AUG. 29 
MOORE’S RURAL WEW-VORKER. 
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DON’T STAY LATE TO-NIGHT. 
Tnc hearth of home Is beaminc 
With rays of rosy light, 
And lovely eyes aro gloaming 
As fall tlio shad s of night; 
And while thy stops are leaving 
The circles pure and bright, 
A tender vo'ce, half grieving. 
Says, “ Don't slay late to-night.” 
The world In which thou movest, 
Is busy, brave and wide, 
The world of her thou lovest. 
Is on the Ingle side. 
She waits for thy worm greeting. 
Thy smile Is her delight; 
Uer contlti voice entreating 
Says, *' Don't, star late to-night." 
Tho world Is cold. Inhuman, 
Will spurn thee In thy fall; 
The love of one pure woman 
Outlasts and shames them all, 
Thv children will cling round then. 
Let fato he dark or bright, 
At home no shaft will wound then. 
Then “ Don't stay late to-night.” 
DON’T STAY LONG.T 
A SKETCH FOR WIVES' HUSBANDS OWY 
“Don't stay long, husband," said a young 
wife, tenderly, in my presence, one evening, as 
her huHband was preparing to go out. Tho 
words thomselvos wero Insignificant., hut tho 
look of moiling fondness with which they 
were accompanied apolre volumes. It, told nil 
tho vast depths of n woman's love— Of her grief, 
when tho light of his smile, tho source of all 
her joy, berimed not brightly upon her. 
“ Don’t stay long, hushnnd " nml I fancied 
1 saw the loving, gentle wife, sitting alone, 
anxiously counting tho moments of her hus¬ 
band's absence, and every few momenta run¬ 
ning to tho door to see If he was In sight, and, 
finding that ho was not, I thought I could hear 
her exclaiming In disappointed tones, "Not 
yet!" 
“Don't stay long, husband “—and I again 
thought I could see the young wife, rocking 
nervously in tho great arm-chair and weeping 
aa though her heart would break, as her 
thoughtless “lord and master" prolonged his 
stay to a wearisome length of time. 
“ Don’t slay long, husband"—and tho young 
wife’s look seemed to say for hero In your own 
sweet homo is a loving heart, whose music Is 
hushed when you are absent; here is a soft 
breast, to lay yonr bead upon, and hero are pure 
lips, tinselled by sin, that will pay you with 
kisses for coming back soon. 
Oh, you that have wives to say “Don't stay 
long," when you go forth, think of them 
kindly when you are mingling in the busy hive 
of life, and try, Just, a ilttlo, to make their 
homes and hearts happy, for they are gems too 
seldom replaced. You cannot find antid the 
plea B ures of the world the quiet joy that a 
home, blessed with such a woman’s presence, 
will afTord. 
Hus 1 ands, would you bring sunshine and 
Joy into your homes? Then spend your leisure 
hours with your families, and employ the time 
in pleasant words and kind actions, and you 
will realize in all Its richness what Is so beauti¬ 
fully described by the poet: 
Domestic happiness, thou only bliss 
Of Paradise that has survived the Fall. 
[The Mother '« Magazine. 
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THE LOTTERY Of MARRIAGE. 
Makiuagp. la often a lottery In a general 
sense; but there is one case on record, at least, 
in which it was made most literally so. A cer¬ 
tain youthful swain in Franco, relying upon 
his personal attractions mainly, actually put 
himself up as the one grand prize In a lottery 
of 10,000 tickets of the value of f2 enoli. This 
novol matrimonial expedient created a won¬ 
drous sensation among tbo belles of the French 
capital, and tho re.'ult was .that all sorts of 
speculations went on among the fuir, who 
eagerly bought up the tickets. A fair young 
damsel who speculated for the frolio of the 
thing became t he holder of the prizo ticket. 
Tho lucky youth tendered her tlio pecuniary 
proceeds ol the lottery, $20,000; they became a 
case of “love ut first sight," and within tho 
brief limit* of the day Hymen settled their 
destiny and the “twain became one Hush." 
Whether this marriage turned out happily, wo 
never heard; at. all events, It was certainly as 
likely to do ho as many others that aro con¬ 
tracted in which the motives are frequently no 
less whimsical, and not a whit nobler.—" IVn- 
man," hy Henry Smith, M. D. 
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HOW IT WAS DONE. 
The champions of “ women’s rights,” if they 
are really in earnest, should turn their atten¬ 
tion to those countries where woman is most 
degraded and In most need of their interposi¬ 
tion. In no country does tlio gentler sox enjoy 
so large an amount of respect anil considera¬ 
tion as In our own. It U very different in East¬ 
ern lands. In Syria even the Christiana are 
Turks In the treatment of their wives. “In 
Eastern Turkey, on one occasion,” writes Dr. 
Jessup in his interesting book on the “ Women 
of the Arabs," "a missionary in one of the 
towns noticed that not one woman attended 
church on Sunday. He expostulated with the 
Protestants, and urged them to persuade ihcir 
wives to accompany them. The next Sunday 
the women were all present, and as meek and 
quiet as oOUld ho wished. The missionary was 
delighted, and asked one of tho men how they 
persuaded them to come. He replied, * We all 
heat our wives soundly until they consented to 
LET THE YOUNG ENJOY THEMSELVES. 
It is a mistake which many parents make, 
that of trying to maue premature men out of 
boys, ami of holding themselves aloof from all 
the emotions, sympathies, pleasures and pur¬ 
suits of youngsters. It is not natural for boys 
to bo so staid, reserved, nor always well-man¬ 
nered, and tho discipline thnt. dukes them so 
before tlicir time will probably distort or crip¬ 
ple some of their (Inert qualities. The roots of 
a young tree must have room to spread, and if 
they nre Inexorably crammed Into a hole big 
enough for only half of them, some are sure to 
ho grievously hurt and tho tree prematurely 
damaged. As for education, it must always be 
remembered that what a boy loams in books is 
but. a small portion of bis education. That 
which he gathers from Ills surroundings and 
from Ids home, pleasant or repulsive, fmm his 
associations, from nature, from everything lie 
sees and hears, goes equally to form his mind 
and character. 
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Trir Education of the Girl as a house¬ 
keeper should be begun by the mother early, 
continued until the marriage of the daughter, 
mid no other duty of the mother nor study of 
the daughter should interfere with it. This 
and the school education should go on simul¬ 
taneously. If anything is to be postponed, let 
it ho music and drawing and philosophy, which, 
as experience shows, aro usually unattended 
to and unpractised after the “happy oyent." 
The m< re and higher the education the better. 
Outlet, us have a real and practical instead of 
a sham educat ion. 
Heading for the gmtng. 
THE QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES. 
A little fairy coroes at nlprlit, 
Her oyos urn blue, her hair Is brown. 
With silver spots upon her wings— 
And from the moon she flutters down. 
8 ho hns a little silver wand. 
Anti when n good child goes to bed 
She waves her wand from right to left. 
And makes a otrelo round Its head. 
And then it dream* of pleasnnt, things, 
Of fountains tilled with fairy fish, 
And trees that bear delicious fruit 
And bow their branches at a wish. 
Of arbors, filled with dainty scents 
From lovely flowers that never fade; 
Rright tiles that glitter In t he sun. 
And glow-worms shining In tho shade. 
And talking birds, wit 1 ’ gifted tongues 
For singing songs and tolling tules. 
And protty dwarfs to show the way 
Through fairy hills and fairy iiules. 
And when a bad child goes to bed, 
From left to right she weaves her rlugs, 
And then It dreams all through the right 
Of only ugly, horrid things I 
Then lions come with glaring eyes. 
And tigers growl a dreadful noise, 
And ogres draw their cruel knives. 
To shod the blood of girls and boys. 
Then wicked children wake and weep, 
And wish the long black gloom away ; 
Hut good ones love tho dark, and (lud 
The night as pleasant ns tho day. 
ITEMS FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. 
Charlotte Cusiiman is ill at her Newport 
cottage. 
Jones says that why he isn't, married is be¬ 
cause when ho woood she wouldn't. 
A cuKW from Vassar is suggested for tho next 
regatta. How all the boats would hug Vassai-l 
Rosa HoMIKuk In flfly-fcwo, untnrmod. and ■ 
lives happily *vtth a stator and several brothers. 
Mrs. Sopiironia MORkhousf, of Liverpool, 
N. Y., has given *30,000 to the Syracuse Univer¬ 
sity. 
A thirteen-year-old girl of Belvidere, Vt., 
took care of a BUgar orchard of 85 trees, all 
alone, last spring. 
Adelina Patti has boon engaged for the 
Italian opera In Paris at a salary of *50,000 for 
tho coming season. 
Miss Emily Fawcett has received the medal 
of the London Society for the Encouragement* 
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for tho 
best specimen of shell-cameo cutting. 
Mrs. Vandeveeu, wife of the proprietor of 
the Neptune IIoubo at Coney Island, saved the 
lives of two persons who wero drowning in the 
surf. 
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton Is the mother of 
four children:—Florence, aged Id; Alice, 14; 
Carroll, 11, and Frankie, 6. They are very 
handsome and intelligent. 
Qulfn Victoria ln*» danced for t,he llrst 
time since her widowhood. She gave a ball to 
her servants at Balmoral, and led off a reel 
with her squire, John Brown. 
Mrs. General McCook, who died recently 
In Washington, was a grand niece of Charles 
Thompson, tho llrst Secretary of Congress, and 
also of Count Rumford of Bavaria. 
RlSTOWI, during her present visit to tho Bru- 
zIIb, is accompanied by a dramatic company of 
thirty performers. She will visit Buenos Ayres, 
Chill and Peru before coming to New York. 
MishLavinia Goodell, who has Jnst been 
admitted to the bar in Wisconsin, is a daugh¬ 
ter of the venerable William Goodell, now up¬ 
wards of eighty vears of age, and who was so 
long Identified with Journalism in iTovidcuoo, 
Boston, Utica and New York. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Geneva, N. Y., 
daughter of G err it smith, tlio philanthropist, 
has written it thorough cook book, which will 
b • good, for Mrs. Miller Is a good housekeeper, 
ami has tried all tho recipes she offers. 
Madame la Piuncksse de Salm-S.w.m is the 
daughter of an American colonel, and was 
married some 15 years ago to t he friend of the 
late Euipcror Maximilian, Prince Salm-Saim. 
During the stay of the unhappy Empress Car- 
letta in Mexico Madame do S.ilm-8.il m was one 
of tho most brilliant ornaments of her court. 
Minnie Mvrtle Miller, once the wife of 
Joaquin Miller, the wandering poet, ha® left 
Coon Bay for San Francisco In company with 
her mother. The three children, whom she 
calls her trinity, are also with her. The eldost 
of the girls, Maud Mlllor, 13 years of age, is re¬ 
markably handsome und attractive, possessing 
rare intelligence for one so young. 
THE LAST DAY Of S0HO0L. 
BY FLORENCE. 
The Last Day of School!—fciio very thought 
brings tears to my eyes. What do I mean? I 
will loll you. I do not moan our. last day for 
one pupil, but tho last day of each term, for 
many pupils and their teachers. Have you ever 
experienced a la t day of school either as pupil 
or teacher? If so, you havo heard from one 
group of cliildron, just outside the door. “ Ain't 
you glad school is out? I am! Hope they’ll 
have a new teacher next term. Don’t you? 1 
do." “Ido, too. Ho was moan.” 
Another group of girls and boys aro sitting In 
the corner. The glrla aro crying. Tboy wisli 
school would last “forever.” Tim boys do too, 
but ilioy’d rather rest awhile. “ Wo Just come 
for fun, anyway." 8UII another group is dis¬ 
cussing tholr toxoher’s merits and demerits in 
a manner loud and annoying. 
The teacher sits by his desk, wishing school 
out too, and tho money on hand. No good-bys 
arc spoken, no friendly well-wishing between 
pupil and teacher, no tears of regret, at parting. 
Instead, slangy poetry and insulting jests are 
hurled at thOtuuohur, who often thinks replies 
If no does not express them. 
I did nut intend to mention such a last day; 
but l have, and maybe, tlio last day I do mean 
to mention, will be tho better appreciated from 
tho contrast afforded. 1 refer particularly to a 
school where the teaohor lovos his pupils and 
t hoy love him to the school where tho teacher, 
by his untiring efforts, has ruled nut by the rod, 
but by love, appealing to tho better natures of 
the pupils in such a manner that they reallie 
no growing power other than tholr own true I 
sense of right and wrong. These pupils respout 
and honor tholr toucher—even his memory is 
dear to thorn. They romombur what he has 
told thorn for their good. Orton, when out of 
Ills presence, they speak of his kind words and 
gentle, though meaning robukes. They often 
wonder how he can be patient and forgiving, 
through so many, many tricks. The lant day 
in this case Is one that If once experienced, I* 
never forgotten. Teacher and pupils seem 
thoughtful and sad, each trying to give the 
other word* Of cheer to make less hard the 
parting. Here the general expression Is, “ O, l 
wish ho could be my teacher always! Why 
can’t he ?” 
The teachor has bis serious thoughts too; tho 
day is u* sad to him as any one. Does he uot 
dislike to give those children Into other, per¬ 
haps ruder, care—to leave them forever ? Ah! 
yes; and when be rises, purposing to tell them 
of the pleasure lie has found while teaching 
them, perhaps to thank them for their kind¬ 
ness toward him or f.*r tlio many little tokens 
of love so often bestowed by unseen hands lu 
fruit cr flowers—yea, he may say all this, but 
when he comes to the good-bys and thinks, " I 
may never see one of them agate," Ids courage 
fails; we see tears rolling down cheeks from 
other than children's eyes. 8oba are heard, 
We look around; not a dry eye In the room. 
Silence for a moment, but tlio words of fare¬ 
well are not finished. l * Actions apeak louder 
than words." The bell is sounded, but the 
pupils remain seated. A boy advances, holding 
lu his band a beautiful and valuable book, 
which ho attempts to present his teacher with 
an address In behalf of the school. One glance 
aL that, face,so full of painful and thankful sur¬ 
prise, driven away all studied ideas, and looks 
of tho deepest gratitude and affection aro sub¬ 
stituted. 
Have you ever felt too thankful to express 
your thankfulness? Have you ever had a little 
presentation speech prepared ? A t the moment 
you wished to speak the words, did a groat 
lump arise in your throat and keep them back ? 
Did you ever experience a deeper silence than 
at such a moment? it was no time for brilliant 
speeches. The gift was presented out of pure 
love—not for show. Ab such it was accepted, 
and though years may roll by that day, with all 
itsscenos, will never bo forgotten. Tho broken 
words of lovo and encouragement from tho 
teacher, the sobs and tears, the bashful good- 
by glances, tbo shaking of bands all are writ¬ 
ten on Memory’s tablet, never to bo erased. 
What worldsof good such dayHdo tbo children! 
There are words of advice perhaps almost un¬ 
knowingly uttered by the teacher, yet uttered 
earnestly and from tho heart, which leavo a 
lasting Impression. 
Then let us have teachers who love to mingle 
with i heir pupils, in play as well ns rtiuly, thus 
keep!ug each on Ids guard to do and say good 
tilings, thereby cultivating many chords of re¬ 
finement. Let. us have more of t hese true last 
days and their Influences, so that when wo are 
called before ottr one great Teacher on that one 
last, day, we may be found willing and apt 
pupils, loving and trusting so fully that wo may 
always remain in His presence. 
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THE CHAINED FOX. 
A fox t hat* had been caught young was kept 
chained In a yard, and bccamo so tame that 
fowls and geese approached it wit hout fear. 
“Pretty thing 1" said its mistress, “it does 
no harm. It Is cruel to keep it chained." 
So she unbuckled its collar nnd let it rim 
about. Scarcely, however, had she turned her 
back than sho heard a groat clucking from her 
poultry. Looking around, alio saw the fox 
scampering off with her plump pot pullet thrown 
over his shoulder. 
“ You treacherous, ungrateful little villain !” 
cried tho woman, “ and 1 tnought you were so 
good.” 
“So I waa, mistress,” answered the fox, “as 
long as I was chained.” 
There aro many little foxes that need chain¬ 
ing. There is the put-off studylng-your-lessona- 
tlll-tlio-hist-minute fox that rims off with your 
good marks at school: Master lteynard " spiak- 
wlthout-thlnklng," which is always getting Its 
owner Into trouble; and Sly-boots “ nobociy- 
wlll-8fio-yoiudo.lt." Chain them up 1 Chain 
them up 1 That's the only way to manage them. 
PROBLEM.—No. 6. 
The diagonals of a trapezoid, containing an 
area of 13 acres, Intersect each other at an angle 
of GO’. Its perimeter measures 200 rods, and 
the sum of its parallel sides 130 rods. Required, 
the sides of the trapezoid. 
AB*BC*CD*DA=200 rods; AB*DC=120 
rods; area A BCD=12 acres; angto BEC^OO 0 . 
B. F. Burleson. 
'0T‘ Answer in two weeks. 
CHARADES. 
No. 1.—My first Is light; my second weighs 
2,000 pounds. My whole is a town In Ohio. 
No. 2.—My first Is an ox; my second a meas¬ 
ure of weight. My whole is claimed by some 
to l>o the center of tho civilized world. 
No. 3.—My first, is a wild animal; my second 
the place whore we oross the river. My whole 
is a handsome city. 
No. 4.—My first* Is what the wicked French¬ 
man ejaculates when learning the English lan¬ 
guage; my second is a lair for wild beasts. My 
whole Is a place of much pleasure, though often 
or little profit. 
No. 6.—My first* and second Is a pillar; my 
third Is a love token. My whole is a name 
well known and honored. 
No, 6 —My first is a maiden; ray first with 
my second is a married woman ; my third bids 
you drink sparingly; the good boy at Christmas 
gets my fourth. My whole is a river. 
No. 7.—My first ts an herb; my first, two rep¬ 
resent the country; my third novor grows old ; 
iny fourth is it county tn Englaud; my fourth 
and filth combined describe an inhabitant of 
one of the States. My whole is the delight of 
many homeH. 
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WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.—No. 2. 
1. Luminous bodies. 
2. A flower. 
3. Active. 
4. Cleft. 
5. Consumed. 
£3?” Answer in two weeks. 
Rosella. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Aug. 15. 
Problem No. 4.-107 acros, and 149 square 
rods. 
Charade No. 4.—Oasis. 
