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PEBSONAL ITEMS. _ J 
The gTand-nepUPW of Robert Burns 19 reported 
to live In New Bedford, Mass. lie lias several 
garments once worn hy the poet. 
Pkof. Wh. Simon of Baltimore has presented to 
the Maryland Academy of Sciences a very fine ( 
selection of about 1,000 species of mosses, collected 
anti prepared by himself in Germany. 
Mtsa cart sprained her foot, severely at her ' 
benetlt at Moscow, hut went, on singing Indomit¬ 
ably. and at the close of the evening was pre¬ 
sented with a gold cup, saucer, and spoon. 
The Rev. E. P. Terhune, the husband of Marlon 
Ilarlnnd. the New Jersey writer, has beeu offered 
the chaplaincy of the American Chapel at Home 
for two years, with a comfortable salary and a , 
three months' vacation In the summer. 
Sscxetarv Cameron Is going to marry Mrs. j 
Shunk, tne widowed daughter of Judge Jeremiah 
S. Black. She Is 40 years old, handsome, clever, 
and accomplished. Iter first husband was the 
son of the old Dutch Governor of Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Thkodurb Thomas's unavoidable failure to 
give his promised concert at Watertown, recently, 
has caused a poet of that town to burst Into this 
pathetic strain:—“Oh, Thornus, oh, Thomus, 
Why did you stay from us, And not keep your 
proinus?” 
Mr. Edoar Fawcett Is very much praised In 
the Contributors’ Club in The Atlantic for hlB 
quaint, fanciful verses. Mr. Fawcett Is ft New 
Yorker and a Columbia College graduate. He Is 
in his 'jotli year, and Is ft very agreeable and culti¬ 
vated bachelor. 
Mr. R. II. Stoddard, looking in at the artists’ 
fund pictures the other day, caught sight of Mr. 
Eastman Johnson's picture ot the turkey gobbler 
reaching after the rood which a farm servant Is 
holding out Of his reach. “ Ah!” said the clever 
poet, "Turkey and Serv—la." 
Mr. Trinidad Romero Is the delegate recently 
elected to congress from the Territory of New 
Mexico. lie la ft native, speaking English, and a 
merchant, contractor and sheep owner, who, 
though still young, has made a fortune, with the 
help of his brother, from ft nest-egg of only 11,00(1. 
Gerome, the artist, has a very peculiar personal 
appearance. Ills head, with the deep-set, large 
eyes, wild masses of gray hair, and pointed gray 
mustache, la exceedingly picturesque. He Is as 
thtn as a shadow and Is distinguished for 
extreme industry, excessive irritability and great 
dislike to visitors. 
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educational notes, 
A valuable collection of books, prints, etc., 
relating to Dante, Italian history and literature, 
has lately been bequeathed to the London Uni¬ 
versity by Dr. Barlow, with a rund of which the 
Interest is to be perpetually devoted to the 
delivery of annual courses of lectures on the 
“Coramedla." 
Ok teachers’ salaries The Sin Francisco Post 
says“ Experience, tact, knowledge, and rucUlty 
or Imparting Instruction cannot be expected in 
any high degree without adequate pecuniary 
returns. When some ignorant, bungler cam earn 
more wages in the shop, or some simpering girl 
command more generous recompense as a lady’s 
maid than even teachers of established reputation 
often receive, is It not too much to expect, young 
women and then of lino abilities to pursue long 
and expensive courses of study to tit themselves 
for the important work of teaching 
President Robinson of Brown l' Diversity says 
that wo cun better afford to have a wooden head 
over a college than wo can over a primary school. 
“Men," ho adds, “go to college aud utterly 
break down because their early education was 
not properly attended to, and it has seemed to 
mo that the one grand error In our education Is 
the mistaken idea about elementary training. 
Make the studies Interesting to the pupils. There 
Is a corral n amount of good to bo obtained from 
object teaching, hut there has also been a great 
deal of nonsense geulng about In relation to It. 
We should not depend too much on object reach¬ 
ing, for the reason that all knowledge Is not 
obtained by perception, aud a large proportion or 
our Ideas are abstract ideas, which must, be com¬ 
municated by the teacher In another way.” 
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EVERYWHERE. 
Du> Ion, Hennepin Cu.i Aiiuii., Juu. 24.— 
Winter cold but pleasant. Wheat is worth now 
$1.2B@l,30 In Minneapolis. Ice cutting gives crop 
24 inches thick. Good deal of apprehension as to 
grasshopper the coming year. Crops will how¬ 
ever be put In a* usual.— a. 
Humboldt* Tenn., Juu. 24.— We now have 
flue spring-like weather. Thermometer a few 
degrees below zero, freezing alight, rising dur¬ 
ing the day to 50 or eo. We have had ample rain, 
ground thoroughly wet, streams full and flush. 
A few days sunshine and our ground will be tn fine 
order for plowing. We shall fall In our peach 
crop this year; ll seems the buds cannot stand 10 " 
below zero; generally tho spring frosts do the 
work for our fruits. The loss Is heavy, especially 
these “hard" times. Shipping farly fruit to 
northern markets is quite a business here. 
Strawberries, early peaches, apples, pears and 
plums with proper management are quilt- profita¬ 
ble—We think far more profitable than cotton 
raising In Tennessee. Nothing worthy of note In 
the change of our markets except Hour advanced 
to $4f®4.50 per iuo pounds.— b. f. t. 
^UjsceUaneottjL 
£tti«SfcUiuu0U0. 
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The only known Effective Remedy 
For tho Certain Cure of 
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, 
AND 
ZjOSS or APPETITE. 
Contains no Curative Properties for any other 
l nuMiHOti. 
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edy. and tms been used Tor many year* by the best 
Medical Faculty or Kuropo with perfect success. It 
is largely used In all tho prlncipul hospitals lor the 
cure of the abovn r.tseuses. , . .. , 
MO Cases Of Chronic Dyspepsia cured In tho last 
four months or 1870, In New York City uud surround¬ 
ings, to any of whom, by kind permission, we refer. 
Price, $1.00 per 8 oz. Bottle. 
Address, de Cranby & Co., 
(Sols Agent* for U. S.) 
08 M alden Lane, New York City. 
TO COLOR BUTTER. 
Mr. A. W. CHEF.VEIl, in tho New England Farmer 
of Nov. nth, recommends all Dulrymeu to use 
Wells, Richardson & Co/s 
PERFECTED BUTTER COLOR 
He Bays“ For all wo can roe, It Is absolutely per¬ 
fect. It should entirely supercede carrots for color¬ 
ing butter, and also nil the crude preparations of itn- 
natto as tortuerly put up by druggist*.’ 
It. gives the exact shade of tlm best Jersey butter. 
It 1* pure, Intense, economical, and has no taste or 
smell. It 1 * un Improvement ou our " Golden Ex¬ 
tract'' being a combination of the brght yellow 
coloring principle > t the Dandelion blossom, and Is 
greatly superior to carters. etc., giving a better color, 
and no work. . _ . . 
cj r A mu tuple wiiOirleut to color Oily pound* 
Ox buitel- mil be sent lo miy iidiln mm, post¬ 
paid, on receipt of leu cent.. ...... 
Kverv Dairyman who wishes to realize the highest 
price, should elve it a trial note. Address 
WEI,I,! - . UICHAR 11HON A- CIO., 
Huillngtou, Vermont. 
BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP. 
r ’ A Jt, M II , luMt I ‘imp O Aanin^tho’uuMK 
|/?Ak w lR'>Vi')V I fq. '/V'' esptlv* odors » 
'' • —— 1 iij ' 'Dfc. ’■ ',!&*• • cover ccmmion still 
, ffsrs to tha nubile Tlw mtcwr TtiH.n suai is His WsrlU. 
Oulu Iff cur-1 < egettthti' othr u<K'l <n (J* rnanitfUeture. 
For !'•<• t» the Nursery It Iiiix Ns ksusl. 
Worth tun il runs Its cost toov.-rj mother uml Uitnlljr inChrtst- 
,i,loin dump's box cotitklulDU 4 citkvse I U on*, umli, Mat 
Irau tosny it'WrpK. on rceclpions ctnihi. 
Audrey B. T. U.ilthUt. Xi'W York. City. 
twi ur Sale by nil Druggists..** 
MiNERALsTSHELLS, 
Birds, Sc c. 
The Naturalists’Agency has been established at 
3725 J.auctistcr Avenue, Philadelphia, for 
the purposo of giving collectors of objects of Nat¬ 
ural History an opportunity of buying, selling or 
oxobangluic tholr duplicates or collecltoi.s. Please 
state whero you raw this advertisement. 
Specimens sent lo uui part of the world by mull. 
A monthly bulletin of 8 pages sent free. 
I received the highest award given to unyutthe 
Centennial Exposition ot 1870,and the only uwurd 
and medal given to any American for “ (’ollections 
of Minerals.’’ 
My MXNEKALOOICAL CATALOGL’K. ami table of 
species, by which most minerals may be ldentltlcd, 
illustrated by over $h00 worth of euvruvings, Is now 
ready Tot distribution. It i*nn excellent check-list 
containing In tiro-price list every species and all tiro 
more common varieties arranged alphabetically and 
preceded by thcrapecles number. The species num¬ 
ber Indicate.. the place of any mineral In the table of 
species, after It will be found the species name, com¬ 
position,streak or luster.cleavage or fracture, hard- 
uess, sp, gr., fusibility und crystalizution. Free to 
U 11 customers. To others on receipt of 10 Ceuta tor 
postage, S( 0 . 
1 have tiro best specimens ever seen of Amazon 
Stone, Ruby Silver, Sumarsklte, Ameihynt, Drcoklte, 
Coluuibatc of Yttrla, Zouoohlortte, CUllenlte, Chal¬ 
cedony, Rutile tu Quartz, Hydrotiluuito, Uucolumlte, 
Nlgrln,Green Wavellltc colored by Vanadium, llouk 
Crystal, Pegunlte. Smoky Quartz, I'erofsktte, Aoger- 
ite, Sohorlomtte, Feldspar (pink. red. gray, brown 
und green), EuiboUte. Meianite, Ozar kite and Chlo- 
rustrollte. 
When answering advertisements, par¬ 
ties wilt please say that they saw them 
in the Rural New-Yorker. 
l&Xtt#, gttCHS, &C. 
SEEDS. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
8 76 Broadway , JYew I'orb, 
Grower, Importer and Dealer in 
Vegetable, Field, 
AND 
Flo wer Se eds. 
Garden Tools and Horticultural Books. 
My annual prlood Catalogues uro now ready, and 
mulled free to all applicants. They contain ail the 
leiuliug and most popular aorta of Vegeuilik', 
Field and Flower SccxIh. Including ull tbetm.8;, 
desirable novelilee ot tiro past seuson. 
To tho Flowsr and Vegetable Garden. Dennllfully 
Illustrated aad containing a Magnlflccnt Col.oetD 
Platb, a til be mailed on receipt of two Rct.Ktauips. 
A.IJrwaCKOSilUN UltO.’W, , 
(Established 1810.) RoOilltaTKU, N. I 
75 to IOO Bush. Sholled 
CORN ACRE 
produced by the STOfiKBRIDGE MANUK Eikt 
other crops In proportion Tb*Ke manures, made for 
different crops, miglnated by Prof. Stockbrldge of 
tiro Mflssafhutetis /grlcullurul College. Were used 
uu 4,000 nertra lu 1870. uud MO percent, i; port 
iavorubiy. Our pumpnlut tor 18i7 tsEN'i' Flifli 
eoiiluWdfig the expcrtenr.e of *»:orea Of larmei ■, und 
much valuable lnfornmllon. Every farmer hl.oulu 
gena for a copy. W. II. HOtVKEIt & ft),. 
."tale Aat’4. Kovlun, Mass. 
We offer toWholosalc and 
RETA U, buyers a full col- 
lection of HANDY YRHS and 
SHRUBS, lucludllig Hbodo- 
/ / &Wrrl0C!jrSi»i. v-A dendrons, Aznlcua, Roses, 
/_./ V \ Magnolias, Kvoigreeiis.Ac ; 
I—I ujKsv®#® 11"j also. Chinese Azaleas, Ca- 
Is-j mclllus, und other Greon- 
>. '/ t’utAiognessanttoanyad- 
\9 1 jWwl Tia /S:/ dress,and vt*ltutu the Nur- 
Brl scries at Kissena aolldtod. 
8. B. PARSONS A80H8, 
— Flcsuino, L. I. 
fll A UTP I At low rate* to *ult the time*. Incloso 
r! flll I .» ! a letter stamp for our handsomely 
l Lnn i o » Illustrated Catalogue for 1877, uud au- 
AND dress 
„rrnc I TUK BELLEVUE NURSERY CO., 
uLLUo ! Fatcrsou, New Jersey. 
CHOICE SHEDS GIVEN AWAY. 
A packet ot new Jnpnn ('nekaeotiib, the new 
Phlox Druinaiouxlll Grxxaillllora. und lluest 
mixed Poet ulnecu nui Unljrec to ull who send I Oc. 
tM s month for my ( utaloque of Choice I'ttrwi r-Seed* for 
mixed Poet ulixceti mailed J-rec to all who send I tie. 
till* month for my Catalogue of Choice I'lnun r-Seed* for 
1877. L. W. GOODEl.L, Amhct*t, Alnss. 
POMONA NURSERY. VSVSl 
Capt. Jack and Great Aiuericau. the best Ntraw- 
" nUiiwine iSugouecu) Rtibp- 
1 Hill. Jill a auu nrrui a uiiTiniu, vuo ic-.i nvi un- 
berrles. Ten acres oVHrandUWtne iStlsqueco) Rasp¬ 
berries, yielded lust summer y(4,33M. bend foe Cat¬ 
alogue. >VM. PAHRY, Ciuuuinlnaon, N. J. 
HARD TIMES AND LOW PRICES. 
Root Grafts put tip to order: Annie,'lending varie¬ 
ties. f6 per l.Wm: Hf.OdU for 415. Penr, collar grafts, 
tier l.utJtt. aiKi.OOl) B'rult und Oruamentsl Trees: 
ties per l.t*li): ltl,W*» for m:i. rcnr,co"»r grans, 
$W per l.UOO. •M.OO'J Fruit und Ornaments I 1 Trees: 
SOO.OOU lloney x.ocust Hedge Plants; HJU.UOO riuiall 
Fruit Plants, allow prices Hond tor price list. 
GEO- W. TAS8ELJ., Marlon, WuyueCo., N. Y. 
LAktiGHT STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
EUROPKAN LARCH & EVERGREEN TREES. 
Both HeedllDg und Transplanted. AII grown from 
semis ou our own grounds, und better ond cheaper 
than Imported stock- 
European Larth and Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
Ily the OU>'0«. pound or 100 lb-t. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT Do COLA .8 & SOHa, Waukegan, III. 
ROOT’S GARDEN MANUAL 
For 11477. Practical, pointed and thorough, and 
contains half us much matter as Si.00 books on tho 
subject. Merit Tor 10 cts., which will be allowed on 
the tint order for seeds. J-JEf. 6001, 
tjctnl Grower, Rockford, III. 
Spring Avenue Gardena. 
WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS 
A SPECIALTY. 
Carnations, Smilax, Neapolitan Violets, Bouvar- 
dlas. Chinese Azaleas, LUy of the Valley. All the 
' new and moat desirable Geraniums and similar 
] plants. Also, a great variety of the common and 
I fancy Haroy Evergreen Trees, as low a» they can 
be purchased of uuy trustworthy dealer. 
Address II. W. MALES, 
Ridgewood, Bergen Co.. N. J. 
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among his animals, ar.d the young folks around th 
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As soon os the necessary stock can be man¬ 
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and valuable premiums, will be permitted 
to secure a full set of silver plated kuives 
and forks, on tbe same liberal basis. 
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COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS 
For Students, Amateurs, Professors, Physicians 
and other Professional Men. 
These collections illustrate ull the principal species 
and all grand subdivisions In Dana uud other works 
on Mineralogy; every Crystalline System; all tho 
principal Ores and every known Element. Tho col 
lections are labeled with a printed label that can 
only be removed by soaking. The labels give Dana’s 
species number, the name, locality, und. in most 
cases, the composition of the Mineral. 
All collectionsaccompanlod by my Illustrated Cat¬ 
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JbU Crystals and Fragments for study.V 1 bb 
100 Specimens, Student's Size, Larger. 3 00 
100 Specimens, Larger, Amateur's Size, 2qxlX 
Inches.. 10 w 
Collections of Gems. Ores, Earthy Minerals. Min¬ 
erals used lu any Arts or Agriculture, on hand or put 
up to Order. I have a very large stock of Western 
und Southern birds on hand. / Iso, Heads and Ant¬ 
lers for Museums, Dining Rooms, Halls and Llbru- 
rle j. A. E. FOOTE, M. D., 
Prot. ol Chemistry and Mineralogy. 
