THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 48 
IjUaMttg for i\t ftotntg. 
THE EXPLORER. 
Out ol' the unknown into the known, • 
From tho infinite sea to the sea ol' lime 
Cometh a voyager, sailiusr alone, 
Steering- with confidence all sublime 
StraighUto the land of Joy and rest. 
The tropic isle of his mother’s breaBt. 
Little bo cares whether hall or cot 
Shelter his shallop from wind and wet; 
Cotton or velvet, he boodetli not— 
Peasant or lord—they arc nothing yet! 
Crown for head and sceptre for hand 
Are toys and play-things in baby-land. 
Ob, but ho finda out wonderful things! 
Tho dome of his cradle high and wide; 
The drowsy aenso when the mother sings ; 
The swimring ebb of the outward tide, 
Which somewhere underuoalb him seems 
To drift him into tho land of dreams ! 
Then wide awake, from the distance dim 
In far, mysterious realms of space, 
A soft, bright moon doth rise for him ; 
The tender rounds ofhis mother’s face. 
In this wide world finds lie charm on charm. 
As he rides round the room on his mother’s arm. 
Smiles and tears in your bonny eyes. 
Shine and cloud on your coral Ups, 
Little explorer out of the skies, 
Searching out truth with your finger tips ! 
You know not yet, as we old folks know; 
There is nothing new in this world below! 
Ah! what disdainful looks you cast— 
Captain who sailed from the uukuown shore 
Rogue’s eyes answer me; “ Hot so fast, 
Filling my eyes with your well-worn lore; 
Baby or fairy or Bprito or elf, 
Yon’ll find 1 am something new myself 1” 
[Golden Rule 
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“POCKET MONEY FOR THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE,”—No. 2. 
S. RUFUS MASON. 
How many ways there are for farmers’ boys to 
gather up a little small change, that city boys 
cannot enjoy 1 How much pride—honest pride— 
a lad feels when he can say '• I earned all that by 
using my wits and my hands Instead of letting 
them lay idleThe more amount of money thu3 
obtained, although to the boy It looks Immense, 
Is really the least of the advantages gained. 
His mind is exercised in devising salable 
articles, in laying plans to produce them, In the 
best mode ot supplying a market already exist¬ 
ing, or In creating a now one; Ills spare time Is 
occupied at home, and to the total exclusion of 
Idle associates, who always abhor a workshop. 
HO thus early in life learns to buy, to create, and 
to sell; to bo economical, careful and pleasant- 
mannered, because all these faculties must be 
developed to Insure success. Then when he has 
the shining fruits or his labor In hand, he lays It 
out In the purchase ot some uselul book, some 
tool, or material to enlarge his ability to carry on 
the business he has embarked In. 
This Is of itseir an education, and with a little 
assistance In the way ot facilities from his parents, 
will lay the foundation tor a better man than is 
usually made out of the mischievous street Arabs 
ot the towns and deles. This much to the boys. 
To tho parents I appeal, and ask them to look 
into the matter closely : it will claim as much ot 
their sympathy as they can possibly feel in the 
future of their sous, and will prove or so groat 
benefit to them and the whole family as to make 
homo more a true home than ever before. Let 
each father at once consider how he can beat as¬ 
sist, in a moderate way at first, to foster Industry 
and forethought, carefulness, neatness and busi¬ 
ness habits in his boys, by setting aside for them 
a piece of land, a few seeds, a little lumber, a few 
tools or any material upon which profitable 
labor can be expended. I know from my own 
early experience how valuable this may be made 
to every boy In the land. 
Almost every lad has some predilection, some 
“ tur11 of mind,” which ir carried out In practice, 
Is sure to lead to good results. In selecting a 
line In v\ hlcU to exercise one’s lacuities for profit, 
this “bent” should be cultivated. It Is up-blll 
work for a boy to labor against hi* peculiar fan¬ 
cies, and la deciding upon a line of business, let 
Inclination guide lr possible. An inquiry at the 
stores will assist In the choice of an article to 
raise, and the ease with which the facilities 
available can be used, will decide the point. A 
calf, pig, some poultry or a colt, will always pay;’ 
a crop uf beans, tomatoes, potatoes, pop-corn, 
anything neglected by others, will find a ready 
market, and If well managed will give a surprising 
profit. 
Do not be ashamed to ask advice. Form a 
plan of operations, write It down, and then carry 
u out. (let the soil in the best order, get the 
best possible seed, aud give it the same constant 
care which s ou would lo a prize essay, aud you 
need not fear the season. Let every operation he 
thorough in settsuu, neatly performed, and try 
no experiments. 
W hen market day Is at hand, go boldly forward, 
describe your goods exactly, let there be no con¬ 
cealment. oi bad points, state the truth, the 
whole truth, aud nothing but the truth, and If 
your product does not give you quite so much 
money as was expected, you will have formed a 
character for honesty which will stand as a 
foundation for all your life. 
To conclude this article then, do not let the de¬ 
sire for spending-money tarnish your good char¬ 
acter in the smallest degree. 
CHARACTER AND CONDUCT. 
BT BENJAMIN CLARKE. 
Can there be anything more Important than 
onduct ? Yes, character Is more Important than 
conduct, i have dwelt on one line or conduct, 
because that mainly relates to you as Sabbath 
scholars: but character Is developed In every re¬ 
lationship ; character is being always formed; 
character 1 b, In ra it, yourself. 
A man is what hla character Is, not what his 
conduct la. A moment’s reflection will convince 
you of this,—will show you that orten the con¬ 
duct may be all that could be desired, under given 
circumstances, when the character may be raulty. 
Conduct is largely Influenced by outward cir¬ 
cumstances, character is formed within. Char 
acter controls conduct, aud the controlling force 
must be the more Important. Character is al¬ 
ways being affected for good or evil; the lines of 
character must bo much more subtle, therefore, 
than those of conduct The character is contin¬ 
ually eit her being strengthened by virtue or im¬ 
paired by slu. 
Let. mo give as an illustration, a story of a 
school-girl In America. It was the eve of the 
half-yearly examination ; It was her last term at 
school, when she would be seeking some engage¬ 
ment ; and she was most anxious to secure the 
best position in the school. She was doubtful, 
however, about the chemistry paper that would 
be set.; in fact, tt was the only subject of which 
she was afraid; but It was alt-important to her, 
because She and another were so nearly equal 
In the class that a single paper done Indifferently 
would decide the prize. 
The mistress wanted some book from her desk, 
and sent Mary tor it. 
What was It that made Mary start ?—that sent 
the color to her cheek ?-that sent, the finger to 
the lip? Why did she draw back her hand from 
the desk so hastily ? Was there anything to bite V 
Yes, there was temptation lurking there; for 
right before her lay the book containing the 
questions that would be set for t he chemistry ex- 
amlnatljn. A single peep, and she would have 
some idea of the questions to be set. Should she 
look ? The temptation was strong: and was 
backed by some plausible reasons, but honor was 
stronger and taking up the book for which she 
was sent, Mary slammed down the desk as though 
she would at the same time crush the serpent 
that lay there. 
Next day tho examination was held, and, as 
Mary feared, she did not do well in chemistry, 
though satisfied with her other papers. 
Anxiously tho result was waited for, and when 
it was announced that Mary was second, her 
friends crowded round her to sympathize with 
her. Of course she was disappointed, but they 
were surprised to find her so little bo, when she 
answered them t wlth a qnlet, smile, “Never 
mind.’’ 
It was the last day of the term, and the prizes 
were to be publicly awarded. Visitors and mends 
or the pupils came, and the girls felt that the 
best part of the prizes was to have them awarded 
before so distinguished a company. When Mary’s 
competitor wenL up certain eyes were turned in 
pity towards Mary, but no shade or vexation or 
disappointment clouded her face, but Instead or a 
a smile of satisfaction played thereon. 
Later In the day the mistress called Mary to 
her, and said, “ My dear, Mr.-has been asking 
me it I could recommend him a yonng lady os 
secretary and araenuensls. Her duties would not 
be heavy, and they would be liberally remuner¬ 
ated ; but he Insisted that she moat, be a girl of 
unimpeachable honor, for she would bo Intrusted 
with Important and confidential papers. I have 
recommended you, Mary, because l have always 
trusted you, and because I have recently had a 
strong proof or your honor, when I know It must 
have been tiled. Shortly after I sent you to my 
desk I had occasion to go there, when I at once 
saw the book contalnlug the questions. How 
toollsh ! thought I. Nay, how wrong to expose 
her to the temptation 1 But I never doubt ed you, 
Mary ; Just then the sun shone Into the desk, and 
revealed a tiny spider’s web across the book, and 
I knew at once that you had resisted the tempta¬ 
tion.” 
But before that something else haa shone into 
that desk —Alary’s character, stronger and 
brighter because of the temptation resisted. That 
was a fine line that revealed to Mary's teacher 
her trustworthiness and honor ; but finer than 
any gossamer threads are the lines which daily 
Indicate how character is lormed. *• Line upon 
line, line upon line; here a little and there a 
little.” 
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A VISIT TO A MODEL SCHOOL. 
S. B. V. 
On our first entrance I was agreeably surprised 
at the large area of blackboard, so arranged as to 
be within easy reach of the tallest as well as the 
shortest pupil; aud with the skillful arrangement 
of light and shade, so as to make the light agree¬ 
able in all pans of the rooms at all times during 
school hours. Not less was I pleased with the 
pictures on the walls, the mottoes on the black¬ 
boards, the outline maps and tho wreaths of ever¬ 
greens and flowers that met my eye. The seats 
and desks were carefully arranged so as to accom¬ 
modate the natural positions of the bodies of the 
different grades ot hlght, and I detected no bodily 
weariness in the occupants. 
Having been a schoolboy “onoe upon a time,” 
1 could not help going back in memory to that 
time when I sat for seven long, weary hours, each 
day, with a book before me, or with xolded hands 
upon a slab bench without back, and at first so 
low that my feet and lower limbs were an encum¬ 
brance, and after wards, as 1 increased In litera¬ 
ture and altitude, being promoted to a bench and 
desk so high that my limbs were entirely too short 
for me; for there were only two grades or seats 
to accommodate the whole school, composed, as 
was then the custom in country places, ot pig¬ 
mies, and all the way up to giants. The walls of 
my alma mater were not decorated with either 
maps, pictures, evergreens or flowers, but with 
daubs of ink, pencil marks and cuts of jack-knives, 
and all the blackboards with which the house was 
furnished were desks and seats blackened with 
Ink, begrimed with dirt, and ornamented in In¬ 
taglio with cuts of jack-knives In squares, trian¬ 
gles, parallelograms, circles, rhomboids and all 
other geometrical and fanciful figures. Such were 
my recollections and reflections, as I took my seat 
among this assemblage of Bmlllng, happy juve¬ 
niles. 
Miss M., the teacher, has her own waym the 
manner of teaching either science, literature or 
morals; being encumbered by no statutes, no 
ordinances ot municipalities or rules or school 
boards. All the laws by which she Is governed 
are the laws of kindness, flrmnesa and affection, 
and all her rules are, that all under her charge 
shall preserve and-practlce order, cleanliness, re¬ 
spect for their parents, seniors and each other. 
Public schools arc a necessity and a blessing, 
and the attention paid to them, and the care be. 
stowed on them by the public and the legislators 
or the present era, Is one of the most, marked evi¬ 
dences of the progress of the age. But there must 
necessarily be for their management laws and 
rules for the government of the masses, which 
are not always the most proper for individual 
cases. These rules cannot fall to operate some¬ 
what as a bar to any profit by the Individual ex¬ 
perience of the teacher and to any Improvement 
in method which he might otherwise Inventor 
suggest. 
Miss M.’s school-room, though in a second story, 
which Is not preferable, has easy and safe means 
of Ingress and egress; has a convenient hall and 
recitation room, in which latter is taught the 
alphabet by two or the older girls, thus Ingrati¬ 
ating the young ladles Into the secrets of teach¬ 
ing, to which they aspire, and fer which, judging 
by the eye and ear, they will soon be eminently 
qualified; and their places filled by the next In 
the scale of progress, 
I have hinted that Miss M, adopted practices 
peculiarly her own: she has some certainly not 
sanctioned by the “authorities.” Instance: a 
dog, irom pure affection and hy the means with 
which that friend of man Is peculiarly endowed, 
scented his way Into tho school-room and to the 
side of a member of the ramlly to which ho be¬ 
longed. Instead of belug driven out with poker 
and broom, he was allowed to be caressed and 
quieted, and there followed, during the presence 
of his dogshlp, a lecture on zoology,—especially 
of the canine race. So also of a klLtcn, which 
some unfeeling person had thrown Into the street, 
and which had wandered taco the room; there 
followed a lecture on felines, from the lion down 
to pussy. And there was seen through tne win¬ 
dows the blows, and heard the curses bestowed 
upon a poor, tired horse; all this was the occa¬ 
sion of a lecture on cruelty to animals, and on the 
services rendered to man by the horse and ass; 
all which were more interesting and better re 
rnembered for having the live subjects before 
them. These and many other episodes gave not 
only valuable Information to the pupils, but a 
rest from brain labors, the value of which should 
never be overlooked. 
Miss M. is not content with teaching merely 
that which la required for the public schools, but 
practices aud believes, ns believed a noted an¬ 
cient philosopher, that children should be taught 
specially that wiuch will be useful to them In 
after Ure. As to her manner of teaching, I no¬ 
ticed little that la new or peculiar, except In its 
thoroughness and Its adaptation to the particular 
cases of each individual. The health of her pupils 
Is not the least of her cares. They are provided 
with ample out-door play-ground and encouraged 
to use It when weather permits. She believes in 
the science of mnemonics, and endeavors to asso¬ 
ciate in the minds of her pupils the orthography, 
pronunciation and definition of each word that 
oocurs In their lessons. She, believing and know¬ 
ing also that isolated words are not only hard 
to remember, bat that they are thus worthless; 
their value being only in forming a part of a sen¬ 
tence, therefore columns of words are never used, 
either in reading or spelling, and are never refer¬ 
red to except as Illustrations of certain prl nclples. 
The main effort m her teaching Is to Impart a 
knowledge and a correct use of language, believ¬ 
ing that the sum and substance of that Ignorance 
that stultifies Is Ignorance of language, and that 
wisdom Is only taught through that language 
which Is understood. 
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Whatever you do, have system about It. It Is 
the greatest, labor-saving machine In the world, 
and the cheapest, but It Is not the easiest gov- 
erened. it requires reason and management to 
control and exercise it. Yet, wherever It has 
been introduced, this great labor-saving machine 
has been a success, demonstrating to the world 
that it has saved Us operator unnecessary man¬ 
ual labor, a multitude of perplexities, kept his 
workshop In order, and enabled him to perform 
correctly more by far than In its absence would 
have been possible. It has many a time kept Its 
possessor from exasperating entanglements; it 
has payed him time and trouble; It has kept hl 3 
business rectified while others have been con¬ 
fused. Nystem! Ii haa ever been aviotor in wur, 
it is the powerful sceptre that the true statesmen 
and the political economist, sway in goverment 
and It has been and still is the commonest step¬ 
ping stones to Individual fortunes. Have system 
in your management, and you will find even¬ 
tually It will outweigh the physical forces of 
energy without It. 
Keep Busy.—The boy who has nothing to do 
is the most miserable of beings, iryou have no 
regular work, do little Jobs, a# farmers do when 
It rains too hard to work in the field, in occupa¬ 
tion wa forget our troubles. The boy whose mind 
and hands are busy, finds uo time to weep and 
wall, ir work la slack, spend the time In vend¬ 
ing. no one ever knew too much. The hardest 
students In the world are the old men who know 
the most. 
>alrkt| IJLealrrag, 
LOST AND FOUND. 
I lost the brook as it wound its way. 
Like a thread of silver hue; 
Through greenwood and valley, through meadows gay 
’Twas hidden away from view: 
But I found again a noble river. 
Sparkling and broad and free, 
Wider and fairer growing ever. 
Till it reached the boundless sea. 
I lost tbn tiny seed that I Bowed 
With many a sigh and tear, 
And vainly waited through sunshine and cold 
For the young green to appear; 
But surely after many long days 
The blossom and fruit will come. 
And the reapers on high the sheaves will raise 
For a Joyl u! harvest-home. 
I lost the’life, that grew by my own 
For one short summer day; 
And then it left me to wander alone. 
And silently paused away; 
But I know I Khali find it further on, 
Though not ae it left me here; 
For the shadows and mists will have passed and gone, 
I shall see it fair and clear. 
I lost the notes of the heavenly chime 
That once came floating by; 
I have listened and waited many a time 
For the echo, though distantly: 
But I know in tho hails of glory it thrills. 
Ever by day and by night; 
I ehall hear it complete when Its harmony fills 
My soul with great delight. 
I lost the love that made my life, 
A love that was all for mo; 
Oh 1 vainly I sought it amid the strife 
Of the stormy, raging eea: 
But deeper and pnror I know it waits 
Beyond my wistful eyes; 
I shall find it again within the gates 
Of the garden of paradise. 
I shall lose this.life! it will disappear, 
With its wonderful mystery ; 
Some day it will move no longer here, 
But will vanish silently: 
But I know 1 shall find it again once more, 
In a beauty no song hath told ; 
It will meet with me at the golden door. 
And round me forever fold. 
[.V., In Golden Hours. 
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A WORD BY THE WAY. 
Several years since two merchants had taken 
their seats In tho morning train for a certain city. 
They were neighbors, dwelling in a contiguous 
suburb, and doing business In a large and popu¬ 
lous town. Although their residences were near 
together, and they saw each other dally, they 
were not Intimate. They had few sympathies in 
common. One had been for many years a pro¬ 
fessed disciple of Christ, loving God’s house, and 
alive to all that pertained to the spread of the 
gospel. The other was a respectable and suc¬ 
cessful merchant, absorbed In business, and to all 
appearance Indifferent to all beyond Oils life. 
On the morning In question these two neighbours 
happened to occupy the same seat In the railway 
carriage. They soon became earnestly engaged 
in conversation on business, Its prospects, their 
own plans and successes. 
The worldly merenant, the elder of the two, 
said they had been very successful for the year 
past, aud could now say he bad a competence. 
“ 1 do notcare,” said he, •* to be.worth any more ” 
“Well,” said his friend, “this life Is all pro¬ 
vided for. That Is all right. But how about the 
life beyond?” 
" Oh,” was the reply. “ I do not worry myself 
about that.” 
* But ought you not to trouble yourself about 
it?” 
“ No I think not. I have no doubt that It will 
be all right.” 
“ But I would not thus trust without looking 
Into the matter. The Interests involved are 
momentous,” 
The train had reached the station, and the two 
merchants separated, each taking his way to his 
own place of business. A few uiontns afterward 
the Christian merchant missed his neighbor from 
the morning train. On inquiry he learned that 
he was sick. Days aud weeks passed, and he 
knew only that his neighbor was tumble to be 
out. At length, as he was in his office in the 
city one day, he received a telegram that his 
neighbor was dying and was desirous to see him. 
He lost no time In hastening to uis bedside. 
There, surprised and delighted, he’heard from 
the lips of tue dying man this announcement:— 
“I could notdlo without thanklDg you, sir, for 
what you said to me some months since in the 
railway train. It mane an impression on me at 
the time, and since I Uavo been shut up here It 
has come up to me again. I am dying, hut I 
trust all beyond. My hope is In Christ." 
Was not that a rich reward for one act of Chris¬ 
tian fidelity,? What opportunities for thus 
speaking a “ word by the way” are constantly oc- 
curlng, and how glorious would he the results 
were they Improved! 
It Is not always high water with the saints, 
sometimes they are reduced to a very low ebb. 
fi he best of saints are like the ark tossed up and 
down with waves, with fears, and doubts; and 
so it will be till they are quiet lu the bosom of 
Christ. 
Seneca well says, that “though death is be¬ 
fore the old man’s face, yet he may be as near 
the young man's hack.” Man’s life Is the shadow 
of smoke, the dream or a shadow. One doubts 
whether to call It a dying life, or a living death. 
Man’s holiness Is now his greatest happiness, 
and In heaven, man’s greatest happiness will be 
his perfect holiness. 
