'/iiVits itort-Jmicr. 
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. 
The racing river leaped, and sang 
Full blithely in the perfect weather, 
All round the mountain echoes rang. 
For blue and green were glad together. 
This rained out light from every part, 
And that with songs of Joy was thrilling; 
But In the hollow of ray heart. 
There ached a place that wanted filling. 
Before the road and river meet. 
And stepping-stones aro wet and glisten, 
I heard a sound of laughter sweet. 
And paused to litce it and to listen. 
I heard the chanting waters flow, 
The cushat's note, the bee's low humming— 
Then turned the hedge and did not Know- 
How could 1 1 —that my time was coming. 
A girl upon the Highest stone, 
Half doubtful •>{ the deed, was standing, 
So far the shallow flood had flown 
Beyond the 'costumed leap of landing. 
She knew not any need of mo. 
Vet me she waited all nnweetlng; 
She thought, not I had crossed the sea. 
And half the spheres to give her meeting. 
I waded out, her eyes I met. 
I wished the moment had been hours; 
I look her in my arms, and set 
Her dainty feet among the flowers. 
Her fellow-maids in copse and lane, 
Ah ! still raethlnks I hear them calling; 
The wind's soft whisper in the plain. 
The cushat’s coo, the water’s falling. 
But now it is a year ago. 
And now possession erowns endeavor; 
X took her in my heart to grow 
And till the kollow place forever. 
[Jean Ingelnw. 
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ORNAMENTS FOR THE SITTING-ROOM. 
Some growing plants, in an appropriate re¬ 
ceptacle, liaugingorotberwise— a (rained ivy 
—some pressed ferns hung on tliu walls—give 
a lively ami attractive appearance wherever 
tobc8een. Perhaps a few hints, furnished 
from real,every-day life, will serve to induce 
some other one to go and do better. 
Hie writer—feeling that there is more in 
every-day-lile than eating uml drinking with 
a sitting-room bare of any attractions with¬ 
in, of itself, except papered walls and plain 
furniture—line spent a few moments in pro¬ 
viding some two or three brackets on which 
slam! pots of German ivies trained around 
pictures of friends ami others. These brack¬ 
ets are made from half-inch (dressed to 
three-eighths of an inch) pine or whilewood, 
ami painted a fanciful color; a light, airy 
one from the spring of an old hoop-skirt,, 
black varnished, and gilt paper bands over 
where wired together. Of the same material 
is a hanging paper receptacle, where all the 
newspapers and periodicals may find a lodg¬ 
ment ; in different corners are two larger 
ivies trained around ami over the doors, 
tacked to the wall; In a window is a hanging 
basket, made from a wooden bowl with 
crooked sticks nailed to the outside. These 
latter are cut from brush from the woods, 
knots, pronged branches and straight ones 
cut to any length desired, the bark shaved 
otf, the whole nailed thickly over the howl; 
on the top (edge) of the lmvvl is a grape vine 
about half an inch in diameter, nailed 
around ; the handle, or bail, is of two pieces 
of the same vino nailed a few inches apart 
on either side of ibehowl, fastened together 
in the center. A few pieces cross from one 
part of the hail to the other, ends projecting, 
nailed from just, above where fastened to the 
howl; the whole then I ms two coats of 
boiled linseed «il carefully laid on, and when 
dry, filled with good potting soil, and it is 
ready for the plants. In ours we have col¬ 
iseum ivy, variegated myrtle, Tradcscantut 
zebrina and plain green, Nirembergia, Con¬ 
volvulus minor, Coleus , and one or two 
smaller plants, furnished by a friend, with¬ 
out a name, mainly beautiful liom their 
fuliage. These plants were all started here 
from slips. The basket is suspended from a 
bracket hook fastened above the window. 
Another pretty and cheap ornament is u 
cross and chain made from perforated card- 
boar*!, framed with butternut shells, sawed 
in about one-eighth inch sections, and glued 
to llm front edge of a box frame lined with 
black silk or velvet. The box is Mimic three- 
cigfaihs of ail inch deep, glass rabbeted even 
M idi the edge, leaving one-fourtli of an inch 
ot side flush, with glass lo glue butternut 
sections to; let these lap on to the glass 
one-third; arrange one row, side by side, 
clear round the frame, making each piece 
fust to the frame and glass and to its fellow; 
turn your frame IxMLom (or back) up, and 
arrange another row of sections outside the 
first, glueing each piece to one first on and 
to iIs fellow, exactly opposite to the first, 
making the corners square and true. The 
sections need to be selected of a size to 
u ork neat and well. Finish with two coats 
of oil or varnish, as preferred. The cross is 
made by culling strips of perforated paper, 
one row of perforations narrower, each, till 
you end with one, ami piling them up, fast¬ 
ening with white gum arabic in solution. 
Let the head piece to the bottom of the 
anus, and arms be of equal length, and the 
foot piece twice the length above the bottom 
ol arms. Wkeu finished, it wiil look like 
fine-chipped marble. The chain, or M’reath, 
is fastened to the back, or under side, of the 
cross; is made of a strip of the same perfo¬ 
rated paper cut from between two perfora¬ 
tions, and may lie ornamented (as taste may 
dictate) with small pieces of the same paper, 
the cross and whole being fastened to the 
back and center of the box frame before the 
butternut sectious are put on. w. h. w. 
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LET THE CHILDREN ALONE. 
Let your children alone when they gather 
around the family table. It is a cruelly to 
hamper them with manifold rules and regu¬ 
lations about this, and that, and the other. 
As long us their conduct is harmless as to 
others, encourage them in their cheeriness. 
If they do smack their lips, and their sup- 
pings of milk and other drinks can be heard 
across the street, it does not hurt the street; 
let them alone. What if they do take their 
soup with the wrong end of the fork, it is all 
the same to the fork ; let. them alone. 
Suppose a child does not sit as straight as 
a ramrod at the table; suppose a cup or 
tumbler slips through its little lingers and 
deluges the plate of food below, and the 
goblet is smashed, and the table-cloth is 
ruined: do not look n thousand scowls and 
thunders, and scare the poor thing lo the 
balance of its death, for it was scared half to 
death before; it “ did’nt go to do it.” 
Dili you never let a glass slip through 
your fingers since you were grownV In¬ 
stead of sending the child mvay from llie 
table in anger, if not even with a threat, for 
this or any other little nothing, he as gener¬ 
ous as you would to uu equal or superior 
guest, lo whom you would say, with more 
or lets obsequious smile, “ It’s of no possible 
consequence.” That would he the form of 
expression even to a stranger guest, and 
yet to your own child you remorselessly, 
and revengefully, and angrily mete out a 
swill punishment, which for the time almost 
breaks its little heart, and belittles you 
amazingly, 
The proper and more efficient and more 
Christian method of meeting the mishaps 
and delinquencies and improprieties of your 
children at. table is either to take no notice 
of them at the time or lo go further and di¬ 
vert attention front them at the very instant, 
it possible, or make a kind of apology for 
them ; lail afterwards, in an hour or two, nr, 
better Still, next tiny, draw the child's atten¬ 
tion to the fault, if fault it was, in a friendly 
and loving manner; point out the impropri¬ 
ety in some kindly way ; show where it was 
wrong/w rude, and tippy d to the child’s self- 
respect or manliness. This is the best way to 
correct all family errors. Sometimes it may 
not succeed ; sometimes harsh measures may 
lie required ; but try the deprecating or the 
kindly method with perfect equanimity of 
mind, and failure will be of rare occurrence. 
— Dr. Hall's Health of Good Living. 
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HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL. 
True following passage is from one of 
Professor Up I mm’s letters in the Congregu- 
tionulist. lie is speaking of the captain of 
the steamer in which he sailed from New 
York :—“ As we were about to start, I saw 
him move to an elevated position above the 
M’heel; and it was interesting to see how 
quickly and completely the inward thought, 
or purpose alters the outward man. He 
stood a few moments silent and thoughtful, 
lie gave a quick glance to every part of the 
ship. lie cast, his eye over the multitude 
coming on hoard the Ship, among whom 
was the American Ambassador lo England, 
who, if the captain may be said to embody 
the ship, may he said with equal truth to 
embody, in his official person, a nation’s 
rights and a nation’s honor. Ho saw ttie 
husbands and the wives, the mothers and 
the children intrusted lo his care; and his 
slender form, as lie gave the orders for our 
departure, seemed at once to grow more 
erect, and firm ; the muscles of his face 
swelled; his dark eye glowed with anew 
fire; and his whole person expanded and 
beautified itself by the power of inward 
emotion. 
“ I have often noticed this interesting 
phenomenon ; and have come to the conclu¬ 
sion, if man or woman wishes to realize the 
full power of personal beauty, it must ho 
by cherishing noble hopes and purposes; 
by having something to do and something 
to live for, which is worthy of humanity, and 
which, by expanding the capacities of the 
soul, gives expansion and symmetry to the 
body which contains it.” 
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For Mothers. —Send your little children 
to bed happy. Whatever cares press, give 
it a warm good night kiss as it goes to its 
pillow. The memory of this, in the stormy 
years that may be in store for the little otic, 
will he like Bethlehem’s star to the bewil¬ 
dered shepherds. “My father, my mother, 
loved me.” Nothing can take away that 
blessed heart-balm. Lips parched with the 
world’s fever will become dewy again at the 
thrill of youthful memories. Kiss your little 
child before it goes to sleep. 
or Dating |1cople. 
A NURSERY SONG. 
As I walked over the hills one day, 
I listened and heard a mother-sheep say: 
“ In all the green world (here Is nothing so sweet 
WUh his eyes so bright, 
And his wool so white. 
Oh, he is ray darling, ray heart's delight! 
The robin-, he 
That sings In thn tree. 
Dearly may dote on Ms darlings four. 
But I love ray one little lutuhkln more." 
And the mother-sheep and her little ono 
Side by sidolav down In the sun, 
And they went to sleep on the hill-side warm. 
While my little latninie lies hero on my arm. 
I went to the kitchen, and what did I see 
But the old gray cut with her kittens three; 
I heard her whispering soft. Said she, 
" My kittens, with tails all so cunningly curled, 
Aro the prettiest things Unit can be In the world. 
The bird on tho treo. 
And thu old ewe. she 
May love her babies exceedingly ; 
But. I love ray kittens there 
Under (In' rooklng-chnir. 
I love my kittens with all ray might; 
I love them at. morning and noon and night; 
Which is tho prettiest I cannot toll— 
Which of the three, 
For the life of me — 
I love them all so well. 
Now i’ll tuke up ray kitties I love, 
And we’ll lie down together beneath the warm 
stove.” 
I,et tin* kittles sloop under the stove so warm, 
While my little darling lies here on my arm. 
t went to the yard and I saw the old hen 
Go clacking about will* her chickens ten, 
She clucked and she scratched arid she bristled away, 
And what do you think I heard her say? 
1 heard her say, " The son never did shine 
On anything like to t hose chickens of mine. 
You may hunt llio loll moon, and the stars if you 
please, 
Bat you never will find ten such chickens ns these. 
Thn eat loves her kittens, the ewo love* her lamb, 
lint, (hoy do not know what a proud mother I am. 
For lamlis, nor for kittens, I won’t- part with these, 
Though t ho sheep and the eats should go down on 
their knees. 
No! no ! not though 
Tho kittens could crow, 
Or the luimuie on two yellow legs could go. 
My dear downy darling* ! my sweet little things! 
Come nestle now. cosily, under my wings.’’ 
So tile lien said, 
And tho chickens all sped 
As fast as they could to their nice feather-bed. 
And there let them sleep in their leather* so warm. 
While my little Chick nestles here on my arm, 
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LETTERS FROM GIRLS AND BOYS. 
Letter from n School Girt. 
Dear Mr. Editor: —I never wrote for a 
paper before; but after reading so many 
letters in the Rural New-Yorker, I 
thought 1 would see what, a little girl ol 
twelve could do. I live on a farm with my 
father and mother. We have a good farm, 
will* lots of fruit and a g,a^l garden. 1 have 
a flower garden that 1 ij^TT^fof, besides 
helping mol her in I lie kitchen, i can make 
bread and cake and cook quite good. I like 
to read t.ho hoys’ and girls’ letters; but 1 
don’t think they will care much to rend 
mine, iL Is so poor. I go to school most all 
tho time. Our school is small, hut most al¬ 
ways a good one. The teacher says I learn 
very fiist. 1 intend to teach when I am six¬ 
teen. 1 wish some of the girls would write 
to me. I shall be much pleased if you think 
this worth printing. — Callie Oiir, Eagle 
Harbor. N. Y. 
A lloy Going for tlio Prize.—A Puzzle. 
Mu. Editor:—I have read your Rural 
for the past two years, and like It very much 
Seeing your offer in the paper of Oct. 21st 
for 13 subscribers at. $2 :i piece, I thought 1 
would obtain the prize. 1 have been try¬ 
ing and don’t think I can gel over so many, 
but 1 will try. [That’s right., Frank.] I 
am a farmer’s hoy, 13 years of age. I go to 
school when I can he spared from the farm. 
1 like farming very much. Seeing the hoys’ 
and girls’ riddles l thought I would send you 
one, and (his is it.; I think it will puzzle 
some of them to guess: 
No mortal can my power withstand ; 
I conquer all by seu and luud ; 
The fair are smitten by my charms. 
And full submissive in my arms; 
Even the great Redeemer, He 
Submitted to my Arm decree. 
Proud Cato, also, I ensnared, 
And higher power I never spared. 
Overall tho world my name is known, 
And none can rub me of tnv throne. 
Grim death himself can’t frighten me, 
I have conquered millions more than lie. 
—Frank E. B., Gilboa, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 
[Answer will he given in two weeks in 
our Puzzle Department.] 
A Good Letter from A Roy Agent. 
Dear Editor of Rural:—I never wrote 
for a paper before, but I thought I would try 
and write to help the Boys out, as they 
don’t write as many letters as the Girls. 1 
am a farmer’s son, and live out in the coun¬ 
try, six miles from any railroad station. I 
am fifteen years old, and I go to school 
winters and stay at home to work in the 
summer. I like to go to school ever so 
much, and our school begins in a week. 
I have all the chickens and turkeys I can 
raise. I raised lots of chickens litis year, 
and they are most all Brahmas, and just, as 
pretty as they can he. I can’t raise but a 
few turkeys, for they are always dying and 
getting killed. I have a nice bay horse to 
ride; his name is “ Gype.” My home is 
upon a high hill, and we can look down 
upon a little village where we get our news. 
I am going to try to get up a club for the 
Dear Rural. If you notice this letter you 
will hear from me again. Please excuse all 
mistakes.—W illie S., Junius, H. Y. 
Willie uml Annie Object lo tin* Index. 
Dear Rural, oit Dear Mr. Editor;— 
Ever since last Christmas we wanted papa 
or mamma to write to you, but they think 
we ought to write ourselves. But we can’t 
write very well, yet we want to tell y«*u Unit 
we Luke (or our patents do) the Rural New- 
Yorker, and we like it more than any 
oilier paper papa lakes. A. good many take 
it here; some of ihe little hoys and girls 
bring it with them to school, and at dinner 
time half of our play time is taken up look¬ 
ing over it, and Ihe teacher borrows it often 
to read. But all Ihe Utile hoys and girls 
wish you would not spoil the Christmas 
number by putting in Unit index. We would 
■ like Ihe Christinas number the handsomest 
I number of them all. Jane Wilber says 
the Christmas number of the paper they get. 
is the best and handsomest of the year, but 
their paper can’t be better Ilian the Rural. 
B^ease excuse us, but none of the other lillle 
boys and girls would wrile, (hough they till 
wanted to tell you about the index. We 
just, now got our last Chrislmas paper down 
and looked at it. Your friends—W illie 
and Annie. 
[We lire sorry our little friends don’t like 
the Index, for it is very important for all 
who save ihe Rural, as thousands do. How¬ 
ever, wo will try to give a good Christmas 
number, aside from the Index.—E d.] 
From im Ambition* llooalev Girl. 
Mr. Editor:— I see you have given the 
girls and hoys a corner of the paper, and 1 
will write a little. I never wrote fora paper 
before in my life. I am twelve years old, 
and a left-handed girl, but I can write. Two 
years ago I bad the St. Vitus Dance, but 1 
am entirely well now. I am going to school. 
Our teacher is Mr. Shkn. 1 milk one cow 
every night ami morning, besides doing lots 
of chores. I tun going to learn to work, 
and la; a literary woman, too, if I live. We 
have a sewing machine and a nteloilcon. 
We live in Wnwnke Village,on Ihe Air Line 
Railroad, Noble Co., lml. We have three 
hundred inhahitanls in our town. Won’t 
pa he surprised to think he Inis such a bra ve 
girl lo write for a paper! We take several 
papers, blit, not yours —but we caw borrow 
Mr. Knox’s paper to read. Now I will close. 
— Della D., Wawttke, Ind , Oct. 12 . 
[Dear Dei,la : — Your teller is very good, 
bill WG don’t think your papa is very brave, 
if lie borrows his neighbor's Rural, when 
lie can have it, a whole year for less than 
four cents a week. We will send you a spec¬ 
imen, subscription list, etc., and we hope 
you will form a club (getting your papa’s 
name first) and secure one of our nice pre¬ 
miums.—E ditor. 
Letter Irani a Live Pittsburgh Boy. 
Mr. Editor: — I think I might be called 
a “ Rural Boy," although I live in the city. 
We have a pretty huge garden and yard, 
and my brother and 1 do a good deal of the 
work. 1 want to tell you about some large 
sunflowers we had this year. One stock 
was eleven feet high and seven inches in 
circumference; another was ten feet three 
inches high. We had some very pretty 
double ones. The wind blew one over and 
I counted the flowers. There were forty- 
two (lowers and some luuis. Don’t you 
think that was doing pretty well for the 
“Smoky CityV” [Yes, indeed, or for any 
city, —Ed.] Almost every year L make a 
visit to my grandma, who lives in the coun¬ 
try. Last year they had a very smart cat 
and four little white kittens. The old cat 
thought they ought to stay in the house, 
hut grandma thought the stable would do; 
.so when it was dark old pussy took two of 
the kittens in her mouth, climbed a small 
cherry tree, and got upon the house where 
there was a hole she knew she could get 
through. Then she brought the kittens in, 
and I suppose the cat thought she had 
earned the lodgings for herself and her little 
ones.—J. A. R., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
From n Girl who Will (Unite u Smart Wife. 
Dear Mu. Editor:— l am a little girl 
thirteen years old. I live on a farm. My 
father keeps a dairy of *,nr hundred cows. 
I milk six night and morning, I can cook 
pretty u'ell. There are several kinds of 
cakes and pies that I can make. I can iron 
very good, and make beds, which is more 
i ban most girls of my age can do. I am 
now taking lessons on the piano, and my 
teacher is my mother. lean knit and sew 
very well. But I will close now, and if you 
will gis’e my first letter a place in your 
paper T willwritc again.—F rankieB., Clay¬ 
ton, Jefferson Co., N. Y. 
An ISIffht-Yuar-Old Girl’s Letter. 
Mr. Editor: — I am a little girl eight, 
years old. My pupa takes Ihe Rural New 
Yorker, and I read it every week. I am 
so much pleased with the letters of the bovs 
and girls that T have concluded to wrile ono 
myself. I hope you will please to publish 
it. I have a little flower garden, and two 
pigeons. 1 go to school and study geogra¬ 
phy, spelling, writing, and read in Ihe Fifth 
Reader. 1 go to Sunday School and read 
good hooks out of the Sunday School Li¬ 
brary. I should like to see some of I he lillle 
hoys and girls who write for the deur Rural. 
I think wc could have a good lime. 1 should 
like to see you, too, Mr. Editor. Plett.se ex¬ 
cuse my long letter.— Ellle S., Wayne, 
Wayne Co., Ohio. 
From n Young Helper in Building. 
Dear Mr. Editor: —As other hoys have 
written letters to you, I thought I would 
write one, too. I am thirteen, and my pa 
has taken Ihe RURAL New-Yorker for two 
years now, uml 1 like to read it real well. 
We are building a new bouse, ami I help to 
dig the cellar and lay the Wall. I have a 
boat on the creek that runs through our 
place. There is a new brick block of eight, 
stores building here, where (lie old ones 
burnt, down last wilder. This is the first 
time 1 have written to any paper, and I 
guess I will close my Idler. Please excuse 
ali mistakes. Your friend—F. O. J., Cana- 
seraga, Allegany Co.. N. Y. 
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ILLUSTRATED REBUS. No. 16. 
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i life, 
S3S r '- Answer in two weeks. 
HISTORICAL ENIGMA. NO. 1. 
[ am composed of t wenty-one letters. 
My 3, 13. 0, M was a king of imcleni Mritnin. 
My 13, 9, U, 7, 1, 31, 3, 4 was a noted Puritan 
lender. 
My 8, 17, 5. is, 7 was king of Troy. 
My 13, 3, 13, 31, 17, 18 was a celebrated Roman 
orator. 
My 4, 5,11,13, 14,3,19 was President of the United 
Stales. 
Mygi !», 11, 20, C, 4 was an ancient chieftain. 
My whole wns one who was Instrumental in 
establishing civil and religious liberty. S.W.C. 
i37~ Answer in two weeks. 
PROBLEM. No. 6 AGAIN. 
In tho Rural Nf.w-Vorker of Sept. 30lh, 
“ Mutlmiiniliens” objects to the answer given to 
Problem No. fl, and draws a very complicated 
figure lo prove its incorrectness. Mo admits 
that the area given (o ilia equilateral triangle in 
the answer is correct. It Is only tho given area 
of tho l ight angled triangle that lio asserts is 
wrong. “ Mathemattcus," unlike the boy men¬ 
tioned In the problem, is good at. “computing," 
but deficient In “arranging." The only treo 
arrangement of the coins is shown in the follow¬ 
ing figure. He will nt once see that they occupy 
tho smallest required triangle, and will find the 
answer given correct, being lees than his own. 
“ Mathematious," being a good scholar, may 
compute the area of the triangle in his own way; 
and after that prove, whatever lie the radius of 
the coins in tho problem, the area of the right 
angled triangle will he less than tho area of the 
equilateral triangle by tho exact, quantity R2 
(3 V3). lb E. Burleson. 
Valley Mills, Madison Co., N. Y. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Nov. 4. 
Puzzle No. 5.— 
Miscellaneous enigma No. 15.—Whatever you 
dislike in another, take care to correct In yourself. 
Charade No.3.—Carrot. 
Illustrated Reis* sNo. M. Better have one plow 
going than two cradle*. 
Problem No. 18,—J. K., New York city: •* Beech- 
wood,” Elm Valley, N. Y.; J. H. dunlin.Ulstervillo, 
N. V.; M. K. Pease. Truraunsburg, N. r.. mid A. P. 
Davis, Oxford. X. Y.. each send u* tlio following hi 
answer to t-hl* problem: A.fl, C and D can do fclm 
work i n M fti-i&l day*: A In 69 31-31 ; B iu 60 10-43; iu 
35 36-61; uiut D ia 135 days. 
