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SPARKS OF JOLLITY. 
A rising man—The balloonist. 
Female gathering—A ruffled skirt. 
A joint affair with but a single party to 
it—Rheumatism. 
A cold cut — The White Mountain 
“ Notch ” in winter. 
How to make time go fast—Use the spur 
of the moment. 
In Tennessee a hotel keeper is called a 
“ hash-mill boss.” 
Company drill—Instructing the servants 
before your party. 
A man whom we can put up with A 
good hotel-keeper. 
Alaska is well defended—there is a sliive 
de freeze all around it. 
When are soldiers like good flannel? 
When they don’t shrink. 
A doctor’s motto is supposed to he “ Pa¬ 
tients and long suffering.” 
“ Do write, and fear not,” is what the girls 
say to their correspondents. 
Wanted to know — How many square 
rods are contained in a wiseacre. 
A boy who undertook to ride a horserad¬ 
ish is now practicing on a saddle of mutton. 
The woman that maketh a good pudding 
in silence is better than one that, maketh a 
tart reply. 
Why will folks pay so much for rent 
when they can get a housemaid for three or 
four dollars? 
Whether old age is to be respected de¬ 
pends very much whether it applies to men 
and women or to poultry. 
A writer on school discipline says: 
“ Without a liberal use of the rod it is im¬ 
possible to make hoys smart.” 
Never owe any man more than you are 
able to pay, and allow no man to owe you 
more than you arc able to lose. 
“Will you have me, Sarah?” said a 
young man to a modest girl. “No, John; 
but you can have me, if you will.” 
Why does a coat get larger when taken 
out of a carpet bag? Because, when you 
take it out you’ll find it in creases! 
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ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 3. 
INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF NEW YORK. 
OFFICE, No. 135 BROADWAY 
Ca*l» Capital.$2,500,000.00 
As*et«, l*t July, 1S71... 4,689,125-90 
Liabilities ... . 183,182.23 
CHARLES J.HARTIA, President. 
J. II. U AMIHl'itN, Secretary. 
GETTING UP CLUBS. 
GREAT SAVING TO CONSUMERS. 
Parties Inquire how to set up clubs. Our aimwo- 
is. send for Price List, nnrt n Club form will aecom 
pan r It with full directions,—making ii huge savin J 
to consumers and remunerative to Club orgutiizers 
Til EMIT AMU TEA El. 
31 tf; 35 T'ESEI' STMIEET, ’ 
P. <>. ilox 5613. NEW YORK. 
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AND CABMAN NOT SO VERY WRONG. 
Irish and Irate Cabby. “ What d’ye mane Running fornrnst the Horse’s Head? 
If I had Knocked ye down, and Kilt ye, ye’d be Jumpin' up an’ Blaming me.” 
1,700,000 Acres in Iowa! 
180,000 Acres in Nebraska. 
THE 
S. R, Land Companies 
OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA, 
Offer the above Lands tn Set tlers, at S3 to SI 0 per 
acre on time ut six per cent., or for cash. Tln-se 
Companies Intve determined to have ilielr lands set¬ 
tled ut r bo cm i Heft possible day. In orjjer to incroa»e 
the business of their Railroads, which nre now all 
c tnph-toil, :mcl therefore oiler the BEST LANDS In 
the- BEST STATES, ml he LOWEST PRICKS. We 
sell 
LAND EXPLORING TICKETS, 
ut. our Offices in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, und at No. 1 La 
Sidle street..Chicago- Railroad lures west of those 
places REFUNDED to holders of exploring tickets 
who pureltuneWMCi'es or more. Large Reductions of 
It. It. fare to colonic-, or parties of 20, or more. Col¬ 
ored Maps, Rlitiwiiia nil the lands in both-States, sent 
for 20 cents. Ptunpli lela audCounty maps sent FREE 
to all parts ot thu world. Apply to 
IV, IV. WALKER, 
A’icc-l’resideiit. Cedar Rapids. I own . 
T A N'I'EI) - AliEKTS. (!B20 vrr day.) to sell 
I the celebrated HOME SHUTTLE SEWING 
MACHINE. Hns the innlrr-fwil, makes flic 
J "lockstitch ” (itiike on both shies,) and Is 
I /‘ill|/ Hetvtnl. The best and cheapest family 
Sewing Machine In the market, Address 
JOHNSON, CLARK \ CO.. Boston, Mass., 
Pittsburg, Pa., Chicago, HI., or St. Louis. Mo. 
The Patent Arluii Piunn, la constructed upon entirely different 
prloclpl, a front any Plano now nunl- The Time an.l Workman, 
shin la sup-Tlnr and the Instrument, nrentor* darahla. We do 
not claim Kiinxllty, but WO rlann Superiority tv - warrant every 
Ptann weuiako for f or tear.,and I'urll.'S n.Jlrlln;to[ un-l.ft-e a 
truly l int t'laa, P/ano-Porte con purchase an “ .Irion” on trial. 
Write luf our GO pave llluslratcil iiamphlrt which w» mall free ; 
It 4 cvtUk v « th.: rototroetlou ornvety Plano In the mmket nut) con- 
traata tin in u-ith tlie “Arloo front Ony a Plano until you havo 
read lUIa 1m. When you writs statu where you saw this nctlca 
Ad.liras. The Arton Piano-Force Company, No. 63t Broadway.' 
Naw-Ynrk CHIT. 
~UI LI) IV U IMP ER 
OF FOUR GRADES 
Water-Proof CLAP-BOARDS, 
A perfect substitute for pine, at about 
half its cost, und entirely water-proof 
SHEATHING BOARD, 
For outside of Studding. under Clap¬ 
boards. A noii-eouduolur Of cold, heat 
und dampness. 
Prepared Plastering BOARD, 
a cheap und perfect substitute for lath 
and plaster: makes u smooth, sub¬ 
stantial wall, ut less than halt the 
usual cost, 
DOUBLE-THICK ROOFING, 
made entirely of Wool Felt, a cheap 
ami perfect article. 
Samples und Circulars sent free, by 
ROCK RIVER PAPER CO., Chicago; or 
B. E. IIALK, 22 & 24 Frankfort 8t„N. Y. 
Answer In two weeks. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA-No. 4. 
I am composed of twenty-two letters. 
My 5,16, 21, 26 is n beautiful flower. 
My 1, 7,17 is an animal. 
My 13,10, H is a mule. 
My 2 , 11 , b denotes possession. 
My 15,1, 12, S», 6,15 is a proper noun. 
My 4, 16, 20 Is a liquid. 
My 8, 6, 21, 5 is a regular verb. 
My whole is a true saying. 
Minnie & Satie. 
Answer in two weeks. 
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CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.—No. 3. 
My 1st Is In bee but not In sting; 
My 2d is In watch but not in spring; 
My 3d is in four but not in five; 
My 4th is in learn but not In strive; 
My 5th Is in fear but not in bold ; 
My 6 th is in young but not in old. 
My whole is a grain that is often sold. 
83?” Answer int wo weeks. Eunice. 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.—No. 2. 
My 1st is a weight, in Persia; 
My 2d is to fasten ; 
My 3d is a plant; 
My 4th is the principal body of a tree. 
83^“ Answer in two weeks. L. W. C. 
BIBLICAL 8QUARE-WORDS.—No. 1. 
1. An aDdent man; 
2. A domestic. bird; 
3. A plain in Syria; 
4. A Bible word, signifying “he is numbered.” 
PBf Auswer in two weeks. Gila. 
PROBLEM -No. 4. 
A circular flsb-pond takes up Just one acre 
of ground. Required the length of a halter fast¬ 
ened to a stake at the edge of the pond, that 
will allow a horse just liberty to graze over an 
acre of grass. 
83?” Answer in two weeks. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-July 15. 
Cross-Word Enigaia No. L—Meadville. 
Grammatical Enigma No L— Make not your 
sail too large for your ship. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 2.—Constant com¬ 
plaints get no pity. 
Problem No. 2.-7 cow* at $10.$70 
21 sheep at $1. 21 
72 geese ut 12.s;c. 9 
Total.100.$100 
Biblical Enigma No. L—Wisdom la better than 
rubies. 
THE RURAL’S SUMMER CAMPAIGN! 
A NEW SEMI-lYMAL VOLUME OF 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker 
COMMENCED JULY 8, 1871. 
Club Agents, Subscribers, Postmasters, and all others interested in the Rural New- 
Yorker arc requested to note that a now Semi-Annual Volume commenced on the 8 tli of July, 
and govern themselves accordingly. While we pledge our be 9 t endenvors to maintain its repu¬ 
tation as the Best Rural, Literary, Family and Business Newspaper extant, we respectfully 
ask for this Journal such aid in the way of new subscriptions as its hosts of friends can render at 
the present opportune season. 
STYLE AMI RATES OF THI*_ RURAL* 
Volume XXIV. will be published in uniform style with the pn^Jnt— each No. containing 
Sixteen Double Quarto Pages of Five Columns — Finely Illustrated and Neatly Printed on Book 
Paper. A Title Page and Index given nt the close of the Volume. 
Terms— Only $1.50 per Volume of 20 numbers, (July to Jan.,) or $3 per year of 52 num¬ 
bers. Ten copies, $1.25 each per volume, or $2.50 per year, with a free copy (nr premium) to club 
agent. Clubs of Five, Hoven, Ten or more may be made up for either tlie Volume or Year—the 
former at half the rates of the latter. Remittances by Draft, P. O. Money Order, or Registered 
Letter, may be made at the risk of the Publisher. 
tW“ Now 1* the Time to Subscribe ami Form Clubs! Friends of the Rural. 
please tell your friends of onr new Semi-Annual Volume, and make up Clubs. Specimen Num¬ 
bers, Show-Bills, &o., sent free to all disposed to lend influence in support of the Rural. 
U». I». 'S’. HOOKIC, 5 Boult mi « n Mteet, New York. 
A pple pauer, cough and si.ickk. 
Trice $2. I»oe- ull ai once. Warranted sutm- 
fuetnry. D II. WUITTK.MOUU, Worcester, Muss. 
Pratt’s Astral Oil. 
v, ^ First Premium nnii Diploma 
a : in American Institute Fair, 
5 l*St and 1870, for SA PEST 
mill BEST ILLUMINATING 
OIL. Oil House "f 
S till AS. Pit ATT. N. V, 
- Eh a M hin d 17 7 0. 
The Easiest Way is Bestn 
To send Are and sword through the bowels of the land, would be scarcely 
ui. ire cruel iliuu it is to tear ana wreck the delicate and sensit i ve membranes 
und tissues of the discharging organs, Tilth u convulsing purgative. No 
medicinal preparation at present known, so completely, permanently, 
und painlessly relieves coiuillpatloti, as 
TARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT, 
find as It simultaneously invigorates the digestion, regulates the action of 
tin i vi • refreshes the debilitated yetem It I* Jus • < te< 1 Ui by 
medical men and the public at large, us an indispensable speciOe In dyspep¬ 
sia, bilious attacks, sick headache, physical prostration, and all complaints 
i-ltuciiug the secretive, assimilating and discharging organ*. 
SOLD BY AM, »lMJr.l!I8TS 
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HOTTENTOTS SEEN GATHERING UUC'JIU LEAVES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE FOR 
H. T. HELMBOLI). 
[From Dispensary of the United States.] 
niOSAIA LIIENATA—BUt'HU LEAVES. 
Properties.—T heir odor is strong, diffusive tmd somewhat aromatic; their taste bitterish and analo- 
"aIejucal Properties and Uses.—B nolio leaves are gently stimulant, with a peculiar tendency to the 
1 ' * They Vue'given in complaints of the Urinarv Organs, such as Gravel, Chronic Catarrh of the Bladder, 
Morbid Irritation of the Bladder and Urethra, Disease of the Prostate Gland, and Retention or inconu 
Hence of Urine, from a loss of tone in the parts concerned in Its evacuation, 'the remedy has also uet.i 
recommended in Dyspepsia, chronic lUicumiitism. Cutaneous aflectlons und Dropsy. 
IlKl.MBOLD’fl EXTRACT Birctiu is used by persona from the ages of 18 to L>, and from .» to iw, c>r ui me 
decline or change of life; after Confinement, or Labor Pains; Bed Wilting in children. . 
In affection* peculiar to Females, the Extract Bnchn is uncijuuled by any other remedy, as m < vU* 1 ™* : 
or Retention, Irregularity. Puinf illness or Suppression of Customary Evacuations, Ulcerated or bcmnons 
bt ’' Diseases ok 'the Bladder, kidnevs, gravel and Dropsical SWELLtNOs.-miis medicine in- 
creases thu pt»nwof Dipostiuti. and extile* the Abnofcbeotft into henliby action, Hky which the w 
Calceious depositions und ail VnoHl-UFfU I nlai ^emonts are reduced as well as Pain and lnUMiiiuatlott- . 
Uvt miimi ii'a i. vtdadt Rif nr Iimh ni tih! AVflvv t'.'ikp iif I ti Oo tPH 111 which it Ii tl 9 h*«fUi lflY9n, irruu- 
Ciilcci'’ous depof.ition* i 
SOFFEE DRINKERS 
will consult their tastes and economize their expenses by using our favorite GRANULATED 8 O’CLOCK 
BREAKFAST COFFEE. It is nnc flavor and economical. It is the STA NDARD COFFEE. GrentAllau- 
tic dt Pacific Ten Co., No. 8 Church St., New York. P. O. Box 5508. Send for Price List. 
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Hklmuold's kjituaot Brcar has cured every case of Diabetes in which it has been given, j irma- 
lion of the Neck of the Bladder and InBumuiallou of the Kidneys, Llceration of the Kidneys and ,, J ,, f 
Iteiention ot Urine. Disease* of tno Prostate Glaud. Stone in the Bladder, Calculus, Gravel, Brick-Dust 
Deposit and Mucous or M.lkv Discharges, and f.,r enfeebled and delicate constitutions of both sexes, m- 
lended with the following symptoms: lndUposition to Exertion, Loss of Power, Loss of Memory, imncm- 
i v of Breathing, Weak Nerves, Trenibllng, Jlorror of Disease, Wakefulness, Dimness of Vhrton. Pain >’ t ' ,e 
Sack, Hot Hand*, Flushing of the Body. Dryness of the Skin, Eruption un the Face, Pallia Countenance, 
Universal Lassitude ol the Muscular System, elo. ,, 
IlEi.MBOi.n's Kxtrait Bi'ouu is Dturelic and Blood-Purifying, and cures nil diseases ansi lr ?' 
liabits of dissipation, excesses und imprudences in life, impurities of the Blond, etc., superseding eopuma 
in affections for which H is used, m connection with Hki.MBOLD'S ROSE Wash. 
Beware of counter[elts. Ask lor Helmbold's. Take no other. 
Describe symptoms m ull communications, 
HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA, 
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER AMI BEAUTIFIER OF THE COMPLEXION. 
HELMBOLL _ l^TRACT BAR3APARIX*I*A 
Will radically exterminate from the system Hcrofulft, Syphilis, Fever Sore*, UlcefB, Sore Eves. Sme e^ ^ 
Sore Mouth. Sore Head, Bronchitis. Skirt Diseases, Salt Bhcuni, Cankers. Runnings from the EW.vvnuB 
Swellings, Tumors, Cancerous Affections. Nodus, Rickets, Glandular Swellings, NiglitSwettW.ltasi. ^ 
Humors of all kinds, Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, and ull diseases that have been estnbiisiieu 
Being prepared expressly for the above complaints, its blood-purifying nroperUOB are Ft'ea 1 **.5™^ The 
other preparation of Sarsaparilla. It- gives the complexion a clear and hcaHhy Cfllor, and • ^ j 
Patient to a state of Health and Purify. For Purifyirm thei Blood. Eemovl .g Known^ Kemedy 
Diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, and Uie Only ReBabTu^d Effectual KB 
for the cure of Pains and swellings of the Bones. Ulcerations of the I , ri ’ u , 1 . e " 
on the Face. Erysipelas, and all Scaly Eruptions of the Skin, aud Beautifying the Complexion. 
HELMBOLD’S CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS. 
General Debility, elc. So nausea, no griming pallia, bnt^Ii^plei^aDt itw safe In ope Q^ane Juice and 
The {CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS are purely vegetable, being composed of GaUwbu Grape j 
Fluid Extract Rhubarb. . , ___._. sanded in wooden 
Beware of those clump patent pills, carelessly prepared by inexperienced persons, vended in 
boxes, most of which contain either calomel, mercury or other deleterious drag*. p ed b) . 
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PHKPARATlONb. Established upward of 20 yeara. Preparea 
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IS A PURE 
BLACK TEj* 
with the Own Tea Flavor. Warranted to suit all tastes. For sale everywhere. And for sale wholesale only 
by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 8 Church St., New York. P. O. Box 5506. Send for Tlita- 
Nectar Circular. 
res. most or wincn contain eitlior cuiomtn. uik.ouj , ' .r :, ,),; ?.;:, r . Prenared by 
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PHKl'ARATlONb. Established upward of 20 years. Freparga 
H. T. HELMBOLD, Practical and Analytical Chemist, 
594 Broadway, N, Y., and 104 South Tenth St., 1iadelphia, Pa- 
SOLD BY DKLUG18TS EVEIIYWI.EUE. 
