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pairing for t|« Jloratg, 
THE BABY FOR ME, 
I hate heard about babies angelic. 
With a heavenly look in their eyes, 
And heir like the sunbeams oi morning 
When first they appear in the skies. 
And Rjnilea like the smiles oi a cherub, 
And mouth like the buds of a rose, 
And themselves like the lilies and daisies 
And every sweet (lower that grows. 
My baby’s the Jolliest baby 
That any one ever did see; 
There’s nothing angelic about him 
But he’s Just the right baby Cor me ! 
Hie smile's not at all like a cherub’s 
But rather a comical grin; 
And his hair—well, it favors the sunbeams, 
When sunbeams are wondrously tliin. 
His eyes, though they’re blue like the heaven, 
Are remarkably earthly with fun; 
And his mouth’s rather large for a rosebud, 
Unless Twere a half opened one. 
His hands, don’t resemble a fairy’s. 
In. the least. They're a strong little pair, 
As you’d think, I am sure, if he’d got you, 
As oft he gets me—by Uie hair I 
And he isn’t a bit like a lily; 
Or any sweet blossom that grows. 
For no flower on earth, I am certain, 
Has a dear little cunning pug nose. 
He's himself—full of mischief, the darling, 
And ns naughty as naughty cuu be; 
And I'm glad that he isn’t angelic, 
For he’s Just the right baby for me. 
“POCKET-MONEY FOR THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE.”—No. 1G. 
HECTOR BERTRAM. 
It is really essential that the young people, 
boys and girls, should have a little money they 
may call their own, to use in any manner that 
suits them best. And the apparent value of the 
amount Is, to them, greatly Increased by the 
knowledge that It Is their own earnlng3, the re¬ 
sult of the labor of their own little hands. The 
children of farmers possess much better faculties 
for obtaining a generous supply of pocket-money 
than are enjoyed by their city cousins. (The differ¬ 
ent varieties of small fruits and vegetables from 
which large returns may be realised are really 
astonishing. 
Some one suggests theu3e ot tools for the boys; 
and to the boys 1 wish to talk a little, leaving the 
bright-eyed little lassies to the wise counsels and 
liealtbtul advice of Mrs. Jack and others. Now, 
boys, It we contemplate constructing numbers of 
useful aDd ornamental trinkets lor our mothers, 
sisters, and neighbors, how much nicer It would 
be to be possessed ot a chest of tools of our own, 
and not be obliged to use father’s heavier ones. 
By a Utrlejudlcloussaving, these can beeaslly ob¬ 
tained ; and when obtained, let us get some one 
capable of itnstructlng us in their care. Fine 
work Is done much easier and quicker by the use 
of bright, sharp tools,Lhan of dull aud rusty ones; 
and the lesson of cara learned now will not be 
forgotten when we are older, and have a larger 
assortment. But litre we are, mailing ahead of 
our subject, giving advice about the care of some¬ 
thing we do not possess. How snail we obtain 
them 7 Here Is one way: 
Every farmer's boy has, or Mould have, a plot 
ot ground on which to raise such vegetables as 
hl3 rancF may select. If you do not have such a 
piece, ask your father for a small section of fertile 
land, and lay your plans according to its size, 
taking care not to neglect work he has assigned 
you. You will have plenty of time for your own, 
after Ills tasks are finished. And here a word In 
regard to neatness. What we do, let us do well; 
in a manuer which will reflect credit upon our¬ 
selves. Let us cultivate just what we can do 
thoroughly, no more. Al ways remember that one 
acre well worked Is preferable ;to three hurried 
over. There Is a vast amount of truth la tbesay- 
lng, “The boy is father of the man,” and iu this 
case as well as any, what the boy’s garden Is, 
the man’s farm will be. 
Next Fall—It is too late now to secure a crop 
this season—after your ground is selected, draw 
out and scatter over it all the barn-yard manure 
that your father or elder brother can turn under 
with the plow. The first of next May, or earlier 
if the weather will admit, give It another heavy 
dressing of manure, as fine as possible—the scoop- 
lngs of the yard are best—and cross-plow lightly* 
After harrowing thoroughly, work both ways 
with the corn-marker, having the center tooth 
removed. This wilt give you rows seven feet 
apart, provided the marker is made to mark corn 
three and a half feet, as It should be. At the 
angles of the rows, drop a hoe-ful of fine manure 
—from the piggery, if possible—and cover two or 
three Inches deep with earth. Then plant—what 
do you suppose, boys ?—Hubbard Squasb ! Drop 
six or seven seeds In a hUl, for they may not all 
sprout, and cover two inches deep. Aitor they 
are up nicely, run through them with the culti¬ 
vator to keep t he weeds down, and thin to three 
plants in a bill. A good coating of piaster, and a 
sprinkling occasional}’ of water. In which salt¬ 
peter has been dissolved, will assist in keeping 
off the bugs—for of all vines, bugs love Hubbard 
squashes the best. Keep the ground mellow, 
and perfectly free from weeds. Do not hill them 
too much. After the young squashes are set, 
pinch off the ends of the vines, and remove all In¬ 
ferior specimens. Boys. If you never raised 
squashes, you will be surprised at the result. 
When they are ready for market, pay a visit to 
your nearest village, and con ract all you can, 
carrying a book along, and taking down the 
names of your customers, and the number each 
desires. 
They sell rapidly here—Southern New York—at 
from ten to forty cents a piece, according to size 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
and quality. Now for the profits. On an acre 
planting this distance, we would get about eight 
hundred and fifty hills. At a low estimate, we 
should raise three marketable squashes to the 
hill, or two thousand, five hundred and fifty In 
all. calculated at ten cents a piece, the lowest 
price, we have as a result of our labor, two hun¬ 
dred and fifty-five dollars. I do not expect 
many of the boys to plant that amount of ground, 
but It showS’che average profit. Now, boys, who 
will raise the largest crop of squashes another 
summer ? Make a careful note of time of plant¬ 
ing, amount of labor employed, and the net profit 
with amount of ground, and send It to the Rural. 
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THE TAILOR-BIRD. 
The engraving of the Tallor-blrd and lt3 Nest 
pictures a peculiar style of architecture that ex¬ 
cites admiration for the ingenuity of the little 
bird that can make its own thread, and selecting 
a pair of broad leaves, sew them together, thus 
manufacturing a safe, pleasant, “ leafy bower.” 
The nldlfleatlon of birds Is not the least Inter¬ 
esting subject for observation, and our young 
cousins might spend many a pleasant, profitable 
hour In studying the characteristics of the bird 
architecture m their neighborhood. I will ven¬ 
ture to say that In predatory excursions whose 
object Is the depletion of these srtine nests, It. 
never occurs to the merry young robbers to pause 
a moment to observe the structure, beauty aud 
adaptability of means to an end that are displayed 
In the building of the nests. In future let me ask 
you to do so. It would be pleasaut to see this 
subject made a theme for your letters. 
Many birds, like many people, take no very 
great pride in having a flue house. In fact, some 
think It quite as convenient to have no house at 
all. The Cuckoos of the Old World and the Cow- 
birds of the New merely keep a sharp look-out Tor 
some agreeable nest belonging to another bird, 
and when the family Is not at home, quietly enter, 
take possession, and leave their card In the shape 
of an egg. The foolish owners remain oblivious 
to the visit until the foster-child Is hatched, when 
he successfully counterfeits the real lielrs, ard 
causes his foster-brothers and sisters to fall vic¬ 
tims to his canabaltfttlr appetite. The Auk tribe 
have no particular fancy for building nests, 
either, but, on the other hand, they work no evil 
to their species. The female places Its single egg 
on a bare ledge of rock, where It Is In great dan¬ 
ger of being rolled Into the sea by the wind, on 
account of Its peculiar conical shape. The Stone- 
Curlew, also, deposits Its egg without the least 
preparation of the soil on which It rests; yet It is 
not done haphazard, as no birds are more con¬ 
stant In selecting, almost, to an Inch, the same 
spot year after year. In marked cont rast to these 
Bohemian habits Is Ithe^care bestowed [upon its 
nest by our Tallor-blrd, the Bottle-titmouse, or 
the FaniaU-Warbler. 
The Ostriches, females, are great women’s- 
rlghts birds. They think It well lor Darby to play 
Joan occasionally, hence, after scraping a hole In 
the sand, and depositing the eggs, they stroll 
over the sands ot the desert, and leave the male 
to attend to the cares of Incubation. But he 
thinks It incumbent on him to remain on duty 
only during the night, leaving the heat of the sun 
to complete his task during the day. Tbo Meg- 
apodes, however. Improve on the little device of 
the male ostrich. They raise a hot-bod of dead 
leaves, wherein they deposit lltclr eggs, and the 
young are hatched without further cure on the 
part of either parent. Agents for patent incu¬ 
bators could never make their salt In such an In¬ 
telligent bird community, and an artificial mother, 
by a strange antlthlsls, Is quite the most natural 
In select megapodeslan society! 
Very many birds bore holes m some sandy cliff, 
and at the end of their tunnel deposit their eggs, 
with or without bedding, Such bedding, too, is 
various in character; thus, while the Sliadduck 
and the Sand-Martin supply the softest mate¬ 
rials, the one of down from her own body, the 
other of feathers collected by diligent search, 
the Kingfisher uses undigested spiny fish-bones, 
which she ejects In pellets from her own 
stomach. 
The edible blrd’s-nest confection, of which the 
Chinese are very fond, Is made by the Swifts, 
from a secretion of the salivary glands,—a Utild 
which rapidly hardens, as It dries on exposure to 
the air, Into a substance resembling Isinglass. 
Certain Warblers, for unknown reasons, Inva¬ 
riably supply a piece of snake’s slough as an in- 
despenslble adjunct to the household furniture. 
It has been suggested that this Is done to rep 
lizards on marauding thoughts Intent, who, see¬ 
ing the slough, may have reason to suppose It is 
In reality their deadly enemy, and consequently 
beat a hasty retreat. 
The most comical bird Is tbe Flamingo. She 
erects, In marshes, a mound of earth some two 
feet In bight, with a cavity a-top, on which, 
having oviposited, she calmly sits with legs dang¬ 
ling, and in that remarkable backwoods-tavern 
attitude, is said to perform the duty of Incuba¬ 
tion. She only needs a pipe and the morning pa¬ 
per to make the picture harmonious and com¬ 
plete. 1 might consume sp-.ce indefinitely telling 
you of the runny, and interesting habits of birds, 
but for the present I shall maintain the reserve 
of a Reformed Nest-robber. 
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WHAT IS TO BE DONE 1 
Few people, old or young, have any knowledge 
of what to do in emergencies, especially In cases 
of accidents. Such knowledge, however, Is of the 
first Importance, and not. seldom instrumental in 
saving life. Now, 1 shall propose a series of 
questions, and wish my nieces and nephews to 
tell me what would be the best thing to do before 
the arrival of the doctor: 
1. Child of two years old has an attack of croup 
at night. Doctor at a distance. What is to be 
done? 
2. Hired girl sprains her ankle violently. 
3. Bees swarm; and the man who hives them 
gets severely stung in the face. 
4. some one's nose bleeds, and cannot best op- 
ped. 
6 . Child eats a piece or bread on which arsenic 
has been placed for killing rats. 
0. Y r oung lady sits In a draught, and comes 
home with bad sore throat. 
7. Nurse suffers from a whitlow on her finger. 
8 . Child falls backwards against a tub of boil¬ 
ing water and is much scalded. 
0. Mower cuts driver’s leg as he Is thrown from 
Beat. 
10 . Child has bad ear-ache. 
11. Y'outb goes out to skate; falls through the 
lco; brought home Insensible. 
12. Child gets sand in his eye. Uncle True. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed ot 91 letters: 
My 40, 12 , 38, T, 0, T4,14. 23, 10, 22, 30, 9 of a mlxed- 
up nature. 
My 13,49, 18, 44, 2, 55, 27, 28, 10, 68, 73, 31, 3 Vindica¬ 
tion. ; 
My 88, 29, 50, 33, 34, 42, 17, 84, 82 , 9, 80 , 64, 39 com- 
mander-m-chler. 
My 2 , 61, 02, 41, 11 , 25, 26, 46, 08, 60, 87, 2, 63, 60 ex¬ 
planation. 
My 52, 37, 09, 19, 79, [67, 90, 38, 76 finished With 
care. 
My 44, 21 , 30, 45, 48, 73, 4, 65, 43 relating to ty¬ 
phoid. 
My S3. 6, 89, . 21 , 04, 20, 24, S5, 48, 3 a body wltb 
many sides. 
My s, u, 63, ss, 69, to, os, lo a town or Ireland. 
My 16 , 22, 6, 61,26, 75, 79, 2S, 66 an animal. 
My 5,27, 28, l, 60, 61 means sinful. 
My 32, 67, 77, 78, 73. 60. 74 a nuptial festival. 
My 47,72,12, 91 a garden nuisance. 
My whole Is a proverb of Scott Downey. 
Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA, 
1 am composed of 20 letters: 
My 10,17, l, 7, is a river of Asia. 
My 17,15, 4 , 9,12 is a city of Ohio. 
My 2, 12 , 4, 15 ,18, 9 is a lake of N. A. 
My 11 , 4 13 . ic, 38, 7 ,12 Is a peninsula of Europe. 
My 9, 3, IS, 12, 2, 6, 9 Is a river of 8. A. 
My 4, 2 . 14,9, 12 , 4 , 2 is a city of Canada. 
My 7, 3, 4, 18 , o Is an ocean. 
My 12, 2, ll, 4, 20 is a sea on the coast of Europe. 
My 15,4, 2 13, 16 ,18,7 Is a town ot Ohio. 
My 4.13,4, s, 15 is a mountain of Europe. 
Mr 13,8, is, 6,15 Is a bay of «. A. 
My C, 20, IS, 10 18 f Is a country of S. A. 
My 6,13,3,8, 2 , 16 , io is a county of Illinois. 
My 12,13,10,17 13 a river or Africa. 
My whole Is a State and Its capltol. 
iAnswer in two weeks. Rosa a. Frost. 
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HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE. 
Sadly; One who carries on secret designs; A 
great actor ; A tradesman ; A color ; A consonant; 
The first rudiments of spelling; Part of a knife; 
Wedded; Inaccurate; Not subject to control. 
Centrals form a town of Pennsylvania. 
Answer in two weeks. l. o. 
DROP-LETTER PUZZLE. 
Wh - r - - r - n - w th - h - p - s I’v - ch - r - 
ah - d. Fill the blanks with vowels, and find a 
song from the Opera of Norma. 
tzr Answer lu two weeks. l. o. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-August 31. 
Answer to Historic al lismMA 
“ Lives oi' great men all remind us, 
We can umkc our lives Hublluie; 
Ana, departing, leave behind us 
Foot-prints on the sands of time.” 
Answer to Central— 
PrecI P itate 
Procr E atlve /f 
Perse C ution 
Pcrmi A aible « 
Perso N ality 
Answer to Double Acrostic— 
Them 
Undo 
R o t u n d O 
Kidnapper 
aMrat| |leairrag 
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FAITH. 
RICHARD MC’CARTNEY. 
Faith in Jehovah's Lord. 
In Christ—The Perfect Man ! 
Faith that his holy word 
Reveals redemption’s plan. 
Faith in his body broken. 
Faith in his life’s blood shed. 
Remember'd In the token 
Of wine juid broken bread. 
Faith in The Searching Grace, 
Who showa to me my sin, 
Who re-creates « place 
Where Christ may dwell within. 
Faith in Abiding Lore 
Who will not let me stray; 
Faith in a home above, 
In bright eternal day. 
Faith In a searching hour 
That will all thoughts reveai; 
Faith in a Judging Power 
Whose word is woe or weal. 
Faith in Creative Power 
Unbounded by behest. 
Eternal working hour 
The true eternal rest 1 
Faith that tho' worms devour 
My flesh—yeti shall stand, 
By the Redeemer’s power. 
In flesh ut bin right band. 
Faith in The Coming King, 
Who all tho earth shall own— 
While all earth’s nations bring 
Their tribute to his throne! 
Faith that all power shall own 
The Christ—and 'fore him fall, 
Then he’ll give up the throne 
And God be all in all' 
f Chicago Standard. 
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NEWNESS OF LIFE. 
“ We also should walk in newness of life.”— Rom. vi. . 
The newness here spoken or Is a newness of 
notions, dispositions, desires, aud conversation, 
which, when heavenly or godly, are deservedly 
styled new; because corrective of, and. contrary 
to, those impure and worldly ones, to which we, 
as sinners, arc all liable. 
Let us see, then, how we may walk in newness 
Of life. In St. Paul’s Epistle to Titus, the second 
chapter aud twelfth verse, we have given the 
three great duties which the Gospel requires of 
us, viz.: Sobriety, Righteousness, and Godliness. 
In this verse we are taught that tho summary of 
Gospel doctrines Is to oblige us Christians to re¬ 
nounce and forsake all Impious practices, and to 
perform all sorts of duties reducible to three 
heads, vl?. : towards ourselves, towards our breth¬ 
ren, and towards our God. 
We should, therefore, ir we wish to walk In 
newness of life, be—aud Christianity would have 
all men so—1. Sober; 2 . Righteous; and, 3. God¬ 
ly, or Pious. 
Let us consider each of these great duties in 
the order l have given them. 
1. Sobriet? is, as I have Just said, a duty we 
all owe to ourselves. It consists lu the regulation 
of our appetites, passions and desires. To be 
sober Is to keep our bodies properly under self-con¬ 
trol; to ho temperate and pure la thought, word 
and deed. St. Paul says he that Is impure slnneth 
against hts own body, which Is a temple of the 
Holy Ghost; and If any man destroy the temple 
of God, him shalL God destroy. 
2. Righteousness comprehends In Its two prin¬ 
cipal branches—Justlce and Oharlty—truthful¬ 
ness, sincerity, patience, forgiveness, gratitude 
and liberality. Both present and future rewards 
are promised by our Lord to those “ which do 
hunger aud thirst after righteousness,” and, lu 
the same Sermon on the Mount, lie pronouuced 
an awlul sentence upon those who merely put on 
the outward garb of religion. 
3. Godliness shows Itself in love and faith, 
gratitude, pious fear and humility, it is, in one 
word, being like to God. The godly are assured 
by our Saviour that piety and virtue have a ten¬ 
dency to promote our temporal welfare and the 
Scriptures record many promises or eternal life. 
We have a beatitlial example ot godliness In tbe 
pious EnocU, who, we read, •' walked with God;” 
that is, he was sincerely religious, and eminent 
for hl3 attainments In holiness. It was the ad¬ 
vice of a heathen, as the strongest Inducement 
to virtue, always to Imagine some good man 
present. But to be constantly mludrul that 
God's eye Is upon us, must surely make a deeper 
impression on our hearts, disperse all bad 
thoughts, and overcome all evil imaginations. 
We are defective here; aud, Inconsequence, temp¬ 
tations easily overcome us. 
Having now considered the ways and means to 
be able to walk In newness of life, both in this 
world, and the one hereafter, i will now try to 
apply the text. Let every reader ask himself the 
question: Am 1 studying to please God 7 Ah! 
dare I to affirm It; If inclination alone directs, are 
you not walking after the ileal) ? Some are for¬ 
ward to plead In their own excuse, “ We would 
do otherwise but company seduces.” What Is 
this, but an acknowledgment, that they walk 
according to the course ot this world 7 Wc must 
then throw off all worldlluess, that we may not 
walk In the oldness or life. 1 u conclusion, let me 
beg of you to think of the gracious promises 
bestowed by God on all those who walk in new¬ 
ness of life. Good-will follow. 
w. s. (Aged 17). 
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Happiness lies not In those tbluga that a man 
may enjoy, and yet bo miserable for ever. True 
happiness Is too big and too glorious a thing to 
be found in anything below that God who Is a 
Christian’s chief good. 
Christ has lost none of his affection to poor 
sinners by going to heaven. 
