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PERSONAL ITEMS. 
gttte, flautist, 
It Is said that Mr. Sankey learnt his free and 
easy style of public singing by selling a cure-all 
patent medicine in the streets of different places, 
attracting purchasers by playing on a melodeon 
and singing. 
Klita Pasha, who died recently at Rlza, was a 
thrifty Ottoman. During the Crimean war he 
drew tho pay of an entire army corps, which nev¬ 
er existed, and by that line operation made ten 
millions of dollars. 
The Duke of Edinburgh is now with the British 
Mediterranean lleet, and It Is said has had the 
following put up In his cabin to check unpleas¬ 
ant references: “Please to remember that the 
Emperor of Russia la my father-in-law.” 
Colonel Ingeraoll’s nomination of Blaine, In the 
Cincinnati! convention, was the best Investment 
of brains he ever made. It made a comparatively 
unknown man famous, and he now lectures for 
$ 20,000 a year, board and wishing Included. 
Edmund Yates, the novelist and journalist,says 
that on the front of a house In Albert Terrace, 
Knlghisbrldgc, London, has been recently painted 
In large letters, the Inscription, " Naboth’s vine¬ 
yard.” The houso Is the residence of Mr. Charles 
Reade, the celebrated novelist, and the legend Is 
supposed to refer to a prevalent Idea that some 
one covets the site, desiring to pull down the 
dramatic novelist's modest tenement and erect a 
magnificent mansion. 
Send Your Address to 
58 Cortlandt St., New York, 
FOB HIS 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF 
Contains over 100 pages, and Is fully 
Illustrated. 
To the Flower and Vegetable Garden. Beautifully 
Illustrated, and will be mailed on receipt of Sc.Rtamp. 
Address GROSMAN BttO’S, _ 
(Established 1840.) Rochester, N. Y. 
BOOT’S reei e a d b s le 
Send for MANUAL for 1878. 
Fresh, practical and sensible "—Am. Agrtcult’st. 
Address J. B. ROOT, Rockford, Ill. 
Send to E. «fc J. C. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N 
J., for 
I nnn nnn °f Concord, I year, $15 to *20 per 
,UUU,UUU 1,000 ; 2 ¥ftar,»a) to *H0. All other 
varieties cheap. DB. H. SCHRODER. 
Bloomington, Ills. 
2 enn nnn Strawberry. Baspberrji, Blackberry, 
.wUU.OvO Ouminf*. Graves, Asparagus Roots, 
Feach Trees, etc. 1 00 SELECTED VA It I KT1ES. 
Great A mi rtcan Str/iiubcTTiey. I.argi'&l un<l best. Ber¬ 
ries 2 oz, each, 9 In. around By moll. JO for 81 j 
1 OO for £3 | 1,000 rorS 10. IVRsni. Altiany, Ctws. 
Fawning, Monarch of the West, Kentucky, Green Fro - 
line. 8*2 per 1,0 00. CupJ. Jack, CMmberlu tvl Triumph, 
SUnUig.Jocutuin,8.ypnr 1,000. A1.1, Pit it ic. Cat¬ 
alogue free. Cut this out. JOHN 8. COLLINS, 
Mooreatown, New Jersey. 
THE DINGEE&CONARD GO’S 
A Treatise on Sorgo and Implies Canes, 
Varieties, Seed, Culture, and Manufacture. 
Sent free, on application. 
We are prepared to furnish 
PURE CANE SEED 
Of the Best Varieties. 
Blymyer Manufacturing: Co., Cincinnati, O. 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING 
WedoliverStrongPot JloHCrt,su itable/or immediate 
lowering, safely by mail, at all post-offices. 5 Splen- 
towering, safely by mail, at all pi _ _ 
did Varieties, your choicest! labeled, for 81; 
82: 19 for §3; 2B for 84; 35 for 85: 1 
§16:100 for 813. Send for our NEW GI 
TO ROSE CULTURE,andehooee fromore 
finest aorta Our Great Specialty U growii 
distributing Roses. THE DINGKK A CONARI 
Rose-Geo wera West Grove. Cheater Co., Pa. 
SEED CHUFAS FOR SALE. 
60 cents per quart, by mail: *8 per bushel, by 
freight or express. Say you saw u is in the P.ubal 
New-YORKEH. ALBERT WkLLS, 
Jasper, Marlon Co., Term. 
Implements and PaeHinenj 
TheTHOMAS PORTABLE 
EH BINES are made to meet 
a waut Umc fell by Thresh¬ 
ers, viz,. Lightness of 
weight, with streugtta and 
durability. They nro the 
lightest made, and are 
guaranteed to do the same 
amount of work us those 
8001 o 1J00 pounds heavier. 
POMONA WRSERT.?SRKS? 5 ns 
Beet Strawberries, nine inches, BaspberrUs. 3 inches 
around. Ten acres yielded 84,338. Send for 
Prlco-J-1st, free. 40 YEA RS Among Small Fruits, 
telling what and howto plant. Sent post-paid tor 
20o., or free to every purchaser. W M. PARRY, 
Cinnarainson. N. J. 
v w n . rr-vv. i \y.v -1 OU J1 ° 4 *’yuunus Heavier, 
and with much less fuel 
, and watei and Iprh amount 
of steam pressure. Noth¬ 
ing equals them. Send for Circular. Made by 
J. H. THOMAS & SONS, Sprin field, Ohio. 
Our Annua] Catalogue uuu meed List of 8eeds Is 
now ready and sent free to all our customers, with¬ 
out writing for it, and to all others inclosing stamp 
lor postage. As the best seeds are always the cheap¬ 
est, we Invite the attention Of Farmers, Market Gar¬ 
deners and others, lo our speciallr fine stock of 
Home Grown Vegetable Seeds of all tha stupid ktnds; 
and also rtf Florists und others, to our very large col¬ 
lection of the beat strains of Flower Heeds, Novel¬ 
ties, &c. Heed:: sent by express and mail to all paits 
of the United States and Caundn. and guaranteed to 
reach purchaser#. 11VIVKY dfc « O., 
_ 16 south Market St., Iloston, Muss. 
Its wilt send free by mini and guarantee, their 
saj'e arrival in good condition, <J 
12 Roses, 1?different varieties, for - * 1.00 
20 Verbenas, M different varieties, for $1.00 
15 Basket 4 bedding Plant*. It sorts, for # 1.00 
jO Geraniums. 10 dinerenc variation, for ji.oo 
12 Tuberoses, all flowering bulbs, for $1.00 
12 (lladiolna, aU (lewiiri'ig bnlbs, for - $ 1,00 
8 Carnations, * splendid sorts, for - $1,00 
0 Hardy Flowering Shrubs, S sorts, for $1,00 
A hundrod other thing# cheap. 
An 80-p«j» tlliulriwd Cittlnpi* tin t,i .11 tpplleuu. 
t Also. an Immense Stock of Fruit 
Ornamental Tree#, Evergreens, 
hrubs. etc. A W-pasn catalogueof trees, 
otc, and lS-page prioe list free. 24th 
year. l3Creenhouse8. 400 Aores. 
F ELTON’S WONDERFUL NEW BER- 
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Please send for Illustrated Catalogue, fr r. 
GTBHON £ BENNETT. 
Nurserymen and Fruit. Growers. Woodoury, N. J. 
10 Beautiful Roses for si, 1G Bedding Plants 
for SI, 20 Verbenas for $i, 10 Choice Gerani¬ 
ums for gl, 10 Splendid Fuchsias for 81, and 
numerous other Plants at equally low rates, sent 
by mall, postage paid. Their safe arrival yuuran- 
teed. Our Illustrated Catalogue for 1878 sent free 
to all applicants. 
SK F //, PJWBOCK if VO.. Cleveland. O. 
Wanted 
1W Please mention Rural, when address, 
Ing Advertisers. 
Flower, Field and Garden. Fresh quality. Cata¬ 
logues mailed free on application. 
AUGUST ROLKER A SONS, 
*1 Dey St., New York. 
AGENTS, READ THIS. 
We will pay agents a salary of $75 per month and 
expenses to sell our new and wonderful inventions. 
Address L. S. BHERMaN & CO.. 
Marshall, Mich. 
Also Trees, (Small Frails, eic. Wholesale 
rmes very low to Nurserymen, D“alers and large 
Planters. Send stump tor Descriptive List. Price 
LUt FREE. 
T, 8. HUBBARD, Fredonia, N. Y. 
ENT FREE on application—BRIGGS & BRO’S 
Flower and Vegetable Catalogue Our large 
crops enable ns to SELL J#EEI>8 LOW. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ or CHICAGO, ILLS. 
or the conflict between Rcssia and Turkey is the 
live book for live agents. Has 700 octavo pages, 
100 engravings of Baitlk Scenes, Fortresses. Gen¬ 
erals, etc. Price $3.00. Tei ms uncounted. AGENTS 
Wanted. Address If. 6. GoODSPEEu & CO., New 
York, or Cincinnati, Ohio. 
pm PAY to sell our Rubber Printing Stamps, 
mu iiii pieKfysu Taylor,Bros *Co.,01eve] 
FREE SAMPLE#* to be given to men 
and women in search of honorable and 
profitable work. P, MORRIS, Chtougo. 
KEVERflBLK. 5,000 
want’d. N. Starr .Cortland, 
IRON dt 
STEEL 
A MONTH.—Agents wanted. 36 best 
©0*1” selling articles in the world. One sam¬ 
ple free. Address JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mich. 
■ a W A Month and Expenses 
125SHKCM5 
Injurs *aiwer. b. A CO., Cuuiflua U- 0- 
This greatly improved and 'new model machine 
nas been pronounced by Farmers and Agiucult- 
t7RAii Implement Dealkuh to be by far the beet 
and cheapest Uay-,Spreading Machiue in the 
world. 
every machine fully warranted. 
A'l orders receive! on or before April 15th, 1S78, 
will be entitled to a special discount. 
Address OTTO E. C. GUELICK» 
Mann faccurer, Utica, N. Y. 
Circulars and full description free. 
WEAR. Agents wanted. Busi¬ 
ness legitimate. Particulars free. 
AddreatJ. WGllTH A CO.. St Lauii.Ua. 
VARIETIES ASSORTED TO ORDER 
Salary# S»ie«nieo wanted to sell our 
Staple UoodL lo dealers. No lulling# 
PermAuent employ 
lltti.u aadrvsa S- X. GRAM & CO^ 
*,4,043 Home St., CliwLaoAd, Ow 
M Your Merchant For lem. Write For Them. 
A full supply for your Garden. YOUR ORDER, enclosing CASH, will be filled, POSTAGE 
FREE, Peas, Beans, and Corn excepted, for which 2 cents per paper must be added for postage. 
fiOLD PLATED WATCHES. Cheapest 
,m th i known world. Sample Watch free to 
I Agents. Address, A. CoULTUB & Co., Chicago. 
Item publications 
Address 
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, 
Philadelphia, 
We will :-end 
free t« all “P- 
plicacta who 
do any newspaper advertising, the Ttmu> EDITION of 
Ayer & Son’s Manual 
FOR ADVERTISERS. 160 Svo.pp. More complete 
than any which have preceded it. Gives the names, 
circulation, and advertising rates of eeyern I tnousaud 
newspaper* In tho Uniteu States and L anada, and 
contains moro information of rale,« to nn adyprusey 
than <•-•, n he found tn any other publication. A ll lrtjs 
have been carefully revised, and whore nractusama 
prices have bee it reduced. The special oners nte 
numerous und unusually advantageous.. Bo sure to 
Bend for it before spanning any uuniey in newspaper 
advurtis ng. Address Nt. \\ . A V 1,It A SO^<, 
Auvxn-iisiSO AOKN'rs, Times Budding, Philadelphia. 
calf £!’i 7 v.? w ^P rl0Ql1 Flanler with wbloh the Farmer 
Cop® 0 ,?* 1 * 8 Coru perfectly both ways. Will plant 
It will eanS * Bueds with precision. 
SAVE its cost the first season. 
row h Vi . P ,^A^X Ea * al OJiK Phocess. Odens Its fur- 
them A’5 ,B8 'P KOP8 « CovEHsihe Heeds and Rolls 
D nTalSmV A , rso MBAsntKS and marks or it tho 
It u for P 6Xt J 10 "" ® r DRILL .0 be planted, 
it is changeable from a .Planter to a, 
Horse hob 
comDiet? 1 /^ 1 ,*? 8 lln »0. and is altogether the most 
use Pr?„I mp e ?? ent for 11,0 Purposes designed in 
Se.„i f^. 0 ,S rL ‘ M V y reduced for 1878. 
aend for tjrcular. &e., to o. H. P. CORNELL, 
Proprietor Albuny Ag’i Works, Albany, N. Y. 
1500 ACRES owned 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
NEW JERSEY, 
WISCONSIN, 
VIRGINIA 
and cultivated 
SEEDS. 
ent Aluminium Pens. One out-lasts 10 
Steel Pens. One dozen sentno-d-paid for 
25 _*entft. Address TRIBUNE PRINTING 
CO., South Bend. Indiana. 
COMMISSIONED 
