JUBILANTE. 
BY F. F. B. 
JUBILANTE! Jubilante I Now I am free; 
Hurk, bow the note of rejoicing swells. 
Echoing, joining with tuo in my glee, 
While the glsul sound floats through these woody 
dells. 
Jubilante! nark, how they echo the strain. 
Murmuring softly, those green-clad hills, 
Repeating the music again and again. 
While an answering chorus my bosom thrills. 
Chained in the sohool-TOoin the long, long day. 
While the bright sun bids the leaves rejoice, 
And they beokuti to mo in their winsome way, 
Calling mo forth with a musical voice. 
Weary I gaze through the. window pane 
At the blue, bright sky and dancing leaves. 
Wishing that mine were the power again 
To search out the flowers and frnit of the sheaves. 
Jubilante I Jubilante! Now I am free 
To wander in gladness wherever I wdl—, 
To list to the song *>f the bird on the tree, 
To drink of the sweetness of Nature my fill,— 
To feast on tho gifts from a bountiful Hand, 
To revel In happiness ’ill the day long, 
To rest at the eve in a beautiful land, 
And Jubilante ! Jubilante! stillbomy song. 
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A FEW WORDS TO THE "LORDS OF 
CREATION.” 
BY ERJIENGAttUE. 
How many who read this have ever hoard 
from masculine lips tho words, “I wish l were 
a woman?” Yet wo often hear from woman’s 
lips, “ I wish J were a man.” Why should this 
be so ? 11' everything were just as it should be, 
methinks there would not be so much dissatis¬ 
faction among Our sisters. “But the most of 
them appear to he satisfied with their lot," you 
say. Begging your pardon, sir, you know noth¬ 
ing about it. Your sex are riot particularly 
noted for their quickness of perception where 
women are concerned, and / kuu.v that half 
and more than half the married women look 
hack with hinging regret to the days of their 
girlhood. Now, this should not he so, and would 
not if those who are styled the protectors of 
women were in very truth what they pretend 
to be. 
Now, my good sir, you who enjoy the repu¬ 
tation of being a tolerably good husband, 
please answer my questions, bear with my 
words, and judge for yourself. Who makes your 
clothes and keeps them in repair, keeps your 
house In order, cooks your meals,—in short, 
does the work of dairy iiiukI, laundress, seam¬ 
stress and scullion, and all for you ? When your 
baby was sick, who watched alone through the 
long hours of iiiglit, hovering around the little 
bed with anxious heart and sleepless eyes? 1m/ 
didn’t; you said you “guessed there wasn’t 
anything very serious the matter,” and went 
comfortably l<> sleep. Now you really hadn't 
given the matter much thought. “Itwas noth¬ 
ing dangerous, and you knew she would attend 
to it.” Yes, there it is! Didn't you know that 
half the worry and anxiety would have been 
driven from tbe mother's heart If you had given 
her a little aid and encouragement, and shared 
her vigil as you ought? But no; you u couldn't 
lose your night's rest after working all day in 
the harvest field'.” Well, she had worked as 
liai^ all day, in proportion to her strength, as 
you; but she is only a woman, aud what is a 
woman for but to make herself useful ? Well, 
that she does ma ke herself useful is very appar¬ 
ent, but where is her compensation ? That I- 
uot so plainly t«/ be seen. “She gets clothed 
and fed, beside* having a home.” Precisely; 
but could you (ind a single woman who would 
perform the same amount of labor for her 
board, clothes and ace to Jay her head ? I 
think not. 
Then, you recollect your wife arose the other 
morning, pale, hollow-eyed and half sick, alter 
a restless night, (slie had been too tired to sleep 
inUeh), hut slie had to hurry around to get your 
lordship’s breakfast at the usual time—for if it 
had been ten minutes later than usual, she 
would probably have had to listen, for ( ho fif¬ 
tieth time, to the remark that your mother 
always had her breakfast ready at precisely « 
o'clock. (I wonder how many wives there am 
who have not had their mothers-in-law thrown 
in their faces, figuratively speaking, at least 
fifty times ?) 
Then, again, lust week she asked you to buy 
her a package of yeast cakes, and you informed 
her that your mother always made her own; 
and when she ventured to say that it would 
cost, but ton cents, whereas your weekly supply 
of tobaeeo cost twenty-five, you told her you 
earned tho money and had a right to do with if 
as you pleased. Just so. Your potatoes, hay, 
etc., brought tho money, but perhaps you had 
three or four extra men to help get those crops 
in, and : ho, unaided, baked, boiled and stewed 
over a hot fire to feed a family of ten or twelve, 
perhaps, besides performing a thousand other 
household duties which you think arc nothing, 
but which you wouldn’t have the patience to 
drag through, day after day, if you were paid 
well for doing it, which she is not. Now, you 
draw off a load of produce tu market, pocket 
the money, and who tells you what you may or 
may not do with it? Are you not a man and 
your own master ? 
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But do you suppose it is pleasant for that 
woman who loves you and tolls for you, to be 
obliged to give an account of every paltry sum 
doled out to her and reluctantly, ^oroetimes- 
from the price of a calico dross down to a stick 
of tape? Please, define ymir wife's position in 
relation to you. I think It best not to mix up 
matters. If she is equally interested in your 
affairs w il h yourself and Is truly your partner 
and helper, is she not entitled to her share of 
the profits? But if you will not look at the 
matter in that, light, you must surely allow that 
she is a most faithful servant, and if you choose 
to call her so, for pity's sake do not deny her a 
servant’s wages! 
Jonesvilie, N. Y. 
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A ROYAL LESSON OF HUMANITY. 
Queen Caroline, wife of George IT, being 
informed that her eldest daughter, afterward 
Princess of Orange, was accustomed at going 
to rest, to employ one of the ladies of the 
court to read aloud to her till she could 
drop asleep, and that on on© occasion the 
princess suffered the lady, who was in¬ 
disposed, to continue the fatiguing duty un¬ 
til she fell down in ;/ swoon, determined to 
Inculcate on her daughter a lesson of human¬ 
ity. The next night the queen, when in bed, 
sent for the princess aud commanded her to 
read aloud. 
After some time her royal highness began 
to be tired of standing, and paused in hopes 
of receiving an order to be seated. " Pro¬ 
ceed," said her Majesty. In a short time a 
second pause seemed to plead for rest. 
“ Read on," said the Queen, again. The 
princess again stopped, and again received 
the order to proceed, till at length, faint mid 
breathless, she was forced to complain. 
“Then,” said this excellent parent, “If you 
thus feel the pain of this exercise for one 
evening only, what must your attendants 
feel who do it every night? Hence, learn, 
my daughter, never to indulge your own 
ease, while you suffer your attendants to 
endure unnecessary fatigue.” 
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ITEMS FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. 
The Alpine hat is becoming fashionable for 
ladies. 
Fem ale social clubs are becoming numerous 
in this country. 
Beautiful evening dresses are of blue and 
wnite grenadine. 
Vassaii, College girls row on the Hudson 
moonlight nights. 
Everything continues to be beaded, and the 
omnia rages unabated. 
Those large white sunshades are beginning 
to appear in the country and at the seaside. 
A pretty fashion now in vogue is to wear a 
bunch of natural flowers stuck in the waist 
belt. 
Kleven counties of Illinois are said to have 
ladies as Superintendents of their public 
schools. 
A Hartford bride writes to say that a wed¬ 
ding trip in a Pullman car is the summit of 
human bliss. 
Laur a I)k Forge Gordon’s paper, the Lead¬ 
er, has been awarded the city printing at 
Stockton, Cal. 
Oxford ties are very fashionable among the 
ladles. Oxford ties, it should be understood, 
are low shoes. 
Ladies at the seaside are wearing tho Maud 
Muller hat, which is the old-style “ flat ” fixed 
up w1r.ii flowers. 
Tiie ladies of Pennsylvania are doing more 
toward raising funds for the Centennial Expo- 
sition than the men. 
Mllk. Genevieve Favre, daughter of M. 
Juice Favre, has married her father's secretary, 
M. Maritalii, advocate. 
Traveling bags for ladies are of Russia 
leather, and depend from the side from a strap 
going over the shoulder. 
Rebecca Burk of Niles, was awarded first 
honors in l he senior department, at the recent 
examinations made at Notre IJame Female 
College, Indiana. 
Mdlle, SlMONO wITCH of Odessa obtained 
last mont h the dipbnna of Doctor of Medicine 
from the Liiiversity of Berne, where she had 
pursued her studies. 
Miss Jennie Field of Madison, Wis., is the 
first scholar among the seniors at the State 
University, but because she is a woman cannot 
take the first honor. 
A number of lady students are to enter the 
Boston (Methodist) School of Theology next 
fall, the doors of the seminary having been 
thrown open to all. 
<JoUM> a more terrible denunciation of light 
whisky drinking be uttered than that of the 
crusader who said she would rather marry 
Zaeh. < 'handler than a moderate di inker? 
The Worcester (Mass.) Palladium is edited by 
two sisters, daughters of the former editor. 
They are desirous of making it an art Journal, 
and have able writ ers engaged for that purpose. 
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake delivered the 
oration at the grand celebration at East Orange, 
July 4, the first time in the history of the 
country that a woman was ever Fourth of July 
orator. 
Boor isn little bends together, 
Bending o’er the slate ; 
They are making, one by one. 
Till the merry game is done, 
Striving to keep straight 
Naughts and crosses; this you know 
Is tit, tat, toe. 
Little fellow, speaking wisely, 
Tells the other there, 
“ If the game you want to win. 
Mark rigiit when yen first, begin. 
This, your only oare: 
Then all right you'll surely go 
in tit, tat, toe.” 
They were playing by the tlreside. 
All tbe evening long; 
And T thought of life’s slate, then, 
Where we murk as boys and men, 
Our path, right or wrong. 
Mark right! straight thro' life we'll go— 
And tit. tat, toe. 
[Gaorat Cooper., In l.ittIr, Corporal. 
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LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS, 
From a Southern Ohio Clri. 
Editor Rural hivrSir: f huve long wish¬ 
ed to write for the column which you allow the 
young folks, hut have never felt, at liberty to 
do HO until now. I live in Soul hern Ohio, about 
two hours’ride from Cincinnati, in the village 
of Oxford. Lust New Year we hud fourteen 
saloons; now wo have non©. I have not soon 
much In your paper about temperance in the 
letters I Impe Dewdiiof will not feel disheart¬ 
ened because her first lei ter wub criticised so 
much but will write again. I think Die stories 
under the heading “ Our Story Teller,” are often 
very interesting. I like to read very much, and 
as fat her takes a good many papery, I should 
like to hear■something more through your paper 
from tho California Girl if it will not give her 
too much (rouble. Cousin Johnny may criti¬ 
cise this letter if she wishes to; but if 1 make 
it too long it will not Le- published so hoping 
you will take me as one of your cousins, I will 
close.- Kvila Brown, Oxford, Ohio, April, '74. 
From a Llvo California Soy. 
Dear Rural: I h/tyc often road your "Boys' 
and Girls’” letters, which pleased me very 
much. I live about JO miles from San Francisco, 
upon tlm foot hij|g. My father has a ranch of 
800 acres, 200 of which are covered with timber, 
AVc employ ISOChinamen. There Is a largo crook 
which flows by our house which widens into a 
small lake a little below. I in ul© a raft yester¬ 
day, but it upset and gave me a good ducking, 
which was not pleasant, as the day was cold. I 
caught a two-pound trout this morning. 1 
should like to know how to build a. cheap boat, 
if any of your subscribers could tell me, as I 
would like to make one for the lake?— F. W. 
S., Fair Oaks, California. 
From a Western New York Cirl. 
Dear Mr. Editor;—As l have read a good 
many letters from the boys and girls i'i the 
Rural, l thought l would tty and write one 
myself. I’a has taken the Rural N kav You k e r 
ever since I can remember; we .ill like it very 
much. Two yours ago he most made up liis 
mind not. to take it, hut wo all missed it so 
much that, he sent, for it ami did not tell us. 
Oue day l went to the office and brought home 
a whole package; we had a glorious time, and 
I think he enjoyed them /is well as any ot us. 
We live on a farm in Ontario (Jaunty. I have a 
little brother seven years old. One day ho went 
to the woods with the men. lie had some gum ; 
he got. tired ' hewing it, and did not know what 
to do with it, so lie put.it in his cap ; of course, 
it stuck to his ljalr and had to he cut off. I 
have written once before to your paper but 
gues t it went into t he wante paper basket: still 
1 must not get discouraged the first I line or the 
second. We have no school now, hut. it will 
commence again soon; we shall have the same 
teacher we had last winter. I think Miss Dew 
Drop must be an old little girl. Ma lets me 
mukc soft gingerbread, and here is the recipe: 
1 egg, I cup molasses, !j cup but ter, J teaspoon 
ginger, 1 of soda in hj cup water, its cups flour. 
I t makes a very good breakfast cake, and pa 
thinks mine is better than tna’a. I guess I will 
close my letter for rear it. will go where my 
other one did If I make it too long.— Myra N., 
lloprieell, A■ Y. __ 
From a Central New York Boy. 
Dear Mr. Editor:— This is the first letter 1 
have written for the Rural. I am ten years 
old ami live on a farm. I take pride in helping 
father on the farm. Father takes four or five 
papers, but the Rural is worth thorn all. I 
have got a colt i hut. 1 take care of; It is a very 
nice one. I have got 21) Light Brahma liens and 
one imported rooster, that 1 water and feed. 
They are the largest. I over saw ; they average 
eight pounds apiece. 1 gathered about twelve 
eggs a day this winter. 1 don't think they can 
be bent. I forgot to tell you where I live ; it is 
in tiie town of Leb non,about six miles from 
Hamilton Village, N. Y. My fattier is a hop- 
grower, and 1 like to have hop-picking come. 
1 have been studying this winter, so as not to 
forgot what I have learned. Tell all the toys 
they must write to me in the Rural.—Charles 
II. Barber, Lebanon , Madison Co., N. Y., 
March, 1871. 
From an Indiana Ctrl. 
Mr. Editor ; I am a farmer’s daughter and 
live on the farm, but close to the town of M., 
and tlio cars run In front of our house. We 
raise several chickens and turkeys, but of them 
all I like ray Bantams (holiest. Which of the 
Bantams is? the best, the speckled or white? 
Wo take the Rural New-Yorker, and think 
it the best paper in t he world. I love to read 
t he Boys’ and Girls' letters Ho well that 1 thought 
I would write one ami nee if it would appear in 
your columns. 1 would like to write to some 
of tho girls that wrilo to the good old Rural, 
for I know we would agree in many things, but 
l can say to Young Mustache t hat lie did not 
spend Christmas as well ;:e I did, for I was at a 
wedding. But I must toll t he little girl • of tnv 
kitten; it is so pretty and is nfy pet. My little 
cousin named it. and aim culled It “ Sweety.” 
Will tuberoses grow and bloom in the house 
in the winter, or ought they to he kept in pots 
in tiie winter time? I will send you a good 
recipe for plain cake: Two cups sugar; 1 cup 
butter; 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar; beat well 
with sugar and butter; 4 eggs; I cup milk; l 
cups flour; 1 teaspoouful soda —M. M. B. M., 
Sugar Grove, Ind. 
From an Illinois Cirl. 
Dear Mr. Moore Wo have only taken the 
Rural a year, hut like it very much, I always 
read the Boys’ and Girls’ letters the first, ns 
soon as it cornea. 1 ilkesemcof thorn extreme¬ 
ly well, luit I think Young Hat m had better 
leave the subjecl of women's dress and tongues 
for some one t bat knows a little more about It. 
I live on ;i hum in Illinois. Our place is called 
Hampton Valley. My pupa intended to take 
me to see the great exhibit ion ol' firework on 
the bridge, but. we didn’t go on account, of ;he 
danger attending such excursions where the 
boats arc so crowded. I sincerely hope this 
letter will meet with your approbation ; if so, 
I will be a constant correspondent.—L eta W., 
Campion, UL, July, 1874. 
<$hc flll22lcr. 
PROBLEM.- No. 4. 
A man retains 3-19 of his quadrilateral farm, 
gives each of his two daughter;: a like quantity 
and divides the remainder equally between his 
two sons. The sons' portions are similar trian¬ 
gles; the daughters’, ditto ; while Ids mvn part, 
is a triangle which measures SO chains <m one 
side and 10 chains mi another the same as the 
quadrilateral. Required, the amount of land 
in his original farm. 
Scale of figure, 30 chains to the inch. 
The angle ECF the angle ECD ; DC=CF; AB 
= 36chains. AF, or \D=40 chains; area ABF, 
or A FE--8-10 area A BCD. 
Oneida Castle, N. Y. B. F. Burleson. 
» W Answer in t wo weeks. 
HIDDEN RIVERS. No. 2. 
1. Has Almond got, home? 
2. Bracketts Improve a building. 
3. There was an accident, in Indiana. 
4. Bob lacks in the upper story. 
5. Unleash, a lake in Siberia. 
6. Virginia is a State. 
7. Boy ere J meet you. 
8. Lew is at home. 
9. Clark shall be captain. 
10. See the big-horned dace. 
G. and M. E. Shelby. 
EST* Answer in two weeks. 
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CHARADE.—No. 4. 
My first is what we sometimes say 
When taken by surprise; 
My second is in every place, 
Ami now before you lies. 
My third is one of those pot names 
That parents hold so dear ; 
’Tis spoken oft In loving tones 
When little ones arc near. 
My whole by weary travelers 
is hailed with delight; 
It cheers their hearts, and is to them 
Truly a beauteous sight. 
Dewittville, N. Y. Roselia. 
Zi'~ Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Aug. 1. 
Biddle No. 3.—1. Beaver; 2. Race Course; 
3. India; 4. Diamond ; 5. Eel; 0. Gaol ; 7. Ring; 
8. Odyssey; 9. Oriole; 10. Monarch. Bride¬ 
groom. 
Cross-word Enigma No. 3.—Illinois. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 3.—Eglantine. 
