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SONG OF OLD TIME. 
BY K1.1ZA COOK. 
I wear not. the purple of earth-born king*, 
Nor the stately ermine of lordly things; 
But monarch and courtier, though great they be. 
Must fall from their glory and bend to me. 
My sceptre ih gentles* ! yet who can fay 
They will not come under it* mighty sway ? 
Ye may learn who 1 am — there s the passing chime. 
And the dial to herald me — Old King Time ! 
Softly I creep, like a thief in the night. 
After check* all blooming and eyes all light; 
My steps are seen on the patriarch * brow. 
In the deep worn furrows ami locks of mow. 
Who laugh* at my power, the young and the gay ? 
But they dream not how closely I track their way. 
Wait till their first bright mods have run, 
And they will not smile at wliat Time hath done. 
1 eat through treasures with moth and rust; 
I lay the gorgeous palace In dust; 
I make the shell proof tower my own, 
And break the battlement, stone from stone. 
Work on at your cities and temples, proud man, 
Build high as ye may, and strong a£ yc can; 
But the marble shall crumble, the pillar shall fall, 
And Time. Old Time, will bo King after all. 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.J 
SOWING THE WIND 
AND REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. 
BY T. 8. AUTHOR. 
O H A P r J’ K R III. 
“How ronch money is there in the cask-box?” 
asked Mr. Overman. It was on the morning after 
Hiram had abstracted one hundred dollars. 
The young man’s heart gave a quick, strong beat, 
that sent the blood in oppressive engorgement to bis 
lungs. He did not trust his voice in an immediate 
reply; but gained time by going, with a deliberate 
motion, to the iron safe, from which he took the 
cash and cheek books. Laying these open on the 
desk before bis employor, he took a small piece of 
paper, and, with a pencil, deducted the BUni standing 
to their credit in bank from the balance called for by 
the cash-book. 
“One hundred and thirty-four dollars ten cents.” 
The young man’s voice had in it a slight unsteadiness, 
which suspicion would instantly have noted. Hut 
there was no suspicion in the mind of Mr. Overman. 
Still, he was disappointed in the amount, and said: 
“Is that all7 1 thought wo bad over two hundred 
dollars.” 
“ Look at it yourself, sir.” And Hiram pointed to 
the figures in the cash and bank books, and then 
went over, aloud, the subtractions lie had already 
made. “.Just one hundred and thirty-four dollars 
and ten cents. That is the sum which ought to bo in 
the cash-box.” 
And Hiram opened the box and counted the 
money in the presence of Mr. Overman, who ex¬ 
pressed himself satisfied; but not in atone of suffi¬ 
cient heartiness to relievo the clerk’s mind, who felt 
two burning spots on his cheeks for more than an 
hour afterwards. Twice, during the day, he saw 
Mr. Overman examining the cash-book; and his heart 
trembled each time, in anxious fear. 
“I thought Perkins settled his bill yesterday,” 
said Mr. Overman, as ho looked tip from the cash¬ 
book on one of these occasions. 
"No, sir; be called for bis account, and said he 
would pay it in a few weeks.” 
“ Ah, that was it. 1 got the impression that he 
paid.” 
“His bill is seventy dollars,” said Hiram. “If he 
had paid, the cash Ln hand would have been over two 
hundred dollars.” 
“I see — I see! How singularly things take hold 
of us sometimes,” answered Mr. Overman, in a cheer¬ 
ful, satisfied way, that put the young man’s fears for 
the time to rest. 
In the evening Hiram called to see Helen. She 
was a pure, true, gentle-hearted girl; refined and 
delicate in her tastes and appreciations; confiding 
and loving. She had given up her whole heart to 
him. In her eyes ho was noble, honorable, good. 
But now, as Hiram grasped her hand, and looked 
into the pure, deep well of her blue eyes, be saw an 
expression in them never seen before; aud felt some¬ 
thing like an outward moving sphere, that seemed as 
if it would bear him to a distance from her. After a 
few minutes, the sweet, loving* welcome which had 
smiled in the face of Helen, gradually faded out, and 
her mouth grew almost sober in its calm expression, 
as her eyes dwelt on the countenance of her lover. 
Hiram felt the searching inquiry that was in her 
gaze, and it disturbed him. Wliut could it moan? 
Washer clear-seeing vision going past the screen of 
his concealing face, and looking at the dark secret he 
had taken Into his heart? The thought chilled him. 
“I have good news, darling,” he said, throwing as 
much gladness of feeling into his voice as lie could 
assume. Assume? Alas! How quickly had a will 
assenting to evil robbed liim of true gladness! Yes, 
as he could assume. “Mr. Overman spoke of you, 
last night.” 
“Of me!” A warm glow lit up the face of Helen, 
and pleasure sparkled in her eyes. 
“ 1 os; he sent for me, and said that lie had heard 
of our engagement. You are one of his favorites, 
Helen. I can't tell you of all the nice things he said. 
He insists that there shall he no long postponement of 
our marriage; and to remove all objections on the 
score of means, has raised my milary.” 
“Oh, Hiram!” It. was as if a sunbeam had kissed 
her gentle face. “ How good in Mr. Overman! ” 
“It was kind and thoughtful In him, certainly; but 
only just, ns to an advance of salary,” answered the 
young man. “In all fairness, this should have been 
done a year ago. Still, better Into than never, and 
I’m very much obliged to him.” 
“ How much has he increased your income?” asked 
Helen. 
“ To six hundred dollars.” He saw a slight shade of 
disappointment dim the radiance of her countenance. 
“That for the present,” said Hiram, quickly. 
“But a larger increase will soon follow-. I saw as 
much in his countenance, as well as in the intimations 
of his not very guarded sentences. I am everything 
to him in his business, and he knows it. The way of 
advancement is plain before me, Helen, dear, and I 
shall walk on, steadily, to success. To-day 1 stopped 
to look through one of the pretty cottages that I’aukeu 
is building, on the new street just opened across the 
hill. They arc to be the sweetest and cosiest of little 
places — real dove's nests. The only drawback is, 
that he is building to sell, and not to rent. How¬ 
ever, this may not be a serious hindrance. Parker 
said that I might have my own time for payment in 
all two, or three, or foifr years, if required. He only 
asks twelve hundred dollars.” 
TOB.EE 
“I’m afraid of debt, Hiram,” answered the youug 
girl. “Father was in debt once, and I can never 
forget the trouble of mind through which he passed, 
until the final dollar was paid.” Don’t think of 
buying a house. I could not bear to sec you troubled 
as my father has been.” 
“Never fear for me, Helen. I shall take good 
care not to be in trouble from this account. When¬ 
ever I take upon myself an obligation, it will be with 
so fair a prospect, that no embarrassment can follow. 
You must go around and look at theHc cottages. If 
they please your fancy an they have pleased mine, one 
them shall be our dove’s nest. Leave all the ways 
and means to my providing. 1 will secure the home, 
and you shall fill It with sunshine.” 
And thus they bilked on, as lover’s will talk, of 
their future, in which a heaven of enjoyment awaits 
their advancing steps. But, in each mind was a 
consciousness that some change had occurred ; that, 
instead of being internally nearer, they stood further 
off from each other tkun at their last meeting. So 
strong was this impression with Helen, that after 
parting with Hiram, she fell into a musing, half 
disquiet state, that, increased until her eyes grew dim 
with tears, and she went weeping to her pillow. 
Mr. Overman’s kindly manifested interest in his 
clerk was genuine. When his mind went out in 
favorable regard towards any one, bis generous 
nature led him to confer benefits. He liked the 
minister — who was a true man and the daughter 
had always been one of his favorites. As soon as it 
became known to him that Hiram Foster was 
Helen’s accepted lover, lie was almost as much 
pleased us if one of them had been his own child. In 
a few days he called to sec Mr. Prescott, and spoke 
in such hearty praise* of the young man, that all 
opposition to an early marriage was removed; and 
the time fixed some three or four months distant. 
One of the cottages on the new street was taken, with 
the knowledge and approval of Mr. Overman, who 
negotiated a purchase with the builder, obtaining 
from him a long extended time of payments in quar¬ 
terly sums. Nor did his generous interest stop here. 
More than half the neat furniture that adorned the 
cottage in which Hiram installed his bride on their 
wedding day, was the gift of Mr. Overman. 
CHAPTER IV. 
It was the morning of Hiram Foster’s wedding- 
day. lie was sitting at hi* desk, the cash-book open 
before him, and his pen just touching the bottom lino 
of the page. The footing of a column had been 
pencilled on a slip of waste paper, anil he was record 
ing the figures in ink; not, however, we are pained 
to say, in exact correspondence with the ascertained 
result, hut in deviation therefrom, with dishonest 
purpose. 
“Hiram.” What a start and sudden confusion of 
manner! The young man turnod only in part, lie 
would not, for the world, have the eye of Mr. Over¬ 
man upon his face until a mask was on it. 
“Sir.” 
“You remember Jasper Lloyd?” 
“Yes, sir.” 
“Ho was with Felton, and went to Tbornley as 
clerk in one of the mills.” 
“ Yes, sir. I rceolloct him.” 
“ Well, he’s turned out a scamp! It’s in the paper 
to day. He’s been robbing the Company!” 
“it isn’t possible! And yet, lam not surprised.” 
With a hold, impulsive ell'ort Hiram, tried to repress 
all feeling, and to meet the eyes of his employer with 
a face in which no revelation of his own true state of 
mind could be seen. “Mot at all surprised, sir.” 
And be turned full around from the desk, “Jasper 
never struck me as a fair young man. What is the 
extent of his depredations?” 
“It hasn’t been fully ascertained; but will not, it 
is believed, fall short of twenty thousand dollars.” 
“He played a high game, upon my word! Have 
they caught him?” 
“Yes, and got him in prison.” 
As Mr. Overman said this, Hiram saw, or thought 
he saw, something of scrutiny or suspicion in bis 
eyes, which were fixed steadily on his face. 11c felt 
a shudder and sinking of heart a sense of impend¬ 
ing ruin. His breath did not come and go for some 
momenta. Slowly, and with a questioning look, as if 
doubts had been cast into bis inind, Mr. Overman 
withdrew his eyes from Hiram, and let them fall 
upon the paper in his hand. The young man turned 
to the desk, and there was silence between them 
again. What a weight had been thrown upon the 
young man’s bosom! As ho brought his pen down 
to the paper, his hand trembled so that he could 
scarcely make the figures that were to ho recorded. 
Did he make them correctly, or in fraud? — alas, in 
fraud! 
“ Foolish, foolish young man! ” said Mr. Overman. 
He was thinking of Jasper Lloyil Hiram started 
and turned pale. The words seemed spoken to himself. 
Ilis heart stood still. There were a few moments of 
appalling suspense. He waited for the next sentence 
as for words Of doom, 
“The way of dishonesty is the way of destruction. 
The end is always certain. Misery is the sure result. 
You cannot gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles, 
Hiram.” 
“Hiram! Why did ho say Hiram in that connec¬ 
tion ! The still heart of the young man gave a fright¬ 
ened bound, and then sunk down almost motionless 
again. 
“Poor Jasper Lloyd! I pity him, while I exe¬ 
crate his crime!” 
A customer entered the store, and Mr. Overman 
laid dowu the newspaper, and went to meet him. 
Hiram breathed more freely again. Did he correct 
the wrongly recorded figure? No alas for him, no! 
There was a death's head at the feast, for Hiram 
Foster, on that memorable evening. As lie stood, 
in the holy and impressive marriage ceremonial, the 
small white, hand of Helen Prescott laid confidingly 
in his, listening to the minister’s low, tender, solemn 
voice, there seemed hovering just behind him that 
samo evil presence which had haunted him on the 
night of his first guilty departure from the way of 
honor and safety, chilling back the warm pulses 
that tried to leap up joyfully. In every word of 
truthful congratulation that came to his ears, was a 
low undertone of warning. Alas, how was the fine 
gold dimmed! His wrong deeds, secret though they 
were, and known only to himself and Goo, were 
cursing him in this hour, which should have been 
one of unalloyed happiness. In grasping at external 
good, unlawfully, ho bad lost, as all lose who thus 
act, internal peace; aud in the place of conscious 
safety, had come an oppressive sense of danger. The 
shadowy presence stood all the while near, scowling 
and threatening. His evil counsellors had become 
his tormentors. 
“ Be true and loving,” said Mr. Overman, as he held 
a hand of both the bride and husband. “ Be true and 
loving, and prudent, and not too eager to grasp the 
good of this world, and you will be happy — happy 
beyond the lot of most men and women who enter 
this holy estate; Don’t, like thousands and tens of 
thousands around you, look outwardly, but inwardly 
for happiness. Never, in even the smallest things, 
do what reason and right judgment disapprove; for, 
bo surely as you act contrary to reason and right 
judgment, will peaoe depart from you. Remember, 
that godlinc-s, with contentment, is great gain; and 
also remember, that possession never brings any 
pleasure to the mind, unless it. comes a3 an orderly, 
safe, and equitable result. Never desire worldly 
things for the present, beyond wbat present means 
afford; but, in thankfulness, receive from the Giver 
of All Good ‘hat measure of earthly blessing which 
He, in His wise Providence, knows to be best. We 
can only enjoy what we have— not what we restlessly 
desire,” 
In every sentence Hiram felt a rebuke. He conld 
not look at bis kind monitor, but kept bis eyes 
turned aside; and not until Mr. Overman stood at a 
distance from liim, did he breath in any freedom. It 
was remarked by more than one present on the occa¬ 
sion, that the young husband had, for most of the 
time, the soberest face of any in the room. Lip to 
that lime, some four months from the fatal day on 
which he so insanely elected to walk in an evil and 
dangerous path, lie had, through a system of false 
entries, succeeded in robbing his kind, confiding 
employer, t<> the amount of nearly one thousand 
dollars. No wonder that be looked sober! No 
wonder that congratulation and friendly counsel from 
Mr. Overman, oppressed birn! No wonder that there 
was a death’s head at his marriage feast! 
CIIAPTKR V. 
Time passed on. This marriage would have been 
blessed beyond the usual degree, had it not been for 
Hiram’b secret sin. Helen was » tender, loving, 
dutiful wife, whose heart, like a vigorously growing 
vine, was all the while putting forth tendrils, and 
seeking to grasp the heart of her husband. But, 
though he never repelled; was never unkind; some¬ 
how, te ndril after tendril failed to gain the support 
after which it reached forth eagerly, and curled hack 
feebly and helplessly upon itself. Only here and there 
were attachments made, and they held ori with such 
a strain, that weariness and trembling fear came often, 
— too often,—instead of sweet security and repose. 
Tho youngjwife was never certain of the mood in 
which her husband would return at day’s decline. 
Sometimes he would come home with cheerful coun- 
tenanoe — sometimes with a shadow on his ffice 
sometimes with words on bis lipB that made her heart 
leap up with pleasure- sometimes in silence and 
seeming coldness. Often she would watch his face, 
as he sat lost in thought, and feel a shrinking fear, 
as its expression altered from one strange aspect to 
another; sometimes lighting up with a sudden gleam, 
and sometiraes retreating as suddenly Into shadow 
and darkness. If, on these occasions, she intruded 
upon him, he would seem annoyed or confused. He 
did not often speak of his wordly prospects; when 
he did so, it was in a general way, and in atone of 
encouragement. 
For three years they occupied their little cottage 
on the new street, by which time the payments on 
account of the purchase were all completed. Many 
tasteful improvements in the grounds had been made 
during this time; walks laid out, trees and shrubbery 
planted, a small summer-house built, and also an addi¬ 
tion to the cottage this addition was to the extent of 
a single room, to be used us a breakfast and sitting- 
room. Hiram wanted to have the addition two 
stories, which would have made the cost at least a 
hundred and fifty dollars more; but, his prudent wife 
urged his .r.flonment of this plan so strongly, that 
he gave it up, Her dread of seeing her husband fall 
in debt wu* very strong; so strong that she had 
known little true enjoyment of the tasteful things 
with which lie was steadily surrounding her, and 
which she It could not be obtained, under their 
limited income, without certain embarrassment. 
“ I’m afraid you’ll get into trouble, husband, dear,” 
she would say, now and then, as she saw his mind 
beginning to run on some new expenditure. “ Don’t 
go in debt. We’ve all that is required for enjoyment. 
There’s no true possession in anything not justly our 
own. Debt robs of beauty even the choicest picture 
or statue.” 
“ Don’t fret yourself for nothing, dear,” lie would 
answer. " I'm as much afraid of debt as you are, 
and shall not put myself in anybody’s power. My 
salary is a thousand dollars, you know; and, thanks 
to your prudent house-keeping, 1 am laying up a few 
hundred every year.” 
If Helen had carefully counted up the cost of 
living for the three years, adding to this the twelve 
hundred dollars paid for the cottage, and nearly as 
much more expended In improvements and additions, 
she would have been appalled at the result; for this 
startling fact would have been revealed: Against an 
iiioome of six hundred dollars for the first year, eight 
hundred fur the second, and one thousand for the 
third,- twenty four hundred dollars in all,— stood an 
expenditure of forty-three hundred dollars; showing 
a called for defeeit of two thousand dollars! 
And yet, Hiram Foster owed no mau, in a legal 
and acknowledged form, anything; but, on the con¬ 
trary, hold stock certificates in a sound banking 
institution, located three hundred miles away, to the 
value of fifteen hundred dollars. But of this property 
his wife knew nothing. That was his own secret. 
“Hiram!” The young man had locked the fire¬ 
proof and put on his coat. It was after sundown, 
and the front windows of the store were shut. Mr. 
Overman In d seemed dull and distant all day, and 
was now sitting in the back part of the store, not 
seeming to notice the usual preparations for going 
home. His utterance of Hiram’s name gave the 
young man a start. It did not take much now to give 
him a start. The evil are always in fear. "The 
wicked flee when no man pursueth.” 
“Sir.” Ilis back was towards Air. Overman, but 
be turned only in part around. 
“I have a word or two I wish to say, Hiram: it’s 
been on my mind for some days.” Mr. Overman’s 
voice was very serious. The heart of Hiram Foster 
leaped with alarm. Poor heart! It had become 
habitually afraid. It was no longer a brave, culm 
heart, beating on in conscious innocence. No — no. 
Alas, poor heart! The rustle of a garment; a sudden 
step behind; an unusual tone of voice, or look, from 
Mr. Overman — these, and a huudred other insignifi¬ 
cant tilings, had power to send through it a pulse of 
terror. 
“Sit dowu—there.” Hiram had not ventured to 
speak in response, but stood in silence, and with his 
face a little turned away, lie took a chair, and drew 
it towards Mr. Overman. The imminent peril that 
seemed impending, gave him power to control his 
exterior. 
“Hiram, I’m afraid you’re living a little too free 
for your income. It has been on my mind to say this 
for some time.” The young man could not keep the 
blood back from his face. It rushed there, crimson¬ 
ing it to the brows. 
“ I sec you’ve been putting an addition to your 
house; now this has cost at least three hundred 
dollars. You’ll get in debt, if you have not already 
involved yourself, as surely as the sun shines.” 
“We live very frugally,” answered Hiram, his 
voice so hoarse and unnatural that the words almost 
choked him. “And you know my salary is a thou¬ 
sand dollars.” 
“And that brings me to another thing I must say,” 
remarked Mr. Overman. “Something is wrong in 
the business, I’m afraid. Some miscalculation, or 
some leak. Things are not working out in the old 
way. My payments crowd me more closely than in 
former times. I have to borrow, frequently, from 
day to day, and this worries me.” 
Mr. Overman’s eyes were fixed steadily on Hiram’s 
face; their expression was severe; and Hiram saw 
doubt, if not suspicion, in them. 
“ I’m sorry to hear you say this, Mr. Overman. 1 
thought everything going on prosperously,” The 
clerk’s answer was not well considered. He felt that 
he must say something, and uttered what first came 
to his lips, 
“You must have been blind then,” sajd Mr. Over¬ 
man, with some impatience of manner. “Things are 
not going on prosperously. I’m losing instead of 
making money. There’s a leak somewhere, and it 
must be found.” 
“1 can’t imagine where there can be a leak,” re¬ 
plied IIiram, “unless it is in pricing the goods. 
You’ve been cutting down the profits, you know.” 
“And largely increasing the sales,” said Mr. Over¬ 
man. “No, it’s not there.” 
“Our stock of goods is heavier than usual.” Mr. 
Overman shook his head. “No; it doesn’t lie there.” 
“If there’s a leak it should be found,” said the 
young man, emphatically. His first tremors were 
passing away, and be was gaining steadiness of tone, 
and confidence of manner; “and I’ll do all in my 
power to reach the cause of evil.” 
How closely duplicity and lying follow upon the 
steps of crime! They are its natural offspring. A 
man may not enter the ways of evil, without the 
companionship of lies. 
“The leak must be fonnd! ” Mr. Overman’s man¬ 
ner was imperative. “ For more than a year I’ve had 
a troubled impression that something was going 
wrong. It lias haunted me day and night. And 
now, in looking my affairs in the face, doubt is no 
longer admissable.” 
“ I’m sorry.” There was an affectation of sympathy 
in Hiram's voice. “Very sorry, sir; and if there’s 
anything I can do in the matter, yon know that only 
your word is required. Just say in what direction 
you would have me work, and I’ll neither rest night 
nor day until a result is reached.” 
“One thing is clear,” answered Mr. Overman. 
“ LxpCnscs will have to he reduced. Ami, to begin, 
Hiram, your salary must be cut down. I shall not 
complain if you seek for and find a better situation 
indeed, it would give me pleasure, instead of regret, 
to see you in the service of another person, if with 
decided advantage to yourself. You have a wife and 
two children, and must look to them. But as things 
are, six hundred dollars is all the salary I can afford 
to pay. I’m sorry, but cannot help myself.” 
“I shall not leave you, Mr. Overman.” There was 
so much feeling in the young man’s voice, that his 
kind hearted employer was deceived, and the vague 
suspicion which had crept into his mind, cast out. 
“ You have been so generous, that I would despise 
myself if I turned meanly away and thought only of 
my own affaire when things seemed going wrong 
with you. I can live on six hundred dollars a year, 
thanks to tin* prudence, and economy of rny wife; or, 
on five, it necessary. So do not let this trouble you, 
Mr. Overman. In every possible way I will help 
you in the work of reducing expenses, and in finding 
out the leak, if any exists.” 
“You meet me in the right spirit, Hiram. It is 
what I should have expected,” said Mr. Overman. 
But there was a dead level in his voice, that failed to 
give assurance to the young man's heart. “ You can 
go home, now. I will ponder these matters to-night, 
and come to some conclusions by to-morrow.” [To 
be continued next week,] 
LITTLE JOKEIIS. 
When is a sailor not a sailor? Answer — when he 
is a board. 
Indians may be considered the “copper-faced” 
type of mankind. 
Wbat is the worst kind of fare for a mau to live 
on? Answer—warfare. 
You have a splendid ear, but a very poor voice, said 
the organ-grinder to the donkey. 
Wiiat means of conveyance by land, and what by 
sea, are ladies fondest of? Busses und smacks. 
Happy is the husband whose wife never asks him 
for any jewelry, save black diamonds!— Punch. 
The young lady with “speaking eyes ” has become 
quite hoarse, in consequence of using them too much. 
Two men undertook to see which would ruu the 
fastest. One was a constable and the other was a 
thief. 
Don’t undertake to throw cold water on your 
wife’s darling schemes, unless you want to get 
into hot. 
“Mary,” asked Charles, “what animal dropped 
from the clouds?”— “The rain, deer,” was the whis¬ 
pered reply. 
Tun money-maniac is fond of money because he 
owes all his importance to it. He is nothing without 
it, and very little with it. 
Some malicious person asserts that the letters 
M. I)., which are placed after physicians’ names, 
signify “Money Down.” 
“ Do you believe, Sir, that the dead ever walk after 
death?”—“No doubt of it, Madam; I have heard 
the ‘Dead March in Haul.”' 
When his cousin Charlotte Dunne was married, 
Jones said “It was Dunne before it was beguu, 
Dunne while it was doing, and it was not Dunne when 
it was done.” 
Two men made a bet as to who could eat the most 
oysters. One ate four hundred and ninety-nine, the 
other ate five hundred and icon. How many did the 
winner eat? 
A gentleman, just married, told Foote that he 
had that morning laid out throe thousand pounds in 
jewels for his dear wife. "She is truly your dear 
wife,” replied the wit. 
In the Mississippi Legislature a proposal was made 
to alter the name of a county and call it Cass county. 
A member, by way of burlesque on the old Michi¬ 
gander whom it was proposed thus to commemorate, 
moved as an amendment that the first letter should he 
omitted. @pon this the original proposer said it was 
the first instance he had ever known of a member 
having the assurance to name a county after himself. 
for ito 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
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Sly 16, 55, 14, 40, 49, 23 is a city in Asiatic Turkey. 
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My 8, 2, 36, 46. 47, 26, 45 is a river in China 
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My 38. 28, 31, 33, 4, 22, 66, 88 is® small island near the Western 
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Mv whole may be found in the book of Exodus. 
Napoleon, Ohio, I860. J. Herbert. 
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My 1, 14, 12, 8, 7, 1 is to he found in every town. 
My 2, 8, 5, 1,14, 3, 12 Is the name of a vessel. 
My 3, 8, 4 i* an animal. 
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My 5, 14, 3, 10. 6, 13, 2, 6 is that for which men are paid. 
My 6, 12, 9, 6, 11, 7 is the name of an ill-treated American. 
My 7, 14, 8, 1 i* what every housekeeper should be. 
My 8, 4, 14, 3, 6, 13, 11 is my home. 
My 9, 6, 13, 2are what you should avoid. 
My 10, 8, 3, 6, 2, 9 is tho stylo of this enigma. 
My 11, 9, 10. 8. 7, 13, 2, 4, 14, 12. 1, 0, 12, 5, 13, 6, 2, 7, 13, 14 
is one of the glories of the American people. 
My 12, 14, 3, 10, 2 is that which all need In these times. 
My 13, 11, 3. 0, 6 arc dangerous playthings. 
My 14, 12, 9 is what you have come to, 
My whole is important to all subscribers to the Rural New- 
Yorker. “Pbtbr.” 
Plymouth, Luzerne Co.. Pa., 1861. 
iLgrt Answer in two weeks. 
POETICAL ENIGMA. 
This word of two syllables you easily may 
Apply in more senses than one in n day. 
The M. C. who wishes a scat to obtain, 
Must actively try it, or seek it in vain; 
The lady who chooses fine work (o produce, 
Tn cushion, chair, slipper, must find it of use; 
The hero who chances for his country to fight, 
After work in the trenches, seen it with delight. 
[pgr*' Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
A PUZZLE. 
R not Y Y inn r own I I, or UL c what A fool u b. 
Palmyra, Jcf. Co., Win., 1860. W. B. 
Jfg*" Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c„ IN No. 572. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Love thy neighbor^ax 
thyself. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Truth is mighty, and 
will prevail. 
Answer to Mathematical Problem:—The greater is 75; the 
leas 25. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THIS I*AK<;KKT OXKUfLATMD 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY, 
IS HTMLISURD EVERY SATURDAY 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Oflite, I'niou Bnildings, Opposite the Court House, Male Street. 
Terms in Advance: 
Hub script ion —Two Dollaks a Year. To Clubs aud 
Agents as follow* Three Copies one year, for $5 ; Six. and one 
free to club agent, for $10; Ten, and one free, for $19 ; Fifteen, 
and one free, for $21; Twenty, and one free, for $26. and any 
greater number at mine rate —only $1.26 per copy with, an 
extra hcc copy for every Ten Subscribers over Twenty. Club 
papers directed to individuals and sent In a* many different 
Post-Office* us desired. Ac wo pre pay American postage on 
papers sent to the British Provinces, our Canadian agent* and 
friends must add 12H cents per copy to the club rates of the 
Rural. The lowest price of copies sent to Europe, Ac., Is $2,60 
- including postage. If- Agents who take Special Premiums 
for clubs formed previous to April 1st. are also entitled to one 
extra (free) copy of the paper for a dub of cither Nix at $10, Ten 
at $15, or Twenty ul $29 mid those who do not compete lor or 
wish the premiumi: can lutve an extra copy for every ten subscri¬ 
bers over twenty. Any one who bus formed and received pre¬ 
mium for a club, (for 1801.) can geta second premium by sending 
another club, or receive a free copy of the paper lor every addi¬ 
tional ten subscribers forwarded. 
irfT-TiiK above Terms aud Raton an: invariable, and those 
who remit less than specified for a single copy or dub. will be 
credited only as per rates, snd receive the paper accordingly. 
Any person who is not an agent sending the club rate ($1,56 or 
$ 1 , 25 ) for a single copy (the price of which is $2) will only receive 
the paper the length of time the money pays for at lull single 
copy price. People who send us less than published rates, and 
request the paper for a year, or a return of the money, cannot 
tie accommodated—lor it would he unjust Io others to comply, 
and a great inconvenience to return remittances The only way 
to get tho IL KALfor lea* thou $2 a year is to form or join a club. 
JdvtrtMtHc-— ThirtY-Fivk Cents a Link, each inser¬ 
tion. A price and a half for extra display, or 62-, cents per line 
of space. Spkciai. Notices, (following reading matter, leaded,) 
Sixty Cents a Line, t sT*Tuk Rural New-Yorker has a far 
larger circulation than any similar journal In the world, and is 
undoubtedly the best advertising medium ol its claav in America. 
I ~f7“ An y person so disposed can act as local age nt for the 
Rural Nbw-Yorkru, and those who volunteer in the good 
cause will receive gratuities, and their kindness bo appreciated. 
Send ON Tine Naves.—Now is tho time to forward lints 
of subscribers for 1HG1, and we hope agent-friends will “hurry 
up" the names as last a< possible. 
I'JT Voluntary Aukatb for the Rural —Any and every 
Stu.l*-.'riber or reader is requested to act in behall of the Rural, 
by forming clubs or otherwise. ffow is the time lor its friends 
to manifest their interest in the paper and the cause it advocates, 
either by obtaining new subscribers, or inducing others to act in 
Its behalf. If any lose or wear out numbers in thowino Out 
paper, -that's the best way to get subscrilwri, we will duplicate 
th e m ill order to make their Hies complete for binding. 
The Enlargement of the Uurnl New-Yorker 
was announced some weeks ago. We prumintd to enlarge it 
one-sixth, hut have In fact performed much more—for, according 
to the figures of printers, the Rural now contains ONK-vrgTtt 
more reading, the Increased amount equaling eight colm mi s of 
our old measure, or over a payc wut a half in each number ' 
