The weight of the Sciopticon and case, with an average 

 number of slides, all in a strong packing box, is about 40 

 pounds. 



Expressage varies with weight, distance, railroad rules, 

 routes, etc., so that companies are unwilling to furnish the 

 public with their tables of rates, lest their agents should 

 become embarrassed by possible variations. It may, how- 

 ever, afford a convenient clue to state, as a specimen, that 

 the ordinary expressage on 50 pounds from Philadelphia 

 to New York city is 50 cents ; to Baltimore, 50 cents ; to 

 Washington, 75 cents; to Boston, $1.05; to Pittsburg, 

 $1.05 ; to Wheeling, $1.65 ; to Cleveland, $1.65 ; to Chi- 

 cago, $2.10 ; to Raleigh, $2.50 ; to Charleston, $2.75 ; to 

 St. Louis, $2.75 ; to Memphis, $3.00; to Savannah, $3.75; 

 to New Orleans, $4.00 ; to Galveston, $5.00 ; to Omaha, 

 $3.65 ; to San Francisco, $11.50. 



Freight charges are considerably less, but goods are con- 

 sidered more fully insured, when in charge of express 

 agents. 



Our prices and arrangements are made with special 

 reference to having our goods not " handled by middle 

 men," but to their being delivered, without overhauling, 

 directly to the parties who buy and use them. Local 

 dealers, purchasing only when an article is called for, are 

 tempted to favor old styles, or bungling imitations of ours, 

 for their " larger margin," or, if the Sciopticon is specially 

 ordered, then to saddle it with inferior slides, to the no 

 small damage of its reputation. It is easier and safer to 

 send goods and accompanying explanations directly to thfe 

 party principally interested. Particulars and answers to 

 special inquiries can be communicated more conveniently, 

 and with better grace, in an unbroken line. 



For the general catalogue notice, see second page. 



