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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-23

GIVE Your BOYS A TRADE.-Why is it
that there is such repugnance on the
part of parents to putting their sons to a
trade? A skilled mechanic is an indie
pendent man Go where he will, his
craft will bring him. support. He has
literally his fortune in his own hands.
He need ask fav"rs of none. Yet ambi
tlous parents-ambitiou that their SONS
should rise in the world as they say
are more willing that they should study
for q profession, with the chances of even
moderate success heavily against them,
or iun the risk Of spending their man
hood in the iguohle task of retailing dry
goods, or of toiling laDoriouslv at the &C
conniant's desk. than learn a trade
which would bring them manly strength,
liealrh, and independence. La point of
fact thu method they choose is the one
least likely tn achieve the advancement.
aimed at for the supply of candidate
Tor posi- ions as 'errand boys" dry goods
clerks, AMI kindred occupations, is motor.
iously overstncked; while ON the other
hand, the demand for really skilled
mechanics of every dissertation, is as
notnri"lsly beyond the supply The
crying need of this country to-day IS for
skilled labor; and that father who neg
lecss to provide his son with useful
trade, and to see that he thoroughly mas
tiers it, does him grievlous wrong, and
runsthe risk Of helping, by so much, to
increase the stock of idle and dependent,
If not vicious, members of society. 1t is
stated in the report OF the Prison Asso
citation, lately issued, that of fourteen
thousand five hundred and ninety six
prisoners confined IN the penitentiaries of
thirty jStares, in 1867, sevehty.snven per
cent. or aver ten thousand IF the npmher
conveys lesson of profound interest to
those who have in charge the
training of boys, and girls too, for the
active duties of life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-23

Rudy checks are oxygen in its love.
hest form.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-23

IA an lIIustratiOn of the difference
between working for the public and
working for self. it is stated that the
smoke-stack for the Holly Water Works,
at Columbus, cost $4,000, that at Indian
apolis cost $800-tAe former having been
erected for the public ny political
favorite and the latter by contractor
whose savings went into his own pocket.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

Tie Customs receipts for the week ending August 81
are follows: Newiork, Philadelphia, &ssos4;
Boston, $3237ss; Baltimore, s16llsJ; New-Orleans,
ss3,466-tOtal, q, 932, $50.
The Philadelphia stock market was steady todsyS
Pennsylvania g. third issue, sold at li; Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad Reading Railroad, 6'i and Pennt
sylvania Railroad, ca. Gold closed at ll4
Six per gold interest is the highest rate now paid
by the on any Of its loans and this rate MT
Boutwell, proposes reduce in the case OF the FlVe|
Twenty bonds fast possible to per cent or less
Holders must soon consider the alternatives before te
viz: l. To accept the five per cent for their s1ess
M or accept the payment of the principal OF their oonds
CD or exchange them for other desirable bonds whie
considerable premium may be realized or the rev sooo
loans now Offering the Chesapeake and Ohio SKIES nave
the great advantage Of being well secured and ree'
meuded by frstclass banking house. The Announce
ment OF Messrs. Fisk Hatch on this subject VIII 10
found In another column.
The Attorney General has decided that the Governs
ment has no right Of priority Of payment as against p
yate creditors II an insolvent National BANK TOT moneys
which the bank holds to the credit Of the United STATES
Treasurer and United States dsbursug officers and the
registry of the Court or either Of them over and aoove
the amount which may be realized from the bonds het
ma security for deposits He has also decided IN coh,e
ton with this ueston, that the Conr"ler Oh tne W.
rcncy has no authority under the law TO declare Z
denI 10 the private creditors OF National BANK peIou
the claims OF the United States OF all hius are hss raw
sfipt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
y nnWc, CCIj0OI--Tbe Schermerhorn aii'

~ .,en Ip.tute will SEPT H. tS' c.hooi Mercantile
I,,nan c,eu in oil branches Of so a. 70 and
he Established Classics taught 10 80 sngseei A,
n " =, ~ Tho ,srt None bu, eIicnenced sen'
.nextdO or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1a-p. NJ.

WEDNESDAY. Sept. 13--P. u.
After shaking in the wind for an hour or
two in the morning session of the Board stocks became
frmcr, and Il moderate rally established for nearly
all the leading shares. Wabash led of, and from the
closing quotations Of yesterday. reached to GE and
in fair demand. Western Union broke down TO G6a. and
North Western touched co., but both sympathzed in the
Improvement. and became comparatively steady. New
York Central and Lake Shore without especial tvity,
followed in the track and declined and fell like the
Roman Empire. information - which s!ias WeGg i'm
parted to the attentive B4lln but subsequently
Grmer with the rest. Union Pacific touched as, Tut
10 81 again at the turning Of the tide. The
change in prices noted was undoubtedly OccasiOned
panty by The buying Of short stock, the line
Of which has no doubt been considerably in
creased within week. Tie tone OF the market is much
confident than during the carly part of tue month";
and among the prominent members OF the Stock EX-
change the bears now appear to he in the majority. The
Last bank statement has had strong Influence In bring
ing about this change and disposition to be prudent
and conservative is very percepble in the leading
bankngholses Of the street The expanded condition
the banks suggests danger which had been partially
ignored in the midst OF tho extraordinary plchOric
money marb and establishes the fact that revival Of
general business must compel contraction Of loans in
the street and that the speculative condition OF the
stock market dependent to certain extent upon the
OF trade the caprice Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury Thus in very brief space of me the scales
fall from the eyes Of people who have hitherto been par
TALLY blinded by the glitter and glare Of very easy and
very unhealthy state Of the money market After tile
slight rally reported In the early part OF the day. prices
suddenly receGod again, and in some instances lower
points reached than recorded yesterday. The
most decided break in Union Pacific, which declined
:?i, but aftcrward improved TO 60 and again declined
29, Wabash dropped to 65A again. N. Y. Central ~
par and the whole list gave way in about the ratio
The business Of the day has been quite large in certain
specialization instance There about 1000 shares
Central aud Hudson Sold 600 shares Of Lake Shore.
5000 shares OF North Western, 10000 Rock Island 1900
Wabash. 1900 Ohio and Mississippi 7,GO0 Union Pacific,
$500 Western Union Telegraph, 220 Pacific Mall l6 900
Erie and about 5trO Reading. Hannibal and St. Joseph
common advanced to 10 from 6s, at the opening this
morning 1t II at the close last evening, but then 1t
very eccentric stock. The msce aneOus shares
dull with the exception OF Quicksilver which mer
clal. Com oiao Coal rinc lower, and Express
shares were heavy At the boards, Panama sold at 70;
G. C.. l., so; Boston, Hartford and Erie, vi Morris
x Essex, 95dos and MaripOsa Preferred, 3ta5l The
following table shows the highest and lowest prices ut
which active stocks were sold to-day:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
LITERARY NOTES.

r,,. s;x,h velume of tho "Grand D1ctionaire
.o..oI an XIX Steele" published in Paris, under the
,io n, NJ Pierre Iarousse, has reached the letter ~
@ asvonth volume with the letter e. Is 10 appc'A Ill
January next
prof Lnigi Dc-Benedcts, the author OF the
90 commentators Leopard cutitlod, lie ossa di
H. rcoh, announces he will shortly publish all
he domestic correspondence OF UEo foSoo'o Win o
writings hitherto Impoverished
Mr. r. Somcrs, who made six months
Il, tho southern portion of the United satos last
wn,r, and Spring, will publish volume contain nm
ing the results Of his travels, mh"er 'ne "''o VI
Southern states SINCE the war -.
The question of Spontaneous Generaton'
,,cn Is now exciting 30 much attention. is materially
-srroved by papos in OcAnies Rendn, hens~ h oe
rHeGdiie d,s Scicaccs de Berna by .,a;c GERMS,
!. summary OF Researches suce is47 on OsS"nhWi r
,nYis;ble 10 the Nxkcd Eye. suspended IN the A"'
An extensive work on the History OF Mary
s,,srt az Scotland by Prof. Petit OF BcauVas' H.
aav for alton The work intended ny , t the
&c syc coxlnlcte Justification OF the Queen Iu"n %
70 prov sS ~ her 1t will h. in TWO rGe quar-
GU enrs An Engli III translatc OF ~h!Eh VIII r DO
iished before the original IN Fru ,nr '
ElAndre OF Edinburt, Ia Tho "n"'' ,,As
NJ, r.1wln Tress of Paris has just pnbilsheo
the frstpart Of very interesting collection OF neuc''
SONGS OF the Sxten nth Century, edited ny NJ hei b''
der These songs are chosen from fuoiicatiohS
1875 and 1897 ana prove the .xstes OF noe,v IN FTn%C
Int INST part row Published contains az tcilS,vuN, VI
Pornca Sna SS,t nn war and Martyrdnm of
tho stirc,l Songs against the Mass and the Menks are
clever and many OF the religious ones very 'o"i"s "
shrir simple faith and pAiy.
The greFt work Of the Count de Mhntalem-
bert entitled THE Monks of,he West the NEST splendid
monument 10 monschin which ever PROCEEDED from inc
p.n Of a,ayman will he issued by Patrick Donahce i'll
Iton I'M to frat of October The object of the auther In
writing this WORK, heniOrms was TO plead Favor
of the religious orders ny exposition OF the iaCis 10
N tore Of gry TO these old forgotten saints wh,
were The heroes OF histories the dV'ne ancestors o
All CHRISTIAN peoples; the patrarchs OF al faithful races
the Immortal models the life of the soul the witnesses
and martyrs Of the truth" II fatter myself write
the Count. In alslen tn this work. that the ratt
IA iert enough to follow me to the end viii Ilsc TOI
this study with his soul calmed by the sweet inuence
the purest virtues. and iufamcd by the love oi q,
that strengthens and cXalts human nature, ana VIII
aversion all that stiles aud aliases it, The NOOK VII
appear in magnificent style. second TO no pnpcanOh
this country bV either Catholic Protestant houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
BANKING AND FINANCIAL.

FIRST MORTGAGE SINKING FUND LAND GRANT BoNps
OF TIE
ST.. JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RMEop CoNPANY'
In DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 $50 AND SiOo, eau
now be had from the undersigned or through tie
principal banks and bankers of the United s'ateF~
Tie attention of investors is invited to the merits OF
these Bonds secured by first and only mortgage" n
the road, equipments, franchises and properly I" .
trunk line of railroad which will shorten tie dstan'"
between Ncw-York and San Francisco some 70 miles,
and in addition tie mortgage TO seeIre the bonD'
covers land grant of 100000 acres OF the most ioi'
tile land in the West, which is prohibited nom Deib
sold at less than four S.) dollars per acre Dy ''0
terms of the mortgage deed, and according 10 'H'
present market price Of the Illinois Cenfrai oohps
nys lands is worth SlS75OOOO This loan was "l's''
nally for s., 100000 but has been largely redueeapS
subscrip tions Of actual investors. lie Te'ha-'"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
THE MONEY MARK IiT.
SALES AT TIE STOCK EXCIIANGE-FIRsr CALL
l0t O'Clock A. NJ.

EO1Id.
1880 $40 Con t7.....Il! 900 20 Con
25GCo.. 1l4l 900 T. y $40 Goa t2 .:..H.
and Acknowledgment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
Mem Publications.

A MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY CO.'S
N OFFICE hss been removed ~ No 1903 Fulton -. ny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
Sl,'tO.0W

State bonds steady light volume Of business.
Tenncssees were firm at 73i 97Ss, Vrgnas having been
quiet and steady. South Caroinas, new, January and
July issue, sold OF 81. The following were the bids:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

Ward Il Ianreland quote stock and gold privileges as
selling per bonus so days time. at tho fell
lowing variations from tno marAci prce VI the seeuii-
ties:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
There were no sales reported Of City bank Stocks Tho
iht'h Wv Nv
hiils were as follows I:

Railroad bonds active well distributed deah
Dgs. The Pacific mortgages attracted the most atent
on the transactions having been largest u these issueH
The following were the bids
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

The Treasury purchased one million FiveTwenties for
which offerings filed amounting to SsOs,O0O, at
prices ranging from l2sS to 1880 The following was
The nWnrd:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14
Tnstrnttloh.

n. yhH@ CO., srosdrsy .Os.I I'll nkEhs
TIED TO q od boys Primary D'p, ,cas nom 10 to H. Parents
rte!rs to patrons Pe Jss Mile nh Coaorrr Mskln-
lev ircpn Ien g. Ii Chairman Clesnnanp Wikins
1tri Knsp? jacob Varlerce', Israel L. f''''' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

Tho treasure shipment by the Cuba to-day 1881.
Extra mails for Europe tomorrow per steamer City q
Baltimore will close at i6 m. at the Merchants EI.
change, Noe. 80 and 81 Pinest.
Foreign exchange nOminaly 1881 1921 for prime
bankers 60 day sterling bills the business having been
even smaller than usual, owing TO the sailing Of the
packet to-day.
The money market has been without important change
and the offerings abundant 10 meet the demand.
call loans ranging at to per cent, according the
collateral pledged. There Is active inquiry fog
commercial paper which passes more readily. Prime
acceptances are quoted at 81 to per cent.
The Government bond market was firm Mt the opening,
but In sympathy with the abundant offerings the
Treasury prices yielded fraction the entire list. The
dealings not large Fisk Hatch report as foow1
Of
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02

GRATlTUDE-As the branches of tree
return their sap to the root from whence ii
arose, as river pours its streams to the
sea whence its streams was supplied, so the
heart of a grateful man delights in return.
ing a benefit received He acknowledges
his obligation with cheerfulness; he looks
on his benefactor with love and esteem
And if to return it be not in his power,
will nourish the memory of it in his breast
with kindness--he will not forget it all the
days of his life. The hand of the generous
man is like the raius of heaven, which DROP
upon the earth fruits and flowers. But thu
heart of the ungrateful is like a desert Of
sand, which swallows with greediness the
showers that fall-bury!ng them in his DO.
som to bring forth nothing.
Envy not thy benefactor, nor strive to
conceal the benefit he has conferred. For
though to oblige is better than to be obliged,
though the at of generosity commands ad-
miration; yet the humility of gratitude
touches the heart, and is commendable in
sight of God and man. But receive no ia
vors from the hands of the proud; to the
selfish and avaricious be under no obliga-
ton The vanity of their pride will expose
you to shame their greediness of avarice
will never be satisfied
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02

FATALIsM IL1usrRArED.-A hardshell
Baptist minister, living somewhere on the
frontier of Missouri, was in the habit fsay-
ing to his family and to his church -
Friends, you need not take any unusual
care of your lives; the moment of your
death Was written before the foundation of
the world, and you cannot alter it," His
wife observed when he left on Saturday, to
meet one Of his frontier missionary engage
ments, that he dressed the flint of his rife
with unusual care, put in dry powder, fresh
tow, and took every pains to make sure that
the gun would 60 off in case he came upon
an Indian. 1t struck her one day as she
saw him in the saddle, with his rifle on his
shoulder, that his conduct contradicted his
teachings, and she said to him:
'My dear, why do you take this rifle with
you ? If it was writ before the foundation
Of the world that you were to be killed du-
ring this trip by an Indian, that rife won't
prevent it and if you are not to be killed
of couse the rifle is unnecessary; so why
take it with you at all ?"
eyes" he replied, 'of course, my dear,
you are all very right, and that is very
proper view; but, see here, my dear, sup
pose should meet an Indian while I am
gone, and his time had come and hadn't
my rife with me, what would he do? Yes,
my dear, we must all contribute our part
toward the fulfllment of the DEGREES of
Providence"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02

A Curious CUsToM.-It was the custom
in Babylon, five hundred years before the
Christian era, to have an annual auction o,
the unmarried ladies. In every year, on
certain day, each district assembled all its
virgins of manageable age. The most
beautiful were put up first, and the man
who paid the highest gained possession Of
her: The second in personal charms follow.
ed her, and so on, SO that the bidders might
crafty themselves with handsome wives &c.
cordlng to the length of their purses. There
may yet remain in Babylon some forwhom no
money was offered, but the provident Baby.
lonlans managed that. When all the come.
y ones are sold, the crier orders the most
deformed one to stand up, and after de.
handing who will marry her for small
sum. she is adjudged to him who is satisfied
with the least; and in this manner the
money raised from the sale of the hand.
some serves as portion to those who are
either OF dlsagreeable looks or have any
other imperfections.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02
The Church not a Fair.

The Christian Union has something to
say of church costume-thus
There is dress question in which all
Christian congregations have common in
terest, and with regard to which we wish
they might all unite to effect reform 1t
has reference to the ordinary apparel-fe-
male apparel, especially proper to wear at
church: There was time when good taste
demanded the use of the plainest clothes in
the sanctuary, when the wealthiest were dis
tinguished for the conspicuous absence of
personal adornment, and sartorial display
was a mark of vulgarity at such times and
places. But nowadays, in the congrega
ton, on the Sabbath, rich and poor alike
seem en- desperate straiu-the one to make
some faint approximation to the other in
point of extravagant display, and the other
in poiut to demonstrate to the one the utter
hopelessness of the attempt 1t would al
most appear as if whatever might be thought
of the propriety of a modest garb in other
places, the proper costume of the house of
God, where, theoretically, we all 60 to be
reminded of our common origin and destiny
were an agglomeration of all the jewelry,
and all the chignons and all the panniers,
and all the feathers and furbelows in ones
wardrobe. The wearer is to carry all this
piled agony to the sanctuary as to fair-as
If her errand were not so much to praise as
to be appraised-and there employ the sa-
cred time in envious comparison of her own
mountain of millinery with the Himalayan
triumphs of her neiphhor
Shall we ever get back to the standards of
good taste and unobtrusive piety in this
VIII not all good Christian people-especial-
ly those whose wealth and refinement make
them the proper and only efficient leaders
In such reform-will not the pulpit of eve
ry church, and of every sect, unite in the
effort to effect it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02

TRYING TO LIVE W1rHour REAL Work.
Our people are too widely inclined to shun
the quiet ways of productive labor and try
to live and thrive in the crooked paths Of
speculations and needless traffic. We have
deplorably few boys learning trades. with
ten-tlmes too many anxious to "get into
buslness"-that is, to divise some scheme
whereby they may live without work. Of
the Journeyman mechanics now at work in
this city, we judge that two thirds were
born IN Europe; and the disparity is stead
lly augmenting. One million families are
trying to live by selling liquors, tobacco,
candy &c., &C., in our cities, who could
be spared therefrom without the slightest
public detriment; and if these were trans.
ferrod to the soil, or employed in smelling
the metals or weaving the fabrics for which
we are still running into debt in Europe
our country would increase its wealth at
least twice as fast as now, and there would
be tar less complaint of ''dull trade" and
"hard times"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-02

A little boy, who had been told that he
must never ask for anything to eat when
away from home, went to a neighbours
house one day, when the lady CHANGED to
be frying doughnuts
'Ah,' said he, you are cooking
Aware that he had been we'll trained
and anxious to see if his appetite would gel
the better of his manners, the lady did not
give him any of the doughnuts.
well, said he, returning to the subject,
your cakes look nice"
oh, very nice,' said the lady, they are
the best I ever cooked
After playing with the cat awhile, he
remarked
And they smell nice
oh, yes, they smell nice, was the LADY,
tantalizing answer.
WELL said the boy, I suppose if any
little child that was hungry should come il
here when you were cooking, that yor
would give him something to eat ?"
We'll, yes, I think would
Well said he, after another turn witt
the cat, 4 guess I must 60 home for an
very hungry
It is needless to add that he got dough