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Istlinnis Correspondence af the Rural New-Yorker. 
FROM THE TROPICS, 
The thermometer stands at 90° this (May 12th) 
morning,'and I presume you would call it rather 
warm weather, for a May day, in old Monroe, 
but it is very comfortable for this place, where, 
in January and February it often rises to 95 w 
aud upwards. I do not remember that I have 
ever seen it fall below 75 degs. above zero, con¬ 
sequently thick clothing Is at adi-countthe year 
round. New comers to this locality often bring 
their thick clothing which they were accus¬ 
tomed to wear north. Upon their arrival, thin¬ 
ner clothing, more suitable and comfortable, is 
substituted for it, while the former is generally 
hung up in the closet, nr elsewhere, only to 
mildew' and be moth-eaten, and completely 
spoiled within a month's time. Even hoots or 
shoes, if thrown aside for a week or two, be¬ 
come soft and mouldy. Exposure, quite often, 
to the sun, is the only thing that will preserve 
garments of a woolen substance—especially in 
the wet season. After a sojourn of fifteen 
months Imre I have concluded that the only 
economical way to get along in the tropics is to 
purchase a single suit, wear it while it lasts, 
and then get another. 
The passengers from New York, passing 
across here, have very peculiar notions, many 
of them, in regard to this country. As an in¬ 
stance:—Only a short time since, just as the 
Ocean Queen had arrived and landed her twelve 
hundred passengers, half a dozen of them 
chanced to pass near by where your correspond- 
engine hit him fairly, and I will venture to as¬ 
sert that New Yorkers never saw a higher rite 
or more rapid decline in beef in one day than on 
this occasion. No harm was done to the train, 
however. The bulls about here are very docile 
creatures, compared with some formidable spe¬ 
cimens of their kind which one sees exhibited 
at Northern State Fairs. 
I should like to take a stroll about some of 
NEW GRANADA LANDSCAPE. 
mounted guard over the fire while the bread A courier dashed up; he handed the Adjutant 
was baking for Gen. Grant’s luxurious repast, a document. It is an order from Johnson, au- 
After these privations, one of the officers, nouncing that the southern cavalry had cut the 
who was coming down, brought a basket of ale railroad behind Sherman, and completely severed 
to the General and hi' staff. General Grant his communication with the United states, 
expressed his thunks, appreciated the kindness, Breathless silence evinces the attention which 
and would just taste it in acknowledgment— every word of the order receives, as the Adju- 
but he drauk none, not even ale. In repeating tant reads. Cheers are about to be given, when 
ent was standing. A very knowing chap among these rice and sugar plantations with “Farmer 
them seemed to be giving the rest of his party a 
piece of information in regard to the weather on 
the Isthmus. “ Rain ? by hoky ! this is the 
awfulest place for rain you ever knowed on. 
■Well, sir, now Fll tell you what J knows. When 
folks are walking along sometimes, with ura- 
brellcrs under their arms, and the sun shining 
like all split, a cloud ’ll come up and they’ll get 
wet through afore they’ve had time to git up 
their umbrell. One feller that come to 'York 
from San Frisco last fall told me, 'pon honor, 
that when he was in this ere place, he saw 
seventeen showers within half an hour, and it 
Garrulous,” for 1 imagiue he would be pretty 
good company. I wonder how he would like 
farming in this section ? He wouid have to get 
used to “ tiger cats,” “tapir,” ‘‘alligators” and 
“snakes,” out of doors, while he would need to 
keep one eye open in-doors, looking out for the 
centipedes, scorpions, tarrantulas and lizards. 
It is very easy to get accustomed to these 
things after a few bites and stings. The four 
last mentioned often present themselves in the 
domicil of your correspondent, and seem to take 
pleasure iu burying themselves in the clothing 
hanging up in the closets—and when that cloth- 
ail cleared up aud suu shined 'tween each one of j D g taken down to put on, then “ comes the 
’em, and not a cloud in sight.” (I did not ask, tug of war.” 
but presumed his informant might have been a 
Herald reporter.) 
It is generally the case, that upon the arrival 
of a stranger, for the first time, he will be able 
to tell you more about the country and its won¬ 
ders than any one else who may have spent a 
good portion of his life here. When applied 
I mentioned in my previous letter that ap¬ 
pearances indicated a speedy arrival of the 
“ wet seasou ” — hut it was appearances only. 
The “dry season” still hangs on, and every¬ 
thing is parched up. Unless we get rain soon 
the second orauge crop will fail, also the man¬ 
goes. Perhaps I forgot to mention in my last that 
The Soldier “Saying Grace.” 
A. B. Nii.es, writing us from the head¬ 
quarters of tho Ud Brigade, 3d Division, 15th 
to by the author of the above shower story for WOCK j s were on fire close by here, and owing 
information iu regard to animals, etc., 1 told to the drouth it was feared that the towu might 
him that it was currently reported hereabouts be 6wept away by tlie fl ames . A company of 
that an alligator had been caught in the Chagas marines were sent for, and came over from 
river—a few miles lrom here ninety-six feet p anama> uu j finally succeeded in confining it 
long, and when opened, they' found a native hut < w ]ja, c ent jungle. The streets are paroled 
andfreo barrels of pork in him. a fc night by private watchmen to prevent any 
“ There,” said he, turning to his companions, incendiarism—for fire once started would leave 
“Did’nt T tell you this was the queerest conn- us ^ j n ;ls [ ies thi s dry weather. Adlos. 
try you ever see ?” Aepinwall, New Grenada. Isthmus. 
“I’ll be darned if it aint, said a large, bi aw - connection with onr correspondent’s letter we give 
ny, red-whiskered chap from Michigan. “But, a anc illustration of a New Granada Landscape.—En. 
mister, tell us, does it rain here so like all thuu- _ 
der, as they talk for ?” " ___ t 
“ Well,” said r, “a little over a year ago, it 
rained more or less for forty-six day sand nights, AV JUv DAV<> 
and neither son nor moon were visible during - - — ■■ ■■■■ .- 
that time ; the railroad track was washed aw*ay ^ Grace .-> 
in many places, and business generally impeded . . , , 
for a short time, yet 1 have ..ever reen showers A B. »r,u„g us Torn the h«4 
appear :m.l .lisappear os quickly as your frieud "liters of (he Jd Brigade, 3.1 Wvtslou, loth 
of Army Corps, Deeater, Ala., sending mouey loi 
Yam tok* that every fifth year is a very se- BcRAL t closes his letter with the following 
vercone, so far as rain is concerned. The pres- “To close, 1 will relate an iucident of whiet 
ent dry season h:i8 been attended with scarce a I was an eye witness. Last fall, alter the bat- 
shower, and water is becoming a scarce article, ties of ‘Mission Ridge’ aud ‘Lookout Moun 
even for drinking purposes. You will recollect tain,’ our brigade, on its return to Bridgeport 
that wc have no mils in this vicinity, as the Ala., subsisted for two days on parched corn 
islaud ot Manzanillo, on which Aspimvall is sit- receiving no rations until arriving at the lattei 
uated, has a coral foundation, and only brackish place. On the second day I came up with foui 
water can lie obtained by digging below tho of our boys, who were sitting around a skille 
surface. As a substitute, we have large, red, parching corn. One of the number proposet 
iron tanks, some of them holding thousands of to a comrade to say grace before partaking o 
gallons, and they are placed near by to natch the frugal meal. The comrade assented am 
the rain-water from the roofs of the houses, said, 
They are well filled during the rainy season, but “ < oh Lord! this is our all — 
often give out, as at present, during the close of But we thank thee for favors small. 
the dry season. Water is obtained at present Three cars for four of us — 
from one of the way stations on the l’amuna We thank thee. Lord, there’s no more of ns.’ ’’ 
railroad, eighteen miles from here, and is “ I thought it very appropriate, and straight 
brought down in u “ water car” attached to an way came on my way, not rejoicing. No, verily 
engine. At present it is worth—in specie—five for I had not a kernel tor myself. That nigh 
cents per gallon, to all vessels in port—at other we arrived iu Bridgeport, made a raid ou 
times, or with water plenty, only two cents. baker, presented him soma green-backs whicl 
About a week since, one dark, cloudy night, bad :l mtl ° k * ,ovw ’ as comi>Gl hi,u 1 
an engine started up the road for water, push- fork om " fc0,nt ' oaUbos ’ 
some anecdote of Grant which he had heard, 
my friend said, “ Grant’s answer was:—“ I don’t 
believe it. It is one of those d-d rebel lies.” 
“ No,” said the officer, “ I do not think he said 
that. I never heard him swear; never heard 
him utter even one profane word.” 
Washing a Wounded Rebel 
A rebel prisoner asked for a clean shirt for 
his comrade whose fresh but blood-stained band¬ 
ages told of a recent amputation just above the 
knee. 
One of the Sanitary Commission gave theshirt 
but said the boy must first he washed. “ Who 
will do that? ” “ Oh, any of those women yon¬ 
der.” A kind looking women from Philadel¬ 
phia was asked if she was willing to wash a rebel 
prisoner. “ Certainly,” was her prompt reply, 
“ I have a son lu the Union army, aud I would 
like to have somebody wash him. 
With a towel and water in a tin basin, she 
cheerfully walked through the mud to the tent. 
Careful not to disturb his amputated leg, she 
removed the old shirt and began to wash him, 
but the tenderness of a mother's heart was at 
work, aud she began to cry over him, saying 
that she imagined she was washing her own 
i son. This was more than she could bear. He, 
to the drouth it was feared that the towu might work, and she began to cry over him, saying 
be swept away by the flames. A company of that she imagined she was washing her own 
marines were sent for, and came over from son. This was more than she could bear. He, 
Panama, and finally succeeded in confining it too, began to weep and to ask God to bless her | 
to the adjacent jungle. The streets are paroled for kindness to him. The scene was too much j 
at night by private watchmen to prevent any for the bystanders, and they left the Northern 
incendiarism—for tire once started would leave mother and the Southern son to their sacred I 
us all in ashes this dry weather. Adlos. grief, wishing that tears could blot out the sin 
AsninwaU. New Grenada. Isthmus. of this rebellion, and the blood of this unnatural 
hark! loud whistles from Sherman’s cars, at 
Big Shanty, interrupt them. The number of 
whistles increase. Altoona, Acworth, and Big 
Shanty depots Tesoundwith them. The rebel 
soldiers set up a broad laugh, and the last my in¬ 
formants—some thirty in all, including four 
commissioned officers—saw of the Adjutant, he 
was stalking away, with the order iu his hand, 
ejaculating derisively, “Over the left!” “in a 
horn! ” and “ what will come next! ” 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed ol S letters. 
My 1 is the second letter of the name of a ial^e in Lap- 
land, fourt h of the name of each of two counties 
in New York, and third of the name of a river in 
Virginia. 
My 2 is fourth in the name of each of fn-,n seas, fifth in 
each of two, and sixth in the name of a river in 
Texas. * 
My 3 is the only letter that occurs precisely five times 
as the final letter in the names of counties in Ohio. 
My 4 is the only consonant representing an aspirate, in 
Army Corps, Decater, Ala., sending money for ' wa _ s dressed as an old woman, with cap and 
sou. ims was rnuic u.»u sue umui | a word containing three vowels, used as the name 
too, began to weep and to ask God to bless her | of a city in one of oar territories 
for kindness to him. The scene was too much | My 5 occurs twice in names of Eastern, once in those 
for the bystanders, and they left the Northern j of Middle, seven times in those of Southern, ten 
mother and the Southern son to their sacred times in those of Western States; and twice in 
glief, wishing that tears could blot out the sin District of Columbia. 
of this rebellion, and the blood of this unnatural 613 ,h , e *** l, t;er o in the 5 ° r . ° f 
one of the Vi estera States, is the initial letter of the 
war ‘ _I_ name of each of two rivers in Minnesota, and does 
Ges. Grant's Daughter Photographed. not occur in the name or any of the oceans. 
_ .... .... .. .. My "occurs three times in the name of each of two 
One of the interesting features ot the st. J rlyerj in A;;a _ 
Louis Fair was the taking Ot a photographic My 8 occurs fonr times as the final, and once as the 
likeness of a daughter of Lieutenant-General initial letter of ihe name of individual States in the 
Grant, who, since the heginuing of the Fair, United States. It is also the first and last letter of 
had been personating the character of the old the name of a e;;y iu Missouri, 
woman in the shoe, in the Children’s Depart- My whole is the name or a Colonel in a Minnesota 
ment. We understand that she is the General's 
only daughter, and is eight years of age. bhe hl two w€e ks. 
. « 1 _# A «._ . ... J 
the Rural, closes his letter with the following: 
“To close, 1 will relate an incident of which 
I was un eyo witness. Last fall, after the bat¬ 
tles of ‘Mission Ridge’ aud ‘Lookout Moun¬ 
tain,’ our brigade, on its return to Bridgeport, 
Ala., subsisted for two days on parched corn, 
receiving no rations until arriving at the latter 
place. On the second day I came up with four 
of our hoys, who were sitting around a skillet 
parching corn. One of the number proposed 
to a comrade to say grace before partaking of 
the frugal meal. The comrade assented and 
said, 
<<* Oh Lord! this is our all — 
Bat wc thank thee for favors small. 
Three cars for four oi us — 
We thank thee, Lord, there’s no more of us. - ” 
spectacles, and seated in a mammoth shoe, and 
surrounded by Innumerable dolls, was photo¬ 
graphed. A crowd of spectators gathered about 
to witnesss the undertaking, and gazed with 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA 
I am composed of 19 letters. 
great interest upon the little old woman as soon My 17, is, 5,9 is a shrub. 
as it was whlspered about that she was Geueral My 12, 9,18, 3,1, 9 is a plaee that some despise. 
Grant’s daughter. She paid no attention how- My e, IS, 8 Is in the singular number. 
ever, to the close scrutiny of the crowd, was 12 > 13 ’ ^ 10 ls * word - 
c ’ , .. ; , , . My 7, 4, 14 is something that is used In a machine 
not in the least disconcerted, and during the ’ UJf 
“sitting" was as perfectly self-possessed and M y 16, is, 8, 5 are used by women 
unmoved as her illustrious father is usually Mv 11, 7, 3, 10 is a cirl's name. 
represented in all his terrific battles. As sooif 
as her likeness had been takeu. Major Mackay. 
tho Secretary of the Fair, proposed “three 
rousing cheers for Lieutenant-General Grant,” 
which were given. The General's daughter 
is very prepossessing in appearance, with fair 
I thought it very appropriate, and straight- complexion and plump features, and dressed as 
way came on my way, not rejoicing. No, verily, 
for I had not a kernel for myself. That night 
we arrived iu Bridgeport, made a raid ou a 
baker, presented him some green-backs which 
had a magic power, such as to compel him to 
fork over some eatables.” 
ing the water ear ahead. This water car is simply 
a large fiat car, with two square, heavy iron Gen. Grant’s Habits. 
tanks, firmly attached to each end of it, and I have been talking with one of General 
upon this car were about a dozen black men, Grant’s officers, who saw him familiarly in the 
negroes and natives, going along for the purpose South-west, and a few’ things interested me. If 
of pumping the w ater into the tanks. When any of your readers are tired of seeing a man 
about four miles from here, and going at the rate served up in all his aspects aud relations 
often miles an hour, the water car came in con- they can skip this part. Of these things I 
tact with a large bull, lying across the track, came away assured;—Grant does not drink, 
which threw it bottom up, burying several of does uot swear, does not tell his plans, and does 
the men under it. The concussion put out all not have hi* picture taken! There may be 
the lights and they were left in darkness until 
a foot messenger arrived at the scene of the 
disaster, when help was at once scut them. 
Five of the men were killed and as many more 
badly injured and now in the hospital. Very 
few accidents occur on this road. While attain 
was passing over the road, in the day time, not 
long since, a bull was discovered on the track a 
short distance ahead. The train was running fast, 
and the engineer, finding it quite impossible to 
stop before he would reach the animal, put on 
steam and “ let her rip.” The old bull faced bis 
foe, and “presented horns” for fight. The 
other qualifications necessary in a good Geueral, 
but these are the best negatives I could find. 
In the battles around Vicksburg our men took 
what rations they could and then tried to live 
j on the country, which was rather hard fare. 
At one time their movements were so rapid 
that there was no time to cook if they had food. 
So one night, after a hard day, a drink of whis¬ 
ky all around was all that could be fouud for 
most of the men or officers. A hard bread or a 
corn pone would command a dollar at any mo¬ 
ment. Some one found a uegro with a half 
peek of meal, and six men with bayonets 
the old woman, she presented a captivating ap¬ 
pearance. 
Gen. Butler to his Prisoners. 
Gen. Butler has a way of stating the 
matter of exchange to rebel prisoners which is 
beginning to remove the scales from their eyes. 
“ I think you're apretty likely, intelligent young 
man. Sir, and will therefore tell you that I don’t 
think you will be exchanged.” “ Why not, Geu¬ 
eral? ” “ Because your authorities refuse to re¬ 
cognize my colored soldiers as soldiers. I 
should be perfectly willing to give you for the 
meanest colored soldier they have got, but Jeff. 
Davis thinks the negroes of more consequence 
than you, and refuses to exchange them.” This 
point generally brings the gentlemen to terms, 
and they are iu favor of recognizing negroes as 
soldiers. 
Johnson's Order on Kenesaw Mountain. 
It was an imposing scene! A rebel vegimeut, 
their bayonets glistening in the slanting rays of 
the setting sun, were having a dress parade on 
the summit of the Kenesaw mountain. Below 
were their ri tie-pits, and their com rads de-armes 
occupying them. The armies of the republic, 
daunting the glorious old stars and stripes, were 
in the valley making gradual but confident ap¬ 
proaches. 
My 11, 7, 5, 10 is a girl’s name. 
My whole is the name of a distinguished Italian. 
Richfield Springs, N. Y, 1884- Harrison. 
EF“ Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Ikel vesacl no cries, eth left to anm si duofn, 
Won ergne ni utohy, own rheglnwit no eth nordng; 
Enohrat care hot lc-ngilofw grispn puslseip, 
Yeht tail culsevceas, can secacvsies iser: 
Os nralotneaeg ni rhite suocer cecya, 
Os hursfoli ehste, brew ohtse veuh sadseu ways 
La Grange, N. Y., 1S64. Claha. 
Answer in two weeks 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A PUZZLE. 
What is the word of seven letters that can be trans¬ 
posed so as to spell 28 different words' 
Rutland, Lasalle Co , III. Gt. D. 
O'” Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, ic., IN No. 758, 
THE SOLEIEB/S LETTEE. 
[Concluded from page 260, this No.] 
When Captain Harris had finished the read 
ing he folded the letter and returned it to the 
feeble hand of its owner. Then he remained 
silent. He dared not break that silence which 
might be sacred to the sick man; besides he 
could not speak then, for the words of the letter 
had sunk deeply into his own heart, and called 
up before him visions of his home, of his 
mother, and the true, loving hearts which seem¬ 
ed to beat for his happiness. He thought of the 
days of his boyhood, when he too was a Sabbath 
School scholar, of the lessons which he had 
learned there, and then, of the change which 
only a few months had wrought in Billy Mor¬ 
ris. He remembered how the gruff, surly, 
hard-visaged youth had grown gentle and kind 
as a girl, so that all his comrades loved and re¬ 
spected him. Could it he that this wag all the 
result of the letter sent him, with that note from 
Alice Vance? He, teo, had been an instru¬ 
ment in this work, though unwittingly. But 
what was all this to him ? Again, he saw before 
his mental vision, the fathers, mothers and dear 
little children of the land around the hearth¬ 
stones and altars, praying for their country and 
their country’s soidiers. He leaned his head 
upon his hand and listened to thought, but what 
more she said to him is not for us to disclose. 
At last the silence was broken by a sigh from 
the siek man’s cot. Captain Harris rose hastily 
and bent to hear what he would ask. “ Are 
you in pain?” he asked. But Billy only re¬ 
plied by grasping the proffered hand which he 
held for a moment, then in a low, faint voice he 
answered, 
“No, Cap’n, you can’t help me now; I’m 
past that. The doctor says I must not talk, but 
I wanted to ask you to do a few favors for me 
when I’m gone. My time is short and I must 
tell you now. There’s my knapsack, wont you 
get it? Now, if you will, you can open it and 
hand me all those letters. I’d like to hear ’em 
once more,—I wish you’d read ’em to me. 
' That’s the first; don’t you remember, you 
brought it to me one day last summer.” The 
Captain took the package and read them all to 
the eager, childish man. who listened to them as 
if they were ail new. 
“ When I’m gone I wish you'd send ’em back 
to Miss Yaxce. Tell her I’ve gone home 
where my father and mother went when I was 
a little boy. I’m goin’ soon, Cap’n, where the 
battles are all finished, where the camp is never 
moved, and where the banner of Jehovah will 
float over every tent. The Great Captain has 
sent tor me, my pass is all made out, and I’m 
glad to go. I want to see you there too, sir. I 
can’t tell you very well about the road, but 
you’ll find all about it in that little hook in my 
knapsack. She sent it to me. Yoil’ll understand 
the book better’a I can, for I ha'n’t much leam- 
; in’, but I know it says Jesus Christ died for 
me, and ain’t that enough for a poor man? I 
. wish you or somebody would read the book to the 
i boys on Sundays. Maybe they wouldn't swear 
i j so much. I want our whole company to enlist 
in the Army of the Lord. Tell ’em that to 
c serve their country well they must fight for 
| Liberty and for God too. It’s a short march- 
over there, You keep—the book—I shall—wait 
3 —there. You’ll—come—won’t you?” 
There was a moment of silence; the Captain’s 
v watch was over,— Billy Morris was dead! 
j Next day, Co. G. were gathered around an 
unpainted pine coffin, while a Chaplain read the 
a solemn words“ I am the resurrection and the 
life: he that believeth in me, though he were 
dead, yet shall ho live: and whosoever liveth 
and believeth iu me shall never die.” Then, 
they lowered the coffin, the clods fell upon it, the 
grave was covered, and at its head a wooden slab 
bore the name of YT illiam Morris, Captain 
Harris, with many tears, told his men the dy¬ 
ing words of their comrade, and added:—“Boys, 
1 am going to enlist in that army which he 
joined, under the Banner of the Cross. 'Will 
you go too?” True to his word, he tried to lead 
ie his men into the Christian ranks by example as 
well as precept. 
In the spring he returned home to spend a few 
weeks and recruit his failing health. On his 
way he stopped at the little village of Lyndon 
and gave Alice Vance the letters which she 
had written to Billy Morris, and told her of 
the change they had wrought in the life of the 
departed—of the last words of the dying man, 
and how the simple, Christian life of that one 
private soldier had influenced many of his com- 
rades so that they were now trying to walk in 
the good way too. 
Captain Harris remained in the village for 
several days, during which time he discovered 
that the Aid Society of Lyndon was engaged 
in doing all that able hands and willing hearts 
could do, and, under the good management of 
the President, Miss Vance, was a worthy ex¬ 
ample of what such societies should be. After 
his return to the army he received frequent 
is- letters bearing the post-mark, “Lyndon,” and 
report says that Miss Alice Vance is going to 
marry a Captain, and go south to teach “contra¬ 
bands” to read and take care of themselves, 
while her husband is fighting the battles of 
his country. 
Answer to Miset I 1 stL-ous Emgnw—Where, wacre 
will be Jeff Davis, a tiunffreU years to come? 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Moosetockno- 
gumic. 
Answer to Anagram: 
There is a little mystic dock 
Though out of human sight. 
That beateth on, and beateth on 
From morning until night. 
Aud when the soul is wrapped in sleep, 
And Ucaret h not a sound. 
That, clock still ticks the live-long night. 
Although 'its never wound. 
Answer to Problem:—8,513. 
Answer to Puzzle;—London, 
The Foundation of a Home.— No home is 
possible without love. All business marriages 
and marriages of convenience, all mere culinary 
marriages of mere animal passion, make the 
creation of a true home impossible iuthe outset. 
Love is the jeweled foundation of this New 
Jerusalem descending from God out ot heaven, 
and takes os many bright forms as the amethyst, 
topaz and sapphire of that mysterious vision. 
In thisrauge of creative art, all things are pos¬ 
sible to him that Ioveth, but. without love, no¬ 
thing is possible.— Mrs. Stowe, 
