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THE RURAL HEW - YORKER. 
to Attck W. j.’b question, I would say that the 
first, Bible printed In America was In 1664. It was 
written in the Indian language. Now please allow 
me to ask a few questions. Who framed the. Con¬ 
stitution ot the United States 7 I n what year and 
what was the first publication in America? In 
what year and what kind, was the first In New 
England ?—Captain. 
An Ohio Clrl. 
Dear Cousins Will you accept me as a 
Cousin? I like to read the letters from the boys 
and girls. We have taken the Rural New- 
York kk for a number of years. Ma says that she 
couldn't, keep house without It. Wo have five 
cats and two dogs, Ned and Fldo. Ned can jump 
a stick and jump through my sister’s arms. He 
can do almost anything. 1 have a sister and a 
brother, and am ten years old. I live two miles 
from school, and have missed but ten days In 
four months. 1 live on a farm, and my pa keeps 
fourteen cows and lots of pets.— .Jennie 8 . T. 
Liberty or Death. 
Dear Uncle True 1 will now write you a let¬ 
ter, hoping you will see that It Is published. Well, 
what do you think Of the strife between the boys 
and girls? Write a letter on that subject. You 
must have been a boy once—that Is, ir you claim 
to bo our Uncle. Where should letters be directed 
to reach our column or you either? Thanks to 
W. T. and Rockt mountain .Jok for their letters. 
I don't see what the girls can be thinking of. They 
soem to think It a sin to speak out, and show that 
you enjoy the liberty of America. Young Editor 
and Storm, come again.— Armor b. 
An Amsterdam Clrl. 
Dear Cousins;—I am a little girl ten years old. 
My pa has taken the Rural as long as 1 can re¬ 
member. I have pieced one quilt and have got 
another almost done. All are telling about their 
pets. I have got a pair or pot pigeons, i went to 
school this winter, and didn't miss but oue day. 
School has closed now. We recite our lessons at 
home now. 1 huve a sick mother. 1 have one sis¬ 
ter and t wo brothers, A question for you to an¬ 
swer .-—What, is the use or silent letters and sub¬ 
stitutes In spelling words— Kitty B. V. 
The Bee-Keeper's Child. 
Mr. Editor:—I thought I would write a few 
lines, and see If you would put them in, print. I 
live In New York State. My father keeps bees, 
lie has eighty swarms. It has been a good winter 
for bees here. I have taken the Rural three 
years, and like It better every year I take it. The 
snow has beeu pretty deep here the past winter. 
It has been three feet deep on the level. If I see 
thlslnprlull will try again. I have read the 
girls’ and boys’ letters, and like them very much. 
—o. T. R. i 
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BIBLICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 103 letters: 
My 24, 3, 27, 4, 2, 20, l a book of the New Testa¬ 
ment. 
My 19, 0, 8, 17. 75, 12, 48, 11 a high priest. 
My 58, S4,15, 7, 25, 53 one of the apostles. 
My 36, 39, 77,15, 15, 26,10, 46 one of the apostles. 
My 30, 37, 16, 13. 14, 38, 54, 33, 77, 98, 64 a book Of 
the New Testament. 
My 21 , 49, 40, 75, 67, 23, 29 the first Christian 
martyr. 
My 43, 42,81, 88, 60 , 6, 12 Abraham’s daughter-in- 
law. 
My 86, 66, 6, 15, 80, 77, 19, 87, 32, 103, 11 , 100, 3 , 44 , 72 , 
48, 92, 101 , 15,18, 47, 36, 9 three Jews. 
My 52, 28, 41, 31, 66,12, 60 n young minister. 
My 15, 77. 5, 85, 15 was raised from a shepherd to a 
king. 
My 24, 3, 59, 65, loo, »7, 22 one of the apostles. 
My 60, 8, 71, S3, 85, 24 son of Ju van. 
My 61 , 6. 12, 62 , 70, 89, 63, 13, 95, 61 who Mllcah was. 
My 74, 73, 76, 90, 78 Isaac’s age when he married. 
My 99, 66, 93, 6S, 69, 24, 3, 98, 84, 100, 94, 32, 96, 2, 9, 
82, 85, 6, 5, 20, SO, 99. 4, 78, 72, 101, 22, 13, 71, 2, 
24,26 part, of a verse in Genesis, 3 . 
My 4,13, 102 , 3,11 son of Japhet. 
My whole Is one verse of a hymn. 
tr Answer In two weeks. s. c. 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA. 
l. To salute. 2 . Piece ot land. 3. Hard metal. 
4. That which is loaned. 
Answer in two weeks. w . c. 
DIAMOND PUZZLE. 
l. A vowel. 2. To be sick. 3. A noted writer. 
4. A portion. 5. A consonant. Centrals form a 
noted writer. 
Answer in two weeks. w c 
NAME PUZZLE. 
Place the names of five ladles so the initial s 
form a sLxth. 
i 5 ?' Answer in two weeks. Md 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-May 5. 
Decapitations.—1. Shears, hears, ears: 2. Scrawl, 
crawl, awl; 3, Stable, table, able; 4, Sprig, prig, rig- 
fi ii hl a h v> rf '' «?* '• 6- Sprout, pout, out: 7, Spin, pffl, 
harm arm' noc ’ lUP ' 9 ' facruu P*crimp.imp; lo, Charm, 
Doctrine without precept is 
like a book without print," 
TURC0-RUSSIAN WAR. 
Since our last Issue, the reply of Lord Derby to 
Gortschakoff’s circular note has appeared In 
print. Its spirit and language are far from con¬ 
ciliatory. Russia is accused of bad faith and her 
actions condemned. The attention of the English 
people, for the moment, is centered In Parliament, 
Where a great debate Is In progress on Mr. Glad¬ 
stone’s resolutions In opposition to Turkey. As 
to events at the actual seat of war, there are 
many conflicting reports. It has been repeatedly 
asserted that Kars, In Asia Minor, had been taken 
by the Russians, but the fact seems to be that the 
Turks still hold It,. Indeed, the Russians are said 
to have withdrawn from before the place. Near 
Batouin, on the Black Sea, north of Kara, a fight 
has taken place, and victory is claimed by both 
sides. A Turkish gunboat was sunk by the Rus¬ 
sian batteries on the Danube. The preparations 
for crossing the river by the Invading army are 
completed, and news Is hourly expected of the 
opening of a tremendous artillery fire on the 
Turkish positions on Its banks. 
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DISASTROUS FALL OF A COURT HOUSE. 
The Court House In course of construction at 
Rockford, III., fell on May 11. burying In its ruins 
most of the workmen engaged upon it. some ton 
or twelve of those w ere killed outright, and many 
others more or less seriously Injured. One man 
fell 120 feet and was dashed to nieces. A negro 
Jumped from a bight of 111 feet, allghtlngln a pile 
of ashes, rrom which ho gathered himself up, 
proceeded to a pump and washed the dirt and 
blood from a lew cute and bruises and then walked 
away. Two or three, of the Injured will die. The 
cause of the accident was faulty designing and 
construction. A massive dome was insufficiently 
supported, the lower lirlek walls having been 
crushed by Its great weight. The loss is estimated 
at $66,000, which Is, in Itself, a serious matter to c 
the tax pay era of the county. 
HOME NEW8 PARAGRAPHS. 
The water In Lake Ontario is said to be two feet 
lower than It was last year at this time. 
There's an exhilarating new spring game called 
carpet beating. 
India figs that peel like bananas are a novelty. 
Oil the wall of an antique ruin In Colorado Is the 
date 1225. 
Under the Illinois law there are thirty-four dif¬ 
ferent grades of grain. 
The Morgantown, N. C., mountains are still 
tipped with glistening snow. 
California produced 20,549 flasks of quicksilver 
last year from one mine, an increase of so per 
cent for a single year. 
New' Haven lias already sent $19 250,000 w'orth 
of ammunition to Turkey. 
The annual production of the 2,000 breweries of 
the United States is 285,000,000 gallons of malt 
liquors. 
Benjamin Gotw'aldt. of York County, Pa., last 
year raised 4,000 pounds of tobacco on two acres 
of ground. 
Vermont will celebrate the Bennington centen¬ 
nial for a week—and It will take another week to 
get over It. 
A negro was sentenced to the Penitentiary for 
fifty years at Huntsville, Texas, for killing an¬ 
other uegro. 
Philadelphia Is reported to have 8,000 houses 
untenanted, or occupied by families who, unable 
longer to pay rent, are permitted to remain in 
them to protect the premises. 
Capt. Kimberly, while riding a horse In Denver, 
was thrown. One of his feet caught In a stirrup, 
and he was dragged, ne saved himself by draw¬ 
ing his knife and stabbing the beast to death. 
The private contributions from San Francisco, 
as an offering to the Pope at Rome, In honor of 
his approaching jubilee, exceed, It Is said, $ 75 , 000 . 
An “Intelligence office," for the purpose of sup¬ 
plying ministers with pulpits and pulpits with 
ministers has been established in this city. 
The holler of the steamship Sldonlan exploded 
at sea, killing seven persons, including the cap¬ 
tain. She w'as on her way rrom New York to 
Bristol, England. 
Crazy Horse's band, one of the worst among the 
Indians, has surrendered. Milting Bull, with 300 
or 400 followers still holds out. 
Dobson & sons’ large carpet mills In Philadel¬ 
phia, employing 1,400 hands, have been closed on 
account of a strike. 
Judicial protection Is secured to American citi¬ 
zens in Cuba under & new treaty with Spain. 
Nearly 6,000 persons have signed the Murphy 
pledge In Elmira, in Corning, Hornellsvllle, 
Batli, and other towns, a large proportion of the 
r population have done likewise, and the movement 
. is spreading rapidly. 
The regents of the University of Michigan re- 
1 cont.ly decided that there must be no dancing this 
year at the senior reception. The seniors, In their 
' turn, have voted not to have any reception, and 
1 not to pay for the music at the commencement. 
A belle In San Krauclsco was recently married 
to a Jew. Just as the couple stood up tor the 
ceremony, a Jewish rabbi entered and presented 
a formal protest of the Jew’s parents, but without 
avail. 
A convict escaped from Blackwells Island with 
his head concealed in a bobbing lager beer keg. 
Two little girls, six and eight years of age, who 
had traveled from Ireland without a protector, 
arrived at Castle Garden lately. They were on 
their way to relatives In the West, who had fur¬ 
nished them with money for their journey. 
A burglar escaping from a store in Ottawa. 111., 
with his plunder one night last week, was stopped 
by a twelve-year-old boy armed with a pitchfork, 
until a policeman came along, when lie delivered 
up his prisoner. 
Fifteen thousand Indians are now congregated 
at. Red Cloud and Spotted Tall agencies. Some 
difficulty has been experienced In providing sup¬ 
plies for them. 
The New York Assembly has passed a bill for¬ 
bidding the sale of liquor, ale or beer to children 
under the age or 14 years. 
An effort is to be made to recover $ 3 , 000 , 000 , 
sunk near Hell Gate, New York, 96 years ago. 
The Legislature has passed the omnibus bill, 
relating to cities, the bill reducing tolls on the 
canals, and one requiring a dozen of eggs to weigh 
24 ounces. 
The Conta locomotive, which consumes Its own 
smoke and cinders, has been tested and pronounc¬ 
ed a success. 
California miners and fanners have a contro¬ 
versy growing out of the extensive damage done 
to farms by stuff from mines washed down by 
streams. 
In Ohio, peaches have been seriously injured 
by frost. Small fruits escaped with slight damage. 
T he city of Brussels, whose non-arrival caused 
great anxiety, has beeu heard from. She broke 
her shaft, but Is now proceeding slowly under 
sail. 
A boy at Rlverliead. L. I., refused to “speak 
pieces" at school, and In consequence was ex¬ 
cluded therefrom. His father sued the School 
Board for damages. The Judge Instructed the 
jury to find for the plalntlll. 
It Is proposed to burn the daily accumulations 
\Ot garbage In this city. 
A man at No. 8 Union square, In this city, 
waltzed for five hours continuously. 
Mr. Fred. DouglnBS, In a lecture at Baltimore, 
spoke In uncomplimentary terms or old rcsldenis 
of Washington, who are now striving to have him 
removed from the office to which he was lately 
appointed. 
A. T. Goshorn, Director-General of t he Centen¬ 
nial Exhibition, received a present of a library of 
5,000 volumes from citizens of Philadelphia, as a 
mark of their appreciation of his services. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
Gen. dl Cesnola has finished his book on Cyprus 
and his explorations there. Murray, the London 
publisher, will bring It out with that or Dr. .Sulfile- 
mann. It will have about 400 Illustrations. 
There were 30,000 paid admissions on the last 
day of the O'Leary- Weston waiting match in Lon¬ 
don— 10,000 at 3s. 6d. and 20,000 at is. each. This 
shows a total In one day of $13,200. 
In order to prevent the Introduction ot Italian 
children into England, It has been suggested to 
Victor Emanuel’s Government that their egress 
could be stopped by refusing to grant them pass¬ 
ports. 
The year 1553 is said 10 have seen the first coach I 
which made its appearance on British sou, though 
some authorities make the claim for 1580. In 1601 
an net was passed to prevent the effeminacy of 
men riding In coaches. 
By the special orders of the Pope, no member 
of the Corps Diplomatique accredited to the Qulr- < 
Inal will be admitted to St. Peter’s on the occasion 
of the Pope's Jubilee. 
There is said to be a young girl In Clinton, 
Can., whose eyesight Is as good as anybody’s by 
day', but when night sets In she has to be led 
around. 
Among Catholics in Europe a movement Is In 
progress for the restoration of the temporal power 
of the Pope. 
Gen. Berden of Germany has Invented what he 
terms a ” range-finder,” by means of which artil¬ 
lerymen can determine the exact range almost 
Instantly. 
A son of Hiram Powers has succeeded to his 1 
lather’s studio, In Florence, and Is filling it with 
his own works, some of which are pronounced 1 
fine. 
The Archbishop of Quito was poisoned on Good i 
Friday, while saying mass, strychnine having 
been Introduced Into the wine used during the 1 
ceremony. 
A chief engineer In the British Navy cut his 1 
throat in sheer desperation at the Incurable na- j 
ture of the detects In his vessel’s machinery. 
There were fourteen floggings In the British ‘ 1 
Navy during the year 1875. in 1874 there were 
but seven. 
The ship Lady Turner, from Melbourne to Cey¬ 
lon, 56 days out, has been lost by spontaneous 
combustion of her cargo of bone-dust. 
There are 1,700 newspapers published In the 
United Kingdom, and there Is an average of about 
fifty cases for libel during the year, or one a 
week, 
Odessa, in Russia, Is completely secured against 
an attack from the sea by about 700 torpedoes. 
The fortifications of the place are armed with 
about 200 heavy' breech-loading cannon and mor¬ 
tars. The garrison Is about 10,000 strong. 
The French society for suppressing the use of 
tobacco, has prepared a petition to be presented 
to Parliament, asking for a law to prohibit youths 
under sixteen from using the weed in public 
places. 
A stalwart American, In Dresden, Jostled on the 
sidewalk against an officer, who drew his sword. 
Thereupon the American knocked film down vio¬ 
lently enough to stun him, and having broken the 
sword over his knee, laid his card between the 
pieces and proceeded calmly on his way. 
The number of vehicles employed In the trans¬ 
port of passengers In Paris is 76,000. Under Louis 
XV. the number was computed at 14,000. In 1658 
there were but 310 or 320. Under Francis II. there 
were but two. 
It is reported that the Ameer of Kashgar Is as¬ 
sembling an army on the Russian frontier of 
Khokand. 
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Help for the weak, nervous and debilitated; 
chronic and painful disease* cured without medi¬ 
cine, Electric Belts and other appliances, all 
about them, and how to dlnUngulsh the genuine 
from tUe spurious. Book, with full particulars, 
mailed free. Address Pulvermacheh Galvanic 
Co., 292 vine st., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Ask your merchant to furnish you the “Phoenix” 
Brand Pure While l.end, manufactured by Eck¬ 
stein, Hills A Go., Cincinnati, O., which is corroded 
by the ” old Dutch Process.” the only true method, 
and is not only sold with the positive assurance of 
absolute purity, but is whiter. Oner, has morn body 
and covering capacity than most other White Leads 
In the market, and Is sold as cheap as brands of in¬ 
ferior quality. Sold by Paint Dealers generally. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, May 12, lt77. 
Kkckiptb.—T he receipts of Produce lor the week 
were as follows: 
Tallow. 1182 Molasses.. 1.035 
Flour, nbls. 45.440 Klee, bbls. 1.118 
Whisky. 3.933 Cut meats, pkga.... 13.061 
Corn meal, bbls ... 6.560' Lard, pkg*. 4,427 
Corn meal, baits... 3ATobacco, hhds. 886 
Wneat.bush. 30,447 do. pkits. 4,297 
Corn, bush- 260,912 Hotter. i kg*. 18.773 
Oats, liush . 331,651 Cheese, bus. 22,956 
live.bush.. . 5,;»W Colton, bales. 5.454 
Mall, ninth. 38,414 Kosln. 6.659 
Harley, bush. 34.74.3 Sols. turn., bbls_ 1,411 
Beans, bush....... 3.074 Dried Fruits, pkgs- 341 
Grass seed, bush.. 41(1 Kiras, bbls...,. 18,002 
Beef, pkgs... 9l3 I’eaimU, bag*. 1,563 
Wool, bales. 1.692 leather, sides.. 92,180 
Hops, bales. ... 1,5*6.Sugar. hhds. — 
Pork, bbls. 3.967 Ollcuke. 6.100 
Hr iter. Now butter now has the consumptive 
trade uninterrupted, and moderate supplies have 
given sellers a chance to quote firmly for the best 
lota coming. At lliia -earnm. a gnol many small paek- 
aae.a are included in thn receipts, and tfio supply is 
really under what it would be it the totals represent¬ 
ed all firkins and hair-t ubs. Priues tor State advanc¬ 
ed to present rates un Thursday lust, and outside 
rule* nru quite easily obtained for good Slate, espe¬ 
cially when ot grassy Huge. We have been fortunate 
thus tar In not having a heavy surplus ot white. 
Cheese fuel'Ties are Calling on a good deal of milk, 
and while the strong prices for factory rule we may 
not hr- oppressed with but ter from mtcr.or sections. 
Western and state creamery are quoted in unison. 
Western receipts begin to enlarge, hut qualities are 
not regular i much of the make i» white, or what la 
juntas bud. urtitiei.-illy colored. For such, Li® live, are 
stenprate*. Dirt butter ha* a nominal rate-ll@18c. 
for uselnl odd '.Mine, ror areas*- to common. 
We quote New .Stale haif-flrkln tubs, select in¬ 
voices. 2S(ij24c.: Rood to pritnw, 21ft*23o.; fair to Rood, 
lw2lr.: VV tdsli lu(m. select invoices,22<fc23c.; Rood to 
prime,‘.Wide,: fair to good, 187220c.; poor to fair, 13 
@160,7 pails. Choice. —®24c: Rood to prime, (di3i23c.; 
creamery, select invoices. pood to prime 24 
(325c.; Western creamery, select Invoices. 26<3i27o.; 
good to prime, jStit2,V\. lair to gond,2l<u.23c.; dairy 
tubs, choice. lU.a'Alc.: lair to prime, l.j&lSc.; poor to 
fair. U%13u.; factory tubs, select invoices, IS® 17c.; 
fair In prime. lAqqlSc-; pour, UtylSc. 
Beans AND Peas.—I n the bean market there 
has been no departure from the strong position that 
has been obtained. Holders Of 6tt ictlj choice me¬ 
diums and marrows are not tree sellers, as they feel 
confident of an early further udvunee. It should he 
remembered, however, that prices, like patience, 
have a point, etc., and the free current of sales 
which now float* the market may become chucked 
by too sudden additions to rules. Already marrows 
have become somewhat nevleOted, some shippers 
taking medium* in i heir sleud. l’ea bean? are scarce. 
Kidneys are advancing proportionately wire stand¬ 
ard grades California Lntmsare quotable in a small 
way ut $3.25^53.15. 
Export* ot beans past week. 334 bbls.: since Jan. 1, 
16.796 do,: same period last year, 24.279 do. There is 
Only a moderate stock of Canadian field peas and 
prices are firm. Green peas Ann at the new and 
higher prices. We quote : 
3.W. other. : pea, rj.outzts: white kidney, 
$2.8&3>S.26: red kidney, $2.75@8: black beans, $3.2.90® 
3.26, Canadian peas, in bulk and bond, $1,18(31.20; 
Kreeti peas. $1 70@1.75 ; Southern B E. peas, $2.75@3 
fi 3-bushel bag. 
Beeswax.—T here have been small lots taken by 
the home trade at 32<®32>4e. for Western and 33@34e. 
for Southern. 
Exports past week. 133 Tbs.; since Jan. 1st, 16,167 do.: 
same time last year, 36.21)0 do. 
Broom Corn—I s depressed and dull ; "(«8c. for 
brush, short green ; Ikado, for burl green, 5@6c. for 
medium green, and 3!4r<t4gc. for red and red tipped, 
CHEESE.—The arrivals have been much larger, but 
they have been closely taken for export, and an 
advance **i about ruiiile. Most sale* of fancy 
factories have been at if*c. but an occasional lot has 
reached 15,Uc. Tho.disposition Is to sell promptly 
and nut allow any accumulation against theexpected 
large receipts for next week. 
