MARCH 23 
©ORE’S RURAL MEW-YORKER. 
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CURIOUS SONG OF A LOVER TO HIS 
SWEETHEART. 
Your face, 
your tongue. 
your wit, 
So fair, 
so sweet. 
so sharp. 
First bent, 
then drew, 
then hit. 
Mine eye, 
mine ear, 
my heart. 
Mine eye. 
mine ear, 
mine heart, 
To like. 
to learn. 
to love. 
Your face, 
your tongue. 
your wit. 
Doth lead, 
dotii teach. 
doth move. 
Your face. 
your tongue. 
your wit, 
With beams. 
with sound. 
with art. 
Doth blind. 
doth charm. 
doth rule. 
Mine eye. 
mine ear. 
mine heart. 
Mine eye. 
mine ear, 
mine heart, 
With life, 
with hope, 
with skill, 
Your face. 
your tongue, 
your wit. 
Doth feed. 
doth feast, 
doth fill. 
O face! 
O tongue! 
O wit I 
With frowns, 
with check. 
with smart. 
Wrong not. 
vex not. 
wound not, 
Mine eye, 
mine ear, 
mine heart. 
This eye, 
this oar, 
this heart. 
Shall Joy, 
shall bend. 
shall swear, 
Your face. 
your tongue. 
your wit. 
To serve, 
to trust, 
to fear. 
The lines may be read cither from loft to right, or 
from abovo downwards. They may also be read in 
various directions. 
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A KISS. 
A kiss ! Me.thinks 'twere born in heaven. 
So full of bliss is kissing, 
I fain would closely close my eyes 
And fancy nectar from the skies 
Were flowing to these Ups of mine, 
While closely 'prost, my love, to thine. 
And least I lose the crowning bliss 
That may obtain from one sweet kiss, 
Again I closely close my eyes, 
And sip sweet nectar from the sates— 
Each link complete, not one were missing, 
So full of bliss my love were kissing ! 
ABOUT PETS-TO PARENTS. 
HOME 8URR0UNDINGS. 
In the proceedings of the Montgomery 
Co., Ohio, Horticultural Society, we ob¬ 
serve that Mrs. Major Knitz has been lec¬ 
turing the men on making the surroundings 
of home beautiful. Iu a late address oil 
“ Our Homes,” she sketched from her own 
observation what she saw of the surround¬ 
ings of Warwick Castle, in England, the 
magnificence of which can scarcely be con¬ 
veyed in language, and then of the home of 
Felicia Heiuans, a cottage known as the 
“Dove Nest,” made charming chiefly by the 
taste displayed in the grounds about it. She 
contended that there was no home that 
might not bo made beautiful by floral orna¬ 
mentation, and enforced it as a duty iucum- 
beut upon the poorest man. She dealt 
heavy blows upon a certain class of men who 
cut down lino old forest trees and build ex¬ 
pensive houses which blister in the sun for 
a generation. Examples of this kind were 
visible around Riohmond. Shadoless hous¬ 
es with bay windows, without porches, 
standing in ten-acre lots, broiling beneath 
the sun. Have we not many such about 
Day ton? Mrs. K. said that the money spent 
for the filthy weed would make the poor 
man's home a little pai'adise. She denounced 
the practice of whitewashing trees. Nat ure 
always supplied the proper colors. In her 
estimation it was as absurd as putting white 
pantalettes upon the legs of a bedstead. 
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A SECRET FOR WOMEN. 
Many women, who, before marriage, 
made it. their study to please t he eyes of the 
men they wished to marry, lose their affec¬ 
tion after marriage by carelessness in dress. 
Mon are fastidious in this matter. Even 
t hose who are careless in regard to their own 
appearance, take delight in seeing their 
wives neat, in their attire. They miss those 
coquettish garments, the neatly dressed 
hair, and all the thousand tasty and fanciful 
little articles with which young women 
adorn themselves, more than they would bo 
willing to allow. The neatness and order 
which charmed them, too often gives place 
to a slovenly morning grown, frowsy hair, 
slipshod and unlaced shoes, and the like. 
Men reason that they should have the same 
desire to please the man they have chosen 
after marriage as well as before it. The 
last new song loses its charm coming from 
ttie lips of a slattern. 
The poetry goes out of life at a glance, 
and the household loses its brightness. The 
wife who, on account of household cares, 
neglects her personal appearance, commits 
a grave mistake, which, too often, bears bit¬ 
ter fruit, and they see their husbands leave 
their society for that of others, without 
really knowing the cause, and most men are 
too proud to tell them. Let wonen always 
give the same care to their dress after mar¬ 
riage which they give it before, and not rush 
from the room to “dress up” only when 
t here is a prospect of “company.” Let them 
consider that that which gives them a charm 
in the eyes of their friends, has a like effect 
upon a husband, and they will see that he 
will not have so many pressing business 
calls “down town” in the evening, but will 
have the same delight’lu their society as in 
their days of courtship. 
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PRACTICAL WOMAN’S RIGHTS. 
The Estherville (Iowa) Vindicator thus 
tells how the women of that, village recently 
manifested their power and influence : 
Last night was one of the most, if not the 
most eventful night ever witnessed in Es¬ 
therville. The two saloons in this place had 
become obnoxious to some, and of that num¬ 
ber the women formed the greater, and, as 
it, has proved, by far the more resolute and 
Stronger portion. Muttering* have for some 
time been heard against the dealing out of 
intoxicating beverages. And last night the 
women of t his place, to the number of twen¬ 
ty-five—mothers, daughters and wives from 
the most worthy families of the place pro¬ 
ceeded, without warning, to the objects of 
their dislike, and after slight resistance of¬ 
fered at, the saloon, made quick and effective 
work in the demolition of casks, decanters, 
jugs, bottles, etc., and poured the contents 
into the street. For a distance of over a 
block t he gutter was swimming whisky, and 
the interiors of the saloons presented a scene 
of ruin that one seldom beholds in a com¬ 
munity. After completing the work they 
had set out to do, the ladies quietly re¬ 
turned to their homes. But they still mani¬ 
fest their determination to persevere iu this 
performance whenever it may become nec¬ 
essary. 
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HOW TO PUT CHILDREN TO BED. 
Not with a reproof for any of that day’s 
omission or commission. Take any other 
time but bed-time for that. If you ever 
heard a little creature sighing or sobbing in 
its sleep, you could never do this. Seal 
their closing eyelids with a kiss and a bless¬ 
ing. The time will come, all too soon, when 
they will lay their heads upon their pillows, 
lacking both. Let them at least, have this 
sweet memory of a happy childhood, of 
which no future sorrow or trouble can rob 
them. Give them their rosy youth. Nor 
need this involve wild license. The judi¬ 
cious parent will not so mistake my mean¬ 
ing. If you have ever met- the man ortho 
woman whose eyes have suddenly filled 
when a little child has crept trustingly to 
its mother’s breast, you may have seen one 
iu whose childhood’s home dignity and se¬ 
verity stood where love and pity should 
have been. Too ranch indulgence has ru¬ 
ined thousands of children; too much love 
not one .—Fanny Fan. 
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The highest and most characteristic glory 
of earthly beauty is to make us aspire to a 
heavenly one; and a woman is great in pro¬ 
portion to the ideal she suggests. 
It is the higbtof nearly every youth’s am¬ 
bition to possess some character of pets. 
There is nothing so valued as such by some, 
while others do not become naturally at¬ 
tached to them. 
Girls, as well as boys, should havo some 
kind of a pet. (I do not doubt but what 
some do consider themselves “ possessors of 
pets,” but uot the pctu 1 have reference to). 
Something to attract the attention of the 
youth from wearisome play, is what is neces¬ 
sary, and when a pet of some character is 
introduced t he child is “made happy again.” 
How pleasant it is to watch somclittlechild 
at play with a pet dog, cat, lamb, or even a 
doll. ’ 
There is something of deep interest in (he 
amusement, of children and their mode of 
amusement. Yet it is often overlooked by 
parents, who allow their children to grow 
up from infancy to childhood, from this to 
young men and womanhood, without even 
giving them the opportunities of amusing 
themselves with such as would both instruct 
and amuse them. 
Much is to be learned by associating with 
pets, for humanity to animals, and kind¬ 
ness, are cultivated in the child's heart. Be¬ 
sides, it accustoms the children to outdoor 
exercise, which is the free and profitable 
acoess to good health. Give the children 
pets to amuse themselves with, and there 
will be no difficulty iu their rising to a high 
standard of culture in the matter of kind¬ 
ness to dumb animals. 
Trusting these words will be duly noticed 
by parents, I submit them for their pe¬ 
rusal. B. 
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Jading for the foting. 
“ WHEN THE COWS COME HOME.” 
BY MRS. MAHY E. NEALY. 
I love the beautiful evening, 
When the sunset clouds are gold,— 
When the barn fowls seek a shelter, 
And the young lambs seek their fold: 
When the four o’clocks are open. 
And the swallows homeward come; 
When the horses quit their labors. 
And the cows come home. 
When the supper’s almost ready. 
And Johnny Is asleep, 
And 1. beside the cradle. 
My pleasant vigils keep. 
Sitting beside the window, 
Watching for *’pu” to come, 
While the soft hells gently tinkle 
As the cows come home. 
When the twilight and the sunlight 
In minglitigs hues are blent, 
I can sit and watch the shadows 
With my full heart all content; 
And 1 wish for nothing brighter, 
Amt I long no more to roam, 
When the twilight’s peace comes o’er me 
And the cows come home. 
I sen their shadows lengthen 
As they slowly cross the fields. 
And I know the food is wholesome 
Which their generous udder yields. 
More than the tropic’s fruitage— 
Than marble liall and dome— 
Are the blessings Unit surround me 
When the cows come home. 
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GRANDFATHER’S VISIT. 
Grandfather was a dour, good old man, 
who always camo to our Imuso two or three 
times a year, to pay mother a visit. He was 
an old-fashioned gentleman, with rosy 
cheeks, sparkling blue eyes, and white hair. 
He used to wear black velvet breeches, 
which fastened below the knao, and thus 
hold up a pair of liesh-colored stockings. 
He had queer, old-fushioucd shoes, with 
square toes, and big buckles. His presence 
in our house was always like agleam or sun¬ 
shine, tor he was sure to toll us strange sto¬ 
ries, anti usually he brought a box with him, 
full of bonbons, cakes, preserved fruits, ami 
sweet things, good to eat, which he bought 
in the city where he lived. 
If you look at the picture on pago 301 you 
will se me, us I used to be when T was a 
little*gfrl, standing in front of Grandfather, 
waiting for him to open his box. It is just 
in the edge of the evening, and Gretchen 
is coming in with a waiter, on which there 
is a lighted candle, a cup of tea, a pitcher of 
milk, and a bowl of sugar. My little brother 
FlUTZ is iu front of Gretchen, with Grand¬ 
father’s long Turkish pipe iu his hand, for 
ho knows very well that after tea the old 
gentleman will want a quiet smoke. Out of 
doors the rain is coming down, bo you see 
leaning against, the chest of drawers, Grand¬ 
father's blue-cotton umbrella. Seated in 
his big chair, he is just ready t-o open the 
long-looked-for box. Even Snow Drop, the 
little King Charles Spaniel dog, expects to 
get a mouthful of something good to eat, so 
lie has put, his paws on to Grandfather’s 
knee, and is wagging his tail, waiting for 
the box to open. 
“ What a greedy dog you are! ” I exclaim. 
“How the lid to this box sticks,” says 
Grandfather. 
Then he spreads the napkin on his knee, 
and tries to open it again. 
“Here am I, coming with your pipe,” 
shouts Frit/.. 
“Oh! do tell me what is iu the box? ” 
Then Snow Drop, that’s the dog, barks 
one sharp, short bark, ho is so anxious to 
see a mouse hop out of the box. 
Finally, the lid comes oil', and we have 
such a Jolly time eating all the ginger snaps, 
the coeoanut cakes, the tarts, the red sugar 
hearts, the sugar strawberries, the doll 
doughnuts, and rosy oheeked lady apples. 
We spread them on the table, and draw 
up our high chairs, and sit down with 
Grandfather, helping him eat his supper. 
Then he tells us a story of how he used to 
do when he was a little boy; all about, the 
Indians, and shooting deer in the woods, 
and bciug chased by wolves when he went 
to the mill to get some seed-corn to plant, 
and a great many other things, after which 
we kiss the sweet old man good night, and 
jump into bed. And this is the story of 
Grandfather’s Visit. 
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OUR LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
Willie C. B. P, of Chicago, Ill., asys; 
“ 1 have a squirrel. One of the hired men 
on a farm at Waukegan caught it. on the 
trunk of a tree. I brought it home with 
me, to the city, and now it is very tume. 
It will sit on top of one's head and eat corn 
or any thing else it likes. It will run all 
over you. Once it went into my pocket 
after corn. One night my father caught its 
head in the crack of a door; wo thought it 
was dead; we sprinkled water on it, and 
my uncle poured camphor on his hands, and 
rubbed them together to make it strong, and 
held them over its nose and it sneezed, but 
did not upon its eyes for several days. 
When it recovered it, seemed to bo as wild 
as when 1 first had It, and we had to tame 
it again. The morning of t he “great fire” 
we were carrying it out in the cage, and it 
got out, but. we caught it. While crossing 
the street, after leaving the house it 
got, out again and ran under my mother’s 
shawl, and 1 caught it. Now we have it 
safe in our room. We have taken the RU¬ 
RAL New-Yorker two years and like it 
very much.” 
Mattie W., of William sport, Pa., says; 
“ Maybe some of the girls will like to take 
impressions of pretty ferns and grasses, and 
if they do, l will tell them how. After they 
are gathered, press them carefully; and 
when well pressed, arrange them as grace¬ 
fully as possible on a piece of white card- 
hoard- Fix them at one or t wo points with 
pins, driving them as short a distance in as 
you can, for fear of perforating the card¬ 
board until it will show. Take a soft, tooth¬ 
brush ami wet it. and rub India ink upon 
it; draw it carefully over the back of a 
knife b I ail e, or one prong of a hair-pin, so 
as to Spatter /ini' black dots all over the rx- 
iosed portion of the paper. You can make 
l any shade of gray you like, from very 
light to almost black. 'When you unpin the 
grasses and remove them, you will be sur¬ 
prised at the perfect, little beauty you have 
made by such simple means. 
“I wish ‘Wild Rose’ would correspond 
with me.” 
Lydia <), of Tilton, Georgia, says:—“ Wo 
are. not very fancy folks, we alt work. We 
milk two cows; we have two little heifer 
calves; they are very gentle. I have not 
got, any nets but the littl© Calves and the 
little birds. The birds are nearly t ame. I 
go to school awhile, and then I stay at homo 
and work a while. My papa is a great man 
for work and honesty.'mid l am inclined to 
be like him. I have got a trap; I caught 15 
partridges in it , 2 doves, 2 field larks, and I 
set all the small tribe free. We do not havo 
any servants, we do our work ourselves. I 
have not read the Ruhai. through this week, 
but will finish it this evening. 1 think it is 
the most interesting paper my papa takes.” 
Homer H, says:—’ 1 1 live in Albion, Erie 
Cq., Pennsylvania. My father takes your 
sapor, and likes it, very much. 1 always 
ook at the poultry part about, the first 
thing. As to Frank, the nut gatherer, 1 
think my brother and I beat him a little 
on the chestnuts, as we got one and one-half 
bushclB, off our own farm, too. My brother 
and T have lots of fun leading calves; but it 
isn't so much fun to take a yearling, as one 
gets jerked so much. In our yard there are 
several mountain ash shrubs, and into one 
of them we have grafted a pear cion, and it 
is growing nicely.’’ 
<$Ive filthier. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS. No. 12. 
£3?-“ Answer in two weeks. 
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BIBLICAL ENIGMA,—No. 1. 
I am composed of twenty-four letters. 
My 1, ", 18, 23 was an ancient drink. 
My 4, 30,14, 17 was an ancient plain. 
My 5,19,13, 9 was an ancient, prince. 
My (5, 22, 15,10 was an ancient coin. 
My 10,13, 17, fl was an ancient, rook. 
My 14, 5, 3, 13 was an ancient flower. 
My 19,30, 8,10 was an ancient plant. 
My 21, 17,11, hi was an ancient measure. 
My 24,23,2, It was an ancient, mountain. 
My whole Is part of a verso iu the Bible. 
iSfr Answer In two weeks. Isola. 
DECAPIT ATION S.—No. 2- 
Whole, I am to force; behead me and I am 
to draw ; again, I am what farmers often need, 
again, and I arn a preposition, 
J2T" Answer in two weeks. f. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-March 9. 
PUZZLE NO. 2,— 
c 
The 
Whilo 
Chicago 
Scare 
Age 
O 
Cross-W oan Enigma No. 3.—Door. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 10.—Empty vessels give 
the greatest sounds. 
Aunt I’liebt:'* Anagrams and Buried Cities, in 
Rural of Feb. 2t, are thus answered: 
Anagrams of Pedim ana. — 1. Chimpanzee: 2, 
Orang-Outang : 3, Agile ilihhon ; 4, Entcllus ; 5, Man¬ 
drill ; 6, Marmosets; 7, Huflled Lemur. 
Buried Cities in Wisconsin.—1, Berlin ; 2, Rlpon, 
3, sparta; 4, Warsaw: 5, Waupun; t>, Green Bay ; 7, 
Shawno. 
