made a great mistake. Now I shall turn around, 
not saying anything about pie crust, but will 
answer May's question. It was Zaccheub who 
climbed the tree to see Christ as he passed by.— 
Bute Jay. 
Abutilmit. It* flowers are large and white. It 
"“*■» throughout the whole year and therefore la 
alike desirable for the conservatory and garden. 
IWnrlc Lrtnolnr. — Among a hundred or more 
varieties of double-flowered Pelargoniums, new and 
old. this is yet unrivaled. The individual flower, of 
a delicate rose color, as well as I be truss, are the 
argestof their class. 
Hydrangea pnuieulata Or nndiflorn. - So 
much ha* been eol«l of thlg new Japanege ghrub 
during the past year that little need bo added now. 
It begins blooming l o early August, continuing until 
after hard frosts. Hardy. 
Variegated Ampelopni* or Vitle helerophvlla 
variegate, Wo do not hesitate to pronounce th * 
one of the most attractive vines in cultivation. The 
loaves arc deeply-lobed and variegated with white 
and green. Ilardy. 
•Trriienlem A rtiehoke.- Bello vlng that the Je 
nisalem Artichokes are exceedingly vnlnnble ua 
food for all kinds of farm stock, wo place them 
among our valuable premium plants. They will 
yield more bushel* of tubers per acre than l h 0 com¬ 
mon potato and we believe them more ralnnbl© for 
feeding purposes; besides the Artichoke will grow I 
vigorously where the potato would fall entirely. 
A Bouncer for Eleven Years. 
Dear cousins :—t read in the Kurau of Jan. « a 
I otter from May, asking who It waa that climbed 
i nto the tree to see Jests as he passed by. it was 
Zacchkub. Now I will ask a question that I would 
like to have some of my Rural Cousins answer: 
1 n what year was the flrat English edition of the 
Bible printed In America ? Now I will say some¬ 
thing about myself. I am eleven years old, live 
feet three inches In bight, and weigh one hundred 
and twenty-three pounds. I live on a farm, about 
two miles from the village of T., a pleasant little 
town located on the New York and Erie Railroad. 
We have a large Literary Academy and also Con¬ 
servatory of .Music. Now 1 would like to know 
more about Uncle True. If he would send us Ills 
iuipiomarists nave all gone home from Con- 
„ stantlnople, leaving Turkey and Russia face to 
face, and there are plenty of signs that neither Is 
quite ready nor t.ne situation agreeable. Russia 
i ^!f t Vr 5 , f 5“ f ? Te . ry roasoa t0 be satisfied With the 
' " su,t ot the Conference, she has got the rest of 
l " E *jr°Pe Id concur wir,h her lu pronouncing certain 
reforms In Turkey so necessary as to warrant for- 
l S IZT* ° n the PoM * w toting them about, 
and she has supplied the world with positive 
: P n ro ^V Turk ' er wm not glve an y piedgS f U . 
r k , b f h , av10r 8umcleD <- to efface the memory 
r of her past falseness (o her engagements. Rus . 
r sla has, moreover, got through three months of 
preparation, and is three months nearer the sca- 
r , son of possible operations without loss of credit 
t and the probabilities are that all through the 
negotiations she had a most Serviceableconndenco 
I i urkey would yield notbing. The Confer- 
l ence has broken up a little too soon for her nur 
pose, as ltleavesServiaat the mercy or t ho Turks' 
who could now without difficulty march Into Bel 
1 grade. 
But of this embarrassment, nevertheless ehn i= 
likely to bo delivered by the moderation of M,dha? 
I asha, who seems ready to concede on paper any¬ 
thing which la not the general result of forelnn 
conciliatory character for a separate peace m 
' r rvla and Montenegro, which horvla at least 
milrnjbubly ncci.pt,,. n.miistvc 
mtoiton, „.„i win not prevent lrer bcinx forced 
Info war again lu the spring by Russia Tlln 
^ex-tlons rortlio new Turkish Parliament are also 
tOng on, and the announcement is made that 
when It meets, the bondholders win get their full 
interest, which must console the m m r n e non 
.ccc'pto, rroraBW I,,,,.,,,,™, “d'r", 
past year. In fact, it l 38afQ to say that T.frkey 
will present, durlngthc next two or three months 
ascene of •* reform within the party-Mich 2 
ne,^ before been Witney InWotf ofm^rn 
A dispatch to the Times from Paris ears • « The 
King of Sweden, the c rown Prince, and Prince 
John of oiucksburg have been Initiated IntoVrcc 
masonnry. The ceremony waa held In a newly 
built ball, in the presence of I ,«ioo brethren iJSu 
dies K PM »„P„, rrem Engtod, ocm^ and 
The British Government la taking seasonable 
precautions against the spread of the rinderpest 
It has already cut off t ho greater part of the con 
ilnental supply, and has now restricted tho re 
moral of cattle from London. This aoiicltuJe m 
warranted, meat being already very dear The 
public satisfaction at the successful lmportanen 
of American fr.-sh meat Indicate**32? bZ 
pr ' parB1 ,OTa «*£« 
nerr Barth, the German explorer who was en 
gaged in surveying tho Portuguese possess inn* 
Africa for tl.o Government or Portugul, lias com 
mltfod suicide tn Loanda, wiuie Sirlo^ wah 
fever. llerrMohr, another German exploit who 
belonged to tho expedition which was searching 
for the sources of the Congo R ]ver , is * 
Premature Loss of tlie Hair, which Is so 
common now-a-days, may be entirely prevented 
by the use of Burnett’s Cocoaine —F-r 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS 
c ■ Answer in two weeks, 
HISTORICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed of so letters: 
My 4, 60, 12, 25, 9, 7, 20, 45, 49, 32, 16, 13 a noble Of 
Athens. 
My 51. 20, 47, 81 , 12 , 75, 33, 3 a son of Theodosius. 
My l. 3, 34. 86, 29, 23, 5, 8, 19 a Greek author. 
My 37, 41, 74, 18, 66, 21 , 36, 19, 75, 54, 45 a Roman 
omperor. 
My*59, 78, 76, 71, 6, 79, 46, 22, 24, 72 a general of 
Franks. 
My 64, 38, 6, 9, 2 , 2 S, 68, 69, 45, 48, 46 a Greek histo¬ 
rian 
My 85, 23, 52, 7, 6, 56, 66, 58, 46 usurped the throne 
ol Mcgara. 
My II, 62 , 11 , 39, 32, 43, 15, 49, 33, 27 a Roman cm- j 
peror. 
My 5i, 63, 29, 63, 17, 36, 8, 47 son of Agamemnon. 
My 40, -6, 19, 7, 15, 62 , 13, 80, 3, i a Roman histo¬ 
rian. 
My 70, 4, 67, 33, 73, o a Roman deity. 
M.V 76, 33, 80. 42, 10, 51, 1, 44, 32, 50 a geologist. 
My 57, s t 55,32, 2 , 67, 20,63, ii, 23 a modern poet,. 
My 38, l, 29, 8, 76 another poet. 
My whole Is one of Downey’s proverbs. 
W Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
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uiBcovcrea among a crowd of snow-shovelcra at. 
the Centra] Railway station in Syracuse last wc ( # : 
While walling for tho pittance due him It was 
observed that he seemed desirous of being by 
himself, wlioUy avoiding bis late comrades. This 
poorly-clad but proud shovelor waa Bushnell For 
rest, second son of the noted Confederate general 
N. B. Forrest of Fort Pillow memory. ' ’ 
Tho lee harveston the Jludson River haaclosed 
Notwithstanding the strike among the cutters 
early in tho season, the tlmo during the cold sea¬ 
son has been well employed, a nd the houses from 
Hampton to Schoflack will all be closely packed 
with firm. clear ice from 12 to 14 Inches in thick¬ 
ness. The number of Ice-houses has increased 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 
THE MARKETS 
I a m composed of 24 letters : 
My 14, 2 . 24, 6, 7 a river of Scotland. 
My 12 , 3 , 8, l, 22, 23 a city in Massachusetts. 
My 15, 4,16,12,13, 8 an ancient city of Greece. 
My 19, 20, 18, l, 5, 17, o, 8 a cape on the Atlantic 
coast 
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My 6,21, 23 a capo of Massachusetts. 
My whole Is an old saying. w. c. 
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PRODUCE AMD PROVISIONS, 
«sw r ore. Saturday. Feb. 3. UftT. 
„.P!H NS Peas.—T he bean market ha« 
fnremii l,IU slight i depren»ion nr.Usd Jam m-nk und 
mediums are quoted stronger under u cood 
mr exn',r» l ’ l l, t>f,ly " f ""t nPuml “nt^M^ows 
«rn. ex ^ rl UM) Br V Hearty With Ei.iy extreme bur 
Exports Ugulu about U UP I'bJa. Thc Mil ?n,<w 
»Lb“ ,l mK UlM th0 w *'y include# 190) briM’of^O ft* 4 
f> ac fe.' '* no aptw.'iul charier In Wp|r.. i; 
Pea beans, trade mVdonue. i‘c..s o< « | kind« d „^I 
Weqm,^. S,,Uth 
Buaru, medium, prune *2 .36a2,40; fair to good *5 iv 
o auu Housing tne ice have increased 
proportionately, and the crop of the present sca- 
son win bo the largest and earliest ever know n 
There are 60 houses, holding 1 , 403,000 tons of ice! 
An extensive plot to escape by the convicts in 
tho Charlestown, Mass. State Prison was detected 
and frustrated. 
Marine Smith, the murderer of j-oung McKeon, 
has been sentenced by Recorder Swift of Detroit! 
to 25 years at hard labor In State Prison. 
The principal reason assigned by the officers of 
the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company for 
acceding to tho appointment, of a receiver and 
the consequent winding up of the affairs of the 
company, was that the great competition that 
had existed for two or three years past, m the Are 
insurance business, with the dull times and very 
low rates, hud reduced the company's receipts 60 
percent, in 1876, without, a corresponding reduc¬ 
tion in the expenses. It hud not fulled, they 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Jan. 27, 
Historical Enigma —Jamea the son of Alpheua. 
Miscellaneous Enigma.— It is better to trust in the 
Lord than to put eonUdanco in man. 
Gamut 15b, bulk, in bond l*J 5192 c.; grfctm % 
*135<(Al.40i m.iuiheru, 11. L.. * 2 bo. 
and'ifouiUern -11 " bMD 3l ® 32c ' f0r West ern 
Bcttbr.—A short but discouraging sentence re. 
veala the condition ot the butter market tins week • 
Receiots are heavy and trade Is dud. Even the 
bast State creamery nnd flue half tubs are quoted 
fill nilr ut tlio exiriiiio, und wb<*n W6 BO tn 
other itrudi;«, we «!?mort Oehptilrof a,ak!DE nmcp#» 
that orontae anr positive efurutton. U. 
looks like low prictM tor n inrse portion of tlieoff 
fliivorad ami c,thorw(*e unpopular styles. The 
>> «rld gives u good expression of some of our w 
rowing surrounding*; 
" In it market llkis Ihi> i ne that lias luted tor a few 
weeks, a good ninny lota become condemned un 
reasonably, jl-. wlv n tellers are pressing sale* t, uv . 
ers wdl not give tho luuurui deterioration ot stock 
the due weight It ought u. have after the crop has 
been so inrgeiy picked over. Another tinseminJ 
feature of the Irndo nt lucii time Is U:e aflsir o? 
making u customer.' After u buying party lias r.eer, 
TO THE LADY READERS OF THE RURAL. 
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 t ho lady 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker, we make 
the following offer: 
Those who, in renewing their own subscrip¬ 
tion, r;end ns an additional same (not already on 
our list) with the sum of $4.90 for the two, may 
select any two of the following-named plants 
and a paper of the seed of the Molucca Balm. 
Those who receive these premiums can divide 
with then’ 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 offered are very choice, as 
will be seen in description given below. The 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Two men, Belolr and Fleatrault, who were at 
work on the Lachine Canal, Canada, were killed 
by a bank of earth which caved In. 
Frank L. Friery, a New York burglar, whe went 
to Boston and attempted to kill an aunt, who was 
cognizant of his connection with a murder in the 
former city, was sentenced to seven years' imprls- 
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