THeA'NECTAR 
ttmor 
OF THE 
Equaled by none In Combined merits 
of Capacity, Economy, Dura¬ 
bility, Simplicity and 
Perfection. 
SPARKS OP JOLLITY 
United States 
A SURE way to stop a woman’s mouth - Kiss it. 
When is a sailor not a sailor? Wbeu lie’s 
a-loft. 
Good resolutions, like fainting ladies, want 
carrying out. I 
Melancholy twees— 1 The weeping willow and 
the pine-apple. 
May not u turkey be said to he a ghost when 
he’s a-gobhlin’ ?" 
The tics that connect business men with tlie 
public—Advertise. 
Though men boast of holding the reins, the 
women generally tell which way they must drive. 
Josh Billings uttered a great truth when he 
said “ He who by Ins biz would rise must either 
burst or advertise." 
Law 19 like a sieve; you can see through It, 
but you must be considerably reduced before 
you can get. through it. 
If a hair of a dog is good for his bite, that ex¬ 
plains why sulphur, which comes from Vesu¬ 
vius, is good for eruptions. 
We have heard of but.one old woman who 
kissed her cow, but there are thousandsof young 
ones who have kissed great calves. 
It is not necessary that a postman should pos¬ 
sess a good voice; but it is a most essential thing 
that lie should have u good delivery. 
The man who sung, ‘‘O breathe no more that 
simple air,” was recommended 10 go into the 
smoking car, where the air was more mixed. 
“ NKVBB listen to flatterers, my dear," said a 
mother to her daughter. “ Why, mamma, how 
shouid I know they are flatterers unless I listen 
to them ?” 
Our Portable Engine 
II,,-.ii legs and tun tiers; occupies little room ; needs 
no brick work : is suitable for use In any place where 
•, power is required — In Mill*, Shop*, Pouudries or 
Printing Itoom*, or In Stock Bum*, for grinding, cut¬ 
ting itno steaming loud for stock. Tlie 
Stationary Engine 
Is complete with Governor, Pump aud Heater, witli 
connections atted. The 
Agricultural Engine, 
Supplied with Locomotive Holler, having tire-box and 
ash-pit entirely surrounded by water space; Is 
mounted on wheel-, with polo lor attaching horses 
for moving from place 10 place ; Is suitable for Groin 
Threshing, Corn Shelling, Wood mi d Shingle Sawing, 
Ac. 
Circulars, with description aud prices, furnished 
on application to 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE 
FARMERS’ PACKAGE 
OF BlICIIAN’S CARBOLIC SOAPS 
containing 
6 Lbs. Carbolic Di-lnfecliiir Soap, 
tor Destroying l.lcc ou CulUe; Curing Galls, 
Scratches and Bores.. 
5 Lb. Cun Crcsvlic Sheep Dip, 
For Care of goal, nod kindred discuses in Sheep. 
5 Lb. Can Crrsylie Ointment, 
For Cure of Fool-Hot, Hpofnii, etc. 
10 Lb*. Carbolic Linimlry Soap, 
K doz. Carbolic Toilet Soap. 
“ “ Dental Soap. 
L •* “ Halm Ointment. 
1 pox “ Disinfecting Powder, (Granulated) 
Will, on receipt.'if <0 be sent to any address In the 
United States, with one copy of the American Agri¬ 
culturist for i bo year 18TI- Send l‘- Q. Addnen and 
Shipping Direction*: The** preparations have been 
Indorsed uy the highest. Scipntitv, Medlcul and Vet¬ 
erinary authorities. Please state you saw tilts Intbe 
Rural Nkw-Vokkeh. Address 
HO Will AN & BI.KWETT. 
5 '2 Unrein* r*i„ N. V., P. O. Box 7S4. 
INTEREST |FUNDED LOAN OF 1871 | 5 PER CENT, 
CITY BOY’S FIRST FIKU 
dy, (out fishing for tlm first, time in hi- life.) 1 
i, and teli me what kind of a fish I’ve caught. 
“GET THE BEST.” 
Especially when it Costs no more 
than the Poorest. 
TUTS BOND Is Issued in uccordune# with tlio pro- 
visions of an Act of Congress entitled ** An Act to 
authorize tile refuftdlng of the National Debt, 
approved July U, 18TQ, amended by an Act approved 
January 20,1871, and Is redeemable til the pleasure of 
the United States, after the 111 st day of May, A. 1). 
1881, in Coin of the standard value ot the United 
States on said July 14,1870, with interest In Mich Coin, 
from the day of the date hereof, at the rule of MV i. 
PKlt CKNTCM per annum, payable quarterly, on 
the first, day of February, May, August, and Novem¬ 
ber, in each year. The principal and Interest are ex¬ 
empt from the payment of all Taxes or Duties of tins 
United States, as well as from taxation in any form, 
by or under State, municipal, or local authority. 
Washington’,... 18. 
Entered.. Recorded.. 
Register Of the Treasury 
Registered bonds will be Issued of the denomina¬ 
tions of *50. $100. *300, *1,000, *5.000 and *10,000, and 
coupon bonds of each denomination except the last 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 7. 
As Amazonian Sovereign, who 
A Conquering Prince did briefly woo. 
Isimmed by letters hull' u.score; 
The 0 . 1 , 5 wilh 8 and*. 
The 7 and 3 is crime, which Laws 
Anil Decalogue forbid, in clause 
The eight it; 10, 0 and 8 express 
A ranlt, witli men, and its address. 
C3T” Answer in two weeks. E 
novlcvv 
138 and M0 Fulton St., New York. 
TXREEM \ \" A m int have very groat pleasure In inviting A?fi 
(\\ \) inspection <>t their Inimoiisn Slock for the present sea- ' (y_ 
Y»V son It embrace- the I'hoierel Product* of the Loam from every w 9 
V part of the world, both In the piece and imtde upior imme¬ 
diate wear. f>*r uli ages and all occasions. 
SPRING OVERCOATS, $5, $10. ^UITS, S10, $15. ]}0YS’ ^UITS, $5, $8 
Spring overcoats, $ 15 , $20. cuits, $20, $30. jjoYS’ suits, $10, $12 
Spring overcoats,$25. $30. v^uits, $io, $50. |>oys’ Suits,$15, $20 
/ \RDHItS IIV LETTER PROMPTLY PILLED* _ 
() FREEMAN vfc BURR'S SVRTKM FOR BKI.F-.VIKAb- 
f// ~ UK’S enables parties 10 any part of the. euuulry to order ( lotn- ,\\v' v 
ff lag from them with the certainty ul receiving the most I Fit- 
^ / Wf .. FiCOT FIT attainable. ^ A\ ' 
'*f/? ni Llis FOR SELF-MEASURE. Samples of Goods 
Price-List, and Fashion Rlate JJlC.vT FRKK on application. V 
N.0.PHELPS A CO. 
50LC AGCNtS 
/fOctTLANtn ar w.y 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.— No. 6 
My first is a word always used in ehurob. 
My second is a boautifni appendage to a horse. 
My third is an obsolete word signifying enough 
My fourth we read in every first-class family 
paper. SCHOLIUM. 
Answer in two weeks. 
The *' NOVELTY ♦» Is the only Clothes Wringer 
that liu- Cog-Wheels on both ondsof the rolls, which 
allows the rails to separate freely at either cud: suit 
the cog-wheels Cannot In* thrown out ot gear on both 
cmdsoi the wringer ul Llio same time, unless tlu pre*s- 
uiv (» taken intirilg off . 
£ t!~ Remember that wringers with cog-wheel* on 
one end onlu. the roll* of wbh'b cannot separate at 
both •• I'Anult « rlpfi v .a , unevenly. 
The Niivki.tv Wringer has bni one pressure screw 
This always secures uii equal pressure the whole 
length of the rolls. 
It is fastened to ft lab or box byH Patent tarred 
Clamp, which tins an equal bearing on the tub the 
whole length oj the wringer. Other wringers a re mere¬ 
ly fast titled to a stave at each end, and are thus lla- 
hle to wrench the slaves from their proper position 
ami ruin I he tnh. 
The Novel tv Wringer Is warranted perfectly satis¬ 
factory in every respect. 
SOLD EVKKYWHEREi 
N. I*. I’UCI.rS A. CO., ««iPI Agents, 
IT < ortInndI SI., New York. 
UNDER A BURNING SUN 
Where Bilious affections and Fevers of various descriptions so generally 
prevail, 
TARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT 
lilts been successful beyond nil parallel. Hence the physicians of the i ropics 
give it their emphatic sanction, prescribing it. In preference to every other 
ane(lent In use. The patients.ol course i/hpily acquiesce,for this prepara¬ 
tion is one ot the most delightful, as Well a- mild and coo fine cathartics, 
chemistry has yet devised, and possesses every medicinal virtue ot the 
tar-famed German Seltzer Spa, It Is a powder that only requires the ad¬ 
dition of water to produce In an instant a delicious, effervescent beverage, 
ns well its an lnvnluntile medicine. 
ASK FOR AND ACCEPT NONE BUT THE GENUINE. 
BOLD MY ALL DRUGGISTS. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 20 , 
EVERY FARMER .SHOULD USE THE 
Will not M stick”in any soil. Ffirctrcnlnrv giving 1 lull lufnt mil¬ 
lion, nrl lri Corny*. A Co., 212 Water Si., New York City, 
GETTING UP CLUBS. 
GREAT SAVING TO CONSUMERS 
ZST Answer in two weeks, 
Parties inquire how to get up clubs. Oar answer 
is, send for Price List, and a Club form will accom¬ 
pany it with fall directions,—milking n largo saving 
to consumers and remunerative to Club organizers. 
PROBLEM. No. 12 
A. D. C. and D. own a slock of hay together, 
in tlm form of a right pyramid or cone,contain¬ 
ing Id tops and being 10 leet in bight. How 
much of the bight must each take oil to baveoue- 
fourtli of the stock? 
Oxford. Everett & Charley. 
Answer in two weeks. 
31 <£ 33 f’J’S/:I’ STIIEET, 
P. O. Box 5643. NEW Y ORK. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
(tans & lelodcous 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Problem Mo. 11.— Jfths true. 
Illustrated lames No. 18.—First understand 
then do. 
Biblical Exioma, No. .l—H ate the evil and love 
the gaud. 
Chau a me No. 4.—Jaundice. 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
Now in use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
sumc popularity. 
(KST* Send for Price Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y., 
Or CHICAGO, ILL. 
P R1L, MAY A IV 19 J U fH to 
PURIFY THE BLOOD AND BEAUTIFY TIIE COMPLEXION BY USING 
and canceled *3.470.tWo 1 the Three percent, w- 
rdney debt, reducing the v leof this debt bearing 
interest to *51,023,000, uud the .. wly interest charge 
thoroon to *1,587,470. 
The proposed further reduction of the annual in¬ 
terest charge upon the public debt by refunding i’ 
us follows: 
By exchange of 1500,000.000 United States six ^ 
per cents for new live pur cents uI lwiL-.--* 0 ’ 1 
liy exchange of *3UO.UIO,IJOO United mates six 
pel cents lor four aud a hull per cents oi 4 
By cXQhdnge oi V70UJiOO,o6oX’YiUe.i' States six 
per cents for tour per cents ol 1J01. 
Total saving per annum by refunding...*23.500. 
The large and rapid accumulation in the last few 
years of private eapitul now retired iruin active bu ‘ 
ness, and of the cash Savings and Life Insurance 
premiums deposited with or intrusted to Die Pen¬ 
dent institutions ot the country —all seeking i ’- L 
most undoubted security, pledged to be kept t' ee u 
all taxes, under national or local authority, ° 1U * cu1 
tent, provided this object be assured, with mode into 
rates of interest—will no doubt ultimately ub.-oib ^ 
much of these New Stocks as may not be taken 
voluntary conversion of United States or 
keted abroad. , 
C. C. NORVELL. 
In cl large of United States Loan Advertising. 
Treasury office, New York. May 2,18il- 
S.00,000 Acres in Nebraska. 
THE 
It. R. Land Companies 
OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA, 
Oder the above Lands to Settlors, ul 83 to 810 per 
aero on time lit six per dent., nr for cash. These 
Companies have determined to have tlicir lands set¬ 
tled at the earliest possible day, to order to increase 
the business of their Railroads, which are now all 
completed, and therefore otlcr (lie BUST LANDS in 
the BEST STATUS, at the LOWEST THICKS. We 
sell 
LAND EXPLORING TICKETS, 
at our omcoB In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and at No. 1 La 
Salic street. Chicago. Railroad fares west of rlmsts 
places REFUNDED to holders of exploring ticket * 
wlio pareluiseSflneres or more. Large Reductions of 
It. It. fare to colonics, or parties of nr more. Col¬ 
ored Maps, showing ifil the lands in both States, sent, 
for 20 cents. Pamphlets and Comity maps seutFUEK 
to all parts of the world. Apply to 
TV. TV. WALKER, 
Vico- President, Cedar Rapids, Inwn, 
In the Spring and Summer months the system undergoesir^“86, This is the^tirne 
blood-renewing, purifying, tttui invigorating lnerticinyn. HeljrnboM s 1 In t Lxtuct buiBapaiiila, ana 
■’Holwibold's Fluid Extract Grape-Juice Pills," are the best und most reliable. , 
q d a first tic* of ** Tf#iiuliii)fl's Ftpltl Extract S^^*fiaparHla ,, equals in Strength on<? calloii o£ th^ sirup 
nr degllfstioli a» innile b'v diaggi-i*; and n wine glass added to a pint of water equals the celebrated 
Lisbon Diet Drink-a deilgiitfal and beulthtul beverage- 
i,lice Pill" Is composed of Fluid Extractor Catawba Grape-Juioe and Fluid Extract 
Tthiihnrh 1 stMul jn *tll dist*a8(*H reiiuirlnjf u o/ithartlr rifniiidy, aua fur superior to all otlier |ARiiatJV08, 
Jul'h is iiala ruagimsiu. ic ’ I[ch.'hold’s i;rap.i-Juice Pill" is not a patented pill, put up as Ill-Se 
ordinarily vu/nded. but tlio rfffult of tun yearn’ oxpnriiucntliiK ifftvit Oiir© In preparation. _ Safe 1 ji 
i T u , T1 ^ rhildr^n No niumru no uni'iiie puinM liuf. njlid, ploiisant, and Raff? in opuiiilion. I Wl 1 
l -s f fe ’-Fluld KXIWC Of^ Sansaparilla’’ and one bottle .'f the "Grape-Juice Pills ' are w..rth 
tlinlr weight hi gold to those suffering from bad blood, poor complexion, headache, neey«» u f'n‘^. wako- 
fultnoss at nigjit costlvcne,* and ineuuiurlttes; und to llnise suffering from broken and delimte (odm i 
iu onslt WllLiilye new blwd, new vigor, and new life. The “Catawba Grape Pills' uro done up with 
erea wiiVundTn hundsonie lmttlca, and Wifi surpass all those vanned in wooden boxes and carelessly 
inaxperiCMCCd men, coinpaving with tho tingllah nod Frencti style of inanufacturing. All 
of ii. T. Helmbold'n preparations are Pharnutceuticul, not a single one being patented, but all on their 
A ROCHESTER LADY iUVKES 1«0 
dollars per moiilli bv tlie use of two LAMB 
KNITTING MA( I UN ICS and the help of one girl. 
For circular and samples address, inclosing stamp, 
J, D. DUNK .V CO„ 1 &3 Market St., Hnehester, S. Y 
IS PLKE 
CMINKUTE. 
jPlrabi WITH 
tea i la you 
Warranted to Suit all Tastes. 
POR SALS EVERYWHERE. 
And for sale Wholesale only by the 
x 5506. No. S Church St 
Send .for Thea-Xectar Circular. 
i MKNT, for !!’«(/(«, Floors, JtnodV'oW, Vault 
Covers, etc. etc. Send for Circular, giving full direc¬ 
tions how an Asphaltic Pavement can ho laid by any¬ 
body, with Hie above cement, that is cheap, durable, 
smooth,and not Injured bv water, frost or heat. Ad¬ 
dress K. W. UANNJSY, 440 W- 23d St., New York. 
, A! Sll 130 words per minute in 
* 1 s I weeks. Send slump 
• >F. GRA Y,P. G. Box 4,847, N. Y. 
