MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
foijijjolio. 
TOM AND MARY. 
BT RUNE BLUFF. 
A LOW, brown oot with rustic porch, 
Where fragrant roses hung. 
Half hid behind some tall, old trees, 
Where all day long the wild, birds sung. 
With one wee sprite, a blue-eyed fairy,— 
This was the homo Of Tom and MABY. 
Wealth gave no time for idling there, 
But work began with earlpmorn, 
While oft his cheerful songs to her 
Across the harvest, fields were borne. 
Though Fortune of her gtfts was chary, 
Love made all smooth for Tom and Mary. 
Oh ! that glad summer-time! So bright 
No shadow could come stealing through. 
To tell of sorrow's heaviest cloud 
That loomed even now almost In view. 
To all, howe'er our lives may vary. 
Grief comes; It came to Tom and Mart. 
The summer roses bloomed and died, 
The fields In summer's gold were drest, 
Then leaves fell rustling softly down, 
And birds went earlier to the nest; 
And while the tree# and flowers were fading. 
A gloom poor It AST’S home was shading. 
For Tow lav sick; his white face told 
Dark Azrabl' 8 wing was havering there, 
And many days of watching came, 
And weary, weary nights of care. 
Then widowed Mart's bitter weeping 
Could not disturb her husband sleeping. 
And kindly neighbor* came around, 
And gave such help as earth can give; 
And Mary said, “ But for my child 
I’d rathor die, by far, than live." 
" Alas. 1’oor Tost t the friends were saying, 
And prayer* for poor Tom’s wife were praying. 
Why weep for Tom ? Spare all your tears, 
Or give them, not for him who died. 
But shed them for the lonely wife. 
And child, whose future lie untried. 
Weep for the little orphoued fairy. 
Nor say poor Tom, but Tom’s poor Mart. 
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A TALK WITH YOUNG WIVES. 
It is with marriage that most women begin 
the real work of life, taking up a burden which 
may never bo relinquished until wo render It 
back to the Master. Yet, the troubles of mar¬ 
ried people are perhaps easier to endure than 
those which come to single men and women. 
For, after all, can two people who really and 
truly lovo each other, who And each their great¬ 
est happiness in the effort to make the other 
happy, be altogether miserable so long as they 
have each other? 
Life la for all of us. In a degree, what, we our¬ 
selves make It. and especially Is this true In 
wedded life. Every w oman’s happiness, If her 
husband be not a brute, is, under God, in her 
own hands, and the keepers of it are love and 
patience. Few men are so churlish as to be un¬ 
kind to wives whose chief end In life is to be 
helpmeets for them. 
We have all heard the story of the old couple 
who ascribed their wedded bliss to the fact 
that they kept two boars in the house- bear 
and forbear. 
Two parties are needed to a quarrel, and If, 
when a sharp word is spoken, the angry re¬ 
sponse i* withheld, the strife Uleth out. Is it 
no hard to hold one’s tongue ? What good does 
a bitter retort do? The bond between husband 
and wife is fora lifetime; will it pay to dispute 
with one another? 
The wife Is not called upon to relinquish all 
her rights, but the way to secure these rights Is 
not to contend for them. Let them be taken 
quietly—as a matter of course—while the hus¬ 
band’s comfort is oared for as well, guarding 
the claims of the one from clashing with those 
of the other, and the wife will usually receive 
all to which she Is entitled, If not more. 
Every woman should bring to her work as 
wife and mother the same energy of purpose, 
the same concentration of talent, which she 
expects her husband to devote to bis profession 
in life. 
Husband and housemother — our language 
holds no words which express rhe relation so 
well as the old Saxon vernacular. 
No woman can discharge her duty to her 
household properly unless her husband takes 
her into hfs confidence in respect to money 
matters. She Is often to blame that he does 
net. Why will a woman always run to John 
with everything in her department as well as 
his? It ts right and necessary that husband 
and w fe should take oounsel together often 
and fully, but how can a mia be expected to 
know what material Is best for Johnny’s BUit t 
and she Is a poor housekeeper who cannot plan 
a meal without assistance. And when, the din- i 
ner being planned and oooked, your own par¬ 
ticular John comas home to enjoy It, let him i 
do so In peace. Do not bBgln at once with the 
recital of all the worries and misadventures of ’ 
the day. If the matter be aught short of sick- I 
ness or death It will keep ; and when his outer i 
man has received the refreshment it needs, ha I 
will have fuller stores of sympathy to bestow ! < 
upon you. | j 
'i?.?® 13 a mi>n oom R>rtable and feed him 1 
Wel1 -” 8a, d a wise old lady to the writer, “ aDd I 
you keep him In a good humor," which Is not s 
complimentary to the lords of creation, but la t 
none the less true. 
Happy Is the woman whose husband is truly 
her better half; who when he comes always 
brings the sunshine with him ; whom wife, 
r baby, dog and cat all hurry to greet. Bitch a 
man is worth working for! But what man can 
always bring sunshine If he he sure of encount¬ 
ering clouds at home? Small-pox is lees Infec¬ 
tious than 111 humor. Fight against crossness 
as against an evil spirit. It, Is the “ little foxes” 
which destroy tbo fruitful vines. There are 
women who to-day would unhesitatingly sacri¬ 
fice life Itself for husband and children; yet 
who In spite of this affection marthe happiness 
of these dear ones by continual fretfulnes» aod 
fault-fludlng> I am not insisting upon the tra¬ 
ditional "sweet smile” under all circumstan¬ 
ces. Angels are rarely found on earth, but is 
there no medium between smiling and scowl¬ 
ing? 
“ Cleanliness is next to godliness.” How any 
gentleman can preserve his affection for a slov¬ 
enly wife passes comprehension, even if she can 
retain self-respect. 
There is a medium In all things, find dress 
should ever be suited to the circumstances of 
the wearer. A toilet- for the parlor should not 
be worn in the kitchen t but neatness of person 
Is no more Incumbent In the one place than the 
other. A clean collar is jis quickly put on aa a 
soiled one, and the few minutes necessary for 
brushing one’s hair are never thrown away. 
The woman who makes her motto, "A time 
and place for everything, and everything In Its 
time and place,” andsMcto to it. has conquered 
fate; and If with this Jewel of worldly wisdom 
she have also the ” Poarl of Great Prioe,” may 
worthily wear the crown whtoh the mother of 
King Lemuel sought for his wife. 
Let it be your chief earthly aim to please your 
husband. Never aliow yourself to think that 
“ it is only John, and don’t matter.” The hus¬ 
band won must also be kept, and he who hav¬ 
ing wooed a dainty and attractive girl finds 
himself wedded to a dowdy, careless wife, la 
dwindledt Do riot lay aside all the accomplish¬ 
ments which captivated the lovor; they are 
Just as pleasant to the husband. 
Fill his needs, in so far as you can, yet do not. 
fancy that you can be everything to him, nor 
fret beoauso you are not. A dozen times a day 
he will forget your very existence, even wliilo 
working for you ; but do not murmur—his love 
for you Is none the less earnest because of thi 3 . 
Does lie stop, think you, in the rush of his 
business to count the throbbingaof the heart 
in his bosom? Be content, IT like that you are 
the center of his life; if every outgoing tide of 
feeling finds tta way bank to you. 
Let him keep hla friends, If they be not evil; 
he may need them some day ; and their claim 
Is so different front yours! 
Never blame your husband to other people, 
whatever his faults. If they are such as you 
can keep bidden from the eyes of the world, do 
so. In any oaae, ;you will find thorn easier to 
endure and to conquer If you go forth against 
them clad in the armor of silent patience, ask¬ 
ing help only from Him who alone can really 
help us. 
If, as sometimes chances, the staff on which 
a woman has elected to lean through life proves 
a hopelessly crooked stick, even then to those 
who seek comfort at the foot of the cross 
come patience and resignation, with sustaining 
strength in the grasp of their arms and healing 
In the touch of their fingers. And If in God’s 
providenoc there comes that sorest of all trials 
[ to a woman, when she must appeal to the 
strong arm of the law for protection from her 
husband, the blow will be less unendurable If 
It be not barbed and pointed by tbo tongues of 
a hundred evil counselors. 
To the wire who, loving and believing in her 
husband, begins her married life with earnest 
purpose to "do him good and not evil all the 
days of her life," and who Is blessed with a 
modicum of brains, marriage Is seldom a mis¬ 
take. Borrow' may—nay, will come—pain and 
weariness. There may be times when heart 
and flesh fall; but shoulder to shoulder—the I 
husband as the stronger to tho windward side I 
—these two will comfort and help each other: 
each better and happier for the bond between 1 
them ; theirsorrows divided; their Joys doubled 1 
by that curious moral arithmetic, the key to t 
which is possessed only by married folk who l 
love and thoroughly respect each other. a 
“ 0 women, be true to your instincts; c 
O women, be pure in your lives. o 
You mold the future as mothers. 
You govern the present as wives." 1 
[Mrs. M. P. Handy, in Christ,Ian Union. c 
Heading for thif f|fluitg. 
TRAINING TIME. 
8CPPEB is over. 
Now for the fun, 
This Is the season 
Children must run. 
Papa is reading, 
Says of those boys: 
“ Pray did you ever 
Hear such a noise ?" 
Riding on “ camels ” 
Over the floor. 
See. one’s a squirrel 
Climbing the door. 
There goes the baby 
Flat on his nose, 
Brother was trying 
To tickle his toes. 
Little ho minds It, 
Though he would ory, 
Changed tt f o laughter 
as Lyn galloped by. 
Order is nowhere. 
Fan Is the rule. 
Think they are children 
Just out of school. 
Ho in e la their palace. 
They are the kings, 
let them be masters 
Of Just a few things. 
Only one hour 
Out of all day 
Give them full freedom 
Join in their play. 
Do not be crusty, 
Do not forgot 
You like to manage— 
Sometimes do yet. 
Hume wilt be sweeter 
Till life is done 
If you will give them 
One hour of fun. 
(Belli XV. Coolie. 
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MILLIE’S COMPLAINT. 
BY MAY MArLE. 
A ROYAL JAPANESE GIFT, 
The Emperor of Japan has recently sent to a 
Boston firm of business men a curious and 
beautiful gift of four large vases, with a creamy 
ground nail rich, soft ornament, of flowers, and 
a game that Is played only In tho Imperial 
palace. This game requires a great number of 
small boxes, censers, and saucers, paints, Ivory 
sticks, and little tools of gold, and each of 
these thing* Is a specimen of the moat exquisite 
workmanship that even Japan can produce. 
The whole surface of the trays and Hoxoa Is a 
beautiful lacquer or enamel of gold, dull or 
shining, and In various tints, wrought Into 
landscapes and ornamental devices. Gorgeous 
oe this Is, the effect Is wonderfully eoft and 
beautiful. The game Is not fully understood 
here. It Is played b 7 ten persons,’and Involves 
perfumes, flowers, and a combination of the 
aesthetic and instructive that would make It 
popular. But it Is never offered for sale; Its 
Implements are made only for royalty. 
0 MA names all the children " Run,” or "Be 
>■ Quick,” while pa gives us all—ma, as well as the 
3 rest—the euphonious one of " Hurry Up.” 1 
t can’t- help wishing, sometimes, that we could 
o petition Congress to change our cognomens to 
f "Take-Your-TIme" or "Please Do It.” It 
would he much more agreeable. 
; Really, I don’t see tho need of always mnnlng 
i with a pailful of water as though the house were 
on fire and needed immediate attention ; or of 
, going with flying foot with an armful of wood, 
i as if thoro were danger of some member of tho 
> household becoming a pillar of ice if the fire 
> were not instautly replenished. 
t If we had nover been allowed to loiter, or to 
see others p.isrdng down the margin of the River 
r of Life In a quiet, leisurely manner, wo might 
never have received the ugly cognomen. But 
i no.,, if I am In the midst of lesson, music or 
i seam, I hear the summons, “Run up stairs;” 
i ” Run down cellar" Run out In the garden ;” 
; “ Run into the orchard“ Be quick and bring 
me some milk from the milk-room;" or “Take 
these things to the closet; be quick." rf these 
demands are not sufficient to occupy all the 
spare moments, pa or the boys come in with 
"Hurry up; I want this glovo mended;” or, 
“Hurry up; sew on this button;” "Hurry- 
up ; here la a rip or a tear in my pants that needs 
Axin'.” "Hurry up; If you are going to ride 
with me you must get on your wraps and rib¬ 
bons in double quick time, for 1 sba’n't wait a 
minute." 
Now, just between you and me, I always feel 
like rejoicing when Harry gets a good dis¬ 
tance rrom the house, and then exolaims, as ho 
frequently does, “ There ! confound the luck! 
I have left my pocketbookor, " I must go 
back and get that horsoshoo. I meant to have 
taken that oil can." 
Whatever has boon forgotten might; have 
been remembered If the thoughtless one had 
been less anxious to order others about and 
more willing to look after his own shortcom¬ 
ings. The world was not built in a day. An 
abundance of time was taken for tho formation 
of each tiny pebble and every lofty mountain. 
The little twig or giant forest tree takes Its al¬ 
lotted time for development. Nature never 
drives her children, and yet their work is all 
completed and well done In due time. Why 
not take a few lessonB and let the domestic 
machinery move on with less friction, it is 
much easier to grant a kindly-spoken request 
than to obey a harsh, overbearing command. 
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ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF STATES. 
Oregon Is so called from Its principal river. 
Iowa was so called from Its principal river. 
Wlsoonsln was so called from its principal 
river. 
Indiana was so called in 1800, from the Amer¬ 
ican Indians. 
Ohio was so oalled in 1303, from Its southern 
boundary. 
Missouri was so oalled In 1821, from its princi¬ 
pal river. 
Arkansas was so oalled in 1819, from its prin¬ 
cipal river. 
Michigan was so called in 1875, from the lake 
on its borders. 
L mlslana waa so oalled In honor of Louis 
XIV, of France. 
Distrlot of Columbia was so called in refer¬ 
ence to Columbia. 
Georgia was so called in 1732, in honor of King 
George II. 
Alabama was so called in 1917, from Its prin¬ 
cipal river. 
Pennsylvania waa so called in 1681, after Wil¬ 
liam Penn. 
Virginia was so called In 1564, after Elizabeth, 
the Virgin Queen of England. 
Carolina waa so oalled by the French In 1554, 
In honor of King Charles IX. of France. 
Rhode Island was so called in 164-1, in refer¬ 
ence to the Island of Rhodes In the Mediterra¬ 
nean. 
Illinois war 80 called In 1800, from its princi¬ 
pal river. The word is said to signify the river 
of men. 
Tennessee was so called in 1796, from its prin¬ 
cipal river. The word Ten-aesee la said to sig¬ 
nify a curved spoon, 
Maryland was so called tu honor of Henrietta 
Maria, Queen of Charles I., in his patent to 
Lord Baltimore, June 30,1632. 
Florida was so called by Juan Ponce de Leon 
In 1512, because it was discovered on Easter 
Sunday, in Spanish Paequa dc Floret. 
Maine was so called, as early as 1638, from 
Maine In France, of which HenrlotU Maria. 
Queen of England, was at that time proprietor. 
Connecticut waa so called from the Indian 
name of Its principal river. Connecticut Is a 
MoheaUaneew word, signifying long river. 
Now York was so called, 1614, In reference to 
the Duke of York and Albany, to whom this 
territory was granted by the King of England. 
New Jersey was so called In 1664, from the 
Island of Jersey, on the coast of France, the 
residence of the family of Sir George Carteret, 
to whom the territory was granted. 
Delaware was ao called In 1703, from Delaware 
Bay. on which It lies, and which received its 
name from Lord De La War, who died in this 
Bay. 
Mississippi was so called in 1800, from its 
western boundary. Mississippi is said to de¬ 
note the whole river, i. e., tho river formed by 
the union of many. 
Vermont was so called by the inhabitants in 
their Declaration of Independence, January 16, 
1777, from the French words verd mont , green 
mountain. 
Now Hampshire was tho name given to the 
territory conveyed by the Plymouth company 
to Captain .John Mason, by patent, November 
7th, 1629. with reference to tho patentee, who 
was then Governor of Portsmouth, Hampshire, 
England. 
Massachusetts was bo called from Massachu¬ 
setts B.»y, and that from the Massachusetts 
tribe of Indians In the neighborhood of Boston. 
The tribe Is thought to have derived its name 
from the Blue Hills of-Milton. " I bad loarn’t,” 
says Roger Williams, " that Massachusetts was 
so called from the Blue ilills.' 
®he f)ua!er. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 7. 
ll 
A tt at book of flotlon is it you don't see in 
this pioture? 
Answer in two weeks. l. g. 
CHARADE.—No. 8. 
Mv first Is to burn to a coal 
If you mind, 
In the fire of a grate. 
My second is a drink. Bless your soul' 
Of a kind 
That does not iutoxicate. 
A kind of puzzle (oft in verso) is my whole. 
You will find 
It oft makes you scratch your pate. 
(3ST Answor In two weeks. g . 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.—No. 4. 
\ KI ? I) , of . trfie ' 2 * Thought. 3. Not far. 
1. A kind of tree. 2. The 
4. Parts of the head. 
Answer In two weeks. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS,—April 17. 
Charade No. 2.—Constantine. 
Word-Square Enioma No. 8.— 
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AROOSI 
OtOT R 
HYMEN 
Puzzle No. 1.— 
1 60 0 52 48 21 40 29 
01 8 53 10 20 41 28 83 
2 59 10 51 47 23 89 80 
62 7 54 15 19 43 37 34 
8 58 11 60 40 S3 88 81 
63 0 65 14 18 43 26 ;.5 
4 67 12 19 45 24 37 32 
64 5 58 13 17 44 25 30 
64 5 58 13 17 44 25 30 
Anagram No. 2.— 
The girl engaged In moulding bread 
Shall make some sweetheart flutter, 
With hope to get the datrv*maid 
To make bis bread and butter. 
