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AMERICAN AG-KIC ULTUKIST, 
[December, 
$1000. REWARD 
For itny Washing Machine that will Wash Cleaner, Quicker, with Less Labor and 'Wear and Tear of Clothes than the 
ROBBINS FAMILY WASHER AND BLEACHER, 
The Only Perfect, Self-Operating Washer in the World. 
No rubbing required. No more yellow clothes nor hard work on washing day. No more rubbing clothes full of holes. No more lame backs for farmers’ wives washing harvest shirts. 
Seeing is believing, and if you will try it once, you will never again wash without it, nor use any other washing machine. 
IT IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD, and will wash anything from a lace curtain to a horse blanket, and cannot get out of order. 
Good Agents Wanted, both Male and Female, to whom l.iheral Inducements are Offered. 
AGENTS CAN MAKE FROM SIO TO $100 PER WEEK. 
In bringing this article before the public it becomes nec¬ 
essary to take into consideration 
THE ART OF CLEANSING FABRICS, 
which is yet so imperfectly understood. Having had a life¬ 
long experience in the laundry business, in connection with 
first-class hotels, public laundries, asylums, hospitals, etc., 
we know whereof we speak. The numerous devices of fric¬ 
tion rollers, pounders, squeezers, mashers, agitators, steam 
wash boilers, etc., have all failed in one or more of the three 
essential points, namely, the saving of labor, wear and tear 
of clothes, or in perfectly extracting the dirt and discolora¬ 
tion, all of which are accomplished by the ROBBINS FAM¬ 
ILY WASHER AND BLEACHER. 
WHAT IS IT REMOVES THE DIRT? 
You may ask washerwomen and housekeepers, and your 
answer from nine out of ten will be, “ Plenty of elbow 
grease ” or in other words, laborious rubbing upon the 
washboard. And such is the case, for you first rub soap 
upon the cloth, and then you have to rub it in to make the 
dirt soluble; but does that remove it? No ; to do that you 
must dip it in the water, and rub repeatedly to force water 
through the fabric again and again. That is what removes 
dirt after having been softened by the chemical action of 
the soap. ,, . „ 
The wav in which this could be most economically accom¬ 
plished has been developed in the FAMILY WASHER AND 
BLEACHER, which embodies all the above points. 
It is harder work to operate these mechanical devices than 
to use the common washboard. They are constantly getting 
out of order, and wear out in a short time. They wear out 
clothes faster than the rubbing board, because the friction 
is a hundred per eent. greater. 
Mechanical devioes take the entire time of a person during 
the whole wash, and will not remove streaks from clothes. 
Witti the Washer and Bleacher, washing, baking, and house¬ 
work are contemporaneous operations, the fire doing the 
washing and baking, while the housewife does her housc- 
" All who have tried steam wash-boilers, will unite with us 
in saying: They do not give satisfaction. 
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY. 
As stated water force is what removes dirt from the fibres 
of tlie cloth. A large body of water is required to hold in 
solution a comparatively small amount of dirt. Steam 
wash boilers can not accomplish the desired result. They 
do not contain enough water to hold the dirt in solution. 
While steam will not remove dirt, it is a powerful agent to 
assist in cleansing, becauses it expands the fabric, and causes 
the discharge of dirt and impurities from the cloth that can 
not be forced out in any other way unless by the application 
of heat and force of water combined. , 
In order to remove the dirt from steamed clothes, they 
must be washed out in water at nearly boiling heat, for if 
you use water at a lower temperature, it causes the fabric 
to contract, which “sets the dirt,” thus causing the clothes 
to turn yellow. An essential thing to be mentioned is the 
rotting of clothes by steam wash-boilers, because of the 
small quantity of water used. . 
Everybody knows that a large quantity of soap dissolved 
in a small body of water must necessarily form an exceed¬ 
ingly strong alkali, which, after the clothes are packed in 
the steam wash-boiler, is converted into steam, every mo- 
meut becoming more concentrated, until the clothes are re¬ 
moved. A few such washings, and what is the result ? Sim- 
plv this: Your clothes fall to pieces of their own weight, 
and you pronounce steam wash-boilers, as they are, a failure. 
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WASHER AND BLEACHER 
embodies all the essential points. First, we have the de¬ 
sired heat, which expands the fabric, and causes it to dis¬ 
charge the dirt. Second, we obtain a powerful suction be- 
ueath the clothes, which produces a rapid downward current 
or water-course through and through them, thereby remov- 
ing the dirt. Third, we use a large body of water, which 
holds the dirt in solution. Fourth, we use but a small 
quantity of soap. Fifth, the washing is done by water, and 
not bv steam. The process can not injure fabrics. It 
not by steam. The process 
Address 
cleanses thoroughly, rinsing the clothes being all that is re¬ 
quired to complete the operation. 
THE CAPACIT Y OF THE WASHER AND BLEACHER. 
There are three sizes: No. 1, the family size: No. 2, suit¬ 
able for small hotels, restaurants, barber shops, boarding 
houses, etc.; No. 3, or steam-power washer, into which is 
conducted, through a %-inch pipe, live steam from the steam 
boiler, from which is obtained the power for driving the 
water. This washer takes the place of machinery in places 
where steam power is used in the laundries. 
The washer is composed of metal, and can not get out of 
order. 
The family size weighs about five pounds, and is only 8 
inches long by 5 inches wide, and \% inches deep. 
The discharge pipe is 13 inches high over that, and is V/, 
inches in diameter. It throws water in a solid, unbroken 
stream at the rate of ten to twelve gallons per minute. It 
will work in any family boiler. It takes only three or four 
ounces of soap to ten or twelve gallons of water, and will 
wasli bed and table linen, a boiler full in ten to fifteen min¬ 
utes, wearing apparel in from twenty to thirty minutes, and 
will remove streaks without rubbing; requires no previous 
preparation of the clothes, sucli as soaking over night. We 
take the clothes dry, and when the washer gets thoroughly 
at work, we fill the boiler as full as it will hold by gently 
pressing them down with a stick. We use no chemicals, 
only good soap and soft water. If the water is hard, it may¬ 
be softened by a small piece of borax, which is harmless. 
For LACE CURTAINS the Washer is invaluable. It 
cleanses them as no other process can, and without the 
slightest danger of injury. 
The No. 2, or small hotel size, will do the work in a boiler 
four times the size of a common family boiler, and wash of 
average pieces from 1,500 to 2,000 per day; or it may be used 
in any smaller boiler. They will work in anything that has 
a flat bottom large enough for them to rest upon. 
For hospitals, this Washer is pronounced by the medical 
faculty invaluable, being the most powerful disinfecter 
known, leaving the fabric as pure as when new. By en¬ 
gineers, mechanics, and scientific men generally, it is pro¬ 
nounced one of the most wonderful discoveries in the prin¬ 
ciple of hydraulics or water-force ever brought to light. By 
bleachers and chemists it is said to be the most powerful 
method of removing dirt and vegetable matter from fabrics 
ever known. It is the greatest bleacher extant, and for that 
alone is worth ten times the price. 
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE WASHER AND BLEACH¬ 
ER is this: We have five pounds of metal, which attains a 
much greater degree of heat than the water surrounding it; 
consequently the water underneath the Washer becomes 
hotter and more expansive than in any other part of the 
boiler, and is thereby thrown to the surface through the 
tube, thus tending to produce a vacuum underneath the 
Washer at the bottom of the boiler, into which the water is 
rapidly drawn. 
As it passes along the channels of the Washer, the curved 
and contracted throats of the same prevent its flowing back¬ 
ward, and being held in contact with the hot metal it be¬ 
comes hotter and hotter, consequently more expansive and 
more forcible, until thrown to the surface, thus producing 
a powerful suction beneath the clothes, through which the 
water must pass in a rapid downward current, thereby ob¬ 
taining a water force which can not be obtained by auy 
other method known in cleaning fabrics. Thus, we get-a 
combination. First, we have the desired heat. Second, per¬ 
fect chemical action of the soap. T hird, force of water—all 
of which are required to thoroughly cleanse and purify any 
fabric. 
THE IMPROVED WASHER. 
The improved Washer has a perfect fitting pipe, and is a 
combination of metals which does not become sticky or 
dirty. It comes out of the boiler as bright as new. 
A WORD ABOUT BLEACHING. 
There are few professional bleachers in the United States. 
The word “ bleaching” implies the art of extracting vege¬ 
table or animal matter or discoloration from the various 
fibres which constitute all our different fabrics. This is 
done by a regular chemical process, consisting, first, of al¬ 
kaline boilings; second, immersions in solutions of chloride 
of lime; third, solutions of acids. After each process the 
goods receive a thorough rinsing in clear water; then, last 
of all processes, to thoroughly extract all injurious matter, 
comes that of boiling in good soap and water. This leaves 
the goods pure and white as snow, readv to finish for the 
market. Now the question arises : Can those fabrics again 
absorb and fix all their natural discoloration ? We answer 
no; impossible. Then why is it (asks the housewife) my 
clothes become yel'.ow and discolored? There are many 
reasons—poor soap, hard water, careless servants, not hav¬ 
ing strength to rub out the dirt yourselves, and not being 
able to use water by nand hot enough to keep the fabric ex¬ 
panded to the extent which is absolutely requisite n thor¬ 
oughly extract the dirt or “bleach the clothes.” Clothes 
should never be bleached but once, but thoroughly washed, 
and they-will always be white. THE FAMILY WASHER 
AND BLEACHER will do it for you every time. 
THE INDUCEMENTS WE OFFER. 
We want a Local Agent in every town in the United 
States. We know from experience that reliable, energetic 
men can make money selling the Washer and Bleacher in 
any community. 
We want first-class men as GENERAL AGENTS; men 
capable of managing one or more counties. 
To such men we give a duly executed LICENSE. 
We furnish dsscriptive circulars for distribution among 
families. A Iso large posters for advertising in public places. 
The retail price of NO. 1 WASHER is $3.50; NO. 2 WASH¬ 
ER, $5 ; NO. 3, OR POW'ER WASHER, $50. Special fi rms 
to agents for No. 8 Washer. 
TERMS TO GENERAL AGENTS. 
No. 1, $24 per dozen; No. 2, $36 per dozen. 
SAMPLE WASHERS. 
In States east of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, also 
in Kansas and Nebraska, we will deliver at your nearest 
railway express office, CHARGES PREPAID: Sample No 
1 Washer, $3.50; Sample No. 2 Washer, $5. We will deliver, 
prepaid, a No. 1 Washer in Dakota, at Bismarck or Yank¬ 
ton, for $3.50; in Wyoming, at Cheyenne, for $3.50; in 
Idaho, at Franklin City-, for $4.50; in Colorado, at Den¬ 
ver or Pueblo, for $4; in New Mexico, at. Santa Fe, for 
$5; in Arizona, at Prescott, fot $8.50; in Utah, at Ogden, 
for $4; in Nevada, at Virginia City, for $5; in Louisiana, at 
New Orleans, for $3.50; in Arkansas, at Little Rock, for 
$3.50; in Texas, at Corsicana, for $4.50; at Texarkana, Den¬ 
ison, or Sherman, for $3.50. For the Pacific coast, we will 
deliver No. 1 at San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville, or 
San Jose, for $4. Our reason for so doing is to induce 
people to Investigate this matter, feeling assured that a 
trial will secure an agent for us. 
The great saving in time, labor, and material, and the ex¬ 
tremely low price of the Washer, bring it within the reach 
of all. It can not get out of order. It does the work rap¬ 
idly and well. These points commend it to every one. Send 
for a sample ; try it; show it to your friends ; get their or¬ 
ders, and if you wish to secure a county or town, don’t de¬ 
lay, but let us hear from you at once. Remember the old 
maxim : “ First come first served.” 
In territory where there are no Agencies established, to 
persons desiring a Washer for their own use, we will deliv¬ 
er the same, CHARGES PREPAID, on receipt of price as 
stated above. You can readily determine when there is an 
Agency established, as posters will be put up in conspicuous 
places, and circulars distributed. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
As to the reliability of this Company, we refer you to the 
editor of this paper. Also to the MERCANTILE NA¬ 
TIONAL BANK of this City, or to any Express Company 
in New t ork. 
In ordering, write plainly your name, post-office, County, 
and State. Also the name of the express office to which you 
wish the Washer forwarded. 
Cash must accompany all orders. Remit by post-office 
order or registered letter, at our risk. We insure the safe 
delivery of all washers ordered as above. Money- may also 
be sent by draft on New York. 
BJLSSELL M’FG. CO. o© Barclay St. New York. 
AT ALL TIMES WHEN YOU ORDER OR WRITE, MENTION THIS PAPER. 
The St. Louis, Iron Mt. & S. Railway. 
GOOD AND CHEAP LANDS. 
FOR GOOD LANDS ON EASY TERMS, 
in a fine climate, on short lines of transportation to great markets, and in a country with organized society, and 
all things improving, see the statements in the American Agriculturist of November, 1819, page 484. It is a country un¬ 
surpassed for tlie excellence of ail crops of the temperate zone; in the variety-and qualities of its fruits and vege¬ 
tables; and in the quantities and qualities of its useful metals and valuable timbers. 
It possesses building stone, sands, clays, and ochies. It has rapid streams of clear and wholesome water; and 
its growing industries will soon become important. Forty acres of good land in this climate, well handled, will pro¬ 
duce more profit than eighty acres of similar soil in many other States. It has the highest record for the best wheat. 
But if the acreage of wheat is too great for profit in an overstocked market, or the strength of wheat elements should ever 
be exhausted, the greatest variety of other products maybe grown with success. There is a broad area of live stock 
range, and sheep are permitted to gain their living during all seasons, but cattle require protected grasses or feeding. 
The blue grass flourishes. Clover does not heave, but once set is good for many years. The farmers here have not 
suffered from the late hard times, living is cheap, and little effort produces competency-. Land seekers may reach the coun¬ 
try by rail or by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers cheaply. These lands have been overlooked because no one has 
cared to advertise them. Now all people join to improve the country and welcome settlers. The Eastern part of 
Missouri and Arkansas are attractive ; as healthy as the Middle States, and are not only peacable but also progress¬ 
ing. Location may be made near good people, churches, schools, Temperance and other Societies, and where the mails 
and city and county newspapers are regular. Send for further information, it will cost nothing; come to see for yourself 
and your prejudices will be removed, The United States Government has some millions of acres yet for 
sale. Individuals overburdened with large tracts desire to dispose of portions of their lands. The St. Louis Iron Moun¬ 
tain and Southern Railway Company offers nearly one and a half millions of acres for sale on easy terms. Address 
W. A.. KENDALL, 
Land Dept. St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, 
IVo. 1 Fifth Street, Roam 1:2, St: Louis, Mo. 
