m 
pairing for fljr gating. 
OUR PREMIUM NO. 91 
Is peculiarly adapted for the hoys. Of late these 
sa.ws have grown Into the widest popularity, and 
Justly, as their use supplies no end of healthful 
amusement and gives scope to the mechanical 
Instincts with which every boy is. to a greater or 
less extent, endowed. We think every hoy will 
like this premium, and for this rea-on select It 
from among our long list for a brief description. 
All of the working parks are of Iron and steel In¬ 
cluding the strong, compact frame. The table on 
which the work Is done tuts at various angles, 
giving greater scope for manipulating to advan¬ 
tage delicate or Intricate deslgus. The treadles 
work very ireely aud smoothly, giving a very rapid 
motion to the saw-arm. Everything requisite to 
operate It Is sent, with the saw, and It will he 
fouud on inspection to be a very One tool. Its 
price is f3, hut we shall be pleased to send It as a 
present to any young Rurallst who sends us live 
subscriptions at $2 each. One of the pleasant facts 
Incidental to the possession of a scroll saw Is, that 
in addition to Its being a means or amusement, It 
Is also susceptible of being turned to protit—a lad 
:Sklllfui at sawing out ornamental designs for 
brackets, etc., can always turn his labor into 
money. 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Letter from Hawaii IVet 
The real,original IJawall Met has written a letter 
to her Rural uncles and cousins. So long had she 
bees silent that her existence had almost become 
a myth, and conjectures were freely made ou all 
sides that there was no such person; but now that 
doubt is forever banished. Hawaii Net is a real 
person, and Is as sprightly a little niece as any 
uncle can wish for. In a private letter to Uncle 
Mark she expresses her desire to become a mem¬ 
ber of the Horticultural Club, to which privilege 
she, of course, Is very welcome. Hut. he eoufldeu- 
tlally asserts that he experienced just the least 
little touch of jealousy when he found Inclosed 
the autographs of the King and Queen of the 
Hawaiian Islands, which she requasted him to 
deliver to Uncle True, with her compliments. 
Uncle True was delighted, aud felt highly pleased 
at this assurance that hH little niece, from whom 
he had heard nothing In a long time, still so kindly 
remembered him. Uncle Mark's jealousy soon 
disappeared, however, on reading that she also 
would try to procure him the aulographs (for 
which favor he would be truly grateful), and fur¬ 
thermore, (Hiding a map of the Hawaiian Islands 
aud a number of very pretty fern leaves for him¬ 
self, objects which he shall henceforth class among 
his most precious keepsakes. In the same letter 
she says: “In one of the back numbers of the 
Hint At some one speaks ot preserving the paper. 
I have preserved mine ever since we first took it, 
In 1374, and now have It bound up to 1873. 1 would 
not part with the Rural, for there Is so much good 
reading In It . of all the papers and magazines I 
have read, the Hub At Is my favorite." 
Here Is her teller to the cousins: 
Dear Uncles and Cousins:—How do you do, 
one and all I 1 am happy to meet you once more. 
Do not think, because neglected so long, that I 
have lorgolten you; far from It. As soon as a 
mail arrives, alter the perusal of my letters, 1 look 
for the Rural, and Uncles True and .Mark, as well 
as the cousins’ letters, are all ot great Interest to 
me; nor must I omit the stories—these, too, I enjoy 
exceedingly. 
Do not look so astoulshed at ray laughing—I can¬ 
not help It -to think that some have expressed 
doubts as to my being a Sandwich Islander; and 
yet I sigh to think It Is the way of the world. 
People are like Thomas, who disbelieved that the 
Savior had risen from the dead (some people, I 
should sayj. Seeing Is believing. 
Cousin Lenora, I am, In very truth, a native of 
“ Hawaii Nel,” born In Honolulu, the capital; my 
parents are foreigners. As to my being a "mis¬ 
sionary’s daughter," I reply In the negative, at 
least not In the sense you put it, but I hope and 
believe that I am a “missionary of Christ," “a 
soldier or the Cross." 
Thank you, Cousin Ivy, for speaking In my favor, 
and for your nice, long letter. 1 hope to hear from 
you again soon. In speaking of rowing, 1 would 
like you to be with us some moonlight night, when, 
In a little sali-boat, the “ Pumpkin Seed," we sail 
out of the harbor, some three miles along the coral 
reef. It is Just splendid 1 
Hush! Perhaps I can tell you something that 
will Interest you, namely, a visit to the King’s 
palace. A friend of mine was desirous to procure 
his Majesty's autograph. At Emma Square, one 
Saturday afternoon, listening to the band, I saw 
the King. Being well acquainted with him, I 
asked if he would grant me a favor, said favor 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. NOV. §2 
being permission for a friend and myself to visit 
his Majesty, In order to procure his autograph. 
The answer 1 received was, "Certainly, 1 will 
grant you any favor you ask.” 
Monday, Sept 15, at noon, we would be received. 
At the time appointed we w'ere at the palace gates, 
which were opened by a soldier; another showed 
us to the King’s private parlor; a servant an¬ 
nounced our coming; his Majesty came forward. 
After presenting my friend, he shook hands with 
us and asked us to be seated. Alter the weather, 
etc, had been discussed, the King wrote on our 
albums, also ou slips of paper; these latter were 
lor us to send to relatives and friends. We were 
pleasantly entertained for an hour, talking upon 
various subjects—one was his (the King’s) visit to 
the States. He made the remark that every little 
village they passed through, before refreshments 
could be partaken of, he was besieged for his auto¬ 
graph. My friend asked if It did not become 
monotonous, to which he answered, "No; it was 
rather amusing.’ 1 Soon after we took our leave, 
thanking his Majesty for his kindness. 
Uncle Mark, will you put my name to the already 
long list of the members of the Horticultural Club? 
Since last 1 wrote, we have moved to a new home 
of our own, pleasantly situated on the outskirts 
of the city; attached to It Is an acre of ground. 
Being very rond ot gardening, I am trying to make 
a pretty garden. Roses are my favorites; I have 
quite a number planted. My stephanotls. as well 
as my fernery, are In a nourishing condition; be¬ 
sides, I have planted Heliotrope, Pinks, Sweet 
William, Mint, Myrtle, Geranium, several kinds ot 
Lilies, English ivy, two kinds of Ginger (native 
aud foreign), both having sweet and pretty dowers. 
Here we have perpetual summer all the year 
round; no frost or snow to kill or hide the pretty 
flowers. As for fruit trees, we have the Mango, 
uuava. Rose-apple, Breadfruit, Banana, and sev¬ 
eral others, names unknown lo me. 
Mamma started a vegetable garden. The pump¬ 
kins, cucumbers and sweet potatoes do nicely, but 
the peas aud beans are a rallure. There seems to 
be- something, close to the ground, eating the 
stalks; we think it la a cut-worm; perhaps Uhole 
Mark can tell of something to kill tills lnseot. 
My! but I must draw to a close, and leave what 
else I liave to say for another time. Hoping that 
the biesslng of health Is enjoyed by yon all, uncles 
and cousins, I bid you "Adieu” with “Aloha nul.” 
Honolulu, Sept. 29. Hawaii Nei. 
A New Cousin Who Knows How to Raise lflg 
Radishes. 
Dear Uncle Mark :— I guess I am not too old 
to join your Horticultural Club. I know I am not 
too old lobe Interested In It, and the tellers from 
the cousins, and so would request you to put my 
name on your list. 
l am a young farmer of the “Great Plains." 
and am going to pay considerable attention to 
gardening the coming season. Did not do much 
at it the past season, but 1 must tell you of some 
radishes l raised. They were of the California 
Winter variety, and were planted on the 7lh day 
of July, on new ground, without any manure 
or cultivation whatever; and on the 23rd. or Oc¬ 
tober l pulled a couple. One weighed three and 
a hair pounds, aud measured one foot In length 
and is Inches around, and was crisp and teuder 
throughout; the other weighed three and three- 
quarter poauds and measured 14 Inches in length 
aud 15 inches around. I saved It for seed and so 
cannot say whether It Ls crisp or not. Next sea¬ 
son I am going to try and raise a ten pounder aud 
still be teuder. 
I have heard of plantlug watermelons ou pieces 
or sud in Lhe house, early in the spring, and trans¬ 
planting them to the open ground when danger 
worn frost Is over; do you think this would 
forward the melons enough to have ripe melons 
a week or two earlier than planted In the ordinary 
way. |.Yes, It judlously managed.—U. M.j oh 
dear, 1 have so many things to teU you about and 
questions lo ask but there that boy comes with 
the empty waste basket, and it is hungry, so with 
best wishes to you aud the cousins, 1 bid you 
good-bye for the present. Your nephew. 
Kearney, Neb. Prairie Rambler. 
Letter from a Veteran UortieulturUt. 
Uncle Mark:— Good morning. Here 1 am again 
to chat wlih your Horticultural Club aud tell how 
1 have done with our rail work In the llower gar¬ 
den. 1 have just finished planting out hardy bulbs, 
such as Tulips, Snowdrops, Crocuses, Hyacinths, 
Lilies, aiul many others too numerous to mention. 
All do well, but Hyacinths and Crocuses to use 
the common phrase “ run out" In a year or two. 
Tulips are so pretty that every cousin should plant 
at least one dozen to get acquainted with them. 
My Lilies Increase In size and number very fast, 
one bulb two years old weighed two pounds. It is 
Lancifoliutn ettOrum. 1 have given my tender 
Hones some protection until severe cold weather 
comes, then 1 intend to bend them down to the 
ground and cover with earth. Most failures at¬ 
tending this method are caused by taking them up 
too soon. Tteday 1 re-set our “Rural," Ywxa 
Jllamentosa which I received two years ago. It 
has Increased two-fold. Such success is the desire 
of the Rural’s Managing Editor, to whom 1 am 
under many obligations. Dear Uncle, you will find 
Inclosed seeds of Celosla cristata variegata for 
you to distribute to your young relatives of the 
club, as you tblnk best. I know that all who give 
them a trial wlU be pleased with them, as the 
combs were really beautifully variegated, l re¬ 
ceived some variegated seed from .li. 8. c„ a tew 
years ago, which he said was not very reliable, but 
1 have succeeded In getting good variegated plants 
and have Improved them to some extent. Pearlug 
that I may be Intruding upon your valuable time, 
1 will close for the present. J. W. Ma fob. 
Holt Co., Mo. 
Uncle Mark : —I was quite delighted to see my 
letter In the Rural, and I wUl write again 
telling you how nicely my plants are grow¬ 
ing. Nearly all of them are potted for the win¬ 
ter, and my grandpapa made me a nice window 
garden, which takes nearly all of my small plants. 
I would like to see Eva M. Dawson’s collection of 
Coleus and all of her plants, too. Uncle Mark, 1 
thank you ever so much for those seeds you sent. 
The Acme tomato seeds you sent papa grew aud 
were splendid, a great deal better than our old 
kind. The Hollyhock were aU that came up. How 
do you start Pansy and Verbena seeds for the 
garden ? 1 never could have any luck lu raising 
them. 1 think all the cousins should Join with me 
In wishing that you would send us your photo¬ 
graph for a Christmas present. I won’t write a ny 
more or you will never want to hear from me 
again. Tours, Clara. 
Wbltestown, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
[Pansy seed will grow very nicely In the open 
ground. Verbena seed will do best If sown In a 
pot or box early In the spring ln-doors.—U. M.J 
Dear Uncle Mark:— Good morning. I come again. 
Not having written lu some time, I thought 1 would 
write a few lines to you. Please enter my name on 
your Horticultural Club list if you have not done 
so. I wrote and said I would like to Join It. I never 
received anything and mamma says you did not 
accept me as a member. We have not very many 
ilowers aud but few vegetables. 1 like flowers 
real well, but don’t care much about vegetables. 
I think the cousins ought to write somethingfunny 
sometimes, and I do want to ask where all our 
old cousins are, If anyone knows I want them to 
say so. Perhaps some have quit taking the Rural, 
and some have married and got Other things lo 
lend to, and oh, perhaps some are dead; that ls 
not funny. I hope this letter will Interest the 
cousins. I never thought, yet that 1 interested 
them and If there Is anything they don’t like I 
want them to criticise me good. Ludik Fleming. 
Griffin, Spalding Co., Ga, 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I wish to become a mem¬ 
ber of the Horticultural Club. I have two flower 
beds In the yard which have been a great pleasure 
to me and my little sisters all summer, and when I 
think that, the frost will soon kill them it makes 
me feel sad. My papa has bought a farm lu Nodo- 
way Co., aud we expect to move there In a few 
months. The morning the Post Master brought, us 
the Beauty ot llebron potato we took a hearty 
laugh at the Idea of raising anything from a single 
potato, but pupa cut It In five pieces and sent It to 
the farm, and we have eight quarts which we shall 
keep for seed. Papa says he expeets to raise a 
quite a crop from them next year. 11 e did not get 
any of the Blount corn he reads so much about, 
but hopes to get some next spring. I am ten years 
of age. Yours respectfully, 
St. Joseph. Mo. Lulu Pooler Nicuol. 
HIDDEN FRUITS. 
1. Miss Loella ls married. 
2. Rema z arduously labored. 
3. Tell me how Uort Leber 1 R yelled. 
4. Do call nurse, Della. 
o. on Tampa bay, Herr Yorston lives. 
G. lias haddock a pleasant taste ? 
7. Let cousin Annie be Pie—Rye crop ls In, so 
let her stay. 
s. My dear Herman, Gu3 Teener called to see 
you. 
9. As to the check erberr, you’ll have to give it 
to me. 
10. A bottle of musk me longs to smell. 
11. Help the cidar mull. Berry, please. 
12 . Dear Soguln, cedar Is an evergreen. 
13. Remuu meets his fate. 
14. This wine is sour, Hophla 1 
15. While getting more sap, Adll ladled off the 
the sugar. 
1C. He held Krbec It yesterday. 
17. Adam's on the jury. 
IS. With ex-president Polk berryl gems were a 
hobby. 
19. You must have the pip.—Pine-gum ls a 
remedy. 
90. The bruise Is black and blue, Berry. 
21 . At Leucra, Bapple said good-bye! 
22 . Don't call Gen Cass a valr, man.' 
23 . Coal is a shining black, Berryllo. 
24. Mrs. Atchlck amo-yams are very nice. 
Zdr Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
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DIAGONAL PUZZLE. 
l. A consonant; 2. A French pronoun; 3. A sort 
of nose; 4. Lazy; 5. A stream of water: Frlmals 
and diagonals for two animals. 
WAmswer In two weeks. l. o. 
A PYRAMID PUZZLE. 
A consonant; Likewise; The noise of a slieep; 
To respire. Centrals form an insect. 
Answer In two weeks. o. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Nov. 8. 
Hidden Female Titles.— I. CouuteBs; 2. Lady; 3. 
Madam; 4. Miss; 5. Buruauaa; 0. Princess; 7. Mar¬ 
chioness; M. Duchess; 9. Empress. 
Anagram: 
Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing. 
Onward through life lie goes; 
Each morning sees some task begin. 
Each uiorniug bobs its close. 
Diagonal Puzzle: 
B 
A A 
M a N 
B r a Y 
O m a h A 
O p t i o N 
Prinials form “ Bambo." 
Diagonals form “ Banyan.” 
Half Square: 
CIDER 
I T E M 
DEN 
E M 
R 
Drop Letter Puzzle,—" Thou shalt not steal." 
alilratj] |lfnirtng. 
WHAT I LIVE FOR. 
I live for those who love me, 
For those whose hearts arc true, 
For the Heaven that smiles above me, 
And awaits my spirits, too ; 
For all human ties that bind me. 
For the task my God assigned me 
For the bright hopes left behind me. 
And the good that f can do. 
I live to learn their story, 
Who've suffered for my sake, 
To emulate their glory, 
And follow in their wake ; 
Bards, martyrs, patriots, sages. 
The noble of all ages. 
Whose deeds crown history’s pages, 
And time's great volume make. 
I live to hold communion 
With all that i9 divine, 
To feel that there is union 
’Twixt Nature’s heart and mine, 
To profit by affliction. 
Reap truth from Holds of fiction, 
Grow wiser from conviction— 
Fulfilling God’s design. 
I live for those that love me. 
For those whose hearts are true. 
For the heav en that smiles above me 
And awaits my spirit, too ; 
For the wrongs that need resistance, 
For the cause that needs assistance. 
For the future in the distance. 
And the good that t cau do. 
DR. ADAMS’S REMARKS 
At The Funeral of Cen. Hooker. 
“ llow rapid the passage of events In the grand 
drama of human history ! It seems but yesterday 
that the whole nation was convulsed In strange 
and terrible strife. Now the war has ended. The 
thunder of cannon has been exchanged for the 
hum or Industry and the arts ot peace. Ilow 
many In those days of tumult, clamor aud blood¬ 
shed have passed away from the sight of man 1 
Soldiers who survived the shock of arms, as they 
hurled their columns hither and thither, have, one 
after another, lu rapid succession, fallen before 
the common enemy—Death. 
“The lesson ot these facts Is briefly summed. 
Men die, but the Kingdom ot God In the world sur¬ 
vives and advances. One generation passeth away, 
and another comoch; but the. eternal puvposes ot 
God are forever untoldlng In more of design, order 
and harmony. Citizens, public and private, follow 
each other to the tomb, but the country never 
dies; and that kingdom which ls righteousness, 
Joy and peace will continue to flourish so long us 
the sun and the moon endure. More than two 
hundred years ago, John Hampden, In a charge of 
cavalry, fell on the neck of Ills fatthrul horse, and 
was borne from the field to die. Hut the ‘ good 
old cause ’ lor which he prayed and shed his blood 
has never receded, Ou. advanced, and Is advanc¬ 
ing more and more throughout the world. 
“ Is It not a timely question, Lu lids presence, 
what, is (he true value of life ? we attach great 
Importance to life, and it. ls the Christian believer 
who values It mast highly. And why ? To attain 
fame? But what Is fame, if it be not the echo or 
pcrsoual worth ? To acquire great, wealth ? Hut 
what la wealth, since the rich man and the poor 
can take nothing with them out of lhe world. 
Greatness? What in greatness? Jesus Christ has 
answered the question, correcting the raise con¬ 
ceptions or all mankind, In all ages. Not to covet 
authority, not self-aggrandisement, but a dispo¬ 
sition like ills own. to serve, to minister to the 
welfare of others, to do our duty' falthtully as Ills 
servants and disciples—In short, tc be personally 
attached to 1 lls kingdom, and so share In Its bles¬ 
sedness, and glory and Immortality. It ls the ar¬ 
canum ot Divine Providence to make even the 
wrath of man to praise him, causing the Involun¬ 
tary agony of mau to contribute to his own deslgus. 
“Hut this Is the true value, the dignity, the 
honor of human life, of our own choice and pur¬ 
pose to be Identified with that kingdom of the 
Redeemer which gives to time all its Importance 
and to eternity all Its glory. Two kinds of life 
enter Into our present personality. Two births, 
which are contrasted In the Holy scriptures, by 
the one we enter luto this present life, and this life 
ls transient. • For all flesh is grass aud all lhe 
glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass 
wlthereth and the flower thereof falleth away.’ 
Hut. there ls another life contrasted with this. 
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of 
Incorruptible, by the Word of God, which llveth 
and abldeth./bmv/'. And this ls the Word which 
by the gospel ls preached unto us. 
“ We havo our excitements and agitations now, 
and such there will be lor a long time, lu the midst 
of such violent agitations, death Intrudes upon the 
scene, waves his skeleton arm, and the statesman, 
the politician, the soldier, disappears, as If to leach 
us all of how little Importance is the Individual 
man when compared with the destiny of nations 
and the ascending and brightening changes of the 
world. 
“ Leaving It for his comrades m arms and ills 
associates at Other limes and In ot her places Lo re- 
lieai’ae the exploits of the soldier now lying on this 
bier wrapped In the dug of his eouutry, it is for me 
in this presence and at this hour only to preach 
that Gospel which Insures to us all honor, glory 
and Immortality, uonld those lips l hat once 
shouted comma uds on the field of battle break the 
silence to whtch they aro now Healed, and address 
us words or counsel, what wiser thing could they 
utter ihau that we should be well and wisely pre¬ 
pared for the great, event, which befalls all ? 
“Soldiers, bravo and true, honored of your 
country, honored beyond all which can be expressed 
by funeral signs, the Hags at half-mast, the minute 
gun, the muiuou arum, me monumeutai urn, hear, 
hear this word, not or man but or ooj, ringing out 
clearer aud louder than any' bugle blast—‘The 
sting of death Is sin. Behold the Lamb of God 
which lukelli away the sin or the world.’ • Thanks 
be unto God whtch glvcth us the victory through 
our Lord Jesus Christ,’ ” 
