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" T I .. . Se-^s • ^ •"* , • " .'•>•"•• • ' , 'w* mmm *m>: •'-til y#5! ABMCmrURALiHO MIMIC. Around the Tana. the covering oyer strawberry plants, especially if it be thick, as it may pack and smother the plants. POTATOES which are to be planted had better be cat a few days before and placed so the cut part can be dried be­ fore planting. IK laying oat the garden devote no more to flowers than you intend to take care of and to do it well and scientifical­ ly. And if you do not know what that means let the flowers alone and devote the space to potatoes and onions. THE editor of the Hamilton Freeman recommends the following list of apple trees as being valuable fruit, and reliably hardy, to-wit: Wealthy, Duchess of Old­ enburg, Willow Twig, Fameuse, Talman Sweet, Ben Davis and Bed Astcachan. HARROWING WHEAT.--It is a good plan, both for the wheat and the catch of ciover seed, to harrow wheat in the spring. Select some day when the ground is dry enough to pulverize freely, and, if possible,, just- before a rain. Where wheat has been drilled iu a com­ mon, heavy drag will only break down the ridges between the rows and cover flKposed roots. TOP DRESSING FOR GRASS LANDS.--A top dressing of clay on a light loamy soil will render it much more productive, and its beneficial effects will soon be ob­ served. A top dressing of swamp mud, after it has been exposed to the atmos­ phere for a time, is equal to the best ma­ nure for grass crops. Sand spread over a clay soil, or on swamp muck, consti­ tutes an excellent fertilizer, and its ap- C" ation to such land is a permanent efit BONE SPAVIN CURB.--Muriatic acid, eight ounces, pulverized cantharides, one ounce. Fill a drachm vial about one-third full with the medicine, and, after greasing below the lump with lard or oil, apply it upon the lump, covering a space the size of a five-cent piece. Ap­ ply it once every day for four days, then keep the sore well greased with lard or oil until it heals up. If one course of this treatment fails to core, apply the medicine as before; the seoand never FARM LABOR AND PROFIT.--Col. Scott, in the last Producer, wisely attempts to inform the public what a farmer sells when he disposes of a load of corn at a railroad station. He has marketed thirty bushels of corn, for which he gets $7.50. With it he has sold one day's labor of himself and team, hauling it to market, and another day with the same force gathering and cribbing it. Behind this is the preparation of the ground, tlie rent a£ an acre, the seed and planting, culti­ vation, interest, taxes, wear and tear of tools, risks and failures from floods, droughts, and cureless culture. Besides these, he is selling in that load of Com the cream of his land, which is prob­ ably already mortgaged to some other Sianj and, above all, he is selling his in-ependence as a farmer. These are some of the things a man sells for the paltry sum of $7.50. JERSEYS AND AI<DERNEYS.--There is constantly a difficulty in the minds of the mass of the -people relative to the above-named breeds of cattle. The editor of the Country' Gentleman defines the matter as follows, which is plain and easily understood: "The Jerseys are the cattle of the island of Jer­ sey ; are quite uniform in size and deer­ like appearance, and are rather small. The Alderneys are from the island of that name, and are said to be a cross be­ tween the Jerseys and I he coarser Guern­ seys. They are therefore uneven in size, coarser, and more broken in color­ ing, often having considerable white, red or brown, which colors are bred out of Che Jerseys as far as possible. Both breeds are noted fdr rich milk, and golden butter--the Guernsey cross in­ creasing this quality in the Alderney. In this country, however, the two names have been used indiscriminately for pre­ cisely the same animal, and the number of ' Alderney' cattle, strictly speaking, that have ever been imported is very small indeed!" gmsisp "WASHING.--Washing sheep pre­ vious to shearing, or leaving them un­ washed, is a question that, like deep or shallow plowing and thick or thin seeding, has caused much difference of opinion among farmers. It is probable that the most profit will be found to re- salt from carefully washing sheep and putting up the wool carefully without tile slightest attempt at deception of any kind. By a little attention to the des­ truction of burdocks and similar weeds in sheep pastures the fleece will not be disfigured by burs. Sheep should be oartji'tilly iagged before being let out to grass in the spring. This is indispensa­ ble in the management of breeding ewes, and is necessary for all other sheep. Shearing time affords an excellent op­ portunity for "drafting" or "culling" sheep--removing all those that are in any way uprofitable, and filling up their places with better stock. Weakness of constitution, predisposition to disease, wildness, barrenness, the production of inferior wool, etc., are among the causes which render culling out of the flock nec- essaxy. ' " • tfc« House. FRENCH LOAF CAKE. -- One pound of; flour, one pound of sugar, one pound of raisins, half a pound of butter, one cup of new milk, flve eggs, and spice to suit. To POT FISH.--Cut up choice pieces of fish, season With pepper, salt and clover; put them into a dish; cover closely; bake one hour. When cold press them into the pot and cover well •pith butter, etc. CURE FOR CHAPPED HANDS.--One part of glycerine, four of Pond's Extract, or ,witcli hazel, four of water; put in a bot­ tle and shake well; it is ready for use im­ mediately; it is well to shake thoroughly each time of using. GRAHAM TEA-CAKE.--One cup sugar, two eggs, beaten together, one cup sour cream, two-thirds teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful salt, two slightly heaped cups Graham flour, one teaspoonful lemon extract or half a nutmeg. Bake in a moderate oven. LAMPS become incrusted inside with settlings from the oil, and ordinary washing will not remove them. Take sonp-suds and fill the lamp about, one- third full; then put in a little sharp sand, and shake vigorously. A few minutes will remove every particle. To FRY EELS.--Skin, empty and wash the eels a® clean as possible ; cut them into short pieces and dry them in a cloth ; season with salt and pepper, flour them thickly and fry them a fine brown in boiling lard ; drain the eels and send them to the table with melted butter and a lemon. FISH PUDDING.--Take oold boiled fish and mashed potatoes, an equal quantity; mix well together, breaking the flsh very fine ; add two ounces of melted butter; season with salt and pepper. Butter a pudding-dish, put the mixture in, and bake in a moderate oven until the top is nicely browned. Tu KHJKT GitSBK VHGETABIJES. --GKCS vegetables must be kept on damp stones, covered over with a damp cloth. Beet­ roots, parsnips, carrots and potatoes are best kept in dry sand during the winter. Never wash them till they are wanted for use. Onions should be tied up in blanches, and hung up. Take and bury parsley in a jar during the winter, or dry it by hanging it up in a warm room. To COOK ONIONS.--Put them into salted boiling water, with a little milk added, and boil them until tender. Then put them into a baking-pan with a little pepper, salt and butter thrown oyer them, and a little of the water in which they were boiled in the bottom of the pan. Brown them in the oven and serre hot. BTTRWS.--For this class of difficulties, White-lead paint seems to meet the indi­ cations of treatment as satisfactorily as any material which has been employed. This is interesting, from the fact_ that almost every plan of treatment which has ever been devised has been employed, and the leaning is toward the paint dressing. Mix as for painting, except considerably thicker, and apply with a brush. CiiBANiNo WAiii^s.--Walls that have been whitewashed and need cleaning can be much improved in looks bv pass­ ing a soft brush broom back and forth over the surface of the wall. To clean wall paper--tie a small bag of bran over the brush end of a broom and pass it up and down over the wall. Shake up the contents of the bag occasionally and re­ move the dust from the bag by brushing with a small brush broom. LOVERS of house plants will be sorry to learn that the oleander is a dangerous plant. But so it is. Children have been poisoned by eating the flower petals; eatyle have been killed by browsing on the foliage ; a single drop, it is said, of the milky, acrid juice that exudes when a twig or leaf is broken off is sufficient to produce the death of an infant. The odor exhaled from the blossoms is also deleterious to the health. ENGLJSH Ambassadors frequently suf­ fer for the necessities of life, through the contemptible salaries allowed them. Lord Lyons, as British A mbassador to France," has a salary of $50,000. The British Ambassadors to Germany and to Borne have each a salary of $35,000, and the latter receives an allowance for rent of $6,000. The Ambassador at Vienna gets $40,000, and the one at St. Peters­ burg $39,000. Sir Henry Elliott had, at Constantinople, $40,000, and Sir Edward Thornton entertains at Washington on a salary of $30,000. A Fearful lieath. A special from Conyers, Ga., states that the jail at that place was burned to­ day and three negro prisoners perished in the flames. The door to the jail was on the second floor, the first story being a solid dungeon which opened from the top by a trap door. Before the fire was discovered it had burned away the steps and cut off all communication with the prisoners. There was no engine in the town, rtnd the fire had its own way. The heat was so intense that it was impos­ sible to approach the building. At length an axe was forced through an aperture to the prisoners, and they commenced to cut through the heavy logs that made the dungeon walls. The flames, how­ ever, swept downward rapidly, and soon burned through the upper floor and sent a shower of embers and lurid blaze on the wretched men below. In this hor­ rid illumination they could be plainly seen by the crowd outside. Oram! with pain and fear they capered about like mad men, dashing themselves against the walls and screaming in the most fearful manner. Their attempts to cut through the walls, while furious, had no intelli­ gent direction. They hacked about wildly, frequently fighting like brutes for the possession of the ax. At length the whole upper floor gave way, and the three wretched men, clutching the outer logs, stretched their hands to the crowd outside and were lost in a blinding sheet of flame. The prisoners talked with the crowd during the progress of the fire, and said they had heard a match struck up stairs an hour before the fire was visible and supposed it was the jailer. It was cer­ tainly incendiary, and is believed to have been done by friends of the prisoners. It commenced at the door on the second story. The prisoners were put in jail just a day and a half before the fire oc­ curred, and were sentenced to a few years each in the penitentiary.--Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch to New York Herald. Hoarded Wealth. The Bank of France has had in its vaults during the past year the largest sum of gold and silver money, probably, that was ever collected in one place. It exceeded at times 2,200,000,000 francs, or $440,000,000. This would be more than enough to re­ deem every greenback and every piece of fractional currency in this country, and leave a balance of $50,000,000 after our paper money debt had been wiped out. But perhaps the vastness of the sum will be better understood if we say that, if it were all gold coin, it would weigh more than 312,900 pounds, avoirdupois, or more than 156 tons. As a matter of fact, about one-third of the money is silver. A French silver five-franc piece weighs fifteen and one- half times as much as a gold piece of the same value. So it follows that the weight of coin in the bank vaults has exceeded 1,825,000 pounds, or more than 900 tons. A SUNDAY-SCHOOL, boy gave his teacher this illustrative definition of " responsi­ bility:" "Boys has two buttons for their s'penders so's to keep their pants up. When one button comes off, why there's a good deal of responsibility on the oth­ er button." Where the Benders Are. The Bender family, found as often as Oharlie Boss, and last found at \Irnn, Ark., proves to be the Keafer family of Wisconsin. It is rather curious that all of the discoveries should have created so lively an interest everywhere except among the folk whom we might think most concerned in the capture and bring­ ing to justice of the murderers. It is just four years since the almost incredible crimes of Cherry Yale, Kan., were made public, and three since the authorities of Utah captured in the Wahsateh moun­ tains a family fully identified as the Ben­ ders, whose head, indeed, confessed that he was John Bender, and gave a thrilling description of his deeds of blood, which subsequently proved to be wholly imag­ inary. The Benders lived, as we have just said, at Cherry Yale, in Labette county, Kan., and in May, 1873, were said to have fled to Texas or Mexico be­ cause of the disappearance of Mr. Yorke, brother of Colonel A. M. Yorke, whose dramatic exposure in the Kansas Legis­ lature of Senator Pomeroy's attempt to bribe him with a $7,000 package of bills made such a sensation at the time, and ended in the return of Mr. Ingails. Their house proved a literal shambles, as in it were found the corpses of five men and a child, all of whom had been destroyed in the same manner;, being first knocked on the head with a hammer or mallet, and having their throats cut while insensible. How many strangers Bender and his wife and his daughter4 Kate had induced to partake of their hos­ pitality and then done to death must ever remain a secret. About a week after the disclosures a confederate of the family, one Nicholas Marion, was captured in Indian Territory. He promised to make important disclosures affecting the gang, but committed suicide while he was be­ ing conducted homewards. Since then innumerable Benders have been discov­ ered in the far West, but curiously enough the relatives of their victims have taken no interest in them. The most reasonable solution of this is to be found in the belief that is almost univer­ sally maintained in the vicinity of Cherry Yale that the father, mother and daugh­ ter were captured by the Vigilantes, brought bade with all secrecy and drowned by night in the pond near their house which probably had received the corpses of many of their victims. We do not know that this theory has ever been made public, but are moved now to pub­ lish it as explaining what would other­ wise appear unaccountable. If it is cor­ rect, one awful mystery will have been avenged by another mystery as awful.-- New York World. National Bankruptcy. M. De Girardin has recently prepared an essay, entitled "The Question of Money, in which he takes the ground that all existing Governments, except those of England and America, are hur­ rying into bankruptcy, and he finds the principal cause in the immense amount of money spent upon their respective ar­ mies. The statistics which he furnishes are very interesting. The six powers of Europe spend $500,000,000 annually upon their armies. He calculates in de­ tail that England's military expenditure per annum is $53,256,160, each soldier costing over $503. France spends $112,913,298, each soldier costing over $254. The total cost of the Russian army per annum is $137,034,935, or $238 per man. The cost of the German army is $92,764,603, or $225 per man. Italy pays less than $181 a head, the total cost being $37,176,686. The Aus­ trian army is the cheapest of all. Each man costs $174,30, which, for an army of 273,800, gives a total of $47,705,914. Adding to these sums the annual amounts expended for naval armaments, which amount to $60,000,000 for England, $35,000,000 for France, $24,000,000 for Russia, $7,5§0,000 apiece for Germany and Italy, and $5,000,000 for Austria, and the sum total expended upon the military camp of Europe foots up $635,000,000! The tfrowth of San Francisco. Hie new San Francisco Directory, just published, contains 190,850 names, which, estimating that each name repre­ sents three in population, would give the population of the city at 302,550. Of thi:; number 22,000 ore- Chinese, and the increaso in population during the past year has been about 11 per cent. There were 1,600 new buildings erected during the past year, thirty-three of which cost $8,500,000. The aggregate amount expended for improvements dur­ ing the year, including parks, streets, etc., was $10,000,000. There are now 27,000 buildings comprised within the city limits, of which 4,390 are brick. The postoifice delivered last year 455,846 letters, and received 5.452.838 letters, and 800,000 postal cards were collected, and 850,000 delivered. The average daily attendance on the public schools last year were 22,761, an in­ crease over the previous year of 2,901, while 34,029 scholars are enrolled in all the schools. The total expense of main­ taining these schools was $867,754, an increase of $160,309 over the previous year, and the estimate for the ensuing year is placed at $870,000. The total value erf school property is $2,505,500. POND'S CATARRH Foud' * Ext nut i» & Spo­ rt for this diseiww it cau hardly ex­ celled, «wa to old ana obstinate «N». pie lvuef >* so prompt that no ono who ever tried it will !><• without it HAXDS AXD FACE.-Pond1* H',oul<1 l,(! in every family tiii* •, rougrh weather. It removes the *<>roin»*a and roujrhnesp, aud aofte.a and kcala the jikui promptly. KS»UMATISM.-DuriuK were and ehaiuwaWe weather, no one tnibju't to Ith.-nmatv- lams should be one uay without pond's _ which FTLWN VK RELIEVE* CftI%i£0ThI Mi*T*ON. COCUHS. (OLDS.--Ihl* coal wither trie* tn,- loans* sorely. 1I»VP pauri'« F.xtrnrt on hand always. It rciivviv t kc and n„Ti t curea the dioesBe. CHILBLAINS will (vo promptly relieved nod ultimately cured l>\ lmthhiir the aSdictt-d w s * t » 3 5 • ? 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It has not yet been mentioned in any of the newspapers. She died three weeks ago. Up to yes­ terday she was not buried. The corpse is warm and limp, and the features as soft and mobile as when in life. Several doctors have examined her, and have or­ dered that the body shall be watched night and day. The poor lady iB evi­ dently in a trance, but whether she is destined to come to life it is impossible to say. Not long ago a General in France lay in a similar condition for three months, after which time decomposition set in, with every other indication of death, and without any token of life all the time save the warmth and flexibility of the body. It is an awful thing to con­ template the possibility that Miss Grood- ale is at this moment conscious of all that is passing around her, without the power to communicate with her sorrowing friends, for such consciousness is not un­ common in some conditions of catalepsy, which paralyzes the body and suspends volition, but leaves the senses untram­ meled. Many an unfortunate person has been buried alive in this condition. --London Letter. ETery Year YOB Lose More than one costs--Otira always right--No pay till tested and suited--No risk, we way freight--Be your own Agent and Save Commissions--Four-Ton liny Suulea, rimtjilrtf (none better). 950< drHrrsnl. Send for free Price-List all size Scales, and judge for yourself. JONES OF BINCHAMTON, BLNUHAMTON, Y. Pr®f. if airs Magic GMSPMM is the only preparation, one package or twk will force the ticard lo (trow thick and heavy on the smoothest face (without injury) la & day* in *v*ry case, or money cheerfully re- »>inrt' d. V> cent* per packace, postpaids 3 for .v><-»nt». K. W-JONEgTA^adTk^ ' P^0£0£P!CK8.Ca •*»-# ALBANY. M % ̂CuaToeew. PREMSJM CHl'lPKST articles ever offered to the publio. On receipt of IT. cts. we will send by mail, postpaid, «ne Ladies' u<.ld-plat«d ornamental Miawl Fm, also one of the newest, style Hat ornaments. These good@ are of the newest and iatest designs; are^worth Irafaatja monej MAN"' , i ifii luiivs mo lis, von wii! wncS u^ain. NKW YORK "X^FA6TUR1NG CO.. 231 Church Street N. Y. A O --The choloeat In the world--Importers' TCAOl prices--Ijwfeet Compenj in America- ctaple article--pleaaea eveiTOody--Trade qontlnnaljy la- • WELLS.qVeaeirSt. W. T. P.O., menU--don'* ROBKKT WELLS Box. \m. ul for business. Send '2 stamps for catalogue to i. w. WATSON. 7S CornhflT. Boston, Mass LINGERS and Speakers.you can onlyknow the full pow- *1 er. musical qualities and highest tones of your voice by usln(E •Mai «V(H( )\V TO MAKE §80 to (IO per week SE% ING TE A8 TO FAM1LIKS. Circulars free. T»tA CQ.. l4SChanU)axaSt.,lIe« OVV TO MAKE 50 CENTS PER YEAR. Speciai offer g balanca of year 1877. THE DINING ROOM MAGAZINE la one of the most ably edited monthlies In the country, and with Its list of popular contributors, pre­ sents lu a " nutshell," at the lowest possible ci».t, the In-b't thoughts on the subject of housekeeping and home matter*. Every Kubsci ilier also receives a use!ul premium worth cents. The i 'ftrixHtin Irnim>, Mcnrv W«rd Ueecher's paper, tavs ot H : "THE 1)IN INU K<H>M MACIAZINK."--• Uudcr tuia title ihere la ieeued In this city, by the Union PnbUrti- lnj? Co., Itl Dunne Si., a very neat, instructive, entertaining, and useful monthly maaaxlne, conducted OT Mrs. Laura K. Lyman, of the -A'. 1'. T> il»t>tf. T:ie niont resnarkable feature of this periodical is Ita pttee, ® cents a year, which Ineltules a premium worth 2.) cents. By arrangement with the ijiamif:icturen.tMCMS> pany will Rend hj- mail, free, to each subscriber In the United States, a can of the celebrated Royal Bakln* Powder. This oner is made by a thoroughly responsible company, and the standard article promised,® too well-known to every good housekeeper to need further commendation by us."--ChriMtan Cftifen. THEHKPOKE BTJXJ3CR.IBI1, and secure fl:e Magailne for one year and Premium, both postage paid, to your address, by remitting CEN£TO THE UNION PUBLISHING CO., P. 0. Box 1037, N«W York, COIN-SILVER JL0ST3>-- Oold Premiums GIVEN AWAY To Every Subscriber of This Paper!! ---CONSISTING or Elegant extrfrplated TABLE RILTEBWARE, •ncfti «« f'astora. Knives fe.00 per set, Forkn 95.00, Spoons §4.00 per set, Mnpktn- Blng» #S.50 m pair, Sagar-Bowla, . lined, all of latest style of pattelrqi " TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER FREE. Silvrrnnd Gold poods furnished under this Premium Proposition arc from thewel! known and reliable Eiigle Gold and Silver Plating Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Under ft very favor-1 able proposition from the above well known house, nil regular patrons of this paper"can se­ cure a useful and beautiful, as well as a verv valuable Piumium, in the shape of a hand- •ome set of EXTRA PLATED SILVER SPOON8, «qual to the best article of the kind sola m this country Tor $4.50 per set. And, in Edition, EACH 8POOH KIVVaI! e n t l t l X i w X f i ? e J ^ w T t ^ a n S ^scfmPreimtim | so 011 compliance with the following conditions: Send your name and post-office address, with your express office, to the Eagle Gold and Silver Plating Company, Cinciminti, Ohio, together with the following Premium Order, and inclose with your order 75 cents to pay coat; of engraving your initials, express charges, boxing, and packing, and vou will receive by I return express (or mail, if you nave no express office} a full set of estra plated Silver Spoons FREE OF ANY CHARGE. All express and packing char-gee are covered by the 7S cents, ana the Spoons will be delivered to you FREE. Ii you do not desire to have the ] Spoons engraved, you are only required to send CO cents, to pay expressage and boxing. The order must in all cases be sent, to indicate tlmt you are entitled to this Premium, as tM« •erv liberal offer Is not extended to any who is not a patron of this paper. The retail prioe J of this set of spoons is €4.50, as the following letter will show: W« tunnr* alt untaorilwn that the Owes OP EASLI GOLD AND 8ILYKB PLATING COMPAHV. CmciKMATT, Oaio* it the goods ooDtraetfd for are first-class in criry rctpect, tod that oar retail prVM ftr the SpMai it $4.60 p«r net. W« wilt m ea cc.:^ retail tbca at 3 less price, or icr.1 In .ectftto *&jr«at tin 4MI ttot send the nqttnl "Order,** tfcewiag UI&T the c^der is % patrsa of this papfr, i'j- ALL orders muat B« M>at te above Brm. " K*«t» Ouu> Sstvss PL«S»S CO*P*BT. BEAU CABBTOUift-lf you prefer as a Premium our .f"O0 »SA§'T©K«or f5.0#j •et of SIX- FORK8« we will furnish you with the Castor on receipt of @l.r»a. i ~ " receipt of fl and the Forks upon receipt offl.00; this includes the cost of packing, boxing, postage, and expr char^cK; or we will furnish you any of the other goods named on same terms. Thus de- , liverhip to you the goods free of any expense, a> a Premium, at cost of packing and ex- press charges, etc. PREMIUM 8ILVER ORDER. ^PremiTim Silverware: Warranted Sztra Silver Plate.^i To the EMffto Oold and Silver PlaUac Oo., CladuaU. O.t Thia is to certify tnat I am a subscriber of the paper from which I ha*t< cul this Order, and am entitled, under yoar Srcniium nrrsagement, to a fall set of otrifM Silver Spooaa, with my initials aagravad lereon, or other Silverware which I may order herewith. I melon* herewith 75 cento, to par »apr--», packing, boxing, aad cugraiing charge*. MjTOn receipt of this Order, we hereby agree to return to the npnder, cixpre<M> <»r malllag All|M pwpaM ia fWll, a fuUtet of six of our extra-plated Silver epoons, with the Initials of the sender, or any other initiaUdeaired, engraved (hereon, or our |7.00 Castor on receipt of 11.94. MVThis Order wilt be honored by u* for ninety days from the date of this paper, sftar which It will b« null and void. [Signed] KAOLC OOLD AS> SILVBB PX^TINQ CO., Cincinnati, O. . Il .rL At ao tiaM la the history af mumflKturef IJBS 8llr«r Pitted Ware attainei ss hl(h a perSmtsa as at the BMiaat I (o tip}icarai«f... and for practical nee, are ss coed as solid Silverware, sDd aiaah |nllmt by 1 Them (ooda, .. . . fcsBfifes. offer cot loisg i.,» held open. Ttirae who win tb«a ars aiged to iaimsdl to thcmMlTet the tamena® adtrautages offeswl by this mmpaav fcr semiriaf tto baat Stiver I •a rash favorable terms. OJT Addrsss all orders lo Esgls Bill silver PM^ Da, •aob prsfcrred by i dialalT ssad aaa a FlaM Wars ya( al FOR NINETY DAY% FROM THE DATE OF THIS ISSUB OF THIS PAPER Elegant fable Silverware Can be secured by all who recalva a copy of this wwk't paper, on irrnpHamra with th* foUowinc conditions: JAMES B. DREW ft CO., No. 250 West Fourth St., Cincinnati, Ohio, Manufacturers of Jfifid any one entitled to receive the Mint' h SET OK l>01 fll.t lAI ltA.|'l,ATEII MLVBR KPOONM. You are required to cutout the WlnwinK ^•ilvi'rwn.rf1 t »upon, and send-it to the nbove Company, with your name and .iddrenii.«« 11 BunrnnU'i* that the order comes through tills paper. You are aiw required to iocloee with your order the nominal chnrgceuf 50 cents, to pay ooat uf packing, boxing and exprsaa charr*. The Sixxins will lie sent by f xprvKs (01 mail, if you have no ezDteaa office), and delivered in your hands without farther rott. As the .-JO cents barely cevera carrying and boxing charges, the Spoons will coat you nothing. Thene SIXKUIB art* auanint^ed to be at the beat material, and sold at retail at from to $4.00 per set, an tiif following letter mini JAMES B. DKKW A Co. will teatify: OFFICE <IF JAMKS B. DKKW & Co.. 380 WBST FODBTH ST.. CINCINNATI. OHIO. To H it .Hay I onccriBn--The 8poiir sent out under tblt ftnuieiuent we guarantee are of l>eet JSty, ftrst heavily plated with pure nickel (the hardest white metal known), and* double-extm plate of p«n» Coin Standard 8iiver added on top of the nick*), thm remieriu*? them the very bewt Siiver-Plated Wure iiiunufactmed. In no eaae will they behold at retail by us. and cannoS be becured frtim (teneral den lere for iesc than $3.60 to $4.00 per set Oat lowest wholesale price is <M* per proes (twelve doren). We will honor no order which does not contain the Silverware Coupon, ana we will not honor the CoujKin after ninety days from tlie date of paper. __(Signed) JAMKM B. ttJtKW Si CO. SILVERWARE COUPON. On receipt 01 this Ouui»on, together with 5()c. to cover express or mailing and boxing chaigaS. we hereby agree to send to any address a set of our Pure Coin-Standard doisble-exUm plated S I L V E R S P O O N S . AH chnipes are to hr prepaid by the 60< sent In, and the Spoona will be delivered at destlaaMna free of any other chai Gugd for ninety ilap from date of this paperj alter which this Coupon is null and voM. (Signed) J A ME* B. IIUKH & *V. Feartli tit., CleehwathO. ^3P^' »uppir IMPORT AJTT BTOTZCa. vll) Itil! ine farmer* J . ^erm* 0' this contract this liberal arrangement holds stood foroolyntoat » . ^ date of this paper; t herefore it is to the interest of all who are enUtled to its benef\d <M>|; Ittllla »Utt ShOJ*. t^y are not debarred by reason of the expiration of the time specilied. AU letters* , •aam^ should be addressed direct to JA.MEiS * speciiied. I. DKKW A- t'OUiWW. 4th tit mw 7a 7 % jfm ".*• ;.. - i.:'i € i