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PATENTS 



■ M, mined for Inveuti'ors, in tlie TnileJ Slates, Canada and 

 in rope, at reduced rates. Willi our princi|ial olUce located 

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 I mice, we are able to attend to all Patent Business 

 with greater proraptuess and despateli and less cost than 

 other patent .-ittoriieys. who are at a distance from Wash- 

 ington, and who have, therefore, to employ "associate at- 

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 are interested in new inventions and Patents are invited to 

 send for a copy of our "(Juide lor Obtaiuini; Patents," 

 which is sent free to any address, and Contains complete in- 

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 We refer to the (lerman- American Natiomil Bank. Wash- 

 iQgtoD, D. C; the Royal S>vedish, Norwegian and Danish 

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 Justice XI. 8. Court of Claims ; to the OlHcials of the U. S 

 Patent Oflice, and to Senators and Slembers of Congress 

 from every State. 



Address: I.4»IIIS nA««EK A C«., Solicitors of 

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<^C^ */» tf"?n l"^'" '^'"^' "' home. Samples worth $:> free. 

 WW XO O^^U .\ddreas Stixson ,ti Co., Portland, Maine. 



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Prairie Whistle and Animal Imitiiloi cat! lie used by a child. 

 It is made to imitate the song of every bird, the neigh of a 

 horse, the bray of an ns«, the grunt of a hog; birds, beasts 

 and snakes are euchautea and entrapped by it. Is HSed by 

 Billy Birch, Charley While, and all the Minstrels and Warb- 

 lers. Veutriloquiam an be learned in three days by its aid. 

 Sent upon receipt of 10 els., 3 for '25 cis., 7 for 6U cts. 15 for 

 $1. Address, J. W. COTTKELL & CO., 218 Fulton Street, 

 New York. Ui-5-lm 



DlAWn Beautiful Coiuert (Tiaiid Piaiios.ni AKIA 



rlHIIU cost 8ll,»00 only 8(425. Superb Grand'JiiLIi 

 Square fianos, cost gl.lOO only $255. Elegant Upright 

 Pianos, cost $S00. only $'•'>•>• 2>e\v style Ujiright 

 Pianos, $ir2.30. Orsao" SS.l. Organs. 12 slops. 

 .S~3.50. Church Organs, 10 stops, cost !S3!M». only 

 ^115. Elegiint !Sil~3 Mirror Top Organs, only $14>5. 

 Tremendous sacritieeto close out present slock. liiiiiieiiMe 

 New Steam Factory soon to be ereited. Newspaper with 

 much iuformatlon about cosf of Pianos and Organs SKXT 

 FKEK. Please address EAHIEL F, BEATIT, Washington, N.:. 

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Ar\ pictures of actresses and singers sent for It) cents. 

 -Iv-' National Mokthty, Washington. D. C. 



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■ B ■ ■ ■ fl V cau'e get gold you cm get greentlacks. 

 !■ 8 ■ B 8 9 —We need a person in every town to take 

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 that almost everybody subscribes. One agent reports mak- 

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 407 subscribers in 10 days. All who engage make money 

 fast. You can devote all your time to the business, or only 

 your spare time. You need not be away from home over 

 night. Y'ou can do it as well as others. Full particulars, 

 directions and terms free. Elegant and expensive outfit 

 free. If you want profitable work send us your address at 

 once. If costs nothing to try the busiuess. No one who 

 engages fails to make great pay. Addrtss "The People's 

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, is not e-^sily earned iu these tiiiiefi,but it cau be 

 made iu three moutbe by Huy one of either 

 sex, iu auy part of the country who is williug 

 to work steadily at the emj'loyiucut that we 

 furnish. $G0 per week in jou'" own town. You 

 need not be away from home over uigUt. Vou can give your 

 whole time to the work, or only your apiire momeals. It 

 costs nothing to try the business. Terms and 15 Outfit free. 

 Address at ouec, H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. 

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p ^T ^ Any worker can make$l'i h day at home. Costly 

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LANCASTER, VENN'A. 

 233 EAST ORANGE ST. 



All matters appertaining to UNITED STATES or CANA- 

 DIAN PATENTS, TRADE MAliKS, and COPYRIGHTS, 



promptly attended to. His experience, sucoees and faithful 

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 are fully acknowledged and appreciated. 



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EDW. J. ZAHM, 



DL:AT,ltlt IN 



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ZA.H[Bffl:'S COFlPufEFl, 



North Queen-st. and Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa. 



a week iu your own town. Terms and $.■> outfit free. 

 Address H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. 



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A NEW BOOK. 



How to Raise 



FRUITS. 



A HAND-BOOK OF 



FRUIT CULTURE, 



BEING A OriDE TO TBE PROPEU 



OalHvation and Management of Fruit Trees^ and 



of Grapes and Small Fruits^ 

 with condenHed descriptions of many of the best and most 

 popular varieties, with upwards of one hundred engravings. 

 ByTHOMAy Gregg. Price $1,U(). 



A book wqich should be owned by every pereon who owns 

 a rod of available laud, nud it will serve to secure success 

 whe<'e now there is nothing but failur**. It covers the 

 ground fully, without techuiciilities, and is a work ou 



Fruit Culture for tbe Ii£iilio&. 



It tells of the cost, how to plant, how to trim, how to 

 transplant, location, soil, selection, diseases, insects, borers, 

 blights, cultivation, how to prune, manuring, layering, 

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 a most comj'lete 



Guide to Small-Fruit Culture. 



with many illustrutions and descriptions of the latest vari 

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 Gooseberries, Cui rants, etc. 



The work shows the value of Fruit, and how to use it. 

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PEDIGREE ONION SEED. 



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GOOD BOOKS 



Fill; THE 



Farm, Garden, and Household. 



The follo\vii;g it* :i list of Valuahle bo.>kw, winch will bo 

 supplied by the Editor of the Lanca^^tkie Faumeu, No. 

 101 North Queen St. Any one or more of iht-se books will 

 be sent pust piii'i to any of our readers on leccipt of the 

 ret,'ulur price which is named agiiinst aach book. 



Alien 'b (R. L. k. L. F,] New American Farm Book $2 50 



Allen's (I.. F.) Ameriem Cattle.* 2 5D 



Atwood'B Country !iud Suburban Hompcs 150 



Bommer'R method of Milking Manures 25 



Breck's New Book of t lowers 1 75 



Brill's Farm-Gardening and Seed-Growing 1 00 



Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor, J2nio ,,,. ISO 



Dadd's Americiin Cattle Doctor, 12 tiio 1 50 



Flax Culture, (Seven Prize Essays by practical growers,) 30 



Fuller's Grape C'ulturist 160 



Fuller's Smyll Fruit Cnltarist 1 50 



Fnhon's Peach Culture 1 50 



Gregory ou Squashes paper.. 30 



Harris ou the I'ig 150 



Henderson's Gardening for Pleasure 150 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1 *0 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1 50 



Herbert's Hints to Horse-Keepers ., 1 "S 



Hop Culture. By nine experienced cultivutors 30 



Hvmterand Tnipper 1 nO 



Onions— How to Kaise them Profitably '20 



Our Farm of Four Acrgs. I'a., 30c.; Clo., 60c., Ex. clo. 1 00 



Parsons on the Rose 1 50 



Quiuby's Mysteries of Bee-Keeplug 150 



Qniucy (Hon. .losiah) on Soiling Cuttle 1 25 



Quinu's Money in the Garden 1 50 



Quiuu's Pear Culture for Prolit, 1 00 



Hiley's Potato Pests Paper 50 cts.; cloth., 76 



Koe's Play and Profit iu my Garden 1 60 



Sitwarfrt Iriigaton for the Farm, Qardeu vud Orchard I 50 



Stewart's Stable Book 1 68 



Stewart's Shepherd's Manual 160 



Stoddard's Ann Egg Farm paper, 50 cts.; cloth 75 



Thomas's Farm Implements and Machinery 1 CO 



Tim Bunker Papers, or. Yankee Farming 150 



Tobacco Culture. By fnurt.-en fxperionced cultivators. 25 



Wariug's Draining for Profit and Health 1 50 



Waring's Eleineuts of Agriculture 1 00 



White's Cranbcn-y Culture 1 25 



Wiight's Practical Poultry-Keeper' 2 00 



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