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around stores and saloons. Never “ fool” on 
business matters. If you have to labor for a 
living, remember that one hour In tho morning 
is better than two at night. If you employ 
others, be on hand to see that they attend to 
their duties, and to direct with regularity, 
promptness and liberality. Do not meddle with 
any business you know nothing of. Never buy 
a thing simply because the man that sells it 
will take It out in trade. Trade is money. Time 
Is money. Make your place of business pleas¬ 
ant, and attractive; then stay there to wait on 
your customers. 
Be obliging. Strive to avoid harsh words and 
personalities. Do not kick every stone la the 
path ; more miles can be made a day by going 
steadily on than by stopping to kick. Pay as 
you go. A man of honor respects hts word as 
of the forests whore It once grow abundantly 
now have scarcely a single specimen. In Madras, 
the Government has prudently had groat plan¬ 
tations of this tree sot out in order to keep up 
the supply. 
A Remarkable FISH STORY 
HEW PUBLICATIONS 
[SEE ILLUSTRATION.] 
LUCK AND LABOR 
Monopolies and the People.—Bv D. C. Cloud 
ot Muscatine, Iowa. Davenport, Day, Egbert & 
Fldlar. 
The people of the groat West appear to be 
thoroughly in earnest relative to monopolios, 
claas-logislatlon, corruption, and other evils of 
a similar nature which are overshadowing this 
land. Mr. Cloud has hope that the patrons of 
husbandry, to whom he dedicates his book, will 
yet bo able to do something to save themselves 
and the rest of tho oppressed. Ho has waited 
for two years for this auspicious moment, and 
now brings out tils book, which aims to bo a 
true history of tho operation of different mo¬ 
nopolies. He is of the opinion that combina¬ 
tions of corporations and other rings and or¬ 
ganisations at war with tho best interests of 
tho people, have acquired new strength and 
more power within the lost few months. Ho 
demauds reformation or revolution! This book 
oontains UK) pages, and goes over tho whole 
ground. It Is a work for every citizen to read 
and form his own conclusions, Tho questions 
discussed are live onos which cannot bo put off. 
Friend Moouk :— 1 send you a photograph 
of the hero of one of the most remarkable of 
fish itoriet, which is unlike the most of them lu 
bcinga real fact, and the photograph represents 
and personates the parties. The trout meas¬ 
ured twcvty-ninc inches in length, weighed eight 
pounds, and was cooked by the mother and 
eaten by family friends the next day. Think it 
quite well worth a cut for* tho Rural, and 
thereforesend photograph taken by Dr. Mills. 
I think it worthy a cut In your paper, as among 
the first, and doubt not it will bo extensively 
published. The annexed article, from the 
Yates Co. Chronicle, tells the story of “ The 
Fish that Made a Desperate Leap for a Boy.” 
By giving it in connection with illustration, 
you will a most strange and truthful tale un¬ 
fold. Yours, II. H. Williams. 
Penn Yan, N. Y., Sept., 1873. 
Many people complain of their bad luck, 
when they ought to blutue their own want of 
wisdom and action. Mr, Cobden, a distinguished 
writer in England, thus wrote about luck and 
labor: 
Luck Is everything waiting for something to 
turn up. 
Labor, with keen eye and strong will, will 
turn up something. 
On a sunny afternoon, August 37, 1873, Mrs. 
Myron Morse, and daughter of Reuben L. 
Corey of Penn Yan, N. Y., with her little son 
Harry, of seven years, was fishing at Brandy 
Bay, on Lake Keuka. The boat lay a few rods 
from shore, and the mother was watching her 
line on one side of the boat while the boy was 
doing the same thing on the other. Suddenly 
she was startled by a scream from the boy, and 
looking around saw her boy with a frightened, 
bloody face and a trout of eight pounds weight 
floundering by his side in the skiff. A person 
on shore called to her to strike the fish with an 
oar, which she did, and thus quieted him, when 
she rowed to shore. It was found that the trout 
had suddenly leaped from the water and seized 
the boy by his nose, Inflicting a long gash from 
which the bloud flowed rrecly. Tho force with 
which tho trout, leaped in hisoimlaugh upon the 
boy, as the little fellow drew back, landed the 
finny game over the bout’s side and cost him his 
life. This incident was so strange and unheard 
of that it made no little sensation, and was the 
subject, of much wonderment and many news¬ 
paper paragraphs. 
The Undeveloped West. By .T. n. Beadle. 
National Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 
Chicago, Memphis, Etc. 
PEOPLE will never tire of reading of tho great 
West, and in this very large ami uncommonly 
attractive volume (hero is bo much of adven¬ 
ture told In such a pleasant way, woven with 
useful Information, that all who read it will bo 
fasetnated to the end. The 835 pages of this 
book are sprinkled with 2+t good Illustrations, 
which add to the Interest of the whole. Mr. 
Beadle, the well-known newspaper corre¬ 
spondent, spent five years in tho Territories of 
the groat Wost, startlug on bln tour In 18C8. He 
gives a history of tho vast region beyond tho 
Mississippi, and does It in such a manner as to 
excite our admiration for thocountry as well as 
for tho author. Those who wish for tho fullest, 
latest and best Information relating to tho 
West, will secure this book. 
Iscah i Or, Jcplithnli’s Vow. A Poem in Six 
Cantos. By ISA HELLS DU PATON, Mrs. HUNT- 
Muroant. London: Bltuis & Goodwin. 
Those fond of religious poems will find much 
pleasant reading In this book, of the stylo of 
tho following couplet: 
“ The pearly duwdmps glitter'd on tho trees, 
Which shook thelrbranchos in th* amoral broeze.” 
Tho daughter of Jephthah was one of the pur¬ 
est and most exalted examples of female excel¬ 
lence rocordod in tba Bible. Sho Is worthy a 
noble poem. This book contains a large num¬ 
ber of miscellaneous poems, some of which are 
very sweet. 
Qulxsinr. A Novel— By the anther of “ Blndplts.” 
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 
All who road this chanuingly-writton ro¬ 
mance will agree that It is not a book to be 
swept away with the season. Tho style is fresh, 
sparkling, epigrammatic to a degree sufficient 
to keep up one’s Interest, regardless of the 
thread of the narrative. The book introduces 
us to English and Scotch families living in tho 
quiet village of Quixstar, and gives ub an ac¬ 
count of their lives for a dozen or twenty years. 
Tho tone of tho book is pure and healthy. 
HOMES AND HOME INFLUENCES, 
REMARKABLE FISH STORY, ILLUSTRATED. 
Luck lieB in bod, and wishes the postman 
would bring him news of a legacy. 
Labor turns out at six o’clock, and with busy 
pen and linglng hammer, lays the foundation 
of competence. 
Luck whines. 
Labor whistles. 
Lucie rises on chances. 
Labor on character. 
Luck slips down to Indigence. 
Labor strides upward to Independence. 
The wonder is often expressed that so many 
industrious, upright men have such wayward, 
unprincipled children. To me the mystery is 
easily solved. It is not so much the fault of 
the children as of the home management. It is 
an unmistakable fact that, a great majorit y of 
those who settle in life have little or no Idea of 
what constitutes a home. They set about 
amassing wealth as the one object, of life, and 
assure themselves of having done their duty by 
providing for the animal wants of their fami¬ 
lies. It is the higher nature of man that hun¬ 
gers mostly, and especially in the child-mind 
there are cravings that must he satisfied ; it Is 
theso wblqh the parent should seek to under¬ 
stand and meet. Many parents live for years 
without becoming acquainted with their own 
children. They never seem to comprehend the 
romances that fill youthful heads, and any such 
demonstrations are coldly repressed. 
Again, tho majority of men had rather place 
their money in the bank than spend it in mak¬ 
ing their homes happy. It is strange that such 
people never learn that It Is cheaper to gratify 
the tastes of their children and surround the 
homo altar with such attractions as shall Berve 
to endear them to it than to suffer them to go 
out into t he world for the pleasures which they 
need, and as the result spend the hoarded dol¬ 
lars in getting them out of scrapes. 
1 have no faith in the old hobby of laying by 
all one's earnings for “ rainy days.” I have yet 
to learn that It is rnan’B duty to rob himself of 
present necessities to provide for a time that 
may never come, I believe it wo complete to¬ 
day's work wo shall not be held responsible for 
to-mowow. Besides, a pleasant home may not, 
of necessity, be an expensive one. Healthful 
amusements and tasteful, instructive adorn¬ 
ments that please yet elevate and refine, cost 
but little, yet i hey form bright links in the chain 
of attractions, w r hich if once thrown around 
the youthful hearts, will keep them forever 
safe. God grant to enlighten the minds and 
hearts of the fathers and mothers upon this 
question, and hasten the day when tho homes 
of our land shall be regarded, not as places for 
eating and drinking merely, but as sacred and 
hallowed spots, whose influence shall purify 
and ennoble the world, as well as Inspire the 
hearts of future generations with better, holier 
impulses. IiQLLiE. 
he does his bond. Ask, but never beg. Help 
others, when you can, but never give when you 
cannot afford to, simply because It ta fashion¬ 
able. Learn to say 44 no.” No necessity of snap¬ 
ping It out dog-fashion, but say It firmly and 
respectfully. Have but few confidants, and the 
fewer the better. Use your own brains rather 
than those of others. Learn to think and act 
for yourself. He vigilant. Keep ahead, rather 
than behind the time. Young men, cut this 
out; and if there is folly in tho argument, let 
us know. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS, 
THE BOBOLINK, 
One of the young officers at the lava beds re¬ 
ceived a letter from the girl ho left behind him 
which contained this tender paragraph:— 44 And 
if anything should happen to you, do make 
some arrangements to have your hair recovered 
and sent on. It la the exact, color of mine, and 
I can’t got u pair of curls of the right shade 
anywhere.” 
Coleridge says there are four kinds of read¬ 
ers :—The hour-gJass, whose reading runs in and 
out and leaves no trace of gain; the second, 
like the sponge, takes everything; the third 
retains only refuso that some would throw 
away; but the fourth, like the miner among 
gems, keeps the gem and casts away tho clip¬ 
pings. 
The story is told, illustrative of the offocts of 
Concord atmosphere, that a little chap who 
lived next door to Emerson was engaged one 
day In digging a hole by tho roadside. A worldly 
trlfler, passing by, asked him, “What axe you 
digging after, little boy ?" With gravity he an¬ 
swered, 44 After the Infinite." 
A gentleman who takes a business view of 
moat things, when recently asked respecting a 
person of quite a poetic temperament, replied: 
44 Oh, he is one of those men who have soarings 
after the infinite and divings after the unfath¬ 
omable, but wbo novor pays cash.” 
Zach Chandler bought 1,000 acres of Wis¬ 
consin land, two years ago, at a bargain. He 
has just discovered that tho land is at the bot¬ 
tom of a lake, and now be would like to sell It 
to the government for some public purpose. 
Young gent— 41 Might I ask you, miss— a—.” 
Miss—“Very sorry, air, but I am engaged for 
the next three dances. 4 ' Y. G.— 44 It Is not 
dancing — ah —It —is —It’s —beg your pardon, 
miss, you are sitttng on my hat V’ 
The force of habit Is fully illustrated in the 
case of a retired milkman, who says he never 
sees a can of water without having an almost 
irresistiblo desire to put some milk into It. 
A student undergoing his examination was 
asked what was the action of disinfectants, and 
replied:—“They smell so badly that the people 
open the windows, and fresh air gets in.” 
A correspondent of the New York Mail 
says that 44 kissing a lady with an Elizabeth 
ruff on is about as much fun as embracing a 
circular saw in full motion." 
THROUGHOUT the Northern and Eastern part 
of the Union the lark would find a dangerous 
rival In the bobolink, a bird that ho* no Euro¬ 
pean prototype, and no near relatives anywhere 
—standing quite alone, unique, and in the qual¬ 
ities of hilarity and musical tintinnabulation, 
with a song uneqiuded. Ho has already a se¬ 
cure place in general literature, having been 
laurentod by a no leas poet than Bryant and in¬ 
vested with a lasting human charm in tho sunny 
page of Irving,—and is the only one of our song¬ 
sters, I believe, the mocking-bird cannot paro¬ 
dy or Imitate. He affords the most marked ex¬ 
ample of exuborant pride, and a glad, rollick¬ 
ing, holiday spirit that can be seen among our 
birds. Every note expresses complaceucy and 
glee. He Is a beau of the first pattern, and un¬ 
like any other bird of my acquaintance, pushes 
hls gallantry to the point of wheeling gaily into 
the train of every female that cornea along, even 
after the season of courtship is over and the 
matches all settled; and when she leads him on 
too wild a chase, lie turns lightly about and 
breaks out with a song that is precisely analo¬ 
gous to a burst of gay and self-satisfied laugh¬ 
ter, as much as to say, 4L Ha, ha, ha! I must have 
my fun, Miss Silverthimble, thimble, thimble, if 
I break every heart In the meadow, see, see, 
see !”—From 44 The Birds of the Poets;” John 
Burroughs; Scribner’s for September. 
Gyot’s Physical Geography. New York : Scrib¬ 
ner, Armstrong Jfc Company. 
Prop. GyoY of Princeton College, N.J., is 
well known as one of our best geographers. His 
works are endorsed by Prof. Agassiz, Prof. 
Dana, Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, and a host 
of our best teachers. If there is any fault to 
bo found with hia hook, we think It a little too 
scientific; too full of wonderful maps covered 
with a network of mysterious lines in red and 
blue and all the colors of the rainbow. Many 
of the terms should be bettor explained. Aside 
from this the book Is admirable. 
White Rose aud Red. A Love Story. — By the 
author of "St. Abe.” Boston; James R. Osgood 
« Company. 
This iB a very readable and Interesting poem, 
but much of It la doubtful in the sense of pro¬ 
priety. It tells the tale of a Maine Yankee who 
lived with a handsome Indian maiden, then 
abandoned her and married a white woman. 
The Indian girl hunted him out, and died in his 
cottage. The last half of the book is very 
pretty; the first half la too sensual and erotic. 
AN EXPLANATION 
It has puzzled many people to decide why the 
dark wood so highly valued for furniture should 
be called rosewood. Its color ."certainly does 
not look much like that oi a rose, so we must 
look for some other reason. Upon asking, we 
are told that when the tree is first cut the fresh 
wood possesses a very strong, rose-like fra¬ 
grance, hence the name. There are half a dozen 
or more kinds of rosewood trees. Tho varieties 
are found in South America and in the East 
Indies and neighboring Island#. Sometimes 
tho trees grow so lirgc that planks four feet 
broad and ten hi length can he cut from one 
Of them. These broad plunks are principally 
used to make the tops of piano-fortes. When 
growing in the forest, tho rosewood tree is re¬ 
markable for Its beauty, but such is its value in 
manufactures as an ornamental wood that some 
Jehovah, baritone and soprano boIos and 
quartette; “Gloria Patri,” soprano solo and 
quartette: “Gloria in Excelsla," “Jubilate,” 
* Benedicius,” “Not Ashamed of Christ," con¬ 
tralto solo — all composed by H. P. Danks. 
They are effective compositions, not dlrticul*-* 
Quartette choirs would do well to procure 
these at once. 
From the same publishers, “ The Dew iB on 
the Flower,” a Serenade, with ad libitum chorus, 
by J. R. Thomas. Like all hls compositions, it 
hus a pleasant melodv and is correctly harmon¬ 
ized. 44 Sweet is Urn Work,” by T. J. Baumann 
JJAini. a florid hymn tune, requiring an excep¬ 
tionally able choir for its Interpretation. 
From WM, Hali. & Son, 751 Broadway: 
“Down in Swept Wyoming Vale,.I’hero are 
no Stars Burning,” ‘‘On the Wild, Wide -Missis¬ 
sippi," “ Benjamin Beall.” The poems hero set 
to music, by Henry Tucker, were written by 
Col. A. T. Lee, U. S. A., aud are fine specimens 
of ballad writing. 
TO YOUNG MEN 
It is easier to be a good business man than a 
poor one. Half the energy displayed in doing 
that which is required to catch up when behind 
will save credit, give more time to business and 
add to the profits of your work. Honor your 
engagements. If you promise to meet a man, 
or do a certain thing at a certain time, be ready 
at the appointed time. If you go out on busi¬ 
ness, attend promptly to the matter on hand, 
and then as promptly go about your business. 
Do not stop to tell stories in business hours. 
If you have a place of business be found there 
when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting 
