BOOKS FOE RURALISTS AND OTHERS 
CPECIMEN COPIES SENT GRATIS! THE 
n cuoap'^t. and best t liild'H Magazine Is Tiik Littlk Pil- 
oitist, edited by Grace Gr-.enwooa, the best, writer lor chil¬ 
dren in America. Only ?5 cents a year. Write for a speci¬ 
men and Judge for yourself- Address L. K. LIPPLNCOTT, 
319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa- 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
Tran following works on AGRICULTURE., HORTICUIr 
TtTBE, &o., may be obtained at the Office of the RE RA L 
NEW-YORKER. We can also furnish other Books on 
RURAL AFFAIRS, Issued by American publishers, at tho 
usual retail prices —and shall add new works as published. 
Altai*’* Am. t srm Wool., *| ( 60[>1riyhi**r'i, Acooimt Book* (03 go 
Do. of Dorn,-.tic Anlmnl* 1,0S with tha hImiyp,).1,90 
Amoriciui Bird Fiuuirr- . ye I >o. Key (to go wiih above,)..... SO 
Amorlcnn Pomology (220 flliMtm Mil,. uu Horto’i troot(clotn).*,. 76 
Homo..8,00 Min Racolpt Rook.1,60 
Am. Sharp Slmutor (Tnliwopta Modvfn Cookurv, by MU* Acton 
Rldo)... to; and Moi 8 J Hnli.1,60 
American RiavCnlUrUt.. ..... to MtmmmuiLcl D**lfit*, I6y ptatea 
Am WttwU and Efiwful Plnnta-,.,1,7s uid <!,—IYIJ1 . .10,00 
Annual Kcghtar of Rural Affw’n VattT..'! Poo Boot . 35 
(120 Kngravlnga)............. 50 Aurtou’a fttamtwU, Sctantitic Ag- 
ArchUoctur* (Cuu.inlagu A Miller) n iltur,... T§ 
382 daalgm wd 1U Ilia.10,00 Onion tbilmra. JO 
Barry’s Fruit Oardon.1,60 Our Farm of Four Acrua. 80 
Beautiful tamrml Plant* (London Parror.. oo lb* Uowi.1,95 
Edittcu) SO colored 11U ........9,(Hi PuddorV Land Mctunro......... 80 
Boment’a Ponltoror'a Companion Phantom riim*™ ., ..1,50 
120 ftluutrulionr. .. .......9,00 Practical and Brluntific Fruit Cul- 
BlackRaaphurry Culturu. S3 luru (Bakir'i . <,0« 
Browne’n Ptald Book of M»narw.l,vj Practical Shcpb.rri, 1't.in.tall-....2,00 
Brack’s Bo-.k of Flower* (now) ..1,75 Qulrnt.y'i Myitarl. • of B.„-Kwp- 
BuUt’a Floirur Crur Irn...l,{»| lug...1,50 
Carpenter*' Hand It...A (our).... 76 (loliu ..11 S.ilLlur Cattle ........1,25 
Colo’s American Fruit Book..... tfi ItahMt Fancior ...... 30 
Colo’s AniMTluiti Veterinarian,.. TS 1 Randnll'a Plan Word rlusbaudry.t.OO 
Copeland'* Country Llta, 926 pp. Du. Shoup Huahamlrv In the South 1,50 
»0 •namvioc . ..5,00 RldiunUouon tha tVig.. 80 
Cultivation of Natira IJrap-i ana River. Mlnatnro Fruit ’C.rdyr... 1,00 
Manufacture of Am. Winn.. ..1,59 Rogan' Svtan’.llk Arrlcu iluro.... 1,00 
Dana’s Mock Manna) ....1,25 Rural Homw (Wbavtar).1,60 
Dadd’s Modem Honul Doctor... .1,50 Sanndcm on Poultry Mllnstrntod,) 60 
Do. Am-rluui Cuttta Doctor ... ..1,60 ] Srlimick’* Hardener- Text-Book.. 75 
Domestic Poultry Book, with over ; Scribner-'* Producs Table*. 80 
100 Illustrations. .. 50, Do. Ready Reckoner and Cog 
Downing’s C'nttug- Rt-ldsorea.. .5,30 r Book.. ,.. 80 
Eastwood's Cranberry Culture... 15'Silver', new Poultry Book (70 II- 
Everybody hie own I.awyor.l,3t lu»tr«tlon»). 50 
Farm Drainage, by M F French. .1,60 Otewart's (Johol Btablu Book. ...1,60 
Field’s I'vur Culture.,.. 1,95jTito American House Carpenter 
Flint oil Qr*Mw .9,601 (Hattleld's).....3,50 
Fruit Trees of America,. .......1,80 Tke Hsnt Yard, a Marumi.....1,00 
Fuller's Illustrated Strawberry Thy Boston Macldnlrl (Fllsicurald) 76 
Cultnrlst... 90 Thy Furm, with UlnatruUoin_1,00 
Do. Forest Tr»u Culltirlnl... .1,60 The Fruits and Fruit Trees of 
Do. Small Fruit* (beautifully [1- America (Downing). ...8,00 
lustra ted).....1,80 The Harden, a Manual.1,00 
Gardening for Prnlil... ... 1,60'The House with Original Plans ..1,60 
Grape Culturl t, by A B Fuller . 1^50 ,The farmer’s Journal and Ac- 
Gnsnonon Mllrli Cnwt 76 count Book.41, J9, $3,60 
Herbert's Hint* to llor,M-Keepers1,76iThoiuas’ Atu. Frnlt Coltunst(480 
Holley'* Art of Saw Filing. 73 lllmtratlons,).8,00 
Hop Culture - ...... . ..... 40 ,Ten Acres Enough —-- .....1,50 
Hooper's Din: ami Gan....,..... 30 ’* dl'i Young Fanner,,’ Manual 
Indian Corn , Its Value, Culture and Work Shop.1,50 
rind Uses ... .1,76 VeutUnlinn n Am. Dwellings....1.60 
Johmtoo’s Ac’I Ctumilslry .... 1,75 Wor-tar’i Hedges aud Kvergreeno 1,60 
Do. ElumuaU Ag’l Chemistry...,1,25 Wax Flower*, bow to make them 1,60 
Kompo’ Landnapo Uurdontng-...2,00! Wwleru Frull QrowstV Guide.-.1,60 
Langstroth on thn Hire snd Woodward’s Graperies and Hor- 
Honey Biw.5,On tlcultnral Building*.1,60 
Ifettera on Modern A grkalLUru... 1,00 1 T>o. Conn try Homos.....1,60 
l.leblg'i gr-s! work on Agrtcultara'1,60 Do. Rural Arcldtecturs.1,00 
Do. Agricultural Chemistry.1,00 Wool Grower and Stock register, 
Manual of Agriculture, by Emsr- Volt, 1, 2, 6, 8,Msch. 88 
eon and Flint...,.1,56 Young Houseliusrper’l and Dairy 
Manualon i'lnxnnd HompCulture 26 Muld’e Directoy. 10 
Manual of Tobacco Culture...,, 60 Youmnn's Hand Book Household 
Mayhew'r Practical Book-Keep- Sclenco .. 2,00 
tag (Single and Double Entry,) OojYoumun’s New Chemistry.9,00 
tar Mnogli* A Ms nice s A urn irrmi ►—Containing Elevations and 
Plans of Dwelling Honeys, School Houses, Churches, As- Price, 410, 
X3T Ttra PnscnciL Sisin Bt-n.nsR—Coulalnlng SO original Plates, 
giving a complete Treatise on tbs Art of Building Stein and Hand-Rails. 
Price, 410, Leeds VeotUatlon, with Illustrations, |V. 
t3T Any of the above named works will be forwarded by 
mall, poHt-pald, on receipt of the price specllled. 
Address D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
Potash forma an important office in vegetation- lu 
many plants it constitutes more than half of their ash, 
and iu most fully one-third. 
The advantages of a deep and fine pulverization of the 
60il are indicated hy the depth to which carrots, beets 
and clover room penetrate it 
A vstbhinart surgeon of Eexineton, Ky., says that 
bleeding horsoa afllicfed with the distemper is a most ab¬ 
surd practice and to be avoided accordingly. 
Tub Davidson Co. (Tenn.i Agricultural Society have 
Harper'? Periodicals— Harper k Brothers. 
Perlurmitie Animals—Jesse Haney & Co. 
The New 1 ork Ledger—Room Bonner. 
The New York Weekly Tribune. 
Aarents wanted—Zcigler, McCurdy & Co. 
Galvanic Action on the Brain. 
The Automatic Clothe* 5V usher and Boiler. 
ZOjuOO Sold tv ah sr Hop & Co. 
Just Published—E W Hitchcock. 
Specimen Copies sent Grans—L K Llppincott. 
A National Poultry Exhibition- Jos M Wade. 
A'derncy Bulls for Sale— w W G bson. 
Wante 1.3) Yonnc Me n -Aberne hy & Sherman. 
New and Novel Process—J SO’ithmayd. 
Agents Wanted—Mamns L Byrn. 
50o Farmer? Wanted—F M Canfield. 
Feed Cutters—peekskiII Plow Works. 
Important to those wishing to own a Good Farm—W H 
Watson. _ 
Wanted, a Carpenter or Cabinet Maker—H F Brown. 
Earlv Rose Potato-.*—Dudley ft Morrell. 
Holloway's Pills. 
Pianos, M Clod con? and Orgau8 Cheap—A M Williams. 
160 per Mouth—J C Tilton. 
10D Photographs of Beautiful Women—C Seymour. 
OF TUB 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
WASHINOTONT, 3D- C. 
CHARTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS, 
APPROVED JULY 15, 1868. 
CASH CAPITAL ..$1,000,000 
r ll E N E W YOKE. LEDGER 
For th.» JYcMc IV")', 1S69. 
THE GREAT FAMHT PAPER 
purchased eightv-fouv and a Imlf acres of hind three miles 
from Nashvine lor a Fair Ground, at a cost of $.33,800. 
The Illinois Stale Horticultural Society will hold ita 
thirteenth annual meeting at Bunker Hill, Dec. 15—IS. 
Horticulturists from other States arc invited to attend. 
Thu sales or wool in Chicago during the months of 
October and November amounted to 1,885.711 pounds. 
The stock on hand on the 24th ult. was 000,000 pounds. 
A correspondent of the Iowu Umuestead asserts that 
“it is an easy matlter to start a Fanners' Club," hut for¬ 
gets to add that, it is often hard work to keep one going. 
Tuts herds of cattle roaming over the prairies ot Texas 
are said often to number thousands, and when making 
their way to the watering places are not ro be trifled witn. 
In Texas It is said that if cattle are uot marked or 
branded before one year old, they become, by common 
usage, the property of any person who may capture them. 
The Raral Gentleman, Baltimore, Md., is of the opin¬ 
ion that the eastern snore of that Slate is shortly destined 
to rival New Jersey and Delaware iu the production of 
small fruits, 
The American Stock Journal, in reference to steaming 
food for stork, says there is money in it. and those who 
reject it will be- convinced after awhile that they cannot 
compete with those who practice it. 
E. C. Hassrick, Lake Village, N. H., says worms in 
horses may be cured by keeping the external orifice 
thoroughly annoiiiloil with lard. It will cure any case ot 
worms in one week. 
The Vicksburg Times mentions the appearance of an 
enormous worm in the cotton fields there. It is about 
eight inches long; has horns; is as big round as a man’s 
finger, and very voracious, 
domestic relatlous, lovers’ nnarrcl*, law and business mat¬ 
ters, lire, regularly answered In It* columns. A vast amount 
of lue.iul Information is given through tnU attractive depart- 
mnm of the /vafgsr. The principal Bialnip*. Doctors or Di 
vliiity aud Glciirvmc.ii write for it. william Cullen 
Beta NT, Dim great American poet, hi* tr undated, expressly 
for the Is.dger. a thrilling Spanish Novel, which we shall 
pnbllsU during the new year. Kbv. Dr. Tvjjo Is now engaged 
upon an Original Story, which will be continued through 
twelve numbers of the LeUttfir- We arc now publishing a 
series of twelve abort true M.«rie», by twelve of tbc most 
distinguished clergymen In this United Slates, nur standard 
popular writer, Mr. Bvlvancs Conu, Jr, is as Interesting as 
ever, aud will oouiluue. h* heretofore, ro write only for the 
L&iycr. Thn million? of admirers Ot Mr?. SottTUwonTit will 
n ml her original stories only la the L+dyrr. MM DtJPUV will 
continue her dramu’ie siorier, and Fann y Fbbn her spark¬ 
ling sketches. Uen’hv W Anti BjsKctmtt will continue to fur¬ 
nish his weekly article* and Jamw* I’miton hl.ibiographical 
sketches. Alice Cakbv, Ethel Lynn, l)r- i n aunts D. 
GAfimtTTtc. and all our other present wiliers are re-engaged 
fbrMiu Urigcr. ProfrSSoi William Resuy FEcnr JohnG. 
-Saxe, and Mauy Kylk Dallas will hereafter write for do 
paper bnt the Ledaer. Two of our. contributors have been 
ml id-tars to the court or St. James- Wit Jin me past year 
the soil of another ol our contributors has boon elected 
President of the United States. The best that a 'one expe¬ 
rience enables ns ta select, and that money, with out stint, can 
tmv, will be constantly spread before the readers of the 
l.eiljj'r. The reader always gets more than ids raouey’s worth 
in me Ltiiytr. -» _ 
Ons Terms for 1869-Now 18 thctimeto SunsnurBE.— 
Single copies, 43 per annum : four copies, 410, which Is $3.50 
a copy; eight copies, $20. The parly who send? ns $20 for a 
eluh of eight copies (all sent at otic time), will be. i utitled to 
a copy free Postmasters and others wlm get up clubs, In their 
respectivetowas.cauafterward addsinc ecopies at $2 50. 
Z3T~ We employ no traveling agents. Address all commu¬ 
nications Lo ROBERT BONN liB. Publisher, 
Corner Of William and Spruce Streets, New York. 
(mtrcttser 
— Silver ore is used as a circulating medium in Nevada. 
— A fire alarm telegraph is being built iu Rochester. 
— The Sullan of Turkey has only 900 wives now. 
— Louisiana is goiug into rice culture. 
— The Illinois State Agricultural University ia a failure. 
— Lamartine has sunk into utter dotage. 
— There is a mau in Whitby, Out., 120 years of age. 
— Davenport, lovra, claims 25,000 people. 
— Philadelphia statistics argue a population of 900,000. 
— Boston Is to start an illustrated weekly. 
— Georgia’s cotton crop is valued at $30,000,000. 
— Paris has 700.824 cats by exact count. 
— Brigham Young is raising silkworms. 
— Carlotta Patti ia to return to this country. 
— The Sorosis has broken ont in Cincinnati. 
— California meditates a World's Fair in 1870. 
— Snez Caual will be opened next October. 
— Mrs. Bloomer is now blooming in Omaha. 
— Kansas City has a population of 25,000. 
— Small pox has broken out In Milwaukee. 
— Perfumed toothpicks are a late novelty. 
— Thackeray's daughter, Mrs. Stevens, is in Boston. 
— Ohio has a homeopathic college, dedicated last Mon¬ 
day. 
— The peaks of the Otter Mountains in Virginia are on 
fire. 
— Out of 150,000 teachers in this country, 112,500 are 
females. 
— Four weeks ago Switzerland was completely buried 
in snow. 
— The national revenue on Tuesday only reached 
$1,000,000. 
— The Sun says there is not a Jewish beggar in New 
York city. 
— A meteor was lately seen in Birmingham, England, 
at midday. 
— The Chicago Republican calls Milwaukee a suburb 
of Chicago. 
— Cyrus W. Field has bought a $50,000 estate in West¬ 
chester Co. 
— An earthquake skock was felt at Staten Island on 
Sunday last. 
— Five girls, all fifteen, are under arrest in St. Louis 
for burglary. 
— Carrier pigeons are coming into use again in England 
and France. 
— Antelope meat from the plains is plenty in the Chi¬ 
cago market, 
— The manufacture of sugar from sorgho is engaged in 
in Louisville. 
— Maine has been a haying to the extent of a million 
tons this year, 
— Astronomers assert that there are land and water on 
the planet Mars. 
— The first ice of the season at Augusta, Ga., formed 
on Thursday last. 
— A lady in Cincinnati, “ fat, fair and forty,” has buried 
her fifth husband. 
— A right to fish in Taunton Great River, Mass., has 
been sold for $718. 
— Airs. Caroline H. Dali has been lecturing on social 
science In Detroit. 
— A submarine cable from San Francisco to Hong 
Kong is talked of. 
— There has been good sleighing for a fortnight in the 
White Mountains. 
— A Bremen ship has arrived in Charleston with 300 
German emigrants. 
— A man named Joseph Woodruff was killed at a fire 
in St. Louis Friday. 
— The printing division furnished $412,000 in fractional 
currency last week. 
— A six-foot thick bed of hematite iron ore has been 
found near Denver. 
The Mont Cenis tunnel is to be finished by the com¬ 
mencement of 1671. 
— Perfumed grapes are being largely imported from 
Paris for the holidays. 
— One of the city fathers iu Milwaukee has been fined 
for disorderly conduct. 
— New York city consumes weekly.5,500 beeves, 21,000 
hogs, aud 22,000 sheep. 
— A New Orleans infant iu pantalettes has written a 
treaties on entomology. 
— A Western paper speaks of two men who fell out of 
an “ intoxicated buggy.” 
— Out of 3,420 Jesuits employed in missionary work, 
759 are iu the United States. 
— A mau named John McGowan committed suicide in 
a cemetery in New Orleans. 
— A gentleman Lu Terre Haute has given $190,000 to 
estaolish a female seminary. 
— The Missouri was bridged with ice last week at 
Omaha, and people crossed. 
— A .siugle orchard or 300,000 peach trees has been 
planted at Ridgeway, N. C. 
— Nineteen negroes are eueing for the estate of a for¬ 
mer master in Columbus, Ga. 
— Twenty million dollars have been taken from one 
gulch in Nevada in five years. 
— Three hundred regular physicianesses are now in 
practice in the United States. 
— Wisconsin has a larger proportion of foreign bom 
citizens than any other State. 
— Of 1,300 convicts in Sing Sing Prison, 828 were for¬ 
merly Sunday School scholars. 
— A company has been formed to export live cattle 
from Buenos Ayro3 to Europe. 
— Legal proceedings have been instituted in California 
to recover the value of an egg. 
— The oldest doctor in the world, Prof, Vergugo, has 
just died at s&Iuinauca, aged 104. 
— Miss Walters, the notorious “Skittles” of London 
and Paris fast life, died recently. 
— The King of Sweden declares that he will allow no 
more executions in his kingdom. 
— Dickens' oldest son has lost heavily in a paper mill 
enterprise and become bankrupt, 
— Hiram Powers, who returns to this country soon, 
has been absent thirty-one years. 
— President Timothy Dwight of Yale was the first man 
in America to cultivate strawberries. 
— A Mr. Bancroft, living in Georgia, has gathered 
5,000 pounds of cotton from one acre. 
— Coffee without milk ia used by the Turks as an anti¬ 
dote to the injurious effects of tobacco. 
— Two hundred thousand dollars in mutilated fraction¬ 
al currency were redeemed and destroyed last week. 
BRANCH OFFICE: 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
Where the business of the Company is transacted, and Jo 
which all geueral correspondence should be addressed. 
DIRECTORS. 
Clarkn-ce H. Clahk. R. A. kor.LrKs. 
Jay Cooke, Hicnuy T). Cooke, 
F Hatobford Stare, W. R. Cil*nt>lkb, 
W. O. Moorhead, John D Defrkka, 
Qeorob F. Tyleb, Edward Dodgb, 
J. TTiKf Kr.R v Clark. H. G. Fahnestock. 
OFFXCF 1 R 8 . 
CLARENCE H. CLARK, Philadelphia, President, 
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Exeriulvc Committee 
HENRY’ I). COOKE, Washlnzton, Vice-president. 
emekson w. PERT, Philadelphia, Secretary and Actuary, 
E. S. TURNER. Washltiztoii, Assistant Secretary. 
FRANCIS G. SMITH. M. D„ Medical Director. 
J. EWING MKABS, M. D., Assistant Medical Director. 
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD. 
J. K. BARNES. Surgeon-General U. 3. A„ Washington. 
P. J. HOP. WITZ, Chief Medical Department U. 3. N., Wash. 
D. W. BLISS, M. D.. Washlnzton. 
SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS. 
WM. K. CHANDLER, Washington, D. C. 
GEORGE HARDING, Philadelphia, Pa. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
Advertisinz Kates. —The following ure the Rates ot 
Advertising in the Bubal New-Yobkhr, for each insertion: 
Advertisements, inside, 75 cents per Une. Agate space. 
“ Outside, 81 “ 
For Extra Display aud Cuts, a price and a half. 
Special Notice?, Nonpareil leaded, 81.50 per line. 
T3T No advertlsemeut inserted for less than $3. 
How to teach horses to felcn lameness; find 
hidden articles; fire pistols; turn hand organ; 
pump water, Ac. Dogs to dance; **sing go 
. errands; select any article at command from 
/ a large number and give to any designated 
I person, as, “Give the blue stocking to the 
. fady in the white dress to llnd a card pri- 
vately drawu and replaced in the pack by any 
■stranger, <fce. Pica to answer questions by sc- 
UledliiBappropriate printed cards; to tell too 
THE ADVANTAGES 
Offered by this Company are : 
It Is a National Company, chartered by Special Act of 
Cougreas. 1868. 
It ha? » paid-up capital of $1,000,000. 
It offemlow rule? of premium. 
It furnishes larger tnaurancu than other Companies for the 
same money. 
it I* definite and certain In its terras. 
It Ian Home. Company in every locality. 
Its policies are exempt from attachment. 
There are no unnecessary rearrletlons In the policies. 
Every policy is imn-forfcltable. 
Pollen'.? tnny lie taken which pay to the Insured their full 
amount and return all tne premiums, so that the insurance 
costs only the Interest on the annual payments, 
Policies tuny be taken ’hat will pay to the Insured, after a 
certain number of years, during lire, an annual Income of 
one-tenth the amount named In the policy. 
No extra rate U Charged for rinks upon tl»c lives ot females. 
It Insures not to pay dividends, but at so low a coat that 
PER MONTH AND URGE COMMIS- 
8ION8 natd to sell Wotultr o/ th/' World, and three 
other discoveries, Address J. C. TILTON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
and even cats, ruts mice and fleas. Explanations ot the 
tricks, with instruction.* for teaching, tilnslrated, will be 
given in llunoy’i* Journal, u handsome, moderately illus¬ 
trated muniulv of interesting, entertaining and useful mnt- 
rer tor all. Exposure? of humbugs,quanta* aud swindles; 
lives of the rich men of the world, showing how they gained 
their wealth new art* and recipes; hints on beam , magic, 
games, puzzles, Ac., tor the young.and choice miscellany, 
and attractive Illustrations for all. 
Enlarged with new volume, giviug over 1,500 square 
Inches of reading, pictured, Ac., each month (Or only Fifty 
Cents A year, 'uet.it of new? dealers, if auy In your place, 
at 5 ct*. By mall to localities where there are no dealers, 50 
cts. a year, or 7 cts. singly. None free. „ „ , 
JESSE HANEY & CO., Uu Nassau at., New York. 
EVV AND NOVEL PROCESS OF SOLDERING 
Tinware, Kettles, kc. Implements, materials aud dlrec- 
ns 10 Cts., by J. SOUTHMAYD. 
if, Cromwell, Ct. 
G reat distribution by the me- 
TKOPUL1TAN GIFT CO.-Canh. Gift* to tLeamount 
0 / $250,000 <—Eve>'u Ticket Drawn a IYi*e, 
-uu FARMERS WANTED TO ENGAGE IN A 
OtrU light, pleasant and profitable business.—somei Mug 
new and salable. For terms, *c.. address, enclosing stamp, 
F. M. CANFIELD, Gen. Agt., Orangeville, Ohio. 
5 Gash Gifts, each.$10,000 JO Cash Glft3, each.$500 
10 '• “ “ . 5,000 200 “ “ “ ..... 100 
20 “ l* U | PQQ yQQ t» t» t. 5Q 
50 Klegant Rosewood Pianos. .Each 8300 to $750 
75 •• MekKleons. “ 75 to 150 
350 Sewing Machines. •• 60 to 175 
500 Fine Gold Wutcliea. •* *5 to 300 
CnBh Prizes, Silver Ware. &c., all valued at $1,000,000. 
A chance to draw any of the above Prizes for 25c. TtcketB 
describing Prizes are sealed in Envelopes and well mixed. 
On reectut of 2flo. a Sealed Ticket la drawn without choice 
and sent by mull to any address. The prize namrdup«8n It will 
be delivered to the. neket-bolder us payment of One Dollar 
Prize* are Immediately sent to any address by express or re¬ 
turn mail. 
Yon will know what your Prize is before you pay for It, 
Any Prise exchnnard ft>r another of same value. No Blanks. 
Our patrons can depend on fair dealing. 
RxFBBKauKa:—We select the following from many who 
have lately drawn Valuable Prizes and kindly permitted us 
to publish them s— 8. T. WilklnH, Buffalo, $5,000. Miss Annie 
SecrctM Worth Knowing, gives recipes and manufac¬ 
turer's secrets for hundreds of articles lu universal use, 
easily made at trilling cost, and sold readily at large profits, 
patent medicines, Ac. 25 cents. 
Phonographic Ilaudbook, a self-instructor in modern, 
simplified and improved Phonography. 25 cents. 
Watch Makers? mid Jewelers’ Manual, giving the 
most approved methods, recipes and secrets of the trade, 
and plaiu instructions for beginners. 25 cents. 
Painters’ Manual, a practical guide to plain ami orna¬ 
mental work, with other matters relating to the trade. 50 
cents. 
How to make llnd Memory Good, and good Better, 
a curious and useful art. 15 cents. 
llnudliook of Ventriloquism, and how to make the 
Magic Whistle. 15 cents. 
Home Recreations, a new collection of games, magic 
amusements aud delightful diversions for the home circle or 
juvenile parties. 23 cent*. 
i GENTS WANTED TO SELL THE NEWEST, 
A best and most reliable thing out: only rhing of the kluri 
In the world. $2'’ per week on $9 capital. Send for Circular. 
Address MARGOS L. BYRN, No.80 Cedar Street.New York. 
(P, 0- Bo* 4,669,) 986-26 
dividends Avllibe impossible. 
tar LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED in every City and 
Town ; and application from competent parties for such 
agencies, with suitable endorsements, should be addressed 
TO TIIK COMPANY’S GENERAL AGENTS ONLY, lu their 
respective districts. _ 
GENERAL AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. 
JAY COOK It & CO.. Now York, for New York State and 
Northern New Jersey. J. U. Osvia and D. C. Whitman, 
Managers, 
JAY COOKK & CO., Washington, D.G., for Delaware, Vtr- 
alnt i. District of Columbia and West Virginia. 
E. w. CLARK <2 CO., for Pennsylvania and Southern New 
Jersey. B.8. Rttshku,, Harrisburg. Manager forCeutral 
and tVestoru Pennsylvania. 
J. ALDER ELLIS & CO.. Chicago, for His., Wise, and Iowa. 
Hotr. STEPHEN MILLER. St. Paul, for Minnesota and N.W. 
Wisconsin. 
JOHN W. ELLIS & CO., Cincinnati, for^Ohto'and Central 
and Southern Indiana. 
T, B. EDGAR, St. Louis, for Missouri und Kansas, 
S. A. KKAN A CO.. Detroit,for Michigan and North. Indiana. 
A. M. MO i IIERUHE \l>, Oim 
JOHNSTON BROTHERS & OO.. Baltimore, for Maryland. 
NEW K SO LAN D GENERAL AGENCY, under the direction 
of E. A. HOLLINS and W. E. OtiiSDLEE, of the Board of 
J. P. Tunes b, Manager. 3 Merchants' Ex- 
tUST PUBLISHED—NO. 1 OK HITCHCOCK’S 
♦J Half Dime Series of Music for the Million. Words and 
music of ’• Captain Jinks" of the “ Horse Marines.’’ Price 5 
cents. Sold by all news dealers. B. W. HITCHCOCK, Pun- 
Usher, 16 Spring St.. New York, and 101 Vine St.. Cincinnati. 
A lderney hulls for 8ale. — one 3 
years old, raised by Tliotnns Olcott ol Albany, N. \ , at 
the Sonr Springs, Alabama, N. Y. One to months old, from 
C. G. Lorinz’p itork, of Salem, Mass. Both line, pure-blood- 
ed animals, in isood condition, ttud Wmlio sold low. Apply 
soon to W. W. GIBSON. Box i’*8, Medina, N. Y. G 8 b- 2 t 
to publish them8. T. Wilklnii, Buffalo, $5,TOO. Miss Annie 
Monroe, Chicago, Plano, $050: John D. Moore, Louisville, 
$1,000; Allss Emma Walworth, Milwaukee, Plano, $500 ; Rev. 
E. A. Day, New Orleans, $500, Wo publish no names with¬ 
out permission. 
OrrsnoNi of the Pukss " The firm Is tellable, and de¬ 
serve their success."— Weekly 'tribune, .•las'.8. •• We know 
them to be a fair dealing fl.nn.”—.V. >' Herald, Aug. 28. “ A 
friend cf ours drew a $500 prize, wblch was promptly re¬ 
ceived."— Daily Ned's, Sepi. 8. 
Send for circular. Liberal inducements to Agents. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed Every package ol Sealed Envelopes 
contain OM cash gift. Six Tickets for $1 ; 13 for $2; 35 for $5; 
110 for 415. All IdltMfl should be addressed to 
HARPER, WILSON dt CO„ 
980-tf 173 Broadway* New York. 
P IANO*. M ELOI) EONS A ND ORGANS C1IEA1*. 
—As the lease oi my store expires Jan. 1st, and I have u 
large assortment of inst ruments that, mint lie sold:, I am offer¬ 
ing Pianos at from: $50 to $100 lower than the same quality 
cau be bought elsewhere. Meloileoaa, Organs. Violins, Gui¬ 
tars, &o., accordingly. Printed lilt sent ou application, 
A- M. WILLIAMS 
25 Warren Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Directors. 
change. State St, Boston 
The first edition of One nujjDRgn.TuorsAXD of Vick’s 
ILLUSTKATKO CxTALOCUK OF St:KOI and GCtnB IX THE 
Flowkk Gaudkn is now published. It makrs a work of 100 
pages, beautifully Illustrated, with ilfcut 150 Ki.ve Wood 
Enouavings of Flowers «n Ykos(taules, and an 
ELEGANT COLORED PLATE, 
A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. 
It ta. the most beautiful, ns well as the most instructive 
Floral Guide published, giving plain and thorough directions 
for the 
Culture of Flowers and Vegetables. 
The Floral Guide Is published for the benefit of my cus¬ 
tomers, to whom It is sent free without application, but will 
be forwarded to all who apply by mail, for Ten Cents, which 
Is not half Che cost. Address 
JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
zu.uuu TIME KEEPER and COMPASS in a hand¬ 
some cose, with glass crystal, white enameled dial, steel and 
metal works, ordinary watch size, sound and serviceable, 
warranted ro denote correct time aud keep in order two 
years. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sent (post-vutd) lor $), or 
3for fh Agents wanted. Circulars free. WALTER HOLT 
& CO.. 102 Nassau Street, Sew York City. 986-31 
^y^lNCHESTER REPEATING RIFLES. 
FIRING TWO SHOTS A SECOND, 
AS A REPEATER, 
aSD 
TWENTY SHOTS A MENUTB 
AS A SINGLE BREECH-LOADER. 
These powerful, accurate and wonderfully effective weap¬ 
ons, carrying eighteen charges, which car* be fired in nine 
seconds, arc now ready for the market, and are for sale by 
all the responsible Gun Dealers throughout the country. 
For full Information send for circulars and pamphlets to the 
WINCHESTER REPEATrVC ARMS GO., 
97f-i3t _ New Haven, Conn. 
OLLOWA V’6 P11.L8.—The Blrioil Inipoycr 
11 jshed by tne summer tieais often at ihio season develops 
boils, ulcers aud pOBtulous eruptions. The cooling, healing, 
disinfecting properties of Holloway’s Divtmknt render It 
the best possible dreE-lng Tor these external nuisances, and 
in order to bring the whole mass of the blood Into a healthful 
condition It wilt bo prudent to tone the internal organs aud 
regulate thu accretions with a few moderate doses of Hol¬ 
loway’s Pills, Svld by all Druggists. 986-lt 
I lARLY tt()8B POTATOES. 
a LAST CALL AT LOW PRICES! 
For a short time, we Offer a limited quantity of our own 
growth of " Earlv Rosr from the original stock, as follows; 
-1 lb., 50cts.; 51b?., $2.00; IU lbs., $3.25 , 1 peck, (15 lbs.,) $4.00; 
1 bushel, $12.00; d lbs. or under by mail, pre-pald. Buy note, 
and avoid the inevitable high spring price*. 
DUDLEY A M ERR ELL, 
9fiG-3t Lewie Street Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y. 
f CONCENTRATED INDIGO 
A ■ Portae Liunfiry.—Prsrfrom 0*»tle Acid.—Sea 
Chcmbr* OrUfloue. 
A Patent Pocket Pincushon or Emery Bag 
~ o* iacn rvrxarr c*n box. 
For Sole by all respectable Grocers anil Druggists. 
W ANTED-A COMPETENT CARPENTER OR 
CaBIKKTMaKBR, in each county, to take the agency of 
Brown’s Pai km r Improvkd UuilMRe. MoLnrkO andWeath- 
ki! frrmi*, which is applied ia the sides, bottom, top of doors 
and rattlltiiC windows. The sale Us beyond anything offered 
to an agent. From $10 to fi> per day marie by ifttive, com 
patent men. Send for Agents’Circular. Tne first whoupply 
secure the exclusive business of the county H. F. BROWN, 
General Agent Cincinnati Rubber Moldlug Co., No. 1 Anpolo 
Buildlna:, Cincinnati, O. 9SVU 
*• TJ1CON0MY IS WEALTH.”-Franklin. 
Xli Why will people pay $50 or $100 for a Sewing Ma¬ 
chine, when $23 will buy a belter one for all practical pur¬ 
poses ? Regardless of reports to the contrary, the subscribers 
wish to inform their army of friends that the •' PKAJHSUJf ” 
and “ DtAMOjrn ” Mae hi no- ran he had iu any quantity. This 
is a first Class Standard Machine, of established reputation, 
double thread, camplMt with Tahir, and not In thu catalogue 
Of cheap slngh-thraad hand machine*. It I; constructed upon 
entirely new and improved principle*, and DOES NOT In¬ 
fringe upon any other lu the world. Warranted tor ten years, 
and Is emphatically the poor woman’s friend. More, than 50,- 
000 patrons will testify that these machines excel ALL others. 
We defy every Competition as to merit or price. 
1ST AGENT* WANTED. Machines sent on trial, and 
given away to families who are needy and deserving. 
For Circulars, Testimonials, and reduced prices. 
Address J. C. OTTI3 & CO., 
Machine Brokers, 
978-12T,. Caro Box S87 Boston, Mass. 
V N.B.PHELPS ACO. 
|--x SOLEAGEN73 
(X^’rrcanTUNPT „r M * 
SPEAKING of the NOVELTY CLOTHES 
WRINGER exhibited at the late Fair lathe Amkricvn 
iNSTiTnrjt, the Nrw Yob a Lt»XB.u.CuaisT»AN says;—•’Tuo 
Novelty Wringer iccetved the marked approbation ol the 
jury, aud was awarded the hushrst PRBMirrx. • * • It ts 
now admitted thul It has no equal as a family WTlhger. • • 
* • it hastnepATit.NT FljlNok Cog Whbkls on both ends 
of the Rolls, as well as the most approved appliances for ad¬ 
justing the pressure, so that a fin.- laeo collar, or a heavy 
woollen blanket can he run through with equal facility and 
without injury. ’ * * Indeed, in all reepects, its superi¬ 
ority is so Apparent that the tugh testimonials it Is constantly 
receiving can be readily accounted lor. • • • In fact, 
whenever and wherever exhibited it Invariably secures the 
highest honors." N.B. FUKLFS * CO., Gun. Aots., 
No. 17 Courtlandt Street, New York City 
tr SOLO EYXRTWUKBK. 974-t* 
i NATIONAL POULTRY EXHIBITION 
t\ under the auspices ot the Pennsylvania Poultry Society, 
will he held In Philadelphia from Deo. 21st lo Jilli inclusive. 
Horticultural Hall, the largest In the country. ,ld s been se¬ 
cured for the purpose, aud It is determined to make this Urn 
finest exhibition «f the klml ever seen In America. Compe¬ 
tition upon to all. and liberal premium* will be awarded. 
Contributor? iroui a distance need not. accompany their con¬ 
tributions, unless so disposed, as their proper attention dn- 
ring tho Exhibition and their safe return will be guaranteed 
by the Society. Exhibition coops will also be furnished, If 
desired. For schedule of premiums, certificates of entry, or 
anv further Information, address JOS. M. WADE, 
W6-2t Cor. ttcc’y, 1120 Market. St., Philadelphia. 
FOR ONE 
DOLLAR 1 
[Licensed by the United Stales Authorities.] 
GREAT ONE DOLLAR SALE. 
Dry and Fancy (foods , Silks, Woolens , Cottons , Car¬ 
petings, Boots and Shoes, Sliner-Plated Ware, 
Watches, Sewing Machines, Cutlery, itv., 
To be sold at the average price of $1.00 Krtch. 
Our commissions for club* 'exceed thoss of other establish¬ 
ments, and our goods ure warranted to give .atlafactloil. 
Clubs of Ten anil upwards receive article* valued at from $3 
toflOO. N i-w (Ircuinr and Bill particulars sent free. N.B. 
CLOUDMAN & CO , « Hanover St.. Boston, Muxs. |'Kl-tt 
A gents wanted for 
HOW TO ill IKH THE EA11H FAY. 
750 Oetftvo l’aiw«, 110 Beautiful und Useful 11 • 
liietrntioiiM. This kjookabow sliuw tue Farmer may double 
the value Of hlxland; make three times ax much out of stuck; 
how three, t hue* the quantity of grain, tuy, roots, and all farm 
crops can be raised from an acre, and how-all the profits of 
the farm can be more than doubled Every farmer wants It. 
Every Stock Iialser wants it. Every Gatdcuer and Fruit Gui¬ 
tarist wants it. Farmers, farmers' sons, experienced hook 
agents and others, wanted ro take agon.ves In every n nunn- 
nuy. Commissions $10u to $250 per month, according to abil¬ 
ity und energy, send for circulars giving full description. 
A'ddrcss ZEIGI.ER, McCURDY & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.. 
Cincinnati, O., Chicago, HI., or St. Louis, Mo. 9sJ-3t 
OR FURTHER PARTICULARS SEND FOR 
Circular and sample stocking, enclosing stamp. 
-J. D. ORNE * OO., 176 State Sc., Rochester, N- Y. 
rriHE TRAPPER’S MANUAL. DURABLE 
Stack Motto 
the Door, The Girl's Own Toy Maker, Thirty Harmless 
Chemical Experiments. Transparent Painting on Linen, 
Changeable Piet urea, Origin of Brandy, Howto Make a Clock 
for 25 cents, puzzle*; over 100 other articles aud 15 Illustra¬ 
tions wilt be found in Mai-i.s Lawns for December. It Is 
the cheapest, the beat, and the most popular Magazine pub¬ 
lished. duly 25 cents , year. All who -end in theirsubscrlp- 
. . i ■ 
fbkk. Address 
935-tf O. A. ROORBACK, 102 Nassau St., New York. 
£»*3*>pr A MONTH. AND BXPEN14ES PAID | 
Ot j -,») 23 new, useful and curious articles for agents. 
Ti?~ Particulars fake. Address 
UHl-lSt H. il. SHAW. Alfred, Maine. 
MENEELYS’ BELLS. 
Bells for Churches, Academies, Fac¬ 
tories, etc., of which more have been 
made at tills establishment than at all 
the other fotradarica In the country 
combined. All Bells warranted. 
tr An Illustrated Catalogue sent free 
upon, application to 
E. A. & G. R. MKNKELT, 
S75-Y.it West Troy, N. Y. 
B ells.-buckeye bell foi ndry. 
Established IS17. VAN DU ZEN & TIFT, 1U2 & 104 
East Second Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, manufacturers of Bells 
for Churches. Academies, etc., made of the Genuine Bell 
Metal, aud mounted with our Patent Improved Rotating 
Hanging*. All Bells warranted In quality and tone. Send 
for Catalogue and Price List. 914-ivro 
I MPORTANT TO THOSE WISHING TO 
own one of the best Farms In Western New York. 
The subscriber offers hi* Farm, located on the Gravel Turn 
Piki .half tnilu north of Medina. Orleans County,containing 
acres of choice land, under a high state of cultivation— 
with one of the best Orchards In the county—15 acres gothl 
timber—a large Brick House, aud probably the best Ban., 
and Oat Buildings In Hie county—a ncver i'iLLipg stream Of 
water running through a large portion of It—good Fence*. 
The purchaser cun have teams and farming utensils with said 
Farm, If desired. Price very lowfor rash, yet a small portion 
may remain on mortgage for a term of rears. Said Farm hurt 
been long known as the Ostram Farm. For further particulars 
enquire ot D. W. COLE of Medina, or of the subscriber on the 
premises. W. H. WATSON. 
Medina, N. Y., December 5th, 1868. 986-tf 
ANTED—An lgeni In ouch town to 
take the agency for the sale of Biiadstkkkt’s Krn- 
,, - .... sale of Bhadstrket's Krn- 
beb Mquldenci axi) wit.mias Stuh-s, applied to the sides, 
bottom, top, and center ot' doors, and windows. The sale ts 
beyond anything ever Offered to an agent, from *10 to ?25 pi-r 
day can be made. Semi for agent’s circular. The first who 
apply secure a bargain. 9S0-St 
J. K. BRADSTREET & CO.. Bostou, Maas. 
CierAA AAA reward in beauti- 
tiful Present* have been paidous 
Agents In all parts of thn llnlm, and we would BAY TO 
•rnE LADIES that for ONE DOLLAR we are selling Silks, 
Shawls, Dry' and Fancy Goods, Silver Ware. Furniture, 
Diamond Watches, Pianos. Cabinet organs, & c.,*.c. Pres 
ents worth $2 to $500 scut free of charge to Agents sending 
ClubB of ten and upwards. 
rw~ Circulars sent free to any address, 
N, B.-Shun all houses In this Une with flaming advertise¬ 
ments, as they deceive yon with long schedules and prom¬ 
ises, which they have not the power or_ will.to fulfill. 
Yours, verv truly, " 7 ETH & CO., 
U77-2«t P. O r Box 2341.42 Hanover St.. Boston, Mass. 
WASTED-AGENTS FOR •PEOPLE’* BOOK 
11 of Biography," or Lives of eminent persons in every 
age and country, women as well as men, written hy 
PARTON, 
the greatest living biographer, embellished with beautiful 
steel engravings. Outsells every other work. Exclusive ter- 
rltory—largest commissions. For descriptive circular ad¬ 
dress the publishers, A. 5. HALE A CO., 
OTj-lSt Hartford. Conn. 
OOD SAWING MACHINES. 
Address J. W. MOUNT, Medina, N. Y 
PAPERS.-CLUB PRICES. MEND STAMP, 
L. L. FAIRCHILD, Roiling Prairie, Wls. 
JEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE 
9500 2 
I WILL CHEERFULLY GIVE THE 
above amoust to any one wUo can surpass my imitation 
of G*ld Watches. 
tr Description of metal and goods seat free on demand. 
HT Prices from $16 to $ 22 . 
PTThey are sent C. O. D.. with charges. 
Addres- JULES D’HUGtJENlN VUILLEMIN, 
_ No. 14 Nassau St.. New York. 
fl BEAT INDUCEMENTS TO SI BSCRIU- 
YT ERS ! Let those who want a tlrsr-rlass LADY h MAG A- 
ZINE and a first-class WEEKLY PAPER, send at once for a 
sample copy of 
THK LAUY’« FRIEND, 
AXD 
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, 
aud see the Unequaled Inducements offered. Sample copies 
of both are sent gratis. Address 
DEACON & PETERSON, 
So. 319 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
1 Vice Reduced. — The Largest and Cheapest. 
THE GREAT FARMERS’ PAPER ! 
Now is the time to subscribe for the Great Family News¬ 
paper. It Is cheap because Its circulation Is larger than that 
of any other newspaper. Now is the time to ronn Clubs. 
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 
Ii contains all the important Edltorla's pabllBbed la the 
Daily lrOmne, except those of merely local Interest; also 
Literary and Scientific Intelligence; Reviews of New Books; 
the Letters from our large corps of Correspondents; the la 
test news by Telegraph from all parts of tho world; a sum¬ 
mary of all important Intelligence ; a Synopsis of Congruse 
and State Legislature whou In session , the Foreign News bv 
steamer , Reports or the Farmers' Club of the American lu- 
tltate; Talks about Fruit and Horticultural and Agricul¬ 
tural information esscnrlal to country residents; Stock, fi¬ 
nancial, Cattle, Dry Goods ahd General Market Reports; 
making it altogether the most vulna'nie, interesting, and in¬ 
structive Weekly Newspaper published In the world. 
Tkbms.—M all Subscribers, $2 per annum ; ,1 copies, $9 ; 11 
copies, $15; 21 copies, to one address, *25; 21 copies, to 
names or subscribers, $27 ; 50 copies, to one address, $50; 50 
copies, to names of subscribers, $33. 
Terms, cash in advance. Address 
936-lt THE TRIBUNE. New York, 
ANTED.—SALESMEN TO TRAVEL FOR A 
Manufacturing Company and sell hy sample. Good 
rs are guaranteed. Andress, with stamp. H. D. HAMIL- 
* CO., No. 413 Chestnut at., ftilladelphla. Pa. 933-11 
Dl CATION FOR TUE PEOPLE 
--— ---.-A Greater 
Hi number ot the sons and daughter* of farmer* are edu¬ 
cated at the Rochester Collegiate Institute than in all t.he 
other Private Schools Of the city. Tmtlou from $7,50 to $15 
a quarter. Winter Term begins Nov. Kith. 
&i-5t L. K. SATTEKLEE. A, M., Principal. 
jgATCIIELOR’S HAIR DYE. 
This splendid Hair Dye la the best In the world; the only 
true aud period Dye; harmless, reliable, instantaneous; no 
disappointment; no ridiculous tints remedies the Ill effects 
of bad dyes; invigorates and leaves the Hair soft and beau¬ 
tiful black or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers 
and properly applied at Batchelor’s Wig Factory No 18 
Bond street. New York. UG-ly 
l MDKE LEROY’S NURSERIES, 
At Angers, France. 
C2f" For new Catalogue of 1808, apply to 
BRUGUIERE & THEBAUD, 
P. O. Box 15. 51 Cedar Street, New York, 
j^EED POTATOES FOR SALE. 
' early ROSE, SEBEC AND GOODRICH 
SEEDLINGS l 
BY POUND. BUSHEL, AND BARREL. 
Address RICHARD YOUNG. Morton, P. 0„ 
Springfield, Delaware Co., Pa 
RKK! _980-13t 
T he little giant horse-power has 
been In use aud highly approved tor over three years. 
It Is simple, durable, eomoaet, cheap,easily loaded and mov¬ 
ed about by two men; weight, 650 lbs.; la valuable forThresb- 
lng. Sawing Wood, Churning, Ginning Cotton,or where pow¬ 
er is wanted from one to four horses. Send for circular. 
969-23teo] JOHN W. QUINCY, 9* William St., New York. 
C ancers cured without pain ou the 
use of the knife, or caustic burning. Circulars sent 
free by addressing Drs. BABCOCK & SON, 
978-tl No. 700 Broadway, New York. 
riHOlCE SPANISH MERINO SHEEP FOR 
sale, low to the trade.—100 Ewes aud forty Rams, from 
one to three years old, bred by us. JOHN SHELDON <b 
SON, Moscow, Livingston, Co., N. Y. 
P KEKSK.ILL PLOWS AND PLOW CA8T- 
LNGS.—Send for List. PEEKS KILL MANUFACTUR¬ 
ING CO„ Peek*kill, N. Y. 
