MOOKE'S EUKAL MEW-YO&KEIt. 



lore. If your child ia once allowed to 

 mattery over you, it will be next to, if d< 

 impossible for jew ever to conquer him afi 

 Under such mm- rule, believe me, 

 complete subjection *M probably 



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children of different 

 dispositions, require different modes of treatment. 

 Very true. Yet tberonre.inlbese.enceof govern- 

 njcnl.eertoiu established principles and rules which 

 ore wisely and happily adapted, and indispensably 

 applicable, to all children, of whatever tempera- 

 ment, excepting idiots. Such are tbo foregoing. 

 Now, dear reader, aa you have got through, do 1 

 hear you say:— " I wonder if thai man knows any 

 more about bringing up children than other folka* 

 I don't believe he lias ever bad any to bring up."— 

 Yes I have, "flow many?" Why, enough to 

 learn something about it— say a pretty fair ei-peri- 

 ment in reducing theory to practice. IIow many 

 do you suppose a parent neods_ to bring up in 

 order to understand the philosophy? Or docs it 

 depend on the number at all? If it does, why, then, 

 who have the largest families excel t — 

 I presume you would not question or underrate 

 the ability of a mineralogist to instruct you in his 

 branch of science, because lie had not laid as many 

 jds of stone wall as a man of your acquaint 

 ho has devoted an entire life to the laiierp ursuit. 

 Woodhur) , CL, 1959. D. Wblluah, 



OUR JlaLMIE AND HIS BRIDE, 



ir tat, 



I glad as Ihtj ; 



GOVERNMENT OF CHILDREN. 



Nothing in this world presents a sight half so 

 pleasing, beautiful, attractive, eaptivntiog,{I speak 

 for one,) as a group or family of children atten- 

 tively, aye, eagerly listening In the counsel of their 

 parent*. The divine- injunc-linn is explicit:— "Train 

 up a child in t/14 way he thould go." And I remark 

 that the tray here meant is. ^firstly, obedience to Lis 

 parents. For a child to disobey its parents is to 

 d'uhonor them, which is a violation of both Ihe 



Some one (I hope many,! may ask, IIow would 

 you have vedoto prevent this. I'ay attention, my 

 friends, and, if [ may be allowed, I will answer 

 you as briefly and plainly as I can, and with all the 

 pleasure imaginable. First, for your encourage- 

 ment, I will here tell you that it is a wtrk that weft 

 pay*, and that no parent can neglect it without 

 meeting with a lots far " transcending all price." 

 Let me impress it into your minds that the obedi- 

 ence of child roD to I heir parent-; depends wholly on 

 earring out strictly in practice a few plain, simple 

 rules. The most important of these I shall here 

 lay down. 



1st. By all DIMM both parents (if there are two 

 living,) should be united— should act in unison, 

 "in concert," in harmony. Bitter conflicts and 

 many evils grow out of a disagreement between 

 parents. Of tlie-n' sq nubbles children are much 

 ■ 1 observers than parents have any idea, and 

 will seldom fail Inking the advantage of such occa- 

 sions ond weaknesses, and fly for shelter ond pro- 



mt* ... 







part. Should parents differ as to their mode of 

 government, as may sometimes happen, tbey should 

 take the utmost care that it does not come to the 

 knowledge of the child. 



8d. The next thing utobtgininttaeon. Almost 

 all parents ore apt to put oil bringing their chil- 

 dren under wholesome div/ijilmr and rest mint, 

 until they have been left to their own way so long 

 that the habit of disobeying becomes so fixed, and 

 the will so strong, that it takes full double the 

 medicine to operate. Parents who thus neglect 

 and postpone, ore never known to make amends. 

 The fact is, they have neither the disposition nor 

 the ability. The child is beyond their control. 



8d. At what age U it proper to commence/ As 

 soon as the child is capable of understanding a 

 plain, simple order,— somewhere, say, from ton to 

 eighteen months old. Parent* by a little atteution 

 ca-i very easily and correctly determine. At this 

 »gc commence o thorough, uniform, regular, sys- 

 tematic, daily course of training. There ore many 

 in-door errands and offices which Ihe child is 

 capable of doing and should be required to do at 

 this age ; , ucu M .. bring me , he broom .._,. carry 

 sister the Pia »_« ,, lck „ l0 cuV( . ; ._.. ahut the 

 door, and the like 



,"Ji , rnr ,i * ,! "»'"» i ' i "'i'i« 



nd.p.,d .0 .b,c!„ni , „„,,„„„ I , di „ g ^, h0 pIniM1| 



understanding what 



and simplest possibh 



and cruelly punished for n 



it is utterly impossible for 



Mb. See that your require rm-nts v.TQ~h/>f ',','■',/ 

 reasonable, so that there shall be no difficulty what- 

 ever—that is, want of power on the child's part in 

 complying wi'h them. The reason f or this n [ s 

 not nocossory to give. Thou, when they , rL . m^ fr 

 —when the order is given, sec thai il , 



without any failure, by speaking only okee. To 

 this end let it be given in aJSrm and decititt man- 



THE "SAHCTXrM"-WHAT IS IT LDIET 



I wondbu if any of the lady Rural Correspon- 

 dents have over seen the inside of an Editor's sanc- 

 tum? If you have, I wish you'd tell us bow it 

 looks, and initiate us somewhat, in its mysteries. 

 Does he not have a great pile of letters, and 

 newspapers, and periodicals, and books, to ex- 

 amine every mail —subscriptions, queries, arti- 

 cles for publication, Ac.?— and who opens them, 

 and disposes of their contents'/ Does the Editor 

 bimself, with assistants? Take, for instance, the 

 office of the Rural New-Yorker. Does ihe- Edi- 

 tor condescend to look over all tbe communica- 

 tions, deciding which to publish, and which not; 







3 othc 



wondered how he, or any 

 one elite, could endure to inspect all the articles 

 sent to them; and so fur from feeling dissatisfac- 

 tion, if a piece bus been deemed unworthy, or 

 overlooked, have been surprised to seo it again, — 

 How can we judge of the fitness of on article tor 

 publication ? It may be too late, or too early, or 

 out of season, or on subjects not treated upon in 

 tbat paper. Iu short.it may luck or possess too 

 much, for tbat particular paper, or time, or re- 

 gion; or, in Ihe multiplicity of an Editor's duties 

 have been overlooked for months or years. As 

 tbe Editor is responsible for the influence and im- 

 pression bis publications may exert or create, how 

 impossible it would bo for him to indorse the sen- 

 timents of all who choose to address his paper, 

 by giving them publicity thro" its columns. 

 Probably, the mass of people are very ignorant 



ful publication of newspapers. Few men are quali- 

 fied to fill With continued popularity an " Editor's 

 Chair," and we scarcely know how to appreciate 

 tbe efforts he must make, and the obstacles over- 

 come, before he can become fairly established in 

 public opinion and receive an encouraging patron- 

 age. And is it not in bis power, to do more good, 

 or harm, than any other class of our public teach- 

 ers? The Editor's influence ruuks the highest and 

 most extended in our country, and through him, 

 if it ever comes, we must look for " the good time 

 coming." Qukechy. 



[Wit 



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THE INDUSTRY OF WOMEN. 





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England and Scotland, he nhuws that no less 

 in half are industrial in their mode of life, more 

 in a third being sell-supporting. Tbe matrimo- 

 il cases under recent laws have diioloafld an 

 laiiug amount of femule industry ; almost every 

 wife who sought protection proving that she had 

 iiipported the household and acquired property. 

 Fhe reviewer does nut hesitate to attribute difheul- 

 ics in regard to the industrial independence of 

 vomeu to the jealousy of men. This jealousy, he 





"She 



>elfn 



rery step gained iociviliza- 

 effecl is to pauperize u large 

 number of women, who arc williDg to work for 

 bread; and we need not add, to condemn to 

 perdition many more who have no choice left but 

 between starvation and vice. The jealousy which 

 kecpa country women from the employment of en- 

 gruving the brass work of a watch, and from past- 

 ing patterns of floss silk upon cards, for trade 

 purposes, long kept the School of Design in Lon- 

 don closed against female pupils, and renders it 

 still more impossible for an Englishwoman to 

 qualify herself for treating the diseases of womeu 

 and children. The same jealousy cost many lives 

 in the late war, by delaying the reception of tbo 

 nurses into the hospitals in the East, ond by re- 

 stricting their action when there. In the suilord- 

 potterics, women are largely employed in 

 painting porcelain— an art which they are better 

 qualified to practice than men. It will hardly bo 

 credited, but we can vouch for the Tact, that such 

 is the jealousy of men that they compel the women 

 to paint without a rest fur the band, and the mas- 

 ters are obliged by their workmen to sanction this 

 absurd act of injustice." 



Max can better philosophize o 



"EXCELSIOR;" 



STORY FOR THK BTORT MAKERS 



o-cornered, high- 

 sing stre 



ed with books, letters, and newspapers. He pli 

 his task diligeully, silently, save the rustling of 

 paper or the occasional sei-ut clung of his pen.— 

 The rumble of machinery barely reaches him, but 

 undisturbed ho toils on — the written page length 

 eniug — the piles of examined manuscripts and ex- 

 change papers of various classes growing larger, 



e opened door. New and untrodden patbsawuit 

 ose records of labor — new hearths — strange 

 Hides are vi.ited. They are bidden full welcome 



the scrutiny which the labor of the a 

 Mirea. His parent* are New Engenders — edu 

 catcd and intelligent reading farmers, they left thi 

 early borne land for this more fertile and promis 

 ingsoil. Their labors have been blessed, and thei 

 are enjoying the decline or life as only tbe Indus' 

 trious can enjoy it. Not ibeir smallest comfort n 



prairie path, hardly able t 



mig .1 



bo readies 

 Good 



copy has ever been his — parental copy without a 

 fault, from which others, as well as bimself, have 

 profited. But jet the parents feel a want of what, 

 without exchange of lubor, they cannot gratify — 



nmptes — of copy to point their boy's mind on tbe 



truth. The age demands that he should receive 

 not only iho impress of their own proper, every- 

 day, stereotyped habits and manners, but the mind- 

 labor and choice product of some one educated for 

 the duty, constantly. Such is the great need in 

 this house where want seemelli a stranger so foil 

 is the ample-stored ahundance, tbe content and' 

 happiness which marks its indwcllers. But their 

 waot is not for tbe ieui|ioral supply of their bodies 

 — it is instruction — added thought. The think- 



eniug as regularly as the body. He may acquire 

 more consuming, baleful, burning thirsts, but un- 

 til stifled, bo possesses Nature's in-planted relish 

 for the congenial, sympathetic condiments of other 

 mind-labor, which ever prompts him to higher ac- 





antlyc: 



., nftei 



ing ef- 



fort,— ho rises, having filled the iron band- 

 which encircles tbe metullic signs of his 

 bor. He is 1 the Editor — the parent mind of the 

 establishment wo have unceremoniously 

 the thinking power, like the sun lighting and 

 warming a whole solar system of satellite work 

 In tbe room from which wo entered this 

 stored thick volumes, containing the ligaments 

 binding tbe sanctum to that portion of the outer 

 world which feeds it. Tbe result of the hand and 

 brain-labor of which we are speaking, directed by 

 those volumes, finds its way through the throb- 

 bing, beating, iron-arteried world to the hearths 

 and homes of thousands in our loved land. Tbe 

 means furnished by enlightened and well-organised 



1 creditor bis d 



but this detracts naught from the praise which the 

 master brain of. the enterprise deserves. 



In another apartment we bear the click, click, of 

 lettered type, and tbe constant use of copy, drawn 

 from the tri-cornered fountain, tells the unremit- 

 ting toil of him who feeds tho stream from that 

 "holy of holies." Yes, copy is the constant 

 here — copy which, radiated upon the world, 

 les real copy for an infinitude of forming, en- 

 larging, progressive minds. The trickling stream 

 from that worn pen-nib multiplied, is more effective 

 in forming mind than the will of any tyrant who 

 ever forged chains on a minion-supported throne. 

 In yet another apartment is the magical product 

 and invaluable servant of diffused science — the 

 power printing-press. The product of the labor 

 of tbat inner fount passing 'neath tbe magic touch 

 of this machine may be exchanged for a trifle with 

 thousands, instead of reiniiining only his. It is a 

 iderful consummation of labor to him who has 

 ;cd more time in trnppiug than study — it is a 

 wonderful success to every division of labor, and 

 calculated to bring Im-th unconcealed wonder from 



en intelligent eyes. 



None but carefully educated eyes, hands and 

 brains labor here. The final immortal product 

 bound in mortal caskets is too precious to allow 

 aught but finished, gilded guns to speak upou the 

 page of tbe sheet whose inspection is rigid, and 



itto is "Mcetletor." 



• Yet higher" is the 



e prints 



pen-guide in the 

 ," and the work- 

 of their thought 

 engn 



and the impi 

 enstamped upon their labor, 

 le heart of the herd-tending school-boy, who 

 ightly denies himself hours with his skates, that 

 he may share their thoughts. "Excelsior" is en- 

 grafted upon all who come within its radius, and 

 truth impressed for eternity, is photographed upon 

 the heart by tho Editor's labor. 



which cun-piic-d In produce the arlizan wholabnrs 

 furnish copy to set in living 

 forms, imperishable as immortal. We imagine 

 preparation, youthful study, training hope, and, 



finally, the adopti 

 Excelsior." We hi 

 IB more than half 

 within us caverned 

 fixed and unhiding — ours f< 

 Others have them — 

 proceed to give aoolbci 

 turn's influences, 

 of early 



r-retreating b 

 n him of the sanctum 

 of years — we have 



, youthful planted, 



are not alone, and 

 ,ew drawn from tbe 



The 



ng uj 



farm-land and moor in the " Prairie Stale,'' whet 

 teacher in a beautiful school -room — from whose 

 rindows fully four hundred si[UBre miles of prairie 

 ould be seen at one sweep of the eye — laid upon 

 lis table before the wondering eyes of his pupils a 

 package of papers, fresh from the post-office. Un- 

 ig the bundle he found it to contain specimen 

 (from the establishment described by us — 

 When tbe hour of separation cume, each tugging 

 laborer for the lore garnered for him on the famed 

 hill of science was bidden take one. Into capa- 

 cious pockets they are thrust, and, one by one, 

 •ith their noisy owners, have disappeared through 



give. It is the yearning of tbo heart for tr 



knowledge in the student of tho farm as well 

 tho laboratory It is ihe want also of tho parent 

 for his offspring — tho teacher for bis pupili 

 the pn-ii.r for his duck —a want or association 

 to be denied. Money in the purse — herds in 

 field — measured stores in tbe garner, are naught 

 compared with the waul of the parents spoken o 

 They want the entire lubor of him whose sanctut 

 we have visited. They are not ambitious, neitbt 

 extravagant, but after examining tho stranger ii 

 troduced by their achiml-boy son, resolve to hesto 1 

 upon him the product of that Editor's labor— think 

 of it ye Who flourished in the days of 1 

 and Demostheses — think of it ye w' 

 highly your insignificant flock and bci 

 to give in exchange a fewcuukcied shillings for 

 fifty-two measures of a full mind's action. Surely 

 Albxandeh received less in his early 

 der the philosophic Aristotle, w 

 wealth at bis beck, than this farmer boy of tho 

 prairie. Wonderful realization of desire 

 sunimtde success, tho placing, by occasion! 

 lutiohs of tho press given in exchange for a few 

 hours labor, the aggregate experience ond wisdol 



The connection between the toiling Editor's sani 

 turn and tbe hearts and homes of tbe people is very 

 acute. While the latter arc furnished m 

 tenanco by the former, the support of tb 

 is derived by supplying just such wants ; 

 described at the prairie hearth-stone. Although 

 depending upon the voice of tbe people for success, 

 intelligent, sufficient, honest labor fails not of ap- 

 preciation and remunerating return. Liberal sup- 

 port accorded to tbe sanctum, and careful prepara- 

 tion of the product of the press with " Excelsior" 

 for its motto, will result advantageously I o both 

 parties, proving to each an untold eugmentatt 

 of happiness, as the effect of a division of labor. 



JESUS WEPT. 



<• toy friend Indeed. 



LITE'S MISSION. 



II, >u 



How Yon Mat Know Good Fathers.— It 



good sign and true wben you see amid a group 

 of boys one dart from the rest, and, tossing 

 jrjsmyfatii 





as he 





that there is a spot in his heart still fresh and 

 green, which tbe cares of the world hi 

 power to blight. "There's my father." With 

 what a pretty pride the little fellow shouts 

 He must bo indeed a brute, whose fatherly heart 

 does not swell with love, whose eyes do not glisten, 

 who does not at such a moment feel amply repaid 



After all, love is the only thing worth having 

 this world. They who stand over new-ma 

 graves tell us so. Fame, money, and ambition 

 dwindle into nothing, beside the white, calm brow 

 of death, though God knows it may be the young- 

 ling of the flock whoso lips buve never even learn- 

 ed to syllable our names. 



Vr.nv ToccBixn.— Mr. Backus, the editor of the 

 Caniijobarie Radii, is a deaf mute; but how elo- 

 quently be gives voice to the language of grief in 

 1 lie following ptMSge from bis last paper: 



We cannot this week fill our usual column— 

 every time hitherto, before this, that we have sat 



duty, wc have had dear little fingers rambling 

 along our knees, or making stray snalchcs nt the 

 paper. A little face, all lit with happy eyes, bo- 

 peeping into ours. A little bead, nodding, as it 

 shook' its curls, a mock " by-by, papa," and turn- 

 ing back again to the sweet childish teasing. 

 But now, alas! the little fingers are no longer here; 

 tbe little eyes arc dim with a dimness that shall 

 never know the old lustre again, and the little 

 curls are yonder, beneath that sod that gleams so 

 greenly beneath the trees ami the glimmering 

 white tombstones.. 



STOCELAcr.— I can respect the aristocracy of 

 r— the consciousness of blood that has flowed 

 gb historic veins and throbbed under blazoned 

 shields of renown. I can respect tbe aristocracy 

 of talent, rising above all materia] conditions in 

 iplcndor and power. I can respect tbe nris- 

 ocy of enterprise that bursts all obstacles, and 

 itself earns and holds with a modest self-e»rUon. 

 But of all aristocracy, the 

 ulgar, flaring wealth, and nothin, 

 mptiest and silliest.— E. II, Chopin 



v reminiscences sad and sorrowful do 

 )rded upon life's pages. Sad disap- 

 bidden heart-nches, on realized aspira- 

 tions, and petty trials— bow these at times come 

 like a load of misery to crush our weary hearts, 

 until it seems almost b burden to live ? with such 

 an array of bright hopes unrealized, and good re- 

 solves broken for a future warning. Life! What 

 depths of meaning does this simple word convey! 

 How it speaks of earnest struggles for right and 

 truth, of good resolves and coble deeds,— how it 

 tells of crime, misery, want, and wretchedness. 

 Tbou»b the discords of sin are continually drown- 

 ing the beautiful harmonies of life,— though evil 

 and temptation ever surround us,— though dis- 

 appointments and hourly trials may attend us 

 through life's journey, — though the slanders of Iho 

 malicious, and (he luithk-smss of those we have 

 trusted may wound us; yet it will be but a short 

 time before the winds above our graves will chant 

 our requiem " while we rest from our labors." 

 Life is not given us for vain rcpiuings and mur- 

 muring*, but for a higher and nobler purpose, — 

 for tbe good of others. We have each a life work 

 to do, which noble and generous hearts should 



heuriC'l, to MMttei I. In- gems of symj'.UM tmd kind- 

 ness among the sorrowing sous and daughters of 

 earth. Were it but the aim ofevery one to promote 

 the happiness of others, how many hearts now sad 

 would bound with hie and joy — how many momenta 

 of anguish that arc known only to the deeply sen- 

 sitive heart, might be spared. How often has the 

 unkind word, the thoughtless criticism, sent the 

 burning tear of an gni-h unhidden to the eye, which 

 by a simple word of kindness might have been scal- 

 ed deep in their fountains. Ever, then, oh ! earth- 

 pilgrim, speak and net kindly. Kind words and 

 deeds are more precious than glittering diamonds, 

 or the laurels wreathed around a victor's brow. 

 Perchance, by kindness and encouragement well 

 bestowed, tbe erring wanderer from the path of 

 purity and peace, may be led to return again to a 

 better and a holier life— to the afflicted, a word or 

 look of kindness may find a sunny resting-place, 

 which may kindle the light of joy in his saddened 



cheering it to tbe tomb. 



Dave bet-n cheered by kind words spoken, 

 Cheered tliotr dally cross to beor." 

 May it then be our " life mission " to crown each 

 day of our lives with good and beautiful deeds, that 

 when the snows of life's December shall whiten 

 our heads, wo may look back upon a life well spent, 

 and enjoy a hope of 



-When tbe eel* 





iof 



tcr the holy orders, he endeav- 

 ored to dissuade Uim from it, as too much below 

 his birth and the excellent abilities ond endow- 

 ments of bis mind. To whom Herbert replied:— 

 "It hath been formerly judged tbat the domestic 

 servants of tbe King of heaven should be of tho 

 noblest families of the earth. And though the in- 

 iquities of tbe late times hate made clergymen 

 meanly valued, and the sacred name of priest con- 

 temptible, yet I will labor to make it honorable by 

 consecratiug all my learning and all my poor abili- 

 ties to advance the glory of that God that gave 

 them, knowing that I can never do much for bim 

 that hath done so much for me as to moke me* 

 Christion. And I will labor to be like my Savior, 

 ng humility lovely in the eyes of all men. 

 and by following tbe merciful and meek example 

 of my dear Jesus." 



Meditation 

 uol meditation 

 naturally Improve 



*oan or Goo.—liy contin- 

 socred writings, a man as 

 advances in holiness, as a 

 'and flourishes in a kindly and well- 

 watered soil. A" lho frlul3 of righteousness show 

 themselves at the proper scuson, as opportui 

 for them; and bis words, which t 

 11.1 (Thai thfl leaves are to the fi nil, lill r. 

 round, but are profitable 1 



_CZ2w :_r 



