HE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Implements and iliacliincvy 
ImptementiS and pachincvy 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
Webb’s NEW KINVER 
MANGEL. 
George Washington Ik to be hangwl In KetlWK'ky 
in February, and JelT navis in youth Carolina In I 
April. 
Duke d'AuOKTret Pasquler hits been elected a 
member of the French academy, to till the place of 
Hie late Archbishop Uupanloup. 
Bessie Turner played In “A Celebrated Case” in 
Hie Indianapolis opera house Christ mini eve, (vnd 
Theodore Tilton occupied one of l he boxes. 
Loi\l O’llagan, late 1.01X1 Chancellor ol Ireland, , 
who has Inherited through his wife the large Town- 
ley estates In Lancashire, was once a reporter. 
The now Queen of llurmah is said to lie practi¬ 
cally a believer in women’s rights—at least she 
takes a warm Interest. In the conduct of affairs. 
Tim King, after the custom of his fathers, mar¬ 
ried his own half-sister. 
peter McNamara, a well-known citizen of Wash¬ 
ington, died this week rrom t he bite of a man nam¬ 
ed Dunaher, received two months since In an alter¬ 
cation. The bite was on the finger, which was sub¬ 
sequently amputated, but the poison had spread to 
i la* arm and could not be arrested. 
Mr. Spurgeon continues to be a martyr to rheu¬ 
matism und unable to resume Ills pastoral duties. 
•• I cannot," he says “ stand tor even five minutes. 
During the night I have been fiercely attacked by 
rheumatism In the back and loins, and I now leel 
quite prostrate. How-1 long to speak again In the 
name of the Lord !” 
It Is related that not many months ago William 
cullen Bryant and Bayard 'l ay lor were sitting to¬ 
gether in a Fourth avenue car In this city. The 
two poets became somewhat loud In a conversa¬ 
tion about, the physical and mental health of John 
Green leaf Whittier. They were fearful lest Mr. 
Whittier's death should at an early day deprive 
them of a fellow-writer. And now he alone sur¬ 
vives. 
Mr. Voting writes of Castelar, the famous Span¬ 
ish statesman: “He is still a young man. He 
has a large domc-Hke head, with an arching brow 
t hat recalls In 11s outline the brow of Shakespeare. 
He. is under the average LilgliL, and his face luvs no 
covering but a thick, drooping moustache. You 
nolo the Andalusian type, swarthy, mobile and 
glowing eyes that soeln lb burn with the sun of 
t,he. .Mediterranean.” 
Mr. Haars, the American consul at Alexandria, 
Lgypi, has just gone round the world In a rapid 
fashion, unequaled even by Jules Verne. He ac¬ 
complished the journey in as days. It took him 20 
days to go 1 rom Alexandria to San Francisco, by 
Brindisi, Pai ls. Liverpool ami New York;‘20 days 
also to go from Han Francisco lo Yokohama; fi days 
i hereafter he reach ed Hong Kong; In 10 days he set 
root on shore at C'oylon, and 12 day's later he found 
himself again In Egypt. 
William Waehevle says that he Is alive and his 
wife says Hurt he is dead. There Is a paid-up In¬ 
surance polio' 1 of $V,oOOOn tu^llfr, wliUu^act Is 
supposed to Influence Mrs. Waeherle’s course. 
Wacberle used to live in Carver, Minn., where he 
was a foreman In a machine shop, llis wife in¬ 
duced him lo get Into life Insurance, and he soon 
got the Idea that she was hi a hurry for him to die, 
so he left Carver, and wandered about (lie country 
for many years. Decently he returned to his old 
home, and learned that his wife hud accumulated 
alleged evidence of his death. She refuses to ad¬ 
mit his Identity, and demands the |7,ooo. 
They have a Methuselah in Baltimore, oue Wi ¬ 
liam Scott, familiarly known as “Uncle Billy,” a 
colored man who Is claimed to have lived 149 years. 
A citizen lias made oMdavll that he has known 
“Uncle Billy" for llfty years; that William then 
bore the same appearance as now ; that the depo¬ 
nent’s father, who had boon nursed by william, 
gave the date of the latter’s birth 1729. “t ncle 
Billy ” might pass for a man ol seventy. He lias 
had six “ head ” of children—that Is, six different 
families of children, exactly' how many he doesn’t 
remember. He was a body servant to Lord Howe 
during the Revolution, went to England with him, 
and was servant 10 an F.nglish onicer at the battle 
of Waterloo. 
A Berlin paper lias an amusing story ubout Bea- 
eonsileld. When orders were sent to secure rooms 
lor him at the Kulserhoff Hotel, It wfls specially 
directed that Ids sleeping chamber should have 
i wo beds, ’lids caused much surprise, us It was 
known he was a widower, and there had never 
been an Imputation on his private character. The 
general Impression was, that, being In delicate 
health, he ndght have desired his faithful secreta¬ 
ry, Montagu Oorry, to sleep In his room. The 
waiters and chombennalds grinned, and set them- 
Selves lo watch the British plenipotentiary when 
he arrived In Berlin, and took possession of his 
i wo-bedded chamber. They found he w ent to It 
all alone, and in the morning came out of It sill 
alone, moving with bent head and the under Up 
pursed out as usual. Then began betting as to 
which of t he beds the Illustrious man had occupied. 
A chambermaid stole In, and carne out with an as- 
oulshed face. “ Both 1” it seems that the w eatlu r 
was very hot, and when the Premier felt himself 
uncomfortable lrorn heat In one bed, lie moved to 
the refreshing coolness of the other, with better 
ha nee of good sleep. 
serves 
mAyr rL 
lumps iif dirt and 
~ {L../ duns, and trem 
—Itr rf d*/"■#' the nl Uioaphorc 
of tlu> stable, which 
g.ves the so-called 
nninnil odora. A 
iMsiBfilil w seat *°! the luilk- 
i Jilt — ^ cannot be stepped 
[H| a g - in nor kicked over 
hv the cuw . the 
milk is strained 
before enteri rig It. 
-ci purer, mote wholesome and fragrant 
and bin ter than ever before, send *2.00 
KICII1TIOND, IND 
Manufacturers of 
XIEIXsXj STONES 
and 
Flouring Mill Mnchlnerv. 
Corn anil Feed Mills a special l; 
The most complete @HS 
Mill Furnishing es- a ijaHl 
tabllshuieut In the 
Special estimates 
and price-lists fur- 
nisliod on npplica- 
State you^Baw this 
“ The Beat Yellow Globe Mangel in Cultivation.” 
The sole sale in tins country 1ms been given to us 
bv the Messrs. Weub, the origmatora and growers of 
this celebrated root. In Kngtnnd, and wo ore now pre¬ 
pared to ci not p prices to dealers and otbers. 
«rif WHEW C ATALOG!’H FOll 1S15I 
will be mailed to uny address on receipt of stamp. 
It. II. ALI,YIN & t’O., 
I HD A 101 Wilier Hi., New X ork. 
Shaker’s Carden Seeds. 
True and (Irimiiir. Fresh mid Keliablo. 
One of the oldest seed firms in the country. Seeds 
sent by mail, postage free. Special prices and terms 
to tiatni/i'i'x. 
•‘The excellence of Hie Shakers’Garden Seeds is 
generally admitted.”—KM. ,1 in. .1 ijrwuUwirt. 
Illustrated aud Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds Free. 
Address t’DAKLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon. Col. Co., Ji. \ . 
Grand 
.Centennial 
QIiPreviuu. 
•THAY 
Portable Mulay Saw Mill, 
lo TOVS IN L CAT. 
•sir 1UI.KM PKItllOllR- 
Sold on trial anil guaranteed cheaper, at Its price, 
than any other flay press as a gift or no sale.. Pop toe 
swindled by Irresponsible manufacturers of liilrltiginR 
machines. n» the purchaser la liable. It costs i no mart 
for a good press thna tinInferior or'Worthless y 
Address, F. K. DE DERICK & CO., Albany, N. X 
It may ba operated 
by either two or three 
men, and will out as 
numb lumber in pro¬ 
portion io the power 
•utl a umber of bauds 
With improveniOQU re 
ceuily Hiado Is Ulie'jUfll 
cd li a neighborhood 
mill. Uoao be run br 
either steam or w«U*f 
power aurtifl especially 
adapted Co the enginei 
used for t bro^hing 
MARKET GARDENERS! 
Biuj Fresh seeds of ihe Grower, 
BE THE FIRST IN MARKET 
And you will COIN MONEY. 
Garden Manual and Price List for 1879 sent free. 
Address J. B. ROOT, Rockiord, Ills. 
The Simplest and Most 
Convenient 
in the world. The best Mill in 
the market for grinding Corn, 
Feed, Ac. Send tor Price IJst. 
C. B. OGLESBY A CO., 
59 So. Canal St., Chicago. 
Peerless Right-hand 
CORN SHELLER 
A beautiful wort of 100 Pages, One Colored 
Flower Plate, and BOO llln»(rnnoi)», with 
Descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, 
and how to grow them. All for a f ive Cent Stamp 
I n EDgUsh or German. 
The Flower nnd Vegetable Garden, 175 Fa see 
Six Colored Plates, and many hundred Engravings 
For 50 cents in paper covers i $1 in elegant cloth. In 
German or Kugltsh. 
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly lYlimnziue-lH 
Pages, a Colored Plate In every number and many 
fine Engravings. Price *U5 « year. Five Copies for 
*5.00. 
Vick's Seeds are the best In the world. Send 
Five Cknt Stamp for a Floral G utdk, containing 
List and Prices, and plenty of Information. 
Address JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
II malt-'smooth nnil even lumber, leaves no stubshot" 
ami wuictit any sized log dp R> four feet In diameter. I', may 
bv traniynrVl from Oneloeahtt Or another and rt-erfeuA ready 
for.atMng in frnm two to three daya.auii can jiraGt- 
able i n tuvnlltle- wlivrr theve i- not tum.-ient limlv-r tu J usftry 
iliv erecunn of aiarge mill. Scad for du-svrhitivt>::rt:uiar, JIT!.-, 
ttv.. to CHANDLER St TAYLOR.. Indlanaoolis. Iod. 
Shells and separates easily 
one bushel ol eats n minute. 
One mail feeds and operates. 
■Wrought shaft and heavy bal¬ 
ance wheel. It is the cheape-t 
and best Corn Hh*!ler In ttie 
market. 
For full particulars arid De¬ 
scriptive Circular, address 
A. P. DICKEY, 
Racine, Win. 
Established /844 
STRAUB MILL COMPANY’S 
IT A iVT t*TO IV C/NC/NNA Tl 
HkstSmvTISE^AT/^ 
Mill Mann factory 
E.trtl>lHh.il ISM. 
Orlat Mills 
OP 
FnENCHBBIIR STONE 
Potlablo Mil's tor b»ruier», 
Raw Mid Orruv.-». aw. Price 
front $S0 up. Complrta Mill 
and ahelltir Md. A boy can 
a rind and It < *t> Ut order. 
>dafitnd lo nay kind of suita¬ 
ble power. Coini'tctr Plowing 
and Com Mill vorr cheap. 
N02D7KE ti JlAS1T0H CO. 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
Also Trees. Snin.ll Fruiin, etc. YVhnlcsnle 
rntcM very low to Nurserymen, Dealers and large 
Planters. Send stamp tor Descriptive List. Price 
List Free. T.S. HUBBARD, Fredoniu, N.Y. 
. 4 M/LLfMG MACHINERY & 
MtLLERS SUPPLIES. 
VYimAtKiOWU- CL I NCINNATf 
MLrERRY&Cn; 
lu stTTa teo 
SCRIP , 
LIGHTNING MAY KNIVES 
WEYMOUTH’S PATENT. 
Tins Knife is the best in use for cutting down hay and straw in 
mow nnd stuck, cutting tine feed from bale, cutting Corn stalks tor 
feed, cutting peat and ditching marshes. 
The blade is best cast steel, spring temper, easily sharpened , 
and is giving tuviverml satisfaction. A few moments’trial will 
show Its merits, und parties once using it are unwilling to do with¬ 
out it. Its sales are last increasing for expoit us well us home 
trade, aud it sivo ,ik rtmtined to tuke the place of all other Hay 
Knives. 
. They are nicely packed in boxes, one dozen etch, of 50 Ids. 
weight, suitable for shipping by laud or water to uny part of the 
wor.d. 
Manufactured only by 
HIRAM HOLT Sc CO., 
East Wilton, Franklin Co., Maine. 
Yorker with 
ts, etc. Send 
TED STATES 
STEKKIAL 
Untissiok 4 
PifttUtttteouj* 
S3f~ For sale by the Hardware Trade generally 
OMEN wanted everywhere 
mmotBSSS 
ih Ssninl., free; wrilo at once, 
<fc CO., Bo«,on. Musa. 
Having regard for the demand of this 
progressive age, we now offer to the World 
STYLES LOVELY CARDS, lUc.. or IS fnro- 
mos, 1 0c„ postpaid. J.B. Hustcd,Nassau,N.Y 
Peri'itineil.i lintMtiii' sn.jirrfnkt' Cards,elegant case 
Dame in Gold, 10c. l)AVTl>a A Co., Northford, tt 
i!A GH80UO, PtKfUMEO. SMOYffiAltl A.tACE CARDS, -hk 
W1 mim- lUc. O.MIW Autboit l.V. Lvinuti .v Co., Lllnton.lil., U. 
' of the fRETTIEST CAROS you ever saw, with name 
) 10c. postpaid. Geo. l.lteedACo .Nassau,N,\. 
CHROMO A PERFUMED CARDS Luo .1 alikej. Name In 
Gold A .let. Inc. Clinton Bros., t Hntonville, Ct. 
lUal Estate 
and Irtachium] 
l.unds und T ckets for sale. Map an 
Immigruui’s Guide tree. Du. AM5I 
BRO WN, 5S Scars Building, Boston. 
,4 T»r* Aqu lPl.*x.T, ,, % u«fvr 
and K<vatly Imptovcd VtT*. 
Estlnguuhrr, i«ar«i«Q tCngin#, 
W iiuiutv utul irartUra Wiulnir, 
Trw, Vlttfi and Bmub Iko 
tvrtor from 
•lartlng AiiuvducU, ami r»rl- 
on* I|M1 •vliicli *c» I , . .11 .L 
tlurmi«(ve«. No Dwelllug, 
Afet6rv 
\T A LIT A IU-E HEA L ESTATE FOR HA1.E. 
T Improved Farms, tu iracis ot from 40 to H40 acres. 
In Coles and Douglas Counties, Illinois, within from 
one to four miles of tha Junction of four ltaurotuls, 
and ncurand adjoining dues of twouiid five thou¬ 
sand In hah Hunts. Terms, i» cash, deterred pay¬ 
ments, 2, .1 and 4 years. Address 
W. R. ADAMS. Charleston. Uls. 
. _,, H R»|lti»d Station or 
i “ WOodou Hittlruad Bridge or 
Vliuiuct iGould be without one of ihcie v*lun 6 le orliclet. Wtlglit, wllh 
6 lb». j throwi water 60 ffcet* Price, 49.00 each, *eot by expre*!, 
C.O.U, Manufactured by W, A B. DOUGLAS, Mlitdletown, Ct., the 
oldett aud most extetistve manufacturers of Puinpi in the world. Branch 
VVttU'hou*««, Hl> nnd b 7 John St. y New York; 197 LAe SL, Chicago, XU. 
r a n a in the best part of MARYLAND 
l A It I¥1 O at ii,i aic prices. For Catalogue A 
pricelist write ilaueha A Wilson. Rldgely, Md, 
