MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-VORKER. 
« -niT  Tr<n  A  TIT  ■DTTnn'M  A  M  !  One  Incident  reprcbeuted  In  our  Ulustratlou,  not 
G-EN.  ISllALL  rUiiNAiVi.  I  noticed  mtue above skcu-li,lHl’UTNAM’scclenrated 
■ - -  '  eBcape  wben  puimied  by  Ills  enemies— riding  on 
cPEMtR  IH  THE  LIFE  OF  A  RURAL  HERO.  Ws  favorite  horse  down  a  steep  declivity  where 
SCENES  la  THE  UUJUHnunHt  nm  none  dared  follow.  The  bullets  bred  failed  to  lu- 
In  historv  have  a  pecuiUir  fasclna-  jure  him,  in  harmony  with  the  mysterious  and 
lion  for  mankind,  and  arc  destined  to  perpetual  mii-aculous  providence  which  always  kept  him 
remembrance,  regardless  of  all  intrinsic  merit  of  from  danger. 
their  ownei-s.  It  Is  mainly  the  names  ol  men  who  - - 
s^ang  from  the  people  and  lived  with  j  A  OONHUBIAL  CONTEOVEESY. 
that  will  cn.ioy  this  immonaUty.  i  - - 
men  arc  destitute  of  mciit.  ou  the  rontrnrj ,  they  j  ^  needed  replacing 
arc  universally  mcnof  the  strongc-st,  naUve  char-  ^  i  lnip,but  U  wa.s  the  other  night thatMr. 
acter,  more  often  without  scholastic  advanmges  nad  the  presence  of  mind  to  buj^  a  new 
than  with,  whose  heroism  seizes  upon  the  im.igina-  Q^e  and  hike  it  home.  After  supper  he  huntedup 
tlonsot  niaaklud  and  makes  thch'  uis  tools,  removed  the  old  bolt  and  mea.suied  the 
Holding  no  titled  or  omclal  station,  these  “v;  I  location  for  tuo  now  one.  lie  must,  horc  wnne  new 
remembered  ages  alter  Iho  hoi'dc  of  ooverno  o  anuyirs.  Thi'oct.on  hoard  him  roaming  about 
and  senatoi-s,  and  rresldontseven,  may  imve  noeu  ^ ijtchen  and  u-oodshed,  slamming  doors,  pull- 
forgottcu.  it  is  pretty  sate  to  say  that  nvo  uun-  drawer's  and  kicking  the  furuiUiro  about, 
dred  rears  hence  every  school-boy  will  know  ine  ^nd  called 
story  of  isu-tkc  Pctmam  and  t no  wolf,  >vhile  as  for  , 
our  rresldents  even,  C':scepilng  t\  “  Richard,  do  you  want  auj-tblng?" 
KEKSO.N',  and  may  bo  a  few  others,  t.i  l  ^  i  yelled  back.  “  I  v.’ant  to  know 
indl  Alngulsbahlu  almost  :m  the  o  |  where  in  Texas  Is  t  hat  corkscrew.” 
men  mid  women  who  lived,  sufrered  and  loped  ,  ..coj-ugcrew,  Richard  7” 
the  Icitchen  and  u'oodshed,  slamming  doors,  pull¬ 
ing  out  drawers  and  kicking  the  furuiUiro  about. 
Sho  went  to  the  head  of  the  stairs  and  called 
down : 
“  Richard,  do  you  want  auj-thlng?" 
"  Ves,  1  do!”  he  yelled  back.  “  I  ivant  to  know 
!  where  in  Texas  Is  t  hat  corkscrew.”  i 
“Corkscrew,  Richard?” 
five  hundred  years  ago,  “Yc3, corkscrew,  Richard!  I’ve  looked  the  house 
I5,UEI.  l'UTS-Aa-0.  Si  “”■>  “"-I 
and  BOimi  Hcanaii  ndm  Uli,  active  lU-i  '  ‘  ,,  “Wby.  ,ve  never  bad  one,  Ulcbardl" 
and  the  descend  jutot  a  long  line  0  inn.  I  “Didn’t,  eh!  We've  hod  a  dozen  of 'em  in  the 
province  of  Massachusetts.  Vhiidrcn  'wUo  ^nst  two  years,  and  I  bought  one  not  four  weeks 
uury  Tth,  1T18,  he  ago.  It’s  always  the  way  when  fwantanytblng." 
crowded  the  farm  ’ndiptr and  “But,  you  must  he  out  of  your  head,  hushnud,” 
SEPU  ruTSAU.  '^f^^'^J^'^^JlriS.bynttmeroua  she  said  as  she  descended  tho  stairs.  “WeYe 
'  ^  v2,a^  ago  wcupled  by  the  It^Pl  house  seven  .yrat^  and  1  never  remember  of 
i-ibltoi'a.  It  wa,^  a  xt W  >  care  afe  Rftar-  seeing  you  bring  a  corkscrew  borne.  ’ 
grand-nephew  of  the  Hex  .  j  .<  oh,  yes,  I’m  out  ol  my  head,  I  am !”  he  grum- 
cd  la  an  era  of  large  ..^(ur  school  ad-  P'bd,  as  he  puUcil  ont  the  sewing  machine  drawer 
not  and  much  time  himself  inetoad  In  and  turned  over  Ita  contents.  “  Perhaps  I’d  better 
vantages.  He  ^  go  to  the  lunatic  asylum  right,  away.” 
athletic  sports  and  adventmCj,  I  “  Well,  Richard.  1  knoxr  tliat  I  have  never  seen 
thus  related:  , .  .xvmnu  wm  in  at/-  a  corkhcrew  in  this  liouge.” 
Youag  Putnam  s  nrat  ./in  sipuder  “Then  .vou  arc  ns  blind  as  an  owl  In  daylight, 
tomptlug  to  get  a  bird’s  nest  utt.  ^  jq,.  j.yp  bought  Uve  or  six.  The  hou.sc  Is  always 
limb  at  the  top  of  .l.pi.pfl  the  nest  upside  down,  anyhow,  and  1  never  can  llnd  any- 
the  limb  below,  but  just  as  ho  touched  the  nc&r 
and  e.xclalroed.  “  I’ve  got  '  ther  limb  1  “  Tlic  house  Is  kept  a.s  well  as  any  of  your  folks 
broke,  and  he  fell  b(''ul  dfiwn-  |  can  keep  one!”  she  retorted,  grooving  red  In  the 
by  his  pantaloons,  where  he  ‘f' "  '  face 
wards.  'vhero  hccou  gljo^y  you  a  texv 
up  nor  down,  in  a  b"  bi  the  1^^  things,”  he  said,  as  be  stretched  his  neck  to  look 
oned  group  below  ' ..  . ...  voung  “  Perhaps  she’d  boll  her  spectacles  ovlth 
rltlo.  xUter  some  t  atoes  ugaln,”  answered  the  ovlfe. 
I’cTxNAMfolUothcgiouua  stmc  talking 
and  o;iVh  much  dinK  .veUe^s  he  Jumped  down. 
culty  secured  the  nest,,  ovhlcii  he  brought  to  Is  yoy-l,  be  going  for  York  state 
companions  in  trlamph.  Miss  Hannah  i  don’t  look  out.” 
At  the  age  of  2*-  fivnocr  hi  the  newer  “  I’d  like  to  see  myself!" 
PorE.  ami  setUed  down  as  a  ^  1  ..Look out.  Nancy." 
?a  a“cw  ySjoy  Tood  management  and  hard  “  I’m  afraid  of  no  man  that  lives,  Klchar 
work,  he  made  quite  a  bV*a  wolf  “I  ll  leave  you.” 
country  was,  f  .^^.ownsmim  had  “  And  I’ll  laugh  to  sec  3  ou  go.” 
whose  (leprcdatlono  ^  a  n^nol’k  of  Gol»g  ‘i®  extoudod  hi 
been  able  to  avenge,  I  >•  i  j**  starting  emphasize  hl»  words,  .and  slow 
sheep  and  on  one  alS^- JJ®  be  she  w^  “  Nancy  Throeton,  1 1 1  apply  for  a  divorci 
wlthsomc  neighbor  be  saw  morrow.  I’ll  tell  the  judge  that  1  kindly 
to  a  cave  in  the  rocks,  followed  hot ,  ■  wheru  the  gimlet  was, 
the  boast’s  eyebaUs  ^  ^  '  J  „(ivoQt;bj.e  said  we’d  nex-er  had  one  In  the  house,  xv! 
dragged  her  out  to  daylight.  This  advent^c  ^^j^^bood,  as  lean  prove.” 
which,  With  aless  danng  °  li  “  tihnlet,”  she  gasped, 
foolhardy  and  dangerous,  seemed  to  1  0 1  >  am  onij 
a  matter  of  course.  H  ?}!'’,  “  Why,  1  knoxv  where  there  are  tlu-ee 
reputation  ^  him  to  be  generally  You  said  corkscrexv.” 
xvards  in  the  arm3  ^  *•  Hid  1 7"  he  gasped,  sitting  down  ou  11 
kuoxvuas  “ThcOld  VVolH  .;,,ypn<vth  of  the  table;  “  well,  now,  1  believe  1  did.’ 
PUT.NAM  xvas  a  man  ^  -  „  vi.Tous  “.And  you  went  and  abused  me  Ukc  a 
and  on  one  occasion  twisted  <-1®^  ......bv  m  one  cause  1  xvouldn’i  say  a  gimlet  xvas  a  coi 
bull  around  a  sapling  ,  b  -  by  •lulmai  she  sobbed,  falling  on  the  lounge. 
. . 1 -i.il..  ivitii  then therhc  chastised  the  ammai  - ;  _ •=  , 
3u,  not  '  It  Is  a  charming  place  to  visit,  and  Is  one  of  those  j 
brated  comfortable  counti-y  homes  t  hat  were  built  before  j 
Ing  on  ,  the  days  w  hen  ground  xvas  so  scarce  that  all 
where  I  houses  and  public  biUldlngs  had  lo  be  shot  up  Into 
to  In-  '  the  air,  Insti-ad  of  resting  Hrmly  upon  the  earth, 
ns  and  j  jr-s.  Hodge  H  a  xvldow  and  lias  two  sons.  One  of  ■ 
It  him  j  these  j'oung  gentlemen  Inhcrll.s  nil  his  grand-  | 
father’s  lnveijllv<>  genius,  besidca  being  a  practical 
xvorker  and  the  right-hand  man  of  .Tohu  Roach,  j 
y  ■  the  great,  shlp-hulldfer.  The  ot  her,  the  younger,  j 
I  ha.s  Just  loft  Rutgers  College,  xvbere  lie  had  a  brtl- 
,  „  '  llant  career.  .Mrs.  Sophie  .Mapes-ToUes.  w  ho  has  | 
iM  *  an  enviable  reputation  a.s  an  artist,  makes  the  old  | 
nat.ir.  |  bomesmad  her  summer  quarters.  Mrs.  K.  c.  Kin-  ; 
t  ney,  the  mother  of  Mr.  K.  t.  stedmun,  and  herself 
To  I r  p  a  weU-known  iiocl,  has  her  home  In  N ewark.  Mr.  1 
I  ea  me  bved  In  Nexvark  up  to  within  a  couple  of 
yearn,  aud  might  have  been  seen  any  day  in  Iho  1 
ganoui  Qjj  ,bc  cars,  discussing  the  j 
*’  rise  and  tall  of  stocks  with  other  brokers,  or  a  j 
cmie^  Greek  tragedy,  If  he  could  get  the  right  sort  of  an 
'  auditor. 
Dr.  Abraham  coles,  author  of  “  The  Evangel,” 
and  the  thirteen  translations  of  “Dies  Ira?,"  Is  a 
°  I  practising  physielanui  Nexvark.  Hr.  coles  Is  one 
!  of  the  most  learned  Latin  scholars  In  the  country, 
'  and  as  a  poet  he  I'ank.s  nenrer  .such  men  us  Heher, 
c  house  jpremy  Toylor,  and  that  class  of  minds,  tiian  any- 
I  thing  more  modern,  and,  I  was  going  to  siiy. 
!  superncliil.  Hlshvanns  and  religious  poetry  arc 
a  in  the  j  ueautllul,  but  they  possess  a  quaint  slm- 
'  xveeks  ,  pjjpjj.y  that  Is  unfortunately  of  the  past.  .Vraanda 
rtblng.^'  j  who  l»  xvell-known  as  the  author  of 
ishfind,”  Nuuday  school  books  and  mild  novels. 
“  M  eYe,  j  Wood.slde,  a  suburb  of  Kewau'k.  V  irglnla 
mber  of  i  ^  xownsend.  xvho  at  one  time  htul  a  nput.atlon 
a.s  xndespread  and  somewhat  similar  to  T. 
e  grum-  ;  ^^bur.  is  also  a  Nexvarker,  or  w.as  up  to  a  recent 
drawer  ;  Edmund  Ktrk--GUm<irc  Is  Ms  real  uame— 
d  better  ^  Kewark'-r.  Ills  literary  work  Is  not  voiy 
high,  still  Ms  hook  “Among  the  I’liies”  was 
rer  seen  read  and  favorably  r'-cel\'ed. 
NEW  WAY  TO  GET  A  HUSBAND. 
A  KimiABEE  coriespoudcut  to  ibe  R<'adlng  Gaz¬ 
ette  says ;  “  It  Is  none  of  tlie  world’.s  bugiuess  xvho 
the  lady  Is  or  In  xvhat  part  of  ihe  county  she  rf> 
sldes.  The  facts  arc  sutlieent  to  shoxv  how  a  lady, 
vulgarly  called  an  old  maid,  got  a  husband,  and 
one  that  may  prove  himself  xvortb.x’  of  In'i'.  Hix 
“PBIEZ  PODTl  MOIl”* 
BY  A.  H.  F. 
My  dj-lng  wish,  for  soon  1  hence  ehall  go 
Beyond  the  ken  of  mortal  friend  or  foe. 
XX  hlther,  ah !  whither  do  my  foo»«ter«  bend  ? 
I  maj-  not  know,  hut  these  words  backw-ard  oend.— 
Pnfz  pour  mol ! 
Wand’retU  my  eoul  oione  or  angel  led, 
In  realms  of  light,  or  dorknel  gloom  my  bed, 
tstill,  this  my  cry  in  koonoBt  bllee  or  woe. 
From  bloesed  hlgbte,  or  eaddisd.  depths  below— 
/*)•<(•*  jtour  moi ! 
For  as  within  God’s  imix-crse  so  wide 
fcA  No  place  1b  found  for  hiunan  soul  lo  hide. 
Bo  this  I  know,  wheroe’er  my  spirit  be. 
I  shall  have  need  of  all  Hi*  lox  cjfor  mc- 
Priez  pour  mol 
•  “Pray  for  me!"  No  formal  epitaph  was  ex-er  bd 
toucliing  as  this  simple  inscriiition,  common  in  French 
and  Catholic  cemeteries. 
A  HAPPY  CHURCH. 
While  speaking  lately  with  come  gentlemen 
connected  xxTth  a  very  flourishing  church,  of 
which  tliey  are  membei's,  one  of  them  said: 
“  And  there  is  not  a  grumbler  In  It Everything 
seemed  to  miK  eveiwbtjdy'— pastor,  elders,  deacons, 
communicants.  Sunday  school,  pi'ayer  meetings, 
the  n-  ’v  aud  handsome  church  building,  Just 
ready  lobe  dodlca led -were  nil  right.  Brotherly 
love  reigned  over  tlie  entire  community ;  liberality 
abounded,  and  there  xxas  the  ftcace  of  Chrivtiaii 
contentment.  Happy  minister!  He  would  ap¬ 
preciate  hl.g  seven  ycure  of  labor  In  that  ■’  Held  " 
which  the  Lord  hath  blessed,  for  he  c.ame  to  lb 
from  another  people  xvho  xverb  otherv,  l.sc.  llapjiy 
church !  “  xvlthout  a  grumbler  In  It !" 
Grumblci'H  have  tlielr  use«,  like  thorns  and 
goads  and  Ulcu  and  mosquitoes.  They  may  be 
even  “mean.s  of  grace”  to  some  ministers  who 
have  grace  enough  to  hoar  xvitli  them.  But  they 
.are  so  wrapped  np  in  their  own  discontent  and  so 
unhappy,  whether  tbey  keep  It  In  or  let  it  oui, 
that  they  have  tiie  gilt  of  keeping  other  people  all 
monthrago  a  t  ramp  came  to  a  U.-rkv  cumty  tarm  tlm  time  In  the  same  hot,  water  xMlu  tUcmsclves. 
UlOIilUn  ilbU  *  ,  .  _  ^ _ _  _ .  X.  _ _  Tt'rt  t  iniWt  hf*  Htl/lll  hni'aUAO 
“  rerhap8  sheM  boll  hor  spectacles  ^vllh  tUe  po-  j 
latoos  again,"  answered  the  wife.  1 
“Do  3'ou  know  xx'ho  you  are  talking  to?’’  he  j 
yelled,  as  he  Jumped  down.  I 
“Yes.  Ido."  . 
“  tvell,  you'll  be  going  for  York  Bkate,  If  you  ' 
don’t  look  out."  j 
“  I’d  like  to  see  mj'selr !"  I 
“  Look  out.  Nones'."  , 
“  I'm  afraid  ot  no  man  that  lives,  Richard  Throe-  , 
ton.” 
“I'll  leave  j'ou.” 
“And  I’ll  laugh  to  sec  3  ou  go." 
Going  close  up  to  her  he  extoudod  hts  finger, 
shook  It  lo  emphasize  hl»  xvords,  and  slowly  said : 
“  Nancy  Throeton,  1 1 1  apply  for  a  divorce  to-mor-  j 
morrow.  I’ll  tell  the  judge  that  1  kindly  and  lov-  1 
lagly  asked  you  wheru  the  gimlet  was,  and  >'ou 
said  xx’O.’d  nex’er  had  one  In  the  house,  which  Is  a 
bold  falsehood,  as  1  can  prove.” 
“  Gimlet,”  she  gasped.  ^ 
“Yes,  gimlet."  | 
“  Wh3',  1  knoxv  xvhere  there  are  tlu'ee  or  tour.  1 
You  said  corkscrew.”  | 
house  and  a.sked  the  d.LUghter  for  Tend,  and  U  was 
given  to  him.  He  "'um  conKid<?rably  worse  for 
wear.  3’et  hla  modest  ih-mennor  and  genllemanly 
bearing  attracted  the  attentKui  ol  Die  family.  He 
was  given  work  on  the  rann  and  -Jiortlj'  bi.'came  a 
favorlTc.  He  xr.iH  sober,  indxit  t  riou:^,  gentwl  and 
Intelligent.  Gradually  the  duugUt cr  texxk  a  liking 
to  him  and  she  loaned  him  nnaiej  from  her  own 
purse  lo  pxu’chase  clothing  xxith.  BIp'  '  ticoxiraged 
him  to  keep  himself  well  dre’^sed,  and  in  a  short 
time  the  farmer  aaxv  th..il  his  man  of  nil  xvork  had 
suddenly  become  a  line  looking  and  earuesi  suitor 
for  hla  daughter’s  hand  In  m.arrluge.  It  vx'as  at 
first  refused,  but  the  only  child  cried  to  her 
mother,  the  mother  Interoeded,  ami  finally  ihc 
stern  parent  gave  his  consent,  ft  xvas  virt  uallj'  a 
romance  In  real  life.  The  marriage  took  place,  the 
ceremony  being  porforraed  by  a  Heading  ejergy- 
man.  Tlux  young  man  Is  tall  and  Ibxdy  loraied,  Is 
a  German  by  birth  and  has  been  in  the  country 
not  quite  a  j  ear.  Ho  has  a  good  education  and 
wants  to  be  a  fanner.  The  lady  Is  proud  of  him, 
and  does  not  seexn  at  all  embareased  xvben  refor- 
enco  Is  made  as  to  how  she  secured  hjni.  He  has 
ivmd  xvhlle  with  the  other  he  chastised  the  animal  | 
so  that  It  was  over  after  hubmlsslxe. 
As  a  matter  of  coui-se.  fut-nau  look  ^ 
nartlnt’ae  Frchch  and  Indian  xvara  which  pre- 
Ldcd  tbc  Revolution.  His  skill  in  aduiiting simple 
meams  to  achieve  liLs  ends  seemed  almost  mlraeu- 
mS.  on  one  occasion,  while  sou.e  KnKlt«b  W 
the  darkness  of  wghl.  Taking  a  lew  picscu  mu  .  | 
inabo.d,  they  proceeded  xMili  I 
beetle  and  wedges,  to  i,he  ‘  ^  NEWARK  LITERATI. 
Iho  wcdgos  under  Die  nuldei  so  nnni3  ^  _ 
could  not  be  moved,  ^fre^a'icr^^and' mn'rem  A  coRKEsrosDENT  01  the  Boston  Gazette  writes : 
covered  the  vcs-sei  xvas  di  ^  -puere  are  fpUte  a  number  of  xvell-kaoxni  lltcrarj- 
dered  without  firing  a  gun.  people  living  In  Nexx-ark.  N.  J.,  although  there 
ing  the  fate  of  her  compiuilou,  never  xvas  a  city  that  shoxved  less  exidonce  of  cul- 
cameapi’Uc.  . tiimiiL-ii  Hire  than  that.  Nothing  ever  draws  a  croxvd  hut 
During  tuo  French  Warn  iyt.nam  ^  ^  i  a  ma^  meeting  or  a  circus.  The  slngej-s 
amultltudeofhalr-hreadlhcwapcs^^  i^xl  K  ,  1  .  Seldom 
he  bore  “  a  cliai’mcd  life.  During  tb^ne  vc^  | 
preceding  the  ^  ver>-  progroY  I  people  Ux  lng  in  that  mauufacturlng  town  perhaps 
hard-xx'orking  and.  for  those  ua. ..  D  l  ®  '  ,  knoxva  la  Manon  Uarlaud.  This 
slvc  l-rmur.  no  paw  «  cilS  S  i  S^uSiSor  »  Mrx  E.  P.  TerhuM  w  Ke„arli- 
improvement  01  Stock,  and  cf-pec  tally  xM  tattle  tun  wim  of  an  eonally  popular 
Did  1 7”  he  gaspod,  sitting  down  on  the  corner  made  a  ‘  ten  strike,  and  Is  now  on  a  lalr  > 
ol  the  table;  “vx  ell,  now,  1  boUevo  1  did.”  becoming  a  rich  man  by  and  by. 
“  .’tud  you  xvent  and  abused  me  Ukc  a  slave  be- - 
cause  1  xvouldn’i  say  a  gimlet  xvas  a  corkscrexv,”  WHO  ARE  CREOLES  1 
she  sobbed,  falling  on  the  lounge.  - 
“Nancy,’’ he  said,  tenderly  llftitig  her  up.  Befokk  I  came  to  Nexv  Orleans,  saj's  a  corre- 
“  uh,  Richard !"  she  choklnglj'  ansxvered.  spondeiit,  I  thought  that  a  Ci’cole  xx'as  a  h.air  breed 
“Naney  ,  I’ll  go  right  out  of  doors  and  kill  my-  of  some  race,  Cuban  or  Bpaiilsh  or  French,  I  dlduY 
sejt.”  exactly  know  xx'hlch,  siiid  l  think  the  Northern 
“  No,  you  noedn’t— I  lox-e  yon  stUl,  onlj'— only—  I  people  hnvo  the  same  notion,  and  xxltl  be  grateful 
you  knoxv  a  gimlet  is  not  a  corkscrexv.”  i  jf  j  correct  them  before  they  enme  down  here’.and 
•‘It  ain’t— It  ain't,  Nancy;  forglimnc  and  lets  be  ,  Hielr  ignorance,  a.s  i  did.  Creefie  is  a  na- 
happy.”  tivo  imulslaaian.  Any  one  who  Is  born  liei'o  Is  a 
And  that  house  Is  so  quietly  happy  that  a  can-  creole,  just,  as  any  one  who  is  born  In  Indiana  Is  a 
ary  bird  xvould  sing  Its  head  off  If  hung  up  in  the  Hoosler,  and  in  Ohio  a  Buckeye.  They  don’t  have 
11  dark  pensive  eye.g  and  romamic  hair;  t  hey  don’t 
■ - -  sH  on  vei".mdiU.S  with  their  lingers  against  their 
NEWARK  LITERATI.  cheek  .and  a  shapely  arm.  bare  to  tbe  elbow,  restr 
-  ing  on  Dm?  balustrade ;  and  Oicy  don't  look  off  Into 
t  coRKEsrONDENT  01  the  Boston  Gazotte  xvrltcs :  jnc  gaiMens  of  orange  trees  and  bananas  and 
ere  ai'c  quite  a  number  of  xvell-kaOxni  lltei'arj-  drooping  palms,  'vItJi  alUgators  crawling  ox'er  the 
Dple  living  In  Nexvark,  N.  J.,  ahhough  there  ^valk.  H  Is  a  ba»?  misrepresentation,  this  Idea; 
ver  xvas  a  city  that  shoxved  less  exidonce  of  cul-  1  pvit  I  xvas  sorry  to  have  my  romance  shattered 
re  than  that.  Nothing  ever  draws  a  eroxvri  hut  ;  ^yhen  1  found  It  out. 
he  bore  “a  cuarmca  lue.  - - 
preceding  the  Rcvoluilon.-u’y  War 
hard-xx’orking  and.  for  those  dax-s.  ®.^ 
improvement  01  stock,  ana  espemau;'  . 
horses.  Nexvsot  the  battle  or  Lexington  r.'.aolukl 
W«  xvhen  plowing  In  the  field.  Leaving  his  oxen 
on  the  turroxv  for  some  one  else  tn  loose.  Die  vet¬ 
eran  ot  tenyoats’  serxice  mounted  his  home  nnd  ! 
hastened  to  the  front,  lll-s  beloved  xvife  had  died 
some  ycar.s  before,  and  xvUh  no  home  Ues  to  In- 
terferc  xxlth  patriotic  duties,  no  man  was  more 
onthxislastic  or  did  hotter  service  during  the  years 
that  tried  men’s  souls.  Ho  was  older  than  moRt. 
other  Re.x’oluttouary  heroes,  and  crippled  liy  hard 
seiYlce  he  retired  at  the  close  of  Iho  xx’av  to  spend 
the  remainder  of  his  das-s  on  the  form.  His  mili¬ 
tary  expcrionce  and  his  native  force  of  character 
brought  Mm  rapidly  to  the  front  In  the  Rerolu-  1 
tlonary  ’VVav,  and  he  rose  to  be  the  Senior  :Uajor  ; 
General  ol  the  Continental  forces  under  WASnivc.-  j 
ton.  For  eleven  years  after  his  retirement  he  | 
lived  on  the  farm,  aud  at  last  died  re.spected  by 
all,  and  with  a  name  and  fame  xxdilch  xvlll  groxv  ^ 
brighter  xvlth  the  p.TSSlng  ot  time. 
ers.  and  sho  is  the  wife  of  an  equally  popular  | 
clergyman  of  the  Dntch  Reformed  Church.  Mrs.  j 
Terhune  is  a  sort'  of  Lndx'  Bouhllful,  and  Is  at  the 
head  Of  almost  every  charitable  undertaking  in  I 
Newark.  She  makes  no  fuss  or  bustle  about  what 
she  does,  but.  goes  quietly  aboxit  her  xvork,  as 
though  her  books  did  not  sell  by  the  60,000.  From 
her  “Common  sense  In  the  Household”  she  has 
un  income  of  *'1,500  per  annum.  That  is  common 
sense  worth  havlug.  11  her  novels  do  jxroportlon- 
aiely  weU  she  is  In  a  fair  way  to  become  rich. 
Mrs.  Tcrlinne  ts  a  piain,  modest  sort  of  a  xvoman, 
a  dex'ote<l  xx'lfc  and  a  sincere  friend.  —Sho  has  been 
vciT  111  all  Rummer.  but  is  noxx  better. 
Mrs.  Mery  Mftpes  Dodge,  the  editor  or  St.  Nicho¬ 
las  and  the  author  of  “  n.ans  Blinker,”  fix  es  cm 
the  Old  Mapes  place,  just  outside  of  Nexvark. 
Tills  xx'a.s  the  home  of  her  lather,  Profe.s.sor  James 
J.  Mapes,  and  ts  Die  great  summer  vlsll  Ing-place 
of  some  of  our  most  distinguished  Ifierarx'  people. 
about  HATING. 
Hate  not.  It  is  not  worth  xvhfie.  Youi'  file  is 
not  long  enough  to  make  It  pas'  to  cherish  111  xvlll 
or  hard  thoughts  loxvattls  any  one.  What  If  this 
man  has  cheated  you  or  Dial  woman  played  you 
false  V- Who  t  if  this  tneud  has  lorsaken  you  In 
j'our  time  of  need,  or  that  one,  haxing  xvon  your 
utmost  conhdence.  your  xvamiesi  love,  has  con¬ 
cluded  that  he  prefers  to  consider  and  treat  s’on  as 
a  stranger  7  Let  it  aU  pass,  what  dlilcronce  will 
It  make  to  j'ou  In  a  few  years,  xvhen  you  go  hence 
to  tlie  undlw'overed  eounirx'?  All  xvho  llltrcat 
you  now  xvtu  be  more  sorry  toi'  it  then  than  j  on, 
ex'en  in  3'our  deepest  dlsapfiolntmeut  and  grief, 
can  be.  A  fexv  more  smne«>.  a  fexv  more  jxleuijures, 
much  pain,  a  little  longer  hurrying  and  xvorrxHig 
through  the  xvorld.  some  hasty  gi'eetiugs  and  ab¬ 
rupt  rarexvells.  and  our  plaj'  xxill  be  “  plaj'Cd  out,  ’ 
the  Injured  xvlll  be  led  axx-ay  and  ere  long  forgot¬ 
ten.  Is  11  xvorthy  to  hate  each  other  7 
Many  strokes,  though  xvlth  a  little  ax, 
Hexv  down  aud  teU  the  lai'gest  timbered  oak. 
We  snpiiosc  Ihat  they  must  be  endured,  bocau.-.Q 
they  are,  a.s  a  class,  past  euro ;  but  they  are  a  hard 
sot  to  gel  along  wRU  In  any  church,  aud  If  the 
Lord  does  not  have  more  palieuce  with  them  than 
those  xvhoso  patience  thej'  trx‘  so  sorclx',  they  xvlll 
have  their  re'-vard  after  their  own.  xvaxs.  But 
happy  Is  the  pastor  and  happy  the  church  xvhlch 
have  no  grumblers  to  trouble  them.  How  many 
such  are  there  “among  the  thousands  of  Israel 'F' 
GOLDEN  GLEANINGS. 
The  fool  derldeth  another's  deformity. 
The  \1olatlon  of  truth  is  an  Infamous  crime. 
Fear  Is  linplauled  in  us  as  a  preserver  from  exIL 
HorE,  though  valuable.  Is  not  alxvays  a  sine  au- 
IJdo'le  to  mtsforiune. 
A  ooon  conselenee  seats  the  mind  on  a  rich 
throne  of  lasting  quiet. 
YiRTUE  Is  the  greatest  ornament,  and  good  sense 
the  best  equipage. 
jN  yotir  xvorsi  calate,  hope ;  iJi  j'our  best  estate, 
fear ;  In  cx'cry  estate  be  circumspect. 
In  the  Christian  race  all  patient  nmuers  xvln, 
and  In  the  Christian  battle  all  xvito  endure  to  the 
end  are  xletors. 
Let  the  Me  be  alwa.x's  burning  brightly  and  ar¬ 
dently  on  yotH  oxvn  altar,  w'herever  It  may  blaze 
or  blink  besRles. 
I  KNOXV  of  but  txvo  beautiful  things :— the  starry 
heax'ens  above  my  head  and  the  sense  of  duty 
xx'ltMn  ru3'  heart. — Kant. 
He  that  has  tasted  all  the  bitterness  of  evil  fears 
to  commit  It,  uhd  he  that  hath  telt  the  sweetness 
of  mercy  w  111  tear  to  offend  It. 
Eveuv  daj'  brings  ILs  own  duties  and  carrle.s 
them  along  xvlth  It;  aud  they  are  as  waves  broken 
on  the  shore,  iii;iny  like  them  coming  after. 
They  xvho  are  most  xvearyof  life  and  yet  ai'o 
most  unxxllfing  to  die  are  such  as  have  lived  to  no 
purpose— xx'ho  hax'e  rather  breathed  than  fix-ed. 
It  Is  nox-er  loo  Ulo  with  us  so  long  as  xve  are 
still  axvare  of  our  faults  and  bear  them  Impatiently 
—so  long  as  aspfi'aUons  eager  for  conquest  stir 
xvithln  us. 
The  xvhole  story  of  human  life  Is  compressed 
into  Dlls  dainty  little  poem  by  Jean  Ingelow  : 
Sweet  is  eiuldhood— childhood’s  ox-or. 
Kiss  and  psrt. 
Sw'eet  is  youth ;  but  j'outh’s  a  rox'er— 
So’s  my  heart. 
Bweet  is  rest :  but  by  all  showing 
Toil  is  nigh. 
XVemustg^x.  Alae!  the  going. 
Bay  *'  Good-bj-." 
If  god,  our  Heavenly  Father,  seems  distant  and 
unlnxittng  to  us,  It  is  because,  like  the  prodigal 
son,  xvo  have  taken  our  portion  ol  gooils  and  gone 
Into  a  far  counti'y  to  set  up  for  oorselx’es,  that  wo 
may  fooUshlj  enjoy,  rather  than  reverently  serx-e. 
How  often  do  xve  try,  and  persevere  In  Dying, 
to  make  a  good  shoxv  of  outer  good  qualities,  xvHh- 
ont  anything  xvithln  to  correspond,  just  as  children 
xvlll  plant  blORsoms  xvlthout  any  roots  in  the 
ground,  to  make  a  preltj'  shoxv  for  the  hour !  We 
1  find  fault  In  our  fives  aud  xve  out  off  the  xveed.  but 
xve  do  not  root  It  up ;  xve  find  something  xvanUng 
\  In  onrsPlveR  and  xve  supply  it,  not  b.v  soxxlng  Die 
j  dlxlne  seed  of  heavenly  principles,  but  by  copying 
the  deed  that  the  principle  ought  to  produce. 
