ibeAes’ Starr*! ftraJ&iiiet unit! factorial Home iBompLiuon. 
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Subscribers will confer a favor, 
if, when answering Advertisements, 
they will mention ‘ ‘ The Floral 
Cabinet.” 
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i4^l3iLes , floral lluLfibiei 
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 alsochromo “Gems of the 
Flower Garden.” or “ 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 1S74, 1875 or 1876, unbound. 
2 25 “ “ “ bound in cloth,and mailed. 
1 00 “ cover to volume, mailed, postage paid. 
1 50 “ portable binder and music" portfolio, 
mailed, postage paid. 
1 00 “ volume of 1S73, unbound. 
50 “ numbers July to Dec., 1872, unbound. 
No numbers for sale previous to July, 1872. 
No volumes bound previous to 1874. 
Terms for Oiiromos, Agents’ Outfits, &c. 
SO cents for agents’ outfit of paper, chromos, etc. 
25 “ “ " “ u “ and engraving. 
Terms to canvassers sent on receipt of P. 0. 
stamp. Agents wanted in every town. 
Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
Office, Publisher, 
46 Beekman St., New York. P. O. Box 2445. 
GOSSAMER 
Waterproof Garments 
Get the Genuine ! Beware qf 
Worthless Imitationsl Ask for 
the Gossamer Waterproof Gar¬ 
ments, and see for yourself that 
our trade mark, “Gossamer 
Waterproof, manufactured 
by Go samer Rubber Cloth¬ 
ing Co, Boston,” is stamped 
on the loop of the garment. 
None are genuine without they 
are so stamped. Our garments 
_ never under any exposure to 
either cold or warm weather, adhere together, or 
grow soft and worthless. No Lady or Gentleman 
should he without one of our Rubber Garments. 
Weigh from 9 to 16 ounces, can be easily carried in 
the pocket. Send for Illustrated circular. GOSSA¬ 
MER RUBBER CLOTHING CO., 2S9 Devonshire 
Street, Boston, Mass. 
Mention Floral Cabinet. 
H 
ow to make money easy. Just out; complete 
outfit 15cents; none free. 
H. LEE & CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
Penmanship Taught by Mail 
To ladies or gentlemen, in any style, at your own 
home, by Prof Loveridge, of Yale Business College. 
Copies and instructions especially adapted sent every 
week. Specimens of practice required for correc¬ 
tion, which will be returned with new copies. It 
affords excellent practice in correspondence and 
insures rapid improvement. Terms, 50 cts. for 
four lessons. Try one month. Read what is said 
by the Board of Education of the town of Westport, 
Conn.: “We unanimously approve your system of 
teaching penmanship by mail and reccommend it to 
the teachers of the town.— A. N. Lewis, Sec’y.” 
R. O. LOVERIDGE, New Haven, Conn. 
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1 comic oil chromo. worth 25 cents, 1 pk. love 
cards, 1 pk. comic envelopes, 1 pk. comic cards, 
1 pk. scroll, all for 15c. and stamp. 
NOVELTY CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
THE LANGUAGE 
OF FLOWERS. 
BY TJNGLE CHARLIE. „ 
A fiATALOGUE OF BOOKS 
published and for sale by Henry T. Williams, 
will be sent free by mail on receipt of 3 ct. stamp. 
Sole Manuf’r of 
WHEEL CHAIRS 
ONL Y. ALL Styles and Sizes. 
For INVALIDS & CRIPPLES. 
Easily propelled, iu or out-doors, 
by any one having the use of 
hands. Send stamp for Illustrated 
Catalogue and prices of different 
styles, ~ 
Patentee and manf. of tue 
“Rolling Chairs" at the Centen¬ 
nial. 
HERBERT S. SMITH, 
32 Platt Street, New York. 
NO EXCUSE NOW FOR BEING} LATE 
‘Time is Money.” 
This elegant book, during the past year, has found 
many admirers, and is now sent out in its second 
edition, enlarged and improved. The Poetical Se¬ 
lections are from the best authors, and the section 
devoted to Floral Conversation, among other good 
things, contains a most fascinating story. 
There is also a section devoted to the Sentiments 
of Flowers, which gives a list of all known Flowers 
and their meaning, and another to Floral Decora¬ 
tions, in which the subject is treated in reference to 
special occasions, such as Thanksgiving Day, Christ¬ 
mas, Easter, Decoration Day, Birthday celebrations, 
Weddings, Euneral ceremonies, the Church, etc.; 
there is also a chapter on Cemetery Decorations, and 
others on preparing skeleton leaves, drying flowers 
with their natural colors, autumn leaves, sea 
mosses, etc. 
It is issued in two different styles to suit pur- 
Mention this paper, copy; for those wishing a handsome gilt-book or 
ACCURATE & RELIABLE 
Thirty Hour 
CLOCKS 
postpaid, on receipt of price. Address, 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
46 Beekman St., New York Ci 
tons, gent’s chain, for 3 green stamps. 
L. SNOW, Middleboro, Mass. 
at Pomeroy, Pa. 
The “ SAINT NICHOLAS CLOCK” is a detached 
lever escapement time-piece, of careful construc¬ 
tion. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Novel, taste- 
lul, and attractive in style and in every respect an 
article of superior excellence. 
IT WILL RUN IN ANY POSITION and will be 
of special value to the traveler. They are suitable 
for the Library, the Family Room, the Dining Room, 
the Sleeping Room, the Shop, the Store, the Saloon, 
and the Cabin. 
The above illustration is a perfect representation 
(on a reduced scale) of the “St. Nicholas.” Sent by 
mail, postpaid, on receipt of $2.15. Address 
HENRY T. WILLIAMS, 
46 Beekman Street, New York City. 
fit C tfl O fl P er day h° me - Samples worth $5 
4^3 LU 4>£U free. Stinson & Co., Portland, Me. 
JUN ! pk. Aequaint’e, pk. Flirt’n, pk. Scroll, pk. 
Pop. Ques. Cds. 10c. & stp. 
FUN CARD CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
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25 
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for 10 cts. and stamp. 
post-paid. Geo. I. Reed & Co., Nassau N. Y. 
10c. and stamp. Fun for 6 mos. 
E. HUFF, Middleboro, Mass. 
"What will Tarrant’s Seltzer 
Aperient cure ?” 
Asks the sufferer from a multitude of diseases. We 
answer: It will remove from the system the active 
cause of most of the diseases that flesh is heir to. 
It won’t mend a broken limb, nor close up a bullet 
hole; but it may be profitably used in stomachic 
diseases. It will do no one any harm, and may do 
much good. Try it, and see if it won’t suit your 
case. # 
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 
COLGATE & C0/S 
VIOLET TOILET WATER. 
FUN —Pk. Comic Envelopes, pk. Comic Cards, pk. 
Scroll and pk. Donkey, 10 cts. and stamp. 
COMIC CARD CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
$55 2 $77 p*o" 
VICKERY, Augusta, Maine. 
THIS; 1 beautiful Photo, 1 Fountain Pen, 1 
pkg. Oriental Silver Polish, 1 set Gold Plated 
Shirt Studs, lOcts and stamp. 
STAR NOVELTY CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
fl owest yet. 1 Book mark, 50 Embossed Chromos, 
L 40 curious pictures, 12 lc. stamps. 
ETTA COOK, Middleboro, Mass. 
ft j" Fancy Cards, no two alike, with name, 10c., 
&S3 post-paid. 
Nassau Card Co , Box 50, Nassau, N. Y. 
PUSTO? S f em Winding! Oncagentmade 
j vjiflLO » $894 in 57 days. Sample Watch 
g free toev’ry agt. Ad. C. M. Linington, Chicago, Ill 
ONE Perfumed Shell, worth 25 cts., 1 pack Trans- 
U parent Cards, 20 cts. and stamp. 
H. G. CASE, Middleboro, Mass. 
K FANCY Cards, no two alike, with name, 
10o. postpaid. NASSAU CARD CO., Nas¬ 
sau, N. Y. Box 50. 
IJff" Elegant Cards, no two alike, with name, 
£ 3 10c. postpaid. J. B. Husted, Nassau, N. Y. 
BULBS! BULBS! BULBS! 
A choice collection of Holland Bulbs and Flower¬ 
ing Plants, especially prepared for winter blooming, 
for sale unusually low. Don’t fail to send for Cata¬ 
logue, free. Address, W. H. BRENNEMAN, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 
K Elegant Cards, no two alike, with natnei 
10c. p’stp’d. Geo.I.Eeed & Co., Nassau, N.Y. 
READER— Send 10 cts. and stamp for 20 samples 
of our Novelties and Catalogue. 
ENTERPRISE CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
C ft Elegant Cards, 10 styles, with your name in 
DU gilt, 15c. Try us. Schell Bros. , Malden,N. Y. 
11 111 pft * ft How made in 10 hours from Cider, 
V inCwKHii Wine, or Sorghum, without using 
drugs. Name paper, and address 
F. I. SAGE, Springfield, Mass. 
ftF” Mixed Cards, with name, 10c. and stamp. 
UU Ag’ts Outfit, 10c. L. C. COE & Co., Bristol, Ct. 
a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and 
1 terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 
lifonderBox; contains 57 useful articles; 15 cents 
If and stamp. 
Miss EVA GRANT, Middleboro, Mass. 
QC Elegant Cards, no two alike, with name, 10c. 
postpaid. Geo. I. Reed & Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
K Fine Cards, Damask, Repp, Etc., with name 
{J vJ on all, 13c. F. C. Lyman, Clintonville, Conn. 
SEN D 10 cts. and stamp and get 4 vocal and 2in¬ 
strumental pieces Sheet Music. 
F. B. WASHBURN, Middleboro, Mass. 
Use Corticelli Silk! 
IT IS THE BEST. 
fill Visiting Ca?'ds, with name, 10 cts. 350 
III kinds cards; largest assortment type; give 
/ *1 agts. best terms; agt’s outfit, 3 green stamps. 
CJU STAR CARDCO., Middleboro, Mass. 
•WORTH SENDING FOR.—Every lady reader 
uy of this paper will receive an elegant motto 
■V design for embroidery by sending two 3 cent 
1 f stamps to Colman Smith, New Haven, Conn. 
Q New Pieces Sheet Music, retails for $1.75, sent 
O for 10 cts. and stamp. 
CHEAP MUSIC CO., Middleboro, Mass. 
QOfJ a week in your own town. Terms and $5 out- 
000 fit free. H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. 
_J 3 Oil Chromos, ready to frame, 6x8, retail 
T5c., for 15c. and stamp. 
CHBOMO PUB. Co., Middleboro, Mass. 
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5 Hi * 
d liE DINGEE & CONARD GO’S 
9 BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING . 
Strong Pot Plants, suitable for immediate 
flowering, sent safely by mail, postpaid. 5 
splendid varieties, your choice, all labeled, for 
$1; 13 for $3 ; 19 for $3; 3G for $4; 35 for $5. 
For 10 cents each additional, one Magnificent 
Premium Rose to every dollar’s worth or¬ 
dered. Send for our NEW GUIDE TO ROSE 
CULTURE, and choose from over 300 finest 
sorts. *We make Roses a Great Specialty, and 
are the largest Rose-growers in America. Refer to 
100,000 customers in the United States and Canada. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Geowebs, 
West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. 
FUN ALIVE! Magic, 
Mirth and Mystery Com¬ 
bined !! The Performing 
Darkies, Sambo and Dinah, 
each 11 inches in height, ar¬ 
rayed in gorgeous costumes. 
They will dance to music sep¬ 
arately or together,fall down, 
i-ise bow,&c.,&c.,as request¬ 
ed ; defying detection. Noth¬ 
ing like them before. 15 cents 
each, or both for 25 cts., by 
mail, postpaid. Address 
ItJiEKA TRICK ANri NOVELTY COMPANY 
Box 46 14. 39 Ann Street, New York. 
LADIES Elegant Im¬ 
itation LOSE COEAL 
SET, Breastpin anti 
Pendant Crops, Sent 
Postpaid to any Leader 
1 of this Paper for 25 cents 
Three Sets for 50 cents. 
In Currency or Stamps. 
L. A. THOMSON, 
Clinton Place, NewYorh 
Want SALESMEN on a regular salary of, 
a month and expenses, to sell our F 
A DEALERS. Samples FREE. 
I ■ IU 1 tA Send 3c. stamp to insure answer. I 
I UBUni IO s. FOSTER & CO. Cincinnati. 0. 1 
