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1 —Pat. Maaic Bellhead Pencil (Ludden dk 
Taylor).... . .$ i 50 
■Ladies' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).$ 2 00 
Gents' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).$ s 00 
—Gold Pen, Telescopic Case ( do. do.i.I 2 50 
—Gold Pen. and Pencil, Telescopic Case, 
Elegant (do. do.) .$ 5 50 
6— Centennial Magic Pencil (do. do.) .I 3 00 
7— Patent Telescopic Gold Pen and Pen¬ 
cil (do. do.) . 
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9— Knives and Forks (do. do.) ...$18 50 
10— Carver and Fork (do. do.) ...$3 75 
11— French Cook's Knife, Fork, and Steel $ 3 75 
‘ ~ —Pocket Knife (Meriden Cutlery Co.)..$ 1 50 
—Pocket Knife (do. do.) . .$ 2 00 
■Pocket Knife (do. do.).. $2 75 
■Ladies’ Pocket Knife (do. do.) . .$ 2 00 
Multum in Par vo Knife (do. do.) ..$3 50 
IV— Boy’s Wagon (C. W. F. Dare) .$ 5 00 
18 — Patent 4 -wheeled Propeller Velocipede, 
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‘JO— Crandall’s Masquerade Blocks . $ 1 00 
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22— Crandall's Building Blocks . $ 2 
23— Crandall’s Menagerie .$ 2 00 
24— Case of Scis sors ( U.S. Steel Shear Co.). $ 4 00 
25 — Terrestrial Globe [Schedler ’s] ( Steiger)$ 3 00 
'id—Combination Ten-pin Alley (Horsman)# 2 50 
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30— Improved Table Croquet (Horsman)$ 3 00 
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3'i—Boudoir Clock (S. B. Jerome (?o.)...$ 3 
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Cook Store . $150 
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37— Tea Set (LuciusHart Man’fact’g Co .).$50 
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56 — Planet Jr. Combined Drill <& Hoe (S. L. , 
Allen <Sk Co.) .$15 00 I to 
57— Breech-loading Pocket Rifle (Stevens) .$16 00 24 
58— Sporting & Hunting Rifle (Remington) $32 00 
59 -Double Barreled Breech-loading Gun 
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GO—Creedmoor Long Range Rifle (E. Rem¬ 
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63— Family Cherry Stoner (do.) $ 1 
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3 $20 00 
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Continued from p. 49. 
Xlte Ea,ngstia.u Fowls.—“ E. D. K.,” 
Brenham, Texas. We distinctly stated, when we gave the 
portrait of the Laugshan fowls, that there were none in 
America. Our impression is that the Black Cochin is so 
near to this fowl as to lie practically the same. Certainly 
the Black Cochin, sold by R. Kirby. 12 Courtlandt St., 
New York, meets all the points of the Langshan. 
Corn isi Shrills.— “ G. B.,” Dunn Co., Wis. 
The increase of crop in planting corn in rows instead of 
in squares, is 25 per cent. With the best farmers in the 
East this method is general. Our own fields, planted in 
this manner, have been freer from weeds than many of 
our neighbor’s, who planted in check rows. The rows 
are generally three feet apart, and the seed may be so 
dropped to give one stalk every foot, or two stalks every 
18 inches in tlie row. 
<h-il»l>iiig a,nd Worms.— “A. K.,” Fitz- 
william, N. H. Cribbing may very probably be an indi¬ 
rect consequence of worms in the intestines. The round 
white worms may be got rid of by giving half a pint of 
linseed-oil every morning for a few days; but a more ef¬ 
fective treatment is to give one dram tartar emetic, half 
as much ground ginger, and sufficient linseed meal to 
make a ball with boiling water. This,is put down the 
throat in the usual manner. After giving this ball every 
day for a week, give half a pint of linseed oil ; then re¬ 
peat the balls and tlie oil, and give a tea-spoonful of cop¬ 
peras, (green vitriol), in the feed every morning after that, 
until the horse recovers. 
Cause ©4’ Heaves.- “P. G.,” Portland, 
Oregon. One frequent cause of heaves in horses, is the 
dust from over ripe or mildewed hay: this causes irrita¬ 
tion, which finally ends in debility of the nerve which 
controls the action of the respiratory organs. The disease 
may be greatly relieved, if not cured in time, by cutting 
the hay and wetting it before feeding it, and giving no 
dry feed whatever. Occasional doses of half an ounce of 
copperas, with equal quantities of ginger and gentian 
roots powdered, are helpful temporarily. 
Floor 5'or :i Xlnhlc.—“ J. R.,” Schoharie 
Co., N. Y. A water-tight stable floor may he made as 
follows. Lay dry, tongued and grooved, inch-and-a-half 
plank, with the joints put together with hot gas tar or 
pitch, for the first floor; saturate this' thoroughly with 
hot tar, laying upon it a second floor of plank while 
the tar is hot. The seams should be well filled with the 
tar. No water will pass through this floor, and it will be 
very durable ; the more so if the upper floor is well coated 
with hot tar and then sanded. 
Mow to Apply Ashes and Salt.— 
“ J. R.,” Clinton, P. of O. Unieached ashes may he ap¬ 
plied at the rate of 40 or 50 bushels per acre upon land 
that is full of weeds. Tlie more vegetable matter there is 
in the soil, the more ashes it will hear. Salt may be 
used at the rate of 300 to 400 lbs. per acre. Sawdust is 
quite useless until thoroughly rotted. By mixture with 
liquid from the stables, it may serve as a useful vehicle 
for this valuable fertilizer. 
Fowls Eating Featliers.— “L. H. C.,” 
Hamilton, Ya. At this season fowls have much idle 
time, and get into mischief in consequence. Being de¬ 
prived of animal or nitrogenous food, they take as the 
best substitute the feathers from each other’s necks. The 
remedy is to give them a sheep’s pluck or liver to peck 
at, hanging it up within reach, and to give them wheat 
scattered in the earth or litter of their houses. This will 
give them food, and work to occupy their time. 
A Famous ©range Tree died recently 
in France. The story goes that in 1421 the Queen of 
Navarre gave her gardener the seed to plant, and that 
this tree was the result. The tree managed to survive 
various removals, due to political changes, and was 455 
years old when it died, having long been the largest and 
most fruitful tree in the orangery at Versailles. 
“Sweeny in tlie Shoulders.”— “J. 
W.,” Washington Co., Oregon. What you call “swee- 
nied in both shoulders,” is a wasting away of the mus¬ 
cles of the shoulder blade, resulting from disease in the 
