PERSONALS. 
$toch anil poultry 
&**«& It and giant*. 
Charles Felton, of Califoraia, is the rich¬ 
est man iii the National House of Representa¬ 
tives. He is worth $15,000,000. 
NOT only is the Princess Louise not coining 
to Canada next Sunuuer, but it is said she 
never expects to cross the ocean again. 
The Marquis of Lome has been appointed 
honorary commissioner for Canada at the 
Indian and colonial exhibition, and also 
President of the Canadian Commission. 
Mde. Barrios, widow of the late President 
of Guatemala, is staying this Winter in New 
Orleans, and she has excellent staying qualities 
in a fortune of more than $8 ,(kn),IX)0. 
Booth, known as the “General” of the Sal¬ 
vation Army, in England, thinks he will need 
fully £.‘>0,000 to carry on the campaign in the 
coming year, but he declines to publish a re¬ 
port of the expenses of this year. 
The rival revivalists, Sam Jones and Sam 
Small, amuse their leisure by a competitive 
count of their converts, and both deplore that 
they were unable to materially or spiritually 
increase their census by then - recent evangeli¬ 
cal efforts in St. Louis, 
Sir Ambrose Shea has been appointed 
Governor of Newfoundland, being the first 
native and Catholic Governor since the days 
of Cabot. He has issued a proclamation for¬ 
bidding an Orange procession in Harbor Grace 
and other parts of Conception Bay. 
Last Tuesday w„s the 70th birthday of the 
“Grand Old Man,” William Ewart Gladstone, 
who was born in Liverpool on Dec. 29, 1809. 
Over too letters of congratulation reached 
him, besides a multitude of telegrams. 
The Justices of the United States Supreme 
Court are highly indignant at current intima¬ 
tions that they are hard drinkers. It is em¬ 
phatically denied that, they “keep a black 
bottle” in a closet in the cloak room, or that 
any of them is in the habit of drinking in the 
court room, or that there is a sideboard there. 
Dora and Elaine Goodale. the sisters who 
some years ago achieved deserved notoriety as 
the “child poets of Sky Farm,” have let their 
historical farm in Berkshire, Mass, for ordi¬ 
nary, base boarding-house purposes, and 
Elaine Ls out on the plains doing missionary 
work in the interest of Indian civilization. 
The Hon. David Davis is said to have pi e- 
pared a volume of memoirs to be published 
after his death, in which appears a list of the 
“wolves and lambs” he discovered in Congress 
while President of the Senate. The wolves are 
those whom he knew to be for sale, and the 
lambs ure the honest ones. 
THERE are liw? Senators of foreign birth. 
Beck is ScotehM ones, of Nevada, Ls English, 
Fair, Sewell and Jones, of Florida, are of 
Irish birth. There are 12 Representatives of 
foreign birth—five from Ireland, one each 
from England, Scotland, Germany, Norway, 
Hungary. Two others are of Bavarian 
birth. 
Here is a startling list of the distinguished 
men who have died during the year 1885. 
There is but one King, Alfonso XU of Spain. 
The most prominent in the list, are the military 
commanders. First of all among the soldiers 
of our own country comes Gen. Grant, the 
commander of the greatest army that has ever 
yet been assembled, and then follow Gens. 
McClellan, McDowell, Sackett and McQuade. 
Among the European Generals were IT iuce 
Frederick Charles of Pmssia, generally re¬ 
garded as the ablest general in Germany after 
Von Moltkc, and Gen. Stewart, who lost his 
life in the recent cam|>aign in the Soudan, as 
ditl Gen. Gordon, the hero of Khartoum, and 
Col. Burnaby. Next comes Gen. Manteufel, a 
prominent figure during the Frauco-Pnussiau 
war, and afterward Governor of Alsace and 
Lorraine. Among the rnen who have held 
political honors are found the Hon. Thomas 
A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United 
States; Reuben E. Fenton, Senator Freling- 
huyseu, Senator Sharon, Malcolm lluy, E. K. 
Apgar, Robert Toombs and President Ilarrios, 
of Guatemala. The clergy lost Cardinal Me- 
Closkey, Dr. Tyug and Dr. S. Irenasus Prime. 
Literature lost Victor Hugo, Edmond About, 
Richard Grant White and Lord Houghton. 
Among the musicians aiv Dr. Leopold Dam- 
rosch and Franz Abt. The world of com¬ 
merce will miss William H. Vanderbilt, Sir 
Moses Moulofiore, Commodore Garrison, 11, 
B. ClaiUn and F. Winston. The stage was de¬ 
prived of John McCullough and the bar of 
Emory Storrs and Myra Clark Gaiues. 
SNUG LITTLE FORTUNES 
may be bail by all who are sufllotcnlly Intelligent uml 
enterprising to embruee the opportunities which occa¬ 
sionally are offered them. Hallett ft Co., Portland. 
Maine, have something new to otter In the line of 
work wlileh you can do for them, and live ut home. 
The profits of many are Immense, and every worker Is 
sure of over a day; several have made over $.» In 
a single day. All tiges, both sexes. Capital not re¬ 
quired; you are started free; all particulars free. You 
had better write to them at ouee. 
incubatoh 
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BRUCKNER <fc EVAN*. 
M*f’r’g and Importer*, 42J West Street, N. Y City. 
Fredonia 
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C. N. Crittenden, N. Y.: Wm. Henry Maule. Phlla.; 
J. C. Long, Jr . N, Y.: Parker St, Wood. Boston: Geo. 
A. Kellv & Co., Pittsburgh. Pa.- Western Chemical 
Co.. St. Louis, Mo.; John Anglum & °o .Denver, Col.; 
Geo. it. WtckSOU ft Co., . an Francisco. Cal; Plant 
Seed Co , Si. Louis; Richardson Drug Co , St. Louis, 
.1. M. McCulloughs Sons. Cincinnati, Ohio; T. W 
Wood, Richmond. Va : 
F. C. ST l'HT EVA NT. Prop Hartford, Conn. 
Successor of Cb»s. R. Allen ft Co. 
Clydesdale and Eng 
lish Shire Horses. 
ibley's Tested Seed 
Catalogue f rep on application. Send for It, 
Hiram Sibley A: Co., 
Rochester, N. Y., and Chicago. III. 
The only stud in Ameri¬ 
ca containing the very 
best specimens of both 
breeds. Prize winners at 
ChlciigoFair.the World's 
Fair ut New Orleans, the 
Koval Society of Eng¬ 
land, etc. Large impor¬ 
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and more to follow. 
Two years, extra choice, *3 per thousand. 
Smiths, Powell & Lamb, 
Syracuse, X. Y 
wm be FREE t« »fi mi to customer!of 
lMt re»r without ordtric*it. It otmt»ina stout J *0 P»*«. 
600 lllu.tr»:loo», prices, A-earate de.cripiioni ind vs^.b^ 
directions for Planting all eiru'Ufi ' KLL I ABLE 
*ad FLOWER SEEDS, BULBS, etc. Inv*lu»hle 
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D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan. 
SEEDLINGS 
Of very line quality, at the followtng very—fovv 
prices per thousand, f.o. b. cars at Dayton, Ohio: 
Is/ class, :ri ahum, xi class. 
Lwisul less Ibitu tO,000, *3.,10 511.15 S .75 
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paper. THE HOOVER A HAINES C0„ 
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Long Island Cabbage Seed is the very best 
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E L Putney, Rrentwuoo, N' Y. 
STRAWBERRIES 
MOORE'S EARLY GRAPE 
Raspberry, Lister Protifte and Fouqh 
rapes. Send for description and pric 
f WOOD & SOX, Marlboro, X. Y 
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Orders must reach us soon to receive attention. 
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CONCORD, MASS. 
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FRUITS, ORNAMENTALS K V ERG KEENS, 
ROOT «RAFTS. CIONS.— I'VKR VTHIHGt 
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It Is almost needli-ss to any that, In order to derive 
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Highly Improved Farm 
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