COG WHEELS 
KNITTING THE SOCKS 
Antietam. A dispatch was placed in her hands 
by her pastor; its words were few, but oh, how 
they burned int-o her heart: Lieut Herbert 
Woolcot badly wounded! 
Again the purple shadow passed over her face 
and the little hands were suddenly clasped upon 
her side as though some terrible pain had cen¬ 
tered there. “ Oh, Mr. Scofield," she cried, 
Which he did, the gentleman who had sug¬ 
gested the idea accompanying him to the cler¬ 
gyman's. Many years have passed since then, 
and neither party has seem any cause to regret 
the abrupt proposal and acceptance. 
Of the business style, we can Cite a case related 
to us, which we know for a true one. A young 
man who had succeeded to tho ill-kept and 
badly cultivated, though really valuable farm of 
a deceased unde, saw at a glance that, two 
things were absolutely necessary to enable him 
to succeed; tho first being a w ife to take charge 
of the woman’s department, and the second a 
few thousand dollars to stock it with. lie could 
not help thinking to himself that, possibly, these 
two great aids to bis happiness and prosperity 
might be found together, 
fashioned house, scarcely ever speaking, dividing 
his attention equally between the lire, and feast¬ 
ing his eyes on Sally, For two years this quiet 
adoration went on, and the neighbor wondered 
why, as there was notliing to prevent it, they 
did not marry. It never has been known 
whether the idea arose out of Zack's own brain, 
or whether it was a hint from a friend, but at 
last he did find courage to pop the. question. It 
was done in this way. The lime was New 
^ Eve, and the fiiir 8ally hud boon preparing 
a stout jug of mulled cider, that she might have 
something to cheer Zack’s heart when he came 
in. Zack came, he drank, and took his accus¬ 
tomed seat In the chimney corner, where he sat 
quietly as usual for a few minutes, and then, 
without any previous symptoms, he rose up to 
his full height, six feet, and two inches, putting 
his head up the chimney so that but little was 
seen of him above the waist, and delivered the 
following oration: 
“If somebody loved somebody as well as 
somebody loves somebody, somebody would 
marry somebody.” 
Zack remained with his head up the chimney 
after this speech, silent as death, for some min¬ 
utes, until he came forth from his place of refuge 
at the earnest solicitation of Widow Brown, 
with a face glowing like the setting sun. The 
thing was done, however, and Zack and Sally 
were married in a few weeks after, and we are 
convinced that if either of them could be in¬ 
duced to talk, now, after a trial of a dozen years, 
they would say that they were entirely satisfied 
with that mode of popping the question. 
Among the oddities of the mystery, the one 
over which we have personally wondered much, 
occurred in Philadelphia, within our own 
knowledge. 
A lady :uid gentlemen, who had been ac¬ 
quainted but one week, and who move in the 
very first circles, were walking upon the street, 
the lady showing the lions of the city to the 
gentleman, who was a stranger in Philadelphia. 
In the course of their ramble they were stopped 
by a wedding party, who were alighting from 
their carriages at a Church door. The lady pro¬ 
posed to go in and see the affair through. The 
gentleman consented, and together they stood 
till the ceremony was over. 
[The following lines were found in a bundle of socks 
sent by a “Lively Old Lady." In Amherst, N. H., to the 
United States Hospital, corner of Broad and Cherry Sts., 
Philadelphia.] 
By the fireside coBily seated, 
With spectacles riding her nose. 
The lively old lady is knitting 
A wonderful pair of Hose. 
She pities the shivering Soldier 
Who is ont in Ihe pelting storm ; 
And busily plies her needles, 
To keep him hearty and warm. 
Her eyes are reading the embers, 
Bnt her heart is off to the War, 
For she knows what those brave fellows 
Are gallantly fighting for. 
Her fingers, as well as her fancy, 
Arc cheering them on their way: 
Who under the good old banner, 
Are saving their Country to day. 
She ponders how in her childhood, 
Her Grandmother need to tell— 
The story of barefoot Soldiers, 
Who fought so long and well. 
And the men of the Revolution, 
Are nearer to her than us; 
And that perhaps is the reason 
Why she is toiling thus. 
She cannot shoulder a musket. 
Nor ride with a cavalry crew, 
But nevertheless she is ready 
To work for the boys who do. 
And yet in “ Oflleiol dispatches," 
That come from the Army or Fleet, 
Her feats may have never a notice, 
Though ever so mighty the/«f. 
So prithee, prond owner of muscle, 
Or purse proud owner of stocks, 
Don’t sneer at the labora of woman, 
Or smile at her bundle of socks. 
Her heart may be larger and braver 
Than hie who ia talk*!, of all, 
The work of her hands as important, 
As cash that buys powder and ball. 
And thus while her quiet performance, 
Is being recorded in rhyme, 
The tools in her tremulous fingers 
Are running a race with time. 
Strange that four needles can form 
A perfect triangular bound; 
And equally strange that their antics 
Result in perfecting “ the round.” 
And now, while beginning “ to narrow,” 
She thinks of the Maryland mud, 
And wonders if ever the stocking 
Will wade to the ancle in blood. 
And now she is “shaping the heel,” 
And now she is ready “ to bind,” 
And hopes if the soldier is wounded, 
It never will be from behind. 
And now she is “ raising the instep, 
Now “narrowing off at the toe,” 
And prays that this end of the worsted 
May ever be turned to the foe. 
She “/gathers ' the last of the stitches, 
As if a new laurel were won, 
And placing the ball in the basket, 
Announces the stocking as “done.” 
Ye men who are fighting onr battlfe. 
Away from the comforts of life, 
Who thoughtfully muse by our camp fires, 
On sweetheart, or sister, or wife; 
Just think of your elders a little, 
And pray for the Grandmothers too. 
Who, patiently sitting in corners, 
Are knitting the stockings for yon. 
/irsc, excepting to (tank yet better of that vAi i, ,’tegan Dunk¬ 
ing well qf." Rev. Hr.yu y Ward “eech> 
“ The Troches are a staff qf life to me." 
I'noK. KmvAitD North, 
Pres. Hamilton (VUlege, Clinton, N. Y. 
’* Tor Throat Troubles they are a specific." 
N. P. Warns. 
Toofaoorably known to need dmumendation." 
Hon. Cn as. a. Pinters, 
Pres. Mass. Senate. 
“ Contain no Opium nor anything injurious." 
Dr. A. A. Hayes, Chemist, Boston. 
“An elegant combination for Coughs.” 
Dr. G. F. Bigelow. Boston. 
“ 1 recommend their use to Cub tic Speakers." 
Rev. E. It. Chapin. 
"Most salutary relief in Bronchitis." 
Khv. S. Sh.i<ii RiED. Morristown, Ohio. 
“ Yery beneficial when suffering from Golds.” 
Rev. s. J, P. Anderson, St. Lou is. 
"^Almost instant relief in the distressing labor qf breathing 
peculiar to Asthma." 
Kkv. a. c. Eggleston. New York. 
J hey have suited my case exactly. relieoing my thro.it so 
that J could sing with ease." T. Dccharmh, 
Chorister French Parish Church, Montreal. 
As there are Imitations, be sure to obtain the genuine. 
Oh, Mr. Scofield, 
“ I must go to him, I cannot stay away, will you 
go with me?" Just then she noticed the pale, 
sad look fastened upon her pastor’s face, which 
brought a new thought to her. “How selfish 
my own sorrow makes me,” she said. “ I have 
not even asked alter your dear boys.* 
The pale lips quivered as the good old tnan 
answered her implied question, “Charley and 
Willie fell side by side. Willie still lives, 
and I am going to him to-morrow." 
“ I will go with you,’’ said the young wife. 
“My dear child, it will he a sad place for one 
so young, so delicate as yourself. I will do all I 
can for your husband, and if possible have him 
sent home.” 
“Oh, do not. think,” she cried, “that I can 
stay here while he is suffering there—I must go.” 
and yet without 
attemping to put his matrimonisd and financial 
ideas into practice, ho allowed them to haunt 
him continually. 
With this upon his mind, our farmer started 
upon a horseback journey to a distant part of the 
country, and upon his return made an acquaint¬ 
ance upon the road, in the person of an old gen¬ 
tleman who was jogging the same way. The 
companions dined together tit a wayside inn, and 
fraternized pleasantly, during which the young 
man opened his heart to the elder, telling him 
all his plans and aspirations, when the old gentle¬ 
man addressed the younger: 
“ I rather like you, my friend, tmd your hon¬ 
est way of telling your story, and if you will 
come and see me, I shtdl be glad. I have three 
daughters, all a- good girls as ever lived. Now, 
perhaps, one of them may he the very one you 
are looking for; if * 0 , i will do my best toward 
making the balance of the matter agreeable. 
Ride over and see me to-morrow, take dinner, 
and stay the afternoon, which will give you a 
“ See, they are bearing some poor soldier to his 
graver, let us wait until they pass." Liikixa 
Woolcot trembled and grew faint as she 
looked at the little band of sad-faced soldiers 
who were bearing their late comrade to his shal- 
No useless coffin inclosed his 
low grave, 
breast,” but surely she knew the scarf which 
was crossed over his pulscles- bosom, for her own 
fingers had wrought it, her own hands hound 
it around her young hasband’s breast ere he left 
her for war. With a cry of anguish she knelt 
by the side of the silent sleeper. It was indeed 
Herbert Woolcot, lying there so pale, so 
cold, so still; on his broad brow the purple 
mark where a traitor’s bullet had entered. Her 
pastor sprang to her, and to the questioning look 
of the soldiers said, “he was her husband.” 
They placed the rude bier by the grave, which 
they ha<I hollowed with sorrowful hearts for 
him. and reverently stood back while she took t 
the last, last look. She knelt by his side, she 
covered the cold face with passionate tears, she 
pressed her lips to his, but they, still beautiful 
in death, gave back no response. “Oh, Her¬ 
bert, speak to me once, only once more, my 
love! Alas, alas! he hears me not! He can 
speak no more! Oh, my poor heart!” The 
purple shadow, deeper, darker than before, 
passed over her face, and suddenly the beautiful 
head was laid upon the lifeless bosom before her. 
“ Come, my dear child,” said Mr. Scofield, 
“let me assist you to arise and direct vmir 
Pronounced superior to all other* at the 
World t Fair, In Lmi'lon. INii 1 1 took the First phe- 
Mtm« el Ifio great lair of the AMERICAN IN3TI- 
11 I E, Ni w \ .irk i itv, 1803, where the Judges were 
practical TOOChstnlCS, aiuf appreciated COo-WHKRls. 
It took the First I-rkmium at thy 
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.Pmn.vylmnia Slide Fair .iS63* 
MieMjan tftate Fair . 1883 
loioa ,Stale Fair . 1863 . 
IMnsris Ftate Fair .186fi! 
Aud at County Fairs without number. 
SELF-ADJUSTING AND ADJUSTABLE! 
IT SAVES 
Time, Labor, Clothes and Money. 
U Is easily and firmly secured to the tub or washing 
n.acldmt and will lit tubs of any size or shape. g 
It Is simple iu Us construction, and does not easily vet 
out oj repair. J * 
It Is not Only a PERFECT WRINGER, but the cok- 
rKl'i j/vT "W* D'idcr« it a most E$- 
( 1 KLLENT WASHKR, preying ,*ui«J r^piirallni? as It 
docs the DIRT with the WATER, from thedothes. 
ladies should not. he informed of the nature of 
his errand. This was agreed to, and they sepa¬ 
rated. 
r The next day at. the lime appointed the young 
man dismounted at the door of the house of his 
new made friend, and was heartily welcomed. 
The hour before dinner was consumed in looking 
over the farm, the young man in admiring its 
keeping, and the old one in approving of the sen¬ 
sible and practical remarks of the younger, when 
the meal was announced, and the three young 
ladies and their mother were introduced. They 
were all, as the old gentleman had said, fine 
girls, but the yonngcr. rosy-cheeked, blue-eyed, 
and laughlng-faccd, charmed the young farmer 
especially. The dinner over, they once more 
walked out for a chat. 
“Well, how do you like my daughters?” was 
the old gentleman's first (mention. 
nice,” said tile 
At the instant, the 
gentleman, hiking the lady's hand in his, led 
her unresistingly to the altar, without a single 
word spoken, and presented her to the aston¬ 
ished minister, with the request that they should 
he made one. In ten minutes the knot was tied, 
and we have no reason to believe that either 
have iu the ten years they have been joined, 
seen cause to regret the suddenness of the idea. 
“ They are all nice girls, very 
young man. thoughtfully. 
“And which of them do you like best ?” was 
the next question. 
“ The youngest, Knt’, she is charming, and if 
I am to be your son-in-law, you must give me 
Kate!” 
“ This will never do to take the youngest and 
by all odds the prettiest,” said the old gentleman, 
seriously. 
“ 1 mast have her or none,” was the response, 
spoken decidedly. 
“ How much money did you say you wanted ?" 
“ Five thousand dollars will put my farm in 
excellent order, and make it worth twenty thou¬ 
sand to-morrow. 1 must have five thousand 
dollars.” 
“ I’d give you the sum with cither of the other 
girls,” said the old man, positively; “but I will 
give but three thousand with Kate.” 
“ Then I may as well go to my home. Five 
thousand I mast have—I have set mv mind 
upon it,” 
“ And I have just as strongly determined to 
do only what I have said,” was the old gentle¬ 
man's reply; “so I suppose the matter is at. an 
end. However, we will be good friends, and 
you must sometimes run over and we me,” 
This ended the conference, and they parted. 
The young man mounted his horse, and rode 
down toward the road, but just as he was about 
opening the gate, stooping from his saddle, the 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
PHILOSOPHICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed of 22 letters, 
My 15, 5, 21 is an elastic fluid. 
My 19,11, 1 , 3, 21, 21,15, 7 is a hydraulic machine for 
raising and conveying water. 
My 9,18, 2, 3, >1, 5,18,12 is what all solid bodies pos¬ 
sess. 
My 9, 2, 20, 7, 5,14,11,16,15, 1, 1, 21, 11, 9,1, 13,18, 12 
is that which forces the particles of substances of 
different kinds to nnite. 
My 7, 20,1, 2118,12,18, 7, 8 is a musician’s time meas¬ 
urer. 
My 4, 9, 21, 20,19 is powerful and much used. 
My 22,13,17, 2,18,12 is used to draw liquid from one 
vessel to another. 
My 1, 10, 8, 21, 7,18, 7, 20,1, 3, 21 is an instrument for 
measuring heal. 
My 10, 8,12, 4 is used to collect together the rays of 
light 
My 6, 20,12,18,1, 5, 7, 8 is a native phosphate. 
My whole composes all machinery. 
Austerlitz, Mich., 18G4. F. W. Htser. 
Answer in two weeks. 
POPPING THE QUESTION 
We have heard of many cases of “popping” 
under very singular circumstances, the eccentric, 
the abrupt, the business like, the silly, and a 
hundred other styles. Of the eccentric we could 
cite the case of a well-known merchant, who, 
one day dining at a friend’s house sat next to a 
lady who possessed rare chanms of conversation. 
The merchant did not possess this faculty in a 
very rare degree, but lie could do that which 
was next best, he could appreeiete, an apprecia¬ 
tion which he endeavored to show 1>y the fol¬ 
lowing mode of action r 
“Do you like toast, Miss B-?” 
“ Yes,” responded the lady, slightly surprised 
at the question. 
“Buttered toast ?” 
“Yes.” 
“That is strange; so do I. Let as 
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THE DOUBLE SACRIFICE. 
“ -And do you really mean to go,” said Luella 
Morris to her betrothed husband, Herbert 
Woolcot. 
“1 most, darling,” he replied; his fine eyes 
fairly blazing with enthusiasm: “I should for¬ 
ever despise myself if I were to remain at home 
now, when my country is calling for help in this 
the born- of her sorest need. You would not 
have me stay here in cowardly idleness, would 
you," he asked. 
A slight purple shade passed over the fair 
young face at his side, and a mist of tears soft¬ 
ened the luster of the beautiful brown eyes, but 
Luella had a brave and patriotic, as well as a 
loving heart ; so the shelly )lp& parted with a 
faint smile and she gently answered, “No; but 
still it seems to me that my heart will break if 
death finds you on the battle-field; and yet—and 
yet, I am glad you wish to go, for I could hardly 
love yon, if you did not..” 
“Bless you, darling, for those words. But 
you know, dearest, that I am going to a scene of 
danger, and perhaps of death; let me give you 
my name before 1 go, so that I can provide for 
you as I wish dining my absence, and feel that 
1 bear the holy charm of a wife's love to guard 
me In the lonely camp or on the battle-field." 
It was a sad and solemn bridal, consummated 
that beautiful summer's morning. All nature 
was blushing with beauty, and vocal with mel¬ 
ody, for the flowers will bloom and the bright 
. For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
On receipt ol the price, from places where no one is 
selling, we will „l the II. (!. w .free qf expense? What 
we especially want Is a good 
OA.TsTVu?ASSEI?, 
’tie^ciuHvc C ^. lrbtral Placements aud gnar- 
JULIUS IVES A- on.. 
I am composed of 24 letters. 
My 2, 5,13, 4 is a kind of grain. 
My 19, 24,12, 21,10 is a great staple. 
My 8,13, 3, 4 5e a useful metal. 
My 7,20,15,13 is a denomination of time. 
My 1, 22, 8, 9,1J 21 was the name of a prophet. 
My 23,14, 6, 10,17,18 is a vegetable. 
My 5, 16,10 is not even. 
My whole is a maxim 
Clyde, Ohio, 1864. Edwin 
J3?” Answer in two weeks. 
jet mar¬ 
ried.” 
There can not be much doubt that, the lady 
was taken slightly aback, a fact that did not 
prevent the marriage coming oil' in a month 
afterwards, nor the accession of the lady to one 
of the finest establishments in the city. 
As a specimen of the abrupt, we shall cite the 
case of a gentleman who bad retired from busi¬ 
ness at the age of forty, and built himself a 
beautiful house, determined to enjoy life to the 
utmost. One day a friend was dining with him 
and said, half jokingly, 
“ You have everything here that the heart can 
desire but a wife.” 
“ That's true. 1 must, think of it,” and then 
relapsed into silence for a few minutes, at the 
end of which time he. rose, begged to be ex¬ 
cused for a short time, and left the room. He 
seized his hat and went instantly to a neighbors, 
and was shown into the parlor with the inform¬ 
ation that neither the master nor mistross were 
at home. He told the servant that he wanted 
'•A/H m v »V UMF.I, 
347 Broadway, New York. 
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AN ANAGRAM. 
OlI a d'uolec natoli ot shavin 
Onnf hte ady; 
Dan a nazreb grown ot bnrcelm 
niot aley 
011 etk girt’hs tuboa ot qorenen, 
Elrar h't a icy 
Iwth toh tiling laslh yamn rome, 
Ncret gilsnlm ta eth oilro, 
Iwth hctgnatl gomvv hash lafl, 
Nyam horect, trage nad slaml, 
Tath orf geae goln evhn ledh sn 
Ilof rebtl erpy. 
Emn fo gothnth nda mne fo canito, 
Artec teh yau\ 
New York, Jan., 1864. 
rr Answer in two weeks. 
birds sing, although sorrow and death walk 
hand in hand through the striken land. The 
sacred vows were spoken, the kiss of love pressed 
upon those quivering lips, and, he was gone. 
She heard the inspiring strains of martial 
music, she saw the proud tread of the thousand 
young men who were going with him to do 
battle for the right; her heart was well nigh 
breaking, and yet she struggled to repress her 
tears, and bravely smiled upon him as he turned 
to take the last, look, and then sank fainting into 
the arms of her pastor, who had accompanied 
her, and who had watched with misty eyes the 
noble forms of his two manly boys among the 
rest. 
Long and lonely seemed the days to Luella 
Woolcot, as she sat in the beautiful home 
which her husband’s thoughtful love had provi¬ 
ded for her, hut all too soon came the bloody 
conflict which raged on the fearful field of 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac., IN No. 729, 
Answer to Biblical Enigma:—Keep the Sabbath day 
to sanctify it as the Lord thy God hath commanded 
thee. 
Answer to Riddle:—The Tongue 
Answer to Problem: — The required probability in 
5865 10000; or, the circles will intersect 6866 limes in 
ten thousand trials. 
Answer lo Anagrams of Rivers:—Cumberland, Con 
necticut, Chenango, Montreal, Humboldt, Thames, 
Ebro, Boroni, Limpopo, Loire, Williomette, Washita. 
Answer to Anagram: 
Oh! shades of the martyrs that so heroically perished 
At Lexington, Monmouth, and old Bunker Hill, 
May thy spirits yet guard the. land that ve cherished, 
And guide and direct us to victory util). 
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