JULY 23 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
485 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Judge Huron It. Sherman, the republican candi¬ 
date for governor of Iowa, Is not a brother of Gen. 
and Henator Hhermun. Ho corned of MatwucUu- 
HOttB HtOCU, 
Adelina Patti hue signed a contract for a season 
of concert h in tne United Staten, beginning at 
Steinway Hall, In New York, on November »tb. 
Ho aayH a cablegram of the uth. 
Henator Lamar, of MlHHlsIppl, ban two married 
daughter- and one who In Mill a sehool girl. He 
has also a little grandson, who 1 h Mm namesake. 
IIIh house at Oxford Ih a plain ope. lie 1 m very 
fond of hlH registered .leraey cattle. 
A lady In Taunton, Mnsa, received hurt work 
from Europe a bouquet containing, It, Ih claimed, a 
clover from Qi orge BUioi h grave, a violet from 
Melrowi Abbey, a buttercup from DC Qulnoey’s 
grave, a sprig of Ivy from Walter Heolt's old borne 
at AbbotRfoid, and a bluebell from the grave cf 
Helen MaOgrcgor, near Loch Lomond. 
The oxecntorH of Lord Moacon»nold have modi In 
the necessary pap ere for p'Obate, and have aworn 
the grot* including insurencoe, at £75,000, 
which Ih reduced by corresponding cbargeH and 
debut to a little over ,crto,o<tu, upon which probate 
duly iHpald; but tbla amount luoluden tho valua¬ 
ble library, the heirlooms, arid oilier Inconvertible 
property. 
The year 18TH w am Htrangoly fatal to Italy, The 
firm, Italian General, La Marmora; the king of 
Italy, Victor Emanuel; tho nrst Infallible Pope 
Plus 1X; the flret astronomer, Padre Hecchl, and 
the Hurt International arbh rator, Helopla, died in 
less Ilian three tnontbr. Monuments to each have 
now been put up and are coni Inually being mul¬ 
tiplied. 
In tho machine constructed by Herr Arnadeo 
Gentllll, or Lclpslg, the natural movements of the 
mouih in speaking produce action In a delicate 
BCrtCB of levers, by which eUdrlc contacts are 
mode and broken and the signs aro regularly re¬ 
corded similar to those of tho Mono alphabet a 
good thing fur deaf people If It could ho made 
cheap mid eaHlly portable. 
The hue Duke of Richmond, who was aid-de¬ 
camp to the Duke of Wellington all through the 
Peninsular war wan allot, down ut. Halamancii. 
The ball was never removed; and he carried it to 
his death. A row months after lie received It, he 
waH able to rename bis duties ami wan present at 
the after battles of the campaign and at Water¬ 
loo. HIr Richard England, then a Captain In the 
Twenty-third FuBlleers, was shot down at the 
siege of Hadnjns, aod cariled also the ball to his 
death at tho age of sit. 
[Troy <N. Y ) Morning Telegram and Whig | 
Itulililng the midnight Oil. 
In the Philadelphia Times of recent date we 
notice an Item referring to the miraculously quick 
cure of a prominent druggist, of that city. Mr. J. 
M. Higgins. Germantown Road and Morris Street , 
who had an awful attack or rheumatism of the 
knee. He applied Ht. .Jacobs oil at. night, and next 
morning was well and In his store as usual.—Adt>. 
J^toch ana poultry. 
POWUMi IIRO’S, 
Hprlngboro, f’raw lord County, I*u. 
TUK MOST KXTKNHIVK IMI'OllTKHH OK 
67, irn esdml.es 
IN AMERICA, 
Two Importations for 1881 already received, and 
another on the way, and another ready to leave 
Scotland, and othern still to follow. 
Largest and Finest Colloction over seen on 
tho American Continent. 
HAMBLETONIANS, 
And other strains of trotting Htock. 
HOLSTEIN & DEVON CATTLE. 
Catalogues sent free. AddronH as above, and 
mention the Ruiun. 
BERKSHIRES 
Small YORKSHIRES 
THE IIKMT. HENI) FOR CATALOGUE, contain- 
liiK List u! ITnmlutuH, to 
Bagg’s Hotel Farm, 
utica, n. v. 
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. 
BAKER’S 
\Vurruntod aliaolutely pure 
Cocoa, from which tho oxcuss 
of oil had boon removed. It 1 m u 
dollclmm drink, nourishing and 
■trengtlumlng; easily digested; 
odmlrubly udaplod for Invalids 
uu well um person* In health. 
Hold by Grocers everywhere. 
W. IJAJKEll & CO., 
JJorchoatvr, Matt. 
THE CYCLOPEDIA WAR 
The month of July, 1881, witnesses tho completion of tho largest and most Important literary work 
this country and the century have ween. It Is the Library of Universal Knowledge, large type edition 
In 16 large octavo volumes, containing 10 porot. more matter than AppiotouH’ CyclOpatdla, at loan than 
one- fifth Its cost, and 20 per cent, more than Johnson's Cyelopnulla, at, a little more than one-fourth 
Its cost,. 
Chambers’s Encyclopedia, which forms the basis of tho Library of Universal Knowledge (the lost 
London edition of ihhii ticing reprinted verbatim as a portion of Its contcntr), la the laborious product o 
the ripest llritish and European \/ m j. scholarship. It has developed 
through a century of Cycleprodla lOcOI^V making, IIh various editions having 
been many Mines revised, In success- J ive years, till It baa cotno to bo uni¬ 
versally recognized, by those competent to Judge, as standing at the very front of great aggregat ions of 
knowledge, and better adapted than any other Uyolopmdla for popular use. It contains such full and 
Important Information as the ordinary reader, or the careful student, Is likely to seek, upon about, a,coo 
subjects, In every department of human knowledge. Chambers'll Encyclopedia, however, Is u foreign 
production, edited and publlHtw d for a foreign market, and could not be expected to give as much 
prominence to American topics as p ■■■ ■ i American readers might desire. To 
supply tlieso and other deficiencies a Qf I [ 0 large corps of American editors and 
writers have udiled Important, aril- cles upon about 15,ooo topics, cover¬ 
ing the eriilio field of human knowledge, bringing the whole number of titles under one alphabettoul 
arrangement to about 4<),oou. Thun the work Is thorough My Americanized, and the Library of Univer¬ 
sal Knowledge becomes at once the latest und most complete ICncyclopmdla In the field, at a mere frac¬ 
tion of the cost of any similar work which hiut preceded It. 
^3 tr \ ° r ,ll,) 15 volumes, complete, In extra cloth binding, $ 15 . 00 . in half Russia, sprinkled 
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'The superlative value and Import,auoo of this great ICncyolopiedla lies especially In the fact that It 
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advurtlmuuentof an exceptional or amblKUouM ehurao- 
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oursolvos rsaiKiusibls for thslr hlgh-staudhur and 
trustworthiness 
!T I* \ VW to w ” 11 *? u <* Rubber i rinUngHhimpu. Hampluii 
l fhlo iron J. M. MITTEN A DO,, Uluveland, O. 
‘J/l elegant cards, Huowflakn, cite.. Ido. A ut» waute.t, 
• >w JO cam plea !to. Lint free. (I. Viiik, Arl.elu. Mini,. 
(1< cy(h # Week, $18 a day at home naully u nlo, Oimtly 
V • & OUttit free. AddreMM True At Oo„ AngUMta, Mulne. 
Oik Gold and Mllver Chromo Cards, with name, 10 a 
LA U post paid. Gao. I. Uaan At Go.. Naunau. N. Y, 
and ^lacMn«ry. 
Bean’s Patent Double-Acting, 
SELF.BEGUJ.ATING. NUN • FREEZING, 
V/J HltC'l ION 1.1 FT AM* Im HICK 
Q- PUMPS ! 
C The HlmideHt, KiihIohI working, moist Durable 
wmmrn unci ebeupnat 1'iimpH In tin- World I 
3 AyentH wanted In even y Comity In the Htute, 
Write for Circular und Prices to 
W. W. is A UN ETT, Mauufaetlirer. 
32 JuinuM Ht., HyuACUMK, N. Y. 
A PLOW OF GREAT STRENGTH. 
Hlmpllelty, Oinublllty ancl Kuue of OperiiUon. Adupt- 
ecl for line everywhere. Clreulum kri viiik full informa¬ 
tion free. Andrew* . 1 . I.ANK ItlCJ-iii «fc. GO., 
(Hole MutiufacturerM,) Dayxom, unto. 
Hull Vapor Cook Stove ^ 
Tin- only Viiper Cook Htovo thin lias etood 
thu test ol yearn, mid wiveo entire mill 
per Teel etillnl n.eiion. 
00,000 
New In use, and kiowIiik in favor whorovor iised. 
For Summer Use thoy are ludisponsablo. 
Our “Patent Automatic Hafety Can " romlors the 
one of our utovuM " purfeetly safe " In the IiujiUm of the 
most cureloMH or Inexporieoced. 
Heiul for full desm-lptivo eiruular amt price lint. 
Hpeelal iuducuiuutile touKcmtu In unoccupied territory. 
Address HULL VAl’OIl MTOVE GO., 
0 LK V fed,AN P, Onto. 
CHAMPION CRAIN DRILL. 
Positive force feed Grain Distributor. Positive 
force /cut llntsw Heeder, which can lie uued cither In 
front or rear of Um lions. 
The fertiliser AUachmeut, Ih mieqnalftd, uml Is war- 
rallied Ui now luirily ami evenly any of the various 
kinds of KUaiioM uml phosidunes In tlicc market. 
The Cliumplcm is the only Grain DrUI in tne market 
that him ,t MpeMal utlurlimwit for idautiuM cw.rn for 
Uio nrati. 
Tim Champion Is simple In constnietlon,esslly oper- 
nted both for leiire uml driver, I be matecrinfs uuod 
uml quality of worktuaunli!,< are the very t>ust 
Ho not tall to c-xaniluo too Champion luiforo pur- 
ohustnir a Grain Drill. 
All questions ■•ciuccrtilUK t'l ( Immplon auswured 
lu-oniptly by mall t*t~ Every Dr. „ r run ted. 
Hood lor (lescriiitlve jcamphlet to 
JOUNHUN. UT.llE At TRUMAN. 
Owkoo, Tukia Go., N. \. 
IMPtOVED FARM IMPLEMENT*. 
Non-Kxplosive Hteaut ICiiMlneu. IJest (tullwuy and 
I,ever Horse Powers, Thrciehllllr Miichinnii, Htraw- 
Pro.-ervlutr Threshers, Uu Dow's Disc and Htnel Hprlnjr 
Tooth Harrows, Eagle Hnlky Uorsc* hakes, l.'ultlvntoi-M, 
Feed MUIm, Feail Hteamers, Am., to. Wiikici.kh Ai 
Mici.kiu lie. Albany, N. Y. Kstabllshod IT*. Wend lot 
Illustrated UataloKUo. 
PERFECTION ITsELF 
