THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
(Wit anil intnor. 
Why had Adam only one name? Because 
■when he was put in the Garden of Eden he had 
no syn-on'im. 
A drunkard stopping at Rye Beach said he 
was a geologist seeking specimens, and came 
there for quartz. 
A stout is going the rounds of the press 
called “ A sou turns up after twenty-five years 
absence.” We have seen a son turn up after 
an hour’s absence often, and never thought 
anything of it. 
The ouly real bit of “tears,” says some 
one “are (hose shed in soli-tudc.” You may 
bet your life that philosopher never saw a ten 
year-old boy coming out of the woodhouse in 
company with his father and a skate-strap. 
She introduced Mr. Peters to all her circle, 
and when her daughter Kate sweetly lisped 
‘‘Mither Peters!” he softly said. “ Why don’t 
you call me Peet?” “Oli, uot, on so short an 
acquaintance,” she bluslnugly replied. “ But,” 
said he, “ ray name is Peet, not Peters,” 
Boyhood is candid, and middle age, though 
it may think the same things, is reticent. 
“ What part,” asked a Sunday-school teacher, 
“of the Burial of Sir John Moore do you like 
best ?” lie was thoughtful for a moment and 
then replied, “ Few and short were the pray¬ 
ers we said.” 
nrrno That ma y 
uttllu depended upon 
Such persons as have not regularly received onr cata¬ 
logues, we shall l>e glad to furnish with the same, and 
by kindly sen ling' then- address, they shall be placed 
upon our list in order that they may receive each new 
publication. Our NEWDESUltlP l'i VK CATALOGUE 
OF AGRICULTURAL. VEGETABLE. TREE AND 
FLOWER SEED.S to appear in January, mi. will con¬ 
tain a full list of all the novelties and Improvements of 
the year. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
16 John Street, New York. 
Grape Vines. Roses, Fruit Trees, 
And Flowerin'? plant*, of the m t-d valuable varieties. 
Also, strawberries, Raspberries, Gooucbrrlos and 
Currants. Over Hu varieties of Grape Vines, including 
Lh.iv, Moore** Early. Ijiidy WnnliDigton, 
II lull I and. It,ugh ton. and all the best kinds, new 
and old Nursery si year? established. Splendid stock. 
Prices low. Catalogues and circulars free. 
GEO. \V. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
Trees! Trees!! Trees!!! 
Fruit and Ornamental TreeB, and Small Fruit Plants. 
Send for Prices to 
E. B. RICHARDSON, Geneva, N. Y. 
URNETT’S 
COCOAINE. 
A Compound of Cocoanut Oil, 
For Promoting the Growth and Pre¬ 
serving the Beauty of the Hair. 
It eoftene the hair when harsh and dry. It 
Boothes the irritated scalp It affords the 
richest lustre, It prevents the hair from fall¬ 
ing off. It promotes its healthy, vigorous 
growth. It iB not greasy nor sticky. It kills 
xindruff. 
NEBRASKA “““l i t 
Eastern part of the Stale of Nebraska, 1,200,000 
Acres of Land, which is olfureil on Ten Years credit, 
at Three per cent, or Six per Cent. Interest. Send 
to tien'l Agent 1!. A: M. It. K.,"« «■'»■> TPI 
» A PAMPHLET FREE 
iriirs oi“ f‘i r Wheat 
80 to 50 hiudu-ls; Corn 
40 to 100 bunt), pet aci". I ■ ■ A ■ J ■ 
No.tlnnurrnisslrd.l ■ 1 £? I l I I JEivTGi 
Good climate, pure water,I ■ I VI II ■ HV ■ 
fine schools, churches, I * ™ I WI IB * M M 
nr.ti good society. Railroad and oiai k.-t fiioillticn excel¬ 
lent. Minn nil cl full i n formql ion FREE. Address 
S. OIUIOIUI, Lund Commissioner, Sal lint, Kansas. 
INCREASE THE YIELD. 
Save time and money by sowing your wheat with 
THIS PHILADELPHIA 
BROADCAST SEED-SOWER. 
For Sowing all Varieties Grain, Grass Seeds and 
Fertilizers. 
No. 1 Machine, price $25; sows 12 
to 16 acres per hour. No. 2, prioe 
*t> -1 mm 4 to ij- sowing better and 
/fV'V'Uffv ‘ ,ir more evenly than by baud or 
any other method J. It. Perkins, 
Oorry, Mich., writes: “Wo believe 
. v; ••'-'f; there are no word? in the English 
• " SaBer stand of oats uiut clover 
Staff? 1 ' than we ever got with a drill." E. 
: . F. Dodge, Elkhart. Iud., “ I set my 
UhiW jBbi-*.' ooy to work: ho has never sown 
seed before but with your Seed- 
How i it made no difference. He 
sowed 42 acres cut and clover and did the work better 
than an old.experienced hand could do by baud.” 
Send for Descriptive U'rcnlar. 
Agents W<~ <«d Everywhere. 
BENSON, MAULifc. CO.. Manufacturera. 
2v Church fcit., Philadelphia. Pa. 
“Goon Penmanship Is very deslrablo In whatever station In life you are placed, and wo are pleased to note 
that the system of American penmanship introduced by Prof. U. A. Gaskcll, of Manchester, New Hampshire, United 
States, is very popular In London, ami is used In many of the loading commercial houses. It is colled • UaskeU's 
Compendium,' and is simpler and more easily learned, nnd may be written with greater ease and rapidity, than any 
of the old styles. Truhiu-r A Co., booksellers, 67 A 59 Ludgato 11111, have it for sale-" — Pall Mall Gazette, London, 
England. 
“The salient advantages of Gaskcll'g system arc its legibility, rapidity-and beauty. There Is no style of writing, 
plain or ornamental, business or epistolary, for lady or gentleman, which is not included in this admirable system. 
And we think that f anything nt nil could fire on indifferent writer with n desire to become an expert and elegant 
penman, nn Inspection of Mr- Guskell's system would do »o."—AW York Daily Witness. 
THE 
PIONEEB 
ACCIDENT 
COMPANY 
STILL AT THE FRONT! 
rpiITS SYSTEM has been prepared expressly to meet the wants of those 
1 desiring to change their present handwriting to a more East and 
IlEALTiFUt. style, by home or office practice, without a teacher. 
It in the only-American system used in the commercial offices of Lon¬ 
don, Eng., and In New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities of the 
United States. 
Everything desirable in Life and 
Accident Insurance by the 
Day, Month, or Year. 
THE 
GASKELL’S COMPENDIUM 
CONSISTS OP 
Business, Toadies’, nnd Ornamental Penmanship, 
in all varieties: movement Exercises, Alphabets, 
Ledger Headings. Bills. Modal Signatures, Corre¬ 
sponding Styles. Album Work, Card-Writing, Pen- 
Drawing nnd Shading, German Text, Old English, 
Off-Hand Flourishing, A c,, Ac. 
A lithe above are In the farm of written and other pen-exercises, and 
accompanied with a small Book nv Insthuctjons, giving n complete 
analysis of every capital and small letter, with full directions for Position, 
Pen-holding and Movement. 
hMPJENDm 
OLD AND RELIABLE 
Of Hartford, Conn., 
Has Written 
550,000 
General Accident Policies, 
And Paid 
00 nnn Claims for fatal or wholly dis¬ 
til IIIIII aiding injuries by accident. 
UUjUUU Amounting to over 
Having had a Bale of owrTS.OOO ample opportunity is afforded for 
testing its value. For the past year we have given In each number 
ot Kchibneji's Monthly and ST. Nicholas, a full page showing the 
improvement, of those using it. as received from month to month. The 
following have equalled by any other system, t-cLiool or 
teacher. They are perfect reproductions of the original writing. 
\ Old Style! 
New Style 
The Cash Payments this year to 
Accident Policy-holders, 
average about 
Mr. Crouse's post-office address is Memphis, N. Y. 
Mr. Dennis is now teacher of 
Business College, Brooklyn, N. 
penmanship In Wright's 
The General Accident Policies 
issued by THE TRAVELERS cost 
but little money and are an invaluable pro¬ 
tection to men of all occupations ; on the 
farm, in the counting-room, shop, or store, 
at home or abroad, traveling or not. They 
are written by agents, by the year or month, 
at short notice. 
Mr. Reeves' beautiful handwriting has been the means 
of advancing him to good business positions. He is at 
present employed In the General Passenger and Ticket 
Office of the Canada Southern Railway Lines, nt Detroit, 
Mich. He is one of the most expert writers in the United 
States. 
P. B. Hardin is at present teaching penmanship In 
Kentucky, and i; highly commended hv leading journals, 
both ns a finished writer and a successful instructor. 
His post-office address is Union Star. Ky. 
REGISTERED 
GASKEI/L’S COMPENDIUM COMPLETE will be mailed to any address, fully prepaid, for 
OTTE DOLLAR. Please address us in your own handwriting, so that. If necessary, we may give special 
directions by letter. Registered Letters an d ifoney Orders at onr risk. Address 
GKOKGK (, G IsRKLIj, Principal Bryant & Stratton College, Manchester, N. H. 
Remember all letters are promptly answered. If you do not get immediate returns, please write again, 
and we will see where the fault lies. .. 
Dexr.ripl.lve Circulars, addressed in our own hand, free to all desiring full particulars of the Compendium, 
with a specimen of our off hand Penmanship. 
Insuring $3,000 in event of death, 
or $25 a week for total disa¬ 
bility; cost only 25 cents 
a day, or $4.50 for 
30 days. 
For sale at Principal Railway 
Stations, and at the Company’s 
Agencies generally. 
This cut represents (lie Celebrated " Birdsell ” 
Monitor Clover Thresher, Separator, Hullerand 
Cleaner, showing Duster aud Stacker attached. 
The only per- 
fect Clover 
Machine in 
ex ist ence. 
over 7.000 now 
in use, every 
one giving en¬ 
tire satisfac¬ 
tion. both to 
Of all safe and well-tried forms, on 
the sound and satisfactory 
SpuS] 
No Notes or Dividends, and no 
Disappointed Expectations. 
OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS 
The Security is unquestionable, the Con¬ 
tract plain and definite, the Management 
irreproachable, the Insurance sure. 
Cash Assets, - $4,798,000 
Liabilities, - - 3,511,000 
Cash Surplus, - 1,286,000 
Cash Benefits Paid, 4,600,000 
JAS. G. BATTERSQN, President. 
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 
JOHN E. MORRIS, Ass’t Sec’y. 
NEW YORK OFFICE, 
TRIBUNE BUILDING. 
R. M. JOHNSON, - Manager 
Arc the only perfectly chilled Plows made, and with our new Jointer and Coulter are positively unrivaled 
sold as " Improved Oliver Plows,” b; 
ours. SW~ Look tor the name “ OL. 
I lllnnnfleld, Ohio. 
Ilarrinburg, Pa. 
Iiuliaiianohn, lml. 
Dalian, Texan. 
Kocbenter. N. V. 
sipled parties Who seek to sell Inferior Plows on the reputation of 
on the beam. 
OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS, 
South Send, Iud 
