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SEPT 23 
PERSONAL. 
Inventor Edls n's patents now number 396. 
Prince Bismarck is obliged by ill-health to 
quit work again. 
Evangelist Moody has been invited to go to 
Asii Minor as a n is&ionary. 
Horatio Seymour, Jr., Ex State Engineer 
of New York, is now a resident of Wisconsin. 
Ex Senator Co kling has returned to New 
York after a fortnight’s absence in the moun¬ 
tains of Virginia. 
Evangelist Barnes iH more than six feet in 
hight, has a thin face, aquiline nose, dark 
hazel eyes, and long, auburn hair. 
Statistician Walker, of the New York Pro¬ 
duce Exchange, figures it out that “this is 
the greatest year for good crops ever known 
in the United States.” 
Justice Stanley Matthews has just com¬ 
pleted in Washington “one of the finest resi¬ 
dences ever erected within sight of the Cap¬ 
itol. ’’ The buildings cost about $50,000. 
“Oak Hill,’’ the old home of Chief Justice 
Marshall, in Fauquier County, Virginia, is 
now the property of a Mr. Maddux, who made 
his money by keeping a bar-room in the neigh¬ 
boring town of Salem. 
General Stoneman took up his home at Los 
Robles. Cal , lets than 10 years ago, having 
then S6,t)00, but he has carved out of the 
wilderness one ot the loveliest and most valu- 
al le ranches on the Pat Ific Coast. He first 
saw his present home thirty-three years ago, 
when a young army officer on duty in Cal¬ 
ifornia. 
Mr. and Mrs. Yaruall lived In the same 
house for forty years, at Media, Pa., with¬ 
out once speaking to each other, each adher¬ 
ing stubbornly to a resolution not to make the 
first advance toward reconciliation When 
the husband was stricken by fatal illness the 
wife was asked to relent, but she refused, as 
did he, and death soon made their separation 
complete. 
- » »♦- 
***“ There is no arguing a coward into 
courage." But even the coward may be 
brave after trying Kidney-Wort, that medi¬ 
cine of wonderful efficacy in all diseases of 
the liver and kidneys. It is prepared in both 
dry and liquid form, and can always be relied 
on as an eiTecive cathartic and diuretic. 
Try it .—A dv. 
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tW~ No ad' ertlsement Inserted for less than $2. 
fttarb and Poultry. 
40 Clydesdale Stallion 
AND MARES—Mostly Imported. 
60 Hambletoniau Stallions, 
AND MAKES OF THE FINEST BREED IN (- 
Largest herd of 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
with largest milk records In America. 
Separate Catalogues of each class of stock 
with milk record of cows. Denote which is 
wanted. 
tr correspondence solicited. 
SMITHS & POWELL, 
Lakeside Stock Farm, 
Sybaccsk, n. T. 
VIKGIN!A OU-OPtHATIVE PSMJif 
specialty. The largest herd In the titan\ kept os 
three farms, and most successful at Virginia state 
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Dura-bred Poultry A. P «r M It UOWF 
Lock-Box 84. Fredericksburg. Vs, 
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The Sedgwick Steel Wire Fence 
Is the only general purpose wire fence In use. Being 
» strong net-work without liarl>e. It will turn dogs, 
pigs, poultry as well at* the most vicious stock, with¬ 
out danger to either fence or stock. It is Just the 
fence for farmers, gardeners,stock-raisers, anti rail¬ 
roads ; very acsiruhlo for lawns, parks or cemeteries. 
As it is covered with rust-proof paint it w ill last a life¬ 
time. it Is superior to hoards in every r.-pect, it ml far 
better th.n barbed wire. \\ n uvk for tt a fuir trial, 
knowiug It will wv.su itself Into favor. The Sedg¬ 
wick. Gates, rnsde of wrought iron pipe and steel 
ileal ©.state. 
I A Al f^O Agricultural,Grazing,Fruit and Timber 
LAHUg 1 " ky. and Tenu. Also Chattanooga 
* City property. For catalogues send 
green stamp to J N BROWS, 134 V|o*t 8t. Oin., Ohio. 
G ENEHEK VALLEY FARM8 FOR 8ALE.-»om® 
of the finest residences in the Valley, near R. R 
Inquire soon of JOHN 8HELDON, 
l the valley 
LANDRETH 
WHEAT! 
IIrill UNSURPASSED 
NEW WINTER VARIETY 
Send for Descriptive Circular, Testimoni¬ 
als, Prices. Arc. Address postal card to 
D.LANDRETH & SONS 
SEED GROWERS, PHILAD’A, PA. 
HOLLAND BULBS 
gjmptfmftiis aufl $Barhiaetg. 
The Lion Ensilage and Feed Gutter. 
iso Oatk. Ask hardware dealers, or for price lietaud 
|iar*lcnlar« artrlroFU 
Sedjjwick Bros., Richmond, Ind. 
THE AETNA 
Fruit Drier 
Dries all kinds of f-ultmo e rapidly than any other 
Evaporator. Retains ihe natural fruit flavor, leaving 
It In the finest o n dlthm 'or market Has all the lat¬ 
est Improvements. All slms for family or factory 
use. bend Postal fo» Circulars and Price 1,'st. 
Prices the lowest, 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO.. 
Bellows Palls, \ t. 
ftreep, Seed?, ii’lant.o, &c 
J.M. THORBURN & CO. 
15 JOHN STREET, 
NEW YORK, 
Beg to announce that their descriptive priced 
Catalogue of 
BULBS 
for Autumn planting is ready for mailing to 
applicants. 
Lily of The Valley Pips 
FOR FLORISTS, 
A SPECIALTY. 
OAKLAND NURSERIES! 
FOR FALI. ASI’K ING. Large Stock of A p pic. 
Pencil and Plnm Trct?*,Grnpe V lnp„, flu mint*, 
Gooeebrrricft, Gregg an i Mammoth Cluster 
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and retail Catalogue, free toall applicants. Address 
BOWMAN & BRECKB1LL, Dimnelsvlllo, Clark Co.,0. 
Combining the lat¬ 
est Improvements. 
THE BEST F.nsilaok 
A NO PKF.Li CUTTER 
Manuka ti ukd. 
For full descrip¬ 
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trated catalogue 
and price list. Ad- 
Iress 
The 
Bri.cn er & Taylor 
Ao’l l'OOL Co., 
Chicopee Falls, 
Mass. 
PORTABLE FEED MILL. 
Latest out, and best adapted for the 
farmer In Arne lea. 
Write for testimonials and Circular. 
LEW IS STR A Y KR, York, Pn, 
Feed your Stock 
WITH THK 
Waste on Your Farm. 
PRINDLE STEAMER 
FOR COOKING FOOD FOR STOCK 
Just the thing. 
, PRICKS REDUCED. 
BARROWS. 8A VERY a CO.. Limited 
V Pmt.ADKl.PHIA, Pa 
MICHIGAN WHEELBARROW SEEDER. 
Send for circular describing la test improvements. 
MASON GIBBS. Homer, Calhoun Co., Mich. 
hIchMUnT CITY YlllL WORKS- 
RICHMOND, Ind. ^ 
m ANttp acxurkrs ok 
Mill Stulies and 
We manufacture _ pgl f m * Iff 
the best French Buhr igl , 'Lj 
BORN AND mo MILLS 
yueen the South 
POETAJBXIE 
FARM MILLS 
Fit Stock I'Ved nr Meal for 
Family abb. 
10,000 r^T TJSH. 
Wrifo for Futtivlilc t . 
Simpson & Sault M'fg Co. 
Sueoesv-r* to Straub Mini. Co. 
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GALVANIZED 
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The only fence that stands the test of time. 
CATTLE PROOF-FIRE PROOF. 
NO BARBS 
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ASK YOUR 
f= CORN 
§HELLERI 
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Will shell one bushel of 
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Write for circulars and full 
particulars to manufacturers. 
Lehigh Valley Emery Wheel Co. 
L E FI 14 # H TO N, FA. 
ROSES AND 
PLANTS 
MILLIONS of THEM 
Onr Fall Catalogue is the fln. 
eet ami most complete ever 
Issued. Full instructions for 
culture by an experienced 
horticulturist Bent FREE. 
HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. 
SEEDSMEN, 
Rochester ,N.Y, A Chicago,ID. 
FRUIT TYLER RASPBERRY 
j, a . . WAGFR PEACH »nd .11 K SI ALL KKllTK. 
IMOteS I R.JOH>ST0N,Shortsrlllr,OntarioCo.K.Y. 
tKteeg, $et& g, giants, Ac. 
a r finn '• , KhFKlt , '< HYBRID 
O M > PKVKS in Orchard, and 
X ~\l 1 rU H I »*4 > it » y Being th 
fe\ •»' ' " 1 . iro.ltt erof inis famous 
* I fruit, l have the or g i n it I trees, procur¬ 
es I -u irom the originator in Irtiiilng at 
a / 1*0 >1 NAM R*»KltV» from which I 
>/ an» propngniiiig tny stiH’k for sale. Ap- 
y plv to II “Iiclit nart era and get tliegen- 
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xmm rrails. Trees, PI ' sts ,and l ines In variety Cata¬ 
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\ 1 B l obtained my First Grafts of 
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•4=5- ESTABLISHED 
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