MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
§75 
NO-OR A KISS. 
A WISE bit, winsome, bonnie girl’s 
My Sadie fair, 
Like grapevine tendrils are the curls 
Of her dark hair. 
Her face is bright, and loving light 
Shines In her eyes, 
I love her well and would T might 
Her thou-hts surmise, 
I know she loves, and loves full well, 
She told me so. 
But whom she loves she will not tell, 
When I would know. 
And whether I’m the happy one 
That owns her heart. 
Or whether she Is making fun 
With coquette’s art, 
And only teasing me In play, 
1 cannot guess. 
1 hope, and yet whene'er I pray 
She will say yes 
She laughs n morry little laugh 
L kerob n’s trill, 
And nys 1 am too dear by half 
To treat so 111. 
Some day when T chance to sec 
This wayward miss 
1’U hold her till she answers me, 
No—or a kiss. 
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WOMAN’S RIGHTS AND WRONGS. 
BY J. P. 
We live In an age when tho rights or womei 
are recognized more than they have ever beei 
In any past period. Liberal and educated mei 
have taken up the cause of Woman Suffrage: 
many employments, hitherto entirely monopo¬ 
lized by the harsher sex, have been opened t< 
women ; and men have passed good 1 iws it 
some places such as that which allows a mar¬ 
ried woman to hold any money or property sin 
earns by her own labor. 1 suppose we •.voitioi 
ought to ho thankful for tho many privilege 1 
that we possess In this ago thankful that many 
occupations are open to us from which we wert 
formerly excluded. Wo should rejoice that li 
some exceptional cases women have been al 
lowed to study law and medicine, and havt 
proved by their success in those new under 
takings that women are capable or competing 
with men in tho intellectual world. 
The question of “ Woman's Rights" does not 
find favor with domestic, home-loving women 
and these are the majority; but until It does 
its ad vocal es need never hope for its success. 
Women who have good husbands and comfort¬ 
able homes, are quite satisfied with their lot 
and say, with truth, that the privilege of voting 
would not make them happier. But all hus¬ 
bands are not good and all homes ure not happy, 
Some husbands are drunkards. The wives oi 
such say:—"If we took part In legislation we 
would pass a prohibitory liquor law ; then the 
cause of all our unhappiness and misery would 
bo removed." other women, who have had 
property left them by their parents, have seen 
Itsquandered by their husbands in foolish spec¬ 
ulations. Some women, who wash from morn¬ 
ing till night, and do their work as well as a 
man would In thesamesituation, And that their 
wages are one-tblrd less than those of a man. 
Can we wonder, then, If such women think that 
there Is something wrong somowio re, or if they 
conclude that such Is the case becausa men 
frame the laws of the country to suit them¬ 
selves? We should not censure such persons, 
for they reason and argue from their pirsonnl 
experiences: they see there in something wrung 
and naturally they think If women had a share 
in legislation these things would be righted. 
The rights or wrongs of women—whichever 
you like to call them—are attracting a great 
deal of attention at the present time, and it is 
to be hoped they will he settled to the satis¬ 
faction of everybody before another quarter oi 
a century has passed. JJut there Is another 
class of wrongs over which legislation can have 
no power, which do more harm to women ot 
the present age than disfranchisement does. 
I refer to the laws of society. There is a social 
Jaw that a woman must dress, not wealthy and 
with taste, but fashionably. No matter what 
her station in life Is, she must have the latest 
style In overskirt and hat. We women of the 
present day slave and wash, economise and 
pinch in other necessaries, stunting our minds 
arid wearing out our bodies, that we may keep 
up a fashionable appearance. Tbtsloveof dress 
has become a fearful passion, shutting out from 
our winds higher and nobler sentiments, mak¬ 
ing us mere dolls whereon to display silks, 
laces and rlbbonB. Women who earn large 
salaries will tell you that they save nothing 
because of tbe expense of dress. A father’s 
salary is not large enough to pay the dress¬ 
maker's bills of his three grown daughters, so 
two of them must leave and earn their own 
livelihood—whereas, had the coat, of drers been 
less, they might have remained within the home 
circle. 
There is another social law, that a woman 
must marry: or if she do not after the age of 
twenty-five, she will be dubbed with the title 
of" old maid," aid every middle-aged bachelor 
or widower of her acquaintance she will be sup¬ 
posed to be trying to "catch.” It is hard to 
tell why a middle-aged single woman Is not as 
much respected as a married woman, but such 
Is the case. This is the cause of many unhappy j 
marriages. Young girls pass the five or six 
years of their lives after they are ** out" in flii- 
catlonsanil amusements, and then, fearing they 
are getting old, marry to escape being old 
maids, not considering whether they are capa¬ 
ble of attending to the duties of housekeepers 
and possibly mothers. A woman of this sort 
makes a very poor wife; she frets because ser¬ 
vants are Incapable, the children arc trouble¬ 
some, and her husband ts not able to buy tier 
obis and that which some other lady has. She 
generally declines into a chronic state of ill 
temper, continually at war with Biddy In the 
tltchen, or else complaining to her husband of 
che troubles that fail to tier lot In the domestic 
sphere. She wishes—or says so that she was 
dngle again, though l rather think, with the 
Saturday Review, that such women are happy 
uelther married uor single. 
In conclusion I would say. Let us women 
who have the power erase some of these laws 
; >r which there is no code, but which are as 
j ■beoluto ns civil I'ws. L-t us do this before we 
isk for the franchise, and prove by our sense in 
uuall matters lira: we arc worthy to have a 
voice iu the more important affairs In theHtute. 
Woodstock, Canada, 1875. 
MRS GRAIi'I '3 DOMESTIC TASTE. 
A Washington correspondent says of the 
5ast Room iu the White House“ It Iocs been 
efurnfshed according to Mrs. Grant's taste, 
ind reflects credit upon her good sense. Hbe 
lisplaystf.e domestic quality of combinlngele- 
pmeo with utility. Instead of the gaudy red 
.atln and bad taste which formerly prevailed 
n that vast r- eeptlon room, it is now far more 
(leasing to the eye In its subdued shades. The 
urnlturo is upholstered in gray, with crimson 
velvet puffings; crimson and gray lambrequins 
:over tho exquisite delicacy of the lace cur- 
alnsand the rich carpet combines the same 
colors. The walls are embellished by raised 
paper, painted In white and gold and six im* 
ueriBO mirrors are set in frames to match. The 
nan tela, which were formerly destitute of 
vorks or art are now adorned with fine bronzes, 
/iibos and clocks. The style of decoration is 
mre Greek, and the pillars, pilasters and man- 
el-pleces are relieved by the dead-white and 
gold Intertwined in arabesque patterns. And 
vhen the crowning beauty of all, the three 
irge crystal cbandellera, pour their flood of 
ight and thousands of prismatic hues over the 
'aily-dressed crowd which surges under them 
it the evening receptions, the Beene Is daz¬ 
zling.” 
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SENSIBLE LOVE. 
Thebe used to be, many decades ago, a song 
which every musical young lady in hoarding- 
ichool or out was expected to warble for the 
idmiration of parents and friends ; it is as 
faded and old-fashioned now us tbe yellow 
paper on which it was printed and the crazy 
d iuo which accompanied it. It had a burden 
something like this:—"!), 'tis love, 'tls love 
that makes the world go round 1" and there are 
lentlraental people who dochuo that though 
’.he song Is gone, its meaning stays. Tills Is the 
opinion of a youth who abides In a small town 
in tbe State of Connecticut. But his views did 
uot commit him to any poetical nonsense—be 
was practical. A short time ago he Bald to his 
betrothed, “ Let us have a homo and build it 
nirselvcs," and tho winner of his affections and 
possessor of his heart acquiesced. He bought 
an acre of ground and in the intervals of fac¬ 
tory work cleared it. Then ho began to build 
a small house aud the young lady, learning car- 
peritry with dispatch and energy, became ills 
sole and apt assistant. They finished ll; they 
furnished It, and now the two youngsters havo 
married and gone to housekeeping In It as hap¬ 
pily as two provident robbing. 
ADVANCE (’F CIVILIZATION- 
An exchange says u»*». u..e sign of the advance 
of civilization is this:—Jt is uot considered im¬ 
polite when a woman comes late into church on 
Sunday, if two or three men are already seated 
in the pew she enters, for them to move quiotlv 
ilong, and make a place for her at tbe head of 
the pew, instead of rising and ostentatiously 
filing into the aisle, kicking over footstooiB ai d 
stepping on each other’s heels, to allow her to 
pass to the farthest sitting in the pew. Tbe 
old custom yet prevails Iu too many churches. 
It is a relic of the past ages, wban the men of 
the congregation were momentarily liable to be 
called to take arms against t.help crafty foes, the 
Indians, and it was important that the men 
should sit where they could the most quickly 
answer to the summons. 
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A WORD TO TH E GIRLS. 
JENNIE June has the following good counsel 
for girls i— “ Girls, take hold of the first work 
that comes to your band, no matter what it is. 
You will soon find out if it is the thing you 
want to do or can do best. The most promising 
young actress in America to-day commenced 
by being a nurse-maid, and a well-koowu artist 
only found out she could paint by embroider¬ 
ing for a liviQg. The exercise of the faculties 
in any useful occupation Is good, and excel¬ 
lence In It ennobles it. But whatever it is. 
bringall there is good Jn you to boV upon It, 
that the record may be in no way discreditable 
to you." 
Reading for thq fomtg. 
THE DUCKS. 
One Hull* black duck. 
One little gray. 
Six little white ducks 
Running out to play ; 
One white indy duck, motherly and trim, 
Right little bnby-ducks, hound for ii swim. 
One little white duck 
Running from the wnt r. 
One very fat duck- - 
I’retty little daughter; 
One very gruvo duck, swimming off alone. 
One little white duck, standing on a stone. 
One little white duck. 
Holding up Its wings. 
One little bobbing duck, 
Making water-rings; 
One little black duek, turning round its betid. 
One big black duck—see he’s gone to bed. 
One little white duck 
Walking by Its mother ; 
Look among the water-reeds, 
Maybe there's snot her. 
Not another anywhere? .tirely you arch ind: 
Push away the grass, dear, ducks arc hard to find. 
But 1 think my wee duck 
Is the nicest duck of all. 
He hasn’t any feathers, 
And his mouth Is sweet and small: 
He runs with a light Step and Jumps upon my knee, 
And though be cannot swim, he is very dear to me. 
One little lady duck, motherly and trim, 
Right little tmhy-duoks, bound for a swini; 
One lazy hoick duek, taking quite a nap: 
One precious little duck, here on mother’s lap. 
THE TWO LITTLE RABBITS. 
BY MAUY I.. II. BRANCH. 
Sometimes when Johnny climbs up in mam¬ 
ma's lap he likea to hear t his story: 
Once thero was a very good little hoy win 
went out, to his uncle's in the country Iu spent 
the day, and when he eatne homo Ida unoh 
gave him two beautiful litile rabbits, one whin 
and one gray. The hoy, feeling a» happy as t 
little king, brought them homo, and when hi 
saw Ids mamma at the door watching lor him 
ne called out: 
“Oh, mamma! Beamy two beautiful rabbits!" 
And his mammasaid," Why,what pretty crea¬ 
tures they are ! Put them out in the yard and 
let thorn run around In tho green grass." 
Bo the hey put thorn down in hr grassy yard. 
It was a great, big, splendid yard—bigger than 
Judge Coon's, And tbe two little rabbits run 
up and down, all around, till hy-and-by they 
eamc to a clover bank over In one corner, and 
they thought that would be just the place to 
build their houses. So they went to work and 
dug and dug away down Into the ground till 
they had made their houses, with little round 
holes for doors, opening out In tho clover bank 
one house for the gray rabbit arid one house 
for the white rabbit. There they could sleep 
nights, and there they could run If anybody 
frightened them, or if a dog chased them. 
Bo If any strange person went out to tho 
clover bank to boo the two JittLo rabbits, and 
they were afraid of hi to, they would run »u fast 
that all he could a?e would be a abort, white 
tail going down one hole and a short, gray tail 
going down the other. But if he wanted to see 
them very much he could go and sit down on 
a bench under tho apple troo and keep mry 
still, not saying one word, nor moving, only 
peeping around.once in a while; and then, by- 
nud-by, be would see a white bead coming up 
out of one hole and a gray head out of the 
other, and in a minute mure there would bo the 
two little rabbits Jumping about among the 
clover blossoms, with their long ears standing 
right up straight. 
But they never were afraid when the hoy 
came. He would pick cabbage leaves aud let¬ 
tuce leaves till his hands w ore full, and then he. 
would go out and call, “ Bunny, Bunny,Bunny, 
Bun, Jinn, Bunny "’ And then the two little 
rabbit* would run as fast as they could and 
reach up to ttie boy’s hands, and eat the cab¬ 
bage leaves and lettuce leaves till they ate 
them all up. 
But one day tbe white rabbit thought he j 
would like some green currant leaves. There 
was a very nice currant bush, full of tender, 
preen leaves, away over in the furthest corner 
of the yard, and there he went and began to 
nibble. He was having a beautiful tlrno, when 
all of a sudden a great yellow oat jumped over 
the fence from the next yard. The moment 
the cat reached the ground she smelt there was j 
a rabbit somewhere around, and oh, bow she 
wanted to catch, him! She pricked up her ears, 
but she couldn't hear anything, for the poor 
little rabbit kept just as still as he could, and 
then she looked all around, but she couldn't 
see anything, for the rabbit was hid behind tho 
thick green currant bush. So then she began 1 
to smell with her nose, and I don't know but | 
she would have found him, only Just then a 
girl came to the door of the house where the 
cat lived. Shehad asaucerof milkiti her hand, 
and she called out in a loud voice : 
“Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kit, Kit, Kitty!—come 
and get your milk," 
So then the cat jumped right over tbe fence 
again and ran Into tbe bouse to get her milk. 
And the white rabbit came out all of a tremble 
from under the green currant bush, and ran 
baek to bis hole in the clover bank as fast as 
ever he could; and the gray rabbit was very 
glad to see him coming home safe. This is all 
of the story about tho two rabbits. 
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IMPOLITE THINGS. 
Loud and boisterous laughing. 
Reading where there is talking. 
Reading aloud in company witheut being 
asked. 
Talking when others are reading. 
Spitting about the house. 
Gutting finger nails In company. 
Leaving church before worship is closed. 
Whispering or laughing in the house of G<: d. 
(fazing rudely at straugers. 
Leaving a stnr-gcr without a seat. 
A want of respect and reverence for seniors. 
Correcting older persons than yourself, es¬ 
pecially parents. 
Receiving a present without an expression of 
gratitude. 
Making yourself the hero of your own story. 
Laughing an the mistake- of others. 
Joking others in company. 
Commencing talking before others havo 
finished speaking. 
Answering questions Hint have been put to 
otiiers. 
Commencing to cat as soon as you get to the 
table; and 
Not listening to wliat one is saying in com¬ 
pany. 
GETTING UP AND PROSPERING. 
Getting up in a cold room and making a fire 
is like getting up in life. If you crawl timidly 
out of bed, go on lip-toe to thesti, vo, and allow 
the shivers to get control of you imfose the 
kindling starts, your lire will probably be a 
Gillum,and you will half freeze in Cm operation. 
But If you jump out bravely, bustle around, 
null on your viol lies, knock over a chair or two 
pitch In the stove wood, you will probably bo 
too warm by the time the fire gets to burning 
ind have to open a window. So in life,- Attack 
It timidly and you will fail. (Staple with it, 
hurry up things, stir around, conquer fortune, 
uui you will ho a suerow. Boys, aye, and 
girls too who get up lively in the morning, aud 
attend to every duty In time will, as a rule, be¬ 
come wide-awake and worthy men and women 
ere long realizing prosperity and happiness, 
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Take life In your hands, and for weal or for 
woe, go on with it, fearing nothing, hoping 
everythiny, leading even its forlorn hopes with 
a soldier’s spirit to tho very end. And you 
shall have ii brighter present, and richer 
draughts as you go on, and fewer dregs when 
i,lie cup is emptied. 
fluder. 
HIDDEN MOTTO.—No. 1. 
Ip you would be honored ever, 
If you would of love make sure, 
You, from every vice, must sever ; 
Sec that all your acts are pure. 
Ever walk tlie path of right. 
Others then may follow thee ; 
As on they go, with strength and might, 
Thou’lt lead ahead to victory. 
Heed the lesson bidden here, 
And your pathway will be clear. 
E>gr" Answer in two weeks. n. G. 
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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 7. 
I am composed of 22 letters: 
My 6, ll, 4,13, 12, ii was a great city. 
My 22,14, 11*. 17, Is the cry of a dog. 
My 8, 21, 1 Is a solid brittle substance. 
My 15, 18, 3 Is u male. 
My 7, 2, 5, 10 Is a man’s name. 
My 1,20,10 is to strike. 
My whole Is a proverb. 
Answer in two weeks. c. G. 
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CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.—No. 4. 
Mv first is in bank but not io bill. 
My second Is in can but not in will; 
My third is in run but not in walk, 
My fourth Is In sav but not in talk ; 
My fifth is in barrel but not In box, 
My sixth is in horse but, not hi ox. 
My whole is a State of the Union. 
jggr- Answer in two weeks. n. w. g. 
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WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.-No. 3. 
1. A city of Italy. 2. A Territory. 3. A sort 
of bowl. 4. Gone before. 5. A French word 
and a vowel. 
ISJr Answer in two w eeks. Little One. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.—April 10. 
Illustrated Rebus No. a.—liexter is the 
fastest trotting horse on record. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 6. —“As the 
Compass, quadrant and Chart arc the mnriner's 
guide while on a voyage, even so should the 
Bible, faith and prayer be the Christian's pilot 
while on his voyage through time," 
