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Year: 1874

The wealth OF the Vanderbilt family
has been variOusly estimated, and the
reticence of the commodore himself
has admitted of little else than mere
conjecture on this point. There Is a
general opinion, however, among those
who are in a position to Judge most cor
rectly that the wealth vested in Com
modore Vanderbilt exceeds one hun
drcd millions Of dollars, and a prOmi-
nent member of the family recently
said that the "old man" was worth more
than that sum. This vast fortune was
acquired by Cornelius Vanderbilt
through his own efforts, starting early
in Life without capital or influence, His
parents were poor, and his first money
was earned in conveying people TO and
fro in a row-boat between New York
and Staten Island. He made a large
amount of money IN steamboating, but
the great bulk of his wealth has been
acquired in railroad combinations and
in the manipulation of railroad stocks.
He is and has been all his life a very
remarkable man. His self-reliance and
pluck are as natural with him as draw
ing breath, and his will and purpose in
domitabIe. A man of such tremendous
mental force has be been that he has
moved forward to the accomplishment
Of his objects with a power Rs irresisti-
BILE as one of his steamboats,. His one
purpose in life has been the acquisition
Of money. To this end he has trained
his mental and physical resources with
the greatest care. He has made of
himself a machine that has always
obeyed the requirements of his intel
lect, and wherever he has struck it has
been with telling force and effect. He
has always drank moderately and lived
regularly, taking just the requisite
amount of exercise always. Smoking
and whist-playing are the only indul-
gences which he has permitted him
self to any considerable degree. Every
day he Is TO be seen driving on the road
with a stump Of q cigar between his
teeth, and until within a year past he
has had every evening some OF his GRO
MES. IN for a rubber at whist and to
talk horse, a subject at which he never
tires. Latteriy, however, his evenings
have been passed very quietly. He has
always been a strict man of business,
kept his own counsel, and admitted OF
known no partners. He never allows
the plea of affection or charity to IN
terfere with his business matters. Ap.
peals to his sympathy have about as


much effect as a straw forced under the
wheels of q locomotive. He has beer
well, active and in the harness all his
life, and has never tired or weakened


He viii be 80 years Of age In MAY, and
his go odd years Of constant hard wOrl
show that he has had one of the strong
est physical constitutions ever given K
a man--NeJD York Graphic.
Year: 1874

There Is an end to kisses and to signs,
There is an end tC laughter ead to tears;
An end to fair things that delight our eyes,
An end to pleasant sounds that charm cur ears;
An end to enmity'| foul lbeliUg,
And to the gracious praise of tender friends;
There is an end to all but ons sweet thing


To love there is no end.
That warrior carved empire with his sword
The empire now is but like him-a name;
That statesman spoke, and By burning word
Kindled a nations heart into fisme;
Now DEught is left but ashes and we bring
Our homage to new men. to them we bend;
There Is end 10 all bat one sweet thing


To love there Is no end.
All beauty fades away, or else, alas
Mems eyes grew dim and they no beauty see:
The glorious shows of nature pass and pass,
Quickly they come, as quickly do they fee;
And he who hears the voice Of welcoming
Hears next the slow, sad farewell of his friend;
There is an end TO all save one sweet thing


To love there is no end.
And for ourselyes-our father, whera is he?
Gone, and memory alone remains;
There is no refuge a mothers knee
For US, brown, old, and sad with cares and pains
BrOtherless. sisterless, way we wend
To Deaths dark house. from which we shall not rove
And so we cease yet one thing hath no end


There is no end to love.
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of Each s
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


E% We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN advance
Year: 1874

The chaplain of the United States Sen
ate is no doubt Il very intelligent and cs-
Unable person, but in our judgment he
shows his unwislOm when he intermin-
giles with his petitions to God brief decla-
nations on current political affairs. We
believe in giving preachers of the Gospel
the largest liberty in the conduct of their
offices, and are aware that as the rule this
liberty has been exercised with such dis
erection as TO make the pulpit an invalua-
Bile instrument in the defense of civil liber-
ty and in the maintenance of republican III
stitutiOns. But we believe that speaker
ought always to address his audience. 1t
was said on a certain occasion of Il gentle
man that he made the most eloquent
prayer ever offered to a Boston audience.
With equal force it might be said of the
chaplain of the United States Senate that
he offers prayers which give the greatest
satisfaction to those members of the ruling
political party whose names, for various
causes, are just now unpleasanty prOmi-
nent. But in both instances God appears
to be left out of the account, and in the
I4atter instance the senators in the oppOSi-
ton are forced to listen to political argu-
ment TO which they have no chance to re-
ply. Thus God Is slighted, an injustice is
dosia to avery respectable number Of gen
tlemen and religion is brought into disrC-
pute. 1t appears to us that the chaplain
of the United States Senate ought 10 make
an effort to pray to God, even if in his
opinion as 4 citizen the ''spirit of lying
is abroad and the ''giant demon of SANDER
stalks forth, casting upon all the earth Il
fearful shadow The court of heaven is
not the proper tribunal for the trial of
cases of slander-N. !. EUeaing Post.
Year: 1874

The racing at West Side, Jersey City, yesterday
was very spirited, and large number OF sporting
rIen we're present FROM this city. In the first heae
OF the running race Jacob vreelana's bay geldinT
Buck broke his leg while coming in on the home.
stretch The following Is a


SUMMARY:


WEST SIDE DRIVING PARK July 2S-RunnIng
Year: 1874

There is no extreme cynicism in the
conclusion that some Of the meanest
traits Of character known to respect
able civilized society have their origin
and stimulation III apparent cardinal
virtues. 1t appears a very generous
virtue, for instance to desire aud labor
assiduously for the approval Of whom
we love, reverence, or like to please !;
yet it IS very easily practicable for the
most selfish and commonplace of NOR
tails to practice that virtue with won
derfal success.


Is it, then, really a virtue? Mega
tive speaking it is, for 1t cannot be
fairly called vice, but that IL is any
security at all against ultimate vice
may be safely doubted. The good that
is done merely to attract the notice and
evoke the applause Of bystanders, and
not from any high instinct, impulse or
sentiment of native love for it, is Ger
tainIy 50 much added to the current
stock Of meritorious actions and as
much taken from the mercenary actu's
capacity to resist future outright pur-
chase


Christian society can scarcely afford
temporary benefaction at such a price
The same meanly time serving di9po-
sition that make a beautifully odiIying
spectacle Of the time-serverto day may
prompt effectively to the most perni-
ciou5 contrasting evil service to-mor-
row; for the only principle underlying
it is that of immediate personal gain.
And only too many youthful natures
are being trained daily to this shallow
and treacherou5 mitatiOn-this spa
cious assumption of virtue not even
understood-by the short-sighted NOR
al policy Of parents and guardians too
weak or indolent to inculcate nobler
motive for Uell-doing than covetous,
ness Of appreciation. Between egotist-
icaI self-assertion for the right on one
hand and Cstentatious self-abnegation
for praise on the other there is a grand,
heroic medium Of either fearless self
vindlcatlon or unreserved seif-sacrifce
for the sake Of the right alone.
Year: 1874

--"No matter how you are situated;
do the best YOU can. If yon have
made mistakes in the past, rectify
them in the present and avoid them in
the future. Everybody makes mis-
takes, therefore be not disheartened
because you have fallen into an error,
when you reflect that error is common
TO all.
Year: 1874

-"No matter how you are situated;
DO the best you can. If you have
made mistakes in the past, rectify them
in the present and avoid them in the fu-
ture Everybody makes mistakes.
therefore be not disheartened because
YOU have fallen into error, when you
reflect that error is common to all.
Year: 1874

1t is easy in the world to live after
the world s opinion it is easy in solitude
to live after your own; but the great
man is he who, in the midst Of the
crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness
the independence Of solitude.
Year: 1874

Love one human being purely and
warmly. and you viii love all The
hhe heart in this heaven, like the wan
dering SIN. sees nothing from the dew
drop TO the ocean, but a mirror which
it Warms and fills.
Year: 1874

MY conception Of q perfect man
is one full of power and life, moral sem
timent and imagination, but with all
of these subordinate to central sum
mer Of love and that subordinate to
God. have never seen that man.
8emy Ward Beecher.
Year: 1874

For pure grit and long continued
patience you ought to go to Toledo.
A young lady in that town has sent
one hundred and sixteen pieces of
poetry to newspapers, and though
all have been rejected, she is strug-
Cling with another.
Year: 1874

A coal field with seams VARYING
from five to thirty-f feet in thick
ness, and extending over a region
OF 25O miles have been discovered
in the New Territories on the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Year: 1874

The Agriculturalist states that 3
very fine white vinegar may be
made from the juice of the white
part of water-melons. At a certain
stage the fluid is bitter, but when
perfected acquires a vinegar flavor.
Year: 1874

By a careful analysis it has been
found that apples contain a larger
amount Of phosphorus or brain food
than any other fruit or vegetable,
and on this account they are very
important to seaentary men who
work their brains more than their
muscles. They also contain the
acids which are needed especially
for sedentary men; the action Of
which liver is sluggish, to eliminate
effete matters, which if retained in
the system produce inaction Of the
brain, and indeed Of the whole
system, causing jjaundice, sleepiness,
scurvy and troublesome diseases OF
the skin.
Year: 1874

LOST TIME.-A young lady of Pennsyl-
vania mears to avail herself of the nine points
OIL law secured by possession. One spring
time young mans fancy lightly turned
to Thoughts of love, and LAYING himself
al the feet OF the fair one he offered her his
nndying affection and valuable gold watch.
Inc etnerial ndness of spring wilted into
the material turbulence of summer, and the
young man, unlike the ticker. failed 10
keep time. That he had lost his love did
not annoy him so mnch as that be
had also lost his watch. His courtship was
apparently lost time, and he determined to
recover so much of it as was possible. He
asked to have the watch returned, and was
informed that it would BIZ retained as an Off
set for unrequited affection. The reply EN-
Iaged him. and now he seeks by legal process
to obtain possession of the jewelry. The la


dy means to make a vigorous defense, and
though her action betrays want of delicate
sensibility, public sympathy will be with Ler.
Year: 1874

An East Bridgeport, Ct, landlady, think
ing 10 pleasantly surprise one of her board
ers, embodied gold ring which he had lost
and she had found, in pancake, and placed
the production on his plate at breakfast. His
teeth did not happen to get entangled in the
ornament, and now it is lost again.
Year: 1874




The first gun of the campaign in New
Jersey was fred on the 18th in the New
ark charter election, with result most
discouraging to the Republicans Never
since the incorporation of the city has there
been felt such deep and widespread inter
est as in this election. Occurring in Octo.
ber, it is always booked upon as an indica-
ton of the result in the more important
election held in the state in November.
Particularly was this so this year in view
of the gubernatural campaign, including
the election OF IA Legislature which will
elect United States Senator in place of
John p Stockton, Democrat Newark,
too, is the home of Mr. George \. Halsey,
the Republican nominee for Governor. and
his friends throughout the state looked
anxiously for Republican send-off in his
favor. Besides, Newark was made the
battle ground of the two contending par
ties in the State with view to securing
effect outside. In several of the wards,
especially the Third and Fourth, nomina.
tioDs were made expressly with the object
of helping Mr.. Halsey In the Fourth
ward a near relation of his, Mr.. Harvey
| Halsey, most esteemed and wealthy Cit
lzen, was nominated alderman against his
desires, but with the expectation that he
would sweep the ward Instead of that
the ward swept him overheard and elected
a very popular young man, Mr.. Warren
Vapderveer, man who is not even prop
erty owner in the ward, but whose repu-
tation is sound as the best bank stock
The Democracy carried nine out of the
fifteen alderman elected, with two wards
yet to hear from, one of which promised
to be surely Democratic, thus wipiug out
the nearly two thirds Republican majority
securing a Democratic majority of two OF
three and the complete control Of the citJ
government.
Year: 1874

In recent issue of the Evangelist II cor
respondent gives an interesting description
of farm life in Germany, which, by the
contrast it furnishes with the life and sur
roundings of the agricultural population
of our own country, accounts pretty plain
" for the immigration of German farmers
and their families to the United States.
We make room for a single extract:


As we proceed on our way we pass
through several villages, in which the
houses are pretty close together, in no way
resembling the bright, neat farm houses of
our New England States. Here the build
ings consist of a frame skeleton filled in
with brick or clay, and generally white
washed The other ones have thatched
roofs with a rich growth of beautiful moss
upon them, and often a stork's nest at the
gable end, which the peasant considers us
a sign of good luck. When spring comes,
and all nature begins to show signs of a
new life, the children anxiously watch the
return of the stork, who has spent the
winter under summers sky. The more
modern houses are covered with red tile,
but even they have in front of them the
disgusting manure heap, suggesting bad
drainage and disease. Over the double
front door, which is large enough to admit
entrance to loaded wagon, is carved in
large letters the name Of the owner of the
house, his wife's. and some appropriate
verse from the Bible. The spacious hall,
with its hard trodden clay floor. forms the
main part of the house, walks from it
right and left lead the doors into the sta
bles. At the end we find small sitting
room, with low ceiling and projecting
beams, and the fine floor covered with
white sand. Narrow wooden benches are
stationary against the wall, deal table
stands in the center, and a few wooden
chairs, and perhaps an old clock in the
corner. complete the furniture Of the mod
ast apartment. The bedrooms and kitchen
Year: 1874

ATTACHING A MENAG ERIE.-WhenJ Jones
Menagerie was in Millersburg the last time
the proprietor would not pay his bill for
advertising in the Morning 4rgwS, and the
editor attached the cage containing the
hyena. The sheriff secured the cage and
brought it round to the -4rgus office. where
il remained for several weeks. The bill
amounted TO fifteen dollars; and as the
animal ate two dollars worth of beef every
day for four weeks. the amount of profit In
that particular form of collecting the debt
did not seem encouragingly large One
afternoon the hyena broke loose and near
ly chewed up the foreman. while the editor
saved himself only hy suddenly climbing
ont on the roof The hyena tore around
through that sanctum, upsetting type
rolling in printers ink, and feeding HIM
self with poetry. and advertisements, and
wood-cuts, and incendiary editorials on
Cuba for four days, during which the pub
LEGATION of the .4rgus was suspended. and
the editor remained on the roof thinking
solemnly about things. Finally, the. sheriff
placed a ladder against the building and
undertook to destroy the hyena with shot
gun. He fired eighty-seven times before
inflicting a mortal wound. and when, at
last, the editorial corps returned. the room
looked (as if the battle of Waterloo and
three or four skirmishes had been fought
in it. Probably no hyena was ever buried
with more literature. in his stomach than
that hvena of Jones had. And an i'm
preston did get abroad that it died, not
from the wounds received from the sheriff S
gun, but from its inability TO digest those
tough editorials of the Argus and the
original poetry. They dug the wood-cuts
out with a butchers knife Menagerles
which advertise in the Argus now have to
pay in advance. and give the editors fami-
iv dead head tickets for the seasOn.-Hag
-idelcr.
Year: 1874

Henry Edwards. i'll the -inlcricdn Natur-
dIist gives an interesting account of the
honey making ant OF New Mexico. 1t APP
pears that the cOmmunit Z, consist of
three distinct kinds of ants-thc guards,
the nurses or feeders. and the honcv-mak-
ers. The site of a nest is usually in sandy
soil and from four To five feet square. The
surface of the ground is not disturbed. and
if it were not for the presence of the ants
the position of the nest would not he sus-
pected. The black workers surround the
nest a guards or sentinels. and are always
in state of great activity. They form
two lines of defense. moving different ways,
their march always being along three sides
of square. one column moving from the
southeast to the southwest corner of the
fortitication, while the other proceeds in
the opposite direction. In most of the
nests examined the eastern, western and
northern sides We're guarded while the
southern side was left undefended. If any
enemy approached the line he was at once
ferociously attacked \ portion of the
soldiers brought flowers and aromatic
leaves and deposited them in the center OF
the square, whence they were taken by the
nurses and carried into the nest. The
honey makers never leave their cells. theiI
abdomen being too much swollen by the
honey they contain. 1t is supposed, but
has not been proved, that all the ants Use
this honey As food.
Year: 1874

CHRISTIAN MEDIT ATION i have been
taught Il good deal that meditation is q
Christian eXccllcncc-and 50 it l.: bUt
meditation is largely 4 running of the
mind-mill; and certainly it does not do
any good to run the mill when there is no
grist in it; and vet, thousands mediate
when they have nothing To mediate on.
Indeed, the great majority of men are M
able to supply themselves with food for
continuous reflection. When they mcdi-
tate, or suppose they do. there Is nothing
that is really profitable in the operation,
There is not one man III i thousand among
intelligent men, who i able II take up a
train Of thought and carry it on connect
edlv and consecutivclN. Reading Is rood
because ii brings something to You;
memory may also help you; and there may
be times when under strong excitement
the mind is lifted up into positions where
it can carry on noble trains of thought
and far he it from me To undcrValuc them
but where it is thought that every per, on
must mediate every day. how ptcou> is
the exemplication of meditation, mrdi-
tated when | was Voung. with u healthy
body, with an exquisite Sen~bilty Ia fact,
and with undisclosed and unltvelopcd in
tcllectual powers mcditatrl-or thought
| did; and when | woke up was watch
ing the creeping of fly on the wall.
meditatcd-or tried tO-about heaven, and
about the wOndrous truths which belonged
to the heavenly state: and when | came
to myself was watching the birds out of
the window. | meditated; but meditation
with me consisted in constantly watching
myself and bringing myself back to the
thing in hand for As the thing in hand was
nothing. it was hard to stay to it. Many
think that religious life requires mcdita-
ton: but | say that religious life first re
quires knowledge and consideration; the
question IS. whether man can sit down
by himself and consider truths which are
disconnected from the practical flow of his
daily duties. My impression is that he
cannot. One cannot carry on Il process OF
meditation except i'll connection with
things that are occurring in the world and
under his hand. II. ". Bccchcr.
Year: 1874

PAUL DU CHAILLU IN NoRwAr.-l have
been an extensive traveller, but never in
all my experience have | met with such an
honest and simple class of people as the
inhabitants of Norway, Sweden and Lap
land. Their faith in human nature is
something incredible, and their honesty
exceeds all bounds. Often have | left my
money behind me in "a farmhouse, and as
often have l been followed on the road by
my late host with the treasure forgot in
his domicil. They scorn to take any re
ward for doing what they consider their
duty, and as often as | have offered them
rewards they have been rejected. They
are very religious people and Il very
democratic people. OF their religious sim
plicity volumes could be written. They
are for the most part, in fact all, Protes-
tants or Lutherans. They bury their dead
in grave-yards around the churches, and
if man dies two hundred miles away his
body must be brought to the graveyard
and inferred. A stranger can tell the con
dition of almost any lady he meets: Those
that are engaged to be married have one
plain gold ring, those who are married
wear two, and those who have a family
wear three. When mans wife dies in
this northern cline the husband and his


friends have three days jollification.
About their democratic ideas | cannot give
YOU a better notion than by mentioning
the fact that | sought an interview with
the king and was accorded the same. Be
fore l was five minutes in the royal pres
ence was asked to smoke a cigar, and at
separating was requested to call again


which / did. When | returned l had to
look for the king myself there beinp no
guards or servants around the house.
found him putting on his coat in room
upstairs. having just put the finishing
touches on one of his pictures A few
words about the midnight sun. | witness
ed this grand phenomenon while standing
ON Cape North, the most northerly ex-
tremity of Europe. The sun, instead of
setting rs it does here. and running a
course from east to west, keeps going
around in circle. the lower periphery of
which is just on the horizon. When it
makes the lower curves it is partially OBJ
scured, but it rises again and describes