NOV. 12. 



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MOORE'S RUftAL KEW-TOHKER. 



Bt endeavoring to display oor abilities, we dis- 

 cover • spirit of self-love, which is the ruling 

 passion ofmot). From it spring emulation, envy, 

 deceit, and, in f>ct, nearly all 1 lie evil pT Bp B Ba iHiM 

 of our nolure: wherefore one of the two great 

 commandments, "Love thy neighbor as tbjself." 

 Wbile wo consider self-tore as the main-spring of 

 action, we must regard emulation as the immediate 

 cause of a want of diffidence. Not this principle 



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ft. It is very important that (he school be well 

 •rganiied, and at an early day- Tins will be 

 effected by learning as far as possible tbc advance- 

 ment which baa been made by each, their previous 

 sludtea and classification. The scholars may be 

 requested, for tbe first day of the term, to take a 

 place in tbe same classes as during the last session 

 of the school. This will enable tbe new teacher 

 to witness tbe proficiency which each has already 

 attained, and will also suggest tbe changes which 

 may be demanded. Tbe first day will require the 



In government, some would soy, begin as you 



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wisdom i 



i often moke a voluntary exhibition 

 of our abilities, tbey will soon be undervalued 

 Even tbe greatest blessings, when constantly en 

 joyeil without tin effort of obtaining them, c east 

 to be prized, from their rery commonness. So, il 

 we distribute largely of ibe fruit of our genius or 

 regard such gifts as rightfully 



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ploy ilii'in for the benefit of others. Di 



ability must even impart grace and dignity Jo the 



observer, lie who refrains from attracting atten- 

 tion by displaying his abilities, is not influenced 

 by mean or subordinate motives. Let him who 

 would be respected, oblige others to make bis 

 acquaintance to judge of bis merits. Let the soul 

 be indeed a mine of wealth, urging the explorer 



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THE GOOD NEWSPAPER A TEACHER. 



Thb newspaper is tbe great teacher of our day, 

 furnishing no small fund of information to those 

 to be denominated self-made men in after years. 

 Thousands of our little, obscure boys, in the school- 

 away a greut variety of facts and events of vast 

 importance, which will aid them in reaching an 

 eminence of distinction when they shall launch on 

 the stoge or public life. These faithful chroniclers 



cumulated volumes of years cannot furnish. They 

 are stimulating a taste for reading, where a whole 

 library of books would pass unnoticed and un- 

 known. They arc creating a thirst for knowledge 

 and wisdom, while tbe nrmiesof vice, idleness and 

 corruption would be multiplied without them, and 

 our mighty armor of safety destroyed. 



Once let this grand source of occupation, physi- 

 cal and mental, be suspended, a multitude of 

 unemployed would run riot in the streets,— tbe 

 haunts of crime would occupy the place of industry 

 and morality, and discord become the order of the 

 day. Thaokful should we be that Ibis pnwerful 

 bulwark or safety, this potent instrument of good, 

 the newspaper, is adapted alike to the means of the 

 rich and the poor. No man, woman, or child in 

 the land need do without it. Nay, none can afford 

 to loso its advantages. It is the only equalizer of 

 society. It aims to defend the laborer, point out 

 his rights, and tbe honest road to renown. It is 

 his friend, aud wurns him against a multitude of 

 impost era striving to profit by bis ignorance and 

 credulity. It shows tbe wealthy tbe superiority 

 of mind over money, and urgues the importance of 

 intellectual endowments, and the folly of costly 



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riously unknown, and making 

 mucu witn which we are already acquainted 

 practical. The newspaper contrails, in no small 

 degree, the sentiments of apeople, nod should be a 



HOW SHALL I BEGIN1 



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They have engaged the school, and 

 certificate of qualification. Tbc next labor is that 

 of beginning. They know not how they shall 

 enter the school, what shall he said to tbe scholars, 

 and bow tho school shall bo organized. Allow us 

 to moke a few suggestions. 



1. The teacher should be self-possessed. This 

 will ensure freedom on the part of tbe scholar as 

 well as teacher. If the latter is QOB&med, the 

 work of organisation must be retarded, and often 

 may bo unfavorably completed. Pupils will give 

 information of their standing with indistinctness, 

 and be wrongly classified. Ease will tend to a 

 more thorough orgauizotiou-to a full knowledge 

 of tbe wants of each pupil. 



'.. The psMfl need not be long, yet something 

 should be said. It is always expected and always 

 proper. It lends to the result of wnJoh we have 

 already spoken. Assure the members of tbe 

 school that you have engaged to act as their 



rervice to them in the prosecution of their various 

 studies— that you will exert every energy of mind 

 and body for their good, be ever ready to assist, 

 wbcre assistance can be safely given, and that 

 diligence, obedience and care must mark their 



A few words of cheer should first greet tbe 

 learner. Don't be afraid of ft smile as you first 

 address your scholars. If ever, make yourself and 

 your pupils happy the rery first half day. We 

 have known teachers to boast that they had 

 no smiled in their school during the entire 

 Urm. Away with such an unnatural mode of 

 rning a school. 1) 0M no , the i itt ] c chi id nee< | 



qualifications. We would not, by 

 any means, bave tbc teacher allow a disregard of 

 all proper order tho first day, nor would we have 

 him make a speeial effort to impress bis pupils 

 with an unmistakable assurance of air Jul stern- 

 ness. Bucb is not the rigbt way. The teacher 

 should enter upon bis duties with a cheerful 

 countenance, and with such discreetness and 

 caution that tbe scholars may be possessed with 

 the idea of kindness and efficiency. The com- 

 mencement should be made with tbe earnest effort 

 to obtain the love nnd esteem of tbe learner, and 

 then any change in arrangement or mode of gov- 

 ernment which the interests of the school 

 require may be accomplished. — Maine Teach 



A HEW PIANO. 



TiiiT long-sought desideratum, 

 ft good «od cheap Piano - Forte, 

 bos at last been furnished by tbc 



represented in the accompanying 

 illustration. Unless we greatly 

 mistake the wsnts aid disposition 

 (in expending money for musical 

 instruments) of a large class of 

 people, the New School aud Cot- 

 tage I'iano recently announced by 

 Messrs. Board*-**, GSAl A Co , 



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means of many who have hitherto 

 been debarred from its enjoyment. 

 We copy what the Musical World 

 and Godey's Lady's Book — both 

 good authorities on matters pertaining 





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a amply Tlndlcated, tac DIscoarseanditaAppei 



n oonlemperary Uuiufully romaraa that " the 



ery woik that throws light open aad Waairatea 

 Jih. Such a work la Prof. Currtso'a HhU 



rltton Algebra. The etylo and arrahgcinei 



i practical. Tho eubjecta of Frocttona, Pro, 

 tad the Eool, arc admirably discussed. 



bo admired. Wo cordially commend the. 





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This is certainly an n™e of progress, and in 

 no one thing has there been more progressive 

 imi-nn,iiiir,t than in the manufacture of the piano- 

 forte. So many articles have been written descrip- 



musical circles, that it is hardly necessary bere, to 

 repeat these descriptions. Suffice it to say, that 

 from its origin to tbe present time com 

 changes have been made in its construction 



cipended in the various experiments which 

 chanical ingenuity has suggested, so that we 

 have the piano-forte as nearly perfect as 

 possible to make it, so far as quality and vo! 

 of tone are concerned. There undoubtedly 



INSECTS AS SEEN IN THE MICROSCOPE. 



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both te look 

 scope. Tbe * 

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method of construction, but these alterations art 

 not always found to be improvements. 



Wo have been particularly struck with this pro- 

 gressive idea of manufacturing, in examining a 

 piauo for schools and seminaries, made by Board- 

 man, Gray A Co., of Albany, at the extremely low 

 price of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, 

 coupled with another of similar style for cottages 

 and small apartments, for one hundred and fiftj 

 dollars. These instruments are exceedingly at true 

 live in appearance, of excellent quality in tone, anc 

 □0 doubt equal in thoroughness of construction K 

 the higher priced pianos of these .manufacturers 

 who are so widely known as first-cluss makers, 

 We see no reason why the School and Cottage 

 Pianos should not become universally populur, 

 especially in the primary departments of educa- 

 tion, where the price has prevented the purcba.se 

 of a more costly instrument, and in private fami- 

 lies where they can be made to subserve all musical 

 purposes in tbe nursery and smaller rooms, into 

 which the Grand or Square G rand cannot be intro- 

 duced for want of space. The following article 

 Godey's Lady's Book, we copy for the benefit 

 r readers who may need a more minute de- 



,lly adapted to the 



jives us much pleasure to annoui 



ve tbe article fully perfected, and 



tbey promised as 



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"The piano is of six ootave3, being the upper 

 is octaves of an A scale seven octave, and there- 

 ore any music can be performed on it that can be 

 ,n a seven octave, except tbc lower bass notes, 

 rbich are notstrictly essential. Combining their 

 mproved new scales, tbey obtain all the musical 

 apacily necessary and great power in a small 

 pace, the piano being only five and a. half feet 



long, and two and a half feet wide. The cases 

 ,rc finished with all large round corners, back 

 nd front tbe same; have their new and latest 



great improvement, the insulated iron rim and 



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, they will : 





for a great length of time, fully equal to 

 their large and elegant instruments, which are 

 renowned (or this iinportaut principle, thus com- 

 bining all the improvements in pianos, and sim- 

 plifying them. They aro enabled to offer these 

 nstruments, finished in handsome cases for school 

 lurjioses, securely boxed for transportation, at 

 me hundred and twenty-live dollars. They make 



i, highly polished, suitable for the cottage, 



small parlor or sitting-room, forming an elegant 



piece of furniture, at one hundred and fifty dol- 



These pianos are all the makers represent 



i, and are fully warranted so to prove and to 



satisfaction ; and their names as makers are 



lent that they will fulfill all promises. They 



furnish circulars, giving full descriptions and 



particulars of these as well us their lory.' piano?, 



i application. 



" Messrs. Doardman, Gray A Co. have thus met 

 le of the greatest wants of the age, and should 

 ive the especial thanks, countenance and support 

 of all who love music, and believe in its inlluctice 

 sfining power, especially with the young. In 

 furnishing Seminaries, Schools, Ac, with pianos 

 re really good and durable, at less than half 

 mal price paid, it gives them the power to 

 extend tbe study of music to a larger number ond 

 i rates; and then more of our children can 

 afford to study music, when tbey can obtain good 

 and elegant pianos at comparatively so smalt an 

 utlay. In our cities there are hundreds of fami- 

 ,es who want a piano tbat will take but little 

 oom, and yet have the musical requisites, for tbe 

 sitting-room or nursery, fur their chiidren to prac- 

 ice on, instead of their being confined to the piano 

 n tho parlor, Ac; and then, again, there are tens 

 f thousands of families throughout our country, 

 o moderate circumstances, who do not feel able 

 o make an outlay of $300 or $400, that can now, 

 or tlSO, have all the advantages of a superior 

 piano-forte to enliven their homes, and elevate and 

 refine tbe character and minds of Uieir children. 

 Such is the enterprise of these eminent piano-forte 

 ufact urers, always looking to the wants of the 

 people, and always furnishing on article fully to 



the house-fly are found to be 

 .stiff, short hairs; the black 



bos, over which the membrane is stre 

 silk of an umbrella over its ribs. BeeB 

 •ery curious mode of strengthening their 



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membrane. Wbo would have thought of 

 hooking and eyeing himself out in that ma 

 All sorts of theories have held ground, s 

 sively, respecting the feet of flies. First, they 

 were suckers, and they walked by means 

 exhaustion and atmospheric pressure; then tl 

 were grappling irons, and tbey hooked tbemsel' 

 to microscopic inequalities by means of invisi 

 hooks; then tbey were glue-pots and exudei 

 natural gum, which gummed the insect at every 

 step; now we believe they are assumed to be all 

 three ; claws, or spines, to hook ; pads, or cushions 

 to preserve them from abrasion— these pads wert 

 the original suckers; hairlets as sucking disk 

 that exude a certain moisture— all these hypotheses 

 are found to be true, as always happens in case: 

 when truth unrolls itself in sections. 



The scales on the wings of insects are a worlc 

 in themselves. The little bristle tail which leave; 

 a thick dust on your finger, though touched nevei 

 so lightly, leaves in that dust a mass of metallic 

 scales of all shapes. Oval, heart-shaped, round, 

 elliptic, long and narrow, shovel-shaped, they lie 

 under tbe microscope like a collection of fairy 

 toys, nil made out of gems. The sugar-lou: 

 oval or shovel-shaped scales, set on to a stalk and 

 arranged like a fan ; the five-plume moth of the 

 summer meadows has them willow-leaved in shape, 

 sometimes singly pointed, but generally notched 

 with two, three, or four notches; Ibe six spot burner 

 moth has tliem lustrous hut opaque; the blue but- 

 terfly, shaped like a battledore; the buff-tipped 

 moth has large scales like a fan; the magnificent 

 Emperor has them triangular; while some havt 

 them fringed, some pear-shaped, and others cor- 

 rugated, but all over-lapping each other, or tiled. 

 The diamond beetle is the most splendid fellow ol 

 tbe lot. He has a row of precious stones in hii 

 flat transparent scales that irradiate the whole 

 field with their gleaming glory. Those precious 

 stones are set ou to broad bands of black velvet, 

 velvet and jewels alternating in stripes in the 



beetle, with tbeir royal richness and burning glwry. 



ATJTOGRAPHS OP MILTON AND HIS WIFE, 



At the great sale in London, a few months ago, 

 the autographs of Milton and his wife were sold 

 to Messrs. Pennington, of Philadelphia, for a 

 fellow townsman of theirs, wbo has one of the 

 best collections in this country. The sun: 

 was £215. Tbe first runs as follows : 



April 86, 1 



Rtcithn of Samutl Simmons five poun, 

 tht teeond ftvt pounds (o be paid mention* 



I say Tied by me. John M\U* 





fftttuui L'Jmond 



"Paradise Lost," published in 1(167, was sold 

 by Milton to Simmons, a bookseller, for five 

 pounds, with a promise of five pounds more ($25) 

 wbeu 1,300 copies should bave beeo sold of each 

 edition of 1,300 copies respectively. Milton died 

 in Novembor, lC7-t, and hi 

 survived bim, gave a receipt for eight pounds 



tbe two documents purchased for rhiludelph 

 which is a receipt in full, as follows: 



"/ do Am&y acknowledge to ha> I ■ 



Samuel Symonds Ottti*m and Staeo/nr of L-ri.i 

 (he sum of Eight pound* which is in full paym, 

 for all my right, title or interest, which /have, 

 ever had in the coppy of a I'oem mtilled HiradUe 

 Lost, in twelve Bookes in &vo. By John Milton, 

 Otati my late husband. Witnest my hand this 

 21* day of Jfctemher 1G*0. Elital/tth Millon. 



WilUatn Yapp. 



Doa.iv Siuf- Those wbo have tried it, highly 

 commend the plan of adding borax to hard soap 

 for washing clothes, as it aids in extracting dirt, 

 10 saves labor. Take about half or three- 

 era of an ounce of borax and one quart of 



borax, then add the soap, cut in thin slices, and 

 the mixture hot until the soap is dissolved, 



which may taketwo or three hours. Tbc mixture 

 to be heated up to the boiling point, and it 

 ometimes answer to set it upon a hot stove 

 ht, and let it remain till morning. When it 

 j|, il will be a hnmogeneous mass, which is 



to be used as yon would soft soap upon dirty linen, 

 bat ahonld always be applied the evening 



before washing, soaking tbe articles in cold water 



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HURRAH FOR THE CTTY. 



Eos. R 0riU . N B w.Yoi,k.:u : -I .-co - 

 young folks interested in agriculture a c 

 your eheet, and some of tbcm have got tbe Ian- 

 page to give night to their thoughts, and tbat ia 

 just what I am lacking. I sometimes wonder if 

 the youtk'a ruber's don't write those nice para- 

 graphs for ibem. But let me inform you of my 

 circumstances. I am a young man, 17 years of 

 age, and am so situated that I can act entirolyas I 

 choose. I had tbe good luck to be born poor as a 

 church mouse, and like all other poor people, have 

 to work late and early for a mere existence. ' Now 

 I don't like this way of living, and getting nothing 

 ahead but my growth, ond bow am I to remedy it | 

 Now I will tell you what I am bound to do, end 

 that pretty quick. I am determined to turn my 

 back to waving fields of groin, and go to tho city 

 to seek my fortune. Certainly I can gel my exis- 

 tence there just as well as if tbey had apple borers, 

 Hessian flies, potato rot, Ac, Ac 



Reader, what kind of a fist do you suppose I 

 would make in a counting-room ? Would it not be 

 delightful to count that pile of money ? to add that 

 column of figures, aud scratch away at the books?— 

 Or, would you advise me to Blay in tho country 

 and work oil my life, and, in about two years more 

 I would know nothing but work? Yon can puff 

 all you please about a boy that works hard nil day 

 getting time to etudy. I have tried tho experi- 



bed. Besides, it is injurious to tbe eyes to study 

 nights. But enough of this. "Hurrah for St. 



Mothinks I hear some old farmer say, "belter work 

 on a farm for one hundred nnd forty." 



Tha' 



sallv 



! — a thousand dollars a year 

 in a counting-room. But, how many young men 



ore walking about the streets of St. Louis, Chicago, 

 and other great cities of our Union, with melan- 

 choly faces and despairing hearts, almost begging 

 lories that will barely keep 



nor are tbey kept open, waiting for country boys. 

 We would just like to place one of these eeekero 

 after employment in tbe cities— with the last 

 dollar changed, tho last week's hoard unpaid and 

 a terrible forboding of a dun, which takes away 

 Ibe appetite, and makes existence a misery— by 

 the side of tho afflicted, grumbling country boy, 

 and present tbcm to a jury of twelve intelligent 

 men to decide which was the happiest mode of 

 life One look at their faces would suffice to decide 

 the question, unless, indeed, " Young America" 

 has spoiled his by whining and grumbling. As a 

 general rule, a youth tbat does not study any 

 when engaged in farming, would not be likely to 

 study much under any circumstances. Those 

 in id- n/t.x of " YtniFi-j Am, n-\i" would he sorely 

 tried before be bad been in a counting-room six 

 months, that ia, if he was c;ood for anything, bo as 

 to be trusted at posting books, writing letters, Ac. 

 A counting-room is a sorry place for a boy who is 

 afraid of his eyes. There is not much fun either, 

 counting other people's money; it is a great 





oof 



Our advice would be, if you cannot be content 



on a farm, learn a trade. You can get employ- 

 ment at many trades and have your evenings for 

 study. You can then learn book-keeping, aud get 

 a great amount of useful information, that, with 

 giiml principles, will make you a respectable and 

 valuable man by tbe time you are twenty-one 

 years of age. And with a good trade, if you are 

 master of it, you are certain of an independent 

 and respectable living. A young man who at 



a fair shore of valuable information, and good 

 morals, although not a dollar in bis pocket, is ft 

 credit to himself and his friends, and in a fair way 

 for usefulness and honor. 



BOYS, HELP YOUR MOTHER. 



" It looks bad to see three or four large, robust 

 ys sitting around tbe kitchen stove toasting 

 their shins, cracking nuls and eating apples, 

 while their mother, u slender, feeble woman, lugs 

 i wood from the shed, wets her feet going tbro" 

 jo snow for water, and stands in tbe damp, cbdly 

 jlltir cutting the meat for breakfast." It isn't 

 glit, boys, and when you get to be men, and your 

 imagination wanders back to tbe old homestead, 

 fragile form, long since moulder- 

 ing in the grave, Will haunt your memory, ond 

 use bitter regrets at your careless neglect. You 

 11 think of her, as day after day she moved about 

 the well remembered rooms, uDComplitmiDgly 

 performing all the harassing toil of the household, 

 flcing herself, and wearing out her Life for 

 you. Think of it, and think bow much you can do 

 lighten her burdens. 



A mother's work is never finished. It is one 

 unceasing, monotonous, ever recurring round of 

 toil. Her duties begin first in the morning, and 

 ght, and as 



she lays her head upon the pillow, it is with the 



thought that tbe same tread-mill of labor is to be 



begun at dawn. The calls upon "Mother" are 



endless,— here o coat to mend, a book to cover, ft 



locking to darn. Touur lias cut his finger, nnd 



■Mother" must bind it up with a rug. Father 



has got a cold, and none but her can make the 



boarhound tea. Alter all bave retired at night, 



carefully goes about to eee that the fires are 



ufe— to lock tbe smoke-house door 1 — shut up 



aid cat and kilteuB, and see that the "bired- 



" has the potatoes washed, the buckwheat 



baiter prepared, and the. coffee ground for an early 



breakfast. 



Boys, think of these things, and keep the wood 



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■topping io pla' 



and much more, cheerfully, i 



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