W700'*P/?£M/mS. 
A  HANUKEBCHIKF  of  "Williaui  Penn  is  to  be  on 
exhibition  ai  the  Centennial,  and  a  ouriouB 
corre8\x>ndent  writes  to  ask  if  it  is  the  oiiginal 
Penn  wiper. 
“  What  is  conscience  f”’  asked  a  sohoohnaster. 
“An  inward  monitor,”  repUed  a  bright  little 
fellow.  “And  what  is  a  monitor?”  “One  of 
the  iron-clads." 
A  YOUNO  man  asked  bis  bachelor  uncle : 
“  Wliat  adrice  would  yon  give  a  young  man  who 
was  contemplating  inatiimony ?”  “I  should 
advise  him  to  keep  on  contemplating  it.” 
Forward  and  loquacious  youth:— “By  jove 
you  know— upon  my  word,  now— if  I  were  to  see 
a  ghost,  you  know,  I  would  be  a  chattering  idiot 
for  the  rest  of  my  life.”  Ingenuous  maiden— 
“  Haven't  you  seen  a  ghost.” 
f!0MK,  wife."  said  WUl.  “  I  pray  you  devote 
Jn8t  half  a  uiinntt)  to  mend  tble  coat, 
wnich  a  null  has  chanced  to  rend," 
’Tis  ten  o’clock."  said  hSa  droway  mate. 
I  know,”  said  Will, "  It’s  rather  late. 
But  It's  never  too  late  to  *  mend.' " 
“ Zaciiakjah,”  said  Mi-s.  Chandler,  “what 
smell  is  that?”  “Cloves."  “But  that  other 
smell?”  “  Yes— apples.”  “  And  just  one  more  ?” 
“  Cider,  my  dear.”  “  Well,  Zachariah,”  said  she, 
“  If  vou’d  only  drink  a  little  brandy  now  you’d 
make  a.  good  mince  pie," 
When  a  man  wants  a  plug  of  tobacco,  the 
(ClBCm.AH. 
Consumers  Importlnisf  Tea  Co., 
No.  8  Cliiircli  Street. 
P.  O.  Box  6.509.  Now  York  City. 
This  la  a  combination  ot  capitalists  to  supply  the 
consumers  of  Teas  throuRhout  the  United  States  on 
the  mutual  principle. 
We  have  experienced  aRents  in  all  the  best  dis¬ 
tricts  of  China  and  Japan  to  select  Teas  especially 
for  OUT  trade. 
We  expect  every  consumer  of  Teas  to  render  us  ail 
the  assistance  they  can  In  carrylnR  out  our  enter¬ 
prise,  as  we  make  a  speolBlty  of  SUPPLYING  CON- 
SUMKKH  ONLY  (and  allow  no  niiddlemon  to  make 
any  proHt  on  our  Importations),  which  will  enable 
us  to  supply  them  with  Teas  at  prices  lower  than 
have  ever  been  known,  and  of  those  flnequalltle 
that  seldom  reach  the  Interior,  belUR  sold  only  to 
the  larRe  cities  and  amouR  the  very  wealthy. 
HoplUR  the  coDsumer  will  take  an  interest  In  our 
enterprise,  and  seud  at  once  for  a  circular  with  full 
explanations  of  huw  to  proceed  to  obtain  our  Roods, 
we  remain, 
Moat  respeci fully  yours, 
Consumers  Importing  Tea  Co., 
No.  N  Church  8t., 
V.  O.  Box  5,509.  New  York  City. 
Entered, accordinR  to  Aotor  ConRress,  m  January, 
1871,  by  the  Consumers  Importing  Tea  Co.,  in  the 
Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Conaress,  WashlURton,  D.C, 
VV' 
ItlQXJjYi:.  TO  ElATErtOTllVCYr. 
Pooh!  Never  mind  this  little  brook,  ma.  .Jump  on  my  back  and  I'll  take  you  across  it  in 
CORTLAND  WAGON  MANUF’C  CO 
Cortland,  N.  Y. 
SEWING  . 
MACHINES 
‘W  tlbenil  terms  of  Exchange 
fur  Setoiia-huiiil  Machines 
of everj  deHerlplIon. 
“DOMESTIC”  PAPER  FASHIONS. 
The  B>-st  Hend  .'»cle.  for  Catalogue. 
Address  DOMSSTIC  SEWING  MACHINE  CO., 
Rif  AoRNXS  Waxtvu.  “ikjJI  NKW  YOilA.  ■* 
tor  C'aialoRue, 
H  These  are  the  best 
-nmand  most  ecoDomical 
goods ;  impt-rrions  lu 
Wr  dampness,  beat  and 
V  cold.  Send  for  earn- 
W  pies  to  B.  E).  HALE 
•  &  CO.,  60  and  68  Park 
H  Piauc,  New  Fork. 
L'KNB  FOR  CIKCl'liAU  of  the  best  Paint  In 
SKNB  FOR  CIRCT'liAR  or  the  best  naint  m 
the  world  to  KUBBKK  PAINT  CO..  Cleveland.  O, 
ARE  YOU  GOING  TO  PAINT? 
Factory  Apparatus. 
ECONOMIZER”  Tul" 
Boiler  and  Engines. 
lling  rapidly.  Kactorymen  *•  Take  ”  m  them  at 
Satisinctlon  Ruaraiiteod.  Send  for  Illustrated 
USE  NONE  BUT  THE 
MIXED  READY  FOR  USE. 
i=*dei.ioe; 
OVER  300,000  IIOU.SES  HAVE  BEEN  FAINTED  WITH  IT. 
ONE  miXDUKIJ  beautiful  tints  and  colors. 
IT  IS  THE  (ROST  DURABLE  PAINT  MADE. 
IT  ly*  THE  HA^DHO.>lE:8T  I* .VINT  .BADE. 
IT  IH  THE  CHEAPEr>T  P.\INT  AlADE. 
IT  iS  'I’llE  ST.VNDARD,  AND  DNLV  RELIABLE  MIXED  PAINT. 
IT  18  tJUA  RA VtEED  to  HE  SUPERIOR  TO  ALL  OTHER  PAINTS. 
It  has  rcoelvctl  the  liighost  endorsements  from  thousands  of  persons  who  have  used  It  in  variousi 
sections  of  the  Oountrv. 
S.ample  Cards,  together  with  testimonials  from  owners  of  the  finest  residences  in  the  Country  furnished 
AVERILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO., 
32  Burling  Slip,  New  York  City. 
REAL  ESTATE  BROKERS, 
52  Summit,  St.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
8^"  Eastern  property  exchanged  for  W estem  and 
Western  for  Kasiem.  Correspondence  noUcited. 
GREAT  REDUCTIOKT. 
TEAS  AND  COFFEES 
AT  WHOLESALE  PRICES. 
Increuaed  FBclUtles  to  Club  Organlzora. 
Send  for  New  Price  List. 
THE  SREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 
p.  0.  BOX5643.  8i  &  33  Vasey  Bt,.  New  York 
^UY  WILLARD’S 
PRACTICAL  BUTTER  BOOK. 
Now  Ready.  Price  81. 
Address  MOOBE’9  RURAL  NEW  YORKER, 
IS  Duane  8t.,  New  York 
For  sale  in  every  section  of  tlie  Country. 
Champion  Milk  Pan 
BETWEEN 
via  Clevelutid. 
Leaves  Erie  Railway  Depot,  foot  of  Chambers  St. 
New  York . 
9:00  A.  M.,  Dally  except  Sunday.  Drawing-Room 
Sleeping  Coaches  through  to  Cbleago;  but 
one  change  of  day  cars. 
7:00  P.  M.,  Daily.  The  Baliice  Hotel  Train  to 
CliicuRO.  Drawing- Uuoui  Sleeping  Coaches 
and  Pullman's  Hotel  IHnlng  Car,  llwough 
without  change:  but  one  ehange  of  day  cars 
The  only  Hue  running  Hotel  Dining  Cars  out  of 
New  York.  A  ride  Of  nearly  a  thousand  miles  with¬ 
out  leaving  the  car  to  eat,  (irliik  or  sleep ! 
^3Xri>  COOXjEr*-. 
Ovtv  Pinftn  Uututi'tU  in  »JrI.t«f  V»e. 
Patented  March  20ih,  1872,  and  July  27. 1875. 
This  Pan  took  the  First  Premium  at  the  New  York 
State  Pair,  at  Elmira,  Sept-,  1816.  Deaoriptlve  Circu¬ 
lar  and  Price  List  sent  free  on  apphcailou  to 
W’ll.LVRD  &  HAMMOND, 
liaudolpli)  Call.  Co.*  N*  x« 
Send  .rtftniiifor  narticu 
llriTB.  C.F.WIh^aIv&Co. 
[  lUul  Wd  ♦*39i>uiwe 
|*Thc  jijirvlttBwl  1 1  do  *i|  1 
I  they  liliUuu’-We^ly 
MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 
anil  ittmor. 
SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 
Intoxicatino  music— “  ’Ale  to  the  chief.” 
Dessert  for  golden  wedding— preserved  peai  s. 
The  cause  of  woman  suffrage — Scaicity  of 
husbands. 
Weston  is  spoken  of  as  a  man  who  has  two 
soles  and  a  single  thought. 
A  bookselueu  lately  advertised  that  he  had 
plenty  of  scarce  books  for  sale. 
A  Michkjandek,  who  was  arrested  for  steal¬ 
ing  a  goose,  said  ho  found  the  bird  hissing  at 
the  American  flag  and  arrested  it  for  treason. 
“  Remember,”  said  a  trading  Quaker  to  his 
son,  “  in  makuig  thy  way  into  the  world  a  spoon- 
‘  v  I  \ 
Ml 
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V  rSMuss^Sm 
\  I  9500  to  bo  dividad  among  the  six 
i  most  sut'rt'iM'fol  RMisvr*  who  shall 
If  I  i.rfiiiico  ihp  l.itvPS'-.  quMitiiy  from 
'h  of  KrUV  and  .VLPHA 
I  pfilaWM.  Pnee  of  each.  Si  uOper  lb. 
CENTENNIAL  PREMIUMS. 
Ml 50  to  be  awarded  for  tbs  best 
—1  ’  collection,  one  pock  each,  of  rota- 
I  lot  f  in'roduced  by  iia  srnoe  1>67. 
I  H50  for  the  best  and  most  proiii- 
isinc  Bcrilhngs  raised  ihi>yeni  from 
Frinalre  IlybHitlxbd  Po.ato 
.Seed.  Theocolli'ci  ions  for  which 
_ -  l.ist  (WO  nretniiiiiis  of  J700  arc 
ottered  will  bo  exhibited  at  the  Ceuteunia)  Exhibition, 
in  I’hilodolphia,  in  Oclohet,  and  preminn-S  will  be 
awarded  by  t.htf.r  committoe.  For  conditions  and  full 
part'oulars  send  f  .r  circa 'ar,  mailed  irrctoall. 
Itllaa'allliialrnteU  Meed  f  ntuloRiie  ■!  Ama'eur  a 
Guido  TO  the  Flower  J  Kitehim  Garden  ibOpagpB.  SSets. 
Rllaa's  Ourdener'a  Almnnacann  Jinydgid  O/Oi- 
hv/ue  o'  f$ni{  FftnnT  StwflK  116  pftpBP.  DPauti- 
fully  illastratcd.  mailed  to  all  applicaots  iiuIcsinR  10  o's. 
Bllaa’a  llluatraled  Potato  CMtuluai.e  Mutani* 
a  deacriptiva  Hat  of  all  tho  new  variotiea  recently  iutro- 
duced.  with  many  other  dcwimhlu  aiyrts.  aUu  much  useful 
information  upon  their  cultivation.  32  pages,  10  cents. 
B.  K.  BLISS  &  SONS, 
F.  O.  Box  No,  5718.  34  Barclay  St.,  N.  Y. 
PringU's  Hubridlxed  Potato  Seed  50  cU  per  packet. 
