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garden. 
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Add loctH, lor 
iardmat »l.oo. 
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flood OluHir, Iho l.l,euo„un.un.v mu..ee„„|„| T," ' 
1 (, Is brlifUl, paro, lively, „„,i sp.nlflp,,, ' "'"''“y l‘'>l)ei' lor I he lain lly, 
doles bloKfiipliy, and useliil Inlevnnul,,,, peoms, uiiec 
good mil. ffo.id lllenilnre and k„.m 1 c.lioei'’ (p, | '"'"si, Kood i.iovals, 
13.-(a.) /''or »I .an, 77,e y 
Our Country Home, II uioutliiy |(,„niai 
Acknowledged lo 1)0 one oC il,e hesi, niosl """"•r.V lll'e. 
osl pnpevs of its oIuns. Kdiled by k, p, |,o,|,v "'''‘"(I and bright. 
Cobuvu, 1. K. b’elcli, E. E. Ife.xford, and Mrs‘'j’lai’v (' V!"'* ‘'i' *>• 
piirlments on tbo Eleld, Garden, Dairy anil ,Sleek' P, 
and llonio nll'iiirs. (Priee .W els.) ' ’ I’wliie, Law, 
(b.) au'entutrreiitiuiufor 1 new s„t,.r,a„»e,.tei7. ),e.l,„e,.fca„ f.Vovte, „i», .oo. 
13. —(n.) ./'’or S3.75, TUe Americnn (Innlenlymr nml 
women who have over worked lor this good cause. Goo.l Housekeeping 
merits the warm reception and groat success it is meeting with Ulus 
tnitcd, and beautifully printed on due paper. (Price $ 2 . 50 .) 
(b.) Given as premium for S suhsciiptions to The Amcrimn Garden at 81.00 
eaeU. 
14. — (a.) For 81.30, The Amerieaii Garden X year, and 
Green’s Fruit Grower (I year), a cpiarlerly Journai of fruit culture. 
Bright, reliable, full ot solid informal ion and good sense, written in a styic 
that it is a real delight to read; and the book, How to Propagate and Grow 
Fruit, by Chas. A. Green, wcli written and thoroughly reliable, covering 
all phases of the subject. (Price of impcr and book .50 cts. each.) 
(b.) Given as premium fori, new subscriptionto ThcAmerican Garden n/81.00. 
A FEW CHOICE IMPLEMENTS. 
15.—(a.) For 83.00, ThcAmerican Garden 1 year, and 
Little Detective Postal Scale. (Price $3.00.) tVeighs 14 oz. to 25 lbs. 
Hundreds of thousands sold. Tlicbestof all low-prieo scales; etpial in value 
to any $5 or $10 scale v'C luivc seen. For House or Olliec it is equally etll- 
eient. One side of the beam sliows the cost of iiostago in cents of any article 
tvclghed. Specially tine for seed.smcn and nursciTincn. Sent by express. 
(b.) Given as premium for 5 subscriptions to The American Garden at »\.00 
each. 
16. —(a.) For 818.00, The American Garden 5 years, and. 
Stevens’ Hunter’s Pet Kllle. (Price $i8.00.) IVoight about 5 1-t lbs.; 
length of barrel, 18 inches, good for 10 rods; 22 rim, 32, 38 or 14 calibre; rim 
or central lire; with combined siglils. That it is made by J. Stoyens & Co., 
is proof of its cpiality. A specialty, first made for a geological surveying 
pai-ty going to the Kooky Jlountains, who wan ted agun to knock oyer a bear, 
'vhieh would bo as light and portable as possible, ^ach gun tho otygbly 
tested and remarkably accurate. W'itb it you can knock f 
or animal of similar size, 50 rods away, with 
that they do even better work at a quarter of a mile 
EX.S” anus are made for every day folks, and a a 1' “'Vet" 
oil; require no fl.xings and no previous knowloi gc 
The publisher of this journal J°\®;’i^e8rorhfrh"^^^ 
at 10 years of age, though bard work and tl 
born this pleasure in late years. ® should be put Into 
‘aught the proper use of guns, and tl _ ^ ^„,s offer, and for selcct- 
the boy’s hands. That is o"" J® ’ ..gtevens’Hunter’s Pet.” 
i"g so good and low-priced a weapon ,„y,,riptions at 81.00 ettch. 
(b.) The iSi.inch. “Pet" g iven as eiprv’K'''- J 
17. -(a.) For 813.50, The American "’“(j,,ico $12..50.) IVlth 
Stevens’ Single Barrel BreecU-Loadlug ^ gnago; weight 0 to 7 
forehand stock and Stevens’ jiatont bo , 
"ta-Uength of barrel 28 to 32 in. 
223 
PEUIT EVAPOEATIOH. 
was 
111 ', f ’ whole crops because of low priee.s, lias dovelopctl 
.1 ew ye.iis to jfi'cat proportions and {riven rise to the .special niau- 
u iietiire, ot apparatus for dryhijr the fruit. We give herewith an 
Illustration of the Kvapoi-ator made by the Amcriettti Manufttetur- 
ing Co. of Waynesboro, 
Pa., whieb litis an e.'ceellent 
reputation iunong fruit 
growers for efliciency. 
Parties wlio liave used it re¬ 
port the successful drying 
j'j of Peaclies, Ptairs, .ippies, 
'',1 Piuins, Kasplierries, Blaek- 
' licrries, .S t r a w b e r r i c s, 
liuckicberries, .Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Pumpkins, Egg 
Plant, .Sweet Potatoes, Lima Beans, Peas, etc., ivliich are 
of firm ({Utility and sell at liighly profltalile prices, even 
wlien the imiritet was overstocked witli fresh fruit. The bountiful 
rctui-ns ill good money tlirough this avenue for fruits tliat probably 
would be wasted, may be the means of making many a farm profit¬ 
able tliat U05V barely ptiys expenses. 
SAVOES OF THE SOIL. 
HOOKED, IIAimOWED AXD IIAKl'ESTEb. 
An excliangc tells how lawn mowers may be rejiaired. Up to 
date, liowcver, no one has given a recipe for repairing the man 
tvlio shoves the laivn mower. 
.,;ii GBEEStVICIt ST., X- T. 
My Single Banc, hoeds^ 
this summer a I don’t want 
■“•“'■“'■‘f.T.f " rims been 
kiiything bettor as to sliootliig nn".*' 
years 
over 2000 times, ami 
yZ-^pnrett no repairs since I “eoHDOX. 
P’0 Given as premiuinfor 30 
tac/i. 
b subscriptions to 
The Aineviean 
.shot in the past two 
lid it- 
>]JT. 
Garden at 81.00 
“Pa,” asked Walter, “what is a Buddliist?” “A Buddliist, my son,’.’ 
replied pa, “is a—iveli—a sort of liorticultural chap—you've heard 
of budding fruits, you know.” 
“This milk is rather warm for sucli a cold morning,” said a cu.s- 
tomer the other dayto a milk boy. “Yes, father put hot ivater in it, 
instead of cold, to keep it from freezing,” was the simple 
and truthful reply. 
“There was countless inillious of mosquitoes down on the marsh 
to-day," said Johnny. “Johnny,” said nitimma, “don’t exaggerate.” 
“I don’t zaggerate, ina; there was eouiitless millions, for Jiramj' 
Brown .lud me counted ’em.’’ 
To keep her boy from the school board, a Loudon fruit seller 
adopted the expedient of putting him into an orange box, which was 
safely corded up and shoved under the bed whenever she h.ad occa¬ 
sion to go out, remaining there till her return. 
A Good Jam. —Place one linger in tlie crack of a door. Shut 
tile door sloivly but flnnly, and keep it closed for at least ten sec 
ends. Then open the door and remove the Auger, and add plenty 
of spicy interjeotions. JTever use your own Anger if j’ou can .avoid it. 
Man is a harvester. He begins life at the cradle; learns to handle 
tlie fork; often has rakish ivays and sows wild oats, threshes his 
way through the world, and when he arrives at the sere and yellow 
leaf. Time mows liim down, and his remams are planted on 
the liillsidc. 
“Speakin’ of productive soil,” said the man from Dakota, “the 
h.alf has not been told. A few weeks ago my wife said, ‘AVhy, John, 
1 believe you’ve took to growin’again.’I measured myself, and I 
hope Gabriel ’ll miss me at the Anal roundup, if I hadn’t grown 
six inches in two Aveeks. I couldn’t accoimt for it for some time, 
till at last I tumbled to the fact that thar war holes in my boots, 
an’ the infernal soil got in thar an’ done its ivork.” 
A o-irl brou"-ht up in tlie city, married a farmer whom she loved 
and desii-ed to“make happy. Having heard him speak of beingfond 
of hard older, and learmng the use of a hand cider- 
mill slie saw in the shed, she bought a couple of 
bushels of Apples, and presented them, to him on his re- 
) ovDlainine- ivliy slie got them. On examining them,he 
<"l'hc«’e are not good for this purpose, they are as green 
ns can he.” “Why,” she lovingly replied, “I heard 
and haul n ’ ^nd so I selected the hardest 
tTr could And.” He gave her a Idss, and said not a word. A 
Sv ^a lerlld^ a yottn/, husband. AVell, we hope he 
wm always remain young, in heart at least. 
