FEB. 7 
PERSONAL ITEMa 
Gen. Grant Uaa sent two trotting stallions, bay 
descendants of “ Ethan Alien,” as a present to the 
Mikado of Japan. 
Jennie Flood, whom U. 8. Grant is to marry, has 
Just bad $2, 600 , ooo in registered! percents given 
her as a wedding dowery by her father, the San 
Francisco nabob. 
Young Ulysses Grant, •* Buck,” aahe is generally 
called, has had a rich streak of luck. He has been 
speculating in stocks In New York, and Is credited 
with having cleared $J0o,ixt0. 
Senator l.amar Is very eccentric in his habits. 
Sometimes hu will almost starve himself and 
then eat voraciously, lie lias fits of melancholy 
that last a long time, lie Is never very buoyant. 
Uls ordinary demeanor Is that of grave and stem 
decorum, 
The widow of President Tyler, In her petition to 
Congress for a pension, says that her means or 
support were swept away by the late depression of 
real estate, and Bhe continues, “In fact I llnd I 
have scarcely anything whatever loft to live upon 
and It 1 b only In this extremity that 1 appear be- 
Tore you.” 
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The Solid South to woman, are for Uop Bitters, 
using them as their only family medicine, 
ADVERTISING RATES: 
inside, 14th and loth pages (A if ate Bpace). ,40c. per lint 
“ 18th oage... 60 “ 
Outside or last page... lo 
Fifty tier ct. extra for nn usual display. 
Discount on 4 Insertions, 5 per ot.; 8 ins.. lu per ct 
18 Ins., 16 per ct.; 38 ins., ao per et., 62 Ins..26 per ot. 
Vr No advertisement Inserted for less than *2. 
Hum twelve steel coulter teeth uud ten iierl cutting 
.rJ ,Ul ,m ; r **!* f **t wide., and two to four inches 
au«:p, I bo only mpleiuotit oowMtiLujr Pulveriser 
(.rusher and XxwclorI porfortas all three operation* 
In the most perfect manner. Wc.rU per 
fectlv on light soil, biit Is rs/iectatto adapted to nod ami 
luvra clay Wove other Harrow* tail. Ageqts wanted. 
He i»JJV r i clro, V Iar - NASH & KUO., 
Harris burg, Penu., and 22 College Place, New York 
Sawing of a Log, 
Easy and Past. 
l.A nr. i.i.e nHocotiATTKn e. 
^ftteUatwous. 
One Hundred Years Old. 
i78o --- 1880 
WALTER BAKER & GO., 
Dorchester, Mass., 
CHOCOLATE. BEOMA AND COCOA 
PREPARATIONS 
Have been the Standard for PURITV and HXCILLBXCK for 100 Tears. 
Thirteen Jledal.i (Fhrst.Cliuia) received at Paris, Vienna, 
fltllmlHiihm, etc , ere. 
SOI.lt «»• /, E.UU JYU <i HOVERS E V'E H Y'XP'HE HE. 
Send for Descriptive Circular and Book of Choice Receipts. 
s 
E. A. REEVES 
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OLD ESTABLISHED 
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Seed Warehouse, 
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68 Cortlandt St. 
NEW YORK. 
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES sent free 
to all applicants. I 
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$cui gttl>Ucatl0ttis. 
Emerson’s Anthem Book, 
By L. O. Emerson. Price $1.25, or $12.W) per doz. 
® “ustc. and the great Artcty. There are more 
• . Anthems. Motets. Sentences, etc , including nn 
Anthem D°xolo«rj' and some- line new Hymn Anthems. 
Also 18 Responses and Chants. Music for Christinas, 
taster, and all other spootal occasions is provided 
THE SLEEPING GUES.T, (Hue.). Fine Operetta by half*. 
HAVE YOU SEEN 
“WHITE ROBES,” 
the new Sabbath School Book! 1 It le a grand (rood 
Book and Is meeting with, undkampled success 
Only Published two months ago. It •'takes” ho well 
thut the publishers are forced to Issue edition utter edi¬ 
tion to keep pace with the demand. To state it tersely, 
Will r r IS ROB F.8 
haa ifon* straight into thy hearts ot alllovemuf Sab¬ 
bath School Music, anil the fact Is due- to ite purity, 
freshness and originality. 
Send 80 cts. in stamps for a sample copy. $3 per aoz. 
Temvermee Jewels (85cts.), by J. H. Tunny. should be 
used by all temperance and Reform clubs. 
Any Book mailed post free lor retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON <fc CO., Boston. 
«\ II. Dli.on A* Go.. J. R. DliHon Ac Co.. 
848 Broadway. New York 1238 Chestnut St.. Pl*Ua. 
Our latest improved sawing machine cuts 
Dnrer 0t 111 ^ . ni 'iu(es. A $IOO 
wiJI be given to two men who 
can saw as much in the old way, as onegnan 
with machine. Circulars sent free. 
W. Giles, 741 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111. 
Bufrjto,N. Y., owns and sontrole East, 
ern and Middle States. 
sowing machine having a seat 
tor the operator, or treadles forhla feet, is an infringe- 
THTMik] 
Drops, with groat regularity, one grain in u place, 
either 12.10 nr 'Hi Inches apart., does the covering uni- 
form in depth, Mia itf both tlio# ADd lttl*or ravtnir a 
giveu urea of com planted with this machine contains 
as many plants as when hlllod, but their .urangement 
le such Uiat nu7i plunthtts access to too Sane umount 
ot phrut-foou that must necessarily be divided between 
from 3 to 5 plants whou huddled together hi a hill. 
Hence a henlthy start and vigorous growth of the 
Plants and the conseuiieutiiroductlou of (urge, well 
inut ured ears, by which ton quality is Improved, and 
i ip. y'cbl Increased from lu to ;o busluds tier acre, over 
hill planting an; natural results following the ubc of 
our ( «» v u Drill. Scud for circular. 
H003IKN llttll.L I 41 .. It leliumnd, I ml. 
(fUsitnU. 
LANDSasHOMES 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 
1,000,000 acres well-watered Timber 
and Prairie Lands along the line of the 
St. Louis ami San Francisco R. It. for sale 
at from $2.30 to $8.00 per acre o»i 
seven i/rai s* tlino. Excellent for Stock, 
trurt, and Farming. The pest Tolmcn. 
Region In the XV ext. Short, winters, con 
venlent markets, superior schools, low 
taxes, litiHltliful climate, good society, 
tree ti’aii8j>ortatiori fromSt.Loulstopur- 
Send for maps and circular*. 
W. H. OOPFLN, Laud Commissioner, 
Temple Building, St. Louis, Mo. 
{{[JJ ‘{J, 11 vJJLON \ , IUv8traU‘.d cqtaloou6 tree. 
•JH 2 Jlii 'I j. F. MANCHA. 
JO!>J Olilt bOLOMj Clareiiiont, Vu 
FARMS I Grain, and Gross Farms in beat 
, f* m T 1 l’ ttrt of Maryland at Panic Price*. For 
Catalogue address H. K. MANCHA, Uldgely. Md. 
Sural GUIDE 
MATTHEWS’ iS^ 
The Standard of America. . _ 
Admitted by loadiqg Seeds 
men and Market Gardners .UvcLJvL 
everywhere to lie the most per- Ms-Jy .eV gik. 
feet and reliable Drill In um,. 
Send for Circular. Mnnufact 
ured only by 
I*. It K IT & SHALL, Host on, Alusg. 
s-THE VICTORY 
A beautiful war* of 100 Pages, One Colored 
Flower ,***;• 300 iTlnatratlous, with 
Descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables 
wD Duw to grow them. All ten a KlVK Ck.VT StA.UP. 
In English or German. 
, Vlca’a Meeds are the best lu the world. Fivu 
Cxnts for po»tu«o wilt buy the Floral Utrimc, tell- 
lug how to get them 
The Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175 Pager. 
HI x Colored Plates, and many hundred Engravings 
For 50 Ceuta tn paper covers i 41 In clcgaui cloth, hi 
German or English. 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine — 32 
Pages, a Colored Piute Jo evety number and many 
2?, e v, K ‘^ r “ v lu ““- pH<ie »Lio h year. Five CopleB for 
♦5.00. bpeciinsn cumbers sent for 10 cents : 3 trial 
copies for 2a cents. 
Address JAMBS VICK. Rochester, N. Y. 
S Jho Victory Com Mill 
i'jraf will grind corn meal coarse 
JCW® or hue, Hhollod or on the 
i l j Sell Sliuriiruing 
I kid' I In lee. Made entirely of 
.lr Ihon ind Stukl. Very 
t p strong, durable, ami war- 
7r\ N ranted in every respect. 
/ • Capacity, to to bushels 
yj&rC ** - Vniat^ our ‘ Hen ‘ l for cir- 
Address THOS. ROBlCRTS, SriUNovtKLD. O. 
AGENTS WANTED! 
r 1 J OAA.L’ 1<3*A0 UiGliOL*, l»UL UIJ m 
packages ot one dozen, assorted patteins; $sou can he 
made in the next ninety days selJlug (hem. as every 
ftuully will buy from one to sU dozen when they see 
them and hear the prteo. a package of twelve hand 
kerchtels, allowing Just wluit they are. with wholesale 
price-list, sent by mail tortwenty touroue oent stamps. 
No attention puhl to postals in future. 
vv. i. Wiseman. Box dm, chicngo, m. 
m ■ m ■ m ■ Agents. Aucuonceru, Ped- 
■ I H III tilers. Street HaicNtucu, and 
Hi k D nM wtioh-s.Ue dealers, scud ror 
IV 1 ■■ cmr 40-page Catalogue or 
| W L ■ ■ M VVatchea, Jewelry, Notlous, 
,, . . " NoveltloM and Agents Sup¬ 
plies. Just out. Sent free. For Bargains address 
pavis ta ., in. 
MARK TWAIN’S NEW BOOK, 
__. A Tbamp abboad. 
Llte^^rHaffil. A PPly l ° AM£R10AN PDB - 
WH] bt tDisll^d ran to all ADplicHOU. a&J t(>oafcfrtmt»M wUV-mt 
D. M, FEKIt i & (JO.. Detroit- Mich. 
CAT - TAIL MILLET, 
AL8u KNOWN AS 
“HORSE" or “PEARL” MILLET, 
at* hv^min b L l Jf", U ;- 83c - V y oxi'rt^s. Chufas, 6uu. net 
provJd Stai.,lard det"h 1 . PrlCfrIiat “ f new aud ‘ r “ 
MARK W. JOHNSON, & CO., 
47 marietta Street, Atlanta, (lu. 
INGALL’S PAT. LINK AND CHAIN 
$350^ 
Will make or mend your 
plinlns, of all slv.ee, without 
tools. Inquire at vour Hard- 
ware store or address 
INGALL S MFG. CO., Providence, R. I. 
.rani a g'1 rTri ry 
NlGLfc ' (tj 
Wi'otlmXaP’ 1 ’ ro tssvu* vom 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO. 
Ol' Watertown, N, Y., 
l&rfcreHt (Joinpany tn tho country which insures 
sS yea^ouf. * >roperty aI)<, residences. Uver twenty 
Capital. $200,000 00 
Net .Surplus, over.$285,16S Si 
Awseta, Ja n. 1, 188 0..$1,137,540 73 
HANSEN S DANISH LIQUID 
BUTTER COLOR. 
Prepared in vegetable oil by skilled chemists Do, h 
the bnttertullk, imparts natural rich color 
butter-makera have adopted it. Ha.nple by miili. tree 
N V V, XVh I !! AN .‘ fc x Bl!RR . ELI '> Li "‘< f Alla. 
Y*» >V liole»aln A (t eutm (or A m<*ricn . 
E i ropkan tour roa ism to um 
auauionai ceuten of Hie old World: IneludS* 
uuinclon* to I inly. Swlt/eilaial, F.ance, AowSl 
Holland • Helajum! 
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- -- . .’ . '"UAIKHIU, r luuce, AUA1 
Hi’lLind,' jjelaj 
OVPT and (he UoLV LA \b, wlfii 
xtnumJInary amuunt ot flrar-i;i;iA- u-avel for 
S.tTPIllglv ImV nhlrtt Canrl Y. .. 
,., iii*»i*i:i;uw imvei TOT MM 
x.tr8iiM?lv low pilre, St’ijd for it XQTXY*{MMM 
^.vplmialory pamphlK; with rull addr^ls 
T’O Fit.I KIJ, Music Hall, Uoatoo, Mtm* 
ft I ^j* c d y;ard« ever sold, with uumc, for 10c 
S-HIPost-pabl. TRY ME. J. B . Hueted.^Nas“in?N y! 
Gold, CryHtAl Lace. Perfumed & Ckromo Cards 
\J U name in Gold and Jet, luc. 
_ CLINTON Sc BRO , Cllntonyllle. Ct. 
1 ft ^ I '; GA , N ’ 1 ! Style Oltromo Cards with name, 
LO 10c. postpaid. Geo. I. Reed & Co.. Nassau. N. Y. 
*777 
Send for circular. Gro. a JossgLrN. Fredoul*. N. Y. 
the DEAF HEAR 
Coaversuciun. 
Oono©rta,eto., by NKW (WmU. 
by a wuod«rfui Nrv» 8*1* 
CSS 
Jr**’, ^lanto, Str 
IfRIAPTPDCl Tiie So 7 tlty of Satpbetties. 
rheCUTHBERT 
I hao» by tar Che largest 
anil best stock In country 
iit' this “ tpire 9) or the Mar¬ 
ket" (It welt US the fruit 
Oar am. 
a •ueertor I)I i VTk' ,f tie 
a to rut ot * b d A I i\, uo , otd 
and chon's new varieties, 
h r spring planting, of 
fxi^flFrr 
h*'*"’ y , Hr-' rftjr 
■S' ' ' 
■-ia Seri. 
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k iS .•*• ’Y’vg 
Ml rriJjS 
llHlJl] 
III 
g a ripe i nf Currants. 
. _ . t Mv new fainlogue tor 
W S|irlll , ,f l2 '' P*kV8). gitrS 
I \ AQpapRK 1 couinfefe instructlona fur 
1 IngraCIMM i luntiuir and eultivaom 
honest at iu-ripiii.iiB andy'it.i prtces. trie to all. 
J. T. LOVETT, 
I.1TTI.E SILVER, dloiiaioulli Co. N. J. 
A iupvrlet n| I WTCvfadllww 
•tockot rLMH | tj otd and CA. 
new varieties—Including the C0TH- 
BEHT Raspberry, Glendaio Straw- 
mm 
BEAT Raspberry, Glendaio Stiaw- 
berry and Dacha** Grape. My cat¬ 
alogue (free to all) gives Imdructlona 
for culture, honest descriptions and 
Little Silver, Monmouth Co., N. J, 
SEE DS MSS 
Western .Seeds be sty Uie world, i 
Mine take* the lead, rruan.itura n 
cheap and w.-in-aiiled. Prices 08 - t 
low every tlrru, I givo more extra 
as presents than all rlrma. 1 have 
issued .’0 iXU prettiest books on gardening 
mum 
BEST 
seeds 
EVER 
ftrown 
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