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A NEW & PERFECT HORSE SHOE 
Mud- r 'f Welded S eel 
ut.il Iron, with C<vn- 
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IB JOHN D. HILLINGS 
”65 Broadway, New York. 
Trial set, with nai's. sent 
Illustrated Pamphlet. 'I 
PAT. HORSE SHOE CO 
SEPT. 28 
amt Padtincvy. 
See the New 
UOEEYE 
Force Feed 
3Stal (SstEte. 
WHYGO WEST? 
Catalogue and Maps. J. V. MANCHA, Dover, Del. 
Mo.uou *<"’« t&ton in ftrir m»>nih3 hr 3.YOOO peopw 
Good ctiraats, sr.iv, «ntrr. nut builtilo* s-moj. , n ,j good jo' 
eiety. Addr«», S. J. ulttt.ore, Liud Com'r, K.il.ua, Kansas 
Pisfffltaneou.gi. 
rilWO in ON K, Ucvorsib'e “LINEXE" Col- 
JL lars. Fine muslin on both si Ips. Every way 
perfeot. Pateut Stitch. Will suit. Dealers sell them. 
Any size mailed / ee. Reversible Collar Co,, Boston. 
q fl Mixed cards. Snowflake, Damask. Ac., no 2 alike, 
0 U with name, 10a. J. Minkler a Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
O fi Styles of Cards. 1 tic, or 10 Re-t Clivoincis ltlc 
^ u with name. Outfit 10c. ,J B.Huested, Nassau, N.Y 
lift CHROMU & PUUUM‘0 CARDt [no."alike]. Name In 
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lift PERFUMED ClRTR [Bo ” alike], name In Crimson. 
,7 * 7 Gold and J</. 10c. DIME i O., Clintonville, Ct. 
1 OF LEG A X T new style chromo cards., with name 
JLO file. postpaid. Geo I Keen A- Co . Nassau, N. Y. 
^ 11 Best Mixed Cards, with name. In case, 13c., or25 
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tisementa ui tho newspapers ot the United States and 
Dominion of Oonada. To furnish advertisers with 
reliable information concerning nev^ papers and their 
rates, and thus enable the mo*; tne.tpeVieni.Med to select 
intelligently the mediums best, adapted tci any particu¬ 
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Ayer & Son’s Manual 
FOR ADVERTISERS. l-H 8va. pp. Gives the 
names, circulation, and advertising ratss of several 
thousand newspapers in tho United States and Canada, 
and contains more information of v.. in* to an advertiser 
then can be found in any other publication. All lists 
careful,/revised in each edition,and where practicable 
prices rodneed The spool'd offers nra numerous and 
Unusually uiivantag.vuu*. It will p-y you to examine 
It before spending any mon.y in newsprper lUveiiisiiig. 
The last edition will be sent postpaid to any address on 
receipt of 25 cents by N„ \V. AYER & SON, 
ADVKaxiCiXO AGtKXTB, Times Building, Philadelphia. 
Tho Beat t’uper, auu tue Best Premiums to 
Agents,is our motto. Wa Ignore Chroiuoa and all 
other cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money in the paper, and in Premiums to All 
11IE OLD FAVORITE. No gun in tho world haa 
a hotter record for close, hard shooting, and none 
will stand more hard service. AN AMKRLAN GUN 
hOR AMERICAN SPORTSM KN. Srn 1 stamp tor 
rircularto FA ItliElt UltOg . Meriden, Conn., 
!»7 Chnuibera Street, Hew York. 
ami jUpouttnu 
rpHE STOCK-BRfF5ER’S MA'fUll scut to any address 
X free of charge. Fvory Tanner >ln>uld have it 
Address IF. Alltt Bin pet A Go., P. O. Box 1SUU, Phila, 
HIGH-CLASS POULTRY. 
Send for New Fractiea!, Ta!’table Circular. 
(JEO. S. JOSSBLYN, FredoDla. N. V. 
Improved for 3.878. 3 
Farmers who are now, or who are contemplating 
sowing fertilizer =, or any t ind of artificial manures, 
should see our Improved Grain Drill with 
FERTILIZER 
ATTACHMENT. It is positively the only device 
ever made that will s..w any and all kinds of 
fer'ilizors It lias never Fi led In six vears to give 
entire satisfaction. We warrant it full . Send for 
full Illustrated Circtlar aud Price List to the 
Manufacturers. 
P. P. MAST & CO., 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
PERSOHAL ITEMS. 
Gen. Joe Johnston Is 71 years oC age. 
Queen victoria has received some Cyprus wine 
300 years old. 
The poet Longfellow’s local tax Is $2,230, but 
one poem squares the account. 
No. 20 In tho list ot Queen Victoria’s grandchil¬ 
dren Is the girl-baby just born to the Princess ot 
Sdlnburgh. 
Representative Alexander H. Stephens of Ga. 
Is again In very bad health, owing to the labors 
of his Congressional canvass, 
Mrs. Millard Fillmore, the widow of President 
Fillmore, heads a subscription list at Buffalo for 
Yellow Fever sufferers, with $ 100 . 
Canon Bagot, rector of Athy, a well-known 
English agriculturist. Is doing his harvesting this 
year by the aid of an electric light. 
Beecher’s nrst four lectures tn San Francisco 
brought him $2,300, $2,150, $2,600 and $2,500 again. 
The East puts no such sums In the drayman’s hat. 
Apostle Taylor says that Mormonlsm Is stronger 
than ever since Brigham Young's death. If this 
Is so, the prophet’s loss was a proflt to the Mor¬ 
mons. 
Butler's sixtieth birthday occurs November 5, 
the day of the state election, and it would not be 
strange If the General felt like sixty about that 
time. 
William Shakespeare Is running for constable 
In a Michigan village. Yet this Is the man who 
sild: •'FUng away ambition; by that sin fell 
the aogels." 
“ Decidedly aristocratic,” they say, Is Oscar de 
Lafayette the present marquis, and grandson of 
his grandfather, though he supports the Repub¬ 
lic, of course. 
Tho body of the lato Queen Christina was bu¬ 
rled In the Kieurlal at Madrid with very little 
pom 1 or fuss. There was a military escort, but 
very little public regret. 
Joaquin Miner arrived home tn the City of 
Berlin on Saturday. Walk-In saDg no songs of 
the Sierras on his way over—not a song, but lay 
lu bis berth, sick, silent and sad. 
Tennyson Is an incessant smoker, ne uses a 
clay pipe ot the old fashion, with a stem a yard 
long, and smokes eominou Virginia pigtail tobac¬ 
co. He never uses a pipe the second time. 
Constantine, heir lo the throne of all the Rus- 
slas, snubs Ills little big brother Alexis, our late 
visitor, aud the two do not lodge together in 
Paris, where they arc on a visit to the great Ex¬ 
hibition, 
Gen. Butler is a sound s.eeper. No uneasy con¬ 
science keeps Ills brain from repose. That’s the 
reason why aha old man can do so much work. 
“ I never fret or worry, aud go to sleep Inside of 
three minutes every time," says old, active uncle 
Benjamin. 
The recent report that tile father of Gen. 
Tom Thumb la an Inmate of a Chicago alms¬ 
house, Is denied by the diminutive son, who says 
that the old gentleman died tlfteen years ago, 
leaving an estate worth $70,000. 
Tho Emperor of Gtriaany has left Gasteln, 
cured of his wouada, and has gone to Wllhelm- 
shoe. He was enthusiastically cheered on his 
way. The Kaiser Is desirous of resuming the 
reins of government next month. 
The Hon. B. u. Bristow, ex-Secretary of the 
Treasury, has formed a law partnership with 
Messrs, opdyke & Pcete and Gen. II. L. Burnett, 
of New York city, and will remove to New York 
as soon as his business In Louisville can be closed 
up—probably In October. 
Lucretla Mott, at the age of 85, weighs less than 
eighty pounds, but enjoys better health during 
the last two years than lor the previous ten. She 
sets off every Wednesday alone, from her home 
near Shoemakertown, and goes to Philadelphia to 
attend the Race Street Friends’ Meeting, 
Colonel Mo.-.by will not sot out for Hong Kong 
until December, lie has several cases to try be¬ 
fore the Richmond Court ot Appeals, and these 
cases will delay him. in putting hla girdle 
rouud about tho earth, Grant, too, may strike 
Hong Kong about tuu time his Confedetate ad¬ 
mirer gels there. 
Some recently discovered Inscriptions on burned 
hrlcki arc reported to have brought to light the 
astonishing revelation that King Ahasuerus 
hanged Human because he Invented tho accord- 
eon and put the price down to one dollar and 
seventy-live tents, so that every young man 
might have one. 
Friends of Geueral Grant say that for several 
years his brother Orvll—who has lately been 
sent to an Insane asylum, but is reported to be 
getting better—h is boon the cause or great men¬ 
tal suffering lo Dim, and that Orvll lias frequent¬ 
ly compromised tho ex-President by Ills Indiscre¬ 
tions, his wild talk aud Ms eccentricities. 
Although Mr. Thomas Carlyle la now past S3, 
he is so well and strong that he haa been making 
a summer visit lo Scotland. Ills pleasant but 
simple home la Chelsea—a house nearly a00 years 
old—Is presided over by Ms niece, an amiable 
lady of middle age. In tbo bright gardens the 
sage comfortably smokes, aud twice each day 
he walks abroad among the quaint and narrow 
streets of Chelsea, one of the oldest and most in¬ 
teresting parts of Loudon. 
Mrs. Van Cott, the preacher, was born In New 
York city, and Is nearly lltty years of age. Her 
father was Major Newton, manager of John Jacob 
Astor’s estate. He became Insane. Marrying and 
Boon becoming a widow, she attended to her hus¬ 
band's dual units of drug broker. She was con¬ 
verted on. a Fulton ferry-boat while thinking 
about religion. Becoming a preacher she trav¬ 
eled throagh tho country, and she counts more 
than 27.UUO conversions as the result of her labors’* 
*he weighs 225 pounds. 
A German paper describes Prince Henry of 
the Netherlands as one of the richest princes 
In th u world. A'silver mine In America brings 
him a princely Income, and he has many Dutch, 
Russian, and other bonds, with ninety-nine 
properties tn Holland—'he maximum number, 
for the King alone can own 100—and some In 
other countries. 
Dr. Elliott Cones, the ornithologist, recom¬ 
mends “abolishing the penalty for killing spar¬ 
rows. so that tliey may be trapped and used for 
shooting matches Instead of pigeons or even of 
glass bal’a.” On the othtr hand, Dr, Hagen, of 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, 
says he considers the sparrow "to be a valuable 
addition to the native birds and most certainly 
for both horticulturists and farmers.” 
“This country," remarked a traveler In North¬ 
western Iowa, “settles up very rapidly." “ Ya-as,’» 
replied B, J. Roblnson-Srnlth, tho native, nerv- 
ou-ly watching the movements or a constable 
dodging along t he other tide of the field, “ coun¬ 
try settles up a darn sight faster than the people 
do.” And before the traveler could ask him to 
explalu, he was making a mile a minute across 
the trackless prairie with the constable a bad 
second. 
Matilda, Queen of the Gypsies, whose funeral 
at Dayton, Oulo, on Monday, the 16th Inst, was 
attended by 25 ,000 Oypsles, had In her character 
as well as appearance a touch of Meg MerrlUes 
She came to this country In 1856, settling with 
her husband. King Levi Stautley, at Dayton, 
ner mother, Queen-mother Stuntley-Srolth, still 
lives—a Gypsy centenarian, consoling herself In 
her second century with t he pipe that she Is 
too feeble to fix for herself. 
Unlike his father, Victor Emanuel, King Hum¬ 
bert delights m royal display and ceremony. He 
enjoys entering and leaving the large cities of his 
kingdom in rigid official form, with outriders, 
aids, and guards, troops in line, and majors in 
waiting. Last month he enjoyed several fetes of 
this kind, in Venice a grand illumination and 
magnificent festivities were given In honor of his 
arrival, and his departure was alter the style of 
an old-time king. 
©m.si, llante, 
K '-‘Wl U PLANTING"-' '4 
HfORTHE'HOUSE r 
MY BULB AND PLANT CATALOGUE 
Containing descriptions of Uysciiilhs, Tulips, Lilias 
and all Bulbs, riant* and Seeds for Fall PI an ling in 
the Garden, anil for Winter Flowers iutheHou^e— 
just published and sent treeto all. Address, 
JAJIES TR’K, Koencster, N. Y 
^mpUment# and Pacfctiunj. 
JJ. _ E.URIHCK SVV.XUG. VSMtt.S'ER'WW 07 7>0\WC71 
fflfe NEUTRALIZES JERKS £ CHOKES,PREVENTS breakage 
TME 
7IIAN * V/ Ftv 
5q cMtsENmwn.vAtivit: itseu in 
igwnvin .,70 JVW YK 
MavMnes with t-hin attachment are warranted to 
thrash at least onc thtrd /aster with, 
the same power. 
LG'ice only $115. 
PENNSYLVANIA AGlllCtrLTlTBAL WOIIKS, ) 
YORK. Pj.. August 26, 1878. j 
Mr. Jno. A. Hafner— Dear Sir: Your faior re¬ 
ceived. 1 have sold several of jronr Springs with 
engines to drive separator by tumbling rods, and 
they answer fl/st-class purpose. My S iMnrrss Ermine 
will run a Ten fcor»< ScparaTor by trear without diffi¬ 
culty. r will send your Sprlim with all geared in .1 - 
Obiues and engines free or charge, next, year, which 
I think will thoroughly introduce them In the coun¬ 
try. Truly yourB, A. B. FARQUHAR. 
1 jy V ? o — *** 7- 1 v. 
PICKETTS’ NEW SEEDLING GRAPE 
THE LADY WASHINGTON; Hm Best Hardy 
White Grape ever etT-red to the Public. Alsomv 
new Exotic skkoling Grape, Welcome; the 
F eat Grape In existence, send ter new Oireulur and 
ritio List of Vines and Wood, w th stamp. 
James H. Picketts, Newburgh, N. Y. 
C UMBERLAND TRIUMPH STRAW- 
BERRY—Should he lu every narden in America. 
80o. per doz-by mail, $1 per 100 by express, >5 per 
1.000; special rates tor largo quantities. Originated 
by A. Ml r.LEU. Lock Box 8, Carlisle. Pa. 
ARTICHOKES. 
Red Brazilian and White French varieties; cheap¬ 
est hog food known. Send ter Circulars. 
E. F. BROCKVVAY. Am w jtb.Iowa. 
send tree by mail anil guarantr* 
I tnfg arrival in Kami condition, our choice, 
■ 7 Fine llyactnth liulhs for - $1.00 
■nr‘20 Fine Tulip Bull a tor - - $100 
Her I O Fine Tulip find 3 Hyacinth Fnlbsfor $1 00 
■or S Ruses, Fine Winter-blooming, for $1.00 
■ur3 Roses,3 Carnations dr 3 fimuardias $1.00 
Her 8 Fine Geraniums, 8 sorts, l >r - $1.00 
■or 3 Camellia Japonicas, 3 Milts for - »U 10 
HBnr O Carnations, 6 sorts, for - - $100 
RSnrS Grape Vines, 8 sorts, tor - - $1.00 
Her 10 Currant Bushes, 3 xoits for - $1 oo 
Her t»0 KaspbeTiy Flams, 4 nort-for - $.100 
Her 50 Strawberry 1 lints. 5 sons for - *1.00 
I Hundreds of Ollier Tilings Cheap. 
B Ker vour elidice of varied vs see Catalogues 
^■mailed free to all who apply. We alio offer 
.• Lu immense stock of fruit, and Ornamental 
B arrens, Rvorpreene, Shruktr etc 
36 Ih.Yenr. 15 Urcenhouecs, <00 Jlcren. , 
STORKS, HARK ISON & CO., 
Palixesville, Ohio. 
TREES! 
To NURSERYMEN, DEALERS and PLANTERS 
Send for Full Catalogue of the Dloomiugtou 
Nursery, Established ii years. The pant ?eunm's 
oiowth has been iniusiniPv lire-. £S~ \V»- offer an 
immense ettoelt m LOW prices FOK CASH. 
Address W. F. BAIRD. Trustee, liluuunnuton. Ill. 
P EAR, PEACH and other trees. A large stock 
New Price Ms* free. 
NtWBttUXSWtCK (Nurseries). N. J. 
_ EDWIN ALLEN. 
Pear Trees for the Million. 
Largest stock In the West. Splendid quality— care¬ 
fully selected, carefully dug, carefully packed to go 
safely any distance. A full assortment of 1 mi et, 
ChuirUa. Plum* - , Peachey, Quinces, and other Fruit 
ires 30* a’l Fi'eUls, Ei> eqre* », Shrubs, Hoses, Ac, 
ixt prion# to auit the times Price List mailed to ap¬ 
plicant*. Adoross It G. Hanfokh a Son, 
' Columbus Nursery, Colujlbus, Ohio. 
g p f i* ii w.■ gi 1 jgiiiisvc 
WRSMA WJl SSmWKa Sc " ■ *5. 
t'jtw.vut yjxikst. vwaivan cvnnxcm. Mro.K.nPvviivn. 
OSBORN’S PATENT 
GRAIN AND SEED SEPARATOR. 
We- guarantee this ma¬ 
chine to Clean, Senara e 
and Grade, Wheat, Barley, 
Oats. Rye, Timothy, Clover 
and Flax Seed. 
These machines have In¬ 
variably taken the Mist 
Premium at every Town. 
County & State Fair wher¬ 
ever ex ibltod. Including 
the St. Louis Fair* of 1871 
and ’75, and were awarded 
the Graea Gol l Medal at 
the great Kansas City Ejtp’u 
- In lSTa, tor the best inven¬ 
tion in Agricultural Implements. 
t3f“ IIlustrated Catalogues and Circulars sent free. 
Address DENISON, FREDERICKS ,te > O , 
Manufacturers, U James Hi., Syracuse, N. Y. 
IMMENSE SUCCESS. 
Tie HARRIS Farm Trail 
it to 15 per cent. 
II />y TRUtXMt£ of the draft. 
n C-'.A whiffietrees out of the 
traces or letting out 
Hiirrows draw I .vei.tum Shorter, do >< more work. 
Holds Shove; Plow, prerontx Jumping arid dodging 
On Scraper -lives ninn find team. Handles never 
get muddy. Will pay its cost in one week. 
Just the thineon Stune Uout, Horse Fork, etc.., etc. 
Hon. Harris Lewis, Pres. N. Y. D. A., says: "The 
best farm Implement for the money, he ever owned. 
Prof. Arnold, See. A. D A . says ; " It will be con¬ 
sidered an indispensable addition to the list ot fnrm 
implements when once tripd.” 
Hon. TV F. Randolph. U. S. Sen. from N. J., soys : 
"It is desirable because of itssimplicity.eflective- 
noss and economy.’’ 
Great Inducements to one responsible Canvasser 
or Agricultural Dealer in curb town. 
W here uo agency Is estn blished a Truck will be sent 
freight prepaid, upon receipt ot price. Send for tes¬ 
timonials. Pt ce. Farm Truck, $6 ; Thills, extra, $2. 
SAXTON ,£ AMI DON, Mauut ml urets, 
MILO HARRIS, Gen. Agt. Buffalo. N Y r . 
Esitabliishctl 1845. 
-WOODEN PUMPS- 
Jhe Best is Always the Cheapest. 
MADE FROM MICHIGAN WHITE PINE. 
Wholesale, ana Retail 
-WOODKIS AV AT IB It 1‘IPE- 
Alwnys tm hand and made to order. 
Also, Chain Pump Tubing and tue Rubber Bucket 
Pumps. Send for Circulars. 
H. H. BABCOCK A SONS, Watertown, N. V. 
BV£RY 
FARMER 
SHOULD 
HAVE 
Nichols' Patent Double and 
Single Header Wind Mills, and 
Challenge Feed Mills. Horse 
Powers, Wood Saws, Pumps,^ 
Etc. For Circulars address 
CHALI.ENCE MILL CO., 
Batavia, Kune Co., 111. 
The Iron Turbine 
WIND ENGINE 
Proof Against Storm j 
and Exposure to i 
the Weather. 
Made entirely of Iron 
no slats 
To Break or Blow Out. 
Self-KeKuIntintf 
it nil Perfect 
In every particular. 
They are giving 
Perfect Satisfaction 
where other mills «MB 
HAVE FAILED Sgjs 
Send for Circu , 
lar and Price List; T/ 
Mast, Foos & Co 
Manufacturers, 
Springfield, Ohlo.^^3! 
CShlucutionaL 
YUOMAN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, ok the 
IT New Yohk. In FIRM a kx, 128 Second Avenue, 
corner Sth Street. New York. Ileuular session of 
1878-13 will open October Land continue thlnv-two 
weeks. For CuiAlogues, etc., address the Secretary 
of the Culloge. 
ttlKUKY N. BAKER, M. D.. 
1’JS‘Jd Ave„ New York City. 
HE RURAL HE 
