Si 
ACHEV END 
SPARK8 AND SPLINTERS, 
It’s observable tbat ono-arxned men always 
lake with the left hand.— Com'l Ado. 
Precocious boy (munching the fruit of the 
Mamma, if I eat dates enough 
"mV / im van jfNiwxiiw vrr 
1®' iHoi'Uts uuil /UuiLi'i haideiirni sup¬ 
plied willi Ihe most Reliable Seed. 
Choice Soois 
tivo list of the rarest us 
well as the novelties in 
both Flower and Vegeta- 
flrmninlhr b, ° t,eod - on he- 
nlln M V CF.IPT OF TWO THBEE 
UpUUlullJ I CENT STAMPS. 
Address, 
CURTIS, COBB & WASHBURN, 
65 Tremont tst., Boston. 
date tree:) “ 
will I grow up to be an almanac ?” 
Oub ancestors the monkeys couldn't have been 
bo ignorant after all, Mr. Darwin. They were 
all educated in the higher branches. 
“ Boiling hair In a solution of tea will darken 
it,’’ says an exchange ; but some people don’t 
like to have their tea darkened in tbat way. 
Sunday school teacher : “ Who was the 
strongest man?” Boy: “Jonah: because the 
whale couldn’t hold him after ho got him 
down.” 
Seniob is questioned : “ What is the name 
of the lady to whom yon aro engaged ?” Senior 
blandly responds : “ Which one ?” — Oberlin 
Review. 
That Terrible Scourge, 
Fever and ague, and Its congener, bilious remit¬ 
tent, besides affections of the stomach, liver and 
bowels, produced by miasmatic air and water, 
are both eradicated and prevented by the use of 
Hostetler'S Stomach Bitters, a purely vegetable 
elixir. Indorsed by physicians, and more exten¬ 
sively used as a remedy for the above class of 
disorders, as well as for many others, than any 
medicine of the age. A languid circulation, a tor¬ 
pid state Of the liver, a waul or vital stamina, are 
conditions peculiarly favorable to malarial dis¬ 
eases. They are, however, surely remedied by 
the great Preventive, which, by invigorating the 
System anil endowing It with regularity as well 
as vigor, provides it wit h a resistant power which 
enables ft to wit hstand disorders not only of a 
malarial t ypa, but a hostoi others to which feeble 
and ill-regulated systems are subject. The Bit¬ 
ters are a safe as well as searching eradlcant, 
and have whlely superseded that dangerous drug, 
cpiloim , which palliates but does not eradicate 
malaria. 
The gra test labor-saving machine IU u»e; will Uo 
m"re work in the nunc lime ami apace than any 
other machine of the kind manufactured. Is very 
durable, easily put up and opera ted, and lias the 
capacity of hoisting 2,(XK> lbs. nnrt carrying it back 
any Uintunec required. It baa the merit of being 
readily adapted to any kind of a building, it bus 
been nwatded premiums at a great number of State 
nud County Kiilra, and received idle highest prize—a 
Diploma und Medal—at the Centennial Exhibition— 
as the simplest and best, of Its kind. Kxhlblt ship¬ 
ped to Purl* Kxhlblt on. Over 5,01X1 have been sold 
since Sept. 1st, 1 Htd, which have given entire satisfac¬ 
tion. A price-list-.uid full pail onlars. with instruc¬ 
tions how to put up and Operate, will be rent on ap¬ 
plication to the Patentee und Manufacturer. 
Price $12.00. J. It. KITE HUGH, 
1T0H Barker St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
AT YOUR DOOR. 
The GREATEST OFFERS of SEEDS, PLANTS and FLOWERS Ever Made 
l~&~ Catalogue and list of great offers free. Send for it. 
GRIMES & GARR.OW, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
HENDERSON’S 
COMBINED CATALOGUE OP 
EVERYTHING 
FOR TtlE 
Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, 
sent free to customers of past years, and to all 
purchasers ofOiirbnoks,eltheeG?art/e«ing-/ur 
Profit,Practical Floricu I tare or Garde nine for 
Pleasure (priceII.50each.prepaid,bv mail). 
Toothers, ou receipt of 25c, Plain Plant or 
Seed Catalogues, without Plate, free to all. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
Market (gardeners^ nnd r wrists , 
35 Corflandt Street, New York. 
$250 in Premiums. 
PRINGLE’S NEW HYBRID SPKi.YG WII It AT*. 
t'HAM PI.AIN.—A bearded variety-a cross be¬ 
tween toe Blank Sea and Golden Drop. Iis stroke 
and Vigorous straw, growing 6 to 1? incites higher 
than its parent varieties, stands erect, frequently 
bearing In-Ail from 5 »o B incites in lengtn, Contain¬ 
ing Hum 60 to 75 kernels each. 
Price, ft per lu.; X lb* , if V O. by mail, post-paid. 
DEFIANCE.— Another variety of the highest 
promise, which displays gre; t pioductivenesa. vigor 
and hardiness. U is n tn ard)e$0, w hite cliufl wheat, 
with heads frequently 5 to fi inches long, very closely 
set With large. While kernels, frequently numbering 
75 to SO Ln the single head 
Price, *1 per ti>.; :t lbs.. $2 '0. bv mail, post paid. 
In order to Induce Wheat Growers in give these 
new softs a thorough trial, we offer !*A5ll in pre¬ 
miums for the largest quantities grown from 1 lb. 
of seed, also for tne 20 largest heads. Kor particu¬ 
lars a, e Circular, 
Two New Varieties of Potatoes. 
BLISS’ Tit 1T:MPH.—An extra early variety, 
ripening a week to ten days earlier tban the Early 
Rom;— and one of tne itn si attractive in appearance. 
Superior qua'lty am/ very productive 
TROPI1Y.—A new and exceedingly One. medium 
early, red-skinned variety, resembling the Snowtiuke 
in appearance in.,I quality It might with propriety 
be cull, (1 a Red-SKin Snowflake. 
This variety wuB exhibited in London at the great 
International Potato Show, In October last, and re¬ 
ceived a first-clus' Certificate, 
Price ui each, $1 per lb.: three lbs. to one address, 
$2.50, by muil, post paid. See Potato ( ataluguu. 
Bliss's Illustrated Seed Cnlaloyuc and 
A in iiIimi r's <«ii Id,- lu I lie FIuwer a ml Kiirhcu 
Garden. 2AI pages, inciud eg several hundred tlne- 
ly-cxccured exgraviHgft, und a Olntililully-color- 
ed Liiliugruph. 35 cents. 
Bliss’* 11 In st ruled t| n iidhonk. for the Farm 
and ihe (Itn d oi.ii ud abridged I'aiulogoeot Garden, 
Field und Flower "ei‘d», Fen ilizers. Agricult- 
unil InralemeDta, etc., etc. One hundred pages, 
many illustrations, Xcents. 
Bli-s’s Illustrated Cnt/ilngue ol‘Plants, for 
the Greenhouao, Conservatory, Lawn and Flower 
Garden.and 
Bliss’s Illustrated List of Novelties for 1878, 
mailed iree to all. Address 
B. K. BI.ISS dt SONS, 
34 Barclay Street, New York. 
Furnished with cold rolled Iron Axles, Steel Pawls and Pins, which will not wear or break 
20 Steel Teeth hung ln malleable thimbles. 
-For Strength , Durability and Simplicity it has no Equal 
Send for Prices and Descriptive Circulars, 
GENERAL AGENTS: 
JODD GRISWOLD. Elmira, N. Y. 
F. N. ISH AM, Avon, N. Y. 
M. P. UNDERHILL. Baltimore, Md. 
PRYOR BOYD A CO., Wheeling, W. Va. 
DEERE, MANSUR A CO., St. Louie and Kansas City, Mo, 
We continue to manufacture Steam Boilers and 
Engines and all kind* of Cheese and Butter mak¬ 
ing Apparatus, combining the latest improvements. 
Send for Illustrated Circular und Price L>bi. 
CHARI.ES MILLAR & SON, Utica, N. Y 
and Revolvers. Illustrated Price List free 
Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg, Pa 
JOHN DODDS, 
Sole Manufacturer, 
Dayton, O 
,ny Annual Catalog-** of f’rgelable and 
Ftotcrr Seed for 1878, rich in engravings, will be 
sent FREE to all who apply. CuBtorneiB ui last sea¬ 
son ueed not write fur ft. I offer one of the largest 
collections of vegetable seed ever sent out by any 
seed house in America, a large portion of which 
were grown on my six seed farms. Printed direc¬ 
tions for ruViraticm oti each package. All seed war¬ 
ranted to he fulfil /resit inui true to name ; so lar, that 
should it prove otherwise f u’l'l refill the order gratis. 
A’rw t'e gel able* a Specially. As the original 
introducer of the Hubbard Squash, Fhlnney’B Melon, 
Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican Corn, 1 offer several 
new vegetables this season, und Invito the patron¬ 
age of ad irV. are anxious f<> hayt their seed directly 
from the orotocr, Irish, Ir in, a nd of the veru best strain. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Muss. 
TTdT7 na - c - u - HOWE'S CONCENTRATED 
II Q JL Syrup, for the Blood, Liver, Kidneys,Ac. 
, ... , tiwill cure Catarrh, Consumption, Bron- 
> Jbd Throat Diseases: also Scrofula, Tetter, 
Salt Rlieum, ,ve. Sold by druggists; or send $1 to 
the above address, at Seneca falls. N. V.,and got, by 
return Express, one bot le i ree ot charge. The curb is 
guaranteed, or no sale. Send for Circulars, terms, Ac. 
All the leading and most desirable kinds of 
Vegetable, Field, 
AND 
Flower Seeds, 
’wtfil be found ln my new priced lists. Mailed free. 
MANURES 
Originated 5;, Pro). StOCkbridge, Prof, of Jgiiculture 
in the MnsSiChnsetts Agricultural College. 
Made for ouch crop, furnishing the plant food 
which each requires. They have been used fotflve 
years with such euoohss Unit m ls77 they were ap- 
plitri) on ov^f lil.QiXi acre° wlili excellent results. 
Semi lor PnmiHiUt, Hailed Free* Also lor 
sale, Ajtrusultunu Chemicals. 
At Moderate Cost 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN 
THE SPRINGS FORM THE REACH OR COUPLING 
Broadway, cor. 18tli St., New York 
3 Park Place.. 
43 Cliuihuin it 
New York 
.Boston 
The Dexter consists essentially of two “ concord ” or side-springs upon each side of the Buggy, 
one spring above the other and parallel to It. The two springs are rigidly attached to each other 
at their centers, and are pivoted at their ends to spring shackels above, or on either side of axle and 
bead block. 
The Most Novel and Beautiful Circular ln the world sent free on application to the 
DEXTER SPRING CO., Hulton, Pa., 
Near 
BTfl fiSc This Is a combination of 
■ Bbi \5vJ capitalists to supply ciw- 
M Mt J A ik earners on I u throughout 
r * ■ *" tho United States with 
... , PURE TEAS on the 
mutual principle, by getting up clubs. Send for 
New Price-List. 
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P.O. Box 5509. No. 8 Church 8t., New York City, 
OUR TERMS ARE THE BEST. 
Bend Tor our New Reduc'd Price List. 
THIS GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
P. O. Box 5tMS. 81 und UK Veaey St., New York. 
IDKR PRESSES AND GRATERS, 
Buuoiek * Bqscbkbt Pagss CO„ Syracuse, N.Y 
