with privilege? of mirciiaae, Hi nt paid ihm 1 
in Six 
Month* 
monthly for 12 months 
OES. 42 
mi it and Humor 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
Fins A Osh’s wlnrs. 
Hack - ii i r k ft —A flea. 
Pig A Log’s little boy. 
St a it ft- The moon's ogtrs. 
SNORING Letting off sleep. 
Tt.l-gott'kn gains Doctor’s fees. 
Snow Haiti all popped out white. 
Tin: tea dealer’s mott o—Honest tea. 
Titi'NK (of an elephant) His front tail. 
A nr .ad latch That on a cemetery gate. 
Atm Kit's worldly name is Marie Jorshon. 
Pan A thing to brush Hie warm off with. 
Swr.f.TS for the 111 tempered—tart sayings. 
TitKlilght of absurdity—“ Medium " lilght. 
Tit a \CE-MIORATION of soles—Sleep-walking. 
YY h t don’t the girls like self-fastening skates V 
Early to bed and early to rise will all he In 
vain if you don't advertise. 
When does the wind deserve reproof ? Whim 
it whistles through the house. 
With the exception of lassies, maple sugar 
is the sweetest product of Vermont. 
“ Wiggins, are you fond of fish-balls?" 
“ Fish-balls I J never attended one in my life." 
* - m- ' ^ 
It 
1864. 
1874 , 
iktstjuej iw the 
p n a 8^0 ^ n i 
LIFE AND ACCIDENT 
INSURANCE CO., HARTFORD. 
-> »< — — . 
Cash Assets, $3,000,000. 
General Accident Policies for the year or 
month, written by Agents. 
Life ttlid Endowment Insurance of the best 
forms at Low Cash Ratos. 
THE TRAVELERS 
Has been for ten years in successful business; has 
written 3.30,0i>3 General Accident Policies, and 20,000 
i to Policies; its security Is unquestioned, its con¬ 
tract definite. its premiums low; hu- promptly paid 
over twenty thaum.nl claims of policy holders for 
death or injury by accident; and sells Insurance, 
i 'i’er i.itc or Accident, or both combined, of the 
Quality, upon the licst I'lnn, and on the Best 
*■ ns. 
.IAS. fj. II ATTIC It SOX, President. 
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 
John e. Morris, Ass’t Secretary. 
H3T Apply to - y Agent, or write to the Company. 
New York O. 'e, 207 Broadway. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRIC ES. 
Increased Facilities lo Club Orgnnlzera. 
Send for New Price Uni. 
THE OREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. o. n..,r 3M3. 3, & S3 Vesey St., New York 
GEO. A. PRIME & CO., 
Organs A IMclodcons. 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
54*000 
Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Popularity. 
B3P“ Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
GALLANTRY. 
Maiden Aunt (remonstrating with Dublin Street Arab.) — “Don’t vou know sir it’s 
very dangerous to throw stones? That one very nearly hit me, sir'? And supposing 
it had put my eyeout, and blinded me, what would you have done then ?” 11 
Street Bo J/.—“Share, I'd have married yer, av eoorae }” 
Table Knives and Forks of ill Kinds, 
AND EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF iUili 
(circtttjar.) fycelsicc® 0 ^ 0,,r Own Printing- 
Consumers Importing Tea Co,,) ,n wt.bl. >9Sjri'gSS'tgfe? 
No. 8 C*„„L 8,roc. I IMK"SSSSK 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. I I ««»'• trade. AmateurPrintitiff,delight 
fnlpastime lor spare hours. BOYS 
This Isa combination of capitalists to supply the rSyG** have great fun mid make money fu*. 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on fe Pl inH "]L cuUh^iepre^^B^yiiectcl'tothe^Ifra 
the mutual principle. 1 Te SS®* KELSEY & CO. Dferlden, Conn. 
We have experienced agents in all the best dls- ~' 1 —--- 
trlcts of China and Japan to select Teas especially ASTMI g’ C^FHAJtt Phhad^phiu' I*a' 
foro, rtra<16 SUPERFLUOUS HAIR Removed. Address 
We expect every consumer of Teas ‘o ronder us all _____ ■ i. vyi am, mia. 
the assistance they can In carrying out our enter- n , . ___ _ _ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON. IlG9i(l6rS 01 1 116 XvllTB/l 
Sl'MERS ONLY' (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our importations), wnioh will enable wl11 c,>,,J>r il favor by allowing their minds to 
us to supply them with Teas nt prices lower than ljp directed towards the 
(ciecttlab.) 
Consumers Importing Tea €o., ) 
No. 8 Church Street. r 
P. O, IIox 5,509. New York City. ) 
This is a 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 consumer of Teas o ronder us all 
the assistance they can in carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON. 
SUMERg ONLY' (and allow no middlemen to make 
any prom on our importations), which will enable 
us to supply them with Teas nt prices lower than 
have ever been known, and of those One qualities 
An 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 onr 
enterprise, nnd 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. H Church St,, 
F. O. Box 5,509. New Y ork I’ity. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 
18<4, by the Cons tuners Importing 'IV i Co., in tlie 
Olhceof the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. 
CHEAPEST BECAUSE BEST. 
QTCpI# PIANO! 
h/G 0 S-, B Si Mq M_irpnsni‘H nil other 
X& H EtSJ '5ar Bu Piano* in elegance, 
, .... . Iicumy of tone, ami 
diirnbitity. It took the ONLY 
GOLD MEDAL 
nt the VIENNA EXPOSITION uf 1S73. 
YVnieroomM. No. 25 Knai 1 Ith St., N. Y. 
1’rom the New York Tribune. Jan. li. 1871"Amer¬ 
ican imintifneMtrers lmVe triumphed once again. 
Many hundreds of pinuu-fortes were exhibited ut 
Viennn Kxposition from ihe manufautoHcs of 
the most eminent makers, but to the American 
l Innog of Geo. rttoi-.k A Co. ALONE was awarded 
the liiglii-Hi prize, the Bold llcdal. We con. 
graliilutu Mock & Co. upon tneir hriliiunt success In 
a brunch of industry Which is assuming such colossal 
proportions,’’ 
The Rest Paper, and the Best Premiums to 
Agents, Is our motto. YVo ignore Chromes and all 
other cheap colored piotures, preferring to put our 
money In tin paper, and in Premiums to Agents 
FAVORITE LAWN MOWER, 
thus lending them to examine this simple and 
efficient little aid to beauty before purchasing 
any other, and our word for it they will never 
re.gret this appeal. Manufactured by 
WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., 
11 a i*t ioi*,!. Conn. 
Clarkes 
New Method 4 $ Piano-Forte. 
Endorsed by the Musical, Educational and 
general Press, and by Good Teachers, to be 
Beyond all Comparison the Best 
to be had at Book and Music stores. 
Sent by Mail, Price, $3.75, 
LEE & WALKER, }“S£iaSS£. , “’ 
Pratt’s Astral Oil! 
Absolutely SAFE ! 
Perfectly Odorless! 
always Uniform. illuminating Qualitiks 
supiumon. to &as. 
CHA8. PRATT <Y CO., 
Established 1770. 108 Fnltou Mi., New Y ork 
G.G. GUNTHER’S SONS, 
502—504 Broadway, 
OFFKH THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK OF 
LADIES’ FURS. 
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. 9 
Sable, Seal, Mink, 
AND ALL OTHER TUBS, 
IN GREAT VARIETIES, INCLUDING 
SfALSKIH SACKED 
OF ALL GRADES AND STYLES. L 
Fur Trimmings 
IN VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT. OF EVERY’ 
DESCRIPTION. 
502-504 BROADWAY. 
Wholesale and Retail. 
THE PUBLIC 
need not he told that the old original 
Family Favorite 
maintains the same splendid reputation which was 
freely accorded to it when first presented for criti¬ 
cism at the 
Paris Exposition of 1867. 
All who have tried this most simple, capable and 
durable 
SEWING MACHINE, 
endorse the merit claimed for It by the manufact¬ 
urers. 
All classes of people, and every variety of stitch¬ 
ing. hear witness that It has no equal. 
The Awards at Vienna in 1873 
to the Weed Sewing Machine Company surpassed 
those to any other exhibitor of Sewing Machines. 
The PnirouNof IIu-bn miry and the Sovereign* 
ol I uduntry we among our staunchest friends. 
No one can afford to buy a Sewing Machine with¬ 
out fln t examining The Favorites. 
Manufactory at Hartford, Conn. 
MASON & HAMLIN 
CABINET ORGANS. 
THREE HIGHEST MEDALS 
AND DIPLOMA OF HONOR, 
At VIENNA, 1873, PARIS, 1887. 
HI.UMVK awarded highest premiums at rndnx- 
, * 1 ’ t r ial Expositions, in Europe and Amer¬ 
ica. Out of hundreds there have not been six in all 
where any other organs ltuve been preferred. 
TIIE AM I American Organ* which have ever 
,u “ v *’ 1 * obtained any medut in Europe, or 
which present such extraordinary and recognized 
excellence as to command u wide sale there. 
KE^T Declared by Eminent Musicians, In both 
hemispheres, to be unrivaled. See TES¬ 
TIMONIAL CIRCULAR, with opinions of more than 
Oue Thausaml (sent. free). 
< HE I PEST So!<1 •dywynat Baud Itr ee* which 
' wi . . * 1 , ure krtuli'd in price-H»ta, and 
subject to no discount. Ills the custom of other 
makers to print In their catalogues very high prices 
from which great discount* are made, Somotlmi-j 
event i/-/treper cent .or The poorer t lie orgn u 
the hither the printed price nnd the larger 
the diacouut. Dealers sometimesreuotniaend other 
organs Uitth the Mason & Hamlin, because they get 
tliest enormous discounts on them. 
IYSKT on bavhigu Mason & Hatutln, with recent 
■ iiiziui unprnvemeDta, at Catalogue Price, and 
you will get, according to size and style, the beat 
Organ rhul can be aiade, its low as it can he ul- 
lorded by the maker having greatest facilities for 
manufacture. 
NEW STYLES ,n upright iteso- 
AigH oil uijV nu ,„ fn^es (Patented, lWi.i 
\ ery rich uml beautiful; adding much to the musical 
power and resonance; with other important patented 
improvements, used exclusively In these Organ*. 
BASF PAYMENTS Plans adopted this 
I I » I iti cat l n s ,. nR0D> Organs sold for 
•' *'**■“ * * »•»*»» -» • *' * •*■**•* • IVIIUWIUIJ I-.* ■ HU 
allows tenuh of DaymeiiL tm Ht*voral plans for a FI v<» 
Octave Double Heed Urgnu in elrgnnt Up¬ 
right Resonant Case, With Five Mops i iu.v 
11 uina uu. Automatic 8 well, K nett Swell, Ac. 
Cash Pries, 5130. Time Price. M3. Cent 3 Mot., 511.30 
Flaw. 
FftvrtFt in 
AilvuhCr. 
In Throe 
Month*. J 
NO. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. fi. 
No. 7. 
$14.30 $11.30 
28. CO — 
27.92 27.92 
71.50 10.36 
07.06 
(jy <jq _ 
>14.30 cash, $10.1 
Iii Ntn»< | Id Twilv 
MghUin. | Mvnthb. 
iMany styles at proportionate rates. 
I!AT4 I.Of«IIES nnd Circulars, with fullpartlcu- 
V dltuuuno Inrs, sent free. AddresiMABON 
& HAMLIN ORGAN CO., BOSTON, NEW YORK, or 
CHICAGO. 
