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opportunity, but went about seeking the opportuni¬ 
ties, and so quietly, that few save the recipients of 
his kindness knew the agent. 
Among those called the deserving poor, (surely not 
the poor of whom Jesvs spake!) who came within 
the sphere of their liberality, was a lame girl, who 
had for many years been confined to her home, and 
had supported herself by her needle. She sustained 
the trials of her humble lot with such Christian 
patience and sweetness of temper as to win the regard 
of all who knew her. Diana went often to see her, 
to furnish her with work or to carry little presente of 
fruit and flowers. Bhe seldom went without seeing 
some new evidence of Mr. Dusseldorp’s thoughtful¬ 
ness, and poor Mart never wearied of recounting his 
favors, and sounding his praises, to one whom she 
supposed a willing listener. But as time passed, and 
Diana could not but mark how, at every meeting, Mr. 
Dusseldorp seemed to recover more and more of his 
natural manner, with an easy frankness toward her¬ 
self, which spoke only of the calmest friendship, she 
began to feel a vague uneasiness in hearing his per¬ 
fections so eloquently dwelt upon by Mary Clark, 
the poor seamstress. 
It is a singular trait in human nature, more espe¬ 
cially woman nature, to desire to win and retain 
affection, even when they may not reciprocate it. It 
afforded Di ana a kind of pleasure to feel that she held, 
in her grasp, as it were, the affections of a heart like Ki 
mer Dussbi.hokf’s, and that her love was to him a price¬ 
less thing, too high for him to obtain. Had any one 
told her so, she would have resented the imputation 
as dishonorable and selfish, yet it was true. Thus it 
came to be so that when Mary Clark spoke of him 
she generally managed to change the subject, not but 
that sbe liked to know that he was appreciated, but 
the warmth of Mary's manner, and the light of grati¬ 
tude which made her plain face seem almost hand¬ 
some, suggested a new and important question to 
Diana’s mind. It took no definite form or coloring, 
but might be shaped thus: 
“I do not think that Elmer seems so unhappy as 
might be expected after all. Why should not the 
sense of this disappointment wear away as many a 
similar one has done, and since he finds one love 
unattainable, why should he not console himself with 
another within his roach?” 
She looked at Mary and felt that it would not bo 
hard to win from the affectionate and dependent girl 
all that she had to give, and to Elmer misfortune 
and poverty would be os nothing. 
Well, why should it not be ho? Why should she 
object, since he was nothing to her? Surely she 
would not grudge him so small a consolation. 0, no! 
Of course not, yet—it was not quite agreeable to feel 
that he could be consoled. 0, selfishness! 
Lately he had not been to see them as often as he 
was wont to do. He was very busy. Yet. he found 
time to spend an occasional hour at Mary’s cottage, 
to read and talk with her, "just like a minister,” she 
said. 
Diana ought to have felt glad, but she did not. 
She only said to herself:— “Diana Wert, wlmt ails 
you lately? You are getting to be as unreasonable as 
a child. Are von jealous? Never! Tt shall not be 
said of you that you ever so prized the fickle admira¬ 
tion of any man, more than all, this man, who can 
be nothing to you!” 
But that did not seem, to settle the matter quito. 
From some invisible cause, Diana was losing much 
of her natural cheerfulness, and many things, once 
her chief pleasures, had lost their power to charm. 
She more seldom went from home, and gave fewer 
invitations to her yonng friends to visit her. She 
bestowed more time upon household employments, 
and such homely pursuits as reading, sowing, aod 
learning anew the long neglected pieces which she 
used to play upon the piano before she went to 
Europe. Somehow those that she hud been in the 
habit of playing for, or singing with, Ei.mku, needed 
the most practicing. 
In this way one can pass a great deal of time and 
scarcely realize its lapse. Mr. Wert looked on and 
wondered, pleased to see Diana growing so much 
like her mother. Thus her twenty-third birthday 
found her and passed. 
Mary Clark was wasting surely with consump¬ 
tion, and with gentle pity and tenderness, Diana 
went to and fro, performing little offices of sisterly 
charity. Her aelf-dependent heart could not but have 
softened and grown humbler before the meek exam¬ 
ple of that suffering one, even had she been more 
proud, more selfish than she was. For the first time, 
she was being taught some of the deeper lessons of 
humanity. 
She knew that to the dying girl Elmer Dtssel- 
iiokk seemed like a minister of peace. She knew 
that to many other comforts and pleasures he added 
those of his kindly presence, his earnest prayers and 
counsel, and there grew up in her heart a feeling, 
akin to reverence, for him, very different from the 
familiar sense of equality with which sbe had hitherto 
regarded him. She began to itckofflfuJgc him her 
superior, and once or twice she even wondered how 
she could so carelessly have rejected one of whom 
she began to feel herself unworthy. 
It was spring when Mary Clark died. Diana was 
with her tine day before. Both felt that the end was 
approaching, though neither knew that it was so 
near. MAnv asked Diana to read to her 1’rOm the 
little Bible on the stand. As she turned the leaves, 
she saw the name of Elmer Dtsrkldork, in his well- 
known bund-writing, upon a blank leaf. In answer 
to her inouiring glance, Mary said, 
“Yes, he left it one day for me to read some pas¬ 
sages which-he had marked, aud 1 have not returned 
it. lie said to keep it as long as 1 wished. Lot me 
give il to you now. True, it is not mine, but I pre¬ 
sume it will be yours some day, so let me give it to 
yon.” 
She pronounced the last words with such an arch, 
though pleased expression, that Diana blushed with 
conscious confusion. She wanted to speak and as¬ 
sure Mary of her mistake, hut the words died on her 
lips. She opened the book to a marked passage and 
began to read, while every line seemed to Speak of 
Ki.mrk as if il were a part of him, or hi« words. The 
temptation to take the hook was strong, and she 
yielded to it, intending to return it to him herself: 
but she never did. It was months ere he knew that 
it was in her possession, long after the roses had 
bloomed on Mary's grave. 
Near the close of one of those sultry July days, when 
active life becomes burdensome, amt the weary mind 
haa visions of shadv nooks, Cool waters, and some 
soothing hook of romance or poesy, Diana reclined 
upon a couch in her quiet sitting-room, languidly 
perusing the fascinating pages of Longfellow’s 
" Golden Legend." It possessed a strange attraction 
for her, and she bad read it 60 much of late that she 
had nearly learned it by rote. You know the be¬ 
witching myth? How 
The soul of the maid in peasant guise, 
To that holy height, at length did rise, 
That death for love seemed no sacrifice ? 
It soothed her restless mind and changed the current 
of thoughts which often became tiresome. The book 
w'aa one of the few gifts which she had accepted from 
Elmer, and till bow it had never seemed to interest 
her much. 
Her father’s hasty entrance aroused her from a 
pleasant reverie. Evidently something had happened 
amiss, and a? he threw himself into a chair, wiping 
the perspiration from his brow, her first anxious in¬ 
quiry was for berbrother, who was away at school. 
"No; Ai.rekt is well; but Dtsseldorf’s mills, at 
Maverick, are burned to the ground.” 
For a moment Diana’s check paled, and her voice 
trembled as she asked, 
“And where is Elmer?” 
"There. I expect. He went as soon as the news 
reached him. I fear his loss will be very great, 
though insurance will cover a part,” 
Nearly a week elapsed before Elmer came to see 
them,— a -week of anxious sympathy on the part of 
both father aud daughter. In her calmer moments, 
Diana wondered that site should be so affected by 
this event for she knew that to a man of Elmer’s 
mind, wealth was of little worth except as a means of 
good to others. She knew', also, that in the estima¬ 
tion of his friends, his poverty or riches could make 
little difference. 
At length he carne, looking worn and haggard, for 
sleepless nights and overburdened days had told 
rapidly irpon his strength. He spoke seldom of bis 
loss, but feelingly referred to those dependent upon 
him for the means of living, arid now suddenly de¬ 
prived of employment. He had tried to be every 
where that his presence was needed, hut it was im¬ 
possible to id cot nil the demands upon his time. 
Many of his operatives were very poor, and unless 
immediately relieved, must suffer. His loss was con¬ 
siderable. yet be hoped to be able to keep his people, 
its he called them, from actual want, ami re-establish 
them in bis service. 
Never did a man more nobly satisfy the claims of 
Christian benevolence than he did during those try¬ 
ing days. But flesh and blood cannot endure all 
tilings or forever, and the new mills were hardly be¬ 
gan before their proprietor lay helpless with a fever. 
He refused to give up as long 3“ bis strength held 
out, but was at length compelled, by utter inability 
to endure longer. He wished to remain at Maverick, 
that he might be at his poet as soon as possible, and 
be near when wanted, but Mr. Wert would not listen 
to such an arrangement, averring that his life de¬ 
pended upon rest and freedom from care. Elmer 
resisted strongly, but when Diana’s earnest entreaties 
that he wonld come and let them take care of him, 
were added to her father’s, he resigned himself pas¬ 
sively to his fate. It was well he did, for next to the 
mercy of Providence, their excellent nursing was all 
that saved him from an early grave. 
Tt was a new experience to Diana, this anxious 
watching over a dear friend with the fearful conscious¬ 
ness that at every change in the wan and altered 
face, Death might he holding communion with the 
prisoned spirit. She knew little of sickness, and felt 
herself wholly unequal to the duties of a nurse, so a 
pleasant, inntherlv woman,was installed in that office, 
while Diana assisted as a gentle sister would have 
done. 
Something was at work within her. — she was long 
in understanding the new life which wag gradnal'y 
diffusing through her whole being a glow of sympa¬ 
thy and a patient meekness never experienced before. 
Her heart was fall of pity for her suffering friend, 
and thought* of him never left her by night or day. 
While the fever was at its height, her suspense was 
almost insupportable. W'ishingto obtain some word 
of hope, she met. the doctor one morning on his way 
from the sick room, and begged to know if he con¬ 
sidered his patient in very great danger. Looking on 
♦hat pale face and into the dark, sad eyes, what could 
Dr. KicHAHPfi any bnt that lie hoped everything, 
though he must say that he feared that, medical skill 
would avail little unless Gon willed that he should 
recover. 
Five minutes after that interview, had you been in 
Diana’s room, you would have looked in vain for the 
proud and stately girl in that form quivering with 
suppressed sobs.’ The pride was humbled, though 
not all gone. It lay at her feet obscured by the dust 
of present affliction. And this is what the poor, 
weak heart said t.o the aching brain: 
“ Yes, lu* will die, I know he will! Die. and never 
know that I love him, ifbol that I am!) never live to 
say that he is not changed. O why, why have 1 not 
known this before?” 
And the brain said: 
“Wait! Hope for the best. In a little while the 
worst will he past, then tell him, show him that you 
have not until now understood yourself. Show him 
that the return of health to him brings new life to 
you. It will be his best medicine. A love like his 
cannot change; hi- is yonrs still.” 
But once more her pride arose, and shaking off the 
dust, cried: 
“ Never! If my love is precious to him as once, it 
is for him to speak, not me. Shall the heart for 
which others, as noble as himself, have sued in vain, 
be flung an offering at the feet of one to whom it may 
have become n worthless thing. Never! Yet oh! if 
be should die!” 
Elmer did not die, however. He lived to be as 
exacting as other convalescent*, He must have 
Diana ever at his side, or within call. No hand but 
hers could adjust, his pillows rightly; none so skill¬ 
fully prepare the cooling drinks; no voice but ber’s 
could read to him so soothingly. Yet he seldom 
asked a favor at l.br hands withofit regreting that lie 
inust*make such de- . ods upon her time and patience. 
He knew not the sweetness of these little services. 
Once, when she asked what book she should read 
from, he said 
“ The one that M ary Clark gave yon."’ 
That was all. He had never before referred to it, 
and she supposed that he never knew that Mary had 
given it to her. She did not imagine bow much he 
had wondered why she kept it, and how willing lie 
wa« to leave it in her keeping. 
When Elmer’s inind and body began to assume 
their former strength the doctor ordered occasional 
rides on pleasant days, and as Mr. West and Albert 
were generally from home, ID an a was obliged to 
assume the office of driver. She did not think it 
prudent to trust her charge to the care of the coach¬ 
man. Poor Elmer felt that it must be a great sacri¬ 
fice, but he was actually too weak to reject it.. 
Under the management of Mr. West and an over¬ 
seer. everything at the mills had gone on as well as it 
could have done under Mr. Dcsseldorf's supervision. 
It was now lute in autumn, and as he gained but 
slowly, and seemed extremely sensitive to every 
change of temperature. Dr. Bun Aims had advised 
him to spend two or three, months in Havana, aud the 
Southern States. The subject was actively discussed, 
but it seemed difficult to come to a decision. He 
was very reluctant to spend as much time idling, us 
he termed it, while no the Other hand, Mr. Wert 
strongly seconded the proposal. We can easily im¬ 
agine Diana’s feelings, but her anxiety for his recov¬ 
ery prevailing over selfish considerations, urged her 
At length to add her vote, in favor of the trip. Per¬ 
haps that helped him to make up his mind, for he did 
so, very speedily. 
There was much to do before leaving, directions to 
give and arrangements to make at Maverick, and 
thither he repaired as soon as practicable; so Diana 
did not see him again until he came to spend the 
Sabbath previous to his departure. 
It wonld seem that as health returned to him, it 
had deserted her, for though calling herself well, she 
was very pale and her eyes had an unusual brightness 
when he saw her. With a remorseful feeling, lie 
attributed it to her too devoted cure of him. 
Her greatest fear was that she should, by word or 
act. betray the intensity of her feelings; but her's 
was a well-disciplined nature, and it was with 
scarcely perceptible agitation that she offered her 
hand to him at parting, saying with a smile, 
“ I shall miss you, Elmer. I shall have no one to 
talk to, no one. to rnto with me, sud" — 
He held her hand right, and was looking into her 
face with such u searching expression that she hesi¬ 
tated and said “and ” again, confusedly. 
“And no one to love you half so well as Elmer 
does after all, if lie U old and poor!” he exclaimed, 
catching her to his breast with an eager aud uncon¬ 
trollable impulse. 
You think slm started from him. repelling such 
freedom with dignity, of course? She did no such 
thing. She began to cry heartily; I suppose it hurt 
her feelings, after all that she had done tor Elmer 
Durselpokf, to hear him called such hard names as 
old and poor. 
Her emotion must have been contagious, for when 
he spoke again big voice sank to u whisper, dad she 
not been so near him she could not have heard him 
when he said, 
“ Look up and say that you will love me a little, 
only a little, and l w’ill go quite happy.” 
“Then I will never say it!’’ she answered with a 
defiant air, adding, more submissively, “Unlessyou 
will take me with you." 
“Take you with me? Yes, to the ends of the 
earth, if you say so. I never promised anything 
more willingly! How soon can you be ready?” 
OUR UNION, 
[The following lines were written by the late Rev Samvel 
Gilman, D. D., of Charleston, Sooth Carolina. We admire 
the sentiments contained in them, and regTet that the patri¬ 
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Who would draw the invidious line? 
Though by birth one spot be mine, 
Dear is all the rest. 
Dear to me the South « fair land; 
Dear the Central mountain band; 
Dear New England’s rocky Ftrand; 
Dear the prairied West. 
By our altars, pure and free; 
By our Jaws deep-rooted tree; 
By the past’s dread memory; 
By our Washington — 
By our common kindred tongue; 
By our hopes — bright, buoyant; 
By the tie of country strong; 
We will still be one. 
Fathers! have ye bled in vain? 
Ages, must yc droop again? 
Maker, shall we rashly stain 
Blessing sent by Thee? 
No! receive otir solemn vow. 
While before Thy throne we how, 
Ever to maintain aw now, 
• “Union — Liberty!” 
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[Written for Moores Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE LITTLE WICKET 
“ Going to leave, Mary?” “ Yes, mam; I find I am 
very discontented.” “ If there is anything I can do 
to make you more comfortable, let. me know.” “No, 
mum, it’s impossible. You can’t alter yoar figger, 
no inor’n l can. Yonr dresses won’t fit me, and I 
can’t appear on Sundays as 1 used at my last place, 
where missus' clothes fitted ’xactly.” 
BY CAROLINE A, UOWAKP, 
[Concluded from page 100, last number.] 
If Elmer Dpsbkldorf had hoped anything in his 
own favor from her extended knowledge of the world, 
be might as well have resigned that hope at once, for 
Diana’s ruind was too full of new and exciting scenes 
for low to find a place in it. She scarcely thought of 
Elmer. As may be supposed, it was anything but 
pleasing to have to recall him to remembrance in the 
manner which Bhe did a few months after her return. 
Feeling that in such a matter as her establishment 
for life, her father’s approval would have great influ¬ 
ence with Diana, Elmer thought best to consult. Mr. 
West preparatory to renewing his addresses. Neither 
of them had ever mentioned to ft third party the fact 
of his former proposal. Nothing could have been 
more satisfactory to Mr. West lhau to see his daugh¬ 
ter the wife of bis favorite friend, if she must marry 
at all; yet she was so necessary to his happiness, that 
if she was contented to remain as she was, he would 
have been still better pleased. With many kind and 
encouraging words, he promised to use his influence 
in Elmer’s behalf. 
Full of hope, ho once more besought the lady’s 
favor. True, he could not feel that in any way she 
had ever shown a preference for him; but as she had 
never encouraged another, he felt that liis chance was 
good. Alas! for the fallacy of Unman anticipations. 
She was as inexorable as ever, though by no means 
cold or unkind. She was sincerely grieved, and 
when her father united liis eloquence to Elmer’s, she 
almost wavered, bnt could not bring her mind to con¬ 
sent to marry where she COuld not love, 
Mr. West said that she would be happier married, 
as sooner or later she must be'left alone, and he 
should be glad to feel that she was in such good 
guardianship. 
Elmer said he had ceased to hope that she would 
love him before marriage, but years of devotion 
might win her love at last, and they should be hers. 
He had little to offer in himself, but all that money 
could procure would be at her disposal. Bhe had 
said she wished to go abroad once more; she should 
go. Let her but express a wish, and he would en¬ 
deavor to gratify it A nd she felt that ho would. Bhe 
kftew him to be good and true; but love, like the 
wind, “bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the 
sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it coineth or 
whither it goetb.” 
So Elmer accepted his dismissal meekly, hut 
answered like a true man, as he was, that lie should 
never trouble her more. He thanked her for all her 
kindness, and honored her for her strict adherence to 
principle, but he must go away from that house,—she 
could not. expect him to continue daily in her sight, 
beholding the form and listening to the voice that 
must grow dearer to him. That seemed to Diana a 
sad alternative; for lie had filled a large place in the 
sum of her enjoyment, and she dreaded to lose him. 
She begged that lie would not deprive them of his 
friendship, nor altogether of his presence, more for 
her father’s sake than her own. 
And thus matters stood at the time of Sylvia 
Fay’s visit. Ei.mer came and went, much as of old, 
and no one, save a dose observer like Sylvia, wonld 
have dreamed of the state of his feelings. 
So perfect was Diana’s self-possession that she was 
able to place him quite at ease by her natural and 
social manner. Such little attentions as he could 
render without being obtrusive, lie still continued to 
bestow. He procured for her many pleasures, in his 
quiet way, but contrived so as not to intrude mnob 
upon her society. Sometimes it was tickets for the 
opera, invitations to an excursion, or a new hook left 
upon her table. He made her no presents, tor ho 
knew that she would refuse them; but if sbe expressed 
a wish to read any new work, lie was sure to have it, 
and would lend it to her. 
She was passionately fond of flowers, and devoted 
much time to her garden, and it was strange how 
many rare plants, seeds, and gardening tools, Mr. 
West had given to him to bring home. She never 
asked who gave them; she could easily guess. She 
had given Elmer the privilege of working in their 
garden as much as he pleased, for exercise, as he said, 
and most of his leisure time was so employed. It 
had been her pleasure to adorn the sunny spot in the 
cemetery, so precious to her as her mother’s resting- 
place, and she was not long in discovering that she 
had a valuable though unseen assistant in that occu¬ 
pation. Though she could not account for the fact, 
it seemed pleasant to know that Elmer loved her,— 
to feel that, come what might, lie would always love 
her, though she pitied him for the hopelessness of 
his passion. 
Diana was conscientious, and would have been 
« styled a good girl. Blie was not, however, of a reli- 
p gious turn of mind. Mr. Dusski.uokf had for years 
j been a consistent and earnest member of the Ohnrob 
A with which they worshiped. Diana’s father was as 
F generous and open-hearted as lie was wealthy, and 
many were the heavy hearts made lighter by his 
r unassuming benevolence. His daughter wan ever 
J ready to second his charitable efforts, but she bad 
K little of his ready sympathy. Mr. lUtssuLnoitr, on 
& the contrary, not only did good deeds as he had 
Man, anatomists say, changes entirely every seven 
years. “ Therefore,” says the inimitable Jones, " my 
tailor should not remind me of the bill I contracted 
in 1854. I ain’t the man.' 1 
Don’t be in too great a hurry, girls, to Tall in love 
with the young men. Tt often happens that your 
hearts are no sooner theirs than theirs are no longer 
yours. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
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Change my eighth, or last letter, and 1 am the person who 
secures the protection. 
Cut off my seventh and eighth, and 1 am the protection itself. 
Cut off my last three letters, and 1 am a kind of wooden shoe, 
shod with irou. much worn in muddy weather by the 
peasantry of Great Britain and Ireland. 
Cut off my last four, and 1 am another name for head. 
Cut oil my last five, and I am to stroke or caress. 
Cut off six, and I am another name for father. 
Cut oil all but my first, and 1 am a kind of pulse, or vegetable 
fruit. 
Rockford, III., 1861. E. W. Hicks. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. 
Ui j . a ntauta wumiiuii^: ruuug, ........-- --..... 
DianthuS HbhjKWKuI, Nciv Japan Pink, per packet,. 25c 
Diaktiius I.ai’i.vi avi/s. another variety of the above. 25c 
Truffaut's Kjiest'ii Astkrb, the finest in cultivation,... 26c 
Douau. HotaniocKS. saved from a collection of 75 named 
varieties.- . .. 
English Pa.vmv. extra, from the finest Collection in Europe, 
saved from Prize Plowvr* only. .. 50c 
Hunt's riwricr William, the finest ever offered.26c 
Verbena, saved from the I (true lUmaring varieties,. 25c. 
CARNATION AND PlOOTEK PlNKH, Very choice. 500 
Do. do. form a tine German collection, 5oe 
Giant Emckrou Aktkiib. n<w color-, ... . 26c 
Caltkolaru, ucw hybrid, from the finest collection in 
Europe.. . 80c 
O.L08IA spec iks nova a new variety of CoXR’omb. with 
long spikes of feathery blossoms, silvery white, shaded 
with bright row, . . ..25c 
THERE is a number to which if you add one. the square root 
of the -um will equal nix times the number divided by the 
square of the numbeT itself and if two be taken from the 
number, the square root will be equal to three times the 
number divided by the square of the number itself. Required, 
the number. C. R, Skinnkr. 
Union Square, N. Y., 1861, 
Answer in t wo weeks. 
>1 11J J I IJ I js 11 L IWM', ...... . .... «AAV. 
ClNRRAKlA, from the finest reared flowers,.. 60c 
UlaIUOI.PS h.vbridu*saved from a hupurb collection of the 
finest named varieties. ... .25c 
LvriiNiH HaalkaNa, a beautiful novelty, hybrid between 
1 ulceus and Sleholdii, of a brilliant scarlet Vermillion col¬ 
or, the finest of its class...26c 
NYCTBRISa BKUMJNOIMKn aUIA, uew, » pure white variety 
of this charming plant, the symmetrically arranged white, 
star-like flowers contrast finely with the lively green, neat 
foliage. ... . 26c 
(Emjthf.ua (IUavoivloka, new, flowers lurge, over three 
inches in diameter, of a bright golden yellow. Each sin¬ 
gle plant will, under favorable circumstances, bloom ovtr 
two hundred flowers... .. . 25c 
Answer to Biblical Enigma:— Knowledge is power, and 
wisdom is better than strength. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Washington s birthday. 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus:—1 stand on a rock, near a 
river, and see 100 sheep pass over a bridge, on which stands 
509 hogsheads of molasses. 
Answer to Pus/,ling Letter:—Dear Sir: Between friends, 1 
understand, by your overbearing disposition, that a man even 
with the world is contempt, whilst the ambitious are beneath 
ridicule. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem:—0. 
Pansy Faust, or Kjm. *.f thk Blacks, new, this variety is 
of a deep coni block color, coming constant by seed; altho' 
the fore, ol' the flower is not yet perfect, a group ol this 
variety presents a fins appearance .... .. 26c 
- light iili t, a uew color, very prut tv,. —--26c 
Pkhilla orvsmiDKH, u new variety which will Ire found to 
form a pleasing contra*! to Perilla Js’atthinu-usu, Il has 
line, large, rich green foliage, very sweet scented and more 
compact iu habit, — ..26c 
Pxlox DnL .vuta.Nnii. Kapowitsky, new, deep rose, striped 
with white. . ..26c 
NEW Scabllt ECO Plant . l>ear:ng fruil of the size of a heu'B 
egg. of beautiful scarlet color,. 10c 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THK LARGEST CtKCtTJLATKD 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY 
IS PUBUSHKD EVERY SATURDAY 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
The ninth edition of his Descriptive. Sent Catalogue for 1861 2, 
is iust published, ami will be mailed to all applicants inclosing 
a three Wt stamp It contains a list of !,360 varieties Flower 
Seeds, and upwards of 380 varieties of Vegetable and Agrieul- 
tural Sente, with an accurate description, aud direction* If m the 
culture of each variety so simplified as to be clearly understood 
by the most inexperienced person. 
Vegetable Seeds. 
His collection in this department cannot be excelled, and 
comprises all that is essential in variety for the various require¬ 
ments of the Kitchen and Market Garden. 
Vegetable Set fin by .Ifdll, Post-Paid, 
20 varieties, his selection,.$1 00 
•15 do. do .. 2 00 
To those who w ish for Vegetable Seeds in larger quantities he 
would recommend his $10,0O. #5,00. and S3,00 collections, which 
may be safely forwarded bv Express, to all pacts of the country 
A list of the contents of each collection will be found in the 
Catalogue, 
New Plants. 
His -Y- id Plant Catalogue will be published April 1st. and will 
be found to contain many novelties never bet ore offered in thi? 
country, among which ure the following,— loi a description el 
which.’see Catalogue, which will be mailed to any add reus on 
receipt of a stamp. , , 
Itlunthu* Vervehoffelth splendid bedding plant. o'< 
Gu7jluIu SpU ndcMV “ " " 60 
Vci-Imiiiov 40 varieties, selected from all the best European 
varieties of fast year. 30 cts each, SKI for the set- 
Fuchsia*. 13 varieties, SQ cts each; $6 the set. 
Duhilo*, so of the lending European varieties of last year, ?'• 
each ; 8‘J per dozen. , 
In addition to the above w.l! be fouud a fist of all the most 
desirable varieties before introduced, with lists of Carnation 
and Picotee Pinks, Double Holtyhy ki r, Monthly Carnations, 
Phloxes, (fhrysantheTnunis, Calceolarias, die-, die. 
All orders must fce accoiniatuied with the cash. 
Address R K. HUNS, Sprhqtfield, Mm*. 
Terras in Advance: 
Two Dollars a Year, To Clubs and 
Subscription 
Agents as followsThree Copier one year, for $5 ; Six, aud one 
free to club agent, for $10 ; Ten, and one free, for 815, Fifteen, 
and one free, for $21; Twenty, aud one free, for $25; aud any 
greater number at same rate —only $1,25 per copy —with an 
extra tree copy for every Ten Subscribers over Twenty Club 
papers directed to individuals and sent to as many different 
Post-Offices as desired As we pre-pay American postage on 
papers sent to the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and 
friends must add 12ki cents per copy to the club rates of the 
Rural. The lowest price of copies sent to Europe, &c.. is $2,50 
—including postage. PfP Agents who take Special Fremiums 
forcluba formed previous to A pril 1st, are also entitled to one 
extra (free) copy of the paper for a club of either Six at flu, Ten 
at $15, or Twenty at $25aud those who do not compete tor or 
wish the premiums can have an extra copy lor every' ten subscri¬ 
bers oyer twenty. Any one who has formed and received pre¬ 
mium for a club, (for 1861.) can get & Becoml premium by sending 
another club, or receive a free copy of the paper tor eveiy addi¬ 
tional ten subscribers forwardtftl 
i:£T Thk above Terms and Bates are invariable, and those 
who remit less than specifled for a single copy or club, will be 
credited only as per rates, and receive the paper accordingly 
Any person who is not an agent sending the club rate ($1.50 or 
$1,25) for a single copy (the price of which is $2i will only receive 
the paper the leugtb of time the money pays for at full 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 
be accommodated—(or it would be unju.-t toothers to comply, 
and a gTeat inconvenience to return remittances The only way 
to get the Rural for less than $2 a year is to form or join a club- 
Never mind the rest. All you will care about 
knowing is, that Elmer’s journey was postponed 
another week, and at the end of that time Mrs. l>oe- 
sbldorf was ready to accompany him. I presume 
that will seem quite incredible to some of my 
young lady friends who spent a year or two previous 
to their marriage iu preparing the trousseau; but it 
is, nevertheless, a fact. 
Now fur the moral' 0, I believe you said you did 
not like morals? Then we will omit that. Perhaps 
ray story will do without, since it verifies two asser¬ 
tions besides the one at its cop.imeneement, viz: 
“ Faint heart never won fair lady,” and 
" Patient waiting, no loss.” 
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