When  amivcrlng  advertisements,  par¬ 
ties  will  please  say  that  they  saw  them 
in  the  Ruraij  New-Yorker. 
ANSWERS  TO  CORRESPONDENTS. 
iinil  p»tchittfry 
Note. — AU.  lelkrs  of  mquhy  yimt  bk  aeoooi- 
pxniod  nriih  tlve  nn.ine  and  a/vlri  s»  of  th«  \orUer. 
II  is  sfiliknn,  we  eim  nniiw  plmUH  froui,  leaves 
or  twiqs  aUrne.  'fh«  Jlrrioer  is  qemrally  indis¬ 
pensable.  _ 
Anws  /vV«_7,  MaUawnn. — Earth  worms  are 
easily  killed.  If  you  w'ill  procure  oue  and  poiu" 
water  upon  it  as  hot  as  can  bo  homo  by  the 
hand,  the  worm  will  be  killed  at  once.  It  is  only 
necessary,  therefore,  to  )daco  the  pots  up  to  the 
rim  in  wat^r  hot  enough  to  kill  them,  though 
not  hot  enough  to  injure  the  roots  to  rid  the 
earth  of  all  the  worms  which  it  contains.  Lime 
water  is  used  also.  Place  a  handful  of  lime  in 
a  gallon  of  ftater— stir  it  up  and  leave  it  to 
settle. 
M.  P.  Priuee,  Hiiljcway,  N.  C’.— If  not  c<jn- 
trary  to  your  rules,  will  you  please  toll  who  is 
the  contributor  to  3'our  columns  signing  himself 
‘‘  Working  Farmer?”  My  reason  for  wishing  to 
know  is  this :  When  I  have  road  the  writings  of 
one  person  for  any  length  of  titno,  I  And  greater 
relish  for  them  when  I  know  who  the  writer  is, 
and  again,  can  make  the  iwopor  allowance)  for 
our  difference  of  locality  when  1  know  where  he 
writes  from.  [Will  “  Working  Farmer  ”  please 
send  his  adilress  as  above  ?-  J  in.  1 
Youny  Inqniailive,  Albion,  W.  Y.  Will  Frolic 
be  BO  kind  as  to  answer  the  following  questions : 
When  a  couple  are  being  married  iti  traveling 
dress,  should  the  groom  carry  his  h.at  in  his 
hand  to  the  altar  ?  Would  it  not  bo  proper  bj 
keep  on  his  overcoat?  Ey  answering  the  above 
you  will  confer  a  groat  favor  and  oblige  a  little, 
green,  country  lassie  wlio  is  about  to  be  marri«)d. 
Ans.  —  As  the  ceremony  at  a  certain  stage  re¬ 
quires  the  use  of  both  haials,  the  groom  would 
find  it  both  inconvenient  and  embarrassing  to 
carry  a  hat.  Either;  huive  the  hoa<l-gear  in  the 
carriage  or  relegate  it  to  the  care  of  tlie  “  best 
man.”  The  overcoat  should  oertainlj’  bo  dis¬ 
pensed  with,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  bocause 
its  use  would  infer  a  quasi-disrespect  for  one  of 
the  most  solomu  rites  of  the  Church.  The  lady 
should  also  dispense  with  wr.aps. 
C.  Tliat  carbonic  acid  is  exhaled  from  the 
lungs  may  he  proven  by  breathing  in  lime  water 
which  soon  tlioroafter  turns  of  a  milky-M'hite 
color.  This  is  a  test  of  the  presence  of  this 
gas. 
2.  It  is  stated  that  air  containing  four  per 
cent,  of  carbonic  acid  is  injurious,  or  rather 
“unfit  for  respiration.”  Air  once  broathed  is 
said  to  c.ont.iin  eight  per  cent.  As  jiersons  are 
siqiposed  to  lireathe  seven  cubic  feet  of  air  in  a 
minute,  Ibo  necessity  of  ventilating  rooms  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  number  of  persons  in  them  will 
bo  apparent.  We  road  that  “  in  Hie  Black  Jlolo 
of  Calcutta,  oue  hundred  and  fort.y-Kix  Fhiglish- 
men  were  sliul  up  in  a  room  cigliteen  feet 
square,  with  only  two  small  windows  on  the 
same  side  to  admit  air.  On  opening  the  dun¬ 
geon  ,  ton  hours  after  their  imprisonment,  only 
twemty-lhroc  were  alive." 
A  ciose  room  20x20x10  contains  4000  cubic 
feet  of  air.  If  a  person  broatiios,  say  10  cubic 
feet  per  minute,  tlio  air  would  all  have  been 
breathed  in  loss  than  seven  hom's, 
Forsylhr.  — Hydrogen,  being  tlie  lightest  of 
gases  and,  in  fact,  the  lightest  of  known  ponder¬ 
able  bodies,  is  that  used  for  inllatlug  balloons. 
It  may  bo  obtained  as  follows :  I 'lace  zinc  in  sul¬ 
phuric  acid  .and  water,  llie  oxj'gen  of  the 
water  forms  oxido  of  zinc  and  the  hydrogen  is 
Bct  free. 
J.  L.  E.— We  have  two  Silver  Maples,  one  of 
which  has  been  cut  back  every  year,  the  otlior 
has  not  been  touched.  The  former  is  by  fai-  the 
prettier  of  the  two  trees.  It  is,  in  fact,  so  much 
more  compact  and  shapelj'  that  at  a  distance  the 
two  would  bo  counted  different  species.  Silver 
Maples  may  ho  pruned  now.  Earlier  would  be 
bel  ter  than  Later 
/n7wf7-ir.— When  the  first  loaves,  or  eotj’lc- 
dons,  owing  to  a  short  caulilo,  remain  in  the 
ground,  they  are  said  to  be  hypogcal  or  hypoge- 
oas,  as  the  acorn,  bean,  horsccUestnut,  <Vc. 
They  exist  not  the  less,  and  the  first  loaves 
seeti,  though  the  first  true  leaves,  are  not  the 
cotyledons.  It  is  those  which  support  the  plu¬ 
mule  above  and  the  radicle  in  the  ground  until 
the  true  leaves  render  then  assistance  unneces¬ 
sary. 
S.  Marti,  Houston,  thanks.  * 
jVrs.  J.  P.  JJawks,  Goshen,  N.  Y.—  Seeds,  as 
requested,  were  sent  to  this  address  and  re¬ 
turned. 
J.  T.  K.  wants  to  know  if  apples  are  having 
a  good  sale  in  New  York  City.  I.et  him  consult 
our  market  reports,  and,  in  the  fiitm’e,  read  the 
ItDRAi,  a  little  more  attentively,  thereby  saving 
his  stationry  and  postage  stamps, 
P.  K.  S.— Yes ;  a  law  was  passed  by  Congress, 
at  the  last  sessioa,  making  a  very  slim  provision 
for  investigating  pestiferous  insects;  but  the 
bill  was  so  badly  cut  up  that  it  will  probably 
amount  to  nothing.  Honator  Ingatls  introdnoed 
the  original  measure,  and  iiunibcrlcss  other  pol¬ 
iticians  assisted  in  the  enttiag  process  till  the 
original  bill  was  hardly  recognizable. 
^eat  0^  Xnd 
SWITZERLAND  lo  AMER] 
of  the  prettiest  Chrorao  Cards  ever  seen 
with  your  nnrae,  Xi  <  ts..  hy  reinm  mail. 
W.  C.  CANNdN,  Box  2'.P,  Boston.  Mass. 
MARK  TWAIN'S  NEW  BOOKl 
TOM  SAWYER,  “ 
Is  rendy  for  Asents.  Don’t  iret  behind  hand  this 
time,  but  send  tor  your  territory  or  rtrenlars,  at 
once.  Address  AMKRICA.N  ITBLISHINO  CO., 
HAUTFOBU, Cons.,  tinicjioo,  1 1.1..,  CisttNNATi,  O. 
n'  OFFICIAL  HISTORY  OF  THE  tl 
UnTEN’L  exhibition 
It  eelU  faster  than  any  other  book.  One  Ajrent 
3lfl  ^  eoTilea  In  one  rlay.  Thl«  Is  the  only  nuthonllc 
wd  con)pWt4?  hl.itory  i>uV»ll^he<t.  Hcnd  for  onr  extra 
>rinfl  to  Asent^.  National  Ft^u.  Fblla.«  Fa. 
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ODORLESS b  I  UVt. 
Koran  who  want  PURE.  MOIHT.  WARM  AIRIn 
HALLS,  nKD-KOO.nS.  OKI'ILKS.  SHOPS, 
CONSKItV.A'rtlKlES,  ete.,  etc. 
IRTCati  ho  tisod  anrwhero.  without  eonneetlon 
with  rritnnev-nueei  a»  it  t?onerato»  no  sinokeor  nox¬ 
ious  cases  xisniifncturod  by 
KLOKENCE  >*KWLV(}  MACHINE  CO., 
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St, 
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^cqW  CHAS.  (?LUCA8  a  CO. 
1  4  W fcf trfi  Ttvfk. 
THE  CLIMAX 
Clothes  Wringer 
fr  outntfroo.  Salary  jruarnntiTd.  Write  at  once 
*)  to  KMi'inic  Novki.TV  Cu.,  iW  Broddwny.  N.  Y. 
Kach  week  to  Ajrenis.  OondsPInple.  la.nod 
jle.'dlnionialsieccIved.'riTiiis  11  lie  ml.  Pat- 
olculiii'-',  Iroo.  J  .Wurth  A  Co. hi*  Lon  Is,  .Mo* 
A  double  barrel  jfun,  bar  or  front  aollon  looks; 
warranted  L’ennlDe  iwlsl  barrels,  and  a  good  .'hooter, 
OK  NO  SALF,;  with  Flask,  Pouch  and  \Vad.cnU«-r,f»r 
flfi.  Can  he  sent  C.  O.  D..  with  prlvlleue  to  examine 
l)Ofoio  payinu  lull,  ftend  stump  for  Circular  to  1*. 
PUWKJjI.  X  SON,  23«  Main  btrect,  Ctaeinuati,  O. 
has  a  PiiFclinse  Clear,  whloh  cjiuses  it  to  fttrn  w(ta 
hiilf  the,  liihnr  required  In  lurtiiiiu  any  wrinuer  that 
has  oop-whoels  of  the  sanu-  »<*i'  on  hoth  rolls. 
It  is  the  latest  imiiroTOd  Lniversiil  Wrlupor.wlth 
Kowell’a  Double  liearn  on  Imth  rnils  o)  Imth  rolls, 
with  the  addition  of  ihe  Pii  relinse  <»«>nr  and  Tem¬ 
pered  Steel  tspriiiB,  which  causei-  it  lo  turn  with 
half  the  labor,  and  ererenU  fhr  usual  Klratu  upon  the 
N.  B.  PHELPS,  Sole  Ag't, 
tO'i  t'liaiiilipra  St.,  New  Y  ork, 
’VKT'.&NTLD!  N  kl.r.Klll-:N  nl  a  -.ilaiy  nF  gUtOO  A 
ww  x.'.'ir  1,1  ir.n.  l  all  1  sell  uoist.  lo  mutli'rs.  NO 
Iliilel  and  liivcliii”  i'i;,eii/u.s  imkI, 
AiidieM,  XloMioa  MAM’rACTfuisu  Lo.,  Ciutiiianli.Qhiu. 
THE  “  VIBRATOR  "  THRESHER  IS  KIHQ  OF  ALL 
A e>vtio«ii!«  no' <  r  before  introHiired  for  j 
Ternts  llini  c,in’t  !»'  heal.  M.itninolli  J 
I'ntnie-ne  li<  i  .  I’.  N.Y.SOX  A  Ill  Na, 
BALDWIN'S 
Ameriran  Fodder  Cutter 
ORAHTW  mOHIST  MIPAl  or 
WATCHES.  Cheapest^  111  the.  known 
woriil.  trofrli  ttnti  o.oSy  frrr  to  AgenO. 
For  terms  address  COULTEU  A  CO. Chicago 
Best  Is  the  market.  Don't 
purehasft  ony  other  kind 
until  you  have  seen  and 
examllieU  this.  Send  for 
Circular,  oontalfilnk  He- 
sc.riptbin  and  I'ldce  List 
O.  IMLKPONT  A  CO., 
ManufncTurerB, 
Nkw  Uavkn,  Conn. 
Ill)  KB  PltKS.SES  AND  tJK  ATKItS, 
J  Boo.mkb  a  lloscnKRT  Press  Co.,  byracuae,  N.Y, 
A  ‘XITT'inr  Male  or  female.  Nocapltal. 
ODU  W  JhJCaJL  „  aive  .teady  work  that 
will  bring  yon  >240  a  rnonth  ni  home,  day  or  evening 
Inventors’  Union.  17R Ureonwloh  Ht..  Now  York. 
COLLINS 8c  C0:s 
I  A  niONTH,— Agents  wanted.  SB  best 
■  Belling  articles  In  Ibe  world.  One  S«m- 
Addreaa  .lA  V  UllONhON,  Dcircjit.  Slleli. 
umde  bv  ONE  agent  In  Ii7  days.  13 
ncwartleli-B.  sa  tuples  free.  Address 
C.  M.  I.LVINGTON,  CHICAGO. 
g^CTi  iih^-COLLlNS  SeCo. 
212  Water  St  NEW-YORK  City. 
a  Week  to  Agents,  flnmples  FIIKE, 
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HI6QANUM  MT’G  COMPANY 
IJS  a  dayatirs  to  nil.  Write  us 
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AGENTS 
Manufacturers  tif  Agriouttiiral  Inipleraents, 
lllggnimm,  4'uiin. 
AGENTS'  PROriTS  A  WEEK,  t^nTfltlra  anil  Chro- 
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missions  for  little  work. 
Address  ItUUAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 
Box  3318.  78  Duane  St.,  New  York  City. 
LIVINGSTON 
&  CO.’S 
CORN 
Perfection  !  Easy  motion.  Strong,  Graceful.  Dura¬ 
ble.  Over  1,000  sold  in  3  years.  Send  for  CIroulnr  to 
DEXTKK  8PH1NG  Co..  HuUon,  Pa. 
'iV  V,*  •  '  Wr, 0 
In  use 
Shipped  by  Express  on  receipt  of  prlre.  Live 
Agenta  wanted.  Send  for  Descriptive  Circulars  to 
LIVINGSTON  A.  CO.,  IRON  FOUNDERS,  PinSBURGH,  PA. 
IHi^iccHanfouiei, 
Map 
HEAD 
MIXED  CA  UDS,  with  name,  for  10c.  and  stamp, 
Ag'is  Outnt  lOo.  Down  A  Co.,  Bristol,  Conn. 
FANCY  CAB  OH,  A  LI.  HTYl,Kl9,  with 
name,  10c.;  :i0  Fancy  .New  Year  l.'ards,  with 
name,  2lic ;  30  Bon  Ton  Cards,  Ueuutifiii,  with 
name,  2()c.,  post-paid,  J.  B.  HUSTED, 
Nassau,  ItenUB.  Co.,  N.  Y’. 
BUTTKK  and  CHKKHK  Coloring.  Extract  of 
Cheoae  Uennei.  used  by  the  largest  Dairies  in 
Europe  and  America.  Price  and  Circular  free.  Sole 
Agent  for  U.  S..  .Mrs.  B.  SMITH.  327  Arch  St..  Phlla., 
Pu.  Awarded  Highest  Centennial  Prize  Medal. 
SMPROVED  JERSEY  STOCK 
A  thorough-bred  Jersey  Cow  for  sale,  from  import¬ 
ed  dam;  Isregislered  In  ibe  Jersey  Hol'd  Book.  Also 
two  Heifer  Calves.  Address 
H.  HALES,  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 
BABBITT’S  TOILET  SOAP 
I’nrlvaUiMl  lot  the 
toilet  and  tba  bath. 
NoitrllOcInlsiiddo- 
cvpllre  odors  to 
enrar  common  and 
deleteiiuiie  Ingro- 
dlMnls.  After  years 
of  srieuilllc  Hx  (a,r- 
Iriisnt  thii  niBno- 
fac.tnrero  f  fl.  T.Boh- 
intt't  Rfffi  Snog  hue 
I  prrfoctcil  anti  now 
My  Ftl  WL*  are  the  most  fashinnahlo  blood  in 
the  country,  being  exclusively  from  prize-win¬ 
ning  stock. 
A  THORonoH-BHED  Cof'K  wUl  repay  his  cost  ten 
times  io  bringing  iip  ibo  average  of  the  whole  yard 
br  the  infusion  of  "  new  blood.” 
UHAUMAS  for  size,  and  as  winter  layers  are  prized 
highly. 
Lkghobnb  for  early  doveloptoent,  and  as  non-slt- 
tors  are  unsurpassed. 
Hasibuhghs  as  layers,  and  for  beauty  arc  uue- 
qualed. 
Chicks  sent  C.  O.  D.  Send  Stamp  for  Circular. 
T.  YV.  WHITE, 
Ridgewood,  Bergen  Co.,  N.  J. 
offers  to  the  iiatillc  Thir  riXKST  ’Um.iti  WlAl’  to  Ihe  World. 
Ontv  Dnivurret  mgetnote  oiln  M*«t  lafM  wianu.FlU'tifrT. 
For  TTne  It*  fhe  Nuraery  If  hn*  BTo  KqnnI. 
Worth  ten  tlraix  Its  cost  tiirvsry  mother  and  nimUyiuChrlHt' 
endom.  SsmptHhos  coatalnlng  s  cskosolS  ozs.  oocta, sent 
free  loaav  nddreM  on  receipt  of  TS  001, ts 
,  ,  Address  B.  T'.  Babbitt.  New  Tork  City. 
■  e  oy-For  Sale  by  all  DrugglBt«..£» 
SOLE  MANCrACTCBERS, 
Porter  Blanchard’s  Sons, 
rSend  for  Circulars.]  CONCORD,  N-  H. 
Sample  churns  sent  to  towns  where  we  have  no 
Agents,  on  receipt  of  25  per  cent,  less  than  our 
etall  price. 
K.  FANCY  CARDS,  all  siyloss,  with  name.  10 
O  CIS.,  post-paid.  J.  B.  HUSTED,  Nassau,  N.  Y. 
and  Morphine  habit  absolutely  end 
merdily  cured.  Painless:  nojiubllcitv. 
Rend  stamp  for  particulars.  Dr.  Carl- 
I  ton.  Is7  Washiagtou  at,|Cliicago,  ill. 
The  Rural  is  a  very  good  present  to  send  to  » 
friend,  and  It  pleasantly  reminds  the  recipient  of  the 
donor  tlfty-two  limes  a  year— this  year  fifty-three 
times.  Any  snhscrihrr  can  send  it  lo  a  relative  or 
friend  as  a  present,  at  our  lowest  club  rate— only 
f2.0u,  including  postage. 
MojRK’s  RURAi,  Ngw- Yorker  is  one  of  the  rezd- 
uble,  useful,  family  papers,  equally  m  demand  by 
the  lady  la  her  oonservaiorj,  the  matron  with  her 
household,  the  farmer  in  his  field,  tlie  stock  raiser 
uiuiiDg  his  aniwaia,  at.d  the  young  folks  around  th. 
evening  lamp.— Ltugs  0/  Life. 
The  Beat  Paper,  and  the  Best  PreiulurDS  to 
Agents, Is  our  motto.  YVe  ignore  Chromos  and  all 
other  Cheap  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  pul  our 
money  in  the  paper  and  in  Premiums  to  Agents. 
