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OCT. 4 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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THE MODEL WIFE. 
[Mu. EDITORA few weeks ugn you gave n recipe 
fora Husband. Now here is on® for u VV ife. I fouml 
it in England Over thirt y years ago,—A BACHELOR.] 
I'D have a wife, if I might choose, that had a feeling 
heart; 
A wife that never would refuse, hut glndly act her 
part; 
A wife good temper’d, meek and mild, industrious 
and kind; 
A wife tho’ simfile as a child, blest with a noble 
mind; 
A wife that would herself deny in every trying case 
A follower of the Lord Most High, a subject of Iiis 
grace ,* 
A wife from all impatience free, not fearing pain or 
toil; 
A faithful Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no 
guile; 
A wife not lifted up on high, but in her ways polite; 
Blest with a quit® discerning eye, and in her judg¬ 
ments right; 
A wife of charity possess’d, and might we plenty 
share. 
The neighboring poor should all be blest with what 
we tlius could spare; 
Her mind should bo with knowledge sound-superior 
far to mine, 
That she to nm might holp afford, and cause the 
light to shine; 
Her soul should be of Love possess’d, and till’d with 
Heavenly bliss; 
When I've a wife, hit me be blest with such a wife as 
this. 
Then let mo now conclude, without another letter, 
And simply say ’tls very good—no one could love a 
better. 
TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION. 
BY GERALDINE GERMANE. 
Everything weak, timid, delicate, soft, silly 
and inefficient is called feminine or womanish, 
while all things strong, noble, hardy, courageous 
and active are masculine or manlike; and there 
(ivc many of the feminine sex who are rightly 
termed silly and weak, but there arc masculines 
who are so soft and yielding that, they cannot 
resist a proffered wine-glass or a challenge to a 
game of cards, though they know that the ac¬ 
ceptance of either will lead to their eternal 
min. And have yon never seen a lord of crea¬ 
tion move about wit h the. meek submissiveness 
of a well-trained member of the canine family, 
while his weak, (?) delicate (?) better-half reign¬ 
ed (and sometimes stormed) throughout his 
domicil? 
There arc many of tho aforesaid sox who are 
foolish and sentimental ; so indiscreet that 
they will tell ail I hey know, and ofttimey much 
more, to ever}'chance listener whom they meet; 
so very foolish that they will givo themselves 
away to tho first being in the shape of a man 
who asks for them, without scorning to car, 
whether ho possesses any of the finalities of a 
man or not, if ho only gives thorn a “ local hab¬ 
itation and a name.” Soma of these ladies are 
so sentimental that they can write pathetic 
sonnets to love and tho moon; that they can 
g j into ecstaolcs at sight of a petit, infant, or a 
kitten! But did anybody ever know a woman 
to deface whole quires of pink and yellow note 
paper in poetical descriptions of mmibody’t 
hair and eyes? or to vow on bended knee that 
they should make ;t sudden exit from this 
“dark vale of woes," if norndiody didn’t say 
“yes” to tho proposal to take them " for bet¬ 
ter or f®m worse ?” And did anybody evor see 
a woman who held it, n.s her candid opinion 
that she knew more about farm work, and 
about, men's occupations in general, than all 
eoatdom put together? 
There are specimens of women so timid that 
they will utter heart-rending shrieks at the 
sight of a spider or a harmless toad ; that t hey 
never can enjoy a ride for fear t he horses will 
run away, or the carriage upset; who are al¬ 
ways poking their heads out of car windows to 
see if they ore not going to meet an accident or 
a catastrophe. Vet, when woman was oalied 
upon to give to the service of her needy, suffer- 
'"K country that which was as dear to her as 
life, did anybody ever know her to be suddenly 
struck (leaf, dumb or blind? to bo suddenly 
maimed? or to gather up her belongings and 
Heal away to parts unknown to escape from 
duty ? The 11 ladles” of this modern, progress¬ 
ive age aro exceedingly delicate —so delicate 
thui it would be entirely beyond their endur¬ 
ance to sweep a floor or cook a dinner. A1J 
'heir physical strength is used in making their 
toilets, and in acquiring the requisite style and 
hauteur to their appearance. All their intel¬ 
lectual faculties are employed iii studying fash- 
inn plates and acquiring the affectation and 
shaper of parlor and drawing-room talk ; their 
divine, intuitive faculties are only exerted to 
decide as to what style of hat and cloak, or 
what color of dress, produces the most charm¬ 
ing effect; or to arrive at a conclusion as to 
who among their unmarried acquaintances are 
likely to make a match. And this perversion 
of the highest and noblost facult ies—this bring¬ 
ing down to a false, artificial life the far-reach¬ 
ing, elevating gifts of God- is only to gain ihe 
worldly title of ** fashionable.” 
But there are also delicate “gentlemen," who 
SO about in fine cloth and polished boots,_with 
massive watch chains, kid gloves and gold-head- 
«1 canes,—with white hands that the owner 
would think ruined If brought into contact 
with the hoe or plow-handle, but which re¬ 
ceive no stains from handling cigars and oucher 
decks; “ Qcntfewen ” who are living in idleness 
on the wealth acquired by the industry of their 
forefathers,—who do not rely upon the cultiva¬ 
tion and use of tho grand gifts of soul and intel¬ 
lect, but, upon their tailor and hair-drosser to 
make men of them ; and who are of about as 
much use to society and to the world as the 
painted images which people buy of foreign 
peddlers to put upon their mantel shelves or 
parlor tables. 
Man has no excuse for being effeminate—for 
living in a state of useless delicacy; but it re¬ 
quires great moral courage for woman to step 
aside from the multitude and dare to cultivate 
and make use of tho abilities which her Creator 
has given her,—to bring her physical and intel¬ 
lectual powers to the standard of strength and 
elevation for which they were intended, What 
right have you. oh! weak, powerless, depend¬ 
ant women, to compete with the strong, noble, 
puissant abilities of man! Don’t; you know 
that your every act will bo criticised and com¬ 
mented on?—that you will bo called coarse, 
vulgar and strong-minded? that you might 
get swamped in a. gutter before a masculine 
hand would offer to help you across? that you 
might stay at home until you did not know 
whether the world moved or not, before a gen¬ 
tleman would favor you with his escort? And, 
while nil the mate sex were being monopolized 
by artificial “ ladles," who can make brilliant (?) 
remarks »u their neighbors’ drosses and on the 
hero of the latest novel, would you not feel 
t hat you were in fearful danger of going down 
into the dark, horrible abyss of—old mnidtsm? 
Yet It Is time that fashionable women, und 
especially the fashion-bound multitudes of 
America, put aside silly affectation and falso 
delicacytime that they were awakened from 
tho stupor of a senseless, aimless nonentity; 
that they threw off the shackles of false cus¬ 
tom and dared to take an active part in tho 
duties of life! There is work enough to do— 
there is wrong enough to be righted, darkness 
enough to bo lighted, enough or suffering and 
sorrow to lie alleviated, enough of misery to bo 
softened, enough (J f loneliness to be cheered, 
enough of anguish to be soothed, and crushed, 
bleeding hearts enough to bo bound up, that 
woman may exert to the utmost all her capaci¬ 
ties for doing good, all her qualities iff refine¬ 
ment and elevation, ail her tender care and 
watchfulness, all her ability to smooth the 
rough pat h and cheer the darkened way, and 
all her strength of endurance. And It will be 
a poor excuse for her, when her Lord and Mas¬ 
ter rcekoneth with her, to say;—" Loro, 1 am 
an American lady, and it was not In accordance 
with the custom of tho land wherein I dwelt 
to put tho talents which Thou gavest, me out 
to usury, ami I was afraid and went amJ hid 
them in t he earth ; lo I there Thou hast that is 
Thine." 
And it is also time that fashionable wen tore 
off their kid gloves, threw away their useless 
canes, and hardened their delicate hands and 
anointed, carefully-kept heads with useful, 
energetic toll; time they learned tlmt man, 
created in the image of Gon, was neither made 
fora tailor's nor a barber’s sign ; that with the 
gifts of reason and intellect coups responsibil¬ 
ities for the exercise of those gifts; and that 
they were created that, the world might, bo the 
better for their having lived ! 
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WOMANLY MODESTY. 
Man loves tho mysterious. A cloudless sky, 
the full-blown rose, leaves him unmoved; but 
the violet whicli hides its blushing beauties be¬ 
hind the hush and the moon, when she emerges 
from behind a cloud, aro to him sources of in¬ 
spiration and pleasure. Modesty is to merit, 
what shade is to figure in painting; it, gives Its 
boldness and prominence. Nothing adds more 
to female beauty than modesty; It sheds around 
the countenance a halo of light which Is bor¬ 
rowed from virtue. Botanists have given the 
rosy hue which tinges tho cup of the rose the 
name of “ maldeu blush.” This pure and doll- 
cate hue is tho only paint that Christian virtue 
should use; it is tho richest ornament. A woman 
without modesty is like a faded flower, which 
diffuses an unwholesome odor, and which the 
prudent gardener will throw away from him. 
Her destiny is melancholy, for it ends in shame 
and repentance. Beauty passes like the (lower 
of the aloe, which blooms and dies in a few 
hours, lint modesty gives the female character 
charms which supplies the place of the transi¬ 
tory freshness of youth. 
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Coming Styles, — Of Autumn 
leading (or illo Doling. 
COUNTRY CHILDREN. 
Little fresh violets, 
Born In tho wild wood, 
Sweetly illustrating 
Innocent childhood , 
Shy as the antelope— 
Brown as a burry— 
Free as the mountain air, 
Romping and merry. 
Blue eyes and hazel eyes 
Peep from the hedges, 
Shaded by sun bonnets, 
Frayed at the edges, 
lip in the apple trees, 
Heedless of danger. 
Manhood in embryo 
Stares at the stranger. 
Out in the hilly patch, 
Seeking the berries— 
Under tho orchard trees, 
Feasting on cherries; 
Tramplluit the blossoms, 
Down mong the grasses, 
No voice lo hinder them, 
Dear lads and lasses. 
No grim propriety 
No interdiction; 
Free as tho bird lings 
From oily restriction! 
Coining tho purest blood, 
StrengtU'nlng each muscle, 
Donning health tinner 
’Gainst life's coming bustle. 
Dear tittle innocents! 
Born in the wild wood ; 
Oil, that all little ones 
Had such a childhood ! 
God’s blue spread over them, 
God’s garden beneath them; 
No sweeter heritage 
Could wo bequeath them 
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LETTER FROM A YOUNG NATURALIST. 
I believe I said I would write again, aud tell 
you what I found in the rocks of the “Hamil¬ 
ton proper." The greatest portion of the fos¬ 
sils wero like those 1 found in Ihe "Marcellos 
shale.” This rock Is also a shale, and belongs 
to the sumo period us the M. shale, but is harder 
and of a lighter Color. 
When t arrived there it was late In the after¬ 
noon, and raining, ao my chances of procuring 
specimens that day seemed rather poor; but 
under a tree near the house, where il was par¬ 
tially sheltered from tho rain, was a large stone, 
ami the temptation to break it open was so 
great that. I took my hammer and chisel, und, 
in spite of the weather, procured several line 
fossils. Among them was one called a TrilohiU\ 
wlilee I hold quite an acquisition to my collec¬ 
tion. The Tritnhiti' was a crustacean, nud is very 
conspicuous in some periods of rocks. Its form 
was oval, and was from half an inch to two feet 
in length. Thu body consisted of three distinct 
lobes, and was covered with small plates, sim¬ 
ilar to those on the tail of lobster. There are 
many curious things concerning tho different 
species of Trilohitca , of which there are up¬ 
wards of four hundred. Some kinds could roll 
themselves up into a ball, and thus present an 
armor In all directions. 
I have several of these from tho Trenton 
group, sent mo by one of my Rural corre¬ 
spondents. The Rijkal has helped me a great 
deal by publishing my former letter, in which 
I asked for correspondence with some of my 
cousins. Another notable thing of the Trilu- 
httex: t he different stages or growth, from tho 
egg to the adult, have been more accurately 
traced than those of the crab, or common crus¬ 
tacean, with which all " Young Kuralists" aro 
modes it is 
hardly time to speak definitely, only one thing 
being assured. The promise of plainness, made 
in early summer, will bo strictly kept. Supera¬ 
bundant flounce* and furbelows will take un¬ 
limited leave of winter wardrobes, and artistic 
Simplicity reign in their stead. How our weary 
and over-dressod women have sighed for this 
change they only are aware; and that, they will 
hail the new order with delight Is undoubted. 
It is hinted that the prospective at vies will re¬ 
quire not more than half the quantity us the 
past; but this is a dream that seems impossible 
of realization. It is not impossible that the 
newiy-modeled garments may have a “ skinny ” 
appearance, but familiarity will soon arrange 
that, and once accustomed to it. weary eyes will 
be thankful they are no longer compelled to 
wander over vast fields of flutings aud hedge¬ 
rows of headings.— Scribner’s for October. 
acquainlcd. In speaking of the Trilohitc'x armor, 
I should have said that the head was covered 
with a kind of shield, of a crescent, shape, it 
had eyes of nearly the same construction of 
the insects which we sec about us every day; 
which sufficiently proves that at even the early 
period of tho Potsdam formation there was 
light enough to render objects visible at. some 
distance, otherwise its eyes would have boon 
useless. This animal is supposed to have fre¬ 
quented the shallow water, swimming together 
in shoals. 
Among the many othor things I found, in tho 
few succeeding days of my stay, were a large 
number of fossil corals; but I will not toll you 
of them, for fear of taxing both the patience of 
my cousins and the kind Rural. 
One day, soon after, I went several miles 
from there to quarries of the Lower Helder- 
berg group, where 1 found another fossil of tho 
same family as tile Orthoceratitc , that I spoke 
of before ; it 1- called tho Goniat ifc. This was 
very much like the former, excepting its being 
partially coiled. If any of my cousins are ever 
near my homo and care to sec some of these 
t hings, It will afford me much pleasure to ex¬ 
hibit my cabinet. 
I hope Laura Southgate hasn’t forgotten 
her promise to tell us something of the spider. 
And I see, too, " Wtld Rose ” hasn’t quite for¬ 
gotten us. I hope they will both write again to 
our circle of " cousins." 
if Willie H., who wrote in the Rural of 
Sept. 30th, were to read some of Prescott’s 
Histories, I think ho would find them very 
interesting, as well as instructive. I like his 
“ Conquest of Mexico (3 vois.), also the " Con¬ 
quest of Peru,” very much. 
Young Naturalist. 
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BABIES AT VIENNA. 
A Con respondent, writing of the children’s 
department at the Vienna Exposition, says, 
” As to the Vienna pavilion, though most of 
the contents are t ile veriest playthings, many 
of them answering to no purpose in tho best of 
hands, yet it is not altogether unInteresting. 
'I lie most interesting half-sized models In plas¬ 
ter arc stationed about the room. Eight or ten 
of these illustrate the stylo In which women of 
different nations carry l heir babies. The Asi¬ 
atic Indian woman carries hors in a blanket 
hanging in front somewhat below the waist; 
tlio Bengalese woman with the child astride 
low down upon her left hip, and her left arm 
supporting its hunk. Tho figure seems quite 
Indifferent as to the difficulties in tills stylo of 
carrying, which must bo a highly artistic per- 
tormunce If dune so cleverly in reality. The 
Egyptian woman carries hors In a stately man¬ 
ner, the child sitting astride her stAnilder with 
its hands upon her head, und without any 
clothing to speak of. Tho Brazilian woman 
carries tiers In a somewhat similar manner, also 
in full undress, it sitting astride her nock. The 
Chinese baby Is carried upright upon the back, 
in a blanket, and the South African in a bag In 
I front, formed by a blanket about the hips of 
I tho mother. Tho Lower Austrian woman car¬ 
ries hers by swinging it in u blanket over one 
shoulder upon her back, while the Northern 
Austrian carries hers bound upon a board, 
after the style of candy models in confectionery 
stores. The Lapland baby Is carried in a sledgo- 
shapod cot made of louthor. it seems to have 
been chucked in, feet foremost, and then a 
frame tied over the opening for its face, wheth¬ 
er to prevent it from crawling out or to keep 
the dogs from kissing it, is more than can bo 
Imagined. Tho most unique style or all is that 
of the Esquimaux woman, who wears wide, 
high-top bools, and puts the baity, right end 
foremost, down in the outside of one of them, 
and doubtless, according to Dr. Kane's descrip¬ 
tion of her style, carrying her cooking and 
heating utensils in tho other. The North 
American woman carries her papoose strapped 
to a board, and that strapped upon her back by 
a band over tho forehead. 
SUMMER PLAY. 
Nothing oau be more cruel and nothing 
more foolish than to place children whore they 
must be dressed every day In fresh and fashion¬ 
able clothes, and their freedom to play curtailed 
fur the sake of appearances. What childhood 
needs Is perfect freedom among the filings of 
nature—freedom to romp, to mako mud-pies, 
I n leap fences, to row, to fish, lo climb trees, 
to chase butterflies, to gather wild flowers, to 
live out doors from morning until night, and to 
do all those tilings that Innocent and healthy 
childhood delights In, in cheap, strong clothes 
provided for the purpose. Exactly tlmt which 
childhood needs, manhood ami womanhood 
need period, liberty and perfect carelessness. 
So, whether the dweller by t he sea, go inland 
for his summer play, or the resident of tho 
Inland city go to the *0u, ho should seek some 
spot un visited by those devoted to fashionable 
display, and employ his lime In unrestricted 
communion with nature, and in those pursuits 
and amusements which, without let or hin¬ 
drance perform the office of recreation. 
TO THE PUZZLERITES. 
We shall be glad to receive contributions of 
puzzles, rebuses, anagrams, problems, riddles, 
decapitations, hidden words, etc., from the 
Voting Rurullats who arc smart enough to send 
us good ones, and send them to us neatly and 
plainly written and correct in every particular. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 7. 
I am composed of 30 letters : 
My 32,10, 8,1 is an article of furniture. 
•My 13, 3, 20, 17, 18 means to portray. 
My 17, 7, L 33,20, 1,13, 7 Is a U. S. A. Territory. 
My 28,21, 14. 10,17,5 is called tho “ bride of the 
sea.” 
My ft. 20, 20, 1, 20, 11 , 18 Is one of Tennyson’s 
heroes. 
My 28, 1, 4, -5 is the Latin for farewell. 
My 18,1, 10 is a letter of the Greek alphabet. 
My 3,10 is a river of Italy. 
My 0,10, 37, 18, 1, it Is a Persian title. 
My 2,39, 11, 24 is an odious name for money. 
M} 13, o, 31,!.), 29, 28 moans further down. 
My whole is a very pretty Bible saying. 
Maiuan o. Harris. 
ZW“ Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Sept. 20. 
Biblical Enigma No. 3. — O Jerusalem, Je¬ 
rusalem! How often would 1 have gathered 
thy children together, even as a hen gathereth 
her chickens under her wings, and ye would not. 
Square-Word Enigma No. 4.— 
FROG 
ROME 
OMAR 
G E R M 
Problem No. 9. — liases, 12, 7, 7 and 4,11, li. 
Cross-Word Enigma No. 5.—Kansas. 
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