PiMcllnncw 
Seventy-one percent, of the farms In Pennsyl¬ 
vania are cultivated by their owners; 20 per cent, 
are farmed on shares; 9 per cent, are rented. 
Mr. Dalryniple, the great Minnesota farmer, 
cultivates 9,000 acres of land. He raises nothing 
but wheat, ills profits this year will be ISO,000. 
A grand exhibition of butter, cheese and eggs Is 
to be held In Chicago, December IS and 20, and 
the dairymen of the world are expected to com¬ 
pete. 
A horse called “ Sweetzer ” paced at Cleve¬ 
land, Oct. 3d, three one rnlle heats in 2.16, 2.10 
and 2 .ir,i, f which is said to be the fastest pacing 
ever done. 
Charles Stetson of Cummtngtou, has a grade 
cow that has produced 310 pounds of butter In 
eight months, besides supplying milk for a family 
of four persons. 
Hearing was suddenly acquired by John Burt 
of Crown Point, N. V., by an explosion in a mine, 
lie had been deaf and dumb since his birth, lie 
Is now slowly learning to talk. 
North Carolina has got some high mountains. 
They are: Mitchell’s High Peak, 6.TOT feet; Bal¬ 
sam Cone, O.OTl; Black Brother, 6,619; Cat-taU 
Peak, 6,611; Hairy Bear, 6 , 610 . 
You can't pick up the family Bible at this sea¬ 
son of the year without making your wife and pla¬ 
ter scream, and filling the room with scattered 
ferns and autumn leaves In all stages of pressrd- 
ness. 
There was a sample of American corn sent to 
Havre, France, in 1S75, which resulted In ihto in a 
demand for *16,278 bushels, and in the first seven 
months of the present year we sent to that poj t 
576,Tto bushels, 
Fr ink Leslie’s failure Is not at all a matter for 
wonder. T ho creditors found his books In great 
confusion; helUld no definite knowledge of how 
his business stood, but drew out $75,000 yearly for 
bis personal expenses. 
The Mechanics’ Falls, Me., corn factory, has 
just sent three car loads of canned corn to Cali¬ 
fornia, two to St. Louis, and seven to Chicago. 
During the season 200 hands have canned 20,ouo 
bushels of corn, making 800,000 cans. 
The election in Colorado having been held, and 
woman suffrage defeated, Susan B. Anthony will 
now deliver, at Denver, her lecture, Woman 
Wants Work, Not the Ballot,” and all parties 
should gladly agree to give It lo her liberally. 
The western abutment of the great Iron bridge 
over the Missouri Hirer at Atchison, Kan., has 
caved Into the river, carrying with It tile wboloot 
the 15-feet wall and about 75 feet of the embank¬ 
ment, together with the office and the bridge ap¬ 
proach. 
According to the official report, the total ex¬ 
ports from this country, last August, were worth 
In gold $11,721,459 and the total Imports were 
valued at $39,251,359, showing an Increase In 
exports over Imports of nearly two and a-haff 
million dollars. 
Great numbers of cattle are dying of the now 
disease In Fulton and adjoining Counties, Illi¬ 
nois, no remedy tor 1L having been found. Seve¬ 
ral persons have been poisoned by eat Ing diseased 
beef at Freeport, the seat of Fulton County, but 
no deaths are yet reported, 
From November, 1871, to September, istt, eight¬ 
een savings banks went Into Insolvency in this 
city; and In all eases the causo or their failure 
was either dishonesty or gross mismanagement 
on the part of their officers. Seven or them closed 
their doors within a few mouths of each other, 
and four on the same day. 
Prof. Utley, the entomologist, suais up his last, 
year’s study of t he grasshopper locusts of the 
West:—Tho Northwestern plains are their breed¬ 
ing-grounds, where the soli Is neit her too sandy 
nor too humid, and to these regions they return 
periodically. No two succrsslvo hatchings will 
take place where they are molested, ir our Gov¬ 
ernment would appoint a police to co-operate wit h 
the Dominion police In burning the prairies la the 
spring, when Lhe eggs are hatching, and in smok¬ 
ing the old Insects off on their approach to the 
grain region, the scourge might be wholly re¬ 
moved In lime.” 
$mplcnunt$ and IttacUtnmj 
Can bo saved every year by tho Fanners of thin 
Country if they will properly Color 
t heir Butter by using 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO.'S 
Tho Centennial Judges having 1 t/te**:*?-awarded to the Messrs. ROREL 
& COURVOI 8 IEU "■ Prizes lit tho \ lute Centennial Exhibition for their 
production, one for extremn necni- \ mj / racy in adjustment and regularity 
in perlonnuni'C, and the other for \ Vsth, jot,- I / dlsplav, they are now offering their 
Watches at a ernit reduction from \flV-_VS"M/Diriy — 4 / former prices, having Introduced 
improved maeliineiv, whereby the \ * y jV v sy a/ production |s increased, and tho 
cost nf maintrui lure greatly re- \ Vtr ****——"-‘v zr dunod. and D e onallt' amt oimilill 
ttv improved, insuring a Ut‘ 9 t elftss tj-irCVVA 1 Mt’KMI, MOVEMENT WA'l'CH 
within the roach of all These — Watches, «n favorably known tor 
the past is years, arc niuilc "I the best material,and have all the mod¬ 
ern Improvement* In wuteli tank I Oglr.lvlug ('lii-oiiomclcr IJnlunCC*. Kregnci llnii spring*, 'I’PMI- 
S irrtlt, llsritriinl mid l*oeli rimi*rd lor If. If.Travel. Fine Ituhy .Irurinl, unit are warranted 
0 perliiviii v. ith t. e roj iitm lly and ueeimiey of a Chronometer. Then* Wulehos am for Mile hv nil our local 
inients thronvhour. the country, and parties desiring n good amt duriiuln inuo-Ucopor, aro requested to 
examine them tiefuro purchasing those ot ollior manufacturers or home produetlons. 
QJJINOJ IK <fe KRUGLER, 
8 A I.F.SUOOM: 17 [MAIDEN DANE, N. Y., Dp Stair*. 
It is far hatter than earrols, annstio. or anv oilier 
color, ut one-fomtli tlm fust, amt no work to use. It 
gives n spli'iolid June color and never turns red: It 
preserves tlm butter, mid Imp roves tlm flavor. Do 
not. fall to tfy It. Wo huvolbe strongest testimoni¬ 
als from Arnold. Ohcever, l.owlii, Mumui, Bliss, and 
thousands inoro of the bent dairymen. 
Circulars free. Samples by mall to color Tift lbs., lOo. 
IVEMN, IMUUAUDSON tV DO., 
liiirlingf on. > t. 
FOB WARMING DWELL 
1NGS. UKKEN-HOU 8 BS, 
BATHS, CtO., by 
ASE 
URNING 
OILERS 
Upon receipt.) ionly 28 Cental Sorrow y >.r->ffv,-r ),wo will 
•sad Ono Pair Elegant I-ronoh Oil Chromon 
MlffaSThe Cricket on 
<.Ua LlnoirfK ft". IVr.nl* •» |.,,v<nt.! buoeiry 
111 V ■■ Cd I XI! * and D'nu.ily Jmirn.il, fnrFOUR. 
MONTH!) on trial, Du n in...mu.ill. tU-piiyi<, U’l Column 
Illustrated poperfelwal tlnrpar’a Weekly), 0lli-<l w.th j l -n 
did Inn tin u rid un.l Sin.it fftorto*, Sketched, i’c.tmii, 1 dctij I 
Knowlmlgo, Wit unit Hltuiur, etc., vie. The hirpvot, Imnda.niu.t, 
tent nnJ chonpo.it papero tttn rli>. i in Uni tv.nil. Thin Great 
OU'orU mmlo to iMIro.Inro t tl nlo Now Homes. Write Now 
Adilrtwni P. M- 1.UPTON Nr. CO., n IT a Pk 1 
but/IUhere, «S Br.mdWiiy, New XOtfc, it w/a m a 
A nnnilfl \l F I I, rnn bo made to one day with onr 
d t, II B Mill , f00t VVki , r , ArciKH Bend for 
our Auger Book. It. H. AUGER CO., St. Tiouls, Mo. 
THE IRON TURBINE 
WIND ENGINE 
Agricultural Engine 
The cheapest, moat economical yet powerful Kit- 
Buie lu thi) nun hot: and I-. (lie otffy Agricultural 
Engine with Return Flue ffollerln use. 
There Is no obstruction whutnvt r to the draft, yet. 
tho returning of the flames thiough the small tube* 
compels the deposit or the great body ol' sparks lu 
the ehiiinbor rear of tho boiler. 
It, Is the best and safest Steaming Boiler In uso, 
llnd we Invito competition wltli any tint-class maker. 
It will make more steam from less foot tbun any hor¬ 
izontal boiler bulll. Before buying, sec chip or send 
lor full parttmtars, circulars, etc., which wil be sent 
tree by addressing 
WHITMAN A n|T|(KEI)l.. ,, 
Little Fulls, N. Y. 
N. n. The Economiser Rollers are nintnuactuietj 
for u* (In duplicate parts), under United States pat. 
ent.s, by I’ortur Maoufaclmllm CoiupauV, Byratuse, 
N. v., g, k. White. Fresldcnt, thus securing perfec- 
I ion and uniformity. The demand Is unprecedent¬ 
ed, even In those duff time*. 
nTTT'lTHTITlT.Vnfl from NERVOUS DKB1TITY 
Nil H P H tl K IlM can learn of a certain and 
1J U 1 J. UH It HU speedy remedy, frets. Address 
Du. JAQUKB & CO., 180 W. Util Sr,., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
The only Wind En¬ 
gine in tins market that 
U 
Proof against Storms 
and exposure lo the ns 
weather, being 
Made entirely of 
IRON. 
Weighs no more than, 
the ordinary wood 
w heels. 
Regulates Itself in 
a High Wind, 
by means of the 
patent gg % 
Automatic 
Governor.^’ ' ’ 
Givoa more 
Power than any vj fjfr 
othor for the ’. - £ 
same diametei 
of Wheel. 
Fine UiiimIh, no 2 alike, with mime, tile, pm I 
paid. Outfit Ifte. Clinton tiros ,Clintonvillc,(!t 
LARGE MIXED CARDS,with nametlk- 
la case Die. Outfit lOo. Dowd & Co., ffrittl 
itf-r FASHIONABLE CARDS, no 2 alike, with name, Ifte 
post-paid. GEO. 1. REED A. CO.. Niosiiu, N.V 
ill 1X I! I) DA If DM, with name, Ifte. Hi mules 
3 ct. stamp. ,1. Mix k i. k u & Co , Nassau, N. V. 
EICGANT CARDS, no two atilt- 
post-paid. J. It. ItL'BTKD, 
PATENT 
POCKET 450IX DETECTOR. 
Size or a silver dollar, It tests 
size, gnlt-o' and weight Untied 
Matos Mint standard. No coun¬ 
ter felt < .oi lie Hindi; 11 will not de¬ 
tect. I*i ice 2;'e., hy nilitl. Agents 
wanted: lllu'i.'il discounts. 
.1. W. SUTTON, 
Hfi Liberty M-. Now York. 
'Wanted 
SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION AMD WELL MADE. 
They are Hiving Perfect Hitt inflict Ion, 
Whero other Mills have failed. 
Every farmer and stock raiker should have one. 
A constant supply of pure watm-wtll keep yoerstoek 
in better condition, and thus in a yhni t. time save tlm 
eost of an Iron TiirhUm Wind Engine; (ohiviioiIi- 
ingot tho preai raving of labor unit other advan¬ 
tages. which you can learn about, by writing to u:i 
for circular giving prices and information. 
BIAS*', rows A DO., Springfield, O. 
^ iatist"" improvement, 
yf'j Double Treadle, Including one 
Mfir i ^jrrs. do*. Snw.i, 1(0 inliuiluhle Fret 
/fTx. ' Jr 0 ^ a Sawing Ptitterosand IVepnred 
K Wood, to uit-value ni m A 
Y new devioaf or itu h toning saw, 
FsSS IlS Power Drilling attiichuu-nt, 
vnTTk / p\ Wrench. Oil cup and Borew- 
/ kiV driver. Speed, ‘ftd strokes per 
IV’y.T / #gv.\ ID ■ nit to. Saws I inch thick. 
I/ r 4 / [M Prlco. complete, cased and de- 
• W n/ \sfsj llvered on botir-t anocat E.v- 
•jr-s/j'J press oftic-e, \'i Dollars. 
sm all stkam kngines, 
with copper Bolter, to drive 
Ihihl Lathes, Scroll Saws, etc. 1U0 Scroll Work De¬ 
signs free on receipt of stump. 
GEORGE PA Hit. Buffalo, N. Y. 
Suw only without ultuchuicnt.g, jkH. 
By using Dailey’s Food 
STEAMER AND EVAPORATOR 
TO BOOK ACENTS! 
Wf‘ Imvo in press a bonk- not. voi announced—Jtnit 
hits boon In prppurflt>Mit] ovitU co^Liosc 
124 Superb, Full-Page Engravings 
make it out- of lhe most, completely illustrated vol- 
umesln tl eWorld. It I* a iiiuanltlci nt work, and will 
command the attention and approval of -v. r? t-udy. 
We will make mijr-t I beraI »i i-am-i-tiiciits with agent;- 
lo Introduce It,audit i* worthy tholrmdloe. Advance 
aheeiH, with tall iiifolimlloii yepr-on application lo 
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.. Hartford, Ct , 
Chicago, 111., or Cincinnati, Ohio. 
The ch tape at anti m»*t tlnraltle Steamer 
til nee . 
Made of the very host material, and warranted In 
every respect to give perfect Satisfaction. 
Eleven Hundred Sold the First Y6ar. 
Agents wanted. For Circulars and particulars, ad¬ 
dress HO H AIN DAi.I.IvY, tftnuc), Alic-li. 
.'./‘Dailey’s new Fruit Dryer can be attached to 
till* Steamer at a slight additional expedite. 
, A MONTH.- Agents wanted. 3b best 
r selling aidctes It, the world. Due ani- 
Addrcss . 1 A v RTtoNSDN, Detroit, Mich. 
and HTK REOPT ICONS or all kinds and price-. 
Views illn.stri,tmg ever v subject tor Pli It |,[D EX¬ 
HIBITIONS, Slo. : l profitable burinets for a 
man n-if/t jwiII cupilul. Also, i.unt,-rns tor Home 
Amusement. Tf-p/te/- Calulittjui‘ fier. 
McA LLISTER, M£l*. Optician, hi Nassau St., N. Y. 
\ 4 f ■ MTCfl DETECTIVES. V few men In each 
nAn 1 i.U Mute lor tlic detective service. Pay 
liberal, position porraui.ent. Partleulais for stamp. 
D.S. Secret Service Co , 2 M Walnut St .Cluelnnsd.t.O. 
SAI FS ™ f ±-?Mmvoi»i X-n SALARY 
a avai (M ' * '’C''-* ” , 'j u J- 
FOUNTAtM PUMP. 
Su it'I .:<■ at nop to »n*uri* answer. 
iOSTKIL Ar. CO.,Ul*0tXNAfl, U. 
S To Hell UieeelubmtiMl Cow Fetter. 
It soils on sight,. VVartanled to 
make tlm worst kicking cow gen- 
tin to milk la three Java. There 
is notihiiigequal to it lor breaking 
heifers. Retail price $2. Alsohow 
to make cows tnilk easy. For l ur- 
tlicr information, send for Illus¬ 
trated Circular to 
II. J. SADLER, 
Bolt: to opine lor, Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio. 
frimt Ijou-ct* Tj^rojv - 
the Fountain Pump. 
Bond for large IllnstraUid Circular. J. A. VV'Ul'i'- 
MA N, Sole Frupriet or and .Manttfr, Providence, It. I. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR 
THE AMERICAN STATESMAN. 
A Political History of the Untied Btatcs, exhibiting 
tint origin, nature uud pineticiil operation or conttu- 
tutl uiui govnrnnn-nv m tills country: tho rise and 
progress ol paytic*. Ar , coustilulirm an Kneyclope- 
Ulaof Ainerlmili Polities. Over l^jO pagm*. I'rlpe, 
f. f j. Addri-x* lor tortus, ii. H- GOuDBI Khl) ,t tft.i 
New York, or Clricinnttll, Ohio. 
FOREIGN NOTES 
The amount of tax paid on men servants lrt En¬ 
gland In 1876 77, shows that, their number has 
been reduced by 42,ooij a. proof of hard limes. 
The famous Cleopatra’s Needle has been suc¬ 
cessfully launched In the waters of the Mediter¬ 
ranean, and Is at being to be towed around to the 
shores of England. 
At Banagher sheep fair, Ireland, on the 15th 
ult., the sales were quick at a slight advance. The 
number of sheep sold was 15,000, being consider¬ 
ably In excess of that of former years. 
A stranger sitting down to whist In the New 
Zealand bush, asked ono of t he company, who 
didn’t know that lie was a “ new chum,” “ What, 
points?” *• Why, the usual thing of course,” was 
the rejoinder, "sheep points, and a bullock on 
the rubber.” 
In the neighborhood ot ilohenmantb, Bavaria, 
a cow has Just been delivered of five calves at a 
birth. Alt of them were born dead, and the mother 
succumbed a few days later. The calves weighed 
i6, 17 , is, is, and 20 lbs. respectively, and were uii 
of exactly the same color. 
The Russian armies lu Turkey have suffered 
and are suffering from sickness to an extent quite 
unparalleled. We are informed t hat, in addition 
to those killed In action, tho armies have already 
lost no less than 62,oo0 men by diseases of various 
kinds, and they are dying like tiles. 
FARM & FEED MILLS. 
hum*, 1 >i u£, and hpicc Alula, lu ilita, 
- for Hi ini or rower, rouWal French 
Kurt’ .Nr.ifjp hlourinn Htid Corn Mills. 
C /•KwoiyCil lhe Of and Award i»i- 
and Medal at OntvnuljU* 
. tr^llliutratod jiamnhlrt xrnt Free. 
Adiln* • • LJ.UlUF.ir, 
M81 Ii. Front Cincinnati. O, 
3?u)>U cat Ian ,■<i 
\ YliAH. Agent* wanted. Busi¬ 
ness legitimate. Particulars free, 
AdJrci, J. WOUTU & CO., St Luuil, M», 
SKW! J 1ST PUOt.t«IIMl, 
l. A WANTED TO OBTAIN 
y I \ Subscribers fnr the best, Agrl 
!*0 I r-iiittir-.il trad Kamfly Weekly 
UDRAli PlJluasiIlNG CCMPANV, 
Ht.« Now York City. 
DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES. 
CHICAGO SGALE GO 
Address 
Box 3318, 
thu Fn—- m. Aoi:n i ; WaSTKO. 
1 A perfwt <-yii|(ip*(lia of nractienl motbiid-i for tlm 
Accoiintiiiil mid liusine- i Alan. Ai.jimth Was vki>. 
A mtle mmuvl liglliv-., for prm tieill hkii (;i all. 
Donlaiits Uio most vulu»bl<j liibor saving tnblo-i 
ever |iiil>l,-iiej. AOESTS WASTKU. 
BhoiiM be in the hands of every Banker, BiiMtiess 
Wan, Bonk-keiqmr, Fartm-r. Mi-cluinit-, Lawyer. ICn- 
::ini-i-r. Toncbi r. uml Voting Men i*tm mplin to 
luisincvs Sucae--,, Ask your Boolrtellnr or News 
Agent to shew y<,,t u copy, nr tend Osr, Dor.t.nn 
-lirvct to tho Publisher. Illn^tt.ileil L'.e nlar tun- 
t oning 21 TaOES with tablo of content *tnii. T itKE 
on a|))/Uc::itioti Address W. II. SA Dl.lAK.of Bryant, 
iStrattDii A Surlier Bumuh-v« Uolhiilit, No 6 North 
CffiarltM St., Baltimore, kid. Aei.Mg W.out.o 
UT rn iwti !» Mirmw- NO 
e* , . yi.Di-i.i \i J r „i,i lo tiouw). 
- « IlDTJI. AMD I !)**«.'S'l 
j ft lliontn. ir.i l-, r- l-.n- 
v'tit Oi*— ft I..),,' \Voae», CSuoiju.ll. OWu. 
Bulary. Biiksmtn u univ-t t,-ut-Uour 
liouilu 1*1 Ovd IjTlI.'XlJ pv.ldllll* 
1' \ iiciihi’m I ,r, 1-1 • i’ci inIJ 1 ■ t,’ "Ut|ili)y- 
ineiii. ftililr--,* S. A. OhA,. r A CO, 
-j, -i, o it SRomu St.. Cilicloii.Lt. O. 
««!.» PI- A T I- D W A Tl ’-11IBM. Cheapot 
rnih * known world, fianiple Wntoh 
\A(jcnU . Address, A. Cot-niun (& Lo., Chicago. 
Mo yittc’s ritual Nkw-Youk kk isone of tho read¬ 
able, useful, family papers, equally In demand by 
tlio Indy In her conservatory, tho matron with h«r 
household, the farmer in Ills Held, tho stock raiser 
among his animals, ui d the yuuug folks around ot e 
evening lamp.—Laws o/ Life. 
Ili-st thlng’Joi* Agent*. 
j. Latham Do., Boston 
Wasted, B*.i»rr ?ioo p« month. 
To it tcy tugii to <MdI our to 
r**truvi I xruNxui 
I-Toh Huy Scales, #l>0 ; «I«I price, #1110. 
All other sizes at a great reduction. All Beales 
warranted. Fuff particulars upon application. 
men i" V iL ‘ M' Pi,r)t)Lf.'U. I U M1I .U I 
U. a. TEA UIPOiUT.NCr CO.» W«« Fourth Struct, Cincinnati, Omo 
