APRIL 17. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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inconvenient, a card of directions is sent, which 
are a sufficient guide. The mechanism, how¬ 
ever, is so simple, and the arrangement so easily 
understood, that no serious difficulty need 
occur. Thousands of them are used success - 
fully by persons of ordinary capacity. The 
slight difficulties are readily surmounted, and 
then practice will make perfect in the use of 
this as anything else. The machine is war- 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
FIRST EFFORTS 
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then practice will make perfect in the use of 1 UAI) finished my first “ article.” Dear, how my 
this as anything else. The machine is war- head ached, and my heart throbbed with alternate 
anted for one year—a length of time sufficient hopes and fears. I wondered if all authors felt as 
to test it thoroughly. It is easily portable, I did, after they had given their ideas to paper. I 
makes but little noise, and the bearings are so certainly was light-headed, and I stood by the win- 
light, and the friction surfaces so small, that the dow watching the fast-falling snow-flakes, hoping 
driving power is merely nominal. The position my piece would be printed, and thinking what 
Written for MWs R*r»] New-York. Jl ■ tj ~ pfSjPpm unueiswuu, uiaino serious Ulinculty need - - — - . ■ = 
FOREIGN TRAVEL FOR GEOLOGICAL OBJECTS. ! Thousands of them are used success- Written for Moon's Rural New-Yorker. 
Tub following extract from a letter just received * ■' ■ ■ .{/'\ ' ja ’/'■ : sllgllt dlfficultie ® are readily surmounted, and 
from our townsman, H. A. Ward, giving some ac- tb f“ I ,ractice will make perfect in the use of T had finished my first “article.” Dear, how my 
connt'of his Geologioal tour, will be interesting to U-^ ^ \ rvV.1 U Y,-v[i ''■ tbis ft s anything else. The machine is war- head ached, and my heart throbbed with alternate 
your readers. Having passed by a steamer from I ?- •$§L' anted f °r one year—a length of time sufficient hopes and fears. J wondered if all authors felt as 
Copenhagen to St Petersburgh, in Russia, about f ‘ (VTSmf II \U .^ to te9t jt thoroughly. It is easily portable, 1 did, after they had given their ideas to paper. I 
the beginning of November, 1857, Mr. Ward writes M .rii.M- ' S, | itf;i : rP , i ■ make8 1>ut littIe noi8e - a,ld the hearings are so certainly was light-headed, and I stood by the win- 
as follows: 'V 1 f/'k ' <1 MlY > ii light, and the friction surfaces so small, that the dow watching the fast-falling snow-flakes, hoping 
“My first visit was to the • Imperial School of ^SmSSS^iS ^ d " v i in « powcr18 merely nominal. The position my piece would be printed, and thinking what 
Mines,’ to the Director of which Gen Hex merskn 2*V v 'vHP&WNR&A *>' ° 0perat0r 18 healthful - aud the exercise of should be the tiUo of “>* “ext “ effusion.” But it 
I brought a letter of introduction from Paris.- th ® l0WCr 1,mbs m U9,ng * 18 invigorating. was growing late. The “shades of evening” were 
This gentleman gave me much interesting and val- C$\/i ; f ,dliff.r J The Famil y Machines are all alike, all of the cl081n « °’ er me * No tnuo was to be lost in drcam- 
uable geological information concerning the king- AMMlfllul V I )arts bein K mad e hy machinery. They are, ,ng * 1 mU8t 
dom, especially that considerable portion of the “''N'-* K ttj however, differently mounted. The principal wiSiYhlTa tfo ft » 
Ural Mountains and the Caspian Steppes, where he . ; v« V /JM J j varieties of mounting, are the plain table, as in . " rm, ya <> , 
traveled; and he also introduced me to the various Rl W&Cj\ diSm .v - p j\ - mi tho ^lustration at the head of this article, the P c * tho precious document in an envelop, 
collections of the Institution. I spent much time \ 6®! half case, and the full case. The cabinet or full «“d >“ » few moments it was sealed and directed- 
in examining their very large collection of fossils •'< ca se, of rose-wood, black-walnut, or mahogany, rea< y o delivered, corrected and- print- 
and rocks, which illustrate finely the geologyof / constitutes an elegant article of furniture.- h ?“° r * 1 hastily threw on my 
the kingdom. The cabinet of minerals is also very Every part of the machine « enclosed, when bonnCt and HhawI - and »“mmon.ng my little brother, 
extensive, and is often said to be the finest in the not in ’ lse - and secured from dust or injury- W6 ™ re 800n T ° n 0lir , _ 
world, and is certainly one of the finest. Among ^ The ha,f case ( of various woods,) is equally . ou 8ee ’ Jo,,NNIK * said r - ™ soon as wo had 
the specimens, two aro very valuable and showy. U9efuI » less cx P easive > but “Ot so ornamental. ga ‘ n ® 6 Bt ^ e ® t> “ 1 havo written an article for 
One of these is a block of beautiful deep colored ^ w -- of tbcm are 0Htllt,e<1 with extra needles * c UKAL ’ and want y° u to tako il bl <or me.— 
Malachite, green or blue carbonate of copper°often "" >T^ § ‘ and spools, and everything necessary to operat- You, musn-t tell any one about it, for I intend it 
wrought into splendid ornaments. It is the largest PAST. present. ing them successfully. s m « kept a profound secret, and if it’s never 
piece ever found, and measure, nearly three and a THE NEEPIJB. THE SFWTNfi VI Arin vir Rural readers have become familiar with some ,' H ’ !’)' ! <) ! f y .7 1 . 11 be ! th ® W |: ser fo J , 1 . t ’ bat >' ou 
half feet in length and nearly as much in thickness. the pen. P^r^s species of labor-saving farming utensils, and ap- “L d .» ’l T T^ * *“* 
It is valued at 625,000 roubles, or $116,000. The the canoe. the steamboat. preciate the economy of their introduction—such • ,, ' ‘ /f.! 611 et ’ nn d warmly sympa- 
other is a mass of native gold, ten inches by five, £5 SSSS'hm crahee ™ telegraph. as Planters, Reapers, Mowers, Threshers, Ac.- “ 7 ambl 10 f n8 * pIan « aud ?*?*«* tor 
and weighs seventy-eight pounds avordupoil Its ^ M ° WEB AN ° EEAPEB ’ Nearly every farm has its horse or horses for ex- ^w fn ^ v Wmd laid th ° 
model in plaster and gilded, is seen in several ^ ~ ' pediting travel. Suppose the fanner to be asked the faster tAW^* 0 m0lmtaina ’ but w0 ° nl y wa lke< I 
Museums of Europe. Ix the illustration above, we have contrastingly In the selection of the fabrics, r is a seam formed to dispense with his horse, nnd perform all his Jr ,. P 1 warm 1 ’ and begulled the wa ? 
The School of Mines is well supplied with models grou P ed the instruments employed by man in the with two threads e and z, one above and the other journeying on foot—the daily tramp to his tillage Q f our'destinmh 1 " ° arrivcdaUbe P laco 
of mines, and various mining machines for the in- e P° cb novT passing away, with those inventions below the fabric. They are interlocked with each land—calls of business ten or twelve miles distant_ «w n T 10n ’„ 
spection of the students. The cellar of the Insti- w l licb mark his grand material progress. In one other in the centre of the fabric, and present the trips to town, the store, post-office, mill, meetings i„ )t > «’ i 0IINI ^ r ^’ anc care u Y handed him the 
tution also is so excavated as to represent the gal- K ron P. we note but little advance upon the natural same appearance on each surface—a single line of of various kinds, distant friends, and cities. Let v , r p ,® aH ® a ” < ' lt 1,1 or me > anii I will wait for 
leries. shafts. Ac., of a mi™ wi,ii« condition of man. These simple instruments, thread extendimr fmm atitp.h in B tttn.h tv , 0 . you nere. And thus I sent my first literary pro- 
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^ ^ 6 and spools, and everything necessary to operat- ^° U Illusn,t anyone about it, for I intend it 
ing them successfully. eha11 1)0 ke P t a profound secret, and if it’s never 
THE SEWING \i \( m V h’ Rural readers have become familiar with some «nd I*^ And 0 ^ 7 ^ 1 - 11 b< i the W !f Cr f °< ^ J ° U 
1 rj - J j oHiW LiNvjr iVlAOJrlJLINxL. . « , , . ,, , and 1. And if it is, why. won’t our folks be sur- 
THE printing press. 8pec ! e9 °f labor-saving farming utensils, and ap- prlfled p> Johnnie assented, and warmly sympa- 
THE steamboat. preciate the economy of their introduction—such t a ,, .... ’. * J H y m I ,a - 
THE telegraph. as Planters, Reapers, Mowers, Threshers, etc.- V 7 ^ ^ aud pr ° jeotfl for 
THE MOWER AND REAPER. Near]y eyery fftrm hag ^ horse Qr hor 8 J for the ^6. HOW Cold it WHS. The wind laid the 
- ' pediting travel. Suppose the farmer to be asked tho'fa ' U ° mountains ’ but we ® nl y walked 
In the selection of the fabrics, e is a seam formed to dispense with his horse, nnd perform all his wit i. °, C f Cp “ 8 warm, and beguiled the way 
it.h twn tii i-oo,i a „ .....u- .o.. _o„i„„ o„ r,w,t v.-_ wlth llvel Y cliat ' At length we arrived at the place 
of tbe operator is healthful, and the exercise of should be the title of my next “ effusion.” But it 
tbe l°wer limbs in using it, is invigorating. was growing late. The “ shades of evening” were 
i\ J The Family Machines are all alike, all of the c l° s i u f? o’er me. No time was to be lost in dream- 
r -~- J parts being made by machinery. They are, ’ ng ' * must 
! v; j however, differently mounted. The principal “ IJo up and ,loln s 
M varieties of mounting, are the plain table, as in Wit)l n lie, ‘ rt for an Y fat0 > 
A l the illustration at the head of this article, the 80 Iplaced the P re cious document in an envelop, 
M4, half case, and the full case. The cabinet or full a Jl d lu a few moments it was sealed and directed— 
case, of rose-wood, black-walnut, or mahogany, a y ea( 'y bo delivered, corrected and- j>rint- 
constitutes an elegant article of furniture.— e> ’ ^ wor,-li y tbat honor. I hastily threw on my 
Jh Every part of the machine is enclosed, when bonnet and » ha wl, and summoning my little brother, 
fey not in use, and secured from dust or injury- w ® 1Aere 800n on our way. 
The half case (of various woods,) is equally . 011 8ee ’ dwnNNrK > ’ R aid I, as soon as wo had 
useful, less expensive, but not so ornamental. gained tbe street, “ I havo written an article for 
THE NEEPLE. 
THE PEN, 
THE CANOE. 
THE COURIER. 
THE SCYTHE AND CRADLE. 
PRESENT. 
THE SEWING MACHINE. 
THE PRINTING PRESS. 
THE STEAMBOAT. 
THE TELEGRAPH. 
THE MOWER AND REAPER. 
All of them are outfitted with extra needles 4 ie ^ uaAL > a,1(1 1 want you to tako it in for me.— 
and spools, and everything necessary to operat- ^° U mU8n '* anyone about it, for I intend it 
ing them successfully. sha11 bo kept a profound secret, and if it’s never 
Rural readers have become familiar with some b ® the W ! 8er for it ’ b,lt >' ou 
with lively chat. At length we arrived at the place 
of our destination. 
“Now, Johnnie,” and I carefully handed him the 
leries, shafts, .fee., of a mine, while on the walls are 
painted strata which dip in all directions, with 
faults, dikes, seams of real coal, beds of iron ore 
of the former curve gently forward and inward, as nCM ^parauve 
we have all seen; those of the mammoth on the W1 T fe 686 two G roap? - 
contrary, present a very large but ungraceful bend °q 
outwards, suggesting at once the inquiry—how work M ’ at ohan e ” 
could the animal use them? The feet of this mam- Q in , 8 '. 
condition of man. These simple instrument-, thread extending from stitch to stitch The same . , , u . you nere. And thus 1 sent my first literary pro- 
wielded by the direct application of physical thread does not appear alternately above and be- ducUon on its uncertain expedition. It did not 
strength, betoken a cultivation scarcely above the low the fabric, but that upon tho upper surface is k ® 88 l0ng t0 dellver tho ma ““«cript as it did to 
nests of copper, gold, Ac., all disposed"with much \ VeragC of barbarj8m * The ^ eviuce but little more delusively the thread ,, and that upon the lower . f h J'l J 7^1 ^ °“ W&7 h ° me - 
ingenuity. than instlnc t. and can hardly be reckoned as the surface exclusively the thread * It is simple in slowly the days dra Kged on, until a week 
I next visited tho “Academy of Sciences’’where r f ult \ or ^ cuVmr ^idents of civilisation. In its formation, made with economy of thread; can- an ° ther I>ai>er - _ 
I saw collections in all the departments of natural tbe otber « ro,1 P ar « represented the greatest not be ripped nor raveled, and forms a seam firmer iH ife A vfe A M But my first effort did not grace its columna Two 
history. By far the most valuable and interesting tnumph8 and i the Iatest embodimcnta of mechanical than hand-sewing. A use of twelve years has tested Ift f PI WI flZl F^n T'* J> at t,mea my tongue 
object in this collection is the famous skeleton ef 8t * mulated by American Republican civili- its excellence, and no attempts have been made to =§* |H [MIS ||l B) “ , \ ^ fi '' * Ti?^ and then Jo,I1 ’ N,H 
the Siberian Mammoth, the Elephus primogenius of zatlon - Genius has allied itself, too, with nature, improve iL It may be made by hand in the man- ^ l| K I S ^M il 1 would slip away to talk it over together. At 
Zoologists, of which nearly every bone is preserved and enll3ted her tremendous energies in behalf of ner represented in the above diagram, as follows:- g|8 mU thiee weekH had run tbeir course > and tho 
It stands in the center of a large hall and at its huraanl,y through mechanical laws. Why has not Take an ordinary needle, h, threaded, and a small ^181 111® III Mflf „ n A appearance, and, wonder of 
side is the skeleton of a full grown African ele th,S a,d beCn vouchsafed before? Thc delay has ball of thread, f and a soft piece of fabric. Tie wonders, there was my piece, at fuU length, in print! 
Phant The difference in size is very considerable, bee “ heneficent. Had these discoveries been made the ends of the thread together, leaving an inch or , -whal in? ”! / ' „ , , , 
the mammoth being at least fifteen inches taller ere bber ty had received a distinct enunciation and two of the thread, s, unravelled. Thrust the needle -- Lw ^ nt “»y niother looked astonished 
and with skull and thigh bones more than one- ambod * mcu t, they would have armed tyranny with h, head first through the fabric; withdraw it •mh. m n ' len 0Htbnr8t . 
third larger. One of the most striking differences ten ' f ° ld P ° Wer f ° r the enthralment of ma “- They slightly; seize the loop thus formed, enlarge it, TOI ' L CASE ’ 0L03KD - T * 1 KaV ° a f. lgh ° f reIlef ' 
between the elephant and his great Siberian proto- n ? W render Tx>triS Napolkon a Bria rean tyrant and pass it around the ball. Withdraw the needle bira try tbis for a few months, and work his farm . lie secret was speedily made known, the article 
type is the form of the defences or tusks. Those Tb ® conte8t ot En g la nd against India and China, entirely from the fabric, and draw up the loop so at tbe Bame time - and he might form some concep- y discussed and praised, and Johnnie and I were 
shows the comparative strength of nations armed that the interlocking point of the threads will be 114,11 of tho wearisome tasks of hand-sewing. Sup- peifect 7 Batisfied - f have mado several efforts 
FUX.L CASE, CLOSED. 
in the centre of the fabric. This stitch is made bv pose tbat after ba ying, hoeing, chopping or plow- 8 " 1C0 , then ’ and . thanks to Mr. Moore, I have had 
XL _ nr . J ^11 J 1.1 1 1 « ... the nleAflll re of nphnlflinrr ill nrv-1 a „ .1 
tangled masses of it are preserved on the shelves ° f 0our80 ’ we 8bould expect in a ba rbarous country, the fabric, 
of the museum. The entire skeleton is sixteen ] * ° W estl f ate 18 placed u P on woma “ and 
feet and a third in length, and its height is nine ca P acitie8 * Ile g ard ed as a drudge, she would 
feet and one-third. The tusks measure, along the eraployed m drudgery. In America alone has 
_. ....... . ’ K a nroner sentiment nrevaileri- nnrl Lor 
holding the purse, relieves himself by purchasing dec !? °{ troub ^ 1 ” 
a horse and carriage; let him remember that relief ° C '° H er ’ ' 18/i8 ‘ 
is eqnally due to his wife. Heretofore no mode of 
relief for her has been feasible; now it iB supplied HOW RAIN IS 
in the Sewing Machine. Not a household can . . .. . 
afford to do without one. Thc saving of time aud “derstand the plulosi 
doctor’s bills would soon pay for one. Many T r r° * V®? ? 
other articles of furniture could be better dis- animal8 - a few facts derived 
Winnie Willian. 
curve, nine and a half feet, and, so much are they 
bent, that it is only three feet and seven inches 
from the point to the base in a right line. The 
a«imal was found frozen in a mass of earth and 
a proper sentiment prevailed; and her material 
emancipator is its offspring. 
Although the labor that civilization has allotted 
to woman, has required but little physical strength. 
ice on an island near the mouth of the Lena at the ^ baS 101(1 Wltb terrible c f f ect U P 011 her finer 
Arctic Sea, in Siberia. After it fell out of the bank pbysical and lierT0U8 organization. The burdens 
of ice in 1803, it was made the food of dogs foxes ° f th ° wardrobe ’ woman’s peculiar care, of course, 
and other animals, till its flesh was chiefly con- b ® en lncreased manifold by modern taste and 
sumed in 1806, when Mr. Adams examined it, and fashl0n - Every household has been crowded with 
collected the remains. Even the eyes were pretty 8 ™ g , ; T d woman ’ 8 dutiea were never done. 
.ii J xr J flnitfthlft clnthincr far n. of 
well preserved. 
The inhabitants of Siberia have a notion that 
Suitable clothing for a household of six persons, 
furnishes hand-sewing enough for one continually. 
this animal burrows in the ground, and that when , H ° W m °, tber9 bav ° “ ot onIy borne thi8 > bal 
it breaks through the superficial crust, it is killed the addltl0 “ al burtb ®“ of rearing children, and 
HOW RAIN IS FORMED. 
To understand the philosophy of this phenome¬ 
non, essential to the very existence of plants and 
animals, a few facts derived from observation and 
half case, orisN. 
pensed with. No daughter’s outfit should be f I7 l0Dg ! ram ° f experiment8 ’ mu8t be remembered, 
deemed complete without one. Tho piano and ? ^ atmosphere everywhere, at all times, a 
silver-plate are of secondary importance to it- temperature - we should never havo rain. 
Those who have the three, will dispense with the f 0r . 8now ' lhe wat « r Sorbed by it in evapo- 
two former soonest The time will soon come \ T™ ^ l\° W ° U ‘ d 
when the absence of the Sewing Machine will be A aa lmperce I ,tlble ™ p0 L or cease to bo 
more remarkable than its presence, and we shall “iTd Th/ / & w ® nC ® fully 8atu ‘ 
then wonder how woman has endured to make by f 801 ' b ‘ ng of the ‘^osphere, 
hand, millions and millions of stitches. Households ’ conse T aentl y- lt8 capability to retain humidi- 
wiH become more genial, their members better ?“ ^* CM 
-o-- vx thPir health ftnrl liflnninoaa ~ uporttiur Heats neraeil OeiOre n: Wlia -A geuue ^ . --v J..WAWWA* iu« 
to the remains of this animal which occur beyond b(JCOme 8ome thing more than a n^e c i pre88ure of tbe feet apon the pedals, the machine 1 cur8e lbal originated with the sewing of the iig 
the Altai mountains. In both countries the natives ”1 wl is touched into motion-the work being placed ^ves in the Garden of Paradise. 
the early decay of American women is particularly - — — -« 
reTainsTry shouM n re^/tf/ n dl8tUrblng th °, 8e noted by foreign travelers. The accomplishments ° P ° n th ® plate ’ and beiieatb the needle. The pretty 
in some instances, purchased partial exemption U HIUe ’ Wmca g “ aeS inrouga ine Iin K er8 ai ine 
from these evils; but the burthen has fallen with rate ° f a yard a minute ’ 88 if the operator had con- 
additional aggravation upon the needle-woman J “!' ed 8 ° me magkal in,luence to aid in the delight ‘ 
remains they should revive the manes of some de- of maidenhood are entirely foregone and 'rnatl-i- array of 8llver arma and wheels perform their lFlfY'% 4 ifTtft> rfl 
parted beings who would seek summary revenge. m0 nv instead of develonimr nnrl ir * regular music, interweaving the threads, smoothly ivPlV >flU/V 
S « —*>■> —i hood? “he 0 / «->. . «£ ole,.,, hea.ty M ^ 
from biberia to the Russian markets and sold for in some instances, purchased partial exemption ® ach Blde ’ which gHdes thr0Ugb the fingerS at tbe For AWa Rural M 
The reader «rin il , from these pvils; but the burthen has fallen with rat « a yard a minute, as if the operator had con- GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
i lie reader will notice the plausible origin of the additional aggravation nnnn thf jured some magical influence to aid in the delight- - 
name, Mammoth, given by Mr. Ward, and doubtless The wretchedness of her condition lm ful occupation. The fabric is moved forward by I am composed of 32 letters, 
learned or confirmed in this visit to Russia. In m-overbiaL The oramned and onnfino l / C “ me the machine, and the length of the stitch regulated 17 > 10 is one of the great divisions 
Unabridged Wetater of 1842, the word i» traced 10 8uit “>« openrtor. On. thoueand etltche, „er Klobe. 
to the Hebrew, Behemoth, or, to the Russian, Ma- resDiration and digestion ir r-in i minute are readily made. My 2, 16, 14, 21, 29, 23 is a lake in Scotland. 
mant, but the meaning of the Russian word is not housekeepers, with their alternation ^Mabor — Bab y - dresses, and web-like mouchcrirs are beaded My 29 ’ 26 ’ 19 > 27 > 25 > 12 18 a riy er in New Yoi 
gn-en or alluded to. In Webster’s Royal Octave, have fall J n J ith ten-fold severity noon the seam- with pearly 8titc hes; a shirt bosom covered with My 7 ’ X1 » 13 ’ 9 is a town in Pennsylvania. 
DouUlessVhe^ 0611 011 V° the . Ru8sian - MammU. Btre8g> Here ghastly consumption recruits his tin y plait8 > exquisitely stitched, is completed almost M y 4, 25,24, 5, 25, 8, 20 is one of the West 
now^mown^ 6 ° ngm &nd meanm S ot this word is wasting iegion"; and the gliUering S ^ile a lady could sew a needleful of thread; J . . . , . 
u , n °7, n ; c „ , been more devastatinu than the sword w» l-.u tbree dresses, heavy or fine, are made in less time My 20, 24 > 18 > 2 18 a 8ea m Asia. 
have\e/n d fo ead d dedt L at ? eb i° n T e8 f^themammoth the Sewing Machine as affording the requisite than is re( l uire d to fit one; coats, vests, and the 32 ’ 2d - 3 > 21 > 9 > 2 ° i8 a g^f in Africa. 
t found in England, Ireland and Scot- ie lief The fact is well established that nen-lv -ill e “tire catalogue of the wardrobe, are gone through My 29, 25, 11, 14 is a cape in South America, 
.and, and wide.y over the continent of Europe, and S. jZt Tm “tto and nhl^ •«* «teiy. In hemming, .earning, Hy 22, 7, 25, .1, 15, 23 i.a lake in New York, 
especially of Northern Amo, where great mold- ^ leh.ry ifa. Vh.nT.nd“d hTTn g «berlng, felling, and all aofta of fancy f * 32, 23,111, a river in Africm 
uiles have left their remains, and finally in both ver ted the drudgery of sewin* to healthful and 8tl t cb mg, it rivals the daintiest work of the whitest ' 20 - 14 > l ’ 19 > 13 > 11 18 a gdf m Siberia, 
orth and South America. The remains are found ryieasinir employment fingers, and works with more beauty and thorough- My 17, 20, 6, 28 is a lake in Texas. 
My 2, 16, 14, 21, 29, 23 is a lake in Scotland. 
My 29, 26, 19, 27, 25, 12 is a river in New York. 
Huwmg UI lue llg Hence the perpetual snow on very high moun- 
I88 ‘ tains, in the hottest climates. Now, when from 
~ - - ’ continued evaporation the air is highly saturat- 
llS edwith vapor, though it be invisible, if its tem- 
AJiVri'J-M/Vj* perature be suddenly reduced by cold currents 
- descending from above, or rushing from a higher 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker to a lower latitude, its capacity to retain mois- 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. tare is diminished, clouds are formed, and the 
result is rain. Air condenses as it cools, and 
r8, like a sponge filled with water and compressed, 
great divisions of the pours out the water which its diminished capacity 
cannot hold. How singular, yet how simple, is 
ke in Bcotland. 8UC h an arrangement for watering the earth._Nd- 
iver in New York. entijic American. 
stitching, it rivals the daintiest work of the whitest My >20, 14,1, 19, 13, 11 is a gulf in Siberia, 
fingers, and works with more beauty and thorough- My 17, 20, 6, 28 is a lake in Texas, 
ness than the most careful housewife. It only re- My 25, 31, 23, 32, 18 is a lake in Russia, 
quires a drop of oil now and then, and you have a My whole is a very much hackneyed li 
ten-power seamstress in your parlor, eating noth- P° pe - J 
ing, asking no questions, and never singing the Hillsboro, ill., 1858. 
mournful “Song of the Shirt.” It is warranted to Answer in two weeks, 
work equally well upon every variety of fabric— VT ~Z TV , „ 
..... J , 1 . ,, J f , For Moore g Rural No? 
silk, linen, woolen and cotton goods—from the a t ovtid a ir* a t nnn,,,,.,, 
j j i , i i< , . i , .,1,. . AL(i LI>IvA ICAL X XvOI3I^IiiAX« 
lightest muslins to the heaviest cloths. The house- _ 
in clay, sands, or mud, often near salt licks in our *. . ness than the most careful housewife. It only re- ^3, 32, 18 is a If 
country, and belong to the geological period pre- L quires a drop of oil now and then, and you have a My whole is a very mu 
ceding the newest tertiary series, in or above the " • a ten-power seamstress in your parlor, eating noth- P 0 ! 56 - 
owlder or erratic group. Hence it is concluded, ing> asking no questions, and never singing the Hillsboro, Ill., 1858. 
that the animals were destroyed just before the mournful “Song of the Shirt.” It is warranted to ^ Answer in two we 
period \\ hen man was created and placed upon the 21 z work equally well upon every variety of fabric— **, 
eapth ; , a. d. W silk, linen, woolen and cotton goods—from the .r^T-mr 
’ ^ & lightest muslins to the heaviest cloths. The house- _ 
~ keeper accustomed to make, by hand, but thirty or There is a number cc 
Higher Life. —Men are so inclined to content forty stitches per minute, is soon surprised at the the sum of the square o 
themselves with what is commonest; thespiiitand facility with which she runs up Beams, sews on square of the middle dij 
the sense so easily grow dead to the impression of facings, tucks, hems, plaits, gathers, quilts, stitches the product of the other ti 
t ie beautiful and the perfect — that every one The Invention of the Sowing Machine Is hut little in cord, s P ws on bindings, etc., and wonders how ded to the number, the thi 
siould study, by all methods, to nourish in his more than ten years old, and is purely American, she has endured the drudgery of hand-sewing. Her ed - What is the number? 
mind the faculty of feeling these things. For As our space will not allow a full discussion of it, spring and fall sewing, which dragged through Hartford, Wis., 1868. 
no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such we Bhall confine our remarks more particularly to the entire year, with little intermission, becomes Answer in two wee 
enjoyments; it is only because they are not used the demands of families. To give them point we the work of a few days with this machine. In Awawirua tva ■o>xrT** 
o aste of what is excellent, that the generality shall speak of the Wheeler & Wilson Machine, many instances, we have heard of the stronger sex ENIGlf) 
ot people take delight in silly and insipid things, which we select from the fact that it was the first doing most of the family sewing—“just for fun,” Answer to Million* 
provided they are new. For this reason, one ought, adapted to family use, and public sentiment has of course. and Union. 
picture and 'iS t0 ^ & u°i° d T & 5°° j ° 3tly acc i orded U tb e superiority for this purpose. Full instruction for operating the machine is Answer to Charade:-Ti 
reasonable words. G ‘ P ° t0 8peak a few The 8tl tcb formed by this machine is represented given gratuitously at the sales-rooms. When it is Answer to Mathematic! 
bonable words .-Goethe. in the above diagram. sent some distance, so that nersonal instruction is 4 . acres. 
Maxims for Young Men. —Keep good company. 
Never be idle. If your hands cannot bo usefully 
employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. 
Always speak the truth. Make few promises,_ 
Live up to your engagements. Keep secrets if 
you have any. When you speak to a person, look 
him in the face. Good company and good charac¬ 
ter is above all things else. Your character can¬ 
not be essentially injured except by your own acts. 
y 25, 31, 23, 32, 18 is a lake in Russia. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be so 
My whole is a very much hackneyed line from that no one will believe him. Drink no intoxicat- 
For Moore’g Rural New-Yorker. 
ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. 
ing liquors. Ever live (misfortune excepted) with¬ 
in your income. When you retire to bed, think 
over what you have been doing through the day._ 
Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper._ 
Small and steady gains give great competency, 
with tranquillity of mind. Never play at any game 
keeper accustomed to make, by hand, but thirty or There is a number consisting of three digits, ° 7 chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you 
forty stitches per minute, is soon surprised at the the sum of the square of the digits is 83; the roight not withstand it Never run in debt unless 
facility with which she runs up seams, sews on square of the middle digit exceeds three times y° u can Bee a wa Y to get out again. Never bor- 
facings, tucks, hems, plaits, gathers, quilts, stitches the product of the other two by 4; and if 198 be ad- row 11 yo Q can possibly avoid it Never speak 
The Invention of the Sowing Machine Is but little in cord, spws on bindings, etc., and wonders how ded to the number, the three digits become invert- evB of any one. Be just before you are gener- 
ore than ten years old, and is purely American, she has endured the drudgery of hand-sewing. Her ed - What is the number? e. w. d. ons * Keep yourself innocent, if you would be 
3 our space will not allow a full discussion of it, spring and fall sewing, which dragged through Hartford, Wis., 1868. happy. Save, when you are young, to spend when 
i Bhall confine our remarks more particularly to the entire year, with little intermission, becomes Answer in two weeks. you are old. 
e demands of families. To give them point we the work of a few days with this maohine. In 1HDWmD __ WXTT *t* „ , r *'*'* 
all speak of the Wheeler & Wilson Machine, many instances, we have heard of the stronger sex T0 E NIGMAS , Sec., IN NO. 430. Color.— Mr. Bagdauoff, of St Petersburg, an- 
lich we select from the fact that it was the first doing most of the family sewing—“just for fun,” Answer to Misreii'inonna Fni^o tl 1 pounces that by a new method, he has succeeded 
apted to family use, and public sentiment has of course. and uTon. Ml3Cellane ° U8 Enl g ma -Freedom m extracting from the feathers of birds the pig- 
itly accorded it the superiority for this purpose. Full instruction for operating the machine is Answer to Charade:_Time hPHLipa'Lpint’ 0O '° r . tbem ’ pigments are, 
ie stitch formed by this machine is reDresented given gratuitously at the sales-rooms. When it is *-- ir...,.._.T. , T.— b b g or g anic matter, durable enough to 
sent some distance, so that personal instruction is 
and Union. 
Answer to Charade .-—Time. 
Answer to Mathematical Problem:—2060 .4327 bear transportation from St Petersburg to Paris, 
+ acres. without alteration or decomposition. 
