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they will mention ‘ ‘ The Floral 
Cabinet.” 
THE 
floral ftaWet 
PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION, 
THE HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HOUSE¬ 
HOLD ART, FLOWERS AND JIQM71 LITERATURE 
IN AMERICA. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
Devoted to Housekeeping, Household Elegancies, 
Fashions, Music, Ladies’ Fancy Work, Social Amuse¬ 
ments. Home Pets, Flowers, Window Gardening, 
Cottages, Garden Decorations, and Illustrated Home 
Literature. 
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, 1878. 
$1 30 per year, including new Colored Frontis¬ 
piece, “ Treasures of Garden and Woodland.” 
1 2 ) per year, without premiums. 
65 cents, six months, without premiums. 
6 00 for club of five, with extra copy to club agent, 
or six copies to one address $6 00. 10c. addi¬ 
tional to these terms for each Frontispiece. 
These terms include postage, etc., which is paid 
by the publisher. 
Back Volumes. 
$1 30 for volume of 1874, 1S75 or 1S76, unbound. 
2 25 “ 44 “ bound in clotn,and mailed. 
1 00 “ cover to volume, mailed, postage paid. 
1 50 u portable binder and music portfolio 
mailed, postage paid 
1 00 “ volume of 1873, unbound. 
50 “ numbers July to Dec., 1S72, unbound. 
No numbers for sale previous to July, 1872. 
No volumes bound previous to 1874. 
Terms for Uhromos, Agents’ Outfits, &c. 
25 cents for agents’ outfit of paper, and cliromo. 
Terms to canvassers sent on receipt of P. O. 
stamp. Agents wanted in every town. 
Address. 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Publisher, 
46 Beekman St., New York. P. O. Box 2445. 
\ CATALOGUE OH BOOKS 
A published and for sale by Henry T. Williams, 
will be sent free by mail on receipt of 3 ct. stamp. 
World's O N LY Manufacturer of 
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Exclusively.—ALL Styles and Sizes 
For Invalids' and Cripples' 
Self propulsion by means of 
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Comfort, durability, and ease 
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Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, and mention 
the Floral Cabinet. HERBERT S, SMITH, 
32 Platt Street, New York. 
TURKISH RUG PATTERNS. 
SOMETHING NEW! You can make your own 
Rugs out of old rags and yarn at a very small ex¬ 
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on burlap, and when drawn in form a good imita¬ 
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a permanent business. AGENTS Wanted Every¬ 
where. Send for Circular, with stamp. 
E. S. F ROST & CO., 22 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass. 
Fl'l If TTFfl gj or How to Prepare 
JL JL JL JO JL JL |3 a Nice Dish at a 
Moderate Expense. By Mrs. S. G. Knight. 
This is the best, most economical, arid cheapest 
cook-book which has ever been placed before the 
public. Contains nearly 500 carefully tried recipes 
for all kinds of cooking. 124 pages. Price, neatly 
bound, in paper covers, 30c.; in flexible cloth, 50c. 
Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 
Perfect Etiquette; or, How to Behave in Society. 
Y Complete Manual for Ladies and Gentlemen, em¬ 
bracing Hints on Introduction, Salutation. Conver¬ 
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In Public Places, In Traveling, Driving and Riding, 
At the Table, Making and Receiving Presents, Court¬ 
ship, Wedding Etiquette. Christening, Funerals, etc., 
with Suggestions about Dressing and the Toilet, and 
some Simple Recipes for Improving the Complexion, 
etc. Price, paper covers, 80c.; board covers, 50c. 
Sent free by mail on receipt of price. 
Our large Sfi-page Illustrated Catalogue will be sent FREE 
to all persons ordering either of the above books, to all others 
it will be sent on receipt of 6cts. in postage stamps. Address 
E. C. TODD & CO., Publishers, 
7 Warren St., New York City. 
$5 to $20 per day at home. Samples worth #5 
free. Stinson & Co., Portland, Me, 
My annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seed for 1878, rich in engravings, will be sent FREE 
to all who apply. Customers of last season need 
not write for it. I offer one of the largest collec¬ 
tions of vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed 
house in America, a large portion ot which were 
grown on my six seed farms. Printed directions 
for cultivation on each 'package. All seed war¬ 
ranted to be both fresh and true to name; so far, 
that, should it prove otherwise, I will refill the 
order gratis. New Vegetables a specialty. 
As the original introducer of the Hubbard Squash, 
Phinney’s Melon, Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican 
Corn, I offer several new vegetables this season, 
and invite the patrorage of all who are anxious to 
have their seed directly from the grower, fresh, 
true , and of the very lest strain . 
JAMES. J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
RUBBER TYPE! 
mail; sample of T 
RUBBER TYPE 
Cases of 125 mov¬ 
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with printing ap- 
_ paratus, $1.50 by 
7~pe and circular, 6c. Address 
"O., Mallet Creek, Ohio. 
12 plants, purchasers' choice from over 300 varieties, for §1, 
from following: Double and Single Geraniums, Coleus, 
Fuchsia, Heliotrope, Chrysanthemum, Gladiolus, Tuberose, 
Carnation, Foliage Plants, Double and Single Petunias, Eng¬ 
lish and German Ivies, Salvia, Scented Geranium, Feverfew, 
Ceutaurea, Verbena, Cigar Plant. 6 $1 packages for $5; 13 
for $10. 8 Golden Bronze and Silverleaf Geraniums for $1; 
12 choice plants for SI.50. viz.: 1 each of Mrs. Pollock Ger¬ 
anium, Silverleaf Geranium, Cyclamen, Calla, Ceutaurea, 
Variegated Hydrangea, Variegated Ivy Geranium, Sunray 
Fuchsia, Smilax, 2 Tea Roses. 16 varieties Verbenas for $1; 
10 strong plants of Tea and Bourbon Roses SI. Every package 
warranted to reach the purchaser In good order. Directions 
for treating p'ants in each package. Circulars free. Illus¬ 
trated catalogue mailed on receipt of stamp. 
C. E. ALLEN, Florist & Seedsman, 
Brattleboro, Vt. 
—PLANTS BY MAIL, 10 beautiful ever- 
__i blooming roses, postpaid to any address for 
SI.00. Purchasers' selection of all the best varieties. 
The best inducements offered to purchasers of greenhouse 
and bedding plants, flowers, seeds, &c. for Spring of 1878 in 
the U. S. Catalogue free. Don’t fail to send for one before 
ordering elsewhere. Address 
W. H. BREN NEMAN, Harrisburg, Pa. 
SEEDS! BULBS! PLANTS! 
Superior Quality, fay mail, postpaid. 
10 Double Tuberoses, fine flowering bulbs, T5c. 
12 different sorts Gladiolus, with name, $1. 5 choice 
Roses, 5oc. 4 Lilies, including the beautiful double 
Tiger, 50c. Catalogues free. Send for one at 
once. Wo sell all kinds of Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds at FIVE CENTS per paper. Our seeds 
have proved to be the best that the world affords, 
and are planted by thousands in all parts of North 
America. Bulbs and Plants in variety at extremely 
low prices. John Lewis Childs, Queens, N. Y. 
ROSES 
free. 
6 for SI, 14 for 
$2, postpaid. 
I Bedding (Jreen- 
r house Plants by 
mail. Catalogue 
J. T. Phillips & Son, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
I M © Send $1 for 35yiWs Flower Seeds, 
PL 1 11 W 15 for 50c., 7 for 35c., or 35 
S r pile y ;/ ' 1 Yetf* for #1, 13 for 50c. 
!■ t Ip WiTnii Floral Tribute, a 100-page 
Floral work with colored- plate, sent with either of 
the above pkgs. seeds, two years free. Name this 
paper. Address W. H. REID, Rochester, N. Y. 
ANY LADY 
OB GENT THAT SENDS 
us their address will receive 
something of great value 
free by mail. Only about 
200 left. Inventors’ Union, 173 Greenwich St., N. Y. 
25 
Snowflake Assorted Cards, with name, 
10c. Outfit-10c. Seavy Bros., Northford, Ct. 
OE CARDS, 25 styles, with name, 10c. Outfit, 
felv 10c. Samples, 2c. J. B. Husted, Nassau, N.Y. 
65 
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Ag’t.s Outfit, 10c. L. C. COE & Co., Bristol, Ct. 
"ENT FREE on application — BRIGGS & 
BRO.’S Flower and Vegetable Catalogue. Our 
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112 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. 
Carpets carefully packed and sent to any part of the United States, C. 0. D., free of 
Express Charges. Call or send for Explanatory Circular and Price-List. 
J. A. BENDALL. 
400 Pages. Price $1.50, Postpaid by Mail. 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Publisher, 46 Beekman St., N, Y. 
Agents Wanted. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
CATALOGUE OF 
New, Rare and Beautiful Plants, 
Will be ready in February, with a Colored Plate. 
Many New and Beautiful Plants are offered for the 
first time, with a rich collection of Greenhouse and 
Hothouse Plants, Bedding Plants, new and choice 
Roses, Dahlias.well grown and at low prices. FREE 
to all my customers; to others, price 10 cents; a 
plain copy free. 
JOHN SAUL, 
Washington, D. C. 
CHOICEST SEEDS FREE. 
Descriptive Circular sent free to all appli¬ 
cants. Address BEN. A. ELLIOTT 
& CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
SEEDS 
EXTRA CHOICE 
PANSY SEEDS 
Fresh Seeds wh’ch will produce flowers of the 
greatest perfection in size. form, and substance, and 
of the clearest and most beautiful colors, Assort¬ 
ment of fifteen separate varieties tor $1.50. Mixed 
Seeds, 15cts. per packet. Catalogue sent free, or 
with a packet of this J’ansy Seed and a packet of 
equally choice Verbenas, for 25 cts. 
E. WYMAN, Jr., 
ROCKFORD, ILLS. 
H.B. GRAVES’CARD HOUSE, Bergen, N.Y. 
Catalogue and samples sent for a 3 cent stamp 
We have the finest variety of Visiting; Cards in 
the U. 8. See our samples before you buy. Agents 
wanted. 
THE WONDERS OF PRAYER 
A Book of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer. 
THE MOST WONDERFUL BOOK OF MODEM TIMES 
To a greater extent than any other book, and in an extraordinary recital of facts, with over five hundred 
interesting incidents, it fully answers that all-important question, “ DOES GOD ANSWER PRAYER ?” 
It also shows that the promises of the Bibie are absolutely true, and faithfully fulfilled in the daily lives of 
those who are constantly trusting in the Lord, and ask His help in their daily anxieties and experiences 
It is a book of great comfort and encouragement to Christians, in their doubt, fear, sorrow, or trouble, to trust 
Him more fully in faith, and shows how He who delivered others in times of distress, peril, or solicitude, can 
hear and deliver them also. 
To those who are not Christians, it is a record of undoubted facts from the experiences of individuals now 
living, proving the real existence and power of God, in controlling circumstances, directing human wills, and al 
things of earth, showing His nearness and power in daily events of life, and demonstrating that He is not a 
distant Creator, but ever near at hand. 
CONTENTS. 
This volume contains several hundred instances where Prayer has been heard and answered in the following 
circumstances of life: Healing; Recovery from severe Sickness ; Delivery from Death ; Delivery in Perilous 
Situations ; Miraculous Cures of Diseases and Deformed Persons; Help in Poverty; Relief from Starve 
tion; Insanity Cured; All Appetite for Sensuality Removed; Evil Habits Overcome ; Drunkenness Cured; 
Appetite for Tobacco and Liquors taken wholly away ; Souls Converted and Saved; Bad Men Confounded ; 
Oppressors and Wrongdoers Punished; Wonderful Revivals ; Proofs of the Existence of the Holy Spirit; 
Timely Help in Financial Danger and Need; How Liberal Gifts to the Lord and the Poor have bee?i 
Blessed; How the Sick, Poor, Afflicted, and Helpless, have been cared forco?istantly; How Work and Em¬ 
ployment have been Obtained; How Lives have been Saved from A ccidents and Diath ; How Plans in Life 
have beeji wholly Frustrated and Changed for the Better ; How the Schemes of Bad Men have been Spoiled ; 
How the Lord has Controlled the Natural Eleme7its ofEarth, the Winds, the Waves , the Lightning, the Rain, 
Tempests , Snow and Hail, stopped their work of destruction , to A id, Benefit, Relieve , Help , or Deliver some 
poor Christian who has cried to Him hi Prayer. 
< A multitude of such instances are given, all from experiences of individuals of the present day, still living, 
which fully satisfy any one that the same God who did -wonders in the days of Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, Joshua, 
David, Elijah, and Hezekiah ; the same Lord who walked in Palestine, healing the sick, curing the blind, lame, 
and halt, raising the dead, performing miracles, is still, though unseen, with us this very day, performing as many 
wonders and miracles as in the days of old. By strong faith, Christians who have laid hold of the promises, 
and trusted in their unseen Lord, pleading to Him in their extremities of life, here give their testimonies that 
they have found their God faithful. 
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Being a book of facts only, of most positive authenticity, it most practically sets at naught all the modern 
books of Science , Speculation , Philosophy, and Hmnan Reason , which would try to bui.d the world without a 
Creator. Neither does this book depend upon history, but is a record of occurrences of the present day, and 
from facts of A nswered Prayer proves that there is a Superior Power, a living God, and that all contained in the 
Bible is true, because its promises have been actually fulfilled. 
This book should be in every Christian home, it is invaluable to all Sabbath-school teachers and scholars. 
It should be given to every child, for it contains pure and healthful instruction to encourage the faiih of every 
one, and aims to lead all to come with more willing minds to learn of the Great Comforter. 
' It contains no philosophies, no denominational discussions, tenets, or principles ; is not issued in connection 
with any religious society; is not an advocate of any isms, nor a record of peculiar superstitions, nor fanatic al 
thoughts , theories , or imaginatio7is. It is a simple, humble, candid book of honest facts and experiences cm 
nected with daily practical Christian life, and answers those important questions: “ Will God even 7 iow a 7 iswe? 
Prayer ?” “ Whose Pravers will He atiswer ?” 
