O0BE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Mr. Evans, proprietor of The London Hour, 
is dead. 
Neal, Dow is lecturing on temperance in 
Scotland. 
NAST, it is said, will clear nearly $30,000 from 
his lecture season. 
Cai.eb Cosiiing is to succeed Gen. Sickles as 
Minister to Spain. 
Nilsson purchased a cradle at New York 
city a few days ago. 
The Duchess of Aosta, the wife of Amadeus, 
late of Spain, is very ill, 
Skccui and Ampere and Proctor aro distin¬ 
guished Catholic scientists. 
Mr. Gerald Massky bus been lecturing in 
the West with great success. 
Nilsson has leased her Peoria property for a 
pork-packing establishment. 
John Worthington, an old resident of To¬ 
ronto, and extensive contractor, is dead. 
Emily I'aitufui.l proposes to publish early | 
in the fall, her “Impressions of America and 
Americans." 
Mr. Jtdtjkt is one of the prominent busi¬ 
ness men of Cleveland, and yet his name is 
seldom heard. 
Senator-elf.ct Booth of California, is a 
bachelor. Tils mother has presided at his gub¬ 
ernatorial recaptions. 
An ex-policeman of Chicago, named Yon 
D inch lege, bus fallen heir to a German baron¬ 
etcy and a small fortune. 
Baron Rotkpuhiljd aids, regardless of creed, 
every chapel, school or almshouse In his own 
neighborhood in London. 
Professor Agassiz was never injured by 
the bite of a snake or the poison of any Ven¬ 
omous reptile, herb or flower. 
The late Rev. Charles Livingstone, brother 
of the African explorer, was at one time pastor 
of a church at Plympton, Mass. 
Thic Russian General Kaufmann is under the 
shadow of imperial displeasure for his manner 
of conducting the K hi van war. 
Mrs. Carrington of Hartford has unex¬ 
pectedly found herself the possessor of real 
estate in Chicago worth $350,000. 
The Prince and Plncess of Wales, accom¬ 
panied by their suite, will loave London for St. 
Petersburg on the 10th of January. 
The Queen has approved the appointment of 
Sir William Grey as. Governor of .Jamaica, and 
he will soon assume that position. 
Ex- President Fillmore and the surviving 
members of his Cabinet will bo entertained by 
Mr. William W. Corcoran at Washington. 
Col. E. L. Barer, the new Consul at Buenos 
Ayres, is at present editor of the Illinois State 
Journal, instead of Register, as reported. 
Mrs. Hall desires the United States Govern¬ 
ment to flt out an expedition to bring home 
the body of the lamented Arctic explorer. 
Ex-Mayor Pierce of Boston, on his depar¬ 
ture to take Ills seat In Congress, presented his 
salary as Mayor to the Boston Public Library. 
Jay Gould presented $100 to the Methodist 
Episcopal Sunday School of Madison, N. J., to 
provide a Christmas entertainment for the 
children. 
Miss Savita Brady of Washington has 
given up a position in the Treasury to accept 
a position on the editorial staff of the Chicago 
Inter-Ocean. 
Mr. Warrf.n Lsland is planning and ar¬ 
ranging In Snn Francisco a new hotel, to be 
known as “The Palace.” It will cover 93,200 
square feet and cost $850,000. 
Ex-City Treasurer Gage of Chicago, has 
transferred to that city all his real and personal 
property, amounting to $528,500, including $147, 
500 in certificates of suspended banks in which 
he had city funds deposited. 
City Solicitor He alt of Boston, to whom 
the question was referred, gives as his opinion 
that women cannot legally serve on the Bos¬ 
ton School Committee. Four women were 
chosen to that position at the recent election. 
The widow of Sir James Edward Smith, mice 
President of the London Linmean Society, re¬ 
cently celebrated her hundredt h birthday by a 
dinner at Lowestoft to a hundred of the oldest 
of her acquaintances. They had a flue “old" 
time. 
The young sister of Adelaide Phillips, who 
is now studying in Italy, is likely to prove one 
of the brightest operatic stars America has yet 
had to boast of. Her vocal and lyrical pow¬ 
ers, natural and acquired, are said to be of the 
highest order. 
Ralph Keeler, a well-known writer, who 
acted as a special correspondent of the Tribune 
in Cuba, sailed from Santiago on the 14th ult., 
for Batabauft, and was missing when the 
steamer reached Manzanillo. The Consul 
charges that he was thrown overboard. 
Says the Golden Ace:—“Gen. Butler, since 
he became a Congressman, never looked fresh¬ 
er, younger or rosier than now. He takes life 
cheerily, enjoys himself thoroughly, works 
hard, makes friends and enemies, and Is grow¬ 
ing more and mure a unique and original man. 
Defeat stimulates and criticism ripens him. 
He is worth more and more to the country 
every year.” 
§Vflent£ bunted. 
TVIPT7?t Ti TlTi Will ont! Truth Triumphant! 
n/i 1 i] II If II Agents, old nnd young, male and 
iPa I rS 51 M K female, make more money sell- 
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J.V&U AlUAJ-l JEWELRY. BOOKS A GAMES, 
than at anything else. Greatest inducements to Agt’s 
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LA PERLE RUBBER CO., 
SB Chambers St.. New York. 
w A /\_o, FARMERS, by sending 
fl B | IB 18 B their address.-, e ill e.uli rr- 
KJ' \JP \jf oeCve, free of cost, a pamphlet 
r containing Information huw 
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animals and cause them to take on ttesh and fat; 
howto treat, and prevent. dtiiouseB in Horses, tattle, 
Sheep, Bwtne and Poultry. , , , , 
F. A. MILLER, Front St., Philadelphia. 
ICYERYBODT’S OWN PHYSICIAN, 
bv C. W. GLEASON, M. D. A ■nuigulficent volume of 
-ISO octavo pages—hr,, ntt/ntivilhistrat/d and elegant - 
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1 u THE GILDED Atilt, by Mark 
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Dnn!/ illustrated by Aioistis Hoppin, 
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for territory at once to AMERICAN PUBLISHING 
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• > FT .*1! A .UONTH to Hale or Female Agents. 
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PROPHSYS tlF THE BIBLE. 
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NEW WORLD PCRUSHING CO.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE LIFE AM) ADVENTURES OF 
KIT CARBON, 
From facts dictated bv Jitnutblf. The only Pruo and 
Authentic lit e of A n.test Hunter.Scout 
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PLUCKY AGENTS' 
Can easily make 81.50 and over per month soiling 
our .Modoru and Reliable Maps uud our Popu¬ 
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E. C. BRIDGMAN. 5 Barclay St., N. Y. 
Evers, ^red#, plants, &c. 
Seed Catalogue and Chromo 
Mu, a ««oOur Annual('utnlogtie mu an u 
6/1 k P ( D of Flower and Vegetable! BJy 8 H 
\ 1“ BU B WEEDS for H71. Himw Ra Wt Bw 
111 |l a ready and will bn mulled I SB I 8 
vtr i * ■ freeonapi.llcutloii. Onr ■ 
C ;iiron»oforI874. “THE l.ITTl.E FLORISTS.” 
a beautiful Parlor Picture, will he sentlroe to all who 
order of us Seed to the amount of ,Sft. Address 
CHASE BROTHERS S WOODWARD, 
Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
J. H. TftlBtl k CO. 
15 J0H\ STi* NEW VOUK, 
Will mail upon uppllantion their 
NEW CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE AND 
AGRICULTURAL SEEDS FOR 1874. 
Apple Seedlings and Root Grafts. 
FI\E STOCK AM) LOW PRICES. 
BLAIR BROS., 
Lee's Snminil, Jackson Co., Mo. 
PLAX7T SEED COMPANY, 
Established 1S45 .—Incorporated 1872. 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 
Importers and Growers ol Reliable Seeds. 
Illustrated Catalogue Free to all applicants. 
TO TljfE 
SEED TRADE. 
TRADE LIST, FOR DEALERS ONLY, 
mailed to applicants. 
J. WI. THORBURN & CO., 
15 John St., New York. 
A Great Stirecsa. F'or 
the Hi t S’ lh n-J blink Of 
the age, addrosH UEV- 
i ERLY CO,, Chicago. 
WATERS’ 
Tin; Be>it \et. Sometliing Entirely New. 
Thru an not <mly Original and truly Kenntifnl in 
design,but a;r also m w to their Muwicul Co not rue- 
lion. producing •none Power and at a Lower 
Price than (H/MJung ever heftne accomplished in this 
Hue. It has all r hr Superior Qunlltlewo/ 1 hr ('on- 
ifFtu Organ—"t/ir Soul-.-'tirriiig Iinluulou n/ 
the IIiiRinu Voice,” tut. nsilted, or with g •atcr 
power, making H rod only an Elegant and Power- 
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■use in Churches. Sunday Schools and Lodges. Send for 
the Eew CotHlogat. A large dixronnt to Minis¬ 
ter*, Clinrelie*. Sunday Schools, l/idnir.rtr. Agent* 
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-I SI Broadway, A'. V. 
q,.7 rT r~ iifij r .,7 You oik WHY «• can soli 
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for $290? ■ m swcr-U 
( coat-'I v-.n tlaui $300 to make 
GCiCO l 
<j'e 0 AkcMs, all of whom make 
1 If®! V vTu 10 0 P®f cent, profit. Wo 
| I K bare i.-, Agti,i>, Lot M,|p dlrc-ft 
V U, V t" fair,l]j - m Fbolerj price, 
nail warrant Five Ycarr. Srml for liluslnitt’il circular, 
in which wc ri>f,.r to over 700 Ranker*. Merchant*. 
Ac. (some or whom von may kiiowi, using uUi Plotios 
in 44 States and Territories," 
U. S. Plano Co., 810 Broadway, N. Y. 
(fttluvatiottaV. 
Metis sana in cor pore sano. 
Glenwood Institute, 
ACADEMIC & COLLEGIATE, 
Matawan, New Jersey. 
FIRST-CLASS BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL. 
FIVE COURSES OF STUDY) 
English, Classics. Math iuiatics, Languages, 
Science. 
E5T" Faithful Teaching by Experienced Teachers. 
Winter Term opens Jan. 6, 1874. Send for data 
logue. Dr. JAS. H. HAMILTON, 
Principal. 
Micliian Slate Apalti Collep. 
The next Term opens with examination for ad¬ 
mission, 
February 25th, 18T4. 
For Catalogues, or for any particulars, address 
GEO. T. FAIRCHILD, 
Pres., pro tent, Lansing, Mich. 
i - 1 _”i?r> gj. i ’ i " " i""j i . ■ 
$cat (f.statf. 
FOR SALE. 
two-story itnmi* house, 
barns, stables, etc.; live hedges, srojmrds and Vlne- 
yaril ; su|,erliir prairie and timber land, nearly all 
under cultivation or la pasture; well watered; suit¬ 
able for stock or grain farm; in unjust ecceUcnt neigh¬ 
borhood. and considered one *>f the most healthy and 
heiiutlfnl linmc.s In Courier Co., Mo.: I 1 * miles from 
Vaminrit Station, on “ Osage Valley and So. Kns. R. 
K., ’ nod al„,at six miles from the " Vlo. Pa. K. R." In 
order t o make as prompt a sale as possible, the above 
is 'olfered lit the extreme low price of $'HJ an acre; 
part on time if desired; interest, ID per cunt, per 
annum. For further particulars, apply to Banking 
House of A BULK, 111 NNICA & CO., Hoodvllle Mo., 
or DONNELL, LAWSON A CO., Bankers, No. 4 Wall 
Bi.. New York. 
/ lEXESF.E VALLEY FARM* FOR SALE. 
\I Som<i of the finest realdences in the Vnlloj.nour 
K. R. Inquire soon ol JOHN Sli KLDON, upon the 
premises, at Moscow, Livingston Co.. N Y. 
\6JUV filfl IW ST OT. while yon tu n buy good 
Well Cnl5 CO I cheup farms nearer market 
and in a better climate V Nonet for '80-page Catalogue 
with Price-List. MANCHA & BltO., Ridgely. Md. 
FISH GUANO Ali. 
SeDd for Circular. 
II. FISK. Southolil, N. Y. 
The Celebrated Bone Fertilizers, 
GROUND BONE, 
BONE MEAL, 
BONE FLOUR. 
Fresh Bone Superphosphate ol Liine, or 
Dissolved Bane. Hond for Circular. 
LISTER BROS., Newark, N. J. 
ALLEN’S 
AMERICAN CATTLE. 
A Vegetable Manual, Prepared with 
a view to Economy and Profit. 
This Work upon Kitchen and Market Gardening 
and the Field Culture of Root Crops, is by P. T. 
Quinn, Practical Horticulturist, (Author of “Pear 
Culture lor Profit,’ 1 ) and should be owned and studied 
by every one interested in Gardening, It. la an able, 
practical, profusely illustrated work <nf 2G8 12mo. 
pages. Beat, post-paid, for |I,50. Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, Publisher, 
5 Beekiimn St., N York, 
^mplcmnits ami Pachinfvy. 
Cooking for Stock. 
FRxisrDZizrs 
AGRICULTURAL STEAMER 
I* best adapted, most durable, easiest managed, 
cheapest by over onk-half, perfectly safe, und »ic- 
tormne «I the great trial at Huffalo International Fair 
ir/ 1»71 over ANiiXKSON, Kaijt >:, and all others. 
Send tor Circular and Price-List, free, or Great Prize 
Essay Cook Book. Illustrated, only work published on 
this subject—Prioe 'Me. 
BARROWS, SAVERY A CO.. Sole Manuf’rs, 
James C. IlANn A Co., Factors. Philadelphia. 
TAPANK8E PAPER->VARE.- ECONOMY 
*1 demands Its use. Palls, Slop-Jars, Foot-Baths, 
Bowls, BasliiS,Trays, Ac., durable and cheap. Trade 
supplied. J innings Bros., 352 Pearl St.. S. Y. City. 
STAR JOB PRINTING PRESS. 
TIIB BEST INVENTED. 
Price, S1Q, * J5, -US and S60. 
Send Stamp for Catalogue, to 
W. Y. EDWARDS, Agent, 
lfi College Place, N. Y. 
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I n «■ I w E» W noise. It Is the most 
_ _ _ „ _, _ _ _ simple and durable. 
A iVI K Ft B C A I T I Tb « host Tor families 
iwk IVI L.itiograi« to nse , Th< jft T 
o t? in itin agents to hell. This 
O B_. V* I 118 favorite machine does 
M _ every variety of work 
AC H ! N dnnconanyshntGoma- 
■■ ■ *” *“ chine, but with greater 
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L I G H T-R U N N I N G • ForClrculnr*.address 
Principal Office, 1H1S CHEST.M TST.. Pliiln., Pa. 
Or VEW YORK OFFICE, 7 Hi Broadway. 
Boston, Mass.. " H Avon St. 
("HicAGo, III., “ 7(1 static ht. 
St. Louis. Mo., “ uo8 N. 4 tu st. 
T O ENGRAVERS. PRINTERS, AC.-Large StOOk 
v,eJl seasoned und prepared Boxwood. Mahog¬ 
any, Maple and Pine. Vanderburgh. Wells <& Co., 
Type, Cabinet & Press Warehouse, 18 Dutch St. N. Y. 
SINGF.lt PATTFHN 
PAIWILV S EH IlNtt HA CHI IVES 
Newand complete for $30. Exact duplicates. Agent.;, 
Buyers, Dealers and Users can save £35 on t-nch 
Illin ium'. Agent* wanted. Addrtwith pre-pmd 
Gi cent*) postage. HARRIS BROTHERS, 347 Notre 
Dame St., Montreal, Canada. 
SELF-THREADING, 
LIGHT-RUNNING. 
Prinrlpa! Office, HIS fill 
Or WAV YORK OFF 
Pifr'ccUaufflus;. 
CUV sending us the address of 6 or 8 young per- 
I sons of different nost-olficcs, who they think 
nur would get up a elnh for a beautiful Young 
U fx K Folks' Paper, will receive FREE, a beautiful 
chromo. Addreis Publisher Gem. HliaroU Center, O 
WHY GO WEST colony/nearer mar¬ 
kets and hotter climate. 10-acro farms, $300, wholly 
on credit. English and German pamphlets. 
MANCHA BROS., Ridgely, Md. 
DR. WM. STALL’S 
BALSAM FOR THE LUES. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN CONSUMPTIVE 
REMEDY. 
Consumption is NOT an incurable disease. Phy¬ 
sicians assure vs of this fact. It Is only necessary to 
have the right HKilKDV, and the terrible malady 
can be conquered. 
HALL’S BALSAM IS THIS REMEDY, 
It breaks up the night sweats, relieves the op- 
PRESSlVt: TIGUTNLlia ACROSS THE LUNGS, and 
hauls the laceiatcd and excoriated turfaces which 
the veuem of the disease produces. 
WHILE LIFE LASTS THERE IS HOPE. 
It max not be too late to effect a cure even after the 
doctors ’have given you up. 
HALL’S BALSAM is sold everywhere, and may 
be had at wholesale of the PROPRIETORS, JOHN F. 
HENRY. CURRAN A CO., at their Greet Medicine 
Warehouse, 8 and !> College Pluce, New York. Price, 
One Dollar per bottle. 
Haifa Balsam in also a Sure Remedy for 
COUGHS, 
COLDS, 
PNEUMONIA,! 
BRONCHITIS, 
ASTHMA. 
SPITTING OF BLOOD, 
CROUP. 
WHOOPING COUGH, 
AND AIL OTHER DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 
Also Proprietors of ScoviU’s Blood and Liver Sirup, 
Carbolic Salve. Edey's Troches, Oxygenated Bitters, 
Mott’s Liver Pills, &c. 
JOHN F. KEN3.Y, CUSBAN & CO., 
8 and 9 College Place, New York. 
THEIR HISTORY, BREEDING AND 
MANAGEMENT. 
Evert breeder or owner of Cattle should have this 1 
work by Hun. Lltwta K. A i lkn. Ex-Prsst. N. T. State 
Ag. Society, Editor tif " American Short-Horn Herd 
Book,” &c., Ac. it is a handsomely illustrated and 
well printed and hound volume of 533 duodecimo 
pages. Mailed, post-paid, to auy urldross In United 
Stales or Canada, on receipt ol reduced price, G. 
Address 
O. D. T. MOORE, 
5 Heckman Ml., N. V. 
■’'GALLS 
to *!i>0 iuvc-ii'il la Wall St. oftva 
loilJs to a Fortune. No risk. 2'-’- 
tiugo pjmiililct fro;. VALEN- 
TINE TOMBRIDGE A CO.. 
PuaLcjs Hail UrtAeln, Sy Wo Li Si., Now York. 
P ARTNER W ANTED—In a good Nursery, 
3 years established, located in one of the very 
best sections of the West. Good root and packing 
cellars; place abundantly supplied with water by a 
firet-class wind mil) Splendid opportunity lor an 
enterprising man with $1,600 to $2,a00 to engage im¬ 
mediately In business. References given. 
NATHAN H. SHAW, West Point, Nebraska. 
KEEP THE COLD OUT. 
The greatest article yet sold for keeping offices, 
houses, Ac., warm ; very simple; will pay for itself 
a hundred times over during the cold weather; can 
be readily attached anywhere ; used In nearly every 
store und office in onr city, and gives universal satis¬ 
faction. Sample sent on receipt of 25 cents. Agents ■ 
wanted. Address LEK & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Tnnr tun DBM Removed in 2 hours! Circular 
1 Ar WuK Wl free. 8. C. Lphan i, Pbila., Pa. 
We have been a constant reader of the Rural 
New-Yorker for many years, and have there¬ 
fore no hesitation in saying that neither any¬ 
thing contained in the prospectus, or t he most 
flattering notice we can give, Ij in excess of the 
real merits of the paper. We uow repeat what 
we have oftentimes said before, that it la the 
best Rural Newspaper In the World.— 
§ity Times. 
