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Vol.

—No. 27.

THE MAIL.

Office, 142 Main Street.

TKHHB-HA UTK PHISTINQ HOUSE,

O.J.SMITH

& Co.,

Steam, Job Printers,

I Hainan Block, 141 Mais Strut, TKRRK-HAUTE, IND

Railroad ft Commercial Printing a Specialty.

Rnllrwad Tim* Table.

VAJTDAMA HIIOW U*K. JtuUanapolls Divtoion*

Leam. Arrive. 2M) a. ra. New York Express JrM a. m. 7/Jfi a. rn ..fhty Ex pre** 11:55 a. m. p. Lightning Expre*».—11:00 p. ra 2aW p. rn,.„lnl S Local 4:10 p. ia

St. JstuU Divirioii

Leave. Arrive. rn Paetflc Exprtm./i _12:4©a. m. 2w Noon I My Ex pre** p. m. 11:10 p. in Hi. L. A Cairo I5x 10:10 a. m. (XDUXAHOUH ST. I/*PIS R. R.

Arrive from Kant. {Depart for We*t. A. Fast Express.'. ScM a. m. lo#)a. ~..lMy Extm«a# Mfc3S ft. m. 1»»:45 p. ....„*.Ntght Exprife** tkt p. m. »:07 p. ....Mattoon c'tln...... 4:10 p. rn. *Vom the We*.

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Leave. 11. m,„ 1:10 p. rn..

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a. in M»tv*oii Acc'dn 10:50 a. m. EVAlWVtLL* ^HAWFOEMVl I41 8.

Arrive.

/....Express 10:06 p.m. Mall 8:25 p. KVILI.K EXTENSION.

Leave. I Arrive. 15 p. m/. .....Mail „.lo-A5a. ra. tie,, T. II- A CHICAGO RAILWAY. Leav er. Arrive 4:11 r-. ..........rExpreas Mail A. n.

A. luteal Freight 3: p. *.

Markets.

TERRE-HAUTE MARKET. TKRRK-HAOTC, Dec. 28. The following figures are paid to farmers and other* by dealers In tbU city:

BBEKW AX ~Y«-Uow, 'J5e* BUTTER—B«»t. i.l S«$10Cf

CORN KAii-' EUOH—FraAn. *i old loiaioc. rfLOUR-^ancy brand*. 17 W«J*00.

KBATHFllH-Llvo Uoese, 66$60c. tftl.l KlulKkv

FRUIT—Grown Applw*, t*)«.(,w00 Dried Apples, 4(«t5c. Dried Peachus, tyjilOc. URAIN—Coru. 35#'l7e. oat*, awwcio. j„ Rye.oo fcua*.

White Wheat.«1 -HI.

Alabama, '*13T, McdfXirraucan, 91 30.

HX»ESQ~bH\

Halted, #Ho.

Jry 14®l«c. i.. Flint, 16c. Hheep*klnfi 139$1 7fi. ,,

TALLOW-7 Us. 'n 1'HOVIHIONK—ITi»»nH t0i.H2c. Hulos KAtrU'V^.

Hliouiilurn «t\

LARD-fHiutry,7^i|ik %,^ J'OTATi KH~7.V.«WH\ POULrilY—'Tu«k«y»t, alivep«r tt» R®10o

OjilOo

'Iiucks wr ilunsn, ti 0U. fii 50.

yj" tilok«m«, old, |wrdo«on.f2 50. young, |iao!§UOO. SRKDrt-Flnx. «1 4V ltAiH-(,)i»ttc»n, ,,

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WOOU—^1'IIIj-WIWIuhI, mWMWVi, FlMWt 0Ov'«.VC. M. Unwaahwl, HO(W- Paokotl Trice, to 13.50 i-mw 13.75 to WOO not.

NEW YORK. NKV YORK, 1EC. 3S.

COTTON—Middling uplumU, 30Vj,c. FLOUR "Hup«'rrti»t! und Htnte. 50ft& HO ratiiitiinn to Routl. 90 dtetf gotid locliolw, W I0#7: wlUiw wiuwt txlra, 17® 15 extra Ohio til &£7 80 Hi. Louis, 96 00$ uVKFLOUK~*Mt»|»30. tH)UN KA L— Marwli'H, Jl OX

WHIHlkX —ll witkar—n». a SO v*'lnt»»r r«l wnicni,mwi «M|1 whlto, II «fc*l 71) rhloMto No. 3 ii.vllvorwl, II **4: prlmo w««l«'rn ml dtllv« »«ml, 91 Wr««t hiic« amlM^r Mlchlgnti, .hi*tm\l «?'*. __

-Drooplnn atftV1. ptprlnK, In «ton», II 17# lUTii, II W^l .Ml ambvr. 1 «ni. xr.v

CX)KN—Ni»w Ww«Urn mlx«l, afloat 7#

He old, lu *tort«, 7«^i|7Sr. «ATu..W(»lorn and Ohlo,M#Mc. ««xtr\ Olilo, unwaan-

OATM WOO Ir-Firm niuM, t»isKVIV-

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LAKD—HUnuly No. 1 to prim* »t«Am twlnic kpttl**. »H«s lVxtrnlwr, PW«c Ua«ttary,»V February, »J,c.

CINCINNATI. Ctsnmti.Ow.*.

OOTTON—txw middling. l-***c mhldllng, J9H0. Fl-oUIV- Family

WHKAT Drwopl IHJKN—Atlvaorixl to 47c. RYK -Firm at UARLKY-Pilm^ iof^uSW, «0#Sh|

l»riK|ln« at It 40#l 41

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HltTTKR--5WM10.

I'ROVISIO.NH-I'ork dull and uncba

Ufped titnal

[IU ttaak««i. Iluk dull and ac-minal ].«1 to, aod #HC tor b*** and lulljr I i^irva s)ioaltlin,

ha 1 at 4

[•AMU* aide*, I mwt* flrtAvr aalN

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aaked.

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and to

f| SMI 50 rvyvtpt*. *,400 b«ad WHtHKY—Ku*tly at tie.

BUFFALO LIVE STOCK. BcrrAto, DRC. 9k

TUATTLR—Hal«*»of 21 HC*L Indiana RTWT*. i»pirNS'ng I^RiMwndMUll IB 4? twrf nilhot* km»(la| pound* *tVITS head

J»«lo averaslni LOU to 1,4*2 poondl, N ff)||

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VB»_MarttHal*ady and

,*icv Ue MUt «aw« oC at hr«d Ouutdii *v«mtlnt Iti to Utt pound* at l& 7 I: tli feMHl Canada lamb* averaging: SB tta. kt 11 tMftd Ohto awntgiug iba^, Uf&sa.

U(K)MM(«*t 14 S?)*gH 19 tor RHdlaia [to food.

OFth«

a*»vrnty-fo«r ^oator* fifty ar»

k*wycra, Onrwt Davtai th« non fpv klow member of OBograaa. Hmator jMimocr bat *»n U»a loogail a®nricw— far»ntj t»BMeaiiv« jmr*. Hon. Simon femeroii the old«ai S»nator, and Mr.

Hinnr, ot Alabama, u» lottBgnt,

TERRE-HAUTE,

The News.

DOMESTIC.

Jesse R. Graut does not improve. He faiU to wcognlxe bis friends. HU recovery la doubtful.

The St. Louis Democrat's Little Rock, Ark- ap«:lal *ay»: Arrivals from Cblopt county report that after the HbocHing of the murderer* Handera, Garrett and Dugan, aad the destruction of Garrett's store, where Wynne wa* murdered the crowd Immediately dinperaed, and tile Sheriff and poxiee have since remained In paaceable poisauwlon of the place.

Conway Barbour, a colored assessor in Chicot county, arrived in Little Rock, ruwtday, and wan at Lake Village when Wynnf and the three partiea chanjed with killing him were shot. He left there on Friday, and *iyn everything wa«quiet when he left. No exceaat* have been committed, and the ofljeer* of the law linve complete control of affaire. The Governor has yt heard from bin Adjutant Oene*alf but will wait for a report from hlui be/ore taking any action.

On lsist Saturday hi^ht, the passenger train br-und north on the Burllugton, Cedar Rapid* and Minnesota lUllroad, broke through abridge over tne Shell I«x*k river, at Uockford station, Iowa, precipitntintc th« engine, cabooae. baggage car, and one coach a dlatano or twemy-flve feet. Jume* Judd, engineer, Bartlett, bruke*i»au, und It. White, tfr^man, w«re luatauUy klilitii. Mr. Mourae, baggageman, had his leg broken, and the express messenger waa rlourtly, though not dangerou-*ry njurod. HurKe0i,# were at once aent frcin Cedar Itapid« to their relief, and returned to that place on Sunday with the dead and wounded.

ThoSt. Louis Democrat's special from Hedalla, Mliwourl, nay* that Chrlatmau day wltnemMxl a preconcerted outbreak of the Ku Klux at Marshall, Hallne county, MlaNourl, and vicinity. A largo number of urined tucu turticd out in pursuit of negroea, patrols were placed near town, and every traveler halted and questioned. All busiiiewi wa* *UHpended, and mob violence reigned aupreine. It la not known how muny negroe»w«re kllkil, but Jul ward VVII-

HOU,

who left Mantluill at eleven clock, *aw the dead bodies of five-two hanging by the nrck, three lying In the road, and one terribly wounded, having hi* shoulder shot away. At the late-t accounts a crowd of armed men were Blurting out, aweartng they would clean out every negro in the county.

It is stated from Washington that General Hchenck ha* withdrawn from the ... ...v When the articles at first appeared criticising hltt action In regard to the mine, he at ouce cotnmnnlcaleuwlth the 8tute Department ex lalnlng the tacts In the matter, and aaking advlceas to future action. o«cr«dary Fish replied that he was at perfect liberty to Invent In a mining oomnan^' or any other stocks or property, and that such Investment furnished no Itwt grOuudN for. crlticlMip'toy anvbody at the same time the publication of his name by the proinolen of the Company as American Minister and Director of the Company, Mr. Fish thought unfortunate, -rwi under the circumstances directed Jtfm to withdraw from the Directorship.

FOREIGN

ajestivthe Emperor William of My, vUU theCsar Uiwla, in HI. lftjur»luig, during the coming wprlng.

Dispatches from Shanghai annonnco that the Chinese Government had determined to follow the example of the Japanese, and send young men to England and the United Htalfs to be educated in the Mchooi* of those oountries.

A bulletin Wednesday reports that the Prince of Wales piwetl a quiet night, but thui WMivalescence Is retnrd«l by a (xilniui utU^ctlon alwve the left hip, aoeomlatulcd by leverhhncs*. No luqiuetiide Is lelt, but regret and disappointment at the KlowneMof his recovery are gent rally expressed

Valtnnscda is issued a proclamation In which lie *nys: OtH^rs of pardon to Insurgents win not last forever, lie now proclaims that every insurgent captured utter the lAib oi January will be shot. Tho*e surrendering liefore that date will IHJ sentenced to jM-rtM'tual linprlKonmi nt. Negroes are to be treated the came as whin*. All negro women captured will 1M» delivered to their owners and will lie compelled to wear a chain lor four years. All white women captured in the woods after the 15th of January will be banished troin the country. Chlefo of Insurgent bands will ho allowed to surrender until the 1'ith or January, under the conditions hitherto granted.

LOST TIME.

liOt any man pass an evening in vacant idlenens, or even in reading some silly tale, and compare the state of his mind when he goes to sleep, or gets up in the mort^ng, with its state some other day when he has spent a few hours in going through the proofs, by facts and reasoning, of some of the

(earning

treat doctrines in natural science, truths wholly now to hitn, and satisfying himself, by a careful exatniu ation, ot the grounds on which known truths rest, so as to be not only acquainted with thedoctrines themselves, but able to show why he believes them, and to prove be lore others that ihev are true, and he will find a great difference between looking back upon one time unprotitably wasted, and time spent in •elf-improvemenl. He will feel in one case, listless and dissatisfied, in the other comfortable and happy. In the one case, if he did not appear to hitnaelf somewhat humble at least be will not have earned any claims to his own self-respect in the other ease, he will cnioy a proud consciousness of having by his own exertions become a wiser, and, therefore, a more exalted man.

To DIK IS (IAIN.**—It is a universal statement universally disbelieved. I hare searched the graves of twenty graveyards, and not marble slab or shaft, plainly wrought or ehiaeied in r««stly de»ign, bore this immortal assertion. I have prayed above a hundred coffins, and watched the feces of the mourners anxiously not one betrayed a knowledge of this sentence. I have carried a bright face to the funeral chamber, and spoken the words of cheerful faith and men have marvelled, revealing their akentldstn by their surprise. I hare found it hard to persuade men that deaih is sunrise hat when compare the conditions ot this life with those of the next when I set the body sensual over against the body spiritual, the mind In bondage over against the mind emancipated: when I have bowed myself over the whit* beautifal as it Isy in deep nnrat peace, aad remembered how passionate and painful was the lilh when 1 have stood beside the dying, heard their mnroinred words of wonder,their exclamations ot raptare, ami seen a light, not of ifcta worid. tWll upon their flwM aa they touched the margin of the great change I bars sakL, "Death, thou art a gain.**

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pocmktton of Virginia la aaid to Will nlopt, on MOMDI of Uw mi|tra tfpeepfo to won protpwoOT r»-j

THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION INDEPENDENT OF COLOR, The amendments to the Federal Constitution which make the rights of citlxens independent of color have been so generally acquiesced in that it is I part of the political creed of both the great national parties to leave them undisturbed. The impropriety of imposing the duties of citizenship, upon any class of persons, and depriviug them of the privilegfes which Ot them for a proper discharge of those duties, is manifest and the injustice of compelling anv parent, under penalty, to educate his children, and denying him an

equal opportunity with all othgjes to do so, while taxing him for the support ot schools whose doors are closed in his face, is too gross und palpable to be allowed. No republican Suite can afford to violate the fundamental law of justice by making arbitrary distinctions among its ciiizens, or to dishonor any one for an accident of birth who uwy be called upon to pejil his life for Bis country. Whoever is clothed withfho dignity of American citizenship shotfld be able to stand erect in the consciousness that he is the eqiml before the law with every other citizen—that the Republic which claims his allegiance knows neither high nor low, nor rich nor poor, but recognizes all citizens as •'peers of the realm." All badges of distinction that are relics of the slaveholding era of our National history should pass away with the system they commemorate. Until tho State graduates penalties, it cannot justly grtduate opportunities. The doors of our schools should be open to all, with no prejudice of caste without, and no sectarian teaching within, which will prevent any child from freely entering.— [Inaugural Address of Gov. Booth of California.

A LITTLE MISAPPREHENSION. A lady of this city, tired of being bossed by Irish "help^' and desiring an assistant who would occasionally allow her to have her own way, some time ago procured the services of a newly Imported Norwegian girl, whom we will call Jane, because that isn't her name. Tho new girl is quite an acquisition, being intelligent, prompt, capable and willing to learn and to do and quite satisfied with ruling the children and keeping them in order, she never attempts to regulate her mistress. But as yet she does not speak th6 EStigliah language, ana a BUrprisiug pantomime Is often performed by the lady and her Scandinavian maid, in their mutual attempts to convey their Ideas to each other. A few days ago the mistress decided to make a few afternoon calls Jane was summoned, and the lady ported to the children, placed an imaginary hat on her head, pointed to the street, marched across the room and performed various otl^r vireS, mil'Intdntfed to ^onvey Ihe in for ination that she w&s gofng out and lhat,J' Jane was to take charge of the establishment. Jano nodded and spiiled, and left the apartment and just as the lady finished putting on the marvellous gear worn by ladies when walking and Begun to wonder what was delaying tho return, the front door opened and closed, and Jane sailed past the window, looking huppy and neat as she started on a pleasant stroll from which she returned soveral hours later, refreshed and invigorated by the bright sun, pure air anil exercis". ller mistress did not make any calls th afierr noon, and hns no intention of taking the stage as a pantomimic actress

EARLY SICh'SEKS AND ITS ADVA STAVES. Mr. Foster, in his "Life of Charles Dickons," cites in "authentic confirmation'' of a childish story, tho opening of an essay on traveling abroad and proceeds to say: "The queer small boy was indeed his very self. Ho was a very little and a very sickly boy. He was subject to attacks of violent spasms which disabled him for any active exertion. Ho was never a good little cricket-player. He was never a first-rate hand at marbles, or peg-top, or prisoner's base. Rut he haa great pleasure in watching the other boys, ofllcers sons for the most part, at these games, reading while they played and he had always the belief that his early sickness had brought to himself ono inestimable advantage, in the circumstance of his weak nealth having strongly inclined him to reading. It will not appear that bo owed tnuon to his parents, or was other than in his first letter to Washington Irving he described himself to have been—a very small and not-over-

artl-ularly-taken-care of boy but has frequently been heard to nay that his first desire for knowledge, and his earliest passions for reading were awakened by his mother, who taught him the first rudiments not enty of English, but also a little later, of Latin. She taught him regularly every day for a long time, snd taught htm, be was convinced, thoroughly well."— [Mr. J. Foster's Lite of Charles Dickens

GOOD ADVICE.

President Porter, of Yale College, ve the following advice to the sinlents of that institution, the other day:

Young men, you arc the architects of your own fortunes. Relv upon your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty, "and industrv. Inscribe on your banner, 'Luck fs a fool, pluck la a hero.' Don't take too much advice— ke»»p at your helm and steer your own ship, and remember that tho great art of commanding is to take a fair share nf tbeir work. Donl practice too much humanity. Think well of yourself, .strike out. Axsotue your own position. Put potatoes in your cart, ever a rough road, and small onea go to the bottom. Rise above tho envious and jealoua. Fire above the mark you inteod to bit. Energy, invincible determination, with right aotiw, are the tevors that move the world. Don't drink. Don't chew. Don't smoke. Donl swear. Dootdoeeivo. Donl read novels. Donl marry until yon can support a wife. Be In earnest. Be sell-reliant. Be generooa. Be civil. Road the pipers. Advertise yoor bnilnam. Make money and do good with It, Love your God and tettow-meo. Love irath and vtrtuek. Lova yoor country, and obey its lswe." ff this ad viae la imnikitly followed by the young men of the try, the mUleniam ia near at hand.

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER

THE GOSPEL OF LABOR. (iPlfcal Ike South Sauf9 to Her Children.)

BY XABOABKT J. PRB8TOK.

Th* noble line*—from the Southern for the current month—preaching 'eloquently the sublime herolem of Ponce, 0O1 ne with peculiar grace and effect frorn^a mber of the sex rengeful hertUg$ tiave smoothed from my forehead its

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last to forget the

riMfengeful herltageof War:]

sadness over! Thank Heaven therefor! hide now with garments of gladness ckcloth and ashes of war. *«&• «tot

a word of the Past! It has perished** jne down in Its beauty and bloom: Yu* because it so proudly was cherished.

Shall we sigh out our year at its tomb?

ES? the duty and honor undaunted, Still steadfast and stern as can be IjC.the laurels a Jackson has planted, Tfor the hopes that we buried with Lee— wrest from the future the guerdons sat to resolute purpose belong: fas fling from our spirits their burdens,

Aud quit Us like men, and be strong!

I brine you, compatriots, brothers IH

(Aj largess yc dare not disdain, tik," Nature's, that houutiful motuer », Qsvannahs as smooth as the main.

valleys shall whiten all over ,4 W (h snows never born of the cold, Al^fcgraln like a Midas shall cover

Every slope that it touches with gold.

Tkecllak of the artisan's hammer 'itM Hi mil 4caro from the forest its glooms ie brake shall the water-fowl's clamor dtowned by the clash of the looms.

Tltea up from your torpor, ye sleepers! Tike dream ye *rc dreaming deceives Go forth to the fields with the reapers,

A tid garner the prodigal sheaves. -so

Yet there was apprehension that while lynch law was well enough for the white man, it was too good for the black, and there was a consequent general uprising and arming, and some show of military discipline and rule. The whites fled with fear and trembling, and the negroes remained masters of Lake Village and the country around about. There were frightful reports lor a few days of ravishing and other atrocities, which caine by way of Memphis. These, however, nave not been confirmed. At last accounts, the negroes were disbanding and returning to their homes. Possibly they have had assurance that no effort will bo made to bring to punishment those who, following the code of Judge Lynch, avenged the murder of one of tbeir number.

No encouragement should be given to theae violent methods of administering Justice. It is, in the long run. best toleave the Courts to deal with offenders, but thoae who have set the example of taking tbe law in theirown hands should be the last to complain ol the action of the blacks in Chicot County. As a rule, tbe negroes have been timid, patient and law-abiding, and brutal men have taken advantage of them on this account, and outraged them In almost every conceivable manner. If tbey have, by tbeir decisive action in Chicot County, inspired the citIxens with respect for tbeir rights, tbe influence will be wboleaome,—£Cin. CotumerciaL

THE TRIUMPHS OF LABOR. If we wonld have anvtbing In tbts world, and have it retain its genuine flavor, we must labor for it. Labor ia the great health producer and foundation of happiness, inasmuch aa it keeps tts active, and gives a genuine seat to what we obtain. Labor also conquers all things. Everything that we do baa to have a certain amount of labor expended on It to bring it to a state of perfection. However difficult It may appear, however Impossible it may nettn to be, remember if you attack it with energy, and labor with ail your might, your eflorta will be orowned «ritb an or ass. Inventive man, by the aid and application of labor, wins for himself a name that will always be honored, respected and rentembetvd by his teilow citiaena. And no excellence ia obtained without labor. Few wbo are conversant with the world have Hailed to discover that In the race of IKS, men of moderate means and attainirHsnta fivqwntly outstrip competitors rmiowed equally by the smiles of for-

30, 1871.

Wl'h flocks gladden meadow and mountain Ith tinkling herds speckle ieli hill. And blend with the plash of the fountain

Tue rumble and roar of the mill.

Brave hearts that have wielded the sabre, ftuanth spirits that stood by the gun, TaSeheed to the Gospel of Labor

The old dispensation is done!

Pet hands to the plough of endeavor, iladt foot In the deep furrowed track H» to the future, and never wavering moment look back.

ane who despairingly centre thoughts ou the by-gone, and ban •sent, are fitted to enter "*K [on-coming kingdom of man! .'

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../a&les in Chicot Count# Arhad their origin, according ttt

the ^(fcouut of a correspondent, who endeavors to state the facts impartially in tfibOutiight murder of a negro lawmed Wvnn, from Washington had* a dispute with an old of Lake Village, in tho grocery man named Gardner, who bowie-knife to Saunders. A ,med Duggan prevented Wvnn iug, ana Saunders gave him t» ffr&t*' with ttfp Rrn(je so furnished by(Mrdnn hen wore ferrested and I injAii'withu posse of fort^ negroes summoned by the Sherifl. to keep guard over thetn. Tho negroes of Chiot County were not satisfied. In former times Tynch law was much in vogue in Arkansas, as in most of the Southwestern States. They had had tho precedent of white men, impatient of the law's delay, overpowered the Sheriff and his posse, dragging the offender from bis cell, and hanging hltn without benefit of clergy. So they assembled to the number of a hundred or more, well armed and disguised, overpowering the guards, demanded and obtained the prison keys, and taking Saunders, Gardner and Duggan out of prison, dragged them a few paces off, and literally riddled th with bullets. This wais all in harmony with precedent, and shows the negro to be as imitative an animal as the Chinamen employed in a New England shoe factory, who, »eeing his instructor fashion a shoe,and, ins doing, drive a peg out of place, repeated the mistake in his subsequent work.

tune and the gifts ol genius. Difference of talent will not solve it for that difference is very often found in favor of the disappointed oandidate. How often do we see issuing from the walls of the aame college, nay, sometimes from the bosom of the same family, two young men, one of whom shall be admitted to be a genius of high order, the other scarcely mediocrity yet you shall see the one sinking and perishing in poverty, obscurity, and wretchedness, while on the other hand, you shall observe the other toiling up the Mil of life, gaining steadfast footing at every step, and mounting at last to distinction, an ornament to society,and a blessing to his country. Now whose work is this? Manifestly our own. We are the architects of our own fortunes. Every one his the power of making hjmself respeoted, if he will but go to work and try to win a position worthy of commendation. For- it is only those who work that win. Therefore, in onr journey through life should obstacles arise to obstruct our progress, let us remember that labor conquers all things.

ANCHORED TO A WHALE—A STRANGE STOR Y. a The Boston Herald says Captain John Evitt, of the fishing schooner Charles H. Price, of SiUom, Mass., which arrived home from a cruise yesterday, reports the following strange story:

The schooner*was anchored off Grand Bank ten days ago, with about 200 fathoms of hemp cable oat, and ready to start for home, having taken about 15,000 pounds of halibut. The cook threw over a lino to catch a fish for dinner, and having caught one, threw this line over again and found it tended aft at a remarkable rate. Thinking it strange, ho called from the cabin tho captain, who came on deck, went forward, and found the vessel going ahead about five knots speed, but could not account for it. He ordered all hands called, and thev hove In the cable to within about thirty fathoms, when they discovered that their anchor had got hooked to a large whale, which tney had before seen at some distance. The whale ran with the schooner some little time longer. The crew weather-bitted the cable, and In a short time the whale sounded, broke the anchor, and carried away with him a good part of it. Tho black skin is to be seen on the cable where it chafed on the whale. The ring and a smdll piece of the anc&«r were all that wa-^'ICtft attached to tho cable: the flakes arWoflPi supposed to have somehow tiecoi&P attached to the body of the whale.

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i* THE ELDE^l^ ^TER. There is no charactei^, ^home circle more useful and be»J-v v^itv deroteci elder sister wtto nthnr "T side with the toiling *Yhother,"^7T"r Ing ali her ttnrt's and bnr l»q, beautifully the household n.mhinftry

moves on with efficient help. Now she presides at tho table in the mother's absence, always so neatly attired that it is with pleasure tho father introduces her to bis guests as "our oldest daughter." Now she takei tho little troop with her into the garden, and amuses them so mother may not le disturbed in her work or rest. Now she helps tho bovs over their hard lessons, or reads father's paper aloud to rest his tired eyes. Ifinotnerean run away for a few days' recreation, she leaves homo without anxiety, for Marv will guide the house wisely and happily in her nlwenre. Rut in the sick room tier presence is an especial blessing. Her band is next to mother's own in gentleness and skill. Her sweet music can charm away any pain, and brighten the weariest hours.

There are eldor sisters whose presence is not sueh a blessing in the house. Their own selfish ends and aims are tbe main pursuit of lite, and anything that stands in the way of those is regarded with great impatience. Such daughters are no comfort to a mother's heart. What kind of an elder sister are you in the household

Wit AT IS A QENTLEMA Nf In the course of an address to the Leeds Young Men's Christian Association, delivered by the Bishop of Manchester, his lordship said "Some people think a gentleman means a man of Independent fortune— a man who fares sumptuously every day a man wbo need not work hard for his daily bread. None of these things make a gentleman—not one of them—nor all of them together. I have known men, when I was brought closer in contact with workingmen, than from my changed position, I am brought now I have known men of tbe roughest exterior, wbo have been aocuatomed all their lives to look after horses and follow tbe plow, as thorough gentlemen in heart aa any nobleman that ever wore the ducal coronet. I mean I have known them as unselfish, I have known them aa sympathizing, and all those qualities go to make what I understand by the term "a gentleman." It is a noble privilege, which baa been sadly prostituted, and what 1 want to tell you is that tbe humblest man in tbe city of Leeda wbo has tbe lowest work to do, yet. If his heart be tender and true, can be, in tbe most emphatic aenae of the word, "a gentleman."

A?*i*At. FOOD.—-The amount of animal food which Americans eat is tearful. We are too nervous to allow it to eat up our vitality to soch an extent. Many of the ancients never ate snimal food. Plutarch, a learned Grecian, abstained from It altogether. He lived to be nearly eighty years old. and waa a bard worker. He is said to have written three hundred philosophical works. One hundred and twenty-five are extant. This oelebrated man onos wrote: "Yon ask me for what reason Pythagoras abstained from eating tbe flesh of brutes for mv part I am astonished to think what appetite first Induced man to taste of dead carcass, or what motive eonld suggest the notion of nourishing himself with the flesh of dead animals." People could live much cheaper if we were to adopt Plutarch's views, and, in the opinion of many, orach better and porqr lives.

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SCOTCH DOMESTIC A1FSL A writer on domestic life ia Scotland furnishes some foots in regard to Uwt may be new to our readers. We, who live where shoddy ia Mammon, will be pleased to learn thai thero everything is solid, from the note of a shoe to the leg of a "cutty-atool. Things are made to last, aud there Is a reality and intensity about the whole country and Its surroundings^ which strikes an American as r^markuM* and unfamiliar. Sit down, for example, at a Scotch dinner-table. The plaiea are huge the "muckl% apuues" wonld frighten the dainty mouth of a New York belle the very table at whiahyoa sit, and the chair you sit upon, are solid as a rock. Mark the broth why, It's very look is "stodgy." The houses are substantial, and furnished more with an eye to comfort than to show, jou find dining-rooms with crimson wrttrius, thick carpeta, cosy .isofaa, and the walls adorned with pfottti's®' the writer speaks now of the houses of the middle classes—a large, perha^a, alegant sideboard, suggestive ot fepod wines aud comfortable fare, staaoa at one end of the apartment, while a hospitable looking fire burns brightly in tho open grate.. Yo^ do not dine in a cellar with four bare walls and a cheerless table. Tho Scotch people, in point of fact, do not cram all their glodea into one gilded saloon they disseminate them all through the bouse, and thoy are to be found In the bedrooms, bathrooms, and plumbing arrangements, down to the minutest particular. Social happiness, through general social intercourse, appear^ to the writer much uiore general than* in this country. Ho also thinks "that the Scotch people are happier in their own country tha

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the reason that business and plexsure are more equally divided, and politics do not permeate so completely the social system. Social pleasuros there aro. more indoors than out. One old friend takes his dinner with another old friend they spoak ot things, of people, and of books. They crack jokes and tell stories. Dinner-parties are much in fashion in the larger cities, but in the heart ot the country the old fashioned tea-party still is held. There is comfort in these Scotch tek-parties, after all. The cosy room, the close* curtains, the open fire, the hissing urn, the ploasant interchange of thought, tbe music in tho drawing-room, the little supper aRerwards, the lokes of the old folks, the flirtations of the youhi,ones—in short, hospitality with conjlort." While there is much truth fn what he says, thore is much In accord with our age. We are under temporory cloiids,"put arc nevertheless on the high tvad to* grand and mighty civiljaayoiu

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ed, the old gander, won^d on th of young Miss Goose, desoproach companion, and paid his 'tyeau/ir new comer's shrine. Tho ch. refused all food, And herkli.r^ carried her to the house. At days, thinking that her heart wr ed, ho carried hor to tho pond. within sight of tbe water tho false. with his new bride came sailing when tho divorced 'glanced at toil buried her head, gave ono quiver, ant. died in her owner's arms.

She is supposed to havo died of a broken heart, although there are people who intimate that death was caused on account of the near approach of Thanktfiving, at which time the goose would ave been siaughteied at any rate. ,r

MBALS OF THK AXCLBWT ROMANS.— The ancients Romans bad only two meals dally—dinner and supper. Tbe dinner, or prandittm, was taken in a standing position, at nine o'clock, and usually consisted of the roinnanUi of the supper of the previous day. Tbe supper, or eirna, the great meal of the day, was taken about three er four o'clock in the afternoon. This consisted of throe parts a guMIM, to sharpen the appetite, as raw oysters, on tbe shell, are used in our dsy tbe caput carwr, made of a variety of courses and the mrum tecuwia, or desert, consisting of pastry and fruits. On these dinners enormous and fabulous sums were expended. Heliogabalus spent twenty thousand dollars for a single dish. Elius Verus wasted two hundred and fifty thousand dollars on a single entertainment to which only twelve guests wore invited, or over twenty thousand dollars for each Individual. It Is staged that Vitelius spent over sixteen thousand dollars dally for his supper. Tbe dinner became gradually later and later in the day. and then the morning meal, or breakfast, waa introduced. King Canute, It is said, first established tbe custom of four regular meals dally,

MARINO PKOPLK HAPPY.—A poetical writer has said that some men move through life aa a band of music moves down the street, flinging out pleasure to every ono far and near, that can listen. Some men All the air with their strength and sweetness as tbe orchards in October days fill the air with ripe fruit. Some women cling to tbeir own houses like the honeysuckle over tbe door, yet like It fill slf the region with the subtle fragrance of tbeir goodness. How great a bounty and a blessing is it to hold the royal gifts of tbe soul that they shall be music to some, fragrance to others, and life to all 1 It woald be a worthy thing to live for, to make the power which we have within as the breath of other men's joy to fill the atmosphere which they most stand In with brightness which they cannot ereate for themselves.

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