PERSONALS 
l$ttiM*ttan?attjSf ^tUettisirtg 
Jmptfmentss and gtarttinem 
General Gordon is said to be worth over 
$ 1 , 000 , 000 . 
Lady Tennyson, it is said, writes and 
signs the poet’s letters. 
Captain Eads offers to give Galveston a 
deep-water harbor for $7,500,000. 
Queen Victoria won all the champion 
honors for cattle at Smithfleld, London, this 
year. 
Mr. Vanderrilt is to shine as a whip. A 
coaching club of millionaires is his latest 
scheme. 
Baroness Burdktt-Coutts is the owner of 
the smallest pony in the world. He is five 
years of age and stands 13 inches high. 
Senator Saulsbury is called the Lone 
Star of the Senate because he is the only mem¬ 
ber of that body who has never been married. 
An action is proceeding in Dubliu agaiust 
Oscar Wilde for a sum due for the uuosthetic 
commodity of manure for his farm in Caug, 
County Galway. 
Senator Mahone seldom wears au over¬ 
coat, and in the coolest weather can be seen 
on the streets of Washington with bis Prince 
Albert unbuttoned. 
They were about to bury a grandchild of 
General Turner, of Memphis, when some one 
insisted that it should be bathed and slapped 
on the back. It is now alive and doing well, 
Dwxqut M. Sarin, of Minnesota, the new 
Chairman of the National Republican Com¬ 
mittee, is said to have au income of $100,000 a 
year, derived mainly from prison contracts. 
Thomas Nast, as the Boston Transcript 
learns, still ‘‘sends his sketches to the Harpers 
every week and they are pigeon-holed by Mr. 
Curtis, while the Hamers nav him under mn. 
PROFESSOR 
Made from Professor Horsford’s Acid 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
Is healthier than ordinary Raking Pow¬ 
der. 
I,' 1 . n reasonable price. 
I li< IIoisioi (1 s Alumnae auiI Cook Hook 
r *ii I I rt'e. 
HumfordChwnlcal Works, Providence, R. I. 
L M, ANTHONY Ag’t 100 and 102 Heads St..N. Y. 
® TO FARMERS.-It 
is important that the Soda or 
Sal eratus they use should be 
whits and pure. In common with 
all similar substances used for 
lu making bread with yeast, it 
9 C»| Cop— is well to use nhour half a teaspoon 
full of the 
“ARM AND HAMMER" BRAND SODA Or SALERA- 
TUS at the same time, and thus make the bread rise 
better and i revent it becoming sour by correction 
the natural acidity of the yeast. 
DAIRYMEN and FA ItM fcIIS should use only 
thp “ARM AND HAMMER" brand fur cleaning and 
keeping milk-pans sweet and clean. 
To insure obtaining only the" Aral ami llnin- 
rnor” brand Soda or Saleratus, buy it in "pound or 
Half pound packages,” u-ltioh bear our name and 
t rade-m ark as inferior goods are so met tines substituted 
for the "Arm and Hammer” brand when bought 
in bulk. 
Ln iuds Corn and Cob and all kinds of Grain successfully. UneoPalled 
Capacity, on account of its Triple Gear. Fitted to run by belt or 
tumbling rod, when desired. For sale by principal dealers in United States. 
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
STOVER MANUFACTURING CO., FREEPORT, ILL. 
Monopoly Gobbler’s New Year. 
(Re-engraved from the New York Graphic. ,i 
■ T n ■ \/ft TO USE FARGO’S 
U n Y V .T une Golden 
H I 0 Butter Color. 
made by the oldest manuf* •tuars of nn oil butter 
color In the United States. Established In 1M9. The 
market value of your butter advanced :t to 5 cents u 
pound. Use the strongest pure color made, free from 
rancidity. IT CANNOT BE DETECTED lu the butter. 
We supply more than 1,000 creameries. WARRANTED 
TO SATISFY. Color at Wholesale rates where we 
have no agent, Seud postal for circulars to 
k. h. eargo a co„ Luke Mills, wm. 
£toch nml poultry. 
^JQLovel) Cards 
Nt-w .tjlo frull nr pn.k.^| 
rl knlfr, or n nlrr ring, 
frrr nllh » uOr. order. JflT 
Choice ehromos, your name In 
pretty type, post-paid. 10c. 2. r > 
ine gold edge cards 10c. Hid- 
leu name cards 12 for 20c. 500 
dher style.-. Ilk? pay to agents, 
tend 6*’, for termsand samples 
o canvass with. 
Jelly Carl Ter is, Meriden, Coca 
This power easily folds up out of the wav when not In use 
feed to cut, corn to shell, or anythin* one or two horses can do 
P. /er .Tack Melt and IS feet flat Relt. $io j burse Power. # 55.01 
Just the thin* every farmer wants that ha 
Agents wanted, send for circular. 2-horse 
n. Mm mi tact u vers. Kala.hakoo, Mich. 
Ti.e i uma i; 
season, together with recent improve¬ 
ments, place the “ PLANET 
Jr.” Farm and Gar- , f 
den Implements be- ' ^ C 
yond till Com- ^ 
petition, 
fie-OtriL 
L NOW, if yon are in 
terested ml'!U‘iiiin*,ii:i:- 
^ deuimr or Trucking, f« r our 
" NEW ( ATAl.Ohl K, contain¬ 
ing 34 pages and over 40 iUnstra. 
tftlmp. Chromo Cards, name in new sc ript type. 
11 i>k.-. lit. or in pks for $t and choice free of 
handsome noli! ring, plain, chased, funny stone set¬ 
ting or tortoise 2 blade knife. Snow ,t Co, Merhlen,Ct 
A GENTS Coin Money who sell Dr. Chase's Family 
Physician. Price 9*2.1111. Specimen pages free. 
Address A. W. Hamilton A l?o.. Ann Arbor, Mich. 
tions, 
^ describ. 
in* fully the 
S. L. ALLEN & CO 
UR Up I Secure a Splendid Present by send ins Stic, for 
a abjjaj. :jp U eksof Chromo Cards, new and Imported 
designs, or 50 for ipe, E It. Pardee. New Haven.Ct. 
147 A 129 
Catharine St, 
l’liilu. ^ 
PLANET Jr, 
Ilorse 11oes, Cultiva, 
tors, SmUDrills, \\ heel. 
Hoes, Hotiita-llij(i;ers, Kto. Ktr 
r.MPORTED AND BRED BY SMITHS A POWELL 
A TNn F iJ’i?D?Wn i k LI > TY AND BRP.ED- 
J,S?’ Q JfEARLY 500 ON HAND FOR THE 
0LA.SON OF 1883-4 FIRST PUT7F 
HERD AT NEW TORN STATE FATR 
1880, 1881, 1882, AND 1883 FMR ’ 
s \cry ftnluml W8 a si'Inct^cl ninnhnr itf tii«* Arm 
au ‘L u fu, MHar with all the best 
class of 1 smek h D.7iVi lh l n ‘ r . u ” 10 ! ' , T |i re only the best 
r....v.. , M ^• In ni(n litTti overv pnw is lostf.i hv n, 
and A > reed| r ng in Rh,v2^ , 'eB»k f* " ,l 'i "" U '\ r nw " 
prlnlt^ t»n 
50 Cards 
gjf | Ul.T \ t!n l Floral, 
■ mt. Wfn$#in$r»ttCe»». Sentiment, Hand 
6\ V, IFlaral, Me,, with /.mv, Friend' 
and Hnlia-ty Motion, Iflr 
1*-2 ! - pL-. aadibh “ 
Irifunt Itlng, oO<*., 1 u j»L-, k Klnc.|I. 
10 JfKW •*tClMK-ALM> K.4»k" 
Reed & Barton 
vfliinutacturers of 
FINE TABLE WARE 
AND FANCY GOODS 
IN GOLD AND SILVER PLATE, 
IQ KKW **UL\CfcAI,H> 
I J. * *rd* (narop runefHlcd with hand (Si^m 
bultllriK UoMfri with niiiltopM 1 », Jj r 
pk«. AndthU Kinf for$l. AfeiU' iMi* 
v>\* Ivoek »nd lull outfit, Jiur. Ui$r 20U nm vV 
vnr*l« ridded lliii N«*un. KlttV iurd» wbolralc 
NOUTIIFOUD DAUB CO. aWiatord* 
New 
York 
Singer' 
A CuutcT, ltuiUt-r, TueJf- 
,er, Five Hemtiiers.Blnd | 
er. Thread Otitter, Need' 
lee. till Olul full outfit with each.— 
« *• uurioit. i .l ,41 be perfect. Wur 
Qj nut teil Aye*r. Don’t pay dOObld 
U for U!aeli1rnv no better, when you 
1 these before you iiav neent 
1 AHlate Unproven,ruts. Runs lIprlic 
With ut tie llotaf. Handsome ami 
■*-4 durable. Clreular* with hua- 
t— dredp. . of te.tluiMMluU * free. 
•V t O, 47 rtlLixl Ave., Chicago, 111 . 
Are now offering a great number of New Patterns 
Hammered, bnow Flake, Chased and Engraved. D 
New and Artistic Designs of Ornamentation: Figv 
Full and Bas-relief, and Applirjufi, finished in Oxidizt 
of Gold. 
We win Ktuu you a. watch urucuam 
6t MAIL 0B EIPRiSS. C. O I).. to lai 
examined before p i> lu - an: money 
and if not wttofactory, reiurned at 
lourpypeii.se. Wo inuuntaeture all 
our watebet and save you it) per 
Cent. Oatalogtw of taut .t vies free, 
Evk.t WcTcV WlKCOTII, \l>Plt*SS 
STANOADD AMERICAN WATCH CO., 
VCpSHI ltl|l| fK 
Sheep and Lambs 
und h mi ViuniJi oi cUolc S, Yo*riing Rams 
crate for S1° W Pedigree. Prlees very mod 
•‘’tilting number wanted U "'ur t rUe , t0r .PWtlcuIars, 
er “lfine Oxford Dow^s! Xf d 5SL e also for sale sev' 
Salesrooms: 686 Broadway, 
New York. 
FACTORIES: TAUNTON. Mass. 
yttiit; LANTERNS i 
|¥ 1 AND STEREOPTICONS 
Foil PUauC,SOr<DAYSCHOOL & hOMt EXHIBITIONS 
VIEWS aUSu^eeta !I20 batalocui', FREE 
C.T. MILLIGAN 
Downs, Address'. 
wrpee *fc Ho., Philadelphia, l’n 
holsteins 
Lowest pnees ever known 
an Iti-uecli Loader*, 
Mllleo, A Kevolver*. 
, Twenty 
Imported 
fevs t.t calve this Winter, just 
nt fair prlees. 
WOLCOTT. Rcmlvllle. Mass. 
^ Grind your own Bone, 
m Meal, Oyster Shells A; Cor* 
\)1 .^3 H i \ O M 1 LL IF 
7/ W Uson s Patent i. i GO per eeui 
/f more made tu ke»ptng Poultry, 
, Also Power Mills und Pam 
Circulars and Testimonials sent or 
11L.SON lilUH., Kusiou, P.i, 
I ■»! gnsilr r.<5uced prv.. 
H B.J ■ n fk^ueiid .'Unit, for our New 
Caulugue, 1SSS-84 
)WFI I A vov I NO M»luetf*rl ('INCINNATi.O 
New (TSS-l) Chromo Cards, no 2 alike, with name 
lOo..links »i.uko I,Rkkd& Co .Nassau, n.y 
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP 
•LK? S0UTH D0W * 
Abb. Kentucky 
