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PERSONAL ITEMS 
THE OLD, RELIABLE 
THE UNION RAILWAY 
Matthew Arnold Is very near sighted. 
The stem or Carlyle’s clay pipe Is very long. 
Ex-Congressman Vance Is now In a lunatic 
hsylum. 
Young Fremont is to be his father’s secretary 
In Arizona. 
The Duchess Dowager of Montrose won $52,500 
at the Darby. 
Elward S. Stokes, who killed Fisk, is now a 
Detroit book agent. 
Prof. Fawcett, the blind M. P., Is passionately 
rond of tishlng and hunting. 
Count Audrassy has a brilliant and penetrating 
mind and a fascinating manner. 
The Shah sports a thin, waxed moustache, and 
wears a frock coat and blue eye-glasses, 
General Grant is said to look exceedingly well, 
llglit-footed, red-cheeked and bright-eyed. 
Count Schouvaloff Is t.he handsomest diplomat 
In Europe, fifty-live, white-haired and keen-eyed. 
Life-size portraits of Anderson and The Jenks 
have been ordered by the Sazerac Lying Club, of 
AustlD, Nev. 
Vice-Admiral Popoff of tin- Imperial Russian 
navy, the Inventor of the circular ironclad bear¬ 
ing his name, lias been stricken by partial par¬ 
alysis. 
R. L Potter, the wheelbarrow Idiot, who is 
shoving a creaky push-cart all the way from Al¬ 
bany, New York, to San Francises, has passed hl3 
half-way point. 
In Board of Trade phraseology, Gortschakoff 
tried to “ bear'' the stock at the coogress, while 
Beaconsfleld resolved either to (John) “Bull”it, 
or bullet.. That’s our first attempt. 
Thomas Ewing Sherman, the son of General 
ShermaD, who has gone to England to become a 
Jesuit, 13 twenty-two years old, and 13 a young 
man of very scholarly tastes, who was educated 
at the Yale College Law School. 
Oleblllallen 13 described as being “youthful, 
rosy and as full of the lire of conquest, as a mule 
colt." He expects to be the next President and 
to be called “the Patriarch President,” for his 
years will number ninety-four In 1880. 
Mr. Alexander IJ. Stephens Is now enjoying 
better health than for many years past. The 
secret of bis st range vitality Is said to be a re¬ 
markably sound stomach, which, during bis long 
Illness, has never failed to perform Its functions. 
Mrs. Fanny F.-.lreblld Bryant, wife of the. great 
poet, was born In 1797, and died lu 1868. She was 
described by her husband aB “An humble disci¬ 
ple of Christ, exemplary In every relation of life, 
affectionate, sympathellc, and sincere, and ever 
occupied with the welfare of others.” 
In a list of British pensions, and sinecures, In 
1810, appear the names of Edward Shlppen Ar¬ 
nold, J itnesTtobertson Arnold,George Arnold, and 
Sophia Matilda Arnold—the first three for £400 a 
year, the last for £100. They are pensions by 
royal sign manual, and a note Is appended: N. B. 
—'These are the children of the notorious Ameri¬ 
can General Arnold. 
Prince Bismarck is not an early riser and Is fond 
of sitting up late at night, chatting over a bottle 
of wine or a glass of beer. It Is said that nearly 
all his diplomatic negotiations, beginning with 
ueneral Govonne’s ctmndCDtlal overtures In 1866 
tor an alliance between Italy and Prussia, until 
the most recent ponrpalcrs on the Eastern Ques¬ 
tion, have been transacted by him In a convivial 
way in the nocturnal hours. 
Lord Caatiereagh’s mission cost, In 1814-15, $ 200 ,- 
000, and England will have to pay a pretty long bill 
In Berlin and Constantinople. The British suite 
occupy at the Kaiserhof, Berlin, twelve sitting 
and eighteen bedrooms, besides seventeen ser¬ 
vants’ rooms, probably more than all the other 
representatives put together. Beaconsfleld's re¬ 
ception room Is furnished In the style of Louis 
XIV., his dining room In old German fashion. 
Samuel J. Tllden, as a stockholder of the bank¬ 
rupt Michigan Iron Co., was sued In Detroit by a 
laborer named Andrew Young, who recovered 
Judgment. Tllden carried his case to tho Supreme 
Court of Michigan, claiming that It had not been 
shown that he was actually a stockholder when 
the debt accrued, and that the corporation had 
not been made a co-defendant. The Superior 
court has Just affirmed the Judgment below. The 
liabilities Incurred In this way by Tllden will 
amount to upwards or f 2 . r >,ooo, Young’s case being 
a “ test ” case. 
Of Lord Beaconsfleld Innumerable mots are Just 
now current. Here Is one: " A Conservative 
peer was expressing to the Premier the anxiety 
with which he looked forward to his prolonged 
absence from England. 4 It won't be a long busi¬ 
ness,’ was the reassuring reply; and, after a 
pause, Lord Beaconsfleld added, ‘We mean to 
carry the position by a koo d! mang 1 (coup-do¬ 
main). The peer In question moved away, mut¬ 
tering as be went, 4 They may say wliat they like 
about, his being a toralgner, about his character 
being un-English; but, at any rate, there Is one 
thing that Is unmistakably British, and that Is— 
his French.' ” 
Madame Patterson-Bonaparte, now 93 years of 
age, appears as plaintiff lo a lawsuit brought at 
Baltimore, where she has resided since her birth. 
The affair la made the pretext for telling her ro¬ 
mantic story, which has been narrated time and 
again through all the generations of the republic 
of America. Though abandoned by Jerome at 
the command or his Imperial brother, she still 
believes In the family, and hopes to see the dy¬ 
nasty resume the throne of France, Her present 
suit Is for the purpose or escaping taxation on 
$472,000 worth of bonds, and as Rhe has a great 
deal of other property also, there Is little fear of 
her old age being pinched for lack of funds. 
GALVANIZED GABLE STRAND 
HORSE POWER 
& Premium Thresher. 
This Power produces] 
much more power' 
than other railway 
powers,with much lest 
elevation. 
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fcit'fl Circular. 
!w Wm. L. Boyer & Bro 
•..§== 2101 Germantown At.. 
' Philadelphia, Pa., 
U. S. A. 
For Fencing. 
PROOF AGAINST CATTLE, EIRE AND RPST. 
HANDSOME AND DURABLE. 
PHILIP S. JUSTICE, 
14 North Fifth St., Philadelphia. 
LDEN’S IMPROVED EVAPORATOR 
. and F>uit Preserving Processes. Address 
A I.OK.N PRES’G CO.. 121 Chambers Si.. N. Y. 
Five Different Styles, including Foot, 
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Taylor's Self-Dumping Rnk'* (No 4) has been groat- 
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Specialties: Magnolias. Japanese Maples, 
Rhododendrons. Ilardy and Chinese Azaleas, 
Roses and Camellias. 
An immense collection of Fruit and Orna¬ 
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LATEST NOVEI.TIE*. Price-List FREE. De¬ 
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One of our Arm makes studies for picturesque lawn 
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maps free to purchasers. 
PARf-ONS «fc SONS CO. (Limited.) 
Kissena Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. 
ly inprovcrl for 1878. Thin Rake made 8 ureal suc¬ 
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These are the onlv Rakes ever offered the farming 
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THE SILVER & DEMING' 
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jjwjj. For 1, 2 and 3 horses, 
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/ Kri '''- track rods, wrouglit- 
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SILVER & DEM1XG MEG CO., Salem. Ohio. 
The quantity Is regulated with gear-wheels in a 
CONE, so there are no loose wheels or movable 
feeders, and it will sow any grain perfectly and ac¬ 
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It has the host Spring TToe, and every Drill lias a 
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Illustrated Catalogues, with description, prices and 
a Full Centennial Report sent on application. 
Agents wanted In unoccupied territory. Address, 
staling where vou saw thin police. 
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Matthews’ Garden Seed Drill 
WlatthewiP Hand Cultivator, 
Matthews’ Drill <fc Cul- 
tlvalor combined, surpass 
all ot hers. Send for Circular 
before yon buy. 
Manufactured only bv 
EVERETT A- SMALL, rf-TV— 
Boston, Mass. 
in TON’S IN A '’in. «SJ 
■W HALF-S FT.R I!OPR 
Sold on trial and guarantecdchcaper. at Its price, 
than any other Bay press as a gift or no sale. Don’t be 
swindled by Irresponsible manufacturers of infringing 
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Threshing Machines, Korse-Pow 
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jltoclt and poultry 
KIGH-CUSS POULTRY. 
Send for .Veto Practical, Valuable Circular. 
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HOG CHOLERA. 
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cure. JNO. CLARK, 214 W. 4th St.. Cincinnati, O. 
rce Feed. Grain Drill 
la the Machine upon winch you can always 
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and possnusira every reqiilsttn of a perfect Grain 
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constantly Increasing sale, prove in arguments 
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satisfactory Drill to buy. 
It sows Fertilizers splendidly. 
The Mcbhcrry Drill received Highest Awards at 
the Centennial. . 
Send for Pamphlet. Mention this paper In your 
letter. D. E. McSBIKBllY & CO., 
Dayton, Ohio. 
Important Improvements and Beduced Prices, 
Threshers for all sizes of Horse-Powers and Steam. 
Lever I’owprs for 4 to 10 Horse, and Endless Cham 
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Mackie’s Illustrated Catalogue I 10,000 New Songs 
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Plimns, Organs, Stool**, Covers, and y*nn\ll 
Musical I n Mir u in cuts. Siring*, Ac., mailed to 
any address on receipt of 3c a (amp. 
H. S. MACIvIE, Manuf'ran'i Publisher, 
Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. 
For One, Two and Three Horses. 
NLA.OIIINKS IVOIL 
Threshing and Cleaning Grain 
and Sawing Wood. 
Patented, Manufactured and Sold by 
A. W. GRAY’S SONS, 
Mimlleiown Springs, Vt. 
Thls Machine runs 20 per cent. Lighter than any 
other TbrcslpT *nd Cleaner In the market, and dors 
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One-Horse Railway Power lo a rJi-tnch cylinder for 
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The Best Fanning Mill in the Woblt>. Optained 
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The marhtnes with the improvements are the re¬ 
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experiment. 
The proprietors urs the inventors, ever have been 
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We have labored from the first to produce machines 
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Lewis’s Improved Potato Bug Exterminator 
Jlctr publications 
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PTIICrc ONE DOLLAR, 
An instrument for the mixing and applying of Paris Green, mixed with wuio m right quantities, the 
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rows. You curry onlv tho instrument. From one-naif to three-quarters o a jKiurvi per acre sumcient to 
thoroughly rid your field of bugs fur the season 
Bend for Circulars and Testimonials. ... .i - - 
t*r sample Exteumin atol by mall for $1.25. post-paid. _ji; 
For sale by Price V Knickerbocker, Albany, N. Y.; Liu. . 
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Taylor, Troy. N. Y.: L. It. .Norton, Westfield. Mans ; Howland A Lowell, Greenfield, Mass 
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