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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
KNABE 
PIANOFORTES. 
UNEQUALLED IN 
Tone.Toncli,¥ortonaBsiiiB aM Dnralility. 
WILLIAM KNAKE & CO. 
Nos. 204 and 206 West Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore. No. 112 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 
well mm% 
ARTESIAN T7ELI, 
DRILLING it MIN¬ 
ERAL PROSPECT- 
„ ING MACHINERY 
and how to nse,is fully illustrated, explained and highly recom- 
mended in “ AlliOriOall Agriculturist, " Nor. No., 1879, page 465 . 
Send for it. Portable, low priced, woiked by man, horse or steam 
power. Needed by farmers in every county. Good business for 
Winter or Summer and very profitable. Makes wells in earth or 
rock anywhere. Wo want the names of men that need wells. 
Send stamp for illustrated price list and terms to Agents/ 
Pisrco Well Excavator Co. Long Island City, New York. 
TAKING THE! 
^.FfflMEISlmEW.1 
Sample Copies free! Send for one. Mention this paper 
FARMERS’ REVIEW CO., Chicago, Ill. 
JHRIS* 
•SUGGESTIONS FOR 
DECORATIONS, 
TAINMEfiT 
SIFjgui 
8.-S. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
Suggestions for Decorations, Enter* 
tainments and Gifts. 
A collection of suggestions from leading 
Sunday-school workers in various parts of 
the country, containing something of inter* 
cat to every Sunday-school superintendent. 
Nothing like it ever issued before. Price, 
S5c. TTill send free to any one sending us 
a list of all the Sunday-school Superintend¬ 
ents in the plaoe. DAVID C. COOK, IS 
Adams street, Chicago, Ill. 
/“'S OJ and fine fowls. For prices on all the 
Ip < 5 Tt ■B-s a h breeds and for best Incubators, Ad- 
^ dress F. H. Jacobs, Ilainmonton, N. J. 
Everything in Dry Goods,. 
Wearing Apparol and I 
Housekeeping Appoint- £ 
ments sent by mail, express or freight, accord¬ 
ing to circumstances—subject to return and 
refund of money if not satisfactory. Cata¬ 
logue, with details, mailed on application. 
JOHN WANAMAKER, Philadelphia. 
We have the largest retail stock in the United States. 
Gold, Silver and Nickel Plating. 
A USEFUL TRADE EASILY LEARNED. ° 
g8 a SO 
In order to meet a long-felt want for a convenient and 
portable PLATING APPARATUS, we liave made a small but 
Complete t Outfit for GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL 
PLATING. With this set any one can easily plate 
KNIVES, forks, 
SPOON S, and other articles without the slightest trouble. 
The Set comprises a LARGE TANK lined with ACID 
PROOF CEMENT, Three Cells of Battery* about four 
inches high, very powerful, Hanging Bars, Wire, 
Book of Instructions and Chemicals, besides GOl.l) 
SOLUTION*, one quart SILVER SOLUTION, half 
gallon NICKEL SOLUTION. Remember, our Solutions 
are not exhausted, they will PLATE any amount of 
articles if the simple instructions are but followed, and 
which any boy can understand. More money can be made 
at this trade than at anything 1 else. Persons out of em¬ 
ployment should try it, as plenty of work at good prices 
can be obtained in every village. To any person taking 
this outfit and sending me FIFTY CENTS EXTRA, 
Iwillsend SIX CHAINS or RINGS that can be GOLD 
PLATED with the Solution. These can easily be sold for 
more than enough to pay for the whole outfit. Will send 
C. O. D., with privilege of examining before paying, if 
enough money is sent to cover Express charges, which will 
be deducted from bill. Remember, the price of the whole 
outfit complete is only 3.3 Oo Circulars Free for 
Stamp. ADDRESS, 
FRED’K LOWEY, SO Eleventh St., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
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