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Jt-L*- I>-, (author of " Sheep Husbandry in Uie South. - 
4UNI44 ‘ 
GEO. STECK & CO.’S 
| PIANOS 
im> now everywhere rccogn Ified as the beat. For line 
and kymimtiii tu' rovy, fnr thorough workmanstdp', 
and the greatest noSBible IUJUAhii.ity thev are 
wholly unrivaled. The 8TECK VA HInktou UPIUQHT 
Plano, Cow III ul iik several most important Improve* 
menu, patrntku, ih proa on need ny all con potent 
Judge* the \l«sr PKiirECl Plano Of this elans ever 
produced. Every instrument warranted furtive years 
NEW WAREROOIMS25 East l lili Hr., N. Y. 
35,000 PEOPLE 
Will tills year purchase General Accident Policies In 
the Tha v bi.kus Insurance Company of Hartford, 
Conn.—the only Company In America writing yearly 
or monthly Accident Policies—which has shown the 
great value of its insurance by 
PAYING $750 A DAY 
for every working day during the past nine years, in 
dl>oot henellts to Us policy-holders. These policies , 
arc sought by thousands of keen business men, who 
know when they pay their money 
>r every working day during the past nine years, in DESIGNS FOR 3DOXjIL,Y ~\7~ A. ~R.T~> TnTVf HA.TS. 
k>et henellts to its policy-holders. These policies . r,.,,,.„ 
o sought by thousands of keen business men, who - 1 ~ ituo lMsn. "• Normandy Pippin. 3. 'Die Spanish Clerical. 4. A Palette to suit 
iow wlion they pay their money some tastes, o. 1 he “ Savoy ” Biscuit. 6. The Coal, very dear coal-scuttle. 
FOR A GOOD THING. Banking House of Jay Cooke & Co.. 
The General Accident Policies of the Travelers 
Insurance Company may be obtained without 
delay, and at. small cost, of any authorised Agent, 
and they insure against. 
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. at 
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENTS. th 
CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS. K 
BRIDGE ACCIDENTS. 
STREET ACCIDENTS. ar 
ACCIDENTS BY MACHINERY. _l 
ACCIDENTS IN THE SHOP. , 
ACCIDENTS IN THE FACTORY. 
ACCIDENTS OF FARMING. 
ACCIDENTS OF BUILDING. 
ACCIDENTS BY DROWNING. 
ACCIDENTS OF RIDING OR DRIVING. 'll 
ACCIDENTS OF WALKING. 
ACCIDENTS OF TRAVELING. 
ACCIDENTS OF STAYING AT HOME. I 
ACCIDENTS ON THE LAND. m 
ACCIDENTS ON THE WATER. mn< 
ACCIDENTS OF ALL OCCUPATIONS. 
ACCIDENTS EVERYWHERE. ' 
Now is the time to procure u yearly policy. Apply ^ 
to any Agent, or write to the Travelers Insur- - 
anck Company, Hartford, Conn. 9 
FOR X CENT “ 
Tmy :i Postal turd and arffi-cus Hr It AC HUM I', Buffalo, 
N- Y.,fora Pice, Strongly bound 18 page M.moruinliiin » 
Koalt» or as many as wanted for neighbors, fret, post- 
paid. Send soon, before edition Is exhausted. jb 
No. 20 Wall St., New York, ! 
•lime 8th, IN7«. \ 
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company having determined to close its 7-80 First Mortgage Gold Loan 
a an aggregate not exceeding thirty million dollars, and thereafter to pay no higher rate of Interest 
than 6 per cent on further issues of its bonds, (M limited remainder of the 7 3-1 o loan is now being dis- 
1 osed of through the usual agencies. 
A* tho bonds of this issue arc made receivable in payment, for the Company’s lands at 1.10, they 
are in constant und incrcastug demand for this purpose, and will continue to be after the loan is closed 
a fact which much enhances their value and attractiveness as an investment. 
The Company lias more than 60U miles of Its road built and In operation, has earned title to nearly 
ten million acres of Its land grant, and sales of lands huve thus far averaged J5.66 per acre 
All marketable securities are received in exchange for Northern Pacifies at current rates. 
JAY COOKE & CO. 
BUILDING PAPER! 
For Sheathing. Roofing, Deafening, Carpet. Lining, and as a substitute for Plastering, bend for Samples 
and Circulars, to D, F.. Hale k Co., 5(1 & 58 Park Place, N. Y., or ltocit River Paper Co., Chicago. 
The Iowa Homestead 
and Farm Journal. 
A ultural, live 
7\ (STOCK nml FAMILY PAPER, published 
ul, lies Hoine*, the Capital of Iowa 
The Homestead was established in 1855, and is re¬ 
tarded as the win ‘el-horse In the great movement of 
farmers against monopolists In the West and through¬ 
out the country. 
It bus been the l'rieud of tho Put run* of Hus¬ 
bandry from Uieoi-gunismtlon of LlifllOrder, lighting 
I'll - its principles In (lie midst <)t bitterest Opposition, 
nutil in Iowa alone it numbers a Iliniilrril Thou¬ 
sand fariiiprs, farmers' wives, sons and daughters, 
und In the i , igp many times that number and be¬ 
side tty ueparliueiils on Agriculture, Stock Breeding 
ami Household matters, which alone ure worth runnv 
times its prlee.lt gives ail official weekly record of 
t he progress of (lie Order throughout the Union and 
Canada, with Correspondence, Questions and An- 
. wits from all parts of the world. 
The Homestead n read everywhere, and lias 
the widest circulation of any paper in ihn entire 
North-West, 
Send for a copy, free. 
Subscriptions ...*3.00 
To Patrons. ] .50 
HOMESTEAD CO., Des Moines, Iowa, 
$75 to $250 per month, everywhere, 
’ male and litmale. 
to introduce the GENUINE IMPROVED COM¬ 
MON SENSE KAMII.V SEWING MACHINE. 
This machine will si|tell, hem. fell,tuck,quill,cord, 
bind, braid and embroider In a most superior man¬ 
ner. Price only $15. I'ully licensed and warranted 
for live years. We will pay $1,000 for any machine 
t hat will sew a stronger, more beautiful, or more 
elastic seaui than ours. It makes tho “ Elastic 
Look fttiUih." Every second Bitten cun no cut,, and 
still the cloth cannot he pulled apart without tear¬ 
ing it. Wu pay Agents from $75 to $350 per mouth 
and expenses, or u commission from which twice 
(hut amount can be made. SKC<1MB A CO., Easton, 
Muxs:.; Pittslmrg % jPit,; VhUaQo.TU.; nr St. Usuis, .\l ... 
MAGIC LANTERNS 
8t lcitKOPT1CONft, Ac., Ac. New slides at greatly 
reduced prices. .1 tv i'u orotttabir hustiics lor a. /non 
•with email is pit at. Scud stamp for Catalogue. 
VV. MITCHELL Me ALLISTEIt, 
1311 Chestnut 8t., Philadelphia. 
Nortliern Ohio Fair Association. 
Promivnus, 3*30,000! 
The Fourth Annual Fair of this Association will 
be held at Clovelitud, O,, on the 29th of Sep- 
tember, 1873, and continue five (5) days. 
Premium Lists will be ready >n duo season. 
Hon. J. P. RuBISON, Pres’t. 
8AM. BRIGGS, Sec’y. 
pr' AGENTS WANTED FOR 
a Tr i *»drsifT#«'»» 
$732 
MADE IN 
13 I DAYS 
,By one Ageni selling Silvers Patent 
It room. Recommended bv the late 
Horace Greeley, Am. Agriculturist, 
and 100.000 Families using them. 
Onn county for inch Agent. Success 
sun. C. A. CLEGG A CO., 
20 Cortlandt Bt., N. Y. 
Silvers Patent 
JESU: 
His dlviulty esta blished and rationalism ro uted. 
The most popular andj-apidly-seUin g religious work 
ever issued. For Circulars, address UNITED STATES 
PUBLISHING CO., 4IX Broome Bt., New York. 
FOR PRESENT PLANTING FOR 
Fall and Winter Crops. 
Detailed Price-List now ready. Muiled free. 
Seedsmen, 35 Cortlandt Street, N. Y. 
w. i. f or Hock Rivkr Paper Co., Chicago. 
12.000,000 ACRES 
CIIEAI?* F-AIIIVIS ! 
Cheauest l.iiud in Ilurhef, 
for style by the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COM- 
rA3S\. In the Cirtnt Platte Vnlleu! .‘MHHMMJO 
A CRUS tu CENTRAL NEBRASKA now for sale in 
tracts (d forty acres and Upwards on ft tuamt ten wars' 
•liW , a J ''71 A'!'!-. aura me interest mini red. 
MILD AND HEALTHFUL l I.IMATE, FEUT1I.K 
o.MLt ABUNDANCK OFG<IOD WATER. THE 
REST MARKET IN THE WEST! The Great Min- 
lug Regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nevada, 
Ting supplied by the farmer , in the io.ni, Vi,u, „. 
SOLDIERS ENITTLED TO A HOMESTEAD uF 
•GftAliftfct. THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR rOl,- 
♦ NiEb. FREE HOMES FOB ALL. MtllwitHofacres 
ul cnoit-i* (jOVcTnmcrit I-uuhIm fcir entry under 
tho j Lit hi*' fifth t Lilio, nour tthlti dretit LitrUfO nil, with 
Koun uuirkots mid all the ormv4*iih»>noe8 of an old aot- 
tleu eumitry. l- rot* to imrcbaaera of Uullroud 
I.;in ( l. Sectional maps, ^howlthK the i'xuat luctitlon 
o land,ttlbO new edition »r LJ^ci ipluu- Pamphlet with 
I\i w M.inx. M,nit it Wtt Hv, eiiwin rr* Addrewy 
A \ IS* lo’iml Com in inmiii hi* r, 
U. I > . H* II. Co., Oniaiiu, Neb. 
Y For Mot li Patclies, Freckles &Tau, 
S PERRY’S 
Modi and Freckle Lotion. 
It Is reliable and harmless. 
For Pimples on the Face, 
BLACKHEADS AND HESHWORMS, 
Use PjJuuv’e Improved Comedonk 
and PiMPLi: Remedy —the Great 8kin Medicine. 
Prepared only by Dit. li. r. PERRY, 
Sold by Utl Druggists. Bond St., New York. 
D R. 1)10 LEWIS has opened a fine “CUKE," 
on Beacon Hill, Boston. Baud for Circular. 
W ANTED.-A FARMER, in Every Town, 
as agent torthe Collins Steel Plows, For 
terms, Ac., address COLLINB St CO., 
212 Water St., New York. 
DANDAtL'S PRACTICAL SHIil*- 
HER D : A Complete Treatise on 
the Breeding, Management and 
Disease** of Sheep. 
SIXTY YOUNG MEN AND LADIES—To place in 
positions where they will aonuire a thorough aud 
practical knowledge of Telegraphy, and receive u 
com mission while practicing. Address, with stamp, 
C. A. SHEARMAN, Sup’t Union Telegraph Com¬ 
pany, Oberlin, Ohio. 
A MERINOS.-W® offer for sale 
about 10) of our fine thorougli-breds. Also, pure 
Light Brahmas and Eggs. Send for Catalogue. Orders 
solicited. JOHN SHELDON A SON, Moscow, N. Y. 
L . ” Bheep Wiisbimdry,” Ac.,) is the Stand¬ 
ard Authority on the Subject. It i- the most com¬ 
plete and reliable Treatise on American Sheep Hus¬ 
bandry ever published, and (as (the New England 
Farmer says) “should be in the hand and head of 
every persob owning sheep." 
The PRACTICAL Shkvhekd contains 452 pages, and 
la illustrated, printed and bound In superior style. 
Twenty-seventh Edition now ready. Sent by mall 
post-paid, ou receipt of prioe-H$2. Address 
II. D. T. MOORE, Publisher, 
5 Beckman 81., New York, 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., 
Orpiis A He lotfcons 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
in tlie United States. 
52,000 
Now In use. 
j No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same 
popularity. 
S37~ Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
NOTICE TO INVESTORS 
Chicago & Canada 
SOUTHERN. 
$ 5 , 000,000 
1 PER CENT. GOLD BONDS 
At BO and ACCRUED INTEREST. COUPON AND 
REGISTERED. INTEREST PAYABLE IN GOLD, 
April and October. 
Wo now offer these Bonds at the above VERY 
LOW PRICE. 
THE CANADA SOUTHERN, or Eastern end 
of this lino, whose Bonds were so rapidly sold last 
Summer, 
Is Now Finished, 
and will be opened for business, in connection with 
the TOLEDO AND WABASH and other Western 
roads, at a very early day. The CHICAGO AND 
CANADA SOUTHERN, or Western cud of this lino, 
U now being rapidly built, and the Company expect 
It to be finished during the present year. 
I Ills GREAT TRUNK LINE, when completed 
through, will bo of Immense advantage to the ship¬ 
ping interests of the Great West, being LEVEL, 
SrilAJdUr. and 33 mUcs Shorter lliau any other 
route. Having connections with all the lines run¬ 
ning into Buffalo ut the East and Chicago at the 
West, and under the management of some of the 
most experienced railroad operators of the country, 
its success is rendered a certainty, and Us bonds 
must bo a safe and profitable Investment. It makes 
the shortest mid best connections going West, both 
at I’olcdo and Detroit, and is < he only Seven percent*. 
Gold Bond on any through Trunk line now offered. 
Pamphlets aud ul) Information furnished by 
LEONARD, SIIELDOiV & FOSTER, 
BANKERS, 
No. 10 B ALL ST., NEW YORK. 
WINSLOW, LAMER & (0., 
BANKERS, 
No. 27 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. 
PH H, F T.Y VISITING CARDS-Beautt- nfl 
rt| I “Pf Printed on tine Bristol Hoard —sent LI 
III anywhere, post-paid, ou receipt of 50 cH. H| | 
uu P. B VAN DYNE, Jackson, Mich. JU 
U IVKK vie W Mflftnrv Academy, Pougli- 
Ki.*ep8lc, y.i. Athormitfli-Rruiru; school for boys. 
n if* VOU EVER SEE A CHILD THAT 
did not have holes through Hie toes of its -hoes? 
ir you did they were protected by 
„„ SILVER TIPS. 
I bey neve r wea r through at the toe. Try them. 
I kO YOU WANT THE BEST SHOE EVER 
I r made, ihat will not rip or leak, and is easier than 
any machine sewed or pegged shoe V Huy the 
GA-BLE SCREW WIRE 
make. All genuine bear tile Patent Stamp. 
AGRICULTURAL 
CHEMICALS. 
Sulphate of Ammonia; Sulphate of Potash: Sul- 
Phuto of Soda; Sulphate of LUnc; Sulphuric Acid ; 
Nitrate of Soda; Nitrate of Potash; Bl-phosphate 
ill Lime (Acid Phosphate)! .Muriate of Potash, &c. 
Also, No. Peruvian Guano: Ground Bones; Aiu- 
mouiated Superpln.sphatc ; Fish Guano, Ac. 
UEO. E. WHITE, 100 Fruut St., N, Y. 
IT BE 110 Lit ROOK'S _ 
I IIANI) CULTIVATOR, / >*N 
and save, time anil J.AUOU 
weeding and mellowing gar- 
don or field. .1 lad can do /T\ 7 
mart work with it. than six (\Lf \ 
menunt.h hiwx. it saves near- uGw^ei 
ly all hand weeding, ttis.x- JMStSi 
tensivelgeued arid uuUicrsatty * — - 
&rK‘m, 1 ( i a' rElia - o. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
fncrenued Facllltlea to Club Orgnulzera. 
Send lor New Price L!»t. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
Pm 0. Box 564 3.) 81 k 33 Vesey Bt., New York. 
YIARHART’S PULVERIZING GUI TVVJL. 
y TOR has more practical points than any cultiva- 
PricS *1•!’ “ Ud 18 ‘ nd, ^5 8 ,“ T bl £5 8 “ Implement. 
Price, f. i. BKADLKY M a n m 
1DLKY MANUF’G CO.” 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
