PUBLISHER’S  NOTICES. 
months,  and  find  them  very  Intcresllrg.  As  I 
had  not  seen  ojiy  from  Ulster  co  r  thought  I 
would  noritrlbute  my  share,  t  think  the  EdlUtr  la 
very  kind  to  let  us  have  a  nook  all  to  ourselves, 
where  wo  can  converse  with  each  other  and  have 
a  general  good  time.  I  would  like  U>  tell  you 
something  of  my  studies,  htil  have  only  time  to 
say  that  HlaUtry  and  Grammar  are  my  favorites. 
In  addition,  1  teke  lessons  In  swimming,  rowing 
and  driving.  1  am  not  skilled  In  the  finer  arts  as 
are  some  of  the  cousins.  1  have  a  Uiste  for  draw¬ 
ing,  but  lack  i.ho  patlenCtj.  I  can  crochet  very 
nicely.  Perhaps  you  will  think  J  am  hOft-Stlng 
when  I  toll  you  all  1  can  do.  Rut  If  1  should  tell 
you  all  I  can  n-or,  do.  It  would  more  than  overbal¬ 
ance  that  which  I  can  do.  I  like  “  Young  Artist,” 
and  would  like  to  see  another  letter  from  her.  Of 
course  t  like  j-ou  all,  so  you  must  not  take  olTonce. 
Brevity  btdng  the  soul  of  wit,  I  will  close.— Mat 
Bellk  Evek-son,  -V.  r. 
A  wild  Crab. 
Deak  EnrroBS As  you  were  so  kind  as  to  pub¬ 
lish  my  other  letter,  I  thought  1  would  write 
again.  How  many  of  the  Cousins  have  been  to 
the  Centennial?  Many  of  the  pfirls  are  smarter 
In  school  studies,  but  I, hey  cannot  boat  me  work¬ 
ing  out-of-doors  on  the  fann.  I  drove  on  the  reaper 
again  this  summer.  1  hove  had  enough  to  keep 
me  busy  all  the  time,  iut  we  are  building  a  new 
house.  We  have  been  U)ld  by  wjme  that  It  Is  the 
largest  hoii-so  they  have  seen  for  a  farm  residence. 
I  guess  my  letter  Is  as  long  as  the  majority  of 
them,  so  I  will  close,  hoping  fo  see  my  letter 
printed.— Wild  Ckab. 
FOREIGN  NOTES 
Official  Intelligence  received  announces  that 
the  Turks  were  defeated  at  all  points  on  the  right 
bank  of  the  Morava  and  subsequently  taken  In 
flank  and  put  to  filght.  Their  bridges  over  the 
Morava  were  destroyed.  The  Servians  occupied 
the  Turkish  Intrenchments  on  the  right  bank  of 
the  Morava. 
Beef  and  mutton  cost  about  three  cents  a  pound 
In  Servla,  a  turke.v  fetches  a  shilling,  a  pair  of 
fowls  may  he  had  for  six  cents,  and  a  draught  ox 
only  costs  from  *10  to  fte.  Xatave  tobacco  and 
wine  are  similarly  cheap,  but  bad. 
A  fire  broke  out  in  the  western  end  of  the  City 
of  St.  nyaclntho,  Province  of  Quebec,  at  U30  p. 
■M.,  Sept.  3,  which,  fanned  by  a  high  wind,  swept 
the  lower  part  of  the  city  out  of  exLstence,  the  at. 
Hyacinthe,  Quebec  and  National  hanks,  Post-Of¬ 
fice,  Market,  Court-House,  factories  and  over  80 
whole,S)»lo  and  retail  stores  being  among  the 
buildings  destroyed.  The  people  nad  no  time  1o 
save  anything,  and  by  T  P.  .M,  <K)0  houses  had  been 
consumed.  Montreal  sent  a  steam  fire-engine  by 
special  train  at  7:30  P.  M..  but  was  too  late  to  be 
of  much  Service.  Hundreds  of  families  are  now 
homeJess  and  without  food.  The  loss  Is  roughly 
estimated  at  f ■2,000,000,  The  Royal,  Stadacona, 
Quebec,  Provincial  and  Royal  Canadian  Insurance 
companies  are  heavily  Interested.  St.  Hyacinthe 
Is  a  po.st  town  of  Canada  East,  and  ts  the  capital 
of  the  County  of  St.  Hyacinthe.  It  Is  about  thirty 
miles  oast-nort.heast.  of  Montreal. 
The  Impending  change  or  nilers  In  Turkey  was 
carried  Into  effect  on  Aug.  31.  In  virtue  of  the 
decision  of  the  Shelkh-ul- Islam,  who  is  head  of 
the  Mohammedan  Church  and  supreme  Inter¬ 
preter  of  the  law,  Sultan  Murad  v.  was  deposed 
and  his  brother,  Abdul  Hamid,  placed  In  power. 
The  deposed  Sultan  was  Incapable  of  ruling  be¬ 
cause  of  mental  Infirmities.  The  new  Sultan,  it 
la  thought,  will  he  a  vlgoroiw  ruler.  Ho  Is  In  his 
thirty-fourth  year  and  sound  In  health.  The 
Turkish  Mlni.sler  at  Washington  has  received  the 
following  dispatch,  dated  ConBlanllnople,  Aug. 
31,  from  lUe  Tiirktsh  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs: 
"The  cruel  disease  of  wWch  the  Sultan  Murad 
Khan  has  been  suffering  ever  si  nee  the  tCTith  day 
of  his  accession  U>  the  throne,  which  aggravation 
ha-s  been  constantly  Increasing,  having  put  him 
In  the  manifest  Imposalhlllty  to  take  any  more 
t1»o  reins  of  the  Empire,  In  virtue  of  the  Fetvah 
(decision)  rendered  by  his  Illghneas  the  Shclkh- 
ul-lslam,  and  conformably  te  the  laws  regulating 
the  exercise  of  the  sovereignly  In  tho  Empire, 
Uls  .Majesty  the  Hiiltan  llamld,  presumptive  heir 
to  the  Impcrljl  throne,  has  been  to-day  pro¬ 
claimed  Emperor  of  Turkey,” 
Ahdul  Hamid,  the  new  Sultan,  who  has  succeed¬ 
ed  his  Infirm  brot  her  as  ruler  of  the  Ot  toman  Em¬ 
pire,  is  the  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Abdul 
Mejld,  who  was  .*5ullian  from  18.39  to  ISfd.  Ho  was 
horn  Sept.  2‘2, 1842.  He  la  f,he  .ssth  Kultan  of  the 
line  ol  o.sman,  and  will  be  known  as  AMul  Hamid 
11.  Ills  life  has  been  quiet  and  uneventful.  Uls 
mother  died  young,  and  ho  was  adopted  by  his 
father's  seeond  wife,  herself  childless,  who  Is  very 
wealthy,  and  has  miulo  him  heir  to  all  her  prop¬ 
erty.  Diiring  the  llfetlmo  of  his  father,  he,  as 
well  as  his  elder  brother,  I, ho  deposed  Mui'iid  V., 
led  a  merry  life,  his  every  wish  and  fancy  being 
Indulged  Ix)  the  utmost,  his  exlucatlon  chlclly  con- 
slsUng  In  being  diverted  by  the  amitscmeiils  and 
tricks  devised  for  his  entertainment  by  the  nuraer 
0U.S  slaves  surrounding  him.  ills  Initial  Ion  Into 
all  T,lu3  depravities  of  harem  life  was  uniisiuUly 
early  and  complete ;  hut  his  vigorous  constitution 
wltlistood  thecffecteof  the  excesses  that  under¬ 
mined  hlR  hroiher'.s  health,  and  when  he  married 
ho  was  a  strong,  hardy  lad.  He  lo-ieompanlod  his 
uncle,  Abdul  Aziz,  and  Ills  hmther  Miirnxl  (o  tho 
Parts  Exhibition  In  1867,  He  picked  up  a  few 
French  sentences  on  this  Journey,  but  this  was 
not  all  the  good  It  did  him.  He  acquired  a  taste 
for  imllrical  geography,  and  in  his  kiosk  on  tho 
Sweet  Waters,  which  he  has  tilllicrto  Inhabited 
regularly  every  summer,  he  has  a  very  extensive 
and  comprehensive  collection  of  maps,  mUltaiq', 
geological,  and  statistical,  the  studying  of  which 
consUluLes  hla  favorite  pasUme.  He  also  cou- 
tracT-ed  a  fondness  for  European  mannei's  and 
TO  SUBSCRIBERS  AND  AGENTS 
As  wo  are  now  entering  upon  the  second 
volume  of  the  Twenty  -  seventh  year  of  the 
RuiiAb  NEW-YonKKB,  it  would  be  well  for  the 
propriotorH  to  say  to  subscribers  and  agents  that 
a  more  prosperous  time  than  the  present  has  not 
been  seen  in  this  oflice  for  many  a  year. 
Notwithstanding  tho  ciy  of  “hard  times” 
wliich  has  been  echoing  through  the  land,  the 
rural  population  seem  to  be  able  to  take  their 
paper.  It  may  not  be  known  to  many  of  you 
that  at  the  end  of  each  year  and  half-year  a 
newspaper  changes  a  large  number  of  its  sub¬ 
scribers.  Borne  old  ones  discontinue  and  their 
places  arc  tilled  with  new,  so  that  while  the  list 
does  not  diminish  in  unmbors,  the  changes  fre¬ 
quently  amount  to  many  hundreds. 
There  were  hundreds  on  our  list  whoso  sub¬ 
scriptions  expired  with  the  last  number  iu  June, 
and  of  these  every  one  has  renewed  but  six. 
Tliis  is  something  unprecodonted  in  the  annals 
of  a  newspaper  oflice,  and  is  the  most  flattering 
indication  to  tho  new  management  that  their 
strenuous  and  la1x)riouH  efforts  to  make  a  good 
paper  are  fully  appreciated.  With  such  onoovu-- 
agomont  as  this,  subscribers  and  agents  may 
rest  assured  that  nothing  which  time,  labor  and 
money  can  procure  will  hereafter  be  omitted  to 
make  the  Rubax,  still  hotter  than  it  is. 
Tho  Literary  Departments  will  be  kept  up  to 
their  standai'ds  of  excellence  and  morality,  while 
tho  Practical  Departments  will  continue  to  be 
made  up  of  the  most  straightforward  cxmimon 
sense  which  can  be  obtained.  In  these  matters 
the  aim  will  not  be  to  make  them  so  scientifle  that 
they  may  not  bo  readily  understood  by  every 
one ;  but  it  will  be  our  constant  endeavor  to  pub¬ 
lish  that  which  is  aJttsoiniely  correct.  Now,  all 
that  is  needed  is  for  each  subscriber  to  get  an-  | 
other  and  our  list  will  at  once  be  doubled.  I 
WEEKLY  OUTLOOK 
G.  T.  complains  that  prayers  for  rain  are  of  no 
avail  In  his  locality,  but  omits  to  state  the  locality. 
We  desire  crop  reports,  but,  to  be  serviceable, 
County  and  State  must  accompany  Information, 
From  G.  W.  G.,  Christian  Co.,  Mo.  In  thlsCoiin- 
ty  the  crops  arc  good.  There  seems  to  bo  a  plenty 
of  everything.  Money  Is  scarce;  but  the  soils 
have  yielded  us  an  abundance  of  superior  wheat 
and  corn.  Tho  prices  rule  low.  Tobacco  la  grow¬ 
ing  finely.  The  fruit  crop,  wo,  la  superior.  We 
have  a  good  country  — very  fertile  and  very 
healthy.  We  have  a  good  many  New  York  peo¬ 
ple,  alfgi  many  excellent  German  and  English 
families.  There  arc  splendid  opport, unities  to  get 
homes  here.  Lands  are  cheap,  fertile  and  hand¬ 
somely  located.  I  shall  ho  glad  to  give  Informa¬ 
tion  about  this  country  to  any  person  who  may 
contemplate  coming  here. 
Still  They  Come. 
Uncle  Tbue  :— I  have  been  thinking  for  a  long 
time  of  writing  a  letter  to  the  Kubal,  hut  have 
not  attempted  It  until  now.  1  hope  yon  will  print 
my  first  letter.  .My  father  Is  a  fanner.  1  live  six 
miles  from  M'chslxT  city.  I  go  to  school  three 
months  In  summer  and  four  In  winter.  T  am  16. 
I  am  a  reader  of  the  Bubal  and  like  It.  Please 
accept  me  as  a  niece.— Iba  M.C.,  Wehster  City, 
Iowa.  _ _ 
Brief,  But  to  the  Point. 
Mb.  Editor  :— I  take  your  paper  and  am  very 
much  pleased  with  It.  I  get  some  very  valuable 
Information  from  It,  J  have  been  reading  the  let¬ 
ters  frara  tho  girls  and  boys.  I  am  15  years  old. 
1  go  to  school  and  study  various  things.— A. 
Bbyan,  Monterey  Co.,  Cal. 
l.aitdH  Utr  Sale. — One  Of  the  choicest  farming 
sections  In  the  country  is  In  Southwest  MLssourt ; 
and  the  many  people  throughout  tho  East  and 
West  w'ho  arc  meditating  a  move  c.annot  do  bet¬ 
ter  than  settle  in  this  territory.  They  should,  at 
least,  take  a  tour  of  Inspection  ;  and  If,  when  sat¬ 
isfied  with  the  advanUtgoB  of  the  country,  they 
care  to  purchase,  free  transportation  to  the  lands 
will  be  lurntshed  by  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Rail¬ 
road  Company.  'ITiere  arc  now  1,900,000  acre.H  for 
sale  in  Nontliweat  Missouri,  embracing  first-class 
stock  fiUinij,  excellent  agricultural  lands,  and  tho 
best  tobacco  region  In  the  West.  Short  winters 
no  grasshoppers,  good  markets,  and  a  healthy 
country  arc  the  most,  striking  advantages.  The 
land  sells  at  Irom  $2.50  to  $lo  an  acre,  with  easy 
paymenfs.  For  full  particulars  about  these  choice 
lands,  w'rite  to  A.  L.  Deane,  Land  Commissioner, 
,St.  Louis,  Mo. 
ILLUSTRATED  REBUS, 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 
Geobge  Adams,  the  young  man  who  so  success¬ 
fully  played  the  role  of  tho  hero  In  the  late  avert¬ 
ed  railroad  disaster  at  Falrport,  has  been  arrested 
In  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  tho  evidence  of  his  being  the 
aul  borof  the  outriiges  having  been  worked  up  by 
Special  Detective  Hugh  Botllcs  of  the  New  Y’ork 
Central  Ballroad.  After  Ws  arrest  he  made,  a  full 
confession.  He  alone,  It  seems,  misplaced  the 
switch  which  threw  the  train  from  tho  track  of 
the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railroad 
on  the  nth  ulu,  whereby  the  engineer  and  fire¬ 
man  were  badly  scalded  and  the  engine  completely 
wrecked. 
A  serious  accident  occurred  to  tho  steamship 
Colon  of  tho  Pacific  Mall  Steamship  Company. 
She  broke  a  shaft  in  mid-ocean,  the  assistant  en¬ 
gineer  and  an  oiler  wore  killed,  and  the  vessel  was 
towed  bock  to  this  city. 
A  granite  block  weighing  thirty  tons  was  re¬ 
cently  taken  from  the  quarries  near  UallBwell, 
Me.,  and  one  weighing  forty  tons  Is  soon  to  be 
brought  out.  It  will  require  forty  oxen  to  move 
It  from  Its  position, 
A  prize  fight  between  two  Philadelphia  pugll 
Isis,  M'oedon  and  Walker,  took  place  atPennvllle 
on  the  Now  Jersey  shore,  on  the  31st  ult.  it  Is 
said  the  Sheriff  made  an  attempt  to  Interfere,  hut 
was  restrained  by  the  moh.  After  62  roimds 
Weedon  was  declared  the  victor.  After  the  gang 
had  left  Peun's  Grove  they  seized  two  small  bouts 
and  put  the  principals  on  hoard  of  them.  It  Is 
said  that  Woedou  tvas  landed  at  Chester,  Pa. 
Early  In  the  evening  T,ho  dead  body  of  Walker 
was  found  at  the  salt  wharf  at  Greenwich  Point. 
An  Investigation  by  the  police  disclosed  the  fact 
that  a  row-boat  conutluliig  three  men  was  seen, 
about  the  wharf,  and  It  Is  supposed  tJiat  the  men, 
In  the  boat  placed  tho  body  ashore.  Weeden  was 
arrested  in  New  York  Sept.  1st  and  taken  to  Phil¬ 
adelphia. 
The  Tribune’s  La  Crosse  special  gives  details  of 
a  terrible  explosion  of  the  holler  of  a  steam  thresh¬ 
er  working  at  the  farm  of  C.  J.  Jones,  near  Chat- 
field,  Minn.  The  maohlnewas  In  full  operation 
when  the  explosion  occurred.  The  engineer,  Mr. 
Latvton,  was  blown  160  lee^  his  body  breaking  off 
a  tree  top  twenty  feet  from  tho  ground,  and  was 
instantly  killed.  Charles  Arnold,  the  band* cut¬ 
ter,  was  literally  torn  to  pieces,  and  portions  of 
his  body  scattered  all  around  the  separator.  Wil¬ 
liam  Bui'nett,  the  measurer,  had  the  top  of  hit 
head  taken  off  by  a  piece  of  the  boiler.  Everett 
Jones,  the  feeder,  had  a  leg  and  an  arm  badly 
broken.  The  boiler  was  blown  a  distance  of  200 
feet. 
CaptaUi  Turtle’s  detectives  have  successfully 
worked  up  the  case  of  the  bank  robbery  In  Rens¬ 
selaer,  Ind.,  and  have  arrested  three  men— James 
Filklns,  alias  Martin,  Martin  Darts  of  Chicago,  and 
N.  V.  B.  Warner,  a  saloon  keeper  at  Rensselaer. 
INQUIRIES  FOR  ADVERTISERS 
[Owing  to  the  many  inquiries  from  Bubscribers 
concerning  things  that  have  a  commercial  value, 
and  are  offered  for  sale  through  the  medium 
of  newspaper  advertising,  we  have  deemed  it 
for  the  host  interest  of  all  concerned,  to 
clivHsify  our  “Answers  to  Correspondents,” 
so  that  each  inquiry  will  appear  under  its 
appropriate  head,  either  in  “Inquiries  for 
Advertisers,”  or  “Answers  to  Corrospond- 
euts."  This,  we  believe,  will  enable  advertisers 
to  more  effectually  comprehend  the  wants  of  our 
snbscriberB,  and  will  enable  us  to  make  our  ad¬ 
vertising  columns  what  they  should  be— a  true 
reflection  of  our  readers*  wants.  This  depart¬ 
ment  will  bo  edited  carefully,  It  being  our  aim  to 
use  it  in  the  interest  of  both  advertisers  and 
roadora  (and  we  shall  not  hesitate  to  give  our 
reasons  for  excluding  bad  or  doubtful  advei*- 
tisements)  and  such  other  matter  as  will  be  of 
legitimate  interest.  At  the  same  time  it  must  be 
understood  that  such  inquiries  as  may  appear 
must  appieal  to  the  advertiser  himself  for  answer. 
The  advertisement  should  answer  the  want  and 
the  want  is  indicative  of  its  need.] 
STT  Answer  In  two  weeks. 
DECAPITATIONS 
1.  DKCAriTATE  a  kind  of  gra&s,  and  leave  an  ad¬ 
mirer. 
2.  Anything  counterfeit,  and  leave  a  kind  of 
meat. 
3.  A  ship,  and  leave  a  noose. 
4.  A  pattern,  and  leave  sufficient. 
5.  A  domestic  animal,  and  leave  a  preposition. 
6.  An  arliolo  of  lurnlture,  and  leave  competent. 
7.  A  churacicr  In  music,  and  leave  a  musical 
InstrumC'iif.. 
8.  A  common  implement,  and  leave  a  hut. 
9.  An  article  of  furniture,  and  leave  a  tllameut. 
ssr  Answer  In  two  weeks.  o.  s. 
MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA 
I  AM  composed  of  21  letters : 
My  9, 13,  6, 19  Is  a  model. 
My  1, 10, 16, 13,  20  an  Index. 
My  4,  9,  IT,  21  to  dispute. 
My  2,  14,  7, 16,  6, 12. 3  grass. 
My  8, 11, 17, 1, 20  a  trap. 
My  5,  8,  IS,  15,  20,  7  soft. 
My  whole  Is  the  pride  of  every  American, 
car- Answer  In  1  wo  weeks.  w.  ■ 
R.  N.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  wants  Ayrshire  Cattle. 
M.  E.  E.,  Astabula  Co.,  Ohio,  wants  Game 
Fowls. 
M.  A.  Y.,  Lowden,  Iowa,  wants  a  first-class 
Brick  Machine. 
R.  G.|  Fairfield  County,  Conn.,  wants  full-bred 
Cotswold  Sheep. 
G.  B.  B.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  wants  a  number 
of  Pure-Bred  Game  Bantams. 
H.  A.  W.,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  wants  a  cheap  and 
good  Ten-Horse  Portable  Farm  Engine. 
H.  E.  V.,  Clay  Co.,  Va.,  wants  a  good  Cider 
Press.  We  refer  him  to  advertisements  in  this 
issue. 
H.  M.  B.,  Franklin  Coimty,  N-  Y.,  wants  a 
Chilled  Iron  Plow,  and  would  like  to  know  which 
is  the  best. 
DOUBLE  ACROSTIC, 
1.  An  afternoon  siesta.  2.  A  man  of  the  Bible. 
3.  A  lake  of  Ireland.  4.  A  river  of  England.  6.  A 
city  of  Blrmab.  6.  .4  merry  play.  7.  A  town  on 
Long  Island.  8.  A  countrj'  of  India.  9.  A  locb  of 
Ireland.  Both  primals  and  finals  form  fruits. 
B3r  Answer  In  two  weeks.'  Littlh  One. 
PUZZLER  ANSWERS, 
Geooraphioal  Enioma.— WhoHO  keepath  hU  mouth 
and  his  tongue  keoi>eth  hia  soul  from  troubles. 
Numkbical  Enigma.— Knowledge  i*  power. 
