MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
BT DE FORREST P. GUMSIEBSON. 
What does it matter to them to-day 
How many they have spoken. 
How many happy hours have been ? 
Now, when the vows are all broken. 
What if a pan? doth rend each heart ?— 
The other will never know it. 
What If both Ions for one kind word ?— 
The other will never bestow It. 
Only have passed a year and a day, 
Since they two onmo together; 
Sunshine alone was In t heir hearts, 
Nor dreamed they that clouds could gather. 
Sooner or later a grass-covered grave 
Will hide oue from the other; 
Bgt think you the one whom Death has left 
Will be happy again with anotherV 
Ah ! If the words In anger spoken 
Could be recalled, ere it is too late, 
How many hearts that to-day are broken 
Might be saved from so sad a fate 1 
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LETTERS. - ATT ADMONITION. 
BY MAY MAPLE. 
Wno does not welcome a real, live, chatty 
letter? One that gives information upon all 
the topics of tho day, and gossips In a homely 
way of homo affairs, treating of matter In 
which each Individual of the family i particu¬ 
larly interested? If temptations have been 
overcome, disappointments homo with un¬ 
flinching fortitude, wo can sympathize with 
the sorrowing ones, although miles of sea and 
land are betweon us—for but few have lived 
through a score of years without feeling the 
sharp thorns of dlsuppolntinont pierce their 
hearts. Then, there arc I lie little notes of Joy¬ 
ous melody bursting out, here anil there, that 
at onoo drive away any hints of the blue vapors 
that may have gathered about otto during a 
long exile. Some saylngof the Uttlo fairy folks 
of tho family, or some cute performance of tho 
pot dog or cat; tho peculiar wnrhlo of tho 
canary bird, who, though a prisoner all hi« life, 
makes his existence morry and glad, if he only 
has plenty of seeds and water; ho makes no 
moan because he cannot grasp his liberty. 
A note is made of the marriages of old school- 
chums, and little, graceful compliments upon 
tho matches that are not always made In 
heaven. Perhaps some one of the large circle 
of friends baa passed quietly over the dark 
river. With Low much Interest do we re- i of 
tho departed—words fraught with loving con¬ 
fidence In the All-Father's wisdom. Ah ! such 
letters aro treasured up as more precious than 
jewels; and they shod a porfmno over many 
lives prized more than the costly attar of roses. 
Such letters us I have described do I receive 
from our mother, cousin M„ and a few others. 
But what of such letters us one occasionally 
receives that read somewhat as follows ; 
Dear G. : I was so glad to receive a lino from 
you again, and to learn that you were well. 
We are having a pleasant season. The young 
folks are having lots of fun. We went out rid¬ 
ing the other night; I wish you had made imo 
of tho company. I should havo written to you 
some time ago, but ma thought that t bad bet¬ 
ter wait until John roturnod from his trip 
South, for ho would bring nows that would 
Interest, you, as ho would visit your native vil¬ 
lage, and among your acquaintances. Well, he 
oarne back last week, and brought lots of nows. 
By the way, I saw one of your old flames a few 
days ago ; he Inquired about you and sent his 
very humble regards to your most honored 
self. Yours In haste, Jane. 
How aggravating ! Only one Item that gives 
you the least bit of desirable Information, 
John Somebody has visited in your old neigh¬ 
borhood and brought back nows that would 
Interest you. Now, why In the name of com¬ 
mon sense could Bbo not have Jotted down a 
few items of the information so freely given 
by tho same John, Instead of trying to get off a 
coarse Joke about one for whom you cared 
nothing, and who In all probability cared noth¬ 
ing for you. Suoh letters are of but little 
value. I do not say this to discourage any 
from writing, but to ask that they write, and 
more frequently, just such letters as they 
themselves like best to receive. 
To those long absent from home, no day Is 
so much thought of, aye, even longed for, as 
theonnthut brlugB the weekly mall. Oh, how 
tho heart sinks and t he eyelids droop when no 
line of kindly remembrance Is received, and 
with a stolhl Indifference the non-roceiver set¬ 
tles down with the unploasont thought, 
“there’ll be no letters to answer.” 
Write ! Whatever Interested tho loved and 
absent one at home you may bo sure will be 
doubly Interesting when that one 1 b far away, 
among strangers. How many UveB might, have 
been spared t i be bright and shining lights In 
the world. If some kind, thoughtful friend had 
reached forth the hand of friendly romtm- 
branco In tho form of a genial, Intelligible let¬ 
ter. But neglected, and alone, they havmaken 
their llvea Into their own hands and passed 
through the portals of eternity, “ unwept, tin- 
honored and unsung." Many who are sick and 
discouraged with their humble life-work, und 
are on the very verge of despair, might receive 
a new lease of life by a timely epistle from a 
long ago, Intimate friend. Then, write ofton 
to one another, and as members of one great 
common family. 
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HOW ONE WOMAN SECURED THE 
RURAL. 
[.OVER tho signature of “ Subscriber B.”, one 
of the Rub ad’s long-time subscribers sends us 
the following:] 
This year, aft er January had set in with snow 
anrl cold, and the evenings were long, I said to 
my husband, “ 1 don't see how wo are going to 
got along without the Rural : for my part I’m 
lonesome. Why, wo have numbers in tho house 
ns far back as 1855 ; you and I were more chil¬ 
dren then. Is It any wonder that It soems as if 
one of the family were gone when we don’t 
have the Rural?" 
Said lie:- “Wife, you know times are hard, 
r'vu got to use considerable money, and I can’t 
afford to take the Rural. However, I'll own I 
miss it as much as you do, and would be much 
pleased to take It." 
u Can't afford U .'-Why, I don’t sco how wo 
can afford to do without it, n tolls us so many 
things it is necessary for farmers to know.” 
“Wife*," said he, “ I’ll tell you what I’ll do. 
There’s Mr. A. who owes mo just enough to pay 
fur tho Rural a year. I have given up over 
getting It; if you can collect it you may have 
tlio money and send for the Uural.” 
Very quick I got pen, Ink and paper and 
wrote Mr. \. a pleasant, but urgent, letter. 
The result was, in a few days Mr. A. handed 
husband I lie money; betook it to the nearest 
elub agent and paid for t he Rural— and that’s 
how we came to take It tills year. 
MOTHERS, TEACH YOUR DAUGHTERS. 
Beak Rural : I have been a reader of your 
pages for four years, am! havo ofton »eon and 
carefully perused hints to young girls concern¬ 
ing housekeeping, censuring them for not 
knowing more about it. 1 do not censure 
them as much na I do their mothers. But I 
agree with VoUNO Faiimkh’s Wife, and think 
if mothers would take more pains and have 
more patience with their daughters while 
growing up, they could, a; well us their moth¬ 
ers, go from the piano to the washing machine, 
and fed os much at homo performing on one 
as tho other. 1 was a farmer’s daughter, and 
now am a farmer’s wile. I know I was as capa¬ 
ble of performing my duty at the ago of sixteen 
as i am stt i his period. I am now twenty-three, 
have been married one year, and have never 
had any difficulty about housekeeping. My 
mother was, and Is yet, a first-class house¬ 
keeper, and did not raise her daughters In the 
parlor alone. I contend that girls aro as ambi¬ 
tious and onergotic novv-a-duys as wore their 
mothers and grandmothers, and the fault Is 
not with them, but attributable to tho training 
(or lack of it.) received from their mothers. 
Willow Grove, Del., April, 1884. e. n. 
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POOR, BROKEN-HEARTED MAN! 
The Tribune draws a melancholy picture of 
the distinction in law betwoon man and woman 
in the matter of broken hearts: “ Imos a mere 
man," it asks, “ whoso timid heart has been 
persuaded to ttirow itself at the feet, of a co¬ 
quette only to be oast aside, ever get a thou¬ 
sand dollars, or a hundred dollars, or one dol¬ 
lar oven, with which to mend tho rents and 
tatters In tho same ? Never! Tho balm of 
gold Is denied him ; even t he poor consolation 
of making a grncoful and an Impressive ap¬ 
pearance In court and tho illustrated papers is 
not for him. There Is a stony and barbaric air 
of oppression about this state of things that 
takes u» back to tho dark ages, and causes tho 
disinterested philosopher to shudder at tho 
wretched, crushed, and helpless condition of 
man." 
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FACTS FOR THE FAIR. 
There are 250 different tints of gray displayed 
in spring dress goods. 
The young ladles of Sacramento, California, 
have a secret detective society for finding out 
the habits of the young men. 
Evehy lady Is anxious to know whether her 
dress Is becoming; but the most likely thing to 
become a lady Isa well-behaved little girl. 
A new necklace Is made of blocks of Roman 
gold, four inches square, fastened by chains of 
fine gold. They are unique, but rather stu¬ 
pendous. 
And now a New York lady is going to emu¬ 
late Mrs. Dahlgren, and publish a book about 
Gotham etiquette. She aspires to be an invent¬ 
ive genius. 
" Not less than one hundred women have en¬ 
tered the medical profession this year." It 
doesn’t cost so much to come In, but you’re 
liable to a raise. 
Mus. Jane G. Swissiielm thinks the direct 
effect of tho women’s war on liquor selling can 
only bo transient, unless tho right of suffrage Is 
conferred upon women. 
The Now York World has figured up the 
weight of a lady’s toilet, from her hair to her 
flhoes, and the sum total is eleveu pounds thir¬ 
teen ounces and eight drachms. 
JUadtitg for % J|ouitg. 
BIRDIE’S RING. 
BY MARY C. (‘’JOHNNIE") BAIITI.ETT. 
On my finger, almost hidden 
’Neath the gems that glitter thore, 
Is a single thread a) waMed, 
Prized above euoh Jewel rare. 
Tiny hands the circlet fastened. 
Lisped a sweet voice, childishly, 
Words that make that ring, so humblo, 
Bserod evennoru to mo. 
" Don’t forget—tills ring will help you," 
( 80 ft and lew the accents fell,) 
“ When you pray, to link our Saviour 
/•ira.ic t o make dear Mama well!’’ 
Still I wear, as something holy. 
That pnlo thread of worsted, blue, 
Rraytuv fora faith iis childlike— 
For such trustr-a love us true. 
And if o’er 'mid selfish suffering— 
’Mid a life of toil end cure— 
I forget tho souls a-mauy. 
Who have all 5111)11 naod of prayor, 
Birdie’s humblo lltUo circlet 
('alls to mind my “neighbor’s’’ noed, 
And for friend and foe and stranger. 
Bids me ever intercede. 
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LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
From a Western New York Ctrl. 
Mr. Editor; I utn a little girl twelve years 
old, ami one of the many readers of your valua¬ 
ble paper. My father has taken it ever since I 
can remember. I have been going to school 
this winter, but. It Is now vacation. We had a 
real nine exhibition tho last, two nights of 
school. 1 have a pretty canary bird, which 
sings nearly all the time, und a little white kit¬ 
ten, and a little sister Mamie, four years old. 
One day 1 onmo in the house and told mamma 
that papa had hough 1 . a cow, anil Mamie wanted 
to know whether she gave sweet or sour milk ! 
I guess my letter Is getting too long, and If this 
don’t got thrown in tho waste basket I may 
write again.—D ellik G. 11., Jam ext own, A'. Y. 
From a Rooky Mountain Boy. 
Dear Editor :—I have been looking at the 
Rural and like It roal well, and I thought that. 
1 must have a word or two to say. I saw In a 
few papers buck a letter from YoUNM Bach, 
and 1 thought I would say a few words to him. 
1 agree with him roal well 011 the subject that 
he wrote on, for I think that the most of t he 
women have got awful long tongues. As 1 livo 
in the Rocky Mountains, I suppose you would 
like to know of some of the animals thatIn- 
bm/iL the mountainous regions. The Rocky 
Mountain horses are iho nicest of all; I own 
one myself. Our land is so steep that when the 
horses try to go down the hill to get to the 
brook to drink they slide clour down to the 
bottom. Well, I was going to say that when 
our women start lo go to meeting, Sundays, 
you ought to be here and hear their talk about 
going over the hills and valleys. But 1 suppose 
T shall have to dose for this time. Now, dear 
editor, please correct all of tho mistakes, see¬ 
ing this is the first letter that I ever attempted 
to write.— Wild Bor of the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains, Wyoming. 
A Pennsylvania to a Mississippi MalUon. 
Li ear Rural; —In tho pages of your most 
excellent piper 1 found a letter from a Missis¬ 
sippi maiden, stating tho facts of her youthful 
days and sports of all kinds, showing great 
promise from the fair sex. She mentioned that 
she pieced eleven quilts, tho names of very de¬ 
sirable patterns. Now 1 wish tho maiden would 
write another letter und give the patterns, how 
they were pieced and put together, us 1 think 
they must look beautiful. I am u groat ad¬ 
mirer of patchwork, but never before hoard 
thoso names, which makes mo very anxious to 
seo If she would explain ; only on® at a time in 
the paper would be sufficient. I am no writer, 
but occasionally try. Am one of the many 
subscribers to your weekly paper, which can¬ 
not be excelled. 1 hope you will correct mis¬ 
takes and publish litis in your next issue, os I 
wish to hear from her soon again through your 
columns.— Kate K., Berks Co., Pa. 
From a Canada Boy. 
Mr. Rural —Dear Sir; This Is Iho first time 
that I have written t,« you, and I hope you will 
give my letter a place In your boys’letters. I 
am a Little hoy eight years old. I go to school 
and can read and write some. 1 like the boys’ 
anil girls’ letters very much. I live In Canada, 
on 1 horn Hodge Farm, and like to bo a farmer’s 
boy. We have a c.heese factory and make lots 
of cheese, and wo have made six hundred 
weight of maple sugar this spring. I have two 
rabbits and a pair of big ducks. The old duck 
lays every night, and I havea big cat, fourteen 
years old, named “ Tom." H» Is smart yet, and 
can kill a rat as well ns over. My kitten’s name 
is “Tim.” I had a nice dog; his name was 
“Carlo." I would have had him yet, but he 
died Nelson It., Tilumburg, Out. 
From an Ohio Farmer’ Daughter. 
Dear Mr. Editor : As 1 see so many lett ers 
from tho boys and girls I think 1 will write one 
too. I never wrote for a paper before, and I do 
not know whether you will think this worth 
printing or not. My father takes four papers, 
I hut I like the Rural tho best, of any of them. 
I am I hirtoon yearn old, and live in t he oountry 
on a large farm. We keep a dairy of thirty- 
three cows. I havo no pots except my little 
brother; lie is over a year old, and his name la 
Harry Leslie. I think Cousin Johnnie’s 
letters vory Interesting. — Eva May C., Bir¬ 
mingham, Ohio. 
A Note from “Yeung Bach.” 
Dear Sir :-So Cousin Johnnie thinks I feel 
a contempt for women, does site? Well, I de¬ 
clare! And tho reason, she says, la because I 
associate with “poor specimens," Ac. Now 
thero aro a low facts to which I would respect¬ 
fully invito her attentionFirstly- I do not 
feel a contempt for women. On the contrary, 
I am a great admirer of tho ladies. Secondly, 
my relatives and friends aro not “ poor speci¬ 
mens; but I will not make any alteration la 
my statement on that account. Tnlrdly—I am 
sorry Cousin Johnnie is sorry for me. l 
thought, until I saw the lust Rural, (I um a 
now reader,) that she was a man; hut ua ho 
(she) provos to be a woman she will bo classed 
with the ladles. Fourthly — Ladles will wag 
tl.elr tongues. Youno Bach, VaU's Mills, Pf. 
Y., April (3. 
From a Virginia Girl. 
Dear Mr. Editor:-T bls Is tho first time I 
over wrote for the Rural. 1 like to read tho 
loi ters from boy# and girls very much, I havo 
a sister and brother. 1 am nino yearn old. Sis¬ 
ter and I each have u big doll—almost ns big as 
a sure on >ugh baby. We have two horses; ono 
named “ Fanny " and one named “Ratty." I 
think that "Ratty" Is the prettiest — she Is 
right black. Sister and brother and myself cun 
rldo on horseback. Sister and I ride on “ Fan¬ 
ny,” and brother rides on “Ratty," behind 
William, our hired man, and wo havo a great 
deal of fun. I am making a, quilt, and sister is 
too. 1 think that they will he very pretty. 
" hen they are finished mother is going to lot 
us have some quiltings. Mother is making a 
hexagon quilt for brother. We live about four 
or live miles from Richmond, but we don’t go 
to school, us mother hears our lessons all of 
the forenoon, mid we have tho rest, of tho day 
in do whatever we choose. Wo walk about, tho 
farm a good deal. Mother touches us Freuoh 
and music. ( am very fond of unislo. I am 
learning a piece that 1 think Is very pretty in¬ 
deed. I hope this will bo good enough to go la 
your paper. -Helen 1IJM., Near Richmond, Va. 
We, are always glad to > ecci.ee contributions 
for this Department. 
PROBLEM.—No. 8. 
A and B ongage to do a certain pleco of 
work for which they aro to receive flftoon 
dollars, and as A can do it In nine days, 
they promise to complete it I 11 five days ; they 
find that they are obliged to call on C to assist 
them the last two days, in consequence of 
which Breceived 6214 cents loss than ho other¬ 
wise would have done. In how many days can 
13 and 0 each do the work? Please insert the 
above problem in the Rural and request a 
solution from the young rurallsts as loan not 
find any one that can solve It. It. T. James. 
IW Answer in two weeks. 
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DECAPITATIONS.—No. 1. 
Complete, I rldo upon tho sea; 
Behead, and what a change In me; 
Htraightway I quit tho ocean’s tldo 
Along the tranquil stream to glide. 
Again employ the guillotine, 
And, lo! tho steersman’s plaoo la mine ; 
Now hold your hand—behead once more— 
My frame, reduced in size, gives o’er: 
Of body, arms and logs bereft. 
Only one semblanced foot la left. V 
Answer iu two week;.. 
— M l- 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.-No. 11. 
I am composed of 14 letters: 
My 12, 4, 9, 3, 14 Is something wo could not, do 
without. 
My 13, 8,1 is an insect. 
My 1.10,1L, 9, 0 are parts cf the human frame. 
My 12.11,7, 9. 2 Is anger. 
My 7,5, 2,10, 5 is what a flro produces. 
My whole an event which caused groat trouble 
to one of the great nations of the earth. 
j&ST Answer In two weeks. C. t. 
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ANAGRAM.-No. 2. 
IIet ady fo alsinl dan lefebe stnhgl, 
Oneu llghtyr nnO pieseds; 
Eth elstbtmsi tears ornif sellamst edses, 
Yb swol selnosgrpor sior. u. l. m. 
Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.—April 25. 
Anagram; of Cities No. 8 .—1. Potsdam; 
2, Athens ; 3, Edinburgh ; 4, ltatlsbon ; 5, York; 
6 , Dresden. 
Cross-word Enigma No. (>.—Rochester. 
