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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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AND CATTLE WASH 
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PKK 8 ONAL 8 , 
(Jen. v on Mot.tkic celebrated hiR8f>1,h birth¬ 
day Hunday, He is enjoying; excellent health. 
JCx-l’KKHimcNT AtiTHtlR sayH he did nob 
Htivo a cent of the 3200,000 he received ns 
salary while President. 
President Blliot, of Harvard, receives an 
annual salary of $1,000 the sumo as the cook 
in the Parker House restaurant. 
I)r. Noaii Pouter, for the last 13 years 
President of Yale College, vent in his resigna¬ 
tion Thursday to take eH'uct from next com¬ 
mencement. 
Robert Ronnkr says there is no better ox- 
erciso than driving on the road. Ho is 62, and 
speaks from 30 years’experience. He drives 
daily, if tint weather is decent. 
(Jknkuai. T. I., Robber, the ex-cavalry 
commander, is butiding a handsome residence 
at Charlottesville, Y r a. Ho is very rich and 
has made his money since the war. 
Judok Penny, lately Consul- General of the 
United Slates at (Shanghai, tins been appointed 
foreign adviser to the Government of Corea, 
at a salary of 312,000 per annum, 
JOHN MCiCULLOUOtt, the actor, who has 
been confined in tin- Rloomingdale New York 
Insuue Asylum for some months, has been 
transferred to his home at, Philadelphia. His 
death is expected shortly. 
Mrs. Grant says there is no truth In the 
reports that her daughter, Nellie Grant Bar¬ 
tons, Intends to seek a divorce from her hus- 
bund, and that the rumor is a source of grief 
to herself and the family. 
In Colusa County, Cal., about a year ago, a 
youth shot himself because a young woman 
refused his offer of marriage. The girl said 
he was a fool, but the boy recovered. The 
other day the girl committed suicide because 
the same boy refused to marry her, 
Mu. Cyruh W. Flit i,i> announces that the 
Garfield fund—a fund collected, chiefly 
through the < 11‘ort. of Mr. Field, for the bene 
fit of President Garfield's widow—has aliuady 
made a profit of 32-1,000. There has been a 
lose uf about $23,(Hill In Hie Grant fund. 
Hen Pkklicy Poore was once threatened 
with Bright’s disease, and,lib only » banco for 
life, bo was told, was dieting. Ho accepted 
it and, bon viva n I though lie is, lived for 
nearly two years on stalo bread and skim- 
milk, ufter which time he was pronounced 
cured. 
Kx-Sknatok David Da vim tells the follow¬ 
ing story on himself: One day on the stump, 
at the end of a burst of eloquence, ho ex¬ 
claimed; "I know no Fust, no West, no North, 
no South,” “Then,” said one of his hearers, 
"you’d bettor go homo and study up your 
joogerpby.” 
Zot.A, the celebrated and now wealthy 
French novelist, writes of himself that at one 
time he whs bo poor in financial resources 
that starvation stan d him in the face. For 
months he lived on sparrows, which he caught 
in a trap outside of his garret window , and 
which lie wus obliged to prepare himself. 
King Christian, of Denmark, Is blunder¬ 
ing almost beyond belief in proroguing his 
Purllumeut. This is followed up by declar¬ 
ing martial law, uud the establishment of a 
censorship of the press. The right to hold 
m«citings is also suspended, lie has now got 
all the elements of u first e ass explosion. 
Edward 8. Hodden, of the University of 
Wisconsin bus been elected President of the 
University of California. Ho was graduated 
at West Point In |h 7<), and for a time was 
attached to the Nuliunnl Observatory in 
Wurhiugton. He bas done astronomical work 
for tlie Government, and astronomy is his 
study. 
Mary Andhuhon’m stepfather and proprie¬ 
tor, Dr. “Ham” Gnlllti, says of the unfavor 
able criticism she has received in Now York: 
“We are in a good position to lie Indifferent 
to w hat is said of us. if business is bad in any 
city we shall simply uot appear there again, 
and if it is bad in all the cities we visit wo 
will simply retire.” 
Mr. PierreU onrLUAHD’sproperty in Rock¬ 
land and Grange Counties, New Jersey, is to 
tie leased to a dub association for purposes of 
sport. The property comprises five thousand 
acres, Including a lake, a part of the Ramapo 
River, and several fish ponds. The grounds 
will, of course, be stocked with game and a 
club bouse will tie built. The gentlemen of 
this association will organize as the l'uexdo 
Lake < (lull. 
Mum. Roue us, the cattle queen of Texas, 
inherited from her llrst husband u herd of 
10,000 cuttle. The widow managed the busl 
ness and in due time man-led a preacher 20 
years younger than herself, who had soveu 
children. She attends to bar estate herself, 
i ides among her cowboys on horseback, and 
can tell just what a promising steer or cow is 
worth at any size or ago. 
Catarrh Cured 
Catarrh Is a very prevalent disease, with dltt- 
trcsslng and offonslvo symptoms. Hood's Mnr- 
tmptullla given ready relief and speedy cure., as It 
purl lies tl io tilood and tunes up the whole system. 
“ X suffered with catarrh 15years. I took Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla and now I am not. troubled any 
with catarrh, and f iny general health Is much 
bettor." I. \V. l.u.us, Chicago, 111. 
" I suffered with catarrh six or eh-lit years; 
trleil many wonderful cures. Inhalers, cie., i.pend¬ 
ing nearly one hundred dollars without henetlt. 
I tried I food's Kir.su purl I la and was greatly im- 
m. A. A ItnKY, Worcester, Mans. 
80 Head selected from the noted 
MAPLEWOOD HERD 
proved, 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. gl; six for $15. Made 
only by C. I. ROOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 
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Young Cows In calf by “CONST A NT Y N" -2010, America’s Champion Bull, 
Yearling Heifers In calf by "Milt HENRY OF MAPLEWOOD,” Sweepstakes Bull at Toledo and 
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Yearling Hulls, Hull and llelfcr Calves, will he 
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INCUBATORS 
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March slid Julv Pigs, at less than half price. Full 
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till Hi. boxes.§1.23 | Hat lb. tug*.>2 75 
IIU lb. " .Min | ini lb. Mils . 5 110 
FKI SIIKO OYSTER SHELL*. 
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no lb. " 1.10 3 o lb. bbl* . 3 5 
Expressly iniittufai-ltireil for fowl* from superior 
stock. Pure and sweet, Sent by freight on receipt of 
price, Humph-*, Scents Floe ground oyster Shells 
same price n*crushed ('• **. i*F.1l IdVOLF »V 
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Sold in one year for breeders. 
Tho only hog Not Subject to Cholera. 
Two weighed 2,H0t» Hu. Send for dn- 
sorliitiou of this famous brood, also 
fowls. E T> S|LVER( c , #vo|andi 0 _ 
nnd others, Strawberries*, Hlucit- 
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VWtAHS Jjfl / I-'. Wilsons Paienn 1041 per 
^— rent, more tnndd In keeping poul¬ 
try. Also POU Ftt M1LI.S nnd• FARM 
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on uppllcallun. \V 11.,*0.\ l*“OS., Fusion. l*u. 
O RjENTAL PEARS! 
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1 ear- on thelrown rant« H.irtlett "id 
other |r—, on In onto root* peioi 
To .I Honov i - -• d- Rtinaian 
Apricots on | linn , Pnic tie* ,TI 
idnm and tested Russian Apples. 
CADdOBUV. with fto-ts, free. A large itid 
general art-ortment of Fruit Trees. 
'•1-Ire W. F. HEIKES, Manager. 
Iliinl.rllle Nur*rrl*., H U n t «V 11 It*. Alii. 
i so the bo * '/.itic mill Lenihrr Interfering 
Hoots uud Collar Purl*. I'hr) arc the best. 
General Advwrtleiug Katas oi 
THU RURAL NDW-YORKIIH. 
The.Mlowtna rates arc invariable. All are there¬ 
for s rtsprotfully informal that any correspomlcacc 
with u view to obtaininy different fi rm* will prove 
futile. 
ordinary Advertisement*, per agate line,.. .80 cents. 
One thou*aud line* or more,wl> bin one veur 
from riot, of tlrst ln*crltou, per agate lints, 25 " 
Yearly ordr-rs occupying 1 or more line* 
agate spnois ...,...25 “ 
Preferred posltloes 75 per cent, extra. 
Reading Notices, ending with ".life," per 
Hue, minion leaded. .. 73cents. 
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Manufaoturere Ht'ooklvu. K. II.. N. Y., Hox 3. 
and lloucuNter, Kugluud. 
The Chase Nurseries” 
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nnd ornamental stock, A HOOD OPLMMI FOR 
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ivhout the culture of t-hlekeu*. TurkOys, Ducks and 
t iee*e, I* not worth It now lug. The one reengnl /eti 
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