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MOOEE’g EUEJlL MEW-Y0&KE&. 
BEREAVED. 
Oh earth 'twas winter; dismal anew* hud bound he*-, 
In her bare meadows not a bird would sing, 
And milieu skies were folded close around her; 
In our heart*' garden ’twas delicious spring- 
For the dear Lord, through all the darkness reaching, 
To mark our low estate with pitying eyes. 
Placed to our hands, upraised in sad beseeching, 
One little flower, a bud of Paradis®. 
Our rose, onr lily, so we fondly named her, 
Our pearl of life, our little nestling dove; 
Yet all the names our tender wort-hip framed her. 
Seemed poor, to lit the richness of our love. 
I cannot tell thee bow our cottage lowly 
Grew a rare tempi®, where we aoftly trod, 
Deeming that with us walked the angels holy, 
With (bided wings, and eyes that looked on God. 
All things that- else bad shone in dim revealing, 
Waxed clear and lustrous to the spirit's eye, 
And, with low breath, beside that cradle kneeling, 
liven God’s great love seemed not too strange and high. 
0, sweet evangel! on Its pages shining, 
We traced no line of our poor earthly lore; 
For while We read, the meaning scarce divining, 
The hand that w rote it clasped the book once more. 
The Lord bad need of her, and so wc brought her, 
And laid her, weeping, in the angel's breast, 
Trusting that Us, whose weary feet had sought her, 
Would bear our little lamb to safer rest. 
And though our tears will sometimes blindly gather, 
The empty cradle in our home to sec, 
For nil Thy gifts we thank Thee, 0, our Father! 
These little children lead us unto Thee. 
Knickerbocker Hag mine. 
[Written for Moon's Rum! New-Yorker.] 
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS. 
A STORY OF EVERY - DAY LIFE. 
BY KATE CAMERON. 
The Sabbath afternoon service was over in tbe 
little church at Ashland. The benediction bad 
been pronounced, yet the congregation still lin¬ 
gered in their pews, while the Pastor left his desk 
and waited by (be plain communion-table, until 
two individuals came forward and stood side by 
side before him. Tlipy were unattended, for or¬ 
phanage was the lot of both, and in the wide 
word neither had a near relative. So that Her¬ 
bert Weston and Alice Lee gave to each other 
an undivided heart, save that the love which 
transcends all human affections, dwelt in them 
both, sanctifying the mutual vows which they 
now plighted in the sight of men and angels. 
Brief but impressive was that marriage rite, and 
at its conclusion many a kind friend came forward 
with words of greeting and farewell; for on the 
morrow the newly wedded ones were to leave the 
quiet town which had always been the home of 
Alice, and where, since her mother's death, three 
years previous, ehe had been engaged in teach¬ 
ing,—thus had many fond ties of friendship been 
formed which would be severed by her departure. 
For when we leave our early homes, for new 
scenes and friends, be our attachment ever so 
strong to those we have left behind, still it can 
never again be our home, —our hearts may cherish 
its memory, but Jt will be the recollection of what 
it has been, and never again can be. 
With Herbert Weston the good people of 
Ashland were not so well acquainted; although 
his frank and open countenance certainly spoke 
in his favor, and during the lime he had been 
studying with Dr. Norton, his conduct had ever 
been most exemplary. It was while he was a 
student in Ashland, that he won the heart of tbe 
gentle and lovely Alice Lee; and although time 
alone could prove how great a treasure she would 
be to him, he already felt that with her at hia side 
he could not be called poor. 
He had recently received Iris Diploma from a 
Medical College, and was about to commence the 
practice of his profession in a Western city. He 
well knew that discouragement and disappoint¬ 
ment might await him in the field of labor he bad 
chosen,—and however successful his career might 
be, it must still be an arduous one. Yet his was 
a hopeful nature, and gazing into Alice’s clear 
blue eyes, be read therein auch perfect confi¬ 
dence, such true womanly love, tLat ho might 
well feel strong to do and dare for her sweet sake. 
On Monday morning—the month and year are 
immaterial,—iho Weston’s commenced their 
journey toward their new home. It was a fatigue- 
ing one, for modern inventions had not then, as 
now, rendered traveling liitle more than a past- 
time. The lumbering stage-coach of those days, 
was anjthing but an easy vehicle, and to many 
persons, a long ride in such an uncomfortable 
conveyance wus almost intolerable. But to Alice 
there was a charm even in the tedious monotony ; 
how could anything be tiresome when Heuiiert 
was at her side?—and she was constantly finding 
some pleasant, incident or reminiscence to while 
the hours away, or something to admire in the 
varied scenery,— for she was an ardent lover of 
the beautiful and the sublime,— and from the 
shrine of Nature the incense of her heart ever 
rose to the Great Creator. 
On the evening of the third day, they entered 
the place which was henceforth to be their home; 
an active, bustling city, scarcely less strange to 
Dr. Weston than to his wife. They took up 
their abode in a hotel, until some arrangement 
could be made for the future. Herbert proposed 
boarding for a while, but to this Alice objected; 
urging that it would be much cheaper, as well us 
more independent for them to keep house. Be¬ 
side, she believed in married people having a 
home of their own, and as she was well skilled in 
domestic duties, she would greatly prefer it. 
Accordingly they soon found a small tenement, 
the rent of which was reasonable-, and where, the 
following week, they established themselves. 
Herbert could not well afford to hire an office 
in another building, and readily j iebied to 
Alice's solicitation, that he should use the front 
room of their humble house for that purpose. 
The location being quite central, there was no 
reason why it might not prove an eligible opeu- 
irig for him; and yet week after week passed, and 
it si emed as if no one save Herbert and Alice 
bad noticed the modest sign—“Dr. H. Wehton.” 
It did not require many bouiB for the perform¬ 
ance of the household tasks, and then Alice 
would seat herself, with her sewing in baud, by 
one of tbe windows in the “ Office,” as she per¬ 
tinaciously termed the apartment where Herbert 
sat, day afier d.iy, poring over books of medical 
lore; although »» far as the transaction of busi¬ 
ness was concerned, it might better have been 
named a “ Study.” 
And every now and then, both would glance 
into the street to see If there was not “some one 
coming.” Two or three times Alicr’B heart had 
leaped with joy, as the old-fashioned knocker gave 
forth its loud “thump—thump.” But when her 
husband, with true professional dignity, slowly 
answered the summons, he found, on one occa¬ 
sion, a licensed beggar with a written petition; 
on another, an old lady who bad called to Bee a 
former occupant of the house, while the tliiid 
time a man called to ask the way to Dr. G rev’s. 
Alice had ceased to inquire, as for a number of 
days she bad been wont to do, whenever she re¬ 
turned to the room after a few moment’s absence, 
“any calls?” She saw the troubled look upon 
H Hubert's brow, and strove to divert his though Is 
from their accustomed channel, instead of en¬ 
couraging him to dwell upon the dark aide of tile 
picture. For this purpose she often asked him to 
assist her in her little improvements about the 
house, which, it must be acknowledged, lucked 
notlesB in convenience thou in elegance. A shelf 
was wanted here and there, and a row of nails 
mUBt be driven in one of the closets. And then 
she suggested that a lounge might easily be made 
of boards from ft packing-box, in which she bad 
brought a few household relies from her old 
home, and which afterward*, being neatly covered 
with dark chintz by Alice's skiillul fingers, form¬ 
ed a most useful addition to the rather limited 
furniture of the “ Office,” while another box was 
converted into an impromptu book-case, suffi¬ 
ciently large to contain the medical library of Dr. 
Weston. 
When engaged in such labor, Herbert often 
told his wife of his younger days, when he had 
watched his father at work in liia cabinet shop, 
and of the practical lessons he had then taken in 
that useful department. But be could not content 
himself with learning a manual trade; and after 
the death of his parents he had resolved to ac¬ 
quire an education. He bad tolled inccssautly, 
first to provide himself with the means for attend¬ 
ing school, and then over his books, until at last 
he had reached what had once been the goal of 
Iris ambition, but whence be looked up to higher 
and higher stand-points, which he trusted here¬ 
after to attain. And then Alice, with beaming 
eyes would prophesy his future success, of which 
she never outertained a doubt, and receive the 
reward of her favorable augury in a loving em¬ 
brace, which was only what might have been ex¬ 
pected, their honey-moon not yet having set. 
At other times, usually in the evening, Alice 
would read aloud from some favorite author, and 
thus draw Herbert's thoughts away from his 
niusiugs, which of late, were often rathermelau- 
choly. He felt that bis slender puis unless soon 
replenished, could not long providefor their daily 
wants. And he earnestly desired to surround his 
wile with eomfoits, if not with luxuries, and to 
introduce her into the social circles which she 
was so well fitted to adorn. But in fashionable 
life everything is of so reciprocal a nature that 
he felt they must bo content to remain for 
the present without forming any hut chance 
acquaintances. 
One evening Alice was reading an interesting 
story, from the pen of a popular author. It was 
full of encouragement to those who work dili¬ 
gently, and wait patiently. Herbert’s usually 
anxious expression had vanished, and ho had evi¬ 
dently quite lost Iris own identity in the hero of 
the life-like story. The town clock had, unheed¬ 
ed, chimed the hours of nine and ten, when a 
loud kuocking at the street door, startled our 
friends. Herbert, taking the lamp, went into 
the little entry, which answered ns a front hall,— 
he came back in a moment, having donned over¬ 
coat and bat, and bade Iris wife good night, tell¬ 
ing her not to sit up for him, as lie had a call to 
visit a very sick patient, and might not bo buck 
until after midnight. 
But Alice could not think of retiring, so she 
replenished the tire, and taking her sewing, she 
Wfts soon busily engaged In beraccustomed occu¬ 
pation of repairing her husband’s wardrobe,— 
which, as is not uul’requefitly the case with bach¬ 
elor students, was in rather a shabby condition. 
She heard the hours of eleven and twelve peal 
from the nearest church-tower, and just before 
one, the woll-known elastic tread of her husband 
approached the house, and he entered, evidently 
surprised, but not displeased, to find a cheerful 
face and glowing tiro awaiiing his return. 
He told her that bis patient was a young lady, 
the daughter of a wealthy merchant,—that her 
malady had hitherto bullied the skill of the physi¬ 
cians who had attended her, and her father had 
that morning dismissed Dr. Grey, and resolved 
to try the new-comer, whose sign he had several 
times nottoed. 
Herbert felt very sanguine of success in the 
treatment of this his first case. Nor was he dis¬ 
appointed. For many days be called morning 
and evening at the mansion of Mr. Grant, and at 
length his fair patient was pronounced convales¬ 
cent, and beyond the need of further medical 
advice. The joy of her father was unbounded, 
and he insis’ed on Adding twenty dollars to the 
moderate bill Dr. Weston presented, and prom¬ 
ised to recommend him to all bis friends. And 
when Miss Grant took her daily rides, as she 
always did in fine weather, the carriage frequent¬ 
ly stopped for “that sweet Mrs. Weston,” the 
appellation at once bestowed upon her by the 
warm-hearted, enthusiastic Florence. 
Slowly but surely did Dr. Weston established 
himself in the community; there were still many 
days which he devoted entirely to study, but this 
only the better prepared him for the more active 
scenes on which he was occasionally called to 
enter. More than one wealthy patient was direct¬ 
ed to him by his friend, Mr. Grant, and he con¬ 
tinued to give perfect satisfaction to all who em¬ 
ployed him. While his wife need no longer be 
excluded from society, for to have been seen in 
company with Miss Flohence Grant, waa suffi¬ 
cient. to obtain her admission Into the most select 
circles. 
But Alice was emphatically a “home body.” 
She believed in tbe old-fashioned doctrine of 
loving her husband more than any one else in the 
world,—of caring more for his approving smile, 
than for the applause of the multitude. She 
would have echoed the words of a modern writer, 
had they then been on record,—“0, music of 
music! praise from eloquent lips, and those lips 
the lips we love.” 
The subject of women’s right* and women’s 
wrongs, bad not then agitated onr land. And If 
Alice erred in yielding a tame submission to one 
of the lord’s of creation, let her ignorance of 
“woman’s higher Bphere” and “nobler mission,” 
be her excuse. In her simplicity, she deemed 
that no encomiums could be more earnestly de¬ 
sired by a true-hearted woman, than that found 
between the oovers of tbe Bible,—itself an old- 
fashioned book,—“Her children arise up and call 
her blessed; her husband also, and be praisetb 
her.” She did not even dream of the day when 
woman, casting oil her Bhftekics, would rise tri¬ 
umphant over her oppressor, and from pulpit and 
rostrum denounce the cruel bondage which had 
so long enslaved her. When, assertingber equal¬ 
ity, if not her superiority, to the sterner sex, she 
would renounce her allegiance to her former 
tyrants,—falsely termed protectors,—and enjoy 
the. privilege of overcoming all obstacles by ber 
own unaided strength. Bhall we pity her that no 
strong-minded person was found to enlighten her 
benighted mind? That Aijck Weston lived and 
died in the full belief of that Apostolic doctrine, 
now obsolete, that as Christ is tbe bead of the 
Church, so is man the bead of the woman. 
Dr. Weston’s practice was by no means limited 
to tbe higher walks of life. Many calls did he 
make for which he received a mere pittance, and 
many more for which he had only the assurance,— 
“ He thathath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the 
Lord; and that which he hath given will he piiy 
him again.” It was certain that Herbert had 
invested something in a bank, which we believe 
will never suspend payment. 
On these errands of mercy Alice often accom¬ 
panied him, and many a dark room, in some nar¬ 
row, dismal alley, was brightened by her presence, 
—many a dying pillow softened by her hand,— 
while she strove to impart consolation to the 
bereaved hearts, whose grief was as deep and 
sincere, as it could have been bad their lot been 
east in the midst of affluence, instead of penury, 
One day Herbert told her that his sympathies 
had been fully aroused by a case, which at first 
sigbthe had considered hopeless. It was a young 
woman in indrent circumstances, deserted by 
her intemperate husband, and now evidently near 
death, A babe ol six months would thus be left 
with no natural protector. It was a beautiful 
child, lie said, and he conld not bear to have it 
left to the cold chaiity of the world. 
Alice, with moistened eyes, at once proposed 
that they should take the helpless little creature, 
and rear it as their own; and as this was already 
her husband’s desire, they determined to go at 
once to the sick mother, and tell her their plan. 
Her gratitude was indeed touching,—she now felt 
willing to die, for she would not be leaving her 
child uneared for. The infant bore its mother’s 
name, Gertrude Mason, to which, after its Adop¬ 
tion, Weston was to be added. The invalid 
lingered but a few days, and died invoking bless¬ 
ings upon her kind and generous friends. 
The little Gertrude was transplanted to the 
genial atmosphere of a loving home; and when, 
a few months afterwards, she learned to lisp “ pa¬ 
pa,” and "mamma,'’ no one could have detected 
inthejny of tbe parents’ hearts the absence ofany 
emotion which they would have experienced, 
had she been, in truth, as she was in name, their 
own and only child. 
The Westons now resolved upon a change of 
residence: the close air of the crowded city did 
not agree with Alice, accustomed as she had ever 
been to the fresh breezes of the country. Her 
husband insisted upou removing into the suburbs, 
and opening an office in the business part of the 
town. His increasing practice seeming to warrant 
this arrangement, Alice joyfully acceded. A 
tasteful and convenient cottage was leased for a 
term of years; and a young girl added to their 
household, to assist in the culinary department, 
and draw Gertie in ber little carriage. 
The change was found both pleasant and benefi¬ 
cial to all concerned. 
Alicb's health improved, and Dr. Weston de¬ 
rived benefit from the exercise taken regularly 
each day, and also found additional practice in 
the neighborhood of hia new home, The pet, 
Gertie, grew strong and fair, rewarding the dili¬ 
gent care of her foster parents, by a thousand 
winning ways. Very dear did she become to both 
their hearts; nor did she lose ought of their affec¬ 
tion when the little Helen opened her dark eyes 
in “Hope Cottage.” None could say if the 
younger were the nearest, it was also the dearest. 
Time passed pleasantly with our friends, for 
each day and hour was well employed; idleness, 
and its companion, discontent, were strangers at 
their fireside. Herbert in his professional, and 
Alice in her family duties, were both striving for 
the game thing,—their mutual success and happi¬ 
ness. With a common aim in view, it was easy 
for them to press forward together, toward its 
attainment. 
Life to them was neither a dream nor a farce; 
they were alike removed from the errors of the 
visionary, and the voluptuary. They recognized 
life as earnest, and actual,—a state of probation, 
wherein they were to prepare for a purer niid a 
higher existence beyond the grave. Thus, hand 
in hand, they trod its varied paths, gathering 
sweetness from all ita flowers, and learning salu¬ 
tary lessons from even its thorns. 
Four years had now elapsed since little Ger¬ 
trude waa received into their household. Tbe 
present occupant of the crib was Master George, 
a bright-eyed, beautiful boy of twelve months, on 
whom the affection of all seemed to center. Tbe 
little girls were ever ready to amuse brother 
Geokgte. And Herbert evidently regarded him 
with that fond pride, which a son ao often awakens 
in a father’s heart. At this time an epidemic 
made it*appearance in the city, Its victims being 
mostly among the children. Dr. Weston waa in 
demand night and day, and in most cases he was 
far more successful than his brother practitioners. 
But when the cases were becoming less frequent 
and malignant, and hopes were entertained by all 
that the progress of the malady bad been checked, 
little Georgie was attacked with it, in its most 
alarming form. In vain did his father resort to 
those remedies which bad hitherto proved so 
efficacious,—In vain did he employ the best coun¬ 
sel the city Hfforded,—in vain did the poor mother 
watch and pray, — the summons had gone forth, 
and no human agency had power to intercept the 
Divine edict. In three days the lifeless clay waa 
all that was left them of tbeir darling, while He 
who said “of Buch iB the kingdom of Heaven,” 
received that pure spirit into the holy mansions 
on high, henceforth to be the brightest link in 
the chain binding those bereaved hearts to the 
unseen world. There waa no murmuring, no 
repining ottered by those sorrow-stricken mourn¬ 
ers; for Herbert and Alice both recognized 
tbe band of a kind Providence in their afflictions, 
as well as in their blessings, and read the name of 
Jehovah on the clouds, no less than in the sun¬ 
shine. And they conld exclaim with pious Job» 
“What! shall we receive good at the hand of 
God, and shall we not receive evil? 
It was the same steadfast faith which sustained 
Alice during succeeding weeks of anxious watch¬ 
ing, when her husband, worn out with fatigue, 
was prostrated by lingering illness. It waa her 
soft hand that cooled his fevered brow, her noise- 
less footstep that ever hovered near bis bed side, 
while she ministered to his slightest warns. 
Never before bad she realized how dear he was to 
her. And when his naturally vigorous constitu¬ 
tion rallied, and he arose from that couch of pain 
and weakness, both their hearts were filled with 
joy and thanksgiving. True, their preciouB boy 
waa gone, but they had two sweet children left, 
and, more than all else, they were still spared to 
each other. 
It was after this illness, in consequence of 
which, Dr. Weston’s office had been closed for 
many weeks, that he took into more serious con¬ 
sideration than he had before done, a proposal 
which he had received a short time previous,— 
that of entering into partnership with a physician 
of about his own age, who had a large practice. 
Frederick May was the son of a rich man, and 
this fact bad, perhaps, proved more of a disadvan¬ 
tage to him than any other circumstance; for be 
had not felt the necessity of close application, and 
lacking the stimulus which poveity alone can 
give, he too often yielded to indolence and in ac¬ 
tivity. Still. Nature bad been lavish in bergifte, 
and lie possessed talents of no oidinary stamp. 
His genial disposition and affability had preposses¬ 
sed Herbert in hisfavor; and the fad that be bad 
always been a resident of the city, gave him the ad¬ 
vantage of an extensive acquaintance. His office 
was finely located, and all arrangements being 
made, Dr. Weston moved into it; and a hand¬ 
some sign, bearing the names of the new firm, 
rendered the old one superfluous, and Alice 
begged the privilege of keeping it as a memento 
of their early experience. 
Of course, the families of the two physicians 
soon became intimately acquainted, although one 
could scarcely find a greater contrast than they 
presented. Mrs. May was a devotee of fashion,— 
one of the gay human butterflies who lead so 
ephemeral an existence that the world is made no 
better by tbeir having lived in it. The oversight 
of her domestics, and the care of her children, 
were alike irksome to her; and their house, altlio' 
elegantly furnished, was far from being a well- 
ordered one. Every person of good taste would 
have given the preference to the cosy rooms at 
“ Hope Cottage,” though but a small part of the 
expense had been bestowed upon them, which 
was so freely lavished on tbe stately city mansion 
of Dr. May. 
And Gertrude and Helen, in their neat and 
becoming attire, were far more prepossessing in 
their appearance than Clarence and Ada May, 
who, clad in costly garments of the latest fashion, 
seemed more like animated French dolls, than the 
free and careless creatures which Nature designed 
children to be. And of all the evils attendant 
upon this superficial mode of living, what can be 
worse than the fate of the children, who from the 
cradle to the grave, are kept in servitude by (bat 
most exacting of all tyrants—Fashion—their 
bodies and minds alike restrained from free de¬ 
velopment, and their whole lives frittered away 
in idleness and folly. 
To Frederick, tbe contrast between bis friend's 
borne and nis own, was as painful as it was 
marked; for he would willingly have relinquished 
the unsatisfying pleasures of the world, for the 
domestic peace and enjoyment of a happy home. 
He became a frequent visitor at the cottage, some¬ 
times returning with Heuiiekt from their office, 
and occarionally accompanied by bis wife, who 
could not help liking Alice, although their tastes 
and pursuits were at such variance. 
it was a great mystery to Mrs. May how her 
new friend could be so well contented in ber 
quiet home; and she often urged her to go more 
into society; but this Alice always firmly de¬ 
clined. She had a few chosen friends, with whom 
she often exchanged calls and social visits, but 
she had no desire to mingle in the heartless 
gaieties of the world. No place could be 6o 
pleasant to her as her home,—no company so 
agreeable as that of her husband and children. 
In vain Julia May laughed at her for leading 
such a hum-drum life, and painted in glowing 
colors the delights of tbe theafer, and the opera 
and the brilliant soirees, which she so often 
attended. Alice had but to look at ber friend's 
own countenance with its expression of weariness 
and discontent, for a proof that these scenes of 
excitement did not afford tme happiness. And 
she tried to persuade her to think more of her 
home,—and of rendering it pleasant and aitractive 
to ber family,—and less of the vain amusements 
which absorbed so much of her time. But Julia 
would only laugh, and declare that she could not 
be so tied down; Fred was notional enough 
already, and would, no doubt, like to see her 
making a household drudge of hers'If, superin¬ 
tending the work, and taking care of the children. 
Alice replied that having cover tried any other 
course, she conld recommend ibis from experi¬ 
ence. She kept hot one girl, and seldom had 
assistance in regard to the children, but Mrs. May 
felt that three servants were hardly sufficient for 
her household,— thus, there could be but little 
sympathy betweeu the two.—[To be continued. 
y® * 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 62 letters. 
My 1, 7, 20,10,115 is a County in Georgia. 
My 36,16,19, 9, 17 is a county in Wisconsin. 
My 6, 4, 6, 24. 31 is a county in Indiana. 
My 44, 2, 26. 13, 26, 43, 61,16 is a county in Ohio. 
My 34, 36, 16,10, 26, 62, 66, 29, 15 is a county in Ken¬ 
tucky. 
My 37, 29, 50, 30, 40 is a county in Illinois. 
My 22, 19, 49, 15,14 i* n connty in Mississippi. 
My 60, 36, 62, 2 37, 37,19 is a county in Texas. 
My 42, 38,16. 20, 27 is a county in Alabama. 
My 40, 29, 64,19 is a county in Iowa. 
My 37, 60, 11,18, 46, 47 Is a county in Tennessee. 
My 39, 2, 3,12, 6, 16 is a county in Illinois. 
My 01, 37, 67, 29, 00, 8, 37, 3,36, 28,68 is a county in Mich¬ 
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Louisiana, 
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My whole is an extract from Burns’ poems. 
Hopedale, 0., 1860. Milton Taggart. 
Eg*” Answer in two weeks. 
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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 17 letters. 
My 7, 2, 10, 15, 9,16 is to reflect. 
My 9, 6,16 is a kind of grain. 
My 1, 0, 14,11 is n kind of fuel. 
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My 8, 6, 3, 4. 14, 1 la a well-known tree. 
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My whole is tbe name of an English poet. 
Waterloo, I860. Sara Patterson. 
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We have an angular field, situated on a level plain, 
whose three sides are 20, 30, and 40 rods. Let it be 
required to tie three horses at the three corners, or 
angles of the field, with a rope attached to each horse's 
nose, sufficient in length to allow him to eat one-half 
the contents of said field, provided the other two were 
not present. Required the length of the three ropes, 
and the amount of land the horses would have in com¬ 
mon ? J. D. Harrington. 
Rochester, N Y.,1860. 
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ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c„ IN NO. 645. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Friendship with all; 
entangling alliances with none. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Procrastination is 
the thief of time. 
Answer to Puzzle: 
0, may those hearts by Love united, 
And mingled into one, 
Ever keep the vows so fondly plighted, 
And dream of them alone. 
So may our Love eliiue on forever, 
Like Hope's undying ray, 
Which grief, or dark misfortune never 
Hath power to chase away. 
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— with an extra free copy for every Ten subscribers over 
Twenty. Club papers sent to different Post-uftiCes, if de¬ 
sired. As we pre-pay American postage on papers sent to 
the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and friends 
must add 12,‘a cts. per copy to the club rates of the Rural. 
The lowest price ot copies sent to Europe, &c., is f 
including postage. 
£3?" A New Half-Volume of the Rural Nxw-Yobker | 
commences with July, (this week.) and hence the present 
is a favorable opportunity to subscribe, form new clubs, V 
&c. Those who believe the Rural a good, sale am p 
instructive Family Visitor—one which should be known (. 
and read by men, women and children, especially during it- 
the political campaign, as an ojfset to the party organs— ft 
w i|l please note this announcement, 
13T Any person so disposed can act as local agent for the &j,. 
Rural, and those who volunteer in the good cause w: J re- Y7. 
ceive gratuities, and their kindness be apprecisted. v ;t 
vjr CHANGE of Ai>dres3 — In ordering the address of Dm 
Rural changed, please name the post-office to which , 
(or has been) sent as well as the one where you wish it 
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