FOUR 
Grand Prize Medals 
AWARDED OUR EXHIBIT AT 
THE CENTENNIAL ! 
ICAKJK and ItGVI Til'l l, FLOWERS 
and CHOICE VEGETABLES 
ca;. ALWAYS BE obtained by bowing 
DONE 
A man who looked like a countryman was lately 
walking in the Btreet with a packet in his hand, 
sealed and addressed, with a memorandum that 
it contained a thousand dollars in bank-notes. 
As the hearer appeared to he at a loss, lie was 
accosted by a man, who asked him what ho was 
looking for. Tho simple countryman placed the 
packet in tho inquirer's hands, and requested 
that ho would read tho address, as be was unable 
to do so, ami had forgotten it. The reply was 
made, ns with agreeable surprise, “Why, this 
letter is for me! I have been expecting it for a 
long while. ” The messenger upon this demanded 
a dollar for tho carriage of the pocket, which 
was readily paid. The now possessor of the 
packet hastened to an obscure corner to examine 
his prize; hut, on breaking tho seal, he found 
nothing hut a few sheets of paper, on which was 
written the single word “ Done!” 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Importers. Growers and Dealers in 
GARDEN, FIELD nnd FLOWER SEEDS, 
SMALL FIU ITS, AGRICULTURAL 
and HORTICULTURAL IMPLE¬ 
MENTS, FERTILIZERS, 
and other Rt-tjiiIsitcf* lor the Farm and 
Harden. 
_ The rpliowimr Catalogues are annually published, 
and will tiu mailed to a!) upptkaais upon receiptor 
pneo u taxed. Regular customer* supplied crntis. 
. f *** T" '* i lD“sl rated Need Culnlngiic and 
Amateur n f.uid.- to rl»e Flower and Kltiliru 
(,ur<i< u. J.) i Including r-Cvcrul honored Hne- 
.L , i' Jtef!uU ' f ! n l.< an |mill>.colored 
ill tioain nli, .10 ceilia. An edition elegantly bound 
8 PARKS AND SPLINTERS 
A penniless Chicago girl has opened a barber 
shop as a last razor’t. 
Mits. Paiotnoton Bays that few persons suffer 
from suggeations of the brain now-a-days. 
Must have been rather cramped for room— 
The man who got up a dramatic performance on 
a small scale. 
Pahha Mahomet O’Flanaoan (late of the 
Turkish Centennial Bazar ) will bo glad to see his 
friends at tho new gin-mill he has just opened, 
up in Avenue D. 
Peteu OriK, of Madison, Wisconsin, recently 
ate fifteen mince pies on a wager, and would 
have died under the Opie-ration but for the ad¬ 
ministration of an Opic-ate. 
“ Every heart knows Its own misery,” she said, 
aB she looked iuto tho nest and saw that those 
Cochin-China eggs which had cost $3 per dozen 
had hatched out Muscovy ducks. 
It is cheerful to know that wood tires are com¬ 
ing into fashion again. Most any woman can 
brandish a hickory log with more effect than she 
can hurl a ebunek of anthracite coal. 
“ What is Heaven’s best gift to mau?*’ asked 
a young lady on Sunday night, smiling sweetly 
on a pleasant lookitig dork. “ A horse," replied 
tho young man. with great prudence. 
fioRFUisK is said to bo the esaenoe of wit, hut 
it is difficult to make a married mail believe it 
after he has put ou three shirts, and found that 
there isn’t ft collar-button on any of them. 
“ I meant to have told you of that holo,” said 
a gentleman to his friend,' who, while walking in 
his garden, stumbled iuto a pit of water. “ No 
matter,” said tho friend, “ I have found it." 
A little girl philosopher who is taking les¬ 
sons on the piano, illustrates the rule of home 
government by saying, “ Ma, she works tho 
pedals, but pa, bo makes most of tho music,” 
“ You must cultivate decision of character, and 
learn to way “No,” said a father to his son. 
Soon afterward, when tho father told the son to 
chop wood, the boy said “ No ” with an emphasis 
that showed a remembrance of the lesson. 
Owen Mkiikiuth says:— 
*• We umy live without poetry, music and art, 
We may live without conscience, we may live with¬ 
out heart—" 
But the uilairess of a second-rate boarding-house j 
labors under tb ■ erroneous impression that her 
hoarders can’t dr® without Tried liver six times a j 
week. 
Little Black Monkey sat up In a tree, 
Lillie Bniek Monkey he grinned at me ; 
lie out- out his paw lor a cocointut, 
Amt he dropped It down on my occiput. 
The occiput is a iwtrt, you know, 
OJ the tiuiul and Is sensitive to a blow; 
And it's very unpleasant to have Him, 
KsDecbUly when there's no hair on it. 
Home jeirsoris bociu utterly incapable of appre¬ 
ciating a generous act. Merely because a young 
man calls on a young lady half a dozen evenings 
during tlio week, and ouib.biuimJ.iy drops in be¬ 
tween meals, there are people mean enough to 
insinuate that it means something besides 
anxiety abdut tho health of her sick mother. 
t3T nf Ail at Cntamial, Ifand and Stlf-Jnkin.. 
YOLK Prill till O' & »v*m<) D <U'Y>o 
r OWN -U-L 1/d.A.L |itnor« advtrtiiiug 
^ ^ ) 1'*++* for uvnU, bb*b, «(jv»)op<*, »tr. Lar.-i 
•'O ’ tor vorfc. -Imvcjui work tb*iD f 
m |bar# pnwl f.Jf f;«u/e hotirl, ami ran 
I He g||j|< -'nulike wower tiy in unall ]ol«, 
. I jl ^ n XT' Qf llfcw nmrh fu»* uul uuJu* tnoucy 
Our 
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EVERYTHING 
' . JTL„ - ^nd iWmit* for taUl«i|'i:v. 
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RURAL CLUR LIST. 
THE HURAL AID OTHER PAPERS AT LOW RATES 
All who have n Garden should scud 
for in 3 ' Illustrated Catalogue, descrip¬ 
tive of the latest Novelties and choic¬ 
est Varieties of Vegetable, Field, and 
Flower Seeds. Free to all on receipt 
ol postage-stamp. 
WM. H. CARSON, 
SEEDSMAN, 
l*i5 Chambers St., IN'. Y., 
(Late of Peter llenderton, A Co.) 
Numbering 175 page*, with Colored Plate, 
SENT FREE 
To our customers of poet years, and to 
all purchasers of our books, either 
Gardening for Profit Practical Floriculture, 
or Gardening for Pleasure, 
(Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mall.) 
To others, on receipt of 25c. 
Plain plant or Seed Catalogues, without 
plate, free to all. 
The periodicals In this list are offered at a large 
reduction from tbelr rates, with a view to accomo¬ 
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THE RURAL NF.W- YORKER 
In conjunction with any other paper herein named, 
TO OBTAIN ANY JOURNAL 
In this list, and the lli.'itAL.lt is only necessary to 
send your address In full, and the money with the 
order, when they will bo sent, postaoe pbepaid. 
Subscriptions may begin at any time. 
KAMl’I.K CO FI EM 
of the Ruiial only will be sent on application. For 
copies of other publications address the publisher of 
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You can remit by Draft, P. O. Money Order, or 
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locality, please become one by forming a cf.rii. it 
will pay 
Now please note that we will furnish the Kural 
Nkw-Yokker one year and eii her of the periodicals 
named below, postage prepaid, on receipt or the 
prloe specided; 
Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists, 
35 Cortlandt St., New York. 
Try thi CORTLAND PLATFORM 8PRING WACOM 
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This Is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout tho United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We expect every consumer of Tims to render us all 
the Uaststauoe they cun In carrying out our enter¬ 
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SUMKiiH ONLY, and allow no middlemen loiuake 
any profit oa our importations.) which will enable us 
to sunply them with Teas at prices lower than have 
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cilice and among tho ver) wealthy. 
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CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO. 
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Monthly Mugazlnes. 
Centennial Illustrated Description, Terms, 
Ac.. Mailed Free. 
Arthur’s Home Magazine.$6 16 $4 a< 
•Demorest’s Fashion Magazine. 6 16 1 7 ' 
Harper's Monthly. ii 65 6 «j 
Peterson's Ladles’ Magazine. 4 (C 4 Ol 
Scribner's Monthly .. . B (SO 6 71 
Science of Health.,.. . 4 8f 4 u 
St. Nicholas. .. 6 80 4 it 
Weeklies [LitekakyJ 
Appleton's Journal. e 66 6 (if 
Danbury News. 4 76 4 (X 
Fireside Companion... .. .... . 6 65 4 K 
Frank J-ordie's Boys and Girls... .. 5 15 4 25 
“ ’’ Lady’s Journal. 6 65 6 6J 
Harper’* Weekly,.. 6 66 6 0S 
Baza r. 6 05 6 65 
•Hearth and Home. 6 16 4 
Waverly Magazine. 7 66 0 5(J 
RELIGIOUS.] 
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Illustrated Christian Weekly. 5 16 4 50 
Methodist. 6 &> 4 60 
Presbyterian..6 30 4 61 
Presbyterian (John Knox Engraving).. 5 8u 5 46 
The Advance. 6 66 4 tiu 
Watchman and Ketluctor. 6 85 4 85 
I Miscellaneous.] 
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M “ Sun... 8 85 3 85 
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Chicago Tunas..... 4 65 3 80 
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Cincinnati Commercial. 4 80 2 Bo 
•* Knquirtcr. 4 65 3 00 
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*' Times nud Hand-Book.4 3 <0 
Detroit Free Pres*. 4 66 3 ».i 
" Tribune. 4 66 3 80 
•Louisville Courier-Journal. 4 66 3 (0 
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St. tgiuts Time-... 4 16 3 60 
Scientific Arnmnin. 6 85 5 20 
Toledo Blade. 4 Ua 3 85 
Toronto Globe..465 400 
The papers marked with a • give to each subscriber 
as followsD emokkst's, u choice of two Chromos 
”Tlie Captive Child” or " The Old Oaken Bucket;" 
n earth AND Home offers 13 Ktcblngs; the Coub- 
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of presents 
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THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMP'Y, 
(P. 0. Box 5t543.) 31 and 33 Veuey St., New York. 
MANS 
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