light.  At  last  the  frantic  sufferer  sheered  from 
Its  course  and  sprang  Into  Its  master's  lap ;  he 
Bung  It  out  of  the  wdnrtow,  and  the  voice  of  dis¬ 
tress  thinned  away  and  died  In  the  dis¬ 
tance.  »  •  •  Tom  Sawyer  went  home  quite 
cheerful,  thinking  to  himself  that  I  here  was  some 
satisfaction  ahoul  divine  service  when  there  was 
a  bit  of  variety  In  It.  He  hod  but  one  marring 
thought ;  he  was  willing  that  the  dog  should  play 
with  his  plnch-bug,  but  he  did  not  think  it  was 
upright  to  carry  It  off.— Mark.  Twain's  “  Tom  mw- 
ver.” 
PUBLISHEE’S  NOTICES, 
outrup,  uuo  so  conscientious  and  unselfish  that  he 
would  never  mention  the  fact  In  his  works  or  the 
IlCRAt.  in  any  manner  which  could  be  construed 
into  an  advcnisement  of  his  choice  Dock.  His 
ablUty  and  popularity'  among  brijcders  and  flock- 
masters  Is  attested  by  the  fact  that  ho  was  for 
niani'  yeaiN,  and  from  their  orgtmizatlon,  Presi¬ 
dent  of  both  the  Natiomu  and  New  York  State 
n  001  (irowcrs*  and  Sheep  Brecdors’  Associations. 
Indeetl,  no  man  la  America,  and  probably  none  In 
the  world,  has  done  so  much  to  enhance  the  Inter¬ 
ests  Of  81n>..-p  Husbandry  a,s  ho  whose  decease  Is 
now  irmst  regrcimily  chronicled. 
Hut  Hr.  Hanoai-i.’s successful  laborsasan  author 
were  not  cotuint'd  to  practical  subjects.  A  ripe  i 
scholar  and  lond  of  literary,  sclentlflc  and  htstorl- 
cal  rcs(!arch,  ho  achieved  triumphs  In  other  than 
practical  Uelds.  The  great  lltorary  work  of  his 
life,  and  Mieone  In  which  ho  took  much  pride,  was 
the  “Life  of  Thomas  Jefferson,"  publl.shed  by  the 
AtTLETONs  in  three  volumes.  'This  is  the  standard 
biography  of  .lErKKiiso.v,  and  exhibits  the  ability 
accinwey  and  painstaking  care  and  research  of  Its 
(mcompllshcd  author,  for  whom  It  alone  estab¬ 
lishes  an  enviable  llH-rary  reputation,  lie  was 
also  author  of  First  I’nncipies  of  Popular  Kdu- 
catlon,”  “  PubUc  Instruction,"  and  other  v.alnabie 
TO  SUBSCRIBEfiS  AND  AGENTS 
entering  upon  -the  second 
volume  of  tho  Twenty  -  seventh  year  of  the 
Rubai.  Nkw-Youkbb,  it  would  be  well  for  tJio 
proprietors  to  say  to  subscribers  and  agents  that 
a  more  prosperous  time  than  the  present  has  not 
been  soon  ui  this  oftioe  for  many  a  year. 
Notwithstanding  tho  cry  of  “hard  times” 
which  has  been  echoing  tlirough  the  laud,  tho 
rural  population  seem  to  bo  able  to  take  their 
paper.  It  may  not  bo  known  to  many  of  you 
that  at  the  end  of  each  year  and  half-year  a 
newspaper  changes  a  large  number  of  its  sub¬ 
scribers, 
we  are  now 
LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS, 
Robert  to  Ellen. 
Dear  Editor  It  Is  some  time  since  I  wrote  to 
the  Rubau— not  since  Mr.  moore  resigned  the  edi¬ 
torial  chair ;  so,  •with  my  best  wishes  to  his  sue- 
censors.  I  will  proceed  to  comply  with  Ei,i.en  j. 
S.’s  request  and  chat  with  old  friends  through  tho 
Rural’s  columns.  Well,  Eli.kv,  jmu  say  you  arc 
only  a  girl,  and  It  strikes  me  you  must  bo  a  sensi¬ 
ble  one,  because  j'oii  don't  do  as  most  of  your  sox 
delight  In  doing— place  yourself  above  the  boys 
either  by  inert t  or  conceit,  l  don't  know  which; 
but  1  am  your  firm  friend  from  this  out,  as  the 
Irish  say.  As  to  You.so  Tom,  I  think  he  ought 
to  throw  another  “bomb”  Into  camp  that  would 
startle  the  whole  tribe  that  arc  battling  against 
him.  We  had  hiisy  times  in  this  secUoii  through 
seeding  time  ;  owing  to  the  wet  ■n'eatiier  ia.sL  fall, 
plowing  was  pretty  much  behind  Imnd,  and  in  the 
commencement  of  seeding  wc  had  a  long  wet  spell 
too.  HO  things  had  to  bo  put  In  In  a  hurry ;  but  t  he 
appearance  of  the  crops  at  this  writlug  promises 
a  bountiful  bnrvesL,  at  least  to  those  that  wrought 
their  farms  well ;  as  ro  those  tlmt  did  not.  I  think 
they  will  not  fare  so  welL— but  I  heard  one  of 
those  that  owe  their  poor  props  to  their  bad  man¬ 
agement  say,  one  time,  “  Sure,  the  i,okj»  will  pro- 
■rlde.”— UoBEKT  U.  (’.,  WMlrsslew  Ont. 
Home  old  ones  (iiacontinue  and  their 
places  are  lilled  with  new,  so  that  while  the  list 
does  not  diminisli  in  nnnibers,  the  changes  fre¬ 
quently  amount  to  many  hundreds. 
There  were  Imndrods  on  our  list  whose  sub¬ 
scriptions  expired  with  the  last  number  in  June, 
and  of  those  ovoiy  one  has  rc^iewad  hut  six. 
Tliis  is  something  nnprc'ccdcnted  in  the  annals 
of  a  newspaper  olljee,  and  is  tho  most  flattering 
indication  to  tho  new  management  that  their 
stronuoua  and  laborious  efforts  to  make  a  good 
]mper  are  fully  appreciated.  With  such  encour¬ 
agement  as  this,  snbscribors  and  agents  may 
rest  assured  that  nothing  which  time,  labor  and 
money  can  procure  will  hereafter  be  omitted  to 
m,ake  the  Rural  still  Ixittcr  than  it  is. 
The  Literary  Departments  will  be  kept  up  to 
their  standards  of  cxcelleuoo  and  morality,  while 
the  Practical  Dejiartmeuts  will  continue  to  be 
made  up  of  the  most  straightforward 
sense  whicli  can  be  obtaimxl.  In  those  matters 
tho  aim  will  not  bo  to  make  them  so  scientilio  that 
they  may  not  bo  readily  understood  by 
orchard,  .Mo.,  was  so  much  chiigrtned  .Tt  losing  his 
basket,  iJirough  violating  the  camp  gionnd  rules, 
that  he  crawled  under  a  locomotive,  and  put  his 
nock  on  the  rail  close  to  the  wheel,  clinging  so 
per>iLstA;ntly  that  several  men  had  hard  work  to 
get  him  out. 
The  Columbus  (Miss.)  Index  believes  that  Tweed 
IsllAingin  ibal  city. 
The  ncivspapers  are  full  of  reports  of  suicides 
mail  parts  of  fJie  country.  Various  e.aiiscsinay 
be  a»ailgne,1  for  this  acces,s  of  the  fejlf-destructlon 
manta— among  ilieiii  the  hard  limes,  tin-  si’arclty 
of  employment,  and  the  extreme  heat  of  the  sum¬ 
mer,  Cufortunately,  one  such  case  in  a  lop.allty 
usually  produces  another,  while  the  newspapers 
keep  up  a  succession  of  the  melancholy  reports. 
Nevada  lias  again  been  ri-slrcd  with  the  mete- 
orologlc  phenomena  or  cloud-bui-sts.  Heavy  rains 
have  prevailed  all  over  Ncvtula,  but  the  cloud¬ 
bursts,  as  two  years  ago,  seem  to  have  been  con- 
flned  to  the  eastern  portion  of  the  SUiie.  The 
ament  calamity  near  Eureka  has  been  the  more 
destructive,  and  It  is  a  little  singular  that  the 
phenomenon  should  have  occun-ed  within  a  tew 
mmule,s  of  the  same  time  as  that  which,  two 
years  ago,  on  the  siuiie  day  of  the  month,  caused 
.such  a  descrucuon  oi  property. 
Tho  following  report  Is  from  II.  E.  E.  R.,  liosen- 
_  sack.  Pa. :— During  this  summer  wo  have  had  a 
ons  of  gra.ssUopi)ei-s  are  prospuctlng  la  the  middling  good.  Ap- 
llllls.  pies  m  abundance.  Hay  crops  wore  very  light; 
iitj'-elght  paintings  have  been  lent  to  the  scarce  and  butter  is  advanced— at  pres- 
kil  School  lor  exhibition,  and  36  casts  from  the  siauou,  exitrcss  not  paid  to  I'lilla- 
n  sculptures  liave  been  purchased  abroad.  ^i^^'Phla.  'The  wealhi-r  is  yet  very  warm— some 
Revenue  districts  have  been  changed  and  shade.  Corn  looks  a 
From  Cousin  “Jim.” 
Dear  Uncles  and  CorsiNs: — I  have  never  will- 
ten  for  a  paper  before,  but  since  I  read  Uncle 
Truk's  letter  I  have  concludial  l  would  try.  I  am 
a  farmer’s  daugbler.  and  live  in  iho  southern  part 
of  Now  York  Stat<*.  My  lather  owns  Un  acres  of 
land,  .and  keeps  tweniy-cwo  cows  and  live  liorses. 
I  am  fourteen  ;  weigh  Ii4  pounds,  and  .am  four 
feet  ten  and  a-liair  Inches  tall,  I  help  my  father 
out  of  doors  a  good  deal  In  basing  time,  loan 
ride  on  the  hay  tedder,  drive  the  pitchfork,  and  I 
have  done  almast  allot  the  raking  this  summer, 
and  last  spring  1  rode  on  me  roller  a  good  deal.  1 
have  never  learned  lo  milk,  or  to  harness  a  horse 
yet,  but  maybe  I  shall  some  time.  My  father’s 
hlre^.  men  call  me  Jiu.  1  guess  they  call  me  so 
becamsG  1  work  out  of  doors  so  much.  Hoping  to 
merit  your  approbation,  1  ^vlll  close,- Cousin  J. 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
()kdek.s  have  .already  been  issued  from  the  War 
Department  to  h.astcn  the  work  of  recruiting  the 
2,500  additional  men  for  cavalry  regiments  under 
the  bill  which  was  passed  on  'Iliesday  last.  The 
standard  for  recruits  lieretofon;  In  existence,  re¬ 
quiring  that  they  should  be  6leetr>  inches  high 
and  weigh  not  more  than  i.i5  pounds,  has  been 
changed,  and  11  Is  now  provided  that  any  can  be 
acoepUal  who  are  6  feet  3  Inches  high  and  do  not 
weigh  moie  than  ITfi  pounds.  'I’he  prlnclp.al  re- 
cnUiltig(5ut.ion8arealNew  York,  St.  Louis.  Bos¬ 
ton.  C’ldottgo,  Buffalo  and  Indlanajxjlis.  Branch 
onicca  will  be  opened  in  Beveral  Western  cities  to 
wcure  the  required  number  as  soon  as  possible. 
Tho  recruits  will  be  Immediately  equipped  forseiw- 
lee  and  sent  forward  to  the  regiments  In.  (ioiiven- 
lent  squads.  li  is  expected  by  the  anihorltles  at 
the  \v  a f  Department  that  tho  entire  number  will 
common 
every 
one ;  hut  it  will  be  our  constant  endeavor  to  jiub- 
lish  that  wliich  is  nhsoMtly  correct.  Now,  all 
that  is  needed  is  for  each  subsoriber  to  get  an¬ 
other  and  our  hst  will  at  once  be  doubled. 
From  the  Peninsula  State. 
Dear  Rural; — Asl  have  never  been  admitted 
to  the  circle  or  Cousins  1  cannot  say  “  Dear  Cous¬ 
ins,”  hut  hope  soon  lo  be  able  to.  I  will  try  and 
draw  a  portrait  of  myself.  I  am  of  medium  bight, 
have  dark  hair  and  eyes,  and  am  what  tho  girls 
would  call  rather  a  good-looking  fellow.  Don’t 
call  mo  vain,  tor  I  am  not  a  bit.  I  live  In  a  band- 
some  little  city,  about  eighty  miles  from  Detroit. 
There  Is  a  very  lino  school-house  here.  It  Is  a 
handsome  buUaIng,  both  Inside  and  out,  and  a 
great  many  girls  and  boys  iroin  out  of  town  at¬ 
tend  school  lierc.  It  soems  to  mo  that  the  Cou.s- 
1ns  are  getting  tJred  of  writing,  or  has  Young  Tom 
frightened  them  all  .awmy?  AVrlto  .again,  Tom, 
and  don’t  let  the  girls  liave  Uie  pleasure  of  t,lilnk- 
Ing  they  ha  ve  driven  you  off.— Rob  Rov. 
DEATH  OF  HON.  HENRY  S.  RANDALL 
The  Hon.  Henry  S. 
Randall,  LL.  D.,  for  many 
years  editor  of  the  .Sheep  Husbandry  department 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  died  at  his  late  resi¬ 
dence  in  corUaud  Village,  N.  Y.,  on  the  UlU  In- 
sUiiiL,  In  Ills slxty-slxtli  year.  This  iviinounccment 
will  pall)  many  Rural  rcadoiw  throughout  the 
country,  by  whom  the  deceased  was  esteemed  as 
a  man  of  ablUty,  honor  and  unswerving  integrity. 
Dr.  Randall  has  long  been  widely  and  favorably 
known  a  public  man  and  author,  and  especially 
as  a  writer  and  authority  on  the  subject  of  Hlmep 
Jlitsbandry.  He  was  boru  in  Madlsrm  County  in 
isii;  graduated  at  Unltm  College  at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  and  was  soon  aftnr  admitted  to  the  bar, 
but  uro  long  ceased  the  practice  of  his  jirofesslon 
for  more  congenial  pui-sults.  During  bts  novablo 
career.  Dr.  Randall  held  various  positions  of 
honor  and  re-sponslbUitj',  the  duties  of  which  he 
discharged  with  signal  ability  and  flflellty. 
In  1843  he  was  appointed  County  Superintend¬ 
ent  of  Public  Schools,  an  offlloo  he  most  worthily 
I  filled.  He  was  elected  Secretary  of  State  In  1851 
and  held  that  office  In  1852  and  1863.  As  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  Education  was  not  then  a  separate 
office,  llio  duties  now'  performed  by  that  official 
wore  dlseliargod  by  Dr.  Randall,  who  exhlbltefl 
remarkable  quallflcatlons  for  the  position.  Taking 
a  deep  interest  In  the  common  schools,  he  Initiated 
various  measures  wldch  redounded  to  their  great 
advantage.  Indeed  he  was  a  life-long  friend  and 
advocate  of  universal  education,  and  ever  active 
for  Its  promotion  and  elevation— as  manifested  by 
his  Introducing  a  blU  for  oomi)ulsor.v  education 
while  a  member  of  the  Legislature  and  other  acts 
to  enhance  the  rudimentary  knowledge  and  sound 
Intclllgonce  of  tho  people  of  the  8t.ate:and  Coun¬ 
try.  Tho  iJLst  political  office  held  by  deceased  was 
that  of  Member  of  As-sembly  in  1871,  to  which  he 
was  elected  In  a  district  usually  strongly  opposed 
to  the  party  he  represented— showing  his  personal 
popularlry  and  the  esteem  In  which  he  was  justly 
held  b.v  his  fellow  citizens. 
Dr.  Randall  w'as  in  many  respects  a  notable 
man,  and  has  left,  the  Imprint  oi  a  noble,  useful 
and  well-spent  life,  - 
GEOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA, 
I  AM  composed  of  5S  letters : 
My  9,  2,  14,  46,  21,  23,  7,  56,  36,  12,  41,  21  Is  a  City  In 
Pennsylvania. 
My  65,  18,  47, 47,  21,  66,  3  a  City  in  New  York. 
My  6, 19,  4,  8,  .HO,  17  a  lake  in  New  York. 
My  23,  31,  22,  6,  25,  48,  33  a  Village  In  New  York. 
My  16, 11,  21,  27, 10,  29  au  Island  west  of  Long  isl¬ 
and. 
My  13,  45,  2.3,  26,  28,  22  a  river  In  New'  York. 
My  29,  32,  1,  20,  21,  16,  9,  42.  24.  14,  62,  8’2  one  Of  the 
United  States. 
My  60,  44,  29,  27, 9,  34,  66,  14,  35,  52  a  City  In  Ver¬ 
mont. 
My  16,  49,  53,  43,  37,  .39,  57,  21,  23  a  lake  In  Maine, 
My  68,  40,  7,  46,  38,  82,  62  an  Island  belonging  to 
New  York. 
My  4,  IT,  54,  51,  2  a  bay  that  Indents  Inug  Island. 
My  whole  Is  a  Bible  text. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  s  c 
lo  me  JiexK.aii  consul  In  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  that 
there  Is  a  general  uprising  of  the  Italians  along 
the  Colorado  River  and  In  the  adjoining  country 
agaliLSt  the  Mexicans.  Governor  ViUagrana  is  en 
route  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  t-o  procure  arms  and  mu- 
nltlou.s  Of  war.  He  declares  that  the  situation  Is 
critical. 
A  severe  hall,  rain  and  wind  storm  passed  over 
M^ayae  Co.,  Pa.,  the  other  night,  unroofing  many 
houses,  blowing  down  chimneys  and  fences,  and 
badly  damaging  t  he  corn  and  crops. 
The  Pi-ovldeuce  Tool  company  is  busy  on  a  con¬ 
tract  with  the  Turkish  Government  for  600,000 
t^eabody  Mamnl  rifles,  and  is  tuinlng  out  666  fin¬ 
ished  rifles  a  day.  The  conti-aci  Is  now  about  half 
FOREIGN  NOTES, 
lately,  to  the  effect  that  Russia  was  stronger  In 
1803  that  she  Is  now  says:— “The  Oolos  shows 
that  Russia,  who,  in  1853,  had  an.  army  of  ooo.ooo 
men,  now  has  l,340,ooo  os  a  peace  armament,  and 
2,600,000  In  time  of  war.” 
The  appointment  of  Gen.  Berthaui  to  be  French 
Minister  of  War,  vice  Gen.  de  Cissy,  is  offlclaliy 
published.  Gen.  Berthaui,  a.s  general  of  a  divis¬ 
ion  of  Infantry,  was  one  of  the  most  capable 
officers  In  the  army,  and  his  selection  confirms 
the  principle  or  making  the  War  Department  nou- 
poUtlcal. 
Dr.  Mudney,  an  Austrian  physician  at  the  head 
of  the  samtary  service  of  the  Servian  armies,  has 
addressed  an  appeal  to  the  Austrian  army  sur¬ 
geons,  asking  them  In  the  name  of  humanity,  to 
obtain  leave  of  absence  and  como  to  his  aid.'  He 
promises  them  rare  opportunities  lor  acquiring 
practical  know'ledge  in  theli'  profession;  as  the 
present  war,  he  says,  for  cruelties  of  every  irinfl, 
stands  unique  In  the  history  of  wars^ 
When  a  dyer’s  wife  in  Leith,  Scotland,  recently 
entered  the  bedroom  wliere  three  ot  her  children 
—aged  14,  9  and  4— were  sleeping,  slie  was  horri¬ 
fied  to  find  their  faces  covered  with  lilood  and  the 
bed-clothes  bespattered.  The  children  had  been 
attacked  during  the  night  by  a  rat,  which  they 
had  vainly  endeavored  to  catch  on  the  previous 
NUMERICAL  ENIGMA. 
But  It  la  as  an  author,  and 
mainly  on  practical  subjects,  that  hl.s  work  has 
been  most  valuable  and  enduring,  nis  works  on 
Sheep  Husbandry  long  ago  reudexed  him  (He  au¬ 
thority  on  that  subject.  The  fli-sl 
I  AM  composed  of  16  let  ters : 
My  3, 16, 10, 13, 2  Is  a  large  and  bright  constella¬ 
tion. 
My  4,  9,  7,  8, 15  one  of  the  mechanical  powers. 
My  11, 12, 3, 1,  6  part  of  a  wheel. 
My  11,  5, 13,  3, 12  a  sail  vessel. 
My  14, 13,  7,  6,  2  was  a  deity  for  whom  a  day  of 
the  week  was  named. 
My  whole  is  a  proverb. 
Bw  Answ’er  in  two  weeks.  Isola. 
Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  in  the  South,”  wasJpubUshed'ln  1849,  and 
soon  became  and  long  continued  popular.  His 
next  was  “  Fine  Wool  Husbandry,*'  an  Important 
contribution  to  .\grlcuuural  Literature.  But  his 
greatest  and  most  popular  rurAljvork  w'as  “  The 
Practical  Shepherd,"  published  at  this  office.  This 
was  brought  out  during  the  war,  but  had  a  rapid 
and  large  sale— the  demand  for  it  being  so  great 
that  upwards  of  twenty  I  housand  copies  w'ere  sold 
as  rapidly  as  they  could  be  supplied.  It  is  still  a 
standard  authority  and  In  demand.  Dr.  Randall 
was  a  careful  and  scientific  breeder  or  line-wooled 
PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-Aug.  10 
Geographical  Enigma.  — “The  effectual,  fervent 
prayer  of  a  rig-hteous  man  availeth  much.” 
Numerical  Enigma. —  “  LiRht  gains  make  hea%i' 
purses. 
