THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PERSONALS. 
Rev. Hugh O. Pentecost, the most im- 
practicuble dap-trap dreamar in the George 
party, 1ms been the Labor candidate for mayor 
of Newark. N. .T., where he is pastor of a large 
Congregational diorch, but he got ouly 1,861 
votes out of 25.5!)4 east. 
Padre Ldiz, a Portuguese priest, and a 
peasant were bitten by a mad wolf in July; 
the priest hastened to Paris and placed him¬ 
self under Pasteur, while the peasant remained 
at home. Lutz has just died from hydropho¬ 
bia and the peasant is enjoying good health. 
Signob Skkptehi, Prefect of Messina, lately 
fell a victim to the cholera, after devoting 
himself most heroically to the Care of the sick 
and relief of (he bereaved. His last words 
were: “I am dying contented, tor 1 have done 
my duty.” The King will care for his 
family. 
The wife of Prof. Graham Bell, the inven¬ 
tor of the telephone, is stone-deaf, but her 
husband, who IS nothing if not ingenious, has 
invented a system or lip-telegraphy by which 
he keeps her posted on all the conversation at 
dinner parties and other social gatherings 
where they may happen to be. 
Mr. E. H. Walker, for many years statis¬ 
tician of the New York Produce Exchange, 
has joined the editorial staff of Bradstreet’s. 
Mr. Walker is perhaps the best-informed man 
in the country on the statistics of grain, flour, 
provisions, live stock and kindred lines. He 
is the inventor of the “visible 1 ” grain supply 
statement.. 
AUDUBON was buried in Trinity Cemetery, 
on Tenth Avenue, New York. A new street is 
to be cut through there, and the ua turn list’s 
remains are to be removed to Trinity Chiiroh- 
yard, and a monument to his memory will be 
erected by the Academy of Science at the 
head of the new street, which is to be called 
Audubon Street. 
Mrs. Ck.vik (Diunh Maria Mulock), the 
English novelist and poet, is dead at the age 
of 60 years. She published her first novel, 
“The Ogilvies,” 38 years ago. Among her 
best-known books are ' John Halifax. Gentle¬ 
man” and “A Woman’s Thoughts About Wo¬ 
men.” She was a voluminous writer for chil¬ 
dren also, and her “Adventures of a Brownie” 
and other juvenile story books are very popu¬ 
lar among little folks. In 1804 she obtained a 
literary pension frooi the Government of 
£:;<)fj a year, and in 1SE5 she was married to 
Mr. George Lillie Craik. 
tffv llrjf jUomtg. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark. I am a girl 13 years 
old; 1 would like to join the Y. H. C. and be 
a Cousin. Our school was out in April. We 
had a good teacher; her name was Carleua 
Lasson. 1 only went to school 52 days. We 
had seven months of school. 1 didn’t go very 
much, because 1 helped husk corn. W u have 
in (it) acres of corn this year. I plowed half 
of it. 1 made fires tor our teacher and got 
84.25. We had in 10 acres of oats. We got 
35)5 bushels. Crops are very pour here this 
year on account of chinch bugs and dry 
weather. 1 husked corn for a neighbor and 
made about 81 
Your Niece, sadie Hudson. 
Pottawatomie Co., Kansas. 
Dear Uncle Mark: My little oues, aged 
six and seven, are so much interested iu your 
department that they can scarcely wait for 
the Rural to come, aud are always begging 
me to write and ask if they tnay join the 
Y. H. C. They wish me to tell you they live 
on a farm and have colts and calves for pets. 
The boy says; “Tell him we have such a nice 
Shepherd dog named Vim, who drives the 
stock nicely,” aud the girl says: “Tell him the 
dry weather has killed nearly nil our flowers.” 
They are good children to work; the boy 
brings in all the wood and does lots of odd 
jobs. The girl washes dishes, gathers eggs, 
feeds chickens aud helps me iu a uumber of 
ways, and their names are 
NEONETTA AND RALPH RHOADS. 
Donnellson, 111. 
[Uncle Mark is glad to hear from you. He 
likes such children; they are useful aud will 
make good citizens.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Y. 11. C. 1 am 13 years of age, aud like 
to read the letters from the Cousins very' 
much. 1 live oo a farm of 400 acres. 1 have 
six brothers and seven sisters. We have 50 
chickens, 12 turkeys, three liogs, three cows 
aud four calves. I go to school and study 
reading, writing, spelling, grammer, arith¬ 
metic and geography. 1 live 3)4 miles from 
town. We did not have a good garden on 
account of the dry weather. We have quite 
a variety of house plants and they are doing 
well. My father is lid years of age. We are 
going to have six months of school this win¬ 
ter and Mr. Slack is the teacher. 
Your Niece, rosa chitty. 
Alta Vista, Kan. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I would like to join 
the Y H. C. I am 13 years old and like to 
read the letters from the Cousins very much. 
I live on a farm of 500 acres. I have three 
sisters and three brothers. We have four 
ducks and 150 chickens. We have about 75 
pigs. I go to school aud study reading, spi ll¬ 
ing, writing, arithmetic, grammar and geog¬ 
raphy. I don’t like grammar very well. 
Our Garden Treasures didu't come up it was 
so dry. The nearest post ofliee from our 
plare is 2*4 miles. The nearest town 4*4 
miles. My father used to live in the northern 
part of New York. Your Niece, 
Morris Co., Kan. nettle biglin. 
DEAR UNCLE MARK: I AM A LITTLE 
GIRL SIX YEARS OLD. I AM GOING TO 
SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY. I CAN READ 
THE LETTERS IN THE COUSINS’ COL- 
UMS. 1 CAN Du SOME WORK I 
TRAMPED TWO LOADS OF HAY ON 
THE WAGON FOR PA THIS YEAR. I 
HAVE A LITTLE SISTER; WE CALL 
HER MARY CARLILE. I HAVE TWO 
PET LAMBS. TWO CALVES AND TWO 
CATS. I HAD SOME FLOWERS FROM 
THE GARDEN TREASURES. I WILL 
WRITE AGAIN. YOUR NIECE, 
GEORGIA FISHER. 
NEW CONCORD, OHIO. 
THE POST OFFICE CLUB. 
Mr. Morbid felt pretty blue last night at 
the store. He is getting pretty old, but like 
all men, he hates to give up the farm to young¬ 
er hands. His son Henry has just been mar¬ 
ried. He is un ambitious young fellow. He 
thinks his father ought, to give up the farm 
aud let him run it his own way. He tells the 
old gentleman if he can’t have the say on the 
farm he’ll go out West and eet a farm of his 
own. One might think Henry would have 
patience to wait a few ycal’s, but young mar¬ 
ried men are pretty ambitious. Young folks 
nowadays know a litt le too much, any way. 
Mr. Morbid don’t want his son to leave him, 
and yet he can’t bear the thought of giving 
up all part in the farm management If bis 
wife had lived it might have been different, 
but she died tive years ago. Henry's wife 
means well, but she can’t take the place of the 
dead woman, by any means. So Mr. Morbid 
didn’t have much to say. Such trouble as 
his can’t lie helped by talking. One has to 
grind it into shape all alone. Uncle Jacob 
shook his head sadly after Mr. Morbid went 
home. 
“Dot makes me think off a biece of boetry 
dot 1 reads ouct. It went somedink like dis: 
"A son vos n son till he gets him a wive. 
But a dang liters a daughter, shust all her life.” 
Iu all my oxberience und observation, I 
hnfe found dot shust as true ns can pe. Dere 
is noting dot shows der difference petween der 
vay a man und a womans looks at soinetings 
dan dot. A womans things more of her huspand 
dan he does off her and yet she things shust as 
much of der old folks as effer. A man does 
not mean to run away nut der feelings he has 
about der olt folks, bur, he simply is not. gap- 
able off putting his lofe in more dan one blace 
at a dime. Of womens vas shust like men in 
dis respect families would soon be broken all 
up, und lader and moder would not be such 
bleasaut words as dc> now are. Dot man dot 
haf peon blessed mit one or dree gook daugh¬ 
ters may veil be thankful Dere is no "Ofer 
Der Hill Mit Der Poor-house" for biin. nnd yet 
he Vlll suffer enough veil he sees deni daugh¬ 
ters go away for life, to make up for all der 
neglect he gafe his own barents. Women js 
quite schnut 11 und weak somedimes, but der 
strongest men could ueffer holt der world in 
blace half so veil as der wonimens do. Dere 
vas a great many men dot ha' e the some obiu- 
iou dot l haf mit dot subject, but dey do not 
like to speak out peeause dey was at’rait dent 
womens would get so bulled up mit bride dot 
dey would get too big for der house. Dot is 
vere dose men make a great tnisdnkc. Der 
more a man blouses his wife mit pleasant words 
und gomplenients der more Pleasure he will 
haf in dis world. small pica. 
lUi.ocdluufou.s! 
OI K NIAGARA. 
Is the name of tlie Latent Improved, Cheapest 
ami Kent well Force Pump 
Cylliuler ami Fucking box below frost, will not' 
freeze, costs no more than a wood pump. State ileplh 
of well. FIELD EDUCE PI HP CO.. 
Lockport. N. Y. 
German Carp for sale with which to make 
profitable jour ponds, lakes, streams ami 
sloughs. For circulars address, 1111.MESA 
FISHERY, Prospect Park, Du Page Co., 111. 
IENTIFIC MINDING MILL 
THE BEST MILL ON EARTH 
In Numerous Sizes, adapted for all kinds of Power. 
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Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, Oats, and all Small Grain. 
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W'and Testimonial Circulart*©a THE FOOS MFG. CO.SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
IMPORTANT TO 
INTurserymen and. Dealers. 
The iine«t stock of Apple, Standard and Dwart Pear, 
Plum and Peach Trees ever offered to the trade. 
AT BOTTOM BRICES. 
Also a full line of GENERAL NURSERY STOCK. Write for particulars stating quantity, 
size, varieties, etc., wanted. Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
Smiths, Powell & Lamb, Syracuse, N. Y. 
WATERPROOF HAY COVERS, ETC. 
Also covers for AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT*. WAGONS and Waterproof Covers for all 
purposes on Farm, etc. Cheap, Durable, Serviceable. WATERPROOF SHEETI NO by the piece from lWc. 
per square foot, all widths. Waterproof Duck for all purposes. Also PATENT PLANT BED CLOTH, 
a subsdiuu: for glass sash on Hot. Beds and Cold Frames, for 8, 6, and 9 ctg per yard, aud Is inches wide Send 
for circulars, .samples, etc., free. Mention this paper 
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IRON WATER PIPE. 
Send for catalogue THE WELLS RUSTLESS IRON CO., 
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'[MADE OF SILVER STEEL 
UARCFNEH IN OIL II 
8 LongCntton Darners. 
2 Short Cotton barn - rs...... 
2 Extra Fine Oottmi Darner;,. 
Sols. 
Dels. 
2c(s. 
U A T'T’U’YnriCYI t The above Needle Cnse contains 145 mixed large eyed 
iA A A rjiv A HJli 4 a.-cnica which 1 ebul lu id.res at pCrcs mentioned b.d,.w ; 
Enaper«,2s needles In each, atflcents.40ets. I 2 Wool Darners... 2,-1*. I lMotto Needle.1c, 
2 .Steel Binlkius . Sets. 3 Yarn Darners. Sets. . 
SBnttnhNredle*. Set*. I Total Store Price. .GOets. 
2 Carpet Needle ^ . 2ctb. j You sell them for .... 93ctS. 
1 Worsted Needle . .. Be. I .... , , 
he Bite of the needle case when open : when rinsed It has on ontslde 
covers a liaiuleoino lit hogrn plTulirl 11 ro»n Earn stile widrh hnvo bee,, rut' ■ will, cot roe „ j c "slderablo 
expense. It t, an el" car* t |m*-c • Oil It hoe rat' r lr wn-k la tc.io y colors, a nil o amt »*t fai 1to lake tho 1 - "d nv 'T 01 her needle 
packages. Its appeal mice Is very nttraet-lve aiidaconts-ntioheve had one lot say It Is the best sell rtg article 
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IMUCKSr lord ixeii packs.-.'s, hy nmUSl .75-Per too pnokagM, by express. SI 2.50 Sumplo by rns'i, 25 cents. 
World MTjj Co.. 122 Nassau Street, N. Y. 
WE WILL SEND A COMPLETE SAMPLE PACKAGE 
’FOR EXAMINATION fob. ONI,Y tcm cfmts if you 
ORDER BEFORE JANUARY 1st, 
SPECIAL.—i 
^tork and poultry. 
to SSfk u tiny. Samples worth 81.50. FREE Lines 
not under the horse’s feet. Write Brewster 
Snlrtr Hein Holder Co., Hollv. Jtu».. 
TH0B0UOHBBED fiJfiir’A'WJlSE 
from the beet strains. Rrod for Health, Meat and 
Eggs. Standard Birds. Far prices of Eggs and 
Birds, address 1)U. B. BURR, POCASSET, MASS. 
JERSEY RED, POU.MI-CHIXA, 
4 hr sir r VI b tic, llrrlshirf A York¬ 
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Ami Oxford Down Shrepand iambi 
Scotch CollpTShvphrrti Dart and 
Fancy PooMrj. for Catalogue 
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Oxford Down Sheep BSS“,S S*, 1 ?,*?. 
breeds, and heaviest fleeces of close middle wool. An¬ 
other lmp"riation of yearling rants front Treadwell, 
who has distanced all competitor? this year at the 
“Royal,’’ will arrive Sept. 1. “Royal I Iverpool"—“HI 
coster,'' lbs. :u yts: "Bonin Camps field," SW lbs.; 
"Hoval Norwich,” .7X1 lbs ; "Baron Hanley.’’ 845 lbs. as 
year) In go. all "Royal" winners, and winners also at 
Chicago. Madison, WIs., Indianapolis, St Louis and 
Maryland state Fairs Also imp. "Grandee.” "Briton,” 
•'Crow n Piiuce," “Sir John ’ and ‘Donutus." all fr"tu 
Treadwell, have been used In mv Hock For prices ad 
dress F. C. tiuLbsBoROUOH. Easton, Talbot Co., Md. 
FOH 8AL.U. 
25 choice MERINO FIVES. $5 each; 25 onoioo ME¬ 
RINO EWES, at SI.50 each lfi> choice MERINO 
EWES, the lot. cash. 81 each; '0 LAMBS, fine. 82.50 
each. P. HIM LEW, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
SEVEN COLLIE l’UPS for Sale Black and Tan. out 
of Paulin* of WyekulT i.A K.R. 2>l(j), and by Dr. Down¬ 
ing's Champion Gordon. The Pups are by imported 
HrocktE, lisa) A. l>. BAKER. 
Box 05. CAMDEN, ONEIDA CO, N. Y. 
Ohio Impiwd (Vstersr 
Warranted cholera proof. I 
!.\r|>rv*j prepaid. Wins I'll 
prttos In the states and Fur l 
civil Countries. 2 weighed! 
2hog lb*. Semi iordescrip-| 
lion and price of these farm 
oil* hogs, also fowls. Tiltl 
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If these hog* are really cholera proof, as guar¬ 
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