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JUNE 25 
fUtos of tjjx Mooli. 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
I hope the young folks will bear with compo¬ 
sure, the omission of the Youth’s Department this 
week. Our crop reports demand all available 
space, forcing the “ News” upon our page. Next 
week the usual order will be resumed. v. m. 
HOME NEWS. 
There are no particularly new developments at 
Albany as yet in the Senatorial contest. No elec¬ 
tion has taken place, and there are not many Blgns 
of such an event. The investigating committee 
are engaged In seeking out the guilty party in the 
bribery case, but have not yet *• found the man.” 
A young Choctaw from Indian Territory took 
the first prize lu oratory at Roanoke College, va.* 
at the last commencement. 
The village of i.udington. situated on Lake Michi¬ 
gan at the terminus of the Flint and Pere Mar¬ 
quette Railway has been nearly destroyed by fire. 
Cyclones have been In order in the West dur¬ 
ing the past week. In Northwestern Missouri 
no less CUan three “twisters" dealt death and 
destruction In as many paths. Near King City 
persons were killed, besides hundreds of cattle, 
sheep etc. one man lost 80 cattle, another so 
aneep, another seven horses. At Topeka, Kan¬ 
sas, similar losses are reported. The Western 
country has had Its share of snow-drifts, floods 
and cyclones lor the last few months. 
At a meeting of the corporation of Brown 
University Providence, R. 1., Professor W. H. 
Kussel acting President of Cornell University, 
was appointed acting professor of History and 
Political Economy in place of Prof. Dlxnan re¬ 
cently deceased. W. W. Bailey was made pro¬ 
fessor of botany. 
The Hon. J. A. Bentley, Commissioner of Pen* 
stons, tendered hla resignation at the President’s 
request on the 16th Inst., and W. W. Dudley was 
at once appointed In his stead. 
Boston and suburban towns celebrated the anni¬ 
versary or the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th 
Inst. Hon. Uobt. C. Wlnoirop delivered the ora¬ 
tion, and at one point In his address, displayed the 
6word worn by Co), Prescott at the battle. 
The grand Jury which will pass upon the papers 
in the Star route oases was drawn at Washington, 
D. lb, last week, it la believed to be a jury 
which will consider honestly and fairly all the 
evidence. It la not known exactly when the evi¬ 
dence will be laid Delore the jury. The Attorney- 
General keeps his purposes entirely secret. The 
star route people realize that Mr. MaoVeagh is tn 
earnest, and there is little hope that his hand 
will be stayed, it Is believed that evidence has 
been obtained to Justify immediate action by the 
grand jury In the oases of some or the thieves. it 
a also said that some of them are expected to offer 
[0 give evldeuce In order to save themselves. 
lu the -Southern states, which have las electoral 
voces, nearly 45 per cent, of the voters cannot 
read and write. In South Carolina 64 per cent, of 
the voters are Illiterate. These figures speak 
loudly in favor of some more general system of 
education for the South, 
Governor St. John of Kansas claims that the 
prohibitory law of that State la wonderfully suc¬ 
cessful. Topeka, with a population of 20,000, has 
not a single saloon, and has had only one case of 
drunkenness since the law went into effect. An 
Inebriate rook an overdose of patent bitters, and 
the man who sold the “ medicine ” was fined ?l<)0. 
There are no open saloons outside of Leavenworth 
and Atcmson, and these are under prosecution. 
The Governor’s letter was written before the re¬ 
cent judicial decision shaking the constitutionality 
of the law was rendered. 
The bonne of Washington Irving, two miles 
south of Tarry towu, N. Y„ la greacly out of repair, 
but It is said the library la exactly aa he left It. 
Even hla pea Ison the table where he laid It down 
for the last time, and his papers aa he had ar¬ 
ranged them on his desk; they have never been 
disturbed. 
An intermarriage between a Chinaman named 
Lee Chin, and a wnlte woman. Mrs, Eva H. Lee, has 
attracted much attention at Cheyenne, Wy. The 
statutes 01 Wyoming forbid such intermarriage, 
and the couple had the ceremony performed In 
Denver, Col. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chin have been 
indicted tor mlseegeaatlOD. The Chinese consul 
at Denver, under direction of the Chinese Ambas¬ 
sador at Washington, contested the case In the 
courts. The court held, that the marriage being 
legal in Colorado, It was al«o legal in Wyoming. 
The defendants were finally discharged. 
The steamer Deaeoug, in which Commander 
Gorrlnge brought the obelisk from Egypt to 
America, has been purchased from Mr. William 
H. Vanderbilt by the Southern Transportation 
Company for |5S,0i)0. ft is now being altered and 
rebuilt and la Intended for the New York and Sa¬ 
vannah cotton trade. The vessel was built in 
England, and was tor many yeara used as a trader 
before the Khedive of Egypt bought aud converted 
It Into a private yacht. 
Nevada has enacted a law designed to prevent 
opium smoking, which makes the possession of 
opium or of an opium pipe a misdemeanor, pun- 
loiiable by 11 le or Imprisonment. This statute Is 
very obnoxious to the Chinese Six Companies of 
San Francisco, and Interferes with their profits; 
and they have retained three leading lawyers, two 
of California aud one of Nevada, to test the valid¬ 
ity of the law, and, If necesssary, to carry the 
question to the United States Supreme Court. 
The State of Missouri asked for bids for a loan 
the other day. On opening them It was discovered 
that moie money had been offered at three per 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
cent than was needed. The credit of the Union 
ought to be as good as that of Missouri. 
Wealthy citizens of Chicago have organized a 
Chicago Muscial Festival Association, on the plan 
of a similar body tn the City of New York. N. K. 
Falrbank was elected President and Theodore 
Thomas Musical Director. Biennial festivals are 
to be given, beginning in June, lsss. 
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A Bleswtug to Tfnmanity. 
A lady .'residing in Georgia, whose son was 
threatened with consumption, wrote to one of our 
old patients, Mrs. M. T. Plersol, of No. 1636 Wal¬ 
lace Street, Philadelphia, asking If a testimonial 
In favor of Compound Oxygen, to which she saw 
her name attached, was genuine, and received the 
following reply : •* Yours just received, it la my 
privilege to say In reply to your Inquiry about the 
Compound Oxygen Treatment, that It, is all that It 
claims to be, and in some cases has exceeded its 
promise. My testimonial Is genuine, and I am al¬ 
ways glad or the opportunity to give my voice in 
favor of so great a bleating to humanity, Ab to 
your ton’s case, I would say, persevere by all 
means. 1 think he has everything to expect; o f 
course I cannot Judge intelligently lor him ; but 
he can rely with all confidence upon Dr. Starkey’s 
word, l have Known him for years. He is an in¬ 
telligent ana faithful physician and a true man. 
I would advise you to keep him posted, and rollow 
his directions strictly." Our Treatise on Com¬ 
pound Oxygen, containing large reports of oaBes 
and full Information, sent Tree. Drs. Starkey & 
1 ’alkn, 1109 and till Girard Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The London Wool and Textile Fabrics, of May 
28 , states that reports on the progress of the Euro¬ 
pean silk crops contain little of decided character- 
No complaints are heard In France. A few Isolated 
cases of dissatisfaction are reported In Italy, but 
so far no serious damage has been done. It Is now 
regarded as assured that the crop In Spain will be 
slightly larger Hun last year. In the Levant, 
prospects ate good. The reports from China are 
rather contradictory, but It Is now thought that 
the yield will equal last year’s. In Japan the de¬ 
velopment of the worms has been retarded. Mean¬ 
while, the continental markers continued quiet 
and easy, prices being about two to three per cent* 
lower than at the beginning of April.... 
on the 2d Inst., the opening of the international 
Woolen ExhlbUon, at Crystal Palace, London, was 
announced. This enterprise Is one of a series In¬ 
tended to be devoted to special classes of import¬ 
ant manufacturing industries calculated to pro¬ 
mote British trade, commerce and manufactures, 
and also advance the interests of technical educa¬ 
tion. It is staled that t here were to be more than 
two hundred separate woolen exhibits, and that 
large spaces had been reserved for the colonies of 
south Australia, New Zealand, victoria ana New- 
South Wales, l ’lne samples were to be shown also 
from Uruguay, Buenos Ayres, Iceland, and tne 
Falkland Islands. Every kind of fabric Into which 
wool enters was to be represented, together with 
carpets from cashmere, Smyrna, Morocco and 
other well known seats of the industry, beBlde dye 
stuffs, oils, soaps and other chemical substances 
used In woolen factories. Of about sixty foreign 
exhibitors entered, thirty-four were from Ger¬ 
many and eight from Holland, the rest being from 
Russia, Austria, France. Belgium, Denmark and 
the Argentine Republic. 
Russian Immigrants in Minnesota escaped the 
trouble of coal famine by burning prairie hay in 
their air-tight, Old Country, brick-lined stoves- 
.. Whatever doubts may exist as to the practical 
value tx> this country of the visits of M. Leon Chot- 
teau, the French commercial agent, there will be a 
general and hearty appreciation of bis sensible 
address before the SC. Louis Merchants’ Exchange 
on Wednesday last, in which he declared that the 
decree forbidding the Importation of American 
pork Into Franee was utterly without reason and 
an act of injustice to both countries. M. Chotteau 
quoted figures to prove that the loss to the United 
states since the decree was issued on February 18, 
had been about $ 2 , 400,000 and that the Injury to 
the laboring classes of France, who are the princi¬ 
pal consumers of this exported food, has been cor¬ 
respondingly serious. In conclusion, he expressed 
the hope mat Secretary Blaine would soon succeed 
In getting the French Government to listen to 
sound reason. The Merchants’ Exchange will for¬ 
ward M. Chotteau's manuscript to the state De¬ 
partment as a valuable defence of American pork 
and a forcible exposition of the whole question ... 
A FINE HAIR DRESSING. 
Cocoaine dresses the hair perfectly, and Is 
also a preparation unequalled for the eradication 
of dandruff. 
The superiority of Kurnett’s Flavoring 
Extracts consists m their purity and great 
strength. 
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Women that have been pronounced Incurable by 
the best physicians in the country, have been com¬ 
pletely cured of female weakness, by the use 
of Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. Send 
to Mrs. Lydia E. rinkham, 233 Western Avenue, 
Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets. 
-- 
Taorio-FRDIT Laxativh Is the heat and most 
agreeable preparation in the world for constipa¬ 
tion, biliousness, etc. One-half to one lozenge Is 
the dose. Price 26 and «0 cents per box. 
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There is scarcely a person to be found who will 
not be greatly benefited by a thorough course of 
Kidney-Wort every Spring. If you cannot pre¬ 
pare the dry buy the liquid. It has the same 
effect.—Palladium. 
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