THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER 
She says these seem Just like,her dream, 
And tells again the vision: 
“ I saw it written on the sack,— 
' A Cheerful Disposition 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed of 135 letters: 
My 4, 34 , n, 37, 76, 50, li, 24, lis the most beautiful 
insect. 
My 123, 118, 62, 63, 46, 14, 47, 3, 73, 82, 83, 103, 112, 
124 ,120 one species or 99 , 67, 84, 119 , 117 ,80. 
My 36, 101, 113, 44, 135, 20,120, 105, 61, 4, 64, 12 One 
kiwi of firefly. 
My 48,131, 129, 100 , 118, 81, 92, 37 the most useful 
of Insects. 
My 133, 108, 45, 77, 114, 52. 54, 4, 8, 17, 74, 69, 56 the 
largest of the genus 127, 132, 19 , 13 , 107 , si, 
68, 66, 64, 6. 
My 7, 5, llo, 118, 121,122, 21 a musical Insect. 
My 27,8, 102 , 115 ,104, so, 134,40. ri, li- an Insect of 
South America which emits a strong light. 
My 62 , 81, 23, C2, 7, 89, 9, 72, 90, 37. 38, 8, 57, 76, 5 , 80, 
37, 1)0 suld by Charles Dickons to be the 
luckiest thing In the world. 
My 29, 6, 6, 77 it stinging Insect. 
My 22, vs, 28, SS, 107, 105, 106 a large Insect that 
lives In forests. 
My 125. 78, 79, CO, 77, 30, 62 , 7, 30, 31 a bird that 
lives upon Insects. 
My 5, 07, 97 , 128 , Cl something that infests sg. 28 , 
68 , 43, 8 , 77, 60 , 58, 09, 103, 85. 
My 96, S3, 103 , 104 , 50, 71, 128,118 an Insect that Is 
seen upon the water. 
My 12, 13, 82, 15, 1C, 75, 93, 77, 77, 8, 13, 18 Insects 
much dreaded In the Western States. 
My 25, 56, 59. 68. 52, 32, 103, 104, 91, 55, 19, 13, 66, 14, 
13, 128, 34, 32 an insect that 13 sometimes 
destructive to books. 
My 116 , 101, so, 63, 52, 109 an Insect that builds a 
curious nest. 
My 42, 35, 3, 100, 49, 31, 130, 1 11, 93, 94, 89 , 65, 08, 62, 
Hydrangea panicalata Grandlflora. — So 
much has been said of this new Japanese shrub 
during the past year that little need he added now. 
It begins blooming 1u early August, continuing until 
after bard frost*. Ilardy. 
Variegated Am pel opsin or Viliw heternphylla 
vtiriegntn. — Wo do not hesitate to pronounce this 
one of the most attractive vines In cultivation. The 
leaves arc deeply-lobed and vnrlogatod with white 
and green, Ilardy. 
.Tertian 1cm A rtiehoke.— Bellu vlng that, the Je¬ 
rusalem Artichokes are exceedingly valuable os 
food for all kinds of farm stock, we place them 
among our valuable premium plants. They will 
yield more bushela of tubers per acre than l ho, com¬ 
mon p tato end wo hoi love them more vnlttnblo for 
fcodln:: purposes; besides the Artichoke will grow 
vigorously where the potato would fall entirely. 
We will rend ontf-half pound each of the Dong Pur¬ 
ple ami Ilottnd White, for each Hew subscriber rs 
above, or one pound of the tubers of either variety. 
Wo shall store a quantity of lho t ubers in the cellar 
for rending out this winter- tmt those of our sub- 
scriburs who reside north of tiro latitude of New 
York City hud hotter leave their plant, premiums 
In oar hands after the «rf-t of January until early 
spring. Wo Will, however, •'book” all orders re¬ 
ceived d 11 ring the winter, to be sent at the earliest 
.possible moment. 
Achnnia nnilvnvlncnn or JluIvaviacuH nr- 
boroun. The flowers are bright red, of a turban 
shape, two Inches long. It hlooaia Incessantly 
| whether indoors or out. In the conservatory It may 
be trained so as to cover wnnd-worlt as readily as 11 
vine. Its growth Is so rapid that small plantssct out 
in the spring will cover 11 space four feet in diatne- 
torbyfah. Asuplnnt for thesitting-room, tholit¬ 
tle care it needs, its perpetual scarlet flowers, con¬ 
trasting elegantly wllb its golden-green, plusli-like 
leaves—its endurance of dry lieut and dust render it 
most pleasing and satisfactory. We commend this 
plant with confluence. 
Moln ccclla I;ievi«.— We will send, also, to ALL 
who are entitled to a choice of any two of tho above 
plants, a package of the seeds of the beautiful Shell 
Flower, an account of which and an engraving were 
given iu the RtTKAt of Aug 17, p. 117. 
TERMS FOB 1877, IN ADVANCE, 
34 , 94 the scleritlllc name of the 33,1, 41, 30, u-cxudivg ‘‘bSTAGE, which rneusumts prepay. 
20, 70, 118. 
My whole Is a verse from “ The Sensitive Plant,,-’ 
by Shelly. Eudora. 
Answer in two weeks. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 62 letters: 
My 2, 29, 35, 47, C, 45 what we all want. 
My 21, 80, £5, 26, 44, 62 a day of the week. 
My 7, 38, s, 17 a plaything. 
My 5, 21, 20,18, 62 a gill’s name. 
My 24, 7,10,11,3, vs a part of speech. 
My 13,1,15 an article of dress. 
My 46 a consonant. ' ’ 
My 9, 39, 22 a metal. 
My 48, 27, 19 a small quadruped. 
My 37, 10, 45, 40 a building. 
My 41, 42, 43, 33,49, 31 a feature of the country. 
My 36, 14 . 34. 27, S3 a girl’s name 
My 12, 50, 6 a metal. 
My 23, 01 an abbreviation. 
My 4 myself. 
My whole Is a proverb. e 
7®- Answer In two weeks. 
Single copy. *2.50 per Year. To Clubs :-Five Copies, 
and one copy free to Agent or getter up of Club, for 
$11.25; Seven Copies, nud one free, for $16.05; Ton Cop- 
leu. and one free, $20—only $2 per copy, Tlio above 
nUrr- Include jxnlagt (under the now law) to nny part 
of the United state?, and the American portage on all 
copies mailed to Canada, On papers mailed to Europe, 
by steamer, the postage* will ho 85 cents extra for each 
subscription. Drafts, Post-Office Money Orders and 
Registered Letters may bo mailed at our risk. C.vhib- 
oral Premiums to all Club Agout i who do rot take freo 
copies. Specimen Numbers, Show-Bills, &c., sent free. 
Eetos of tfrjc (®M, 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.—Dec. 30. 
Ilu t r HTuA'rr!) Rgnpa.— Bo easy When practicable. 
Irritate not your soul for naught, 
MisoELi-ANKors Krigma. - It is an ill wind that 
blows nobody good. 
Decapitations.— 1, Iluud—and; 3, Swine—wine; 3, 
Bat—at; 4, Ditch —itch , Core -ore. 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES. 
TO THE MOV BUADKIiS OF THE BCBiL. 
SPECIAL OFFER 
OF RARE PLANTS AND SEEDS 
Having a few choice plants now growing in 
the Rural's Experimental Grounds, which 
we think would be desirable to some of tho lady 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker, we make 
the following offer: 
Those who, in renewing their own subscrip¬ 
tion, send ua an additional munc (not already on 
our list) with the sum of $ 4 .90 for tho two, may 
select *uy two of the following-named plants 
and a paper of the seed of the Molucca Balm. 
Those who receive thoso premiums can divide 
with their friends, or keep them all, as they may 
agree among themselves, as our object in mak¬ 
ing the offer is to induce old subscribers to 
send us new ones, thereby increasing our list. 
The plants and seeds oileared are very choice, as 
will ho seen in description given below. The 
plants will bo sent by mail free, and carefully 
packed and forwarded immediately on receipt of 
subscriptions. 
Abatilua Houle do Nellie.— The beet of the 
Abu'ions. its flowers are large and white. It 
bloomy throughout the whole jear aad therefore is 
alike desirable for tho conservatory and garden. 
Marie Demonic. —Among a hundred or more 
varieties of double-[lowered ■PclurjumuTnn, new and 
old, this is yet unrivaled. The individual flower, of 
a delicate rose color, as well as the truss, are the 
largest of their class. 
DEATH OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. 
Mr. Vanderbilt died at his home in New York 
City, Jan. 6, after a lingering and painful Illness 
that extended over right months. He had for 
years been subject to hemorrhoids, and on April 
26Ui he was compelled to take to his bed. other 
diseases complicated his case, and despite the 
assiduous attentions or a corps of skllirul physi¬ 
cian?,. hefinallysuccumbed, being Jo thoelghty- 
1 bird year of Ills age, 
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born ou Staten 
Island, May 27th,1794. Ills predilections were lo r 
a waterman’s life, and at tho age of sixteen he 
covenanted with his mother to plow, harrow, and 
plant an s acre lot for $ 100 . With t uis money ho 
purchased a boat and laid tho foundation for his 
subsequent great success, t'p to l si 2 , lie trans¬ 
ported passengers and garden-truck to Now 
York. During the war of that year hc performed 
a daring service by conveying a message from 
beleaguered Fort Richmond, by which means 
reinforcements were obtained. The Government 
rewarded him with $500, which sum he thought 
sufficiently large to cuablo him to set up an 
establishment of his own. He married his first 
wire, Miss Johnson In the following year. A 
fortunate Government contract yielded 1dm a 
good profit, which ho Invested in a schooner, the 
Dreadnaught, and he continued to add to his fleet 
until In ISIS, he owned three vessels and $9,000 in 
cash. 
In 1819, with his accumulations, which were 
now considerable-, ho built tbe steamboat Caro¬ 
lina, and practically abandoned the sailing 
vessels. This led, In 1351, to his starting an oppo¬ 
sition line to California. He carried passengers 
for $300; the other lino charging $ 6110 . From that 
time to the breaking out of the war his maritime 
ventures, were numerous and successful. All 
are familiar with the circumstances of his gift of 
the Vanderbilt, to the Government, a steamer 
that was valued at $800,000, About thl 3 time the 
commodore concluded to withdraw from marine 
affairs and devote his energies to railroads. 
This step was looked upon as suicidal by his 
contemporaries, but the result has proved the 
soundness of his Judgment. Tbe war prostrated 
the U. .$. marine. As early as ’57 he became 
interested In the Harlem Road, buying the stock 
at three cents on the dollar. He next turned his 
attention to the Hudson River Road, making I 
great, Improvements in its stock, road bed, &c. 
His prudent and successful management finally 
enabled him to control tbe two roads mentioned, 
lu addition t o the New York Central and the Lake 
Shore, besides various other roads, In which he 
was indirectly tho guiding spirit. It would be 
supererogatory to dwell further on these recent 
enterprises, which are within the recollections of 
all, or to explain that by ills extraordinary flnan- I 
1 clal genius he died worth a sum estimated at 
» almost $ 100 , 000 , 000 . 
■ Mr. Vanderbilt was mainly remarkable for his 
unconqurablo will and directness of purpose. 
His life was a very busy one, yet he always had 
leisure time to Indulge his passion for fine horses. 
Chhd among his cbnrttleR are the Vanderbilt 
University and ihe Church of the Strangers; lho 
latter given to Dr. Deems for the term ol Lis nat- 
ural life. 
Tho Commodore was twice married—the last 
time to a Miss Cranford—and had nine children. 
His son, Wm. IT. Vanderbilt, It Is believed will 
continue to represent the Iniercsts of bis lato fa¬ 
ther. Mr. Vanderbilt will bn burled in the family 
tomb In tho Moravian church yard, near New 
Dorp, Staten Island. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Another National calamity took place on Fri¬ 
day, Dec. 29, near Ashtabula, Ohio. The west¬ 
ward-bound express train, on the T.ukc Shore 
Railroad, broke through a bridge. 1 1 , fell 75 feet 
Into the frozen stream, and the cars eaught lire 
and burned. A blinding snow -storm was raging, 
which, however, R00A stopped, Ihe weather |., 0 ! 
coming fearfully cold. Many people vrr- re burned, 
drowned und lro/.en to death. The exact, number 
lost has not, and probably never will be accurately 
learned. Some estimate 300 and others 175 as the 
number of passengers. This accident v,-as fol¬ 
lowed, within a few days, by several others, in 
different parts of the country, it, seems to have 
been epidemic. 
Respectable savings banks and life Insurance 
companies have latterly come to grief with some¬ 
what startling rapidity. The lust insurance fail¬ 
ure reveals a previous series of ftd ,meat, ion Jn ac¬ 
counts which Is so prodigious that it Is freely 
spoken or as being " perjury ” on the part, of the 
officers of the company. 
U ho Banks of this city are sending large sums 
of money, In small bills to the Southern States, 
probably In payment for cotton, some days reach 
as high a figure as $ 4 , 000 , 000 . 
Over a million and a halt letters, postal-cards 
and newspapers were delivered at the Centennial- 
post-office during the exhibition season. About 
the same number was collected. 
A very dangerous half-dollar bus been detect ed 
In Chicago. The cashier at the Rub-treasury 
there.when he fln-t. saw It, thought It genuine, 
but upon weighing and closely examining the 
piece, it, was found to be spurious. 11 is composed 
of block-tin and other ingredients, has the ring of 
the genuine metal, and decisive acids will not af¬ 
fect it. 
The New York Central Railroad Company has 
been erecting a grain elevator at. sixtieth street 
and North river. It Is one of the largest in the 
world. It is 364 foot by 100 wide and 154 high. Its 
material Is brick. Its arrangements are most 
elaborate. Its cost, exclusive ot engine and 
boilers, is $ 350 , 009 . The elevator is leased to 
George J. Whitney, who has also a lease of the 
company's elevator in Buffalo, 
The dally papers are Just now raising large head 
lines over the operations of the N. J. Mutual Life 
Insurance Co. It Is said to have $ 100 ,ooo worth of 
mortgages upou real estate worth less than $ 20 ,- 
000 - Tho whole operation appears to have been 
tho work of an obliging attorney. Kind men, 
those lawyers! 
The trial of the suit against Peter B. swency for 
$7,000,000 and tho suit against, William M. 'Tweed 
for $ 1 , 000,000 was set down by Judge Westbrook 
for the adjourned Circuit, of January, 1876, that 
term hu vlng been kept alive Ihrougb a twelve- 
month to prevent the failure of the eases. 1 1 lias 
been previously stated that these rases were not 
likely to be pressed this month, and they were ad¬ 
journed to April 2 . 
The President suggests an orlglnal’plan for, 
disposing of the surplus of tho Geneva award 
which will remain In the hands of the Govern¬ 
ment of tho United States after the payment of 
Urn judgments of the Court of Alabama Claims. 
He contemplates sending a message to Congress 
at an early day suggesting the propriety or 
Investing this money in the securities of the 
United States and devoting the Interest of it to 
the payment of subsidies to American shlp-biffid- 
ers, with the view of restoring American com¬ 
merce to the position which It held previous to 
the war of the Rebellion and tbe depredations 
upon It of cruisers titled out, in British ports. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
Fresh discoveries have been made on tho Es- 
quUine at Rome. There have been found a mar¬ 
ble flgure with a helmet, larger than life, consid¬ 
ered older than the time of Antonius; another of 
a youth, reminding one, by Its style and pose, of 
the fine Cupid or the PIo Clemuntlno Museum; and 
three well - preserved heads In marble, one of 
which appears to be a reproduction of that of the 
young Hercules, attributed to Lysippus, and dis¬ 
covered In 1370 at the Campo Verado. 
The Spanish Premier declares that the Govern¬ 
ment will retain Cuba at any’cost. The same 
answer was made when President Polk offered 
$100,000,000 for the Island, and has been reiterated 
since the revolt began, Should this campaign 
end In disaster the “cost” of supremacy here¬ 
after may bo too much even for Spain. 
Sir Massy Lopes, at an agrtcultm-al meeting 
held at Madbury, Eng., in the middle of Decom- 1 
ber, warned the British farmer and drover that 
serious competition must be expected from the 
exportation of fresh meat from New York. This 
trade now seeing to be on a firm basis, und the 
American and Liverpool merchants who are en¬ 
gaged in It are determined to enlarge It, especially 
as the new process renders longer voyages than 
that from the Hudson te the Mersey entirely 
practicable. In order to prevent a repetition of 
such fiascos as that which lately threw the whole 
Srolthfteld supply Into the hands of the retail 
butchers of London at about a peony tho pound, 
to be resold to their customers at the ordinary re-' 
tall prices, the l in porters intend opening shops 
for the sale of American fresh meat in Liverpool, 
Manchester, and other provincial towns. 
Little progress is made In the settlement of the 
Eastern question. The Russian programme Is 
said to include general dlsarman.- nt, In Bosnia, 
Herzegovina, and Bulgaria; the employment of 
native functionaries only; the establishment of 
local police containing Christians, and the Intro¬ 
duction of Christians into the army In proportion 
to their numbers; the confinement ot the Turkish 
troops to designated fortresses; the dismissal of 
the BashJbazuks a nd the relegation of 1 ho Circas¬ 
sians to the Mussulman provinces or the Empire; 
the abolition or the farming ol tho tithes and 
thdr conversion Into a regular tax, regulated In 
Its distribution by the represcntallvca of the tax¬ 
payers; the employment of tho local language in 
tho courts of Justice; the appointment of a 
Christian Governor in each of the provinces by 
the Porte with the approval of the other Powers, 
rigorous Inquiry Into the atrocities, and the 
punishment, of their authors; and the. establish¬ 
ment of a system of supervision of the reforms by 
a Consular Commission. 
The new Turkish constitution has been pro¬ 
claimed with much solemnity at Constantinople, 
and the Turks evidently look on It, as a sort of 
checkmate for Russia. 
Mr. Goschcn, who was sent out to regulate the 
Egyptian finances, has come home In triumph, 
and published an amusing and somewhat Inter¬ 
esting report, which recounts his struggles to get 
at the truth and his gradual success lu shutting 
up tho Khedive within the limits or reasonable 
economy. He got rid ot tho old fi nance minister, 
who was sent lipo exile, and Is said to have since 
died or committed sulcldo while drunk. Mr. Go- 
80 ben found out that the revenue was about $. 7 j r 
000,000, and half of this the Khedive tried hard to 
have alloted lo him for the ordinary expenses of 
the government, but was cut down to $25,000,000. 
Whether liecau be got to devote the remainder to 
the payment, of his debts Is, of course, still a 
doubtful question, as ho Js an active-minded spec¬ 
ulator, who will find living on a comparatively 
small income dull work. 
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396 Canal St., New York. 
Dec. 16, 1876. t 
Editor of the Rural: 
Will you please have my advertisement with¬ 
drawn, as I have disposed of all my surplus 
stock. 
I was very much surprised at the returns 
made by my advertertisement in the Rural. The 
first week it appeared I received fifteen answers 
f rom three different States—three answers com¬ 
ing within twenty-four hours after publication. 
1 have had answers from nearly all tho States of 
the Union, and am receiving still an average of 
four letters a day, in regard to my poultry. 
Some weeks I have averaged fivo and bix letters 
daily. Having been an advertiser of “ thorough¬ 
bred ” poultry for somo time, I know how good 
a return this is for so modest an advertisement 
as mine. In haste, truly yours, 
Thos. W. White. 
Asthma.— It Is useless to describe the tortures 
of spasmodic asthma. Those who have suffered 
from Its distressing paroxysms know what It Is. 
Jonas Wjutcomk’s Remedy has never failed to 
afford Immediate relief.—Ax. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
It surely in better to earn $10 per day In sell¬ 
ing the Climax Wringer than to be idle. See 
advertisement on next page. 
•-FM-- 
< outfits and Cold*.—Those who are suffer. 
lug from Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, 
should try a Brawn's Bronchial Troches." 
THE MARKETS. 
, PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, Jan. C, lfe77. 
Produce and Provisions.-No special item has 
recovered from tho state of repose that ushered in 
and accompanied tho holidays, nor i« there a vivid 
prospectof sudden aettvity, The general situation, 
however. Is no darker than it was u fortnight fgo. 
We may note ono encouraging feature: all prime 
qualities of staple country produce have held up 
■well in prloesduring the entire lull. This Inspires 
confidence among owners, while, at the Bametime, it 
is expressive in its way of a healthy tnereuLtUu con¬ 
dition. When there has been a period of prolonged 
quiet, there 1 b sometimes a pressure to sell, which 
imparts considerable Irregularity, and buyers oper¬ 
ate slyly, in expectation Of concessions. Recent se¬ 
vere snow-storms will tend to reduce supplies, nDd 
sellers will be thereby enabled to work down stocks 
that are now abundant and not at all attractive. We 
annex a oompnmtive table of tho receipts of tho 
principal articles of domestic produce for the past 
two years: 
1876. 
1875. 
Flour, bbls. 
.. 4,005.749 
3,928,288 
Wheat, bush. 
..26.905,965 
34,099,175 
Corn, bush. 
. .26,615.557 
23,030.524 
Oats, bush. 
..12,IDO. 129 
7,612,918 
Grass seed, bush. 
.. 838.781 
79,054 
Rve. bush. 
. .1,595.396 
211 696 
Barley, bush. 
.. 4,879 710 
3.550;274 
Malt, bush. 
.. 1,914,814 
1,659,374 
Beans, bush. 
.. 390.160 
303.228 
