MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT. II 
ors and the third of fruits—apples, apricot*, 
poaches, grapes, &c., surmounted by an im¬ 
mense California pear, which latter was marked 
“All honor to the pair we ovate.” Two largo 
glass pin*. In themselves too curious to bo des¬ 
cribed, had each a dove on Its hack, whose beak 
was Inserted into the opposite ends of one of 
Parker's sticks of bread, which had the follow- 
ins: legend on a tiny banner suspended there¬ 
from Born pecking for fifty years on the 
same Baker's loaf. Wei We! 1 Wei ! !" 
There were other quaint, comical vegetable 
figures, with enormous onions for stomachs, 
&c. There were numerous sober and intrinsic¬ 
ally valuable gifts gold-beaded canes, gold 
Jewelry, dollars, charms, pencil eases, card re¬ 
ceivers, Ac. One friend gave goldfish, another 
an Immense “gold skin onion,” remarking that 
in “onion there la strength,” and therefore he 
gave “one scent for tribute." Twoofthegrand¬ 
children, Eddie and Walter (Farnsworth! Baker, 
entered the large drawing-room drawing six 
goldeu horses, with driver dresStd In gold on 
the waggonette, which was loaded with gold- 
lined porcelain cups, hand mirrors, gold nest 
eggs, &c., and ninny times this six golden horse 
to tin returned w ith other utilitarian as well as 
comical gifts. One friend said he was aware It 
was customary to present those marked for 
distinguished consideration w ith a gold snuff¬ 
box, but as he was not “ up to snuff,'' he could 
only give the bride half a dozen gold watches, 
and accordingly presented her with that num¬ 
ber of watches, although ell was not gold except 
that which glittered, and that was only bur¬ 
nished. The jokes were numerous; the garden 
shrubbery, foliage plants and grass lawn were 
studded with red. green and gold gelatine lan¬ 
terns, which sparkled nod glittered like im¬ 
mense rubies and diamonds. 
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SILVER REGIONS OF THE WORLD. 
Is I860 Nevada was not reckoned among the 
silver-producing regions. Mexico and South 
America In that year produced $85,000,000 worth 
— nearly five times the amount obtained In the 
same year from Europe, Asia and Africa. The 
production of Piedmont In that year was greater 
than that of any other section of the eastern 
continent, and was about $1,500,000. Austria 
was represented by about $1,000,000, while Rus¬ 
sia, Norway, Saxony, Spain, the llaitz Moun¬ 
tains, and Devonshire and Cornwall, in En¬ 
gland, produced the remainder. India has often 
been represented as destitute of silver: but wo 
have statements from Sir ltoderlc Murchison 
and other travelers that the Kulu valley is bo 
rich in ore and metallic silver that it might, he 
made to yield euormous revenues for ages to 
come. What was once known as the silver 
country of the Vazursin Kulu, comprises the 
mountainous country lying between the (leas, 
Saitiji and Parbnttl rivers. The mines, although 
in the palmy days of India were worked to a 
considerable extent, are now almost forgotten, 
surely by the Inhabitants of the region Itself. 
The Manlkarn mines in the same valley are 
known to be Incalculably rich, hut are now un- 
WOrked. The Indian authorities, and even the 
people themselves, lay every obstacle in the 
way of developing them for fear of impoverish¬ 
ing the country. 
In the first three centuries after the. discovery 
of America It has been computed that, 100,000 
tons of pure silver were exported from Peru 
and Mexico alone. This would be sufficient to 
form a solid globe of sliver 100 leetin diameter. 
Considering the rado manner of working ores 
at that day this Is no trille. The difference be¬ 
tween mining in Peru and mining in Mexico is 
only in the climate of the silver regions. The 
Pot.osi mine, which has yielded enormous quan- 
til ies of silver, is at an elcvui Ion as groin as t hin 
of fiont. Blanc, in a region of perpetual snow. 
The mines of Mexico are on the middle lands, 
where neither frost nor great heat-is felt. The 
vast mineral wealth of Peru has been developed 
by the patient industry of tile native Indians. 
They live almost entirely on cocoa, l'helr wages 
per week average about $1.50 In our money. 
A very romantic story Is told of the Salcado 
mine, which has been lost fora hundred years. 
Salcado was a young Spaniard who fell in love 
with and married an Indian girl, whereupon she 
revealeil to him the location of a silver mine of 
fabulous richness and as yet nnivorked. Sal¬ 
cado w ith the aid of his wife found the mine, 
and making friends with the Indians, he com¬ 
menced work upon It. In a few years he was 
enormously rich. The Spanish Governor learn¬ 
ing of his prosperity and designing to secure 
the mine to himself, caused a charge of conspi¬ 
racy to he made against him, under which he 
was arrested, tried and copdemned, although 
the charge was entirely fictitious. When await¬ 
ing execution lie promised the Governor, De 
Lomas, that If he Would allow the proofs to be 
sent to Madrid and be Inspected by die King, 
there should be paid to him a hundred pounds 
of silver every day until the vessel should go to 
Spain and return. As the voyage one way In 
those days consumed about six months, It la 
readily seen that the ransom offered was enor¬ 
mous. Salcado was executed. The avaricious 
Governor hastened to the mine, but the mine 
was gone. It has never been found. The widow 
and her devoted Indians had determined that 
the murderer should never be rewarded for hla 
crime, and they had flooded the mine and burled 
it In such a manner that discovery was impos¬ 
sible. 
The richest silver mine in the world probably 
is the Pottoehi or, Iu our vernacular, Potosi— 
the Chollar-Potosl being uumed from It, It is 
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near La Plata, and was discovered In 1515, It 
has always been worked in a rude manner, but 
yet is said to have already produced $850,000,000 
worth of the precious metal. For many years 
1 G00 Indians were employed in it and being 
slaves, so cruelly were they worked that they 
decimated rapidly and their places Immediately 
filled by others. At the present time 2,000 paid 
men are employed and the mine yields well and 
shows no signs of exhaustion. 
The total silver production In the world from 
the year 18.50 to 1875, has been estimated to be 
$1,02:5,000.(100, the Ended States producing one- 
tenth of the entire amount. The yield of Mex¬ 
ico is at present at the rate of $20.000,UOOaimunl- 
ly. Peru Is falling gradually behind, the yield 
for the year 1874 being but little over $3,000,000. 
The mines of Chili and Bolivia are being rapidly 
developed and will soon furnish u material 
item In the annual production. In 1867 Nevada 
proudly pointed to a yield of $12,500,000. in 1809 
the production was hardly half ns much. The 
production for the present year will probably 
exceed $35,000,000. The annual production of 
the Idaho mines is about $3,000,000, or as much 
more as the famous mines of Peru. Colorado 
in 1874, is estimated to have produced bullion 
to the amount of $1,000,000. 
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A BORN DOCTOR. 
Upon the examination, the other morning, 
before the Recorder, oflMorrls Taylor, accused 
of administering poison to Mary Ann Tolden, 
In a glass of soda-water, Dr. Thomas Taylor, a 
colored “ gem'man." was called to the stand 
as a witness for the State. The doctor is a 
small-sized individual, sllp-thod, walks with a 
cane, has a small head, scant of wool, soll'erlno 
eyes, mouth cut biased, and the look of one 
who has an eye to the main chance. 
The doctor hobbled up to the slaud, and pro¬ 
ceeded to answer the questions put to him by 
the court tbualy: 
By the Court What is your name ? 
Dr. Taylor— l)r. Thomas Taylor. 
C.—What is your trade? What do you do for 
a living? 
Dr.— Esc a doctor— er flsstan (physician), 
(’.—trader what school of medicine do you 
study ? 
Dr.—Hey! Didn't study 'tall. Cum into de 
wurl a doctor. Was horned a doctor. Vou see, 
boss, 1 cures peoble wid die year ban’, dis yere 
right ban'. 1 jes puts it on ’em and does a little 
summon to'em and dey gits well: I does. I 
was worf more to my ole masser than all the 
oder niggers lie had. I'm a doctor, I Is. (Here 
the witness surveyed the audience with a great 
deal of gravity and importance, hitched up his 
pants, and turned again to the court.) 
C.—Do you know Mary Ann Tolden ? If you 
do, state what was her condition when you saw 
her, Sunday or Monday last ? 
Dr.—1 knows her. Well, boss, yer know, last 
Sunday or Monday, 1 disremcinher which, I was 
called Tessionally to see dls young lady. I 
found her in 'vulsimi* and plaining of thing wor- 
rlen 'bout her heart. Says I " Mary Ann what’s 
de matter ?" Says she, “ Doctor, I feels things 
workiu’ ’round my heart." 1 put dls yore right 
ban' on her and she got still. 1 saw her sorter 
swelled out and felt things workiu' roun’ in 
dere, and I knowed she mus’ have sum varmint 
In dere. So 1 gave a tablespoon of fresh milk, 
and den I took a speckled chicken—a real, 
nutral chicken—and cut It, open and put It on 
her right side, jes’ over whar the heart is. I 
kep' it dere for sum time, mebbe half an hour. 
De treatment fetched 'em out; cured her up. 
C.—Have you a license to practice modlolno? 
Dr.—Yes, sir ! (Here witness produced a city 
license, issued Jan. I, 1815, signed by Mayor 
Hurley, authorizing him to carry on the occu¬ 
pation of a physician from Jan. 1,1875, to July 
1,1875. 
C.—Can you read ? 
Dr.—No, sir; I don’t need ter. 1 'se de sebenth 
son ob de sebenth son my nollige was born wid 
me. 
0.—Have you a license from the county board 
of physicians ? 
Dr.—No, sir. What I want to go to dem for? 
I’se a doctor, I is. I cures people wid my ban' 
— my right han’. 1 don’t give no doctor’s stuff. 
(E.ere witness looked disgusted, as though to 
Insinuate that to go before the common board 
were a great Insult.) 
C—Do you get pay for your visits and doctor¬ 
ing? 
Dr.-Pay ? Pay? In course I does. I’se no 
fool, 1 ain’t. I’m a doctor, I is. ’Course I gets 
pay. I charges ’em $25 for every case, and I 
makes ’em pay me, 1 does. I’se a doctor, I is.— 
Galveston News. 
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CHEAP LIVING. 
American citizens with small fortunes have 
found It cheaper to live iu Europe than in their 
own country. But prices are rising In France, 
Germany and Italy, and travel is every year 
more costly. Japan, however, is still a cheap 
country, a paradise for economical people. The 
Newark (N. J.) Advertiser says a Japanese stu¬ 
dent, who for some lime past has been educat¬ 
ing himself in this city, in conversation express¬ 
ed great surprise that “ so many A mericans do 
not marry.” He desired to loam the cause of 
the army of bachelors, and wished to know If 
it was “ loo much expense to get married here." 
Whei. told that was probably one reason why 
many of our young men remain in the state of 
single blessedness, he seemed greatly astonish¬ 
ed and said, “ So diff’rent In my country,” 
When asked how much it cost to get married 
there, he refilled“ Not any one cent; no min¬ 
ister to pay. Her parents, my parents talk, 
than we talk, make ceremony married.” 
A lady present then asked him how much it 
cost a young couple to live in Japan, and all 
were considerably amused by thcanswer, “Five 
dollar a month.” 
“ Could they live well on that?” she asked. 
“O, yes; fish, rice, tea—much better than In 
America; all time, plenty. Cost three dollar 
half a month for eat rest clothes.” 
It was suggested that If married life was so 
cheap, every one there was or ought to be mar¬ 
ried. 
“Almost all married—rich, high, poor, little, 
fine, all married.” 
Taking the Japanese statement as a basis, 
dividing the amount left for clothes, the young 
husband and wife have each just seventy-five 
cents every month to purchase clothing. 
GREAT SALT LAKE. 
This remarkable body of salt water is about 
4,(xHi feet above the level of the sea. Is seventy 
miles long, and from thirty to forty miles wide. 
It is dotted with islands; the three principal 
ones being named respectively “ Antelope " or 
" Church Fremont" and “ Stansbury.” Colonel 
Fremont first explored the lake in 1843, and it 
is related by Jessie, IiIb wife, that when hla 
boat first touched the shore of Fremont island, 
an oarsman In the bow of the boat, was about 
to Jump ashore, when Kit Carson, the guide, 
insisted that Col. 1- renmiit should first land and 
name the island. All of these islands contain 
more or leas of lend, silver and copper, and 
quarries of superior slate for roofing are opened 
on two of them. 
Capt. Stansbury surveyed the lake in 1849, his 
report being published in 1850. 
There is no large body of water In the world 
so largely Impregnated with salt as this. The 
spray from its waves Is eryatallzed in varying 
and beautiful forms on the sage brush and 
gratifies along Its shores, furnishing splendid 
specimens for mineral cabinets. 
The many salt springs which Haw into the 
lake can hardly be presumed to furnish saline 
matter enough to make so strung a brine, and 
It Is probable that, beneath the waters of the 
lake, huge deposits and rifts of crystallne salt 
exist., as they are known to in various parts of 
Utah. Salt Lake has no kuown outlet. The 
principal rivers flowing into it are the Jordan, 
from the South, and the Bear and Weber, from 
the North and East. The lake has been gradu¬ 
ally rlBlug for the last twenty-five years, and is 
now from 10 to 15 feet higher t han in 1850. It 
has been asserted that It was indeed n “dead 
sea," no living thing to be found In Its waters ; 
but recent researches establish tho fact that 
some of the lower orders of animal llfo are 
pickled, preserved and reproduced therein. 
HOW HE WON HER. 
A young couple were occupying a rustic seat 
in Union Park, one evening lately, and from 
the expression of the masculine representa¬ 
tive’s face, it was evident he was “a goner"— 
drifted, as it were, over the great psychological 
Niagara of affection, and was then being dizzily 
whirled iu the frothy whirlpools of sentiment. 
The swimming sw'.ms had no charms for him ; 
the eagles were as nothing; and he did not even 
notice tho big white bear. “Oh, do be mine," 
he said, attempting to draw her a little nearer 
his end of the seat. She made herself rigid, 
and heaved a sigh. “I’ll ho a good man and 
give up all my bad habits,"lie urged. No reply. 
“ I’ll never drink another drop," be continued. 
Still unrelenting sat the object of his adora¬ 
tion. “ And give up chewing—" No response. 
"And smoking—" Cold as ever. "Aud Join 
the church—" She only shook her head. “ And 
give you a diamond engagement ring,” he 
added, in desperation. Then the maiden lifted 
her drooping eyes to his, and, leaning her frizzes 
on his shoulder, tremblingly murmured into 
his ravished ear: “Oh, Edward, you—you are 
so good 1 ” And there they sat, and sat, until 
the soft arms of night—that dusky nurse of the 
world—had folded them from sight, pondering, 
planning, thinking—she of the diamond ring, 
and he of how on earth he was to get it. 
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WORK IS VICTORY. 
I look on that man as happy who, when 
there Is question of success, looks into his work 
for a reply, not Into the market, not into opin¬ 
ion, not Into patronage. In every variety of 
human employment there are numbers who do 
their task perfunetorily, as we say, or just to 
pass, and as badly as they dare—these are the 
workingmen on whom the burden of the busi¬ 
ness falls—those who love work and love to see 
it rightly done—who finish their task for its 
own sake; and the world is happy that has the 
most of such finishers. The world will always 
do Justice at last to such finishers—it cannot 
otherwise.’ He who has acquired the ability, 
may wait securely the occasion of making It 
felt and appreciated aud know that it will not 
loiter—men who talk as if victory were some¬ 
thing fortunate. Work Is victory. Wherever 
work is done victory is obtained.— JSmerxon, 
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More hearts pine away in secret anguish 
from the want of kindness from those who 
should be their comforters than for any other 
calamity in life. 
Sabbath Reading. 
THE JOY OF DOING GOOD. 
If thou woulrlst know the purest joy 
That e’er suffused the soul of man, 
Or deep within his bosom burned— 
Pure, heaven-born Joy without alloy — 
Go forth where only God cau scan 
The act; go where His Rive is spurned. 
And where His peace Is never known, 
And take a fallen brother’s hand 
In thine and lead him to the liebt. 
Do this because thy Iotp has grown 
More like the Master’s, truly grand, 
And He whose omnipresent sight 
Reaches beyond all mortal ken, 
Down to the depths of every heart, 
Will see the hidden motive there. 
If tor Hit s sake ye do It, then 
A joy which seems of heaven a part 
Shall give the peace beyond compare. 
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MOODY AND SANKEY. 
Dr. John Hall of New York, closes an artl- 
ticle of two columns in the Chicago Interior on 
Moody and Sankey thus : 
And this leads to the question:—Now that 
the Evangelists close their labors In England, 
and find Invitations to prosecute similar efforts 
In the cities of America, what is to be thought, 
expected and attempted? In making a fow 
suggest ions on this general topic, the present 
writer does not venture to assume special com¬ 
petency to speak on It, or Indeed any compe¬ 
tency except what comes from close and con- 
tinous acquaintance with this movemeut. 
1. Messrs. Moody and Sankey must l»o the 
Judges themselves of the order In wiped they 
should proceed from place to jilaeo. They have 
shown much wisdom abroad. They would 
doubtless say themselves that they were wisely 
guided. They began in smaller places as they 
were invited, and advanced to London. Tt is 
to be presumed they looked upward for 
wisdom, as among competing calls they must 
bo allowed to judge. 
2. H Is not to be supposed that because Mr. 
Moody preaches and Mr. Sankey sings, men will 
bo religiously helped and enlightened, “of 
course.” These things are not " of course," but 
"of grace," and He who quickens dead souls 
Into spiritual life would have Christians ask 
Him with one uccord for the blessings they 
need. The Holy Ghost is no more tied to Mr. 
Moody than to baptism, or any other means of 
grace. “ Let us pray." So they did In Edin¬ 
burgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Loudon. 
8. Let the things that make for peace among 
tho churches be studied. These men alined at 
making not Methodists, or Baptists, or Presby¬ 
terians, hut Christians. They required some 
evidence of uunnlinity among local ministers 
before entering on effort, among them. They 
everywhere sustained the ministry, nevor once 
set It aside, or belittled the divine Institution 
before the people. Hence the remarkable free¬ 
dom from Jars, and the delightful spirit of 
brotherly co-operatlou. 
4. In our American cities there is a class of 
persons whom we may not judge as bolore Goil 
but who certainly do not stand well before their 
follow-men and yet who are often In front iu 
conventions and pray er-meetings. They are 
workers at large, "unattached,” and often un¬ 
restrained by Considerations which influence 
men who bear responsibility. These should not 
be allowed to come Into prominence. They 
do much harm. They are not in reputation 
among them that are without, and the way to 
prevent religious movements from falling into 
such infelicitous hands Is for men recognized 
as blameless and prudent Christians to be 
brought forward and employed. Nothing in 
Mr. Moody’s operations has made it embarrass¬ 
ing lor such men to identify themselves with 
his work 
5. Let no man glory in man. This has been 
the motto and the strength of our brethren. 
May they be held to it. The truth of God ; 
the great commanding, vital truth; plainly 
spoken, iu love, in faith. In prayer—these have 
boen employed by the Spirit of Life to make 
men earnest, devout, and pure In life. Who 
that sees, without profiting by, the deceit, vio¬ 
lence, general distrust, and crime that trouble 
all conditions of men among u/, does not rec¬ 
ognize the need of this renovating and elevat¬ 
ing power? While we use all means open to 
us lor bringing it Into operation, let us not for¬ 
got what is written—" He that glorieth let him 
glory hi the Lord.” 
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NEW EVERY MORNING. 
Here is an utterance that has the sunbeam 
In it:—"The Lord’s mercies are new every 
morning." What an assurance this is to carry 
with us In all our wayfarings through this 
world I The future is always dark to us. The 
shadows brood over it. A veil hides it from our 
sight. What Is under the shadows, what Is be¬ 
hind the veil, what is advancing out of the im¬ 
pervious mist, none of us can know. We have 
no anxious questions to ask. This is enough for 
all that Is coming:—“Tho Lord’s mercies are 
now every morning." The morning yet to break 
upon us may be heavy with storms. No matter ; 
the new mercies will not fall. Come, live a 
comfortable, happy and thankful life. Don’t 
borrow trouble. Don’t be cast down with care 
or work. Take up each day as it conies, certain 
of this, that whatever it lay upon you to do or 
to bear, it will bring hew mercies lor new deeds. 
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