JJ A * O T E R 
Fire Insurance Co 
OFFICE: 45 WALL ST., NEW YOKE. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.-No. 7, 
BUSY LITTLE FINGERS, 
f’a*h Capital. 8400.000 00 
Total Assets, .Tan. 1, 1S69. 650,682 28 
Losses Paid Wince Organiza¬ 
tion...1,050,615 54 
B. S. WALCOTT, President. 
I. REMSEN LANE, Secretary. 
Eastern Agency Departm’t, Thos. JAMES, Actuary. 
Western and SontViern Agency Departm’t, “ UNDER¬ 
WRITERS' AOKNCT.” 
I am composed of thirty-six letters. 
My 6,27,5, i.'i is a passion. 
My 3, 25,19 overtakes manhood. 
My 6,15, 28,2, 28,10. 32 is n noble virtue. 
My 1, 15, 7.33, 24 is man's sweetest earthly ,1oy. 
My 29. 2, U, 14, 0 is inevitable to mortals. 
My 4,33, MU. 19 hits been called u voyage. 
My 21, 31, 2,20, 0 is the house we dwell in. 
My 22,13,35,20.17, fi is the world's ambition. 
My 31,10, IS, 29,15,7 cannot bo bought with gold, 
My whole is a trite saying. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. Walter Leigh. 
Answer in two weeks. 
Busy little Angers, 
Everywhere they go; 
Rosy little fingers, 
The sweetest that J know! 
Now into tnv work-box, 
All the buttons finding, 
Tangling up the knitting. 
Every spool unwinding! 
Now Into the basket 
Where the keys are hidden, 
So mischievous looking. 
Knowing it forbidden. 
Then In mother's tresses, 
Now her neck enfolding, 
With such sweet caresses 
Keeping off a scolding. 
ZOOLOGICAL ENIGMA-No. 1 
1 am composed of thirty letters. 
My 1,1(1, 24 isa lively, frolicsome animal. 
My 2,18,21, 9 is a wild quadruped. 
My 3, 7,12, 29, 14 Is a small animal with eyes in 
its horns. 
My 28,15,4 la a carnivorous quadruped. 
My 8,14,18. 5 is a small, troublesome insect. 
My 11,25,30,27 is a little animal with very small 
eyes. 
My 28, 0,17, 24,20 is a venomous creature. 
My 28, 10,19, 13 is the young of equine quad¬ 
rupeds. 
My 15, 22, 4 is an industrious little insect. 
My whole is found in an epistle of St. Paul. 
Hemlock Lake. Susie. 
Answer in two weeks. 
Darling little lingers, 
Never, never sttlJ, 
Make them, heavenly Father, 
One day do thy will. 
[ Children'* Pict ure Magazine, 
>*-0 
n^jcsi^sr’ hops msr thk orchard 
(by OITR ILLITERATE ARTIST.) 
Is good for Rheumatism, Chilblains, Corns, Whit¬ 
lows, Caked Breast, Bore Nipples, Cramps, Boils, 
Bites of Animals, Weakness of the Joints, Contrac¬ 
tions of the Muscles, Burns and Scalds, Ernst Bites, 
Painful Nervous Affections, Chapped Hands, Lame 
Back, Pain in the Hide, dwellings, Tumors, Tooth 
Ache, Old Bores, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Galls of all 
kinds, Elesh Wounds, Sprains. Bruises, Ring Bone, 
<'racked Heels. Poll Evil, Windfalls, Callous, Spavin. 
Sweeney, Fistula, Sltfast, External Poisons, String- 
halt. Scratches or Grease, -and Cracks. Lameness. 
Strains, Foundered Feet. -Mange, Horn Distemper, 
Garget, in 1'i.ws, Cracked Teats, Foot Rot in Sheep, 
and many other disea- , , incident to Man and Beast 
Always inquire for M EUCi IA NT’S CELEBRATED 
GA K(i LI NU Oil., and take no other. 
LETTERS TO THE CHILDREN, 
or rope wherewith it may he drawn. Upon 
a smooth declivity a sled of this pattern will 
glide nearly as far, and at the same velocity 
as its more pretentious iron-shod brother. 
L. D. Snook. 
come of it. lie says lie knows men who 
were as poor as Job’s turkey who got onto 
the Central Committee and are now as rich 
us a 1 >arn-yard in the spring-—and out of 
such fools us him! Poor fellow! I do feel 
kinder sorry for him, for he has to wear 
paper collars and send his shirts home by 
mail to he washed. He franks ’em, how¬ 
ever, as pub. doc., so it don’t cost bun any¬ 
thing. 
I was going along down street the other 
day, and just as I got along by the general 
Post-office slom; pile, Mr. Seward and the 
Russian Minister came out 
Dear Children :— It would gratify me 
exceedingly to know that even a small num¬ 
ber of you will rend with interest or pleasure 
what I shall from time to time write you. 
There are so many things to say I hardly 
know what to choose first; besides, we must 
not let our letters grow too lengthy Jest some 
one of fewer words step into the quiet corner 
kindly allowed us for our confidential chats. 
But as the Rural is everybody 'a friend, we 
shall expect our share of indulgence. There 
is one subject about which I would like to 
have .a, serious talk with all my little friends. 
It is 
Kindness to Animals. 
Many a time since I have been “grown 
up,” as the phrase goes, have I been grieved 
even to tears by the unfeeling conduct of 
children towards their docile, spirit-broken 
little playfellows. A sight all too common 
is a kitten, with its life nearly choked out of 
it a dozen times a day; or a, miserable dog, 
cringing and whining piteously beneath the 
repeated blows, kicks and cull's of his domi¬ 
neering little master or mistress. And why 
is ii that some little boys seem to lake par¬ 
ticular delight in killing or capturing till the 
young birds they can find ? Not unfre- 
qucntly, too, he is caught mercilessly stoning 
the timid sheep and lambs. Even the faith¬ 
ful horse, who has borne him gently on his 
broad back since his babyhood, must needs 
be lashed and cruelly beaten when out of 
sight of hia parent’s eye. 
Sometimes loving grandmas and aunties 
after summing up all those naughty pranks 
of the little ones, remark, “ Ah, well! they 
will outgrow all those things.” Now I do 
not think so, my little friends. Any little 
boy or girl who will wantonly abuse or beat, 
his or her dog or kitten, showing by such 
conduct a fierce, cruel disposition, will grow 
up bard-hearted, unsympathetic, and there¬ 
fore unloved. 
As you are kind and gentle towards one 
another, he so likewise towards .all God’s 
creatures; and instead of their shrinking and I 
trembling in affright, when you approach 
them, they will soon manifest for you a very 
pleasing affection. And even the tiniest in¬ 
sects, if you would but carefully watch 
them, would teach you lessons of patient 
industry all unknown to you before. 
So turn your little feet aside lest you maim 
or crush some of those pretty creatures, for 
there is plenty of room for all. Treat every 
animal tenderly and humanely, and speak 
always to them in a gentle, kindly voice, for 
they are as sensitive to harsh, rough tones as 
we arc. 
Finally, my little friends, try in all ways 
to keep your young hearts pure and 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS,-No. 6, 
ttmor 
RETAIL PRICE, 81, 50 AND 25 CENTS. 
Shako well before using, and rub on thoroughly 
before the tire or some warm substance. 
The Gurgling Oil has been in use as a liniment, for 
thirty-six years. All we ask is a fair tvsul, but be 
sure and follow directions. 
Ask your nearest druggist or dealer In Patent Medi¬ 
cines for one of our Almanacs and Vado Mecutris, 
and read what ttie people ■ ny about the Oil. 
The Gargling Oil is for sale by ail respectable 
dealers throughout the United States and other 
countries. 
Our UnlhumiMt <Mlc from v' t, ami arc ttr solicited. 
Usct the Gargling Oil, and tell your neigh bora what 
good it lias done. 
We deal fair and liberal with all, and defy contra¬ 
diction. 
Manufactured at LOCKPOKT, New York, by 
MERCHANT'S CAROLINA; OIL CO., 
998-41 JOHN HODGE. Secretary. 
PL0WHANDLE PAPERS 
Mnjor Plowlmildle in Clover—Boards at Mrs. 
Snowdown’e — How lie Manages — Is Ad¬ 
vised to go on tlie Central Committee—Rew¬ 
ard Wnuts Him to Oo to Alaska. 
390 Z Struct, Cor. X & Y., 
Mu*. Snow now n’h, 
Washington, Fob. 7th, 1880. 
Col. Moore:— It is dreadful lonesome 
here now, I tell you. General Grant has 
gone off'on some wedding spree, and 1 hain’t 
got the lmng of Cot, fax yet,—so he don’t 
make the General’s place good by a long 
shake. Brown says Gen. Grant is chief 
magistrate now, and he can marry just as 
well as any other Justice of the Peace. 
I conceit lie’s gone over to New York to 
look at sAme horses he thinks will do for my 
teams. 1 suppose your swallow-tail coat, 
kid glove fellows, will try to find out who’s 
in his Cabinet. I hope they’ll do it. He 
won’t bring home his furniture till he gets a 
place to put it; just now it don’t look much 
like his being allowed to send the old rub¬ 
bish out. 
Brown says the General can’t fool him 
much longer, and if he don’t send for him 
about the offices he’s got to fill in his district, 
he’ll see him put on had cigars before lie’ll 
help untaekle a single rein of the curb they 
got, on him now. Gay times coining. 
You see I have got a stated place now 
where my post-office trash can he sent and 
where I cau board. Since Gen. Grant took 
me into his buggy the other day I have had 
a. heap of trouble to get on the outside of all 
the whisky and champaign and oysters, and 
other tilings that’s been given to me every 
hour of the day and night, if I would only 
let myself be fed and smiled. My constitu¬ 
tion and my conscience was beginning to 
suffer badly. Brown has got a room out at 
Mrs. Snow down's. When I first,came there 
he didn’t, even ask me to call upon him here, 
and ivouldnt’ so much its offer me a franked 
envelope. But since lie has seen how T 
arm-in-arm. 
The Governor was real glad to see me. He’s 
always glad to see any of his old voting 
friends if they want anything. .So he done 
the fair thing and introduced me to I lie Min¬ 
ister as one of his old voting friends; and 
when we got through bowing lie hooked on 
and we walked along together. Tie said he 
and Fred, had been looking round for a 
place to go into the potato business. They 
had come lo the conclusion that the Irish 
was belter than the sweet potato; and he 
wanted me to go up to hi;- farm in Alaska 
and go into the business. 1 told him I was 
afraid they’d grow small up there; but he 
says Mr. Humnkt fold 1dm they would grow 
as large there as In Massachusetts, and they 
always grow the• Itjggcs}. and best grown 
anywhere else on f -he earth. 1 told him I’d 
see if I could sell my contract, and would 
think about it. • 
“Why,” says he, “Major, you need have 
no trouble about that, for you can sell any¬ 
thing here in Washington from a gin cock¬ 
tail to a man’s conscience or a woman’s fa¬ 
vor, eh, Mr. Minister?” and he gave him a 
poke in his side w ith his elbow. 
“ Parblue, Mr. Secretary, you ought to 
know; you people hove one little mot,, 
proverb, you call him, what says, ‘ Practice 
makes perfect.’ ” Then we stopped, and the 
Minister took out his snuif box and tapped 
and we all took a pinch, and eve laughed, 
tho’ I don’t see the point where the laugh 
comes in, do you ? 
We had got down against the Ebbitts 
House, and 1 onhooked from my distin¬ 
guished friends and went in. 
But I see my sheet is full, so 
Yours to command, 
John Plowiiandle. 
(Minton fInflow, X. Y. 
i*ii~ Answer in I wo-weeks, 
A. F. Conklin 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.—No. 2 , 
My tirst is in stop but not in halt, 
My second’s in beer but not in malt; 
My third is in pear hut not in plum, 
My fourth is in whisky but not in rum 
My fifth is in April but not in June, 
My sixth is in air but not in tune. 
My whole is a country. w 
EST Answer in two weeks. 
CHARADE.-No. 8 
IN SOLID 444)1.11 AND SILVER CASKS ONLY, 
•1 It 4V j'trftHrltf t,otc Price*, 
Silver Hunting Watches . £1 ,s 
Gold Hunting Watches. 18 carat Ca»c!t.. 80 
Gold limiting Watches, Ladies’ Size. VO 
JCmcji irate h weir/anted f <y xj’ectal certificate from 
the Amt-rif-m ll rttth t umfnTn n, Wt* \> 111 send t.liGsf* 
Watcher I v Exancss ii) any place, with bill to collect 
on delivery, and (lire the purcluut r the privilege to opt n 
the package ui.d . .famine the Watch before paying, mid 
any AVateh Thai, dues not give satisfaction may be 
cxrijungod hi the iiiuui.j will tie rifundrtl. Every Oil a 
is requestor', to vo-ite for our Descriptive Price-List, 
which explains the different kinds with prices of each. 
Phase state that gnu naw tin., In Piimi S’cw-Yorker. 
Addrosb in lull. H GW A U It A CO., 
_ Jewelers and Silversmiths, 
992-tf No. 619 Broadway, N. Y. 
V E W f R O F <> X 1 O N S K Ii I) . 
^ (By Mail-Postage Paid.) 
Large lied Wethersfield... per Pound, 85.00 
Yellow Danvers. ** 5.00 
Yellow Dutch or Strasliurg “ 5.00 
Address JAMES SHEPPARD, 
P. O. Box 2,972. (996-it) 219 Pearl St., New York. 
My first is made of sjlk or leather. 
And on it often is a feather. 
My second isa useful metul, 
Of it arc made, the cup and kettle. 
My whole ’an rank on land and ocean ; 
To gain it is a schoolboy’s notion. 
Answer in two weeks. Denio. 
PROBLEM, No. 5 
Suppose, in the corner of a room, which Is 8 
by 9 feet wide and 7 foot four inches high, I 
fasten a cord which is 8g feet in length, 28 in¬ 
ches above the Uoor; then keeping the Cord 
straight, describe a circle; how many square 
feetof surface will it. enclose ? 
Gainesville, N. Y. J. M. Brainerd. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANAGRAM.-No. 6, 
Hf.nt eopst rhtie palsruer a my lelt, 
Owh ronvo reew tup ot cth etst; 
A rtrif vool si lal rvey lewl. 
Tub, levethe cm, hot salt si cth steb. 
Eddie Didama, 
kST Answer in two weeks. 
BRIDGEMAN’S Annual Priced List of Vegetable 
Garden Seeds, Ac,, is now ready, and mailed free to 
all applicants. Ahto ready, Lis, Descriptive Catalogue 
of Flower Seeds, including novelties for 1809. 
ALFRED BRIDGE.ltAN, 
No. 87(5 Broadway, New York. 
t “r aaahealtdv peach trees 
4 »?♦" m "" ‘ for SA Mv - Ready for plantius du- 
ring the coming spring, and ombre lug tile following 
choice market and family varieties:— Hale's Early, 
TlVMl* Faiig. Fa rly York, OrauMonU Early, Moore's 
Favorite. Mary's Choice. M iron rnr, l,’cere's Favorite, 
St amp the H'eirld, < relief ord'e l.ate. Smack Free, II 'uni’s 
Foie, ( rackett'e U'/dte, Vandyke's Favorite, ami the 
Last of the Season. 
The trees will be carefully taken up, packed and 
delivered on the ears at Middletown, Del. Charge 
for packing', SI per IGu. 
Prices as follows: 100 to 1,000, £8 per 100; 1,000 to 
6,000, 850 per M.; .*,.<<)0 and upwards, gti(l per M. On 
all orders for 1.000 or more, a discount of 3 ner cent, 
from those prices will be allowed for rash, or six 
months credit on approved paper. Address, or apply 
to, J. WILKINSON, 
Townsend St., near Republican, Baltimore, Md. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 5. — Moore's 
Rural New-Yorker, the I jest weekly in Amer¬ 
ica. 
Charade No. Campbell. 
Illustrated Hiatus No. 4.—I long to excel in 
penmanship. 
Metagram No. 1.—Bear. 
Problem No. 3.—Ninety-four sheep. 
Anagram No. 5.— 
’Tie just as true that black is white, 
Or. that singular nouns arc plural, 
As '1 is that men can farm a rip;, it 
Who do not read the Rural. 
GLIMPSES OF GENIUS 
A metropolitan I heater announces a new 
play in rehearsal, entitled “Tame Oats.” It is 
said to be one that appeals powerfully to the fe¬ 
lines. 
Why is a man who has just carried his carpet¬ 
bag- ashore from a steamboat like an owner of 
the soil ? Because he is possessed of lauded prop¬ 
erty. 
A young man told liis friend that he dreamed 
that he struck his foot against a sharp nail. 
"Why, then, do you sleep without your shoes?” 
■was the reply. 
A thirty-two months'girl thus accosted her 
paternal relative a dHy or two ago " Papa, will 
you buy me some hole to put in my ears, so I can 
have some ear-rings?” 
Theodore Hook once dined wit h Mr, Hatchet. 
“Ah! my dear fellow.” said his host, depreeat- 
ingly, *■ t am sorry to say that you will not get 
to-day such a dinner as cuir friend Tom Moore 
gave us." ”Certainly not,” replied Hook, ” from 
a hatchet one can expect nothing but a chop.” 
“ What are you doing there, Jane?” 
“ Why, pa, I am going to dye my doll’s pinafore 
red.” 
“ But what have you got to dye it ?” 
“ Boor." 
“ Who on earth told you that beer would dve 
red.” 
“ Why, ma said it was beer that made your nose 
so red, and—” 
“ Here, Susan, take this child.” 
A lady of dist motion gave a fancy ball not long 
since, and in order to be distinguished placed a 
servant at the door to announce the costumes as 
they entered. A couple of ladies appeared in full 
ball-room dress. 
“ What costume shall T announce?” asked the 
servant. 
'• We me not in costume,” they replied. 
“Two ladles without costume!" shouted the 
servant,” to the horror of everybody. 
'Jir. burton's Tobacco Antidote. 
tPabiuniko to iucmovis all oitsim: t on Touacco. It 
entisdy vegetable amt harmless, dial is also an excellent jjf- 
peih.tY it purifies uud tm ichas the blood, iuvit'ora(es>Tje 
eyeleui^ossesscs great nourishing and strengtbeniii^ow- 
er, enutiVs the stomach to digest the lanrOeet loodyCakes 
sleep rettWbbig, and establishes robust health. Jsmeikert 
and chewei\ior sixty yewr« cured. Tiicc FiflsXents per 
box. Pod Ad ihlurpsttjjg trpuiiso on ije injurious 
effects of tobVco, with lists of Icstiromiiajjf references, 
etc., SESt fRE\ Agents wanted Adrltcaf 
\Ofl. T. K. Amiott, J Vej City, N. J. 
From THK U. 8, rkr.iOBV, See Joey'* Office.—cicuse 
eeud a supply of the AYunuin. l’Me one rtceued hue done 
its work SORELY. \ f O. X. EdgxR. 
Frok New }Iamp?bik\^to^ Prison.—G entlemen of 
InBuenee here having beenXgv.1 of the appetite for tobac¬ 
co by using Di, Bnnooh AjNdOte, we desire a supply for 
the prisoners of tills in.uiti jpfoA 
Jus Zfu JIjto, IffaidiV ot N. It. Elate Prison. 
Pro\! the Cmer E.vjtnekr iXvnt Au.rr.nANT Val¬ 
ley Railroad Cowca/y PitrSLrV.u I’a - I have used 
the Antidote with success. It isWiriug all my friends. 
inno¬ 
cent. Live each day so that when your sim¬ 
ple prayers are said at night, you may feel 
that you have the approving smile, the ten¬ 
der, watchful guardianship of the Master, 
who said;—“Suffer little children to come 
unto me for of such is the Kingdom of 
Heaven. Lovingly yours, Mrs. C. H. C. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
ROR AN IRRITATED THROAT, TOUCH 
A or Cold, ” B fount's tireinchial Trudies" are offered 
with the fullest confidence in their efficacy They 
have been thoroughly tested, and maintain the good 
reputation they have Justly acquired. As there are 
imitations, be sure to OBTAIN the genuine. 
VALUABLE WESTERN FARMS.—For a 
» lull description of three verv cheap farms, all 
within a mile ot KR. Depot*, and 20 miles from Chi¬ 
cago—the greatest grain, hog. cattle, fruit and game 
market in the world— send to SNYDER A LEE, Real 
Estate Agents, No. t Metropolitan Block, Chicago, lii. 
A CHEAP HAND-SLED, 
IVTOT a BIT OF STAIN OR 8MART 
IN will Wolcott’s P. 4 IN P.iiNTgive; bat it removes 
pain as quick as magic. Wolcott’s ANNiRfLATOR 
banishes Catarrh front the system, and all colds In 
the head. Recollect and get pint bottles, in white 
wrappers. $1, at druggists. 995-2t 
B est cheese vat in the world 
for Factory or Farm Dairy, send for Descrip¬ 
tive Circular. Also, Current Price-List of Cheese 
Factory and Dairy Furnishing Goods. 
„ WILLIAM RALPH & CO,. 
995-Jt 173 A 175 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. 
THIICOPEE SEWING MACHINE. —First* 
V‘class and fully licunrcd. -4jiru/- Wanted. For 
terms, address Chicomos 8. M. Cu., Boston, Muss. 
P ORTABLE STL A .11 EXGIKEH-FOR 
Fa n*i. Mining or Muon anicai. purposes. 
These machines require no brick work:—mounted on 
legs they are espci ially adapted for use in Mfl.tS, 
Shops, Fou.Nin kiks or t'lU Mivu Rooms, or 
mounted on wlotuls they arc adapted lor OUt-auiir 
work, Tmiixsiiing, VVuon Sawing, Ae. See Rural 
New-Yorker of Auauat I6tb, 1808, first page. 
YFT' Circulars with description and prices ftiniish- 
ed on application to A. N. WOOD A CO., Eaton, 
Madison Co.. N. Y. 
TYIRSERY HAND WANTED.-A YOUNG 
j. j man, about 18 years of age. who has been used to 
Nurserv work, und can bud stock, as assistant in a 
large Poor Orchard. Address Dr. J. S. HOUGHTON, 
Box, Philadelphia, Pa. 994-3t 
Lost.—A boy on board a steamer got up quite 
a panic among the passengers recently. Ho 
bolted suddenly into t he Cabin one morning, be¬ 
fore tho passengers find fairly rubbed their eyes 
open, exclaiming, " We are lost!" “Lost!” ex¬ 
claimed another. “Lost!” screamed out the 
whole crew. “ Yes, lost,” said the lad, astonished 
at the alarm he had created, "I know we are 
lost, because the captain’s on top o'tin-wheel- 
house, and another man’s upon the mast, looking 
to see whore we are!” 
1) i: R It V BOXES. 14At,LOCK A: 
1.) Cidby’s Patents, improved. The best and cheap¬ 
est box in use; neat, strong and well ventilated. 
Put together without tucks. Pint and quart size; 
also a new Style Of Berry Basket, very neat. Peueh 
Baskets, Grape Boxes, Orates, Ac., Ac. 
At the Factories oi the Rochester Grape and Berry 
Box Co., rtuchester, N. Y.,aud Benton Hat bur, Mich. 
Address H. N. PECK & CO. 
Circulars sent freo. 993—it. 
Bi:st in thk Wori.ii.—T he largest,bestand cheap¬ 
est Agricultural paper In the world is MoorUs Rr- 
uai New-Yorker, published by D. D.T, Moore, 
New York city and Rochester. To the farmer it is 
an inestimable assistant, and to the family a treas¬ 
ure.— Osceola (Mu.) fie mid. 
