MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORRER. 
HOME. 
Tukue  is  a  lanU  of  every  land  the  pride, 
Beloved  by  heaven  o’er  all  the  world  beside ; 
Where  briKhtcr  suns  disvtensc  aorener  liKht, 
And  milder  moons  empamdiae  the  nisfht ; 
A  land  of  Ijomity,  vli'tue,  valor,  truth. 
Time-tutored  aifo  and  love-cxaJted  youth. 
The  wnndnrluur  umtinor.  whose  e.yo  explores 
The  weallhieBt  islej,  tlin  most  enchantiiiK  shores. 
Views  not  a  realm  so  bountiful  and  fair. 
Nor  breathes  tlio  spirit  of  a  purer  air ; 
In  every  clime  the  niaifnet  of  hla  soid, 
ToucbtHl  bj'  remejubranee,  trembles  to  that  pole ; 
Bor  in  this  land  of  heavou’s  peculiar  gT.ace, 
The  hcritatfo  of  nature's  noblest  race, 
There  is  a  spot  of  earth  supremely  blest, 
A  dearer,  sweeter  spot  than  all  the  rest, 
Wberi'  man,  creation’s  tyrant,  casta  aside 
Ills  sword  and  scepter,  (lavcantry  and  pride, 
WhUe  lu  his  soffcuml  loolcs  benignly  blend 
The  sire,  the  sou,  the  hiiabaad.  brother,  fricml. 
Here  woman  reitrns,  the  mother,  ilaughter,  wife. 
Strew,  witti  fresh  flowers,  the  narrow  way  of  life ! 
In  the  clear  beaten  of  her  delightful  eye 
An  angrl  guard  of  loves  and  graces  lie ; 
Around  her  knees  domestic  duties  meet. 
And  flresidi:  ploasiiros  gambol  at  her  feet 
Where  shall  that  land,  that  sjiot  of  earth  be  found? 
Art  thou  a  man  ?-a  patriot  ?  -look  around ; 
Oh  !  thou  shall  lltid,  howe’er  thy  footsteps  roam. 
That  land  thy  country,  and  that  spot  thy  home  ! 
IJanws  Montgonwry. 
HE  WAS  EIOH. 
A  KKw  weeks  slnco  a  pleasure  y.icht  w.ts  cap¬ 
sized  In  New  York  harbor  and  live  of  the  pereous 
on  boanl  wi-re  drowned.  Mr.  (JAUNKtt,  the  owner 
of  the  yacht,  and  his  wife  bc'ln«  amoiiff  the  luim- 
bcr.  This  accident  was  In  lt«elf  no  more  appalling 
than  hundreds  of  others  which  are  duly  clironlclwl 
In  the  press  from  week  to  week,  still  within  a  few 
hours  after  its  occurrence  our  city  papers  were 
lined  wlt.h  staring  head  lines,  such  ns  ••  Hkaut- 
KENOIVO  C AtAMlTY  —  rcPPiVde  Afciiti'uf,  ill  jV(UC 
Vork  Jliirtior,"  etc.,  cIa;.,  followed  by  a  brief  ac¬ 
count  or  bow  It  occurred  and  a  long  oulogisilc 
personal  history  of  Mr.  (.Jaunek,  ending  by  in¬ 
forming  tbc  public  that  he  aves  rieli.  The  Illus¬ 
trated  papers  po.sUJd  olT  their  arttsts  to  ohtuln 
portraits  of  l.he  gentleman  named  and  his  wife, 
which  duly  appeared  lu  their  columns,  they  not 
forgetting  Ui  Inform  their  readers  th.at  tho  de¬ 
ceased  weiv  rich.  Even  tho  very  waters  wIilcU 
rolled  over  the  sunken  yacht  and  Its  precious  bur- 
deii,  and  lUc  dozens  of  smullcraftllllcd  wlUi  Idlers 
listless  hoveling  about,  wore  duly  skotclicd  for 
the  deleeiatlon  of  tho  pcoiile.  Kor  a  week  or  more 
following  the  illsaster  column  alter  column  of  oiir 
dally  papers  were  llUed  with  accounts  of  It,  not  Uic 
smallest  scitip  pcilulnlug  to  .Mr.  Oau.neii's  wojillh 
being  omitted. 
In  the  search  for  (he  good  deeds  of  the  dccc.-ised 
it  was  discovered  that  ho  paid  the  men  who  cater¬ 
ed  to  hts  personal  comforts  and  pleasures  “  liber¬ 
ally  a  glorious  thing  to  do,  and  Judging  from 
the  comments  of  the  d;illy  press  of  this  city,  one 
might  suppose  it  was  the  llrst  instance  on  record 
of  a  man  spending  money  freely  to  gratify  lusown 
personal  pleasure.  But  In  juWUlou  to  the  hun¬ 
dreds  of  columns  111  led  with  ouloglum  of  tula  rich 
sporUsman  and  tho  manner  In  which  he  mot  Ills 
death,  nearly  every  cluu-ch  In  New  York  ami 
Brooklyn  bowed  to  .Miunmon,  and  their  pastors 
feelingly  referred  to  his  loss— and  all  because  ho 
teas  rh'li. 
Scarcely  a  day  passes  In  which  some  worthy 
person  does  not  meet  Ueal.h  In  fully  as  irtiglc  a 
manner  as  did  Mr.  Uaunek,  but  a  line— a  pani- 
grapb  at  most— Is  all  that  the  press  bc.stow.s  to 
tlielr  memory  or  good  deeds  lu  life,  unless  they 
happen  to  be  wealthy;  If  so,  tho  ouloglum  is 
drawn  out  to  correspond  wlili  t  he  length  or  the 
purse  of  tho  deceased ! 
Of  coui’sewo  have  nothing  to  say  In  regard  to 
the  virtues  of  those  who  lost  their  lives  lu  the  llt- 
falcd  yacht,  never  liavlng  heard  of  them  before 
their  death,  and  for  aught  we  know  they  may 
have  been  the  very  “salt  of  the  earib,”  but 
neither  vices  nor  virtues  were  named  In  the  vivid 
aw-ounts  given  of  tlio  catastrophe  In  the  press  of 
our  city,  but  the  burden  of  It  was,  bonds,  stocks, 
landed  property  an<l  grout  wealth— all  or  which 
seemed  to  stimulate  the  facile  pens  chronUrllng 
the  sad  event.  Neither  would  we  undervalue 
wealth  or  the  laleuls  a  man  must  possess  to  accu¬ 
mulate  and  keep  a  store  or  this  tvorld's  gooits,  In 
order  to  provide  for  hla  own  wants  aud  those  de¬ 
pending  upon  him  for  suiiporl :  but  this  long-con¬ 
tinued  laudation  and  bowing  down  to  Mammon, 
as  in  the  ca.se  under  consideration.  Is,  to  say  the 
least,  dl.sgitsMng,  and  unbecoming  a  ticoplo  wlio 
claim  to  appreciate  and  e.xalL  personal  Integrity 
and  Individual  worth  above  gold. 
What  a  le.s.son  to  our  young  jnen  and  women. 
Does  It  not  say  to  them,  a«  jilaln  .as  words  and  ac¬ 
tions  can  say,  seek  and  obuUn  wealth  above  all 
things  else:  (let  money,  and  your  namo  and 
fame  shall  bo  heralded  throughout  the  length 
and  breadth  of  the  land,  and  when  death  comes 
you  will  bo  remembered  lu  pr.iyers  ollcred  up 
from  a  tlioiisand  pulpits. 
Is  It  any  wonder,  under  such  a  eondillon  of  so¬ 
ciety,  that  men  be<;ome  corrupt  and  wonum  sloop 
to  Intrigue  and  infamy  to  obtalti  that  which  pos¬ 
sesses  tho  power  to  silence  calumny  and  open  the 
gates  of  praise  ?  Cuitic, 
- - - 
A  MAN  Who  takes  a  wife  for  tlie  sake  «f  hoi 
money  rears  Ill-behaved  children. 
SUNDAY  FLIETATION. 
In  a  certain  sense  all  attractive  females  are 
flirts.  True,  there  are  women  about  as  good  look¬ 
ing  as  tho  rough  side  of  a  UorMcriullsh  grater,  who 
read  with  glasses  and  eat  with  porcelain  teeth, 
and  yet  lllrt.  There  Is  an  cxcuso  for  them.  Tliej* 
aro  obliged  to  snap  at  tho  iliut  chance  like  hungry 
wolves.  Bnt  girls  who  don’t  have  to  Jump  at 
chances  flirt  Imeaiise  It  Is  pretty  l»iisliies.s.  True, 
It  Is  pretty,  and  It  la  right.  That  Is  the  only  way 
she  Is  to  find  out  what  her  beau,  possibly  her 
fuUire  husband.  Is  like.  A  man  always  approaches 
a  girl  dreasetl  In  society  politeness,  and  It  Is  the 
girl's  duty  to  pleit-'c  Ihts  thlu  coating  of  sugar  and 
plum,  and  learn  what  is  beneath.  She  cannot  ac,- 
compllsh  this  without  lllrtlng.  Sunday  is  a  bless¬ 
ed  day  for  this  scinl-rellglous  work.  It  Is  like  an 
after-dinner  hour.  The  men  are  gallant,  t  ho  ladles 
melted  out  from  the  weekly  sllirncsa,  impulses  are 
a-lop,  the  key  of  the  convei-salkm  delightful  so¬ 
prano,  and  tho  old  people  are  snoozlngly  satisfied 
in  tho  cool  back  room,  or  lazily  content  In  church. 
In  the  evening  tho  moon  gives  light  enough  to 
see  the  paljiable  shafts  of  a  woman's  glance  when 
her  head  Is  bent  forward,  h  woman’s  face  never 
looks  well  by  moonlight  with  the  chin  salient,  un¬ 
less  It  IswJieii  tho  young  man  has  a  few  of  his 
llngera  cngagetl  in  supporting  It.  When  the  head 
Is  bent  downward  tho  girl  can  look  out  of  the  tops 
of  her  eyes.  A  man  at  all  lutentstcd  will  wither 
like  a  cabbiigu  loaf  in  Augmst  before  the  glance  of 
a  woman  shot  from  tho  lips  of  her  eyes.  Again 
on  Sunday  tho  heart  appears  peculiarly  soft  and 
tender.  Thero  Is  a  pathetic  siulness  in  the  associ¬ 
ations  which  the  lumrt  lakes.  And  this  Is  In  the 
woman’s  favor.  She  should  lean  away  from  levity. 
No  man  ever  laado  any  progress  In  loving  while  a 
woman  was  laughing.  Nothing  will  sink  into  his 
soul  like  that  subdued  conlldlngness  of  tone  oil 
.sad  topics.  A  man  may  bo  worldly,  but  of  all 
tilings  he  dislikes  It  Is  worldlliuss  In  a  young  girl. 
If  you  have  any  piety  crowd  It  up  on  Himday  even¬ 
ings.  Better  brusli  up  ou  It  lu  tho  morning. 
■ - - 
FOB  AND  ABOUT  WOMEN. 
An  old  man  In  a  house  Is  a  terror;  an  old 
woman  Is  a  pearl. 
liK  who  marries  a  woman  congenial  to  himself 
Is  loved  by  tho  Almiglity. 
He  who  has  no  wife  lives  without  comfort, 
without  help,  without  Joy,  and  without  blessing. 
WujcN  a  man  losoth  hl.s  wlfo,  tho  world  around 
Idm  growelli  dark,  the  light  lu  hla  tent  la  dim, 
aud  tho  light  before  him  Is  extlugiUshed. 
To  \vi1toa  good  love  letter  you  ought  to  begin 
without  knowing  what  you  mea  u  to  say,  and  llulsh 
without  knowing  what  you  have  written.— 
sen  It. 
Two  hidlcsg'ontondod  for  tho  precedence  iit  ihc 
court  of  Charles  V’.  They  appealed  to  tho  nion- 
arch,  who,  like  .Solomon,  awarded,  “  Let  tho  elder 
go  llrst."  Sueh  a  dlspiito  was  never  known  after¬ 
ward. 
A  YOUNii  lady  of  Ceorgla  la  .six  feot  two  and 
a-half  Inches  high,  and  when  her  young  man 
sings,  “Thou  art  so  near  and  yet  .so  tar,”  ho  can 
throw  more  icellng  Into  tho  song  than  any  other 
man  In  tho  Hlulo. 
Woman  as  a  Ciuminai,.— French  sUtlstlcs  show 
that  woman  Is  six  times  less  criminal  against 
person,  four  times  les-s  criminal  agalmst  property, 
and  twice  le.sH  hardened  a  criminal  than  man. 
Tho  record  (recently  published)  also  proves  that 
maternity  Is  a  better  shlelil  against  bad  llfo  than 
pateriilly.  Of  l,ouo  fomalo  crlmlnal.s  !2(>I  are 
mothers,  and  of  1,000  male  criminals  H2l  arc 
fatliors. 
AIaky  .Mai-ks  DoDfiE,  In  her  new  book  "Thooph- 
llus  iind  othci-s,'’  has  the  following  model  preface : 
“  These  talus  aud  talks,  most  of  which  havo  ap¬ 
peared  In  various  periodicals,  aro  now  at  tho  ur¬ 
gent  solicitation  iif  iilend.s,  etc.,  etc.,  olo. 
“Their  preparation  hasonJlvoucd  hours  of,  etc., 
etc.,  etc. 
“  If  this  little  volume  shall,  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 
“In  conclusion  tho  author  begs,  etc.  etc.,  etc. 
“.M.  Al.  U." 
A  UitooKLYN  girl  having  been  visited  for  some 
months  by  an  exceedingly  bashful  gentleman 
brouglit  on  tho  wished-for  climax  liy  the  follow¬ 
ing  ruse,  ilc  made  an  afternoon  call  and  afUir  a 
few  minutes  waiting  sho  ru-shed  Into  tho  parlor 
ciiuippcd  tor  I, ho  street  and  said  hastily,  “  I  am 
lu  a  great  Uurr.y— have  an  engagement  with  a  lady 
friend,  and  if  you  earao  for  tUe  purpo.se  of  propos¬ 
ing  marriage  you  xiuat  bo  (tulck  about  It."  Wed¬ 
ding  uarly  In  the  fall. 
Tub  literary  women  of  England  have  entered  a 
proUist  agfilnst  the  apartment  allotted  to  them  In 
the  British  Museum.  I’ho  approaches  to  It  are 
narrow  and  uii.slg)iay,  In  markcfl  contrast  to  the 
broad  piissagcs  and  stairways  leading  to  the  other 
departments.  Tli<i  room  Itscir  is  dingy,  dimly 
llglited  and  In  uncleanly  order.  The  ladlos  main¬ 
tain  that  the  museum  belongs  to  tho  n.atlon  iiud 
that,  they  have  a  right  to  as  comfortable  and  ele¬ 
gant  a  reading-room  a.s  Hint  accorded  ruen.  They 
announce,  too,  that  they  intend  to  prosecute  the 
allalr  until  lliey  got  Justice. 
Rki-ekiung  to  the  closing  of  t  he  first  year  of  In¬ 
struction  at  the  Smith  Woman’s  College  In  North¬ 
ampton,  Mass.,  the  SprlngUold  liepubllcan  says ; 
“Ten  months  of  experiment  havo  shown  that 
women  studentearc  as  capable  of  advanced  study 
as  are  men,  and  it  is  the  college's  proud  record 
that  all  of  the  students  who  have  boarded  on  the 
lustltutloa  grounds,  go  to  their  homes  In  os  good 
health  as  when  they  eamc,  and  that  some  aro 
much  better.  There  hiis  been  but  one  case  of 
sickness  among  them,  and  that  was  rcjilly  con¬ 
tracted  before  the  pupil  entered. 
Ilraiiiug  for  tfje  |Touifti, 
Nathan  Nobh. 
Oil,  whiit  n  ,1ob  I 
Always  walked  ou  hia  head ; 
Ilia  mother  would  sob 
To  Ills  brother  Bob, 
Aud  Ilia  father  took  to  Ids  bed. 
They  itiado  Him  a  boot 
His  bead  to  suit. 
But  a  horiibln  thinsr  rntist  bo  said,— 
His  hair  tiMfk  root, 
Aud  Iji'guri  to  shoot, 
Ouc  day,  in  tho  Kardeu  bed  ! 
So  there,  he  stands 
With  tho  Uelii  of  his  bauds 
Aud  a  little  suiiport  from  his  nose : 
Tho  Kardoiior  uiau. 
With  the  waterinx-ean, 
Says,  “  OraolouB,  how  fast  he  grows !" 
■  ♦  - - 
LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 
From  a  West  Va.  Genius. 
Goon  MOiiNiNU,  CousiHS;— “  Why— whoro  did 
youeume  from?"  1  hear  some  of  you  exclaim.  J 
will  tell  you.  1  Uve  lu  West  Virginia,  In  asmull 
vUlago  on  the  banka  of  the  West  Fork  Blver.  My 
ulher  Is  proprietor  of  a  large  nourtiig  mill.  I  iim 
going  to  school,  and,  like  Voong  .\btist,  “  am  still 
young  enough  to  attend  common  schooL"  About 
making  uullls:  Girls,  1  will  give  you  my  opinion, 
and  not,  charge  you  one  cent.  1  think  there  13  not 
tho  letistuseof  It— cutting  up  calico  Just  tor  tho 
pleasure  of  sewing  it  tA)g((l.h(;r  again.  Why  not 
spend  .your  time  at  something  better?  Let  Young 
AuTtsT  tell  tho  girls  that  plan  she  has  for  spend¬ 
ing  Mmo  better  than  making  tiullts.  We  have  an 
organ,  and  I  have  been  Liking  lessons.  1  am  hav¬ 
ing  a  ulco  pleasure  boat  built,  and  I  want  some  of 
my’  C'ouHlns  to  give  mo  a  name  for  It— a  real  ulco 
one.  Wliat  shall  It  be?  Young  artist,  in  her 
letter,  says,  “  We  may  not  be  as  conceited  as  our 
boy-coiiHlns,”  &c.  As  If  wo  boy.s  are  conceited! 
The  idea  Is  preposterous!  And  let  nouo  of  our 
Gou.slns  again  speak  of  “  noble  manhood  "  In  such 
“  degrading "  terms.  Boys!  boyal  awake  I  Don’t 
you 800  tho  glrksaro  “liair  crazy"  to  hear  from 
you  7  Clpmo  out  and  say  what  yon  want  to ;  and 
don’t  bo  “backward.”  W'o  wn  and  munt  “hold 
our  own"  with  tbc  girls.  Let  us  have  a  “lively 
campnlgu"  thl3  summer.  You.sg  Bacu,  how  can 
you  sit  there,  and  let  the  girls  say  what  they 
plca-se  about  yuu,  svltliouL  saylug  a  word  ?  MLind 
up  and  let  them  know  wluU.  you  arc  mado  of. 
Show  them  that  you  are  not  afraid,  'I’Jicy  need 
not  think  they  can  “preach  decorum"  to  us;  If 
they  do  try,  wc  will  make  a  uoLso  and  not  listen 
to  them.  1  think  1  shall  attend  tho  Gcutcnnlal, 
and  pcrhiips  you  will  h«ar  from  me.  Well,  I  must 
draw  iiiy  U-tteir  to  a  close,  for  1  fear  It  will  be  Loo 
longthly.  Let  mo  hear  from  all  of  you  soon,  and 
perhaps  you  will  again  hear  from— Young  Euitok. 
F.  .S.— My  rca.son  lor  signing  m.y  name  Y,  E.  Is, 
that  1  print  a  small  umutcur  paper,  1  will  send 
VouNG  Xrtist  a  copy  of  my  paiier,  provided  she 
will  send  me  one  of  her  works  of  art,  which,  it  1 
receive,  I  will  lilglily  extol  in  my  paper. 
From  an  Iowa  Girl. 
Dear  Cousins:— H  Isa  longtime  since  I  wrote 
to  you,  but  I  havo  not  much  time  for  writing  as  1 
go  to  school  and  have  to  study  very  hard.  I  prom¬ 
ised  U)  describe  Ibe  place  lu  which  1  live ;  but  be¬ 
fore  r  do  so  I  wish  to  say.  In  answer  to  Critic,  that 
the  reason  girls  bestow  their  smiles  and  favors  on 
“  tobacco  distillers"  Is,  they  can  tlnd  uothliig  bet¬ 
ter.  But  I  Intend  to  wait  for  something  better,  If 
I  have  to  wait  a  llfeilmo.  I  always  said  1  never 
would  go  with  a  beer  keg  stopped  with  a  cigar,  or 
lock  arms  with  a  whisky  Jug  corked  with  a  plug 
of  tobacco.  Tbc  printer  mado  me  live  in  Iowa 
City  Instead  of  Tama  CUy,  which  Is  my  liome. 
Now  this  la  not  a  city,  but  an  Incorporated  town 
of  about  1,501)  inuabltanto,  situated  on  the  north 
Hide  of  the  Iowa  River,  on  tho  C.  &  N.  W.  U.  P  , 
170  miles  west  of  the  Mtssissippi  River.  About 
tliree  and  a-halt  miles  west  of  the  town  is  a  large 
dam,  which  turns  tho  water  into  a  canal  or  race 
which  carries  It  Into  a  reservoir  covering  about 
forty  acre.s.  This  reservoir  is  situated  southwest 
of  the  town,  and  on  its  banks,  and  run  by  the 
water  which  It  contains,  are  a  foundry,  machine 
shop,  tub  tactoi’y,  flouring  mill,  carpenter’s  shop 
and  pump  shop.  These  havo  all  been  built  within 
tho  past  year,  in  tho  eastern  part  of  tho  town  is 
our  large  school  house,  which  cost  about  $lB,ooo. 
Wo  have  an  excellent  school  of  six  departments, 
with  a  principal  and  six  assistants,  r  attcud  tho 
higher  departmeut.  Wo  have  many  nice  build¬ 
ings  for  so  small  a  town.  There  arc  two  brinks— 
the  National  and  tho  Bank  of  Tama.  'I’he  latter 
has  a  tnurblu  front.  In  the  north  part  of  tlio  town 
aro  two  very  nice  biilldlng.s— liner  tlinn  are  gen¬ 
erally  found  in  towns  of  this  size.  They  aro  largo 
brick  dwellings,  costing  about  f  ic.omi  each.  But 
I  am  making  a  short  story  long,  so  I  must  close. 
School  Girl,  Tinna  city,  loini. 
A  Query. 
Dear  Editor:  —  !  like  to  rend  your  valuable 
paper,  espcelally  the  luizzles  and  letters  from  boys 
and  girls.  I  did  not  chance  to  see  Tom's  letter, 
but  from  what  I  can  make  out  from  the  replies,  ho 
gave  tho  glrl.s  a  blowing  up  about  fiLshlons.  I 
think  girls  pay  more  atlenllon  to  fashions  than 
boys  do.  But  I  know  that  any  pei-^am  can  get 
along  as  well  without  fashions  as  with  them.  If 
I  dress  neat  and  clean  and  suit  my  own  taste,  1 
care  but  little  for  latest  fushlon.s  or  style,  or  peo¬ 
ple  that  admire  them,  l  am  lame,  and  cannot 
work  much  on  tho  farm.  Gan  any  of  our  Cousins 
toll  me  which  are  the  best  kinds  of  ducks  to  raise, 
.and  what  Is  tho  meaning  of  dcholtcmcnt  7— Wai.- 
ter  P.,  llln. 
From  o  Connecticut  Girl. 
Dear  Eimtok:— Wo  take  six  p.apers.  but  we  all 
like  the  Ui.tral  aud  think  It  the  best  of  any'.  I  go 
to  school  this  summer;  we  have  a  lady  tcaehea', 
and  I  like  her  very  miicb.  1  study  Arithmetic, 
Geography,  Reading,  spelling  and  Writing.  I 
havo  a  diary  amj  write  lu  It  e.very  night.  I  am 
eleven  yeais  old.  I  havo  two  brothers  and  two 
sisters  older  than  myself,  l  have  a  little  nephew 
sLx  months  old ;  he  Is  very  cunning.  My  father  Is 
a  fanner.  We  have  four  little  ealvi's  and  a  good 
many  little  lambs.  I  havo  a  tame  sheep.- Emma 
V.  B.,  yewiown,  ct, 
A  New  Recruit. 
Mr.  EniTon:— I  havo  been  reading  tlio  letters 
from  tho  girls  aud  boys,  and  am  going  to  try  my 
hand  at  It.  I  am  sixteen,  ami  live  on  a  tana.  I 
would  tell  U.  E.  M.  that  I  have  been  to  one  leap- 
year  party,  and  expect  to  go  tc  anot  her  next  week. 
It  Is  real  fun.  1  havo  no  pets  but  have  a  very  nlco 
piano,  and  am  fond  of  music.  Tlicre  aro  a  great 
many  young  folks  liere,  and  durliig  winter  wo 
have  grauil  times.  Please  accept  me  as  a  cousin, 
Lena  B.  0. 
From  a  “Blue  Cruss"  Boy. 
Mu.  Eiutor:— I  havo  been  thinking  fora  long 
time  of  writing  a  le.iter  to  the  ItUKAi,,  but  havo 
not  attempted  until  now,  and  I  hope  .yon  will 
print  my  llrst  letter.  My  naiier  has  taken  the 
Rural  for  about  twelve  years,  and  be  says  ho 
cannot  do  without  it.  I  live  lu  the  oouatiy,  tour 
miles  from  Carllslo.  I  enjoy  nvidlng  tho  .Story 
Teller  and  the  Boys’  and  Girls’  Columns  very 
much.— R.  II.,  CarliHie,  Ky. 
From  Ohio. 
Dear  Eiutor:— I’a  has  taken  your  paper  two 
yoaix;  wo  mis.scd  It  one  year,  hut  iliid  we  cannot 
get  along  without  It.  I  live  on  a  fai  m  In  Olilo  and 
go  1,0  SchooL  I  havo  a  little  mule  sister.  We  In¬ 
tend  to  send  her  to  sehool  In  the  tall.— Yekie. 
®|f  lln^ain-. 
GEOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA. 
1  AM  composed  of  (U  letters : 
My  5, 11,  15,  as,  .10,  Is,  31,  9,  lid,  10  a  town  of  Con¬ 
necticut. 
My  37, 1,  ’A  73,  'i’i,  s,  •U,  13,  19,  33,  3  a  town  of  (iuc- 
bec. 
My  53,  28,  0,  1.1,  21,  4,  23  atown  of  Now  Hampshire. 
Myio,  I'A  23,  19,  35,  10,  33,  4S  a  city  of  Ma.ssach!i- 
setls. 
.My  51,  39, 55,  7, 4.',  57, 52, 30,  38, 20  a  mountain  peak 
of  Vermont. 
My  14,  .59,  IT,  47,  ‘3j,  29  a  City  Of  New  Ilainp.shlre. 
My  41,  42,  1.1  a  city  of  Bunnah. 
My  10, 01,  33. 44,  12, 00,  50,  .Isoite Of  tUo  Fiji  Islands. 
My  00,  01,  51,  19,  20,  25,  01,  51  a  liver  of  Australia. 
5Ty  37,  10,  40,  1 1,  27,  :n  a  city  of  Abys.Hluia. 
.My  whole  Is  a  text  showing  the  Importance  of 
prayer. 
I9r  Answer  In  two  weeks.  Little  One. 
NUMERICAL  ENIGMA. 
I  AM  composes  of  twenty-flve  lettci-s : 
.My  3,  22,  7,  ’20,  11  a  hmall  fmlt. 
My  5, 13, 19,  11,  21  an  aromatic  plant. 
My  7, 0,  is,  s,  1  a  blacksmilU’s  tool. 
.My  I  I,  12,  0,  1,  10  a  rapacious  bird. 
.My  18,  24,  9,  21,  lo  a  planet. 
.My  20, 17,  2‘3,  2,  23  a  European  city. 
My  25,  4,  12,  2‘3,  13  a  voracious  lish. 
My  whole  Is  a  proverb. 
S  Answer  lu  two  weeks.  Isola. 
PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-July  29. 
iLLlTtiTUATIUI  IIKIJIIS.— 
Some  err  in  lliat,  hut  uninbers  err  in  thin, 
Tfcu  ceuHuro  wrons  for  one  who  writos  amiss. 
Hirinic.N  TiuiKh.  -1,  Latmruum;  3,  Laurel;  3,  Larch; 
4,  I’aliii;  5,  Willo'Af;  0,  I’almetto;  7,  Yew;  A  Gamjihor; 
!*,  Beech ;  Id,  Gcdar ,  11 ,  Asi:eD  ;  12,  CuuBtnut ;  13,  OruiiKO ; 
14,  niias ;  lo,  Hpruco. 
SvNooPATioNs.— 1  Grow— cow;  2,  Meat— mat;  3,  Cart 
—cat;  4, Dime — die;  6, Pain— pan ;  0,  Boat— bat;  7,  Loiwl 
—lad ;  8,  Bread— bead ;  9,  Clock— cock ;  10,  Coat— cot. 
Miscellaneous  Enigma.— Lord  Macaiday. 
