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MVCMARCH T-IB 1 S 
Mil ant) junior. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
An Irish lover remarks, “ It’s a very great 
pleasure to be alone, especially when yer sweet¬ 
heart is wid ye!” 
“ Capital weather. Mr. Jones, capital weather! 
My wife’s got such a cold that she can’t speak. 
I like such weather.” 
“ We find that he came to his death by calling 
Bill Jackson a liar,” was the verdict of a Cor¬ 
oner’s jury in Missouri. 
A Druggist says of the man who came in and 
borrowed his mortar, and forgot to return it, 
that “ he’s a pestle-lent fellow." 
A Grocer had a pound of sugar returned, with 
a note, saying: “ Too much sand for table use, 
and not enough for building purposes!” 
An Alabama editor winds up an editorial on 
the corn-crop with the remark : We have on ex¬ 
hibition in our sanctum a pair of magnificent 
ears." 
There is a Yankee blade in Bangor who is so 
sharp that he often uses himself to shave people. 
Now and then he gets lathered himself but never 
shaved. 
A person who was sent to prison for marrying 
two wives excused himself by saying that when 
he had one, she fought him, but when he had 
two, they fought each other. 
“ He's grown to be a polished gentleman, any¬ 
how,” said an old lady, gazing fondly, as she 
spoke, at the shining bald bead of her son, just 
returned after a long absei ce. 
“ Rem ember whom you are talking to, fir,’’ 
said au indignant parent to a refractory boy. “I 
am your father." ‘ ‘ Well, who's to blame for 
that?” said the young impertinence; “’taint me.” 
“I sav, boy,is there anything to shoot around 
here?" inquired a sportsman of a boy be met. 
“No, nothing just about here,” replied the 
boy ; “ but our schoolmaster is just over there, 
cutting birch rods. You might walk up and pop 
him over.” 
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A “Rear Cut” Machine. A “Sulky” Plow. 
DESIGNS FOR AGRICULTURAL 13IPLEMENT8. 
THE TRAVELERS 
HOME 
OFFICE: 
2(KK) Varieties Bare A: Ileum Ifni Flower Seeds. 
500 Varieties Choice Vegetable Breeds. 
S00 Varieties Heed Potatoes, 
hi-lected Seeds of all the leading and improved 
varieties .*1 Boot m>d Forage Crops for Field 
mid Suunr Heels. Corn, In mil.-,, it a (it Bngu, 
Culture, couhlstliigof Carrot*, Mangel Worse I, 
Gra** Heeds, air. Fertilizers, Garden Tools, 
Small Fruits, !■ lowering Plunt*, und other 
Requisites for the Farm and Garden. 
above, with direction* tor culture, will be found In 
UII'k’b Jllusimted Seed Catalogue mid 
Amateur * Guide to the Flower und Kitchen 
Gn rden.—SKi pages,price S.'S eeuls. 
Bliss’*. IJIttsiruied Gardener’s Almutiac 
and A bitdgeil Cuialogne. l.stj pages with Month¬ 
ly Calendar of Operations, I 0 cents. 
Bliss’s Illustrated I’ornto Catalogue con¬ 
tour a list of ..(HI VaiTrLlnii, and iuucIi useful infor¬ 
mation upou their cultivation. 10 cents. Address 
P. 0. Box B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
A r o. 571*2. 34 Barclay St., New York. 
THE OLD, RELIABLE 
BECAUSE IT HAS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT 
A paid-up Cask Capital of *600.000. Tenot tho Iianmi tr.orr, on , 
Solid Cash Assets ot over G.OOO.OuO. for Ulel t0 expect more than he pays 
Surplus to million, |J,40i),tX)0. Bnconra» him to Bpeoulate in his Insurance, 
■RT7PATTRP TT iu doubtful Orjdk-ecigreci Plans, or 
UELAUbE If HAS Pay extravagant Salaries or Commissions. 
1151 Assets to every G00 Liability. _ 
A solid line of first-class Investments. 
iWSK&ffS fiS& BECAUSE, IN SHOET, 
BECAUSE IT OFFERS THE TRAVELERS 
Insurance thnt Insures. t_ « n„~ . 
Hecnntv second to none. 11 lve Company, ahly and honestly conducted, has 
Low Bates of Premium. grown steadily year by year, and was never stronger 
A Definite, unmistakable Contract. than at tho present time 
The most Insurance lor the money. 
BECAUSE IT PAYS Clttiu,s p,,id - .$ 1,000,000 
All valid Claims promptly. Accident Claim* Paid. 2,040,000 
In Cash, not In deducted notes. _ 
BECAUSE IT WRITES Accident Policies are written by Agents, at short 
All best forms of Life or Endowment Policies, notice. They cost but little, and the Benefit is great 
General Accident Policies by theyearormonth. ) in case of Accidental Injury or Death. 
JAS. C. BATTERSON, President. 
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 
New York Office, 207 Broadway, li. M. Johnson, Manager. 
(Will remove to Tribune Building May 1st.) 
Agents everywhere. 
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? 
Use none but. that which experience, bus proved to be the best. The Aykkti.l Paint, Mixed 
Ready for usk, received the highest award at. the Centennial Exhibition for beauty, durability 
and Economy. Send for Sample Card and testimonials (furnished free), to the 
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT CO., 32 Burling Slip, N. Y. 
PELLUCIDITE FOR COATING HARD WOODS. 
TAYLOR RAKE. 
51,000 NOW IN USE. 
Received the only Special Medal awarded to 
Hay Rakes at the International Cen¬ 
tennial Exhibition of 1876. 
And Seven Medals at Field Trials in Europe in 1876. 
FOURTEENJTEARS IN USE! 
The only Rake ever offered the. farmirnj commu¬ 
nity that has proved a Complete Success, 
in all kinds q; Raklrtgs, in the United 
States. Canadas, British Amer¬ 
ica, and in Europe. 
For Circulars, etc., a Idress 
B. C. TA YLOR, Dayton, Ohio. 
POWER 
TAKE 
NOTICE. We hare the 
largest and best staling 
Stationery Package In tho 
World. It Collin 1 ns 18 
sheets ol paper, 18eave> 
z.iuul a olive o! valuable 
PRESS. 
Double Platform 
_ 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Imitation Gold Watches 
$16. $20 and $25 euch. Chains 
#2 to $12 .10 mutch. Jewelry ■> fthe same. 
S.ot C. 0.1*., by JExpre,-. Send stump for 
IlluaretedCirouUr Collin: L'stal Watch 
FaczOBY, S55 Broadway, how Yurt. ttux JtWi 
— — — — - Miiceii i»i pKjitsr, |c> e11 vt;i- 
opes,pencil. petihoMer. golden pou ,mul a piece o t v*ii*fibie 
Jewelry. Complete au. tuple packuge, with eJejraut goU1-pt*t©<l 
sleeve buttons, and indies* Iktliufttikble fatiey Set. pin uud 
drops, post-paid, 2 5 cents* 6 pucKuvees. with assorted Jew¬ 
elry, I. Sollft Gull JUiirnt f.urtr Witlrh free to all Hgenls. 
BRIDE <St CO., 769 Broadway, N. Y. 
TWELVE 
arllclfs In one. Thu LLOYD COMBINATION Can be used 
as h 1 eucil 1 en holder aiui Fen, Krnser,Fcnknlfe, Envelope 
' 1 i 1 !;*” ‘''It'll Ituliber, Sewing .Machine Thread 
Ciirtoi. and t.r Knitting Seams. Cutting on Ilooks and Byes, 
Buttons, hissing Blots, ic. Size nf u conuuon peiMlif, is 
heavily nlesel plated, aud will last a llletlme. Agents are 
coining motley atul ,ay it is ihe best Belling article out. 
Sample 25 centa.six for $ | , Extraordinary Inducements 
to Agenu. .Send y,,,- «ample hulf-dozeii and canvass your 
town BRIDE 6l CO., 709 Broadway, N. Y. 
SIX 
STATIONERY PACKAGES and SIX of 
tbe I.LOYD COMBINATION for TWO 
DOLLARS. BRIDE & CO., 
769 Broadway, New York. 
Dairy, Hotel and General Use. 
DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS, 
OF ALL SIZES. 
For full particulars, Circulars, etc., address 
CHAS. F. PIERCE, Gcn’l manager, 
_’74 Washington St„ Chicago, III. 
THE ALBANY CORN PLANTER 
Will plant Corn. Beans, Turnip and small seeds with 
precision. It will 
SAVE ITS COST THE FIRST SEASON. 
This PLANTER, at ONI. PROCESS. OPENS its fur¬ 
row. Gauges, Duoph, Covers the Sends and Roli.s 
them down. Also mkascreh und mauks off the 
Distance for tb<> next row or drill to he planted. 
It Is changeable from a Ft inter to a 
Horirsi: hoe 
lq two minutes’tune, and i« altogether the most com¬ 
plete Implement for the puijimse* designed in use. 
Over 100 sold since the first of February. 
Send tor Chculars. Ac., to O II. P. CORNELL, 
Proprietor Alban, Ae’J Works, Albany, N. Y. 
K. II ALLEN A CO., ISO A 191 Water tit.. N. Y„ Agt’s 
lor Pa., N.J., Conn .and for Westchester and Rich¬ 
mond Counties. N. Y. 
No Company can offer better Inducements to those who 
would Insure Wisely and Well. 
KING 
HARROWS 
BRADLEY’S REVERSIBLE 
HAnnow. 
'Fwo Harrows lit One, 
Arid sold at till! price of one. 
A PERFECT SMOOTHING HARROW, 
Combined with a vertical or 
straight tooth. 
Every farmer -ays at. sight: “ It 
is just the iiiing, nnd we cannot 
ufiord to do witiinut it.” 
BHA DLKY MF’G- CO., 
Syracuse, N. Y., and Clileago, Ill. 
Send for Illustrated Circular. 
THE AULTMAN-TAYLOR 
mark. Thresher 
FATTENED 
AultmanTavwr StrawStack. 
’/ jka/umzRS, 
Sgg&viho want to get several 
bushels more grain to a 
field Ilian usual, and 
’e TAi'MAsrNirs, 
who want to buy the most 
prodtuble Threshing Ma¬ 
chine In the world, should 
-n AOLTMAM & 
TAYLOR CO.. MBHSUeld, O., 
saying thev saw this in Ihe 
ruiial New - Yorkkh, 
and they will receive De- 
CK. scriptive Pamphlet free. 
^KN'l) TO J AM ICS IIKA VI.KV, Burp»i, 0 , N. y., for Duscriptlve 
™ i'ru:v l.i-t of llulUlo lutt* Thrsther* anil Hov-s Fowers. 
Pocket Coin Detector. 
S4I*« of it 11 Ivor dollar. With It and a poo-knife you 
can teat ouy coin accurately. Price 25 cents by mall. 
Libera! dltooume to Ayinip. 
J. W. SlITTON, 95 Liberty St., New York. 
The Rectangular Churn 
and Butter Worker. 
Simple, efficient and al ways 
r-Habit, No inside fixtures. 
Fifty percent. In labor saved 
over tt«u either chum. 5 sizes 
made. Endorsed by leading 
Duirymen. 
Agents wanted where we 
have none. Send for Circu¬ 
lars CURNISH &. CURTIS, 
F oi t Atklusou, Wi8. 
CEND F . tt GUlGtn.A It of Agriouliural lmple- 
n niertr Am i" i BHKW ;v i:o„Mfis. Cleveland,O 
* I fl 5 day stue made by Agentsselling our 
I U ” L 0 C’hromos. Crayons, Picture iV. Chromo 
■— i ards. 12.5 samples, wortli is5, sent, 
postpaid, for S5 Can Is. Illustrated Catalogue free. 
J. 11. BPFFOltD'S SOXi, BOSTON, Kstab’d 1S5U. 
iJENI) Foil t l K C l l.A II of the best Paint in 
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M Tills Isa combination of 
' H 1 1 /ft capilttlisls to supply cem- 
a jp A turners tmly throughout 
“ 1 the United States with 
PURE TEAS on the 
mutual principle, by getting up clubs. Send for 
New Price-List. 
UlJVKliNEKS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
P. O. Box 5501). No. 8 Church St., New York City. 
NEW TE^MSl 
TEAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
BEST TERIHS EVER OFFERED TO CLUB 
ORGANIZERS. 
SEND KOK NEW PKICK-LIST. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMP’Y, 
(P. O. Box 5645.) 31 and 33 Veaey St., New York. 
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