MAGIC LANTERNS 
502—504 Broadway, 
OFFER THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK OF 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS 
Sweets for the ill-tetnpored—'Tart sayings. 
Ministers of the interior—The cook and the 
doctor. 
The new winter hats for the ladies are already 
felt. 
Jr you plant a puppy what would come up ?— 
Dog-wood. 
W hat are the best agricultural fairs ? Farmer’s 
daughters. 
Wakefulness— Eyes all the time coming 
unbuttoned. 
Ice—W ater that stayed out in the cold and 
went to sleep. 
Nest ogg—The egg the old hen measures by 
tojmake new ones. 
Don’t throw dust In your teacher’s eyes. It 
will only injure the pupil. 
Never attempt to form an opinion of a 
woman’s weight by her slgiis. 
You can't tell pretty much about the char¬ 
acter of a man now-a-d«y» until lie Joses it. 
Detroit lias a firm entitled Wood & Cole, 
which ought to ho engaged In the fuel business. 
A Philadelphia officer got up a jury of 
twelve cross-eyed men, and even the Judge 
laughed. 
Josh Hillings says : There Is two things in 
this life for which wo are never prepared, and 
that is twins. 
There Is no law against butting one's head 
against a stone-wall, hut as a rule the remuner¬ 
ation is small. 
One point of difference between a timid child 
and a shipwrecked Bailor Is tiiat one clings to its 
nu and the other to its spar. 
“ How many people," says Jeremy Taylor, 
“are busy in this world gathering together a 
handful of thorns to sit upon I" 
A Russian proverb says, "Before going to 
war, pray once; before going to sea, pray twice ; 
before getting married, pray three times.” 
A little girl on the train was asked what 
motive was taking her to t he city. " I believe 
they call it a locomotive," said the little inno¬ 
cent. 
A couple of follows who were pretty thor¬ 
oughly soaked with whisky got into the gutter. 
After floundering for some time, one of them 
said:—“Let’s go to another house, this hotel 
leaks.” 
Yes, says the Detroit Free Press the weather 
does remind us of the fact that every wise hus¬ 
band will begin now to arrange and settle the 
question as to who is to light the Ores through 
the winter. 
The Siamese twins were Baptists, “ But,” 
says the Presbyterian, “suppose one had been 
a disbeliever, how could tlm other have been 
immersed?" Another says they were not Bap¬ 
tists—they were united Brethren." 
As my wife at the w indow one beautiful day 
stood watching a man with a monkey, a cart 
came along with a broth of a boy, who was 
driving a stout little donkey. To my wife then 
I spoke, by way of a joke, “There's a relation 
of yours In that carriage.*' To which she replied, 
when the donkey she spied, “ All yes! a rela¬ 
tion by marriage." 
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. 
AND ALL. OTHER TURS, 
IN GREAT VARIETIES, INCLUDING 
OF ALL GRADES AND STYLES. ntlv’T 
IN VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT. OF EVERY 
DESCRIPTION. 
502-504 BROADWAY 
Wholesale and Retail. 
need not bo told that the old orlglnul 
Pratt’s Astral Oil! 
Absolutely SAFE! 
Perfectly Odorless! 
Always Uniform. Illuminating Qualities 
SUPERIOR. TO GrAS. 
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 
Wow is the Time to 
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CIIAS. Pit ATT & CO 
Established 1770. 108 Pulton St., 
endorse the merit claimed for it by the manufact¬ 
urers. 
All classes of people, and every variety of stitch¬ 
ing, hear witness that it tins no equal. 
The Awards at Vienna in 1873 
to the Weed Sewing Machine Company surpassed 
those to any Other exhibitor of Sowing Machines. 
The Put roue of Husbandry and die Sovereign* 
of 1 ml nsirv are among our staunchest friends. 
No one cun afford to buy u Sewing Machine with¬ 
out first. examining Tlie Favorites. 
Manufactory at Hartford, Conn. 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Clio roll street, 
I*. O. Ilox 5,509. New York City. 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
tlie 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 render us all 
the assistance they can In carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as wo make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMER? ONLY (and allow no middlemen to wake 
any profit On our importations), which will enable 
us to supply thorn with Teas at prices lower Ilian 
have ever been known, and of those fine qualities 
.hit seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the largo Cities und among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will lake 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. 8 Church St., 
1*. O. Box 5,309. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., in the 
Office of t ho Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 
The Magazine lias done good and 
not evil all the days of its life.— 
Brooklyn Bugle. 
The ablest and most powerful illus 
trated periodical in this country.— 
Lou isv ille Courier-Journal. 
At VIENNA, 1873, PARIS. 1867. 
ALWAYS awarded highest premiums at Indus- 
»» .» ■ n lrlu | jc*positions, In Europe und Amer¬ 
ica. Out of Hundreds there have not been six in all 
where any other organs have been preferred. 
Tllli! (I Y | Y American organs which have ever 
■ uii xrjxi/i obtained any uiedal In Europe, or 
which present such extraordinary and recognized 
excellence as to command a wide sale there. 
HINT Declared by Eminent Musicians, In both 
m.i • hemispheres, to be unrivaled. Seo'i'EM- 
T1MON1A I. CIRCULAR, with opinions of more than 
One Thousand (sent free). 
I'll I’ 4 PINT Hol,) always nt. fixed pr ces which 
x ii Ur? i un , p|-| j„ price- lisis, and 
cl to no discount. Ii ih the custom of other 
makers to print In their entuioguna very high prleos 
from which great discounts urn made, sometimes 
.« vrnlifrfive.pt i cent.or mure. The poorer I he orgiiu 
(he higher the primed price and Hie larger 
the discount. l>i>al(:rs sometime*recommend other 
organs than the Mason A Hamlin, because they get 
these enormous discounts on them. 
IIVQIQT r,n havings Mason A Hamlin, with recent 
■ improvements, at Catalogue Price, und 
you will get, according to size and style, the bed 
Organ thill run he made, us low as ft, ett > be uf- 
lorded by the maker having g/cutest facilities for 
manufacture. 
\TW STYLES ,n Llegn.it Upright lteso- 
HL.fi Cl I LLo uant Chive* (Patented, IS7I.) 
Very rich and benuilful 
GEO. A. PR LYLE & CO., 
Organs & IH clod cons. 
The Oldest, Largest und Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
The organ of the great world of 
fashion.- Boston 7Yaveller. 
£xc e l$ioi»D° Your Own Printing 
Fp„v,f-kin tt*0 1’res-forcards,labels,envelopes 
"u? Tla i v 4 * ' ,r 1 
Business Men do their printing and 
advertising, save money and 1 nr mum 
trade. Amateur Printing, delight 
fill pastime for spare Lours. BOVS 
have great fun and make money fusC 
atprinting. Fond two stamp* for full 
catalogue presses type etc, to the Mfra 
KELSEY & CO. Meriden, Conn. 
HARPER’S MAO A VINE, One Year.... $4 (X) 
HARPkr’s Weekly, One Tear.... t (.0 
Harper’s Rax.ah, One Tear.... 4 oo 
One copy <>} either will be st ut for one yetor, POSTAGE 
PUEPA1J) by the Publishers, to any Subscriber in 
the United States, on receipt of Finn* Dollars 
Harper’s magazine, Harper’s Weekly and 
harper’s BAZAR, for one your, fit): nr any two 
fur 17 : postage prepaid by tlie Publishers. 
Am Extra Copy of either the MAGAZINE, WEEKLY 
<n BAZAR mill he ss,.t gratis for every Club of FIVE 
8i! msoriuehs at 14 rat'h , in one remittance.; or, SI.)' 
Copies for $2(1, without, extra copy: postage prepaid by 
On l*ubli*hert. 
Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtulned the 
same Popularity. 
tW Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N, Y. 
Printing 
Vesse s 
Very rlohandbeaullful; adding much to the musical 
power and resonance; with other important patented 
Improvements, usud exclusively ill these Organs, 
V PIYM H\TS s, ’ w Plans adopted this 
K..IN I I A 1 j I I. if I N season. Organs sold for 
qii:ii'l<Tly or monthly on > mem* ,* or rented 
with privilege ol piircimae. Kent paid ilirt-e 
years piirchnKC» ihe Organ. The following table 
shows terms of payment on several plan* fern Five 
Octave Double Keed Organ In rlegnut Up¬ 
right It (soon oi Oise, with Five !snips ; Vox 
Hiitiiaua, Automatic Knee Swell, Ac. 
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,} "“SSlSSSSSf 1, 
On account of the popularity of the Wheeler 
& Wilson Sewing Machines, parties have large¬ 
ly been engaged In purchasing old and second¬ 
hand machines of that make, and imposed 
upon tlie public by selling them as new ma¬ 
chines. The Wheeler & Wilson Company begs 
to advise the public that any one desiring to 
buy their second-hand machines can be sup¬ 
plied by that Company direct, on better terms 
than others can afford them, and l>e assured of 
what they are buying. Address 
WHEELER & WILSON M'F’G CO., 
625 Broadway, New York. 
T - F JH’Allister’s Patent Artopticou. 
I I The most powerful Magical Lantern 
over made; with a brilliant Oil Lamp: 
1 for Home, Sunday School am) Lectures. 
SWlfOoptlnnt)*, Ac. Slide* at reduced 
, 7 *®-— : i W'ocn. 1 profitable badness far a man 
w ™v Catalogue a sent for 10 cents. 
\\M, \. M’ALLIS l icit, t;U4 Chestnut SL, Phlla 
Iu Six 
M DDlllfl 
Month*. 
In TwelY 
Month*. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Month*, 
114.30 (!u.sli t $10.44 monthly for 12 months 
Increased Fneiliilo* to Club Organizers 
Send for New Price List. 
THE GREATAMERICANTEACO. CATALOGUES 8gS,SS^^S fiSSffi 
__ „ . „„ „ , „ , I A HAMLIN ORGAN CO., BOSTON, NEW YORK, or 
P. 0. Box 5643. 3t & 33 Vesey St., New York Chicago. 
