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JULY 40 
THE 
MEW-Y0RS4ER. 
f iierarg Ulistf llaitj. 
THE SONG OF THE SOWER. 
The farmer stood at the open door. 
Looked north, and south, and east, and weBt, 
“ Good wife, the swallows are back once rnoro, 
Back aKuiu to their last year’6 nest. 
I'm off to the fields to sueedthe plow. 
The birds are sluglug on every bough. 
“ The skies are dreaming of summer blue: 
Trees are dreaming of rustling leaves; 
And I have a dream—God make It true 1— 
Of standing corn, and oi golden sheaves. 
Of meadows green, and of new-made hay, 
And reayera singing at dawn of day. 
“ Call all the boys ; we must ge a field. 
To speed the plow and east the seed; 
God bless the seed, and make it to yield 
Plenty, both mau and beast to feed ! 
God bless the seed, ami speed the plow, 
For birds are singing on every bough." 
Then out with his boys the farmer went, 
Into the fields the soft spring morn. 
Sowing the seed with a glad content, 
Singing, while sow jig the good seed-corn, 
*• God bless the harrow, and bless the plow. 
The corn, the wheat, and the barley mow!” 
EESULT FEOM MISTAKE. 
GRAFTER 111. 
When Frank Drayton once made a decision he 
was never very long before he acted upon it, and 
the present instance was no exception to the rule, 
for in hall an nour he was on his way to the office 
of Messrs, beton & go. 
His acquaintance with Mr. Beton was only 
sllgnt; but he knew him by repute as a keen, 
hard-headed man of business; ana the more he 
pondered over the nature of hla errand the more 
his conviction deepened that he was almost certain 
to give him a sharp denial. 
And moat assuredly it would have proved correct, 
had it not been for the services or an intercessor 
of wnose good offices in nis favor he was not aware. 
Tills was no other than airs, be ton, who seeing, 
how her daughter's happiness was involved, had 
exercised all her persuasive power on Frank’s be¬ 
half. nor task had not been an easy one, but at 
length she had been successful in overcoming her 
husband’s opposition. 
Contrary, tnen, to Frank’s anticipation Mr. 
Seton received him with considerable cordiality. 
“ I have been prepared lor this visit, Mr. Dray¬ 
ton,” he said, " and 1 hasten to mentiou it, because 
it seems likely to do away with a good deal of ex¬ 
planation. 1 tell you, ti ankly, that 1 hud looked 
forward to an entirely different ruture for my 
daugUuir. But we wiu say no more about that. 
My chief aim in lire now is to do all i can to secure 
my daughter's happiness, and to prove to you 1 
am in earnest I have consented to set aside all my 
plans, The inquiries 1 have made about you have 
been thoroughly satisfactory, and therefore I give 
a full and uneouditioual consent to your request. 
Take her,” he added, pressing the young man s 
hand ; •• she is yours. May you both be happy l” 
After this, what was there for Frank to do but 
to express his thanks and obligations to Mr beton? 
Nothing. He got througn the awkward task 
somehow, but in what manner he never had a 
clear recollection. 
“ We shall be very much pleased to see you at 
dinner this evening,” said Mr. beton at parting, 
“ May we expect you ? ” 
Frank could only renew his thanks, and protest 
that he should be most happy. 
“ That chance of getting out of my difficulty Is 
at an end,” he muttered, as he strode hastily 
down the street. “ How contrarlLy events turn 
out! Had 1 been really In love with Miss Seton, 
her father would doubtless have been violently 
opposed to our union. Now, because 1 wished 
him to refuse me, he receives me wiLh open arms; 
and so lar from having extricated myself, i have 
only become entangled more hopelessly I To es¬ 
cape now seems Impossible.” 
That same afternoon Kate Seton, her eyes glow¬ 
ing with happiness, was standing near the draw¬ 
ing-room window waiting for her lover. Poor 
girl! how little did sne dream that her Joy had no 
other beginning, uo llrmer foundation, tnan a mis¬ 
take 1 
She knew already that her father’s objections 
had been overcome, A f uture ol felicity seemed to 
lay all before ner. And when, later on In the even¬ 
ing Frank pressed her lips w lth a betrothal kiss, 
and slipped an engagement-ring upon her linger, 
she as hole guessed the real nature of his feelings. 
Her Intense fondness for him blinded her to the 
fact that his general bearing towards her was em¬ 
barrassed and constrained. 
“Dear Frank,” said Kate, glancing Bhyly, yet 
now sweetly, into tne lace ot her betrotned, “bow 
strange It seems that you, having all the world to 
choose from, should make me the object of your 
love I You will never know the happiness your 
letter gave me—never I For—wUy should I keep 
the secret from you? i have alwayadovedyou, 
even before you had ever Bpoken to me; and I 
could think of no greater eartniy bliss than to be 
your choice—your wile 1” 
“Anddo you know,” she went on, aoftly, “ I 
learned to-day that 1 have been so near to losing 
you V Mrs. Uliallon told me when she called that 
your cousin, Kate Barton, was engaged, and 
that-" 
“ What? Why do you pause?” asked Frank, 
with nervous Impatience. 
“I do not know whether I ought to tell you; 
but, alter all, what can It matter now? Mrs. 
Challon Is your cousin’s most Intimate friend, and 
she told me, In strict confidence you understand, 
that Miss Barton had had two strings to her bow 
In other words, two lovers—that she liked them 
both, and bo played one off against the other, 
with the determination of accepting the one who 
first made her an offer.” 
“Indeed!”ejaculated Frank, who, as his com¬ 
panion paused, felt it Incumbent upon him to say 
something. 
“You will understand It was Mr. Brown who 
spoke first, but he was accepted with reluctance; 
Miss Barton's preference was for the other. Now 
can you tell who that other was ?” 
“I?—no—no—why ?” stammered Frank. 
“Yourseiri" laughed Kate, softly; “no other 
than yourself 1 Of course l did not tell Mrs. Chal¬ 
lon how well I knew It was all & mistake on your 
cousin’s part, and that you had loved me—only 
me; though 1 can easily understand that she would 
prefer you to tnat odious little fellow, Horace 
Brown.” 
Her words and manner showed how implicit was 
the trust reposed in her lover, aDd this confidence 
that she and she only had a place In his affections, 
touched him to the heart.—To be continued. 
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT MEMORY. 
A trench scientist has been studying the faculty 
of memoy as exhibited by the different races, and 
Its relation to the other mental faculties, as shown 
In Individuals of the same race. His statements 
are Interesting: 
The Inferior races of mankind, such as negroes, 
the Chinese, etc., have more memory than those 
of a high type of civilization. 
Primitive races which were unacquainted with 
the art of writing had a wonderful memory, and 
were for ages In the habit of habdlug down, from 
one generation to another, hymns as voluminous 
as the Bible. 
Prompters and professors ot declamation know 
that women have more memory than men. 
French women will learn a foreign language 
quicker than their husbands. 
Youths have more memory than adults. It Is 
well developed In children, attains Its maximum 
about the fourteenth or fifteenth year, and then 
decreases. 
Feeble Individuals ot a lymphatic temperament 
r have more memory than the strong, students 
who obtain the prize for memory and recitation 
chiefly belong to the former class. 
Parisian students have also less memory than 
those who come from the provinces. At the Kcole 
Normale and other schools the pupils who have 
the best memory are not the most 1 utelligent. 
The memory is more developed among the peas¬ 
antry than among Citizens, and among tho 
clergy than among the laity. 
From a physiological point of view, memory Is 
diminished by over-feeding, by physical exercise 
and.by education, In this sense, that the Illiterate 
have potentially more memory than those who 
know how to read and write. 
We remember, moreover, better In the mornlDg 
than In the evening, In the summer than In the 
winter, and better In warm than in cold climates. 
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VARIETIES. 
Josh Billings Is slxty-tHree years old, and has 
made from his writings loa.ouu dollars. 
Holmes and Whittier are of the same age. 
Holmes is (seventy, and Whittier la seventy too. 
Lamp shades of ground glass should be cleaned 
with soap or peariash; these will not Injure or dis¬ 
color them. 
There la a Latin term for eod-llver oil, but none 
for me taste Of It. The Latin races wore not well 
up In proianlty. 
There was Paganini the flddlelst, and here's 
Campanlunl the tenor. Rather singular how 
rnauy ninnies got Into the musical ranks. 
They who have experienced sorrow are the most 
capable of appreciating joy ; so, tnose only who 
have been sick feel the lull value of health. 
A good man, who has seen much of the world 
and Is not tired or R says: “ The grand essentials 
to happiness In thlj life are—something to do, 
something to love, and something to nope for.” 
Of the discoverers and conquerors of the New 
World, Columbus died broken-hearted, Koicllu and 
Bobadiha were drowned, Balboa was beheaded, 
Cortez was dishonored, andPtzarro was murdered. 
The Bishop of Peterborough, In a letter to the 
Church or England Temperance Society, expresses 
an opinion tuat mere is decidedly less Intemper¬ 
ance now amongst all classes than mere was fifty 
years ago. 
In the Bermudas numbers of houses are built or 
rock coral, which have the advantage or being ex¬ 
tremely durable as well as permeable by air cur¬ 
rents, thus rendering' the houses cool and light. 
“ In this country," sajs the Lowell courier, •• the 
Bume oDject is attained by having the house built 
by contract, wltu cobble-stone underpinning.” 
it la a curious fact mat Bums, who was to be¬ 
come one of me most exquisite of song-writers, 
was totally devoid of any musical gift. In learn¬ 
ing churcn music along with other rustle lads, he 
iunl ms brother lagged far behind the rest. Rob¬ 
ert's voice especially was untuuable, and his ear 
so dull mat It was with difficulty he could distin¬ 
guish one tune Horn another. Tnle want of musi¬ 
cal faculty was also conspicuous in Koble, lieber, 
and Frederick Robertson, me two first of wfiom 
were poets, and me last of wnoui possessed in an 
extraordinary degree mu power of appreciating 
poetry. 
Canada Is anxious to have a “ weather bureau.” 
blay your hand. Weather bureaus are very un¬ 
bandy pieces of furniture. They are always out 
of *rder. Hummer weather la getting into me 
winter drawer, and spring weather is tumbled 
about over tho edge of Its drawer and getting 
mixed with autumn weather, and every time you 
pull a knob for snow you strike the i aln-valve, a 
hurricane hits you lu the face, or a sfinoou crawls 
out and settles In your vest pocket. Better let 
weather bureaus alone and get along with an al¬ 
manac and a blue cotton umbrella.—RaVtanpe. 
Jfirr (KSflitmt. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS RAY CLARE. 
THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE. 
MABY K. WARD. 
Beating, beating, throbbing, quivering. 
Oh, the mj'Btery of life! 
Meaning love and meaning hatred, 
Meaning peace and meaning strife, 
Who ban never waked and listened. 
In the silent, solemn night, 
To the strong and steady heart-beat 
With a calm, Intense delight? 
Ever beating, never remirg- 
Though the wheels of trade stand still, 
Noting neither time nor seasons 
Nor obeying human will. 
Sometimes ’mid the dm and bUBtle 
Of a crowded city street, 
Human life seems but an atom 
’Neath some monster’s rushing feet. 
Think we. deafeued by the roar 
“ What is one poor human soul 7 
Were it lost, a thousand more 
Might be brought to make it whole.” 
Through the day 6uch thoughts may vex us, 
But as night creeps slowly on, 
Find we that with human footsteps, 
bo our monster, too, Is gone. 
All the crash and all the tumult, 
Which are accidents of trade, 
Ceases when man's weary forehead 
Ib upon its pillow laid. 
Learn we then that life is holy. 
That each soul must wear its crown, 
That though walking ways most lowly 
It were Bin to lay it down. 
Life in life, and life in death, 
Life in Heaven and life on earth, 
Differ only by a breath. 
And the nature of a birth. 
WORLDLY MATTERS FOR GIRLS. 
Hair. 
We will suppose by this time that all the young 
lady readers of the Rural have the most charming 
complexions, that It would be Impossible with a 
powerful microscope to find the slightest blemish, 
and 1 am sure In a month after reading this article 
you will have such a quantity of hair that It will 
take three times the number of hair-pins to keep 
ft In place that It formerly did. 
But, without Joking, I do know of a few thlngi 
that, 11 they do not Increase your hair to three 
times its present amount, will certainly improve 
It In looks, and In time will Increase lls growth. 
First, washing it, not oftener than once a month, 
lu rain-water, with a tablespoon tul of borax 
added, or. If that Is not handy, white Castile soap. 
.Second, if possible, wear It In a neat braid down 
the back In the morning. Nothing 1s so Injurious 
to the hair as wearing it In an unnatural position 
a great length of time. 
Third, cut off the split ends of the hair about 
once a month. This will increase Its growth, as 
you kDow the hair grows from the ends. 
If your hair Is coming out badly, and a speedy 
remedy la needed, use "London llalr Restorer.” 
It is the only article that I know of that will pre¬ 
vent hair from falling, although there may be 
thousands or others, hut I am certain It will do no 
harm, and In my case, and those of a number of 
friends, It worked like a charm. (This Is no adver¬ 
tisement.) 
The hair was never arranged so simply as it Is 
now. one can dress the hair becomingly, and 
still be fashionable. 
A young lady who was noted among her lady 
associates for the graceful maimer Bi which her 
hair was always arranged was asked her secret. 
Her reply was, “btudled carelessness.” If you 
“do ” your hair In a French twist, which, by the 
way, Is always pretty, don’t twist It so tight as to 
make It look as If one more twist would leave you 
hairless. Roll It from left to right, and quite high 
from the nape of the neck. What short hair re¬ 
mains, If not naturally curly, curl It. It takes 
very little hair to arrange It In this style. 
For round and oval faces, “ butter-cup braids” 
are almost always becoming, 
The most graceful way to wear the hair In front 
Is to part It in the middle and wave It. It gives a 
gentle expreB3lon to the face. 
In spite of all that has been said against bangs, 
to some laces they are vastly becoming, and are 
almost necessary to those having large foreheads. 
“Montagues,” or spit curls are very pretty If 
after drying they are combed out, so as to take off 
the stiff look. Miss M. D. 
Michigan. 
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FASHION ABLE MARRIAGES IN PARIS. 
The prevailing methods ot arranging fashiona¬ 
ble marriages lu Paris, shows that the opportuni¬ 
ties for social intercourse between the affianced 
parties are comparatively numerous. The most es¬ 
sential difference between the French and Amer¬ 
ican system appears to be, that before the young 
gentleman pays hla addresses In any lorn what¬ 
ever to the young lady, it must he distinctly un¬ 
derstood that matrimonial engagements are se¬ 
riously contemplated on both sides, and that they 
will be mutually agreeable to both families Inter¬ 
ested. After the stage is reached In which tho 
fact la recognized that a marriage will be desira¬ 
ble, a place Is fixed at whloh tne prospective hus¬ 
band and wire may have their first meeting, 
which may be either a friend’s house, a concert, 
a ball, the opera, or one of the theatres. If the 
opera is selected the young man sits In the or- 
chester and the young girl in front of a box, and 
between the acts the young man pays a visit and 
Is presented. If he la disposed to ratify the tacit 
understanding made by hla parents, he visits the 
house of his future wife on the following day and 
formally demands the young lady's hand. If he 
Is accepted by the parents he begins to pay his 
court, to the young lady, and he Is admitted to the 
house as if lie were a member of the family of his 
prospective bride, it is understood that the day 
after his acceptation by the family he Is 10 present 
a ring of a specific pattern. He 1s alBO expected 
to send every day a boquet of dowers to his affian¬ 
ced. Liberal expenditures are made for these 
presents, as It 1 b the custom to envelop the bouquet 
with laoe or watered ribbon, on which the name of 
the girl Is embroidered. The wedding trousseau of 
the present period In high life comprises twelve 
dresses, all made up, with stooklngs, shoos, sun¬ 
shades, and hats to match; and the trousseau, to¬ 
gether with the linen, Is usually worth from rour 
thousand to ten thousand dollars. On all wed¬ 
ding presents the young lady’s crest, motto, and 
monogram figure. On the day of her marriage 
the only Jewels she wears are those given to her 
by her mother and her husband. 
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HINTS. 
For hanging pictures use copper or sliver wire. 
Moths cat out the inside of tho cord. Water In 
which onions have been boiled, rubbed lightly 
over the frames, will keep Insects away from them. 
Neplunlte la a recently patented colorless 
substance hold In solution tor the purpose of treat¬ 
ing silk, woolen and cotton fabrics, paper, feathers 
and other materials, rendering them water repel- 
lant and proof against dampness, mildew and 
moths. 
To Wash Shetland Shawls.— Make up a thin 
lather ot boiled soap and water; plunge the shawl 
In this, and gently atrip It through the hand. It 
must never be rubbed or wrung. When clean, 
rinse through water without any soap, hang It up 
for about a minute, shake It gently by each side 
alternately, pin it out on a sheet exactly square, 
and if the shawl bo of a fine texture It should be 
slightly sewed down the sheet by the top of the 
fringe to prevent Its running up; then go over the 
whole fringe, drawing each thread separate and 
laying It straight out. If these directions are 
carefully attended to the shawls may be washed 
many times, and each time appear as well as when 
new. They should never be put Into the hands of 
any but those who are accustomed to wash lace. 
ftftos of t|e ©Ufti. 
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 
Monday, July oth, 1880. 
Almost before the terrible scenes of the loss 
of the Narragausett have lost their vividness, 
wo are again called upou to chronicle another 
Bteamsliip disaster. A large steamboat, Sea- 
wanhaka, which ran between New York and 
ports on Long Island, took fire and burned on 
the afternoon of the 28th ult. The fire orig¬ 
inated from au exulpsion, but nobody seems 
to know what caused the explosion. A 
dumb thud was heard, and a shook was felt 
from stem to stern which was Immediately 
followed by a violent outburst ol flames through 
the smokestack. The boat was Instantly beaded 
for tne shore, but though she struck ten minutes 
from the time the explosion occurred the fire 
spread with such rapidity that about 10 lives 
ware lost, some inlhe flames, others iu the water. 
There were about 300 persons on board ut the 
time of the disaster. The boat ran ashore in 
four feet of water, and many tugs, sailing 
vessels aud row boats were close by; un¬ 
der these circumstances It seems strange 
that so many persons should perish.... 
A number of counterfeit onc-huudrcd-dollar 
bills have recently been found to be in circula¬ 
tion. They are said to be so clever imitations 
of the genuine bills that noted exports have 
declined to express an opinion as to their being 
genuine. Not only is the printing well imi¬ 
tated, but the quality aud make of the paper 
is almost identical with that used by the banks 
on which the bills are forged. The U. 8. Secret 
Service officers urc hard at work, uud will, no 
doubt, sooner or later, Intercept tho criminals. 
....Gen. J. if. Weaver, of Iowa, has been 
nominated by tho Greenback party as their 
candidate for tho Presidency_An interna¬ 
tional ritle match was recently held at Dolly- 
mount, Ireland, in which the American team 
again carried off the honors by making the 
highest score... .Carl Petersen, the celebrated 
Danish explorer of the Arctic regions, is dead. 
.... An order of Prince Bismarck is published 
prohibiting the importation of sausages aud 
pork from the United States. The prohibition 
does not include hams, sides, and bacon_ 
Destructive forest fires are again sweeping 
largo tracts of woodland lu Monmouth and 
Ocean Counties, N. J. In the lower section of the 
counties, miles of cedar forest which escaped 
the last two fires are ablaze. Around Mechau- 
icavllie and Poplar fires of some magnitude 
are reported to be destroying tho cedar and 
pine forests and causing much alarm among 
the inhabitants. On Sunday week nearly 300 
acres of valuable timber were destroyed near 
Sellerville, 0ceau County. 
LATEST NEWS. 
Rain all over Long Island and New Jersey 
.... 400 houses damaged aud 30 people hurt 
by a gas explosion in Loudon....A quiet 
Fourth of July. 
