JULY 8 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
ladies’ fqtfolk 
LOVE GOES WITH PASSION. 
WHO love ROC9 with passion. 
In love-looked embrace. 
Anil the Ups of the heart 
Touch the lips of the face;— 
Then mission Is reason, 
Ami love keeps in tune 
The chord* that were touched 
In life'* sweet honeymoon : 
Anil tin? lives of two mated— 
One song shall they sing, 
Anil life's discords are lost 
In the love-boll* that ring. 
When love rocs with passion. 
Anil fair face and form 
Are welcomed no longer 
In shine or in storm 
When passion is sorrow, 
And sin forgets soon 
The voice of the song 
Of life's short honeymoon : 
And the lives of the married,— 
No more Shall they sing. 
And the love-bells are still 
When the life-discords ring. 
Wind ridge, May, 1ST5. 
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A LADY’S LETTER PROM CHICAGO. 
June, rosy June, came at the appointed time, 
but the roses, owing to the chilly winds and 
cloudy skies, did not put in an appearance very 
promptly. The first day was especially capri¬ 
cious ; there wore seven thunder-showers —the 
largest number within the memory of the old¬ 
est Signal Servlce-er. 
Hut the third day the skies were dear,—the 
day of Sheridan's ride, or a parody Lhereon, 
from his own to hla bride’s residence two or 
three blocks away. The simplicity of the enter¬ 
tainment from a social point of view, the ele¬ 
gance of the bridal gifts and trousseau, the 
homo of the hero of Winchester with its com¬ 
forts and luxurious surroundings aud kindred 
topics, occupied their columns id the daily 
papers. Then twenty-live hundred cards of 
announcement were dispatched to as many 
Individuals, And it was the "most indissolu¬ 
ble tie” of the Roman Catholic Church that 
made them one. As the reverend Rather said 
to Miss 1 1 >a Greeley and Col. Smith, at their 
marriage ceremony, “the holy Mother Church 
is opposed to divorces, and takes good care 
that her daughter* shall not be abandoned,” 
but if the husbands are without the church of 
course they are not under its discipline. To 
meet a necessity that must sometimes occur, a 
special act of grace on the part of the Church 
has freed worthy wives from unworthy hus¬ 
bands; hence the often-abused term, uracc- 
wlthnt )(ordinarily and senselessly used as grass- 
widow). 
The 9th was a holiday In the Hebrew Church, 
commemorating the receiving of the com¬ 
mandments upon Mt. Sinai. In one congrega¬ 
tion there were twent y confirmations sixteen 
daughters of Jijdah and four sons of Israel 
between the ages.of thirteen and sixteen. It is 
always touching to see children and youth as¬ 
sume the responsibilities that press and bear 
so heavily on older hearts, and so when thoso 
sweot-voiceil girls and manly boys—pledges of 
their parents’devotion to Judaism-asked <1ot> 
to bless them and the Church to receive them, 
there were dim eyes throughout the Synagogue. 
Unlike other Church®* they employ no mission¬ 
aries : unlike moat others this Church Is out of 
debt and hits a hundred thousand dollars be¬ 
sides : it lias two preachers at three thousand 
a year each. Their creed embodies the nobio 
teachings of Judaism, which, if carried into 
practical life, would lift the obloquy that rests 
upon tiie Jew. The hymns, chants and re¬ 
sponses from organ and choir were grand and 
inspiring. There were no bowed head*, anil no 
uncovered heads ; even the ltabbl delivered Ids 
sermon with his hat on, and the few Gentiles 
who had strayed In wore theirs alsu through a 
two-hours’ service. The large congregation 
looked bright, lively and social ; they wore 
richly and many of them elegantly attired. 
Hew delighted must have boen the Jewesses 
whom Pharaoh oppressed, when, previous to 
their departure from the land, they were In¬ 
structed to borrow from the Egyptian women 
"jewels of gold, jewels of silver and raiment." 
The Rabbi, in his instructions to the children 
confirmed, dwelt long on the advantages of 
obeying the fourth commandment: this whole¬ 
some, salutary law is quite contrary to the spirit 
of Young America, which would ao soon “ stop 
down and out ” from parental rule and he a law 
unto himself. 
Many new buildings are goiug up In the Gar¬ 
den City, as If ahe had not already room enough 
for her residents and their Industries and pro¬ 
fessions. It was stated on good authority, a 
few weeks ago, that there wore a hundred thou¬ 
sand people hero without means of support. 
Many of them now have work, but at reduced 
prices, and they are not happy. One enterpris¬ 
ing builder lias Just commenced th® erection of 
the greatest number of dwellings that has yet 
been put up at any one time- forty marble- 
front residences and ten stores, the upper sto¬ 
ries of the stores finished off for flats. 11 is the 
>'i(/ht time to huUdy say men of forecast—those 
who are leaders In this direction of our city’s 
thought and growth, and are to her stability 
and substantial prosperity like the iron rod 
which sculptors put in their statues. 
Now that the fire limits are co-extcnslve with 
the city limits, no frame buildings are allowed 
to go up, unless it be something under twelve 
feet high. One night, in our neighborhood, a 
barn was built or inclosed ; a force of workmen 
and some old lumber bail been secured, and by 
sunrise the next morning two Imrsea and two 
cows stood in their respective stalls, harnesses 
and milking Btoois were in their appropriate 
place*, sound* of t he ax and hammer had ceased 
ami the laborers were taking a nap till time for 
the day’s work to commence; and the barn 
stood its ground with all the dignity of ago and 
the at-home appearance of au old resident. 
The (Ire ordinance kindly precludes those shaky 
foundations, that " aforetime did much more 
abound.” Houses resting on billets of wood 
and those billers on soft, prairie soil, have an 
unhappy way of settling or getting out of 
plumb; and door fastenings will deny their 
calling, plastering refuse to adapt itself to the 
change and quit its situation in a grand strike, 
and when Urn northwest winds come down, 
covering Lake Michigan with white-capped bil¬ 
lows, teaching pedestrian* that Hoe agency is a 
fallacious doctrine, tiiese structures give one a 
rocky, undulating sensation, reminding you 
that 
“ Three wise men of Gotham 
Went to sea in a bowl.’’ 
The Home of the Friendless has just given 
a reception. In the Nursery were many little 
waifs awaiting adoption; some had been afloat 
on the voyage of life but a few days, others 
weeks and months. There were children of 
various ages in all a hundred; vvomon await¬ 
ing situations, and a few old Indies expecting 
before very long to go to the Upper Home. 
These beautiful charities, religion’s fruitage, 
interest wealth and culture, and during the 
afternoon ar.d evening hamWime equipages 
halted at the entrance-gate, their occupants 
going in to smile on the workers, listen to the 
music and invest in st rawberries, ice-cream and 
flowers. The Industrial School ranks high in 
importance. Here boys and girls are trained 
for usefulness by discovering and developing 
their aptitudes and educated accordingly. In¬ 
dustry pays debts while idleness increases them 
—bo either Point Richard or Noah Wkbster 
said. 
The remains of DOUGLAS still rest under an 
unfinished monument. Plans have been sug¬ 
gested for its removal or completion, but no 
decision lias been retched. A high picket fence 
surround* the tomb, on which are cut the names 
of visitors from fur and near. The name, date 
of birth and of death, and the last words of Die 
dying statesman,—“Tell my children to obey 
the laws aud uphold the Constitution,” are 
cut in relief on the marble. It was June fill, 
1891, that he died. Preceding this had been 
days of perilous darkness nud uncertainty, and 
the message bespoke the patriot’s sympathy 
and gave cheer to those who were struggling 
to save the nation. The large building at the 
south, now an Orphan Asylum, was formerly 
the Soldier's Home, and during the war was 
occupied by rebel prisoners. Adjacent to the 
monument grounds arc t he railroad and lake, 
and a little to the north, passing by homes of 
wealth and refinement, brings one to the Chi¬ 
cago University, to which Mr. Douglas was so 
liberal a donor. M. ,T. U. 
June, 1875. 
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MARRYING WITHOUT LOVE. 
Many a young lady writes to say that she has 
had an advantageous offer of marriage. The 
man who has made it 1s of exemplary charac¬ 
ter; he la well off In this world's goods, la 
engaged in a profitable and reputable business, 
and there is no particular reason why she 
should not accept his proposal; but she does 
not love him. In our Judgment that ta reason 
enough. We do not believe lu marriage with¬ 
out love. Respect is all very well, and that one 
should have any way; but It does not take the 
place of affection. It Is said that In such 
matches Jove comes after marriage. We have 
no doubt that It often docs. Hut we think love 
should precede its well as follow matrimony. 
It ;ts ^always liable to happen to one who has 
never loved. But suppose subsequent to mar¬ 
riage It Is awukeuod for the first time In a wife, 
aud tho object happens to bo other than the 
husband—what then V This i* a contingency 
not, pleasant to contemplate. No; if you do 
not love, then do not marry. Singleness la 
blessoduess compared to marriuge without af¬ 
fection. The connubial yoke sits easy on the 
shoulders of love ; but it is most galling with¬ 
out this one and only sufficient support. 
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WOMAN, THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH. 
In the Rural of April 17th is an article signed 
“A Suffering Wife,” who says she is a member 
of th®Church aDd boliovos In tho Bible, and yet 
ahe writes as If she fourod that they were both 
opposed to the rights of woman. Has she for¬ 
gotten that she is indebted to the Bible and the 
Church for all her inestimable rights aud that 
Christianity alone has elevated woman to her 
high position, which is in striking contrast to 
the Ignorance and degradation of women In all 
heathen lands? Surely you can nowhere find 
such a recognition of tho “ equal social condi¬ 
tion” of woman as in the Holy Scriptures,— 
“ Last at the cross and ourliost at the tomb,”— 
and through tho ages that have elapsed Woman 
has been honored by the Church while living 
and canonized as saints by the Church when 
dead. A. b. 
New York, May, 1875. • 
Uniting for \\u §outtg. 
MUD PIES. 
Under the apple trees, spreading and thick, 
Happy with only a pan and a stick, 
On the soft grass in the shadow that lies, 
Our little Funny is making mud plus. 
On her brown apron and bright, drooping head, 
Showers of pink and white blossoms are shed ; 
Tied to a brunch that seems meant just for that, 
Dunces and flutters her little straw hat. 
Dash, full of joy in the bright, summer day, 
Zealously ehnses the robins away, 
Harks tit the siiulrrols or snaps at. the flies. 
All the while Fanny Is making mud pies. 
Sunshine ami soft summer breezes astir, 
While hIm- in busy, are busy with her ; 
Checks rosy glowing, and bright sparkling eyes, 
lJrin: they to Fanny, while making mud pies. 
Gravely she. stirs, with a serious look, 
“ Making believe ’’ she's a true pastry-cook ; 
Sundry brown splashes on forehead and eyes. 
Show that our Funny l* making mud pies. 
Hut all tins soil of her innocent play, 
Soap and clean water will soon wash away ; 
Many a pleasure In daintier guise. 
Leaves darker traces than Fanny's mud pies. 
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TEE FLOAT AND ITS LESSON. 
BY PAUL REVERE. 
We had romped nearly till day In the woods, 
chasing the squirrels anil gathering the brown 
nuts, while Uncle JoE traveled along a brook 
in the valley for trout—he following tho shady 
hanks and fathoming the dark rooosfe* and 
quiet eddies, while we kept within hailing dia* 
tuneo in tho woods that skirted tho stream 
when, perhaps for the twentieth time, we came 
out Into tho open Hold and scanned tlm land¬ 
scape o’er, to see if our dear old consort had 
given up the battle. At last we descried him 
seated beneath tho shade of an old oak, which, 
by wind shocks and time, had been bowed over 
until its knotted knees bore wit,ness of the 
many shocks and burdens and tempests it had 
withstood. VVo viewed the picture—old oak, 
old man; both showed the furrows of Time 
the one made beautiful to us by Us rich, au¬ 
tumnal foliage, aud the other beautiful for his 
kindness and gentle wuya. His brow was 
wrinkled, but his heart was green. He loved 
children, and seldom did lie go on a jaunt that 
Fred anil Minnie and myself wore not in¬ 
vited, for wo wore the offspring of his sis¬ 
ter »/:d tlie only trio in the world that found 
in him an undo. In all the day wo had not be¬ 
fore found him at a halt. 
“Tired out!" I exclaimed, aa soon as we 
espied him. " Pegged out and asleep, I wager!” 
•• Let’s creep up to him and arouse him with 
a Modoc whoop,” suggested Fred, 
" That will lie splendid,” said Minnie, who 
seemed to be Undo Joe’s heart-treasure, as 
she was his only niece. 
With all tho flies of youthful roguishness 
ablaze, six agile lent carried ns forward as 
though we had been antelopes, until we were 
in dose proximity. Wo paused. He was awake, 
wide awake, gazing thoughtfully in the water, 
while with the end of his rod lie playfully 
pushed down tho float on his lino, as again and 
again it came to the top. We had no heart to 
disturb his reverie us at first proposed, but 
Minnie volunteered to surprise him with a 
kiss. Taking the load, she sped stealthily over 
the ground like a Gipsy queen, her dark hair 
streaming in the breeze, while from her brown 
arms hung her chip bat and a light mantle, 
making her a perfect picture of childish glee, 
and as she throw her arms around his nock the 
kiss was drowned by two simultaneous shoots, 
while mantle and hat were borne away on the 
winds, to be chased and captured by Fred, 
who always exhibited the utmost gallantry 
toward his sister. 
“ Great amusement that, uncle," said 1, “ for 
ono so old. It might do for a chap disappointed 
in matrimony.” 
“ My boy, in that small operation, so idle and 
apparently so meaningless, 1 discern much of 
the philosophy of life,” replied Uncle Joe, “ as 
demonstrated In my own aB well as others’ ex¬ 
perience." 
Fred, who had returned wil.li Minnie’s 
abandoued apparel, urged that Unde Joe 
should explain himself, for he wanted to know 
what part of life was like a “ float.” 
“Aye,” responded Uncle. “ It is perseverance 
a quality more valuable than gold, for while 
gold gives luxury, perseverance gives success. 
Gold la tho rich man’s capital -perseverance is 
the poor boy's fund. The rich man’s child 
glides along like a feather on tho surface of tho 
stream, while tlm child that opens its eyes to 
poverty is ever being pulled down by want; 
but perseverance, like that flout, makes It rise 
again. Poverty is too cold for comfort, too 
harsh for peuoo, too galling for ease; it kindles 
energy, the driving attribute of which is per¬ 
severance. It Is the little eyes that looked 
back to uncertainties in childhood that have 
secured the substantial* In manhood; It Is the 
little bodies that felt the cold in infancy that 
enjoy the warmth of age; it Is the little hands 
that worked for a trifle in youth that work 
wonders and win fortunes when mature. On 
tho road up I met many rebuffs, but the more 
avarice and jealousy pushed down tho harder 
l pressed up. The rod fell upon mo often as 
my rod fell upon the float, and like it I rose 
again." 
“ Hut, dear uncle,” observed Minnie, “ it has 
never injured you!” 
“ Well said, my child, well said ; for with all 
the comforts wealth could have given, 1 could 
not have possessed what I now enjoy. Pover¬ 
ty’s cold gave me a warm heart; Its needs 
tempered me with benevolence; its trials gave 
me energy, and its hard ktioeks improved my 
nature. Energy, in turn, gave me success, and 
success gave mo confidence. These hands are 
more to me than though they had never toiled 
for bread; tins head shrewder lor tho sweat 
that has adorned its brow ; this body more ro¬ 
bust by its exposures and endurance. Why, 
my houses and lands are the trophies of honest 
toll! Although l climbed tho Hill of Life on 
its steepest side, I enjoy more of happiness 
than l should had 1 come up in a chariot.” 
“ You never would have come up in a chariot, 
I bet," said I; “that's too much style for a 
plain old chap like you!” 
“ Not unless l were tin* driver und had empty 
seats to tender the toilers fainting by tho way. 
It Ib among tho tollers that tho ploasant word 
rings more onohautiiigly than silver, and it Is 
there that life's hardships are working out tho 
finest hourt-virtues. Tho toilers build cities, 
railroads and ships; make I lie World what It 
is and all it Is; make war or establish peace ; 
produce everything, while they on joy but a 
small portion of that they produce. The mason 
who resides hi tliu hovel builds the palace for 
the king; the needlewoman In rags embroiders 
for the queen's back ; the poor hunter furnishes 
garni) for the emperor's taole; and tho soldier, 
with fewer liberties than a prince's hound, de¬ 
fends the person and property of tile great. I 
love tiie men who toil, the women who spin, 
aud tho boya who go a-fishlng.” 
“Ha, Ini, ha!" rang out from tho Juvenile trio 
as they heard the senUmcul. that closed their 
dear old uncle’s remarks. 
“ I’ll bet ho'drnbher be a beggarldiau a king!” 
shouted Fred, as ho caught hold of Uncle 
Joe’s arm and danced up and down In great 
glee. 
“Or a tolling donkey rather than a trotting 
horse,” added I. 
“Or a man milliner rather than a million¬ 
aire," contlnneil Minnie. 
“ A man of great independence rattier than 
of great wealth,” laughingly responded Uncle 
Joe, aud the laugli went on. 
Tho jovial outbursts of laughter were con¬ 
tinued until bushed by Uncle Joe, who said ; 
“ Children, never forget to persevere. When 
pressed down push tip ; like the float, never go 
deeper than pressed by tho rod, and be sure and 
rise with the pressure.” 
Minnie then opened her box, which con¬ 
tained a large number of butterflies wldcli she 
had collected, and displayed their richly-varie¬ 
gated wings; Paul boasted over a bug of nuts, 
and Fred took more pride than all the rest in a 
family of gray squirrels which ho had captured 
to carry home. Success was on every banner 
but Uncle Joe’s, who, as we journeyed home¬ 
ward, still kept trolling along tho brook with a 
determination to achieve success If possible, 
and Just as the last eddy was reachod ho got a 
“business bite,” and la a jiffy ho had a two- 
pound trout in his hand, and then, with a loud 
laugh arid a twinkle of his good-natured eyes, 
he said, “ Perseverance hath, bruuyht Stttcenr!" 
and our lesson seemed practically demon¬ 
strated. 
Sthc flutter. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA,—No, 1. 
I am composed of 23 letters; 
My l, 2,10, 4,19,5,11 a species of mushroom. 
My 8,9, 12, fi an officer on board a ship. 
My 10,3, 7, 15 an affectionate salute. 
My Iff, 18,17,14 the dearest spot of earth to me. 
My 22,21, 20, 2ff a tool. 
My whole is a quotation from Dickens. 
Answer In two weeks. Relay H. 
CENTRAL PUZZLE.—No. 1. 
1. A bird. 2. A comic play. 3. A creek. 4. 
A mark of punctuation. 5. A German city. 0. 
A boy's name. 7. To take your departure. 8. A 
strata. 
These are all words of live letters, and the 
centrals form a well-known street of a great 
metropolis. Little One. 
Z£T Answer in two woeks. 
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HIDDEN INSECTS—No. 1. 
1. Pirates let fly the black flag. 
2. Be earnest in all you do. 
3. P. T. Uarnum is by some called a humbug. 
4. Put out the flag, Nathan. 
5. I anticipate much pleasure. 
0. Please get me a rufllo, Annie. 
Answer in two weeks. Balto. 
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DIAMOND PUZZLE.—No. 1. 
1. A CONSONANT. 2. A sort of biscuit. 3. A 
species of candy. 4. A cily of New York. 5. 
Part of a ladies’ dress. 6. An animal. 7. A 
vowel. Centrals a city of Now York. 
t&~ Answer In two weeks. McHenry. jh( | 
