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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AUG. 23 
her words by the uncompromising coolness of her 
manner. And before many minutes they were at 
the old bouse with ibe lion gate, the common¬ 
place little suburban scene tha t Robert Yorke 
would never be able to look at as long as be lived 
without the keenest and most sacred emotion— 
the place where he had so often held Olive’s hand 
in his, and looked down Into her maidenly eyes— 
where he had once kissed her on the lips—but to 
Miss Yorke, an iron gate and nothing more. 
Something in the look of the place struck a chill 
to the Doctor’s heart as he handed Miss Yorke 
from the carriage. .Some melancholy w^sps of 
straw lay round the steps; the windows or the 
parlor—tho beloved dingy parlor—were thrown 
wide open, and lrom one of them a strip of car¬ 
pet was hanging out. An old play-bill was blow¬ 
ing about on the grass, and two meu were carry¬ 
ing away the little hired piano In a van. 
“ I am afraid Miss carew is going away,” he 
said, breaking the grim silence that had lasted 
during tho drive ; •* we are only just In time.” 
“ Going away I” echoed Miss Yorke scornfully. 
“ Not she—she knows when she la wall off, never 
fear 1” 
But when they knocked at the door, they were 
told by Mrs. Allen, who looked a good deal puzzled 
and flurried, that her lodgers were already gone, 
but that a letter had been left lor Doctor Yorke. 
As they were following the little woman Into 
her modest sitting-room, a tall young fellow dressed 
In gray and with a long goiden beard appeared at 
Ohe head of the staircase and descended rapidly 
at sight of them, 
“ Miss Yorke,” he said hurriedly, “ will yon he 
kind enough to corne up-stairs to speak to my 
cousin, Lady Tempest, who is In great anxiety 
about Miss Carew?” 
Lady Tempest —the words Look away Miss 
Yorke s breath—and “ In great anxiety about Miss 
Garewoh, perhaps it was with Lady Tempest's 
son or husband that the actress hj-tfl run away! 
Miss Elizabeth followed Colonel Dacre briskly up¬ 
stairs, sustained by the hope of hearing her own 
worst suspicions about the actress confirmed, and 
of silencing Robert at once and forever on the 
subject of Olive Carew’s wrongs. 
“ Here, Flotsy,” cried Jack Dacre, bursting Into 
the familiar little parlor, which looked strangely 
bare and sad and dismantled, as the Doctor saw 
with a remorseful pang, “ I have brought Miss 
Yorke and her brother, who were Olive's best 
friends at Woolehoster.” 
A pretty little blonde woman in a traveling-dress 
turned round from the window at these word3, and 
ran forward In an eager way. 
“ can you tell me anything of Miss Carew ?” she 
exclaimed Impulsively, seizing both Miss Eliza¬ 
beth's strong hands In hers. “ What has become 
of the poor girl, and why has she run from us all?” 
Miss Elizabeth's face fell. 
“ Wc hoped j our ladyship could explain that 
mystery,” she said, curtseying, and as sweetly as 
her disappointment would permit. 
“I!” echoed Lady Tempest. “I know nothing— 
I can guess nothing. 1 came to Woolehesier last 
night with my cousin, CoLonel Dacre, hoping to 
take Miss Carew home with me to Sllvcrxlale until 
the time for their marriage, and I And that she is 
no longer here. I never was 60 distressed about 
anything in my life 
“No doubt Miss Carew had her^'easons, my 
lady,” suggested Miss Elizabeth, with a happy 
mingling of spite and obsequiousness. 
“ But my cousin sa w her three days ago. What 
can have occurred since ?” 
The two men were talking earnestly together in 
the window, and Lady Tempest, sitting down on 
the horsehair sofa by Miss Yorke’s side, went on 
with pretty earnestness to explain how olive’s en¬ 
gagement to Jack Dacre had been broken off two 
years before by tho girl herself, who had behaved 
very nobly, and how wretched the young man had 
been ever since. 
“And all through me'” the charming blonde 
cried, blushing a Uttle as she raised her blue eyes 
to Miss Elizabeth’s hard smiling face, “ I was not 
so good or so unselfish as Miss Carew or as poor 
old Jack, l did not want to give up the money 
which depended on my marriage with him. I can 
hardly believe it now when I look back—It does 
not seem possible that I can be the heartless 
girl of those days. But,"—the blue eyes sank, and 
Lady Tempest continued under her breath—" I 
had never been in love then, and how could I tell 
what the poor things were suffering?” 
(To be continued.) 
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Blooming Cere ns — Illustrated ; Advantages and 
Disadvantages of the American Novelist, Part I.; 
The Stage-Drivfcr’s Story; What Shall We Drink? 
A Study in Vegetarianism. Poetry : A Very Young 
Phrenologist—illustrated. Editorial items : What 
Is Mind? One of the Blotches on our Civilization ; 
The North-east Passage. Notes in Science and 
Agriculture Origin of Petroleum; Comparative 
Physiology among Different Paces; A Feathered 
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Green-lrouse; Soot vs. Wire-worms; Lumber from 
Straw. Answers to Correspondents: sleeping 
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Character; Presence of Mind; Calculation and 
Analysis; Marriage of tire Paces; seven Wise Men 
of Greece; Defective Organs Compensated ; In¬ 
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of My Notions; Alexander Pope ; Health Reform, 
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Personal I terns—Wisdom—M irth—Library. 
Alexander Pope.—O f all tlie great English wri¬ 
ters Pope seems to us the gr eatest study, lor Into 
his poems are Infused so much of his own strange, 
sensitive individuality. lie was born in London, 
May 21,16SS. He was a puny, sickly child, and In 
the more than .halt a century that he lived, the 
poor, unlovely, (UmiruiUvc and deformed body was 
never free from sickness or malady. He w as a 
great reader and an ardent lover of Spencer, Wal¬ 
ler, and Dryden In bis very childhood ; and very 
early displayed his own talent ror versification, ot 
his earliest poetic attempts the •• ode on Solitude'* 
only remains. Ills first appearance In public as an 
author was on the occasion of the publication of 
his “ Pastorals” when he was twenty-one years 
old, but which were written live years before. 
These were spoken of highly by many of the ablest 
critics of the day. A lire of honor and distinction 
was at once gained by the poet; he w as courted 
by the wealthy, sought out by the wits of that ago, 
and the bitter and caustic sarcasm of his ready 
pen was feared by his literary enemies. 
ms translations of tho two great epic poems of 
antiquity, the Iliad and Odyssey, of themselves 
would have brought him fame, but. they far from 
exhausted the mental powors lie held In re¬ 
serve and which resulted In Uls “ imitations,” 
“ Satires and Epistles,” the “ D unclad'' and moral 
essays. The “ Pape of the Lock” Is somewhere 
charmingly described as the “ most exquisite spe¬ 
cimen of filigree work ever invented; It Is admira¬ 
ble in proportion as It is made of nothing, it is the 
triumph of insignificance, the ftpothcsls of foppery 
and folly. It is tue perfection or the mock-heroic.” 
The plot—If plot It can be said to possess —Is 
founded on a “ trifle light ms a;r,” and none but 
Pope could have thrown around it such a delicate, 
fanciful, rythmical wreath. Lord Petre severs a 
lock of hair, in sport, from the sunny little head of 
Arabella Fermor—a very pretty ami very silly lit¬ 
tle lady, whose dignity was Injured and temper 
fearfully ruffled by such a lawless and daring act; 
results: a feud between the two families, and 
Pope’s good-natured satire, whose delicious non¬ 
sense caused the poem to win public favor at once, 
passing through three editions, a great literary 
success for those days. 
Pope died the 30th of May, 1744, but his name 
and works will ever live, and England may well 
prize the poet u T ho from so humble circumstances 
as the son ol’ a linen draper, rose to so high and 
well-deserved a distinction. 
There are few poets so widely quoted from In lit¬ 
erature and conversation, as Pope ; and many terse 
sentences, familiar as household words, we find in 
his works, and In closing this fragmentary sketch 
of our author we will give a few. as possibly many 
may not be aware from whence these old friends 
dated their nativity. 
In his masterly essay on criticism we have: 
“ Pride, tlie never-falling vice or fools.” 
“ A Uttle learning Is a dangerous thing,” and, 
“ To err is human, to forgive divine.” 
By him we are introduced to the Hon. Mr. “ Lo, 
the poor Indian,” and from his works, too, we oft 
hear quoted: 
“ Beauty draws us with a single hair.” 
“ Whatever Is, Is right,” 
“ The proper study ot mankind Is man.” 
“ Order Is heaven’s first law.” 
“ An ttonest man's the noblest work of God.” 
“ Just as the twig Is bent the tree's Inclined.” 
“ The feast ot reason and the flow of soul.” 
“Honor and fame from no conditions rise ; 
“ Act well your part, there all the honor lies.” 
[Phrenological Journal foe August. 
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child and giving It energy and character; but the 
mother does this, and rarely would u child born of 
such a union be well developed physically, or pos¬ 
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The average stature, of man Is about three Inches 
greater than that of woman, and in the physiologi¬ 
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be avoided. A very tall man should not many a 
very short woman, a very large man should not 
marry a very slight woman. The man should 
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woman should possess more expanded hips than 
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welfare of the children. 
Although women, as a rule, do not contribute so 
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The strongest children arc born of mothers who 
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Tho age at which a physiological marriage should 
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Very youug marriages are decidedly unphyelo- 
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There is no better test of a new system or scheme 
of life than its relation to Christian marriage. If 
It tampers with that it is always bad, and can by 
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place for love, and enter into a determined and 
organized fight with tho God or Nature, who, by 
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U-good for nothing if it la not good universally, 
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USEFUL HINTS. 
The Influence ok Gaslight Upon the Eve.— 
The German Minister of Instruction has recently 
Issued a report on the influence of gaslight on the 
eye. The conclusion arrived at In this report— 
the result of frequent conferences with well-known 
physicians—is that no evil results follow a mod¬ 
erate use of gas, If the direct action or the yellow 
flame on the eye Is prevented. For this purpose 
screens or shades aro employed. Very grave ob¬ 
jections, however, exist to the use of zinc or lead 
shades, most evils affecting the eye being tracea¬ 
ble to them. Their use, It Is said, inevitably tends 
to blindness or Inflammation, and other harmful 
effects. The mllky-whlte glass shade Is the best, 
as It. distributes the light, and has a grateful effect 
on the eye. The burner should not be too close to 
the head, as congestions of the forehead and head¬ 
aches result from the radiated heat. The glass 
plate below tho gas, employed In some places, Is 
especially useful for the purpose, as It causes an 
equal distribution of light, — necessary where a 
number are working at one burner,—prevents tbe 
radiation of heat, and tends to a steady Illumina¬ 
tion by shielding the flames from the currents of 
air. In cases of highly inflamed eyes, dark-hlue 
globes can be very beneficially employed. With 
precautions ol this kind, no evil effects from the 
burning of gas can be feared .—Gaston journal of 
Chemistry. 
A Cottage Watek-Fh.ter.— Those who cannot 
afford to buy a filter may easily make one. Stuff 
a piece ot sponge In the hole of a flower-pot, place 
above this a layer of pebbles, then a layer of coarse 
sand, and above this a layer of pounded charcoal 
three or four Inches lu depth. Another layer of 
pebbles should be placed above the charcoal to 
prevent It from being stirred up when the water is 
poured In. The contents or the flower-pot should 
be occasionally renewed. But by a small addition 
to this a cottage filter may be made, which, for 
practical use, Is quite equal to the most expensive 
filter or corresponding size. It consists of two 
flower-pots, one above tlie other, the lower one 
fitted with a sponge and filtering layers above de¬ 
scribed, and the tipper one with a sponge only. 
The upper pot should be the largest, and If the 
lower one Is strong the upper oue tnay stand on It, 
or a piece of wood with a hole to receive tho upper 
pot may rest on the brim ot the lower one. The 
two pots thus arranged arc placed upon a three- 
legged stool with a hole in It, through which the 
projecting part of the lower sponge passes, and 
tho water drops Into a Jug pbiced below. The up¬ 
per pot serves as a reservoir, and the sponge stops 
tlie coarser impurities, and thus the filtering layers 
of the lower one may be used for two or three 
years without being renewed If the upper sponge 
be occasionally cleaned. Care must be taken to 
wedge in the upper sponge lightly enough to pre¬ 
vent the water passing through the upper pot 
more rapidly than it can filter through the lower 
on e.—Leisure Hour. 
Relief for Burning Feet,—To relieve bur nin g 
feet, first discard tight boots; then take one pint 
bran arid one ounce bl-carbonatc of soda, put in a 
foot bath, add one gallon of hot water; when cod 
enough, soak your feet in this mixture for fifteen 
minutes. The relief Is Instantaneous. This mutt 
be repeated every night, for a week or perhaps 
more. The bran and bl-carbonate should be* made 
fresh after a week's use. Bl-carbonate ol' soda can 
be purchased for a small price per pound from 
wholesale druggists. The burning sensation Is 
produced by the pores of the slclu being closed, so 
that the feet do not perspire. 
To Prevent the Hair Falling Out.— Tho com¬ 
mon application, In Oriental countries, is the 
bruised bulbs of the ASplwdetus bulbosus, garlic or 
onions, mixed with gunpowder. An infusion of 
the small leaves of tho orange or lemon tree in red 
wine, containing twenty grains of tannin per litre, 
haB also proved serviceable. 
Jfor ©lotitnt. 
CONDU3TED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
RETROSPECTION. 
BV“ BOHEMIAN DASH.” 
A rose, a leaf, two broken rings— 
Mama, why keep these worn old things? 
A lock of hair, a picture—see 1 
Can all these things come play with me ? 
A piece of whip, an old kid glove; 
A card, with “ love," " love.” 
A picture with blue eyeB is here, 
And two hearts on it—oh, so near ! 
And here’s some violets stowed away; 
Please may I play with those to-day ? 
I wonder if you moan to keep 
These queer old things In here asleep! 
No, no, my babe, my dark-eyed pet, 
You must not touch these trifles—yet. 
The leaf, and rose, and other things, 
I’ve kept with thoughts kind memory brings. 
That picture, with the eyes of blue, 
Once loved Mama—if sighs be true. 
Tho violets hide a thought of homo— 
Ho let the tiny things alone ! 
I could not, darling, give you these 
Old broken rings nor withered loaves. 
A token bright they aro for me. 
Of l riends now far beyond tho sea. 
The baby-face looked Into mine, 
Aud said: " I'll jilau with these some other time." 
t New Orleans Times. 
—-♦♦♦- 
“ HOME PK0TE0TI0N," 
An Argument for Woman’s Temperance 
Ballot. 
BY FRANCES E. WILLARD, 
PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS IV. C. T. U. 
WOMEN DO NOT WISH TO VOTE. 
“ But women do not want to vote,” This Is tho 
last ditch of the conservatives. The evolution of 
temperance sentiment among women hitherto con¬ 
servative refutes this argument; yet 1 confess 
