about venturing these steps, that I have called 
on you to-night. Will you confer with me as 
with a true friend ?” 
I gave him my band spontaneously. I said, 
“You are a true man. and honorable, Doctor? 
Your motive In calling has my highest respect 
Speak without hesitation; 1 will listen and weigh 
your words,” 
lie reflected, as if in doubt where to begin the 
work of intervention. 
“ I do not like your wife's aunt She is not, in 
my estimation, either a wise or a prudent 
woman.” 
“Just my own opinion,” I answered. 
“Then can you think it safe to leave Mrs. Ma¬ 
rion for even a little while, as things now are, 
entirely under her aunt’s influence?” 
1 had no brief response to this question that 
could satisfy the Doctor, and so did not attempt 
to meet the interrogation, in any direct form. J 
only said, 
“There are evils which cannot be escaped. 
Once in motion, they are os irresistible sis the 
down-rushing avalanche. AVhen truth and hon¬ 
or are cast upon the winds, where are we to reap 
the harvest of virtue and happiness? J ask my¬ 
self this solemn question, and hearken in vain 
for the answer. It does not come, and J sit in the 
shadow of a great fear that appalls and paralyzes 
me.” 
This was so vague that the Doctor was thrown 
at fault lie came back, however, to tlm subject 
ho wished to impress ou my mind. 
“It is a great pity that, she was ever taken to 
her aunt’s,” lie said. 
“ The act was her own,” I answered. 
“ Perhaps not entirely her own.” remarked the 
Doctor. 
I understood him. Ills w ords kindled a fire in 
my heart—a great lire of indignation that burned 
up (he last filament of love. Nut her own act ! i 
whose then ? By what influence was she moved 
to go past the home of her husband? The Doc¬ 
tor’s suggestion was unfortunate. It took my 
thought into the very core—the rotten core -ol 
my dishonor and her shame. Better that l should 
have considered the act wholly her’s, than as in¬ 
stigated by this man Uakhaikih. He influence 
my wife to avoid her husband’s home! He, 
whom 1 loathed as unprincipled and impure— 
whose very touch would have made me shudder, 
as if it were a snake’s touch ! 
“So much the worse, Doctor!—so much the 
worse!” 1 answered, all my external calmness 
giving way. “ This makes the sin against her 
husband deeper and more unpardonable,—H ub 
gives the measure of her alienation. You have 
touched me in the tendorest place !” 
“There are considerations of prudence,”' be 
said appealing to my reason, “ that no man should 
disregard. Admit that your wile iR in danger. 
Then is it not your duty to spring at once to the 
point of protection and rescue ?” 
My wife t» danger ! Of what ? I answered 
the question to myself, mid grew hard as iron. 
“The enemy to her peace and mine dwells in 
her own heart,” I replied. “She must, of her 
own will and effort, cast, out the demon. If not, 
the woist comes. While the demon remains, 1 
plain, seen enough to satisfy him that she did not 
possess the qualities which go to make the true 
wife; and in the delicate and doubtful position 
she occupied, was not exhibiting cither a right 
spirit Or right conduct So much I inferred, right 
or wrong; and it helped to sustain me in the 
course I had adopted. 
The weeks lengthened into months. Jdlia 
made no sign, and I waited ou. The anguish 
which 1 had felt in the beginning, was giving 
place to a dull aching of the heart I had the 
strength to bear this internal pain without much 
change in exterior. I kept my life calm at the 
surface, and intermitted nothing in business. 
[Conclusion next week.] 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
“ Missing is all, amt its litUe we know 
Of the anguish that, in the word lies, 
Angnish unutterable, heart breaking woe 
That will heave some poor breast in it* ebb and itsflow, 
’Till it well up and hurst from the eyes. 
“ Missing " is all, and there's no One that knows 
Where the missing one may be now ; 
Perhaps thro’ the Valley of Shadows tie goes, 
Walking alone while his life-blood flows 
And the death-seal is stamped on his brow. 
Perhaps a stray shot, laid him low when alone 
On picket adotrn by the river, 
A prayer—a short struggle - a ga*p-a low groan— 
Naught else was there heard but the rivers faint moan, 
He is missing—off duty forever t 
“ Missing,'' is all ! And now little to mark 
The lost link from a loving home chain 7 
’Tis a brief title word, but it quenches hope’s spark, 
And some hearts must wander tliro’ life in the dark, 
WiUi “ Missing ” for aye their refrain ! 
But they've thin,to console them ou onward they glide 
O'er the ocean of Life toward even, 
That when Uiey have safely crossed over the tide, 
And have anchored at la*t on the fair other side, 
He will not he “ Missing ” in Heaven I 
Penficld, N. Y., 1863. A. A. H. 
/F/ta r 
Cotton 
fruits l Vegetables 
For If ft ore’s Rond New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA, 
I AM composed of 28 letters 
My 27, 4, 22, 10, 17 is a ri'er in Spain. 
My 17. 7, 20, 9, 12 is an iriand in the Baltic 8ea_ 
My 16, 4, 14, 11, 24, 26, I.. is a cape on the coast of Asia. 
My 17, 8, 2S, 6, 2 is a lake in Russia. 
My 12,11, 22, 6, 20, 12, 23, 26, 27, 0, 28 is arange of moun¬ 
tains in the eastern part of the United States. 
My ti, 13, !2,19, 8, 2 is a city m Illinois. 
My 1, 11, 27, 26, 18, 17, 24 as city in Wisconsin. 
My 8, 4, 8, 28, 18 Is a county in Georgia. 
My 16, 28, 22, 25, 11 is a city in Turkey in Asia. 
My 21, 7, 12, 4, 17, 16 is aroige of mountains in Asia. 
My whole is one of the leaders in the Union Army. 
West Somerset, N. Y., 1863. Jennie Adkua. 
tTteT Answer in two weeks. 
Near Markets, Schools, Railroads, Churches, and all the blessings of Civilization.. 
1,200,000 Acres, in Farms of 40, 80,120,160 Acres and 
wards, in ILLINOIS, the Garden State of America. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MARRYING A BEAUTY. 
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offer, ON LONG CREDIT, the beautiful and 
fertile PRAIRIE LANDS lying along the whole line of their Railroad, 700 MILES 
IN LENGTH, upon themost Favorable Terms for enabling Farmers, Manufac¬ 
turers, Mechanics and Workingmen to make for themselves dnd their fam¬ 
ilies a competency, and a HOME they can call THEIR OWN, as will 
appear from the following statements: 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ARITHMETICAL QUESTION, 
A boatman finds that ho can row from A to B down 
stream, which is 24 miles, in 2.‘4 hours; but to return from 
B to A against an equal tide, although he rows along the 
shore where the tide is ouly fi as strong as in the middle 
will take him just 3& hours. Required the rate at which 
the tide runs in the middle where the stream is the strong- 
08151 W. Durr, 
Castile, Wyo. Go , N. Y., 1863. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ILLINOIS. 
Ib about equal in extent to England, with a popu 
iation of 1,722,666, and a soil capable of supporting 20,- 
000,000. No Hrate lu tba Valley of tho Mississippi otters 
so great an inducement to the settler as the state of Ill¬ 
inois. There is no part of the world whore all Hie condi¬ 
tions of climate aud soil so admirably combine to pro 
duco those two groat staples, Conv and Wheat. 
CLIMATE. 
Nowhere can tho industrious farmer secure such im¬ 
mediate results from bis labor ns on these deep, rich, 
loamy soils, cultivated with so much ease. Tho climate 
from tho extreme southern part of this State to tho Torre 
Haute, Alton and St. J/mta Railroad, a distance of near 
ly 200 miles, is well adapted to Winter. 
WHEAT, CORN, COTTON. TOBACCO. 
Peactie.8, Pears, Tomatoes, and every variety of fruit 
and vegetables is grown in great abufidnuco, from 
which Chicago and other Northern markets are fur 
nlshed from tocr to six weeks earlier than their imme 
diate vicinity. Between the Torre Haute, Alton and Ft. 
Louis Railway and tho Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, 
(a distance of lij miles on the Brandi, and ISO miles 
on the Main T-unk.) lies the great Corn aud Stock ruis 
ing portion of the State. 
THE ORDINARY YIELD 
of Corn i« from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. Cattle, 
Horses, Mules. Sheep and Hogs are raised her# at a 
small cost, aud yield large profits. It is believed Unit 
no section of country presents greater inducements for 
Dairy Farming than tho Prairies of Illinois, a branch of 
farming to which hut lilllo attention lias been paid, and 
which must yield sure profitable results. Between 
the Kankakee and Ilhnois Rivers, and Chicago and 
Dunleith, (a distance of 66 miles on tho Branch and 147 
miles by the Main Trunk,) Timothy Hay,Rpring IVhent, 
Corn, 
OATS, BARLEY, RYE, BUCKWHEAT, 
And vegetables vUUetl to the climate, me prtsluetd in great 
abundance. The northern portion tf Illinois is about the 
climate of Pcnsylmnut, while the southern pari has the 
climate of Kentucky and Virginia, giving a variety of 
temperature in the Stab i, suited lo almost every product of 
the United States , 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
The Agricultural produce; of Illinois urn greater than 
those of any other Flute The Wheat crop of 1861 was 
estimated at 85,000,000 bushels, while the Corn crop 
yields not less than 140,000,000 bushels besides the 
crop of Oats, Barley, Rye, Buckwheat. Potatoes, Sweet 
Potatoes, Pumpkins, Rquusllfts, FUx, Hemp, Pens, Clo¬ 
ver, Cabbage, Beets, Tobacco, borgbeiin, Grain's, 
Poaches, Apples, Ac , which go lo swell the vast aggie 
gate of production In this fertile region. Over Four 
Million tong of produce wore sent out the State of Illinois 
during thepattyear. 
STOCK RAISING. 
In Central and Southern Illinois uncommon advan¬ 
tages are presented for the extension of Stock raising. 
All kinds of Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep, Hogs, Ac., of 
the best broods, yield handsome profits ; largo fortunes 
have already been made, and the field is open for others 
to enter with the fairest prospects of like results. Dairy 
Farming also presents its Inducements to many. 
CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
The experiments in Cittnn culture ate of very great 
promi'e. C'innunieinff in latitude 39 deg. 30 mm. (tee 
MdUbyn <n the linin'h. and Assumption on the Main 
Line ), the Company oums thousands of acres well adapted 
to the pcifscUun if this fibre A rattler having a family 
of young children, can fuiw llinr youth/e l huior f. re most 
jn-ofUallcaccount in Ihf.giru.ithand j -i/••; ,' >/. of thi- j larU. 
MINING AND MANUFACTURES. 
The great resources of rho Stale, in t’oal, Iron. Lead, 
Zinc, Potter's (Hay, Lino stone, Sandstone, Ac , Ac , are 
almost untouched ; they await tho arrival of enterpris¬ 
ing and energetic men accustomed to convert them into 
gold. 
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS. 
Railroads intersect the whol-iStale. Si 15,0M,000 has 
Veo invested in completing the great net-work,that 
links every part of the S'mto into immediate connection 
with the surrounding States and tho direeteal thorough¬ 
fares of commerce. 
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD 
Traverses the whole length or llm State, from the banks 
of the Mississippi and lake Michigan to the Ohio.— 
As its name imports, tho Railroad runs through the cen¬ 
tre of the State, and on either side of the road along its 
whole length lie the lands offered Cor sale. 
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
From the unprecedented advantages this Company 
Offers, -tis not Burp .slug that it should have already 
disposed 1,300,000 acres of land. It is now selling at 
IHc rate of 0,000 acres per week. The population along 
the Jlli" hua trebled in ten years, amt Is now 814,891 .— 
The Company sell to actual calMvatwn, and every con¬ 
tract contains an agreement to cultivate, 
CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS. DEPOTS, 
There are Ninety eight D.-potaon the Company's Rail 
way, giving about one every seven miles. Cities, Towns 
and Vullages are situated at convenient distances 
throughout the whole route, where every desirable 
commodity may lie found as readily ns in the oldest 
cities of the Union gmd where buyers are to be met 
for all kinds of farm produce*. 
EDUCATION. 
Mechanics and working-men will find the free school 
system encouraged by the State, and endowed with a 
large re venue I'or tba support of the schools. Children 
can live in sight of the school, the college, tho church, 
and grow up with the prosperity of the leading State 
in the Great Western Lmpire 
No one wbo has visited this splendid region of coun¬ 
try can doubt that it equals the most favored descrip¬ 
tions that have ever been given of it , lint let any care 
Ail observer visit It, and ha will Inform you that the 
half has not been told of the advantages i| off'oi ; for im¬ 
mediate occupation und immediate return*, and It is be¬ 
lieved, that if these surpassing advantage were made 
known to the farmers, mechanics, manufacturers and 
working population of over-crowded Kurope, they 
would promptly avail themselves of tho knowledge. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Y, 
RIDDLE. 
I am composed of 8 letters. 
Onut my I, 2, 6, 0 aud I become a kind of fowl. 
Omit my 6, 0, 7 sad I heroine a lurid of fruit 
Omit my 2, 8, 7, 8 arid 1 denote manner. 
Omit my 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6 and J am u preposition. 
Omit ray 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and I become n short poem. 
Omit ni) 3, 4, 6, 6, 7. 8 ami I urn a pronoun. 
Omit rny 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and I become an exclamation. 
Omit my 2, 3, 6, 6 and I am a planet. 
Mesopotamia, O., 1863. Crauncy. 
UTzT' Answer in two weeks. 
1. What bird, beheaded, becomes a vessel! 
2. What waterfowl, beheaded, becomes a garden imple¬ 
ment 7 
3. What animal, behe k -3, becomes a grain ? 
4. What small animal, beheaded, becomes a much larger 
one ? 
6. What animal, beheaded, becomes a favor 7 
6. What imaginary being, beheaded, becomes a real per¬ 
sonage 7 
7. W liat domestic bud, beheaded, becomes a wild bird 7 
8. What bird, beheaded, signifies trouble 7 
tfsf' Answer in two weeks. 
Mr first wings the skies from mom till night ; 
My seexmd, w hen used, drives a horse to flight 
My whole is a flower of exquisite blue, 
Whose beauty alone can vie with its hue. 
tTfUT Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 678. 
oompanionship with one whoso very breath must 
poison a virtuous woman’s ho til ! I lerein lay the 
impediment,—I felt her to lie unworthy. 
“She went from me of her own election,” l 
spoke resolutely, “ and until she repents of this 
act, and givos me true signs of repentance, I shall 
not go to her. When she is able to return, she 
will find the door open. If she enter, well; if 
not. the responsibility pf all that follows, rests 
done with her. The matter ia one of the gravest 
moment, and I shall treat it gravely, if she 
prefer other men's society to mine, we cannot live 
together as man and wife. The thing, to one of 
my feelings, is simply impossible. Another's duty 
might Ue in another direction; but mine does not. 
Marriage, in my regard, is too holy for this kind 
of profanation. I speak plainly, Doctor, and in 
a degree of confidence, that yon may understand 
my position in this painful affair. If you can 
help iny wife to see that she is standing on the 
brink of a precipice, she may be frightened, and 
move back. Disgrace may be avoided. But it 
is too late to restore peace of mind." 
He left me with a shadow of trouble on his 
line countenance, lie was my friend, and de- 
Answcr to Biographical Enigma:—A wise man some¬ 
times changes Iris opinion, but a fool never. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma - - Gen. Gustavas 
Adolphus ScroggB, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Answer to GrauimuticaJ Enigma:—Manitouline. 
Answerto Arithmetical Problem:—A paid $2,443 pr acre 
and got 122.8 acres nearly B paid $1,693 per acre aud 
got 177.2 acres nearly 
Answer to Anagram of Rivers:—1 Cumberland. 2 Rio 
de la Plata. 3 Sacramento. 4 A ppalachioola. 6 Euphra¬ 
tes. 0 St. Lawrence. 7 Danube. 8 Susquehanna. 
Cash Payment,. 
Payment in one year 
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It is somewhat singularly fitting that to the 
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is:—“ Positively .” 
At sixteen a woman prefers the best dancer in 
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thirty the richest man. 
“ 1 bo not say,” remarked Mr. Brown, “ that 
Jones is a thief, but 1 do say that if his farm 
joined mine I would not try to keep sheep.” 
“Shall I have your hand ?” said an exquisite 
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“Have you Goldsmith’s Greece?” asked a 
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Why is a lean dog like a man in meditation? 
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