MOOHS'S MFEJlL K3EW-YOHSER. 



L 



MY LOST LOVE. 



Ii do divine authority bad said in 



jatioo of the mar- 



"from Ihc beginning ii was not 



qi 53 prevails, and unblu&hingly 



df the sweeping pal 



oommendi EU 



garb of liberty and love Children unnumbered 

 arc cast upon society orphaned from birth, and tu 

 after years till up the ranks of crime. 



Let, then, each lover "f purity — let every woman 

 whose heart goes out after the beautiful and Ibc 

 true jd life, and aches because of the falseness nod 

 degradation <■< society - lei all, pained bee 



the domestic hearths un-aiictilicd by lose 

 surround the sanctuary of her own htm 



genial iiilluencc* that shall radiate into t 

 leading many to feel that there is such a tl 

 true marriage, and thai its author is tbe All-Wise 

 God. Let every unmarried woman who hopes t 

 become tbe presiding genius of n home, aim to bi 

 come Ibc nio-i noble being possible, that she mu 

 well fulfill thai destiny, reali.-me. Hi.h 



Wifehood i- a relation so beautiful, maternity 



without endeavoring to ascertain and fulfill 

 the laws of their perfection, yel thousands rush 

 into them precipitately, at the instance of a suddcr. 



minds — of being supported. Perhaps society, 

 which has so restricted the number of respectable 

 employments for women that mi: 

 other way of obtainining a eomfo: 



FAREWELL TO THE OLD YEAR. 



'" 



i for 



> these lei 



ring i" elssp tha 

 •i prayed in go i 



victims lliciri selves — victims, indeed, for bow little 

 do such persons commonly realize of that spiritual 

 ity ol mamagc «hn:h liirhii-ns it- cares, and cause- 

 its responsibilities to become delightful duties, per- 

 formed al the pi . mi pi nigs nl 'the holiest of motives. 

 The children born to them arc regarded ns necessary 

 burdens, loved to some extent, because tore of 

 offspring is an instinct of woman's nature; but 

 »r short do they come of that roll inhenlance 

 lernnl love which should be the birth-right of 

 child! Before these evils can be wholly 

 eradicated, then, there must be a change iu popular 

 icut — which change is, we believe, beginning 

 wrought — which shall render it respectable 

 mien to engage in other employments than 

 those which have, heretofore, to any great extent, 

 been open to her, and some of which, by the pro- 

 gress of the arts, have now become hardly able to 

 her a pittance. There are many avenues to 

 competence which woman might safely and beauti- 

 fully tread, and which would render her independ- 

 ent of matrimony as a means of support. Hut let 

 icr be educated in the idea Hint she is capable of 

 i If- dependence, and throw open to her the gales, 

 and wc may hope that the (lowers in the pathway 

 of science and art, will yield their fragrance al the 

 pressure of lighter footsteps than nre wont to call 

 forth their aroma, and the laurel wreath grace 

 purer brows tbon those which often, in the past, 



PLAIN TALKS TO AMERICAN WOMEN. -No. I. 





by, 



i lol nil t 



i] hands thai would have 

 inroa to overthrow n, (his ark of the family cove- 

 lanl still rests lu'ticuth the cherubim in Hoe's 

 noral tabernacle, glorified by the si., km ,1, thai 

 hen first rested upon it— "it still remains Ihc 

 rj true home. 



1,11 "' ita ordination, sucrcd in it* designs, 



11,1 perpetual in its obligations, what then should 

 larriagobi < What is thai mysterious bond that 

 hall so unite the interests and sympathies of two 

 ■■I'd. H thai DO I'. 'in i but Death can separate — 

 e*i » , '" shall even land slill the inanimate heart 

 i (he colli emvc loth.- throbbing one in the bosom 

 f Hie living, and interlock its bright links with 



Li h 'i- "i ii rlolitj I I.,. i ,-. I,.-. i oe , . „ ot B 



:| i "'■'' mighl decline with the 



"' ral decay of beauty, but a deep, spiritual lore, 

 outguahlng of souls — of souls attracted to 

 - fOrth and a perception of cou- 

 ii hosed upon wealth of gold— 

 "'" """"■ii transient— but upon wealth 

 lis eiuiuring. 



Won all moniags '.marriages lb. .1 itU 



mploof earth would be „(,„, ,„.,,„,„.,; 



■najesty, iiecorocr- 

 °RuilgatbjB pictures 

 ">d through whose 



.lining of 





this 



• holm. ■-> .■ 



loin no;; toward He»\ 



Stnlii ■ pilhu • nl - i i ■ ■ 1 1 ■_■ r ! , 



and statuary of beautiful 



aisles might ever ami] the triumph, 



' m its n ' 

 bears the impress „f th, baud ihat'.riiai.i.i'ir 1 "'; 



'"■ I- ■ 



dlanaudtd, and it becomes only 



■ to lima" together im-re i.nWi;,! 



Iocs it lose its perfection of beauty, 



out the impranJoni ol 

 o long and so uUnalrelj hare these evils pr*. 



ailed, thai society is burdened with t] ,. 



'iiiplct.MioiucsticiuppineaahajbeBoine 



haw a mylb. Poets may dream of it, philosophers 



n upon it, bul the natitj, it exiting, would 



la be confine. I Ut ton 



> mammon and selfishness have no devotees. 



SECRET OF BEAUTY. 



The editor of Lift ZUwtrtthi, in ci 



| yard Taylor's description of tli 



beauty of the Polish women, discloses 

 of their good looks as follows: 



"Now it is perfectly naturnl for all w. 

 beautiful. If they are not so the fault lies in their 

 birth or training, or in both. An organism which 

 IS perfectly healthy in all ils parts will be harmo- 

 niously developed, an d, whether male or female, it 

 will be perfectly beautiful. Hence there can be no 

 true beauty without health, and there can be no 

 permanent health in the future man or woman 

 unless the child is properly cared for. We would 



therefore respect fully ivi 1 American mothers 



that, in Polaud, a period of childhood is recognized. 

 There, girls do not jump from infancy to young 

 ladyhood. They arc not sent from the cradle di- 

 rectly to the parlor, to dress, sit still, and look 

 pretty. No, they are treated as children should 



be. During childhood, which extends through a 

 period of several years, they ore plainly and loosely 



dressed, and allowed to run, romp, and play in the 



open air. They take in sunshine as does the flower 



They arc UOt loaded down, girded about, and op 



pressed every way with 



abundant flounces, so c 



much clothing. Nor a 



and dyspeptic by continual stuffing 



and sweet cakes, us are the majority 



children. Plain, simple food, free 



exercise, and abundant sunshine, din i 



period of childhood, are the secrets 



RANDOM JOTTINGS.-No. I. 



Mbssrs. Ens;— Had jusl completed my weekly 

 feast of reason" and laid aside (bat appetizer to 

 menial luxuries, our Uiu.vL, when an idea struck 



don't be alarmed, it is not likely to prove 

 fatal, although we must admit it was a ri/i/jular 



rence in more than one respect — that Bar- 

 leycorn, Jr., Esq., could in no better manner in- 

 scribe his humble title upon fin- scroll of fame than 

 by appearing in the columns so frequently graced 

 wilh the productions of Plow ihxhi.e, Cnunx- 

 DASHEn, and other of 



Soturday Night it isfittiug 



memory, letting her guide whither she will. Under 

 her siipervisi.ui the paths »f childhood are vi 

 — the many patleringa of little feet fall upon 



iv y.uulifiil e us - the spoils of boyish day 



being re-enacted — smiles, happy ami careless, 



wreathe the couutcnai 



changes), the days of round-abouts, and morbid 



and school, are past -these have ire 



our "first frock-coat," the stern game of life, and 



we are students in the great college of the world. 



Now we see the boy enlarged, just attempting to 



put on the dignity of manhood, just assuming 



responsibilities; the little compact of which he 



was once a citizen have become individualized mid 



each doubtless ghiries in being or becoming n 



"Pillar of the Republic." Brightness tinges the 



future — tbe stage of action is before bim, and 



amid all the ups noil downs of the player will come 



Saturday Night with its fancies, 



pirut ions and its hopes — miiv these pus? 



ance at once enlightening and vivifying 



• die a in-. 



i bev 



a of a life so brief 



lkspeaiu: (in whose mirror all men may gaze 

 ! find the true reflection of their own coiuite 

 ices,) devotes lo this period but few brief lines: 



But we were thinking of "Nine Years" as the 

 lapse of lime since the initial number of the Rural 

 visited a farm tire-side in the Empire Stale. We 

 liked the appearance of the stranger, bade him 

 enter, got acquainted, gave a spo-i.il imitation for 

 weekly visits, and from that day to the present il 

 has gilded our home. " The Rdbal" was prefix 

 and liuui title when tirst we looked upon itsl 



that it became a child by adoption, and is 

 Rural" to-day. And what shall we write. 



THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN. 



I: Hull iiinliscvirM la 



Where Immortal hopes are an 



^".1 rtnl ji.j? i-vpiind. 



tie the temple and i 

 Light of Heaven! yel 

 Once Hie pa I lis of e 



e might to Ilia Kingdom 



s Old?" What shall o 

 its lessons of cxperic 





careful teachin 

 ona? — what of i 

 solve life's enigma 



thousand bousehol 



Tim 



Thcs 



steadiness i 



as pleasant :< 

 r regularity u 



id the 



on agreeahh 

 ever noted for 

 —got 

 ay. Little damage result- 

 ed, if we speak not concerning the utter ruin of n 

 few sheets of foolscap— and herewe are. It is foryou 

 to deoide whether we -hallunavc brief space ainid 

 the worthies of the printed page, or send us skv- 

 ward with all the other gloria that <n<l in nnoke' 



A littlb ancedole relating to the "god-like 

 Daniel" came under our eye in print the other 

 day, which bus furnished us much " food for reflec- 

 tion." It is sud thai win i, he graduated he turned 

 classmates and, holding out his diploma, 

 Boys, if I am ever to be of anv note 

 in the world toil must win it, this will never make 

 i great or good man of me." True, every word. 

 \ "degree," though conferred by all the colleges 

 n the land, will neither make one " more nor less 

 ban man." Often, very often, those possessed of 

 the shape of a cognominul affix are 

 ighl than for the gravity 

 cs — more worshiped for 

 depth of pocket than for depth of thought. Each 

 dividual works out for himself the problem of 

 destiny — every man is the architect of his own 

 This truth being conceded, bow ueces- 

 those just .setting mil upon their 



b noted fur leaden v 



f prompt, 



-Hit ol Its 



c hiiiiiier-hiinersof the Iti I 

 no hearts arc enlisted ir. 

 strong hands will bear it o 



is the i 



and breadth of the 

 deem themselves tli 

 myriads whose wn 



support and whose 



The "Nine Years'" cruise of the Rn&Ai, has 

 been full of achievement. The "Tenth Annual 



"clearance papers" for January 1st, is;.;., vet, ere 

 the anchor is weighed, the sail set lo the mast, we 

 wish it open seas, prosperous winds, and to the 

 "man at the helm," all the returns for which 

 mariners on the " Ocean of Literature" may pray 

 — health, and that wealth which is tbe parent of 

 Happioe: 







Jn. 



happy then? 

 I consider well, and nothing is sensibly changed 

 i.v condition. I possess, as I did then, health, 

 my daily bread ; the only difference is, that I 

 row responsible for myself! As u child I ac- 

 cepted life when it came; another cored for and 

 provided for me. As long as I fulfilled my present 

 peace within, and left the future to 

 if my father! My destiny was a 

 cimn of which I had no share, and 

 er. There 



s light. 



ii gli yard the Luial 



THE ATTAINMENT OF HAPPINESS. 



"TlanolnllorHfttollTe 



Nor oil ofdcalh to ,![,..■■ 



There must have been an end and a design for 



hich men was called into existence and endowed 



ilh such noble faculties, far more worthy of 



than tbe simple gratification of the 



res which rule tbe mind while it is 



I tiom iindi'i Ilh influence of a religious 



flj ■ idi , ' to the close observer that 



!.' ' ■ . .'ii ml, however situated, is to 



means, employed to 



lojies. vary according 



.■Ihsh 



eof thei 







acquire 



s the v 



ol eh ,1 



frills and super- °K e should have n compass, the polar star to which 



ed for Ihc 



n.hr, 



No • 



.■ids i 



gathers honey fro! 



little child gather 

 ■nt. The trials 

 comparison with tli 



row; the child gl; 

 present is the embodiment 

 aud hopes. As t 

 rery opening flower, 

 zasures from every passing 

 seem as nothing 

 petty annoyances 



mil grievances, which, For a while, throw 

 >vcr their little sporls until dispelled by the sun- 

 mine of an experienced guide Children, like 

 ■ :mm I flourish in a ■.'iiiial atmosphere, 

 heavy gate will crush the liny blossoms, so 

 will harsh word- compel the sensitive nature to 

 shrink within o ■■ -If. il,u~ ,!■■ .i,-,,, m L . the fresh out- 



■»!« of childish .litliu-ia.ni; f,.r it \S from the 

 e origmalilv ..i tin- expression of a child that 

 obtain Ihc inner wm kings of the youthful mind, 

 easily moulded for good or evil, according 



the influences by 



Inch , 







u-,ih mirth." 



A BoAi-Tini. TitoeouT — When I gaie into the 

 stars, they look down upon me with pit v from their 



. hkc eyes glistening with tears, over 

 little lot of man. Thousands ol generations, all 



■ wallowed np by 



, and there : 



ircturus and Orio 

 I slill shining in t 

 » when the shephei 

 in of Shinar. Win 



word of their 

 ii, Siriui 



I, ih. broadside i 



i the 



: power of the powder employ - 

 iilal g.in«. charge them to tbe 

 ister, if they be badly 

 ■sc than useless — 

 mil, alone coo speak of 



Since then, worldly wisdom 

 it. When my lot was eutn 

 1 sole keeping, I thought to in 



I'I'J - 



I by n 



e of t!„. 



the power contained. The world has thousands of 

 aimlais men. We meet with them everywhere— 

 every current of life is bearing them away to 

 oblivion, not a sail set, their barks rudderless. 

 Young man, have on aim in life, and let that aim 

 be high, Websteii's words bad a concealed purpose 

 —after yoarsaod after labors evolved it. This pur- 

 pose, the child of his thought, was what gave vigor 

 and directness to action — it breathed into bis 

 lily of life, sud clothed his being with 



the mantle of ii 



lulily. 





—Saturday. 



the warring and ja 



taring the 



good, wholesome 



in that word 

 lion ihc strife aud turmoil, 

 g of busy life sink back 

 giviug prefe 



dust from our hearts aud the stain 

 ot battle from our being, ready to cry Peace! 

 I . -.„„. one (we think it was thalgoigecras 

 word-painter. U V. Tatloiij has writi.u "vvhai 

 bleued things they are, and what would the world 

 do without them? Those breathing moments in 

 the tramping march of life; those little twilights 

 in the broad and garish glare of noon, when pale 

 yesterdays U>0« beautiful through the shadows, 

 an.l faces, ' changed ' long U go, smile sweetly again 

 in the dusk, when one remembers 'the old folks 

 at home, - aud the old-fashioned lire, ami M„- old 

 arm-chair, and the little brother that died, and the 

 ash i ' Saturday Nights 





d the present h 

 cupying my thoughts wit 

 my judgment in the pluc 

 happy child is changed i 

 Emilt Souvtstre. 



CnAtiACTBn. — The differences of character 

 never more distinctly seen than in times w 

 men are surrounded by difficulties and mis 

 tunes. There arc some who, when disappointed 

 by the failure of an undertaking from whicl 

 bad expected great things, make up their mi 



they call fate, as if thercb 

 themselves upon fate ; otht 

 and hopeless; but a third cl 

 themselves just at such mom 

 selves, "The more difficult i 

 the mure honorable it will be 

 which every one should 







ray, will try i 



nd this is a maxim 

 i upon himself as 

 e guided by it, prose- 

 r, aud perish; others, 

 if they have failed in 



Ten I\uii.v— If parental d 



observed, from ihc family circli 

 filial piety would spread and diffuse tbemseh _ 

 departments of society, improve 



make people hnmar 



| used to do beft 

 thorn iuto war i 



f the world— Diet. 



ighily | 





es placed, Accordingly, - 

 nth activity, the means 

 dug the great desideratum of lire, while 

 iduced to devote their energies to the 

 ' knowledge, of literature, as being 

 engage in. While both, when 

 may prove a blessing to their 

 isscssors, yet when they become the Used object. 

 our attainments for selfish purposes, they too 

 tea prove a curse. Daily observation show, 

 ost conclusively, that however highly gifted, or 

 .wever well stored the mind may be with the 

 lainments of science; or however well filled the 

 ffers of the opulent, man is still dependent not 

 ly upon a Higher Power but even upon his fellow 

 in. for many or the enjoyments with which bis 

 e is cheered. When men ore disposed to shut 

 emselves up in a world of their own, as it were 

 growing cither miserly of their gold or their attani- 





1 1 inl- 



and exceeding selfish, and hcnc< 



.rdsu 





- Mil 



illations and acquir 



after years we take a retrospect of our hie., brjgbj 

 ;pots scattered here ami lucre along the path of 

 ife. Thus will the truth which our Saviour de- 

 lared be fulfilled in our experience, thut "it is 

 nore blessed to give than to receive," and then we 



feel and realize that these acquirements maybe- 

 omc a means of aiding us in arriving at the great 

 nd and aim of the desires of man. Then, too, 

 rill the mind behold the necessity for laving "s.de 

 nd driving to overcome the selfish promptings of 

 it becomes willing i, 



impart good to others as well a 

 t will, in proportion, be q 

 whence those blsssings come, on 

 to progress by attention to the; 

 '"!■•-, to be gradually pre 

 pnrehappine.. ],, ,, ,.. 



t for 



thus be enabled 

 : better prompt- 



