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THE RII R JU MCW.VADuen 
was performed, and the bridegroom was glad 
that he had such a clever and Industrious wife, 
and praised her exceedingly. 
“I have three aunts,” said the girl, “ who have 
done me much service; so I would 'not willingly 
forgot them In my good fortune. Allow me, there¬ 
fore, to invite them to the wedding, and to sit 
with me at table.” 
The Queen and the bridegroom asked, " Why 
should we not allow It ?" 
When the feast was begun, the three old maids 
entered in great splendor, and the bride said, 
“ You are welcome, dear aunts.” 
‘•Ah,” said the bridegroom, “ how do you come 
by such ugly friends?” And going up to the one 
with the big foot, he asked, “ Why have you such 
a broad foot?” 
“ From treading, from treading,” she replied. 
Then he went to the second, and asked, " Why 
have you such an undcrhanglng lip ?” 
"From licking," she answered, "from licking.” 
Then he asked the third, " Why have you such 
abroad thumb?” 
“From pressing the thread," she replied, “ from 
pressing the thread.” 
At this the Prince was frightened, and said, 
“ Tnererore my bride shall never touch a spln- 
nlng-wheel again.” 
And so she was set free from the unlucky flax- 
splnnlng. 
President. Many, however, profess not to believe 
the cipher telegrams genuine, while others doubt 
the correctness nf their translation, and others, 
again, place lull or qualified faith In his profes¬ 
sion of chlld-Uke Ignorance In the matter, That 
report that came from New Orleans a week ago, 
about a monstrous republican and greenback 
Know-nothing conspiracy to seize upon the gov¬ 
ernment, turns out as expected—a cock-and-bull 
romance. Jim. Anderson, the mendacious wit¬ 
ness from Louisiana, having been interviewed at 
Indianapolis, exonerates See. Sherman from hav¬ 
ing anything to do with the so-called Sherman 
letter, ne says It was written either by Kellogg 
or his Clerk, was never seen by Mrs. Jenks and Is 
still in existence In Philadelphia. Kellogg, away 
up in Minnesota, teils the public what It knew 
be Tore, that Anderson Is a monumental liar and 
denies his whole story. Senator Bayard of Del¬ 
aware, one of the strongest, of hard-money advo¬ 
cates, Is credited with having written a letter to 
a friend in Indiana, saying that the election to 
the senate of Voorhees, one of the strongest of 
soft-money advocates, would be a national ca¬ 
lamity. Yet It appears probable that the nation 
will have to endure that among Us many other 
polltloal misfortunes. 
FORXION, 
Bayard Taylor, U. S. Minister at Berlin, has Just 
been tapped tor dropsy, a gallon and three quarts 
of water having been drawn from ldm. By latest 
reports, he is getting on well. Last Friday week 
as Alfonso, the young King of Spain, was driv¬ 
ing through the streets of Madrid, on his re¬ 
turn from a review of a body of troop3, he was 
shot at twice by a shoemaker, named Juan Mon- 
casi, a native of Tarragona, aged 22. The King 
escaped without Injury, and showed a good deal 
of courage, which still more endears him to the 
p ople, who warmly sympathize with him on the 
late loss of bis Queen Mercedes. The would-be 
assassin boldly asserts that he belongs to the po¬ 
litical society of the International, and that lie 
came to Madrid for the express purpose of killing 
the King. Doubtless he’ll soon meet the fate of 
Iloedel, the German would-be regicide; except 
that Instead ot being decapitated, he will he gar- 
roted, according to the Spanish mode of execu¬ 
tion, Herman. 
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YOUTH, 
O touth, sweet youth! never so dear to me 
As now when I shall miss thy company. 
Most thou so soon, then, go—haste thee away ? 
It is not long, but a brief summer day. 
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Which quickly sped, methinks, that thou and I 
Together walked ’neath bright or somber sky. 
Our path made ever gay by hope and Joy; 
Thy beauteous, white-winged doves, that tame, yet ooy, 
Fluttered and played around us ceaselessly, 
Perched on thy hand or shoulder lovingly ; 
Then In the blue above would soar and dip, 
And then return to feed from out thy Up. 
Thou wast a grave companion—passing fair 
Thy brow and eyes, but thy sweet smile too rare, 
And unto me, perohance, thou'st scarcely proved 
Too kind and fond a t riend 1 Hast thou not moved 
My eager soul with promises, that brought 
How many a golden dreatu and happy thought, 
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In air had vanished when I looked again ! 
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until he reaches shore, his ample tall being used 
as a rudder. 
But yet what couldst thou more? wherefore ohide thee? 
Didst thou not give me all thou hadst for me ?j 
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And now the hour has come for ns to part, 
1 do remember with a bleeding heart. 
lUisrfUanfoujsf, 
Thou canst not even leave thy birds, to bless 
My solitude with timid tenderness. 
How dark shall be the path where I must go 
Alone henceforward, only God may know! 
N. D. BATTERSON 
Answer To Sans-Soucl— The answer to " Sans- 
Soucl’s ” question In English literature, in Rural 
of Oct. 19, is Samuel Johnson. 
Edith Crattendrn. 
Kiss me onoe more, sweot, one last long embrace. 
One lingering look upon thy fading face, 
And then farewell—nor cast one glance behind, 
I cannot see, my eyes with tears are blind. 
LS. Sterne in A’. I'. Evening Pott, 
The "Puzzler” department is deferred until 
the next issue, when ample space will be devo¬ 
ted to it to make amends for the omission .—[ Eds. 
Establl shed 
THE THREE SPINSTERS, 
NEWS OF THE WEEK 
There was once a lazy girl who would not spin, 
and, let her mother say what she would, she 
could not get her to work. At last the mother, 
getting both angry and Impatient, gave her a 
blow, which made the girl cry very loud. Just 
then the Queen passing by, heard the noise, and 
stopping the carriage, she stepped into the house 
and asked the mother why she beat her daughter 
In such a way that the passers-by In the street 
heard her shrieks. The mother, however, was 
ashamed that her daughter’s laziness should be 
known, and said, 
"1 cannot, make ber leave off spinning; she will 
spin for ever and ever, and I am so poor tua.t I 
cannot procure the flax.” 
The Queen replied, “ I never heard of anything 
1 Uke better than spinning, and 1 am never more 
pleased than when the wheels are whirring. Let 
your daughter go with me to the castle; 1 have 
h ax enough, and she may spin as much as she 
pleases." 
The mother was very glad at heart; and the 
<iueen took the girl home with her. As soon as 
they entered the castle she led her up into three 
rooms, which were all full of the finest flax from 
top to bottom. 
"Now spin this flax for me,”said the Queen; 
"And, when you have prepared It all, you shall 
have my eldest son for a husband. Although you 
are poor, I do not despise you on that account; 
your unwearied Industry Is dowry enough." 
The girl, however, was Inwardly frlgntened, for 
fehfi could not have spun the flax had sho sat 
there from morning to night until she was 
three hundred years old. When she was left 
alone she began to cry, and thus she sat three 
days without stirring a hand. On the third day 
the Queen came, and when she saw that nothing 
was yet spun she wondered; and the maiden ex¬ 
cused herself by saying that she had not be?n 
able to begin yet, on account of her great sorrow 
at leaving her mother’s house. 
So the Queen was satisfied; but on leaving she 
said, “ You must begin to work for me to-mor¬ 
row.” 
As soon as the girl was again alone, she knew 
not how to act or help herself, and In her vexa¬ 
tion she went and looked out of the window. She 
saw three women passing by; the flrat of whom 
Lad a broad flat loot, the second such a large 
mnder-llp that It reached nearly to her chin, and 
the third a very big thumb. They stopped before 
the window, and, looking up, asked the glrL what 
she wanted. She told them her trouble, and they 
offered her their help, saying, 
" Will you invite U3 to the wedding, and not be ] 
ashamed ot us. hut call us your aunts, aud let us 
sit at your table? If you do all these, we will 
spin the flax In a very short time for you.” 
" With all my heart,” replied the girl: "come 
la, and begin at once." 
Then she let In these three women, and, mak¬ 
ing a clear place in the flrat room, they sat them¬ 
selves down and began spinning. One drew the 
thread and trod the wheel, the other moistened 
tho thread, and the third pressed it and beat 
with her Ungere on the table; and as often as she 
.did so a pile ot thread fell on the ground, which 
■was spun lu the flaest manner. The girl hid the 
tthree spinsters, however, from the Queen, and 
Bliowed her, as often as she came, the heaps of 
spun yarn; so that she received no end of praise. 
When the first room was empty, the threo wo¬ 
men went to tho second, and at length to the 
third, so that Boon all was cleared out. Now the 
three spinsters took leave, saying to the girl, 
** Do not forget what you promised us; it will 
make your fortune.” 
When the girl showed the Queen the empty 
rooms and the great pile of thread, the wedding 
Saturday, Nov. 2 , lsrs. 
POLITICAL. 
The lives of some men are full of magnificent 
opportunities — for keeplDg silent, opportunities 
which thechatterboxesareconstantly neglecting. 
Such a chance has just occurred here this week; 
wisdom saya " take hold of It," and tho advice 
of wisdom is dutifully adapted. Before the mall 
shah place this Issue In the hands of Rural read¬ 
ers, the elections will have been held, and the 
People, with the aid of a little political trickery 
here and there, will have decided who are to ^ 
their servants m public offices until the next elec¬ 
tions. The country Is flooded with prophecies on 
this head, but of all the political prophets who 
have been “ taken up” lately, the mantle ot none 
has fallen near the Rural office. It might not be 
difficult to shape a prediction so amblgously that 
whichever side won, It would be possible to have 
the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so ;"but 
such a Delphic trick Is hardly considered candid 
now-a-days, and Insincerity is not tolerated by 
the Rural. 
home. 
It Is claimed that, taking the British itemized 
account ot losses incurred through Americans 
fishing in Canadian waters, It shows that the 
Canadians were entitled to only $12,000 a year, or 
a total of $ 1 , 200,000 for ten years, Instead of the 
$5,500,000 conceded to them by the Halifax award. 
Then It Is claimed that it would only bo fair to 
deduct the special duties on flsh and oil remitted 
by the United States for Canada. This item Itself 
would amount to $3,000,000 in ten years, making 
the account Bland $l,*oo,ooo In favor of this 
country, Instead or $5,500,000 In favor ot Great 
Britain. This thing Is to bo discussed at length 
next winter in Congress, and by that time wo 
ought to be smart enough to figure at least an¬ 
other million on our own side of the account. 
The Inhabitants of Newfoundland have lately 
given us an opportunity for doing so, by maltreat¬ 
ing the crews of some 20 of our Ashing smacks, as 
well as destroying their nets, flsh and other be¬ 
longings, on the ground that they were fishing on 
forbidden limits, and on tho Sabbath. Secretary 
Evans sayR he will not hear of paying the award 
until this grievance has been settled satifactorUy. 
Secretary Sherman has a growing confidence lu 
the entire success of resumption, and thinks that 
at the present rate of accumulating coin there 
will be enough on hand by January 1st to equal 
two-thirds of the outstanding legal tenders, it Is 
expected that large quantities of gold will ho 
shipped from England to this country. 
After experimenting 20 years, S. C. Salisbury Is 
reported to have produced from tho residuum of 
petroleum and coal tar a new kind of fuel, which 
promises to supersede coal for generating steam. 
The fuel Is carried In pipes, leaves no ashes or 
ollukers, consumes Its own smoke, quickly pro¬ 
duces intense heat, and has been suecessculiy 
tested at the Brooklyn U. s. Navy Yard.The 
Interior Department has been notified of ono In¬ 
stance la which the United states Circuit Court 
has reversed the decision of Secretary Schurz, 
relative to the liability to pre-emption and occu¬ 
pancy by settlers, of land-grants to railroads if un¬ 
sold three years after tUe completion of the roads. 
This adverse decision, of course, only affects the 
single case to which it refer-;, and will not change 
the policy of the Interior Department with regard 
to permission to settlers to enter upon these 
lands. The government will take the case to the 
Supreme Court on appeal. 
The general impression seems to he that Tllden 
or his friends have ciphered him out of his chances 
of getting the next democratic nomination for 
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