NEWS CONDENSES. 
— Nebraska Is to have a new Constitution. 
— The residence of James W. Husted, Peek- 
skill, N. Y., was entered by burglars on the 
25th ult. 
— Two hundred thousand homing pigeons 
are now in training In the province of Liege, In 
Belgium. 
— There Is a horse at Jackson, Mich., that Is 
51 years old. 
— The number of postal cards sold last year 
la 107,016,000. 
— 8t. Louis is to have for Sunday amusement * 
cheap lectures. 
— There are in California 1,261 miles of broad 
gauge railroad. 
— Rents have experienced a tumble at New¬ 
port, Rhode Island. 
— The total damage by the floods In the south 
of France Is $15,000,000. 
— Three Democratic newspapers In Califor¬ 
nia are edited by women. 
— A religious paper In the Arabic language 
Is to be established In Egypt. 
— The maintenance of tbo London law courts 
costs annually about $8,750,000. 
— A Are in Oswego, N. Y., on the 12th ult., de¬ 
stroyed $40,000 worth of property. 
-TheHerzogovlrilan insurgents were recently 
defeated at Nevesigne and Belik. 
— A child In Va. was recently christened, 
“ Amertcus Vespucius Koskiusko.” 
— It la estimated that there are fourteen 
millions of Methodists in the world. 
— The French race-hovse Bolard has been 
bought by Baron Rothschild for $80,000. 
— Over twelve million dollars aro estimated 
as lost by strikes In England this season. 
On the British railways last, year, there 
were 211 passengers killed and 1,081 injured. 
— There are.lt Is estimated, disseminated 
throughout the Black Hills about 800 miners. 
— In fifty-nine years the American Bible 
Society has Issued 31,803,232 copies of the Bible. 
— Tiie raisin crop of California Is estimated 
to yield a profit to the Stateof $500,000 annually. 
— The complete corrected census returns of 
Buffalo give the population of that city at 134,- 
238. 
— In London, on the night of July 13, the 
thermometer on the grass fell to the freezing 
point. 
— The Commercial Warehouse Company of 
New York, have suspended, with liabilities of 
$1,500,000. 
— The Centennial Board of Finance, Phila. 
appeals to the country for funds to pay for the 
buildings. 
— Only six out of 162 mills at Oldham, En¬ 
gland, belonging to the Employers’ Association 
are working. 
— The Fire Insurance Companies of the 
United States have lost $26,000,000, during the 
past 6 months. 
Mine, MacMahon has received thus far 
about ? 100,000 lu aid of the sufferers by the in¬ 
undations In France. 
— The Constitutional Committee of the 
Spanish Government have adopted the whole 
draft of the Spanish Constitution. 
— The Agassiz Memorial Fund has reached 
the sum of $9,362, and represents subscriptions 
collected in 31 States and Territories. 
— A thousand flashes of lightning were 
counted lu an hour during the great storm on 
the 7tl» of July at Geneva, Switzerland. 
— Capt. Webb has determined to attempt the 
feat of swimming across the British Channel, 
and has begun training for t hat purpose. 
— Preparations arc making to test the adapta¬ 
bility of the soil and climate of Los Angeles 
Comity, California, for cultivating coffee. 
— In a tempest which visited the city of Da¬ 
mascus on the 1st of June, three men were 
killed by bail stones, and eight wounded. 
— There Is no news as to the way Donaldson 
and Greenwood met their death. The Chicago 
papers give up all hope of their being alive, 
— There has been discovered in San Francisco 
an Insect, new to science, which is believed to 
be a species of the very valuable cochineal. 
- The contentions in the British cotton in¬ 
dustry have extended to Dundee, where 31 
mills are closed and 13,000 persons are unem¬ 
ployed. 
— Yellow fever of a malignant type has 
broken out at Fort Barranoas, near Pensacola, 
where sixty-five cases have occurred, seven of 
them fatal. 
— The steamships Wyoming and Abyssinian 
collided between Liverpool and Queenstown 
on the 25th ult., considerable damage was done 
to both ships. 
The Minnesota Republicans have nomi¬ 
nated John S. Pillabury for Governor, on a 
hard-money, anti-third term, and revenue 
tariff platform. 
— At a recent bull-fight in Madrid, for the 
benefit of a society for assistance of widows 
and orphans eight bulls, twelve horses and two 
men were killed. 
— The towns along the shores of the Hudson 
River in the counties of Duchess, Orange and 
Westchester have been Infested with bands of 
robber for many weeks past. 
Educational. 
Agricultural Department 
C O 11JST KLL TJ 1ST I YE RSl TY. T 
Wanted. 
JwtlUaaw. 
A MONTH.—Agents wanted everywhere. 
Business honorable anil first-class. Par¬ 
ticulars sent, free. Address 
J. WORTH A CO., St. Louis. Mo. 
The course of study in this Department comprises 
agricultural chemistry and entomology, botany, free 
hand anil linear drawing, geology, horticulture, UD 
tory, luiithcuialiee, modern Inn'lingo*, m ecu uni cal 
engineering, natural philosophy, political economy, 
practical agriculture, physiology, rhetoric, inral 
architecture, surveying, u*8 ox tools and machinery, 
vegetable physiology, and veterinary science and 
practice. It is amply illustrated with the aid of col¬ 
lections of models and specimens, and consists lea 
large extent of practice tn the taborutorles and lu 
the held. 
It. can tin taken 
HIKK OF ANY CHARGES FOR TUITION, 
nod ample opportunity win be aflorded to students 
to pay for their room rent in the. University build¬ 
ings and to meet a part >>f their other expenses, by 
labor on the farm, U they desire to do 1 
The next entrance examinations will begin Sep¬ 
tember 13. 
For Register giving full particulars, apply to 
l'rof. 4J. < . C ALDWELL, 
Secretary of the F.t ulf V, Ithaca, N. Y, 
J AMESBURGN. J.> INSTITUTE -A wide-awake school 
for Boys. M. OAKEY, A. M„ Principal. 
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Newspaper. 
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Box 3318. 
GLEANINGS 
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advanced students. It has nlnu superior advantages 
for the best instruction In mu sic and art; terms mod¬ 
erate. Send for catalogue to Rev. A. \V» COWLES, 
D.D., Elmira, N. Y Next session begins Sept- 8. 
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B UY WILLARD'S 
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AND 
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those now at work report “I’A 70,"-" 80, ’ * W” orders 
ll week ! It leullv outsells ult other hooks t/iree to one for 
*• until ro f. c it is t» t„o, if." We want I rt.OIIII more trusty 
Agent* now—men or women-and we will mail Outfit V rro 
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dbOftlY A MONTH.—Agents wonted, ill best 
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free. Address .1. BRONSON, Detroit, Mich, 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
Until further tr tire, Peruvian Guano, guaranteed 
to contain 10 per cent, of Ammonia, will lu* sold by 
the Undersigned or their Ageti'*, In lotsoi not less 
than Ten Ton*, lit SIXTY DOLLAUH Cllt* 
It ENC ' per Ton of 224U lbs.,/ult miynt at the time 
of delivery, ... 
A liberal discount will he made to dealern or oth¬ 
ers on the entire amount bought during tiio Spring 
or Autumn seasons. 
HOBSON, HUKTAD0 & CO., 
Agents of the Peruvian Government. 
July 1st, 1875. 
New York. 
ACilSNTS: 
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A COMPLETE TREATISE ON 
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HISTORY AND MODE OF ORGANIZATION OF BUTTER AND 
CHEESE FACTORIES,—DAIRY UTENSILS, Etc., Etc. 
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RANDALL’S 
Practical Shepherd 
A COMPLETE TREATISE 
0M THE BREEDING, MANAGEMENT 
AND DISEASES OP SHEEP. 
This Work, by the Hon. uknky 8. Randall. 
LL. I)., (author of “ Sheep Husbandry In the South.” 
' Fine Woo! Sheep Huabandry,” Ac.,) Is the mans¬ 
ard Authority on tho SubJecL It tii the most com¬ 
plete and rellabio Treatlae od American Sheep Hus¬ 
bandry ever published, and (us the Now Mngland 
Farmer says) ’‘sbonld be In tbe hand and head of 
every person owning sheep.” 
The Practical Hit bpkxud contains 452 pages, and 
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THE PEOPLES 
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A Work on the Breeding, Rear¬ 
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tti'- agement of Poultry. 
FULLY AND HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED. 
Tins great Work is divided into Thirteen Parts, as follows: I, Introductory. II.—Dairy 
Farms and Fixtures. III.—Management of Grass Lands. IV—Stock: Selection, Care and 
Management of for the Dairy. V. Milk. VI.—Associated Dairying: Its Rise and Progress. 
VII.-English Dairy Practice. VIII.—Composition of Cheese. IX. Voelcker’a Cheese Ex¬ 
periments. X,—Preliminary to Cheese Making. XI.—Cheese Manufacture. XII. Butter 
Manufacture. XIII— Appendix. 
WILLARD'S PRACTICAL DAIRY HUSBANDRY has been highly commended by the 
Press and leading Butter and Cheese Dairymen, and Is the most Comprehensive and Relia¬ 
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gilt. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price —only $3. Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, Publisher, New York City. 
This Is one of the finest gotten-UD works on the 
subject on which It t.eats. for Its nize wnfi ur’ce. of 
any publication of Iho kind In this country. It If 
finely and profusely Illustrated, and printed and 
bound In extru style. Contains 221 large octavo 
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of the RriiAt. Nbw.Vokkkr lor tin* cuiuhig year is 
ample evidence that tlm cnti’.rpriMng direction of 
tb’sexcellent puMicaMon are uetermlned to mnice 
their paper belle)' than ever during 1874. There are 
few of onr weeklies which cun boost of u more 
mimermi*' nod competent corps at nriltorf.nnd while 
iigrinultural iiffulia receive special iiMenlion, the 
literary and news depnrtmeiits are not n' elected. 
'I'hcrc are sixteen piigos In each number, well fur¬ 
nished with good matter and good engravings, the 
paper Is Ifiteresiing Information, and we know of 
no hatter present, to a country cousin tlinn a ‘ ear’s 
subscript Inn to the RURAL New-YOuiiku — Prince¬ 
ton (N, J.) Pie**. 
Is making up list* of newspapers for7875, wo hope 
otrr farmer-friends will not overlook that, “old stand¬ 
by,” The ItriiAr, New-Y orker, founded and still 
conducted by D. D.T. MOO itK. Now York. No better 
Journal of its class Is published anywhere. Join the 
Club now being made up at the Post-Otlloe, at only 
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