JULY 20 
MOQBE’S BUBAL NEW-YOBKEB. 
Judies’ |doi|t-(<folil). 
A PICTURE PAINTED IN MAY. 
BY 1*. C. E. 
PICTURE it farm-house, old und red. 
Girt ’round by many n. barn and shed, 
Sheltered by drooping, willow trees. 
The yellow stems set thick with leaves; 
Bordered by fields, some brown and bare. 
Some with the green u( wheat made fair. 
A well near by, whose creaking sweep 
Hangs over a pool, both eoul arid deep; 
With an ancient poplar near the rail. 
That shivers and sighs in its coat of mail, 
Touched here anil there, by a Hake of snow, 
Blown from some odorous appla blow. 
Set in the grass are dartodils, 
Red and a bite daisies, and trim jonquils. 
Tulips and primroses, violets blue, 
Old-time herbs, rosemary and me. 
A purpling lilac shading the door, 
Where stands in the sunshine a girl, aged four. 
A wee, little maid, with hair red brown, 
And dusky eyes, that look shyly down ; 
Her soft, round cheeks, sun-touched and bright. 
With the Hush of young blood’s crimson light. 
She holds I he hand of a lady fair, 
Who has eyes like the child, but has yellow hair. 
Tender and pure is that woman's face, 
Full of beauty and winsome grace ; 
Hut the brooding look in her wide, dark eyes. 
That tolls rtf a mind grown sweetly wise ; 
That tells of a heart that is great and true ; 
is the i/I of this picture, i paint for you. 
A TALK ON HOME AFFAIRS, 
Including the Means and Modes of House¬ 
keepers. 
Going into a neighbor’s one morning, I found 
the wile and mother in tours, her housework all 
undone, and her children unwashed and un¬ 
combed around her. “.Mis. H.," she began, as 
soon as she could choke back her sobs to speuk, 
“you could not have done me n greater Injury 
than you have In presenting our family with 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker." 
“ How is this?" I exclaimed, in some surprise. 
“It is Just- Oils! There are ho many women 
writing of the amount of housework they eari 
do, their hills of fare, their wonderful exploit's 
in working and keeping everything In such per¬ 
fect order, ami doing all their work so precise, 
that my husband is constantly scolding me 
whenever he comes into the house, and con¬ 
tinually referring me to Hie smart women of 
I he Rubai., until I am In such despair that 1 
don't care whether 1 do my work or not, and I 
hate tiie very sight of that paper.” 
T fear this Is not the only one who feels dis¬ 
couraged, and while there are those who do not 
put so dark a face upon the matter, I It now there 
arc those who tool some indignation (as well as 
myself) upon Hie subject, ft is utterly impossi¬ 
ble for nil to follow a course marked mil by one 
housekeeper. A wife with » good home, aud 
wcil-fUled purse, t un do very different from one 
who by true economy and much deprivation is 
helping her hard-laboring husband to secure a 
home. 
The good ItURAb is not wholly confined to 
those with homes and well-tilled purses, but it 
reaches many good and refined people who are 
struggling hard lo secure homes. Mrs. M. N. 
R.’s bill of fare, which as yet. lias reached only 
to Monday’s tea, I fear at the end of it month 
would make a grocery bill which would deepen 
the. furrows of Hie hard-working husband’s 
face, and cause a sigh of despair as lie thought 
of the many ways for his month's earnings to 
go. Many of us have but one platter; and we 
are thankful when we can get a fine roast or 
steak to put upon it. and do not question Its 
size—for the time may come, perhaps (if we are 
prudent), when we can have our choice as to 
sizes and quality. 
Any woman of rollnement and taste (and most 
women are so) will endeavor lo make her table 
as inviting as possible, even though she has but 
salt and potatoes h> place thereon. M. N. It. id- 
ways has clean table-cloths; perhaps her little 
ones never soil them, else she has a clean one In 
reserve for each meal, in which case at the end | 
of the week she has twenty-one, with napkins 
added. These, with the clothing necessarily 
soiled during the week, must make the washing 
immense. Wo think she must t>e a being created 
of different material from the rest of us, if she 
could accomplish this washing, together with 
all the halting she claims to have done, and the 
pains-taking, and much cooking of each meal 
during the day. Some of us may not have a 
table-cloth for each meal, though our taste and 
refinement might desire it, If our purses and 
our single hands could afford and accomplish it. 
We are most of us fond of flowers for our table, 
bid one pair of hands are not always at liberty 
to prepare them. 
Suppose we arise id four o'clock in the morn¬ 
ing (as many ol' our good housewives do), id the 
least. We have our beds to shake up for airing, 
floors to sweep, chickens to feed, llowor beds 
to water and weed (for most poor people love 
flowers), hair to comb, breakfast to get us early 
as possible for the husband cannot be behind 
time, —children to wash, dress and comb, and 
many ol her steps to take, which every good and 
prudent wife finds to do, before breakfast; and 
sometimes our one pair of hands cannot accom¬ 
plish all, and thus some of the little attentions 
which we loye to bestow upon our table and 
person tiro neglected, to our o\Vu regret. And < 
the good farmer's wife has many things in addi¬ 
tion to Hie above to do. My neighbor's homo ( 
and surroundings may not be as convenient as 
mine; thus she cannot accomplish as much as I 
in consequence. Another neighbor has things 
far more plenty and handy than 1 i cannot 
equal her, to try my best. Why repineV Ido 
Hie best 1 can with my menus to do with. 
Wives and mothers, do not.he discouraged! 
Our cares and burdens vary; uvir strength is 
not equal to our means; tastes and talents differ. 
Sumo of us lim e had wlso and good mothcre, who 
have taught us true economy; others have not 
been so favored. Suppose one neighbor does 
set her table with a variety of tempting viands, 
and in the mosl t rim order, her husband may or 
may no! afford II, it wo choose to take our dish 
of bread and milk, or bread and butler with a 
dish of I'ruff, alter tilling our husband’s dinner- 
basket with a frugal meal, what. Is the harm? 
Our bread is sweet and light, ouv fruit always 
delicious, and we feel repaid when husband 
learns lo bis glad surprise that we have already 
paid the grocer?; bill Willi the few dollars he left 
in our keeping tu use as we should choose. His 
lace brightens; he wonders how we could do so 
well with so lillle, and with a happy smile says, 
“ My dear dear wife, we shall soon lia\ e a home, 
with your prudence and economy." More than 
I Ids, it gives us more lime for mental culture, 
which is little enough, ill best, lo those who t’ecl 
a longing for something more satisfactory and 
higher than the mere eating, drinking and dress¬ 
ing. It is best each should direct her own house¬ 
hold us seems lies! adapted I o her eireimistanecs. 
Do not try to mark out a path for others, it is so 
utterly impossible for all to follow therein, 
I f we discover a better method of doing work, 
pr imdorstand how to conk ivrll and with econ¬ 
omy, let us Impart it to others that they may 
profit thereby—for if we attempt more than 
this, we create sorrow, discord and contention. 
I think we all intend to be good economists and 
prudent wives. Mus. O. F. H. 
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NELLIE GRANT AND THE QUEEN. 
The following letters show how Nellie Grant 
caniM to pay a visit to the Queen : 
1- a so lev's Hotel, May, 1872. 
Mil l)tuir IjiVluawi Qt iii'ii: 1 mu embarrassed 
ill the honor of an ollieial request, given I hrough 
a high officer (your Lord t’lianiberiMU, I think), 
to be presented to your Majesty. I should dear¬ 
ly love lo see you. that 1 might tell my mother 
and father that I nave been thus honored. I am 
bill « simple American girl ; that ( am the Pres¬ 
ident's daughter gives me no claim to your re¬ 
cognition as a sovereign. If, with Hie kind lady 
who I- acting as ray chap> raai\ I tnlglii v inil you, 
I .should lie very glad. Our Secretary of Lega¬ 
tion hints . 1 1 some political “ignltleanei- in this 
opportunity. I ctHUlot so interpret it-and would 
mil wish to he so received, because it would nol 
be right, as 1 tun nothing In American politics, 
and f am sure my flitted' wpuld nui desire me to 
appear other than as my simple arid very hum- 
bje self. If, with till*explanation,your Majeslj 
will allow me to visit you, I shall be greatly hon¬ 
ored anil be very proud, 
I have written tills note of my own motion mid 
because I think il Hie rigid thing to do, lain 
your Majesty’s v ery obedient servant and ml 
wlrer, Neeme Grant, 
The following autograph letter was received 
hy Miss Nellie from her Majesty the Queen, and 
the visit took place at Hie time Indicated, and 
was very informal and pleasant: 
Windsor Caster. 
Mix* Nellie. (Irani I have instructed f.ady 
-to convey to you this note, and we shall re¬ 
ceive you as the daughter of your honorable 
parents without, the intervention of our high 
officers of State. I shall it wept your visit as an 
" American girl, and there shall lie no other 
significance in the fact than your kindly express¬ 
ed desire to see Hie lady and nol the sovereign. 
I shall find it pleasant to forgot t hat I am Queen 
in receiving you to. morrow afternoon at our 
palace of Windsor. Victoria. 
^flatting fcu[ the ||omtg. 
A WORD FOR THE CHILDREN. 
Om.nRE.v, make your mother happy, 
Make her sing Instead of sigh : 
For the mournful hour of parting 
May bo very, very nigh. 
Children, make your mother happy ; 
Many griefs she linn to bear; 
And she wearies ’neuth her burdens - 
Can you not, those burdens share? 
Children, make your mother happy; 
Prompt obedience cheers the heart. 
While u wilful disobedience 
Pierces like a poisoned dart. 
Children, make your mother happy ; 
On her brow tfm lines of care 
Deepen dally don't you see them ? 
While your own are smooth and fill:. 
Children, make your mother happy ; 
For tionoath the cotfiii-IUi 
All too soon her fuee, so saint like, 
Shall for ever more be hid. 
Bitter (.ears and self-upbraldings 
Cannot bring her haek again ; 
And remorseful memories 
Are a legacy of pain, 
Oh, begin to-day, dear children, 
Eist.cn when clear mother speaks ; 
Render quick and sweet obedience ; 
For your highest good she seeks— 
1 .OV 08 you better than all others— 
For your sake herself denies; 
She is patient, prayerful, tender, 
Gentle, thoughtful, true and wise. 
Never, while you live, dear children. 
Though you search the rounded earth, 
Will you find a mend more taithful 
Than the one who gave you birth. 
[ < hristian Observer. 
GOOD WORDS. 
A singee word may disquiet an entire family 
for a whole day. One surly glance casts a 
gloom over the household; while a smile, like a 
gleam of sunshine, may light up (ho darkest 
and weariest hours. Like unexpected flowers 
which spring up along our path, full of fresh¬ 
ness, fragrance and beuufy, so the kind words, 
and gentle arts, aud sweet: dispositions, make 
glad the homes where peace and blessings dwell. 
No mailer how bumble the abode, if it be thus 
garnished with grace aud sweetness, with kind¬ 
ness and smiles, the heart will turn laughingly 
toward It from all the tumults of the world, und 
home, if it be over so homely, will be the dearest 
spot beneath the circuit of the sun. 
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INTERESTING TO THE SEX. 
The ladies of Osage, Iowa, have a Homo Hus¬ 
band Club, 
St. PETERSBURG has a prominent female law¬ 
yer in one Madame Kriotzoff. 
A BUFFALO woman has made $2,500 this season 
from her two-acre strawberry patch. 
Mazzini’S large fortune will be inherited by 
his grand-niece, who is an art critic on a daily 
paper at Turin. 
Bishop Ames of the Methodist Church con¬ 
siders the separate education of the sexes a relic 
of barbarism.. 
Niesson is to Bing in St. Petersburg and Mos¬ 
cow from November to February. She will re¬ 
ceive therefor £8,000, 
Ik a young lady wishes it young gentleman to 
kiss her what papers would she mention? No 
Spectator , no Obw-mr, but as many Tqije* qs you 
please. 
water and began to sink. His elder brother saw 
him, und run to save him, hill, lacking strength or 
skill, ho itl-o sank to Hie bottom of the river. 
As the two drowning brothers rose to the sur¬ 
face for the hist, time, they sawn Hill'd brother, 
the youngest of the family, running down the 
bank for 1 ho purpose of trying to save lliein. 
Then It was that the nine-year-old acted the part 
of a hero. Struggling as lie was with death, lie 
gathered all Ills strength, and cried to Ids broth¬ 
er on shore, “ Don't come in, or father will lose 
all ids hoys al once! ’* 
Noble little follow! though dying, he forgot 
himself, and thought only ol Ids father's grief. 
He was a genuine hero. IHs brother obeyed his 
dying com maud, and was spared to comfort his 
father when his two dead sous were taken from 
the river clasped in each others arms. N da ted. 
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DROWNED! BOYS, BE CAREFUL! 
When you go to swim do not lake any risks. 
There are so many sad eases of death of boys by 
drowning this year that we deem this caution 
necessary. We have Just lieurd of the death of 
Marry Strung of Buchanan, Mleli, a bright 
boy of twelve years, a reader and contributor to 
the Uiikae. Ho you see lie is one of our family. 
He went with another boy to Hie river to bathe, 
and, not being able lo swim, got swept beyond 
his depth, and in a l'ew moments after leaving 
his loving mother was carried to her lifeless. So 
went out a bright, promising life. Boys, ho 
cautious when you go into or near water. 
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Can our young friends And all Hie letters of 
the alphabet In these four lines? 
“ God gives the grazing ox Ills nipot ; 
He quickly hears the sheep's low ory ; 
But man, who tastes his finest wheat, 
Should joy to lift his praises high.” 
STORIES ABOUT PETS. 
BY aunt 0. 
I have read much about the pets of little 
Rural readers. Now, it is all very well to have 
some things which we love more than others, 
but does not. show a vvell-hulaiieod mind to be¬ 
stow all our care and attention on one or two 
objects to the exclusion of Others. Sometimes 
father and mother, to ol hers and sisters arc neg- 
leetod, and love undonresaes are bestowed upon 
some object which would be Just as well, and 
perhaps lar better, without tliegi. Yes, and we 
might mention older ones who lavish upon one 
pet child Hie love ami care for which the other 
children often pine. I Just wish you could all 
see the withering glance one such spoiled miss 
ousts on her mother when she does anything 
contrary to her wishes, and the scene duet* not 
always close with a glance when they are alone. 
Pets are generally allowed so many privileges, 
and taught so many tricks it is nol tlieir nature 
to do, that thuy become ungovernable and often 
do much mischief. 1 will tell you a few freaks 
Of a pet sheep I once knew. The children laid 
taught him to butt, against n coat or hut hung 
on n stick, to paw in the soft, earth, jump a rope, 
and many other pranks very curious lorn sheep; 
but when he came to dig up choice seeds and 
plants, und knocked the baby over a few times, 
it whs nol quite so funny; and when they led 
him to 1 ho pasture and thought, to shut, him in 
with the oilier sheep, he sealed the fence, went 
across lots, and was hack to the house knocking 
ill. the door before they arrived. Then he would 
follow tho wagon as they wont to church, and the 
last time he walked up tho stops through the open 
door, up through the aisle; clump, clump he 
went till ho got in front of the pulpit, whore tho 
minister had just finished reading the hymn, and 
there he stopped, and uttered aloud "Ihh i!” 
which a waggish fellow called the keynote- One 
old gentleman tried to lead him out, but he was 
so strong sind obstinate others came to his aid, 
and they had quite a tussle. But he was never 
allowed his freedom again, and was seen soon 
after riding off in a butcher's cart. 
Horsemen say they would much rather break 
a wild colt than one that has been spoiled by 
pel ling. 
If my story Is not already too long, I would 
like to tell you of some pet chickens we had 
when little children. The old hen that hatched 
them was a pot, and we had to take her off the 
nest and feed her, then listen to hear if the eggs 
peeped, so often that out of the thirteen eggs 
she hatched only four chicks, and these we 
caressed so much, and took them so entirely 
under our own protection, they followed us 
wherever wc went. The old hen called loudly 
after them for ft few days, but after that gave 
them up and wont off with the other fowls and 
we had them all to ourselves. This was very 
funny at first, and wc sometimes, I am sorry to 
say, left the dishes for mother to wash up while 
wc dug worms and bugs for our pels, atul at 
night they were covered with tsofl wool in a 
basket. But they missed the hen's warmth and 
care, and one after another drooped and died, 
till we had four shingles, with inscriptions wril- 
ten with rod chalk, to mark the spot where I hey 
were hurled, and concluded to let the hen brood 
her own chickens in future, as wo concluded 
that such pets were very apt to come to an un¬ 
timely end. 
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A TRUE HERO. 
A boy about nine years old was bathing one 
day, when, by some mistake, he got into deop 
ic fktdcr. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS. No. 3. 
J3T" Answer in two weeks. 
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BOTANICAL RIDDLES. No. 1. 
1. What is the sociable tree? 2. And the dancing 
i roe ? 
3 . And the tree Hull is nearest I lie sea? 
4. The most yielding tree? 5. The busiest tree? 
fi. Aral tho tree where ships may lie? 
7. Tho languishing tree? «. Tho least selfish tree? 
fi. And the tree which hears a curse ? 
10. The chronological tree? 11. And tlie fisher¬ 
man's tree? 
12. And the tree most like a nurse? 
13. Which is tho tell-tale tree? 14. And tho 
I miter's tree ? 
15. And the tree that Is warmest clad? 
Pi. The layman's tree ? 17. The housewife’s tree? 
18. And tho tree that makes one sad ? 
Answer in two weeks. A Subscriber. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. No. 1. 
My first is in Congress but nol in law. 
My second is In tool but not in saw; 
My third is In cousin but not In friend. 
My fourth Is In borrow but not in lend; 
My fifth is tn depart but not in come, 
My sixth is in geology but not in sum; 
My seventh is ill betray also in confess, 
My whole we should all try to possess. 
13?“ Answer In two weeks. e. m. b. 
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HIDDEN ISLANDS.—No, 1. 
Do you like fat or lean Steak ? 
Are you a Judge of form ? 0 say tell me! 
Hec#iba was a noted queen ol' Troy. 
We dislike formal talk very much. 
What is the longitude of New York? 
Did you ever see Mt. Tabor Neo? 
{¥/' Answer in two weeks. g. r. y. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS,-July 6. 
Illustrated HERDS No. 1. - Lumber, turpen¬ 
tine, resin, sugar’ cane aud oranges make the 
chief products Of Florida. 
Anagram No. 1. 
We hungered orient t>y the shore. 
And neither dared to break the spell; 
Tu I,itt-t—perhaps to meet, no more — 
What lips could utter first, “ Farewell? ” 
Problem No. l.— 
40, 42 and 58. 
24, 70 and 74. 
15, 112 and 113. 
Puzzle No. 1.—1, Pea; 2, Pa; 3, Par; 4, Part; 
5, Ridge; ft, Art; 7, Rid-Partridge, 
