the good act I have done. I did it in ignorance; 
now I know what 1 have dune. I did it in ignor¬ 
ance, and did not know I did good, but by giving 
me this medal I know it!" How great is that 
instinctive grandeur of soul which does good and 
yet does not know it! We unite agree with Dr. 
Wilson that the red man is one of our greatest 
ethnological mysteries. Did lie come from Eu¬ 
rope? Has he, too, Norse blood in his veins?— 
Electic Review. 
many pleasant things about you. Every one of 
these flowers ought to beget something corres¬ 
pondingly beautiful in the mind of one who is so 
constantly with them." 
“ Do they make you think better, Charley? 
Hero, let this help you—this Queen of Flowers. 
It is my favorite.” 
“Well it may be, Tom; it is the fairest and 
sweetest of flowers. Did you ever look at one of 
Us leaves, or a section of one, through a micro¬ 
scope?” 
“No; nor do I desire to do so; give me a gar¬ 
den of roses. That bush, or rather tree, yonder; 
for 1 have trained it like a tree, with its bursting 
buds and blossoms in full bloom, for instance; 
there is something to worship—something to 
think of, 1 reckon. Charley; and one does not 
need the microscope to help him, either,— I do 
not, at any rate.” 
“No, no, Tom; but it helps, wonderfully, in 
giving us an idea of the delicacy of the leaf, the 
wonderful touches of Nature's paint-brush, and 
its marvelous construction. But, talking of trees, 
I remember reading” - 
“0, fudge! Now Charley, can’t we get along 
withou t books once? I despise them — the whole 
of them!” 
“ Despise them! Why don’t you read books 
that fell you all about flowers? — especially such 
as give you their names and history? I should 
think you would enjoy them all the more for 
knowing about their origin and nature.” 
“ I don’t know but I should, but I haven’t any 
patience to study,— I do not find any too much 
time to cultivate flowers, lot alone studying 
books about them. 1 love flowers, Charley, 
but I do not like books. But forgive me; I am 
curious to know what you were going to say 
about them,—I will try and not be so rude 
again.” 
“0,1 am not offended, Tom. But I remem¬ 
ber reading what some one saw in one of the 
gardens in Persia, which, you know, is called a 
1 Land of Roses.’ ” 
“No, I did not know It. 
are so abundant there?" 
“ Abundant!—yes, and they grow to the great¬ 
est perfection there. Why, they have a festival 
there, annually, called the Feast of Roses, which 
continues during the whole blooming season. It 
is said by some writer, that their gardens ana 
courts are crowded with rose plants, their rooms 
ornamented wnft vases filled with boquets of 
roses, and every path is strewed with roses in 
full bloom." 
They must have good soil in Persia, if such 
roses can be grown there.” 
““ They have, without, doubt; for a good rose 
cannot be grown on poor soil, can it, Tom?” 
“No, indeed; but what about those trees you 
had read about? ” 
“ 0, I remember reading somewhere what an. 
English gentleman, who visited Persia, said ho 
saw there in one of the palace gardens.” 
“What did he say?” 
“ Here, hold on! I believe I have got it some¬ 
where In my note-book. Ah! here it is. He 
says:— 1 1 was struck with the appearance of two 
rose trees full fourteen feet high, laden with thou¬ 
sands of flowers, in every degree of expansion, 
of a bloom and delicacy of fragrance that im¬ 
bued the whole atmosphere with exquisite per¬ 
fume,’ It strikes me, Tom, that rose trees fourteen 
feet high, covered with thousands of flowers, 
would be something worth looking at. At any 
rate, I thought the statement worth remember¬ 
ing." 
“Yes, sir! Why, I did not suppose the rose 
had any such history—did not know that it grew 
like that” 
“ But, Tom, I cannot understand why you do 
not search after these things—seek to know 
. more of flowers, their origin, history and habits 
. In other countries. The more we know of a 
. plant the greater the interest with which we look 
. upon it wherever we find it. Why, I hare 
> scarcely opened the first leaf of the history of the 
> rose, to you. See that white rose! How deli- 
i cate! How sweet; and, by the way, Tom, did 
you ever read anything about how the rose got 
its color? 
“ now itgotits color? why no; I didnotsuppose 
, it was necessary t.o read to find that out — I sup- 
t posed it was natural.” 
i- “So it is, Tom, said Charles, laughing, “but’ 
. there are some pretty theories about it which 
poets indulge in; for yon know the rose is a 
favorite flower with poets.” 
i “ I know! No, Jiang U all — I believe I don’t 
know auythlng. Here, yon flattered me the 
. other day that I could tench you in a garden, and 
I had the vanity to suppose that I could; but I’ve 
^ been the learner and you the teacher all the 
morning.” 
: “ Never mind, Tom, you are to teach me the 
practice yet, if you do not know so much about 
the history and theory.” 
“ Well, 1 am not so sure about that; but what 
about the origin of the different colored roses? ” 
“ 0, it is only a poetical fancy, of course; but 
” such associations help to perpetuate Ibe interest 
s we feel in flowers. But, Tom, I was to stay only 
an hour this morning. Father is going away, 
t- and I must be at home. But if you will bring 
d over a boquet, made of the different roses you 
a have, we will talk about them any time you 
it choose.” 
e “I am sorry you must go; but I will be over 
g there with a boquet, you may be sure. You 
k have startled my ideas about flowers not a little, 
d I am going to know something about them, sir.” 
e “Hope you will; well, good morning, 
e “Good morning.” 
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1. There’s a soft light that beatns irom the 
2. There’s a bright golden stream that re 
3. From the mind it oft beams, from the 
THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE MILE, 
tiniest gems 
splendently gleams 
eye it oft gleams 
By constructing a canal about three-fourtha of 
a mile in length, from Big Stone Lake to Lake 
Traver, steamboats from St. Paul could navigate 
both the Minnesota River and the Red River of 
the North to Lake Winnipeg, a distance of seven 
hundred miles! The country traversed by these 
rivers is surpassingly fertile, and capable of sus¬ 
taining a dense population. Lake Winnipeg is 
larger than Lake Ontario, aud receives the Sas- 
katch-a-wan River from the west. The Sas- 
kutch-a-wun River is navigable to a point (Ed¬ 
monton House) near the Rocky Mountains, seven 
hundred miles west, of Lake Winnepeg, and only 
one hundred and fifty miles oast of the celebrated 
gold diggings on Frazer River, Ill British Colum¬ 
bia. The digging of that one mile of canal would, 
therefore, enable a steamboat at New Orleans to 
pass into Lake Winnipeg, and from thence to 
Edmonton House, some 6,000 miles! A bill has 
been introduced into the Senate, which makes 
provision for the building of the canal. 
Probably in the world there cannot be found a 
spot across which the digging so short a canal 
would effect a result so prodigious. And, what 
is also equally remarkable, the ground between 
the two lakes is so low and level, that it is said 
the water flows in times of freshets irom one to 
the other.— Washington Chronicle . 
That are set in the deep azure 
From the glo - ri - ous king of the 
And it comes from the throne of our 
cheer the dark night 
vi - o - let dwells 
silver cord’s riv’n 
There they pour forth their light, and to 
And it enters deep dells where the 
’Twill be found there in heav’n when th< 
r Empire Collection op Mime for Public Worship, 
Choirs, Musual Conventi, m«, Awocfotiori*. and lileiiien- 
{wy and advanced Sinking Schools To which ii prefixed 
Jratxsox’a Syatim for Instructing Singing Classes, Train 
ing Choirs. and Mu<ical Automations. By A N Joii.n 
SOX, Author of the Bay State Collection, Metodia Sacra, 
Hiudel Collection, Key- urne Collection, American Choir, 
■ • «- " l-*, iriKtrncUona in Harmony, 
V. U. Robinson. Rochester: 
Chicago: 11. M. Higgins. 
They seem with each other to 
Driving darkness and gloom far a 
And our bodies laid loW ’neath the 
Instructions in thorough Ha- 
,\c &c. Groton, N Y.: U. 
Adams & Dabney. f~ „ 
e recently a brief notice of the above work, but 
thorough examination, deem it worthy of a 
Though not a professor of mu- 
,[ C( (and conscquemly not warranted in giving an opinion 
on all the nice points,) we feel justified iu claiming for 
this book an elevated position In the catalogue of musical 
literature. We have never met with a “system” of in¬ 
struction anywhere that came any nearer, if as near, our 
idea of perfection, as Mr .loirxtuix’s, which he gives in 
ins Empire Otieetion. The different Departments and 
Divisions of Marie are so clenriy explained to the learner, 
and directions so explicitly detailed to the teacher, that 
much of the fog must vanish if Mr. J.’s system is strictly 
adhered to. He believes in teaching nnmc as a science— 
not teaching it in the shape of a few tunes—as is so often 
the ease with many who pretend to know a great deal 
more about the manner of giving instructions in music, 
than their success warrants people In believing. Ilis ad¬ 
vice to leaders in vocal music, to advanced singers, aasoci- 
: iations, and singing-schools and classes, is well worthj\of 
being taken anil carried out. The CoUectim contains 
mauy superb Anthems atid Choruses, with interludes in¬ 
terspersed, and solos, duets, trios, aud quartet* for all the 
varieties of the human voice. It also luia a very fine Ciuitatu 
for large choirs or assemblies of experienced singers. 
Among the large number of tunes for church service, arc 
quite a goodly number of old ones—such as the grand¬ 
parents of the present generation praised Gon With in the 
plain country meeting house, log school-house or brim— 
before the Creator was worshiped with church organs, 
accompanied by a few opera singer- a la Italian. Yankee 
Boodle, with variations, is very tine sometimes, and in some 
pku es; but, as near as we can judge from the book, Mr. 
JoiixsoX prefers a different style of music for the church 
—a kind of music that will lift the soul heavenward, in¬ 
tend of producing a disposition to compliment the slDg- 
ers with a hearty encore. We recommend the book to the 
consideration of the public, believing it every tray entitled 
to a fair trial. Sold by Arams Dabney. 
BIRD'S SENSE OF DANGER. 
Why? because they 
Wk gav 
after a more 
still higher compliment 
The power of judging of actual danger, and 
free and easy boldness which results front it, are 
by no means uncommon. Many birds seem to 
have a most correct notion of a gun’s range, and, 
while scrupulously careful to keep beyond it, 
confine their care to this caution, though the 
most obvious resource would be to fly right away 
out of sightand hearing which they do not choose 
to do. And they sometimes appear to make oven 
an ostentatious use of their power, fairly putting 
their wit and cleverness in antagonism to that of 
man, for the benefit Of their fellows. I lately 
read an acount, by a naturalist in Brazil, of an 
expedition he made to one of the islands of the 
Amazon to shoot, spoon-bills, ibises, and other of 
the magnificent grallatorial birds, which were 
most abundant there. 11 is design was completely 
baffled, however, by ft wretched little sand-piper 
lhat preceded him, continually uttering his tell¬ 
tale cry, which aroused all the birds within 
hearing. Throughout the day did this individual 
continue its self-imposed duty of sentinel of 
others, effectually preventing the approach of the 
fowler to the game, aud yet managing to keep 
out of the range of his gun.— (fosse's Romance of 
Natural History. 
pl^y OctftTCf. 
There’s a sil - very light which the emptess of night 
There’s a light that’s more pure and will longer endure 
From the mind it oft beams, from the eye it oft gleams 
hours 
stars’ 
God; 
earth to dispel da-ksome 
sun’s, or the moon’s, or the 
comes from the throne of our 
Sheds on 
Than the 
And it 
flowerets 
dazzles 
But it shineth not there where the 
It is Wisdom’s pure light; and it 
’Twill be found there in heav’n when the silver cord’s riv’n 
MOISTURE IN THE AIR, 
Hid a - way in yon hat - cyon 
Though it beameth on us from a 
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And our bodies laid low ’neath the 
shineth not there where the flowerets are 
Wisdom’s pure light;.and it dazzles the sight, 
’Twill be found there in heav’n when the silver cord’s riv’n 
Africa* HcsmsG from Natal to the Zamubsi— iu 
eluding Lake Ngaini, the Kalahari Desert, etc., from 
1852 to 1800 By William Charles Baldwin. With 
Illustrations by Jambs Wolf and J.B.Zwkokkk. [12ino. 
—pp. 307 ] New York: Harper & Brothers. 
This is a capital book in both mutter aud manner—clev¬ 
erly written, aud printed and illustrated iu the best style of 
the famous publishers whose imprint it bears. Though 
smaller than some works on Africa, it contains much in¬ 
teresting information in additiou to what is implied by the 
title. The details of hunting exeursious—including hair 
breadth ’scapes, dangers and exposures, successes and de¬ 
feats in pursuit of game—occupy most of the volume, and 
will be read with avidity by all fond of sporting uarrativea 
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CHARLES RIVERS AND HIS THOUGHTS 
bowers 
far. 
Hid a - way in yon hal - cyon 
Though it beameth on us from a 
NUMBER FIVE. 
And our bodies 
Books Received, 
only because he has tested the veracity of his 
white brother and found it wanting, but because 
almost everything communicated must be op¬ 
posed to his wall of fixed ideas. But he pos¬ 
sesses an instinctive grace and grandeur of soul. 
What a pretty story is that which Catlin tolls of 
tho Pawnee who rescued the poor girl of some 
hoBtllo tribe from the stake, to whom some 
ladies of New York sent the medal wuth the 
letter: —“Brother, accept this token of our 
esteem; always wear it for our sake?, and when 
you have the power to save a poor woman, think 
of this and us, and fly to her relief!” and the 
answer, so thoroughly red Indian:—“Sisters, 
this will give me care more than ever I had, and 
I will listen to white men. I am glad I heard of 
[Most of the works named below will be noticed in 
future numbers of the Rural— as soon as we can give 
them proper examination.—E il] 
Grape Cci.tcrb, Wives axd Wine Making. With Notes 
upon Agriculture and Horticulture By A Hakaszthv, 
Commissioner to Report on the Improvement and Cul¬ 
ture of tiic Vine in California. With Numerous Illus¬ 
tration*. (8vo.—pp. 420.J New York: Harper & Bra’s, 
—1803. Rochester—S tkklk & Avery. 
Madge: or, Night and Morning By H. G. B. [12mo.— 
Pp. 407 ] New York: D. Appleton & Co. Roc)iester— 
Steele & Avert. 
Snyu’8 Lovers. A Novel. By Mrs. Gabrri.l, author 
of “Mary Barton,” “North and South,’’ “A Dark 
Night’s Work," etc. [8vo.—pp. 175.J New York: Har- 
per & Brothers. Rochester— Steele & Avery. 
The Scarlet Flower. A Novel. By Pierre Egan, 
Lsq., author of “Imogene," “Lady Maude,” “Flower 
of the Rock,” etc. [8vo.—pp. 178.] New York: Dick 
& Fitzgerald. 
THE RED INDIANS OF AMERICA. 
We have often thought of tho death of Mah-lo- 
tah-pe, (the four bears,) who recovered from the 
disease, and sat in his wigwam, and saw his 
whole tribe and family die around him, then 
covered them with rushes, and went to the hill 
determined to starve himself to-death, remained 
there six days, crept back to the gloom of his 
wigwam, laid down by the side of his dead, and 
died after nine days’ abstinence from food. The 
red man regards the white as an essential and 
undoubted liar; probably, we may hope, not 
It is more shameful to distrust onr friends than 
to be deceived by them. 
In great things a mau appears as he. chooses; 
in little things he appears as he is. 
One clear and distinct idea is worth a world of 
misty ones. Gain one clear, distinct truth, and 
it becomes a centre of light. 
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