EXPLANATORY NOTE. 
We have decided it best-, in this special issue, 
to waive the usual custom of publishing a story- 
in the literary department, as space is limited. 
An installment would not be of interest to 
transient readers, and we feel sure that our 
continuous patrons will bear with the omis¬ 
sion. Magazine, Book Notices, &c., are also 
emitted. In the issue of Sept. 10 or 17 a 
serial will be begun entitled “ Thoms and 
Roses.” 
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ITEMS—ALL SORTS. 
In the depth of the sea the water is still ;thc 
heaviest grief is borne ill silence ; the deepest 
love Hows through the eves and touch ; the 
purest joy is unspeakable, 
To protect one’s-self against the stor m s of 
life, marriage with a good woman is a harbor 
in the tempest; but with a bad woman it 
proves a tempest in the harbor. 
Learning by study must be won, 
’Twas ne’er entailed from sire to son. 
—Gay. 
The British Museum has purchased a 
vaulted wooden Egyptian coffin, well pre¬ 
served, and a gilded mask and mummy of a 
lady named Talmtisa or Thothsi, one of the 
court or family of the Queen of AmasLs I. 
There is no place in the wide world like 
home. It is the dwelling place of our heart’s 
treasure, and the first duty of our lives we owe 
to it and its inmates. To make it pleasant 
and attractive should be the aim of every 
man. 
Gifts. —The best thing to give your enemy 
is forgiveness; to your opponent, tolerance; to 
a friend, vour heart; to your child, a good ex¬ 
ample; to your father, deference; to your 
mother, conduct that will make her proud of 
j'ou; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. 
There is a sound reason why there are 
bones in our meat and stones in our laud. A 
world where everything- was easy would be a 
nursery for babies, but not at ail a fit place 
for men. Celery is not sweet until it has felt 
the frost, and men don't come to their perfec¬ 
tion till disappointment has dropped a half¬ 
hundred weight or two upon their toes. Who 
would know good horses if there were no 
heavy loads ?—John Ploughman. 
Many years ago a Now Zealander, who iiad 
been a cannibal, but who had been brought 
under the influence of Christianity and become 
a missionary, was staying in England in order 
to give an account of liis work. Ho was one 
day entertained at a public breakfast, and was 
under the wing of the bishop of the diocese, 
who thought the distinguished guest surveyed 
the feast with much indifference if not some 
contempt. Just as grace had been said there 
came up to the bishop a sleek and very portly 
clergyman. With a line roll of his eye, the 
converted cannibal turned to his neighbor at 
table and smacked his lips with the keenest ap¬ 
preciation of tile probable flavor of his 
reverend brother. So true is it that we always 
come back to our first love. 
Curious Statistics of Marriage.—I t is 
foimd that young men from 15 to 20 years of 
age marry young women averaging two or 
three years older than themselves, but if they 
delay marriage until they are 20 or 25 years 
old, their spouses average a year younger 
than themselves; and henceforward this differ¬ 
ence steadily increases, till in extreme old age, 
on the bridegroom's part, it is apt to be enor¬ 
mous. The inclination of octogenarians to 
wed misses in their teens is an every-day oc¬ 
currence: but it is amusing to find, in the love- 
matches of boys, that the statistics bear out 
the satires of Thackeray and Balzac. Again, 
the husbands of young women, aged 20 and 
under, average a little above 25 years; and the 
inequality of age diminishes henceforward, 
’till, for women who have reached 30, the re¬ 
spective ages are equal. After 35 years, 
women, like men, marry those younger than 
themselves, the disproportion increasing with 
age, ’till at 55 uverages nine years. 
ANSWER. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
A National Journal of Rural Affairs. 
Price Only $2.00 Per Year. 
SUBSCRIBE 
as a measure of economy! 
Gossiping.— Tale-bearing and idle gossiping 
is, under all circumstances and by whomso¬ 
ever indulged in, a most unprofitable and dis¬ 
reputable business; but when it assumes the 
form of malicious slander, it at once becomes 
a crime, even though the poisonous darts are 
so shaped that the strong arm of the law may 
bo unable to protect or redress the wrongs of 
the ones thus injured. 
Never chooso for a friend one who would 
urge you to pull out a single thread from the 
warp of character. Never choose a friend 
that you feel you havo lowered your standard 
of purity and right one single inch to gain. 
If you cannot step up in your friendships, you 
need not step down. Raise j our standard and 
stand by it. You need not want for com¬ 
panionship ; only see that the society is kept 
high and pure. Keep a strict watch at all the 
doors, and what a blessed thing it will be to 
live even amid outwardly adverse circum¬ 
stances. 
Most people when they cum tew you for ad¬ 
vice, says Josh Billings, cum tew have their 
opinyuns strengthened, not eonrekted. Take 
the selfishness out of this world, and thare 
would be more happiness than we should kno 
what to do with. It don’t show- good judg¬ 
ment to bo surprised at ennything in this 
world, for thare iz nothing more certain than 
uncertainty. Every man thinks that hiz 
nabor iz happier than he iz, but if he swops 
places with him he will want tew- trade back 
next morning. A coquette in love iz az silly 
az a mouse in a wire trap ; he don’t seem te\v 
kno how he iz agoing to get out. All fights to 
produce enuy moral advantage should end in 
victory tew one side or the other. Yu will 
always see dorgs renew a drawn battle every 
time they meet. 
C ivility and Ceremony. —Nothing is more 
honorable and pleasant than civility, and 
nothing more ridiculous and burdensome than 
ceremony. Civility teaches us to behave with 
proportionate respect to everyone, according 
as their rank requires and their merit demands. 
In other words, civility is the science of men 
of the world. A person of good address, w ho 
conducts herself with due circumspection, con¬ 
ciliates the love and esteem of societv, be¬ 
cause everyone finds herself at ease in her 
company ; but a ceremonious woman is the 
plague of her acquaintance. Such a one re¬ 
quires too much attent ion to be a pleasant as¬ 
sociate ; is too seldom satisfied with what is 
paid her, and every moment feels her pride 
hurt by the want of senna frivolous etiquette. 
You cannot be too formal to her, nor she dis¬ 
pense with her formalities to others. 
Baroness Burdktt-Coutts is usually ac¬ 
companied by a beautiful colley dog, which is 
a gift from Jlr. Henry Irving, and which has 
a little history. The actor was one day driv¬ 
ing over the Braemar moors, when he lost his 
Skvo terrier, which had been trotting along 
behind his trap. He got down to look for it, 
directing the driver to go on with the trap. 
On the moor he met a shepherd with a colley 
and the man, when told of the actor’s loss, of¬ 
fered to find the terrier. At a word from 
him the colley darted off, and after an absence 
of ten minutes returned. “Whore is he?” 
asked the shepherd, and the dog, lifting one 
paw pointed in the direction of the road. 
’ * Ho has gone after the trap,’’ the shepherd 
said, and Mr. 1 1wing marvelling, and, in 
truth, incredulous, returned to the road, and 
coming up with the trap, found his little fa¬ 
vorite awaiting his arrival. He bought the 
colley at the moderate prieo of fifteen guineas, 
and on his retu m to town, presented it to the 
Baroness. 
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Every farmer, gardener, stockman or fruit 
grower should read the Rural New-Yorker. 
Its teachings are practical and it employs the 
best writers in the world. Ask those who 
know. It is for the North, South, East and 
West. It. is the only National Rural Journal 
in America—the only journal that conducts 
experiment grounds in the in terests of its sub¬ 
scribers. It has never in any instance sold 
seeds or plants to its subscribers, and its ad¬ 
vice is disinterest ed. All new seeds and plants 
arc tested as soon as introduced, and impar¬ 
tial reports made of their 'value without any 
regard whatever to advertising interests. 
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For our oomic on the last page of this 
number—illustration of how the email child 
was misused in consequence of ids parents be¬ 
ing struck at the same time with different ob¬ 
jects of interest at the fair—we express our 
thanks to Messrs. Harper & Bro’s, of this 
city. 
COLUMBIA BICYCLE. 
fTi—_ Bicycle riding is an accomplish 
xfPff moat easily acquired, and is rapid- 
X\M 11///% ly becoming the most popular of 
out-door sports; an a health runtora- 
five It is Invaluable. bringing into 
f u action every muscle of the body, 
to / V strengthening the luugs, and in- 
SpY/rn v\ J/uP v of ora till* the n'earled brain. The 
V //l IKv/life practicability of the machine is 
\fl /! A \ y xiISl generally ooucedod throughout the 
w 1 1 " country, and the thousands of bi¬ 
cycles in daily use are constantly inertia*: eg in num¬ 
ber. bend 8c. stamp for cata.gguu. with price Jist and 
full information. TIIK ROPE M’fri* oo. 
ML WaahltiKinn tit root.isoeton. Mass. 
Jt%- iH ’’f 
FORCE 
maStTkooe (tcojj 
.ijsrtwaFieTtMj 
[RON TURBINE 
And BUCKEYE 
WI3STD 
Works easy, throws a ^ tt 
constant stream. c IS 
S3 S 
Tins Porcelain Lined V) ** 
Cylinder. 3 ■ 
O fl 
Is easily set. Is the £ ® 
Cheapest A Best Force “ 
Pomp In the world for s 
Seep or Shallow Wells. ujU 
Thousands In use in 3? 
every part of the Uni* pYri 
ted States. 
Never Freeses In Win* 
ter. fjg 
Send for Circular and • <y. 
Prices. -i j w 
MILL 
Perfectly Self-Regulating. 
Furnishing pure fresh 4 
water lor stock, irrigating fe 
purposes, or supplying 
houses' fountains. You ^ 
ran do the pumping for less 
than five cents per day on 
ihe investment. A ten-foot 
mill will pump from 25 to 
100 barrels per day from a 
well 100 feet deep or less. 
AVc manufacture geared l 
mills for nn- 
ning corn shcl- ' . jh 
lers, feed mills, W fjpfeu iayg 
feed cutters, A ''-sill 
churns, etc.,and t ^ __ /y,, 
VPoo.d^ Pmnptt 
Doors, Boss Sickle Grinders, etc 
Ol'iUUNTr.Iin SUPERIOR 
TO ANY WIND MILL MADE 
17 Size*—One Mao to 45 IIor*e Power. 
Sold by the trade generally throughout the U. S. 
Good reliable dealers wanted to handle our 
Adopted by tlie leading R. B. Co.'s and by the TJ. S. 
Government at Forts and Garrisons. 
$ 3 , 500,000 worth Now in TJse. 
ENTERPRISE 
Fnterprise Feed Ntills Cm 
New and Startling. For Wind, Horse, V biwEW 
Steam or Water Rower. Climax Corn I BiDlfflP 
and Cotton Cultivators. Rumps, 
Tanks, &o. Send f or brown Catalogue 
SANDWICH ENTERPRISE CO., Sandwich, HI. 
POWELL Sc DOUGLAS, Waukegan, Ill. 
I. X. L. WIND MILL. g. 
For Simplicity, Durability and rrv!fc%- 
Powor this^rn 
dor. We warrant all our .# Aj /| j| |j AljaP 
mills. Circulars and do- Of y / hTP' M iF v 
scriptivo catalogues sent fa / n ITuJaflltYvr 
free on application to the / if 
Phelps & Bigelow Wind J ff| H 
Mill Co..Kalamazoo,Mloh. Y 
IMPROVED CALIFORNIA 
WIND MILL. 
Simple, Strong, Durable. Rosette Wheel 
and perfectly Self-regulating, avoiding 
100 wearing Joints. Also, Steven's Bony 
Feed Griruer and a perfect Rotary Mo¬ 
tion attachment, without gearing, the 
power being communicated by the lift 
or up stroke of Rump Rod. Can be used 
for cutting feed, churning, &c. The 
best, cheapest and most useful power in 
the market Full particulars, circulars, 
Ac., sent Iree. Address the Manufac¬ 
turers. CLARE tt CO., Somaxacx. Inn. 
PERKINS WINDMILL 
WAS THE FIRST 
SOLID-WHEEL WIND MILL 
that governed itself success¬ 
fully. 'Ihe Beal in rbn 
Market for the lust Ten 
Year*, and has received 
More Premiums and Medals 
when on exhibition, thim all 
other windmills competing. 
For Be’uly. Strength, Du¬ 
rability and Rower, 
IT HAS NO EQUAL, 
ns any one will see by exam¬ 
ining and comparing with 
other wind nulls. 
For further particulars apply to nearest 
agent, or address 
Perkins Windmill & Ax Co., 
Mishawaka, lnd. 
WHO 1$ JONES 
OF BINGHAMTON ? 
Ho Is the man who broke down the prices of Scales. 
For further particulars address 
Jones of Binghamton, 
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
_.CHALLENGE WIND MILLS 
Victorious at all fairs. Over 7,000 in 
actual use in every State and Terri. 
- ■*' ^tory of the IJ.S. Ills atxrtiou wheel— 
has boon made by the praeent Co. for 
ten year*; in all that time not one has 
blown down without tower breaking— 
a record no other mill ran show. We 
leave it to the public to determine their merits. Mills 
sent on so days’ trial. Beet Feed M112 b, Corn Shelters, 
Jhc„ &o. Catalogue free. 
OHALLKNGE MILL CO.. Batavia, JU. 
THE BEST WIND MILLON EARTH 
Croft’s Improved Iron Wild Mill, 
MANUFACTURED BY 
E. C. LEFFEL, Springfield, 0. 
i/TDealer in Pumps.Tauks 
» BT-jPipes, Corn Shelters. 
/TB, KiClaud Cons Grinders 
- - - A / \ Row pk Con verters, 
' III ill Rii'vitU both Lever and 
f a/ III ttilJ Rotary Motion applied 
I.SJg-QrTv, ,1 luipJrlwind Mill Rower, and 
' x B VJnJlD everything per- 
fjfS I Viitainiugto wind Engine 
7 ttjlMacliinwy. 
/ Y .l Heror.'Purchasing any 
/ i?l | i j other Wind Mills send 
£ ^ lor RrioeEiet and Cir- 
“ cular. 
State where yon saw this advertisement. 
TOE 
Watertow n 
the llrnt in U*r. 
W rite for De¬ 
scriptive Cata¬ 
logue, 
H. H. Babcock 
ti Sons, 
Watertown, 
N. Y. 
5*.MIX’S BANNER WIND MILL 
o**- Host made. Huns with less wind 
land has more power than any 
other. Never blows down. Ten 
ft. Mill S.VS. Warranted for 5 years. Full 
description free. N. 1*. Mix, Avenue,©. 
