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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[DECEJfBER, 
1,500,000 ACRES 
of the 
RICHEST FARMING tl^BS 
IN THE WORLD 
FOR SALE TO ACTUAL. SETTLERS. 
NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. 
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Co. 
Cars now Kukxixg 400 Miles. 
The Lands offered bv this Company are mainly within 20 
miles of each side ot the road, extending 170 miles along the 
NEOSHO VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most inviting 
valley for settlement in the West. 
One third of the labor required nt the East in the culture 
ol farms will insure here double the amount of crops. 
PRICE OF LAND.—?! to §8 per :icre ; credit often years' 
time. 
TERMS OF SALE.— One tenth down at time of purchase. 
No payment the second year. One tenth every year after, 
until completion of payments, with annual interest. 
For further information, address 
ISAAC T. GOODNOW, 
Land Commissioner, Neosho Fall?, Kansas. 
EXCELLENT GRAZING AND GRAIN FARM 
FOB SALE.— Proposals will be received for the pur- 
chase ot a tract of about TOO acres of choice, gently-rolling 
grass and grain forming land, situated in the heart of the 
famous blue-grass region of Central Ohio, near two through 
lines of railroad arid a flourishing county-seat, holding 
regular stock markets. Whole, is newlv drained and im- 
proved, with substantial dwelling, tenant-houses, barns, fine 
orchards, adequate wood and water, good turnpike roads, 
etc. Terms made easy. For particulars, apply to "WASH- 
INGTON WITIIRoW. London. Madison Co., O. ; or to 
"OWNER." P.O. Box 233, New York City. 
Empire Mutual 
Life Insurance Company 
OF 
NEW YORK. 
Office, - - - - 139 Broadway. 
Success the Criterion of Excellence. 
Compared with the following well-known 
Companies, the 
prosperity of the EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE has 
been most remarkable. 
The average w umber of Policies issued bj 
the 
Empire Mutual in the first 2 years 
was 4,016 
" 1,-iGS 
New England Mutual " 22 
" S12 
1,093 
" 1,019 
" 1,785 
CharterOak " 13 " 
" 1.027 
" 1 ,058 
The ratio of Policies issued in 1ST0 by the Empire over 
those issued in 1SG9 was 1GT per cent, and of Receipts, COO 
per cent. 
Number of Policies issued in first two years, - - 8,032 
Annual Premium thereon, $703,742.45 
Amount Insured thereby, ?17,2S6,406.CO 
Average Amount of Policies, $2,152.00 
Total Assets at the end of two years, above - $700,000.00 
NoticTe the following Liberal Features : 
Ordinary Whole Life Policies absolutely Noil -For- 
feitable from payment of the first annual premium. 
All other Policies Non-Forfeitable after two annual 
payments. 
All Policies incontestable for usual causes, and abso- 
lutely incontestable after two annual premiums. 
All restriction upon travel and residence removed 
and no permits required. 
One third of all premiums loaned to the insured, If 
desired, and no notes required. 
No accumulation of Interest on Deferred Premi- 
ums, and no increase of annual payment on any class of 
policies. 
Dividends Accumulative, the surplus being re- 
turned to the Policy-holder, equitably in proportion to his 
contribution thereto. 
The business of the Company conducted upon the Mutual 
Plan. 
G. HILTON SCRIBNER, President. 
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, Vice-President. 
Easily made with our Stencil and Key- 
Check Outfit. Circulars Free. 
STAFFORD M'F'G CO., 
C6 Fulton St., New York. 
MONEY 
C 
HGAPFARM& Fltt'ITLA^'DS, 
pleasant Homes, and Village Lots, may be had at 
BRICKSBURG, 1ST. J., 
Only 44 miles from New York, and on railroad direct to 
Philadelphia; soil superior for all crops; climate mild and 
proverbially healthy ; water soft and pure; no fever and 
ague. Price §25 per acre and upward. Terms easy. For 
Circulars, sent free, address R. CAMPBELL, 153 Broad- 
way, New York, or Bricksburg, Ocean Co., N. J. 
HOl'DI> T tlic Conjuror, his amusing 
and startling adventures; his wonderful feats, how 
invented and performed, more fascinating than fiction. 
IIottdin's Life, complete, illustrated, in Haxkt's Jovukal. 
On trial SIX months to any new subscriber for only 25 cts. 
Single copies of newsdealers. None free. 
JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau St., N. Y. 
/J -* 1 " .a For Best Drain • Tile Macliinc 
\ W ~ -■- -- — J extant, mhlrcea F. M. M ATTIC E, Cleveland, 
^ ' Ohio, or "Washington, D. C. 
$20,000.00 
IN PREMIUMS 
Are being offered to Agents for pro- 
curing clubs for the CINCINNATI 
WEEKLY GAZETTE. 
Send for Prospectus to 
CINCINNATI GAZETTE CO, 
Cincinnati, O. 
The following Eecord has never been equaled by Watch, 
Clock, or Chronometer, on the face of the Globe. 
L^CHy—J 
,t£ L*s\) 
<^fe i/SSSi^ ! tU:'3fi 
'MfiuUcc^Y- 
ES" Price-Lists furnished the trade on application, inclosing business card. For sale 
by the trade generally. Ask your Jeweler to see the MARION 
WAT 
If All A 
BEWARE of worthless imitations with which the country is 
Hooded. To avoid imposition see that the words, MARION, N.J., 
are engraved on the plate over the Main-Spring Barrel. All otners 
are spurious. 
SALESROOM 
OP THE 
UNITED STATES WATCH CO., 
GILES, WALES & CO., 13 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, 
And GILES, BEOTHEE & CO., 83 4 85 State St:, Chicago, EL, 
