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Year: 1869

EXECUTIVE TALENT Ii is said that Com
mudore Vanderbilt likes 10 tell the story
how he came TO make his first start III
life. At sixteen he was promised sail


boat by his mother large enough to carry
passengers from Staten Island TO New
York if he would thoroughly plow, by
certain time, an eight-acre lot. This he
accomplished by getting several comrades
To work for him. His mother kept her
promise, and young Vanderbilt began
the business of carrying passengers and
freight between Staten Island and New
York. In this little story can be seen
the secret of the success OF the great mil
lionaire. and of nearly al those who ac-
cumulate great wealth, or are successful
in life. 1t is to get people to work for
you. Those who are born with, or early
in life acquire this faculty, are pretty GER
tain to get rich. Has he executive TALENT
or does he know how TO make people
work for him? is often asked, and when
answered of a man in The affirmative.
you may say ofhim that he will get on in
the world. Men cannot get rich by work
inc for others, and it should &c the main
effort of every man to strike out for HIM
self. This faculty of using the labor OF
others is much stronger in some nations
and races than others.


The English races have the faculty in 4
rare degree, and it is for this reason that
one sees so many rich among them and
the great mass poor, for men who work
for others, unless endowed with great
economy, cannot accumulate money.
Method, system, order and skill in organ.
iZing labor are the foundation Of the
wealth of England. The Celtic race that
they have drawn to themselves possess
more genius, but arc immensely inferior
to them in method and executive talent.
A close study of Commodore Vanderbilt's
career will show many passages like this,
and when applied to the development OF
the resources of country and to the or
ganixation Of labor, they result in incalcu-
liable benefit to mankind NeU York
Mail.
Year: 1869

+ my clumsy fingers, and be unable to detect
them; but letme take magnet and sweep
through it, and how it would draw to itself
the most invisible particles by the mere
power of attraction! The unthankful heart
like my finger in the sand, discovers no
mercies! But let the thankful heart sweep
through the day, as the magnet finds the
iron, so it will find in every hour some
heavenly blessings only the iron in God,
sand is gold.-O w. Holmes.
Year: 1869

A great many people think that the Bible
is very sacred book. ! will tell you
how it is a sacred book. If you read this
book, and find moral qualities in it, and
they are transferred n, living virtues to
you, then il becomes asacred book. This
book is sacred TO you Just so far as its
teachings are Incorporated in your ex-
periencc and feeling and not a bit farther.
All that part of the Bible is Bible 10 You
which You live by. So much of the Bible
rs YOU yitalizc is valuable to YOU but 50
much of it as you do not vitalize is OF no
use to you. You put your Bible in your
bookcase There it stands all the week
perhaps. Oryou read it once q day or
once week, as the case may be. And
YOU DO it very decorousiy. Tho room il
still. and your children sit around the
room in stiff row. You put on your
spectacles and read and rs YOU read,
YOU lower the key of your yoice-for
when men want To be religious, they al
ways take solemn note; and YOU read all
the way through the chapter and arc like
n blind man walking along the road where
are all sorts of flowers on both sides, never
seeing a single one.


Men read thus, and feel great deal
better because they have read the Bible to
their family! Now | tell you the only
thing you read in the Bible is that which
jumps into you, andwhich you cannot get
out of YOU 1t is the vital, luminous part
and not the dead letter that you read. il
you read any part Of the Bible. Suppose
should set up housekeeping on the same
principle that some people set up their
religious housekeeping? \ man goes to
housekeeping, and gets a Bible, with hi4
name on the inside, and his name on the
outside, and puts it on the table, in his
best room, and there it. lies for months
and years without being opencd-unlcss
there is 4 funeral in the family. suppose
| should 90 10 housekeeping, and should
give an order to the grocer for three
boxes OF sperm candles, saying. am
going to have n luminous house. and
should put those candles away in the
attic. and never light one Of them? What
is the use of candles but To burn? That
is the very figure of our Master. He
says, mo man puts candle under
bushel. aud he lights it and puts it on a
candestirk. = Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1869

The Austin, Texas Republican says,
there is horse at the government cor
raj. at this place noted for loosening the
knot of the halter strap with which he is
tied 1t is useless to tie him with any or
dinary knot. He will work the strap loose
with his teeth, and go about the corral
Just when he chooses. There is a well in
the yard from which all the government
stock are watered. Yesterday the pump,
Ga force pump worked by brakes) got
out of order. and no water could be OBJ
tained The horse referred to refused to
drink. was taken to his stall and tied as
usual. In Jew minutes he deliberately
Year: 1869

FOR THE MILLION.


fFROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


HELENA, Montana Territory, May S.--Ten
the mountains as to swell all the small streams and
camps in active operation The Missouri River opposite
this point is also made to feel the blessings OF genial
sunshine for that stream has sen about two feet during
the past three days THIS rise will meet the upbOund
steamers opporuney and will insure their safe and
peditiOus arrival at Benton with their much needed
cargOes OF and assorted merchandise g0Ody
host Of newcomers IL expected by this ryerr0ue as
say 10 the readers OF TIE TRIBUNE, that Montana IS
in OF least "a twOold increase TO her population
Laborers for the mines, both In quartz and
Farm hands, who get from $50 to $75 per month";
are also much needed Thousands OF unclaimed home
steads that may easily be made fine, productive, and
valuable farms as could desired presented In every
Of the beautiful and fertile valleys OF the Territory
hundreds, in fact within sight OF this cityylng IN their
the actual settler Many new discoveries OF gold placer
miues-to say nothing OF exhaustless mountains or
gold and silver quartz-cOntinue 20 be made venture
TO that State territory or region OF country on the
continent presents all classes OF Industrious encrprs
ing aud progressive people sucn vast and varied re-
OF wealth. any such real advantages for mate
rial Improvement 10 compare with Montana.


The annual yield OF our mines has averaged during the
past Ave years from S5O0OOO to $40 OOOOOO gold value
aud fully believed tat the product OF our precious
metals this will be not less than oneha greater
quite double the former The same
ratio OF increase in agricultural products is likewise
anticipated The crops never looked better than now
the OF wheat oats and barley there VIII be
a considerable surplus harvested this year whlch WIZ
nnd ready and profitable market at points along the
Union Pacific Railroad ] may say, In short, that in all
departments trade and industry, the prospects Of a
progressive development and universal prosperity
Territory never brighter or more gratifying than at
the present time.
Year: 1869

FIFTEEN GREAT MIsTAKEs.-It is a
great mistake to set up our own stan
dard Of right aud wrong, and Judge
people accordingly. 1t is great mis-
take to measure the enjoyment Of others
by our own, to expect uniformity Of
opinion in this world; to endeavor TO
mould all dispositions alike not to yield
in immaterial triiies; to look for per.
fection in fallen world; not to aim at
perfection 10 our own actions to worry
ourselves and others with what cannot
be remedied not to alleviate all that
need alienation, rs in our power not
to make allowances for the iufirmitics
Of others to consider everything im.
possible which we cannot perform; to
believe only what our finite minds can
grasp; to expect TO be able to under
stand everything. Tho greatest Of all
mistakes is to live only for Time, when
any moment may launch US into Eter.
nifty.
Year: 1869

The Charleston (S CO. Gazette remarks Of


Senator Casserly's speech, delivered in San


Francisco on the 28th of July last, "it is a
splendid effort and conclusive upon the subject
of Chinese immigration" The Gazette, after
quoting from the speech, proceeds as follows:
We are no Chinese editor, eat no opium,


wear no pigtail, commit no suicide, nor worship
any Mikado, Tycoon or wooden image, but we
are interested to the core in this matter of
Chinese labor. We love the land in which we


live, move, and have our being. We have faith
in the native vigor of our people, in the inhe-
rent fertility of the soil, in the shrouded future
of the State We feel that this matter touches
the peace, happiness, the very life of the CON-
munity; and if our words weigh a penny
weight, we should throw them once for all, in
the scale and decide the trembling balance.
We are opposed, uncomprOmisingly opposed,
to Chinese immigration. 1t is against the in
terests of the white and colored labOrer 1t
is new and powerful weapon in the hands of
capital against labor. 1t is twisting Gordian
knot around the vitals of society. politics, re-
ligion and morality. 1t is opening the food
gates of a dangerous. desperate and unfriendly
nationality. 1t is whirened sepulchre in
which the heart and hopes of the bone and
sinew of the State will be crushed and buried
forever.


Put the Gazette down upon the record, with
a blood red mark under it, as voting no among
the press of this State upon the question of
Chinese introduction. We are devoted heart
and soul to the best interests of the working
classes, white and black, but white above all.
We want to see the employer or capitalist pay
the employe every cent that his time and labor
is worth. We are in accord with the Labor
Conventions and Trades Unions all over the
country. Our columns shall be open at all
times to vindicate the cause of labor against
capitalize struggling poor against the grasp
we want no Chinese idolator to starvc him
iuto submission
Year: 1869

A CoPIoUs spring Of clear, fresh water has
been struck in excavating for the foundations
of the new Boston Post Office, and tube sunk
fifty feet below the surface is rapidly filed.
The main spring has not, however, yet been
reached, and the tubing process will be con-
tinued The spring was quite famous in the
early days Of Boston, and many families OBJ
tanned their water from it. t
Year: 1869

THE Boston Post AYERS that at a Cabinet meet
ing in Washington, short time since. several
of the members had to be introduced to the
President; it was SO long since he had seen
them he had forgotten their names.
Year: 1869

SAccounts are given Of a new oil, made
from the yolk of eggs, and is said to be much
employed by the German colonists of South
Russia for curing cuts, bruises, &c. The eggs
are boiled hard. the y0lks removed and crushed. !.
and then placed over a fire and stirred carefully
till the whole substance Is on the point of catch


ing fire, when the oil separates and may be
Year: 1869

The NAVAL COURT MARTIAL in the case Of
Lieutenant Commander Seely, recently tried
and sentenced for cruelty to his subordinates,
reconvened at the navy-yardin Boston yester-
day, by order OF the Secretary of the Navy, for
the purpose Of revising the sentence declared
and forwarded 10 the Department.
Year: 1869

COUNTING THE MoNEY.-The division of frac-
honal currency printing in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing is closed, and the printers
furloughed for few days, to allow thorough
counting of unfinished money as received from
the bank note companies.
Year: 1869

The WHITE HoUsE.-No visitors were receive d
this morning, the President being busily engaged
in his office. A few were granted an interyig "
this afternoon. Secretary Cox was cIoseted
with him Tor some time this morning.
Year: 1869

MANY CLERKS in the Treasury Department.
were permitted to leave their desks at noon to-
day, or upon the completion of the days busi
ness upon their tables, in order TO give them a
chance to buy their Thanksgiving turkies and
"fixins."
Year: 1869

DEFALCATIoNs IN THE RNAvY.-Information
has been received at the Navy Department to
the effect that serious discrepancies have been
discovered in the accounts Of four Paymasters
in the Navy, though the defalcation does not
reach very large amOunt,-the bonds Of the
officers covering the entire amounts to be ac-
counted for. The Department declines for the
present to allow the names Of these paymasters
to be made public, but will Immediately make a
thorough investigation, and if any felonious in
tent be discovered arrests viii be made, and the
defaulters brought to trial.
Year: 1869

THEY TELL tolerably rough story on the
memory of one of the party who left this city
the other morning to attend the Georgia State
Fair. Arriving at the cars just before they were
ready to start, he was discovered in the vicinity
Of the baggage platform looking in vain for
some missing article. On being asked what was
lost he said he was looking for his trunk, which
he was afraid had not been sent down from his
hotel, and wouldn't his friend, who came down
to see the party off, be good enough to look after
it when he got back to the house? The friend
did as requested, and found, much to his sur
prise, not only had the trunk not been sent, but
that the honorable Senator had forgotten to
pack it or to make any other arrangements look
ing to an absence from the city--his things as
Greeley calls them, lying around in a wonder
fully loose and promiscuOus manner. Fortunate
it is for the distinguished Pennsylvania that he
is going to Georgia, where a tooth brush and n
bowie knife make up pretty respectable party
dress.
Year: 1869

IOhTsMOUIhj Lee. lSOS.


The farmers are selling their hay for twenty
two dollarsper ton, delivered on the cars, and
they say that the same bulk this year weighs
about One-sxth more than last year, but most
of them say that up to the present time they
have fed out more than they had at a CORES
ponding time last year.


A large quantity OF potatoes have shipped


this fall at fifty cents per bushel, but they are


higher at present. The apple crop brings in


about one-fourth as much money as last year.


Christmas, and it will be of an extra quality.


Stock of all kinds is low and dull. 1t came to
the barn poor and must be fatted in the stall,
at a poor prospect OF gain.


Hon. A. r. Hatch, one Of the best lawyers
in the State, and the probable nominee Of the
Democrats for Governor, has been very sick
| during the fall but is now rapidly recovering.
There are in this city two reading rooms.
| The larger one is run by the Mechanic Associ-
alton, and free to all. The other is owned by
| men who wear fine cloth Of the earnings Of the
| plebians and only open to shoddy,


Gradually the fish business is becoming
| more extensive and the fishing outside owned
| here and in the neghboring towns now bring
| their ish here for a market instead of sending
| them to Gloucester, Mass.


The savings banks report that the amount of
money withdrawn is increasing rapidly and
the Indications are that a large part of the de-
positors have not been able to make living
during the last year.


Real estate in the farming region is in not
much demand. Most of the young men are
leaving for manufacturing villages and cities.
The cotton and wooden manufacturing in
terest nds that their business during the last
wear have not been OF much profit. The oper-
atiyes, for the most part have laid up but lit
tie money. They have not sustained their ex-
pense in the rates of the reduction of pay
The carriage manufactures have stocked quite


a sum of money and have found quick sales


They have built cheaper kind of work than


heretofore. For the last year the breweriss


have had good demand for their ale, and find


the better article they make, greater is the de-
mand. There has been quite fall in the
price of stock they use, and still they forget
to fall in the price of lbeer.


Bakers are selling bread 25 per cent. lower
than in yeur city. STEVE.
Year: 1869

PERILoUs SLEEP.-The Union of the
11th inst, says that about eleven o'clock
A. NJ, on Sunday last, as the westward
bound freight train of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad was travelling along a short
distance this side Of Secrettown bridge,
man was discovered sitting on one Of
the rails, not far ahead of the engine,
fast asleep, with his head between his
knees. An attempt was made to stop
the train, but before it could be done the
pilot of the locomotive GrowIer struck
and knocked the man from the track,
causing him to roll down the embank-
ment The train was backed up, and
the unfortupate individual looked after.
Being covered with dirt, somewhat
bloody, ind apparently unconscious, he
appeared mortally wounded An en-
gineer took occasion to say that he must
have been a fool to make his bed
on railroad track, anyway. He had
scarce finished the remark, however,
before the supposed to be as good as .
dead man jumped up and declared his
ability to whip any man who would
insult him. Having thus found his voice,
the man soon convinced those present
that he was not much hurt, though quite
drunk.
Year: 1869

who is not good for commercial period
of wedlock for some FIVE years, butt"


'See here, Mr.. Smith, you're drunk ;
and if you can't behave better than that,
you'd better leave. IF you don't, I'll
chuck you out, or I'm Dutchman."


.'Mr. Thompson, Sir" said Smith,
frantic with dispair, sit may not be un-
known to you that my earthly possessions
are engaged to enter wedlock five years
with sufficiently lonely man, who is not
good for commercial maintenance


"The deuce he isn't. Now, you just
git up and git, or Ell knock what little
brains out of you you've got left


With that, old Thompson took Smith
and shot him into the street as if he'd
run him against locomotive going at
the rate of forty miles an hour. Before
old Thompson had time to shut the front
door, Smith collected his legs and one
thing and another that were lying around
on the pavement, arranged himself in a
vertical position, and yelled out:


"Mr. Thompson, Sir: 1t may not be
known to you''-which made the old
man so wretched mad that he went out
and set bull terrier on Smith before he
had time to lift brogan, and there was
scientific dog fight, with odds in favor
of the dog, for he had an awful hold for
such a small animal.


Smith afterward married the girl, and
lived happily about two months. AT the
end of that time, he told a confidential
friend that he would willingly take more
trouble and undergo million more dog
bites to get rid of her.
Year: 1869

YAKIMA INDIAN AGENcY.-The fol-
| lowing paragraph in relation to Father
Wilbur and the Yakima Indian Agency,
taken from Wednesdays Laioaist, we
| heartily endorse. We do not believe
there is man living who can better fill
the position recently occupied by Father
Wilbur at Yakima. The Indians love
and respect him, and his peer in honesty
and every characteristic that makes the
true man, doesn't live; therefore there
was no plausible excuse for his removal E:
General Grant rather missed it when


he removed Father Wilbur from the


Yakima indian Agency, and put mill
tary gentleman In his place. There are
few as distinterested men or better
Christians extant than this reverend and
stalwart pioneer Methodist, who has the
energy and business tact to have succeeded
in making money, if that had been his
object, or of achieving distinction in
public life, if he had been ambitious, for
he had the personal qualities to COM
mand it. But Father Wilbur devoted
himself to the general good, and as a
minister of the gospel, he worked with
his hands as well as with his mental
powers. We used to see him hauling
timbers with an ox-team, in 1850, to
build the Portland Academy, and he was
as ready on the Sabbath with sermon as
he was week days with the ox-goad.
When he devoted himself to the work of
preaching to the Indians at Yakima, he
did so with his whole soul, and with no
speculative intention; and when he was
appointed Indian Agent, he strove TO
benefit the Indians, not to enrich him
self. To replace such man with some
inexperienced military officer, on the
poor plea of doing the Indians service
and prevent them from being swlndled,


was unwise, for the military officer who
attempts to succeed him will find it diff
cult to convince his charge that his pre-
decessor was not better man.
Year: 1869

The INDIAN.-In the current number of
Putnam's Magazine, there occurs in a
sketch of adventures on the western plains,
an APPALLING description Of the savagery of
the Indians and the deadly nature of their
primitive weapons, which we are accus-
toned to consider too much inferior to ours.
We naturally set down the accounts as
sensational and overdrawn but we now
see by Winona paper that General
Sanborn, in his lecture in that city the
other day, expressed the opinion that the
most deadly weapon which the Indian can
use in his mode Of warfare is the bow and
the spear. General Sanborn has practical
knowledge of Indian warefare, and his
statements and infertnces, we presume,
may be relied on as correct.


He says the effective distance to which
an arrow can be thrown is about eighty
yards, and that an expert warrior drawing
the Aint- headed shafts from bis quiver,
three at time; can discharge them so
rapidly that he will have the third arrow
in the air before the first has reached its
destination. AT the Phil. Kearney mas.
sacre, eighty-two man and officers were
killed in less than one hour, and only two
of them were slain by bullets. a


The chief Little Bear once said to Gen.
Harney, "Give my people guns, pistols
and cannon. and we will come out and
fight your soldiers openly The General
at once agreed to furnish them with the
desired white mans arms, if they would
encounter his troops in fair stand up
fight, but the willy chief declined the ehal-
lenge. 1t is said that the forms of the
arrow>heads used BY different tribes are
all different. The Cheyennes cut small
grove along the body Of their arrows, from
The barb to the feather, 90 blood May not