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they will mention “ The Floral 
Cabinet.” 
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feowlies’ Ifloral 6ti£i*iet 
PICTORIAL HOME COMPANION. 
THE HANDSOMEST ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HOUSE¬ 
HOLD ART, FLOWERS AND HOME 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, 1877- 
$1 30 per year, including Steel Plate Engraving, 
The Glee Maiden.” 
1 50 per year, including also chromo u Gems of the 
Flower Garden.” or u My Window Garden.” 
65 cents, six months, without premiums. 
To club of seven, an extra copy of paper with one 
engraving free to agent. 
These terms include all charges—for mailing and 
also postage on paper for one year. 
Back Volumes. 
$1 30 for volume of 1874, 1875 or 1S76, unbound. 
2 25 “ u u bound in cloth,and mailed. 
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mailed, postage paid. 
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No numbers for sale previous to July, 1S72. 
No volumes bound previous to 1S74. 
Terms for Otiromos, Agents’ Outfits, &c. 
50 cents for agents’ outfit of paper, chromos, etc. 
25 “ “ *" “ “ “ and engraving. 
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stamp. Agents wanted in every town. 
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Office, Pu blisher, 
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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND GAMES, 
published and for sale by Henry T. Williams, 
will be sent free by mail on receipt of 10 ct. stamp. 
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POOL’S 
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or STORM GLASS and THER¬ 
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> dictions. It will save fifty times 
its cost in a single season. 
There is an accurate thermom¬ 
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any address , on receipt of TWO Dollars. This great 
Weather Indicator is endorsed by the most eminent Physi¬ 
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Please mention this paper. 
The Growing World 
Is published semi-quarterly at SI.SO per 
year. The nonpareil of all the publications in the 
world; original matter, original illustrations, best 
quality of paper, devoted to Natural History and 
the wonders of the Oceanic World. A real educator 
of the rising generation, and equally entertaining 
and instructive to parents. Beautiful l} r bound in 
illumed paper covers. Eight numbers make a com¬ 
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of cheapness as well as excellence. Wo give to 
every subscriber as a premium, the Tyrolean 
! Music Box, which plays eight tunes; postage on 
I the same, 15 cents extra. Specimen copies sent on 
receipt of 10 cents to prepay postage. Agents 
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AND SKIRT SUPPORTER. 
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Ag’ts Outfit 10c. Dowd & Co., Bristol, Conn] 
50 
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all for 25 Cents. Little Lost Irene, Panics; Na¬ 
tional Debt, Delano; Give a Kiss to Me, Percy; 
Ever Sweet is thy Memory. Ilosfield; On the Wave 
Walrz. Marathon Polka, Old >outh Grand March. 
Melville Polka Mazurka. EXCELSIuR MUSIC 
<256 Washington Street, Boston. 
1 copy Curious Love Letter, 1 pk. Comic 
Cards, 1 pk. Popping Question cards, all 
for 10 cts. and stamp. 
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FUN 
$56 a week in your own town. Terms and $5 out- 
VOUR 
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VINEGAR. 
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NAME PRINTED on 40 Mixed Cards for 
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How made in 10 hours 
from Cider, Wine or 
Sorghum without using drugs. Name paper and 
address F. I. SAGE, Springfield, Mass. 
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To ladies or gentlemen, in any style, at your own 
home, by Prof. Loveridge, of Yale Business College. 
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Trees, Vines, etc., from 
Insects. Throws water 
50 teet. Easily carried. 
No Dwelling, Country 
Home, or Factory should 
he without the Fountain 
Primp. Send for Large Illustrated Circular. J. A. WHIT¬ 
EMAN, Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer, Providence, R. I. 
HA 
1 comic oil chromo, 7x11, mounted, worth 
25c.., 1 pk. cards, 1 pk. comic envelopes, 
1 pk. comic cards, 1 pk. scroll. 1 24 p. Book 
Fun, sent for 15 cents and stamp. 
Novelty Co., Middleboro, Mass. 
ELEGANT PHOTOGRAPHS of Moody and 
Sankey; the two postpaid for 10c. POSTMASTER 
at Pomeroy, Pa. 
New pieces Sheet Music, retails for $1.75, sent 
for 10 cts. and stamp. 
Cheap Music Co., Middleboro, Mass. 
6 
25 
Elegant Cards 20 styles, with name, 10c , 
post-paid. Geo. I. Reed & Co., Nassau N. Y. 
40 
FINELY PRINTED VISITING CARDS, 9 
tints, with your nami on them all for only 
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CCRAP PICTURES for decorating jars, 
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IT IS THE BEST. 
MIXED Cards, with name 10c. and stamp. 
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I I pk. acquaintance cards, 1 pk. hdkf- 
flirtation, 1 pk. scroll, all sorts, for 10 
cents and stamp. 
Fun Card Co., Middleboro, Mass. 
$5 to $20 
per day at home. Samples worth $5 
free. Stinson & Co.. Portland. Me. 
M/ATPLMTO I S f f*ra Winding! One agent made 
VVA I UriLO I $894 in 5T flays. Sample Watch 
free to ev’ ry agt. Ad. C. M. Linington, Chicago. Ill 
“Voice Bars” 
Strengthens the voice, makes it 
musical, extends its compass. 
Indispensable to Singers and 
Speakers. Cures Coughs, Bronchial Affections. 
Relieves Asthma. Circular free. 
“Voice Bars” Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
$7 
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TRAVEL 
Without a bottle of Tarrant’s Seltzer 
: Aperient. Changes of temperature, ir¬ 
regularity of rest and eating, and expo¬ 
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agents in deranging the secretions of the 
body. A dose of this aperient will pre¬ 
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and save many inconveniences and dan¬ 
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COLGATE & C0.’S 
VIOLET TOILET WATER. 
NEW EXCELSIOR LAWN MOVER, 
IT HAS THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY 
LAWN MOWER IN THE WORLD. 
It has been adopted, and can be seen in practical operation 
on Central Park and all the other City Parks. New 
York; Government Grounds and City Parks, 
Washington; Boston Common, Boston; Pros- 
? ect Park, Brooklyn ; and on almost every prominent 
ark throughout the United States and Canada. 
THE GREAT TRIAL of Lawn Mowers was held in 
New York City, June 25th. 1674. There the Excelsior 
came into competition with all the best Lawn Mowers in the 
world, anti was awarded the HIGHEST Premium. 
Pour sizes for hand-power; four sizes for horse-power. 
Prices from *14 to *200. EVERY MACHINE 
WARRANTED. Address 
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MOWER. Gears entirely covered and weight reduced 
200 lbs. It is the LIGHTEST and BEST HORSE 
MOWER EVER MADE. 
MISFIT 
CARPETS. 
ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY, AND IN¬ 
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112 Fulton Street, New York. 
Send for a price-list. J. A. BENDALL. 
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terms free. TEUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 
OETH SENDING FOE.—Every lady reader 
of tliis paper will receive an elegant motto 
design for embroidery by sending two 3 cent 
stamps to Colman Smith, New Haven, Conn. 
tHedingee & conardoFs 
, BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING 
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Leamon’s Dyes Color Woollens. 
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Crimson, Violet, Yellow, Purple, Green, 
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and fancy dyeing. 
ANY GUILD CAN USE THEM l 
A book giving full directions for all uses, ifrith a 
beautiful sample card, showing how to make 36 
colors, sent to any address for a 3-cent stamp, or the 
same with a package of any color on receipt of 25 cts 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., 
BURLINGTON, VT. 
P. O. VICKERY. Augusta, Maine, 
Fancy Cards, no two alike, with name, 10c., 
post-paid. 
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Sole Manuf’r or 
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For INVALIDS & CRIPFOSS. 
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by any one having the U8e of 
hands. Send stamp for Illustrated 
Catalogue and prices of different 
styles. Patentee and manf. of the 
“Rolling Chairs” at the Centen¬ 
nial. 
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32 Platt Street. New York. 
Mention this paper , 
1 1 pack acquaintance cards, 1 pack hdkf 
flirtation, 1 pack scroll, all 3 sent for only 
XOc.&stp. Fun Card Co. Middleboro, Mass 
Strong Pot Plants, suitable for immediate 
flowering, sent safely by mail, postpaid. 5 
splendid varieties, your choice , all labeled, for 
$ 1 ; 12 for $2 ; 19 for $3 ; 2G for $4 ; 35 for $5. 
For 10 cents each additional, one Magnificent 
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sorts. *We make Roses a. Great Specialty, and 
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100,000 customers in the United States and Canada. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, 
West Grov^ Chester no.. P«. 
FUN ALIVE! Magic, / 
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Darkies, Sambo and Dinah, 
each 11 inches in height, ar¬ 
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They will dance to music sep¬ 
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each, or both for 25 cts., by 
mail, postpaid. Address L 
EUREKA TRICK AND NOVELTY COMPANY. 
Box 4614. 39 Ann Street, New York. 
WE 
Want SALESMEN on a regular salary of 
a month and expenses, to sell our 
A nTo DLALEF.S. Samples FREE. 
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385 
LADIES 
Elegant Imitation 
ROSE 
CORAL SET, 
PIH and EEOPS, 
Sent Postpaid 
to any Sub¬ 
scriber of this 
Paper for 
25 CENTS. 
Three Sets for 
SO CENTS. 
L. A. THOMSON, 
Ho. 11 Clinton Placo 
New York. 
