MUNICIPAL BONDS 
P. «. Box 5,509. New York City. ; 
Thi* tea combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents in all the best dis¬ 
tricts of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every oonsumer of Teas ' o render us all 
the assistance they can In carrying out onr enter¬ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on onr ImportationsI. wnlch will enable 
ns to supply them with Ten* at prices lower than 
lia w e ever been known, and of those fine qualities 
thi t seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest In our 
enterprise, and send at once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods, 
we remain, 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. S Church Si., 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 
1874, by tlie Consumers Importing Tea Co., In the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washnigton. D. C. 
We aro now offering the balance of the 
AT PAR AND INTEREST. The Bonds mature in 
the year 1903* anil bear Interest at seven per cent, 
per annum, payable in this City In January and July. 
COUPON BONDS OK *1,000 KACH. 
REGISTERED BONDS OF *1,000 AND *5.000 
EACH. 
Under the direction of the BOARD OF WATER 
COMMISSIONER* more than EIGHT MILLS of 
SERVICE PIPE has been laid and brought Into 
ACTUA L SERVICE during the past year. 
We UNQUALIFIEDLY RKCOMMEMJ this loan 
as a first clasn investment, UNSURPASSED IN I TS 
SECURITY. 
Robinson, Chase & Co., 
Bankers, No. 18 Brond St„ New York. 
$1,500 5 Premiums. 
IMPORTANT to POTATO GROWERS 
OR.ANGC 
Winter 
Homes ' 
p (c S . V rBEE 1 ItoM THX&tjffl o • 2 2 
o °£ g -'jm? £ o2 
< I.E a (Ki 2 
Also, Unimproved Orange Land by the aere. 
Ask those who have visited Florida about the profits 
of Orange Culture. 
For Circulars address RUSS, HOOD Jr REFT, P.O.Box 5<12. 
Office, 20 Murray St., New York City. 
1874. BETTER THAN EVER! 1874 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE, 
EATON, MAOISON CO., N. V 
U A N UFA CTITRKR8 Of 
Compton's Surprise—Showing Habit of Growth, 
AWC A Ad t" be divided among tbo six 
O * OU.veU successful competitors who 
shall produce the largest quantity of elihrrof 
the following varletle* of Potator* KYTIU 
EARLV \ i itMOM , BBOW'NELL’D BEAI TV 
or COM P1U VS SUIT PRISE, from one-qiinrier 
of nn nerr of measured ground. #250 for each 
variety. 
awca A A to be divided among the six 
< OUtUU successful competitors who 
Portable, Stationary 
and Agricultural. 
Hundreds in use In Shops, 
Printing Room*, Mills, Mines, 
and on Farms and rlanta- 
lions, for Grain Threshing, 
Food Cooking for Stock. Cot- 
luwlng. Ac. 
shall produce the largest quantity from ONE 
POUND of the seed of elltier of the above named 
varieties, $i'>0 for each variety. Subject to 
condition* named on page 23 of our new Potato 
(Illustrated) Catalogue, just published,and will 
be mailed free to nil applicants. 
Bliss’s Abridged Catalogue and Gardener’s 
Almanac, illustrated. 100 pages, mailed to any 
address inclosing two throo-eent stamps. 
Bliss'* Amateur Guide and Illustrated Nprlng 
Catalogue, 200 pages, several hundred illustra¬ 
tions, with a beautifully colored lithograph of 
the most popular llowers In cultivation, mailed 
to any address upon receipt of 25 cents. 
Address B. K. BLISS A SOX*, 
ton Ginning, 
fir Circular* sent on application 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY 
RB.HOVED 
Tms Famous Journal entered upon its Twenty-Fifth ^ ear Jan. 3, 
] 874, find proposes to celebrate its Quarter-Centennial by furnishing a 
better paper than EVER before. Its Founder and Conductor and his 
Associates have resolved that it shall more than maintain its rank as the 
AGENTS 
\ $10 
'Per Day. 
NORWAY SPRUCE. 
A large and splendid stock, 2 to 8 teet, at very low 
rates. Also. Pears. Apples, Peaches, ami a general 
Nursery Stock, by SMITH A POWELL, 
ecosmized as the Standard Authority 
O 
To Stll the Home Shuttle Sewing Machine 
vjiurc wc arc not rejuriMUitod. Header!! you can make 
money *e)llnK the “ Home Shuttle ” 
w III llirr you «rc EXPERIENCED 111 O'* bas¬ 
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for mmily use our oirculsr* w ill uliow you how to save 
money. Address Johnson, Clark & Co,, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago, Ill., or 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Moore’s Rural lias long been r 
on Agricultural, Horticultural and Domestic Affairs, 
and as a Choice and High-Toned Literary and Family Paper, 
having ardent admirers in every State, Territory and Province on the Con¬ 
tinent. Indeed, it is the Best Paper for 
THE FARMER, 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
THE STOCK GROWER, 
THE DAIRYMAN, 
THE HOUSEWIFE, &C., 
as it inclndes, among others, the following distinct Departments. Apia¬ 
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rendering it the most complete Paper for Practical R nralists now published. 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
'The Rural New-Yorker has attained an enviable reputation, as its numer¬ 
ous readers can attest. The Literary and Miscellaneous Departments w ill 
receive increased care and attention, while no Department will be neglected 
— our aim being to excel in every and all features, and to furnish the 
best combined Rural, Literary and Family Newspaper obtainable. 
THE RURAL’S ILLUSTRATIONS 
Are Numerous, Varied and Beautiful. Indeed, our object is to render 
tlie whole paper exceptionally Valuable and Acceptable. Its Reports of 
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TERMS, In Advance :-Only $2.50 per Year-leas to Clubs, and great Inducements to 
Club Agents. Premium List 3 , Specimens, &e., sent to all disposed to act In bshalf of the 
Bv one Agent selling Stlifr* Patent 
Him Recommended by the late 
Horace Greo>lej\ Am. Agriuulturist, 
and 100.000 Families utdJOfThem. 
One county fOr each Agent, tfucm* 
/nr., C. A. CLEGG jfc CO., 
30 Certlandt St., N. V. 
ALLEN’S 
AMERICAN CATTLE 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increaned Facilities to Club Orgnnliters. 
Send lor New Price Lint. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. 0. Box 5043. 31 & 33 Veaey 8t., New York. 
THEIR HISTORY, BREEDING AND 
MANAGEMENT. 
Every breeder or owner of Cattle should have this 
work by Hon. Lewis F. ALlkn, Kx-Prest. N. Y. State 
Ag. Society, Editor of “American Short-Horn Herd 
Book,” JSC., Ac. It is a handsomely illustrated and 
well printed and bound volume of 623 duodecimo 
pages. Mailed, post-paid, to any address In Lnlted 
States or Canada on receipt of reduced price, $2. 
Address _ 
O. ». T. MOORE, „ „ 
5 Hsrkinnn Ht., N. V. 
OWELL 
conduct mi Agency for the reception of advertise¬ 
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plete establishment i* the kind In the wurld. Six 
thousand XewsfM’kus arc kept regularly on file 
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without any additional charge or commission- All 
advertiser, in dealing with the Agency, is saved 
trouble uud correspondence, making one contract In¬ 
stead of a dozen, n hundred or a thousand A nook 
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single paper us well as for a list; fora- new dollar as 
readily as for a larger sum. tub :< - .Tot., - Building), 
A Work on the Breeding, Rear 
Ihg, Care and General Man¬ 
agement of Poultry. 
BY WILLIAM M. LEWIS. 
This is one of the finest gotten-uo works on the 
subject on which It treats, for Its size and price, of 
any publication of the kind In this country. It Is 
finely and profusely Illustrated, and printed and 
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0. 0. T. MOORE. Publisher, 
5 psebomn fi(„ New York. 
|6ABL<E 
| SCREW 
IWXRE 
Boots and Shoes made in 
this way cost 20 per cent, 
lens than hand-sewed, and 
are their equal in every re¬ 
spect. 
SILVER 
tipped 
SHOES 
A four-year-old that catiuot 
wear a shoe through at the 
toe in ten days is not worth 
raising. Silver Tips pre¬ 
vent this. 
