jgUssc*natte«w$( 
The Knedlve of Egypt, having been reduced to 
a petty allowance o( t8ft,000,000, at the Instance ot 
Mr. Goschen, who represents the bondholders, Is 
now disposed to question whether It Is worth 
while to rule at all for so insignificant a sura. 
A kscent Amherst, graduate, now a settled 
pastor, was telling a retired missionary that bo 
entered college and the theological seminary 
with the intention ot becoming a missionary, 
when the old veteran broke out with, “Ah I you 
turned back after putting your hand to the plow.” 
“No,” was the answer, “I Just took another 
plow.” 
PERSONAL ITEMS 
When answering advertisements, par¬ 
ties will please say that they saw them 
in the Run Ah New-Yorker. 
Oliver Optic la mentioned as a probable can¬ 
didate for the Boston School Board. 
Anns Brewster, writing from Rome, say3 that 
nerr Wagner Is very proud of his “Centennial 
March." 
The three richest men In the United States— 
Astor, Stewart, and Vanderbilt—have died within 
fifteen months. 
Mr. Fields says he walked all night with an 
opium eater (Do Quincy). He must have felt very 
sleepy In the morning. 
Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, lives In the 
room of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and 
Measures, lu the Capitol. 
Gustavub Adolphus Gari.jch, once a successful 
merchant In New York, is spending the winter In 
the Cincinnati workhouse. 
Whittier thinks $50 a year Is enough for any 
woman to spend on dress, but he will hardly get 
many women to agree with him. 
The non. Wm. M. Evans Is a brilliant success 
as a raiser ot corn. This year he added to the 
wealth of the country 8,200 bushels. 
Mr. R. W. Townsend, who has been elected to 
Congress from tbe Nineteenth Illinois district, 
was formerly a page lu the House of Representa¬ 
tives. 
M. Rothschild has added a printing-press to 
his establishment on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, 
from which a work upon the Holy Land has been 
issued. 
Thbkh Is a rumor to the effect that CoL H. S. 
Olcott affectionately carries all that is left of Uls 
friend, Baron de Palm, In a snuff-box In ids 
waistcoat pocket. 
Capt. Botton la traveling slowly through Italy, 
stopping ns h) goes to give exhibitions at towns 
along tbe rivers’ banks, often devoting the pro¬ 
ceeds to the poor. 
Lord Salisbury went to Constantinople at¬ 
tended by a rew small trifles—only four secre¬ 
taries, eight servants, and two couriers, with 67 
pieces ot baggage. 
W. J. McDonald, Chief Clerk of the senate for 
forty yenn$ says that Mm. L. Marcy, and not 
Andrew Jackson, originated the motto, “To the 
victors belong tbe spoils.” 
Tub tallest man In Massachusetts la Bald to be 
Hilaries 11. Holmes, Esq. of Topsfleld, son of the 
luto Senator John llolmos of Maine, whose bight 
Is six fed uud eight inches I 
Gbn. F. W. Palpkkv Intends to wrtto a bio¬ 
graphy of Gen. Bartlett. The two were com¬ 
panions In arms. Tbe fund In aid of Bartlett’s 
widow and children Is growing slowly. 
Gen. Joseph U. Hawley and his wife have re¬ 
turned to Hartford, conn., where the former will 
soon resume work on the Courantof that city, a 
newspaper of which ho Is part owner. 
President Portkr was entertained by the 
Yale men in Buffalo recently, and made a long 
speech, tu which bo rehearsed the glories or Yale 
and predicted many good tbiugs of her future. 
Dr. Peteruann, the distinguished geographer, 
Is now in Loudon consulting with tho promoters 
of a new Arctic expedition. It la to bo a private 
undertaking, set on toot by the united yacht 
Clubs of tho Kingdom. 
Prop. Newton of Yalo has been appointed as a 
member of a committee of three by the American 
Metrological Society to examine the statutes nud 
customs ul tho different States la respect to tho 
measures severally In use among them. 
A Texas horse Of unknown pedigree has trotted 
*2:24 alter only a littlotraining. Ho was bought 
for lie while drawing a Galveston handcart, and 
his gait was changed from pacing to trolling by 
driving bbn in two feet of water. He is called 
Crockett. 
The Rev. H. H. Hawels, the clever English 
clergyman and writer, says of Mr. Joseph Jeffer¬ 
son’s Rip Van Winkle:—“I venture to say that, 
among all the temperance lecturers of the day, 
Mr. Jefferson has been a more eloquent preacher 
of sobriety than any.” 
Two brothers, Jobn and George F’ Keller, met 
at Corsicana, Texas, last week, after a separation 
of forty years. Strange to say, one of them rec¬ 
ognized the other first by the tone of his voice, 
although he had not heard a word from his lips 
since they parted In 183C. 
Chief-Justice Waite’s horses ran away in 
Washington, tbe other day, with Chief-Justice 
Waite’s carriage. In which sat Mrs. and Mias 
Waite. But Major Hess, ot the army, appeared 
and bravely rescued the two ladles, receiving 
many bruises in the doing of this excellent deed. 
The late George Dawson, Carlyle’s disciple, was 
once a Baptist preacher, and owing to dissensions 
with the members of bis flock he left both congre¬ 
gation and denomination. When he preached 
his last sermon la a Baptist pulpit he somewhat 
astonished his hearers by giving out as his text, 
“ 1 thank God I baptized none of you.” 
Dr. Burg, the French physician, scouts the 
notion that the use of wind instruments Is Injuri¬ 
ous to people troubled with pectoral weakness, 
and quotes his own case:—“My mother died of 
consumption; eight children of hers fell victims 
to the same disease. Three of the family are 
left, and we all play a variety ot such Instru¬ 
ments.” 
President Eliot of Harvard says we need the 
cultivation of tho historical senao and the preser¬ 
vation of old associations; and ho desires that the 
ancient edifices that marked Boston peculiarities 
should be preserved. Each member of the Pre¬ 
servation Committee of the Old So uth has pledged 
himself to raise $1,000 for the object In view. 
TO COLOR BUTTER 
Mr. A. W. Cheeykr, In the NcwKnglnnd Farmer 
of Nov. Uth, recommends all Dairymen to use 
Wells, Richardson A Co.’s 
Pinsrutlimeouief. 
PERFECTED BUTTER COLOR 
LADIKS* FA VORITH CA RDS. with name. 10c. 
25 Fancy Cards, all styles, with name. 10c.; 1 
Scroll Card*. 15 style*, no same. I0e., tiost-pald 
J. B. BUSTED, Nasrau, Rons*. Co- N. Y. 
Ho says —** For all wo can see. It Is absolutely per¬ 
fect. It slum id entirely supercede carrots fur color¬ 
ing butter, and also all tho crude preparations of an- 
natto as 1 ortnisrly put tip by druggists.'’ 
It gives the exact shuau of tin: Lost Jersey butter. 
It Is pure. Intense, economical, and has no taste or 
smell. It is an Improvement on tmr “Golden Ex- 
tract,’’ b?tna » oomblnatlou "f the bright yellow 
coloring principle of tbe Dandelion blossom, anil Is 
greatly superior to arrmi, etc., giving u bettor color, 
and no work. 
IF" A Multiple eufllrient to color Ally pound* 
of butter trill be sent to uny ntldi'C**, po»t- 
pnitl. on receipt of ten cent-. 
Every Dnlryiuuu who wishes to realise the highest 
price, should vivo ltu trial now. Address 
WELLS, RICHARDSON A CO., 
Burlington, Vermont. 
ff A MIXED CARDS .with name, for 10c. and stamp. 
«> 1 ’ As’is Outfit 10c. Down * Co.. Bristol, Conn. 
1 and Morphias hublt »b«o!utr1y and 
jpwllly rurnl. Talnlwui nopubllclty. 
Build * tu nip lor particulars. Dr. Carl- 
iton. 187 WuaUiagtou »t., Chicago, 11L 
Batavia, Ill., Jan. 8.—Mercury 4* below zero 
at 1 o'clock to-day. It has not frozen in the bulb 
yet, but no knowing when Twill if this weather 
hold3 on. 15* below zero this morning.—s. 
Bingfaam*, Tioga Co.» N. Y.»J«n. 13.—The 
winter so far Is the severest one ever knownhere. 
It commenced to freeze very hard Nov. 28, and In 
a few days snow feU, and It has boon ono con¬ 
tinued round ot blustering storms ever since. 
Snow la drifted on tho hills in many places until 
neither fence by the roadside Is to bo seen. 
Farmers have to cross the fields, cut new roads 
through the woods and get to market the best 
way they can. Lumbermen are mostly quitting 
tho woods, saying It la Impossible to beat down 
tho snow; for wli h the exceptions of ono storm it 
has all fallen very dry, and It lias not thawed a 
single day since tho most of It fell. The oldest 
settlers say there In the most snow ever known so 
early In the season. Hard times for people who 
depend on lumbering, or dally labor for a living, 
but the Independent farmer bids defiance to cold 
and snow, and la k lug of all. Potatoes retail for 
$1.20 bbl.; apples, 40O500. V buan.; oats, 40c. 
I? bush ; wheat, $1.30(31.60 y bush.; corn, co^csc. 
$ bush.; buckwheat Hour, $3 V 100 lbs.; hay, $10 
•yton; straw, $8(3,9 S|J ton; beef,^1 quarterRSlTJtfc. 
N lb. Slock la looking fine, and in consequence 
of sa much steady cold weather, It will take from 
2610 &3 per cent, more fodder to winter tho same 
amount of stock than It did last winter, and as 
much hay was badly damaged, It must bo very 
high beforo tho reeding season Is over.—J. H. 
Anore. 
Off ElEOANT CARDS, all style*. with name, 10o.,post, 
Lif) puiU. oJOU. L JKEKD A CO., NASSAU, N. Y. 
For Sale by 
DRUGGISTS 
CHEAP VIRGINIA FARMS 
CATALOGUES SENT PURE. 
CHAFFIN, STAPLES & CO., Richmond, Virginia. 
No rththmn or rntnrrh U«re. 
Mn)>n An J caluloicUu* inn). 
J. F. manc ha, 
Dover, Dul. 
The only known Effective Remedy 
For the Certain Cure of 
DirsrztrsiA, indigestion, 
AND 
LOSS OF APPETITE. 
Contains no Curative Properties for any other 
Discuses. 
It Is not a Patent Medicine, but a Standard Rem¬ 
edy. and has been lined for muny yearn by the best 
Med Ion 1 Faculty or Europe with perfect auocess. It 
Is largely used (null lliu principal hospitals for the 
cure pf the above cil*ra*e«. 
fiOU Cases or Chronic Dyspepsia cured, In tho last, 
four months of 1S7H, In New York City and surround- 
lugs, to auy of whom, by kind puimUulon, we refer. 
Price, SI.OO per 8 oz. Bottle. 
Address, de Cranby A Co., 
(Sole Agent* for U. &) 
88 Maiden Lano, Now York City. 
FISH GUANO. SSSsfS 
percent. Bone Phosphate of Lime. Unit-Dry Fish 
Scrap, good quality. Also riuperphusphate and 
‘'‘"aV,: 1 ".'"' PRICES LOW. 
QUINNIPIAC FERTILIZER CO., 
ISO Blate St- New liiivun, Conn. 
Smftar’jr (SttiAe 
THE PALACE HOTEL TRAIN 
BETWEEN 
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 
via. Cleveland. 
Leaves Erie Railway Depot, foot of Chambers St. 
Now York. 
9iOO A. M., Dally except. Sunday. Drawing-Room 
Sleeping Coaches through to cuicugo; but 
one change of day cars, 
7 1 OO P. M., Dully. The Palace Hotel Train to 
Chicago. Dm wing-Room Sleeping Couches 
and Pullman * Hotel Dining Car, through 
without change; hut cue change of tiny cur* 
The only lino running Hoto Dining Carg out of 
New York. A rttieof nearly a thousand wile* with. 
out leav mg tho cur to cat, drink or Bleep 1 
BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP. 
Unrivalled for tho 
ttiUot ami th# bath. 
Noai rlilela luoil de- 
cuptlve odor# to 
eoynr couuuun and 
duluteriou* InRrn- 
dlenti'. Alter year* 
nf ni'ldiitlnu exper¬ 
iment tho auiuu- 
huitarurof/l.'Z.&ifi 
Mn’irJtrit rl'iun hie. 
I puKn-hit! and now 
1 lifer* to II m public The M3 gar TO I MS'! MIA I* In lb* World. 
Only the pun el iwgrtaMi: alia li n’d in it* manufacture. 
Cor IT-- In tbe Kinunrv It ho* .Vo F«iuul. 
Worth ton time* It* <o»t pi * very itioifinr and family inChrint- 
ohdimi. Sample box containing 3 eul ,» o 10 ozj. each, lent 
free tunny udilrumi on ivcolpton# will*. 
AddroM* 1*. T, n.iiihlti. New York City. 
arForSide by ul 1 tlrugglhts .^lo 
Have you any thought of going to California? 
Are you going We*t, North or Northwest? 
You wunt to know the beet routes to tuke? 
The ehurtuet, safest, quickest and most comfort- 
able routes urn those nwnitd by tbe Chicago and 
North-Western lUHwuy Company. It owne over 
two thousand miles of tho best road there 1* In 
the country. Ask any ticket agent to show you Its 
limp* and time cards. All ticket agents can sell you 
through ticket* by this route. Buy your tickets via 
the GilICAHO A North WK.stkhn RAILWAY for San 
Francisco, Sacramento. Ogden. Halt Lake CJiy, Chey¬ 
enne. Denver. Omalin, Lincoln, Council 11 In ltu. Yank¬ 
ton, Sioux City, Dubuque. WinCim, St. Paul, Duluth, 
Marquette,Breen Uiiy.Oskinrb, Madison, Milwaukee, 
and all point* west or northwest of Chicago. It you 
Wish the beat traveling accommodations, you will 
buy your tickets by this route, and will take no other. 
This popular route Is unsurpassed for Speed, Com¬ 
fort. mui Safety. The Smooth Well-Hu I la* ted and 
Perfect Truck of Steel Kail*. Westtnghuuse Air 
Brakes, Miller’* Surety Platform and Coupler*, the 
celebrated Pullman Palace Sleeping Cara. th« Per¬ 
fect Telegraph Hjnteiu of Moving 'miln*. the regu¬ 
larity with which Dip j mu, the admirable arrange¬ 
ment for running Through Cm * from Chicago to all 
points West, North uifd Northwest, secure* to pas¬ 
sengers all the Comkouts in Mui it its Railway 
Tu.tVbLi.Mf. Pullman Palate Cart are run on all 
train* of this road. 
This Is the ONLY LINK running these car* be¬ 
tween Chicago and St. Paul or Chicago uud Milwau¬ 
kee. At Omaha tmr sleeper* connect with the Over¬ 
land Sleeper* on tbe Onion Pacino Railroad for all 
points west of the Missouri River. 
For rate* or information not attainable from your 
home ticket ugi'iitH, apply to 
MARVIN HUGrilTT, W. II. HTENNF.TT, 
Gon 1 Superintendent. Oen'l Passeu’r Agt. 
Fifty pages—1M0 Illustrations, with Descriptions of 
thousands of the bunt Flower* anil Vegetable* In the 
world, and the wiiu to grow them all for u Two cent 
postagesutinp. Printed in Gorman unci English. 
Vlolc'* Floral Guide, Quarterly, Zj cents u year. 
Vick's Mower mid Vegeiiiltiu Gurdeu, 50 
cents in paper; In elegant cloth covers,$1. 
Address JAMES VICK, Rocbcutor, N.Y. 
MINERALS, SHELLS 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
EUROPEAN LARCH & EVERGREEN TREES. 
Both Beedllng and Transplanted. All grown from 
seed* on oar own grounds, uud better and cheaper 
than Imported stock. 
Knropenn Larch and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
By tho ounce, pound or 100 lb*. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBEKT D JLGLAB « SONB, Waukegan. III. 
Tho Naturalliits' Agency has been established at 
3725 Lancaster Avenue, I*lillndolphin, for 
tho purpoHo of giving collectors of objects of Nat¬ 
ural Ili.Hioi-y an opportunity of buying, nulling or 
exchanging their duplicates or collections. 1'lcaso 
state where you saw tliis advertisement. 
gpoclmcna scut to any part of tho world by mull. 
A monthly bulletin of 8 pages sent free. 
I received the highest award given to uny at the 
Centennial Exposition of 1876, and the only award 
and medal given to any American for “ Collections 
of Minerals.” 
My Mixeralogical Catalogue and table of 
species, by which most minerals may be ldontlQod, 
illustrated by over $300 worth nf engravings, Is now 
ready for distribution. It 1s an excellent chcck-llBt 
containing In tho price list every species undaU the 
more common varieties arranged alphabetically and 
preceded by the specie* number. The species num- 
b< r Indicates the place of any mineral In the table of 
specie*,after it will bo found tho specie* name, com¬ 
position, streuk or luster, cleavage or fracture, lmrd- 
uuss, sp. gr., fusibility and crystallisation. Free to 
all customers. To others on receipt of Id cents for 
postage, &c. 
I have the best specimens ever seen of Ammon 
Stout:, Ruby Silver. Samara kite, Auiuthy*t, Brookltc, 
Columbuto of Yttrla, Zonochlorlto, Cbtlemte, Chal¬ 
cedony, lluttio In Quartz, Hydrotltanl to, Itacolnmlte, 
Nlgrin,Green Wavelllte colored by Vanadium, Rock 
Crystal, Boganlto. Smoky Quart*, Perofsfctte, Aeger- 
Ite, SchorlomitO. Feldspar (pink, red, gray, brown 
and grecnj, Embohto, Meianitc, Osar kitu and Cblu- 
•rastrolite. 
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS 
For Students, Amateurs, Profossora, Physicians 
and other Professional Men. 
These collections illustrate nil the principal species 
and all grand subdivision* in Dana and other works 
on Mineralogy; every Crystalline System; all the 
principal Ores and every known Element. Thecol 
lections iiro labeled with a printed label that can 
only bo removed by soaking. The labels (five Dana’s 
species numbor. the name, locality, and. In most 
cases, tho composition of tho Mineral. 
All collections accompanied by my Illustraioa Cat¬ 
alogue and table of species. 
100 Crystals and Fragments for Study.$ 1 00 
ICO Specimens, Student’s Size, Larger. 6 00 
100 Specimens, Larger, Amateur's Size, 2'AiU< 
Inches. 10 03 
Collections of Gems, Ores, Earthy Minerals. Min¬ 
erals used la uny Arts or Agriculture, on hand or put 
up to Order. I have a very large stock of Western 
and Southern birds on hand. A Iso, Heads and Ant¬ 
lers for Museums, Dining Rooms, Balls and Libra¬ 
ries. A. E. FOOTE, M. D„ 
Prof, of Chemistry and Mineralogy. 
ThlsCutshowstlieform of tlioSugar 
Trough Gourd. They hold from a to ill 
gallim* each. Twonty-Hvo o<:nt* pay# 
for u purkauo nf the seed, unit one of 
1’ansy, Double Zinnia sud Striped Pe¬ 
tunia. Price-list of seeds free. 
Address WALDO F. BROWN. 
Boa 50- Oxford, O. 
HARD TIMES AND LOW PRICES 
Root Grafts put np to order; Apple, lending varie¬ 
ties, f 5 per 1, Out j 10.1X0 for *iu. Four, collar grafts, 
*12 per 1,000. 'AW.000 Fruit and Ornamental Trees: 
-OQ.OOO Honey Locust Hedge Plants; 100,000 Small 
Fruit Plant i, nt low price*. Bend tor price IDt, 
GEO. VV. TAbbKLL, Marlon, WuynoCo., N. Y. 
TO SUBSCRIBERS AND AGENTS 
MILLIONR OF 
Trees and Plants. 
Tm? following is a graduated scale of prices 
for small oluba according to tho reduced rates of 
subscription for tho Rural New-Yorker. This 
is done for the benefit of tho small clubs in 
thinly-populated districts. Let each subscriber 
add two or three names to his own and remit for 
all at one time. 
ROOT’S GARDEN MANUAL 
For 1877. Practical, pointed and thorough, and 
oontalns half us much mutter as *1.50 books on tho 
subject. Sent for 10 ot*., which will ho allowed on 
the first order for sued*. J. B. ROOT, 
Seed Grower, Rockford, Ill. 
Spring A venue Gardens. 
winter-bloonTing plants 
A SPECIALTY. 
Carnations, Smllax, Neapolitan Violets, Bouvar- 
dlas, Chinese Azaleas, Lily of tho Valley. All the 
new and most desirable Geraniums and similar 
plants. Also, a great variety of the common and 
fancy Hardy Evergreen Trees, a* low a* they can 
bo purchased of any trustworthy dealer. 
Address II. W. II ALES, 
Ridgewood, Bergen Co., N. J. 
Mooke’b Rural New-Yorker became a house¬ 
hold word and power lu tho land long before wo quit 
“going to school,” and, perhaps, needs no comment 
from us; still “Its memory la ever Troth andgreen," 
and Is renewed by Its appearance every week, brim¬ 
ful of (/uud thing> as ever. Vf e are glad to announce 
that our predictions In tho January number are 
being more than fulfilled. We have sent It more 
than five hundred names, and we learn that sub¬ 
scriptions have been pouring In In like proportions 
from all parts of tho country, dusplte the hard times. 
Long may It continue to be what It Is—a power for 
good In the land.— Agent'* Friend. 
GOT BltAFTH FOB. NEW BEGINNERS 
, —Warranted.—H eadquarters fur Fruit Plants, 
■es Ac. Having a large stock, pricesero “ down 
hebone.” K. W. HARRINGTON. 
Commercial Numeric*. Palmyra. N. Y. 
$ OWE DOLLAR. $ 
The Rural Is a very good present to send to a 
friend, and It pleasantly reminds the recipient of the 
donor flfty.two times a year—this year fifty-three 
times. Any subscriber can Bend it to a relative or 
friend a* a present, at our lowest olub me—only 
$3,00. Including postage. 
Spooner’s Gardening Guide for 1877, 
And Spooner 5 * special collection. 30 vuricticw 
choice Flower Seed*, or *A5 varieties selected 
Vegetable Seed*, mailed lo any address on receipt 
of *1: or tho Guide free to applicants. 
WM. H. SPOONEli, Boston, Mass. 
No. 
Single | 
1 Price. 
Small 
Clubs. 
iw n Single 
, No ' Price. 
Small 
Clubs. 
I 
$2.50 
$2 50 
6 $15 OO 
$13 20 
2 
5 OO 
4 9° 
7 *7 50 
16 05 
3 
7 5° 
7 20 
8 20 00 
16 80 
4 
IO OO 
9 20 
9 22 50 
18 45 
5 
12 50 
n 25 
10 25 00 
20 OO 
