1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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because the eye does not tire of black 
so soon as of a color, and a handsome 
black gown thus retains its freshness 
longer. 
TWO SONGS. 
T is now 35 years since Julia Ward 
Howe wrote the stirring lines which 
were sung, to the tune of “John Brown’s 
Body,” by millions of lusty singers. All 
these years the nation has been waiting 
for a companion song or sequel. At the 
last encampment of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, held at Louisville, Ky., J. 
Whitcomb Riley read a poem that may 
well take rank with the original. We 
give them here together : 
BATrLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. 
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of 
the Lord; 
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes 
of wrath are stored; 
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible 
swift sword. 
His truth is marching on. 
I have seen him in the watchflres of a hundred 
circling camps; 
They have builded him an altar in the evening 
dews and damps; 
I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and 
flaring lamps; 
His day is marching on. 
shadiest spot on my flower stand, never 
allowed to dry out, and how they blos¬ 
somed and filled the room with their 
sweet perfume. I had three kinds, grape, 
Roman and pompon hyacinths, but of 
all three, I care most for the last. 
The freesias are as easily grown as 
the winter-blooming oxalis, and require 
much the same treatment. Give them 
plenty of sunshine and water while 
growing and blooming, and then let 
them die down and rest until wanted to 
repot in the fall. 
The Chinese narcissus, or sacred lily, 
is usually grown in a dish of water, held 
in place by pebbles. After blooming, 
this bulb may be potted in earth and 
allowed to die down like hyacinths and 
freesias. 
I am told that the hyacinths and nar¬ 
cissus may be set in the ground the next 
fall, and after growing there a season 
or two, will recover the strength lost by 
forcing. [No.—E ds.] At a small cost 
one can buy bulbs for house blooming, 
and gradually form a beautiful bed in 
the flower garden, after the house has 
been beautified by them. s. e. h. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows 
of steel; 
“ As ye deal with my contemners, so with ye my 
grace shall deal; 
Let the hero born of woman crush the serpent 
with his heel,” 
Since God is marching on. 
He has sounded forth a trumpet that shall never 
call retreat;- 
He is sifting out the hearts of men before his 
judgment seat; 
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, 
my feet; 
Our God is marching on. 
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across 
the sea, 
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you 
and me; 
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make 
men free, 
While God is marching on. 
—Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. 
A PEACE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. 
There’s a voice across the Nation like a mighty 
ocean hail, 
Borne up from out the,Southward, as the seas 
before the gale; 
Its breath is in the streaming flag and in the fly¬ 
ing sail— 
As we go sailing on. 
’Tis a voice that we remember—ere its summons 
soothed as now— 
When it rang in battle challenge, and we an¬ 
swered vow with vow ; 
With roar of gun and hiss of sword and crash of 
prow and prow, 
As we went sailing on. 
Our hope sank, even as we saw the sun sink 
faint and far— 
The Ship of State went groping through the blind¬ 
ing smoke of war— 
Through blackest midnight lurching, all un¬ 
cheered of moon or star, 
Yet sailing—sailing on. 
As one who spake the dead awake, with life-blood 
leaping warm— 
Who walked the troubled waters all unscathed, 
in mortal form— 
We felt our Pilot’s presence with his hand upon 
the storm, 
As we went sailing on. 
O, Voice of Passion, lulled to peace, this dawning 
of to-day— * 
O, voices twain, now blent as one, ye sing all 
fears away ; 
Since foe and foe are friends, and lo1 the Lord as 
glad as they— 
He sends us sailing on. 
GROWING BULBS. 
I WISH to say to those flower lovers 
who have never tried growing bulbs 
for winter blooming, that there is a great 
pleasure in store for them. Perhaps they 
think, as I did, that the culture of bulbs 
requires care that it is impossible for a 
busy housekeeper to give. In truth, few 
plants require less care. Last winter I 
grew my first bulbs—hyacinths, freesias, 
and Chinese narcissus—and they were a 
delight to the whole family. 
The hyacinths, after being well started 
in a cool, dark place, were given the 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
Write the order for patterns separate 
from other matter, give bust measure 
and pattern number, and inclose 10 cents. 
Each pattern is complete with instruc¬ 
tions for cutting the garment and put¬ 
ting together. 
Ladies’ Jacket. 
The fronts are shaped with shallow 
bust darts which fit them loosely to the 
6574—LADIES' JACKET 
figure. The back is shaped by the usual 
seams and gores, and fits closely to the 
waist line, falling below in rounded 
plaits or flutes to the lower edge. The 
fronts are faced deeply and reversed at 
the top in broad, square lapels, that 
meet the rolling collar in notches. The 
sleeves are cut in several lengthwise 
sections after the latest style, the seams 
all being opened and stitched on both 
edges and all the free edges are stitched 
to match. All these seams and edges 
must be well pressed with a hot iron (a 
wet cloth being placed between the iron 
and the material) to insure a creditable 
tailor finish. Pattern No. 6574 is cut in 
six sizes, for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 
inches bust measure. 
SENSE AND SENTIMENT. 
We’re beaten back in many a fray, 
Yet newer strength we borrow; 
And where our vanguard halts to-day 
Our rear shall rest to-morrow. 
The few shall not forever sway, 
The many toil in sorrow; 
The bars of hell are strong to-day, 
But right shall rule to-morrow. 
—Herald Massey. 
....Ruskin : “ There is not an injustice 
in the world that you women are not 
answerable for it; not in that you have 
provoked, but in that you have not 
hindered.” 
... .Haryot Holt Cahoon in New York 
Recorder ; “Whatever experiences come 
to her in after life, no woman ever out¬ 
lives the sentiment that blossomed with¬ 
in her breast in the early days of her 
motherhood.” 
....Harriet Beecher Stowe: “No 
mother can have her daughter constantly 
under her eye, and it is not best that she 
should. We want our daughters to be 
grown-up women some day, not grown¬ 
up girl babies.” 
... .President of Leland Stanford 
University in New York Ledger : “To 
be wise and at the same time womanly, 
is to wield a tremendous influence, which 
may be felt for good in the lives of gen¬ 
erations to come. It is not forms oi 
government by which men are made 
and unmade. It is the character and 
influence of their mothers and their 
wives. The higher education of woman 
means more for the future than all con¬ 
ceivable legislative reforms.” 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER IMP’D SEWING MACHINE. 
It is seldom that we find an article that we can so heartily indorse as we can 
this sewing machine. There are two of them in homes connected with The Kubal 
New-Yorker, and we know that no 
better machine is made at any price. No 
reader of The R. N.-Y. should pay $45 or 
$50 for a machine. This machine is war¬ 
ranted and guaranteed in every way. We 
shall send it on 20 days’ trial, and if not 
satisfactory in every way, we shall take it 
back and return the money. It has all the 
attachments, and is warranted for 10 years. 
High arm, oak or walnut woodwork, and 
five drawers. As it is a staple machine, 
new parts may he secured at any time if 
needed. A complete set of attachments and 
instruction book accompany each machine 
Price delivered, east of Rocky Mountains, 
$19.50, or with one year’s subscription, $20 ; 
or we will send it, freight paid, and a club 
of 10 new yearly subscriptions for $25. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
