THE R 
EW-VORKER. 
« tor t|f fjoumi 
BUY MY PRETTY FLOWERS. 
Come, kiad people, what's your pleasure? 
Co not pass my posies by ; 
Gathered from a fairy ’b treasure. 
Fresh and lovely, hero they lie. 
Scented from sweet Nature’s still, 
Fragrant after morninv dew. 
Come, thou, choose ye where ye will— 
Here are some of ev’ry hue. 
Here a lily bud is peeping', 
Here a violet of blue, 
Here a pansy, thoughtful keeping-, 
Gay and merry daisies too; 
Here a graceful fern is bending 
Cow to kiss a blashing rose; 
Mignonnetto's sweet odor blending. 
While rich beauties all disclose. 
Cablias curling, fuschias drooping, 
Bright geraniums, heather-bell, 
Wild vines, with their tendrils looping 
Round sweet-briar, look so well. 
All my blossoms tell the story, 
IIow the earth, so beauteous clad, 
Cecked with gems, arrayed in glory , 
Welcomes bummer gay and glad. 
Come then, stay and buy a posy 
Brought from garden, meadow, dell. 
Gathered while you all were warmly 
Wrapped in slumber’s sootbiug spell. 
Up betimes, no thought for resting. 
Out the flower-girl must stray. 
To and fro with eager questing 
For the posies here to-day. 
Buy my pretty, pretty flowers— 
Choose ye us they lovely' lie, 
\\ et with dew or morning showers; 
Take a penny bunch—please buy ! 
PRESERVE THE INDIAN RELICS. 
A LETTER FROM F. E. ASPINWALL M. U. 
Jan,, 23, 1879, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :— I see by a late num¬ 
ber of the Rural that at least one of your young 
correspondents Is “ trying to make a collection of 
Indian relics, aiTow-beads, stone axes, Ac.’’ That 
Is a good Idea. I only wish, many more wouid do 
likewise, and preserve carefully every stone im¬ 
plement they find. Having had nearly fifteen 
years’ experience in collecting, l will, with your 
permission, offer a few thoughts and hints to your 
younger readers and others who may be Inter¬ 
ested in ancient Implements, 
I commenced collecting when a mere boy, my 
principal object being then to get a collection of 
pretty and odd specimens; but like most young 
people who have no one to advise them 1 made 
many mistakes, and had to learn wisdom by ex¬ 
pensive experience. 
1 foolishly threw away many pt the ruder and 
more imperfect specimens, many or which, from a 
scientific point of view, were just as valuable as 
the more perfect specimens, and several speci¬ 
mens, that 1 thought were not shaped just right, 
I tiled to Improve and thus nearly or quite ruined 
Them. It should be remembered that the rude 
and imperfect and even the broken specimens, 
-are just as necessary in the study of the arcluc- 
ology of any district as are the perfect specimens. 
Even the blocks and chips of rliut, chert, jasper, 
quartz, &c„ are interesting to the earnest student. 
The way the Implements are broken, and the pro¬ 
portion of broken specimens of each class, are 
often clues to their uses ; and the rude, unfinished 
specimens and the blocks of “ raw material’’ and 
chips or flakes of the same, often give hints as to 
the methods of manufacture. 
One very Important tldug for collectors to do Is 
to keep a careful record, In a book for the pur¬ 
pose. of where, lu what position, and under what 
circumstances each specimen was found. The 
date of finding may also be of interest. Whether 
found on the surface, or under the stump of an 
old tree, or far beneath the surface imbedded in 
the “drift” of many centuries ago, are often im¬ 
portant hints us to tlielr approximate ages. And 
whether found near me edge of large bodies of 
water, or in valleys near small streams, or on 
hills, or far back from water are all important 
hints as to the uses of the various Implements. 
The proportion of each kind from each locality 
often indicates their uses. A good way to keep 
the record Is to number and describe in your book 
each locality, and give each specimen the same 
number as the locality in which It was found; or 
each specimen can be numbered as obtained and 
recorded in rotation ] prefer the former method. 
Another very Important matter to collectors Is 
to take good care of t heir specimens. Yet very 
few do. The Inexpeileneed do not realize liow 
easily flint implements, especially the more deli¬ 
cate forms, are broken, and other stone Imple¬ 
ments defaced If not broken. Tt will not do to 
keep them in contact with one another in a box. 
They will thus be liable to frequent and serious 
injuries. The delicate points, barbs and other 
parts on which their value often largely depends 
■cannot be preserved in that way. Unless you 
have some good and safe way or displaying them 
you had better keep each specimen wrapped up 
in a separate piece of paper, and all ston ed care¬ 
fully In a box or boxes for the purpose And bo 
careful l.i wrapping them, also Lu hand.ing them, 
for one, falling on a hard substance, Is very likely 
to break. Also do not “strike fire” with your 
J ‘fllnts” just to see the “ sparks fly,” that w ould ut¬ 
terly ruin them. lu shoit, take Hie best of care 
of all the specimens that .you find, or that may 
chance to fall Into your hands, and If ycu do not 
wish to keep them yourself, present them to some 
scientific Institution or museum where they will 
be appreciated and preserved, and your name will 
be recorded as the donor. 
Stone Implements are fast becoming scarce in 
the U. 8, especially In the settled portions. Thou¬ 
sands of specimens are being annually broken by 
the various implements of agriculture, and many 
v more by children and others who happen to find 
them or otherwise got possession of them, yet do 
- not appreciate their value. 
Farmers have excellent, opportunities for mak¬ 
ing collections and should improve them. They 
should aid the few struggling Institutions that 
make a specialty of antiquities, by contributions 
of such specimens as they arc willing to part 
with. And all should remember that “private 
collections’’ are very apt to be sooner or later 
scattered and thus lost to the world, and should 
act accordingly. 
These ancient stone Implements are of historical 
interest, and serve to Indicate, In some degree, 
the condition and progress of man in prehistoric 
times. 
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THE FARMERS OF THE FUTURE. 
M.OAKEY. 
W no are to be the farmers of the future ? 
Where are those who will occupy the old home¬ 
steads? Who shall be the best farmer “in our 
neighborhood ?” By far the largest port ion of the 
future farmers are already on the homestead. 
The young men and boys living on their father’s 
farms arc the candidates for the worthy position 
of -best tanner.” Some one among them will I 
outrank all others. Why? Because he was bom 
so? No: not by any means, simply because he 
will visile# himself tliq best. Young men who de- | 
sire to stand well among their fellows, or who are 
ambitious to stand above them, have the encour- I 
aging fact to spur them on to attain such a posi¬ 
tion, and to bear always In mind, Unit there ore 
no farmer geniuses born to the position. The 
highest rank awaits any one who will grasp the I 
prize; and who shall succeed Hi acquiring It, de¬ 
pends solely upon the efforts made by each. Fur¬ 
thermore, the actual position each will assume, 
will be proportionate to the energy and persevere 
ance put forth. 
Now, those two words, energy and perseverance, 
need not scare any one. They don’t mean over¬ 
working oneself and complete exhaustion. On (he 
contrary, they prevent any such suicidal practice, 
or wasteful habit. One’s strength and powers 
must be held under control—husbanded, and a 
check administered now and then, or else “en¬ 
ergy,” or otherwise “ perseverance,” will not lie 
able to hold out. They exclude frantic and spas¬ 
modic exertions which do not promote advance¬ 
ment, but, on the contrary, very greatly retard It. I 
How shall these two qualities be applied to make I 
successful farmers of the boys and young men? I 
Well, li' you have not begun the application al¬ 
ready, start at once. Lay the foundation now. I 
And let that foundation be thouyht. Keep one 
word always in the front and on the right and 
left, above and below you, until your whole ex¬ 
pression and personality shall Indicate It. tum 
w’ord is— Why ? You are sent to plow a field a 
certain wav-think. “Why?” You harrow It once, 
it Is not enough. You are sent the second, and 
even a third time over it. Think, “Why?” You ; 
cultivate a crop first one way. then another— : 
“Why?” The cattle must be regularly watered ; ! 
your father says: “ You attend to it.” Think while 
doing It—“ w hy v” The reed must be changed. ' 
"Why?” The plow mast be sharpened. “Why 7” ' 
In Short, while cultivating your father’s field, cul- , 
tivate the field of thought lu your own mind. Do . 
not ask “ Why?” think “Why?” Solve for your 
own self each problem as It appears, and It may 
occur that you will be able to answer “ why ” to 
many duficultlos that, confront and confuse older 
heads around you. 
First, then, lay the foundation of your future 
success upon a deep and broad - Why?” Do not 1 
be mere machines to perform the routine only or 
(he work assigned you. 
"hole year without the Rural ; but with the new 
year 1 resolved never to be without it again, and 
signed for It at once. 
The Rural Is a paper that should be read In 
every family circle. I am sorry to see that t,lie 
young folks take so little interest In the Youth’s 
Department. Many thanks to Rural Lover Tor her 
sympathy, it Is uncalled ror. she Is entirely wrong 
when she states that those whimsical daughter 
of Eve have successfully driven all the boys from 
the field. The boys take it, as I imagine that 
Moses of old would liave done. I hope to see 
more of my old cousin’s letters appear m the next 
Issue, and especially should I like to see such ex¬ 
cellent effusions as Nemo’s and Hayseed’s as well 
as those from my Pennsylvania friend, Fern. Now 
I will close so as to leave room for you, dear cou¬ 
sins all. j\aieu. i TV _ 
Ivy’s Rest, N. Y. 
HIDDEN COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. 
1. Give it to me, De Kalb, any how. 
2 . Her escort landed In New York. 
3. Where is the club-room, Eva? 
4. Which way, Nellie ? 
5. For lean suet is Impossible. 
0. Feed Tom on roes of the shad. 
7. Yes, sextons are responsible. 
8. Go range through the wlldwood I 
9. Don’t a riot terrify you ? 
10. Put names of ladles first. 
11. Frank Lincoln is at home now. 
12 . A graduate of Yale wishes to go. 
13. The King saw his mistake. 
M. The Earl gave livings to nearly a dozen young 
ministers. 
15. They ate some peaches. 
18. I lost the hat lo gave me. 
17. He said ’twas Dutch, Essie, 
is. ’Twas cat-tar Augustus used. 
19. It Is awful to novices. 
20. Casper, i entreat you to remain. 
21 . Among them were Blanche, Nan, Godfrey and 
Ben. 
22 . Do you see the wrens, Sela. Ernest shot? 
23. The barque enswamped. 
24 . Mr. Shark, I merrily sung a lay. 
25. A letter from Adi’s, on pink note paper. 
V3T Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
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BIBLICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed of G3 letters: 
My 13. 37, 14, 23, 26 the first High Priest, 
My 45, 63, co so, i, 24 , 57 a seaport In Pamphylla. 
My 22 , 42, 29, 9, io a small town of Lycaonla. 
My 55,13. 26, 48, -19 a bird mentioned In the Bible. 
My 44, 12, 4S, 26 , 32, 58, 57, 43 a granddaughter of 
Herod the Great, 
My 42, 2, 9, 9, 30, 33, 3S one of the names of an 
Apostle. 
My 20, 16 , 21,15 a plant mentioned in the Bible. 
My 44, 45, 9, 19, 48, 26, 34, 62, 61 a COat M mall. 
My 27 ,46.4, 3, 2 a musical instrument mentioned lu 
Daniel. 
My 5, 30, 35,49,14,13 a General slain by a woman. 
My 38, 53, 37, 29, 4S, 7, ll a bird mentioned In the 
Blhle. 
My 6,13, 8,44, 37,17 a Prophet in the rime of David. 
My 53, 67. 02. 60 , 44, 56, 4, i Abraham was called the 
father of. 
My 41, 30, 31, 22. 39. 54. 5 m the Ark built by my 59 , 
62, 57.4-i, who was a preacher of my 14 . 10 , 26, 
•S-l, 60, 10, 7, 4, 5, 6, 12, 35, 38. 
-My whole may be found In the writings of my 51 
13, 4, l. 
srsr Answer in two weeks. J. M. Brainerd. 
ACROSTIC. 
LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS. 
Dear L rule True :—I have read so many of your 
good tales lu the Rural that I thought 1 would* like 
to be one of your cousins, if you will be so kind as 
to accept me. 1 am a small boy. and was born in 
Honolulu, on the Sandwich Islands, My father and 
mother have been dead many years. I have lived 
with Aunty Dunlap for six years, who, I believe, 
has done her best to make a good boy of me; and I 
think she has succeeded pretty well, although 
Aunty’s Uncle Mason, Miss Georgia and Sister Alice, 
all say that the picture Jn the Rural of January is, 
was intended for me. 1 am what you might call a 
live boy, and 1 glory In It; for 1 do despise a boy 
that lias never beeu waked up. indeed. Uncle 
True. I have seen some old men and women that 
have slept all their lives, but 1 am not going to be 
one of mat class of people. They tell me I can t be 
President because J was not born in the U. 8.; but 
I will try to be just as good a man as tire President. 
Aunty makes me say my jjrayers before going to 
bed every night, and J go to Sunday-School twice 
every Sunday. I don’t swear or use any bad lan¬ 
guage; therefore, don’t you think I um a good boy. 
Uncle True? You were a little boy once, did you 
think It any harm to walk on your hands, or tie a 
st ring ot Jackson Crackers to an ordinary dog’s tail? 
I have been too long in my IntroduciJon to you; ex- 
cuse James Calowell, 
West Ya, 
Dear Rural Couon. The sun Is now going 
down In a bank of swarthy western clouds across 
the huge grain fields of my native home. All the 
day the sky has threatened storm. Here and there, 
through broken aud gusty rifts, flashed out a bar 
of tun-colored flame, streaked with other bars of 
angry scarlet, like the dabbling or some bloody 
lingers upon the horizon, a raw wind Is blowing 
Horn the west, that tries hard to entangle the 
stoi.t old Ivy which now commences tapjjlng on my 
window as If for aid. I have just, read the last 
number of the Rural, and cannot help noticing 
the many Improvements made In it since I last 
saw it, tor I regret to say, that I have been one 
l. A short time. 2. A thick rope. 3. A short¬ 
lived Insect. 4. A surgical instrument. 5. A piece 
of music, o. A Mexican cattle raiser. 7. To delay. 
8. Cheerfully. 9. To drink in. to a bird. 11 . To 
droop. 18. The doctrine or the soul. is. Musty and 
rank. 14 . To swing. 15. Neighborhood, it;. Weak 
In mind. 17. Injury. IS. A glutton, initials form 
a promise which, if we remembered In the hours of 
adveislty, would clear away the darkest clouds. 
C3r~ Answer In two weeks. Md. 
TRIPLE ACROSTIC. 
1. Obscurity. 2. A lady’s name. S. A polished 
surface to reflect light. 4. A man of the Elble. 6. 
A noon repose. 6. A man’s name. 7. Total. 3. 
Wedded, r'rimals. centrals and finals form flow¬ 
ers. 
Z3~ a nswer In two weeks. Dr 
PYRAMID PUZZLE. 
1 . A consonant. 2 . A Bible tribe. 3. A drink. 
4. Parts of the human body. 6. A flower. 6. 
Places for trash. 7. Nearness In place. 8. Inform¬ 
ally. Centrals form an animal. 
P?" Answer in two weeks. Balto. 
Balto. 
NAME PUZZLE. 
Place nine male names so as to rorm a tenth. 
IW Answer In two weeks May. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Jan. 25. 
Decapitations.- 1, Baden, Adon; 2, Olot, Lot; 3. 
bnow, now 4. Sado, Ado; 5. Aden, Den: 6, Oman, Alan; 
1. Iran, Kan ; 8, Kopal, Opal; 9, Pl'Olne, Homo; lu, kruw • 
•haw; ii, Ho wo. Owe; 12 , Shark, Hark; 13, Java, Aval 
\ 4 k Anna: 15, Drakes, Rakes, 16, Peel, Eel; 17, 
Afl.y. Thr; I* trim, Kim; 19, Mask, Ask; 2u. Sark 
Ark ; 21, Islay, slay; 22, Awe, 0 o; 23. Yell, EU ; 23, Chets- 
ter, Heater. 
Hidden Novels.— i Klenzi: 2, My Novel ; 3. Eugene 
—nun; 4, i lie LHsowned; 5, Pelham , 6, A Strange Story • 
!t J keUytDuys of Pompeii; a Night aud Morning; 9, 
, Ul ' A*' ,Iuis: >• 'file Caxtouo ; 12 , Paul 
Cllllord; 13, J he Pilgrims ut the Rhine; 14 , Devereux. 
Crobs-word Enigma. -Lida Dodge. 
[!g FORGIVENESS “FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.” 
er ’ 
ig If anyone who Is a Christian finds a difficulty 
is ljl forgiveness, I am going to give him three words 
m which will help him wonderfully. •• For Christ’s 
it «ike.” cannot you forgive an offender on that 
je ground ? Ah, the girl has acted very shamefully, 
it a| ih 3 ou, her father, have said some strong things, 
v- hut I beg you to forgive her for Christ's sake. It is 
11 truo y° uv son has behaved very wrongly, and you 
w hid in a fit of anger say a very stern thing, and 
1 - denied him your house forever. I eutreat vou to 
eat your words up for Christ s sake. Sometimes 
when I have been pleading a case Uke this, the 
- person j have been persuading lias kludly said, “ I 
will do It, for you, sir.” 1 have said, “ I will thank 
j ou ii j ou " ill do it at all, but I would rather you 
would have said you would do it for my Master, for 
" hat a blessed Master lie has been to you! Do it 
for his sake.” 
Finally, I want to say to you all brethren, that, 
as brothers aud sisters In Christ Jesus, If we are 
to forgive one another, there must be some other 
things which we ought to do. And the first Is, do 
not let 11 s provoke each other to Offend, if I know 
that a man does not like a certain tiling, I "Til not 
thrust it in Ills way. no not say, “ Well, but If he 
is shurt-tempered, I cannot help It; lie should not 
be so ready to take offence. 1 cannot always be 
paying deference to liis'absurd sensitiveness ” No - 
but, brother, your friend is very ready to take 
offence, and you know that be la; have respect 
then, to his infirmity of temper, such as you would 
have if lie were afflicted in body. 
in the next place, do not make offences. Often¬ 
times a man has been offended at another for no 
reason at all. One person has said of another as 
he passed him in the street, “lie will not even nod 
to me. lie is too proud to own me, because I am a 
poor man.” Now, that beloved friend who was 
thus blamed could not see much further- than his 
hand, for he was short-sighted. Another has been 
censured for not bearing, though he was deaf, and 
another for not shaking hands when his arm was 
crippled. Do not imagine offences where they are 
nor intended. 
Next, do not take offences where they are Intend¬ 
ed. It Is a splendid thing if you will not be offend¬ 
ed. Nothing makes a man feel so small as when 
you accept what lie intended for an Insult as if it 
were a compliment, and thank him for it. Can you 
master yourself to mat point? Remember, you 
have overcome everybody when you have so fully 
overcome your own spirit that you remain con¬ 
tent with that which naturally would excite your 
wrath. 
Then, If you must be offended, dear brother, do 
not exaggerate an offence. I f there must be some- 
tLlug "'long, let It be as little as you can. A blind 
eye Is often the best eye a man can have, and a 
deaf car Is better by far than one which hears too 
much. • • Also take no heed, ” says Solomon, “ unu> 
aU words that are spoken, le 3 t t hou hear thy ser¬ 
vant curse thee.” something you have done may 
irritate a servant, and he may make remarks 
which are unbecoming and impertinent. Don’t 
hear what he is muttering. Keep out of hearing. 
He will be sony to-morrow. What would you do 
if your Master jilcked you up for every word, and 
If he caught up everr sentence that you uttered? 
How wouldyoullveat aU if he reckoned sharply 
with you? No, dear friends, as you have to for¬ 
give one another, do not take offence, and when 
offence Is given do not exaggerate It, and, if you 
can, do not even obseive it. 
T hen, again, do not publish offences. There has 
been something very offensive said. What then ? 
Do not repeat it. Better that you should let your 
heart break, than go up and down with a fire-brand 
lu ibis fashion. If a brother has done wrong, why 
should you do wrong ? You "ill be doing wrong if 
you publish his fault. 
Above all, my brethren, and with this I close, 
never In any way, directly or indirectly, avenge 
yourselves. In all things bend, bow, yield, submit. 
Brother, the most splendid vengeance you can ever 
have is to do good to them that do you evil, and to 
speak well of them that speak ill of you. They 
will be ashamed to look at you; they will never 
hurt you again If they see that you cannot be pro- 
voiced except It be to greater love and huger kind¬ 
ness. This ought to be tlie mark of Christians; 
not “I will have the law of you,” or “I will 
avenge myself,” but I will bear aud forbear even 
to the end. •• Vengeance is mine. I will repay it, 
saith the Lord.” Do not take that into your hand 
which God says belongs to Him, but as He for 
Christ’s sake has forgiven you, so also rorglve all 
those who do you wrong. •• How long am I to do 
that?” says one. -I would not mind doing It 
three or four times.” There was one or old who 
would go the length of six or seven, but Jesus 
Christ said “ unto seventy times seven.” God help 
us to be patient to the end. T his is the kind qr 
doctrine which Christ Himself preached, aud there¬ 
fore. since He preached continually this love to 
our uelghbor. and forgiveness of our enemies, we 
ought both to preach and to practise it. Go ye 
and believe In Him, and be linlt.atoi’s or Him, 
remembering that He forgave ills murderers upon 
the cross wliereou lie wrought out our redemption. 
May Uis spirit rest upon you evermore. Amen.— 
[Extract j rum a sermon by v. 11. Spiayeim. 
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is not the soul more than raiment, more than 
friends, more than life, you, more than all? Then 
why do you not labor to enrich your soul ? ’Twere 
better to have a rich soul under a threadbare ooat, 
than a threadbare soul under a golden garment' 
ir he be a monster among men, who makes liberal 
provisions for his servant or ms slave, and starves 
his wife, what a monster Is he who makes much 
provision for Ills baser pari, but none for his nobler 
nature! Ah, mends, a slothrul heart In the things 
of God Is a very heavy Judgment. 
