JULY 34 
(circular.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. 8 Church Street, /■ 
P. O. Box 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. 
Weexpect every consumer of Tea* render us ad 
the assistance they can In carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our importations), wnioh will enable 
ur to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever been known, und of those fine qualities 
that seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take nn 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.. 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., in the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C, 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS, 
A bee in the hand is worse’n two in the bush. 
What soup are Quakers most fond of? Peace 
soup. 
Being threadbare is a terrible bear to a proud 
man. 
A crow will never leave a cornfield without 
cause. 
At what season did Eve eat the apple?—Early 
In the fall. 
If two hogsheads make a pipe how many will 
make a cigar ? 
If five and a half yards make a perch, how 
many will make a trout? 
Is tramping on a man's corns one step toward 
cvttivaUng his acquaintance? 
What disease do reapers often get on hot 
days? A (hop-ticMe affection. 
When Is a horse a victim of the Inquisition ? 
When he la fastened to a rack. 
Why are printers liable to bad colds? Be¬ 
cause they always use damp sheets. 
The man who wrestled with adversity wore 
out his silk stockings and got worsted. 
“ Bathing-sl its, "Bays a sign on the bluff at 
Long Branch. Who didn't know that ? 
The w T ay for a desolate old bachelor to secure 
better quarters Is to take a “ bett er half." 
Why I 3 a solar eclipse like a woman whipping 
her boy? Because it Is the hiding of the sun. 
What pupil gets most punishment? The 
pupil of the eye, for it Is continually under the 
lash. 
Why does the washing come home on Satur¬ 
day? Because It’s the close (clothes) of the 
week." 
There is one thing about a constantly Idle 
man to bis advantage. He never labors under 
a mistake. 
A German minister being Invited to officiate 
in an English prayer-meeting, said "Prothern 
lit us b ray.” 
A young English lady, residing In Paris, has 
received over fifty lashes. She was born with 
them—on her eyelids. 
Nature abhors a vacuum,—that’s why some 
people when they catch cold always find It 
settles In their heads. 
The reason why whales frequent the arctic 
seas Is probably because they supply the “ nor¬ 
thern lights " with oil. 
An exchange speaks of the appearance of 
" blue-bottled files." What on earth does any 
one want to bottle flies for? 
“ It Is a solemn thing to be married, raid Aunt 
Bethany. "Yes; but It’s a deal more solemn 
not to be,” said the little girl, her niece. 
" R. U. Wise? Then call without delay, 
U. Wise will be who come to-day j 
Wise all who eall their debts to pay. 
Like a fow more good* to sell, 
For leGc-dom leads my sale* to swell.” 
“I THINK our church will last a good many 
years yet,” said a waggish deacon to the minis- 
Henvily timbered land, three mile* from station on 
loledo, Wabaah * Western Railway, l imber, white 
and red oak and nsli. Price, $20 per acre. 
WOLCOTT UKOS., 
Rent Estate Broker*, Toledo. Ohio. 
PROTECTION. 
Gallant Newsboy— Don’t get scared, mum. Just stand behind me, aud I’ll protect 
you from all harm ! 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers, 
Send for New Price List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P.O.Box 5043. 3x & 33 Vesey St„ New York 
Buy the CHARTER OAK LAWN MOWER. 
WILLARD’S 
NOW READY AT THIS OFFICE 
Every Farmer and every Family where 
Butter is made should have this book for con¬ 
stant reference. It is 
Claim to have brought out the be*t Sewing Machine 
for manufacturing uses ever produced. 
IT is cabled the 
our inside contains to-day, ’ says a country 
editor, “dyspepsia, ‘crooked whisky,' Chinese 
restaurant, and various other select articles." 
It Is said t hat Brigham Young has acquired 
the title of General from having been called 
“ briggy, dear," so often by his numerous 
wives. 
It is said that “ Carl Sohurz Intends to bring 
Ills parents to tills country on bla return." That 
is to say he has gone back home after his old 
Sohurz. 
Biddy being very sick was asked if she would 
take oil. “Jndade,” said she, "I would take 
auytlilng to make me well, If I know it would 
kill me." 
ARTISTS have adopted many emblems of char¬ 
ity. We wonder If none them ever thought, of 
India rubber, which gives more than any other 
substance. 
“ What’s that on your back ! " once asked a 
London cockney of a hump-backed Yankee 
sailor on a ship in the London docks. " Bunker 
Hill, d—n ye I" was the brief reply. 
Epitaph in a Church-Yard. 
" This stnne was rais'd by Santh'a lord, 
Not 8arab’» vlrtnee to record— 
For they're well known to all the lown- 
But it wus rais'd—to kei-p her thiiun. 
No Norwegian girl is allowed to have a beau 
until she can bake bread and knit stockings; 
and, as a consequence, every girl can bake and 
knit, long before sho can read or write. 
There's nothing so wonderful about malle¬ 
able glass that can be hammered. A friend of 
mine has a glass still unbroken, though he has 
kept punch-in-it at Intervals for several years. 
A man finding It difficult to keep his footing, 
on walking home from r convivial party, ex¬ 
plained that he’d just had his shoes soled and 
they were slippery. " Yes,” said a friend “ you 
had ’em llxed by a sherry cobbler. 
A certain clerk in a western vllliage recent¬ 
ly made the following comment on Pocahontas. 
Said he " Pocahontas was a great, man ; Poc¬ 
ahontas was a kind hearted and true man.” 
“ Hold on,” cried his champion ; “ Pocahontas 
was a woman." She was, eh ?” said he. “ Well, 
that’s Just my luck. How am I expected to 
know ? I never read the Bible." 
and is replete with 
PRACTICAL 1 ] HINTS, 
SUGGESTIONS, 
IT IS VERY STRONG, 
VERY SIMPLE, 
VERY EFFECTIVE, 
AND PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY TO ALL 
WHO HAVE TRIED IT. 
Testimonials furnished on application. Examina¬ 
tion solicited. 
Address as above, at 
HARTFORD, CON*., 
Or at Branch Offices in nil lending cities. 
and INFORMATION 
of value to every one who makes Butter. It 
contains 171 pages, in which the subject is 
treated both scientifically and popularly. 
Among the new topics of interest, and which 
heretofore have not been presented to the pub¬ 
lic are: Prof. Wilkinson’s plan for controlling 
temperature in dairy rooms; the Swedish sys- 
A n < * m _ v 
ANTED IMMEDIATE^ 
A few more young men and women to loam Book 
keeping, Pemn&tighlp.&e. ,to till positions at a sal¬ 
ary of fwjo to f l(iOn per your. .Salary paid while 
learning Situation* gnuniiiteeil, Andress with 
ahuupM, W.liobb, l'ros, Bn*. Cull.. I'ulnooylllo.O. 
JENII FOR CIR'TLAR of the best Paint in 
3 the world to RUBBER PAINT CO., Cleveland. O. 
1(1 DOLLARS PER DAY 
SHUTTLE Scwius Machine. 
Address JOHNSON, CLARK * CO., Bu.loti, Mass.; New York 
City; Pittsburgh, I'u ; Chicago, Ill.; or St. Louis, Mo. 
tern of setting milk for cream in ice water; 
the new practice adopted at the Ridge Mills 
Creamery, and the recent method for improv¬ 
ing skimmed milk in skimmed-cheese manu- 
If the RURAL PURCHASING 
AGENCY cannot buy goods 
for less and sell goods 
for more money than 
you can yourselves, we 
don’t ask you to deal 
with it. TRY IT! 
RURAL PURCHASING AGENCY, 
78 Duane St. New York. 
ing skimmed milk in skimmed-cheese 
facture, These are very fully discussed 
Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of SI. 
Address 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
78 Duane St., New York 
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