MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Jfottya' fqtfolie. 
LOVE’S CALENDAR. 
Mat Is fair; 
Sunshine gilds tho balmy uir; 
Promises most rich and rare 
Whisper roandus everywhere. 
Has she smiles'/ Ah, yes; we know them. 
And she has her blossom, too: 
And the splendid girl will show them, 
Wishing what she dare not do. 
June is dear; 
But the promise of the year 
Yields no ripe fruition here ; 
Flowers are loss than they appear. 
Has she roses ? More and sweeter 
Than the fairies ever grew; 
Yet 1 wait a joy complet er 
Than these June days ever knew. 
I 
Fond July! 
’Neath this warmer, brighter sky, 
All her graces multiply. 
Shall my soul be glad, or sigh ? 
Hopes for fruit and fears of blighting 
Work, within my nnxioua heart, 
Strange mosaics; most delighting 
When most Innocent of art. 
August heat! 
Life In love is here complete; 
Fruits are ripening rare and sweet; 
Hence, t would nob And retreat. 
This Is love so closely blended 
With July's prophetic sun: 
Who can tell me where it ended. 
And these perfect Joy* begun! 
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VIEWS IN THE QUAKER CITY. 
Centennial Buildings, Park, Hospitals, Etc. 
BY KATE MERIDEN 
For the last six weeks we have been located 
in the suburbs of the Quaker City. From that 
point we have visited and studied each object 
of interest that claimed our attention. 
The all-absorbing theme, at the present time, 
you are aware, Is tho Centennial Buildings. 
Judging from what we had heard, from various 
sources, we prepared ourselves for a rare archi¬ 
tectural treat. On our way thither we had an 
excellent view of the Girard Avenue Bridge, 
said to lie one of the finest, in tho world. It is 
indeed, a noble structure, of which Philadel¬ 
phia may well bo proud. We passed through 
Fairmount, Park. For natural beauty Mils Park 
is not excelled. Wo did not notice any attempt 
at landscape gardening, however. After trav- 
eislnga long, weary way at tho present time 
traveling accommodations toward this point 
are very Incomplete—we reached tho Centen¬ 
nial Grounds and had a full view of tho Build¬ 
ings, and must acknowledge ourselves disap¬ 
pointed, That, they cover a lasgo extent of 
ground, no one would question; yet for any¬ 
thing In the way of architectural grace, or pro¬ 
portion, wo looked in vain. To our vision they 
presented a multiplicity of low, flat buildings, 
hastily constructed, w.th but one exception. 
The one to which we allude, Memorial Mall, is 
built in a most substantial manner <>f large 
blocks of solid marble. It would really be a 
fine structure were not the same defect in bight 
apparent. 
Our visit to the Grounds was made directly 
after the celebration of the National Holiday. 
We found Machinery Hall most tastefully deco¬ 
rated with Hags and banners of every nation. 
This had a very pleasing effect, and considerable 
artistic skill was displayed In the arrangement. 
A low days before wo loft. Philadelphia a gen¬ 
tleman Informed ns that utility and finances 
were the objects considered when the buildings 
were erected. We have concluded that the 
word speculation covers the whole ground. 
The Centennial is not a National affair, and 
though largo amounts have been, and will be 
contributed, the public must bo satisfied, what¬ 
ever their tastes aud aspirations, with indiffer¬ 
ent results—as, for example, a statue cast in 
metal, painted to look like stono. There are, 
however, several very fine buildings in Phila¬ 
delphia,—such as the Masonic Temple, Public- 
Buildings, and the new Post Office. Tho latter, 
now being erected, is very fine, and will not be 
surpassed by anything in our ow ti city. 
The Hospitals in and about Philadelphia are 
excellent. We do not hesitate to express the 
opinion that In some of the Institutions we vis¬ 
ited, the medical aud surgical treatment, the 
care and attention, are far superior to anything 
in a private way. We cannot forbear to men¬ 
tion the Episcopal Hospital at Kensington, Pa. 
The building la a splendid structure of brown 
stone, which towors far abovo every other ob¬ 
ject in the vicinity. Beside the large number of 
patients that Inhabit tbo building, more than 
1,500 Dispensary cases aie treated cadi month. 
One of the most remarkable feature* of this 
Hospital, is the fact, that to such perfection has 
system, science, and order been applied, that 
hut four women arc employed, to do the scour¬ 
ing, washing, etc., for the whole Institution, 
and these are not over-worked. 
The quiet, the cleanliness and cheerful aspect 
of the Hospital particularly Impressed us. Ev¬ 
erywhere it was apparent that the friendly and 
willing hearts and hands had made judicious 
efforts to alleviate suffering, and clothe tho most 
gloomy portals with a rone of light. Wo bad 
always imagined a dead house to be a dark, sad, 
gloomy place, aud were much astonished to 
find, on the contrary, a light, airy apartment, 
the entrance to which was one mass of bloom. 
Flowers seem to thrive in Philadelphia. There < 
must be something in the soil that enhances . 
their growth. 
Did our space permit we should like to write - 
at length of the Hannah Ward of this institu¬ 
tion, endowed by a wealthy lady, for the benefit, 
of consumptives. The lady died of the disease. 
The portraits of herself and daughter cheer the 
sight of the sufferers whom she has blessed. 
Without regard to creed or kind, tho suffering 
are received, clothed, fed and treated gratui¬ 
tously in the Hospital. 
Writing of portraits reminds me that I have 
seen some line paintings in Philadelphia, but 
there does not seem lo be any place to show 
pictures to advantage, at least we have not dis¬ 
covered any. 
We have boon much amused by the way some 
have of advertising hero. One firm figures as 
the “Four Leaf Clover;’’ another party the 
“ Boy in Blue.” What do you think of it? 
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A HAPPY COUPLE. 
A man should always ho « litt le older, a little 
braver, aud a little stronger, and a Uttlo wiser, 
and a little more in love with her than she is 
with him. A woman should always be a little 
younger, and a little prettier, and a little more 
Considerate than her husband. Ho should be¬ 
stow upon her all his worldly goods, and she 
should take good care of them. Ho may owe 
her every care and tenderness that affection can 
prompt: but pecuniary indebtedness to her 
will become a burthen. Better live on a crust 
that he earns than on a fortune that she has ! 
brought him. 
Neither must be jealous, nor give the other 
cause for jealousy. Neither must encourage 
sentimental friendships w ith the opposite sex. 
Porfeot confidence In ottob otlu-r, and reticence 
considering their mutual affairs, even to mem¬ 
bers of their own families. Is a first necessity. 
A wife should dress herself becomingly when¬ 
ever she expect* to meet her husband’s eye. 
The man should not grow slovenly, even at 
home. Fault-finding, long arguments, or scold¬ 
ings, end tbo happiness that begins in kisses 
and love making. Sisters and brothers may 
quarrel and “ make up.” Lovers are lovers no 
longer after disturbances occur, and married 
people wlio are not lovers, uro bound by red- 
hot chains. If a roan admires his wife most in 
striped calico, site is silly not to wear it . 
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JENNY LIND. 
A London coirespondent thus describes Jen¬ 
ny Lind as seen at a recant gathering: “She 
dresses her hair in precisely the same style as 
when In America, twenty-five years ago. It is 
but slightly tinged with frost, and is nearly a* 
full and ttowing as of yore. Age has more prru. 
tlcularly left its Imprint in the shape of crows’ 
feet on her chin and neck, and at tho corners of 
her eyes and mouth. She bastboaame blended 
expression of firmness and sweetness of temper, 
the sarno winning simplicity of behavior. She 
was dressed In a dark ash-oolored silk, with a 
rich India shawl thrown loosely over her shoul¬ 
ders. On tho head was a small straw hat, bear¬ 
ing a short white plume. Sho was accompanied 
by her husband and two lovely daughters, aged 
about eighteen and Ivveaty, looking very much 
as their gifted mother did at their age. Mr. 
Goldschmidt shows the effect or age and study, 
his head being as bald and shining as a white 
bean.” 
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Girlhood to womanhood. — There Is a 
touching beauty In the radiant out-look of a 
girl just crossing the limits of youth and oom- 
1 meneing her Journey through the checkered 
; sphere of womanhood. It Is all dew-sparkle 
ami morning-glory to her ardent,buoyant. Spirit, 
as she presses forward exulting i n blissful anti¬ 
cipations. But the withering heat of th-i con- 
1 filet, of life creeps on; the dow-drops exhale; 
’ the garlands of hope, shattered arid dead, strew 
the path ; and too often,ere noontide, theelear 
L brow and sweet smile are exchanged for the 
’ weary look of one longing for the evening rest; 
’ the twilight, the night. 
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^ HOW THEY WERE NAMED. 
, In late numbers of the Ren al we have wrlt- 
j ten somewhat about Martha’s Vineyard and 
. Nantucket, but omitted to tell how they w ere 
3 named—for which we make amends by quoting 
. the following from a correspondent of the 
. Baltimore American: 
“I said to an old gentleman whom I met this 
i morning, who is at. homo hero, ' Why do they 
. call this place Martha’s Vineyard ? I have not 
f seen either Martha or grapes since I have been 
i ou the Island.’ ‘I will toll you,’ he replied. 
1 You see, a long time aero a rich old fellow 
* owned all this country about here. He had 
b three daughters—Martha, Elizabeth and Nancy, 
t This Island he gave to Martha, and as there was 
- a large vineyard upon it be added that name. 
You island lie gave to Elizabeth. Nancy said 
1 she must have one, and claimed the other one, 
t called now Nantucket. ‘ Nau-took-it.’ Now, 
_ It this Is not the true explanation of the no- 
1 menclature I can only say it Is as good as was 
b received.” 
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j So Mi: one to love ! It. is the cry of the human 
so.ul, the note to which every human heart 
a responds; the bond which will bind us all to¬ 
gether In that other world where mourners will 
be comforted and love shall reign forever. 
.muling for tty fmtng. 
KISSING FOR THE CHILDREN, 
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Kisses in the morning 
Make ttie day seem bright, 
Filling every corner 
With a gleam of light ; 
And what hupnlnes.i ho misses 
Who, affect ion’s impulses scorning 
Departs, and gives no kisses 
To the children Id the morning. 
Many think It folly; 
Many sny it’s bliss; 
Very much depending 
On whose lips you kiss ! 
But the truth I am confessing, 
And I 'd have you all take warning, 
1/ you covet any blessing, 
Kiss the children iu the morning ! 
Kisses in the evening 
When the lights arc low 
Set two heaits a-dancing 
With affection's glow. 
And the angels swarm in numbers 
Round the pillow they are pressing 
Who are wooed to pcucefnl slumbers 
By a dear one’s fond caressing. 
Kisses In the morning 
Are not out of place : 
Kisses In the evening 
Have a special grace; 
And it seems to tue that this is 
For indulgence lawful reason: 
Sweetest tulips—I mean kisses! 
Ye are never out of season 1 
LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
From a Virginia Boy. 
Mr. Editor: — Let me tell you about our 
County. It is, to express alt in few words, a 
delight,rul region. As one of your correspond¬ 
ents recently asserted, we are quite in t he back¬ 
woods part of this “ terrestrial orb.” Hemmed 
in on all sides by rugged mountains, It resem¬ 
bles a great basiu. There are no atreums of 
any size in the county, blit what there are 
abound in Osh, and It is very pleasant In sum- 
no r ia long season witii UK) to fish under fall, 
shady willow*, or else to flout hero ami there in 
a canoe after the scaly tribe. Tho greater part 
of our county retains Its original forest, growt h, 
mi we have oftcntiuio been called “ backwoods¬ 
men.” But. no mnttor how Tar in tho “back- 
woods” wo ere situated, wo have been discov¬ 
ered by the “city folks," who spend their sum¬ 
mers here. There Is plenty of game In this 
locality squirrels, wild turkeys, rabbits, wild 
ducks, foxes, wolves and raccoons in profusion. 
So of course there are a great many sportsmen, 
and ca«h day we hear tho sound of the hunter’s 
horn, h b he calls his hounds to the chase. This 
!s a gay sport—live or ten mounted men, with a 
good pack of dogs in spirited pursuit of tin 
gray or red fox, both of which inhabit our 
count ry. Sotnetlmes these fox chases continue 
for more than a week. 
Tell your “ Central New York Girls,” when 
they write ton or twelve lines, not to say, “ 1 
fear mv letter is getting too long,” or “My 
hand i getting tired.” It may be the best, they 
can do, but ‘ too long” and “tired hands” 
should be left, out.—Y oung Tom, Rocky Mount 
C. II., Franklin Co., Va. 
From an Iowa Cirl. 
Dear Editor : Wo take your valuable paper, 
and I like to read the letters from the hoys and 
girls. I am fourteen years old, and quite as 
happy ns can be in my little home. Wo live iu 
Henry Co., situated in the south-eastern part 
of Iowa, twenty-eight miles west of Burlington. 
Mt. Pleasant la a beautiful little town, not 
much of a “mount” though, for undulating 
prairie land stretches over the broad acres as 
far as the eye can reach ami it is almost sur¬ 
rounded by beautifully flowing streams, edged 
oft' by towering elms, vast oaks, the sturdy wal¬ 
nut and slender hickory. Mt. Pleasant has 
four thousand Inhabitants and Is called the 
"Athens of Iowa.” It has two colleges, one 
English and one German. They arc both Metho¬ 
dist institutions. The English college gradu¬ 
ated 17 this year. Next is the female seminary. 
It is a Presbyterian school and can accommo¬ 
date 100 pupils. That is tl.c school l go to. 
Then there Is Howo's Academy. This is a 
splendid school. There are also two high 
schools, the largest, <>( which graduated 15 this 
Summer. -Emma Pardee, ML Pleasant, loan. 
From a Northern New York Boy. 
Dead Mr. Moore: I am a boy nine years 
old, I would bo glad to know the cousins, for 
I like to read their letters. My pa has taken 
the ROBA i, New-Yorker Tor ten years. I live 
on a farm one mile from the St. Lawrence 
River. We can see a good many of t he Thou¬ 
sand Islands. I have got three sisters and one 
baby brother. We have thirteen cows and send 
our milk to tho cheese factory in summer. I 
drive the cows in summer. I went with my 
pa to see glass made; J saw it blown and cut,. 
Our school will commence in two or three 
weeks, and I shall be glad, for 1 like to go to 
school. We have twenty-two little pigs; they 
are cunning little fellows. I will close this let¬ 
ter now, or you will think it too long. W ei.lie 
H. A., Hammond, AT. V. 
From an Eastern N. Y.Cirl. 
I nAVE been thinking for a long time how I 
would like to see my name in the Rural 
among the little girls’ and boys’letters. Now 
if this is published, perhaps I will write again. 
I intend to teach school ns soon as I am old 
enough. I am twelve now, don't you think 1 
will ho old enough in a year or so ? I am i hrough 
with arithmetic, grammar, philosophy, Alge¬ 
bra and French, but my people tell me I uni too 
young and small, as I am very small of my age. 
Well, I gueia 1 will not make my letter any 
longer this time, for fear you will not publish It. 
I wish all the girls would write to mo, then 
I should not feel so timid about writing. I bid 
all the little girls good afternoon.—M aude 
AverlEIGB, Colon thus, 1V. Y. 
From an Oneida Co. <N. Y.l Boy. 
Dear Editor:— My father takes the Rural, 
and wo like it very much. 'Ye have taken it 
six years. I like to read the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Letters and to make out tho Puzzles. I went 
to school lust term, Our school is out now. I 
like to go to school and study. There were 
about foity scholars’ names ou the roll. I have 
written once before, but did not see my let ter 
in print, so l thought I would try again. I 
guess this is long enough, so I will close by 
hoping to seo this in tho Rural.— C. H. W., 
Oneida C,,., n. V. 
From a Georgia Cirl. 
Dear Mr. Editor :— I have made the attempt 
to write for your paper. We take your paper 
and wo like it very much ; we cannot, get along 
without it. I do not. go to school now, for we 
have vacation down here. When I go to school 
again I sh«U have a nice onn and a good teacher. 
She don’t whip and rcohl like a great many we 
find. I think you girls may want to know my 
studies. I study tho fifth render,! pelling, geo¬ 
graphy, grammar, history, philosophy and prac¬ 
tical arltlnnotlo. 1 like to study very much ; 1 
can get along with all my Kindles but grammar; 
I think It is time for me to dose, and hope you 
don't, think my letter worthy of the wants 
basket. "Pauline F. Lambert, Ulanta, La. 
From a Central New York Boy. 
Dear Editor ;— Seeing so many of the buys 
and girls writing to the Rural, I thought I 
would write too. 1 am twelve years old and 
live on a farm of seventy acres. Father has 
taken the Rural eight years. I liko it very 
much. 1 go to school; wo have a very good 
one. Father kept nine cows last summer and 
HOW has eleven. I hope you will accept me as 
ouo of your cousins, if this findsu place in the 
Boys’ and Girls’ column, I will write agam.— 
David B. K-, Chenango Forks, N. Y. 
From a Michigan Cirl. 
Dear Coueins:—1 have long been wanting 
to join your happy circle, hut I did not, dare to 
attempt writing for fear my letter would be 
thrown in the scrap bosket. J lovo to read 
your letters and am quite interested In you, 
and would like to see Cousin Johnnie very 
much. 1 think she is rather sarcastic In lur re¬ 
marks about boys trying to be manly, although 
l think aim I* quite right, If a young girl's Opin¬ 
ion may be expressed. 1 live nn a farm and 
have splendid times. I have an organ and am 
taking music lessons. 'Veil, us rny letter is 
getting rather long I guess I had butter close ; 
and it I see this in print I will write again.— 
Mabel Knapp, Plain well, Allegan Co., Mich. 
fhbtrier. 
NAME PUZZLE.—No. 1. 
This Puzzle was incorrectly printed in Rural 
of Sept. 4. We therefore republish It, in proper 
form : 
t. A lady’s namn. 2. A lady’s name. 3. A 
lady’s name. t. A iarly’s name. 5. A lady’s 
name. B. A lady's name. 7. A lady's name. 
8. A lady’s name. The initials of these eight 
names form a ninth lady's name. 
Answer in two weeks. Little One. 
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CROSS-WOKD ENIGMA-No. 8. 
My first is in cun but not in will, 
My second is in chest but not in till; 
My third is in paw but not in church, 
My fourth Is in hickory but not in bireh ; 
My fifth is iu hour hut nut in day, 
My sixth is in grass but not in hay; 
My seventh is in lark but not in its mate. 
My whole Is the name of ray native State. 
Answer In two weeks. s. c. 
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DIAMOND PUZZLE,—No. 4. 
1. A consonant. 8. Loose. 3. A sort of tree. 
4. A fairy. 5. A vowel. Centrals forma beau¬ 
tiful shade tree. 
Answer in two weeks. L. o. 
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WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.-No. 4. 
1. A flowUr. fi. Having the shape of an egg. 
3. To rescue from danger, 4. Beside (adverb). 
Answer in two weeks. o. H. f. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.— Sept. 4. 
Cross-Word Enigma No. 6.—Rural. 
Word-Square Enigma No. 3.— 
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