reverie in which pavements and clover helots, 
ball rooms and farm houses, Leon Howard and 
Paul Clifford, were strangely blent and com¬ 
mingled. 
After supper he was missing,—in his room 
writing, aunt Nancy said; and so it was day 
after day, until days became weeks, and Nellie 
began to think he might afford to be civil at 
least, although she could not tell an uncivil 
thing he bad ever said or dome—ou the contrary, 
he had been very polite, very deferential, per¬ 
fectly gentlemanly at all times, but she had got 
the impression that he olid not consider her 
worthy of much attention, and with a woman’s 
caprice she resolved that Mr. Paul Clifford 
should see that she was a young lady of some 
importance, and forthwith set about making 
herself very agreeable where she had hitherto 
been quite supremely indifferent, and with good 
effect, for she soon had the satisfaction of seeing 
him devote an hour that had hitherto been 
given to the seclusion of bis room, to her. 
° Nellie, for awhile, felt inclined to laugh “ on 
t he sly," at what she supposed to he an assump¬ 
tion of dignity and learning, but all unconscious¬ 
ly to herself sbe grew deeply interested in him 
as their acquaintance progressed, and she found 
that it was not assumed—that he was educated— 
<. a i m ost ready for college," be told her incident¬ 
ally one evening. Seeing her look of surprise, 
he said: 
• “You think me a vain dreamer, Miss Moore, 
but I am not, as you shah see." Then he told 
w n storv of wrong and -offering, and struggle. 
LIFE'S FAIREST ACTION, 
The fairest action of our human life 
Is scorning to revenge an injury; 
For who forgives without a further strife, 
His adversary's heart to him doth tie, 
And his a firmer conquest, truly said, 
To win the heart, than overthrow the head, 
■Lady]Elizabeth Carey flWA Century).., 
Rural New-Yorker" to the pledge 
inquire ftg to his plans ior me luuuc; sue was 
thinking what a grand, noble, heroic life such a 
one must be, attend rawing mental comparisons 
between it and some others she knew; and that 
night when she received a letter from Leon 
Howard, tendering her his heart, hand, and ten 
thousand a year, she sat down and wrote a very 
decided refusal, without reference to -papa.” 
Nellie bad learned a good lesson; her views of 
life had enlarged;’she was beginning to think 
that her own life had been miserably poor, 
weak and useless; albeit she had always been 
accounted a 'worthy youDg lady, a dutifnl 
daughter —but to think what she might hare 
i he pm. with her oDDortuuities! And Leon How- 
hut for an expression of scornful indiflerence, 
almost supercilious, that lurked in every fea¬ 
ture, from the curls that clustered on the white 
temples, to the arched upper lip and dimpled 
Fhiri- He comprehended her thought, yes, her 
whole character, at a single glance, as he saw 
her lookmg with an uneonee&Jed sneer at his 
coarse shoes, and he smiled to think what a mis¬ 
take she bad made in spoiling so fair a face to so 
poor a purpose, and made a quiet little resolve. 
She repeated her command, even more com- 
maudinglv,padding ‘‘Are you frightened?-one 
might think so from the way you stare!” 
“Not at all frightened, thank you; but I 
had half thought the bobolink had stopped 
singing and gone to talkmg. This rake is too 
heavy for you; I will bring a lighter one;" and 
just giving a glance at her to see that the look 
of scorn had changed to one of surprise, he 
turned away. 
Nellie Moore felt, as a Yankee would -:ty, a 
little queer. She would as soon have expected 
a compliment from one of the colts over in the 
pasture, as from Uncle Ben’s hired man, whom 
she had scarcely deigned to notice at breakfast 
time, when said uncle introduced him in his 
plain way—“Niece Ellen, this is Paul Clifford, 
our hired man." She had not given him even a 
second glance, feeling herself almost insulted 
by being brought down to what she mentally 
denominated a vulgar level with country ser¬ 
vants, and here he had turned her the very pret¬ 
tiest compliment she had ever received, albeit 
pretty sayings and flatteries were not new to 
her; her little head been nearly turned by 
them last winter, fo: last winter Nellie “came 
out, 1 ’ and was the belle par excellence of a very 
select set. She was now ou a visit to her 
!Jiss Maud Melville, letter known as Miss Pauline D'EHraye, lidding General Grant farewell previous to her departure for Vicksburg. 
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to be located at the desire of the purty to whom Lite 
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excluding, however, sol bogus 
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Ah there tire a large mnntntr of our patrons who are, 
and will bo raising clubs for thl, Great nml F.xelllug 
Narrative, we Hum- been Induced to offer them some¬ 
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and trouble. Thu offer, tlm- put.lli ty pledged, and 
made with the -ante hlmllng conrtKli>n6,as our other 
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Any one 1- at liberty to g> r up a dub. and compete tor 
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W r v mNGTOJi, Jan. 15. lDH. 
Tf> THE AtTiiOu:--Dear S,r— * * * * I have at 
last been enabled to accomplish the desired object, and 
I herewith send you a collection of papers from which 
yon can elicit till the facts you need. 
' Maud, or rati .1 r Pauline, is a glorious clrl, and most 
decidedly the Evil i.eulu- of the Rebel rulers. S ou cau 
not laud her too highly. The Army, the Nary, the Gov¬ 
ernment, and Indeed the whole nation, owe her an over¬ 
whelming debt of gratitude. 
Neither Mr. Lincoln nor General Grant can have any 
Objection whatever. , . 
Any other information you may need at any time 
While vou are writing the narrative. I will obtain for 
you—l'fnnt contraband—with the utmost pleasure. 
Yours, truly, A-1>— N- 
A VOICE FROM EUROPE. 
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The fame ef tills exciting Rook iOJlX. grant's 
Darinu Si’Yl has already reached European lands, as 
will be noticed from the tollowliie letter front a dlstut- 
guislied source: 
Consulate of the U. 8. of America,) 
at Vienna, Austria. July w. l«ih S 
Messrs. C- \V. Alexander 16 Co., Phitaillph(a:—\ lease 
address uic a copy of "The Hating Spy "I General 
Grant, per German steamer Hamburg or Bremen. En¬ 
closed please find twenty-fit a- eeuts. _ 
Very rerpcctfully, Thdoix.rb Canipics, 
American Consul. Vienna, Austria. 
The prize which fell to this subscription was one gear's 
tubsenpUmi to '•TJIIC P.tKAL Nkw-Voiuseu.' which 
UWJCvUVU nil'*" " •• 
Attv oilier information you may need at any, time 
while you tin- writing the narrative, 1 will obtain for 
you—It not contraband—Willi the utmost pleasure, 
Vonr» truly. A-D— N-• 
A VOICE FROM EUROPE. 
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DAJttNc; Nov) lias already reached European lands, a3 
will be noticed froiu the- following letter from a distin¬ 
guished source: 
CONSULATE OF THE U. b. OF AMERICA, ) 
AT VIENNA, At STRIA, July 13, J8W. \ 
Messrs. C. IF Alexander di Co., PbOatklptiia ;—Please 
address me a copy or The Daring Npv" of General 
Grant, per German steunier Hamburg or Bremen. En¬ 
closed please find t wenty-litre cents. 
Very respectfully, Thxoihire Caniriu?, 
American Consul, Vienna, Austria. 
The prize which fell this mhscrljttlon w*» one gear's 
subscription to ♦•The Bvraj. Nkw-Y on her," which 
has been duly forwarded to Vicuna by Mr. Moore. 
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scription to sou..- popular and - tuu.hml Weekly i uper. 
And In order o- Mil. further **tlMy our patron* that wu 
iH-rf'-em linpartlally every J>r(iml>e wo make, we shall 
puhilt.h our affidavit, legally made, along with the list ot 
What is Astrakan?— Many women the 
past winter have worn Astrakan without think¬ 
ing what it is. Astrakan, as its name indicates, 
is an Asiatic invention. They couple a black 
ewe with a black ram. Before the dam has 
given birth to the young, she is killed, and the 
lambs are taken from her womb. Their wool is 
jet black and of an extreme fineness. It costs 
MOOKE’S BUB.A1 NEW-YORKER, 
THE LARGEST - CIRCtTLATlNfl 
Agricultural, Literary and Eamily "Weekly 
IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY BT 
D. »• T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Office. Union Buildings, Opposite the Court House, Buffalo St 
Wt: Uiu*offer splendid and really rateable premiums 
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us In ottr object, and to nmi'ly pay them for uielr trouble. 
To show also how earily It may , Ai'comjillshcd, we 
i,lll state that if st-tv one whs st>± diis advertisement a ill 
triuf us Out a .luftzgrtjiniCT or two. t« .an distribute the 
whole Twenty Thousand Dollars eftereel f.„ u» in much less 
than a mwdh, Vi)V ICFALL'i Rt$K Nlfl HINDI tor 
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book than Is generally sold at the price; bo that really 
yon.have the opportunity of getting a premium tor 
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Our Distribution of premiums we had Intended and 
commun ed lo 11 tike a* we received Bilbai ri pilous, but 
In order that H» name* of »nccu*sfnl pnrtics maj tip- 
near In Die Aonzl New- TcrArr at one time, we have 
resolved to make n diatributiuii cm Ul«- receipt of every 
sssjXKi. one faro or liraiv will be given away with 
each $A3,l | W, betide a full complement of oilier pte- 
miiu/is in itn-portion. V. t> many write u>, tlint others 
will send when they see wnal they get If all Hu .e who 
have walled Would . eiid Hi imev, tn could make a full 
FARM or Ft. KG A yl lrni'Ml, »r on, Ol our ouier pre¬ 
miums, tin- leaal v-aluablt of which will he a year s aub- 
serlutlot) to onir popular and -inndard \S itrkly I aper. 
AmlUi or-ler b- -tlU further aatDfj our patrons that we 
perform Impartially even Jtromlae we make, we Ml all 
publish our e/ulaeU. legally iui.de. along with the Hat of 
names of pDlIe- to whom award* will bemad.. 
We have personally pledged ourtu lve- to d - this, to 
the nuhli-Wers of every paper lu which olir .. Ivertlse- 
mriit i.pigar •• Such a pledge -houlil com lue • all per- 
‘oiin of die bliieertt) of llio Otter, i sju. lnlly made ns It 
is by responsible parties. 
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There never lias been an offer made to the public W 
liberal, lo be really au-i lionmtly carried out. Premium 
inducements have often boon hdd out by venders m irn- 
aub jewelry, and IrrmponBlblo M-rions. but there has Jn- 
varfabiv been some catch or cliiaueiv a collusion. But 
the offer we here make througi the [‘uhllc 1 res» IvBVes 
no room for the least objection H D * plain, btohuess 
transaction, lu which we shale our jirollts with those 
sending lo us for our books. . . 
Our transactions to be publishul from tvnie wjstne under 
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clubs for this volume of Lhe Rlikaj. can make additions 
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United plates portage ou all copied bent abroad, It. J) IS 
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'Jill best way LO remit Is byDrait ou New I ork, .less 
cost ol exchanged— at.d all drails if-a-ie payable ibe 
order of the Publisher, may be mailed at hit risk. 
The l’orlage Oil the RURAL NKW-\ ORKKJ1 D ODly 5 
cents per ouarler to uity part of till* Stale, iRxeepi 
Monroe county, where It goes fret-,1 and the 
any ..liter l.oval Stale, If paid quarterly In advance 
again: but. it was growing rather warm, and she 
concluded bhe hud done enough for the first time; 
so gathering up her armsful of clover and lilliee, 
she went over under the old elm tree and eat 
down to make a huge boquet for the bronze 
pitcher on the mantle piece in aunt Nancy’s 
i. spare room.” and watch Paul at his work; 
wondering how it happened that be knew how 
to apeak so properly, yes, even politely, when 
he had probably never seen a city. So she went 
on weaving flowers and fancies, until the shrill 
blast of the dinner horn aroused her from her 
