I|umar 0 it 0 . 
A small country seat—The milkstool.— 
Neiv Age. 
The sigh of a seamstress —A-hem!— Far¬ 
mer and M'f'r. 
A hotel should never advertise that “it 
stands without a- rival,” — Farmer and 1Wfr. 
A printed sheet, although square, is called 
a circular, because it is intended to go round. 
—New Age, 
Some gardeners put their phlox in beds, 
which is more than herdsmen do.— Pittsburg 
Ch roni cle- Telegraph. 
Teacher —“What are you scratching your 
bead for?” Scholar ’Cos I'm ther only one 
who knows when it itches.”— New Age. 
Bcttkr, butter, nice anil fair; 
How I wonfler what you are; 
Areytftt Stall y what you seem? 
Were you made of grease or cream .—Joker s Olio. 
"at'l^ESSiE, temper is an awful thing. You 
ought to get rid of it.” “Why, mamma, only 
yesterday you told me to keep it.”— San Fran¬ 
cisco Call. 
A new book is entitled “Hiuts to Poets.” 
It will prove unprofitable. The poet is the 
slowest person in the world to take a hint.— 
Phil, Call. 
“John,” said the proprietor of the beach 
restaurant, “you’ll have to take a spade and 
go down to t he be;, 't and try and find a clam. 
The one we made the chowders with is miss¬ 
ing. Been eaten by some of the guests, I 
guess. By jingo! these city, folks want the 
earth.”— Boston Courier. 
“Oh, yes," wrote a Bostonian who believes 
that Iris own home is the coolest spot on earth 
in midsummer, “it is all very well for you to 
ask me to come down to your famous hotel 
for rest and change, l tried it once; the por¬ 
ter got all the change and the landlord took 
the rest.” —Gazette Courier. 
gHisxfUancous gtdvfrti.siufl. 
To those who are using the ESTE Y OKUAN no 
word of praise or eummcudaiiuu Is needed. The E*>- 
TEV PIANO Is Just: hs thoroughly tnude. and 
Is if 11 n rutiteejl to give as good satisfaction as the 
Organ has. 
ESTE Y OH (JAN CO. BRATTLEDOK0, VT. 
FOR SA l.E (HEAP. 
IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, 
MORGAN I-.J.ANH, 
One of the best Stock Ranges in the County, 
About "2.000 Acres o! Feed in a Ground. 
1 have raised burses, cattle, aud sheep on it for the 
last twelve years, aud they have always kept fat the 
year round without any reeding but what they got on 
the island ami marshes. A ready sale for all thu beef, 
mutton, utui colls that caul>e raised on the Island, at 
good prices. 
Price £3,000. One-half cash; balance In one or 
two years, with Interest at 7 per cent. 
ALSO, 
MY HOMESTEAD PLANTATION, 
On Si. Helena Island, 
Containing 2d0 Acres. Bounded on Urn North by John¬ 
son's River navigable water. A part of the Imd has 
been highly cultivated for a few years, aud will pro¬ 
duce large crops. The soli Is sandy loam. A grand 
chance to raise early vegetables ror the Northern mar¬ 
kets. About four miles by water from Port Royal. 
Railroad and steamship landing. Steamers to New 
York every week. „ , 
Large two story HOUSE, nearly new, finished 
throughout, with Pump on piazza that pumps good, 
cold, hover-falling water from well 80 feet deep. New 
Stuble, with cellar underneath and good muck beds 
near. 
Price and terms same as for Morgan Island. 
Titles guaranteed good. 
Post Ofliee address, KKOUMOKE, Iikai.poht Co., S.C. 
W. B. DAVIS. 
HORSE POWERS. 
X.a test Improvement. 
Machines for Threshing and Cleaning Grain; 
also Machines for Rawing Wood with Circular and 
Cross Cut Drag Saws. 
Acknowledged by all to be THE BEST, consider¬ 
ing Easy Draft, Durability, quantity aud Quality of 
Work. 48-page Pamphlet FREE. Address 
A. W. GRAY' - SONS, 
PATKKTKKS AND Sol.K M AN0KACTTRKRH, 
Middletown Springs, Vermont. 
’ MPIRP POWER and SEPARATOR 
.lilt lllk, REST, CHEAPEST aud 
08T IMPROVED In tha market. 
We also miinufaciuro Mowers, Reapers, Twins Binders, Rake*. 
Field Roller*, Plows, Kent Cutter and ( rusher, lltml ana 
Power Coro .SbclPr., etfl. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Prioe I.iat. H. 8, ME&8INGER A SON', Stuckvrtowa, Ptt- 
GEM-SOUTH 
THE BEST VERTICAL MILL. 
IRON AND ST ICICI, FR AME. 
FRENCH BUHRS. 
Neat, Durable, Compact. 
Wrlie for Descriptive Circu¬ 
lar. Mention this paper. 
Straub Machinery Co., 
Cincinnati, O. 
Sportsman: “How’s the gunning here?” 
Old Timer: “Wall, we manage to kill a dude or two now and then.” 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
STOP! THINK! INVESTIGATE! 
Laliesid.0 Stools. Farm lias 
The only Cow tiuil hua given ‘Jii.iKM Him. 2 0». of milk in a year 
The only four-year-old that ha* given over 'it.oou lbs. In n year. 
The only two year-old That, has given IH.-lsi lbs. Id oz In a year. 
The only herd of mature Cows that has averaged 17,168 lbs. I oz. In a year. 
The only herd of two year olds tha! has uveruged 12,109 lbs. 8 nz. In a year. 
The only two-year old that hns made It) lbs. 9 oz. of turner In a week. 
The only herd In which H7 i wo year-olds have averaged over II lbs. each In a week. 
Twenty-three C'ows In this herd have averaged Id lbs. 3 oz. of butter In a week. 
Also a fine stud of CLYDESDALE STALLIONS, Mares aud Killies of all ages. 
Scud for Catalogue giving full records and pedigrees. In writing always mention Rural New-Yorker. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, Syracuse, N. Y. 
+ THE 
Scientific Grinding Mill 
THE BEST MILL ON EARTH. 
THE FOOS M'F'G 
For grinding Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, Oats, aud all 
small Grain. -Grinding Plates. A Special Metal hard 
as Steel. Have Double Capacity, as they Sharpen 
Themselves on being reversed, which is done by 
simply Rnniiinsf Mill in Opposite Direction. 
Provided with a Pin Brenher, which prevents dam¬ 
age should iron accidentally go Into the Mill. Sent on 
trial to responsible parties, aud each Mill fully guar¬ 
anteed. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
CO.. SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 
ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO., 
Third and Dauphin Sts., Vliiladelpliia, Pa. 
READ ^ THE. ^ THIS 
FOR 
* 
c 
Meat, 
meat; 
, SUET, 
BURG 
FOR 
PEPTICS, 
EEF TEA 
I NVALIDS, 
RAPPLE, 
pc. Clams 
CHICKEN 
Croquettes 
and Salad, 
Scrap Meat 
for Poultry, 
Hog s Head 
Cheese, 4c., 4c. 
Mention this Paper. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
CAPACITY 
. No. 10. 
Chops J Hi. per 
minute, $3.00. 
No. 12. 
Chops I Ih. per 
minute. $2.50. 
No. 22. 
('Imps 2 His.per 
$4.00. 
No. 32. 
( Imp* 3 lbs. 
per minute, 
$11.00. 
SOLD BY ALL 
HARDWARE DEALERS. 
TESTED AND ENDORSED BY 100 AGRICULTURAL JOURNALS. 
Amcrirnu Agriculturist says: 
“We have given this Meat Chopper a thorough 
trial with most satisfactory results. They excel 
anything of the kind made in either hemisphere.” 
Farm anil Fireside says: 
“ It is the only Meat Chopper we ever saw that 
we would give house room. It has proven such a 
very useful machine that we want our readers to 
enjoy Its benefits with us." 
“ I have tried it for cooked and uncooked moats, and 
find it far surpasses any okopper I have ever used, 
pupils, that have used it, arc delighted with it.” <$ 
Mrs. S. T. RORER, Principal Phila. Cooking School. 
The Cold-Water Dip, 
(THYMO.OMESOIi.) 
A very highly concentrated, non poisonous fluid- 
mixes readily with cold or warm water—the simplest, 
safest, surest cure for TICKS, 
LIC E, 
MANGE, SCAB, all insect Pests, all Skin troubles, and 
many other Diseases of Live Stock. Recommended by 
many prominent Breeders. See circular, seut oil up 
plication. T. W. LAWFORD & CO., 
Baltimore, Md. 
CABTHR’8 
IMPROVED NEEDLE NAY KNIFE. 
This knife has been tested with the most celebrated 
knlven of Other makers, and lias proved an easier and 
faster cutler than any other. Its special excellence 
consists In a chisel edge tooth, ft may be used for 
cutting hay In the mow. stack and hale; also for 
duelling, cutting peat, or for any other work for 
which a hay knife Is used. 
Send for circular. 
North Wayne Tool Co., 
HALLOW ELL, MAINE. 
Satbfaelory reference given. For Illustrated Book 
address Osgood A: Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 
MAST, FOOS & GO. 
SPRINGFIELD, 0. 
Manufacturers 
ENGINES 
Strong nnd Durable, will not 
Swell, shrink. Warp, or ltattlo 
in the Wind. 
DUCKEYE 
D FORCE PUMP 
Works easy and throws a constant 
stream. Hus Porcelain lined mid It rasa 
Cylinders. Is easily set. Is the Cheap¬ 
est and Best Korea Pump la the World 
for Deep Or Shallow,Wells Over 90,000 
in use. Never freezes In Winter. Bend 
for Circulars aud Prices, giving depth 
of well. Al.so manufacturer* of tho line kero 
Mower, Buckeye Iron Pence, liuekeyo 
Heel, Lawn Sprinkler, etc., etc. 
I.n wn 
Homo 
7,000 Challenge Wind Mills. 
IN IJRK IN E\ KKY State nnd Territory ot 
the U.S. It is a sectional wheel, ha* 
boon made hy us . id years, and ha* 
never b.own down without tower 
breaking, a record no other mill can 
show. MILLS RENT ON SO HAYS TEST 
TltLVL. BEST FEED MILL*. CORN 
RB ELI.ERs, ETC. UUUII A DENTS 
W A NTED In all unnsslgnetl territory. Cat¬ 
alogues free. CHALLENGE WIN if MILL 
, vnvin'h — .... 
AND FEED MILL Oil.,Baturin. Kami CoHlk 
Write for Circular aud tell us what you want. 
B. W. PAYNE .t SON. Drawer 11X0, Ki.mira, N 
New York Office. 107 LIBERTY STREET. 
Eastern Agents, iltl.i„ Ct.ARKIt & Co,. Boston, Mass. 
Our Patented Vertical Boiler will not prime, 
danger of burning flues. 
Til 13 1IEKRINGTON 
POTATO DIGGER 
IS A SUCCESS. 
Send for circular to PLANTERS’ HOE CO„ 
Troy, N. Y. 
