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so would advise all to send for this circular, 
and read it for themselves. 
Genesee Valley Manufacturing Co., 
Mt. Morris, N. Y.—A circular of the Mis¬ 
souri grain drill, which is claimed to have three 
positive force-feeds; one for each grain, for 
fertilizers and for grass seeds, and so arranged 
that, the fertilizer can be sown on poor spots 
and shut off from the rest of the field, if so 
desired. The wheels are all wrougbt-iron, 
•with broad tires. The boes are also capable 
of being shifted from a single line, or kept in 
motion by team, at will, thusavoidingdanger 
of clogging in sods or manure. Parson’s 
self adjusting land roller made by this firm, 
is also illustrated and described. Free. 
Centennial Manufacturing Co , Rye, N. 
Y.—This is a descriptive illustrated circular 
of Halsted’s Centennial Incubator and of the 
Perfected Centennial Incubator, which latter 
is claimed to be a decided improvement over 
the other, in that it provides the proper 
amount of moisture. The claims are made 
for ibis machine that it Aands first as to sim¬ 
plicity, self-regulating qualities, mechanical 
construction, finish and design, percentage of 
batch, vigor of the chicks hatched, etc. Those 
interested had better send for the circular to 
the above company. 
Acme Manufacturing Co., Kalamazoo, 
Mich.—An illustrated catalogue of cheese 
factory, creamery and dairy implements. In 
this, everything needed in cheese and butter 
making is to be found, from the mill that 
grinds the cow’s feed and the engine to run 
it, down to even so small a thing as a butter 
ladle, nearly all of which thus firm manufac¬ 
tures, It also contains D. W. Curtis's prize 
essay on butter making, which contains much 
common sense iu a very short space. 
Isaac F. Tillinghast, La Plume, Pa.— 
An illustrated seed catalogue of 36 pages. 
The Puget Sound Cabbage seed is highly com¬ 
mended. The Empire State, Lee's Favorite, 
Pear) of Savoy and State of Maine arc a mong 
the new potatoes offered that are of known 
excellence, Saskatchewan Fife Spring Wheat, 
said to be the best No. 1 hard amber yet in¬ 
troduced, the Pride of Georgia Watermelou 
are among many novelties offered. Catalogue 
free. 
The Sherwood Harness.— A circular of 
the Sherwood Harness Co., of Syracuse. N. Y. 
This fully describes a device for plowing, bar¬ 
rowing or doing other work in an orchard or 
on a farm, without the annoyance of wbiffle- 
trees and long tugs. We have for a long time 
used a somewhat similar apparatus, and are 
well pleased with it. The circular will be 
gladly forwarded to all who apply. 
Daniel Hulshizer, Doylestown, Bucks 
Co., Pa.—An illustrated and descriptive cata¬ 
logue of the Excelsior Patent t orse Tread- 
powers, Triumph horse powers, thrashing 
machines and separators for two or three 
horse tread-powers; feed cutters, field rollers, 
corn shellers, wood-sawing machines, etc. 
This circular is nicely gotten up, and gives a 
clear description of the various machines. 
Sent free. 
Small & MLatthews, 21 South Street, Bos¬ 
ton.—Circulars of their Little Gem seed drill 
and Small’s calf-feeder. The claim is made 
for this drill that while it costs but six dollars, 
it will sow aDy seed up to the size of a beet 
seed perfectly. The calf-feeder circular de¬ 
scribes an entirely new article by which a calf 
is enabled to take its food naturally, and can 
not spill it while feeding. Sent free on appli¬ 
cation. 
R. & J. FaRQUHab & Co., 19 South Market 
Street, Boston, Mass.—This is an interesting 
seed catalogue, offering 24 pages of new or ex¬ 
cellent seeds of flowers, vegetables, etc., as 
well as of plants. A new tomato is offered, 
which is said to be very dwarf in habit and 10 
days earlier than any other. The new Mon¬ 
arch Rhubarb is said to be very tender and 
juicy and to grow to an extraordinary size. 
Catalogue free. 
The Phelus & Bigelow Wind-mill Co., 
Kalamazoo. Mich., Price list and circular of 
the 1. X. L. Wind-mill; also of pumps, pipes 
and tanks, with all the fittings necessary to 
rig up a water system on the farm, and there 
are thousands and tens of thousands of farms 
that need a good system of water supply. 
Henry A. JDrekb, 714 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa.—A garden calendar (150 
pages) designed to furnish brief directions for 
the cultivation and management of the vege¬ 
table and fiower gardens. A long list of nov¬ 
elties and the usual seeds, together with roses 
and plants of various kinds. 
A. M Purdy. Palmyra, N. Y.—A descrip¬ 
tive catalogue of small fruits, fruit trees, etc. 
The Russian Mulberry, Jumbo Sfcrawoerry, 
and Cr.mson Beauty Raspberry are special 
ties with Mr. Purdy who. from long years of 
experience, ought to know what is good. 
Wm. H. Moon, Morrisviile, Bucks Co., Pa. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
—An illustrated catalogue of well-selected ap¬ 
ples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, quinces, 
mulberries, nuts, small fruits, grapes, aspara¬ 
gus, rhubarb, deciduous and evergreen trees, 
and shrubs. Free. 
Arthur L. Sardy, 10 Burling Slip, N. Y. 
—A little treatise upon chemistry for practi¬ 
cal farmers: special manures for different 
crops; Sardy’s various fertilizers, directions 
for using them, testimonials, and materials 
with which farmers may mix their own fertil¬ 
izers, Pamphlet free. 
E. & J. C. Williams, Montclair. N. J.—A 
pamphlet of well-tested aud well-selected va¬ 
rieties of strawberries, raspberries, blackber¬ 
ries, gooseberries, currauts and grapes, includ¬ 
ing the Niagara. This firm may be trusted in 
every" way*. 
L. W. Gardner, Washington, Warren Co., 
N. J,—A peach catalogue, containing a select 
list and new varieties, with ample descrip¬ 
tions. Also hints on transplanting, manures, 
cultivation, etc., etc. Free. 
Ellvvanger & Barrv. Rochester, N. Y.— 
A descriptive catalogue of fruits, viz.: ap¬ 
ples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches, quinces, 
grapes, etc. All are divided into classes for 
easy reference aud selection. 
A. D. Cowan & Co., 114 Chambers Street, 
N. Y.—A large illustrated catalogue of 50 
pages of seeds of alt kinds, plants, small fruits, 
fertilizers, and agricultural implements. A 
colored plate of the Niagara Grape. Free. 
William Rennie, Toronto, Canada. — A 
catalogue (72 pages) of seeds, spring wheats, 
oats, barley; the grasses are well represented. 
Sent to all on application. 
S. E. Rogers & Son, Mount Holly, Bui ling- 
ton Co., N. J.—Price list of nursery stock of 
most kinds. Free to subscribers who apply to 
the above firm. 
A. H. Moss, Wellsburgb, Chemung Co.,N. 
Y.—A descriptive catalogue of garden, field, 
and flower seeds, potatoes, plants, garden tools, 
etc. 
R. Lean, Mansfield, O. — Descriptive 
circular of Lean's celebrated sectional, all- 
steel harrow. Free to all. 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES. 
Anthony Waterer, Woking Station, Sur¬ 
rey, EDglaud. — A catalogue of American 
plants, clematis, conifers, fruit trees, hardy de¬ 
ciduous trees aud shrubs, herbaceous plants, 
etc,, etc. 
James Carter & Co , 287 and 288 High 
Holborn, London, England. A large illustra¬ 
ted catalogue (100 pages) of all kinds of seeds, 
entitled Carter’s Vade Mecum. 
Also a list (25 pages) of vegetable and floral 
novelties, comprising the best new flowers and 
vegetables of the season. 
Sutton & Sons, Reading, England.—An il¬ 
lustrated catalogue of 100 pages, entitled Sut¬ 
ton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horticulture. 
Charles Sharpe, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, 
England. A seed list of 108 pages. 
tin* lUomcn. 
CONDUCTED BY MISC RAY CLARK. 
MEMORY. 
It is said that nothing is forgotten. That all 
the sensations produced in the mind are to 
remain—never to be wiped out by time or 
obliterated by age. And when we look back 
to our earlier days—before we had learned 
the hard lessons of life, or even dreamed that 
the future was not to be as we bad pictured 
it,—recalling the impressions then made, and 
realize how vividly they are brought forth, 
we say the most wonderful faculty of life is 
memory. 
in youth everything with which we are 
surrounded leaves au impress, and iu after 
years, at will, we bring forth these impres¬ 
sions as thoughts that have been stored up 
somewhere iu the living mechanism. And 
the power of reproducing these impres¬ 
sions, or pictures of a life-time, years after¬ 
ward without change, bright and lresh, is 
far greater, and more wonderful than any¬ 
thing else connected with human life. With 
this wonderful something we call memory, 
there is, in one seuse, almost nothing that we 
cannot do. With it we can roll back the 
wheels of time and retrace our steps along the 
paths we have traveled. With it by gones 
are no longer by gones, and old men are no 
longer old men. With it. we can wipe out all 
the intervening years between youth and age 
until no time has pussed. Iu au iustaut we 
are children again. We are on the old familiar 
grounds again; we play the same old (days, 
attend the same school, recite the sume les¬ 
sons, debate the same questions, hope the same 
hopes, picture the same future, which is far 
different probably from the present reality. 
And however many have been the years 
between tben and now, however much the 
body may have been transformed, and every 
particle of bone, muscle aud hraiu renewed, 
yet that most mysterious operation of mind 
or matter, which brings back both voluntary 
and involuntary those times and places long 
since passed, has met with no decay', and is 
the wonderful in the human body. Memory 
we call it; but what is memory? Where are 
these by-gone events impressed, aud where 
have they been stored, so that they too do not 
pass away when the system has become 
changed and all renewed * 
Who can answer it? But it matters not 
where the seat of memory may be so long 
as we enjoy its operations. Iu the bustle of 
life we work for the present and the future. 
But this memory enhances the enjoyments 
of the past. And it has been said, and I be¬ 
lieve truly, that there is more pleasure in 
thinking of our youthful friendships than 
there is in renewing them; in remembering 
the old familiar places than there is in visiting 
them; for in the one we see the changes of 
life, and in the other the ravages of time. 
Yet there is with all of us. I tnink, at times a 
longiug desire to look once more upon our 
youthful friends, and visit once agoiu the old 
familiar places we loved so well. But do we 
not ofteu turn aw&y with—alas how changed! 
Not long since 
I said, once more on some warm Summer day, 
I will go to my childhood's home. 
I did- but home how changed, and friends how 
gray) 
For many years have come and gone. 
Yet the house, the chairs, not on 0 we forget, 
Nor the place we gntberod at noon; 
And the faces, all, yes, we see them yet, 
Iu that home, our old happy home. 
We cherish them now, and we’ll cherish them ever: 
What e'er the changes that Time may bring, 
Fond though's of my old home, nothing can sever: 
Around thee our ntem’ry ever will cling, 
ULRIC. 
THE READING OF BOOKS. 
A masculine’s opinion. 
The article in a late issue by “M. C. B.” I 
have read with pleasure. Her advice to cul 
tivate a taste for history, poetry, travels, biog¬ 
raphy” etc., is very good but it is a matter of 
regret, though none the less ardent that the 
need for this culture is very apparent among 
a large portion of our people. 
There is much too great a tendency among 
those of otherwise refined taste to confine 
their readings, other than a hasty perusal of 
the newspapers to literature that, to use the 
very mildest term is "light.” There is a two¬ 
fold evil resulting from this habit, not only a 
direct waste of time, but it is an indisputable 
fact that such a course of reading unfits the 
mind for more solid food. 
This is Dot a merely speculative fancy with 
me for I devote all my spare time to readiug, 
with a view of both pleasure and profit and 1 
have found iu my own experience, that in 
novel reading one must exercise much care in 
the selecting of book associates and I cannot 
believe that anv one is really benefited by the 
perusal of “Ou Ida’s latest” and like works. Tho 
plot may be good and the book for the 
time being interesting, but they lack a certain 
stability. This deficiency will be patent to 
any intelligent reader, even by glanciug 
through the volume if he is not already famil¬ 
iar with the author and these books should be 
discarded as such literature creates a morbid 
taste for trashy reading and has a tendency 
to dwarf rather than develop the mind. 
High toned fiction by authors of the past 
aud present may and do contain Rome of the 
grandest thoughts and lessons. But would it 
not be better to indulge in, to a limited extent, 
rather than confine ourselves to thoir perusal? 
We must, of course, keep ourselves informed 
upon the current topics of the day and history, 
poetry, biography etc., furnish an indefinite 
field for pleasant aud profitable research. 
W. II. RAND. 
-- * 
HYGIENE. 
There is no effect without a cause, aud 
when au effect becomes nearly universal, it is 
well to look around for the cause or causes. 
Is not every person interested in the causes 
of the colds so prevalent nowadays? Scarcely 
a family, and in many cases, scarcely a member 
Of a family escapes. When any machine which 
we use daily gets out of repair and will not 
work oi' only half works, we suffer Iors, and 
if the derangement continues for weeks, the 
loss and inconvenience become a serious 
matter. Think of the loss then to the work¬ 
ing world, when from one-eighth to ouo third 
of Its force is disabled by colds! Wbat dis¬ 
couragements, bickerings and even cruelty to 
children result from uothiug but cold! Is it 
not then worth while to inquire after hidden 
causes, and to use all diligence to avoid a con¬ 
dition which occasions many temporary dis¬ 
comforts, and leaves the system permanently 
enfeebled? People talk about ^epidemics aud 
open Winters, and changes in the weather; 
and doubtless warm Winters and atmospheric 
changes have much to do with- the multitude 
of colds, but as all people are about equally 
exposed to these changes, and there is great 
diversity in the susceptibility to colds, there 
must be other causes behind these. 
First tbeu, without considering the differ¬ 
ences in natural constitution, siuce women 
and children are more liable to have colds 
than men, it is reasonable to suppose that 
fresh air and exercise in it have an in¬ 
fluence in helping us to resist colds. Are our 
rooms all aired every morning? Is there as reg¬ 
ular provision for fresh air through the day as 
for fire? Are the sleeping rooms supplied 
with out door air through the night? Care is, 
of course, necessary to avoid draughts of cold 
air, but no other hygienic measure is of equal 
importance to the breathing of pure air, and 
when cold weather sets in our houses are or¬ 
dinarily warmed up and filled with impurities 
and shut up to stay till Spring, except for ac¬ 
cidental airing. Women and children should 
make special efforts not to let a day pass 
without their taking exercise in the open air, 
using discretion, however, as to circumstan¬ 
ces. The question next in importance is in 
regard to our eating. AU through the Sum¬ 
mer farmers have quite generally had little 
meat except salt pork, for which they had no 
great appetite; with the cold weather comes 
their butchering time aud plenty of fresh 
meat, of which they eat with a relish and 
heartily from twice to three times a day. 
Fresh vegetables being less abundant, the lack 
is supplied by fried cakes, pancakes and pies. 
The liver becomes clogged, the digestion gen¬ 
erally impaired, and of necessity the system 
yields to the changes in the weather; they 
have "dreadful colds,” and the word dreadful 
is by no means inappropriate to a bad cold. 
If we eat meat let us arrange to have it with 
some regularity through the year, aud never 
more than once a day. 
Provide fruit for every meal as much as 
flour, and take heed that all the bread-stuff is 
not made of fine, white flour. A good phy¬ 
sician advises further that if the bowels do 
not move after breakfast in the morning, to 
eat nothing till they do. Jfc is safe to say that 
adheience to the foregoing rules would dis 
pense with two thirds of the colds. A large 
part of the remainder could be obviated by 
proper attention to clothing. See that good, 
warm under-flannels are provided before the 
inevitable winter hat, cloak and fixings. A 
buckskin shirt is said to be a great preventive 
of cold. Keep warm between the shoulders, 
as only there are the lungs near the surface 
of the body. Dress the girls as much as possi¬ 
ble like the boys without making the change 
Some grocers are 
so short-sighted as to 
decline to keep the 
“Ivory Soap,” claim¬ 
ing it does not pay 
as much profit as in¬ 
ferior qualities do, so 
if your regular grocer 
refuses to get it for 
you, there are un¬ 
doubtedly others who 
recognize the fact that 
the increased volume 
of business done by 
reason of keeping 
the best articles more 
than compensates for 
the smaller profit, and 
will take pleasure in 
getting it for you. 
