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THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
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PUBLISHERS NOTICES, 
TO THE LADY HEADERS OF THE Rl'RAL. 
SPECIAL OFFER 
OF RAEE PLANTS AND SEEDS 
Having a few choice plants now growing in 
the Rural’s Experimental Grounds, which 
we think would he desirahlo to Home of the lady 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker, wo make 
the following offer: 
Those who, In renewing their own subscrii>- 
tion, send >>s an additional name (not already on 
our list) with the sum of $4.90 for the two, may 
solcct 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 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 offered are very choice, as 
will be seen it) description given below. The 
plants will be sent by mail free, and oarefnlly 
packed and forwarded immediately on receipt of 
subscriptions. 
A bu(S I on Houle de Nclge.- The best of the 
Abutilan*. Its flowers are large and white. It 
blooms throughout the whole year and therefore is 
alike desirable for the conservatory and pardon. 
.Mario l.omolnc. —Among a hundred or more 
varieties Of double-flowered Pe largonium*, new and 
old, this Is yet. unrtvalod. The individual flower, of 
a delicate rose color, a* well as the truss, are the 
nrgest of their class. 
Hydrangea puntculiii a Gi-niwliflom.—So 
much has been said of this new Japanese shrub 
during the past year that little need be added now. 
It begins blooming In early August, continuing until 
after hard frosts. Hardy. 
Variegated Am pc I opsin or ViHs hrt.rrnphylla 
variegata. We do not. hesitate to pronounce this 
one of the most attractive vines In cultivation. The 
leaves are deepiy-iobod and variegated with white 
and green. Hardy. 
.Jerusalem A rtichoke.—Believing that the Je¬ 
rusalem Artichokes are exceedingly valuable as 
food for all kinds of farm stock. WO Place them 
among our vaiuublo premium plants. We will send 
one-half pound each of the Long Purple and Round 
White, for each new subscriber as above, or one 
pound of the tubers of cither variety. 
Aehnuia innIvn vIm us or :>lalvavi*cua ar- 
•borcuie.—The Cowers are bright red. of a turban 
shape, two Indies long. It blooms incessantly 
whether indoors or out. In the conservatory H may 
be trained so ns to cover wood-work ns readily a* a 
vine. We commend t ins plant with confidence. 
flloluccvlln larvia. — We will send. also.to ALL 
who are emitted to a choice of any two of the above 
plants, a package of the seeds of the beautiful Shell 
Flower, an account of whioh and an engraving were 
given in the RURAL of Aug 17, p. 117. 
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Ildus of tl)f aaUfli. 
THE NEXT PRESIDENT. 
The question of who shall next occupy the 
White House at Washington Is dragging Its slug¬ 
gish way to a close. Oregon has been counted 
for the Hayes Electors. There stioins to be a dis¬ 
position on the part of some of the ext remists on 
the Democratic side to obstruct, the count In 
every way: but the conservative element ap¬ 
pears to be In the majority, and Is Inclined to ac¬ 
cept. the result of the Tribunal's labors, whatever 
It may be. The Republicans are working like 
heavers to finish t heir task in the allotted time, 
and the prospect ol a complete settlement of the 
vexed question now seems very bright. Upon 
the strength of this prospect a slight activity has 
been felt in business circles, though much less 
than was generally anticipated. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The number of vessels of war of all the mari¬ 
time nations amounted, In 1876, according to some 
official statistics la tely published In Germany, to 
2,039, of which 809 were Ironclads. The arma¬ 
ment comprised 280,ooo men and 15,000 guns; 110 
war vessels, including 56 Ironclads, were In course 
or construction. 
On the southern Pacific Railroad, 340 miles 
south of San Francisco, Is seen a unique piece of 
railroading, where the track, after passing 
through a tunnel, winds around the mountain 
and crosses Itself directly over the tunnel, thus 
gaining a bight "f seventy-flight foci on 3,795 reet 
of rail. About loo miles lurthcr south, the road 
runs through one of the longest tunnels In Amer¬ 
ica, that of San Fernando, 6,967 reet In length. 
The Great, and little Dismal Swamps embrace 
above s.ooo.ooo acres of the richest lands or North 
Carolina, a large portion of which, by a moderate 
outlay tor draining, could be made equal to the 
most fertile of Louisiana. These lands belong 
chiefly to the educational fund, but arc of no pres¬ 
ent value to it. Gov. Vance is anxious to have 
them drained, and has directed a bill to be pre¬ 
pared for the Legislature on the subject. 
The citizens of Wilmington, N. C., have met 
with t he .Mayor to consider the Importance to the 
city of the OOhBtrtlCtJiin or a canal from Wilming¬ 
ton up the Northeast river about fifty miles, 
thence across to New river, thence to the Neuse, 
thenee up Bay liver and across to Blunt's creek, 
down that to Pamlico river, and thence on to Nor¬ 
folk. It, was stated that the construction of the 
canal would Increase the value of property at 
least $ 20 , 000 , 000 , and give employment to 50,oeo 
laborers. 
By an odd chance two lovers of one woman met. 
as convicts In the Alabama State prison. One 
was to serve three years and the other five; and 
the latter desired a compact by which the former 
was not to take advantage of his earlier freedom, 
but. to refrain from courting the woman until both 
were at liberty. The three-years' man refused to 
make any such agreement, and was, In couse- 
quenee, nearly murdered by the flvo-ycars’ man. 
The woman had already married somebody else. 
The early thaw lias stopped logging business 
throughout the Wisconsin pineries, and no more 
work will be done this winter. Comparatively 
lew logs are cut, which the lumber men think will 
Insure higher prices and better work next winter. 
It lias been a terrible time for admirals lately. 
The St. Louis. Lawrence and Western Railroad 
was sold Feb. 23, under the hdtamer, tor $ 200 ,ooo, 
to Frank Morrison of Boston, who acted In the 
Interests of the mortgage bondholders. It. Is gen¬ 
erally believed, however, that the power behind 
the throno Is the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Ke 
Railroad, which lias been obliged to rent seven¬ 
teen miles or the road for some time past, In order 
to get Into Kansas City. 
'I’he Connecticut Senate has passed a bill pro¬ 
viding that criminals from another State can bn 
returned without, a requisition from the Governor 
of the State. 
The Chinese In San Francisco have bought land 
for a permanent, burial ground, which indicates 
that they intend to give up returning their dead 
to China. 
it Is believed that the ten per cent, law in Ten¬ 
nessee will he repealed by the present Legisla¬ 
ture. 
A Californian proposes to sail to Liverpool, by 
the way of cape Horn, In a boat only twenty feet 
long. 
It Is asserted In San Francisco that a new cen¬ 
sus of that city will show thattt, has a population. 
Of 300,000. 
All the State militia of Vermont will participate 
in a reproduction of the battle of Bennington In 
August next. 
A new Methodist church In Boston Is to he the 
largest belonging of that denomination in Amet 
lea, and will seat 5,000 persons. 
Two fires In Boston—one $50,000, and the other 
$7,000. 
A California schoolmaster who was out of em¬ 
ployment and last losing his sight, walked Into a 
shooting gallery in San Francisco, Feb. 13, and 
taking up a large revolver, llrod two shots at the 
target, missing each ifuio. Apparently annoyed 
at, his poor shooting, he strode halt down the 
gallery and tried again, with the same result, 
and then, to the amazement of all present, 
placed the pistol to ids ear and pulled the tng- 
| ger. Before the bystanders could prevent him, 
he put. the muzzle ol the revolver lb his mouth 
and tired again. Upon his person was found the 
following, written in pencil on a scrap of paper : 
“Thomas Biggs, LL. D., disappointed and weary 
of life: eyesight utterly falling; will soon be. 
blind.” 
Among the characters which a large city devel¬ 
ops, the genuine prize-fighter is not the least sin¬ 
gular. Joe Coburn, prize-fighter, bully, crimi¬ 
nal, bruiser, uqf keeper ot a drlnkiug saloon, 
attacked a policeman who did not please him 
and fired several shots at him. IIo was over¬ 
powered, arrested, and now awaits Ms trial. 
Ton thousand similar characters, who worship 
tills modern hero, waited on the street to see 
him as he wes being conducted to the Court 
House. 
Evcrybydy who likes the Wamsutta cottons will 
be interested In the fact that the operatives in the 
Wamsutta mills In New Bedford, Mass., have 
struck for higher wages, and the mills have been 
stopped. The. agent, being called upon, told the 
hands that they had already received the benefit 
of the Blight rise in the market, and that, there 
would positively be no further advance of wages. 
The workmen have done o^e sensible thing—they 
have agreed to abstain from all Intoxicating 
drinks during the strike. Possibly there would 
have been no strike If they had come to the same 
determination before. However, If they will keep 
their senses, and consider the matter In a practi¬ 
cal way, the present troubles may be speedily 
abated. 
The idea Is finding a slow hut firm lodgment in 
the Anglo-Saxon head, that Dr. Sclillemann has 
greatly exaggerated his discoveries at Mycente. 
It's the Returning Board bill, backed by a land¬ 
lady who allows no extraneous testimony, that 
puzzles mostof the young men. 
Continental life Insurance affairs furnish the 
usual dally chapter of the history of misused 
funds. Tlu-re Is additional evidence that the 
Officers continued to tamper with the assets of the 
company after it had passed Into a receiver’s 
hands. The suits begun against t he officers are 
for large amounts, and arc based on the t heory 
that their acts were fraudulent. 
Receiver Jewett Is making a trip of examination 
over the Eric Kallroa/1. 
Phoebe Burris and Jerusha Burris, colored, of 
Rochester, claim one and the same man for hus¬ 
band, and have had a fight about It, among them¬ 
selves. Another bigamy trial In store for that bad 
act. 
The Baltimore Cable bill has become a law, and. 
If its requirements are fulfilled, we shall know in 
three years what It Is to telegraph to Europe for 
a shilling a word. 
Mademoiselle Almee lost her voice and her 
little dog at the same time and has regained them 
together. 
A Pennsylvania saloon keeper has made some 
amends for selling had rum by shooting lour Molly 
Maguires. 
Delaware 6U11 continues to whip her criminals. 
Fifty lashes are no uncommon punishment there. 
Mr. Donald G. Mitchell's Yale lectures on the 
“.Esthetics of Every-Day LUe," will embody the 
suggestions of a man ol taste upon the themes 
which find too little recognition from a money¬ 
seeking community. It Is the old story over 
again of the Parisian agitator who could over¬ 
throw the Government, but. couldn’t get his 
breeches mended. It Is about time that a people 
which put down the biggest rebellion on record 
made up its mind to have picturesque towns and 
pretty dooryards. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
The Union of German apothecaries has ad¬ 
dressed a pet ition to the German Federal Council 
In which the Union demands that the soeretmed- 
lclnes concocted and advertised by quacks be offi¬ 
cially looked Into before they are permitted to bo 
sold. 
In Canada the heavy failures of last year have 
reacted more or less on the batiks. In Montreal 
the Banque St. Jean Baptiste has gone into liqui¬ 
dation, and the Merchants’ Bank lias accepted the 
resignation of the president and cashier under 
whose management it has lost about $710,000. It 
Is noteworthy that, this loss resulted In part, from 
advancing money on worthless securities—a fer¬ 
tile source of Injury to American Institutions. 
Garter, has received the highest honor which It Is 
In the power of Queen Victoria to confer on a for¬ 
eign prince—an honor, too, which is sometimes 
coveted in vain by reigning Sovereigns. Guizot 
mentions how glad I/mis riuiippe was to receive 
the Garter, which he only did upon his visit to 
England lb ISM, when he had already been four¬ 
teen yearn upon the throne of July. At the pres¬ 
ent moment, a decided majority of the Kings are 
entitled to wear this highly prized decoration, 
but the Kings of Spain and Sweden are as yet left 
out In the cold. The only foreign Princes, not 
actually reigning Sovereigns, who are Knights of 
the Gart er, are the crown Prince of Germany and 
Ills Bon. Prince Louis of Hesse, and Prince Chris¬ 
tian of Schkvswig-HolsWin. Three out. of these 
are heirs to crowns. The Duke of Cumberland 
has worn a crown, and Is moreover a lineal de¬ 
scendant of George II., and by a statute passed 
on the 17th of January, 1805, the order Is toconslst 
of the Sovereign and twenty-five Kntghts-Com- 
panlons, together with such lineal descendants of 
King George II. as maybe elected, always except¬ 
ing t he Prince of Wales, who is a constituent part 
of the original Institution. Special statutes are 
passed for the admission of foreign Sovereigns or 
Princes as extra Knights. 
A strange epidemic lias appeared in various 
parts of Scotland among horses, and there are 500 
suffering from Its effects in Edinburgh alone. 
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Asthma.—Thousands of the worst cases of 
Asthma have been relieved by using Jonas Whit¬ 
comb's Remedy. In no case of purely asthmatic 
character has It failed to give relief.—Ax. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
The new remedy for dyspepsia, “ Gestlano, ’ 
Is effecting some very remarkable cures In Lyons, 
N. Y, Physicians recommend “ Gestlano ” to their 
patients, and it Is gaining a wonderful reputation 
as a specific in cases of dyspepsia and indigestion 
—for which disorders only It is recommended.— 
Lyons Republican. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
The agricultural returns of Great Britain for 
1876, Just published, show a cultivat ed area of 47,- 
393,000 acres, exclusive of heath and mountain 
pasture land, and ol woods and plantations. The 
acreage under wheat last year was 11 per cent, 
less than la 1575 and 29 per cent, less thah in 1869; 
that under oats showed an increase, while the 
potato crop has much decreased from fear of dis¬ 
ease. The acreage under artificial grasses Is the 
largest yet recorded—1,510,000 acres. 
A Lloyd’s dispatch from Constantinople Bays 
.that, the Russian Consulate there warns shipping 
masters that torpedoes are being placed on the 
Black sea coast between Sookgoom-Kale and 
Fort Saint Nicholas. Guardshtps are stationed 
at Poll arid Sookgoom-Kale roadsteads to indicate 
the course. Balaklava must not be entered be¬ 
fore communicating. 
The Paris Figaro names a distinguished prlma 
donna whom it charges with having eloped from 
St. Petersburg with the tenor Nlooltni. It states 
further that, the Marquis de caux followed them, 
and that judicial proceedings for a separation 
have been commenced. 
A number of Turkish citizens and soldiers pll- 
Nkw York. Saturday, Feb. 24. 1817. 
Beans and Picas.— The offering of mediums is 
considernbl y above the wants of trade. The market 
ran not be termed dull, blit with Canadian and West¬ 
ern *tne.k looking lor a share of the demand, holders 
of State tmvo to rase prices some. Very good West¬ 
ern can he had lor ti and ■ he difference between that 
price and tho cheapest State. Is an important one 
with name buyers Marrows have sold freely for 
Cuban use uno Isle full price* arc well su-lained. 
Fancy pen bean* can be placed tor br*t Ronton and 
other eastern u*p. For common there t* no sale. 
Kidney beans are almost nominal; extreme prices 
only paid In a small way. Blnck brans as before. 
Canadian peas have advanced. Lraen peas also. 
Prime So. It K. scarce ft ml wanted, would bring 25c. 
above slock rate*. We quote: 
Brans, medium. prune *5.WK»2,26; fair to pood $2 
®2.20; western, prune. $?.00&2.25; other. ♦1.5001.75; 
marrow, prime, dellvcrod to vtwtel. ; fair 
to pood. $4.76®•|.4U; pea, choice. *2.75; fair to 
gooff. I-'2032 .VI wbllu kidpev, choice. $2.«C*R21'J; fair 
to Itood, J'i.V.fiVLU): red kidney, nrime. #2.J0 g«2.7d; 
fair to good, $2 45®2.fl(l; black bushel,*8&2.25. Peas, 
Canadian, bulk, lu bond !iJ®U2c.; green. V bushel, 
$1 10*l.«5; southern. B. E., V 2 bu. tag, *2.00. 
BROOM PORN'-— The Producer* Price Current says: 
“The extreme low prices current for tho pa«t two 
mouths have entirely chocked receipts a* shippers 
can barely realise enough on the medium grades to 
pav freight and charge#. The stock Is still large ex¬ 
cept of t he flnest qualities and demand very light." 
Brush, short green, 6(i»7o.; Hurl, croon, V tt. 5K® 
CKc.; green, medium, it. 4 (;t 5 o.: rod and rod-tipped, 
IP Tfc, HfittC. 
lagefi GoratimCl Island m the Danube. A detach 
mont of Roumanlaji troops captured thirteen of 
Lhc party, Including a soldier. The leader of the 
marauders, who was a Turkish official from Kust- 
chuk, and another Turk, were killed. 
Tho Anglo-American Cable Company gives no¬ 
tice that on Much 1 the tariff on messages t rans¬ 
mitted over Its Hue will be reduced to one shilling 
sterling per word. 
Herr von Forckenbeck has been elected Presl 
dent, of tho Reichstag, and Prince Hohonloho- 
J.angenburg and Herr stau(Tenberg Vice-Presi¬ 
dents. 
M. De Stapiande, Senator from the Department 
of the Nord, Is dead. Ills age was 79 years. 
A Scotch youth named Macallstcr has Just, 
accomplished the unprecedented feat of winning 
at Cambridge all the chief prizes at oue sweep, 
and become Senior Wrangler, too. 
Some, rare miniatures and autographs were sold 
at Hotel Drovot, In Parts, tUe other day, the elite 
of the old aristocracy and the members of the 
Orleans family being present. Nine miniatures 
fetched 11,200 francs, among them a portrait of 
Marie Antoinette, and another of Madame Eliza¬ 
beth, the sister or Louts XVI. Four Hues, scrawled 
by the latter on the day after the capture of the 
Bastllc, fetched 205 francs; an autograph letter 
rrom Marie Antoinette to the Duchess of Pollgnac, 
6 io francs. Autographs, however, of Frederlok 
the Great, and of the Emperor Paul r. of Russia 
went tor ridiculously small sums. 
One of the novelties or the Paris Exposition of 
1878 which is most likely to attract the keen 
interest of the public, will be the exhibition of 
historical portraits executed by French artists 
from the fifteenth century to 1830. This project 
has been approved by the Minister of Public In¬ 
struction, and has been submitted to a sub-com¬ 
mission to consider the best, means of carrying 
the scheme into effect and to ascertain the views 
on the subject of the possessors or historical 
paintings. The commission has already put Itself 
In communication with the museums of'the 
provinces and private owners of collections, who, 
It is said, have responded to the appeal with a 
liberality which promises a rich harvest of 
historical and artistic discoveries. 
Prince William of Prussia, lo the Order qf the 
Butter. Prion* continue easy for both State and 
Western. State dairymen who are the chief owners 
nt supplies this crop will bo forced to allow commis¬ 
sion men to guide the market until the surplus is 
worked down. A go >d many dairymen tffironps feel 
sore ut being compelled to pay cooimiMioa on quo¬ 
tation* that they would not submit to In the fall. 
\Ve do not hear of much limited butter, Some 
owners threaten lo carry good line* over rattier than 
accept current figures. About, tlie best atvlutrlu the 
matter can be laconically givenby raying "dan t. 
Then- arc enough burnt Unger.* ffOtn such warm 
ventures In former years, and the cAnerlment has 
made many converts to the doctrine of " first loss is 
best loss." There may yet be a fair end to sound 
useful butter: It is prey,? certain that ebncse will 
go lint, clean and with the ruling CQMOaratl V» prices, 
the early i burnings may not prove formidable. In 
Western butter, factory take* the precedence of 
dairy packed at present. Exporters are dividing 
their iiurfibAAie between Western und State, getting 
good bargains in tUe latter, as full Wash and fair 
tubs are counted In in some cases. Exports past 
fortnight about 10.000 packages, 
State dairies, with tub*, choice. 24n#2fi; good to 
prime, ZIVTic.; fair to good. I%321<:.: poor to fair, 
nr.tl'.ic.: dairies. ISrklilN. choice. 22(2,23c.; good to 
prime. 20’XZKC.: fair to goad, IftAJUc.: poor to lair,15$ 
]S,!.; creamery, Imlf-flrkin tubs, choke Fall. 30332c.: 
good to prime. Hift-VIc.; fair to good, 22®24c.. poor 
tn fair, 17fi«20e.; duirle*. lfi<&23c.{ good to prime, 
20e23e.; fair to good. ISdZOc.; poor to fair, 14 
alfte.; verv poor. 13®He. Western creamery, select 
Invoice*, ;i0,r-.V)C.: good to prime, 2T(<ykflc.. fair to good, 
23®27e.; firkins, good to prune. H®18c.; fair to good. 
uSlOO.: dairy t.ul>*, select invoice*. 20 ft# 22 e.. good to 
pnme. IBsv'.’Oc.: Mir to good. ln@IKc..; factory tubs, 
select invoices, !W(i$22s.: good to prime. I7®2fte: falr 
to good. 15&170,; all styles, poor to fair, 
Rolls, western, good to prime, I8@20c.; fair to good, 
17S18C.; poor, U&lfio. 
Dried Knr rra.—Apples have had rather more de¬ 
mand from shippers, including purchase* of West¬ 
ern quarter* at 4K@4Y C -. and Stale at 5c. Peaches 
are dull und depressed. Blackberries are a trifle 
Appies—Stare, sliced, 4XAj>5J<c.: do..iinartcrs.4Y@ 
5Vjc.: nouthern sliced, new, fair. 4R(»jc.; choice do. 
6 !- 4 ® 6 e., fancy, nominal; Western urs.. 4H®5o. 
Peeled DRucnc* -Prime new Georgia. 22*t2le.; prime 
old. IfVartc : fair to good: do. L2atl3c. pitted Cher¬ 
ries-Prune southern. 16vj®17c.; crime State. L@ISc. 
Ra*phcrrtR», 25c ; blackberries 7«® 71fc. Plums, 
—New State, 2fic., aoutherb. 16@17o,; old, LV2>18u. 
Chei-se.—T he shipments of the bier two or three 
weeks have been very fair, und the export demand 
continue* : supplies are working <Jbwu * dlstactoruy 
and even better rates are made on the beet factories, 
setting up to 160 . , . . 
Fancy factory at 15A'ic bic. for fancy colored, 
14:ai3c. f'T luncy white; good end prime, 14@I50.; 
State farm dairy, fancy, t ; •;v tt’,;c.' good to prune. 
l/a,l4e - vYeHVern factory, f,n o. HVailHC.; good 
and prune, i/alic.; factory, r-l.uo and skim*. 5vtUlc. 
COTTON. — There ha* hem «n HDH«iiutlv active 
market through the we-a tit slurp.)' 'tocri'aMn' 
prices, Closing prices are for February, I.)* '; 1- J-lt;C.; 
March. 12 9.16c.: April. 1213-10 • 1'-*.c : May. 13®- 
1H 1-320.; June. 13 fi-.t3«l3 3-lt!(\; Julv. IK y.:t$<Al3&-16C.1 
August, 13 5-J6&I2 ll-.)2c.; September u> 3-33uSl3 5 
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