PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Ex-Queen Isabella, ot Spain, still holds her little 
court In a quiet way In Republican Paris. 
Parker, the proprietor of the Parker House, Bos¬ 
ton, began life as a coachman, and Is now worth 
$2,600,000. 
.Mr. Spurgeon has a voice that can be heard In 
the open air to the very outer edge of a crowd of 
ten thousand persons. 
One of the few Smiths In the country solicited 
money In Rutland, Vt„ to build a church, and ran 
away with the $250 ho collected. 
It Is formally announced In London that the 
business of the Baron Lionel de Rothschild will be 
carried on by the three sons of the deceased. 
Ex-Congressman John A. Hyman, of North 
Carolina, a colored mau, is now assistant to the 
mall clerks who run between Baltimore and Cum¬ 
berland. 
The Emperor of Austria Is “ a prince as is a 
prince.” lie speaks fluqntly nearly every one of 
the various languages in which lliu Inhabitants of 
Ills empire-kingdom converse. 
A physician at Salem, Ind., was addicted to 
opium-eating, and his neighbors tried to cure him 
by tying 1dm to a tree, whipping him severely and 
making hliu take a. vow of reformation. 
It Is easy enough to tell why Miss Sadie Kellogg 
of Waterbury, Conn, Is called “Little Buttercup,” 
when It la known that last year she made three- 
quarters of a ton of butter and disposed of It her¬ 
self. 
The report that John G. Saxe, the poet, Is hope¬ 
lessly 111, Is said to be untrue by his Hlends. He Is 
suffering from nervous prostration Induced by a 
railroad accident three years ago, and there Is a 
prospect of his ultimate recovery, 
Swinburne the poet Is forty-one years of age. 
Nothing has recently transpired concerning the 
minor current some months ago that he had re¬ 
joined the Catholic Church. He was educated at 
the Jusult college of Stronyburst, near Liverpool. 
Mr. J. Foster Kirk, Ure historian of “Charles 
the Bold ” and the editor' of Upptneott's Magazine, 
was married last week to Miss oiney, whose novel, 
“Through Winding Ways,” has been one of the 
attractions of Llpplncott's for some months past, 
McMasters, an Ohio temperance lecturer, was 
taken suddenly 111 In a railroad car, and a physi¬ 
cian told him that a glass of brandy was the only 
tiling that would save ills life; but he refused to 
take the liquor, and died. 
Imagine a quiet, amiable, gentle-voiced man, 
reserved In his hearing, fascinating in manner and 
handsome In appearance, fully six feet tall, about 
4S years of age, hair Just turning gray, face smooth, 
features refined, eyes blue, and you have an excel¬ 
lent likeness of senator Butler, of South Carolina. 
Senator Thurman, when he goes on a Jaunt, 
wears a linen duster that completely envelops 
him, there being oil Ills head a large slB: cap. 
Mrs. Thurman, who was with her husband when 
he sailed on Monday for the New England coast, 
is a small, delicate lady, with white hair and long 
curls. 
The Emperor William sleeps on a bed hard 
enough to have suited the Duke of Wellington, 
does not smoke or use snuff, Is foml of flowers and 
especially of fresh air, drinks one glass of Bur¬ 
gundy a day, rises early and fares frugally. He is 
elghty-two years old, and can ride horseback like a 
trooper. 
The celebrated French actress, Sarah Bernhardt, 
is now visiting London, where she Is creating a 
.furore both at the French theatre there and by act¬ 
ing at private parties. She Is exceedingly thin, 
which accounts for the end of a conversation 
bear'd lately before the Theatre Francals: “An 
empty carriage stops, and whom do 1 see get out of 
it hut Sarah Bernhardt.” 
A sad event has occurred In the family of aster¬ 
oids. Hilda Is lost, cue of the nearly 200 mem¬ 
ber's of the planetary sisterhood revolving between 
Mars and Jupiter can no longer be fouud in her 
accustomed celestial haunts, it Is not known 
whether Hilda has eloped with her father’s coach¬ 
man or has run away and Joined a traveling 
“ Pinafore” troupe. 
M. de Lesscps, or sue/. Canal fame, and who has 
now in Uaral the Darien ship canal, is U years old, 
but looks 60. He has a high, bold forehead, Is 
rather thick-set, with snow-white hair and mous¬ 
tache, and the piercing eye of an eagle. After the 
completion or the Suez Canal he married Mile, do 
uragard, a very beautirui ana accomplished young 
lady, only 40 years younger than himself. By his 
first wife lie had tsvo sons, by lrl9»econd seven 
children. 
Supervisor I. II. Cogswell or Greenwood, Mich., 
was administrator of an estate, and, being called 
upon to render an account of his trust, set. tiro to 
Ills house, which lie had drenched with kerosene, 
and burned himself to death, together with the 
papers connected with his business affairs. He 
tried to persuade his wife to remain In the burning 
building, and when she escaped he followed her 
out to urge her to go back and die with him. she 
refused, and Cogswell, flinging her some money, 
stepped back Into the house. 
Daniel F. Davis, the Republican nominee for 
Governor of Maine, fought under the flag. He was 
bora In Freedom, Waldo county, thlrty-stx years 
ago, and in early life worked on a farm. At the 
age of twenty he enlisted m the First District ot 
Columbia Cavalry and afterwards In the First 
Maine cavalry, serving altoget her two years as an 
enlisted mail. While in the service he pursued Ills 
studies, having his Latin grammar with him In 
the saddle. He was admitted to the bar In 1869 
and has since practised at East Corning. He was 
a member of the House in 1874 and of the Senate 
111 1S70. 
No matter what your feelings or ailment Is, Hop 
Bitters will do you good. Prove It. 
THE BUBAL WEW-Y0BKEB. 
461 
gmpUm*nt$ and ARaduncty. 
THE FARMER’S FAVORITE 
WINE & CIDER MILL 
IT HAS NO EQUAL IN SIMPLICITY, 
GRINOS FOUR DIFFERENT GRADES OF PULP. 
Wo make three sizes. 
No. I, Family Mill.— Two curbs, holding- about 
5 lmits eueh. 
ml. 
No, 3, New Power Mill.— Two men will grind 35 
to lu bushels baril apples per hour. By power will grind 
a bushel a minute, its press has a capacity of 75 gal¬ 
lons at a pressing. Hem! for circular. 
HIGGANIDI MFG, CORPORATION. 
Itigganmn. Ct. 
Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements of all de¬ 
scriptions. 
‘2, Family Mill Press— has capacity of 1 bar- 
IttisrdlBttemtjeL 
BIRDSALL ENGINE. 
Posschsc^ More Points of Excel¬ 
lence limn Any Ollier now 
Offered. 
IT CERTAINLY STANDS UNRIVALED IN 
EFFECTIVE POWER, AND THE SAVING 
OF FUEL ANU WATER. 
Its saving (pialities are super-ex¬ 
cellent. Its steaming capacity saves 
time. Its durability saves repairs. 
I ts weight saves heavy hauling. Its 
simple construct ion saves employ¬ 
ing skilled engineers, and many 
times, much 
perplexity and 
vexation. The 
genuine mate¬ 
rial used in 
their manufac¬ 
ture saves 
breakages. Tlio 
satisfaction 
they give saves 
.1 olts, saves 
money'. saveH 
reputation, and 
preserves the 
good will of all. 
Trial given in 
all cases before 
requiring pay¬ 
ment. 
For special 
circulars address 
E. m. BIRDSALL & CO., 
PENN-VAN, N. Y., or 
248 JOHNSON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 
I'.tTKVr SPARK. ARItliSTKR. 
8 -H. P. Mounted. $SS0. 
10 “ '• 750. 
12 “ “ 1000 . 
Serif/ /■ ’• our CirC'/lars. 
2-H. P. Eureka, $150. 
4 “ “ 250. 
6 •' " _360. 
B. W. Pay ne&Sons, Coming, N. Y. 
S/afi ji'/ici- i/oii saw this.' 
pTK?.’D flflT DEEDSSEW 
n U U I D E t It fSfffi? 
and strengthening. Ask your druggist for it. Sent by 
mall on receipt of 26 cents. 
Manufactured only by 
CHARLES E. HIKES, 
216 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
B09KWALTER ENGINE 
Compact, substantial, eco¬ 
nomical and easily managed. 
Guaranteed to work well aud 
give, full power claimed. 
Engine and boiler complete, 
including governor, feed¬ 
pump, drive-pulley, etc., etc., 
at the low price of 
3 Horae power... .$215 
4>4 “ “ .... 215 
6« “ " .... 315 
Manufactured at Springfield 
Ohio. Send for Descriptive 
Pamphlet. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., Springfield, 0, 
Or, 110 Liberty SI., New York City. 
A. P. Dickey Fanning Mill. 
The Bet Funning 
ill III in i lie World. 
Obtained Centennial 
Award and Grand 
Medal. It. cleans per¬ 
fectly Oats, Chess. 
Oockel and all foul 
matter from Wheat 
and Barley. It grades 
..lid separates l'or 
Seeding uud Market, 
deans all kinds of 
sluiill sends, and will 
— - -~**r.«r.n-gyg ca.tw save any farmer its 
cost annually. Agencies will be established throughout 
the Middle States this season. Vide* o 
DICKEY & PEASE Racine, Wis. 
“Victor” one-horse Wheat Drills 
(8 ami 5 lioed,) 
Fur Sowing Wheat, 
Rye, Barley, iu fallow 
ground or In Btaiuliug 
corn. 
Force feed; simply' 
constructed. The live 
hoed is adjustable for 
__ different widths, and Is 
just what every email farmer ought to have, saving 
the price of a two horse Drill. 
Manufactured only by EWALI) OVER. 
[Send for circulars.! Indianapolis, Ind¬ 
ia W YORK STATE FAIR, 1879. — The 
N. V. State Agricultural Society will hold its 
N 
39 tli Animal Cattle Show 
and Fair, at UTICA, opening on JIondav, Sur f. 8th, 
and closing ou Friday, Sevt. 12th. 
ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 9th, 
Except, as iisitai., Fi.owkiis and Fruits. 
The PREMIUM LIST Is now printed. Copies will 
be mailed to all recent F.vlil filters immediately, and to 
all other persons applying for them. Address 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
Albany, N. Y. 
E ADVISE YOU TO INSURE YOUR 
property In the 
w 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO. 
OF Watertown, 1ST. Y., 
The largest Company In the country which insures 
only farmers' property and residences. Over twenty- 
six years Old. 
Capital. $200,000 OO 
Net Surplus, over.$216,000 00 
Annets, Jan. 1, 1879..$1,098,623 24 
APC&ITCUIA&STEStNew Devotional Work. 
Atf EH I 5 WAN I t U Bv President Cbamplin. 
Cbfii 
Will be bought bv almost every Christian family. 
culara free. Address Am. Pub. 
Cir- 
Co., Hartford, Conn. 
tf11- is 17 A year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. 
*©114 Andreas P. O. VXCIvERY, Augusta, Maine. 
L O ELEGANT New Style Chroma Cards with name, 
O 10c. postpaid. Geo. I. Reed & Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
£lcu* 
The Voice of Worship, 
For Choirs, Conventions and Singing Schools. 
BY IC- O. EMERSON. 
This splendid book is now near ly through the press, 
and will be in great demand. FuU collection of the 
best Hymn Tunes and Anthems for Choirs, numerous 
Glees for Social and Class siuging, and a good Singing 
School course. Its attractive contents, with the low 
price ($1.(10 or $9.1)0 per dozen), should make it the 
most popular of CUareh Music Books. 
_ H , 11 / Schools. Con - 
vent tons and ('hairs. By W. 
.. . ready' in a few days. First elass 
ug Schools, with large collection of 
THE TEMPLE 
O. Finn ins. will be ret 
hook for Siuging Sell- „ , , 
Glees, aud plenty' of Hymn J unes aud Anthems. 
Price $i.mior $iUxiper dozen. Although Singing Class¬ 
es are especially provided for, both the Secular and 
Sacred Music render it one of the beat Convention 
and Choir Books. 
FATIH1TTA The new aud very favorite op- 
I A I INI I ini era, is now ready, with words in 
un-ee languages, all the Music and Libretto complete. 
Price $2.00 paper. $2.25 boards. 
nmirniir Price reduced to 60 ets. The same 
PinArUKh. elegant edition heretofore sold 
for a dollar. Complete Words, Libretto and Music. 
All ready for the stage. 
Any hook mailed tor retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
C. II. Ditsou »fc Co., J. E. Ditsoti <Ss Co., 
843 Broadway, New York. 922 Chestnut St., Phila. 
ftent Estate. 
P U'fioo*o! 00 JOIN OUR COLONY! 
}fa ps and perm phletSifree. J. F. Mancha, Claremont,! a. 
Improved Farms for Sale 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 
Purtii- • desiring to secure bn < pa ins in improved 
farms should write to I'urn hum, (’revolt iV Alat- 
lis, t'Unimmign, Ills., In fur in-.siing e seu- here. 
MINNESOTA 
OVER 1,000,000 ACRES OF 
FINE FARMING LANDS 
IN MINNESOTA AN1> DAKOTA, 
For sale by the WINONA & ST.PETEK ll.R.CO., 
At from ifcti to $6 per Acr^ juidon Hlwtral term*. 
These lauds lie In tho Kfcat wheat belt of the North 
ti Aod are equally well wianted to tho growth u' 
other grain, vetf*table*, out. The eliiuiite Is uuaur 
piiSi.td Air hmiUhfuUiCMA. 
They are Free from Incumbrance. 
Guide Book, Maps, etc., containing full infonnattou* 
sent frea. 
CHAS. E. SIMMONS , Land Commiaatonnr 
Oeu’l Offices C. A- NAY. R'y Co.. Chicago, lnv, 
Mention this paper in writing, 
THE B0REL& COURVQISIER SWISS WATCHES 
HAVE BEEN AWARDED 
THE GOLD MEDAL 
at the Paris Exposition of this year, 
bused on the greatest superiority of 
ol' perfonnuuciuiurlng the test made 
manufactured of the best material 
and finished by skilled hand labor 
er beyond peradveuturo. Messrs. B 
tl m In prices, so as to bring their 
Great euro Is taken iti tho finishing 
those adjusted for i-.illrinul use. Call 
Improved B. ft C. Watehes. The 
relative merits of Swiss Watches, as 
manufacture. Onn a country that 
Hundred years be ignored? Give 
and they will demonstrate to you 
you to Institute uu Impartial corn- 
The Jury of Awards’ decision was 
workmanship and extreme accuracy 
by the Judges. These watches are 
and made with improved machinery, 
thus Insuring an accurate Umii-Ueep- 
& C. have made a still further reduc- 
watehes within the reach of all 
of their movements, particularly 
On your Ji vvcIlH and u*k ti; see the 
public is esk d to Investigate Hie 
compared with those of American 
has made watches for the past Two 
the Corel it rourvciislee fair play, 
that none can . xce, them. We ask 
purisoil betore purchasing. 
implements anil paehineeg. 
The “New Massilon” 
THRESHING MACHINE 
Beats the World ! 
SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAY OF ITi 
F. F. Curtis of Orleans. Va., writes -.—The Ten-Horse 
Engine I bought of you proves to be one of the best 
ougineH l ever saw run, aud it gives perfect satisfac¬ 
tion. The *' New Massillon " is ana of the best thresh¬ 
ers I ever used. It will thresh in good wheat 4 bushelB 
per minute, uud cleun it ready t or market. There nev¬ 
er was u machine made w hick will separate the straw 
and ebaff from tho wheat better than this machine 
will, ft giv es perfect satisfaction everywhere I thresh¬ 
ed, and l ha.il no trouble to get customers. Every per¬ 
ron who saw it run wonted me to thresh their wheat. 
It will Over-pay for itself m one season, and I will 
recommend ft to any person who wisheB to get the 
worth of his money. 
i Sizes, Capacity from 300 to 1,300 Bushels. 
Illustrated Circulars, Price Lists, etc., free. Address 
RUSSELL & 00., Massilon, Ohio, 
Also Manufacturers of tho Celebrated Massilon Por¬ 
table aud Russell’s Improved Traction Threshing 
Engines. 
ACENTS WANTED IN NEW YORK STATE. 
State you saw this in the Rural New-Yorker. 
SOMETHING NEW! 
Puliianvs Patent Bolster Springs 
FOR FARM AND FREIGHT WAGONS. 
They are for wag¬ 
ons hauling from 
1,000 to 3,500 
lbs. Marie of the 
finest tempered Bteel 
aud warranted- At¬ 
tached by bolts 
through the bed. 
Can be put on any 
wagon by any per¬ 
son. ftemain on the 
wagon ror all uses 
and work equally 
well empty or load¬ 
ed. .Spring seat not 
needed. Transforms 
a farm wagon to a 
comfortable Spring Matron. Ur tat for hauling fruit 
aud butfur going to church. Equally comfortable 
for one or twenty persons. A fast selling thing for 
Agents. We want Agents in every county, bend Postal 
for terms, Circulars free. Ask yum- hunt ware dealer- 
for them, or address Semple &•. Itirge Mlg. Oo„ 
31 . l.ouis, Aloe 
State you saw this in the Rural New-Yorker. 
SPRING STEEL TOOTH 
HORSE RAKES. 
Highest Award. .Medal of Honor 
at the 
Centennial and Vienna Exhibitions. 
CHAMPION'S OF THE WORLD. 
No Cogs or Ratchets, Easiest Hand or Horse Dump¬ 
ing. Purchasers prefer them to ail others for Durabil¬ 
ity aud Efficiency. Fully guaranteed; so no risk is 
incurred in ordering from tts. Responsible Agents 
wanted where we have none. 
Send Stamp for Cittiriotniea ot RAKES, 
THRASHING MACHINES, vfcc. 
WHEELER & 1YXELICR CO., 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Attention, Owners of Horses! 
THE ZINC COLLAR 
PAD is the only per¬ 
manent and reliable pad 
for sore-necked horsee or 
mules, that has ever been 
produced, ami has been 
greatly improved since 
Jan- 1st, by being specially 
lilted to hn-t-chis-v tight 
atul loos,cd collars. The new pad ,it proper sizes 
will tit cither. Bring Of smooth metal, they do not 
wear the mane, ami always dispense, when needed, 
their medicinal virtues. There are over a million and 
a half of them in use. Pads made ol other material 
can ou I v temporarily have any curative properties 
whatever, an i soon become worthless by abrasion in 
cleaning them. The Zinc Vails are sold by leading 
Saddlery limit - throughout the country, and harness 
makers generally. Ask your Harness .Maker for them. 
Manufactured by 2d NO COLLAR FAIT CO., 
Blvimxas, Mich. 
SEED 
DRILL, 
MATTHEWS’ 
The KtandnrJ of Vmerlon. 
Admitted by leading Seeds¬ 
men and Market Gardeners 
everywhere to be tlio most per¬ 
fect and reliable Drill in use. -y=*yg- 
Send lor Circular. Mamvfuct- - 
tired only by _ . .. _ 
EVURU.TT a- SMALL, Boston, Muss. 
Hants, &c. 
QUINCIIE IvlLIT GLUli 
IT MAIDEN LANE, New York, Sole Agent* for the United States. 
TURNIP SEED. 
NEW (BOP, ('HOKE STRAIN. 
Remit lii cents additional per pound when ordered; 
to be sent by mail. 
Early White Flat Dutch, strap leaf.per lb. 60 ets.. 
Red or Purple Top, _ “ “ . *, ®Jj 
Pomeranian \Vbite ( Holies. ... 5° 
Large'White. Norfolk Globe,. 50 
Long White Cow llorn...— t5 
Long white FTenelm . 75 
RoborUon’s Golden Ball. m 
Yellow Globe or Amber. <a 
Yellow AhenluOTl,. • .. “ 
Imi l'OVi-I Pul'lllr Top Rut.l Hag.... ' WP 
i•(»[,,n Ch be nuI i Buga, • ...... “ 75 
t'onploie IL-d • -l varieties and directions iu Dreer’fei 
Garden Calender, !v.y, mailed mi apiiHcatinn. 
HENRY A. DREcR, Seedsman, Philadelphia, Pa. 
10 ACRES STRAWBERRIES. 
50 VARIETIES, embracing the largest, best audi 
most productive, grown in pots or layore. 
Seda for Catalogue. \\U. PARRY, 
i'iuiinuiiiisou, N, J, 
