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53 Exchange Place, and M. Iv. Jesup 
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Pacific Railway. These Bonds pay 
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of the Finest Lauds in Kansas and 
Colorado. In addition to this special 
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Millions of Acres in Kansas, which 
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country and improve the road. They 
are a first mortgage upon me exten¬ 
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Pamphlets, Maps and Circulars fur¬ 
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EASY LESSONS IN BOTANY. 
Dear Nephews and Nieces:— I am 
glad to meet you all to-day, and glad, also, 
to find that you have been pursuing your 
botanical investigations at home. 1 wouldn’t 
give much lor boys and girls that can’t study 
unless a teacher is with them all the time. 
Well, Titie, what do you find of so much 
interest in those rose leaves you are examin¬ 
ing? Ah, I seel 
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Sapoi.io will make Tins resemble Silver. 
Use only KAUm.tO to clean White Paint, 
rfrom Marble SAPGLlo removes all Stains. 
1','ir polishing Knives Ha pot .hi I* nnsurpassed. 
lor cleaning Bru*s Stnlr-Korts Safolio has no 
eanul. 
If you would have clean windows, use Sapolio. 
Sample cake »cnt by mall on reeelpt of 20 cents. 
Depot, 211 Washington St., Now York. 
Established 1809. 
Particular attention is called to our SOAPS for 
family use. 
to be fret; from the prickles which now cover 
them ? I think not. They do not seem to 
be produced by the transformation of any 
organ, and therefore could not be developed 
into any other part of the plant, They 
grow at no determinate point, arc merely 
connected with the epidermis or outer skin, 
and are found on the stem leaves, and some¬ 
times on the fruit. 
Spines and thorns are produced by the 
transformation of some of the regular organs 
of the plant on which they grow, and often 
exhibit a tendency to return to their original 
type. The spines of the berberry arc evi¬ 
dently transformed lea ves, a? they arc often 
partially developed into leaves. The petioles 
of thegoats-thorn change to spines alter the 
leaflets fall off. The spines of the locust 
grow in pairs at the base of the petiole, and 
are considered as transformed Stipules. 
Thoms originate from axillary buds, and, 
having the sumo arrangement on the stem as 
the branches, are supposed to be produced 
by the arrested growth of these members. 
From tins we may infer that both t horns and 
spines, under favorable circumstances, may 
be developed into the organs from which 
their arrested growth changed them, The 
apple and pear tree produce thorns in their 
wild state, but become thornless by culture. 
Can you tell me, Emerson, how you could 
decide whether any bush you were examin¬ 
ing had prickles or thorns? 
Yes, by stripping off the bark; if there 
were prickles, they would come off with it, 
rpiIK ORIGINAL WRINGER MAN’S 
MONITOR EXTRA. 
iVOKirm. 
Tulip Tree Blossom. 
ington, Ind., which attained the height of 
one hundred and twenty-five feet. Its cir¬ 
cumference, four feet from the ground, was 
twenty-three feet, and its diameter, thirty 
feel from the ground, five feet. It. blossoms 
in May and June. The flowers are greenish 
yellow outside, and orange within, and some¬ 
what resemble the tulip, but are broader and 
erect. They have three outer leaves, or di¬ 
visions of the calyx, which fall off soon after 
the flower expands, and six leaves, or petals, 
iu the inner row. The wood is used as a 
substitute for pine, and is called white wood. 
Stipules— (Rose.) 
Those little appendages at the base of the 
petiole are called stipules. They differ greatly 
in form, color and texture, and in many 
plants are entirely wanting. The stipules of 
the pansy are so large and so similar in tex¬ 
ture and color to the leaf that a careless 
observer might think them a part of it; but 
they differ greatly from the leaf in form, and 
their posit ion on the petiole designates them 
as stipules. 
Carrie, can you firr 1 another plant 
that lias stipules? .stilly! You were not 
obliged to look long it seems. These red 
clover stipules are transparent; the veins 
only being colored. Did you ever notice 
rotojeomuiwr. 
CLOTHES WHINGEll 
Ib the most reliable machine made. 
It is the only leading machine wli li All White Rub¬ 
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stein the cloiheti. 
H can be attached to Tubs of any size or shape. 
It Is the only woodon-framed machine with tw. 
Wheels and self-adjusting Rubber, so constructed as 
to allow the Rollers to separate equally alike ai both 
ends, and keen the CORA in Rear and Rollers level 
when In operation. 
The Iron work Is all malleable and wrought iron, 
and end drably galvanized. 
Tills machine Is warranted in every particular. 
Bold by Dealers generally. Manufactured by JOHN 
YOUNG (Original Wringer Man) A SON, Amster¬ 
dam, N. Y. 
but thorns would remain still projecting from 
the wood. When branches are arrested at 
an early stage of their development, and do 
not appear beyond the surface of the stem, 
they form knots. Aunt Ollie. 
ILLUSTRATED CONUNDRUM.-No. 1 
Stipules— (Pansy.) 
"Well, Mary, what have you to ask? 
“ These little twining things on the grape 
vine” are called tendrils. They seem wise 
provisions of nature whereby weak stems 
may cling to stronger things for support. 
You will observe that only one leaf with its 
axillary bud, or growing branch, arises at a 
node, while on the opposite side is found a 
forked tendril or a cluster of grapes. At 
each node the order is reversed, preserving a 
beautiful regularity of growth, where no con- 
! dieting circumstances prevent its following 
the course of nature. 
These tendrils seem to be modified flower 
or fruit stems, from the tiict, of their position 
opposite the leaves, t he point from which the 
flower stems, when developed, always grow. 
In some plants they are transformed st ipules, 
growing in pairs at the base of the petiole, 
as in t he green-briar. Sometimes the main 
stem of a compound leaf terminates with a 
branching tendril, as in the pea vine. The pe¬ 
tioles of the Clematis are very long and Lwine 
themselves around whatever they can reach, 
thus serving as tendri Is. The tendrils of the 
ivy and trumpet flower plant themselves 
into the bark of trees and into the crevices 
in the walls of buildings over which they 
climb. 
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What two characters in the Bible are here 
x. H. M. 
Kygr Answer in two weeks. 
1^0 ____ 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA,—No. 34. 
J am composed of Boventy-eeri n letters. 
20. 7, art, 2(5, 34, 4b, 7ft, 29 is an animal. 
$}j «,L8A18,86, 4 H, m. 74, Hi is a flower. 
ay. 72. A 00, 45 is o. mineral. 
ad. kT i'v,* 1 ' 41 ; 3L 70, 15 Is a bird. 
a & $’ h K' *' C4 ’ :fc; ' ^ ln ' ™ 18 a flower, 
vi . -i' iV u ' r ‘ H - «3, CD. 4 i« m. animal. 
kT iV **♦ *6* 00 is a sail vuasol* 
Jfy y S' u ' 1IJ ' ■ i; ‘-«-1«. ™ is a fish. 
B IRCH’S MAGIC WATCH KEY WILL 
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sent by mail. Address J. S. BIRCH, 8 John bt., N. Y 
Tendrils— (Grape Vine.) 
The family name of clover is Trifolhm, 
meaning three-leaved, which is a distinctive 
feature of the family. The Trifolmm lie- 
pens, or white clover, lias stipules also, but 
they are very small, and grow so near the 
ground that care is required to obtain them 
for examination, ns we generally break off 
the stem above them. Stipules are con¬ 
sidered by botanists as a modification of the 
leaf. They generally remain as long as the 
leaf and fall off with it, but they sometimes 
fall off when the leaf expands. 
Superior to any yet invented, combining all the 
advantages of the French patents, with wonderful 
SIMPLICITV, 
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CHARADE.-No. 22 
Battling 'neath the hill, 
Rumbling: o'er the rill. 
Many people fill 
My first. 
Frisking lamb snow-white, 
Chirping 1 bird at night, 
Or dog that does not bite, 
Is my second. 
Princly mansion tali, 
Vine-clad cottage small, 
Alike where footsteps fall, 
Claim my whole. 
4 qtwsf.uuo 
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tunes, £i. Bent freo by mall on receipt of price. 
Orders to the amount of eft sent C. O. t». One dollar 
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GUIS S l 1 C CUSS OF THIS DODGE 
1 SELF RAKER during the past season ha* been 
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crop, short or long, Judged or otherwise, and the 
driver can make gavels with either of the Rakes 
and whenever he chooses, in perfect order for bipd- 
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further i nformation, please write for a pamphlet. 
Denio, 
PROBLEM.—No. 24. 
There is a solid whoso form is the frustum of 
a pyramid, whoso bases are triangles, yvhose alti¬ 
tude Is 10 feet, and whose contents are 443>» 
cubic feet. The sides of one base are severally 
10, 21 and the square root of 205 feet. If the 
solid be divided into three equal parts by planes 
parallel to its bases, what will be the height of 
each part? S. Cornell. 
Altay, N. Y. 
S5f”Answer in two weeks. 
M I'LOYMENT that pans. For particulars, ad 
Prickles-( Raspberry.) 
Vines are not always furnished with ten¬ 
drils, but twine themselves around other 
objects for support. Such vines have one 
very singular habit. Every individual plant 
of the same species revolves in the same 
direction, although other species may twine 
in an opposite direction. The hop always 
winds from let) to right, with the sun, and 
the morning glory from right to left from 
the sun. They seem determined to have 
their own way, and no amount of coaxing 
or training can change their course. 
Once, when 1 was a little girl and had not 
learned this peculiar disposition of twining 
vines, I attempted to assist a Rutland Beauty 
to climb a cord over my window. I ten¬ 
der))' raised it from the ground where it was 
running and wound ii gently around the 
string, flattering myself il would appreciate 
my attention, and, in return, manifest its 
Stipules—(T ulip Tree.) 
The Tulip Tree has large and conspicuous 
stipules, which protect the leaf in the bud, 
and fall off when it has unfolded. This is 
one of the most remarkable trees of our 
American forests. 
ANAGRAM.-No. 20, 
Thoyu aws ym rcnfld; tub booty adh gwins, 
Dan ch shn uolfu tonu hetayd, 
Nad felt cm tii a gitnli fo singtb, 
Dewbellred no a sonleomo yaw, 
Dna lasscero twah toh turf ue rigbns.j 
Answer in two weeks. O. O, E 
Its majestic form, dark 
j green foliage, and showy, bell-shaped flowers, 
A fender it an object of interest to the student 
1’ _l... . T. . ^ _ 
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SOLD BA' DEALERS EVERYWHERE, 
Washing and Wringing Machines.— In reply to a number of our readers who have de 
sired Information as to which wringer and washing machine is the most practical, we wouki 
state that Duty's ) rasher and the Ifnivenol Ho rum have been in use in the families of a num¬ 
ber of parties connected with this Journal, (and in one case over live years,) and have gi\ e.i 
perfect satisfaction.—A, F. PForitl. 
ol nature, It is found in all latitudes 
on our Continent, from Canada to Lou¬ 
isiana, but i more abundant and of larger 
growth in the Western States. It is ordi¬ 
narily abr it eighty feet high, with a diame¬ 
ter of tw * or three feet. Wood, iu his class 
book of botany, speaks of one near Bloom- 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Ii.ijtstr Atkii Rfrus NO. '41.— Your opinions should 
not always be expressed. 
Biblical Enioma No. 4.—The raising of Samuel 
by the Witeli of Etidor. 
Miscellaneous ENIGMA No. 32.—Suffer little chil¬ 
dren to uome unto me. 
Charade No. 20.—Ivauboe. 
SJTulul 
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