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Insurance Company of New York, 
OFFICE, Ho. 135 BROADWAY. 
CASH CAPITAL,-$3,000,000 00 
Reserve Tor Re-Insurance, - - - 1,858,4(54 68 
Reserve for Unpaid Losses and 
Dividends, - - --- - 243,402 24 
Net Surplus, - -- -- -- -- 1,002,783 90 
TOTAL ASSETS, ----- $6,104,650 82 
CHARLES J. MARTIN, President. 
J. H. WASHBURN, Secretary. 
A HOME and FARM 
OF YOUR OWN. 
On the line of a GREAT RAILROAD, with good 
markets both EAST and WEST. 
NOW IS TH E TIME TO SECURE IT. 
Mild Climate, Fertile Soil, Best Country for Stock 
Raising in the United States. 
Books, Maps. Full information, also “THE 
PIO^IEEK” sent free to all parts of the world. 
Address, O. F. DAVIS, 
Land Com. C. P. K. R.. OMAHA, NEB. 
OF NEW YORK, 
IF.S.WINSTON, PRESIDENT. 
ISSUES EVERY APPROVED DESCRIPTION OF 
LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES 
ONTERMS AS FAVORABLE AS THOSE OF 
ANY OTHER COMPANY. 
ORGANIZED APRIL 12™ 1842. 
CASH ASSIIS 0YERS80,000,000. 
Mark Twain’s Patent Self-Pasting 
Scrap Book. 
Prices from $1.25 to $3.50 each, 
including postage. 
Send for n descriptive Cir¬ 
cular. 
SLOTE, WOODMAN & CO., 
119 & 121 William Street, 
New York. 
T7IGGS FOR HATCHING, from very superior pure- 
J2i blooded stock. Light and Dark Brahmas, $2 for 13. $3 
for 26, $5 for 50. Pekin Ducks $3 per dozen. Securely packed 
and warranted to hatch well. 
C. W. MANN. Methuen, Mass. 
Peruvian Guano. 
ALL GRADES. 
Delivered direct from stores of Messrs. Hobson, Hurtado 
& Co., the agents of the Peruvian Government. 
Dealers preferring to make their own shipmenl s will re¬ 
ceive from us orders for delivery direct from Govern¬ 
ment Stores at Brooklyn, N. Y., and Baltimore, 
Md. 
An official certificate wilt be furnished by us with each 
delivery, when required, countersigned bv Wm. H. Habik- 
shaw, F.C.S., Chemist to the New York State Agricultural 
Society. 
Bags rc-weighed at shipment. No charge for delivery at 
storehouse to vessel. 
GOLD MEDAL awarded to Charles V. Mapes 
By the New Jersey State Agricultural Society, 1876. 
j Extract from Report on Fertilizers. Prof. Geo. H. 
Cook, State Chemist, Chairman of Committee : 
“ The Judges desire to express their hearty approval of 
the principle applied in the exhibit by CHARLES V. MAPES 
of f Rectified Pebuvian Guano’ and ‘Guaranteed 
Peruvian Guano.’ They consider that in these prepara¬ 
tions of Guano a great advance has been made in the 
Guano trade in this country, contributing, as it does, very 
largely to the intelligent valuation and use of com¬ 
mercial FERTILIZERS.” 
«RMD MEDAL and DIPLOMA 
Awarded to Charles V. Mapes by the Original Board of 
Judges at the International Exhibition at, Philadel¬ 
phia, 1876, for Rectified Peruvian Gnano. 
Liberal concessions made to regular pur¬ 
chasers on ALL GRADES of Peruvian Guano, 
even from official price list issned by Govern¬ 
ment Agents. 
Send for Descriptive Pamphlet on Peruvian Guano, (dif¬ 
ferent brands, directions for use, etc,' 
A11 grades of Potash Salts and Agricultural Chemicals on 
hand. Address 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERU¬ 
VIAN GUANO CO., 
CHARLES V. MAPES, General Manager, 
158 Front St., New York. 
HEW EXCELSIOR LA WIT MOWER. 
IT HAS THE LARGEST SALE 0E A AT LAWK 
MOWER IN THE WORLD. 
It has been adopted, and can be seen in practical operation on Central 
Park and all the other City Parks, New York; Government 
Grounds and City Parks, Washington ; Boston Common, 
Boston; Prospect Park, Brooklyn; and on almost every promi¬ 
nent Park throughout the United States and Canada. 
THE GREAT TRIAL of Lawn Mowers was held in New York City 
June 25tli, 1874. There the Excelsior came into competition with all the best 
Lawn Mowers in the world, and was awarded the HIGHEST PREMIUM. 
Four sizes for hand-power; four sizes for horse-power. 
Prices from $14 to $200. EVERY MACHINE WARRANTED. 
Address CHALBOEN Si COLDWELL M’F’G CO., 
Send for Circular. Newburgh, N. Y. 
N. B.— -We call special attention to our new HORSE MOWER. 
Gears entirely covered and weight reduced 200 lbs. It is the LIGHTEST 
and BEST HORSE MOWER EVER MADE. 
Before Purchasing' Paints or Roofing, Send for Samples and REDUCED Price List of 
' EL W. JOHNS’ PATENT 
ASBESTOS PAINTS. 
These Paints are in every respect strictly first class, and second to no others in the market in purity, richness and perma¬ 
nency of color, beauty of finish and durability. They are prepared ready for the brush, in twelve newest shades, suitable 
for the tasteful decoration of all classes of buildings. They possess a superior body, and are more economical than any 
others, two coats being fully equal to three of any of the various liquid chemical paints, which contain water, alkalis, soap, 
etc., and we can supply them at lower prices than any others of equal quality. 
ASBESTOS ROOFING. 
This article is now well known in all parts of this country, as the only reliable standard, low-priced Roofing. It is fur¬ 
nished in rolls ready for nailing to the the roof, weighs only about 60 lbs. to 100 square feet, and when finished with the 
Fire-proof Asbestos Coating, presents a handsome white or light-gray surface. It is adapted for steep and flat roofs In 
all climates, costs only about half as much as tin, and can be readily applied by any one. 
We also manufacture ASBESTOS ROOF PAINT, which is a better article than has ever before been offered for 
this purpose. It contains no tar or cheap oils, and lorms the handsomest and most durable preservative coating in use, for 
tin and other roofs, iron-work, fences, outbuildings, etc. It is furnished ready for use in packages of all sizes. 
ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PAINT for inside wood-work. ASBESTOS CEMENT for repairing leaky 
roofs, etc. ASBESTOS STEAM-PIPE and BOILER COVERINGS. ASBESTOS STEAM PACK¬ 
ING. ASBESTOS BOARDS, PAPER, THREAD, CLOTH, SHE ATHING, and LINING FELTS, etc. 
All of these materials are prepared ready for use, la neat and compact form, snitable 
for any warehouse, and can be easily applied by any one. Liberal Induce¬ 
ments to General Merchants, Dealers, and Large Consumers. 
EF* Our goods are in use by the following, among thousands of other well-known parties: T. Kingsford & Son, Oswego 
Starch Factory, Oswego, N. Y.; E. Remington & Sons, Ilion, N. Y.; Denison Paper Mfg. Co., Mechanic Falls, Me.; Old 
Colony Iron Co., Taunton, Mass.; A. & W. Sprague & Co., Providence, R.I.; Cheney Bros., Silk Mfrs., So. Manchester, Ct.; 
Garner & Co., Print Mfrs., Haverstraw, N. Y.; Passaic Rolling Mill Co., Paterson, N. J.: W. W. Harding, Inquirer. Phila.. 
Pa.; Miller, Thomas & Co., Building Materials, Akron, O.; Aultman & Taylor Mfg. Co., Mansfield, O.: Comstock, Castle & 
Co., Quincv, Ill.: East Pennsylvania Iron Co., Lyons, Pa.; Kinney, Haley & Co., Yarmouth, N. S.; C. B. Record, Iron Mfr., 
Moncton, N. B. N. Y. Herald, Harper Bros., P. Lorillard & Sons, A. T. Stewart, New York City. 
SEND FOR SAMPLES, ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLETS, PRICE LISTS, &c. 
Also for sale by Dovvnle, Trainer & Co., Boston ; T. S. «Si A. ,T, Kirkwood. Chicago; M. M. Buck & Co., 
St. Louis; H. D. Coleman & Bio., New Orleaus ; Thompson it Upson, San Francisco; S. TV. Hempslcd & 
Co., Columbus, O. 
Patentee and 
Manufacturer 
Established 1858. 
,H. W. JOHNS, 87 Maiden Lane, New York. 
FARM FORGES 
and “KIT OF TOOLS,” from $16 to 
$70. Thousands sold. Centennial Medal 
awarded. Send So. stamp for Catalogue to 
EMPIRE PORTABLE FORGE CO., 
Troy, N. Y. 
Monroe, Conn., Jan. 29, 1877. 
Messrs. ALLEN & SHERWOOD. The “Im- 
S erial Egg Food” ordered on the 10th came to 
anti all right. I commenced at once to feed it to 
my fowls. Saw a decided improvement in their 
appearance in a few days, and on the 15th I was 
surprised to find one egg, the first they had laid 
since last November, and since that time they 
G. TV. FARLEE, CRESSK ILL, N. J. 
1 hour from New York; for past twelve years breeder of 
r FKSEY CATTLE. 
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ESSEX PIG-S. 
March and April pigs when eight to twelve weeks old $10 
each. Dark and Light Brahmas,Buffand Partridge Cochins, 
Pekin Dicks and Bronze Tnrkies. Superior Birds at live 
and let live prices. Fresh eggs for hatching, warranted pure, 
at bottom prices. Circular and price list free. Write for 
wliat is wanted, giving Post Office, County and State plain. 
J. S. GILES, 
Apalacliin, Tioga Co.. N. Y. 
Fine Teas. 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply the con¬ 
sumers of Teas throughout the United States on the mutual 
principle. 
We expect every consumer of Teas to render us all the 
assistance they can in carrying out our enterprise, as we 
make a specialty of SUPPLYING CONSUMEPvS ONLY, 
(and allow no middlemen to make any profit on our im¬ 
portations,! wliicti will enable us to supply them with Teas 
at prices lower than have ever been known, and of those 
fine qualities that seldom reaclt die interior, being sold only 
In large cities and among the very wealthy. 
SEND FOB PBICE LIST. 
CONSUMERS’ IMPORTING TEA CO,, 
No. 8 Church Street, 
P. O. Box 5509. NEW YORK CITY. 
WHAT EVERY ONE WANTS. 
Flowers which are Both Beautiful and 
Hardy, 
In modern gardening many of the choicest and most 
useful flowering plants are rarely seen. The 
Fine Hardy Flowers 
are overlooked, because amateurs are too impatient to 
sow seeds and wait two or three years for the bloom, 
while the plants themselves have not generally been ob¬ 
tainable. In viewof the increasing taste for plants of 
this class, we offer a selection of the choicest, both new 
and old, including many of ouivrarest and finest native 
species, which will give a succession of 
Bloom from Early Spring until Frost. 
Those who would know what are the most desirable 
plants of this kind, how to treat them, how to multiply 
them, and other interesting matter, should scud for our 
catalogue, which will be sent upon application. 
$1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00 and $10.00 collections, sent 
by mail, to any part of the U. S. and Canada. 
WOOLSON & CO., 
PASSAIC, N. J. 
EVER-BLOOMING CARNATION PLANTS 
Assorted best varieties, in colors of White. Carmine. Pose. 
Variegated, and Yellow. By mail, prepaid. 3 for 25c.; 6 for 
•iOc.; 14 tor $1,110. These are well rooted voting plants, 
as are “lid in other '".talo-Mes at $?.5b per dozen. 
NEW PEARL TUBEROSE flowering bulbs), 
_by mail. 3 for 25e.; 14 for $1.00. 
CHAS. T. STARR. Avondale. Chester Co.. Pa. 
If you wish to make 100 to 200 per 
cent selling trees and plants, send to 
PURDY & JOHNSTON, 
Rochester, N. Y., 
for their terms. Sent free to all. 
