CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
sympathy or countenance. If the mosquitoes 
torture them, let them provide their own 
protecting nets. If the bees sting them, let 
them learn to keep away from the hives. 
If a toad frightens them, pet and caress the 
toad! If they burn their faces, tell them it 
is good for them. If you want an errand 
done which they can do, tusk them to do it. 
If they pluck your choicest flowers and 
fruits without permission, rebuke them as 
you would your own children. If they think 
country life godelightftil,showtkemhpw it 
seems to you by insisting that they share the 
burthens you bear. Let them learn what 
the delight to - them costs you. Do not wash 
and do up their muslins, skirts and ruffles. 
Show them the wash tub or washing ma¬ 
chine, the cistern pump, the boiler, the soap, 
the clothes-line, the ironing board and the 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Gilmanton, Ilitflnlo Co., Wis., June 11.— The 
season up to date has been rat her cool, but we 
have had a (rood supply of rain, and wheat, oats, 
rye, &«., are as good as wo could wish. Corn is 
not forward, but the prospect is fair for a good 
crop, Potato bug 3 have commenced their work 
as usual.— u. a. f. 
Frychurg, Wright f'o., Iowa, .June S.— Wheat 
was sown in good season and ts looking uncom¬ 
monly tine; it seems to stand the cold and wet 
weather better than oats and corn. Emigrants 
are dotting the prairie in all directions, and yet 
there is room for more. Those t hat have bought 
or taken homesteads are having line weather 
for breaking the prairie, as it is cool and moist.— 
o. w. n. 
Hamilton, Mn., June 20. 
rugs 
Tirr IloiUtr.siAN.—T’ruaMrnl Grant’* Hon-fi* (TIIiietrat*4 ;) Traln- 
Ingc Coiti; Calomel for Horse* Eye*; Core for Corn* on 
Horae*......*...4VI, 4VV 
lNi>r*TniA«. ToVfO*.—••Ration; Alien'* Potato Plow (Uluvirut- 
♦ <!;) Tha " Dt&tl Ka^fon”.....*.....*..422 
Tm* IUiidama*. A Perfect Short-lion); Cowo CloaMtitfi To 
Take t’linff from Call !»•'* Kyoa, ....4V!? 
Bmkiu- Jlt>uA>t'ltv.—Mr. CrtjemauV Thirty-flrp Pound Kl“«cu ; 
Mr. Short** Thirty-It va Pound KIihk* ; Nam a CUliuld.428 
Tiik 6wiNlt-H*lU».— Cook*d Food for ftwitju; Poiioiiuuv Swill...423 
Fikld Cit"tv*. Small (Jpiln Cullure ; Culture of SwfrdUh Tur* 
iiin* ; Wiuih for Seed*; Norway Out* nmt Foul ; Mow to 
Plant Potato**; Fotatuta nfu-r Whcd ; Sind Wlnuit from n 
Cold Cl I unite . Al*iJu? Clover ; Ohilurd Boil.423 
PoMfiioofrAJ . -The Alpine Str *wl.**iry <|l|n*trnti*t; T'li1»iil«i|g 
Fruit; Cranhorrjr Culture; fil.n Uwrry Culture; .Mttl'-li lor 
StrAwburriu*. 424 
New York rtinoerA’Club Plant for Vjimc,Cooifb* 
in^r 11 or* . Marl A Khuaw* Youth 1 * HiMitliti, 
Stmim Plow at Work, An Improved Crmllu %t linblue Wriuti 'l, 
M fp.iti CVrn Stnlkf, Plnator mid ItH Clover, A Uiaunao 
Anion'* Khv/ll, r>uekj, Strawhurrh*, Forty JVarl»*t, Wil-ou’* 
Albany, Triumph* 1 do GiuiJ, I’rcsentfillOb, llotuwynV Seedling, 
StniwoorrUi for Amateur*, Keeping Sweet potato*?.495 
I.N!»t*KT1lfAL SoetKTrre. .. *.420 
Tint Akiauiav, old Citmb for New Swnnm ; ITHJ>ntrilled MCl¬ 
ub 1u Comb Hive.........„.4?0 
Till? Pol l tjiy-Y ant*. -Life «»u Fowl*; TinnapOfliug Firan; Fto*dli»jj 
Trough for Pnnltry (llliulrittcd ;) Selection of j5m*diijg Cock ; 
Preaarving Kju;* .......,... .495 
Fa ft.M Kruviviv. A CI.. J Crusher (Tllti at rated ;> A l way* Ready 
Goto (III i I'ato 1 . :i l'*:ift•• v Gale* (UlualmM-'d ;) Stib.dilute 1 * for 
Fenny* j Civ .). II .v (llluttialvd ;) 0»*;* InetemT.403 
Paiuv fit -n.tsMiv.-Datrylii;: In C.*nnc<th«li ivitb Gram Uruw- 
IlifC i Til* Country Cion- <• Market ...427 
Domthti : K 'onoyi/. Saving “Yun” In Everythin#; CJnlhi*- 
LLnu Altnchm* r.U illlu«tr.itv4 \) How to Can I’m*.427 
EnrroKiAt.a, Kr«;, \•lu.we* from the c.’itvj Lift* Insurnnee; 
Rural Not* . ».ad OuMrw* -Thin \\ «•* L**• Rural, Keftd the A«l- 
rerl.Ueinonta, New Flic loud A|f. S... tinnlemunt Tiinlnt Am 
heml. raid tha V<,r«|*a|”T Kohl u# Miuhiiio, Yrmrfal- 
l«n* Mowing Mvliine in Ib uiaod, The Clipper Mower, A Fine 
ln.pl. ne»R C.tiAlogae ; Tbv . .42 m 
Kim'Catiovai.. A*’r|cuRtira in Comruon Se'no d? Ill...4?2 
CitriiQR Mircm.uxv. — nii>A<4m»6M tho Tuo»b (Poetry, lllintmt- 
od ;) Wntcriii#-PJ •• • Lift*; Freth Hewn CIi'jm..4V9 
Stories von Rrn 4 mmt*.—S stved by n Satchel.4V9, 430 
For Youno Paori.te. —Dnmi* Ditti|d») (Puvtiy;) A Little Hero; 
Caat » Lino for Yotirii'lf; To M ike Soup Hubble*; Brown 
Proud First Mr*. FryV Advlro to her Sun*.4:Pi 
Lapins I’oiit-Ki-i rn,—.l«»l ni the (Tain fP.uiiry;) Curiou* Mar¬ 
riage Cualoina; The ComhiK Girl; Tbr TcnbcMoe iforiiiite#*. .431 
Fociai. Touice..— N’ati.'iml Toutpur Hire MentfiriiUof Life ; Color 
of the liv*- Tin* silent < > uflleti of Life; Home Rightly Re 
irardiul ; What \ Bi»* r. s lm: ld be; T«0 Trim . . . 431 
Sa tin atii Rr a’ : —Day by Duv fPoclrv ;) Pmalth^ for Hin ; 
Huilnvt.i tv uf Orn*'r ; RvIIkIoi:) Lf/c.,...431 
N‘kw* or him V.‘»:hp. Pom .- tie N'ev i Intluditi# Now* fr«*m 
Wixbin rton ? Sr't York, Maine, New Mo in fell re, Vermont, 
Altnusat buiet l*, RJuub* Ll.iml, Conneclirut, New J«rv*v y 
Penn-ylvtuiM. Dclawnre. Mutylan^L Vlr/inlH, Weal Vfr- 
pinia, N*>rtb c.\r-lio.i, South CA'olbm, t.ieor#lo f Alnbamu, 
olisri- ij'pi, Ark\u>tia, Tcnttrsr.ve, I\i.ntm*ky, Ohio, fiidmna, II- 
llnoL*. \Viticoii%bi. Miiiuc^utd, bwn. Mi>*»uui, Kfin.' L-, CoJifor- 
Itlu, Orypon, .Nevada, \V.nldnjf*ou Territory, Hr1 tb-b Columbia, 
Domini it of Ctut idH} Foreign Now*—liieltxllug New* from 
Great Hritnin, France, Spain, RumIa, Italy, CJreocc, Rome, 
AuKtrin,....... ...432 i 
The M AVKtrpi. Produce and Pravblon* j Live Stock; SL Al- 
ImriA Rutter Market... .......433 
Perbonai. Him-. Intei i' tin i» Perwinal RrevUien,.... 
New* and Novau.i ika.—C untaiulng T#m Ilum*.434 
Tiik Xkus Conuk.vakr. -Over Slaty Lata Intnraating Hrevitice.435 
AY it and llu*"n. .lohii Chloaimui and Jonathan (Poetry, lllu**- 
tritcd ;) A pleru Jubilee nt I bone (HblttraUd ;) Glimpses of 
Qj ii u ...136 
Tub Puzzler.P rrddem, Tite. .436 
ThU Week's Mural evinces, we trust, some 
“ Progress nod Improvement ” in both iten ding 
Matter and Illustrations. As our readers are 
aware, we are uot wont to herald the rich things 
we purpose furnishing, or to pass encomiums 
upon them when they do appear; yet we may be 
excused for referring, briefly, to the Contents of 
this number, embracing quite a number of new, 
true and notable tilings. The group of President 
Oka.vt'h famous horses will attract attention, 
and is pronounced the finest thing In Its line yet 
produced in this country. Tlic decoration of a 
dead hero's portrait is a beautiful picture, and 
the accompanying poem a charming and appro¬ 
priate delineation. “John Chinaman, and Jona¬ 
than," and the hit at the Peace Jubilee, on our 
last page, will be relished by a host of Moralists. 
The story, “Saved l,y a Satchel," commenced 
this week, is an admirable one, as our readers 
"'id soon discover. Our Practical Departments 
(mentioned last, though first in Importance to 
many,) contain matters of individual interest 
and public concern,-notably the dissertation 
and exposure on the subject of tho Alpine 
Strawberry, by Mr. A. S. Fri.r.Kit. Indeed, wo 
think the number an admirable one, and only 
ltope (as we shall strive) to render the succeed¬ 
ing twenty-live issues of the year as interesting, 
instructive and entertaining. 
AN OniOINAT. WRKKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. T >. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Kditor and Proprietor, 
CHAS. D. BRAGDOM, G. P. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor ov to a J)lPitiRfB).T Bhkkp Husbandry. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., 
Editor of tub Dkvautmkvt ut Dairy Husbandry. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Of Tk.vnksief, Socmens Cobjiksfonuino Editob. 
Spring wheat and 
oals, and Com on old ground look well; on new 
■ ground, broken this spring or late last fall, 
1 badly. Weather has been cold and wet. On 
1 sod land the grub is destroying a good deal of 
> corn. Winter wheat winter-killed a good deal, 
1 and tho'grubs are at work at what is left. Corn 
selling at KtwflOo.; wheat, t»l.35® , 1.50; potatoes, 
$1.10. No hay to be had at any price.—w. p. p. 
Fowler, Livingston Co., >1leh., Jane 13.—The 
eason is very late, on account of very wot. and 
cold weather. Crops, with the exception of 
corn, look flue. Winter wheat lias an uncom¬ 
monly large growth. Oats and barley are a 
good stand: olo\ or quite heavy and far advanced, 
showing scattering blossoms the first of June. 
The prospect l'or corn is poor. The black 
cut-worm is making rad havoc with it. Tho 
fruit prospect is good, particularly for peaches 
and cherries.— K. w. m. 
Home, TV. V., June 22.— Wet weather rules, 
and but lit tie liocing yet done; com small, but 
a good stand generally; some complaining of 
the cut-worm; grass on new seeded ands 
heavy; on old meadows all the way from poor 
to good; pastures generally good, and dairy 
products bring a good price, especially cheese; 
grains, when well gru in, look tine; winter wheat 
looks well, but little sown; potatoes small, but 
look very well. Most, lands are too wet for cul¬ 
tivation The prospect, as a whole, has 0 pleas¬ 
ant look for a generous harvest,—JONATHAN 
Taucott. 
Hiram, Mortage Co., O,, June I t.—We have 
had a splendid spring for putting in crops; had 
a frost on June. 0; killed all tho corn the worms 
had left; farmers busy planting over; prospect 
for peaches good; apples did not blossom: cold 
rains for the last two weeks, which has lodged 
wheat, and spoiled it; the drouth for two .veal's 
past has ruined (hemeadows: potatoesnro worth 
twelve to fifteen cents; some farmers plant 
forty to fifty acres. There has been twice the 
usual amount of ground planted this spring, and 
X never saw a poorer prospect at this lime of 
I year. jr. n. 
(hid, Krnrcn Co., TV. Y., Jane 23. — Coo 
nights, with slight frost on the Oth Inst., but uot 
severe enough to damage fruit. Winter wheat, 
fair: barley and oats good; of the former every 
available birdie! lias been sown, some, I under¬ 
stand, paying $3 per bushel for their seed. Corn 
is quite backward, owing to the cool weather, 
bui Is now growing finely. Grass never looked 
better. Some farmers in tho southern part of 
the county have sown flax, and contracted tho 
seed for $3.2A per bushel; but the seed in all 
cases did not. come up good. The prospects for 
fruit, of all kinds, have not beeu as favorable for 
several years.— A. m. t. 
Waterville, linn., June 14.—Weather at this 
point generally clear and pleasant, with frequent 
refreshing showers. Grass, graiu, &c., are in a 
very flourishing condition, and a largo crop is 
expected. Karmens are generally busy culti¬ 
vating corn, potatoes, Ac., and breaking prairie. 
Immigntn!* continue to arrive daily. Some 
settle near here, others go further West; and 
they are almost universally well pleased with 
Our country and its advantages. Grasshoppers 
have not troubled this part of Kansas this year, 
and I understand they arc now leaving the Mis¬ 
souri River counties;, eastward bound. Butter-, 
15 to 20c.; eggs, 12 to 15o.; corn, $1.10; oats, 80c.; 
cows, $30 to $A0; flour, $4.50 to $5 per cwt.— 
G. B. V. 
Satina, Onondaga Co,, TV. Y., June 21. —The 
present season has been au unusually backward 
one In this section. High winds, accompanied 
by frequent ami heavy rains, interspersed with 
occasional hot day a, have been the order of the 
season. As a consequence tho crops are quite 
variable, according to the kind, and the kind and. 
quality of the laud. Grass Is conceded to be a 
heavy crop; wheat scarcely an average; outs 
good; |(otatori look well, (especially those grow¬ 
ing in open field, which look much better than 
those growing in the cellars!) Corn will prob¬ 
ably be n light crop. Altogether the season has 
been favorable to cabbage plants, hired men 
and quack grass.—'w. a. c. 
Tracy City, Sewanee Mines, Tenn,, June 19,— 
The wheat in this and neighboring counties, 
Marian, Grundy and Kianklin, Is nearly all cut. 
It proves, as expected to be, the finest crop, 
both iu quality and quantity, in the memory of 
the “oldest inhabitant.’’ The corn is late, but 
looks well. The cotton crop in this region will 
be very light, to all appearances, caused by a 
backward spring. Some was plowed up and 
planted in corn. In my immediate neighbor¬ 
hood, the Cumberland Plateau, ihe fruit crop 
will be small; potatoes, sweet and Irish, very 
large. Emigration from the North is setting 
in in this direction, steady. Our mountains can¬ 
not be beat for stock and fruit raising. Our old 
vineyards are full of young clusters —E. O. 
Natuuust. 
Fnirport, Monroe Co., A. Y„ June 23.—Before 
reporting again on the weather, I concluded to 
wait till we had summer. I think we have it, It 
began about the 20th, which is all right accord¬ 
ing to the almanac. Now it is splendid growing 
weather—neither too wet nor dry, nor too cold, 
nor too warm. But we have had a cold time 
during the first half of June. It should have 
been tho first half of May. Cold wiucls, cold 
nights, clouded skies, rain, and even snow, 
made up the record of the weather. But crops 
have prospered with the exception of corn, and 
there is yet time enough for that. Spring grain 
is large and of a good color; grass largo; wheat 
promising, and potatoes healthy looking and a 
great many planted. As a general thing, fann¬ 
er- are well up with their work. Clover Is in 
blossom, wheat bearded out. There is a fine 
prospect for fruit, especially for the peach crop. 
Cherries are fine as yet and will give a good 
crop if the rot does not harm them. Strawber¬ 
ries are just beginning to ripen.—C uiel. 
— Sundry Crop Reports, from various parts of 
the country, are omitted for want of space. 
Special Contributors: 
P. I! WM. V. T. < 
If. X. UUOOKK, CHAS. V. KICKY, 
J. It. JIOfKJK, K. W. .STKWAKT, 
K. It. EI.IJOTT, .IAMK.S VICK, 
liOKACK GKKKLEY, J. WtUUMtOK, 
■I. HTANTON ootrnn, MUS. K. E. Kl.I.KT, 
“NOW AM/ THEN,” MVItV \. E, WAGER 
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NUISANCES FROM THE CITY, 
New England Ag. Koc. Implement Trial at Am¬ 
herst, Mass,-We learn from our com pendent 
that there were twenty-four two-horse, and five 
onO-horso inowera entered for competition. Of 
the former, t wenty wore represented tho first 
day of the trial; of llm latter, all entered were 
on hand. The following list gives the plot drawn 
by eueh machine, and its weight: 
Plot 1 —Clipper, (No, I,) weight, 5(51 lbs. 2 — 
Buckeye, 061)4 lbs. a —Clipper, (No. 2.) G80 lbs. 
4 —Etna Wi Tbs. 5 — Granite State, 608 Jbs. o — 
World's Mower, 811 lbs. 7—Advance, 7J0 Ths. 
8 —Clipper, (No. a,) 720.': lbs. fi-NJffcn, w.y. lbs. 
10 Remington, 015 lbs. 11—Advance, 023>j Tbs. 
12—Perry's Premium, 705 tbs. 13—Eagle, 71.5 tbs. 
11 — Union, 652)4 lbs. 16- Young Warrior, 000j4 
lbs. 1 C—Buckeye, (No. 2 .) 004 lbs. 17-Buckeye, 
(No. 3,) &t5)g Jba. Is Eureka, (5 feet cutter bar.) 
798# lbs. ISP American, 722 lbs. SO—Eureka, (6 
feet cutter bar, 837.’-. lbs. 
The machines not represented, or whose own¬ 
ers were not present, were the Kirby, Lancaster, 
Hubbard and Ball's. 
Of tho one-horse machines, there were No. 
23—Granit* State, ;M\ lbs. 24—Clipper, feet 
cut bar,) 613j* lbs. 25-Niflin’s,M2 lbs. 20 —Union, 
553 lbs. 27—Buckeye, 562 lbs. 
There were five hay tedders, twelve rakes and 
one horse fork entered for trial, and these com¬ 
prise the list. 
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For.«nith’s Newspaper Folding Machine.— As 
the Rural was the first paper in this State 
which used a full-sized folding machine of this 
patent— and found it the most perfect obtaina¬ 
ble—we take pleasure in referring to the an¬ 
nouncement of the patentee and manufacturer 
in the appropriate department of this paper. 
For several years the Rcbal was folded by one 
of ForsA mt's machines, and it gave entire sat¬ 
isfaction. Recently Mr. F. has furnished us a 
machine suitable for the enlarged Knur,, and 
though of an unusual and extraordinary size, 
wo think it will prove a decided success, it is 
certainly a great improvement upon a “raft" 
of boys and men, as it works steadily and true, 
and neither lights nor swears. 
HALF-YEARLY VOYAGE “ALL ABOARD !” 
and cream, your quiet domestic comfort, 
your contentment and—what is worse—the 
valuable time your crops claim. Doubtless 
you will be glad — or profess to be glad — to 
see them; but before you get rid of them 
you will wish you had no such relations,or 
that they had common sense enough to know 
their places and keep them. 
Are we in earnest ? Most certainly. True 
we live in a city; but, we have lived on a 
farm, and know precisely how convenient it 
is to have a whole family from the city 
come to us “ to spend the hot season and 
recruit, you know”—how they turn things 
topsy-turvy and raise the dickens generally 
with calculations and comfort. If there js a 
cool room and a good bed in the house they 
must monopolize it while you swelter in a 
small bed-room which you use as a make¬ 
shift on account of company. If there is a 
1 fine view, or good fishing within a dozen 
I miles, they want the team to see. the view 
and convey them to the fishing ground at 
will, no mailer what the urgency of your 
1 work or the exactions of the hay or grain 
harvest. Will they lift a Auger to help the 
housewife feed the dozen harvest hands? 
Not a hit of it! The sultriness of the 
| weather does not affect them. They are 
I quite willing to live on the luxuries of your 
* gardens, orchards and dairies, as manipu¬ 
lated by the farmer’s wife and daughters in 
the seething kicthen. And ten to one the 
daughters will think they must “ entertain 
their city company,” and leave the poor 
mother to swelter through the service of 
feeding the household and keeping things 
comfortable. 
It makes our blood boil at a low tempera¬ 
ture when wc remember the outrageous ex¬ 
actions of these visiting city folk from their 
“ country cousins,” whose realms of labor 
they “ honor with their presence” during the 
summer heats. And in the light of our own 
experience, and that of others whose afflic¬ 
tions we have had opportunity to observe, 
we have a little sound advice to give which 
may make summer life easier to the farmer 
and his family and do no damage to the city 
people who rush out to get a breath of lrcsh 
air the moment the roses appear. 
Don’t give up the best bed nor the best 
room to such visitors. Your laborious duties 
make your own hours of rest important to 
you; and the rest should be as complete as 
possible. Give them the beds and room you 
can best spare. Let them take care of aud 
entertain themselves. Do lhe duties the de¬ 
mands of your crops, tho kitchen and dairy 
devolve upon you just as if there was no one 
about you but your own family. Put the 
disli-clot.hs into the dainty hands of the city 
girls and teach them how to use them. Give 
them lessons in the culinary department 
Let them gat her and stem the fruit that is to 
be served up for their delectation. Learn 
them to make pastry and puddings. Exact 
an exchange of labor for the hours of pleas¬ 
ure-seeking they would have you devote to 
them. If they choose to simper in the par¬ 
lor, let them simper alone and without your 
All its Hratikks A gouts, Snfiscribors, Bnrrovr- 
ei'N Ac.,—will observe that a now Half Volume of the 
Rural New-Yorker commences this week, under 
the most favorable auspices, and with a renewed 
determination to more fully manifest the spirit of 
its glorious Motto, "Excelsior,” and laudable Ob¬ 
jects, “/To jwi* and foi/wormmt.” The success of 
the Enlarged and Improved RURAL lias already been 
so subetanUal anil decided, ant! its prospects are now 
so nattering, tiiat we ate encouraged to make still 
greater efforts to augment value and accepta¬ 
bility, and thus more firmly establish tts reputation 
as the Best Journal ov its Class. 
Agents and all other earnest friends of the RURAL 
are reminded that tho present Is a favorable time to 
add to it? circulation, the beginning of the new Half 
Volume being a good starting point for either Yearly 
or Half-Yearly subscribers. Thousands would try 
the paper for a half yuar (July to January.) if only 
asked by a friend nr townsman, and we trust every 
Agent and Subscriber will boar this fact hi iniinl. and 
kindly lend their influence In that, direction, so far 
ns convenient remembering that every new sub¬ 
scription Will aid us to make the paper more accept¬ 
able and valuable to all Its renders. Certainly, when 
abundant, crops uro being vouchsafed Farmers and 
Planters in almost every section of the Union, tho 
services of Uie Rural New-Yorker, and other 
Journals which seek to enhance ihe best interests of 
producers, are worthy of substantial recognition. 
Hence, asking no intrimaor, «» such- hut only that 
support to which it is entitled upon its merits and 
value, wo present the claims of this Journal to all 
who know and approve its character and objects. 
LIFE INSURANCE 
Widely as Life Insurance Companies are 
extending their inlluenoe, and successful as 
many of them are, it does not seem to us 
that the benefit to accrue from (lie insur¬ 
ance of life Is as generally appreciated as it 
ought to be. It is a subject to which wc 
have given considerable personal attention 
for personal reasons. We have not learned 
to regard the Investment of money in what 
are known as “ Endowment Policies,” an 
investment desirable for a good thorough¬ 
going business man to make—especially if 
he has reached middle age. But l'or a young 
man, subject to constant temptation to spend 
his money or invest it iu bewildering and 
uncertain speculations, if may be the best 
possible agency to insure the saving and se¬ 
cure the safety of his surplus earnings. Aud 
even a professional man of middle age, 
without the habits and experience necessary 
to the judicious investment of his earnings, 
may find it profitable to take, endowment 
policies. But it is uot our present purpose 
to discuss this branch of the subject in ex- 
U'lvso, but to point out succinctly some of the 
advantages of insuring one’s life. 
I. A man thirty-five years old may, by 
the payment of say $100 per year, secure to 
his family at his death tho sum of say, 
$5,000. 
II. If he agrees to pay this sum in semi¬ 
annual installments, the moment he has paid 
his first $50 and received his policy, the 
$5,000 is secured to his family, should he die 
the next day. 
III. This is an assurance of future safety, 
pecuniarily, to au economical, sensible 
family, which enables him and them the 
better to enjoy the present, because it re¬ 
lieves him mid them of care for the future— 
a relief thousands of men labor the best part, 
of their lives to secure, denying themselves 
and their families not simply luxuries, but 
comforts and conveniencies to realize. 
IV. This sense of security enables men to 
venture their means in enterprises which 
their best judgments approve as good and 
safe, but which their prudence would other¬ 
wise cause them to shrink from. It removes 
the shackles from them, and begets bolder 
strokes and more rapid progress in the de¬ 
velopment of our National resources and ( 
wealth. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
DR. GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL CREAM, OR 
MAGICAL BEADTIFIER. 
This preparation lats Required a reputation 
which makes It Nought after by ladies coming 
from or g'oiny to Hie . 10 sl. distant countries, for 
it has no oqual or rival in its beautifying quali¬ 
ties. Like nil other of Dr. Gourauu’s prepara¬ 
tions, this has extended its sale until it has 
become ft special! ,v by its own merits, and is not. 
the Croat til’d of mere advertising notoriety. It 
Se recommended from one customer io anot her 
on actual knowledge- of its value and utility. 
Prepared tiy Dr. Fkiax Goukaud, 48 Bond 
Ntrcol, removed from 453 Broadway, New York; 
G. C. Goodwin & Co., 38 Hanover street, and 
Weolss Si Potter, 170 Washing'ton street, Boston ; 
and to bo had of all Druggists. 
Vandalism.—In Rural of Juno 32 we copied 
from the Chicago Republican an account of tho 
girdling of 1,500 fruit trees belonging to Martin 
Greek, Benton Harbor, Mich., ami the efforts 
made to save t hem. These efforts were proving 
successful—we team from tho same paper—and 
there was the- most encouraging prospect that 
the trees would be saved ; but a few nights since 
the villain completed liis work by again girdling 
the orchard so effectually that there is no hope 
of their salvation. Hongi ng is too good for such 
a being. 
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, 
If you would bo beautiful, use Hagan’s Magnolia 
Balm. 
It gives a pure Blooming Complexion and restores 
Youthful Beauty. 
Its offoets arc gradual, natural and perfect. 
It Removes Redness, Blotches and Pimples, cures 
Tan. Sunburn and Freckles, and makes a lady of 
thirty appear but twenty. 
The Magnolia Halm makes the Skin Smooth and 
Pearly; the ICye bright and Clear; the Cheek glow 
with tlie Bluorn of Youth,and Imparts u fresh, plump 
appearance to the Countenance. No Lady need com¬ 
plain of her Complexion, when 75 cents will purchase 
this delightful article. 
The Clipper Mower.—We learn from a dis¬ 
patch Just received from Sedalia, Mo., that at 
a qiowcr trial at that place the Clipper Mower 
(an advertisement of which appeared in Rural 
of May 22.) took three out of four premiums— 
iho three first, and the last a tie. We are not 
informed what machines it competed with for 
these prizes. 
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A Fine Implement Catalogue. — The Catalogue 
of Agricultural Implements, advertised in this 
paper by Messrs. K. H. Allen Co., is a decided 
“institution”—the finest thing in its line ever 
issued in this country. It is voluminous, finely 
illustrated, and comprehensive. 
PATENT CATTLE PUMPS. 
See advertisement in Rura i., June 2G, page 418. 
J. J. VAN ZAXDT. Manufacturer, 
The Water drawn from the hydrants in Cen 
tral Park New York, is conveyed through lead- 
encased block-tin pipe. 
GOLD MEDAL THRESHING MACHINE. 
If you want a Threshing Marlon'', send for Circu¬ 
lars and Judges' Report of tho Macliinn awarded 
J. wn Gold Medela, at the Great National Trial, Auburn, 
N. Y., July, 1888. Manufactured by n.& M. HARDER, 
t'obleskill, N. Y. See udv hi last week's Rural. 
THE SEASON, 
Mowing Machines In Demand.—A note from 
the President of the Corry Machine Co., (Corry, 
Pa.,) says“ This is the first year of tho Climax 
Mowing Machine, and, though we shall turn out 
between 5,0(10 and 0,000 machines, we shall not be 
able to supply our orders. Our sales have been 
principally through the Western, Southwestern 
and Middle States. As far as we have been able 
to learn, the lmy crop will be better this year 
than usual.” 
[7Ve desire to reeelve Hems concerning the season, 
crops and crop prospects from all parts of the coun¬ 
try for publication under this head.—E ds. Rural.] 
Crops in North Carolina, June 23.—T have just 
returned from a trip in North Carolina. I found 
corn and cotton very short and poor, and at least 
one month late. I saw little cultivation that de¬ 
served to be called cultivation— j. w. 
USE JOHN DWIGHT & CO.’S 
BEST SALERATUS or their SUPER GARB. SODA 
No others are equal to these for cooking purposes, 
Established 4846. 
