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THE RURAL UEW-¥©RMIR. 
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A SIGN OF A DUDE. 
A Dude is a chap with a glass in his eye 
Which he *“ars he supposes to see his friends by; 
And his friends think the notion exceedingly good, 
For they see, by the glass, that the fellow’s a Dude. 
— E. L. C., in Puck. 
For the baker, the one thing kneadful is 
flour.— Life. 
An angry dog is an animal of cur-rage.— 
Pittsburgh Chronicle. 
If your face loses color by dyspepsia— 
diet.— The Sanitary Era. 
A good base ball pitcher, like a pretzel is 
noted for his twist.— New York Journal. 
It is said no one can arrest the flight of 
time, but who is there who is not able to 
stop a minute?— Life. 
A carpenter may not have much knowl¬ 
edge of flowers, yet he is often a floor-ist.— 
Bradford Republican. 
• If jou. want to be well-informed, take a 
paper. Even 'a paper of pins will give you 
some good points.— Agricultural Epitomist. 
A Pittsburg editor says: “Husbands are 
not made to order.” We’ll bet he can’t con¬ 
vince'most wives they are not.— Washington 
Critic. 
In the West. She: “Do you ever see a finer 
sunset than that in the East?” He: “No, 
the sun never sets in the East. 5 ’— Catholic 
Mirror. 
From the habit hens have of laying their 
eggs in out-of-the-way places* one would fancy 
that they were laying them for a rise in 
price.— Judge. 
He: “What kind of goods is that dress 
made of, Laura?” She: “Camel’s hair.” He: 
“Of course: now you turn around I see the 
hump.”— Boston Transcript. 
When Walt Whitman says that “nothing 
is ever really lost”’ he should be asked to ac¬ 
count for the hole in a stocking. Where did 
the yarn go to?— Detroit Free Press. 
Nervous Passenger: “Are you sure there 
is no - danger; officer?” Oflfcer: “Not a bit. 
Tfie captain'* just gone to take e nap be-* 
cause it’s too foggy to see anything.”— Life. 
“Your singing is delightful, Miss Ethel,” 
said Mr. Bore. “It fairly carries me away.” 
“Indeed?” returned Miss Ethel, with a yearn¬ 
ing glance at the clock, “I hadn’t noticed it.” 
— Harper's Bazar. 
Professor: “Gretchen! Please take the 
cat out of the room. I cannot have it making 
such a noise while I am at work. Where is 
it?” Gretchen: “Wby, Professor! You are 
sitting on it.”— Berlin lllustrite Zeitung. 
“Riches take unto themselves wings and 
fly away,” said the teacher. “What kiud of 
riches is meant!” And the smart bad boy 
at the foot of the class said he “reckoned 
they must be ostriches.”— American Poultry 
Yard. 
“All things come to those who wait.” 
Foreman printing room: “The devil’s fallen 
in the big press, ’an is all chewed up!” Local 
Editor: “That’s something like. I’ve got 
just an inch space left in the obituary 
col am n. ”— Tit-Bits. 
When the leaves begin to take on a golden 
tint, and there is a bracing chill in the air that 
makes a log fire enjoyable, it is the signal for 
the mountain hotel-keeper to walk around in 
his shirt sleeves and straw hat, and talk about 
the awful hot weather that must be raging in 
the city.— Puck. 
A four-year-old chanced to go into a 
room which had been dismantled for clean¬ 
ing. Pictures were down from the walls 
and windows bare of curtains. She ex¬ 
claimed in surprise: “Why, mamma, this 
room looks like it hadn’t any collar on ”— 
New York World. 
The cold-water girls of Independence, Mo., 
in the recent election in that city, had their 
banners inscribed, “Temperance beaus or no 
beaus at all,” and the Boston Journal in 
mentioning this fact very naturally got it, 
“Temperance beans or no beans at all.”— 
Washington Critic. 
/MIUC KEVOLVEKS. Sena stamp tor price 
VaUndlitaLoJ.il. Jobnston &Son.Pittsburg,Pa. 
FREE HOMES 
At the rate they nave been going the 
Public ]>omain8 will all be gone *1 6 
T ears Now is the time to secure ns Rich 
_ .and as the Sun shines on at $1.26 pet 
acre. What better could be left for Children? Where these lands are: how to 
get them, as well a« for information about Homes or Employment in all btato* 
and Territories. Send 10 Cents and receive the beautiful Engravings, a Picture 
•sque Panorama of America. Address Tlifi WESTERN WOULD, Chicago, 11L 
' ON THE WAY TO COLORADO SPRINGS 
Algernon (his first western trip): “Aw, I suppose you see a good many queer people’round 
here, don’t you ?” 
Native: “Waal, yes, stranger—when the trains from the East come in.” 
THE SYRACUSE NURSERIES, 
OLD AND RELIABLE, 
ARE STILL OFFERING THE MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF YOUNG, SMOOTH, THRIFTY STOCK IN 
AMERICA. 
BUDDED APPLES, STANDARD PEARS. DWARF PEARS (High and Low Headed), 
PLUMS. CHKKRIES, PEACHES, OUINCBS, RUSSIAN APRICOTS, 
GOOSEBERRIES, CURRANTS, and a lull line of 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, etc. Also Extra Sized STANDARD PEAKS of the Finest Quality. 
Special Inducements to Buyers in large quantities. Trade List out August 1st. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, Syracuse, N. A. 
500 BUI-iBS Ior $3. , w P 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUSES, LILIES. NARCISSUS, Etc 
W e deliver at express offices in New York City for United States, and In Toronto for 
Canada, the following selected bulbs in various colors and shades tor out-door 
planting from the famous bulb farms of 
ANT. ROOZEN & SON, Ovfervccn (near Haarlem), Holland: 
18 Hyacinths. 
25 Single Tulips. 
25 Double Tulips 
24 Sea'let Due van Tholl 
12 Exhibition Tulips- 
12 Parrot Tulips 
15 Poiyan.hus Narcissus. 
(Oalanthus 
12 Daffodils, single & d’ble. 
12 Pheasant’s- 1 -yeNarcissus 
12 Sg’leS’i seen ted Jonquils 
75 L geG’ld’n-yellow Crocus 
50 Blu** Crocus. 
50 v\ bite Crocus. 
59 Varlegaied Crocus. 
|xw A pamphlet on cultivation free with each order. Address the sole agent for the 
United States and Canada. Handsome Illustrated Catalogue upon application. 
Mention R. N.-Y J. TER KU1LE, 31 Broadway, N. Y., P. O. Box 2494. 
12 Snowdrops 
nivalin). 
36 Spanish iris. 
15 Scilla Siberlca. 
24 Grape Hyacinths. 
18 TrltelelaUniflora (Spring 
Flower). 
WONDERFUL 
If PEACH 
Awarded FIRST PREMIUM and Special Prize of SIL¬ 
VER MEDAL at Mi. Holly Fair. 
Extremely large* very lute« exquisitely beaut! In I (bright 
yellow and carmine); a heavy and sure cropper; the only 
large, late, handsome Free-Stone Peach. Flesh yellow, 
superb ciuality, very free and small pit the most profit* 
able leer market, invaluable for the home garden, and un¬ 
surpassed for canning or evaporating-just what everybody 
wmts. Descriptive circular with testimonials of practical 
fruit-growers and colored plate free. . , _ 
:mOOO trees standard varieties of Peaches-a large stock of 
Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry Quince and other Orchard I ruits, 
and an immense stock of Blackberries. Strawberries. Raspber¬ 
ries. Grapes and other Small Fruits. Headquarters for Mon¬ 
mouth and Gandy (the best early and late) Strawberries Erie 
Blackberry. Golden Queen Raspberry. Spaulding and Abun¬ 
dance (curculio-proof) Plums, Meech’s Quince, Lawson (Comet) 
Pear, Delaware Winter Apple and Nut- Bearing Trees. 
Lovett's Catalogue lor Fall ol 1888, giving plain 
and prac ical instructions for culture aud management, with 
honest descriptions (telling the defects as well as the merits) of 
all worthy varieties of Orchard and Small Fruits, both new 
and old, gratis. 
J.T. LOVETT CO., LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 
CANTON IKON ROOFING CO., 
CANTON, OHIO. „ 
MANUFACTURERS OF THE H. W. SMITH PATENT 
STBEXj roofing*. 
Made of genuine Sheet Steel and Calamined Steel. Also 
CORRUGATED IRON Roofing, and Siding.Beaded Iron CeUlng and 
l/UlAUrWA JL LI/ AAVi/ll , - -ff -V 
Siding, Crimped Edge Pooling and Siding, Roof 
R#>rwi for Catfllocriift. Priee List. pi>d Samples. 
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Paint. Roofer's Paper, etc. 
Mpi'' a \i Rural Ngw-Y orker. 
™ SCIENTIFICSIS 
he BEST MILLon EARTH 
has our SAFETY BOTTOM intended to prevent breakage should 
Iron accidentally get into Mill. Other improvement* adapt 31111 to grinding 
EAR CORN with SHUCKS on. 
A great saving of feed as well as labor of Husking. 
The coming Feed for practical, economical Feeders. 
Try it. Can only be made practically on tlie Scientilic 
which also grinds any and all other kinds of Grain. 
WE GUARANTEE and better results 
than can be obtained with any other Mill. 
E />■ | A D A MTCC the strongest, the simii- 
t uU AKAIl I E, Ei,>st and the cheapest .11 ill 
quality of work, life-time of plates, and other 
parts considered. Sent on trial to responsible parties. 
Numerous sizes for all Powers. All fully guaranteed. 
Catalogue 111 Address THE FOOS MFC. CO. SPRINGFIELD, O. 
MANGE 
THE COLD WATER DIP (Thymo-Cresol) is a 
handy, sure,safe, abso¬ 
lutely NON-POISON- 
OUS REMEDY for 
Lice,Fleas,Ticks,Scab, 
all Insect Pests, all skin troubles, and many 
Diseases of Live-Stock. Used and recommen¬ 
ded by the leading Breeders and Veterinarians 
throughout the world. Send for Circular. 
T. W. 1/awford & Co., Baltimore, Md. 
ISLAND HOME STOCK FARM. 
Savage & Farnum,Impor¬ 
ters and Breeders of Per 
cheron and French Coach 
Horses,IslandHomeStock 
Farm, Grosse Isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from,we guaran¬ 
tee our stock.mak e prices 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors al 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Address 
Savage & Farnum, 
Detroit, Mich. 
Percheron Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
Best Farm Bo ler 
EVER MADE 
For Cooking Feed' 
ior ^tock, Heating 
Milk or w ater in 
Dairies, swnall 
Cheese Factories 5 
lor Bath - Rooms, 
Laundries Scald-, 
ing Hogs, Etc. Ad¬ 
dress J K. PUK INTON & CO., 
Dallas Center, Iowa. 
ESTABLISHED 1852. 
JACKSON BROTHERS, 
NEW Y05X STATE DBAIN TILE AND FIFE W0SX3, 
MAIN OFFICE, 76 THIRD AVE., ALBANY, N. Y. 
ROUND, SOLE AND HORSE-SHOE TILE 
Over 13 Inches long. By cargo or smallest quantity. 
Our new improved maenlnery makes superior round 
and sole tile, excell' ng anything offered heretofore. 
First Premium w* erever exhibited. Price list on ap¬ 
plication. Drain Tile machines for sale. 
WHIIMAN'Sm^uire 
P LUH6ER PERPETUAL 
.Guaranteed superior 
r toany Lever Press now 
,, .. — made*for Hay, Straw and 
Wool. Always victorious. Received First Premium 
at all prominent fairs for past five years, over 
Dederick and others. Illustrated Catalogue Free. 
WHITMAN AGR'L CO.. St. LoSis, M+ 
We also make the best Steam Power Press in 
America. 
CIDER 
MACHINERY. 
Knuckle Joint and Screw 
Presses. Graters. E levators, 
Pumps, etc. Send for cata¬ 
logue. 
Boomer & Bosohert Frets Co., 
118 W. Water St., Syracuse, 
New York. 
WARRANTED downoff 
the tower, and that our 
Geared Wind Mills 
have double the power 
of all other mills. 
Mfrs.ofTanks.Wiud 
Mill supplies, aud 
the Celebrated 
CHALLENGE 
Feed Grinders, 
HORSEPOWERS* 
CORN SHELLERS 
PUMPS and 
BR ASS _ 
CYLINDERS '''■"'ALW AY! 
and /v!>iv ,ue BUY the BES 
flood AGENTS WANTED. 
CHALLENGE WIND MILL «fc FEED HflT.T. CO 
BATAVIA, KANE CO„ LLL^ 
THE PERKINS' 
Wind Mill 
lgC 
Regulating Wind Mill made 
Fuil instructions for erecting'sent with 
the first mill. All Wind Mills war¬ 
ranted. For Circulars aDd Prices 
address 
THE PERKINS’ WIND MILL 
A ND AX CO., 
Agents Wanted. Mishawaka, Iud. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
THE DANA 
CENTRIFUGAL-GOVERNOR 
WINDMILL 
Is the best workint 
___lg and most powerful Wind- 
Engine in the world, because it is the only one 
which unites the most perfect form of wind- 
wheel with the most perfect method of regn 
iation. Geared Milli a specialty. 
For Descriptive Circularsapply to 
THE DANA WINI)MILL CO., 
»AIRHAVSir, XA8S.. V I. i- 
Regulate the Regulator, by the use of 
Warner’s Log Cabi i Sarsaparilla. Sold by 
all druggists. 120 doses $1. 
GOOD NEWS 
TO I ADI ES. 
'' 6reatest inducements ever of¬ 
fered. Now’s your time to get 
ud orders for our celebrated 
Teas and Coffees, and secure 
a beautiful Gold Band or Moss 
Rose China Tea Set, Dinner Set, 
I uanT^uoss Hose Toilet Set, Watch, Brass Lamp, 
J * r '^p|||f r ^REAT a !?iviERIC 1 A^V^TI^v r t^^ 88 
P. O. Box 289. 81 and 83 Vesey St., New York. 
