'TMIE ATTENTION OF WATCH BUYERS IS CALLED TO A FEW FACTS WHICH 
should especially influence intelligent purchasers, particularly where it is desimale to procure 
the best AMERICAN WATCH. 
r |MIE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, of Waltham, is the oldest and largest company in 
the United States; and with the advantage of sixteen years’ experience, the artisans employed 
arc necessarily more expert and skillful than those employed elsewhere. 
r jpiIE WALTHAM COMPANY make twice ns many Watches as all the other American 
Watch Companies, and herein lies the secret of the moderate prices at which they are sold. 
r |MlE WALTHAM COMPANY make a larger and better assortment, and greatly excel in 
making Fine Watches, simply because they have ample and improved machinery, and experi¬ 
enced and skillful labor. 
poll THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, many dealers have advertised WALTHAM WATCHES at 
low prices, and sold them at small profits. This system, however unwise, they must, in a free 
country, be free to follow, if they like; for it would be vain for us to attempt to control the sales 
of our manufactures after they have ceased to be our property. A newly organized Western 
Watch Company, in their unscrupulous efforts to make a market for their goods, instructed its 
traveling agents to call the attention of Jewelers to the fact that, through these advertisements, 
but. very small profits could be made on Waltham Watches, and to urge them, on that account, to 
discard our Watches, and recommend theirs instead, and to point out the fact that the public 
knew but little of the different styles of their Watches, and consequently dealers could make largo 
profits on their sale. 
^JNDElt this pretense of great friendliness for the trade, they sought the indorsement of dealers 
for their goods; and it was very natural that at least a small portion of the trade should recom¬ 
mend the goods which yielded the largest profits. 
| N VIEW of these facts, the AMERICAN WATCH CO., believing the groat majority of dealers 
are perfectly satisfied with their profits on these goods, considering the number sold, and the little 
trouble of selling, would counsel buyers to insist on having their preference for WALTHAM 
WATCHES respected,and not allow themselves to be put off with any imitations, either of foreign 
or domestic make. 
For sale by all leading Jewelers. 
A descriptive Circular, giving much useful information to watch buyers, furnished on appli¬ 
cation. 
NO WATCHES RETAILED BY THE COMPANY. 
BOBBINS A APPLETON, General Agents, 182 Broadway, N. Y. 
MY VISITOR, 
In a little brown hut and a necktie of white, 
And garments of white and gray, 
With a smart little step, and a bright little eye, 
He made me a visit one day. 
The earth was all covored in glistening snow, 
The lilac* were frozen and bare; 
If ever I welcomed a caller with joy, 
I welcomed this one, I declare. 
I gave him »omo food and he sang ino a song, 
With his little throat swelling with glee ; 
And there, on the steps, he told me his name, 
It was “ Chlek-a-dee-dee, chlek-a-dce.” 
CHARLES CHESTNUT: 
How lio wn. Educated and where lie 
Graduated, 
BY IODINE, 
We had been listening to Ulr. Chestnut’s 
talk about modern education—about the 
folly of conferring degress, giving diplomas, 
etc. lie said no school should prescribe the 
same course of study for all pupils; nor 
should all pupils pursuing the same studies, 
the same length of time, leave school with 
the same unqualified credentials of scholar¬ 
ship. It was unfair to the good scholar, and 
calculated to mislead the public concerning 
a poor one. Each pupil should be critically 
examined in the studies lie or she* had taken 
upon leaving school, and certificates show¬ 
ing precisely what progress each had made, 
and qualifications each possessed, should be 
given. This will cause each pupil to feel 
that be or she must rely upon bis or her in¬ 
dividual efforts for standing as a scholar, and 
that no amount of" pony ” riding through a 
three years’ course will secure graduation 
" with honors." 
“ But aren’t you proud of your sheepskin, 
Mr. Chestnut?” said the accomplished Mrs. 
P. “ And, by the way, where did you gradu¬ 
ate ?” 
“ Me graduate, Mrs. P.! Why, my dear 
Madam, from between a pair of plow- 
handles !’’ 
“ But have you never received a college 
education V” 
" No, Madam. 1 was never a student in 
any college—scarce have been within the 
walls of a college in my lifetime. I was a 
farmer's boy. The father furnished his family 
with books, magazines and papers. 1 never 
went to the field, nor any where else to do 
any duty, without a paper or book in my 
pocket. Much of my youth was spent as a 
plow-hoy. Whenever the team needed a 
breathing spell, or whenever there wuh any 
good reason for hailing in my work, I put 
myself in communion with the best minds I 
could command. I was educated by just 
such impressions as the best men through 
such mediums could make upon me. 1 
learned to accept and reject intelligently. 
I was not trammeled.” 
“Well, 1 declare! I thought you had 
•been highly educated. I’m disappointed.” 
“ I am sorry you are disappointed ; but 1 
would not exchange the education I received 
at flic plow-handles for that other sort which 
molds a man’s mind to a set form, and ren¬ 
ders it about as elastic as a cast-iron kettle. 
And if 1 had a boy to educate, I would far 
rather risk him at such a school as 1 gradua¬ 
ted at, with the same influence that surround¬ 
ed me, than at Vale or Harvard, or any other 
college you can name, with the influences 
which obtain there. 1 do not undervalue 
good scholarship ; hut 1 value more the sys¬ 
tem of education which develops individu¬ 
ality, and helps and directs the growth of 
men instead of fusing a score of minds into 
one inelastic, scholastic amalgam, unfitting 
them for any of the live, practical duties of 
the day, as often as it qualifies them there¬ 
for.” 
These are the plowing days; and 1 have 
sketched Charles Chestnut as he sketched 
himself in the foregoing conversation, that 
the young Rural readers who spend the 
bright spring days on the farm and in the 
farm-house may remember that they need 
not necessarily lack education and fail to 
gain position and Influence because they are 
unable to attend school, seminary or college. 
If I could tell you the details of Mr. Chest¬ 
nut's life, the struggles he has made and 
what position he has won, it might give 
great courage and hope to some restless, 
ambitious boy, or some beautiful, discon¬ 
tented and depressed girl, who has not yet 
learned that happiness and success are se¬ 
cure if the means every day and everywhere 
at hand to develop both are properly im¬ 
proved. But 1 am not permitted to tell the 
story now. 
SHOWING WHERE CHARLES CHESTNUT WAS EDUCATED. 
UNION PACIFIC 
RAILROAD COMPANY 
OFFER FOR SALE 
1,500,000 ACRES LANDS. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 12, 
ON THE LINE OF THE ROAD, IN THE STATE 
OF NEBRASKA. 
For Cngli or Cfeilll, ill Low Itnten of 
Interest. 
Prices ranging from 
I am composed of forty-seven letters. 
My 34, .17, 22, 5, SO, 23, 15 is a virtuous quality. 
My 11), 2,85,41,17 la an English poet. 
My 2H, 27,9. 43, 17,21 is a European oily. 
My 14, 40,89, 7, 30,12,45,35,28 Is a celebrated mu 
aleion. 
My is, 21. s, 21,3,4,20 is a Indy's name. 
My 47,30, 0, 14 is a fraud. 
My 1.10.31. 39.33,39 are of the animate creation 
My II. 10, 20 is much used about shipping. 
My 23,43,13,39,11, 40 means destitute of life. 
My whole is an old saying:. 
Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y. l. a. f. 
63 W~ Answer In two weeks. 
CONVENIENT TO MARKET, BOTH EAST 
AND WEST. 
DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. WITH ACCOM¬ 
PANY) NO MAPS, NOW HEADY. 
Sent Free to All Parts of the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
These Lunds are as 
Rich and Tortile as any in the 
United States. 
For Pamphlets and information, address 
O. F, DAVIS, 
Land Agent IJ. P. It. R. Co., 
Omaha, Nebraska. 
A SK to see the new FULL-PLATE WATCH, bearing the trade mark, “ AMERICAN WATCH 
CO., Crescent St., Waltham, Mass.” It is by far the best Full-plate Watch made in the United 
States, and surpasses anything heretofore made In this country for Railway Engineers, Con¬ 
ductors, etc. 
DECAPITATION. No. 5 
1 am either a verb or a noun, having five let¬ 
ters. Uolicud me, and 1 Indicate ungraceful car¬ 
riage. Behead mo, and I pronounce an essential 
to marksmanship. Behead me yet again aiul I am 
myself. Once more beheaded, I am what wo 
should like to take many of. Dslihus. 
UpfT Answer in t wo weeks. 
Just received and for sale by 
Vc. J. IRAGNIN, GIIEOIN A CO 
652 BROADWAY, N. Y. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RECIPE.-No. 3 
la perfectly pure. 
Always uniform. 
Burns odorless. 
a ---wf I* perfectly safe, 
m And will not explode. 
JtA 1 " fffr Kor sale everywhere. 
OIL HOUSE OF Cl I AS. P ft ATT, 
108 Fulton 8t., New York. 
Take the first Item of dinner, one of the auri- 
cular organs, ono optic (not Oliver) anti a con¬ 
junction In consecutive order and you have a 
vast body of fresh water. J. d. s. 
63&~Answer In two weeks. 
$ 1 , 000,000 
FIRST MORTGAGE 
SINKING FUND 
7 per el.Hold Bonds 
WHOLESALE AND R ETA 11 
Sole Audits for tho Celebrated 
NABUIN WATCH. 
Ibaucmai 
PUZZLER ANSWERS 
CPECIAI, OFFER, LlLim AIUA- 
|j TUM BY M.U1 On rei 1 
forward tiv null, to uny address, post-paid, a fine 
flowering bulb or this suport* Jiipan Lily. Flowers 
hint year iitcUSWvd 16 Ulclies acl nee, !, to , MttMlimft 
growing on a tingle tinn. Unexcelled either ns a 
house plant, or for uul-uf-door culture. Plant now 
Address W. C. RARltY. 
Hnodsimi.ti and Florist, Ituche-tcr, N. Y. 
tzr~ My Iflustnied Hull. Catalogue,ready August 
1st. Send your address now. 
CltOBS-WOnn ENIGMA No. 8.—Temperance. 
Charade No. 7.—Domestic. 
Problem No. 9.—Seven. 
SMITH’S 
AMERICAN 
ORGANS 
Fredericksburgh 
AND 
Gordonsville 
RAILROAD COMPANY 
OF VIR.OI2Sri.A-, 
Principal and Interest Payable in 
Coin, 
FREE OF U, S, GOVERNMENT TAX. 
lUiocdluncono Stbucrtiscmcnts 
KNITTING 
B \ THU USE of flic LIMB KNIT- 
TINE MACHINE, families lire enabled to pro¬ 
vide eve ry I It in.: III Wl.1t giv.ll*, superior ill quality 
unit at hall the ea#l of (jCUUnuiU boughton goods. 
The nmehinn knits u pair of socks 111 30 minutes, 
shapes them perfectly, milking tto work the shine us 
that produced by hand. Any one dependent upon 
their own exerlt.inH for t heir livelihood, cun procure 
II more easlh by the Use Of Mils machine limn In uny 
other way. For Circular and sample stocking, on- 
dross, inclosing stamu. J. D. OllNE A eo, 
I and 3 Aturliel St., Umliustor, N. Y. 
STEAM: E3XTC3HNTES. 
Ecu tiled by none in Combined Merlin ol' t’n* 
pacify, Economy, Durability, Sim- 
plicity mid Perfection. 
Our PORTABLE ENGINE, mounted on Loco mo¬ 
tive jioihr, having ttre-box and nub-pll entirely sur¬ 
rounded bv wiit.il' space, t* set upon legs and ttin- 
tver«: occupies little room ; needs m> brick work; i.s 
suitable lor use in any place whore n power is re- 
qaired—lo M\ih, Simps, Foundries, or Print tuaTtemms, 
or in Stock Jinrnh, for grinding, cutting and steam¬ 
ing food for stock. 
ThO STATIONARY ENGINE Is complete, with 
Govemoi rump and Healer, with connection* fitted. 
The AGRICULTURAL ENG IN 1C, supplied With 
Locomotive Holler. Is mounted on wheels, With polo 
for attaching horses for moving from plats- to place : 
Is suitable for drain Threshing, Corn Shelling, I rood 
and Shingle Sawing, Ac. 
Circulars, with description and prices, furnished 
on application to 
WOOD, TAREK A HOUSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
The Road Is08 miles long, connecting Fredericks¬ 
burg, via orange Court House, with Charlottesville, 
which is the point of JuucMonof theCiiesgpoukoftiid 
Ohio Railroad to the Ohio Ktvur, uml the extension 
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to Lynch¬ 
burg, R forms the shortest connecting link In t'ho 
system of roads loading to the entire South, Sout h¬ 
west. and West, to the i'acillc Ocean. It pusses 
through a rich section oft.be Shenandoah Valley, t ho 
local triilhc of which alone will support tlioroud.a Hd 
It must command nn abundant share of thvou gti 
trade from the fact, of Its being 
A SHOUT CUT TO TIDE-WATER ON THE PO¬ 
TOMAC AT THE FARTHEST INLAND 
POINT WHERE DEEP WATER FOR 
HEAVY SHIPPING CAN BE 
FOUND ON 
THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE ATLANTIC 
COAST. 
From Charlottesville to tide-water by this route 
the distance Is 40 miles less than via Alexandria! «5 
tulles less than via Kiehmoud and West Point; 124 
miles less than via Norfolk. 
Tht: mortgage in limited to $10,1*10 Her mile of completed 
and egiUppal road. (Thu estimated cost of the road 
to the Company, furnished and equipped, will exceed 
$30,0110 per mile, thus giving the Bondholders an un¬ 
usual margin -tho bonded debt of the other Virginia 
roads being from $30.00010 $45 »jn per mile.) and is Is¬ 
sued to THE FARMERS’ LOAN AND TRUST 
COMPANY OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEES FOR 
THE BONDHOLDERS, and the titcuAtg it .mt-clniw 
In entry reepctt. 
A si N KI NO FUND U ulart provided, which will re¬ 
duce tho principal of Its debt TWO-TIIIKDH of Its 
entire umountin advance of the maturity of the Bonds. 
A limit,ml number of the Bonds (issued In denonoi- 
nations of $500and $1,000) are offered at 92 Vf and inher¬ 
ent, from Nov. 1, In currency, and at this price are the 
Cheupcnt Gold Interent-lienring Securities 
iu the Market. 
CLLPIILH-OUnH |i>0,t V IN ION AND 
F7 FRUIT TREES. 
HAND-BOOK OF THE SULPHUR-CURE, ns appli¬ 
cable to the Vine Disease In America, and Dis¬ 
eases of A p|de and "(her Fruit Trees. By W.M.,1. 
Fi.Aflii, Author of “ Thri-o SOfisoiis In Eunipoun 
Vineyards. I’.imu, Paper, 50 cents, 
Published by H A It PER \ BROTHERS, New York. 
Sait Vy mail On receipt Of Ml rent*. 
Is tho peculiar and exclusive achievement of this 
House; differing from all cither Instruments iu con¬ 
struction, and surpassing all In 
VOLUME, SONORITY, VARIETY, SWEET¬ 
NESS AND EXPRESSION. 
llut it in not claimed that the American 
Organ ix eoUl at the Invent price, the manufac¬ 
turers have no desire to waste their lime u/ton feeble 
and chamcterUm i mint mads, nor to furnish a tup- 
pi 1 / of dissatisfaction at the low price of $50 each. 
Nothing worthy can be pruducol for such a mm. 
Then mean to make only the best rent muon, and 
they are satisfied that a discriminating public is 
1 rilling to pay the value of what it yds. 
mr 8eud for an Illustrated, descriptive list of 
styles, to be had, post-paid, on application. 
Full examination of the qualities claimed is earn¬ 
estly solicited. Test imonials (unsought) from the 
PRINCIPAL MUSICAL AUTHORITIES, 
establishing the character of their Instruments 
beyond all question or cavil, are printed m their 
circulars. 
JW TWENTY YEARS ESTABLISHED I 
30,000 Instrument* sold I Each one a per¬ 
petual reference. 
WAKE It O OTVT @ : 
Trcmont (opposite Waltham) St., 
BOSTON, MASS. 
rtfk/i nim GRAPE VINES. IS, 000.000 
»)( M r,1 M Ml PUTTINGS of all the leading 
varieties; the best ami cheapest m America. Also, 
small Fruit Plants. For largo orders w III take in ex¬ 
change No. 1 Western Lands at cash value. 
Address, DR. SCHRODER, Bloomington, 111, 
Teachers Can Double Their Wages, 
EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT! 
A Good Paying Business for Everybody. 
We are determined, from this date, to give better 
terms to those who will canvas for is i * it 8C tloin. Day 
Visitor than are offered by any other periodical In 
existence, 
AND PAY OUR ACENTS IN CA8H ! 
Teachers can double their wages In almost any lo¬ 
cality. Boys Slid Girls can make all the money they 
want, In fact, 
A (haute for Everybody to Make Money. 
The Visitor Is the Cheapest, most Cheerful. 
Wide-Awake, and Best Illustrated Young Polka’ 
.Monthly in the world. Subscribers easily procured 
anywhere. 
|JT TER >IS i One copy, one year, $1.25; HO 
copies, oneyear, $30, leaving the Agent $17.50 for hia 
trouble. Ml copies one year. $02, leuving the Agent 
$30.60 for Ids trouble. 
51 r A S’i Original Steel Premium EneiftV- 
4na sent to roch subscriber for 26 cento In addition to 
the subscription price. 
Specimen numbers of the Mir-azine, and full In- 
6tractions to AgOTUi. Aent foi Ten Cents. Addr, 89 
DAI'GHA DAY A DECKER, PiiblUhera, 
434 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
PERKINS & HOUSE’S NON - EXPLOSIVE 
1 K EROSIONE LAMP will 
Save your Live*,* < 1 lass Lamps Explode, 
Save your Houses, Glass I.amps Break, 
Have your Money, Glass Lamp* "Waste oil. 
Save your Eyes. Glass Gimps Wear Out. 
Prof. W. S. Cl-AttK. l’res’t Mass. Ag. College, says: 
" It is perfecUoneiH-tjiphisior. The light Is butter tlotli 
is produced by uny other lump. I believe it true 
economy, hi view Ol r lio safety, l ho qunlit v and quuti- 
Mupsnnd pamphlets, which explain satisfactorily 
every question that can possibly he raised by a party 
seeking a safe and profitable Investment will be fur¬ 
nished on application. 
We have investigated the advantages Of this Rail¬ 
road and the merits of tho enterprise, and confidently 
recommend those Bonds to our customers und the 
public. 
DRAKE BROTHERS, 
BANKERS AND BROKERS, 
10 Broad Street, New York. 
rp II K II E X T E B tIB <’ 1’ I. A B . 
1 Explaining a new discovered way to make an 
kinds of Horses and Colts trot fast. By tills method 
a man makes $1,200 On one Horse, ana a hoy makes 
$9511 on two common Colts; n farmer s son makes a 
common farm Horse trot In 2.48. amt lie is sold. lor 
$8*41. All pacers compelled to trot. Only .1(1 miniltos 
requited to Increase the Speed of any Horse or colt, 
ur ( be money returned. 2 ,l**{ refermice*. 1 rkee $1. 
Address PUCKKB D. VAN II IKHICN, 
Box 11033. _H7 South St-, N. 1. 
Ci 4 »iv A WEEK paid Agents bin new business. 
«() Address SACO NOVELTY CO.. Saco, Me. 
EDWARD SEARS’ 
ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT 
AND 
ELECTR0TYPI NG, PRINTING 
No. 48 Beeltinau Si.New York 
A dvertisements igun’s index t<» 
for Next of Kill, I huncery Heirs, Legatees, and 
Case* of Unclaimed Money since 1600. Price, HO ots. 
JOHN HOOPER A Co., 41 Park Row. Now York. 
A boy eight years old, in one of our pub¬ 
lic schools, having been told that, a reptile 
“ i3 an animal that creeps,” on being asked 
to name one on examination day, promptly 
and triumphantly replied, “a baby.” 
/ 111 EA I*! A llnndsnnic, lull-gilt Photograph 
\ j A Ilium, holding 30 full-sum pictures, mailed, post¬ 
paid, for 25 cts.: 5for$l; $2 26 per (lose- Circulars free. 
Address C. 8KYM01.1L Holland, Erie Co.. N. Y. 
$732 31 wiYN 
Made by (me Agent, selling SILVER'S Patent Er.AS- 
Tic BltOOM. Over (ilMHIO now in use. Recom¬ 
mended by Hon. Horace Greeley and American 
Agriculturist. One county reserved for each Agent, 
C. A. CLEGG & CO.. 88 Cortlandt St., N. Y., or 12tt 
Washington St., Chicago, Ill. 
| IIDOPES A COM PAN Y, COMMISSION 
I -)• Merchants, No. 94 Warren Street, New York. 
Money advanced on any size consignments; returns 
prompt, laT’Send fur our free Weekly Price Cur¬ 
rent, shipping cards or marking plate. 
NODE RIVER LANDS. Descriptive- 
, free. Address GEO. A. KINDLY & CO., 
(Late of Pennsylvania,) Chrlstiausville, Vu. 
Manly self-reliance may be cultivated in 
youth. 
