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Boot.Shoe,Harness andTinware Repair^ . 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 2 
Drawing Instruments. 
We have selected this premium espe¬ 
cially for the children. It makes a hand¬ 
some and most appropriate present for 
them. It is, also, something that they 
can easily earn for themselves. The 
tools are all nickel plated, and packed 
in a case with velvet lining. It contains, 
one pair dividers, one extra extension 
bar, one protractor, one pen extension, 
one ruling pen and one pencil extension, 
two porcelain ink cups, one rule, one 
triangle and one box leads. Price, post¬ 
paid, SI. 15. We will send it and one new 
yearly subscription for SI.40, or free for 
club of three yearly subscriptions at SI 
each. 
A Darning Machine. 
This is the only successful darning 
machine w r e ever saw. We have tried 
others that were absolutely of no value. 
This one is little short of perfect. It 
enables you to mend underwear, stock¬ 
ings, curtains, table linens, clothing, and 
does an endless variety of art and fancy 
weaving better, easier and quicker than 
by any other way. Full directions ac¬ 
company each machine. When a lady 
has once used this little machine, she 
would not do without it for any con¬ 
sideration. We will send it postpaid for 
$1, or for two new yearly subscriptions 
at SI each. All money returned if not 
satisfied. 
always saves time and money. It often 
saves lives. The price is $2 alone, but 
it need cost you only St. Send us one 
new subscription with SI, and SI extra— 
(S2 in all) and we will send you the out¬ 
fit complete, or we will send it to you 
free for a club of four yearly subscrip¬ 
tions at SI each. 
Victor Steel Trap Free. 
Free for a Club of Four. 
This reliable and popular Steel Trap is just the thing for farmer boys who wish 
to make money by trapping muskrats for their fur. It is also of great use to the 
farmer in ridding him of skunks, weasels, rats, woodchucks and such other animals 
as may visit his poultry houses and barns. They are supplied with strong chain 
about 2 % feet long. You can get this trap absolutely free. (let a neighbor who is 
not now taking The Rural New-Yorker to give you his subscription. Send us his 
name and his dollar and we will send you the trap prepaid. 
Here are 44 first-class tools for repair¬ 
ing shoes, rubber, harness and tinware. 
We are going to give no arguments why 
you should have them. The reasons and 
uses are apparent to every one. There 
is nothing like mending a hole, putting 
in a stitch, or driving a nail in time. It 
of six subscriptions at SI each. 
A Family Album. 
minutes, and cut it fine enough for little 
chicks. If you have a dozen or more 
hens, you want one. The price with crank 
is $7. We will send it for a club of five 
subscriptions at SI each, and S5 extra 
money, or free for a club of 20 at SI each. 
Dark Blue China Dinner Set. 
Bone Cutter. 
There is no longer any use in making 
arguments about the use of green cut 
bone for poultry. Its value is fully under¬ 
stood by practical poultrymen. The 
Mann No. 4, with crank and iron stand, 
will please any one. It runs light and 
cuts fast. The price is $21.25. We will 
send it for a club of 12 at SI each, and 
$10 extra money, or free for a club of 40 
at SI each. 
Envelopes and Letter 
Paper. 
We have an article here that will be appreciated by every woman who sees it. 
It is a dinner set of extra fine grade semi-porcelain, consisting of 78 pieces. There 
are 12 dinner plates; 6 breakfast plates; 12 soup plates; 12 preserve saucers; 12 
individual butters; 3 meat dishes; 2 bakers; 1 casserole ; 1 cover dish ; 1 sauceboat; 
1 soup tureen; G cups and saucers. In looking up this set at the largest china 
house in the country, we found we could get fair-looking sets for less than half 
the price of this one ; but we desired something that our people could feel a pride 
in showing to their neighbors. The price is $12.75. We will send it for a club of 
10 yearly subscriptions at $1 each and $8 extra money ; or free for a club of 35 sub¬ 
scriptions at $1 each. 
Dark Blue Clare Tea Set. 
This is the same quality as the Dinner Set. It contains 5G pieces as follows : 
12 tea plates; 2 cake plates ; 12 teacups and saucers; 12 preserves; 1 teapot; 1 
sugar ; 1 cream ; 1 bowl. The price of this is $5.50. We will send it for a club of 
five at $1 each, and $3.50 added money ; or free for a club of 15 at $1 each. 
Every family needs an album in which to keep safely and preserve pictures of 
friends and loved ones. Cheap albums are poor investments, because they soon go to 
pieces. We have selected 
here one of the best albums 
made. It is bound in a 
rich Venetian velour of 
high quality. Your choice 
of red, blue or green. On 
the front is a beautiful 
beveled plate glass mirror. 
The trimmings are gold 
plated and lacquered. 
Each album is placed on a 
brass gold-plated ‘‘ox yoke” 
easel from which it is in¬ 
stantly detachable. The 
easel has a compartment 
in which may be placed in 
safety a number of cabinet 
photographs, or it is a fair¬ 
ly safe place for valuables, 
as it is secure from observa¬ 
tion while the album is in 
place. The album will con¬ 
tain 04 cabinet and nine 
card photographs. It is 
shipped securely boxed, 
receiver to pay express 
charges. Price, $3. We 
will send it for a club of three new yearly subscriptions at $1 each and $1.90 
extra money, or free for a club of seven at $1 each. 
Neat stationery of good quality is more 
important in correspondence than most 
farmers think. It creates a favorable 
impression in the mind of your corres¬ 
pondent, and your business is likely to 
have prompter and better attention than 
it would if your stationery showed in¬ 
dication of carelessness on your part. 
For the convenience of our readers we 
have put up a package of 50 envelopes 
and a pad of 100 sheets of paper in a 
neat box that we can send postpaid for 
35 cents. Five packages by express $1.25 
prepaid. The envelopes and paper are 
made to match and of good quality of 
rag paper. We will send one package 
free to any one who will send one new 
subscription to The R. N.-Y., at $1. 
Bone Cutter. 
The value of green cut bones for 
fowls has been repeatedly proved, both 
by tests at experiment stations, and by 
practical feeders. This cutter is intended 
for the use of small flocks. It will cut 
enough for a flock of GO hens in three 
Carpet Sweeper. 
This carpet sweeper is one of woman’s 
great labor-saving implements. Run over 
the carpet it picks \ip everything that 
the broom gathers, without raising any 
dust. It saves labor, saves carpet, and 
saves furniture. This has the new “cyco” 
bearings, and is the best made. Price, 
$2.50. Given for one new subscription 
at $1 and $1.50 extra; or free for a club 
