THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JMriitg for t |t 
TO THE SONS OF THE FARMER.-No. 5. 
To be sure 
mm 
in that you are rt §' ht ’ “Acknowledge 
in all thy ways and He will direct thy paths ” 
REV. A . W. MANGUJ1. 
Hkurvjng 
, tllat> under Proper influences and 
favorable circumstances, a young nun wilt be led 
to the calling to which his ttustes and talents are 
adapted aud which it is his duty to follow, i still 
de lid it important to point out Uie danger ol disa-s- 
trousmistakes In making- the momentous decision. 
Sheer accidents and e.Yu u ueous considera tions will 
sometimes exert more power over ihe mind than 
u “; m03t f^entla] and appropriate tacts and 
prlnupies family pride, governed by false no- 
tions 0 ) what conatltutes higher respectability 
will urge the eager, anxious youth to enter a held 
of enterprise that promises special distinction be¬ 
fore the public. Hence many young men are m 
professions to Which they are, In every respect, 
unsuited; and, consequently, they do not and can¬ 
not excel. Home desire to be and to do what they 
admire in some successful persons; and miscon¬ 
ceive the nature of their desire, believing it to be 
an md cation of then taste and special endowment 
a hey do not remember that merely to enjoy music 
is no eWdenec of capacity to become a skillful mu¬ 
sician: or thaf pleasing astonishment at the feats 
or an athlete is no indication ol the ability to rival 
his performances. Habits of Indolence often ,-x, u 
a sad control over the inclinations and efforts of 
the young, He who cultivates an indlspoaltlon to 
any severe exercise of his powers, physical or men¬ 
tal, need not expect to find the right sphere In urn 
°oZ°rr mh mcce3s tor iiim3eu ' ,j ‘- ‘Adieius for 
otheis. -Many a young man lies down In idleness 
underthe deep shades of obscurity, and slumbers 
away the priceless hom-s or promise and opportu¬ 
nity, almost in sight of the blooming Melds of -rand 
achievement, in which the buoyant toilers of vi- 
rtous degrocs or talent are sowing me seeds 01 
perennial hope and reaping the golden harvests o 
rapturous triumph, ihworthy dreams of vtunanu 
uprofltahle pleasures too olten seduce the sensu¬ 
ous Wore or youth into paths ofplilrm folly, lead¬ 
ing to failure and disappointment, j x-t t lie yountr 
man consider what it Is, in his nature, that peof 
llariy inclines him to any special course In life Jt 
It be his tower appetites, his misguided orinordl- 
nate passions, or any of the dictates of Ignoble 
ll ° mUar kam ' on yecolui bought, 
that he d ue not yield to such a propensit y 
^ The young American of to-day la too apt 'to form 
his life-plans under the impulse of that unealcu- 
° *& r0(a * ' vbJcl » characterizes the 
age. He Is impatient under the slow though surer 
and more healthful progress or those dr p u iment.s 
ofMoraua cm,,,pm, „, a , “ 
development. Youth generally, unUcapeCHlly In 
this day, needs to learn the royal lesson. - to labor 
and to wait.” Adventurous speculation Galways 
a hazardous policy aud always liable to result in 
ruinous losses and disappointments, it Bmosi ro 
be deplored when n rules in m • choice oTa vo- 
cation that Is to tie pursued and depended upon 
foi support and success, through the V ;u yin-mi- 
tunes oiiife and the ineomtaney and irrXrttv 
of the many Interests that. In dlvei-s respects any., t 
Individual pnMpemy. Sd So.2 a 
calling that promises to be fruitful and worthy of 
pursuit through ail ordinary changes 
ei?v 0m ^J?°, mU f affeeted by ac!eslre ^ nov¬ 
elty. The plain, familiar objects and scenes of 
ome lose their power to please the deluded mind 
and are regarded Inferior to those that exert a 
chaim simply because unknown. All change 1 not 
improvement. -All Is not gold, that g.HLero ” 
hastllvTina"*"* ^ ' vb,n the - v **»•’ Those who act 
hastily under UiedazzJlnginfluence or mere airoeiir 
ance, often have great cause to mmS^SuSt 
foHy with bitter regret and self-reproach. Man v ire 
moved ,o „, e “■ 
■Sem»K 8 1 1 ' 0U " ,r3 |rMl C as IHUe Intoned 
themselves) express about eerr.m, flOHmUl I fr.nn 
THE HORTICULTURAL CLUB. 
So far, the organization of the club has been a 
siccess. Many of the cousins have sent In their 
mines and stated their determination £ S 
gaidcris ol their own. some have also related 
and from! ltt garde " ln * Previous yearn. 
I. l( mu Uie way they have managed to succeed 
I feci assured "nit no su. h word as fall is known 
to them. Hut the club is still in Its infancy and 
be 1i'eneme T ^ Mn ° d yeL> ay 1 Ull, ‘ k »1U 
IhaSic 1^2 =' ‘ 1 m "' 1 be 1« mina 
i ’ ' jJ “ ( -ninot have too many mem- 
-io. A thousand names might be added to the 
l>-t and still leave room for other thousands The 
|no.^members the emu has the more Interesting 
Those who have already joined have, I doubt 
u A, begun operations In Uielr gardens and all 
IZITT 10 Jula s,10uld b ^ ln af once. As l hav • 
pieMnu^ymenUoned,! 1 , is best to begin with a 
small garden, a piece or land fifteen or twenty 
leet long, by the same number of feet wide 
abundantly large enough to begin with I uter’ . 
af-'i-r u - «»-w... i, ljl 
gin In a small way and grow in the business 
than lo start on a magnlfleem scale only to d£ 
tin™ ' i Ji ' 11U,V bilking ot those only who 
iv^tra^a/id j ,R ' i,swro - “ Wboy lives near 
sin i r'ui , U '' 10 mm vegetables and 
..mail n ulls, as, for lir-ianee, cnlons celery ami 
ewwKodo' ia Ule Uieu he cannot 
expect to do all the work hlmseli. and his o-uden 
Wa > be as large ns In- cun mitlviue 
Mmi m U iiM " a CQOIce as w situation, Choose you 
land in a corner of a field or garden, so r.m, 
Is 
If 
not be 
should 
In the 
ehlckend do not 
Coat oi manure. 
our 
arden, so that It will 
Way ot the plow and harrow • it 
kso he a corner that the 
frequent, rave the land a good 
ralT md ICVei t l,e S"ound nicely with a 
‘t 6 - ^ ls ha '' d W0, 'w Put the soil is puiver- 
aim 1 , 1U 1 JcUt ‘ 1 ' ' vitll aspade than with i plow 
and then non sweetly one sleeps after a day’s 
hard work with the spade, it Is best not to spade 
K'.'S'J! a “““ 11 “»«. » »lMed 8uver- 
-■aarssssssrsaurlR 
that should be son n 
caii-ots 
tng the varieties 
is Soon as the ground is nr tn 
work, are onions, early peas, radi dies solmreh m i 
a little later, lettuce. Ho not bury (lie seed too oee»- 
: ‘ A kood rule for the smaller seeds Ls toeovn- 
hem with a layer or sol!, about t,wS?C oum 
thickness, but the larger seeds, such as pe ts and 
iaans, may be covered wll h an Inch and a hall' to 
Lxcr.E AIakk. 
Ms e brotS S1 A aDd agreat ^ywas raised, with 
his brother Agamemnon as general-ln-chlef to 
proceed against Troy, chastise the seducer and 
bring 1 back tUc Dils^ing bciiutv ** 
temS ZL U ' er " M " er Vlck *«*“ 
•’ I-m sure I don’t laiow. But at any rate it was 
considered cause enough for a wm. and ori Ure 
strength ol lt„ the allied Greeks besieged Troy for 
they resorted to the famous strategem of the 
- wooae,, , vou , uust u .„ , 1S ^„ tC! 
Jff interested enough by this time. “ Why 
jou see, they made a whopper of a horse our or 
wood a n(J UolIow ^ am| ofTere J 
jans as a present, 't hey must ’a’ been an nvi ni 
green lot not to see that spmethlng was up hut 
hey didn’t, and were tickled half to Iml to get 
markm nnf ge ^!‘ lal0 thc ‘ cir T arul set it up in the 
market-place for all the people to look -it in,, 
v hen It came night, and everybody was asleen 
to^S,T' ers «*>**> waaeuteKe 
and sacked and burned the city ” lu ' 
senS rstSg- ftI ' 1UaUge ' ^ ls 
' VVlKny’or I Gam®, i brout-ht calamity.’ 
lxMnir !i° * ’ liil 110X1 Dnc ’ w,1 ° accuses Helen of 
- TnaJIfrom °‘ f° mu great mlktortune to her?” 
who S225JS; tLe T**” <* Agememnon, 
vvuo was sacrificed to avert the wrath of the cm,i 
dess Diana. Agamemnon, as the story go s, S 
at one time great offence to the goddei and ro 
prop a me her he vowed to sacrlflce tiieS^t ^ 
tarn thing born within the year. It clumcei inm 
ims was his only daugbtur^A^rSSrS? 
| ; ’‘dlier delayed to perform his horrible vow 
GreeHn e fiee['mfn Tl '°f aU ° XJK ' < ‘ 1Uon - whole 
urecun met lay becalmed tor weeks, the seer 
Calchas declared that it. was in consemienco of 
r iana s anger against Agememnon, and t hat iphl 
sis ,,auam “«-saa 
" The allies—the stern, black-bearded kHms wan 
WOUsheyes-eoncdJTedln this declslw- alal the 
iU-rated maiden was ptacod upon the altar when 
suddenly she disappeared, and a snow-wifitoTtoS 
mm ' moved 'flth eom- 
].a._ Ion, had transported her to Taurts, to serve 
a pilcstess In. bei* temple/* ^ 
“ j bat ' a a klnd °f Abraham and Isaac storv ”re. 
narked Bess, hut nobody noticed her. for Madge" 
tssisssr*^' *”"■ 
CM 
RECLAIMED. 
BV S. II. LEVKJIICH. 
One day-, my conscience smiting me, 
I said, O Lord, Ill follow thee.” 
But hearts are changeful, and God knows 
How oft our love the feebler grows 
Through yours with blessings filled; 
Anil so one day. it rnunt be told, 
I found my heart grown strangely cold, 
With gratitude unthrilled. 
One midnight, while the household slept, 
A shadow o’er tfio threshold crept, 
And settled In the gloom 
Above the couoh whore dainty form 
Of baby May. our latest born. 
Lay sleeping in the room. 
And on my heart a terror lay,-^ 
Was it a dream, or would the day 
Make true what I would doubt ?— 
The morn that brought the sunshine in 
Cheered not the room where death had been 
And taken sunshine out. 
W ith aching heart and weary tread 
I turn from ways which late have led 
My feet in paths of pain; 
Nor count such grief too hard to bear 
If born of it shall be this prayer 
That makes me Christ’s again. 
I o-night I cry, ** Christ helping me, 
Dear Lord, for aye I’ll follow thee.” 
■--»« +-- 
CONDESCENSION OF CHRIST. 
In 
• A queen with swarthy cheeks and bold, black 
eyes. 
DREAM of FAIR WOMEN. 
B V itUS. 11. O. KOWE. 
I’ 
’ve read the poem over and over a-aln but t 
res, trr ™ «• £ 
wueaitei ail. Now who to this first 
ra»So5,“ 1“. SiatT ’I**"" *’ 
Madge, even 
one,—this 
you 
Auntie, mauge, even Win, laughed outnohr 
much to menu Bess’s bewilderment “ " 
u * likl’iit mean wiio took 
the character last 
„ . express about certain occupations 
aro iea PP ? lUIliUC!i * rui ' 1,r ° ai or Ptomotioo, Some 
and 1 !? ll ay by tbe u,18t ' r uputoUB and designing• 
and learn, only when It to too late, that this world' 
has many counsellors aud pretended friends that 
one cannot safely trust. Vow, every person to e^ 
dowed with the power of self-persuaslon it to 
ren'n’^e 011 ^' 5 " ^ 10 r "‘ d P^U’Xts for doing What 0)1C 
ally desires to do. When the heart Is under the 
!n fl hf U:e ° f vebeUi, - nl appetency, the will to liable 
oMn!/ f r ° mP ^ d t0tUm Uie totelleci tothework 
of justifying the gratification of the pressing pa^ 
smns. How true it is that -the wish to oK 
hitomsf^ T th0ugbt! ” 11 ls a matter or the 
highest importance to **be sure you are. right” 
byothemrtrto° aJl0acl '' Itls b£ld toUe deceived 
y others, it to most eensui’able or all to be self- 
deceived. Such fully becomes moat grievous when 
tronf n° l ) he eXlent ° f P er P e tratljig violence upon 
truth ard conscience, and dares to make ihat 
vvdhch to hurtful to self or othero paS tor toe 
choice not or rational judgment only, but of the 
moral mentor likewise bueh a course’ls a shock! 
mfm 1U 1 nm ' 5 UP ° D UlM ,m wbom ajun depends tor 
au blessing, m deciding upon your life-work it is 
difficult, but it to profitable, (audit 
your duty) to divest yourself or all 
inclination and prejudices, and 
your determination is fixed 
worthy of a being gifted with reason and con- 
* a / Jd P laeed Udder the tremendous respon¬ 
sibility of self-care and self-direction, 
An occupation to not to be chosen because it u 
thought to promise extiaordluary roputation !nd 
public- consequence; neither lu it to he shunned be¬ 
cause It 1s commonly associated with retirement and 
aie not am ays the most cohtentedor toe mn-t 
useful: while (hose who choose the quiet 
of hnmhh; industrial pursuits frequently- ~ 
many of the sorest vexations and disappointment 
1-eaUza lhe ffiffidment of many or the brtoht- 
est dreams of youth, and achieve a truly enviable 
^4S 0UC cimeM 
night, but who toe character really is ” exulaineii 
‘ ad8 ' e ; wuli a Nlancc at her aunt’s Interested face 
As you may already have guessed Bancor u ni 
many others, Madge had been delightod inter 
ested, and in many cases puzzled to locate manv 
oi toe quaintly costumed characters. J 
ed'^ltoftetl.rS ° Jle POem ’ auul ‘u-'Bhc plead- 
’ 1 tw he ignorant about such thino-c n,.,, 
everybody to expected to understand Uut 
Aunt Lou took the little blue and gilt •* Tennv 
T 111 b0r k:uu1 ' and •"••*d again the lines tout 
Madge had indicated: ' b Uiat 
asked timidly, 
Golden Apple,’ 
certainly is 
unwarranted 
to be sure that 
by considerations 
“ A daughter of the gods, dtvSuelv toll 
And liiost divinely tiur.” lj ' 
“That refers to Helen, wife of the Greek k-i.,» 
Menelaus, who was tempted by Paris the son of 
Ling Pnam of ’i’roy to forsake her husband and 
country for his sake, 'ihere ton pretty itm 
connected with this a,fair, that M ^ZuTw 
ZZosyT lUat ^ ^ iead » la b er Grecian 
Madge blushed a liitle as she 
’ ho you mean the story of the • 
auntie ?” 
“ Yes, please tell 113 about it.” 
teo n com“S ' ; "" 6 ""Is Quizzical 
" b- '' ''he story to, that once upon a Lime the 
SSitito m-mn 3893 gaTe a and some dtoa- 
gienable neighbor who tddn’t get an Invitation 
thought she’d spite ’em by getttog up a co toSn 
Juno Cv. l v tkree prl naipal goddesses, 
Mmu va and ' onus, all claimed it and the 
s;s ated,ui 
1I1 3 Wok hldes - aud got as mad as they could 
1 ‘rhSpiris !! U t ICmt they agreed 10 leave it to 
met l arts, 01 l Toy to decide; aud Juno promised 
l hn power and riches if he would gl ve It to hm 
Minerva wisdom and skill m arms- and Venus the 
r* '*r ut *“•“» ■" u ‘“ So 
cuiut''Sr t S'i !lpi ’ 1 f W sne w»t wm u ttc 
bSautuw S“- w, “ U,e 10re « Ws 
“Wliat a fiat he must ‘a beenl” sneered will 
contemptuously, while auntie, taking up me bro 
ken threads of her own story, went on - 
“ The Wlx,uged ki °g called to his aid all the other 
Bro iv -1 ,ou n if with bu ruing gokL 
i hacs Cleopatia, of course >» 
UOTUun'ouoSf ^ “ eem, “V Um w, 
r-oypuaii queen,-that ‘serpent, of old Nile’ 
•Uakcpeare calls her; a cruel, wanton, wicked 
vvoman, n spite or all the glamour that Von 
1 nd |JocU J' dave contnved, to throw about her 
tiS!mm UrlDg hC n rH " n ' vas UIldGr Hie control of 
A . ‘-'“una, and after the death of Julius Ciesar 
° c,avl us and J.eplfius detenrfined to dl- 
(1. tne empire between ihem. Taking the East 
as hto share, Antony established himself at \iex 
l)SneI na |S Qm ° I ‘ ed the diuwn to his 
pieronLC. .she came, salltog up the river Cvrimm 
with the greatest magnificence and pomp of bar’ 
S;,!!! ’“r ■ ™ 111,8 SS 
n-miU u muacle 01 richness and beaut y 
m attendante TO dressed to represent 
nerelds, 01 mermaids, and beautiful little boy-, 
representing Cupids fanned and hovered about her 
“*JJr'"T;" “ pou *» aaitoSSS 
J®. hei ' 50lr ’ we ma Jr rest content. I think, with 
Bbakespeare’s charming description 
It i Fur her own nernou, 
11 , 1 hhK '4 hi dci-ciqitum : KhediUIia 
llit, ikuc} oTitwork uiiliiru *’ 
Antony was so completely enamored with the vo¬ 
luptuous queen that he divorced hto own wife — 
who being the sister of o, ta vius, brought the 
>«;-«• Pmverrul c^ r j^ gLS 
-S.\ Ptl-lh, bestowing Konuin provinces upon 
her and acting like a demented man generally! 
In spite of hto infatuation* he seems to have 
feaicd as well as loved her, tor H to told that on 
one Occasion at a banquet, he refused to taste cer- 
S!fi ai *J ieS ’ b, ‘ llevlll » she had arranged to poison 
bm is n“; S® U,ol< ao ii0Uce or his abstinence, 
but a=, the least went on, she snatched, m into! 
chievoiis glee, the garland of roses from her head 
and shaking some ol the petals into her goblet or 
wine, challenged her guests to do Uie same of 
course everyone obeyed. Antony among the res! 
Sr! 1 !] fi 116 1-UlKlng tUe e ,ass ro hto lljis, she 
stopped him, and ordered a slave who walled at 
t.« ,0 q,„ 1o oup lnSKaa , , te m '^“7 « 
r , ^ tuenevara Matted a 
subtle and deadly poison. In this way the wily 
to tmnk nm r? 10 hlin tbat ft ' va ’ s usele ® tor him 
“er lSrete bto .. 0 ”^ "' S mMyt0 a " nlll ’>s »™ 
1 d ’ u pounced her, an made tracks for Rome 
mlfealy sudden,” remarked Will, m his choicest 
tbe Plenitude of hto grace, the Redeemer 
of a !m -!!ro f r ! 8 ' ftt ,° Ur 0U1 d00r ’ lnak, »& choice 
ui sinful hem to as the banqueting hall in 
which he will preside and feast wi'h nT Tliat lie 
should propose to “sup with us,” scemseven more 
wonderful that we should be invited to “sup with 
him. ’ That he should so condescend to share our 
poor provision, our Imperfect sorrows lor the past 
our faint aspirations after higher thtnys.our 
falteitog prayers and promises, our poor aud sin- 
starned services, so as to find joy and complacency 
mthescsihtotoarucasureot grace, the riches of 
which surpass all our comprehension. And, for 
him who so -- overcometh” the deadly fascination 
or un and Satan, as to embrace the divine offer 
'' ljt dignity, u-Jiatglory in the premise, “heshall 
sit with mein my throne!" whai tolieUy can be 
mote exalted, than that assigned to the once 
wietched and miserabie and poor and blind and 
naked. ’ the deeply erring, but now believing and 
contrite soul V’—lten. ir. Finlay 
THE TIGER IN THE SOUL. 
tfii J; 3 f r ’ EiUNfn India cnee raised a tiger cub. 
IDs kindness seem to eradicate the ferocity of its 
nature, and It grew up as a pet. One day Its own! 
er, being alone with it in his library, caressed it 
and gave it bis hand 10 lick. The rough toifgne ot 
the animal grazed hi 3 skin and gave it its nvs t 
Fmv r r:n ; rhej) «» ^out^tvV^z. 
I uiy gleamed from its eyes, and crouching it 
;» c mwy ,0 a pr„ lg „ pm 1M maa „ c K 
^(tely, the gentleman had a loaded pistol on hto 
table, and saved ills life by shooting hto former 
*?SSSLT£ 13 ralle,i aUd Lke P^Penslty to 
sin to linking in every human soul, it may an- 
lu. a bn r ir!!' 3 tC) l)t! d ° a ' 1 ’ 0r d0nnaiu ' P r not to ex- 
mi 'v ,? 1 ' 10 ' 11 01 lem Ptatlon, unless the 
giate of ood interpose, it will spring into life and 
™ be ante MU wlnob tbe evil 
kept down by the tdmighty band of God. A uew 
hope 1 anJ C0D3tant Dlvln& restraint ia the only- 
school-boy slang, while .Madge asked eagerly, 
tinned ° comea next, Aunt Lou?--[T 0 be 
aufl ^fmUrn, 
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CHILDREN’S RUGS. 
I LATELv saw a pretty rug, made by a ten-year- 
0 d girl, of pieces of cloth au inch square from 
ou casuoir^momz, Tte* ploccz s »ozu PI S 
t J r.T 3 UV “! C , sU lng uiUl a Course needle, ar- 
anging taein with several Inches of light or mixed 
colors, with as much of dark, with Sight colors 
“ TTT 01 ll,e llM ' Sm m S wound 
in a circular form and sewed firmly on a piece 01 
coarse cloth. R to better to fine the rug Sth 
straw matting, or similar material, to keep it in 
^ ^ durable and mu!-h 
pretcki than some that I have seen made bv 
o tier and yyiser folks. Besides the children are 
p e r d ? E amused wluJ c making them. Even 
the little boys are delighted to help j PL ia m. w . 
IftijsrfUaneotuef. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR 
BACK I'ROM THE MOUTH OP HELL ” 
„ A ( / one v/w lutr< Oceii t/wi'il* rii iLL, 
BISE o.ntl PALL of THE MOUSTACHE ” 
bu the burtmvtoH iiawkew HumorMT £Lb| 
Snmantha as a P. a and p ■ 
r,., j, . , . tjV Jotnoh A/o-aViiS/i. nCI ■- 
mi U'»‘ ^Ifiuy bookfi out. 
I ci’n'f??'' d'lliw glum.' 
iiartrord:ct:rdmLiko,1ii: lauAiN PUBU8 Uj n<5 go.. 
you can i>ut these UkiIjh 
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