THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY 24 
pairing for tljx goiritg. 
THE WONDERFUL HORSE. 
I’ve a tale to relate, such a wonderful tale. 
That really 1 fear my description in net fall; 
•Tin about a fine horse who had power* ko amazing. 
Ho lived without, ration, or drinking, or grazing: 
In fact, this fine lionw. war an " awfally” clever, 
That left to himaelf, he'd have lived on forever. 
He stood In n room, with his none in the air. 
And hhs wide h tun tin eyes looking no one knew where. 
His tail undJeturbed by the sting of a fly, 
Uue foot altgbtly raised as if kicking he’d try. 
This wonderful horse never slept or yet dozed. 
At least if he did so, his eyes never closed. 
All saddled aud bridled by night and by day. 
He was ready to bear his young master away. 
“Now, Dobbin, my wonderful steed," said young 
Harry, 
“ 1 'vn a mind to see life, and intend you to carry 
Mo safe on your back far away from this room, 
And land me all right with the Man in the Moon." 
“ Come, geo up, old Dobbin; look sharp, don’t you see 
I want to get there, and be back before tea ?" 
But this Obstinate horse never offered to prance. 
Or made an attempt at the slightest advance; 
Harry flashed him so hard, that he slashed off one ear. 
Then his mane tumbled off, and poor Dobbin looked 
queer. 
With spur, and with whip, and with terrible blows, 
He soou was deprived of one eye, aud liis nose, 
While the sligbtly-raiHcd foot found a place on the floor, 
The tall once so handsome, was handsome no more; 
And Harry, the tears raining down as he stood, 
Cried, "Bother the horse--it is nothing but wood!" 
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UNOLE TRUE REDIVIVUS. 
Mr Dear Nieces and Nephews :--It must, have 
been apparent that i have said nothing for some 
time. Like a hibernating quadruped, which, in 
other respects, I hope I do not resemble, I have 
been drawing sustenance from my pattie. And 
now I feel refreshed. It Is pleasant to raise tur¬ 
nips, but raising Cain, sugar-cane, is more ex¬ 
hilarating. 1 propose to do It. In short., I am 
tired of quilts. You, my young relatives, have 
enlightened me on tills subject, as I had never 
hoped to be enlightened. I may say your com- 
muulcailons have become a dazzling patch-work, 
and the month being July, 1 protest It Is unneces¬ 
sary to Introduce suggestions concerning appli¬ 
ances to Increase heat.. Quilts are good In their 
way, but “ motley Is” not “ the only wear." 
Now 1 dislike to preach, and giving good advice is 
not profitable, unless you happen to be a lawyer. 
Hence 1 am about to propose a new departure. 1 
Intend to bo generous about It, too. I want any¬ 
where from 60 to io,noo good letters of medium 
length, on a variety of subjects, (choice of subject 
at option or wriLf) on topics or general interest. 
I am ready to pay for them liberally—in thanks. 
As you have, doubtless, observed, your special 
department, has been enlarged, hence talent can¬ 
not, complain ol any pent-up Utica. Originality 
has boon too modest In the past. That It dwells 
among you l am perfectly convinced. Conse¬ 
quently I am about to Inaugurate a Grand Free 
Gift Coaxing Enterprise, in defiance of law, l 
shall unblushlngly start a lottery, more shame to 
mo, aud my white hairs. Hut something must be 
done, and quilts squelched 1 Then, attention! 
A PROCLAMATION. 
1 hereby offer the following rewards to the 
Rural Brigade as per specifications herein. 
No. 1. 1 will give a very nice book for the best 
original snort story. 
No. 2, I will also donate a beautiful lithograph 
(flower subject) for the best short essay. Sub¬ 
ject: The Turks, and Turkey, from a political 
and gastronomlcai point, or view. 
No. 3. T will present another book to any one 
who will amusingly describe what, must have 
been the feelings of the lirst man who was asked 
to swallow ah oyster. 
No. 4 . 1 will lavish a fine engraving on each one 
up to, and including the number ol twenty-five, 
who will write letters on topics of interest not 
previously discussed In the “Heading For The 
Young." 
No. 5 , Whichever boy will acceptably explain 
why be thinks croquet not much of a game any¬ 
how, shall deserve aud receive the best base-ball 
procurable, and' 
No, c. Whichever girl shall demonstrate that he 
knows nothing about the subject at all will se¬ 
cure Uncle Truk's gratitude. (This Is the best 
prize of all, It Is needless to add.) 
No. 7. Finally, whoever will get and send me 
two new subscribers to the Rural (at $2 each) 
from among their young friends, and explain just 
how they accomplished their object shall have a 
veritable photograph of Uncle True. 
The above is what I promise, but 6 hould the 
response to the various offers be liberal, and, 
where cleverness Is expected, clever, 1 shall du¬ 
plicate the awards and print all the contributions’ 
Now children, bestir yourselves and let us have 
a royal, good time. Address all your letters to 
“Uncle True,” Rural New-Yorker, 78 Duane 
St., N. Y., and don't let Inclination wait on inde¬ 
cision. Uncle Truk. 
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ANOTHER GHOST STORY. 
Here Is another ghost story from England, this 
time from Aldershot. For some time past the 
sentries on two outlying posts have been fright¬ 
ened to death by the appearance at. night, of two 
spectral-looking figures. These figures, glowing 
with phosphorus aud otherwise alarming to the 
superstitious, are in the habit of suddenly mani¬ 
festing themselves, making tremendous springs 
of ten or twelve yards at a time, and upsetting 
the wretched sentry before he lias been able to 
collect himself sufficiently to oppose earthly arms 
to his ghostly visitants. The latter do 1dm no 
bodily Injury, contenting themselves with upset¬ 
ting the poor man, after which they mysteriously 
disappear. 80 great has been the panic that It 
has been found necessary to post double sentries, 
and these have lately token to loading with hall. 
Whether the rifles have been tired or not, Is not 
known, but the posts at e still haunted. Neither 
have such precautions as sending out pickets to 
explore the neighborhood been of any avail. It 
Is supposed that the alarm has been caused by 
two practical Jokers provided with powerful 
springs to the heels ot their boots. 
NO BONES IN THE OCEAN. 
M. Jkfkkry hus established the fact that bones 
disappear In the ocean. By dredging, It Is com¬ 
mon to bring up teeth, but rarely ever a bouo or 
any kind; these, however compact, dissolve If ex¬ 
posed to the action of the water but a little time. 
On the contrary, teeth—which are not bones any 
more than whales are fish—resist the destroying 
action ot sea-water Indefinitely. It Is, therefore, 
a powerful solvent. Still, the popular opinion Is 
that It, is a brine. If such were the case the bot¬ 
tom ol all seas would, long ago, have been shal¬ 
lowed by the Immense accumulation of carcasses 
and products ol the vegetable kingdom constant¬ 
ly floating Into them. Dentine, the peculiar ma¬ 
terial ol which teeth are formed, and the enamel 
covering them, offers extraordinary resistance to 
these chemical agencies, Which resolve other ani¬ 
mal remains into nothin guess. Mounds in the 
West, tumuli In Europe and Asia, which are be¬ 
lieved to antedate sacred history lor thousands 
of years, yield up perfectly souud teeth, on which 
time appears to have made no impression what¬ 
ever. 
LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
Whew! Whew! 
Dear Cousins I have orten observed, In the 
course ol my short and uneventful life, what an 
overwhelming number ol words, and what a 
trilling amount of sense, will slip from the end of 
a woman’s tongue in about five minutes, when 
any lltt.lo thing happens to raise her ire. For 
instance, what a storm of words my harmless 
little joke about the frogs, (the frogs are fearfully 
mad I hear) called forth lroin her royal majesty 
Queen Ahele W. After the fashion of her sex she 
appears to be quite extensively muddled. Ill the 
first place 1 have not, offered to slay the conceit In 
any one; I only said that the conceit had been 
taken out of Y. H. and Y. E., (No. 1, 1 meant.) 
Just because my name happens to be rather sig¬ 
nificant, she, with a woman’s usual far- 3 lgl 1 te. 1 l- 
ness, (7) thought, 1 was going to kuock the conceit 
out of everything. (Was a Uttle tearful lor her¬ 
self .perhaps.) Then, after having unburdened 
her mind (aud tongue too) ot t,Ills,.Aw, you,.five 
magnificent and sublimely original ideas came to 
her mind, and, after being boiled down, were 
booked as follows: 
First—1 know enough to look Into a mirror 
without being told. That is good! second— 
There Is a puddle of some kind but not ot mud. 
(She must have spilled her Ink In the excitement.) 
Sublime! Third—1 am the only frog that has 
been seen since the others jumped out. superb! 
Fourth—l am not. comfortable in the society of 
ladles and gentlemen. Magnificent! Filth—I 
can follow my friend’s example, and Jump out 
too. Grandly magnificent! Total, I am a frog in 
the society or ladles and gentlemen. I look iu the 
mirror, (knowing frog!) and if 1 am not com¬ 
fortable, can Join Y. B. and Y. E. About as much 
mixed up as a patch-work bed quilt; or like the 
irishman shearing a hog, big cry and little wool. 
But hark! A voice from Connecticut! From 
where the noble Connecticut rolls its amber tide, 
from that land ol hills and dales and grassy 
plains, a voice Is heard proclaiming—close thy 
mouth thou political old bachelor! and slay the 
ooncolttliat is In thy own heart! Speak not of 
the long tongues 01 the women, lor behold when 
thou dost wrangle on political questions no woman 
can compete with thee. Truly said; the gentler 
sex havu not the Intellect, aud are altogether too 
light-headed to discuss so important a question. 
She agrees with Queen Adelk In her opinion of 
me, that’s all right, but don't, be scared, I won’t 
try to take the conceit out of either of you, there 
would be nothing left If I did. 1 would say more, 
but these two old ladles will likely want, to loosen 
their tongues by this time.— Slayerofconceit. 
for them to beat In tbe race. Let them quilt and 
I do hope they will also learn to cook for a hungry 
farmer. If 1 am admitted as a cousin, I will try 
In my next to teU you of an anecdote of a City 
Orator in this region .—County Orator, Pulaski 
Oo. Ky. 
From an Indianian. 
Mr. Editor: —Will you admit me Into your 
friendly circle as a cousin, ir so, li will be the 
greatest pleasure for me to write you a short let- 
tor. 1 have been a constant reader of tbe Rural 
for about five years and think It Is the best paper 
published Iri the United States, for In every num¬ 
ber appears a splendid story, also advice In regard 
to farming, Wit and Humor, tetters from girls 
and boys, etc. 1 think that, the letters are most 
of them splendid, and I lake delight, in reading 
them. Should like to hear from all of the cousins 
often, tn regard to piecing quills, I would say that 
1 agree with c. II. W. and 1 also agree with her 
In regard to the girls being all right, for I think 
they are rnyself, and 1 do disagree with W. T. In 
regard to the girls having queer notions, as I t hink 
they are very wise and influential friends, as I al¬ 
ways lake their part, in any and everything. 
1 should like to correspond with Wild Rose if 
agreeable to her. Come Hose, what, do you say 7 
I want to try and get up a club for the Hurai, 
New Yorker tills year, but do not know If l shall 
succoed or not. If this Is worthy of a place In 
your valuable paper, please print It. So now 
kind friends adieu.— Youno Warrior. 
From Wisconsin. 
Mr. Editor :—I am twelve years old, and I will 
try arid write a letter to the Rural. 1 go to 
school now and study geography, arithmetic, 
word analysis, grammar, reading and writing. 
Father has taken the Rural nearly twenty-threo 
years and never missed It once. 1 like to read ibe 
boys’ and girls’ letters very much, in answer to 
the question In a late Rural, “which Is the 
oldest town In the United States,” I think St. 
Augustine is the oldest, town and is situated In 
the eastern part, of Florida. As this Is my first 
letter, aud it Is getting long, I will close.— 
Cousin Belle, 
MALTESE CROSS. 
Toe.—1. An island of Oceanlca. 2 . A river of 
England. 3. A consonant. 
Right.—1. A city of Illinois. 2. A river of Ire¬ 
land. 3. A consonant. 
Bottom.—1. A city of Nebraska. 2. A river of 
Spain. 3. A consonant. 
Left.—l. A city of Ohio. 2. A body of water. 3. 
A consonant. 
Center.— 1 Top, A French pronoun (transposed). 
Right, Three-fourths or a duct. Bottom, To oc¬ 
cupy a chair. Left, A pronoun. Center, A vowel. 
Centrals form a part of Nicaragua and an Island 
belonging to Massachusetts. 
ssr Answer In two weeks. Mrs. D. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. 
Mv first ts In Savannah but not In Rapldan, 
My second Is In Cumberland but not In Raritan; 
My third is In Wabash but. not. in Pedee, 
My fourth Is In Guadalquiver but not in Genesee; 
My fifth Is In Hudson but not In Colorado, 
My sixth Is in Severn but not In Orinoco; 
My seventh Is In Ohio but not. in Sabine, 
My eighth Is In Brazos but not in Rhine; 
My ninth is in Kennebec but not in Columbia, 
My tenth is Tennessee but not lu Cambodia; 
My eleventh Is In Fraser but not In Elbe, 
My whole a river ol Pennsylvania you’ll see. 
Sir Answer In two weeks. n. b. 
ANAGRAMS OF ANIMALS. 
1. Old gap. 2. A chill cbln. 3. Pet coal. 4. K, 
sunk. 6. Men Ice. 6. He fire. 7. A jug ar. 8. 
La, Jack. 9. Sack Jas. 10. We sId, 11. Be I X7 
12 . Nyx, L. 13. Much In one. 14 O nabob! 15. 
K, cub. 16. wee. 17. Wo, SI 18. Ken It, T. 19. 
Lose sin. 20 . LubL. 21. Ilo! cow duck. 22. Buze. 
23. Luff Abo. 24 . Tawclid. 25. Law sur. 26. Oaks 
groan. 27. Run coin. 
u*’ - Answer In two weeks. l. w. 
DIAGONAL PUZZLE. 
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FAINT NOT. 
Faint not, though rough the path may be 
Wherein thy feet are led; 
Faint not, if thy blind eyes can see 
But darkne-KK overhead; 
Faint not, nor tn thy misery 
Turn from thy God Instead. 
The blackest utorni will soon be o’er, 
The darkness break away; 
Tbe night of thine affliction sore 
Shall change to endless day; 
And he who trod the road before 
Shall lead thee on thy way. 
The thorns that pierce thine aching head 
Are by His suffering* blessed; 
The wine-press that alone ye trod 
His weary feet have pressed. 
And marked the way by blood He shed, 
To everlasting rest. [ Vermont Watchman. 
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LET THEM ALONE. 
Never try to rob any one of his good opinion of 
himself. It Is the most cruel thing you can do. 
Moreover, It Is by no means doing as you would 
lie done by. Crush a woman’s self-esteem, and 
you make her cross-grained and snappish. Do 
the same with a man, and you only moke blm 
morose, You may mean to create a sweet, bum¬ 
ble creature, but you’ll tiever do it. The people 
who think best or themselves are apt to be best. 
Women grow pretty lu believing they are so, and 
line qualities often crop oul, after one has been 
told one has them. It only gratifies a momentary 
spite to force your own unfavorable opinion of 
him deep into another’s mind. It never, never 
(ltd any good. Ah! if tills world, full of ugly peo¬ 
ple ami awkward people, of silly people, and vain 
people, knew their own deficiencies, wlmt a sit¬ 
ting In sack-cloth and ashes we should have. 
The greatest of all things that a man can possess 
Is ft satisfactory identity, if that which lie calls 
I, pleases him, it Is well with him; otherwise, he 
Is utterly wretched. Let your fellow-beings 
alone; hold no truthful mirrors before their eyes, 
Unless with a pure Intent ion to uproot sin. So 
may a mirror without a tlaw never be prepared 
for you. In those things which we cannot help, 
may we ever be blind to our own short-comings. 
We are neither ugly nor awkward, nor uninter¬ 
esting, to ourselves, if we do not know it. a fool 
may have the wisdom of Solomon In Ills own con¬ 
ceit. Let blm bo, and the path to the grave w ill 
be caster lor him to tread ; you will bo no worse, 
he much better. Leave every man as much self¬ 
esteem as his conscience will allow hlrn to cherish, 
it may be a pleasure to enlighten people as to 
their faults of mind and person, but It Is certainly 
not a duty. 
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BIBLE TERMS. 
A day’s journey was about twenty-three and 
one-fifth miles. 
A Habbath day’s journey was about an English 
mile. 
Ezekiel's real was nearly eleven feet. 
A cubit, was nearly twenty-two Inches. 
A hand’s breadth Is equal to three and five- 
eighths inches. 
A finger’s breadth ts equal to one Inch. 
A shekel or silver was about fifty cents. 
A shekel ur gold was eight dollars. 
A talent of silver was five hundred and thirty- 
eight. dollars and thirty cents. 
A talent of gold was thirteen thousand eight 
hundred and nine dollars. 
A piece of sliver, or a penny, was thirteen 
cents. 
A farthing was three cents. 
A rnlte was less than a quarter of a cent. 
A gerah was a cent. 
An epah, or hath, contains seven gallons and 
five pints. 
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THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS. 
One denomination can no more be made to nt 
all Christians t.han one harness can be made to 
fit all horses. 
All brave men love; for he only Is brave who 
has affections to fight for, whether In the dally 
battle of lire or in physical contests. 
To form a correct Judgment concerning tbe 
tendency of any doctrine, we should rather look 
at the fruit it bears In the disciples than in the 
teacher. For he only made It; they are made by 
It. 
Our Shakesperian Cousin on a Mooted 
Point. 
Mr. Editor:—I have been thinking of w’riting, 
ever since last Oct., over the name “ Young 
Orator.” But It, seems that a Pennsylvania chap 
has stolen that name. What was It Shakespeare 
said about It? “Who steals my purse steals 
trash; but he who steals my good name steals— 
steals ’’—(Sister where Is Shakespeare-0! bother¬ 
ation—but here goes)—steals thrash too. (That’s 
it, thanks to my good memory.) Mr. Editor, who 
has the best right to the name Orator, a Penn¬ 
sylvania boy or a Kentucky boy?) To be sure 
Pennsylvania has made some pretence of 
Oratory, but Its Orators in tlidr zenith, have 
dwindled away to insignificance before t he bright¬ 
er oratorical stars of Kentucky, So “Young 
Orator {?)” give place. You have pet crows, tut! 
tut! My pet Is my Speaking Society. I also have 
assisted i u several exhibitions, and have delivered 
original orations. Boys better yourselves and 
let us get ahead of the girls. But do it politely 
and as you would have them do, If it were possible 
1. A consonant. 2. Two vowels. 3. A vegeta¬ 
ble production. 4. A shoemaker’s tool. 5. A 
weight. 6. Necessary to salvation. 7. Springs in 
Pennsylvania, s. A Russian emperor. Primal* 
and diagonals form capes on the Atlantic coast. 
73“ Answer In two weeks. Quiz. 
SQUARE WORD. 
1. A twig. 2 . What waits for no man. 3. A 
ladles’ name. 4. Unprincipled. 
Bar - Answer in two weeks. l. o. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.—July 7. 
Hidden Flowers. —1, Althea: 2. Rose; 3, China 
Aster; 4, Heliotrope. 5 Lady slipper; 6, Daisy; 7, 
Violet; 8. Dandy tut i •», Lilac; 10, Verbena ; 11, Spirea; 
12, Camellia; 13, Lily , 14, Japonica; 16, Mignonette; 16, 
Pmk; 17, Honeysuckle. 
Geographical Umuma.— “The race ia not always 
to the swift." 
Anagrams of Bo >ks.— 1. The Lamplighter; 2, The 
Alhambra; 3,Innooelila Abroad; 4, Foul Play; 5, Hum¬ 
phrey Clinker: 6, Nicholas Niekleby; 7, Curse of Gold; 
A Unde Tom's Cabin. 
When you close your eyes at night, you know 
not whether you shall open them the next morn¬ 
ing. Be always ready to die, lor you know not 
the moment God will call you to a strict account 
for all your actions. 
There Is no other form of the true God to us 
to-day but this, the Redeemer and Saviour. It Is 
this that is seen in .sacrifice, prophecy, and the 
cross. This Is the “Light that Ughteth every 
man that cometh into the world.” 
Man’s love to his God Is like the changing sand; 
His is like the solid rock. Man’s love is like the 
passing meteor with his flttul gleam; lila is like 
the fixed stare, shining far above, clear and 
serene from age to age, In their own changeless 
firmament. 
Be not weary In doing what God bids you. or in 
waiting for what God has promised you. Your 
work may be difficult, but persevere in It. The 
delay may seem long, but It will come to an end. 
Look to Jesus, rest on the promise, keep on with 
the work, and in due season you go to the rest If 
you faint not. 
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