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Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
SUCCESS THE RESULT OF DILIGENCE, 
A Text-Book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hy- 
oifne— for the use of Schools aiul Families. Bj 
. for the use- of Schools an,1 Families. By 
John- C. Draper. M. D. With 17fl Illustrations. 
Ife« York; Harper & Brothers.—lSJf*. 
Du, Drafkf. la Professor of Natural History and 
Physiology in the New York Free Academy, and has 
published his eonr.-e of fifty-four lectures as a Text- 
Book for Academic students, and for schools and 
academies. The work contains about 300 Svo. pages, 
of which 230 are devoted to Anatomy and Physiology. 
Considering the variety of subjects to be treated, 
these limits of course necessitate great condensation; 
and we cannot bnt think the value of the book would 
have been enhanced if some of the topics had been 
presented in a less summary manner. The author 
endorses the physiological views of the well known 
writer. Prof. Juuv IV. Draper or New York, from 
whose physiological treatise many of the fine Illus¬ 
trations are taken. In the lectures on Hygiene the 
author is concise and instructive. The work is valu¬ 
able as a compendium and an introduction to the sub¬ 
jects of which it treats. For sale in Rochester by 
Steele & Avert. 
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Whilst we travel life’s uncertain course, and 
wander up and down the shores of mortality In 
search of transient treasures, we can see no 
better way to pursue than that In which all the 
wise and judicious have trodden — the path of 
Diligence. It was this trait of character-that 
marked the Father of his ^Country, Oborok 
W a sin noton, aud his noble comrades as they 
struggled through seven long years for sweet 
Liberty, which was finally won only by untiring 
diligence. It also characterized the reformers 
of past ages, and still characterizes the success¬ 
ful men and women of the present day. 
Without diligence we must not expect to 
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than others? We cannot ascribe it to their 
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Social Life or tiik Chinese; With some account of 
their Religion*, Governmental, .Educational, and 
Business Customs and Opinions. With special bnt 
not exclusive reference to Fuhchau. By Iiev. Jus¬ 
tus Doolittle, fourteen years member of the 
Fuhchaa Mission of the American Board. With 
over one hundred and fifty illustrations. In two 
volumes, (.lame,—pp. 849.] New York: Harper 
A Brothers, 
This work treats Bomewhat minutely, and with 
ampk: iliuetrations on the inner life, eo to speak, of 
that -fllng-iilar people, the Chinese. Although it is 
somewhat provincial in Its descriptions, having more 
special reference to.ttie city of Fuhchan a«d vicinity, 
yet the reader can doubtless acquire a correct idea of 
the general and prevailing customs of the Empire. 
In the aecond volume the author gives an account of 
his Journey to the capital. Peking, and what he saw 
there. It, is a work of great interest, and cannot fail 
to please tie well as Impart valuable Information. It 
is well adapted to the youthful render, and is also 
worthy a place In every library from the intrinsic 
value of its contents. Sold by Steele & Avery. 
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must not be inferred from the above remarks 
that any one would withhold any just meed of 
praise that is Virginia’s due. Far from it. 
Neither should she be allowed to enjoy a never- 
ending immunity of praise to which aho is not 
entitled. 
The above historical facts are principally 
gathered from Pitkin’s Statistics of the United 
States. N. p. a. 
Elm Grove, Ohio Co., West Va., Feb. 22d, 1366. 
NAMES OF COUNTRIES 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 
INTERESTING HISTORICAL FACTS. 
Europe signifies a country of white com¬ 
plexion; so named because the inhabitants 
there were of a lighter complexiou than those 
of either Asia or Africa. 
Asia signifies between, or in the middle, from 
the fact that the geographers then placed it be¬ 
tween Europe and Africa. 
Africa signifies the land of corn, or ears. It 
was celebrated for Its abundance of corn, and all 
sorts of grain. 
Bpain, a country of rabbits or conies. This 
country was once ao infested with these animals 
that the inhabitants petitioned Augustus for an 
army to destroy them. 
Italy, a country of pitcli; from its yielding 
great (|uantitic8 of black pitch. 
Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow-haired ; 
as yellow hair characterized Its Urst inhabitants. 
Hibernia , is utmost, or last inhabitation; for 
beyond this, westward, the Pnoeulol&ns, we arc 
told, never extended their voyages. 
Britain, the country of tin; ns there were great 
quantities of lead and tin found on the adjacent 
Island. The Greeks called it Albion, which sig¬ 
nifies in the Phoenician tongue, either white or 
high mountains from the whiteness of its shores 
or the high rooks on the western coast. 
Virginia’s claim as tub mother oe states 
Tite Criterion ; Ou The Test of Talk About 
Familiar Things, A Scries of Essays. By H. T. 
TncKEF.MAX. fIBmo.— pp. 337.] Now York ; Hurd 
& Houghton—1866. 
This is a most attractive and entertaining volume 
from the pen of a prolific and popular author aud the 
press of a firm that evidently understand aud appre¬ 
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tains a series of very readable, interesting [and in¬ 
structive essays on a variety or topics. The subjects 
discoursed arc Inns, Authors, Pictures, Doctors, Holi¬ 
days, Lawyers, Sepulchres, Actors, Newspapers, 
Preachers, Statues and Bridge*. It is the most re¬ 
cherche and engaging work we have received for a 
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In 1506 or 7’ King James of Great Britain 1 
granted to what, was called the London Com¬ 
pany a tract of territory commencing at Old 
Point Comfort and running two hundred miles 
north, theuce west to the Western Ocean; in a 
so a thorn direction tho line ran two hundred 
miles south of Old Poiut Comfort, and theuee 
west to the Western Ocean. If the term9 of this 
conveyance wore to be reckoned by geographi¬ 
cal tulles it would bring the northern line to 
latitude40 degrees and 20 minutes; if the cal 
culation wen) by English miles it would not 
vary over five miles from the south line of Penn 
sylvuuia. In the division of territories there 
was some trouble between the Plymouth and 
Loudon Compuuies, and it Is but fair to con¬ 
clude that the line as now fixed is the one mutu¬ 
ally agreed upon. If a line was run due west, 
from the southern line of Pennsylvania to the 
Mississippi, there would not be more than one- 
sixth of the Northwestern Territory south of 
said line. 
It may here be remarked that when this]grant 
was made, nothing was known of this Western 
Territory. Subsequent events have shown that 
the credit of its discovery is due to the French 
missionaries from Canada, which facts invali¬ 
date the claim of the London Company, ob- 
atined as it was under the British crown. The 
policy pursued by the London Company was so 
at variance with the views of the government 
that their charter was taken from them in 1620. 
Virginia was the legitimate representative of the 
London Company. If those who boast of the 
immense liberality of Virginia in giving an Em 
pi re to the United States could but establish a 
just claim to any part of the territory, it would 
somewhat mitigate the character of their boast¬ 
ing. 
It is supposed that Father Hennkpen was the 
first to discover the Falls of Niagara, which took 
place in 1668. There was a settlement made at 
Detroit in 1670—there was a permanent settle¬ 
ment made by the French at Kaskaskia in 1873. 
Immediately following the above dates settle¬ 
ments were made at Mackinaw, VLncennes and 
Duquesue, which is now the place where Pitts¬ 
burg I# located. Subsequent to the above, 
various locations were made by .the Catholic 
missionaries from Canada. 
It is considered an established law of nations 
that they who first discover and hold uninter¬ 
rupted possession are the bona fide owners of a 
country. It was the French who discovered the 
Northwestern Territory and enjoyed quiet pos¬ 
session of it until the war of 1756. This war 
between the French and English resulted in the 
conquest of Canada, and was followed by the 
treaty of 1763, at which time Canada, as well as 
the Northwestern Territory, was ceded by the 
French to the English. These facta considered, 
what shadow of a claim had Virginia to said 
territory, especially after all matters had been 
adjusted by the treaty of 1763. The British gov¬ 
ernment gave Instructions to the Colonial gov¬ 
ernors to make no grants of lands lying west 
of the head springs which discharged their 
waters into the Atlantic. It is believed that the 
above statement is correct; if so, Virginia can 
claim nothing more than her fair proportion of 
1 suid territory as having been wrested from the 
British government by the joint efforts of the 
old thirteen States, If the division of the West¬ 
ern Territory was graduated by the efforts of its 
r acquisition, Virginia would not be entitled to 
I the lion's part. Massachusetts alone furnished 
t to win our Independence 8,572 soldiers more 
than all the slave States combined. 
The halo of glory which has encircled the 
- brow of the Old Dominion for the last seventy 
* years, for her supposed liberality in beatswing 
' an empire on her sister States, is, by the above 
II facta, somewhat diminished. The inisrcpresen- 
a tation of the Southern chivalry bus been so long 
and often repeated that the public esteem it an 
e established fact, and no one has had the hardi- 
r. hood to doubt her just claims in this matter. It 
ICE B0AT8 AND THEIR 8PEED 
mon Bpeud with them, ana one doih recently 
made eight miles in seven minutes. This speed 
may seem incredible, but there la no reason why 
an ieo boat should uot run with the velocity ol 
tbte wind. It is a triangular platform, one angle 
forming tho bow, and the other two angles tho 
stern. At each angle a skate iron is inserted 
and made fust, on which it glides when in 
motion. At the middle of the stern another 
Bimilar iron is placed resting on the ice as the 
others do, but Ibis one moves upon a pivot 
which passes up through the platform, to which 
the tiller is attached, aud this forms the rudder. 
This fourth iron projects below the boat a little 
further than the others, so that the boat does 
not rest on all four at any time, but is thrown 
a little to one side or the other, according to 
the wind. 
This also enables the rudder to guide the boat. 
A mast carrying a large sail is erected near the 
forward angle of the boat, und as a counterpoise 
to this, the seat for the passengers is placed quite 
at the stern, running from one angle across to 
the other. There is scarcely any friction upon 
the ice, as in the case of a skater, and with a fair 
wind and a smooth surface, the boat files literaUy 
upon the wings of the wind. When the wind is 
fair, there is of course no unpleasant sensation 
produced upon the lungs by a speed of sixty 
miles an hour, iuaamuch as it is a dead calm to 
those who are on the boat. 
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Liberty,” "The Stripes and the Stars," “Who's 
Brady,"—(July, 1662,) “By the Shenandoah“The 
Hundred Days’ Men," “The Grave of Lincoln," 
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BECOMING A WORKMAN 
CAPITAL FOR THE YOUNG, 
An exchange paper gives the following course 
taken in relation to persons learning mechani¬ 
cal business in Germany. It says: — “An ap¬ 
prentice to the shoemaker’s trade, haviug ac¬ 
quired the rudiments in his native city (say 
Berlin) sturts oat on his travels. He goes, per¬ 
haps, first to Brunswick; makes himself known 
to the shoemaker’s association in that city, and 
remains with them (supported during his stay 
by the association) until he has acquired all the 
knowledge of shocroaking which they can give. 
He then takes up his staff and trudges off to 
some other town, exhausting its knowledge in 
the same manner. During his travels from place 
to place he is supported, if necessary, by the 
charity of those whom he may meet, each one 
considering it a duty to give something, if but 
a trifle. Indeed, a principal feature of German 
. Iefe is found In these wandering apprentices, who 
meet the traveler in the highway at every turn, 
looking, with their staffs and packB, more like 
| priigrlms of the olden time returning from the 
At the end 
It is a consolation for ail right minded young 
men in this country, that though they may not 
be able to command so much pecuniary capital 
as they would wish to commence business with 
for themselves, yet there is moral capital which 
they can have that will weigh us much as money 
with people whose opinion ia worth having. 
And it does not take a great while to accumu¬ 
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consists in truth, integrity, to which may be 
added 1 decision, firmness, courage, persever¬ 
ance. With these qualities, there are few ob¬ 
stacles which may not be overcome. Friends 
spring up and Burround such a young man as 
if by magic. Confidence Hows out to him and 
business accumulates on his hands Ulster than he 
can ask it. And in a few short years such a man 
is far in advance of many who started with him, 
having equal talents and large pecuniary means, 
and ere long our young friend stands foremost 
among the honored, trusted and loved. Would 
that we could induce every youthful reader to 
commence life on the principle that mortal capi 
tal is the main thing after all. 
A Noble Life. By the Author of “John Halifax 
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Those who admire MLss M clock's writings, as most 
people do, will be delighted with this volume. It is 
well entitled, faithfully delineating a noble life. No 
one can rise from its perusal without being wiser and 
better therefor. We need only mention the title and 
name of the justly celebrated authoress to secure the 
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have done. For sale by Steele & Avery, Rochester. 
When there is an 
extensive ahoet of ice without flaws, sailing on 
these boats is on exciting amusement, and even 
when there are holes in the ice, if they are not 
too extensive, the boat with a stiff breeze will 
skip them very readily. 
“The FtoHTisa Quaker*" is the title of a publi¬ 
cation by J. P. Robbns & Co., New York, gotten up 
under the auspices of the Bureau of Military Records 
of this State for the purpose of giving returned sol¬ 
diers or soldiers’ widows employment in canvassing 
for its sale. Agents net a handsome income, as the 
bureau has arranged to recover simply expenses, 
giving all the profits to canvassers. Hbnry C. Dan¬ 
iels of this city has the appointment of agents for 
Monroe and Ontario counties, and has a few vacancies 
to be filled. Agents are particularly wanted for the 
country town*. References required. 
Hall’ a Journal of Health gives the following 
practical suggestions, which deserve the imme¬ 
diate attention of all who wish to avoid the 
scourge of cholera, which threatens to attack us 
next summer: 
“ 1st. Every householder oweB it to himself, 
to his family, to his neighbors, to the communi¬ 
ty la which he resides, to have ilia house, from 
cellar to garrot, from the street curb to the rear 
line ol his lot, most scrupulously cleansed, by 
sweeping, washing and white * washing. 2d. 
Every man who has any authority in city or town 
government should consider himself bound by 
the oath of office, and by every consideration of 
humanity, to give himself no rest until every 
street, alley, close gutter and sewer, is placed in 
a state of as perfect cleanliness as possible, and 
kept so until thefrosts of the next season come. 
3d. The cleans! ugs should be done now, in Feb¬ 
ruary and March, because, if put off until warm 
weather, the very effort necessary to the removal 
of filth, will only tend, in the essential nature of 
things, to hasten the appearance of the disease, 
to increase its malignity, and to extend the time 
of its devastations: because, the sans of spring 
and summer the sooner warm into life and in¬ 
tensify the vipcric and malignant influence, 
which, in itB remorseless tread, wrecks so much 
of human happiness and desolates so many 
hearth-stones.” 
Holy Land, than principal artisans, 
of seven years the apprentice returns to his 
native city and makes his masterpiece, the re¬ 
sult of his long experience, This is examined 
by a competent board, appointed by the govern¬ 
ment from the particular association to which 
he belongs, and if his work is well done, he re¬ 
ceives a license, and is entered as a regular prac¬ 
titioner. 
How Trots. —A young person once mentioned 
to Dr. Franklin his surprise that the possession 
of great riches should be attended with undue 
solicitude; and instanced a merchant Who, in 
possession of unbounded wealth, was as busy 
aud much more anxious than the most assiduous 
clerk in his counting-house. The Doctor, in 
reply, took an apple from the fruit basket, and 
presented it to a child in the room, who could 
scarcely grasp it in his ban J. He then gave it a 
second, which filled the other hand, and choos- 
I ing a third, remarkable for its size and beauty, 
he presented that also. The child, after many 
Ineffectual attempts to hold the three apples, 
dropped tbe last on the carpet, and burst into 
tears. “See,” said the philosopher, “ here is a 
little man with more riches in the world than he 
can enjoy.” 
THE SHORTEST SERMON 
The Rev. Dr. Muxlenberg’s sermon at the 
funeral of the late Robert B. Minturn, Esq., in 
New York, is the shortest on record, though 
several are recorded with as few words. He 
read the words of tbe Prophet Micah:—“H e 
hath shown thee, O, man, what is good; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee but to 
do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk hum¬ 
bly with thy God?” And then added:—“So 
did he.” 
One sermon having the same number of words, 
but more letters, was once preached by the 
Irish Dean Kirwan. He was pressed while suf¬ 
fering from a severe cold to preach a charity 
sermon iu SL Peter’s church, Dublin, for the 
benefit of the orphan children of the parish 
school. The church was crowded to suffocation, 
and the good Dean, on mounting the pulpit 
announcing his text, pointed with his hand to 
the children in the aisle, and simply said: There 
they are! ” The collection ou the occasion ex¬ 
ceeded all belief. 
It was Dean Swift who was to preach a char¬ 
ity sermon; and giving out as his text, “ He 
that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord,” 
then added:—“If you like the security, down 
Hear this Boys ! — “ I have a great confi¬ 
dence,” says a writer, “ in young men who be¬ 
lieve in themselyae, and are accustomed to rely 
on their own resources from an early period. 
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the 
great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by 
the beard, he Is often surprised to find it come 
off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to 
scare timid adventurers.” 
WELL-DIGGING IN CHINA. 
There is a story of a tipsy fellow who atten¬ 
tively examined a cane-bottomed chair, and 
wondered who took the trouble to twist ail 
those rattans around those little holes. In 
China they dig a well somewhat as this fellow 
supposed they made cane seats. They make a 
hole first, and then dig a place to put it in. A 
pit twenty feet deep is dug, hy which time water 
There Is a secresy in divine love which a 
stranger meddleth not with; and as every heart 
knoweth its own bitterness, until it is taken 
away by the sweetness of the love of Jesus, so 
wc know that which supplanteth the bitter is 
sweet and precious indeed. 
