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MOORE’S RURAL 
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JEadica’ |3oi[t-(^olio 
EVERY DAY. 
On, trifling tasks so often done, 
Yet ever to bo done anew ! 
Oh. cares which come with every sun, 
Morn after morn the long years through ! 
We shrink beneath their paltry sway,— 
The irksome calls of every day. 
The restless sense of wasted power, 
The tiresome round of little things, 
And hard to bear, as hour by hour 
its tedious iteration brings; 
Who shall evade or who delay 
The small demands of every day? 
The boulder In the torrent’s course 
Ity tide and tempest lashed in vain, 
Obeys the wave-whirled pebble's force. 
And yields its substance grain by grain ; 
So crumble strongest lives away 
Beneath the weur of every day. 
Who finds the Hon In Ids lair. 
Who tracks the tiger for Ids life, 
May wound them ere they are aware. 
Or oonquor them in desperate strife, 
Yet powerless he to scathe or slay 
The vexing gnats of every day. 
The steady strain that never stops 
Is mightier Ilian the fiercest shock; 
The constant fall of water drops 
Will groove the adamantine rock; 
We feel our noblest, powers decay, 
In feeble wars with every day. 
We rise to meet a heavy blow— 
Our souls a sudden bravery fills— 
But wo endure not always so 
The drop by drop of little ills ; 
We still deplore and still obey 
The bard behests of every day. 
The heart which boldly faces death 
Upon till! battle field, and dares 
Cannon and bayonet, faints beneath 
The needle points of frets and euros : 
The stoutest spirits they dismay— 
The tiny stings of every day. 
of doing Something; better, rto mischief. Better 
lot them I earn to make bread ami cuke and how 
to cook and keep house as they ought, instead 
of practicing airs and affectations before the 
mirror, as I have seen young girls do, or learn¬ 
ing to Haunt, littery in the public thoroughfares. 
Men would be muelt more anxious to marry, 
lei me inform j/ott, young ladies who do noth¬ 
ing. if l hey knew they could get domes lie, prac¬ 
tical women, who would be indeed helpmeets 
inslend of votaries of fashion and gadders 
abroad. Certainly, no rellectivo man would 
wish hla wife to refrain entirely from recrea¬ 
tion and social amusement ; (hat would lie ty¬ 
ranny; air and sunsblue are as necessary for 
the human llower as for the blossom in thegar- 
don ; either would die without it. Nor would 
a sensible man and a kind husband wish his 
wife to be poorly dressed or behind the mode. 
Following the fashions in a moderate degree 
is commendable; It is only the that does 
the mischief. Jf women only knew when to 
stop, and were less inclined to vie with each 
other In extravagance ami show, much time 
and money might be saved for hel ler purposes. 
As to being ashamed or disinclined to attend 
to household affairs, these are only female 
weaknesses, which a right-minded woman 
would strive in trample under foot. Why 
should she lie ashamed to direct, or even to as¬ 
sist, in creating a well-ordered home? Sho 
ought rather to be proud of the mime of a good 
housekeeper and the best housekeepers work 
themselves. History has recorded many beau¬ 
tiful and gifted women of past ages, who, proud 
and noble as they wore, did notdisdaiu lo labor 
With lheir own hands. And does not the Holy 
Hook chronicle many of the kind? For in- 
slanoo, we find In the last chapter of Proverbs 
tills description, among others, of a good wife 
and mother“ Site socketh wool and flax and 
worketh willingly with her hands- Sho looketh 
mil lo the icai/n of her household and cateth not 
the bread of idleness." 
Sycamore Villa, L. I. 
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JOSEPHINE’S SANCTUARY. 
And even saints of holy fame. 
Whoso souls by faith have ovorcome. 
Who wore amid tho cruel tlamo 
Th® molten crown of martyrdom, 
Boro not without complaint nlwuy 
Tho petty pains of every day. 
Ah, more Ilian martyr's aureole, 
And more than hero's heart of tiro, 
We need tho humble strength of soul 
Whtoll daily tolls and ills require:— 
Sweet pationo® I grant us. if you may, 
An added grace for every day ! 
[Elizabeth Akers Alien, in Scribner's for November. 
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WOMAN AT HOME- 
BY c. H. 0. 
I woui.n advise the haughty and Indolent city 
lady of fashion not to read l ids little article, 
even if sho condescends to let her eyes rest for 
a moment upon the lido, because if she does, 
she may, as tho Yankees say,get “riled" at 
some things I mean to talk about. Said lady 
considers it excessively degrading to soli her 
delicate hands by doing the least iota of iiouso- 
work. Not hardly to save her lifo would sho 
make her own bed, and to sweep out her bed¬ 
chamber would be the excess ol' vulgarity. As 
to going near the kitchen—“horrors! don’t 
speak of it! " Let me tell you, fair and sickly 
and lazy lady, that you might, do things more 
disgraceful and more degrading than even 
these. An hour or two in the kitchen oversoe- 
ing your memifle, or even soiling your white 
imnds so far as to beat up eggs and make a 
pound cake, or mix up some light biscuit, would 
be an enlivening change from the monotony of 
useless worsted or Toney work or to take a 
broom and sweep the parlor would be good ex¬ 
ercise, and, perchance, call the blood into those 
sallow chocks. Then to go into the garden and 
dig among i lie llowers and plant choice seeds 
would enliven your heart and put a brightness 
into those listless eyes. Life would seem to you 
a great deal more cheerful when yon arc weary 
of frivolity, if you would only do something 
useful, either for tho good of yourself or for 
that of others. Stylish and wealthy as you may 
be, do you not often tire of fashion anil folly 
and of the hollowness and deceit you constant¬ 
ly meet with in society, and feel that there is a 
void in your life, and that you uro alone and 
6ad even in the midst of pleasure and excite¬ 
ment? I have known all this myself when 
abroad, and found that after ail this seeking of 
enjoyment in other places, the “dearest place 
of all was homo." 
Would that more of our American women 
were of a domestic turn, instead of wearing out 
their lives in the struggleof fashion and excess. 
Thore would be more happiness In married life; 
divorces would be less frequent—for a well- 
arranged and well-ordered household does 
much to biucl families together. Instead of leav¬ 
ing the most important part of domestic econ¬ 
omy to Bridget or Nouaii, if the wife would 
superintend or even assist in some of the kitch¬ 
en affairs thro would be great improvements in 
housekeeping. Hut the sad truth is, girls are 
not brought up now-a-days In a domestic man¬ 
ner. If their mothers would instill homo-like 
habits into them while children, they would 
most likely retain them in mature years. Little 
girls almost always like to be in the kitchen and 
“ do tilings; " but instead ol encouraging this 
desire, the mothers take them out, while Biddy 
orders them up stairs, “where little ladies 
ought to stay;and tho poor things, for lack 
Lady Clementina Davies, in her “ Recollec¬ 
tions ol' Society,” says: —One room at Malmai- 
son was especially consecrated by Josephine to 
1 lie memories of happy days passed there by 
Napoleon before bis divorce from her. It was 
a room then used by him as a study whenever 
the cares of war and politics permitted him to 
seek a temporary rest in liar society in that 
charming retreat; and when she was left there 
alono to mourn their separation, sho would 
allow nobody to occupy this room nut iicrscir. 
In it lay the pen last, used I here by the Emperor, 
which tho ink hail long since corroded; on a 
lalde lay the map lie had Iasi studied there, the 
lino of march tracked out which had long since 
taught Europe to feci the power of his tactics; 
on the wall hung a gloss case in which some of 
Ilia hair was arranged In ornamental or sym¬ 
bolic form. U wus so long since that, hair had 
grown on his head that Ihcsigbtof It must have 
carried buck Josephine's memory to the time 
when she, the widowed Vieomtesae do Reau- 
harnais, determined to marry its owner, the 
young soldier of fortune, with nothing but “his 
love and his sword, and bis cloak to offer her." 
Such a sanctuary indeed was this chamber at 
Malmalson to the ox-Empress that sho would 
not allow any hand but her own to dust or move 
the Objects in it, which had been consecrated, 
as she deemed, by Hie touch of the husband who 
had sacrificed her to his ambition, and In so 
doing had lost tho guiding star, the guardian 
angel of his life, 
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WOMAN PERSONALS. 
Miss Kate Stanton Is delivering through 
New England a famous lecture on “ The Loves 
of Great Men." In the field of historic recital 
and illustration, she deals Chiefly with such per¬ 
sonages as Rachel, Cleopatra and Aspnsialu tho 
past. These, together with the " Althea " of Sir 
Richard Lovelace, the Katherines of Russia, 
i’ompela, Clodla and Julia of Rome, she treats 
under a new light. Sho d I scants upon Queen 
Elizabeth and her loves. Of course she does 
not pass by such characters as the wonderful 
Lady Hamilton and Holoisc and her Abelard. 
Analyzing tho lovo soul of Madame George 
Sand, Miss Stanton rises Into the most ethereal 
spheres of sentiment and chastened oratory; 
but upon the love of Josephine for Napoleon, 
as tho noblest and purest mortal love of which 
we have record, Miss Stanton dwells most ex¬ 
tended! y. 
A brave young lady lives in Salt Lake City. 
Fond to a passion of the grand in nature, sho 
has scaled on foot the highest peaks of tho 
Cottonwoods and explored tho cavernous re¬ 
cesses of the deepest, mines. Wo have known 
her, on several occasions, when prospecting on 
foot, with staff in hand, the tall peaks of the 
Wasatch, to compel tier male escort first to cry 
halt. Our fair prospectress being at. A Ita a day 
or two since, saw for the first, time in operation 
tho wire suspension tramway Just completed 
by the Vallejo Company, and her masculine es¬ 
cort proposed to her, in jest, to taken ride up 
the wire cable to the mine. Mho promptly ac¬ 
cepted the invitation, when our male friend, 
growing a little nervous suggested difficulties 
in fhc way of the tup, but failed to dissuade her 
front attempting It. The tramway is 2.3811 feet 
long, rises at an angel of about twenty degrees, 
and the cable is suspended on stanchions forty 
feet high. There were no oilier carriages titan 
ore buckets, and In one of these, which uro sus¬ 
pended six feet below ttie cable, our heroine, 
undaunted aud alone, took passage and made 
ascent, without mishap or serious inconvenience, 
although the swaying of the wire between the 
stanchions is calculated to create tho sensation 
of seasickness. 
MOTHERHOOD. 
Sue lulit it where the sunbeams fall 
Unscanned upon the broken wall. 
Without a tear, without a groan, 
Sho laid it near a mighty stone. 
Which some rtnle swain hud haply cast 
Thither in sport long ages past. 
And time with mosses had o'erlaid, 
And fenced with many a tall grass-blade. 
And all about bade ruses bloom, 
And violets shod their sweet purfumo. 
There, in its Cool and qulot bed, 
She set her burden down and lied : 
Nor filing, all eager to escape., 
One glance upon the perfect shape 
That lay, still warm and fresh and fair, 
But motionless and soundless thore. 
No human eye lmd marked her pass 
Across the linden-shadowed grass 
Era yet tile minster clock chimed seven : 
Only the. Innocent birds of heaven - 
The magpie, and t he rook, whoso nest 
Swings ns the ol no tree waves Ills crest— 
And Ho- lithe cricket, and the hoar 
And hugo-limbod hound that guards tho door. 
Looked on, when, ns a summer wind 
That, passing, leave* no trace behind. 
All unnppurclcd, barefoot all. 
8 ho run to that old mined wall, 
To leave upon the chill, dank earth 
(Komh ! she never knew its worth), 
Mid hemlock rank, and fern, and ling, 
And dews of night, that precious thing ! 
Ahd there It. might have Iain forlorn, 
From morn till eve, from eve till morn. 
But that, by sumo wild impulse led, 
The mother, ere she turned and tied, 
One moment stood erect unit high ; 
Then poured into tho silent sky 
A ery so jubilant, so strange, 
That Alice as she strove to Vango 
llur rebel ringlets lit her glass - 
Sprang up and garni across the grass ; 
Shook buck t!u.iso curls so fair to see, 
Clapped her soft hands in childish glee; 
And shrieked her sweet face all aglow, 
Her very limbs with rapture shaking— 
“ My hen has laid an egg, l know ; 
And only hear the noise she's making !” 
I C. S. Cavcrlcy. 
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EVENING CHATS. 
BY UNCI.K CHARLES. 
About the Apple. 
“Here, Belle,” I said to-night as I oame borne, 
“hero Is a girl who sends rue, through Hio Rit¬ 
ual New-Yorker office, a letter concerning 
t|»o apple. Now I nin going to prepare it- t hat 
is, punctuate it, put capitals in it. when they tire 
needed, and correct Ihegraimniiiaud orthogra¬ 
phy (though It. is admirably spelled), and print 
it, if the Editor will permit it, as the first letter 
received concerning the apple in response to 
my request in Rt.ni.ALof Nov.!). J may say that 
Helle has not yet handed in her letter. II she 
docs, and il contains other fuels than this one, 
I will get I lie Editor to print, it. Rut L hope tho 
boys are not going to Jet the girls get ahead of 
them in this business; for boys have or will 
have to cultivate apples, and they should know 
at least as much about thorn as th© girls. Here 
is Alvtha’h letter: ” 
The apple Is a fruit of tho gonus of P/jms 
mains. A fruit is whatever i8 produced for the 
enjoyment of man or animal, by the process of 
vegetable growth that part of a plant which 
contains the seed, especially the Juicy, pulpy 
products of certain plants' Covering, and con¬ 
taining tho seed, as, for example, the apple, 
plum, pear, peach, berries, melons, and others. 
The European crab apple is ttio species from 
which all others are supposed to have sprung. 
Several fruits arc sometimes called apples as 
the tomat© is sometimes called a love apple. 
Tho apples of Sodom are described us external¬ 
ly fair, but. dissolving Into smoke and ashes on 
being plucked. Tho peach Is called a. Persian 
apple. A berry growing on a thorn-bush is 
called a thorn apple. A fruit growing In tho 
West Indies is called a custard apple; also, a 
fruit which closely resembles the custard apple 
is called a sweet apple, or Bwoct-sop, 
The apple is divided into numerous varieties, 
a few of which arc the Snow Russet, Spll/.on- 
burglt, GtlllUower, Stark, Willow Twig, CUpIn, 
Zimmerman, Lawyer, Winter Greening, Talman, 
Sweet, and Pumpkin Sweet. The apple is in 
shape very nearly round; color, crimson, rod, 
yollow, green, and yellowish brown, as the Rus¬ 
set. It is suspended l'rom tho tree, by a stern. 
A stem is u small branch which Joins fruits and 
tloweis to the main brunch. Tho calyx ic tho 
cavity where the stem Joins the apple. The 
flavor of the apple varies from sweet to sour. 
The core is situated in the center of the npple 
aud is divided into cavities which contain the 
seeds. The seeds arc of a dark brown color and 
vary In numbers from four to twelve, and 
sometimes more.- Alvira L. White. 
Alvira is not right at all about the calyx, and 
I want her to study that matter up a little more 
thoroughly. Sho has given only one definition 
of fruit. It has a broader application, though 
when we talk abouta fruit, ordinarily, we mean 
just what she has described it to be. It is an 
admirable letter, and 1 am anxious to see who 
la going to boat it. 
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Prof. Lowell mentions an advertisement 
that caught bis eye sometime since:—“ Want¬ 
ed, by a boy, a situation in an eating-house. He 
is used to the business," 
OUR LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
A Sick Little Girl. 
Dear Editor of the Rural:—As I see you 
give us girls and boys a corner In your dear pa¬ 
per to put, loiters in, 1 thought, l would like to 
fill a small space, if uty writing is worthy of 
publication, I never have written to the Ru¬ 
ral before, but seeing that others are writ¬ 
ing, 1 thought I would try and write, too. 1 go 
to school in town. I am a delicate girl. I ha ve 
been sick nearly all Summer and Fall. ! can 
do all kinds of work. I have a canary bird. 1 
I"" twelve years old. I had a great many llow¬ 
ers Ibis Summer, but I have not any house 
flowers. I have oilier work to d >. 1 have an 
organ and can play on it. Wo have a sewing 
machine; I can sew on it; I can make some 
fancy work. I have ti little sister; sho has a 
great many llttlo pots. I have a kitten ; we call 
him .lackey. I have a great many toys. Pa 
does not know of my writing; will henot bo 
surprised if you publish this letter? I will 
close, lor my letter will be too long. I will bid 
you a kind adieu. Excuse mistakes. 
Noble Co., Ind. Allie Knox. 
An American Watch. 
My father is Agent for the RURAL and has 
been ever since i can remember. Year boforo 
Inst lie got up a (Hub of thirty subscribers, for 
which in; received your $2ff American Watch. 
This he made me a present of. I find it to bo a 
very line time-koeper, and worth us much to 
mo as a gold watch. I live on a farm, and I 
work on the farm, but 1 do not like it very well, 
and have thought some of leaving the farm and 
learning a trade of some kind, which my father 
opposes, tolling me Mmt. [ can live easier and bo 
more independent on a farm than I could if I 
had a trade. I should like to hear the opinion 
of some of tho Rural boys in regard to this. 
Renton Roy. 
®hc fltt^lcr. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 17. 
ISF” Answer in (wo weeks, with the names of 
those who send correct answers up to that time 
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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. G. 
I am composed of 'hi letters: 
My 25, 31, 28, 80, iff, 37, 15, 40, 3, 23, 20 is a bird 
found in Europe. 
My 45, 41, fi, 20, 8, 13 is a color. 
My 10, 23, 33, .'iff Is a preposition. 
My 30, 4, 43, 41 is a chain of mountains in Africa. 
My 12, 37, 31, 14 is a capo on tho coast of tho 
United Suites. 
My 2, 38, 5, 3ff is a quarrel. 
My 31, 7, 0, il is essential to life. 
My 31), 24,17, It) was an English statesman. 
My 44,33, 5, 18, 43 is sometimes plenty. 
My 29,31, 40, 35 Is a man's name. 
My 1,19 is a pronoun. 
My whole is ft proverb. E. w. it. 
K® r ' Answer in two weeks. 
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MY PLANTATION.—No. 2. 
1. If I plant, a clock, what will come up? 
2. If I plant an old maid, what, will come up? 
3. It 1 plant a gay young man, what will come up ? 
4. If I plant a confusion, what will come up? 
5. Ill plant a discarded lover, what will come up ? 
C. If I plant a cross old woman, Avhat will come 
up? “Timorous.” 
%ST Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLE.—No. 9. 
I have six letters: My first is the ocean ; my 
second is a river; loavo off my last, and you 
wisfi earnestly; leave off my last, and you 
croak; without first or last, I am wild; my 
third, fourth or fifth area Romanist’s prayer; 
my whole is a coward and also the founder of 
Beau fort, S. C. VV ho am I ? 
127“ Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Nov. 16. 
Double Acrostic No. 1.— 
R row N 
O r E 
S co W 
T o A 
O ve R 
N oo K 
Puzzle No. 8.-1, Ada; 2, Ma am ; 3, Da; 4, 
Ma; 5, A D; ti, Mad ; 7, Madam. 
Problem No. 7.— 
32.111218 rods. 
24.720943 “ 
14,907519 “ 
