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TERMS FOR 1879. 
Thi subscription price of The Ruuai. Ninv 
Yorker Is 
Single Copy, per Year ... $2 «0 
“ “ Six Months. i 10 
Great Britain, Ireland. Anstralln and 
Germany, per Year, post-paid.*3 04 (12s. fid.) 
France. H “ 3 04 (lfixf, ) 
French Colonies, '* “ 4 u 8 ( 20X1. ) 
Anyone sending a club oi eight la entitled to ore 
copy, one year, free. 
Agents will be supplied with canvassing outfit < n 
application. 
“ACME” 
Pulverizing Harrow, 
Clod Crusher and Leveler. 
£teds, Pante, &e. 
Uf 11 I I AIUIC E- *• j. €)., lHontclair, N. J. 
WILLIMlYlO 100.000 HtTawberry Plants. 
All the Lending Fruits anil Vines. Catalogue free. 
Beauty of Hebron and Other Seed Potatoes. 
lUUSTKATIill (J AUDEN 
V L L II V GUIDE, of the best Flowers 
uLLlIu and Vegetables, with prices of 
Seeds, and how to grow them. 
FUEL lO ALL. It will imi/ to vend for it. 
COLE & BKOT1IEI1, Skkosmkn. Print. a, Iowa. 
lUat (fixate. 
LA ^DS and HOMES 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 
1,000,000 acres well-watered Timber 
and Prairie Lands along the line of the 
.St. Louis and San Francisco It. K, for sale 
at from #2.50 to #8.00 per acre on 
seven years' time, Excellent for Slock, 
Fruit, anil Farming. The J»est Tobacco 
Region iu the West. Short winters, con¬ 
venient markets, superior schools, low 
taxes, healthful climate, good society. 
Free transportation from St.Louis to pur¬ 
chasers of laud . Send for maps and circulars, 
IV. H. COFFIN, Land Commissioner, 
Temple Building, St. Louis, Mo. 
Has twelve eirel coulter teeth aud ten steel cutting 
spurs. Cute Over six feet wide, and two to roar inches 
deep The ouly implement combining Pulverizer 
crusher mid Leveler! performs ail three operations 
«t. one time m the moat perfect manner Worts per¬ 
fectly on light soil, but is cspeciaUii ruiapted to sod and 
hard clay where otlu'.r Harrows /'ail. Agents wanted. 
Send for circular. NASH A i(IU)., 
Harrisburg, Pram., and 32 College Place, New York. 
INGALL’S PAT. LINK AND CHAIN 
Will make or mend your 
chains, of all sizes, without 
tools. Inquire at your Hard¬ 
ware store or address 
v YJ Ilia 
» Yl 
«Yi - 
JOIN (MR CO LON Ytlllustratcd catalogue free. 
JOIN (III rt COLONY! J. F MANCHA, 
JOIN OCR COLON Yi - Claremont, Va 
Claremont, Va 
FARMS! 
Catalogue address 
Fruit, Grain, and Grass Farms hi beat 
par* of Maryland at Panic Prices. For 
ss H. S. MANCU A. Uidgely, Md. 
BEUUIES. 
QUEEN of the MARKET 
the largest and best. 
“J,000,(100 sharpie** 
Straw botim i .00(*.o00 
Miner'* Ureal Prolific. 10 
acres other choice varie¬ 
ties. 3,KJ.v bushels Deifies 
grown at Pornoun. Nur¬ 
sery in lhjy. A new race 
of Pears. Hletter’s Hy¬ 
brid Biigbl » I’root t 
hardy and productive, 
bears early, frait large, 
and ot go d quiility- 
U'g~send lor Catalogues 
Iree. 
Will. PA RR V, 
(.'in mi hi in so ii, N. J. 
CAT-TAIL MILLET, 
ALSO KNOWN AS 
“HORSE” or “PEARL” MILLET, 
50c per lb. by mail. 25c. by express. Chltfas, 50c. per 
ut. by mall. Send for price-list of many new and Im¬ 
proved Standard Seeds. 
MARK W. JOHNSON, & CO., 
27 .Uiuiellu Street, Atlunta, Ga. 
INGALL'S MFG. CO., Providence, R. I. 
Hew iuVUrattonsi. 
CLARK’S ROOT CUTTER. 
Do not fail to see CLARK’S NEW ROOT CUTTER. 
The leading stock raisers iu the country pronounce it 
the best aud only cutter that cuts roots iu shape for 
feeding. 
Price No. 1.#12.00 
/* No. 2 . 14.00 
Send for circular. 
IIIGGANUiU IVIFG. CORPORATION - , 
„ , Higganum, Ct., U. S. A 
Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements of all 
description. 
Emerson’s Anthem Book. 
By L. 0, Emerson. Price 8125, or 812.00 per doz. 
It is a pleasure to look through this fine book, and 
Choir Leaders will all be pleased with tin-.genera! beau¬ 
ty uf the music, and the great variety. There are. more 
than 90 Anthems, .Motets Sentences, etc , including an 
Anthem Doxology and some line new Hymn tutheuis. 
Also 18 Responses and Chants. .Music for Christmas, 
Easter, aud all other special occasions is provided. 
THE SLEEPING 1UEEN, (80a). Fine Operetta by Balfe. 
HAVE YOU SEEN 
“WHITE ROBES,” 
the new Sabbath School Book? It is a grand good 
Book and is meeting with unexampled success. 
Ouly published two muuttis ago, it “ takes” so well 
that the publishers are forced to issue edition after edi¬ 
tion to keep pace with the demand, to state it tersely, 
WHITK KOItl S 
has gone straight into the hearts of all lovers of Sab 
bath School Music, aud the fact is due to its purity, 
freshness and originality. 
Send 30 uts: iu stamps for a sample copy. $3 per doz. 
Temperance Jewels (35 ets..), by J. H. Tunny, should be 
used by all Temperance and Reform clubs. 
Any Book mailed poBt free lor retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
H. Dll non A ('•„ J. K. Dll-on A- !’o., 
813 Broadway, New York 1238 Chestnut St.. Phlia. 
ROSES & GERANIUMS 
50,000 now ready. None better. 1 OOh.v express, #5. 
50 by mail, SCI. Samples. I l for .>1.10. Lists free. 
Address TYKA MONTGOMERY, Mattoon, Ills 
EUROPE as HOLY LAND. 
Touijee’s Third Educational Excursion, 1880. 
All Travel aud Hotels fi. st-elnss. >love fur- 
nished for tbe money tuau any exclusion ever 
oiler-d. Special Advantages of un extraordi¬ 
nary character secured for sight Seeing and visiting 
the grandest centers of Art and Historic I merest 
iu the Old World. COMPASS Skijaii. Numbers 
limited. 32-page pm.pectus sent free. Address 
E. TOUR J EE. Itostou. Mass. 
Pijsrrllatteousi. 
MAltlvKl GA It iri.NLlltls. 
JKresih, Pure tSIOh-Ilrf tor YOU. 
isend for Garden Manual and Price List for 1880. 
J. U. ROOT, Si:ku Grower. Rockford, IU. 
implements and £Hnchinery. 
Ask any good doctor II llop Bitters are not the 
best family medicine on earth. See notice. 
^flentjei Wanted. 
the DEAF HEAR 
THROUGH THE TEETH! 
PEllf'KCTi,V, oil Ordinary Conversation, 
Lecture*. Concerto, etc., by HSW LLiuiitu‘l>. 
10 lha fi frwi of UvMiiudf. tijr * woniR-nul Now bci* 
eaUlte la«raU«a,THE OENTAPHONE. 
6 r «MMT*abi« pwblK UKt uu Ike l>ciir—oiiu mi 
the 9rmt mmi Pwk—ll« A>w fork Utrald, 
y-.PT< »«tW •Marferd, Stnl. «, tto. It 
4MpeNtafl|fft|*4MM»*te. Alec of an or-I 
rr enrirmu r»—ghlot. Utm 
Tut request often made bv pnhiisiiers that readers 
wUi mention their Journals when uiswering mUcrUae- 
meats, seems to us a very reasonable one. Such men¬ 
tion is a help! ul aud Irieumy act to tbe journal men¬ 
tioned and enables the advertiser to determine which 
Journals arc the best advertising mediums, iieferenuti 
to our advertising columns will show there is uot one 
advertisement of an exceptional or ambiguous charac¬ 
ter admitted. Iu so far as this is possible we hold 
ourseivea responsible for their high-standing aud 
rurtworthhiw 
sold by sample. 
LA BELLE M.< 
sba to 8 UXI and expenses. Goods 
ANUFAOTURING CO . Chicago, Ill. 
W E ADVISE YOU TO INSURE YOUR 
liroperty iu the 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO. 
Ol - Watertown, IV. Y-, 
The largest Company in the country which insures 
only farmers’ property and residences, uver twenty- 
six years old. 
Capital. $200,000 00 
Net Surplus, over .... $216,000 00 
Assets, Jan, 1, 1 879- $1,098,623 24 
1 Q ELEGANT New Style Ohroum t arda with name, 
I O 10c. postpaid. Geo I Reed Co., Nassau, N. i. 
X* 87 A year and expenses to ageuts. Outfit Free. 
Dili Address P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine 
H IGH CLASS POULTRY. Grape Vines, Small 
Fruits, liner than ever. 
Send for circular. Geo. S. Josseltn, Fredonia, N. Y. 
THE BOREL & COURVOISIER SWISS WATCHES 
RAVE BEEN AWARDED 
ALPHA TOMATO 
12 to 15 days earlier than any other. 1 he best iu 
flavor ami shipping dualities, very productive, line 
size, form and color; no one nan a fiord to do without 
it. Packets of seed from extra select .Inly truitSo ets. 
each, 6 for $1; from August fruit la cts. each, 8 lor $1. 
3 ct. stamps taken for change. For Headquarters, Heed, 
testimonials uud particulars, address the originator, 
FRAN K FUllD, Ravenna, O. 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Senator-elect Garfield once drove a canal horse, 
and could whip any man on the route. 
By the will of the late Frank Leslie all his real 
and personal property Is bequeathed to his widow. 
General Sherman Is said to be the most per¬ 
sistent theater-goer of all the public men in 
Washington. 
The Lord Mayor ot London gives a bond of $ 50,000 
for the safety of the ofiiclal diamonds, and one of 
$ 100,000 for the safety of the plate. 
President Lincoln once said that some people not 
only believed that the earth moved on Its own 
axis, but that they were the axis. 
A bitter correspondent writes to tbe London 
News that "Swinburne " signifies "pig’s brook,’’ 
from “ swln,” a pig, and “ burne,” a brook. 
Algernon Sartorls, the English son-in-law of 
General Grant, has arrived in this country, but 
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls does not accompany 
him. 
Ouray, the ute, is short and stout. He has a 
square face, and wears a high hat. lie has some¬ 
what of a beard He speaks Spanish well. Gen¬ 
eral Adams says that Ouray is a man of Intelli¬ 
gence, but that, when he was told that the Utes 
acted badly be smiled, shrugged his shoulders, 
and merely said that it Is only a way the Indians 
have. 
Senator-elect Mabone, of Virginia, Is a small, 
slim man, with bright eyes and quick movement. 
As a Confederate leader he was famous for his dar¬ 
ing. He never wore a sword while In command, 
always forgot his pistol, aud went into acilon with 
nothing In his hands or in his pockets, wearing 
generally a loose blouse of gray flannel, which his 
soldiers called his *■ nghtlng Jacket.” 
Julia Jackson, the slxteeu-year-old daughter of 
Stonewall Jackson, was presented at Bartlmore, 
on Christmas Eve, -with a silver pitcher, Inscribed, 
“ To General Stonewall Jackson’s daughter, from 
Confederate soldiers In Maryland, Christmas, 
1879.” The presentation was made In a quiet 
manner at Miss Cary’s school, where Miss Jackson 
is a pupil. Mrs. Jackson w as present. 
Mrs. Grant Is said to be very rond of collecting 
pictures of herself, Ulysses and the children. She 
gets every photograph she can and carefully puts 
It away for future use. When fixing up her house 
at Galena the other day, she hung up Ulysses and 
the children In nearly overy room. The little 
General, observing the redundancy about the 
house of Grant, a nd the little ones, removed his 
cigar from hla mouth long enough to observe “It 
was In bad taste,” whereupon t he good wife gave 
the man of her destiny to understand very plainly 
that It. was 7u-r house he was talking about, and 
she would not be told how she should tlx It up. 
Lieutenant Gorrlnge has found under the pedes¬ 
tal of the obelisk that Is coming to tills country 
several Masonic emblems of great historical value. 
A perfect Masonic altar, a Masonic apron, and so 
on, are represented ou blocks ot hewn syenite 
granite. General Koome, the Grand Master of 
Masons m New York -state, says that the discovery 
will be a great thing for Masonry. It Is claimed 
by many Masons that the society sprang from the 
Essenes, who wore the arc of three secret societies 
among the Jews. John, the Baptist, belonged to 
the three, and It la supposed, also, that Christ was 
brought up within their mystic rules. 
PRONOUNCED 
BEST PLOW MADE 
by the 
Northern Ohio Fair of 1879, 
State Fair of New York of 1879, 
State Fair of Michigan of 1879, 
and by the 
Paris Exposition of 1878 
when it competed with 187 other 
PLOWS, and received the GRAND 
GOLD MEDAL for being the BEST 
general purpose Plow in the world 
an honor never before conferred 
upon a Hand Plow.) 
Is 1 he MOST EASILY ADJUSTED 
ami MOST PERFECT SCOURING 
PLOW ever invented, and the thou¬ 
sands that are in satisfactory use 
all over the land demonstrate the 
fact t ha t no other CHILLED PLOAV 
manufactured is equal in EVERY 
RESPECT to the “GALE.” 
For Circulars and prices, address 
GALE MANUFACTURING CO. 
ALBION, MICH. 
MARK TWAIN’S NEW BOOK, 
A Tramp Abroad. 
Prospectus now ready. Apply to AMERICAN PD 
LISHING CO.. Hartford. Ct. 
$350 
A MONTH—AGENTS WANTED-75 
beatselliUK articlesiii the world ;ouesampl- 
free Address. 1 Buonmon. Detroit. Mioh 
NOTICE TO AGENTS. 
Lieutenant General Skobeloff, Inspector general 
of the Russian cavalry, father of the General Sko¬ 
beloff who distinguished himself In the Russian 
war, Is dead. 
Governor Williams, of Indiana — the “ Blue 
Jeans” of the whole country—had a family re¬ 
union on Friday week, his seventy-second birth¬ 
day. Six grandchildren were present. 
Ex-Governor Garcelon, of Maine, whose action 
has produced the present muddle in the Pine 
Tree State, is 72 years old, and has an excel¬ 
lent reputation as a doctor and a man. 
Mre. J. J. Astor has just sent one hundred more 
of the homeless children of New York to homes In 
the West and South, at a cost of $i,5«0. Din ing 
the last seven years she has found homes for six 
hundred aud seventy-seven poor lads and has ex¬ 
pended on them $9,750. 
A wealthy man who lived In Chesterfield, Va., 
had two sons. Tom and Jack, both found of playing 
poker, buL Jack was very sharp and Tom very flat. 
When the old man died he left Torn $ 90,000 and 
Jack only $ 1 , 000 , but he explained at tbe foot of 
his will that $ 1,000 was just stake enough for Jack 
to win everything that Tom had; and so It turned 
out. 
MATTHEWS’ 
Tlie standard uf America. 
SEED 
DRILL 
Admitted by loading Seeds K/V'- Aj i 
men aucl Market Gardners ®r 
everywhere to l»e the most per- 
feet and reliable Drill in use. 
Send for Circular. Monufuot- 'sSSib.— 
ured only by 
EVERETT & SMALL, Uo»tou, Musa, 
THE GOLD MEDAL 
at the Paris Exposition of last year, 
bused on tbe greatest superiority of 
of performance during t lie test made 
manufactured of tlie bust material 
and finished by skilled hand labor 
er beyond peradventure. Messrs. B. 
tiju in prices, so as to brimr tbei: 
Great care Is taken In the finishing 
those adjusted tor railroad use. Cull 
Improved B. A C. Watches. 1'be 
relative meiite of Swiss Watches, as 
manufacture. Can a country that 
11 uudnd years bo ignored ? Give 
and they will dumonstrate to you 
youto institute us Uu pur Unicorn parl- 
The Jury of Awards’ decision was 
workmauship and extreme uccumcj 
by the Judges. These watches are 
and made with improved machinery, 
tliu- Insuring an accurate time-keep- 
Ahave made a still further reduc- 
watches within the reach of ail 
of iboir movement*, particularly 
on your Jv weler and ask to see the 
publlu is asked to investigate the 
compared witn those of American 
has made watches fur the past Two 
the Borel dc C'ourvoisier fair play, 
that none can excel them. We uak 
sou belore puruhuaUig. 
QU1NCHE &c KRUGLER 
IT HA1DJOI LAMB, M*w Iwfc, IM« AisaU for (he Daitt4 MMItt. 
Any respectable person may become our Agent. 
Postmasters are requostcdTo act as our Agents. 
A Cash Ooiumimduu of Twenty-Five Cents will be 
allowed Agontii for each yearly subscriber. Our now 
PrcmiinnLiBt Is now ready and will be mailed tree 
to all. It is scaled more liberally than any other we 
have ever offered. 
One name or a dozen munea may be forwarded at 
any time. Credit in given Ute Agent for every name 
sent until canceled by Premium. 
Address 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
IS Mm M* Nmt Ywrits 
PLANT SEED COMPANY’S 
Seed Catalogue and Almanac 
For 1880 
Containing Prices and Descrip¬ 
tion of 
Field. Vegetable, Tree and Flower Reed*, Seed 
Grain, Novelties, Seed Potatoes, etc. 
JOT Mailed Free to all applicants. A dd ress, 
Plant Seed Company, 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 
Sent free to all who apply by letter. 
^ Peter Henderson & Co. 
9 35 Cortlanclt Street, New Y 
