pot in about three pimkt of llgrpe." ... .. .. .* ...

[For tbe Saturday Evening Mall.] WEARINESS.

Oh what Is there tn life worth striving for! When all Is past we stand upon tbe brink Of what we call eternity, and o'er The finished Journey we look back footsore And weary only to regret the more That we have made It, and think How short and crooked, sadly turned awry By every whiff of passion, seems the way Remorse haa marked sin.

with bloody clots of

The dismal race Is ended from within/ Tbe tired soul with spectral hands tears

Tbe purple veil, and chattering teeth hiss forth, "Too late." Behind, beyond, we cannot cboow For Death stands sentinel with gibbering mirth .. Biding his time. Back from the pitiless tomb No voice is there to welcome us but dumb Unearthly silence waits to smother screams Of departed souls as in horrid dreams 11 smothers the cry for help. Oh I the weary Helpless longing that fills up the dreary Measure of a human life. Who will say That he never felt It? for to-day Grows dreary by the loss of yesterday^ And to morrow ne'er restores It. Within The olden time we live, or sadly long For sweeter music tbau a vanished song Whose minor chord is broken. When the thin ... Worn curtain swings aside, the light of love May flood the darkened chamber and remove This fretful discontent, unending strife, And satisfy our longings with a liigher life.

{From the New York Star, Nov. 16.] FORTUNE'S FA VORITE.

•k Sketch of the Life of Oominodore Vanderbilt. The commodore has now brought his railroad enterprises into one ist centre, and has reached a wonderful perfection iu his schemes. He has been laboring forth isduring many years, and now that he is approaching four-score the end is attained. He has been a (dose and severe applicant to business, and it cannot be denied that time is .telling powerfully upon his system. Indeed, the change wrought during the past six years is very striking. The fifst time the writer held an interview with him was in 1866. The former noticed the amazing power indicated by his flashing eyes and vigorous countenance, which "did not indicate a greater kge than 50. Tne last time I saw him his forin, though erect, was feeble his countenance looked old and his once flashing eves had exchanged their fire for a kindly and much more winning expression. It may readily be understood that the old man is now leaving tlfe greater part of bis business in the bands of his children, who are in every .sense competent to its cares, and this lewis us to look at ,. T.

A RICH MAN'S FAMILY,

The commodore had three sons, one of whom died a few years ago. He was engsged to a

young

lady to whom his

ited a very fine house on "~Hoigbt«. Another

Cornelius, Jr., is a talented 'man, but in early life fell a victiih to bad habits. Had it not been for intemperance he would have been a superior business man. He has pursued a reckless course and incurrecf heavy obligations, under which, be become bankrupt. Men have treated' him in a lavish manner, expecting that his rich fattier w—Id enable him to pay bis debts bat the commodore was determined to let him shift for himself, and the consequence was that Cornelius went through bankruptcv. Among other Items of debt was one ot fll.000 to Horace Greeley, who gets stuck by almost every poor devil who chooses to victimize him. Since bis failure, Cornelius hasdeterined, it is said, to turn over a new leaf: but such determinations aenerally end as they begin, in meie breath. It is probable that, on this account, the commodore will place whatever be may leave this misguided son in the hands of suitable trustees, and thus it will be preserved from

DISSIPATION AND KXTRAVAOANCB. William Henry is the oldest and the favorite of the couimodorf's sons. He is a stout, and well-proportioned man of (though be looks much younger), with a full countenance, and one abundant with good humor. He is a thorough business man, and yet apears to enjoy lire. He has, however, ^een severely afflicted with a peculiar disease which brought him last year under the surgeon's hands, and a cure was at last pronounced after a painful operation. William is the chiel manager of his father's railway interests, and in addition has the immense landed estates of Staten Island, which the commodore conveyed to him a few years ago. One of theae is

CLINTON PARK,

which is let out as a hotei, with pleasure grounds covering 60 acres. Neat by William hiis a country residence, with a beautiful front on the sea^ but he spends only a part of hia time here. Staten Island is too quiet for such a man, even for a rural life, and hence tbe watering places are preferred. Besides this tbe island labors under a peculiar misfortune, which cannot be measured oxcept by experience. This is its cloud of mosquitoes, which are bred in the salt meadows close by. I have known an entire dinner party broken up by a sudden invasion o»f these tormentors, which really made a dinner party of the ttnesui themselves. Hence the VanderoUto seldom come to Staten Island bat one of these

days each of them will make a final journey to the a pot designated for their final rest.

Four miles from tbe lower ferry landing i» THB OLD MORAVIAN CHURCH which one reaches by a romantic and beautiful road. Tbe cemetery occnpiea a plat of ao acre, and Is on the slope of a beautiful hill. On the highest point stands

tbe

commodore's tomb, which ia

a subterranean vault about 90 feet square, laid in oetnent. This is entered through a small granite temple of Doric ityie. above which stands a shaft 90 fee* in height. The sutoe of "Grist,which adorns tbe temple, is very beautiful. as well aa an appropriate addition to (bis ooat Iv plaee of sepulture. Here be expects to be laid, fWr from the rmr of bis locomotives or tbe whirl and excitement of Wall street and tbe stock exchange. Hms, too, his children will be burled. Two of theae, indeed, hive gona b»lors him, sad with tbsir mofh-

afcr

&

er (his first wife) await the time when the father and huaband will abate with them the sleep of death. Perhaps the sons-in-law as well aa the daughters will be at last gathered into this family circle, whose slumber will only be broken by the last trump on the resurrection day. I think there ia much more taste exhibited in thia spot than

kin

the bronse relief which crowns the depot of St. John's park, although the latter ooat $300,000. It la rather a monument to Capt. DeG root's fancy than anything else.

The commodore had a large family, in which the female sex has predominance. His daughters were, as might have been expected, sought early, and they

MARRIED GENTLEMEN OP ABILITY, in whom the father found efficient allies. It is seldom that any man of distinction surrounds himself with such a circle of talent as now obeys the commands of the great maater of railway destiny. Here is Daniel Torrance, formerly of Montreal, born of an influential and opulent family, and a firstclass business man. He now fills the office of president of a railroad in which the commodore has a heavy interest, and, although a millionaire, he devotes himself closely to business Here, too, is Horace F.Clark, a Yankee lawyer of fine personal appearance and easy address.'and one of the most penetrable and adroit members of the bar. He has served four years in the management of the Hudson river road, and is also a director in tbe Lake Shore rcvid, besides wielding a heavy interest in the Western Union Telegraph stock. Mr. Clark came to thi9 city poor, and so did his brother, Frederick. The latter was a preacher and remained poor but Horace married Miss Vanderuilt and became a lieutenant of the commodore. He has made a million of dollars, and with his property may be considered quite well to do in the world. With such a body of faithful and accomplished aesistanta one cannot be surprised even at the enormous success of the great railroad king, and it is evident that any monarchy which could be wielded with sucb power aud efficiency would obtain rapid and astonishing magnitude.

HOW TO LOVE TRULY.

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Many women suppose that they love, when unfortunately, have not tno beginning

of

an idea what love is. Lov­

ing to be admired by a man loving to be petted by him, and loving to be caressed by him, loving to be praised by him, is not loving a man. All thes* mav be when a woman has no power of loving at all they may all be simply because'sbe loves herself, and loves to be flattered, praised, coaxed, as a cat likes to lie coaxed and stroked, and fled with cream, and have a warm corner.

But all this Is not love. It may exist, to be sure, where there Is love It generallvldoes. Love, dear ladiea, is selfsscrifioe it is life out ot self »n4 in another. Its very essenoe is the preferring of the comfort, the ease, the wishes of another to one's own, for the love we bear them. Loving is giving, and not receiving. Love is not a sneet of blotting-paper, or a sponge, sucking in everything to itself it is an outspringing fountain, giving from itself. Love motto haa been dropped in thia world as a chance gem of great price by Him who aaidUCIt is more blessM Co give than to receive,"

Now, in love, there are ten persons in this world who like to be loved, and love, where there is one who knows how to love. That, dear ladiea, Is a nobler attachment than, all your French, and music, and dancing. You may lose the very power of it bvsmothit under a load of self-indulgence, it

ering By livingj.. io live—living to be petted, to be flat-

ering it unuer w. By living just as you are all wanting

teredTto be a If mired to be praised, to

have your own way, and to do only that which is easy and agreeable—you may lose the power of loving nobly and wortbllv, and become a mere sheet of blotting paper all your live.

THE GENEROUS BOY. One day a gentleman saw two boys going along the streets in New York. They were barefooted. Their olotbes wore ragged and dirty, and tied together by pieces of strings. On© of th© boys was perfectly happy over abalf-wither-ed bunch of flowers which be had just picked up in the street. "I say, Billy," said he to his companion. "wasn't somebooy real good to re poslesjust where

drop these 'ere poslesjust where I could idtbem And"' ...ce! Look sharp. flnd something bimeby.

And they're so pooty and

Look sharp, Billy mebbe you'll

Presently the gentleman beard bis merry voice again, saying,— "Oh! jollv, Billy! If there ain't most half a'peach! and 'ta'n't much dirty neither. 'Caose you ain't found nothing, vou may bite first."

Billy was just going to take a very little taste of it when his companion

"liite bigger, Billy mebbe we'll flnd another 'fore long.' Yea, that shows how a hungry boy was glad to get bold of half of a castaway peach but, better still, there is a lesson of generosity in It. The poor boy wished his playfellow to share in what little he bad. See, too, how It is possible for some people to make a good use of what others throw away. "There is a good deal of valuable matter to be found sometimes in heaps of rubbish." savs Professor Try all.

GENERAL MKADK made the following speech at tne Lookout Mountain anniversary celebration, In Philadelphia, last week: "His weak point was hia beloved Army of tbe Potomac. [Cheers.] He would relate an anecdote. Once when traveling on a Western steamer when traveling on a tbe company were annoyed by an old fellpw who was always playing the flute. The Captain finally resisted this

superfluity ot music, when tbe flutist said to the Captain: 'What don't you like tbe Carman flute? Tbe Garman flute is my tam foolish.' Well, comrades, my 'tarn fooliah' is tbe Army of tbe Potomac. [Laujcbter and applause.] IstMll always be glad to apeak for and to that armv, but am particularly glad to meet wirii the soldiers of that army always." [Applause.]

Price Five Cents.

TAKING HIS MEASURE.

A Good Joke Played by Man.

a New Orletou

A New Orleans writer tells the tol-[ lowing atory: There ia upon our long list of M-r qusintances long, lean, lank fellow., who, though "a hard 'un to look at'1 haa a perfect mania for playing practical jokes—and little does it concern him whether they sre of a gay or of a[. grave character, and he ia eoually in-t different upon the suInject or whether! the victim man acquaintanpe or an en-r tire at ranger. fci

The devil-may-care acquaintance oast several peculiarities of personnel bji-| which hia frienda readily recognise^ him, *nd they have ftirnlshed him withk as many aliases as are possessed by the' most notorious traveling professional, that ever had hia mug displayed in rogues' gallery. Hia left eye is wry much tfcuictzea, and this blemish haa brought about with him a. habit. of carrying his head over on the left shoulder, and this habit again has given hiin the soubriquet of "Crooked-neckeds-Joe."

One of Joe's latest jokes was played off upon a stranger, who oame inte the city by the Jackson train during the? recent yellow fever scare.

The cars had emptied out their cargos of passengers, and one greenish, country looking chap stood apart from theb crowd, with carpet-bag in hand, evidently at a loss aa to what he should gs do with himself. He had not stood long before Joe went for him. "Five feet in length two fleet tieven across the breast, eiuhtoen inches through," said Joe, looking the new arrival as straight in the lace as his crooked neck would allow, not cracking a smile, and drawing from his pocket a tape line with which ho was about to verify his estimated measurement. "What do you mean, sir?" eagerly inquired the stranger. "Why, it's all right," said Joo put..ng the tape-line back in his pocket. "You measure five feet nine, by two fwet eleven by eighteen. I'll bo ready for you by nine o'clock iu I lie morning." "What have you to do with myrneaaurement,sir? What is to lie ready by nine o'clock In the morning, sir? What are you driving at, sir?" inquired the countryman, excitedly and an-s grilv. "Why,you see," said Joe, "I'm the city undertaker, aud the yellow fever is killing the strangers oil so nipidlyr that I have, to get their tneusurcs as. they come into the city, ll 1 1 id n't, you see, sir, the dead bodies would accumulate on my hands."

At this an unusual pallor como over the features of the countryman his whole body was in a quiver, and, turning to the baggage-master, he said: "Look here, mister. Check my baggage back up the road. 1 goes home by the next train."

-O NASBY. Petroleum V. Nasby thus describes how he conceived the character which has made him famous In 18ftl I was in Hancock county, Ohio. I had determined upon a series of letters the year

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wrote my first letter. The subject..-, was secession, and I worked tip a mock artirfs a^outjbe socession of CrawfrnrO,- ', O. VWas In type when The cattle of Bull Run occurred. I didn't think it advisable then, thewbole country being in mourning, to publish it, and held the letter till Tall. About that time my second, letter was. written. All tbe border states demooracy were howling about the great in-. negroes wnich the war wouldcause. They said they wouldn't work, and must go to the poor-housesor jails, and thus be a burden to the community. There was one fellow named Klenner, who lived in the town of Finley. He didn't work himself, and his family were supported by the township and et he howled the loudest of them all., met him one day with a petition^ against the negroes, which he was get-, ting signed, and made It the basis of a! letter,Tn which I published Mr. Flen-v ner's name. I produced this in the Hancock Jeflfersonian, which I was running at the time. It had a sudden and a reat popularity all over thecountry,. and it waa In this gradual matin- thatp Mr. Nasby was born. P«»or Flenner, I died in 100 days' service, froni 5 gangrene by scratching a. sore foot with a nail, in order to avoid

OLD TIMES AND NEW. Senator Wilson, in a recnt address,, presented some facts on the l.ibor question which It would be well lor our laborers to rememlH«r when lhey complain of hard timea. He said that be was born In a farming district, where? he had seen the best man that ever

swung

a scythe work from sun t« sun

in midsummer for half a doll.ir a day, and for one hundred dollars a yoar, with a large family to support while to-day, in ten hours, men earn more than "double what he cm id when ho «»rked fifteen hours. He worked as apprentice eleven years, and at the end of that time received a yoke of oxen and six sheep, which brought him, tb« sumof eighty-four dollars and for the first year after he was twenty-one be chopped In tbe forest and hauled logs to milL'working from daylight untill nine ana ten o'clock at night, for tbe enormous sum of six dollars per month. ID that New Hampshire town, forty years ago,

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was hardly a car-

p»t, and not a single piano, but now there was a carpet in every house, and, more pianos in town than there were. «ople who could play on them. When, came to Massachusetts he worked, thirteen hours per day for forty do 1 lam per month nowinen in the same trade can earn from three to four dollars in ten hours, dress In broadcloth, pay a high price for board, and then lay up

each year than he could earn in old tin

ANSWEKINO A FOOL ACODTFWWRT to Bis FOLLT/'—An exch-ingn wants to know why the femsls lecturers don't discourse on washing, oookirrg and

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