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MOOBE’5 BUBAL WEW-YOBKEB. 
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WANTED TO FIND. 
BV PORT r. LA CCA. 
Two merry, bright eyes, ns blue ns the skies, 
Ttro cheeks that are healthy anil fair ; 
Two Ups rosy ret!, n flnely-formi d head. 
An abundance of chestnut-brown hair. 
Two hands clean and neat, two unpinched feet, 
A tongue that will keep In Its place; 
A bust full and free, form comely to see, 
And# person and carriage of grace, 
A well-balanced mind, that's cultured, refined, 
And a heart that Is loving and true : 
When these things 1 see in a maiden that’s free— 
Well,—no matter if I don’t tell yo j. 
IAnden-Wold, 1875. 
Confidential Aimouncement.— Photos exchanged, 
with thanks. P. IT. L. 
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A WORD TO TIRED MOTHERS. 
I have three little girls, who are of such 
value to me In household duties, f feel anxious 
that other mothers should benefit by my ex¬ 
perience. 11, Is not easy for one pair of bauds 
to attend to all the wants and little needs of a 
family of nine children, but with my helps I 
am able to accomplish the regular work, and 
teach at certain hours the seven who are able to 
study. The secret of it is in keeping every 
duty at its regular hour, and each child knowing 
her appointed work. They are cook, house¬ 
maid and nurse, alternately ; mid it is amusing 
to seethe dignity with which the youngest, not 
yet ten, assumes her duties, agisting me at 
meal-times and learning to make the yeast and 
help at baking. The housemaid makes beds 
and sweeps the living rooms, while the nurse 
attends her little brothers, dressing and wash¬ 
ing them, and occasional y bidding the young¬ 
est baby. Change of duties every week makes 
the work seem lighter, and they strive as to 
who shall do best in her separate department. 
Years ago, when three little hoys followed 
my t hree g'rls, I gave to each sister, the gift, of 
a little brother at birth. Ife was to be her boy, 
and the gift holds good In a way I never 
imagined at the time-for, with the tenacity of 
possession, each little girl looks after and pets 
her own “boy," and he, In return, saves any 
choice morsel or expends his pocket money in 
gifts for Ills’*own girl,” goes to her in any 
little need or trouble, and will, 1 am sure, love 
her with a tenderer regard while life lasts. The 
little boys of five, six and seven are learning this 
winter to darn tholr own mittens and sew on 
tlielr own button*. It toadies them a lesson 
they may need In after years, lias kept them 
amused during the hitter cold days, and they 
esteem It a privilege to get needle and thread 
out of the neat workbasket of their “own 
girls.” Annie L. Jack. 
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WHAT ARE WOMAN’S RIGHTS 1 
I AM In trouble and hope, by stating my case, 
to And relief, it so happens that my husband 
and myself belong to an Orthodox Church, and 
of course believe in the doctrines taught in the 
Itible, and fully indorse Its inspiration. 
Of late years. In all matters relating to what 
I regard my civil rights and proper social posi¬ 
tion, I am met and apparently overthrown by 
quotations from the Bible. If 1 complain of 
the monotony of dish-washing, the answer is, 
“You are unthibg but a rib taken out of the 
side of a man aud made Into a woman, subject 
to his control and government.” If I desire to 
see a little of the world and learn its ways, the 
answer Is, “ Y«ur common mother tempted our 
common father to cat of the forbidden fruit, 
aud as a punishment therefor you wore made a 
mere appendage and slave of man, and have 
no business to aspire above that condition." 
Aud then I arn referred to Genesis, chap. 3, v. 
If!. If I speak of going to the Grange, where I 
understand the equal social position of wou.an 
is recognized, I am told that the whole thing Is 
contrary to Scripture, and not only an open 
violation of the law of Gon, hut will end in 
breaking up the foundations of society anil the 
total subversion of the Government. 
A Buffering Wife. 
Dansvllle, N. Y„ Feb., 1875. 
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A SOFT ANSWER. 
The husband was of quick temper, and often 
inconsiderate. They had been married not yet 
a year, when, one day in a fit of hasty wrath, he 
said to his wife: 
“I want no correction from you. If you are 
not satisfied with my conduct you can return 
to your own home, whence I took you, and And 
happiness with your kind." 
“ If l leave you,” returned the unhappy wife, 
“will you give me that which I brought to 
you ?” 
“ Every dollar. I covet not your wealth. You 
shall have it all back.” 
“Ah!” she answered, “ I moan not the wealth 
of gold. 1 thought not of dress. I mean my 
maiden heart—my first and only love—my buoy¬ 
ant hopes, and the promised blessings of my 
womanhood. Cm you give these to me/ 1 '' 
A moment of thought—of convulsion—and 
then taking her to his arras : 
“ N °. no, my wife, I cannot do that, but I will 
| do more; I will keep them henceforth unsul¬ 
lied and unpained. I cherish your blessing as 
my own ; and never again, God helping me, will 
T forget the pledge I gave at the holy altar 
when you gave your peace and happiness into 
my keeping.” 
I fOW true it is, that a soft answer turncLIi 
away wrath; and how many, oh, how many, 
of Hie hitter strifes of domestic life might be 
avoided by remembering and acting in accord¬ 
ance therewith. 
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WHAT ILLINOIS WIVES CAN DO. 
leading for thg §)oittig. 
LITTLE RAG-TAG. 
A CURLY, bright head, and perched upon it 
Tittle Rag-tag of a brown sun-bonnet; 
Whose soles have holes, whose toes grin wide, 
Como sun or come shade, come seine er come rain, 
To little Rag-tag it’s ever the same; 
With an air ot' the most supremo content, 
She paddles and plays till the day is spent. 
The married women of Illinois acquired by 
the law of 1874 the right to do almost every¬ 
thing. They can blessed privilege—sue their 
own particular tyrants. When a husband 
deserts his wife, the latter has the custody of 
her children. If the husband stays out of the 
State a year ami does nothing to support the 
wife during that time, or If he Is Imprisoned in 
the penitentiary, the wife e m, upon obtaining 
an order from a court of record, manage his 
property absolutely. The wife is not at all 
liable for the husband's debts Incurred before 
marriage, and only in exceptional circumstances 
for those Incurred afterward. Bha can manage 
any business independently, except In case ofa 
partnership, which she cannot oilier without 
her husband's consent. A wife’s earnings can¬ 
not be touched by her husband or his creditors. 
A married woman can acquire, possess, and 
sell real and personal property as freely as a 
married man can. This list of abilities is ex¬ 
pected to be largely Increased the present year 
—so as to Include suffrage anil other incidentals. 
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TRIBUTE TO A MOTHER. 
Children, look In those eyes, listen to that 
dear voice, notice the feeling of even a single 
touch that Is bestowed upon you by that gentlo 
hand! Make much of it while yet you have 
that moat precious of all gifts, a loving mother. 
Road the unfathomable love of those eyes ; the 
kind anxiety of that tone and look, however 
alight your pain. In at'Ler Ufa you may have 
friends, fond, dear friends; but never will you 
have again the inexpressible love and gentle¬ 
ness lavished upon you which none but a 
mother bestows. Often do I sigh in my strug¬ 
gles with the dark, uncaring world, for the 
sweet, deep security I felt when, of an evening, 
nestling In her bosom, 1 listened to somo quiet 
tale, suitable to my age, read in her tender and 
untiring voice. Never can I forget her sweet 
glances east upon mo whan I Appeared asleep; 
never her kiss of peace «t night. Years have 
passed away slnee we laid nor beside my father 
in the old church-yard; and still her voice, 
whispers from the grave, aud her eye watches 
over me, us l visit spots long since hallowed to 
the memory of my mother. Lord Macaulay. 
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WATCH THE BOOKS. 
How largo a proportion of mothers and guar¬ 
dians exercise anything which can be called 
watchful care as to what books and papers the 
children shall read? Aud yet tlio booksellers’ 
shelves groan under the weight, of the most 
dissipating, weak ning and insidious book* 
that can possibly be imagined ; and newspapers 
wlileh ought never to enter any decent house 
lie on the table of many a family sitting-room. 
Any one who will take ( ho trouble to examine 
the records of any large circulating library will 
be astonished at the immense demand t here is 
for ttm average novels. And In our p irlors and 
chambers to-day myriads of little girls are curl¬ 
ed up In corners poring over such reading—sto¬ 
ries of complicated modern society the very 
worst kind of reading for a child; and the 
mothers do not know wlmt they are reading; 
and the children answer, when asked what they 
read, “ 0, anything that comes along!” .tuna 
G. Brackett. 
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WOMEN PERSONALS. 
There are now thirty-nine young women 
studying at California University. 
Mrs. Judge Dickerson Is elected upon the 
School Committee of Belfast., Maine. 
Miss Lovbjoy, piece of the martyr, is a 
teacher at Knox College, Galesburg, III. 
Mother Johnson, the famous pancake 
maker of the Adirondack Wilderness, is dead. 
Miss Lyvina Goodkll of Janesville, is cele¬ 
brated as “the only Notaryess Publickess in 
Wisconsin.” 
Mrs. Richardson, mother of the late Albert 
I). Richardson, recently celebrated her eighti¬ 
eth birthday. 
Mrs. Edward Halloran of Worcester, 
Mass., who died recently, left £1,000 to the 
Orphans’ Home la that city. 
Rumor says that Miss Florence Jewell, 
youngest daughter of the l’ostmaster-General 
is engaged to a young navy officer. 
MISS EMILT Faithjtul l h as been lecturing to 
large audiences at Barton-on-Humber, York, 
and elsewhere in the north of England. 
Mrs. Wilkins, wife of JIon. George Wilkins 
of Stowe, Vt., has been lecturing wRh great 
success under the auspices of the Good Tem¬ 
plars. 
Mrs. Jonathan Sturgis of New York has 
been elected President of a Woman’s Board ot 
Foreign Missions, just organized by the Dutch 
Reformed Church. 
Why people complain, she never can see, 
When tied Is as good as ever can be; 
She talks It) herself, ami laughs and sings 
About the world ami its beautiful things; 
Bill, thouvrh He Is good to all the rest, 
She Is very sure that lie loves her best! 
Oh, how much better this world would war 
If we all hud hearts like Uttle Rug-tug! 
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LETTERS FROM r>0Y3 AND GIRLS. 
From a Pennsylvania Boy. 
Dear Old Rural. In the Rural of March 
111 Is an Illustrated Rebus, the answer to which 
1 find to be “Woodman spare that tree." I 
will also write a letter for the column of “ Let¬ 
ters from Boys anti Girls.” My oilier letter was 
printed, and 1 thought I would write again, l 
think it is very nice to have all the Rural 
cousins to write lotto,s to the Rural, will 
Frank Y. please tell me how deep it snows in 
Canada and how long winter lasts, in the next 
letter he writes to the Rural? I live near the 
eity, but I like to live In the country much bet¬ 
ter than in the city. The weather has been 
very cold hero this winter, and the wind blows 
very hard to-day, I would like rn see inside of 
the Rural office. 1 have some nice Brahma 
hens, and they lay mo live nice eggs every day. 
I am keeping a record of the eggs they lay and 
the amount of feed they eat, so that I can toll 
how much I make by keeping them In a year. 
As May said siio Would like the young letter 
writers to tell about their studios, 1 will tell 
about mine, I study Physical Geography, 
Arithmetic, Algebra, Physiology, Grammar, 
History, Spelling and Philosophy. I get along 
very well in all of my studios except Algebra. 1 
am afraid my letter Is ton long, so I will close. 
— “ Lark,” Altoona , Pa., March 20. 
From a Southern New York Girl. 
Mr. Editor:—I have been reading your 
valuable paper, the Rural New-Yorker, and 
I like it very much, especially the Boys' and 
Girls' Letters. 1 am twelve years old, and 1 
ilvuon a farm. I don't have as many pets as 
some of the little girls do, but I go to school 
and am trying my best to got an education, so 
that when 1 am old enough I can teach school. 
I am also learning to do housework and I don't 
feel ashamed of it, either; l want to make my¬ 
self useful in some way it I can. 1 am visiting 
now at my uiiele’s; they have a dairy of twenty 
cows and they churn with a horso bitched on a 
mowing rnachiue turned down sidewise, the 
design of which they got, from the Rural. 
They can churn 25 or 50 pounds at one time.— 
Susie 11., llallapovt, N. Y. 
From a Nebraska Boy. 
Dear Rural.—I am a boy eighteen years old 
and this Is the first, letter I ever wrote for any 
paper. I havo lived In Missouri for the lust six¬ 
teen years. VVe always had fair crops until la.it 
year, when the grasshoppers eat pretty much 
all our crops up. Aud we had a terrible cold 
winter, but tlio Aid Society kept the destitute 
fed and clothed throughout the winter. The 
farmers have commenced sowing wheat, and 
the prospects for a crop are good at this time. 
I live mi the shouth bank of Platte River, Just 
one mile from it in Butler County, and live 
miles Bouth of Schuyler. There is a railroad 
running through It the U. P. It. It. It is the 
nearest railroad we have. I have taken the 
ItURAL for the last year, and like it very much, 
—YVm. J. It,, Schuyler, Golfo.c Go., Neb, 
From a Canadian Ctrl. 
Dear Mr. Moore:- An you were kind enough 
to publish my first, letter, I thought I would 
write again. I had a nice sail in my uncle’s 
bark cuuoe with him and my mother. This is 
a very had tor good] place for foxes. I had 
twenty-two chicken • and fen liens and a rooster 
and turkey, and they were all taken but live 
old hens and the rooster. Hut It is a nice place 
for all that. There are seven springs on It, all 
soft water. The deer often come over here. 
Four carne one day all at once, ami two hears. 
J am going to take your paper next May, and I 
would try to get up a club, but there are only 
two or three that could take It and they are 
taking one or two other papers. I have learned 
a little French since we have been hero. I 
think 1 will stop, tor my letter la getting too 
long.— Olivia A. A., Sprinynhte Farm, I Vend- 
over, Canada. _ 
From a Maryland Boy. 
Dear Rural:—As bo many boys and girls are 
writing to you, I thought if you would allow 
me space iu your columns I would write a short 
paragraph to tell you how well pleased I am 
with the Rural. It is the first, paper l have 
over taken. I subscribed for It with the pen¬ 
nies that were give i to me by my friends, and I 
feel glad now that J pot them to such good use. 
T do not think any farmer ought to bo without 
the Rural, as it aids him so much in every 
way. My father (lads a great deal of useful 
knowledge in the way of farming, ft tells how 
and when to plant, and how to cultivate. It 
also gives my mother Instruction in raising 
poultry and managing her dairy. As most of 
the boys and girls toll their ago, I will tell mine. 
1 am eleven years old. 1 have never been to 
any public school. My sister teaches me at 
home. 1 study Geography, Grammar, Arith¬ 
metic, History, Spoiling and Writing. I guess 
you will think I am too young to appreciate 
such reading as your Journal contains, hot. 1 do 
appreciate It very much, and find it Interesting 
as well ns instructive. 1 enjoy reading the lii- 
tle Boys' and Girls' Letters, and hope they will 
take as much interest in mine. You must not 
expect anything nice from me, ns this is my 
first attempt at writing. I want to surprise my 
parents with my first publication. Spring has 
como, and It la time the farmers were getting 
ready to plant, corn. I love to see the plows 
going up and down the fields, and the little 
lambs skipping about on the green lawn aud to 
hear the little birds singing In the tn.es; it puts 
new life and sport in me, and makes mo feci 
glad that I am no longer house-bound, but am 
froo to run at large and enjoy the fresh uir and 
sunshine. I will be glad when suminer comes, 
so that we can have some nice fruit. We have 
large peach orchards down here, and some of 
them yield abundant er spa. Now, Dear RURAL, 
If >hls meets with your approval, 1 will be very 
happy to place on your list of young corre¬ 
spondents the name —F. Julian B., Gcidrr.- 
I'Htc, Mil. _ 
From an Oregon Girl. 
Dear Cot sine: -May I come In? I have 
long read the letters with interest, especially 
those of Young Naturalist, (do not let It 
make you conceited, dear cousin, f am not go¬ 
ing to commit myself,) for I love Nature dearly 
and enjoy many of her beauties. I live in Ore¬ 
gon, on the Wilamctte, away tip In the moun¬ 
tains. I am not near so handsome as Dew 
Drop nor so smart, for, to tell the truth, I had 
rather ride horseback or hunt rocks than to 
piece quilts. If this letter is accepted, T will 
tell the Cousins more about my Oregon home 
next time. Gipsy Jessie, Lane Co., Oregon. 
From a WeBtorn New York Boy. 
Dear Rural:— I have never written to you, 
but have long wished to. I can't say I am a 
little boy with some pets, though I aril a farm¬ 
er's boy. The Ruual has been in our family 
nearly ever since 1 was born. My grand fattier 
took it two years, and father has taken it 
twenty-two years. Wo have had rather a liter¬ 
ary time hero this week. We have been bind¬ 
ing up the old Rural* some as old as ten 
years. It, was so tempting to stop and read 
every for. minutes that wo had to make a rule 
that we would not stop to look at, a picture or 
read a w ord, though I think It wuu romotlrnes 
broken—don't you? If you think this worth 
inserting in your good paper, l shall feel highly 
gratified.— George F. F., Lyons, A . Y. 
Sthe fteler. 
CHARADE-No. 2. 
In the school-house, o'er the way, 
Bits the school-boy, day by day ; 
But never yet bis eyeballs burst 
Though he. Ills lesson oft my tlrst. 
When playtime comes, with whoop and yell, 
He strives to put the time in well;— 
The sweat rolls down Ids chubby face, , 
To which iny second adds no grace. 
School's outl Ho to the meadow hastes, 
There to indulge his rural tastes; 
He tosses hay, gay us a bird, 
Till, in his foot, he thrustB my third. 
The pain and misery drive him home, 
From which, no more that day, to roam 
To pass the time away, he reads 
About my whole, his visions, deeds. 
iST' Answer in two weeks. l. g. 
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WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.-No. 2. 
1. The shore. 2. Punctual. 3. A room. 4. A 
kind of spice. 5. God of marriage. 
Answer In two weeks. s. 
PUZZLE. No. 1. 
Place the numbers, from 1 to 64 inclusive, In 
a square, so that the columns, added either per¬ 
pendicularly or horizontally, shall amount to 
260. R. T. j. 
137" Answer in two weeks. 
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ARAGRAM.-No. 2. 
Hte lirggaedgno nl dngiomlu debra 
Lashl Ream nines eetwhotras ietutfr, 
Twlri pohe ot etg teh ylard-ldam 
Ot kmea shl redab uda trubet. 
Answer In two weeks, v. r. h. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.—April 3. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 5.—Osage Orange— 
Maclura aurantfaca. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 5.— 
“ Kindness (nr man, and pity for his fate. 
May mix with bliss, and yet not violate.” 
Hidden Animals No. 2.-1, Lion. 3, Camel. 
I 3, Horso. 4, Fox. 5, Tiger. (1, Cat. 7, Pan¬ 
ther. 8, Rat. 0, Elk. 
