PERSONAL ITEMS, 
implement,$ anil paeftineey 
ihur ggufcUratiajyi. 
President MacMahon of France, la in his 
seventieth year. 
Bass, the brewer, is the largest contributor to 
the revenue of Great Britain, averaging $ 5,000 for 
every working day of the year. 
Thk lovely young woman In the Treasury 
Department whom Senator McDonald Is said to 
be about to marry, is Mrs. sue Tilley. 
Ex-Minister Klihu B. Wash burn h is to take 
the lecture platform. He will speak In Cincin¬ 
nati on “ The Siege of Paris and the Commune.” 
Qckkn Victoria's name figured in the Indian 
famine relief fund yst for $1,250, and Just below it 
was that of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts (second 
donation) $2,500. 
Senator Blaine has been rapidly regaining 
his health and strength within the past row days, 
lie contldently expects now to be able to roach 
Washington early next week. 
Blondin is performing at t he Crystal Palace near 
London, and Is as lively, apparently, as ever. He 
has just turned OXfcy-tiiree and a somerset on a 
rope eighty feet from the ground. 
Todlkbkn Is now regarded In the Kusslan army 
as the right man In the right, place, and all his 
old Crimean prestige has been restored to him. 
He still enjoys vigorous health and campaigns 
actively on horseback. 
Ex-United Stater senator Lyman Trumbull, 
who has been a widower for some years, sur¬ 
prised the country by a coup d'etat, the other 
day. He went down to Connecticut and was 
quietly married there, 
Baron Rothschild of Frankfort loads Herr 
Krupp, the great cannon founder, In the current 
joars 1 evenue tax lls) of the German Empire. 
I'he baron's tax is $ 11 , 100 , and Krupp’s $ 15 , 700 . 
A Silesian mine owner ranks third, with $ 15 , 300 . 
General Grant Is said gr*atly to resemble the 
portrait by sir Thomas Lawrence of Sir William 
Grant, sometime Master of the Holla, and one or 
the greatest of British Judges. Like the General, 
sir William was distinguished for the brevity or 
his talk—ho never wasted a word. 
At Boston, recently. Colonel Henry Sibley, who 
was the messenger that carried the returns of the 
Massachusetts vote In the Presidential election to 
v\ ashlngton, and who has been commander of 
the Grand Army posts or Massachusetts, was 
sentenced to four years in the State Prison for 
forgery. 
When tho Empress Eugenio visited ijueen Vic¬ 
toria nrut, after her night from France, she threw 
herself In the queen’s arms and cried, amid tears 
and sobs, “ Oh ! it was all rny fault—Louis did not 
waul the war—but 1 would have it I” The prince 
of Wales felt so touched by her grief that he had 
to leave the room. 
Marshall MacMahon looks very old, and that 
worried look that he has always worn seems to 
have become Intcnstlled. ’i’he Duke do Broglie Is 
aristocratic looking, but has a weak, inane face. 
M. de Fourtou la Ills exact contrast, a round. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1837. 
Consult your interest by sending for our revised and reduced 
IS Pvnatol/v* LATEST IMPROVEMENT. m 
Double Treadle, including one dor. - 
ijV Saws, thirty illimitable l-’rrf Sawing PoNV PMMCR- 
a ,-rq Pattern* and prepared Wood, to the . 
ILw ■ value of ga. A now device for tighten- 
infir Saw, FOWi'f Drilling fltr.vrhTnnni - N 
B VJjiy Wrench. Oil Cup And 
R f pH t> Speed, 800 stroke* pur 
(A / S r t-a inch thick. Price, 
THE ORGAN OK THE 
LIGHT MACHINES FOR PONV 
OR HORSE POWER. 
, — . , Thu gi tat mixes* of tlicin machine* 
tx unprecedented, and it may hecon- 
hdemly affirmed that no article has 
V uvr molt: clearly proved it-. vuper- 
mrity for the quantity and quality at 
us WO rk , )lan thj>i js ma£)e [n 
. , , . ,, , , several sizes, and cin he fitted up 
suitable for bullock, mule, steam or wind power. In addition 
to those above mentloued. 
Buffalo Excelsior Pony Planer and Matcher. 
ch °PP eT5 t er x-iuxiye machine.*, Tlriv* '.mail blowers for pneumatic diinntrh tubes In * buildlne or for a 
whkhP«n\ f ^p,red';" mp, “ i airorwork * na “ P««VO« ..mall ao0« In a Ebontoiy. X o?ly ®f SS pu^oS tS 
“rt? boa” h'lfve l^el «T 11"' bo4 f* f T, m *? «?* 4 l ? to 5 I-a feet beam, with draft o t water 
with rudder and tiller row lock* and nvre.’ 9 r »dder post of oak, pm* plaiikbii:, cupper fMtennd tbroughout, litlwl 
Thus* wishing a nl«unm hoar 0 JI,i| O a r5 f ll seats all around thc bu.lt, locker* and eo» I bunker*. ami have Isvo, onlx ,i/paint, 
aims, wishing a pleasure boat will find U these the safest and fastest, as they can be made to attain a speed of from 6 to 
Ml la _ «* mile* per hour. 
1 A They are Sdapte' 
JExUtor-iix-ClileJ 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS, 
Bishop Charles Edward Cheney, d. d., 
Bishop William r. Nicholson, d. d., 
Bishop ICdwakd Cridob, B. A., Cantab, 
Rev. Marshall B. Smith, Passaic, N. J., 
Rev. W. II. Cooper, D. D„ Chicago, 
Rev. W. M. Postletiiwaitk, Balt., Md., 
Rev. h. m. Collishon, Ottawa, Ont., 
Rev. Joseph 1>. Wilson, Peoria, Ill. 
The A DDed I i;om »iends Itself to 
friend of tho Reformed Episcopal * Church and 
g™ dotsiring a live family Christian paper, 
T h 0 AD DAB I I 3 U>e recognized paper 
\ 1 , h p K c «' of the Reformed Epl&co- 
cU 1 July*??’ 187fi Pte ^ 1110 General coun- 
The Ad Deal 1Iat ! ftti K<Mtonai De- 
wlth ability, and roarless Hi t^^expresston'orua 
opinion on all topics of public Interest. 
The Aooeal the most popular 
, ■ P 1 vVihters of the denom¬ 
ination among Its contributors. 
The Ad oea I ,H Hsoun<1 -spirited,pro- 
’ , gressive journal, adapt¬ 
ed specially to the wants of the Church of to- 
They ju« adapted to 
a kfiuit viulely 
iurh as KycimUm, 
SI 1 noting, Fi*.hlng oc 
Pk.-Ni.. Pat!let, for 
voyagers, 
bntnnKU HTu.1 tourists, 
aid rupFcUlly «»wlt»u. 
water for exploring expeditions and surveying p.irties. Tlir l-ngmr and holler, an l.o . ly J uclied from tfi^hont. and Is lUm 
available for Agricultural, Mcchanic-al. Couimor il or Domestic tctiuirciDeuti or lor tl>o use td Amateurs, when ikjwct u noedtd 
for running light machinery. r4 
^ Price of 20 foot boat, complete, . .. . $425.00 
“ Price of Engine and boiler, without boat, including driving pulley, , . 275.00 
IllnrtriUd Citfilcgo# contilnlng Cno Hnairei Scroll Work Dooignii mailed to 017 adiross fro» on receipt of Stamp. 
_ ^_OEOROB PARR, BUPPAZzOy 3N. If., U. 3. A. 
* COUkvoiSlKR $ awarded to the Messrs. B0R8L 
production, one tor oxtrerae^omi- \ >»*• Centennial Exhibition for their 
(n performance, and th*e^her^for \ Witw ’■ ln adjustment and regularity 
Watches at a great reduction from / ‘ ,,B l’ lav . they are now offering their 
Improved machinery?^wton-b/the T ^.V- / f or T r . Prices, having Introduced 
Cost, of manofacture vn.uttv ,2,* X ®rX^' fly produetlrm is luuruaned, unit the 
Ity impViTSd. tnsnrinu fTiL : due.and tho quality and uuniMl- 
within* the Vach .7 II NICKEL MOV*KMK&T WATCH 
the past IS yearn, an- nmtie of thn Watches, so favorably known tor 
ern (nitirovonnientH In watflh*inuiri z.» . .. . best uiaturljil.ano have all the mod- 
pered. Biir ii.*..! ««.I !, D ®. v "II Chronometer Knlutir.es, Iti i-gu. t (ti.it SpriugH, Tem- 
Hi perform with tho roizulartPv».! lor B. it. Travel, Vino Ituby .irweleil, and are warranted 
agent* throughout tin? r funrnt ,,n c . fi?. 01 1' u ‘•‘•ronomoter. Those Watches lire for sale hy all our local 
oxamluo them before ourohamnv H r. u ^r . ! \, fltt * lT ng / ? 0o<1 and durable Mum-keeper, are rouuestea to 
D mem ueioro purcnaslug those of other manufacturers or home productions. 
QUINOHE Sc KRUGLER, 
_____ 8AL.KMttOOI»lt 17 AIA1D1CN LANK, N. V 
Up Btitlrs. 
The Great Bloomington Nursery, 
11 tul managed by Mr. Franklin K. Phoenix, 
lnt< ’P‘X Possession.and the Immense 
assortment of nursery stock must [,o disposed of 
. _ I OFFER FOR CASH 
l ,rn F.m-cia h sfror^ I . N<; * ( . Kor Gr * ftlng 4’ , o„ 
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Ov Samples 3 ois. J. Mlnkler St, Co., Nassau, N. V, 
O T Darts, 26 styles, 10«., or 20 Chromo Cards, 20c., 
U*y With name. J. H. HUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. 
our name printed on 50 Mixed Cards for !3c. 
Fun Cards 10c. Clinton Bros., Clintonvillc, Ct, 
jgmpUmcttt* aud pachtnery 
LARGE MIXED CARDS, with name 13n. 
In ease 13c. Outfit 10c. Dowd & Co., llrlst 
** 1 I cnee mention Rural, when addre 
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K FASHIONABLE CARDS, no 2 alike, with name, 10c. 
O post-paid. GEO. I. HEED & CO.,Nassau. N.Y. 
All about Its Soil, Climate, Resources, Kroducts, 
Laws and Its People, are given ln the KANSAS 
FARMER, a 10-page Weekly, in Its 15th year. Post¬ 
paid, 3 mos., 50o. Address 
J. K. HUD80N, Topeka. Kansas. 
Has quickly taken a high place among agricultural 
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We have considered it among the best of onr ex¬ 
changes, and a worthy representative of the West.— 
fPraeMcal Farmer. Philadelphia. 
Our Kansas friends should feel much pride in the 
high charaoterand sterling worth of their State agri¬ 
cultural paper.—[National Live-Stock Journal. 
We cheerfully credit it with being one of the best 
edited of our Western agricultural exchanges.^ 
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»/•* AGENT’S profits per week. Will 
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T,Just patented. Samples sent free to 
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New Double White Violet, 
>£ae |ggaiHt for 
ACCUEA07, 
SAPIDITY, 
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Prices S5 to $25. 
Trump Bros. 
M A N UFACTU KERB, 
WILMINGTON, DEL. 
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Belle de Chatenay. Tmfl 
V Z h nL 18 H h , e a *^, 8 ‘ raised In Vlllll 
YEARLY 
ra‘* Contract 
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AHKNTH wanteii for 
THE AMERICAM STATESMAN. 
tutl.mal government In this country: tho rise and 
Jlfogress of parties, *o , coDstRuttng un Encyclope- 
5** a of . Amerfoan Politics. Over l.filKI t ,ages. Price 
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New York, or Cincinnati, Ohm. , ’ 
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double whiMv flowers, bearing freely In the antnn 
thuliM«1 1 n n h'h 0U « 10 w,)lu * rurlety that dowers 
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toctw?crcss! UUl WwU tr0<vn ttn ' 1 ' ullv dov^opotl, o 
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Seedsman and Florist, 
711 Chestnut Ht., Philadelphia 
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_and Reed St*„ Philadelphia. curner * 1 
A G000D WELL J an In one day with 
- ‘Vuger Boob. U , :£°ite7,'!“K'r» 
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circulation, and advertof «ovoral thou8un<i 
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