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ADVERTISEMENTS 
carl she had severed from his bead, but as she 
looked upon her husband, now strong again in his 
restored manhood, she murmured, “It was for this 
that Wii.me died and I would not that it should 
be otherwise.” 
friends in their girlhood, she and Lina Hastings. 
Together they had conned the same bard tasks— 
together they had built their playhouse beneath 
the same old chestnut tree—together, hand in 
hand, had they wandered over the rocky hills and 
through the shady woods of New England, and at 
the same altar had they plighted their marriage 
vows, the one to the man she loved, the other to 
the man she tolerated for the sake of his surround¬ 
ings. From this point their paths diverged, Lina 
moving in the sphere to which her husband's 
wealth had raised her, while Mabel Tarkhan 
one sad morning awoke from her sweet dream of 
bliss to find herself wedded to a drunkard 1 Only 
they who like her hnvo experienced a similar 
awakening, can know the bitterness of that hour, 
and yet ruetbiuks she was happier even there than 
the haughty Lina, for her love was no idle passion, 
and through weal and woe she clung to her huB- 
band, living oft on the remembrance of what he 
had been and the hope of what he might bo again, 
and when her little Willie was first laid upon her 
bosom, and she felt her husband's tears upon her 
cheek as he promised to reform for her sake and 
his son’s, she would not have exchanged her lot 
with that of the proudest in the land. That vow. 
alas, was ere long broken, and then, though she 
wept bitterly over his fall, she felt that she was 
not desolate, for there was music in her Willie’s 
voice and sunshine in his presence. 
But now he was dying, he was leaving her for¬ 
ever, and as she thought of the long, dark days 
when she should look for him in vain, she stag¬ 
gered beneath the heavy blow, and in tones as 
heart-broken as those which had fallen from Lina 
Hastings’ lips, she prayed, “Jf it be possible let 
this enp pass from me,” adding, “ Not my will, oh 
God, but thine be done.” 
“ I will do all things well,” seemed whispered in 
her ear, and thus comforted she nerved herself to 
meet the worst. All the day, she watched by her 
child, chafing his* little hands, smoothing the 
scanty pillow beneath his head, bathing his burn¬ 
ing forehead and forcing down her bitter tears 
when in his disturbed sleep he would Leg of his 
father to “bring him an orange—a nice yellow 
orange—lie was so dry.” 
Alas, that father was where the song of the ine¬ 
briate rose high on the summer air, and he heard 
not the pleadings of his son. 'Twas a dreary, 
desolate room, where Willie Parkman lay, and 
when the sun went down and the night shauows 
fell, it seemed darker, drearier stilL On the rude 
table by the window a candle dimly burned, but as 
the hours sped on it flickered awhile in its socket, 
then for an instant flashed up, illuminating the 
strangely beautiful face of the sleeping hoy, and 
went out. 
An hour later, and Willie awoke. Feeling for 
his mother’s hand, be said, “Tell me true, do 
drunkards go to Heaven?” 
“ There is for them no promise,” was the wretch¬ 
ed mother’s answer. 
“Then I shall never see pa again. Tell him 
good bye, good bye forever.” 
The next time he spoke- it was to ask his mother 
to come near to him, that he might sec her face 
once more. She did so, bending low and stifling 
her own great agony, lest it should add one pang 
to his dying hour. 
“ I cannot see yon,” he whispered, “ it is so dark 
—so dark.” 
Oh, what would not that mother have given then 
for one of the lights which gleamed from the win¬ 
dows of the stately mansion where EnniE Hast¬ 
ings was watched by careful attendants. But it 
could not be, and when at last the silvery moon¬ 
beams came struggling through the open window 
and fell upun the white brow of the little boy 
they did not rouse him, for a far more glorious 
light had dawned upon his immortal vision, even 
the light of the Everlasting. 
CARBONIC ACID. 
Carbonic Acid, or, as it was formerly called, 
fixed air, is a compound gas, formed both by art 
and nature, in a variety of processes. Like oxy¬ 
gen and nitrogen, it is void of color; but, unlike 
them, it possesses a slight odor and a perceptibly 
sour taste. Burning bodies are extinguished by 
it—the generation of this gas in large quantities 
being the feature of the flre-annihilator—and ani¬ 
mals when placed in it soon cease to breathe, life 
yielding to its poisonous effects. London gives a 
sketch of a remarkable valley in the island of Ja¬ 
va-known ns the Poison Valley—which is the 
most remarkable natural example of an atmos¬ 
phere overcharged with this gas. This valley is 
about a mile in circumference, and the whole cov¬ 
ered with the skeletons of human beings and ani¬ 
mals of various kinds. Among the experiments 
tried, a dog was fastened to the end of a bamboo, 
eighteen feetlong, and Bent in; in fourteen seconds 
he fell on his back, and ceased breathing in eigh¬ 
teen minutes. Another dog walked up totheside 
of his dead companion and died in seventeen 
minutes. Fowls were killed by it in a minute and 
a half. 
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•Iames Solly, Buffalo, N. Y. Sue advertisement in No. 370 
of Httroi. Kcb. 7th. 37i!tf 
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Li pedigree. Magicum Donum Ectipcte; age live years; weight 
l,.HOU ttm. in condition; dark hay, without blemish; well formed, 
fleet and docile. For particulars, address 
872w3 O W. THOMAS. Fulton, Oswego Po., N.Y. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
COLUMBIA! 
77i» Borne of the Brave, and the Land of the free." 
Fifteen years have passed away since the day 
when Lina Hastings breathed that almost impious 
prayer, “Send upon me any evil hut this,” and 
upon the deep, blue waters of tlio Pacific a noble 
vessel lay becalmed. Fiercely the rays of a tropi¬ 
cal sun poured down upon her hardy creu r , but 
they heeded it not. With anxious, frightened 
faces and subdued step they trod the deck, speak¬ 
ing in whispers of some dreaded event. There 
had been mutiny on hoard that man-of-war,—a 
deep-laid plot to murderthe eoinxmttidiDg officers, 
and now at the sunsetting the instigators, four in 
number, were to pay the penalty of their crime.— 
Three of them were old and hardened in ain, but 
the fourth, the fiercest spirit of all ’twas said, was 
young, and beautiful to look upon. In the brown 
curls of his waving hair there were no threads of 
silver, and on his brow there were no lines save 
those of reckless dissipation, while his beardless 
cheek was round and smooth as that of a girL— 
Accustomed from his earliest childhood to rule, 
he conld not brook restraint, and when it was put 
upon him he had rebelled against it, stirring up 
strife and leading on his comrades, who, used-as 
they were to vice, marvelled that one so young 
should be so deeply depraved. 
CHINESE *C«AI£ UANK SEED, 
N ew, pure and well ripened, rent hy mail in 
packets lit 7#J cents ami »t each. All tlia lien varieties 
Qt Vegetable and Flower Seeds, by mat). Jo packets ter $1 
373W.100W Address VV. T. GULOKMITU. Rochester, N. Y, 
BT GKO. BABCOCK OLARKK. 
Awake thou, my harp, at the hour Dal lire slumbers, 
Thy strains to I rail beauty did never belong, 
Let thy deep tones respond to the heart’s sweeter numbers. 
My country beloved, is tbe pride of my song. 
When Libeity stretched her wand o’er the ocean, 
Here darkness encircled idolatrous fire,— 
The wandering savage, in war’s dire commotion, 
And tyrauny’s minions, were doomed to expire ; 
The clime sought.by exiles, was destined to be, 
« The home, oi the brave, and the land of the free 1” 
Columbia awaked, ss a maid in her childhood, 
And breathed the bland fragrance of sweet scented morn, 
She heard the loud din of rude men in her wild wood, 
Nor chided their smiles ai “the echoing horn.’’ 
Oppression strong gather'd, beyond the dark water, 
To lead the fair maiden, a captive in chains, 
But they bitterly wept, who inglorious h»d sought her, 
While leaving their kindred entombed on her plains ; 
Her dowry was large, and acknowledged to be, 
« The home of tjie brave, and the land of the free 1” 
O’er the brows of my love, hang choice flowers of the 
mountain. 
Thy richly fraught valleys complete thy array, 
Thou drink’et at the rill, from earth’s, purest fountain, 
Thy voice is the sweetest in melody’s lay I 
I lore thee, yet tail to expect the emotion. 
That thrills at my heart, overwhelming my tongue,— 
The gems • on thy bosom enkindled devotion, 
Thy graces arising unnumbered, unsung; 
Thy praise is re-echoed in earth's rapturous glee, 
" The home of the brave, and the laud of the free 1" 
A virgin thou art, although tyrants c tress thee, 
Though thy sous be in number as sands on the shore, 
And millions on millions will yet rise to bless thee ; 
When those nc-w existing shall greet thee no more 1 
The sage, saint and hero, unite in thy praises,— 
The youth, to defend tbee, all dangers would brave. 
Thine aged expire in religious embraces, 
Hope’s bright star dispelling the gloom of the grave ; 
The blessiDgs of heaven are lavished oo thee, 
“ The home of the brave, and the land of the free !” 
Ye Despots, who pride on conquests extended, 
Your infamy lives by the deeds ye have done,— 
But greatness lies shrouded with Aim who defended, 
Columbia's frecd"iu, the just Washington I 
Ob Liberty 1 thine is the power tu enlighten 
The nations, in darkness now groping their way,— 
The fires on thy Press, shall continue to brighten, 
Dntil thrones, crowns and kingdoms, are lost in decay, 
The last ray shall lade on eternity *6 sea, 
“From the home ol the brave, and the land of the free I” 
• An allusion to the glittering spires of country churches, 
which direct the mind ss well as tho eye of the traveler, toward 
the “ portalB of bliss." 
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I JIRIHT TREES AND SCIONS.—I CAN FURNISH AT 
the Watwonil Nursery, Wnytie Oo., N. Y., a choice lot of 
Roach trees at $5 5 per I.Dthl. Also a nice lot of Baldwin. Green¬ 
ing and Northern Spy scions at $1 00 per 1,000. Also a usual 
stock of other tree* nud Quince stocks. 
372w4 T. G. YEOMANS, 
KETCItUM’S MOWER, 
A nd mower and reader for dm, with plat- 
form for either sidu or back delivery of the grain. Various 
improvements have been made, mid machines warranted supe¬ 
rior to any heretofore built Any Information wonted in regard 
to them, or persons wishing to Interest themselves In their sulo, 
will please address R. L. HOWARD, 
3 ? 2 w 4 Successor to llownrd Jt Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. 
KOU SALE, 
T HE FARM AND RESIDENT;K OF THE SUBSCRIBER, 
two miles from the village of Canandaigua, routaing 450 
acres ot laud. 320 under cultivation. There are on the premise* 
three houses, three bom*, sheds, stables, tool-house, granary, 
Ac., with a good supply of tiuiL It will be sold entire, or divid¬ 
ed Into two fnnos giving to each a part of the buildings, and 
about an equal qunnlilv ot timbered laud. 
For particulars addict! VV. W. GORHAM, 
273wl8 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES) FRUIT TREKS. 
HITE OFFER FOR THE SPRING SALES 
IT Art-LK Tuxes 5 to7 foot. 
CnKRRT “ 2 year# front bud, very thrifty. 
Peach " 1 " " “ over 30 of the best vari¬ 
eties. very cheap. 
Peak Trees, Standard and Dwarf, Grape vines, Ac,, with 
a general assortment of the smaller Iruita. 
Orders solicited, PRATT, BRONSON A MKKRELL. 
(Umova, Ontario Co., N. Y. 372w4 
The snn was set Darkness was upon (he mighty 
deep, and the waves moved by the breeze which 
had sprung up, seemed to chant a mournful dirge 
for the boy who far below lay sleeping in a dishon¬ 
ored grave, if grave it can be called, where 
“The putple mullet and gold fish iove, 
Where the *ea flower aproeds it« leaves of blue 
Which never arc wet with tho falling dew. 
But in bright and changeful beauty shine 
Far down in the depths of the glassy brine.’* 
Over the surging billow and away lo the north¬ 
ward other robins are singing in the old Maple 
tree than those which sang there years ago when 
death seemed brooding o’er the place. Again the 
summer shadows fell aslant the bright green lawn 
and the soft breezes laden with the perfun e of a 
thousand flowers kiss the faded brow of Lina 
Hastings, but they bring no gladness to her aching 
heart, for her thoughts are afar on the deep with 
the wayward hoy who, spurning alike her words of 
love and censure, has gone from her “to return no 
more forever,” he said, for he left her in hitter an¬ 
ger. For three years the tall grass has grown over 
the grave of her husband, who to the last was un¬ 
loved, and now she is alone in her splendid home 
watching at the dawn of day and watching at the 
hour of eve for the return of her son. 
Alas, alas, fond mother, Mabel Parkman in her 
hour of trial, never felt a throb of such bitter 
agony as that which wrung your heart-strings 
when first you heard the dreadful story of your 
disgrace. There were days and weeks of wild fren¬ 
zy, duringwhieh she would shriek “Would to Heav¬ 
en he had died that tri^h^^hen he was young and 
innocent,” and then sic g.Ttv calm, sinking into a 
state of imbecility from which naught had power 
to rouse her. 
A year or two more and they made for her a 
grave by the side of her husband and the hearts 
whioh in life were so divided now rest quietly to¬ 
gether while on the cosily marble above them 
there is inscribed the name of their son, who sleeps 
alone and unwept in the far-off Southern Seas. 
Brockport, N. Y., 1357. 
FRUIT TREES, EVERGREENS Ac. 
mtK SUBSCRIBERS OFFER FOR SPRING TRADE AT 
L the lowest pries*: 
10,000 Peach tress 1 year, stocky and One. 
8,000 Apricot “ 1 your, ’* ” 
5.000 Horse Chestnut Seedlings. 
10,000 Sugar Maple " 
5,000 Orange Quince, “ 
Aim, a One stock of American Arbor Vita}, 1 to 3 feet. 
Norway Spruce, 1 ■■ 3 “ 
Balsam Fir, 1 “ 4 " 
372w4 T. C. MAXWELL A BRO. 
Oi ri.-vu Ontario Co., N. Y. Deli, in, 1357. _ 
Fig. 1. 
Carbonic acid is one-half heavier than common 
air, and can therefore be poured from one vessel in¬ 
to anotherlikealiquid,(tig. l)and willreiuainsome- 
time at the bottom of the glass 
without mixing with the atmos¬ 
phere above it. The accumula- 
f tion of this gas may be exhibited 
by introducing two lighted ta¬ 
pers, as seen in fig. 2, the lower 
one, surrounded hy it, will go out, 
while the upper one, still in con¬ 
tact with common air, will con¬ 
tinue to burn. 
_ When carbonic acid is poured 
through lime water, (water pour- 
Fig: 2 . ed upon slaked lime, and when 
settled the clear portion removed,) it makes it 
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usually spent tti marking out the ground , (thu* saving much 
con and trouble .i it if also tm*tirpn***d a* * planter ol beans, 
pea#, and other seeds planted in drills. 
I am also prepared to treat with Implement maker* and deal¬ 
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l*or Bftlc* wuolcsnte and nun'll. A full dc^criT'Hon of the m&- 
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373w4»ow Address JOHN OWTKAM, Klmlro, N. Y. 
MONROE COUNTY SAVINGS INSTITUTION. 
mins bank allows interest at the rate of six 
A per e«m per annum upon nil deposit*. Office No. Hi Buffalo 
street, directlv opposite the Court Injun*. 
J “ CHARLES W DUNDAS, President 
J.E. PIERFONT, Secretary. 
TRUSTEES- 
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Amon Bronson, Thomas Hanvcy, 
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Entered according to Act ot Congress, in the year 1S57, by 
D. D T. MOORE, in the Clerk’s Office oi the District 
Court for the Northern District ot New York. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE ANSWERED PRAYER 
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. 
Author of " Tempest and Sunshine," “ Lena Rivers," etc 
All day long the canary bird had gang unheeded 
in his gilded cage by the door, find the robin had 
caroled unheard by his nest in the tall maple tree, 
while the soft summer air and the golden rays of 
the warm Jane sun entered unnoticed the open 
windows of the richly furnished room, where a 
pale young mother kept her tireless watch by the 
bedside of her only child, a beautiful boy, three 
summers old. Fur many days he had hovered 
between life and death, while she, his mother, had 
hung over him with speechless agony, terrible to 
behold in one so young, so fair as she. lie was 
her alL, the only happiness she knew, for poor Lina 
Hastings was an unloving wife, who never yet 
had felt a thrill of joy at the sound of her hus¬ 
band's voice, and when occasionally his broad 
hand rested fondly upon her flowing curie, while 
he whispered in her ear how dear she was to him, 
his words awoke no answering chord of love. 
How came she then his wife?—and the mistress 
of his princely home? Alas! wealth was the god 
which Lina Moore worshiped, and when Ralph 
Hastings, with his uncouth foim and hundreds of 
thousands asked her to he his wife, she stilled the 
better feelings of her nature which prompted her 
to tell him No, and with a gleam ot pride in her 
dark blue eyes, and a deeper glow upon her cheek ) 
she one day passed from the bright sunshine of 
heaven into the sombre gloom of the gray old 
church, whence she came forth Lina Hastings, 
shuddering even as she heard that name, and 
shrinking involuntarily from tbe caresses which 
the newly made husband bestowed upon her. And 
so the love she withheld from him was given to 
the child who now lay motionless and white as 
the costly linen on which his golden curls were 
streaming. 
All day she had watched him, for they told her 
that if he lived until the snn setting, there was 
hope, and as the hours wore on and the long shad¬ 
ows, stretching to the eastward, betokened the 
approach of night, oh, how intense became the 
anxiety in her bosom. Fainter and softer grew 
the sunlight on the floor, and whiter grew the face 
of the sleeping boy. ’Twas the shadow of death, 
they said, and with a bitter wail of woe, Lina fell 
upon her knees, and, as if she would compel the 
God of Heaven to hear her, she shrieked, “Spare 
my child. Let him live, and I will hear whatsoever 
else of evil thou shalt send upon me. Afflict me 
in any other way, and I can bear it, but spare to 
me my child.” 
In mercy, or in wrath, Lina Hastings' prayer 
was answered. The pulBe grew stronger beneath 
her touch—the breath came faster through the 
parted lips—a faint moisture was perceptible be¬ 
neath the yellow curls, and when the sun was set 
the soft eyes of Eddie Hastings unclosed and 
turned with a look of recognition upon his mother, 
who, clasping him in her arms, wept for joy, hut 
returned no word or thought of gratitude towards 
Him who had been thus merciful to her. 
milky, (fig. 3,) forming with the dissolved lime an 
insoluble white powder which, because it contains 
carbonic acid, is called carbonate of lime, and is 
the Bame as chalk. 
As water readily takes up this gas, it may be 
made, hy pressure, to absorb a largo quantity of it. 
Thus is prepared soda water, which, in general, 
consists only of water abundantly impregnated 
with carbonic acid by presence and agitation.— 
Many of our mineral springs are highly impreg¬ 
nated with it. 
The connection between carbonic acid gas and 
vegetation is exceedingly intimate. Jounston 
says:—“ Every green leaf that waves on field or 
tree, sucks in, during the sunshine, this gas from 
the air. It is as indispensable to tbe life of the 
plant as oxygen is to tbe life of the animal. Re¬ 
move carbonic acid from the air and all vegetable 
growth would cease. It must, tlierelore, be a ne¬ 
cessary constituent of the atmosphere of our 
earth. In order that growing plants may be able 
to obtain a sufficiently large und rapid supply of 
carbonic acid from ft gaseous mixture which con¬ 
tains so little, (at ordinary elevations there are 
about two gallons to every live thousand of air,) 
they are made to hang out their many waving 
leaves into the atmosphere. Over the surface of 
these leaves are sprinkled countless pores or 
mouths, which are continually employed in sepa¬ 
rating and drinking in carbonic acid gas. The 
millions of leaves which a single tree spreads out, 
and the constant renewal of the moving air in 
which they arc suspended, enables the living plant 
to draw an abundant Bupply for all its wants from 
an atmosphere already adjusted to the constitu¬ 
tion of living animals. A common li lae tree, with 
a million of leaves, has ubout four hundred thou¬ 
sand millions of pores or mouths at work, sucking 
in carbonic acid; and on a single oak tree, as many 
as seven millions of leaves have been counted.” 
To prepare this gas for experiments, take chalk 
or marble and deposit it in small fragments in 
diluted sulphuric or muriatic acid. Vinegar, or 
almost any other acid, may be used. 
BCIlKNJXi ADY AGRICULTURAL WI1KKS. 
•ftf A NlfF AOTU Kii IMPROVED RAILWAY HOUSE 
l'l Duwi're, Thresher* und Pwpiirntors, Combined Threshers 
ami Winnowers, Glover Holler*. aa<l Rawing Much Inc*. 
Ttie umlenJgiied having been twenty ymts eng aged in build¬ 
ing Horse Dower* Hint Threshing Machine*, feel cnitfi < ent, from 
,,a*t experience, and the nunieron* testimonials we are receiv¬ 
ing fioui #11 part* ol tbs country, ol" tho superiority of our ma¬ 
chine*, 1 hat we call give mii.'ectlpn to all who may favor us 
with their order*. Our Ilona Do* ei* an- made eiib-teiitihl, and 
to geared that It require-. the t*.<tn u>(revelonly MlxYnt If* miles 
pur hour, tin rehr- making It aultaMe to work either horses or 
cattle on them Ottr Threshers and Thresher* and Winnower* «ro 
■*o constructed a* to discharge all the grain and du»t through tho 
machine and not into the tender’* lace, a*i* timid with other 
kind*. The Thresher and Winnower to,# a revolving wile Mpa- 
r.rior, winch doe* the work more nrriecUy than eon he done in 
anv other wav. Thu fr»ptiT»tci (Kiddle) b.u. a lork itruw shaker, 
which shake., the gram out or the suaw, as It p limes from 1 I 10 
Tbre*li#r. 
We warrant thew machine* to soil Ihe purcDWr upon trial, 
or they can he returned, And tho money will be refunded. 
7 U. VV k.sTINUHOl EE A CO. 
Schcnactndy, N. Y., March, 1S57. 273-iwlam 
For Moore'* Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
In her tasteful boudoir sat Lina Hastings, and 
at her side on a silken lounge lay Eddie calmly 
sleeping. The crisis wsb past—she knew he would 
live and her cup of happiness was full. Suddenly 
the morning stillness was broken by the sound of 
a tolling bell. ’Twas the same which but for God’s 
mercy would at that moment, perhaps, have tolled 
for her hoy, and Lina involuntarily shuddered as 
she listened to the strokes which at first were far 
between. Then they came faster, and as Lina 
counted five, she said aloud, “’Twas a child hut 
two years older than Eddie.” 
Later in the day it came to her that the bereaved 
one was her early friend, whom now she seldom 
met. Once Lina would have flown to Mabel’s side 
and poured into her ear words of comfort, but her 
heart had grown hard and selfish, and so she only 
said, “Poor Mabel, she never was as fortunate aB 
I,”—and her eye glanced proudly around the ele¬ 
gantly furnished room, fitlliDg at lust upon Eddie, 
whom she clasped to her bosom passionately, but 
without thought of Him who had decreed that not 
then should she he written chlldlcsB. 
I am composed of 15 letters. 
My 1, 3,12, C, 14, 3 is a place celebrated for the 
production of a staple article. 
My 2, 3, 4, 15, 8 is ft county in New York noted for 
being.the birth-place of two great evils. 
My 3, 1, 10, 8, 4, 1, li, 13,14 is an island near Africa. 
My 4, 0,10, 8 is a city in Italy. 
My 5, 3,10, C, 4, 8 is a county in Wisconsin. 
My 0, 12, 12, G, l i, 13, C, 1 is one of the Western 
States. 
My 7, 6, 8, 4, 14, 3 is the capital of one of the 
European kingdoms. 
My 8, 9, 6, 8 is one of the principal lakes in TJ. S. 
My 9, 11, 3, 4 i9 a mountain in North Carolina. 
My 10, 3, 6, 5, 11 is the principal city in Africa. 
My 11, 4, 6, 13, 14 is a river in the United States 
named after a favorite vegetable. 
My 12, 3, 2, 5, 8, 4, 10, 8 is a city in Kansas remark¬ 
able for its scenes of riot and bloodshed. 
My 13, 10, 8, 3, 4, 6, 10, 3 is a grand division of the 
earth. 
My 14, 6,12, 8 is a river in Africa. 
My 15, 3, 12, 8 is a celebrated college in the U. S. 
My whole is a division of Australia, 
Newark, N. Y„ 1857. J. A. 
Answer next week. 
cm nk.sk sugar cank, or aokgho sucre, 
ryURK SEED. THE SUBSCRIBER HEREBY INFORMS 
J tile I'lniileta, Eurniw* and Gatrjoiu-rs ol tbe United Stales, 
that h* has obtained from R Dbtkp.*, Km| ,©f this city, tho eon* 
trol of bis crop of Seed of this valuable plant* boom of lint pro- 
pertle* of which may bo briefly Mu.micl up a* follow#: 
In. Olio acre of tile Aiajka.properly cultivated,will yield Irom 
400 to .vm gallon* of tino Syrup, anital lo tho heat New OtIoaua ; 
and from the »amfl root*, a rerun,f iy ol exeulL nl fodder. 
2d. Sow'U hroiidcnitt or la close drill*, oil land deeply plowed 
or highly lOannieiL It will yield Ihtriji to Af'il IhOMO^t im’*k of 
superior fodder to tho acre. 
SB. Itaurpa*»e» aUother plant* for •oiling, (feeding green.) 
and fodder, on account of the groat amount of sugary juice 
which it contain*,; and Is greedily rnteti by stack t>r all kinds. 
4th. It be#r* repealed eHtiingOlkc Egyptian Millet, growing 
off freely und rapidly, alter each cutting. 
full, li stand* drouth much better than common corn, retain¬ 
ing it# noon color and indues* even after the seed mature*. 
(lilt Tint K>. 4 is excellent ter hurnau food, when ground Into 
mcul, and fallen* rhmtciie nntmnlx very Mteudily. From 
Iwonty-JIv® to *eveiity-Ove bushel# can h« raised on mi aero 
7th. It I# »o certain a crop ti *1 planlns may be sure 01 #oc- 
cerditig with ii 11 * a frugal plant anywhere *uulh o( Maryland 
and north of Mexico. If planicd early in Uni Southern States, 
the iced will mature and |ixodl)CO another crop Ihe -am# season. 
ty The reed, which ha* been very caicfblly kept pore,from 
the original importation, will be offered In cloth padsageH, each 
containing enough to plant half au acre in <!rill#. with roll di¬ 
rection for ili« cultivation, which la perfectly simple. 
(y Thcio package# will he Ibrtvardua I -' mail, 1 'RVT or 
P0*t 1 0 X, to any Addre#a, on receipt nr $1 'Iff for each package- 
When not »ettt by mall, we will furnish tnn package-, at }l each. 
l~if* Early order- are solicited. 4 * the supply of pood and re¬ 
liable seed 1.4 quin* limited. Applicants’ Datum will la* entered 
in Ihe ottler In which they are iceeivnd, and tho seed will b« 
mailed a* soon as possible. 
fir Tin# pamphlet will he sent, ronog# free- to all who pur¬ 
chase seed; or lo any person who will enclose a lliree cent stamp. 
t }/~ Dealers In seeds and country merchants can be supplied 
at n liberal discount from retail rates, If their orders are receiv¬ 
ed Immediately- , , , 
Address with plain directions for trialling or shipping. 
B72wl WM. F OKM E, Atlanta. Georgia. 
The humble funeral was over. The soft, green 
turf had been broken and the bright June flowers 
had fallen beneath the old sexton’s spade as be 
dug the little grave where Willie Parkman was 
laid to rest. In the drunkard’s home there was 
again darkness and a silence which would never 
be broken by the prattle of a childish voice. So¬ 
bered, repentant and heart-broken, the wretched 
father laid his head in the lap of his faithful wife, 
besaeching of her to pray that the vow that morn¬ 
ing breathed by Willie’s coffin and renewed by 
Willie’8 grave might be kept unbroken. And 
she did pray, poor Mabel. With her arms around 
the neck of the weeping man she asked that this, 
her great bereavement might be sanctified to the 
salvation of her erring husband. 
“1 will <lo all things well" again seem whispered 
in her ear, and Mabel felt assured that Willie 
had not died in vain. ’Twas hard at first for 
Robert Parkman to break the chains which bound 
him, but the remembrance of Wi cue’s touching 
message,Tell pa good bye,—good bye forever,” 
would rush to his mind whenever he essayed to 
take the poisonous bowl, and Urns was he saved, 
and when the first day of a New Year wus ushered 
in he stood with Mabel at the altar and on his up¬ 
turned brow received the baptismal waters, while 
tbe man of God broke to him the bread of life.— 
Much that night they missed their child and 
Mabel’s tears fell like rain upon the soft, chestnut 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. 
A and B start at the same time at opposite 
points of a circle, and travel around it in the same 
direction. A takes 5 steps while B does 4, bnt 5 
of B’s steps are equal to 6 of A’s. How many 
times around the circle will A have to travel to 
overtake B, allowing 24 of the longer paces to be 
equal to 1 sign or 30 degrees. 
Decatur, Mich. J. H. Wallace. 
Answer next week. 
MOOEE’S RUrtAL NEW-YORKER, 
IBS I.KAPINO wskxlt 
AGRICULTURAL. LITERARY AND FAMILY JOURNAL* 
IS rtlBLISIIKtl EVRRV SATURDAY 
BY l>. I>. T. MOORK, UOCHEBTKK, R|. Y. 
TRUES AND 1*1,ANT*. CHEAP! ! 
mriE SUBSCRIBER HAVING made arrangements 
1 to change the location <)( l|i# Nmxery. ofler# for #al#, very 
cheap, a general assortment of Fruit and (irtiumcntal Trees, 
Shrub*, Rose*, i’ironla*. Ac.. Ac, at wholesale and retail. 
Descriptive Catalogue* furnished On application. All order# 
or letters of inquiry, will receive prompt attention If addressed 
to (S7tw.t| A LOuMiS, Byron Genesee Co.. N. Y. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. 
Office, Union Buildings, Opposite the Court House. 
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AI*I*I.E TREES. 
~\\f E IIAVK ON HAND AND WILL SELL FOR HASH 
1 V or approved paper at *hort date. 
300,000 Apple* of all the hekt leading sort*, grafled till# winter 
$> if. I.IXMl. When $liii worth i» taken, price $/ E) 1 ,'KHi, 
30,000 I toinlocks lo prime order I rout S to 10 ire he* $.'5 *i 1,000. 
2,000 Lawton Blackbeirli;*, $.0 per 100. 
" “3 “ do##n. 
10,000 Ooucnrd, Rebecca, Diana, Clio ion. Northern Mutcadiuc, 
Isabella and UutawbaGrape Vine*, at ow-est prices. 
37-lwi A. FAHNESTOCK, President, 
Toledo, Fidt (>, 1/W7, Toledo Nurseries. 
Two Dollars a Yttar — $1 for #lx month*. To Clubs and 
Agents us follows 'Three Copies one year, for $5 ; Six Copies 
(and one to Agent or getter up of club.) for $10 ; Ten Copies 
(and one to Agent.) for $15, and any additional number at the 
same rate. ($1,50 per copy.) As we are obliged to pre-pay tho 
American postage on papers sent to the British Province#, our 
Canadian ugeot# and Irieuds must add 12y^ cents pur copy to the 
club rates of tlte Rural. 
A and B own a stack of hay in a eonicnl form. 
It is 15 feet high, and A owns two-thirds of the 
stack. It is required to know how many feet lie 
must take from the top of it for his share? 
Ilowlett Hill, N. Y. —. R-. 
jgIT* Answer next week. 
It A R E WEEDS. 
T HE SUBSCRIBER WILL furnish by mail. PO.ST- 
pald Bcurdle** Barley, Oh)tlu*e Sugar I’wne, Japan Pea*, 
King Philip Corn, Elat Dutch Cabbage, thlindrlcal Pumpkin: 
Each package sufficient to plant 4 rods of ground, lor 25 cents 
per package, or tile whole list in ona envelope for $ 1 , or five 
package* of either. Address I. W BRIGGS, 
373wt> West Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Apvbktisinc. —Brief and appropriate advertisements will bo 
inserted at 25 ceut* a line, each insertion, payable in advance. 
Our rule is to give no advertisement, unless very brief, more 
tlnui four coosecutlve insertions. Patent Medicines, Ac., will 
not be advertised in this paper at any price. 
Auswer to Scriptural Enigma in No. 374:—The 
band of the diligent shall bear rule.— Prov. xii: 21. 
Answer to Algebraical i^oblem in No. 374:— 
120 Sheep, 80 Cows, 30 Miles. 
In a small brown cottage in a distant part of 
the same village, another mother was watching 
beside her first-born, only son. They had been 
