C2C 
d&SE’S RUSAL 
NEW-YORKER 
[Concluded from page 212, this number,] 
Ho looked at the address as ho spoke and 
started. 
“ Colonel, what Is your given name?” 
“ Bertram* - Bertie, I get at home.” 
“ Did you attend Epiphany church?” 
“Yes!” 
Kyan held up a little gold coin fastened round 
Ida neck by a chain. 
“Your sister gave me tlda ono day. I was 
standing on the steps, I had not been mustered 
out of the three month’s service, and had got uo 
pay— was ragged and dirty. I keep this tor the 
sake of her sweet face. She shook hands with 
tue on the step, and I think It kept me from 
cursing all the world. Ooi» bless her.” 
The drum beat to quarters, and the friends 
ebook hands and parted — forever! 
1 he morrow saw the cont ending armies, wrap¬ 
ped In the haze of battle on tlio bloody Held of 
Williamsburg. But what availed the bravery of 
the army ? Dead and dying, they lay under the 
feet of the advancing columns, holding up 
unheeded hands. The wounded groaned and 
writhed under the hoises’ l'eet and under the 
battery wheels, as they rushed hither and thither 
amid the carnage. 
Hiding, or rather rushing through the thickest 
of the tight w as Col. Crammer. A rebel marked 
the untiring energy with which ho rallied his 
men and a bullet went true to its aim. The 
Colonel threw up his arms, turned a beseeching 
look on Kyan at his side aud fell. On came tlio 
rebels at a charge, aud the -tit were driven be 
fore them. In vuin did they attempt to regain 
the lost ground. Captain Ryan had looked his 
last on the face of his friend. His bones fire yet 
bleaching on the plains of Williamsburg, or at 
best, lie titled unhonored Into n noisome trench. 
Again Ryan trod the streets of the Quaker 
City, rie was Col. Ryan, now! All his effort* 
to find Fanny Crammer were futile, but be had 
found a fortune. A rich uncle who had turned 
him out ten years before had died, and having 
no other relatives, perforce left tlie accumula¬ 
tions of his parsimony to his nephew. 
On the first Sabbath after bis arrival he at¬ 
tended his old church. ThO pastor, “a <\mxcr»- 
preached from the text, “ All things 
whatsoever ye would that men should do to you 
do ye also to them;" whence he deduced an 
argument to prove that should the rebels re¬ 
turn to their allegiance, It would be the duty of 
every soldier to aid thuni in recovering their 
slaves. 
Ryan broke dut Indignantly, as he met a com¬ 
rade at the door, 
“If that be gospel, Jesus died In vain.” 
Tim 
/ — lu mercy sparo It; 
—; holy robe, all dlnua tour It, 
Spare’!, lor their sake* wha after wear It, 
lhu lads In black.'' 
was Ills comrades reply. 
In the afternoon lie bent bis steps to Epiphany 
church. Again lie stood ou the step, but no one 
recognized the dirty, ragged private, tn the 
handsome Colonel. He took the sumo seat he 
had occupied before. Now the bowing sexton 
Invited him forward, but he refused quietly. In 
u moment caroeia lady In mourning, and paused 
at the door ol the pew. Ryan rose, and she 
passed In. Their eyes met, and their hands 
almost involuntarily followed the example. The 
lady blushed, and Ryan saw that she was thin, 
and careworn, and that her mourning robes were 
neither new nor rich. Drawing a card from his 
ease, he laid II In her Bible which lay open in 
her lap. She started, turned deadly pale, and 
leaning her head forward wiped away an unruly 
tear. 
It was Fanny Ckanmek, poverty stricken and 
woe begone, with a helpless, Invalid mother and 
Very little employment. 
One day, a week before UD furlough expired, 
Ryan was halt reclining on a settee In Fair- 
mount Park, watching the ripple or the water, 
lulled by the music of the fountains, the cool 
breezo playing with tils curls, aud sometimes 
flirting the ladles’ mantles In his eyes. He 
watched flic statue and fountain on the hillside, 
and somehow it changed Into a radiant damsel 
with golden curls aud azure eyes. Half aloud 
he murmured, “A thing of beauty Is a Joy for 
ever," ami then his lips closed firmly. He had 
made a resolve, 
Round Lemon Hill and past Laurel Hill Cem¬ 
etery along the cool Schuylkill, a little boat was 
slowly moving; its two Occupants seemed afraid 
to break a spell by speaking they were so silent. 
1 lie moon rose lull and bright Just ns they 
passed the charming Wissahlcon, and they 
turned homeward. Ryan laid down his oars, 
and let the boat float idly, while they sang a 
plaintive ballad, Taking up the oars ho rowed 
a few- yards and turning to her said, 
“ 1 Uln away on Monday, to the army.” 
He watched from under Uls black eyebrows 
the result of his words, It was apparently satis¬ 
factory. 
Fanny looked at him in surprUo as lie was 
rowing for the shore. Presently ho threw down 
the oar, aud lifting a long hook grappled a 
young tree aud brought the boat to a *t«nd in 
calm water. Siezlug a bruueh to steady the little 
craft, ho turned to her ; 
" t anny, I'm a soldier, and can't beat about 
the bush—will you marry mo?" 
He was beading over her anxiously. She 
turned her fair young face up to him with the 
answer he COVOted so much, and his moustached 
“i'A touched her cheek. 
Away went five boat merrily, lor happy hearts 
were In it. 
Before Colonel Ryan returned to his post, the 
reelor of Epiphany Church spoke the solemu 
word* that made them one, 
Mis. Col. Uyan lives tn her old homo on Areh 
' icet, uud sits in her old pew in Epiphany 
church; aud old acquaintances arc totally obliv- 
<m» id the fact that, for six mouths they had 
entirely Ignored her existence. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
PHONOGRAPHY: 
ITS IMPORTANCE AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION. 
Phonography, or short-hand writing, ought 
to ho more generally learned by those who are 
aimiug at a practical education. We should 
economize our time in writing a* well as in 
Other departments of labor. The long-hand 
Bystem of writ ing is cumbersome, laborious and 
unsatisfactory, it. require* long years of prac¬ 
tice to become a good penman, and there in bo 
little adaptation of wrltteu to spoken language 
that few, indeed, ever become adepts in spelling. 
Phonography ia the briefest mode of represent 
ing the Bounds of spoken language. There are 
no more characters used than there are Bounds ; 
and each sound employs no other character than 
it« own to represent it. This avoids the use of 
silent letters, and results in a great saving of 
time over the old long-hand. The characters of 
the phonographic alphabet are made up of the 
simplest, of all geometrical signs, viz: —the 
straight lino, the curve, the dot and the dash. 
By varying the position of these, an alphabet has 
been formed remarkable for Its simplicity, and 
for the wonderful accuracy with which sounds 
cun be represented by It. 
It i6 not our purpose to enter Into any expla¬ 
nation of the details of the Art ol' Phonography, 
In the present article, but simply to cull atten¬ 
tion to it, and to advise all who would make 
their education In the highest degree useful and 
practical, to give some attention to investigating 
its merits. The rapidity with which it is grow¬ 
ing Into popular favor should command the 
attention of teachers and students, and espe¬ 
cially of those who have the control of our 
educational interests. It has been Introduced 
nto many schools with success ; aud where the 
teachers are phonographers it hns never failed to 
be highly popular. Commercial Colleges gen¬ 
erally attempt to teach those branches thataro 
to bo of the most practical utility. Nearly all 
first class commercial schools now advertise to 
teach phouography, thus showing that it is a 
practical branch of education, and indicating 
very strongly that it ia becoming popular; for, 
a good commercial school is a kind of educa¬ 
tional thermometer, by which you can Judge 
what kind of education Is most In demand. 
When we reflect what an amount of labor may 
bo saved by the use of phonography In all liter¬ 
ary, business, and scientific pursuits, we cannot 
wonder that it Is fast gaining Its place among 
the useful branches of education. 
It is not, perhaps, generally known, how much 
we are indebted to phonography for the early 
and accurate reports of public speeches, lec¬ 
tures, dec., which we receive every day in our 
newspapers through the labors of the skillful 
reporter. Reporter* are now employed in the 
Supreme Court of this State, and we confidently 
believe it will not be long before other States 
will follow the example. There ought to bo a 
reporter In every court, and thus save to the 
country the Immense sums which are now ex¬ 
pended in holding court for testimony to bo 
taken down in long-bund. Reporters are now- 
employed quite extensively by railroad and 
express companies where dispatch In business 
Is requisite. The Grand Trunk Railway Com¬ 
pany of Canada employs about twenty-five 
short-hand reporters in different capacities, and 
as yet, reporting, ns applied to busiucss, is in Its 
intuncy. 
It is not profitable for a business man to spend 
three hours par day in writing out letters In 
long-hand, that he can, In fifteen minutes, dic¬ 
tate tot short hand writer, and leave him to copy 
them out In long-hand and prepare them for the 
mull. 
The more phonography U used, the more it 
will be required; to that there is no danger of 
being out of employment as a short-hand writer. 
You can see lawyers without business, teachers 
without situations, ministers without places, 
aud clerks in abundance with nothing to do. But 
you can hardly find a reporter without his hav¬ 
ing more tiinn ho can attend to. When phono¬ 
graphic short-hand comes to be applied to the 
transaction of business, young men wanting 
situations will find It a neccssnnj qualification. 
But aside from the pecuniary benefit which may 
result from a knowledge of phonography, there 
are other advantages which amply repay the 
labor and uxpenso of learning It. For the 
purpose of composition, for taking notes and 
ubBtracts of lectures, speeches, Ac., for making 
memoranda, and for ordinary correspondence, it 
Is of inestimable value. As a mental discipline 
It may Justly claim a place among the studies of 
the academic or colleglato course. There Is no 
one study that can do so much to strengthen 
und quicken ail the mental faculties as a thor¬ 
ough course lu phonography. 
It Is time that more attention should ho given 
to this branch of instruction, It is time to 
demand of teachers, and those having the educa¬ 
tion of our youth lu charge, that phonography bo 
made u part of the course of Instruction. It is 
time for young men who are Intending to get a 
business education to look well that they learn 
phonographic reporting; for, let them but show 
to business men how labor cau bo saved, and the 
transaction of busiucss bo facilitated by the use 
ot short-hand, and no ono, ignorant of reporting, 
cun for a moment stand lu competition with 
thorn, or receive so liberal a compensation for 
services. 
Wu have to look Into a groat many empty 
heads and a great many empty hearts: lu the 
former wo behold u world of folly, in the latter 
a world of blackness. 
It is difficult to say to what sort of cars Fame 
most loves to blow her trumpt—whether to deaf 
cars or to long ones. 
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A TRADE. 
A wnrTEK lu the Manchester Mirror (who 
intimates that ho was bred a blacksmith and 
lovos his occupation) relates a story of a faithful 
clerk who had long served with Mr. Girard of 
Philadelphia, and expected a liaudsome present 
at the expiration of his time. He therefore 
went to the millionaire and said, " Sir, my time 
is up; what would you advise mo to do ?” “ 
would advise you to learn the cooper’s trade,” 
said Girard. The clerk felt chagrined, and 
turned about In despair; but recollecting the 
eccentricity of the old tna 9 , he concluded to do 
as Girard had told him. Thereupon he made a 
bargain with a cooper to t«ach him the trade iq 
one year. At the expiration of that time he pre¬ 
sented himself to the old man, saying, “Sir, 
have done as you desired -J* learned the cooper’s 
trade.” “Well,” said Girkrd, “make me three 
of the best barrels you eat.” He did so. The 
millionaire, on receiving them, gave his clerkly 
cooper (or eooperly clerk) a check for three 
thousand dollars, saying “Go into business 
with that, and if you fait you will have a trade 
to fall back upou." 
CORRECT SPEAKING. 
We advise all young people to acquire In 
early life the habit of ualug good language, 
both in speaking aud writing, and to avoid as 
early as possible the use of slang words and 
phrases. The longer they live the more difficult 
of acquisition such language will tie; and if the 
golden ago of youth — the proper season of ac¬ 
quisition of language —be passed in Its abuse, 
the unfortunate victim of neglected education 
will be doomed to talk slang for life. Money is 
not necessary to procure this education. Every 
man has it lu his power. He has merely to use 
the language he reads instead Of the slang he 
hears—to form his taste from the best speakers, 
writers aud poets of the country—to treasure up 
choice phrases in his memory, and habituate 
himself to their use—avoiding at the same tlrnu 
that pedantic precision and bombast which be¬ 
speaks rather the weakness of a vain ambition 
than the polish of an educated mind. There is 
uo man, however low in rank, who may not 
materially benefit his financial condition by fol¬ 
lowing this advice and cultivating at the same 
time such morals and manners as correspond in 
character with good words. 
TnE passion of acquiring riches, in order to 
support vain expense, corrupts the purest heart. 
We should not forget that life is a flower, 
which is uo sooner fully blown than it begins 
to wither. 
People should remember that It Is only greqt 
souls that know how much glory there is in 
doing good. 
OOtt. i 
misceJLaneous I 
Rural New-Yorker. 
ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 51 letters. 
My 21, -19, 39 was the first woman. 
My 13, 39, 40, 20, Ifi ts a pretense. 
My 1. -10, 5 ha* created quite a stir throughout the 
North. 
My 43,38,10,13 is a esoful metal. 
My fi, 23, 29, It, 43,12, 3, 23 is ouc of the noblest aud 
ablest of our Generals. 
My 7, 8, 32. 40.13,11, 54 was a celebrated writer. 
My 60,19, 44 1« good to ear. 
My 43, 48, 21 , ll, 43,30, l, 54 was a President of the 
United States, 
My 2 , 17, 22, 10, 21 was a Commodore. 
My 24, 34, 20 Is mixhter than my 33, 0,10, 38, 83. 
My 42, 31, 27, 30, 47, 53, 9 U a book of the new Testa¬ 
ment, 
My 0, 41, 37, 20, 40. 10, 51 Is a member of the Presi¬ 
dent's Cabinet 
My 51, 52, S3, 54 Is a participle. 
My 4,3, 20,19, 23,10, 50, 11 Is no proof of a mind at 
ease. 
My whole Is a quotation from Whittier. 
Bellevue, Ohio. Hamilton Z. Williams. 
I3f“ Answer In two weeks. 
For Mo ire’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Kntiii roe oyu ask e, ofr a ilwro yllgthl csnpko, 
Tib sauweak a n| gn hwchl ahs ehlsruonib ror syrea; 
Dua ymsenn’o erseop, rweho enco ti si nberko, 
Yma ntru eatwe < *UnU oitu esusasd und stroa. 
Enon Valley, Pa, 
£t7~ Answer In two weeks 
A. D. P. Y. 
CHARADE. 
My jlrut, In k tehen, parlor, hall, 
Is falthfhl aye to duty; 
Yet ever lu tlio view of all 
Has far moot use than beauty. 
Yet Judge nut rashly, nor contemn 
My name, jny birth, or jelory; 
A noble peer of England's realm 
I'm proudly known In story. 
My second , tn enforcing laws 
FoaWfff* rogue*, U clever, 
While old rogue* cut their creditors, 
And thou cut me forever. 
Poor hen pecked husbands rue my whole, 
When testy dames grow sour; 
Not Ximtlppe s tongue, nor Caudle’s soul, 
Has half my dreaded power. 
Answer tn two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac., IN No. 804. 
Answer to INtudratcd Rebus:—Abraham Lincoln, 
President of the United States, was assassinated 
April 14th, 18IJ5. 
Au»war to Biographical Eulgma:-Thou shall have 
no other Gods before me. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:— George Wash¬ 
ington. 
Answer to Puzzle:—Ten—Not. 
JOSEPH IIOTKINTSON. 
JosEi’ti Hopkinson is a name destined to live forever, ae the author of that stirring National 
Lyric, Hail Columbia.” It was written during the summer of 17H9, when there was a prospect 
or war with France, aud our people were much divided by political party questions, growing out 
or the contest between that country and England. Its object was to aid in arousing uffc American 
spirit, 'which should lead all classes to regard tlio interests of our youug Republic as above all 
price. In this object, It was very successful, becoming one of the “songs of the people,” to which 
every Aiuerlcau heart responded. * 1 
What a mighty power there is, after all, lu a simple song or ballad. It has often more Influence 
than a ponderous volume, This song of Houkinson’s is an extremely simple one. There Is no 
logic In It no parade of tine words. But when it is sung, it excites in the breast of every patriot 
a glow ot enthusiasm lor our Republic, warmer, perhaps, than that of the eloquence of a Patrick 
Henry or a Webster. 
Joseph Hopkinson was the son of Francis Hopktnson, one of the Signers of the Declaration 
i V ce ‘ Wil8 R 01 ”' in Philadelphia in 1770, aud during his life, which terminated in 
184 .}, has filled various public offices. He has served two terms as member of Congress, and for 
many years was Judge of one of the District Courts of Pennsylvania. 
Hait. Columbia ! happy land I 
Hall ye heroes! heaven-born band! 
Who fought and bled In freedom's can#e, 
Who fought and bled In freedom's cause, 
And when the storm of war was gone, 
Enjoyed the peace yotir valor won. 
Let Independence bn our boast, 
Ever mlndfnl what it cost, 
Ever grateful for the prize, 
Let Its altars reach the skies. 
Firm — united — let ns be, 
Rallying round oar liberty; 
As a hand of brothers joined, 
Peace and safety we shall find. 
Immortal patriot* t rise onco more; 
Defend yonr rights, defend yonr 9hore; 
Let no rude foe. with Impious hand. 
Let no rnde foe, with impious hand, 
Invade the shrine where sacred lies 
Of toll and blood the well-earu’d prize. 
While offering peace sincere and just, 
In heaven we place a manly trust. 
That truth and Jnstlco will prevail, 
And every scheme of bondage fall. 
Firm—united —lot ns bo, 
Rallying round our liberty; 
As a band of brothers Join’d, 
Peace and safety wo shall find. 
Hound, sound, the tramp of fame! 
Let Washinhton’s great name 
Ring thro’ tho world with loud applause, 
Ring thro’ tho world with lond applause. 
Let every climoto freedom dear, 
Listen with a Joyful ear; 
With equal skill and God-Uke power, 
Ho govern’d In the fearful hour 
Of horrid war; or guides with ease 
The happier time* of honest peace. 
Firm —united — let us be, 
Rallying round our liberty; 
As a band of brothers Join’d, 
Peace and safety we shall find. 
Behold the chief who now commands. 
Once more to serve his country stands— 
The rock ou which tho storm will beat; 
The rock on which the storm will beat; 
But arm’d In virtue, firm und true, 
Ills hopes are fix’d on heaven and you. 
When hope was sinking In dismay. 
And glooms obscured Columbia’s day, 
Ills steady mind, from changes free, 
Resolv'd on death or victory. 
Firm —united—let u# be, 
Rallying round onr liberty; 
As a band of brothers Join’d, 
Peace and safety we shall find. 
Nolo 
CIIO HI’S—Tenor. 
THE ST-tVH-SP. VSTG-I. E D BANNER. 
WORDS BY FIlANrlS S. KEY. 
O «ay, cau you see by the dawn’s early light, 
What so proudly wo hail'd at the twUight’s last 
gleaming, 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through tho 
portion* fight, 
O'er tho ramparts we watched, were so gallantly 
streaming; 
And tho rocket’* red glare, the bombs bursting In air. 
Gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there— 
O say. does that Star spangled Banner yet wave 
O'er the land of the Free and tho home of tho Brave! 
On tho shore, dimly seen through the mists of the 
deep, 
Where the foe's haughty host In dread silence re¬ 
poses, 
What Is that which the breezo o’er the towering 
steep, 
As It fitfully blow*, half conceals, half discloses t 
Now It catches tho gleam of the morning’s first beam, 
In full glory reflected now shines on tho stream— 
’Ti* the Star-spangled Banner, 01 long may It wave 
O’er the land of the Free and the home of the Bravo! 
And where is that band who so vauutingly swore 
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion 
A homo ami a country should leavo us no more t 
Their Mood ha# washed out their foul footsteps’ 
pollution. 
No refuge could save tho hlrellug and slave 
From tho terror of flight or tho gloom of tho grave l 
And the Star-spangled banner in triumph doth 
wave 
O’er tho land of the Free and tho home of tho 
Brave 1 
O t thns be It ever when Freemen shall stand 
Between their loved home and war’s desolation; 
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued 
Inud 
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a 
nation. 
Thou eouquor wo must, when our cause It Is Just, 
And this ho onr motto —lu God Is our trust I 
And tho Star-spangled Banner In triumph shall wavo 
O’er tho land of tho Free aud tho homo of tho 
Bravo I 
