TWE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
everything that is 
_—-^r—* I *i\__ - _i « I - 
^FINEST LAMINATED BABBEL3 
PERSONALS. 
Senator-elect Reaoan is now living with 
his third wife and intrusts to her supervision 
his not. very profitable Texas farm. 
It is now openly stated in London that a 
complaint, for divorce of Princess Louise 
against her husband, the Marquis of Jjorne, 
lias Im'cii stopped by the Queen. 
The son of the Duchess de Galliera prob¬ 
ably has the finest collection of jjostage stamps 
in the world. It tills 880 volumes and has cost 
him more than $.'150,0011. 
Lucy Stone predicts that a woman will be 
President of the United States in the year 
2000. It is feared that both Kate Field and 
Susan B. Anthony will bo too old by that 
time. 
Gen. Cahhiuh M. Clay has announced him¬ 
self as a candidate for the Republican nomi¬ 
nation for Governor of Kentucky, and claims 
for himself the distinction of being the only 
farmer candidate in his party. All the others 
are lawyers. 
Theodore Ttlton and Frederick Douglass 
have been renewing their old friendship in 
Paris, and the two tall, large men with strong¬ 
ly marked features and snowy, bushy hair, 
are sometimes takeu for brothers. Roth of 
them feel flattered. 
When George H. Pendleton, United States 
Minister to Germany, arrived at New York 
tlie other day, he was asked about the Euro¬ 
pean situation, and promptly replied that the 
great mass of the Germans desired peace. 
"But,” he added, “their opinions count for 
nothing,” 
Last November, while W. W. Roub, an ex¬ 
tensive stock raiser of Chalmers, Ind., was 
away from home, tramps forced his wife to 
tell them where his money was concealed. 
The shock made her insane. Some time ago 
the woman bit her husband, and he is now 
also insane. 
A BILL has been introduced into the Ten¬ 
nessee Legislature offering to the United 
State* the Hermitage farm, famous as the 
home of Andrew Jackson, as an asylum for 
disabled and invalid soldiers. The bill pro¬ 
vides that Mrs. Sarah Jackson, the adopted 
daughter of Old Hickory, shall lie allowed a 
home and maintenance upon the farm for 
life. 
Lieut- Gov. Jones, of New York, not only 
"pays the freight,” but has posted in his Bing¬ 
hamton scale works a notice that if the year 
is a prosperous one, he will share profits with 
his employes, but if there are losses, lie will 
not ask them to lieai 1 a part. And not only all 
employes who stay through the year, but "all 
who through ill health or lack of work are 
laid off, will share in proportion to the wages 
earned,” 
W. W. RAWS0N & CO. 
34 Sooth Market St., Boston, Mass., 
Importers and Growers of Garden, Field and Flower Seeds. 
. 9UCCRA80JIS TO 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, formerly of Now York. 
O UR New Catalogue for 188T, beautifully IlliiKlruted, with two 
large colored platen and many choice engraving,, 1)2 pagea, 
S x II fnenua, will III, aunt lo our cnatomcm of luat war. alro to 
former cuntuincra of ft. K, Kiln* * Son*, without rhnrtre—to all 
other* upon receipt of 10 rent, in «tamp*. whirl, will he refunded 
with IIrat order. Ti. K. BLISS. . arriving partner of above 
41 NEW BOOK ON CARDENINC. fr"^ hl " to ,m,or " 
ft UCCKSS in Market. Gardening ami Vegetable Grotv,»r‘* M;iminl. by W. W Kawaon, Practical .Market 
Gardener. The moat inatrndlv.- work of the kiml ever published, full of Important information to market gardeners and 
to all grower, of vegetables in large oramall qnantltiex. IV) pages, fully Illustrated, ncti t port-paid by moil, upon receipt of *1.00. 
8F*IlII\r Or VBGETABIjES and FLOWERS 
Also EARLY AM) Pltf.VIK TOBACCO BED PLANTS. 
Farmers, Gardenkrm, and Flokists. u*o the PATENT I’KOTElrrlNU ULuTII originated and prepared only 
by undersigned. It Ih equal to glass sash (and ooeifl but tenth as much) on Cold Frames uud Hot Beds, and 
for Tobacco Plant Beds nan no ••qua). Protects from frost. Promotes iiardv and rapid urowth. Don't 
shrink or decay rapidly. Widely known, strongly endorsed, and freely used by large growers. Retails 
for3, 6, and 9 era per yard, und i» Sts Inches wide. Send for circulars. Samples, etc., free. 
IT. H. WATERPROOFING PI HUE CO., 56 SOUTH' STkKF.T, NEW YORK. 
^UtsiteUaiuous 
Don't Read Thin 
If you hare a sulllclcncy of this world's goods, but If 
you have not, write to (lallett & Co., Portland, Maine, 
and receive, fri-c, full particulars about work that vou 
can do, and live at home, wherever you are located, at 
a profit of from *5 lo £20 per day. ami upwards. All 
succeed; both sexes; all ages. Alii* new. Capital not 
required; Hullett & Co., will start you. Don't delay; 
investigate at once, and grand success will attend you. 
|Ual 
FARM FOR SALE. 
Three mill's from Ionia City, one of the flourishing 
chics In the Slate, IKI acres rtny Loom poll, MU Ini 
proved. Four Living springs. su>ek can be watered 
from every lot. All seeded, but 20 acres. Thirty 
acres of Wheut. AH kinds of Fruit Burns fo. all 
kinds of stock, Sheds for tool*, two Dwelling Houses. 
Everything Is In good shn|ie. Nine Thousand Dollars, 
payment to suit purenaser. the balunce at 7 per cent. 
Address. J. CORBETT, 
IONIA. MICH. 
We offer grout bstvslns In the Emperor Don bio Barrel Rroooli-loml'tur Shot 
They are the fluent Gun* ever »o!d ul the very low pHcoat which we otT r the'e. Do not bti v a gun 
of any kind until you ham seen our list, ha wo can s.ivo roU trmnev. Address at once for pnrt'rulars. 
CLAFLIN A. CO., Duane Street, New York Cit.y N. Y. 
There is an excellent article on The Law 
of Habit in the Popular Science Monthly for 
February. All selfish people who look upon 
life as a continues] effort to minister to their 
own comfort, should read this article. The 
habit of doing good, of helping others and 
making life pleasant for those a lout us, is the 
best of all habits, and yet the easiest to lose. 
It should be cultivated. We should force 
ourselves into little heroisms everyday. It is 
well to make ourselves do, every day, some 
little act of kindness that costa us an incon¬ 
venience which we would really rather not 
undergo. Such training cultivates nobleness 
and lays the foundation of true manhood and 
womanhood. 
The Monarch of Dreams, by T. W. Hig- 
ginson (Lee & Shepard, Boston), is a strange 
sketch. It is a good imitation of Hawthorne’s 
style—a weird, strange, incomprehensible 
story, to which the render can lit a moral to 
suit. It is a tale of a man who had no object 
in life but the solving of the problem of 
dreams. His aim was to discover what, 
dreams are, what leads to them and if they 
can bo connected and turned into a series' A 
man with no higher ambition than this could 
have but one fate. Ilis whole life became a 
dream, unreal, unmanly and useless. His will 
drifted away until he lost control of it, and 
with this loss went the ability to do a man’s 
work or to lwar a man’s share of the burden 
of life. Life to carry out its twst design, must 
be filled with earnestness, the will must be 
cultivated and a strong, faithful purpose en¬ 
couraged. 
LITERARY NOTES. 
“A Midwinter Resort” in the February 
Century is an excellent article. The Bahama 
Islands are becoming famous as u winter re¬ 
sort for invalids. Nassau is a quaint old town. 
Reading such admirably illustrated descrip¬ 
tions is the next thing to visiting this sunny 
country. 
The present installment of the “Life of 
Lincoln” is hardly equul in interest to previ¬ 
ous ones. It uenls with a quieter period of 
Mr. Lincoln's life. No one thinks of Lincoln 
as a member of Congress. He seems to have 
made little mark there. There are more stir¬ 
ring events in his life that atioorb the interest. 
The portraits of Martin Van Bureti, John Ty¬ 
ler and Joshua R. Giildings, given in this in¬ 
stallment of the Life, are excellent. 
Gen. Longstrekt tells lus side of Gottjs- 
burg in the February Century, it appears that 
he was opposed to the last,, fatal charge. His 
plan was to get between the Union Army and 
Washington und force Gen. Meade to attack 
the Confederates. This plan, he believes, 
would have resulted like the German campaign 
in Franco, lie places the blame of the defeat 
uponUeu, Leo, who has never denied it. 
The bailing of Jefferson Davis by Horace Gree¬ 
ley is well told by G P. I rfithrop. Mr. Gree- 
ioy’s motives were iwer properly understood 
by the great mass of the people. He suffered 
much for this act. which was done with the best 
of intentions,— The Oldest Church in London 
and the article on “The Staix” an* features of 
this number of the Century.Edward 
Atkinson’s second article will be of great value 
to.statisticians. He appears to conclude that 
the standing armies of Europe are really a 
source of weakness, while our own apparent 
weakness is u source of strength; that wo are 
stronger without extensive armies and navies 
than we would be with them, 
MAPLE LAWN POULTRY YARDS & KENNELS 
Wynndottes, Plymouth Rocks, Pekin Dnckfl—500 finely bred Chicks for sale. SCOTCH COLLIE 
(Shepherd) Pups, bred from Imported stock. Write for what you want. Address 
WESLEY B. It AUTO V, Pittsfield, Mass. 
Reference; Editor Rural New Yokkkr. 
ANTELOPE, MOUSE 
—AND— 
RED RIVER VALLEYS 
AND TURTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. 
GARDEN.F 1 
Hand Book PLANTS, BULBS, 
for the and garden-* 
requisites^ 
For Grinding Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, Oats and all 
Small Crain. Each set Plates guaranteed to grind 
5000 to 8000 Bushels before wearing out. 
FOOS MANUFACTURING CO., Springfield , 0. 
MINNESOTA. 
NORTH DAKOTA. 
With Am mile* New Railroad, Good Markets, Numer¬ 
ous New Tuwiih ilni-lmllng Hutch, an Important June- 
tlou, and Minot, Division Headquarters). Two Mil¬ 
lion Acres, excellent government land dlreetly 
on the line of It. It. afford excellent opportunities 
for StoeklUen. Farment, Mechanic* and Merchants. 
Come early and Investigate, or for further particulars 
wrlieto C. H. WAR KEN, 
G P. A. -st. P. M. A M, Ky., .St. Paul. Minn. 
FINE FARM FOR SALE. 
IN MINNESOTA, 
In high state of cultivation uud In running order. 
CdutaluB about st) Acres -373 fail plowed. Good 
Building*. Full complement of Stock and Machinery 
In excellent condition. Ample Seed Grain. Property 
within about a tulle of Railway Station, Elevators, 
Stores and Church; School house upon It. Watered 
by a beautiful creek with well wooded hanks. A mo¬ 
del Prairie Farm, good plow laud, naature, wood and 
water, owners, non-resident, will sell rn Woo or In 
two or more parcel*, upon liberal turms. 
For further particulars apply to 
W. B. G1LLF.TT. 
P. O. Box ‘Z I N. Winnipeg, Canada. 
CHOICE IMPROVED FARMS. 
Within three ntllea of ALEXANDRIA. LA. 
Rich Soil. Hkalthy Climatic. Two Railroads. 91 0 
to 9,'iO tier Acre. Correspond with 
UOBT. S. II A V, 
5)1 UNION STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
A 160 Aere.s Wetl-linprovod Farm. In Osage County, 
Kansu*, for salo cheap, Addres* the owner, 
JAMES IIANSBN, 
Box 1311, Onagf.Fity. Kan. 
7 r CAN RE REALIZED BY CHANGING 
0(3/ Four Per Cent Government Ronds 
x (S "Ho 0 peroen 1 , Debenture*) Capital guo.oni 
O /'-* Large reservegmin,met* fund. Pamphlets. 
Ameuicak ISVS8TOK.XTCo.,ISO Nassau at. N.Y. 
MARYLAND FARMS **-o«s*e c. *. 
mitn 1 lhhu_ t wniwo * HAS a in \ ur,, Buton. a,t. 
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post m 
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HOLE DIGGER 
Th, Greatest LABOR-HAVING tool ever 
in v*ut,’.| ft>, > 11 * 4111 * holm 1,1 the ground. Thin 
tntehlnn work. a NEW PRINCIPLE; 
I » 0 't I* unlike any thing la ihams/kru Wo 
etatm far thin tool I IS Thu van -»n Mr 
from TWO K. TIIKI'K III' M»UK.» hole, 
two fret derail, one <!»,. j.i. TliniHwUt.il* 
hot-, any NlZK ur DEPTH r-qulr- 4 , nal 
will work «u.xr«.rullj U VERY It Gill or 
ROUGH *roun,l whir* other hi 44,1 • uni 
nu*(r, will mil vurk nt nil. ltd. Ynn ■ cut it up 
•trnl*ht whlln uilnrll, cutn.<jueotlj Do bnolc 
brrnklnf work. C T I* *IU P*y you to Mail 
I for dOMrlptlvu olroulnr nnd orient In p. J. 
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| MPItIMOVHtLD, OHIO. 
14-K SOLID ROLLED GOLD PLATE 
Warranted 
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CATALOGUE No. 32f»i which this vear we send out in an illuminated cover. The Catalogue 
is replete with new engravings of the choicest flowers and vegeratiles. many of which can omv be 
obtained from us; and contains, besides. 2 beautiful colored plates, ami verv full instructions on 
all garden work. Altogether it is the best ever offered by us. and. we believe, is the most complete 
publication of its kind ever issued. Mailed on recelot of 10 cents (in stamps), which may be de¬ 
ducted from first order. Please be sure to order Cataloaue bv the mimoer e 
PETER HENDERSON & GO . 35 & 37 w “‘ s * ’ 
THE 
SCIENTIFIC GRINDING ME 
THE BEST MILL ON EARTH 
AMERICAN WATCHI 
Only SSSO.SO. 
STI'M WINDER, PENDANT SET. 
Stand 
Acid Test. 
The rheaprst wtirh In U*r wmlH. jrtmlpvi ao«! fMtortithfel. 
A IUnijp.1 nuijiDrr^f lilt cuitbraWil Afn<rk»X) w»uh«. I Ivrcbtfor.* /% 
u« M 4 limit -kv» T wr 
tt* owner. Till* )»4 uiarwl of 4iul und I MvV 
)*rirwl, |H*rftvlly t.*IiaIi)p timc kivjwr anitablo for use on nkllroods, ^ 
Mid ml uchvr plicr* whvtv urumtu lime U mjnirrtl. jqSs vjli JlsJy Vy t, -*Y 
Tnv inovcmcnu oir piiuln* AmcrUnn mtikr. kuow o tfu» world j|[/y >* t 
over f.r th*ir nTollono. .tnd tlnp Imlib, hnslnc c«|«Aiiiion b\\- 
4»icv, otilck train of rii;hu < «ti thauumi S-ati to tlic boar w 
•-M. gill li.tlvx In .v« nyriiijj r. jfulalcr, n |-’*cd j'lllits, *- 
naipty wuitilii^ hwfT.-l wind, iwiiiliMl The ctwt :\fv ’• yV' TillMwM 
>cint nn.l »lu»i-|»rtw-f, ! i-AaralawiM gdd plaDi which I ^lvranUv fejHBf ^ ^‘s M 
For t . Htiiricx It ni rnlh-a Ihc <lr' k-MC mtitiifivrv r,y|uirk-] V Y^ LB 
for nil. boa, ror.Uf *•' 'M h-n.il* **f Gic F il k'l A it ~ ffTlV! * 
careful w ratin' , aiul wik: tin, . ta»un(i»#ntJy, r-imnuiuliTt t.lgbi-i U’'Yf J i^ r fc ‘v ^ \ )\-r V' ' ^ - ^ Xl'.fWiBf 
rulice, They i luxury t • Indulttd at only I'Y ihv rich, while \ ^ ^ IrjjfjJM 
tiip u tt «»f thr jir»t|de wrfc Jon td t«* fvlv iju the iowu clock for ihw ^ 
Idea, and uiiivIikv Uie world lhal u wMclirt could Ih» nuuie 
b> machm.Ty hy hand, and ottered nt uuh j rl.t * it bfvugiil Un-tn f /M. • - V > ^ 
withiii l)i« tncaiA of thv coinrronrtt rnwhanir* and laNircrt. Th*I)k» w 1 ml 
]•> Ute imvfmiiHxl feuiu* of America, era lc hen arc no 1 oii|;it a luxury, 
Al tiio Cent.3r.i*l Kxitlnltion at 1‘hilvlelphla (he Swlw Coutmis- 
•Inner. Mr. lid. Yavre Perrrll iHuighl om> uf tint Amrrimn watchea 
lor Itu *nr«i pocket, eud lu Ilia crlehrat*d ifweh bef’nr lh*i MoivU^ictU 
At utv arrival ai k.^neva, 1 thoared ute w xuh G> one of our firxt ndjttttm, who asked pertnixaiem p* uikc it down, Jn other words to Ukt it 
to j>irce4. I, however* wiihnl ftmt tn t»\*ervi? it, and here u tiwr rwult which I Dotad : daily vartalUm recondt. varialiou In 
di fly re it l potftfoni fkwro A lo h *rcotuU In the hmte«l nvmt ; \ite variation wju very slight. Having tUui obwirvvd it, l handed the watch to 
the adjaau r wio took Jt down. the U|«c of a frw dat a he twine to n»e and wud, word f»>r word i I am cvtupUtely ovvrwhelmed , 
the ri kull i>i ImretJIhic ; cate would wt hid one »D< h wiA<h iiiipuik hftY thousand of onr iitanufaitiin*. This watch, gwntlrmirn, 1 repeat 
to y«»u I took *t hacard- -out vf a Heap ax we wy. You linden und from this ca4iii|d« that Mi Amerlcau watch mav he preferred to a Swiss. 
I have tiiitihed, g»uiitm*Q, and 1 have told you of things such a* 1 haw * t . n them. From the foregoing exhaustive docHpUoa of the 
Auieriv-nit watch** it l« *a*y ferrelvc that Ui^y are Ihu -•lamiard l<*r accuracy of lima, durability and pertrcUun ot him hauurn, by which 
all other moke* in Cnrupa and A mer tea are judged, and we puint with pride lo the many advntita^e* secured by the (orluuate po«ae**ur of an 
Atneruwn wat*. h over any other forui tuuir 
1 wish Id put jionew Vnui iruard. :u there are numerous lrrM|Knnlbltf firms ndvurtuinif rhpap watches that am worthlws as time-keepers. 
A printed form or Otxniilseferrafltais«<f guamiiiM* aou'impauylutf every watch purcluueU from me ; “The watch pur«*hiuc«1 from tue by 
. I* * U-h solid relied e'dd plate<«ee. warranted stand all -wid nwt, No.Kt-iminv American lU-iu wind works, No. 
and a vxlualdc tirue>ko-per, which ( her- l*v Kinranln am! nerve lit ItOep in jpud order tor mn* y»*»«r under Ihlf U*OSf. Price, |b..Vi. A’n.- 
t-iAu U ti.t i ams," This crrtiflcntai l^L'iudiiiii tip"n Pit, Wi”C Hi) kbaffiilt iUdrsffitV, Mill for which I ail ilim 1 *. hold iiiYwlf r»ji>ofi#ible. 
MY CRAND OFFER. —On rrcript of fcu.CA) and aid* odvirrtWsaiv^t, I htfrky a^rce to forward bv nfiiirnd mail to any 
address, all charge* in Utlbol sdclir. hi • s IcaitUful k Kuxrd, all .\irvly psukrtl in a sir i;^ casket, i can 
only sent! a liuutrd number of ihrx wnU-kaa M prltji* iisau.i. ,tnd fn n.'ict Ut pK<r»t Uiy-tif from jewelers and ii«i*«UiIators ordering in large 
numbers, heiK« 1 lojulrr vow •*» cnl I ms SiHertiwnwni out ami send li So r 1 # w itn your onlrrdhst 1 mnv know you ,\r.* entUU d to the bene¬ 
fit of lius offer. Under no clanitnatxntr* will I wild ftiorr than one watch at -.V*«r price to any onv ps rson, and if olherx ;tr>* destfMd l will 
furnish them at r>v‘»iar prices. If )"U do not a watch ymirs«df, you . -.11 .1 *.* u me* neighbor amt rnako a handsonni profit Msnv 
of my s^euts «ti thou walihcs f**r #VA Ik) to |50.ta'. Srnd Ctou. • l-> Rmiitrml Iftlw, JV O, Money I >rd. r of Draft, or 1 will send watch 
C. 0. V>., with prldlr^sof snnlnsllun, on Mcvfpl of |UJ0 ns a /uarantev for axpre.* 
To show that w* »ro K*adv|u*rUTs for sv*(rh. quote our pn.-» . Rockford <pd< h Train Wnt. li, $T.W ; Solid Silver Flfffn Watch 
17.00; Silver Ora 3-os. WsUbotn> Watch, $ 6 . 00 ; Waterbury Watchus, $9.90; tiuu larver Nickel lull v jeweled Mem Winder and Setter* 
$3.00 ; Cylinder, t i 50, Ladles’ Swiss Watch, warranted, $4.00. Any of above watches sent prepaid at price* and satisfaction ruaranUed' 
As to my relUhilUy T refer you to eoy business House In Chicago, or if you have any friend* m the city l refer you m them 
.ouW». t ^ , K;c‘K a or' ILL, * M W.tLIAMS, Manu ,.c,u„„4 J.W- 
■I Uiytaif res^Kutfible. 
OFFER. —On recrlpt of and this «dv»|tW»w*et, I h*vrhy atrree U> forward by rifiihici mall to any 
paid. <yte ol IkeshJw drwrrlbH wwltflir* a» I s fcanUftil Ik KuaeiL Ol -*inrvly |UU'krd III a s|rett( casket, ( can 
nhrr •>( thrw wabiecs M prl*.* naou*!. and in f vtrT m |'»««t uiy^if from jewelers and t|wculNlon ordering in lar^e 
