Alsoa vri-y superior assortment of GENERAL, NURSKR V STOCK both FRF1T AND OR- 
MENTA K including all the popular ORN A >1ENTA L TREES, SH RUBS, n iu« ROSES. 
All Nurseryman and Oealots no cordially Invited to Inspect this superior slock or correspond with us before 
rMTitr t rii-lr /*rffr»re f.-»r f or>m.nit Voll ^ ’ 
lUioctlluncou# ^ ilmtfoiing. 
I>1 NUN’S "Carburet of Iron" Stove Polish, was 
established In 1S27, anil Is to day, as It was then, the 
nentost and brightest in the market; a pure plumbago, 
led aud cake Weighs nearly half a pound, but the quali¬ 
ty and price remain the same. Ask your goocer for 
Dixon's big cake. 
The wife of President Diaz, of Mexico, is 
not yet 20 years old, and is a devout Roman 
Catholic. 
Roscoe Conkling has had the beard along 
the side of bis face closely trimmed. It now 
looks like hoar frost, and is whiter on his 
ruddy cheeks, 
F. L. Harvey, of the Arkansas Agricultu¬ 
ral College, lias been elected to fill the vacancy 
in the Maine Agricultural College occasioned 
by the resignation of Dr. Feruald. 
The Queen of Spain is suffering from pul¬ 
monary disease, which is making alarming 
progress. The affection is similar to that 
which caused the death of King Alfonso. 
The Michigan State Board of Agriculture 
has conferred the degree of Master of Science 
upon Prof. Samuel Johnson, for the past six 
years Professor of Agrieulbuie at Lansing. 
One of his friends estimates that with his 
city house in Philadelphia, his country house 
at Bryn Mawr, and his seaside house at Long 
Branch, Mr. George IV. Childs spends £250,000 
a year. 
Senator Sherman's house at Mansfield, 
O., is the highest point in the State. It is 
1.300 feet above tbe sea level and exactly on 
the divide between Lake Erie and the Ohio 
River, * * 
During a receut eight 1111011165 ’ speech in 
the House of Commons, Lord Randolph 
Churchill was observed to make 130 gestures 
with his hands, besides numerous changes of 
general attitude. 
Charles J. James, u son of G. P. R. James, 
the English novelist of u two-solitary-horse- 
men” fame, peddles papers and makes ordi¬ 
nances in Euclair, Wis., where he is an Aider- 
man, and preaches dynamite and anarchy be¬ 
tween tunes. 
One of the results of the earthquake was to 
cure the rheumatism of a citizen of Columbia, 
S. C. He had used crutches for years, but 
when the quake quaked he rau out of the 
house like a four-year-old steer, and he hasn’t 
used his crutches since. 
Mrs. Annette Wynne, who lives in Wash¬ 
ington Terri toy, is the proprietress of a fine 
farm, which contains 421) acres, much of it in 
a state of high cultivation, and she conducts 
a stock anti dairy business, all the work being 
done under her supervision. 
The other day at Kansas City, where he is 
keeping a small eating-house. Martin Irons, 
the leader of the great Southwestern railway 
strike, was locked up at the jm dice station over¬ 
night on the charge of drunkenness, being un¬ 
able to give bonds for his release. Fined §5.50 
next morning. 
Mr. Gladstone takes eveiy day two 
glasses of claret at lunch and two at dinner, 
with n glass of port wine. His alcholic con¬ 
sumption has been estimated by his son at 
seven gallons a year, which would be three 
and a half times the average consumption per 
head in England and four nud a half times the 
average in, Europe. 
The mother of General Philip H. Sheridan is 
87 years old, and lives in a modest little house 
near the Hocking Valle}’. Pa. Her health is ex 
collent, and she enjoys nothing better than a 
chat about her son. To a visiter she said re¬ 
cently: “You can excuse an old mother for 
being so proud of her son. He has always 
been good to me.” 
General Logan and Governor Alger, of 
Michigan, while in California, took off their 
coats atid felled a tree that would cut into 108 
cords of wood or furnish 30,000 feet of lumber. 
They could earn §50 a month any time they 
choose to leave their Eastern homes uud occu¬ 
pations and accept a steady position iu a red 
wood lumber camp. 
Mr. Benjamin Bower, a resident of 
Pleasmitville, N. J., sprinkled Paris-green on 
his grape-vines. The wind blew some of it in 
the fao© of Miss Allio Bower, his twenty-year- 
old daughter. She inhaled it unconsciously, 
and soon after become violently ill, A 
physician, who was summoned immediately, 
could do nothing for her, and she died in a 
few days. 
In 1875, Mr. James Lick, of California, left 
$700,000 for t he erection and equipment of an 
observatory. The structure, on Mount Ham¬ 
ilton, in that State, will be ready for use in 
the Autumn of next year; and the University 
of California hopes to make it a gift to sci¬ 
ence, aud not merely a gift to that State. Its 
immense telescope is the most important as¬ 
tronomical instrument iu the world. 
4886 
THE RURAL HFW 0 RKER 
PERSONALS. 
THE 
BUBAL IBEW-YDBKEB, 
FROM NOW UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1888, 
For the REGULAR PRICE, $2. 
In Clubs of Five or more, $1.50. 
Examine the New Premium-List, which will con¬ 
tinue operative until June. 
SEND FOR THE NEW RURAL POSTER. 
BEGIN THE CAMPAIGN NOW! 
Specimen Copies supplied to all applicants. 
Address 
RURAL XEW-YORKER. 
34 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. 
Taken thn lead, does not corrode like tin or iron, nor 
decay like ehinglee or tar compositions, easy to apply, 
strong and durable at half the oost of tin.. Is aieo a 
HrHsTlTLTE for PLASTER at Half the 
Cost. CARPETS and RUGS of same, doable 
the we*r of oil cloths. Catalogues and samples fret, 
W. li. JAY dfc CO., CAMDEN, N. J. 
W P UU A FJ T V If T a live energetic man 
■ ■ w w ■ or woman needing 
profitable employment to represent us in every 
county, Salary $75 p*-r month and expenses, or a 
largo commission on sales if preferred, t.oods staple. 
Every one buys. Outfit and particulars Free. 
STANDARD SILVERWARE CO., BuSToN, MASS. 
Vtttt, and f Iattte. 
NEW 
1 Sample Book of beautiful cards, 14 Games, 
12 tricks In mottic.l.ui Album verses. All Cot 
a2e. stamp. STAR CAKD CO., Station IB. Ohio, 
FOR KALE. 
10>I0 acre Ranch and -KVi acre Ranch In S. E Kansas; 
both In same County These places have good Im¬ 
provements and never falling water to any one want¬ 
ing first class ranches, now Is your time to buy, 
as these are very desirable places Also 480 acre Farm 
in N. W. Iowa, with good Improvements, Stock an 1 
Farm Implements nil acres unimproved in i’alo Alto 
Co., Iowa; 100 acres unimproved in Dixon Co , Neb, All 
within reasonable distance of R. R Depots Also 
choice Chicago property with and without Improve¬ 
ments. For term* etc , Address the owners at either 
place 
J’OWRLL BROTHERS, Wuukgnn, 111. 
POWELL BROTHERS. Winfield, Kan. 
POWELL BROTHERS, 1603 Milwaukee Ave.. Chi¬ 
cago. IU. 
Virginia Farms,— Mild Climate. Cheap Homes 
Send for‘Circular A.O.BLISS. CeutraMa, Va. 
CHEAP FARMS In Piedmont, Va.. aud N. C. 
Real Estate Journal Free. Address ELAM'S REAL 
ESTATE AGENCY, P. O. Box I*. Danville, Va. 
CANADA Supplied in carload lots, Ac- 
A Pits* guaranteed. Correspondence 
solicited. B. L, NOWELL & CO., Mo.ytkeal. Can. 
tiikhahskman medical college 
AND HOSPITAL OF CI1ICAGO-— The 27th 
Annual Course of I.ecturcw begins September 21, isso. 
The teaching Is Clinical. Didactic. Thorough, 
Practical, nud up with the Times. Informa¬ 
tion on application. E. S. BAILEY, M.D., Registrar, 
SOU) Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 
0ur$l5 Shot Gun now $10. 
$15 Breechloader “ $9.50 
Alt Kimls Guns ^unrxuUtkl lower than 
clwhere. Send iLifUf f»»r Uluitrattsl 
catalogue. POWEIL A. CLEMENT, 
ISO Main SL, C'lueluuutt, Ohio. 
“CIHnCR” *Ot>KL JSKWIXG MACHINES 
Oinucn for * 12-00 up Warranted 
r. years. New and perfect. Sent nil trial it 
desired. Organ-goon us premium*. Send 
for circular with f,®00 tMtimanlnis from 
every Wo nan save vou SIB to SnO, 
UKO. 1‘AVXK k CO., 1:1 W. flourov Si., Chicago. 
NURSERY STOCK-FAIL 1886 . 
The old and 
Reliable! 
SYRACUSE NURSERIES 
Come to the front 
For the Fall of 1886 
STAND A RD APPLES. STD. ami DWARF PEARS 
1 LIJMS mid f,II LItRIES, ever offered to the public, all young, tbrilty and w ell rooted. 
placing their orders for the coming Fall. 
SMITHS. POWELL & LAMB, Syracuse, N. Y. 
(When writing always mention Rural New-Yorker. 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES 
SMALL FRUITS, BULBS, SHRUBS AND ROSES. 
Special attention is called to onr remarkably Fine Stock of 
STANDARD S DWARF PEARS 
K# n D b I nl bC Including Bach kinds as Njnttara, Jessica, Em- 
1 ALSO miHl t V II* Lv pire * taU “’ Willis, Frances B. Hayes, etc. 
Prices reduced to suit the times. Correspondence solicited. Catalogue Free. 32d Year. 600 Acres. 
Immense Stock. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO, ^ E c s o v £hSI: 
ur~ ALSO 
HARMAN This >FW Extra F.urly Black 
WMiIIwIHIm PhD I* now offered for Sale, and Is 
GHli111Mli fun u now offered for Sale, and Is 
D AQDRCRPV likely to work a revolution iu 
nHarDCnni In market growing. Very Pro 
DU envE. Fruit of Inrgcst size. Jet Black, aud 
the earliest of alt to ripen. Sells a( highest price. 
Best quality for family u*e. Also EARII ART 
Rasp., a valuable uoveiiy—fruits from -June to Nov. 
Pot STRAWBERRIES and all best varieties Small 
Fruits for Fall phuitlug. Cheap for choice stock. Cir¬ 
culars free. Hale Bros., South Glastonbury. Conn. 
NEW GRAPES 
NIAGARA and Umpire State, ,30c. each, and al 
other new and old varieties, fjuarri , feed true to name. 
(Quality positively unsure-issed. At tile lowest pricm 
In America, we believe. Mailing a specialty. Send for 
Price List. .!. KL LETSON. 
Auburn Nurseries, Auburn, N. Y. 
Rc-t ami itio-i pr - a-: ■ LATE WHITE 
. PEACH: Chain. 11.ii. - i« • ,ci:. „ 
/ ask- pracl, Large node ol fVseli tr-., suitable 
iff __ ror ail • Mona, w lllluin'. Early Red, 
/ J FD n D.Sl v»rly apple, Wood «,„:t Apple Tree*. 
HM>9I l^HtuIar :*ud ia»i- keA'pInskiiiijst. l'pftrw, 
I Tor ail »»x‘Mons. \\ illiurn * Karly Kc*«l, 
p »rly apply. »*ood Apple* Tree#* 
E popular and Late keepfng kinds*. Ppans 
(Cherry, Quince al* Iruit trt€4 and 
fruit twnrin? pUot5. JO.tNW 2*v'-ar-olrl A«u 
pAirfijf»i« rootA. Lar?e Kiocit of Shade xu± 
Orntmem ils. St’utl for rntainentf. 8. K 
ROGERS A- SOS, Mb Holly, N. J, 
600 ACRES. 
13 CREENHOUSES. 
™:DIEHL-NIEDITEIieiNE4N. 
The hardiest, best yielding and milling Wheat 
grown. Seed hand-picked and strictly pure. For sam¬ 
ple heads and prices, address, with stamp, 
H. M. J AQl'ES, Wright’s Corners, N. Y. 
ZIMMERMAN FRUIT EVAPORATORS 
The best in America. Great Bargains for 30 days. 
(Vyyw.m tht wife 0 / Box. Jons Siikk.-.a., of Ohio: 
"I hare thoroughly tested your machine as a Maker as well u 
» Dryer, and It works besalifully. CRCELl A 3. SHERMAN.” 
Address Zimmerman Machine Cu., CiuciDoaii, uhio.C.S.A. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
15 JOHN STREET, 
NEW YORK, 
Beg to announce that their descriptive priced 
OATALOGrUE 
OF 
BULBS 
For AUTUMN PLANTING 1s readv for mailing to ap¬ 
plicants. 
TREESandPLANTS lily of the yalley pips 
"We offer for the Fsll trades large snd fine stock of 
even- description of FRUIT and Ornamental 
TURKS, shrubs, Roses. Vines, S.HALI. 
Fit l ITS, lledMC Flants, Fruit Tree sped- 
liiiKS,snd Forest Tree seedlings. Priced Cata¬ 
logue. Fall 1886, mailed free on application. Address 
BLOOMINGTON PHOENIX NURSERY 
Established 18S& BLOOMINGTON, ILL 
FOR FLORISTS, A SPECIALTY'. 
IS GRAPE VINES 
Also Small Fruits. Quality unsurpassed. Warranted 
true. Very cheap. 8 Sample vines mailed for 15e. Descrip¬ 
tive price list free. LEWIS ROESCH, Eredonla, N.f. 
£tork and 3?ouItnu 
BLYTHECOTE FARM POI LTRY YARDS. 
INTELLIGENT BREEDING PAYS! BLYTHECOTE STRlIX OF H'U.i XDOTTF'S 
JJre6S __ J. D. ^TOMPKINS, Brainard, n. y. 
MAP le LAWN POULTRY YARDS & KENNELS 
b M L,ks for “**• SCOTCH COLLIE 
WESLEY B. BARTOV, Pittsfield, Mass. 
Reference: Editor Rural Nkw-Yorkkr. 
THE GRANGER RASHLY FRUIT & VEGETABLE 
i -i r -- T evaporators. 
^ r 'ili7r-' 4 813. .30. -tfi.lill.nndSl <1 00. 
E ~ 5 I Send for Circular. Eastern M'f'o 
1 Co., AWSo.oth st„ Fill la.. Pa. 
.v^dOtno Improved Chester 
^ : The beat Utw m Uie w<,rtd. Not 
■M tul-jeci lo Cholera. Sol-lrsSlD lAhi. 
.,^ 280 g | bSi 
^ Send fordlfCr ptionof this laiu- 
VlL ous breed, alto fowl a 
THE L. B. 3XLVBB. CO_ 
Cleveland, O., C.S.A. 
II S.COOKSTOVEDRIER "MARCHMOBR FARM.” 
.S7 sq.ft,of Traj* ^foteht.'A-Ibs^CircuParay> ^ HIPPARCHUS r.°‘ C’i:"' Dam :rt K 
AM. MF’G CO.,\\ uync»buro,l*u. Box p. 
WE WANT ACTIVE AGENTS 
TO SKI.L Tins 
Renner Combined Alarm and Door Bell 
III every County In i ho 1 1 nlted stales ami Canada. Gvo. 
C. Owen*. Mix1e.Hta.Cal., say*: "1 have cmtvnsscd one day 
and took 22 orders.” In same letter he ordonxi two 
gross. 3Vm. MeKlnt, of Grand Haven. Mich.. suy# "he 
took 18 orders In 10 hours." ITotlt on Beil. $2.10. tu our 
ExTKAoiusiNxitr OrkKR t.i Agents we agree to take hack 
all Bell* unsold If ihe Ageut falls ui clear 1126 la 30 
days. Illustrated Circulars sent free. Address 
RENNER MANI FISGCII., Pittsburg, Pa. 
GUNS!?«I3 
BEST IN THE WORLD. HAS NO KqUU,. I,,-i, t 
getting Ihe "rhamplon ” t if your d^apr h»ni it. .i>n.1 to 
u*. Scn-t f> - i rit. Ill .tamp* for lilu.lnitiMl Sl-I'aro i atalucno 
ofOim*. Rill.-*, Ilevolran, I'ollce Ooo.n, Ac. i'..tibU,licd lS 4 it 
JOHN P. LOVELL'S SONS, Uauufiriurcn, BOSTON, n tssi 
P&P 30 RMIALFRUITS 
} i ' An iu LeConte »i‘d K letter Pear* on their 
dt f ?r} JT -XKiI own oxita; Bartlett and other lWm 
3 AfjAl) 3 11,1 t-eConto nnita, I’rnuus .Simoni and 
3/sJ Japanese Pltuus; Peeri To * Honey 
Ji^-LiY^Pem-'hew; Russian Aprloo'a. A 
large and genornl asaortmont of Fruit 
3 Xjrv T re«a. Catalogue with facta, Frse. 
V^^TTpUAddres* W. F. HEIKES, Manager. 
Huatidllt Suntrlw, Hwnt«Vlll«|Ala. 
UIDD A DP U II <2 No - uwt; Sire Orange Peel. 
HlrrWninUOr. .‘SS; liain King's Fertile, 
No. 22765. Service Fees, flOCL 
D D11! U T « fl ftl s n,rn • s,rv> Farmer's Pride 
Dnlun I OUH P. tS; Dam Nellie Flanders. No 
22764. Service Fees, Dion. 
DP 11| P C UCOn s,re • N<-r O i P S. 219: Dam Mrs. 
rniRUC 11 L H U Langt r> c. ;i746. Service Fees 
•Ida CIIAS. R. HOE, 
Neav Hrunswlek, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN FREISIAN CATTLE 
IMPORTF-D AND HOMK BRED. 
WHAT OTHERS SaY. 
"The finest herd this st-asou."- Dr. Karrlngtou, U. S. 
Quarantine Statiou, N. J. 
"As a herd, nway up! up !! up!Dudley Miller 
Esq., Oawiigo, N. V. 
Young Cows: Yearliugs with Calf, Y’earllug Bulls, 
aud Spring Calves’ Prime stock No fancy prices. We 
mean business, 1.. \V. THOMPSON A SON, 
Stilton, N. J., P. K. U. 
KKD, IKLANH-i HINA 
I k--lcr wail., H.rt-hlrr A Ywrk- 
•hire rir.. Suallnl.>wa, lot.wula 
••al thTunl IKren bhrepsiul l imbi 
•Nfot. h Collfv sbi phcni Dor* mud 
Fnnry I'oullrj. N.-iid for AaCalofru* 
Wait l.EE BI'Rl’Ut A CO. Phi1*.F* 
^ RECORDED PRIZE SWINE 
if- AfitJEL, Ch««t#r Whllpg; folftml 
1 * hln«v, Kaarvr S(n»itn>i Impoftt’d 
EuirlUh Rwrk.*hirva. Rivordt M A'rilt* 
grM. Health. I trill and Purity guar- 
“***• mats*«'d. Jmfv Laillr i .4. J. 
Pronie Turkey*. Catalogue* by C. H. WARK 1 NGTON, 
Box 8 B, Weit Cheoter, P». Am a JJona Fi<i4 Breeder 
QlM Mention thitpapfr, 
OXFORD DOWNS, 
Another importation will arrive Sept. 1st from the 
celebrated tioek of John Treadwell, whose sheep have 
again this year won 1 st, At and Champion prises at the 
"Oxfordshire,” "Bath and YYast Of England." and the 
gri-at Koyal shows His best Hams are by my grand 
unpotted, r.u lb.. "Bicester," winner at these Shows 
sb. M amt was is( at sweepstakes, .uv- th' other 
J at Chfcago. Madison, \Yia..nnd -St. Louis. Mr. 
rroadwell wanted non back last year. For sale, lm- 
POfted Rams. Ewes aud Lambs by Imported "Bioester ” 
,s.y a; 
JERSEYS FOR SALE. 
Imported by the late Col. Degraw, of Jamaica, 
Queeus Co., L. t where they can be seen. One Bull, 
I ii<it* of the Isl&ncl' No, 5At6. s<*vt*u. Cows Xo 
iivuM, nice, usii, iuc7. tisu. iiMa, n?lo. Also iwentv 
American-Bred -all Registered. These cattle are 
known as among the most celebrated iu this country. 
Ihey will be sold single, to the party making best 
offer. Bids close Sept. kith. 
GEO. HENRY BISHOP. 
_42 Broadway, N. Y. 
LINSEED 
OIL-CAKE MEAL 
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST FEED FOR 
CATTLE, HORSES 
O AL VE8, 
SHEEP AND HOGS. 
The Oil Meal from the mills of the undersigned is 
found by many Feeders of 
LIVE STOCK 
to be of great service during the 
SUMMER MONTHS 
when grass is gmod. No room here to give particulars: 
Mut try it. and you will see the good results. It is sold 
by all leading feed dealers. 
Mr. JOHN KINO, Norristown, Pbxn., is General 
Eastern Agent. 
x • u *uub t*. iiiuianapous, ind. 
gt. Paul Liuaeed Oil Co., St. Paul. Minn. 
Cincinnati Liuaeed Oil Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 
