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GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
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THE BATTLE OF THE B’s. * 
The Oldest. Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
A battle was waged in Congress, one day, 
Between the two B’s in battle array,— 
And the way they talked, yon readily see. 
Put fur in the shade "the heathen Chinee.” 
It wasn’t n battle of roll up the sleeves, 
Xor clashing of horns, us wont with the Beeves, 
But a mental resort of language at large, 
By use of their tongues tu making each charge. 
The cause of the strife was plain A. B, C, 
To lead the advance of a matter to be,— 
And that letter of Hen's made vacant the Chair, 
The better to make it a tight “ on the square.” 
The point of attack tin- lettci contained 
Was a trick ' alleged, whereof he complained. 
Which the Speaker had d' no that the caucus 
agreed— 
Ami that was the cause of his letter and deed. 
The scene was beheld by some thousands around, 
in silence or mirth—as either would wound— 
Especially so, when a shot from B laine 
W ould stir up Ben. B. to “ rise and e xpluin.” 
It seems that a bill by Bi:n. was prepared, 
And a caucus was called, and many It shared, 
In order to probe the ICu-Kltix disease : 
And this was ode point by both of the B’s. 
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A plan by Committee was got tip by Blaine, 
Who thought this way best to get at the pain 
And so the two ways were shown In debate, 
With all of the spice the two could create. 
The ilnalc was had by vote In the House, 
When ” Essex” retired with "ntr.ht'x knmin rnus." 
And victory enshrined the cause of J ames U., 
While Sorrow entwined the brow of Ben. B. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL ENIGMA.—No. 1 
GETTING UP CLUBS. 
GREAT SAVING TO CONSUMERS 
The moral la drawn from out of tills strife, 
”i'w is better so done than drawing the knife, 
As heathen give vent In blood from the vein,— 
Wherefore wo credit both Butler and Blaine. 
* Recent debate in Congress between Speaker 
laine and Mr. Butler. 
1 am com posed of twenty-six letters. 
The song of my 1,23,24,11,21,7,1,13.21,31 is said 
by Audubon to excel that of any other bird of 
its size with which he is acquainted. 
My 3,1,23 is u name applied to all nocturnal 
birds of prey. 
My 4, 2, 14, 3-a largo bird—inhabited, in ilie 
Hovenleciith century, Mauritius and adjacent 
islands. 
My 12, 9=15, 19=18, 2G=25, 9. 
The ” soft, liquid, lialf-pialntlve" notes of my 
whole excel in sweetness those of any other 
American bird, (except perl laps those of its near 
relative the ft, 21,7. 17, 23, 5,20,10, 13, S, 10, fl)and 
can only be approximated, never equaled, liy 
the noles of.a tin to in the hands of a master. 
Answer in two weeks. Fourteen. 
The subscriptions to the New Five Per Cent. Stock 
of the Unitod Status now amount to about *60,000,000. 
They are confidently expected to reach >200,001.1X0 by 
the time the New Bunds are ready for delivery in 
May. The proposals of the Secretary of the Treasury 
will then 1m changed to the following programme: 
First. — Bonds to the amount of three hundred 
millions of dollars, payable In coin, ut the pleasure 
of the United Slates,after ton years from the dale of 
their Inane, and hearing Interest, p: 
Parties inquire howto get tip clubs. Our answer 
Is, send for Price l.ist, and it Club form will accom¬ 
pany it with full directions, -making a large saving 
to consumers and remuneruUve to Club organisers. 
P. O. Box 5500. No. S Chit tell St 
.Send for Then-Xeeteir Circular. 
SPARKS OF JOLLITY. 
Tm: gardener's motto—Lett uce plant. 
What's the proper age for a parson? The 
parsonage, of couive. 
Time is money; of course it is, or how could 
you “spend nil evening?" 
Spuing opens carelessly. 1 f it don’t look out, 
the trees will start and leave. 
A ktkr the lapse of all the existing European 
governments Russia is coming in for the Finnish. 
Mns. Partington will not allow Ike to play 
tlie guitar. She says ho had It once when a 
child, and it nearly killed him. 
Tiieihs iino two places where mutilated cur¬ 
rency is taken—at the post-ofliee and at church 
collections. You can pass it easiest at. the latter 
place. 
“ Where’s your filial gratltnde, you naughty 
hoy ? What would you liav e been without your 
father and mother?” “Ia'posel’d been an or¬ 
phan, sir." 
An Irish schoolmaster recently informed his 
pupils that the feminine gender should bo ap¬ 
plied to all ships and vessels afloat, except mail 
steamers and men-ol-wnr. 
“ What Is the reason your wife and you al¬ 
ways disagree?" asked one Irishman of another. 
” because we are both of one mind; she wants 
to be master, and so do I." 
Oi.u Lady “When does the next train stop 
here ?" Porter (explaining)—“ Well, ’m, you see, 
the next train don't stop ’ere at all, and the next 
train as stops'ere don’t go no further, and the 
next is a through express." The old lady is 
much better for the explanation. 
Prevent the cheese from pressing op uronnd the fol¬ 
lower of a cheese hoop, save Irimm mg. ami leaves a 
nice edge, (’HA?. MILLAR A SON. Ptten. N.Y.. 
Manufacturers of Cheese Vats and Dairy Utensils 
31 a 33 mjcr stiieet 
1\«. Box 3043. NEW YORK. 
_ ayuhle quarterly 
III coin, at the rate of five per cent, per annum. 
Second .—Bonds to tlm amount or three hundred 
millions of dollars,payable in coin,at the pleasure of 
the Unitod Stales, after fifteen years from the date 
of tli°lr isstie.and bearing interest, payable quarterly 
in Coin, at the rate of four and a half per cent, per 
unn uni. 
'1'hird .—Bonds to the amount of seven hundred mil¬ 
lions of dollars, payable in coin, ut On* pleasure of 
the United Stales, after thirty years from the duleof 
their issue, and bearing Interest, payable quarterly in 
coin, ut, the rate of four per cent, per annum. 
Subscriptions to the loan will have preference, 
al ter the above mentioned two hundred millions are 
taken up, In the following order, namely : 
Flint .—Subscriptions for equal amounts of each 
class of bonds. 
Second .—Subscriptions for equal amounts of bonds 
bearing interest *t t Wrote of four and s half per 
cent, and of bond-, beer^ng interest at the rate of five 
percent. , 
Thinl .—Subscriptions for any five per cent, bouds 
that may not lie subscribed for in the preceding 
classes. 
Subscriptions to the remainder of the >200,000,000 of 
five per cents., which are unconditional, are now 
going on, and the bonds will soon be issued to the 
subscribers, who cun receive a scrip certificate in ad¬ 
vance, if they desire to pay their gold or exchange 
United States o-30s ut once, In the registered or cuu 
pon form. Registered bonds will be issued of the 
denominations of *50. >100, >500, *1,000, >5,000 and >10,- 
000, and coupon bonds of each denomination except 
the last two. The Interest will be payable in the 
United states at the olttoe of the Treasurer, any 
Assistant Treasurer or designated depository of the 
Government, quarterly, on the first days of Febru¬ 
ary, May, August and November, in each year. 
The bonds of the several classes aforesaid, and the 
interest thereon, are exempt from the payment of 
all taxes nr dues of the United States, as well as from 
taxation in any form by nr under State. municipal or 
local authority. 
Alter innt iiP ir v, the bonds last Issued will be first 
redeemed, by classes and numbers, us may be desig¬ 
nated by the Secretary (if the ’l'Jcusury. 
Thu reduction of the public debt since the close of 
the war of the rebellion, and the relief, at the same 
time, to the annual burden of interest, are its follows; 
Principal of iflebL IStti.>2.755.995,275 
Paid under Johnson.. 265,59.1,3fl 
Principal, March 4, 1809,,.,. .*2,491,399.9(11 
Paid ltniler Grant.. 228,063,073 
Present public debt.*2,306,316,281 
Interest charge, 1865. 151,832,051 
Reduced in tour years by puwnentund 
funding. 25,142,501 
Interest charge, I860. >126,389,550 
Reduced In two years by payment. 12,052,998 
Present interest change..>114,336,553 
The proposed further reduction of the annual in¬ 
terest charge upon the public debt by refunding is 
as follows: 
By exchange of *500,(HO,n00 Untied states six 
per cents for new five per cents >f Ins l.*5,000,000 
By exchange of *300,000,000 United States six 
percents »<i tour and a half per Clints of 
1886. 4,500,000 
By exchange Of >700,1 OO.Ukl United States six - 
per cents for four per cents of 1901.. . . .14.000,000 
Total saving per annum by refunding...*23,600,000 
The whole proceeds of the new loans will be ap¬ 
plied to the payment or redemption and cancellation 
of the 5-20 years six per cent, bonds, and in addition 
to these proceeds, the 5-30s arc now being reduced by 
purchase at the rate of *10,000,000 per month. 
V. C. NOUYELL. 
In charge of advertising United States Loans. 
Treasury Office:, New York, April 15. 
ANAGRAMS OF CITIE8.-N0. 1 
J. Finger sllp'd; 
2. If. Nimrod ; 
3. Gone to my mar 
4. Corn C. (). D.” 
5. Gin slaw. 
£5?” Answer in two weeks. 
PUZZLER. ANSWERS, 
PUZZLE, No. G.—A little darky in the middle of the 
bed and nothing over him. 
unoB8-woui> Enigma, No. 8.—World. 
Ii.LlTSTUATKii Reiics, No. 17.—That bad hoy did 
not scruple to lie. 
miscellaneous QUiuertiseinents 
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CROSS-WORD ENIGMA-No. 9 
-My first is in bonk but not in page; 
My second's in bird but not in cage; 
My third is in you but not in me; 
My fourth is lo wasp, but not in bee; 
My fifth's In seven but not in eight; 
My whole Isa town in the Buckeye State. 
Answer in two weeks. Scholium, 
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PUZZLE.-No. 7 
A blind beggar hud a brother; the blind 
eggar died; the brother never had a brother; 
hat relation to him was the blind beggar? 
fcs?"” Answer in two weeks. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 19, 
^^Is the German Seltzer; and ^ 
TARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT 
Tails duplicate. Letters ut testing its wonderful Tonic Aperient and anti- 
Bilious qualities swarm in from every source. The question ha-; been set¬ 
tled whether artificially medicated waters may not be equal to those which 
burst sparkling from the earth Itself. They can : and the Seltzer Aperient, 
when undoubtedly pure and genuine, proves the fact. 
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Answer in two weeks, 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA,—No, 5 
Mr first is rd Algebraic term. 
Myseeond is solitary. 
My third signifies uuion. 
My fourth Is a half, 
£3F* Answer iu two weeks. 
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the celebrated HOME SHUTTLE SKIVING 
MACHINE. Has the under-feed, make* the 
" lockstitch " (alike on both sides.) and is 
fullli licensed. The bent and cheapest family 
Sewing Machine In the market, Address 
JOHNSON. CLARK & Co., ..nalon. Mass., 
Pittsburg, Pu„ Chicago, III,, or St. Louis, Mo. 
Is mounted on wheels! ft. high. 8preads about 2)4 ft. wider than any other Tedder, and is of easy draft 
for one horse. Spreads from behind the wheels, and does not run over and press down the grass after 
it is spread. It takes hold of the prostrate gratis by a forward diagonal movement of the forks, and 
tosses it lightly and rapidly into the air, thus avoiding breakage of the coating, giving it the advantage of 
an artificial current of air, and reversing its position on the ground. This machine never clogs, and its 
mechanical construction Is very accurate and durable. Others do not insinuate their forks underneath 
the grass und toss It up as this does, but strike it violently, lucerating the coating and lrequently by their 
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THE LONGEST GERMAN WORD. 
A DisTiNGtirsED German philologist sends ns 
the following German word, which is oneof.il’ 
u >i the, longest in the language, and asks the 
« ’ting folks to send the Rural New-Youkicr its 
true meaning English. AYe will publish the 
nr-ii five answers received. This is the word: 
° " sta ntl NopoZR aiiischm? lulelm lekspfe ifvrgctellc li¬ 
ne rbeixisvater. 
EVERY FARMER SROCLD FSE THE 
Will not ” flick') In any soil. Fur circular* giving full infanna- 
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Moore’s Uitrat, is not merely an flrgunf-looking 
paper; it is really beautiful. Its illustrations of rural 
architecture, fruits, flowers, etc., are worthy of a 
handsome book .—Hartford Daily Times. 
