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THE HEATHEN BUDDHEE.-A Budd-
hist priest, desiring to raise money for a
temple at Suchau, came TO Shanghai for
assistance. The project of creating the
temple had been started ten years ago,
but the zeal which had raised $1,000 Of
the SIS, 900 that were requisite subsided,
and IL WIS felt necessary to resort to
more energetic measures. Priests were
accordingly sent throughout the prov
ince TO beg assistance. The priest who
was detailed for Shanghai labored for
weeks without success. This is evil
IDENTIFY dollar-wOrshiping community.
With a devotion more than worthy of
the cause, he determined to create 4 SEN
sation, and thus excite interest in his
mission. He announced that he would
allow himself to be locked up in n
wooden box for seven days, during which
period he would remain in an upright
position without food or sleep. He was
accordingly placed in a cage D feet wide
and high-just sufficiently large to adj
nit him standing upright. The bottom
of the cage was studded with nails so
that his feet should have space only be-
tween the nails to rest on, and a couple
of slight bars i'm front formed a rest for
his arms. The native public were
invited to prove the genuine character
OF the mOfllicaLlOn ON locking up the
devOtee themselves if they pleased, and
about so people brought padlocks Of va
rious kinds and secured the door as
many times over. The cage was a close
one, with q few open bars near the bot
tom for the admission of air. The cage
and the enclosed priest were placed in
temple situated on a great thoroughfare.
During the seven days thrOngs of peO-
pie passed in and out as spectators, re-
ligious exercises being conducted mean
while by the priests of the temple. The
poor man endured his painful incarcera-
tion with remarkable fOrtitude, the only
relief afforded being an occasional cup
of water, and he emerged at the eXpira-
tiOn of the seventh day looking little
the worse. On examination his pulse
was found to be G4, and was steady, while
his skin, though hot, was moist. After
his release the cage was broken up and
sold piecemeal to the Chinese, every
nail bringing more than its weight in
silver. The desirable result of calling
forth liberal subscriptions was obtained,
amounts from $500 downward being
freeley paid by wealthy Chinese.
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BEECHER'S COMPLETE LETTER WRIT
ER.-Henry Ward Beecher closes a
characteristic article in the New York
Lcdger on letter writing with the fol-
lowing sensible advice:
Do not begin a letter with an apology
or an explanation. Time is precious.
Letters are multitUdinOus. Men do not
like to open and clean a letter like a fish
before they can eat it. State your busi-
ness in the first line. Then, when YOU
have stated your business, you can 90
on with your explanations and apollo
gies, which the receiver can read or not,
as he pleases. Thus, if one writes,
Dear Sir-I want to borrow thousand
dollars without interest or security,n
and adds eight or ten reasons why, the
reader does not need to read further than
the first line.
Never begin thus: "Dear Sir-You
will be surprised to receive a letter from
an entire stranger" etc. Bless your
heart, one nowadays is surprised at
anything elsei Surprised / am sur
prised when / do not get peek week.
Here are few rules which men should
commit to memory, in corresponding
with busy people:
]. Don't write at all.
,. When you can't help it, be sharp,
short and legible.
3. When you write OIL your own Dusl-
ness, pay for the answer.
1. When you want money, don't be-
gin with piety or fiattery. Beg first,
and be piOus afterward.
D. Don't beg of any one with whom
you are not personally acquainted. Die,
but don't beg.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-16

ANEcDOTE OF QUEEN NIcToRIA.-A
gentleman relates that many years ago
he was on visit to the Isle of Wight,
and during his walks he strolled into
the quiet church yard. Near a grave in
the corner Of the chureh-yard he noticed
a lady with little girl-the latter about
twelve years Of age-tO whom she was
relating the story of the Dairyman's
Daughter, whose remains lay beneath
their feet As the lady proeeeded with the
narratiye. he observed the little girl lift
up her ewes, filed with tears, and heard
her saw that she would try and be as
good as the Dairyman's Daughter had
been. After paintings a lily on the grave,
they walked slowly away. The gentle
man, upon making inquiry, found that
the lady was the Dutchess of Kent, and
the little girl her daughter. The latter
is now the Queen of England.
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BE SoCIABLE.-AIen isolate them
selves from society, and have no near
and dear family ties, and are the most
uncomfortable Of human beings. Byron
says that "happiness was born a twin,"
but the phrase, though pretty and poetic,
does not 90 far enough. We are grega-
rious, and are not intended to march
through life either in single or double
file. The man who cares for nobody,
for whom nobody cares, has nothing to
live for that will pay for the keeping Of
body and soul together. You must have
a heap Of embers to have glowing fire.
Scatter them apart, and they will be-
come dim and cold. So, to have a brisk,
vigorous life, you must have group of
lives to keep each warm, to afford mu-
tuaI encouragement, confidenceand sup
port. If you wish to live the life of a
man and not of a fungus, be sociable, be
brotherlv, be charitable, be sympathet-
ic, and labor earnestly for the good OF
your kind.
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MOUNT SHAsTA.-The Yreka Union
SAYS: "All the travellers who visit this
country for the first time go into rap
lures over Mount Shasta. 1t is not a
curiosity, but something greater. 1t is
one of the grand sights of the world; in
some respects, perhaps, the grandest. 1t
is true there are higher mountains, but
we know of no other so robed in grand
eur. Other mountains are high because
placed on lofty pedestals. Mount Shas-
ia, like a single dome, rises solitary and
alone from the common plane of the
earth. You stand in the plains of Shasta
and your eye sees it from summit to
base at single glance. You see before
you, rising out of the plain in which
you stand, a dome which reaches II, OO0
feet heavenward above you"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-16

How To RETAIN y Coon FACE.-A
correspondent has some good ideas on
the importance of mental activity in re-
tanning a good face. He saws, ssWe
were speaking of handsome men the
other evening, and I was wondering
why Il had lost the beauty for which
years ago he was so famous. ooh. it's
because he never did anything,I said B.;
.he never worked, thought, or suffered,
You must have the mind chiseling away
at the features, if you want handsome
mlddle-aged men, Since hearing that
remark, L have been on the watch to
see whether it is generally true-and IL
Is" \ handsome man, who does noun ,C,.l-
ing but eat and drink, grows Hao14
but the hard thinker has an anuliIaoIe @ I;Id5
sculptor at work, keeping his fine lines 9s
in repair, and constantly gong over I,iia ilas
face, endeavoring toimproVe' Il pO9siO'''
1 the original design.
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Theodore Parker wrote thus sensibly
on the marriage question:;
Men and women, especially young
people, do not know that it takes years
To marry completely two hearts, even of
the most loving and well-assorted. But
nature allows no sudden change. We
slope very gradually from the cradle to
the summit of life. Marriage is gradual,
fraction of us at a time. \ happy we'd
lock is a long falling in love. l know
young persons think love belongs only
TO the brown hair, and plump, round,
crimson cheeks. So it does for its be-
ginning, just as Mt. Washington begins
at Boston Bay But the golden mar
riage is part of love which the bridal
day knows nothing of. Youth is the
tassel and silllen flower of love, with its
glad remembTances, and its rainbow
side turned toward heaven rs well as
earth. Young people marry their OppO-
site in temper and general character,
and such n marriage is commonly q
good match. They do it instinctively
The young man does not say, "AIy black
eyes require to be wed with blue, and
my over vehemence requires to be lit
tie modified with somewhat of dulIness
and reserve" When these oppOsites
come together to be wed, they do not
know it; each thinks the other just like
itself. Men and women are married
fractionally; now 4 small fraction, then
a large fraction, then totally, and
only, think, after some forty or fifty
years of gradual approach and expert
ment. Such n large and sweet fruit is
complete marriage that itneeds a very
long summer to ripen in, and then Il
long winter to mellow and season it.
But real, happy marriage of love and
judgment between man and woman is
one of the things so very handsome that
if the sun We're, as the Greek poets
termed it, a god, he might stop the
world in order to feast his eyes on such
spectacle.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-16

Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store IN Boston walked tall, muscular
IOOklhS, raw-bOned man, evidently n
Iresh-comer from some back town i'll
Maine or New Hampshire. Aceosting
the nrst person he met, who happened
to be the merchant himself, he asked
on don't want to hire a man in
your store, do you ~
Well said the merchant, 'I don't
know; what can you do?"
"DOW said the man, 81 rather guess |
can turn my hand to almost anything.
What do you want done ?u
'Well, if | was to hire a man, it would
be one that could lift well, a strong.
wiry fellOw-one, for instance, that
could shoulder sack of coffee, like that
yOnder, and carry it across the store and
never lay it down"
''There, now, eaptin'," said our coun-
tryman, "thats just me. What will
you give man that can suit you ?''
II tell you" said the merchant, 'ff
you will shoulder that sack of coffee,
and carry it across the store twice and
never lay it down, will hire you for a
year, at 500 per month"
"DOner' said the stranger; and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and were waiting to
join in the laugh against the man, who,
walking to the sack, threw it across his
shoulder with perfect ease, as though it
was not extremely heavy, and walking
with it twice across the store, went
quietly to n large hook which was fas-
tened to the wall, and hanging the sack
upon it, turned to the merchant and
said
"There, now, it may hang there till
I shauft never laV-it down
What shall L go about, mister? Just
give me plenty to do and 500 month,
and it's all right
The clerks broke into 4 laugh, but it
was out of the other side of their mouths;
and the merchant, discomlitted yet sat
islied, kept to his agreement, and to-
day the green cOuntTyman is the senior
partner in the firm, aud worth half
million dollars.
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Stories of Col. Fisk are constantly in
circulation-some true, Others not; but
a little incident which occurred not
many months before his death is per-
haps one of the most touching of any
that have been given to the public
This one Mrs. Fisk takes especial pleas
ure in recalling, illustrating, as it does,
her husbands kindness of heart and
readiness of sympathy and help to those
who needed aid. Col. Fisk had often
noticed in Twenty-third street n little
crippled newsboy, and one day he spoke
to him i'm his bluff, ofi-hand manner:
"Well, my boy, how's business ?"
Not very good, sir, y was the reply.
"Whats the natter"
"Why, you see I'm lame and ! can't
sell my papers very We'll"
mot 4 very good lookout for you, is
it? 1 say, my boy, how would you like
to go into business with meH'
The boy looked perplexed and eyed the
Colonel curiously.
al think we might strike up a bar
gain. You come to the Opera House at
II o'clock this morning. rve got plan
for you. Now be on time.r
At IL o'clock the boy was there, quite
curious to know what the Colonel
wanted.
"Hilloa, boy, you're good one Now
see here, do you know good place for
paper stand"
''Yes, sir tip-tOp.n
"Where is il ?1
"DOwn here OF the corner.n
"HOw much will stand cost ?n
"I.Ots of mOney-much as fifty or
hundred dollars.r
"HOu don't say so; why that's for
tune. DO you think there's money to
be made there ?''
"Yes do. It's a first-rate place"
"Well, pll get carpenter to make the
stand and I'll stock it; then you shall
take care of it and well be partners;
you and will go into the paper busi
ness
Col. Fisk arranged with the boy what
part of the profits he should receive,
told him when the stand should be ready
and sent him on his way rejoicing. The
plan was very successful. Trade was
good, and every week the boy carried
his share of the money to his partner.
Seeing the boys determination, Col.
Fisk quietly put the money aside, and
one day gave it all to the boy, releasing
him from his contract to pay any part
Of the money to himself When Col.
Fisk died there was nowhere n sincerer
mOurEer than this little newsboy, and
the little stand on the corner was heav-
lily draped on the day of the burial.
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AN ANECDOTE on FRANKLIN.-In a
speech before the House of Lords and
Commons, Franklin was interrupted by
a scion of nobility with vociferous cries
of Cough him down; cough down that
American mechanic. He was brought
up at the hammer handlew
Calmly looking at the lordling.
Franklin said, at is fortunate for YOU
that you We're not, for your abilities
never would have raised you above itr'
The philosopher and statesman con-
tinued his eloquenee without farther in
terruptiOn.
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This is how an editor lost his credit by
promptness in paying back borrowed
money:
"COlonel, will you lend me hundred
to-day?
Cant possibly do it, sir. never loan
n man money the second time when he
disappoints me the first"
"Some mistake, / reckon, colonel. I
paid you the fifty had last week.
That's just it. / never expected it
back, so you disappointed me. Can't do
it, sorry to say-l can't do it on princi-
ple.n
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On calm day of last week sta a %lrlllr "anter
wind suddenly sprang up IN Nnrtb S1T I1r'S Csr-
of n field i'm Murray eouiitA, -, ri cot
olina, demOlishing Ir,. Du,,,', jireetion
tering the timber IN every
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SONORA HEWITT.

Entered, according 10 the Act OF Congress, in
the year lS72 by Mrs. susie Witherell, in the OF
Zee Of the Librarian Of Congress at Washington
City,
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Gbe Aeu Aort5west.

\ Journal for the People.
devoted to the Interests OF Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
of the Masses.
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Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
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The day has at length arrived when
Sonora is to became the bride of Nor
man Mcintosh. The warm April sun
as it peeps in at her window arouses her
from her uneasy slumbers. Starting
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-03
A Disgusted Irish Democrat.

At a recent Grant and Wilson meeting
in Whitehall, NJ. Dougherty, who had
ALWAYS been considered among the
rankest of Washington county Demo
Gratis, and who the Noecs says has work
ed harder for the the party than any
other man in Whitehall. made the fol
lowing address:
Ladies and gent5en2en If you Will
give me your attention | will say few
words. When the Cincinnati convention
assembled and nominated Horace Gree
lev | was a thorough going democrat and
have been for the last thirty years. At
ter found, when we met to send dele
rates to the conventions, obnoxious men
were to be chosen, | left. (Cheers.) I
hold but one vote, and will use it to the
best of my judgment. Some democrats
say they will not to 90 to the polls, but
| hold that in a republic every man
should take a part in public affairs. (Ap-
plausc.) There two great political par
ties in this country, and [ do not know
whether belong to the one or the other.
But | don't mean to stand alOOf from
one of these partics-the man that does
is not worthy to be called an American
citizen. and a man has no right to 90 to
the polls who cannot vote understandings
Iy. In Whitehall | stand as a democrat.
dyed in the wool. and have kept the life
in the party, but will not be in at it's
death. | am not one Of those who think
because | have once been a democrat I
must forever be one The country has
OutgroWn the the democratic party. and
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-03
From the Troy \. Y. Tines
Trouble in the Vermont Central
Railroad.

In the Vermont Central railroad and
in the country through which it passes.
the business men of this vicinity have
vital interest, No railroad i'm the corn
try was until recently supposed to be In
a better financial condition. 1t is one-of
the leading corporations of its kind in the
country; nearly every rail in the State
OF Vermont is under its control. It's
connections give it an enviable advant-
age which most othor corporations do
not possess. Business men acquainted
with the road never believed that If
would fail, and the rumOrs Of the past
few days, together with the telegraphic
announcement yesterday that its paper
had been protested in the Boston mar
ket, created surprise.
There are two stories which account
for this, at least, temporary disturbance.
One reflects upon the management.
Grave charges Of mismanagement have
been made against sundry persons high
in position. II is said that the road has
been ran for private benefit, and that
while favored few have acquired rich
es the stockholders have grown poorer.
several small railroads have been leased.
it is said, more for the benefit of certain
persons than for that of the cOrpora-
tiOns. 4 number Of the officers are ac-
cused Of being interested i'm the National
Despatch Company, into the treasury
Of which the best share of the earnings
Of the road are supposed to have gone.
The other side Of the story shows up
the failure in an entirely different light.
We have excellent and impartial author
ity for this version. For some cause
the leading railroad corporations OF New
England have been at swords points
with the Vermont Central for some time
past, and they have formed a combina-
tiOn for the pupose Of breaking it up and
getting possession of the property and
branches, which are very valuable. They
would not have succeeded in reducing
to its present extremity had it not been
for the carelessness of a financial officer
who, in giving notes in behalf of the
road, allowed them all to mature about
the same time. Theymatured last week
when the money market was very strin-
gent, and the company was unable to
borrow in time the large sum necessary
TO prevent its paper being protested.
The floating debt of the company repre-
sented by notes, is two millions of dol
lars. The officers expect to secure the
entire sum within a few days and con-
tinue running the road under its present
management. 1t is believed that the
combination will endeavor to force the
corporation into bankruptcy, in which
event a number of connecting roads
stand ready the loan their credit TO the
imperilled corporation. In addition the
the Vermont Central has a strong hold
upon the people of of Vermont, who
are not ready to see it pass from their
fellow citizens into the management of
men from other sections of the country.
With such friends as these il is anticipat-
ed that the road VIII weather the gale,
and come out with undimished re-
sources,
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Ont of Town Notes.
FAIRHAYEN.

Mr.. Arnold, of Ticonderoga, with
six men, making corps of civil engin-
eers, reached here on the Oath inst, sur
veving a line for railroad from Rut-
land to the Champlain Canal. He re-
ports very easy grade and light curva-
lures upon the whole line, and thinks
the line will reach this place with only
three bridges. He finds several miles
that will not cost over $500 per mile to
grade The line he has surveyed runs close
to the base of the mountain at the
Whipple Hollow road, and keeps upon
the side hill north of the r. & W. r. r.
The line runs nearer Sherman's stone
mill in Castleton, Hyde's slate and mar
bic mill, Billings mill, Hydeyille, and
Vail & Hangers slate mill, and Adams
marble mill in Fairhaven, than the other
road. If the road goes to Whitehall
they propose to keep north of the other
road, and they will have no trouble in
doing that. They have so far found a
better line than the most ardent friends
of the project ever anticipated. | can
but feel gratified to see an object | have
worked for so long, near completed, for
a railroad is near its completion when
the public mind is made up to have it
built | am glad that there are men at
the head of this project who have suffi-
cient energy and capital to put it through.
should not be surprised if the road was
under contract in two months from this
date if the charter is obtained or gen.
eral railroad law passed this fall, which
the people so earnestly demand.
G. D. s.
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Riot i'm New Jersey
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.

Details were published in n. Y. on the
25th, of the massacre at Petersburg, n. J.
One hundred and fifty blacks and three
hundred whites were at work Oh the
tunnel on the new railroad from Perth
AmbOy to the coal mines. Saturday
night party of the whites who had
been drinking, assailed party of the
negroes and were repulsed. They pro-
cured reinforcements and renewed the
attack only to be repulsed a second time.
At midnight the whites rallied in con-
siderable numbers, and attacked the ne
groes, burning their buildings. Both
parties were armed with pick axes and
labOrer, was killed. The Oyerseer quelled
the riot, but most of the negroes fled in
terror.
On the discovery of their body Of their
cOmrade the next day the whites were
filled with madness, and raised cry of
revenge. They organized at o'clock
in the morning, armed with pistols, guns,
etc, and started in pursuit Of the fu-
gitives. They fired a yolley, killing
Dennis Powell, negro, and afterwards
horribly mutilatcd his body with clubs.
The negroes scattered in all directions.
Benjamin Dykcman was found sccreted
under a stoop. He was dragged forth
and his brains beaten out. Another was
shot while running away and his body
stamped to jelly. The whites then re-
turned to their quarters. The sheriff Of
the county, with large force, is recon-
noitering the region and has made two ar
rests so far. Most Of the negroes have
abandoned their reserve wages and
cleared out. The scene of the affray
was at Petersburg, UunterdOn county.