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SEED-TIME AWD HARVEST; 
GARDEN SEEDS. 
DIRECT FROM THE FARM ATTHE LOWEST WHOLESALE HATES. 
SEED CORN that I know will grow; White Beans, Oats, Potatoes, ONIONS, Cabbage, 
Mangel Wurzel, Carrots, Turnips, Parsnips, Celery, all of the best quality. Catalogue with 
directions of cultivation FREE. L#“ SEEDS FOR THE CHILDREN’S GARDEN, 
25 percent, discount. Let the children send for my Catalogue Alin TDV MV QFFHQ 
They are WARRANTED GOOD or money refunded. LP Inf fel ¥ OC.LUO. 
Address JOSEPH HARRIS, Wloreton Farm, Rochester, N.Y. 
HAS BEEN CLEARED BY 
THIRTEEN 
DAYS 
the fast- 
, Selling our Household Articles, — — . -— 
J est selling and most satisfactory goods ever offered,viz. : Champion Boso ni 
Stretcher, K. <fc AV. Clothes Horse, Eureka, Carpet Stretcher 
and AVartl’s Folding' Iroiiing- Table, CIRCULARS FREE. 
Address THE K. & W. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Chillicothe, Ohio. 
■OIMROii MORSE HOE 
AND CULTIVATOR COMBINED 
For Hoeing & Hilling Potatoes, 
Corn, Onions, Beets, 
Cabbages, Turnips, &c. 
S3 
CRAZY 
PATCH 
WORK 
SENT ON 
30 Days’ 
TEST TRIAL 
An Immense saving of labor and money. 
We guarantee a boy can cultivate and hoe 
and hill potatoes, corn, etc., 15 times as 
easy and fast as one man can the old wav. 
Ill ustrated Catalogue FREE. AGENTS 
WANTED. Mention this paper. .Address 
Monarch Mfg. Co., 206 State St. s Chica£o,IIL 
How to Make It: now to obtain 
the silk for it. We send Ten samples 
of el eg ant silk , all different and cut so 
as to make one 10-inch block of Crazy 
Patchwork^ for 25 cts.; 12-inch block, 
35 cts.; with diagram showing bow it 
is put together. 
We send 20 perforated patterns , 
icorking size, of birds, butterflies, 
bugs, beetles, bees, spiders and webs, 
reptiles, Greenaway figures, etc., etc., and 10 sprays 
of flowers of various kinds, all for 60 cts., with powder 
and distributing pad for transferring, to ornament the 
silk. These patterns can be instantly transferred to any 
material, and can be used a hundred times over. 
Our book, “How to Make Home Beautiful,” 
lias instructions for making a variety of patchwork, 
with diagrams and illustrations of many fancy stitches 
for joining and ornamenting the silk. Also, has illus¬ 
trations of all the Kensington and Arasene stitches, 
with instructions for doing this kind of embroidery and 
for making many beautiful and useful articles. It also 
contains a descriptive and illustrated list of nearly 1,000 
patterns for various kinds of embroidery. Price, 15 cts. 
All the above, with ten varieties of silk for 10-incli block, 
90 cents: with silk for 12-inch block, $1.00. with silk for 
both blocks $1.25. all post-paid. Silks in $1., $2. and $5. 
Packages. J. L. PATTEN, 47 Barclay St. New York 
CONSUMPTION. 
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1 Bovonrown 
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bands, &c., with Powder, Pad 
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Book of 100 Designs ror Em¬ 
broidery, Braiding, &c., 25 cts. 
Our Book, Manual of 
Needlework, is a complete 
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Embroidery, Knitting Tattin 
Crocheting, Lace Making, &c., 
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C’o„ 47 Barclay St. 
4 T BKs Sent -Free. 
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