Implements , . Machinery , #c, 
Miscellaneous 
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APLEWOOQ INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG 
LADIK.-j, PriTtfHiA.0, Mass., commenced it# 
i t«i oa Sept. 10, ig». Facilities und location ua- 
jObucU, ltev. C. V. SPEAK, Principal. 
AiJ2XANDr.it H. Stephens has resumed work. 
Arthur Sketchlbt is the editor of tbo Lou¬ 
den run. 
Ex-Queen Iavbzlla has determined to leave 
Pads and reside at Prague. 
John Stuart Mill demands the complete 
le;r.ii equality of the sexes. 
Dr. J. G. Holland's “ Kathrlna" has reached 
a sale of nearly a hundred thousand. 
Mias Adelaide Phillips is said to bavo re¬ 
ceived if 1,300 for sinking at tho Poucc Jubiloe. 
Prop. Chas. W. Eliot will not onter upon his 
duties n3 President or Harvard University until 
next autumn. 
Commodore Worden, tho gallant commander 
of the Monitor, Is In Dresden, and is said to be 
much Improved in health, 
Iv.nor Alphonse de Rothschild was ono 
rri dm parlies arrested during tin) Parisian riots; 
pud he was kept looked up for throe hours. 
Patti-! a vx hn3 told a youiur Vienna girl, 
narm <i JannuT Ot, whom she heard Bing- in Paris, 
that she is destined to bo the queen of the opera. 
Henri Hocn uport, editor of Lu Lantorno, tho 
paper which is so sharp a thorn in tho sido of 
Louis Napoleon, is about marry lug a wealthy 
widow of Brussels. 
John Clarke of Northampton, Mass., aud 
founder of the oolebrated Clarke Institute for 
Deaf Motes ta that town, died on tbo 6th Inst., 
at the age of eighty yours. 
William Bradford, tho artist, and Dr. 
Hayes, the Arctic explorer, sailed lor the Arctic 
regions on tl e M Inst., la the steamer Panther, 
from St. John, Newfoundland. 
Mrs. Park of Cleveland, O., celebrated her 
one hundred and fifth birthday on tbo 20th ult. 
6be enjoys good health, attends church regu¬ 
larly, has improved sight aud good tooth, and 
bur hair is turning black again. 
Lady Anne Isabella Noel King Noel, 
the only gmudnughter of Lord Byron, lias Just 
iXen married, and she is now Lady Anne Blunt. 
Her mother wn* Lord Byron’s only daughter— 
the Ada he loved 60 passionately. 
Baron Boilkau, formerly French Consul to 
New Fork, is now in this country under orders 
from his Government to examine into the Pa¬ 
cific Railroad and to report upon it and tho in¬ 
ternational Importance to bo attached to it. 
Senator Ramsey goes to Europe empowered 
by the Post-office Department to make a new 
postal treaty with France, to which country tho 
rates of postage are twice and a half times as 
groat as to Great Britain, and threo times as great 
as to Germany. 
Cai-t. D. T. Wandell of Troy, N. Y., who 
died on the 18th ult. at the age of ninety-eight, 
whs one of the original sloop-captains of the 
Hudson, and was present at the storming of 
Stony Point by Mad Anthony Wayne, and also 
at the execution of Major Andre. 
Eijoenie's last nickname is “La Routse,” and. 
all the qan ifn* shout “A bus in Hou&t" (down 
with tho red haired woman,) and the police are 
powerless to prevent St, although aware who is 
alluded to, as tbo Empress is decidedly averse to 
having her name dragged into the police courts. 
The Kueeea* which ha9 attended our efforts to provide a first-class Monthly, devoted to tho Interests 
of the industrial classes, has far exceeded our most sanguine anticipations. Thl Mantfactumer and 
Builder has been received with favor by every class of the community. .Manufacturers have taken it 
for the Information which it e!v#s in regard to tho improved processes in which tlie.v are Interested : 
mechanics have taken it for the Instruction which it conveys in regard to matters pertaining to special 
arts and trades- professional and literary men have tuken it for the. Information which it conveys in 
regard to the progress of the Industrial arts; people, in general, have taken if. because It contains much 
pleasant reading ainUei for the family circle. That, all these classes have been right. In their estimate 
of this journal. will he evident to anv who will read the Table of Contents which we here append. 
When we slate that these articles are almost all derived from original and authoritative sonrccajt will 
be 'con that ue have presented a body of PRACTICAL, THOROUGH AM) HUUIAtPUK IN- 
FORMATIOXi ruch n» cun mnvlifp* eu&o bo obtained tor the »uru charged lor u year’s aQoetrij»tlon 
U» Tin; manvfactpkeu ani> BriLRBR. 
Subscription $1.50 Per Year, with Liberal Club Eates aud Premiums. 
H E “C L 1 -II A A ” 
MOWER AND REAPER 
The most complete, easily worked, compact and per¬ 
fectly adjustable Mower In the world. 
With self-adjusting Floating Bar, adjustable Steel 
fiwutber, hox-oncasud Gearing, (not a cog-wheel be¬ 
ing ox posed to sight, dirt or danger,) and with 
TABLE (IF FOMENTS (IF HIE FIIIST M1F-VM!IE OF “TilF. SAM FAOTURER AND BUILDER. 
It combines more excellence and perfection, with 
less complication, and !•*» liability to- need repair, 
Ilian any Machine ever Invented. 
Manufactured by the OORRY MACHINE CO. 
G. W. N. YOHT, Pnns'T, corky, Pa. 
It . M. Hinhou dc Co., Cincinnati, O., for South. 
Htewan &i Need It am. Davenport, la-, for West. 
Du mo, Andrews A Co,. Chicago. 111., for North. 
Andrew* it Ford, Cleveland. 0., for East, and 
35 & 37 Park IMaee, New York. 
•The Thames Kiij(ir.[.Uu..?nt . 
•Automatic Indicator for Water aud Steam. 
•Winds and Chimney Draughts. 
•Improved Electric ruse. 
•Store-Urea king nnd Ore-Crushing. 
Literary. 
Are Men Equal Y.... 
Bcaulv it i fie lie on-hold.. 
co-t>ponuion............ 
/Halt Aloes.... 
•Cottage and Villa Architecture. 
Public Bath*. 
Manufacture of Brushes. 
A Large Building... 
To Cloan Glass.... ... 
flow to Make the Pcnaley Cement. 
polytechnic A violation or the American fnsti 
Manufacturer and Builder at $L50per Year—Hov 
It is Done..... 
Largo Cash Premiums... 
Queries.. 
MAY. 
•The Telephone... 
Peroxide of Hydror'en lor the Hair..... . 
The Dagueireuu Process. 
now to put n Cioas-eut saw ip drdor. 
CoralLne l>ro Injurious Effects TUerefsom. 
Mixing Thing* Lp. 
*Qu Boiler Explosions. 
How to Repair Chain Pumps. 
New Klcmnnt..... 
•Colon Building..... 
Hydraulic Mortar... 
Shellac tor Water-Proof Coatlrgn, Dyes, Paint 
mM Printing Inks,.... 
•hmffOTeMlctlt In Billiard Tables. . .. 
Ututorical Notes on Paper Mwnufacturo. 
Kuts .1 itniniuv Walls..... 
A Phn f>.r stone... 
On f t rging, Hardening uml Tempering Mill 
Picks... 
Clirum 0 "Yellow Paint Practically Tested. 
♦Wuicr-Clo-r t*... 
Welding Copper......,. 
Tho Longest suspension Bridge. 
•Improved Hoisting Apparatus.. 
Colored Murhlru.. 
The Planu-Forte. 
Thames EmtMtnknient— South bide,. 
_<1 Til HOT* r - 
T il »i 1JKXTEK CIRCULAR. 
Explaining ft new discovered way to make all 
kltuls of Horse* and Colts trot fast. By this method 
a man make- $I,2JH on one Jiorwe. and a boy makes 
$950 on two common Colts; a fanner - * son makes a 
common farm Horse trot l>i 2.-i8, and ho !» sold for 
S300. Ail pacers ooraiwlad to trat. Only <W minutes 
reqiftrod to increase the speed of any Horse or Colt, 
or uTo money returned. 2,0 ;v reference b. Pi-too P-. 
Address PIERRE D. VAN HOESEN, 
Bdx (1033. W boutU bt., N. \. 
AABBOLSO A Nil CRKSYLtC SO.VI'S. 
\J (Patented.) 
For Destruction ot Insects 
and 
Cure of Skin Diseases in Domestic Animals. 
For Hou&eliold, Physician* 9 and Toi¬ 
let Use. 
SHEEP DIP, to destroy Ticks, Ac. 
OINTMENT, to wash Gails, Sores, Ac. 
PLANT PHOT ECTOR. AC. 
CS** S«ul for Detoriptir* Pamphlet. 
JAMES BUCHAN A CO.. 
180 Elisabeth St., New York. 
Vovr: 
The Npw Art of Fresco-1’ninttng.... 
‘ Old Snj-i " on Building. 
Toe Progress ofBuUuiug,.... 
Chrome-Yellow Pulat. 
♦jlluw for SlgB-Pftlnusra,. 
Imitation-Alarhlo,..... 
Common Mortar,...... 
New Pulnt for Floor*..... 
Apatite: Its Importance In Doffiosuc Economy. 
Gun-Cotton....».. 
The Presonrftttno Of Wood l-> Immersion,. 
Ventilation and Heating liy Currents,. 
Oeuient and Mortar of the Ancient*. 
Bridging Hie Missouri...... . 
•The pink Bank Building- A PiOace of Fluunc 
"j'ne Aii it Lecture and School-Rooms,... 
Price Problems... 
Glaaa....-... 
♦Improvemect in taws,. 
Jlooiuo Tunnel. 
•Deep-Sea Cables,... 
An Important Invention,..... 
To the Public,...... . 
Trade's Unions In the United States,. 
Literary..— • 
•Long island Villa, imb Mansard Roof,. 
•VDiu Cornice Work... 
Children'* Toys. 
To the Pro**....^-i;•—... 
QdOuicAtoos and Wages In California,........... 
Queries..... 
Speelnl Notice to Travelers. 
Advei tiseuiems,.. .. 
FEBRUARY. 
♦Portable Wainscoting. 
Veninwiion and Wanning.. 
A Few Words about Bricks ............. 
-The Bessemer Process and its Late Intprov 
.. 
Wire Rope.I. 
Hollow Walls..... 
Roek-DrDi’-ne Machine. ••••■•• . 
Mr. Mod;,con Woolen Manufactures. 
• Wnter-Prnoilng Dress Goods.. 
Insoluble O ononis... 
AtmoBpberlo Action on BiUldtng-fetones. 
•Anatomy of tho tjerew. . 
Artitic»n? Light and’tW Subject of Vcntiiation. 
Areliltectnre und C’lvllixatiuii. 
Aldhes—Old and Now . 
-Monufacturc of Sheet 'Tin... 
Itates of Travel. . 
•Hand-Power Machine. . . . 
The UI story of Windows..... 
To ilvatore Burnt Cust-&(eel. 
To Bleach Palm-Oil... vvyr - v - / . 
The Building-Stone and Slate of Virginia. 
The Nt-w York Milling Interest. 
•The New Cit.v Pou-Omoe. 
: tF.VHElPS8.C0. 
*•> 601CAGCNIS 
■^CCQATlaudt 5T fj.y 
T he novelty 
is THE ONLY WRINGER THAT HAS THE 
PATEHT FLANflE COS WHEELS 
OM BOTH EH OS OF THE ROLLS. 
Tho cogs on one end of a roll are let relatively Be- 
TWKEN thou on the other end of the Same roll, Virtu¬ 
ally forming a 
330 XJBIjI 3 G- 33 A.Il, 
and thereby nearly doubling the purchase. 
(Tho Importance of setting gears in this position 
Is not generally underatood.) 
Buy the “NOVELTY.” oral least tak* It on trial 
with anv or ali others, and keep the MtH'l. 
N. B. PHKLPfi At U'O., General Aacuts, 
IT ('nrilaudt Ht., New York. 
AVAGE’8 URSIM, 
PlfEE GREASE 01 THE CANADA BEAR 
PomadD for softening, giving 
», nod Darren.tdng the 
i Ot ihdLuir. 
Superior ti 
AN3. MERCER A C'O., vLA7T. LAV.PI.OUOH & 
JOuua!»lvni:»uaiinia—oouio oioc. w 
Seaweed CliurcMiI. 1»2 
Ventilation aud wurmlng...... U3 
Thu New Metal HydrogenlUUi.... Li 
Fainting Zinc... .... ill 
Artificial Alizarine for Coloring. Ill 
PrlscUm n Little Scratched... til 
Sue* Canal.. 114 
•Tho N’uiv State Emigrant Hospital, Ward!*Island Ho 
Majto/ita ... .. I, . U6 
Varnlohes for Iron.. U7 
Ornamrntul Glusa—Opaline aud Enamel. HT 
Sl»tp-Bu!iUing—Hurt und in angiuna..... M7 
ludnMrlul Progrt:.*. |»'f 
A New Orr.utnontat Wood. 1-8 
SjtiiuWlng Streets with B#nqui»o®nt Salts. US 
♦Oldand New Lire Grates.. .. 148 
Liluet of Cold upon Tin... R8 
Cryolite as a Source of Soda. 1! J 
J.iterury,. 150 
Credit... 151 
On Going Surety..... 151 
It tenor Decora!Ions,...... 151 
•Church Architecture.... lt-2 
•OrrmmeuUil Worn—Celliug and Iluiling. 153 
Purifying Water...154 
Adulteration*..... 154 
Indelible Inks..... 151 
New Ccmeme... lot 
NY elding Steel to Iron. 151 
OuciTus. 105 
N’vw Advertisements, etc. 155 
JUNF.. 
•Improved Steflru Pump... 1G1 
What Paint shall we use?. 102 
Varui-ltc-s—their Nature nnd Manufucturo.,. 102 
Something of practical Importance tn the Use of 
Plaster- 0 ! -Purls. . . 163 
Influence of IVater In the Manufacture of Wax- 
Leather.. . 1.C3 
WhytidweOll our Whetstones?. 1(3 
Compressed Leather.. lta 
•The Art of Eleotroiyping .... ... 1CA 
Practical Hints on \V orhiug and Tempering Steel, ted 
Spiritual Photograph-. ... 167 
"Too Much Pork lor a Shilling".1C7 
Credit to whom Credit, etc..— 167 
Siore-Shuitera... 103 
Damn Cellars. LCS 
The Velocipede as a Mechanical Agent.,. 108 
Calculating Aireurs by Weight. It? 
Aniline Gray. 168 
The Generation of Oxygen Gu* from Sulphtiric 
Acid. ....1(B 
•On Testing Iron by JIagnotism.. 1C9 
Blowing a \Vine-Glass. 1C9 
How Jewelry La Made. 170 
American Wheels... BO 
Veutthalon end Warming. I7t 
ED FOOT LATHES, 
lest nnd Fitting*. Llvpiut, 
id port a VO". Just tho 
V ACUUW OK I. IS 'THE WEST 
article for Lubricating Mowing MuollJitee, Car- 
rlnyc .\xles, Ac., that there Is in the market It is 
also excellent for Oil mg yonr Htirncs*. for tt will not 
gum. Live Gallon*, to square cans, boxed and deliv¬ 
ered tv Exurose to any part of the country. Fn ijhlt 
Tree. For *?.S, Send in yr.nr orders at unoe to 
VACUUMT OIL COMPANY. Rochester, N. Y. 
.uTubln. cheap uol - — 
filnc fertileArtl*»n orAmateur Turner, 
Send for Descrlptlvo Circular. 
S. K. I!ALltV. lN, Lavonla. N. H. 
PAJIVLY 
x CIDER AND WINE MILL. 
HUT' HINSON’S PATENT. 
Grinds One, fast and easy. Makes 
pure wine and sweet elder. More 
than 20,00? l« use. l.nrgor tdzes with 
two curb*, iUhu with large square 
curb. Ci-K-- Pern Sereivt, tine thread, 
very powerful- ‘Copper strip Peed I C’uf- 
tere. the beat and nboupe&t self-D ed- 
ind Cutter for Hay- Straw and Corn 
stalk*. Send for luustrwted Circular. 
1 PJSEKSK1L1. PLOW WORKS, 
PeekakilL N. Y., or 
61 Morwlu St .. Cleveland, Ohio. 
IISKKT iSIiOT GUN ft, WARM ANTI 
I to shoot elope ana ktll oO yarda. I rlce FP2..1 
amed.—Army Guns and Hcvolrer*. Send stu 
. pdeo l ist of Blfies. Shot Guns. Revolvers, 
UNStON'S GUN WORKS, Pitwburg. Pa. 
NEWS AND NOVELTIES, 
Y WILKINSON, 
’’SbURAXi ARCHITECT 
AND LANDSCAPE CARDENF.R, 
202 Townsend St.Baltimore, Md. 
Reverdy Johnson’s ooniingent oxponsos for 
the throe months utidlug March 31 amounted to 
$1,587, whioh iB considered moderate. The con¬ 
tingent expenses of Minister Dix. ut Paris, for a 
Blrailar period, amounted to 82,900. Tho coin- 
p irison of both Items will ahotv that Mr. Johu- 
eon was not, after all, ao very extravagant. 
Jonathan Mingo died at Albion, Miob., uf*w 
days since, aged seventy-sovoo years. He bc- 
loiigcd to the Nurragansctt tribe of Indians, and 
was a lltiojtl descendant of King Pliilip; and at 
the time of his death had in his possession the 
powder-horn which was taken from the body 
of that noted Indian chief when the hitter was 
killed. 
At the recent Commencement of the Boston 
Theological Seminary, the first speaker was an 
Italian, Antonio Arrigbt, who was one of Gari¬ 
baldi's soldiers, fought in the siege at Rome, was 
captured aud stmt to the galleys, but made his 
escape, came to America, was converted in the 
West, and intends to return to his native coun¬ 
try ii3 a missionary. 
Jay Coo re, the eminent Philadelphia bnnker, 
while on a fishing excursion to Range!ey Lakes, 
Maine, with others, recently, happening to be in 
tho town of Phillips In that State, on Sunday, 
held a Sunday School meeting, and gave one 
hundred dollars toward a Sunday School library, 
and engaged to give one thousand dollars more 
on certain conditions. 
Recently important seizures in Hartford, Ct., 
nnd ita neighborhood for violation of the inter¬ 
nal revenue Jaws, were made through the agency 
of a detective, who engaged himself as a mo- 
olntuio in a large manufacturing establishment, 
nnd worked so faithfully that his wages were 
raised, aud ho never was suspected to bo any¬ 
thing but what he seemed. 
The Frodcrlokton, N. B-, Farmer, relates that 
twelve men engaged in lumbering on Old Fish 
River lakes, In the northern part of Maine, wore 
recently poisoned to death by drinking tea In 
which a huge lizard had boon boiled. They wero 
not found until they bad been dead several 
days; and the terrible occurrence created the 
greatest excitement among the lumbering popu- 
tlon. 
The resolutions recently passed by the Uopeal 
League at Halifax, Nova Seotia, declare that 
every legitimate means shall be used to sever 
tho connection of Nova Scotia with the Do¬ 
minion, aud bring about a union ou fair and 
equitable terms with the United 8tates. Leagues 
are to be formed throughout the Province for 
tho purpose of agitating the annexation ques¬ 
tion. 
T. C. Durant is said to owe one-fourth of the 
Pacific Hallio«d. ITe was never known (o bo ex¬ 
cited but once, and that was at the battle of Bull 
Run,when he picked up a fence-stake and sprang 
right In front of the running soldiers, striking 
right and left, shouting •* Go back you cowards 
—goback!” And some of them actually did go 
baok. A Western steamboat captain says he 
signed q Contract for transporting supplies to 
Omaha for a million and a half dollars without 
reading it. 
and Kerry Can., Railroad 
Bupply litiuiua. owners of 
Market >iraiu«, Skating 
niukB, Larne Storemiujes, 
Depots, Hotels, ManiifHO- 
torles, Rcbuiurants. also 
Churches. Pb y st Clan'8 
country residences, and all 
Others interested will find 
that this t* oxneUy what 
they need for au out-doer 
or street Lamp. 
MINICR'S STREET and 
DEPOT LAMP give* a 
much better light,W clean¬ 
er. more durable, and more 
economical every way than 
any lamp now In use. Tes¬ 
timonials of the bent kind 
will be funrtshed luubuud- 
ance. 
Send for Pamphlet and 
Price List. 
Special Notice to Travelers. 
Advertisements. 
MARCH. 
•Brick-Making... 
Absorbent Ca,.'OCiiy of Bricks .................. ... 
Like Color*—'Their Nature,and Muuulaoture... 
♦Fleam-Dredging ami tlicSuez.Cuuul.. 
The Selection of Wall-Paper. 
•Muthlc Paper Manufacture,..... •. 
Sand-OrindW Machine. 
• I’hc Gothic Furnace. .... 
retaliation and Heating by Currents,....... 
•The Ventilation and warming of Schbol-Hous 
•Iron Building*.i 1 * - .-;. 
Hints on Eeouonjlc Rulldjugs. 
Coniter und Us Alloys.... .. 
Cryollto- Where louud, Nature and Uaes. 
Clu-ome-Orangc-. - .. . 
♦Illinois state Capitol Design. 
Thu Uses of UUD-Cotton... .. 
Terra Cotta.. ■ .,. 
Bullaing-Stoftee-Thetr PreaervuUon. 
•The Vermont Slate Industry. 
Literary-... 
Tlte Tinuluu aud Silvering of Looking-Glasses 
•French Suwi-Windoif*. ... 
•Whence Came our Silks’. 
♦Cottage nnd Villa Architecture... 
Wliut Shall Workingmen Read?. 
The Dwarf Builder*. 
Nature as u Builder... 
Sharpening I ilea by Corrosion. 
g uenes.. ... 
peetul Notices... 
Advertisements. 
APRIL. 
•Improvement in Hand Drills. 
RonovutingSilk Hats..... 
Memoranda concerning Nails... 
Comparative Weight cf Pattern and Castings. 
F|LDt*Gtad$......• ..*. 
wolfram or Tungsten Steel. 
Cheap Brick Wails .>■<. 
•Stereotyping.... 
Edge-Tool*... 
Road-Dust and Vegetation. 
A tliJlne Colors...* • ■ • ... 
Soup Making In the Olden Time.. 
AND 
In eleven years the sale of the BUCKEYE has 
Increased from Machine* to *20,000, in a 
sinole season, and over 100,000 are noiv in use in 
the Uulted Hinton. 
It lias received the niohest Premiums at the most 
important Field Trials twr held in anv country. 
Its Great Durability lias been thoroughly 
Established, and It Is everywhere known uud re¬ 
cognized ns tho 
Standard of F-xeelloner in Material and 
XVorUiuaushiy, os well us l’erfectiou of Pt iu- 
ciple. 
Valuable improvements added for IS GO. 
Manufactured by 
ADRIANCE, PLATT & CO., 
165 Greenwich SL, N. Y. 
Manufactory, Poughkeepsie. N. Y. 
Circulars forwarded by malL 
The Manufacture of Pins. 
Right-Hand <uid Left-Hand Locks. 
LUlcux and itn Linen Factories. 
Cleaning Glided Ware. 
Encaustic Tties. .. 
•Salt—Us Manufacture aud Uses. 
Pa par Belting. 
Vegetable OU* —their Production and Purifica¬ 
tion ... 
Chimney* and Chimney-Shafts... 
Artificial Stone...... 
Plank Walls for Cottages. 
New Fact in thu Buhavtor of Iron..— 
Science und Art..*. 
•The ksntu* City Bridge. . 
( emeut to resist Red Heat and Bolling Water... 
Recovery Of Futty Matter from Waste Soup- 
Wutm’s.*. 
Paper House*..... 
Soalum 86 a Substitute tor Phosphorus in Luoilei 
Mulches. 
A Flea for Iron.... . 
To Keep NuiLs from Rusting.. 
♦Wrought-!ron Arch Girder Bridge... 
fcew 1 Mode or Breaking Masses of Iro’n,. 
Utilization of Street Dust. 
f>lterary. . 
How to Spoil u Uusbuud.. 
Chess. 
A New Alloy. 
•A Country or Suburban Bam. 
A New Material for Bonnets. 
•Design for a Summer House. 
Wovkluginen a* Studeuts. . 
Eating. .... 
The Philosophy Of a Candle.. 
Adulterations ...... 
Reolpe# lor Earthen-Ware Glaring. 
Hemp.. .... 
A Pour Prospec t fur the Year 1910... 
E. A. HEATH & CO., 
Sole Manufacturers for the United States, 
44 Murray Street, 
NEW YORK. 
WHY BE TROUBLED WITH 
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES? 
WINDOW SCREENS 
ON a rraw PLAN. 
Neater, Stronger. Cheaper and Better in Every Re- 
8peat than unv other Soroqn tp the market. VVliole- 
fule and Rout!!. Send for a Circular, 
E. 8. & J. TOItREY Ar CO.. 
No. 11 Burclny Bt., New York. 
£1 W. IDELL, 
* 3TK.TJIT AND PRODUCE 
COMMISSION MERCHANT 
328 CREENWICH STREET, 
NEW Y r O R K . 
RECIPROCATING CBDDEB. 
The above engraving represents a very simple nnd 
efficient apparatus for grinding the knives of u mow¬ 
ing or reaping machine. It consists of a Ughl iron 
frame, with a crank shaft ot one end. On the end of 
a pitman attached to till* shaft is Listened a block of 
grindstone, with the lower end beveled to tit the 
angle ot tim knife to he ground. The sickle bar la 
F iaced on u grooved bOurtfnt the opposite end of the 
raaie.nnd the storm, brought clown to tho bludo. and 
receives a reciprocal motion by turning tho crank. 
The stone is kept to U* work by i» preBsure or one 
hand on the Imudl* at the end of the stone. Tuo 
grinding 1* thus done very accurately, and the li no 
angle ot tho btado always kopt. Ou tlm opposite 
end of the shaft fropi the crank Is nu ordmnry grind¬ 
stone, which 1* useful tor ordinary grinding on the 
farm, and ut the same time serves osa balance or fly¬ 
wheel. Any ordinary farm hand can use the machine 
without trouble. 
This machine la for sale by 
LA DUE. BLISIl & CO., 
149 LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. 
TT I N K L E T 
11 KNITTING MACHINE. 
Tile Wonder of the Age—wltji single, eve-pointed 
Needle. Simple. Che«p, Roliuide-ii i Family Use. 
Agent J wanted everywhere to Introduce them. Ad- 
dies* Hr.STO.KY KNrm.vti Macux.vk Co., Bath. Me. 
| tfrcTy of Mcuil; Boiler and Furnace connuete; 
will work for hours If suiiplled with wafer, Ac.; tree 
from danger; a child cun work tt Sent freu with 
Instr uctlohs ror ?1.0h; three for *2.30. Address 
WALTER HOLT, 
102 Nassau St., New York. 
D rain tile m a c h r n e. 
The best In use. AU lrcn and steel. Gpmpact. 
6irople and durable. ttDd make* c.U kinds of Tile of 
the kc.;'x quality with gnat ntpuiitu. either by horse 
or steam power. For particular*, address 
J. W. PEN FIELD, 
Willoughby, Lake Co., Ohio. 
) £ L L Si HULLS! BELLS! 
-* Best aud Cheapest Made la tMs Coimtrr. 
Sead for Illustrated Catalogue. 
HARRISON & DAVIS. 
85 and 87 r*ark Piuce, New York City. 
« llaz.ard & CasncLl’* Cod Liver OU Is tho 
beat .”—Chicago Tribune, 
