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SEVEN STANDARD DIPLOMAS.

Little Miss Muffett,

Sat on a tuffet,

Sewing the old-fashioned way;

Up came a Spider,

And sat down beside her.

And turned her work into play.

The Spider Chai " , ;'~u At-tachment, made for th ONLY, is by all odds the Simplest anu Most Easily Handled of any chain-stitch attachement ever invented, and being attached to the STANDARD is sufficient assurance that there is no further use for single-thread sewing machines.

The STANDARD runs as light as any single-thread machine; the stich of the Spider is as fine as that made by iany single thread machine ; the thread is handled as easily by the Spider as by any single-thread machine ; the Spider is as easily managed by the operator &k any single-thread machine; and the STANDARD is as quiet as any single-thread machine.

Buy the Great TWO IN ONETHE STANDARD and SPIDER CHAIN-STITCH. THE STANDABP SEWING MACHINE CO., CLEVELAND, O.

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SUPERIORITY. For This T h e " Domestic" Has a Reputation For This The " Domestic" Is Easy to Sell I

COMPETITORS WILL PLEASE TAKE THE HINT AND FOLLOW, IE THEY CAN, SOMEWHERE IN THE PRO-CESSION.

SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, 'WAY &, 14TH ST., NEW YORK.

THE " D O M E S T I C " IS AHEAD!

There are no Flies on MOVING, ACTIVE t h i n g s -No hideous weaver sets his CATCH-NET (here; But in some drowsy nook his thread he flings And FLIES and COBWEBS mark his sleepy lair!

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T H E P O I N T S O F AGENTS WANTED E V E R Y W H E R E .

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The Williams Mfg. CoMed, PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., and MONTREAL, CANADA.

For N e w York and Vic in i ty: - 2 4 Union Square. For Chicago & Adjacent Territory, Tlios. II. Martin. For Kansas City and the West , - W. D. Womack.

SEWING MACHIKE TIMES.

UCCES We point with pride to the FACT that the Sales of the

N E W IIOHIO Sewing Machines during the year 1891 were greater than any previous year.

Owing to the increased demand for the NEW HOME, we have been obliged to make new additions to our factory, and put in new and improved automatic machinery of the most recent construction to increase the manufacture of machines, and we claim that

We now have the best appointed Sewing Machine Manufactory in the World. The success attained by the NEW HOME in the past year has been truly gratifying. We think

an era of commercial activity is now commencing, unknown to the previous history of this coun-try, and that the Sewing Machine of approved construction, embodying all desirable improve-ments known to the Sewing Machine art, will reap the benefit in connection with other branches of industry. Improvements have been made on the NEW HOMEnew Stand, new Woodwork and the manner of hanging the Drive-Wheel (patented)which place it in the foremost ranks ; and now that the Sewing Machine business is on a more satisfactory basis than at any time in the past, we can see nothing in the future for the NEW HOME but S U C C E S S .

m~ BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITATIONS UNDER ANY N A M E . JS1 We have established agencies in nearly all the principal cities and towns throughout the

world, and would suggest that now is a good time for parties located where we have no agency to correspond with us, as we are now fully prepared to increase the manufacture of machines to meet all requirements, and can offer unequalled facilities for embarking in a pleasant and lucra-tive business.

H A T E Y O U T R I E D T H E

Perless Buttonhole Attachment AND DO YOU KNOW ITS MERITS ?

It will make a buttonhole automatically any desired size, from an eyelet (o one and one-quarter inches, and is manufactured and expressly fitted for the NEW HOME Sewing Machine.

THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, 28 Union Square, N. Y.

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SEWING MACHINE TIMES. A QUEER ASSET.

In an Alabama Office In the Time of the Seventies. Cor. of Sewing Machine Times.

(Continued.) " D a t ' s hit, Marse Cotton, dat's hit. I know'd

you'd go write dat story 'bout de asset, kase dat nig-ger A-mos, w'at foll'd we all w'en we come up yere ter took charge er dis yere railroad, done told all de odder niggers wot wuck down in de freight shed dat dis nigger Jim wan't in de story nohow ; and he 'low Marse Cotton done firgit all 'bout dat young marse from the Norf wid all de papers in de 'gator carpet-bag. So I des np en tole dat nigger A-mos, wa't done foil' we all w'en we come up yere ter took charge er dis ere railroad, dat it wuz des as easy fer Marse Cot-ton fer to tole er story as hit wuz for er nigger for ter tole de truff."

" Well, J im, some people might think that your last remark was calculated to throw doubt on the truth of my story."

" D ' n o 'bout dat, Marse Cotton, but Marse Harvey Riddle done come up on de kyars dis mawning, en he wuz de fus one dat got hole er dis yere paper, en he done read de story ter all dem niggers what wuck in de freight shed, en done tole um 'taint no doubt on de story, kase he wuz dare en see hit all. Yessir ; en Marse Harvey 'low ez he wuz come up we'n de nex paper comes, en reade dat er one too, kase dey doan get no paper down ter de saw-mil; en he des make dat nigger A-mos, w'at-er "

" Y e s , J im, I know." ' er sick w'en he yeare de res' of hit."

I remember that in the old days it was an unusual thing for people who knew Harvey to disappoint him intentionally ; and although twenty years have mellowed Harvey and so changed his fashion in trousers Unit there is now provision for only one gun, and that carried more for old acquaintance's sake than for use, I still consider it policy to comply with his wishes when he takes pains to express them. We haul some lumber for him, and he rides on a pass, and it is pleasanter all 'round when he wears an air of contentment. So I will send this chapter of the story in time for the next paper ; and I have no doubt that when he reads it to the hands in the freight despot and vouches for its truth everyone, including the envious Amos, will admit that Jim was in the sewing machine business before " we " came up here to " took charge of " the railroad ; and so to continue from my last :

The T. L. C. ticket, in various abreviated, sym-bolic or fully-expressed forms, as the book-keeper's fancy led him to express "three-legged cow," lay in the cash-drawer all summer. Every Saturday, when the Captain was not in town, the manager promised to have it "fixed up , " and every time the Captain was in town the manager succeeded in bestow-ing the proper amount of civility and respectful attention on him without encroaching on the fixing up matter ; and every Sunday, whether the Captain was or was not in town, J im would meet Amos at the barn and tell h im: " fie doan fix hit up yis-tiddy ; he, he." And then the two would saunter down to the Captain's place, and while estimating the weight of the shoat or counting the chickens, would manage to say, in the hearing of Mrs. Captain only : " He doan fix hit up yis-tiddy."

Cotton came in early that year. We got consid-erable fro an the lower counties in September. By the first of October they were ginning in the northern part of the State, and all our men were out for cot-ton. They had no thought of selling, and would hardly take the cash, if offered, for a new sale. I t was a scramble to get the first bale from the small farmers, whose notes we held, before the merchant who had " r u n t h e m " during the year got it. Har-vey and the Captain were both out in their old fields, and had got numerous bales lodged in the village warehouses and railroad depots. We were getting along first-rate, collecting where we could, and taking next November notes in renewal when we could not get anything else. We made all our paper payable November 1st, as that was the time at which farmers were expected to have money, if at a l l ; but it was understood that the date meant any time " after first cotton," and hereby hangs the " y o u n g Marse from the Norf."

Up in that unreasonable country the idea prevailed that November 1st very closely followed October 31st; and when our semi-weekly reports to the num-ber of a dozen or more had been carefully studied in that light, it appeared that we were either oblivious to that important fact in chronology, or more culpa-bly negligent in realizing on the November 1st paper. As a result, the young master before - mentioned came to see us, bringing our reports, and a letter of authority in the finest alligator grip that had been seen in those parts.

He was smart in some ways, and taught us some things " i n a hurry." Among the things that he taught (but we never learned) was how to make a Southern farmer understand that the due date on a note meant anything more than " in the fall." Bu t " har ry " was bis strong pointy " We want results,"

he would say ; " the figuring is of no consequence unless it leads to resultsand that in a 7iurry." " H u r r y " this and " h u r r y " that, in doors and out, and "don ' t stop to talk about it"and hereby hangs the "asse t . " COTTON.

(To be continued.)

FROM THE MOHAWK VALLEY. Business FairAll the Prominent Machines Repre-

sented. Cor. Sewing Machine Times.

Not seeing anything in your SEWING MACHINE T I M E S from here in a long time, I thought I would let you know that we still live, and write you some of the news that is going on about here.

Sewing machines are still having a fair sale here, and nearly all of the first-class machines are repre-sented.

The Singer is under the management of Will. Graves, an experienced sewing machine man, and he reports a fair business, with collections rather slow.

The Wheeler & Wilson machines arc handled by Geo. Nestle and Geo. WhiteMr. Nestle being a new man at the trade, while Mr. White has had some experience. What kind of a success they will make of it is yet to be determined. We wish them success.

John O. Snell, dry goods merchant, and an old New Home dealer, recently met with a misfortune by fire, his loss being nearly $15,000; insured $8,000. He has been in business for fully 20 years past, and, we understand, as soon as he can arrange his matters, will go on with his business.

W. A. Cornell, the leading sewing machine dealer, pins his faith to the Standard and Helpmate ma-chfnes, and he has his share of the trade. He has an able assistant in Ed. Quant, who has been with him for the past four years. Mr. Cornell is a hustler. He sells all kinds of farm produce and provisions to the trade, being absent from town about three days out of every week, and he gives the strictest attention to the machine business. He has been here for the past ten years, and is known far and wide as a fair and honorable dealer.

Aside from his business, Mr. Cornell devotes a good deal of his energies to Good Templar work. He has been a member of that organization for over twenty years, and is well known in that connection all over the State of New York. Men who work for him know that they must quit the saloons or him, and they generally quit the saloon, as all sewing ma-chine men ought to. SCRIBBLER.

For t Plain, N . Y.

TRADE IN THE OIL REGION. l o w Prices of the Product Make Slow Trade.

Cor. of Sewing Machine Times. Editor S E W I N G MACHINE T I M E S :

I have thought a few lines from this section might come in good place in your columns, not having seen ' ' our side " written up for some time.

Business in this locality has been, I may say, very dull for a month or morenot only the se wing.machine, but all other lines, being affected. This is in a great measure due to bad weather and the frightful condi-tion of the roads at this season. Another great' factor in this condition of affairs is the price of oil. This has been for some years past a great oil centre, giving our town quite a " boom ;" but owing to the cheap-ness of that product at present everything in that line is flat, and of course affects all lines of business.

W e have represented here the old reliable "Gen-u ine" Singer, under the management of M. A. J . Hartley, with an equipment of two or three " la rge commission agents ;" the Domestic and White, repre-sented by J. R. Sharp, who is also proprietor of the "Palace of Music." Mr. Sharp makes a specialty of musical instruments, and consequently does not push the sewing machine business very energetically ; but he still contends that the " White is King," and the Domestic " T h e Star that Leads Them All." The machine that is doing the business in this locality, and is destined to stand in the front rank at no distant date, is the Standard, " T h e Nation's Pride." This machine is handled by R. S. Morton. He only sells t o the best trade, and supplies the Standard and the Spider to the people living in the brown-stone fronts In this direction Mr: Morton is having a fine trade, and consequently has no delinquent lease accounts. I h e Standard has created quite an excitement in Washington, and now more so since the introduction of the 'Spider. ' MARSH.

Washington, Pa .

You all know that the talking machinesphono-graphs and graphophoneswere backed up in the market by almost unbounded capital and lavish expense. Nothing was ever pushed more vigorously, or with more full business support. All this advant-age has not yet brought them into much practical use. I t is, though, a guarantee that what effort was made did not fail though any cause that might be readily removed. What the promoters of the enter-prise did was done well. The batteries used in these machines were undoubtedly the best in the world. These batteries were under the care of electricians of undoubted ability, who not only charged them as re-quired, but kept them in repair, and watched over them very much as some of your sewing machine companies are doing with the machines they put into factories on trial. No sewing machine company ever had more at stake in the success of their machine than these people did in the satisfactory performance of their instruments and the batteries by which they were driven.

Under all these favorable circumstances the per-formance of the batteries was not what would have been a success in any domestic use. Failure to work, breakage, leakage, and other annoyances, were com-mon. One instance that I will give is only a sample :

Washington, D. C , was probably the most import-ant point at which these instruments were intro-duced. The Governmental departments seemed to furnish the best-known opportunity for the demon-stration of their capabilities, and many were placed on rental. One was in a committee-room presided over by a Senator who not only is renowned for his ability, but noted for the independence of his views and the strength of language he useswhen mad (which is not seldom). The Senator hated the con-trivance, while his private secretarv liked it. In order to win the Senator over to the instrument, and thereby lighten his labors, the secretary brought such influence to bear that an instrument was placed in the Senator's studio at his boarding-house. Experts, teachers, mechanics and electricians, danced attend-ance, and occasionally induced the Senator to look at the instrument. Everything was kept in the best of condition in the hopes that he would take to it ; and as it was not immediately ordered out, hopes were entertained of his ultimate conversion, when one day came a messenger in great haste with a cylin-der from the secretar}', containing the toughest string of swear words that were ever linked together in a committee-room', and a request to get the thing out of the house before the Senator could get there. The battery had ' burst," and a new carpet that the Senator had jus t bought was ruined.

Washington. CENTENNIAL.

STORAGE BATTERIES. Cor. of Sewing Machine; Times.

Seeing some remarks on the subject of using a stor-age battery in driving jsewing machines for family use, I want to tell the readers .of -SEWING MACHINE T I M E S what I know about batteries in a- somewhat similar s i tuat ion.--- - ! ~

The Chicago Offices. We have lately recorded some important moves

among the Chicago offices, and from late papers we have information of others in contemplation. W e quote :

" Chamberlain & Paterson report the lease of the store 162 and 164 West Van Buren street to the New Home Sewing Machine Company, for three years, at an annual rental of $1,800. Mr. Holbrook has leased the premises 207 Wabash avenue, to the Singer Sew-ing Machine Company, for five years, at an annual rental of $15,000. He has leased the building 209 Wabash avenue, to the Singer Manufacturing Com-pany, for five years, at $7,500 per year. Plans for the improvement contemplated in the lease have not yet been perfected, but it is understood a fine build-ing will be erected. J . C. Sampson & Co. have leased to the White Co. the store and one floor above, at 342 to 344 Wabash avenue, for $30,000. The lease runs five years.

A Sewing Machine Man the Victim ot a Runaway Accident.

Fred Hunt , a collector for the Wheeler & Wilson Company at Minneapolis, was seriously Injured in a runaway accident on Nicollet avenue recently. He was driving a light buggy down the avenue, when a pair of big horses, attached to a truck, came running down the avenue and ran ihtd him. The horses were running away at the time, although the driver kept his seat and tried to guide them The light buggy was overturned and the horses tramped on Hunt, crushing in his left side. I t was found that several of his ribs were fractured.

Attempted Highway Robbery. George Hohman, the sewing machine man had

quite an adventure Tuesday night. Whilst driving along the road near the old tannery, above Light street, he was stopped by a man who insisted upon getting into his wagon, saying that he wanted " his money." He caught hold the lines and was endeavor-ing to climb into the wagon, when George, having a club in the wagon, used it over the would-be rob-

- ber's head with good effect. I t was dark and he was unable to distinguish him. He thinks he lias :i sore head this morning.Sentinel, Bloomsburg, Pa.

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SEWING MACHINE TIMES. BILL BLUD-

His Letter from Athens, Pa. " Ding-a-ling-a-ling." "Hello-o o" " Give me the T I M E S , please." "Hel lo . " " Is that you, Mr. Craige 1" " Yes." " Well, I want to tell you I am yet alive, and

there are some more people alive in the sewing ma-chine business."

" All right, go ahead and give us all the news in your section."

" Maybe I 'd better write you a letter 1" "That ' s better; we have not heard from you for

some t ime." Athens, Pa., March 26, 1892.

DBAK T I M E S :Last Saturday, as I got off the train, a gentleman with a silk hat, red whiskers and a very pleasing countenance, got off with me. We got in the Stimpson House " B u s , " and sat down opposite each other.

" I t ' s been a long time since I visited this town," he remarked to me.

" That's so ?" said I. " Y e s . I've a brother-in-law here, Geo. Stimpson,

keeps the hotel." " I know him," I said. " I beat the railroad company to-dayfirst time in

years." " How did you do it ?" " Oh, they forgot to ask for my ticket, and I did

not run after them. Ha, ha, he." " Bad man," I remarked. " W h a t are they waiting for?" asked the good-

looking man, with whiskers. " No. 31," I remarked. " Let's walk ?" said he. " I'll go you," said I. " Traveling ?" asked he. " A little," said I. "There ' s my card. '* He took

it, looked at and read : " B I L L B L U D .

Co. Why, I am glad to know you ; I am in the same

business; here is my card. E D . CARTER,

Manager, Sedalia, Mo. The Singer Manufacturing Co."

" Let's shake," said I. " How is biz ?" he asked. " Pair, only fair. How is it with you ?" " I ' m not ' in i t , ' " he said. " W h y ? " " I resigned." " Por good ?" I asked. " Oh, no, only out for a little while." On our way down he told me he intended to stay a

few days with his sister, Mrs. Stimpson, and then return to New York.

The next daySundayI had the good fortune to meet John M. Dauer, formerly Singer agent at Wheeling, W. Va., Will Le Dane, traveler for the Philadelphia Singer office, and Mr. Ed. Carter, in the Stimpson House.

It was quite a quartette, and after getting some good cigars we proceeded to discuss the sewing ma-chine business. Mr. Carter, being the oldest and handsomest man in the profession, we therefore looked naturally to him for considerable information. " E d . " sat down in a rocker, and commenced to talk " E a s t " and " W e s t , " " S o u t h " and " N o r t h . " He had been all overTexas, Mexico, No Man's Land, California, among the French girls in New England, and the dusky denizens of the South. Now, Ed. is a man six feet two, and handsome, full of fun and a genuine sewing machine man. He said he went along with the " O l d M a n " from Richmond, Va., to St. Louis; he had traveled all over that territory. He had been to Oklahoma and opened up a Dew trade there for the Singer people. He did not think it a good step to sell to those "Boomers," but the " O l d M a n " said, " People are people and they must have sewing ma-chines."

' ' Did you make it pay ?" asked Le Dane. " Red ink expresses it," said Ed " I'll tell you, boys, we used to * hustle ' 'em down

in old Wheeling. Drop cabinets sold like hot cakes. That 's the territory for me," said Jno. Dauer.

Did you take any split payments down there?" asked Ed.

" No, sir ! nothing less than three or five dollars, and often ten dollars per month. Why, I used to sell ten and twelve machines per month thereof course that's some years ago," said Dauer.

" Do you take any split payments in }"our terri-tory, Le Dane ?" asked Ed.

" N o . We get three or more." ' ' How do you do when they offer you two dollars? " "Refuse it." " Does the Central refuse It 1" " Oh, yes, our managers don't send them in." " Do you do as much trade?" asked Dauer.

. ." Jus t as much and better," said Le.Dane. " D o you think the company will keep it up?"

asked Ed.

" Yes, we intend to gradually get it up to five after awhile, and accept no less," said Le Dane.

" Don't think you can do it ," said Dauer. " What do you think about, Mr. Blud ?" " I think you can educate your men and I he people

to anything, if you will let them know that you are running the business."

" So do I ," said Dauer. " I am with you," said Le Dane. " Well now, I'll tell you, boys," said Ed., as he sat

back in his chair and put his thumb in his vest, " there is a class of people who cannot pay more than two dollars per month on a sewing machine, and there are companies who will sell their machines for that amount per month, and a pretty good machine, too. Of course, tee are ' in it, ' and in it to stay, and our company is the one to stick, tooyet we will have some competition to fight on that line that will be pretty tough. Don't you think so, Le Dane ?"

" N o . Some of our managers thought as you do when we issued the order to ' take no split payments, ' but now they thtnk different. They get what is asked for or pull the machine."

" I know that you may work that scheme here, but in the West we cannot do it," added Ed.

" I n the W e s t ? " asked Le Dane. " Why, that is different from the story Mr. Fred Jones told me of Chicago. He said ' they did not take one split pay-ment in their territory.' Now you know Chicago is a ' dandy ' office, and what Jones and Marshall says goes."

" O h , you can't believe all Fred tells you," said Ed., smiling. " H e found you were from the 'City of Innocents,' and he tried to swell your head. Yet they are hard to beat out there ; they have the finest organ-ization in the world."

It 's hard to tell what we did not discuss during the day. Each one tried to outdo the other in telling stories. How they used to make sales, and pull ma-chines, and how they used to beat their competitors.

I've stored up quite a lot of anecdotes told by these jolly good fellows. It is a question if Athens will ever get such a quartette of sewing machine men again.

Mr. Carter left the following day for New York. Mr. Dauer had sold out his grocery store, and was going to enter the ranks again to boom the Singer, Mr. Le Dane informed me that he had appointed Kendall and Simmons, Athens, Pa., to handle the Singer. " J i m " Kendall is well-known in Athens, and with the assistance of Lena, and his good wife, will no doubt sell lots of Singers. He also told mo that Geo. Estell and Jule A. Mason had taken the agency at Towanda, and intended to boom the Singer. Mr. Estell is a nephew of Judge Peck. Towanda, and Mr. Mason a son-in-law of Mr. Humphrey, of Hum-phrey Bros. & Tracy, large shoe manufacturers at Towanda. Mr. Mason is also quite a ranch man, having hundreds of horses in the West on his ranch.

Aud I want to say that I have been reading the SEWING MACHINE T I M E S , advertisements and all, more regularly than I have been writing lately.

B. B.

KANSAS AFFAIRS. A Stormy Marcti New Davis Agency A Trial

Experience. Cor. Sewing Machine Times.

As I have not seen anything of late from this part the neck, I thought I would let you know that we still lived, notwithstanding the elements have been at work on extremes lately all along the line. We had rain and snow all through March, and the worst roads I ever saw in this southwest Kansas in a residence of about fifteen years, with mercury running down to be friendly with zero on " St. Patrick's day in the morning."

Well, the sewing machine trade is having a new addition in the person of a new Davis dealer. Mr. Murphy, from the east part of this State, shipped in a carload of Vertical Feids, with the motto, " To the front goes the Vertical."

The Singer manager is Mr. Griffith, a pusher, and who has as able helpers H. M. Hickman and James Saiter, who are both running wagons and talking the renowned V. S. Singer.

I saw the smiling and genial face of W. H. Seavy in Wellington a few days ago. He was making his regular forty days' run through southwest Kansas, as he is booming the King of all, the White. He eold their man here, R. J . Smith, one hundred Whites, to be taken in '92, and also to the V\ hite dealer in Wichita, Thos. Shaw, one hundred Whites on the same time.

To " Iuquirer," who asked some time ago about letting a machine .stand when a trial hung fire, I will answer from my experience in the trade, which runs back to 1872. The best and most 'ofi table sales that I ever made were by closing whei. . ,ie irons were hot.

I remember a circumstance that happened to me in this county. A customer, or a prospective one, had worked me for about a week's trial at one time, and concluded that she would not buy just then, but in the near future. She was going to buy a machine,

and I had just the machine she wanted. Yes, she would buy of me. Well, about six or eight months after she had my machine on trial, I was driving along the road home from the west part of the county, and, in passing this same farm, who should hail me but this venerable old lady, who intimated that she was thinking quite seriously of buying a machine. I happened to have the same make in my wagon that she had on trial before. It was late Saturday evening ; I took it in and tried hard to sell it, but could not, as the old boss was not at home. I took in the situation; fine goods were scattered nil over the room, and the old Florence failed to come to time. Moreover, a wedding was on foot. I left the machine, but by ,10 o'clock next Monday morning was on the ground again. - Three of the female per-suasion were at work cutting and fitting, and the way my sewing machine was tucking, ruffling and filling, was a caution. I worked with the old boi-s and the lady about one hour to sell to them, but couldn't close the sale.

I wasted no moie time there, but took the machine away, and before night sold it to other parties ; and to finish up the wedding harness, my old lady had to send sixteen miles and procure a machine fer the occasion. She has never bought oneprobably never will, and her glance, when we meet, strikes me as anything but friendly.

Wellington, Kansas. KANSAS BOY.

CUTS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENCE. This Piedmont country has been in a general stale

of prosperity and business progress ever since the war ; and even during that unhappy period of our country's life it was not subject to the devastations that fell on other sections. Just now, however, we are having dull times, as our staple cropcottonwas a failure. This, in the face of the low prices it brings this year, will insure us a dull period until another and better paying crop is made.

But, living in this healthful country, with diversi-fied farming on the increase, manufacturers of all kinds springing up around us, and under the shadow of King's Mountain, of revolutionary memory, we will have no difficulty in keeping up our courage and our patriotism until the clouds roll by.

The sewing machine trade of York County is all in the hands of merchants, who sell at a very small profit. In this town, Kennedy Bros. & Barton handle the American ; G. It. Sehorb, the Household ; W. T. Latimer, the New Home. At Rock Hill, True Bros, sell the Davis and White, and run a wagon, the only one running in this county regularly. I some-times see a Singer wagon, but not often.

Yorkville, S. C. A I R LINK. *

* * The hardest competion I ever had resulted in a

victory for first-elass goods, and for fair prices. The customer was a prominent citizen of the town

and was on friendly terms with my competitors, one of them being related to his family, I being a stranger in the town.

After showing my machine for all it was worth I found it impossible to close, the parties wishing to look aroi.nd. I then advised them strongly to have the other machines brought to their house and tested side by side. 'I hey thought it a good, plan, and when I next called I found four machineT there in competition. They were all offered at low prices. I was not idle while the others were there. I talked half a day at a time, holding firmly to my price, $60 praising my own machine, but not running the others down. I even took pains to speak well of some of my competitors. On the other hand, my competitors run me down constantly, and my ma-chine ; they sent their friends to do the same.

After a time my gentlemanly course in contrast with that of my competitors won for me the confi-dence of the customer, and one day, when we met accidentally in a banking-house, he asked me again what was my lowest cash price. I gave him the regular price, with the regular cash discount, and without a word he filled out a check for the amount.

RANDOM.

"Gentlemen," safd he, " I am-er sure you-er all appreciate-er the resposibilities that-er rest on a young man-er who is-er placed over you as-er manager ; and that-er you see-er the necessity for-er immediate and-er rigorous-er-er-er."

" I presume," said the book-keeper, " y o u mean that there must be no more bad or doubtful ac-counts." " A n d , " said the collector, " t h a t custom-ers must have the money ready when I call." "And," added the teacher, " that they must be home when I call '" " A n d , " said the old canvasser, " t h a t they must give me five dollars with the order."

" Yes-er, gentlemen, I th inker we can-er get along together, and-er-er that's-what-er I mean."

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* T H E VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Bill Blud, who has shaken off a second loving em-

brace of the Russian disease with a French name and a world-wide fame, and conquered another big trou-ble of the kind that tries the soles (if they do have any) of corporations, has found his pen once more with no rust on it. This will be welcome news to our readers, numbers of whom have been making inquiry. He has had rare good luck to fall in with such a lot of good Singer people at Athens, all old friends of our readers, who will be glad to know that notwithstanding the long silence of their pens they are able to talk on the main question. Perhaps they will give us their version of the Athens meeting.

After a long silence, Scribbler comes to us with the news of his section, reporting a fair trade.

Kansas Boy reports from his corner of the garden. Marsh shows us that the sewing machine men keep

up a good fight, though oil is low, in a Pennsylvania "Boom Town."

Random tells a little story that carries its own moral.

Air Line gives some dots from the Piedmont coun-try, and gets some inspiration f I om the Revolutionary memories of his section.

Cotton gives another chapterthanks to his respect for Harvey Riddle.

Centennial relates some practical experience with batteries, that ought to have weight with those who contemplate their use.

A Question Asked.

West & Ellinwood, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., the en-terprising agents of the Wheeler & Wilson, have, with commendable enterprise and push, secured more commodious quarters on Railroad street, and now have the largest and best equipped salesroom in the State. They are a hustling firm, are doing a fine business, and are considered the best advertisers in north-eastern Vermont; and they show their appreci-ation of SEWING MACHINE TIMES in ways that de-serves our thanks.

First Operator"Don't you sometimes wonder what the coming machine will be ?"

Second Opera to r"No; but I am just now wor-rying about the coming man. My instalment is due to-morrow, and the new collector is a terror."

J . S. Hollis, a native of the Old Dominion, went up to Toledo, Ohio, a couple of years ago, to take charge of the Domestic office, and those who know do say that Col. Hollis is doing an Al business.

" I can't advance anything more h your account," said the manager. And the disappointed canvasser turned away, saying: " W h y , I would have given him an advance in a minute if I had the money and he had asked me for it."

J . J . Rardin, Singer manager at Portsmouth, O., has offered a premium of $20 to the salesman of his force who does the best business for the first half of this year. Fifteen dollars goes to the second, $10 to the third, and $5 to the fourth best man. At the present moment the race for the first prize is " nip and tuck" between two men.

Trial Cases, Interpreting the Signs. Tom " I ' v e a good case ; she smiled on me to-day ; it stays another week."

Bob"My case is lost; she laughed at me. I t is ordered in."

H. Lodue, who has heretofore served the Singer Company at Marlboro, has now been transferred to Fitchburg, Massa grand promotion, which we doubt not he deserves and appreciates.

Boggs and Biggs meet. " Hello, old man, you are selling machines again, I see." "Selling nothing!" ' ' Why, I heard you were traveling for the Swift Sure Company again, on your old route?" " Oh, yes, I am traveling for them."

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Mechanics and Machines.

Perhaps some of our readers can answer a corres-pondent who asks : " Will some one tell me what will remedy an I. F . shuttle when it will not stay open 1"

Under the above heading the American Machinist has an article arguing that the skilled mechanic is by no means crowded out by the introduction of auto-matic machinery. This view is contrary to the one most prevalent of late, but is supported by some very sound reasoning from undoubted facts. If we had the space we would like to reproduce the whole article. As it is, we give our readers a sample of the reasoning, which is interesting because of the use made of the sewing machine as an example, and we agree in the belief that the sewing machine business employs more skilled mechanics to-day than it would have done without the automatic machinery. This is the extract above alluded to :

" I t is safe to say that the sewing machine business as we know it to-day would be unknown were it not for screw machines, milling machines and jigs. With-out these, either skilled men would have to be em-ployed to build sewing machines, or unskilled men would have to be trained to do some certain one thing and nothing else. The first plan would result in prohibitive prices for sewing machines, and the in-dustry would employ far less skilled mechanics than have been and are still required, while with the second j Ian prices would also be much higher than now, and certainly fewer real mechanics would be required.

" N o real mechanic wants to spend his days in making a certain small screw or other part for a sew-ing machine, and no real moulder ought to wish to spend his days in making sewing machine arms or treadles.

" A l l suchwork, when it comes to be done in sufll-cient quantities to warrant the employment of special machines and tools, becomes mere drudgerythe repetition of the same thing over and over again, and mechanics, genuine mechanics, are well rid of it."

OBITUARY. William B. Lorton died March 26th, at his home at

43 St. Mark's place, New York, at the age of 64. He was a forty-niner. Returning from California, in 1854, lie opened a jewelry store at Broadway and Cortland streets. After a period of prosperity he finally failed. The present site of Clinton Market formerly belonged to the Lorton family, who also owned many buildings on land leased from Trinity Church. Mr. Lorton had been engaged for years on the history of the year '49, which he hoped to pub-lish. A widow and two children survive him.

Mr. Lorton has been in the sewing machine busi-ness for a couple of years past, having purchased the well-known East Houston street business so long known as George Moore's. There are few persons, for any length of time acquainted with the New York trade, who do not know of Moore's place. I t was one of the first established, largest and most prosperous on the East Side, under Mr. Moore's management. The trade was largely manufacturing and special, though something was done in family machines. The place has remained closed since Mr. Lorton's death.

Mr. Brown Surprised. Mr. George W. Brown, who, as our readers have

been informed, resigned his position as New England manager for the Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Company, alter twenty-one years of service in that important position was very happily surprised by his employes, who met in a body at the Boston Office, 594 Washing-ton street to express their regrets at his leaving. In behalf of the ladies, Miss Kimball presented him with two fine etchings by Meilatz and Fkld , and Mr. C. W. 1 nomas who succeeds Mr. Brown with the company, h ,if f M U a n e a t , y w o r d e d s P e e c h . Presenting, in be-t ' L , t h ? m e n - a. v e l T handsome hall clock and a n f , d ' a m ,ond ring. Mr. Brown, although com-T L I b y ^ rp r i se , replied in a fitting manner. w w a i - y e n a a - I o u r n e d to the United States Hotel, ISEZZSP!? T - S STed' a f t e r w h i c h Mr- Brown again ?o h n f S 1 ? , f n e n d 5: t h a n k i n S them f o r their loytl ty hVee n i f " " " ? f e s t e e m > l i v i n g at the close

eninvlh, y K fm M I 1 r e s e n t - J t S a most how^rnn,tC.CaSf,0-n \ ? U P^c ipan t s , and showed aoTthrfr ! ? f n e n d s h i p and regard for each other rf th"r age"y% e r S h a d g r W n am0DS ' e a t t a c h e S

Concerning Sewing Machine Motors.

try* is ! ' " ? ' f a c7 thaTn7, concern in the coun-desiLniedTnr0 " g f0r. s a l e a n y m o t o r o r engine time? i inn , , lmmS- S i n g l e s e w i n S machines. At and el, t o ' ' 2 2 u s m a 1 1 s t e a m > hot-air, water vou cm ,, ' ig l" , ! S ' ' ! a y . e b n on the market ; now you can find them only in the odd corners Several concerns started with the p u r p o s e d making"ISSh engines heir leading product These C c w n s arc

power one-eighth to one-fourth horse

ftb^rhyU^ILtheyi,a1i a b a n d o n e d their small engines, & " Tf If - e d t i 1 6 m " s e w i n g machine mo-motor J i rl ,'S a d e m a n d f o r a s e w i g ^ h i n e ; P i , J d "J*. S 0 ,m e o f t h e P a r t i e s . who at great expense prepared to do so, go on making and selling

Low Numbers.

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? ' ?* . t h e i r o f f l c e on Broadway, op-posite Pear street in front of the New York Hospi-numhpr ; ' h e . b e g a n to keep an account of the ttenhtpT' W ? r k , n e a c h m a c l l i n e , recording A u / u t l r ! , ' r 8 , 0 i t l , e machine. On the 4th of NofemberS N o T ^ N T , 3 S 7 : K A u ^ s t 28- N o - 3 6 3 i ber 2 ? Nn 91 ^ ' D e c e m e r 3, No. 97; Decem-numberin t'hP ti A J * ? " " m e a P P c a r s t h e first wasNo. 8,455, 1 S a n d S ' T h e l a s t e n t r y i n the book w e ^ t ' t h m ! ? y n h a d a l0 .n*. experience after this, and business m S ^ T C ' t h e ehanging phases of the tive v crndP . ^ k 8 l . h 0 S e f a r ] y d^s' w h e n compari-SdU^nH W ? c t l ? n f m a c I l i n e s called for both

S I t f i mi e t n m t t I r esu! i 1 g . a d J l , S t i n S a D d ^ ^ ^

fc,-iT1!]e-W|d.0W ^ t e n u i s Shanahan, who was recently made for hpr h w i ? C O m 0 t l v e ' d e c l i n e s tb Provision tor d a X e f % 6 c o m P a n - y . . a n d threatens to sue ior damages. The man was ki ed in plain view of depaartnteendtdaR^,e r ' W ,h w a employed ln th lneedle aepartment. She has since his death refused to work

SEWING MACHINE TIMES. FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.

P E N N S Y L V A N I A . Quakertown.F. A. Behrend intends to open a

sewing machine parlor in the room in Gable's Build-ing now used by Wellington Moyer as a barber shop.

Ligonier.E. A. McColly left here for the South, especially Baltimore and Richmond, to work in the interest of the Davis Sewing Machine Company.

Erie.The Singer Sewing Machine Company will move its office from West Seventh street to the rooms in the Clemens Building about to be vacated by Mr. James Burns.

Mr. Jud Smith has taken a position with the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and has been made man-ager of the city salesmen under the Erie superinten-dent.

New Holland.A. H. Baker, White agent, had a slight damage by fire in his office.

Easton.Andrew Hay, formerly in the sewing machine business in this city, has recently become a member of the firm of George E. Dearborn & Co., dealers in pianos and organs, 1508 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.

Pittston.Charles Mahon has moved his sewing machine agency to the Butler House Block. His store-room will be occupied by barber Hafner.

Tunkhaunock.Jesse Ackerson, White agent, has added organs and notions.

GEORGIA. Atlanta.Clarence E. James, a young man who

has been more or less of a swell since he came to Atlanta several months ago, was arrested a few days ago on a charge of embezzlement. The arrest was due to a telegram from Hagarstown, Md., where he was employed before coming here, as clerk in the New Home sewing machine office. He is a gentle-manly-appearing young man, and has conducted him-self creditably in Atlanta. He says his arrest is prob-ably instigated by a machine agent named Wise, whose name he used as reference, by permission, hav-ing been in his employ. James protests innocence of the charge, and claims not to know any details. He was taken to Hagarstown. His parents live there.

The Singer Company have removed their office to 117 Whitehall street.

I O W A . Peoria.Eugene Kerr, of Peoria, who was travel-

ing agent for the Singer Company, died in Des Moines recently.

Des Moines.Mr. Andy R. Paul, general western agent of the White Sewing Machine Company, Chi-cago, 111., and for years a resident of this city, started out last Monday to look after the agencies of the company in northern Iowa. Mr. Paul is an expert worker on his machine, doing as nice work of letter writing with the needle as many a professor of pen-manship with his pen.

Fort Dodge.Benson & Ray no is the name of a new firm that will occupy the store-room recently vacated by John Carter. These two young men, formerly members of the Plymouth clothing force, have secured the agency for the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine, and will handle machines and sup-plies for this territory. Mr. Benson has had con-siderable experience in the machine business.

N E W YORK. Yonkers.Mr. J. L. Lewis, collector for the Singer

Sewing Machine Company, of this city, is spending a few weeks' vacation with friends in Pittston, Pa.

Lockport.H. O. Van Horn, local agent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, went to Buffalo a few days ago to accept a similar position with his company. Mr. Van Horn's departure will be re-gretted by a host of friends who knew him well.

Courtland.N. W. Maynard, of Varna, is about to engage in the sewing machine business here.

Gouverneur.Cad Williams, who was formerly an agent for the Singer sewing machine, has again ac-cepted a similar position. As he is a good agent and handles a first-class machine, he will undoubtedly meet with success.

Mattewan.B. J. Lee, formerly of Poughkeepsie, is building up a good business as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Utica.H. B. Cash, of this city, has left for Roch-ester, where he has accepted the management of the Domestic sewing machine office. Mr. Cash has been in this city for four years with the Kemp Bros. His many friends wish him success in his new field.

OHIO. Ironton.I. H. Booth has gone into the sewing

machine business, and will move his family here and open up an office in the east end of the town some-where. For a number of years Mr. Booth has been one of the progressive teachers of the county, and we wish him success in this new field of labor.

Norwalk.In the case at Norwalk, O., of E. C. Cook versus the Singer Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg, in which the plaintiff claims $10,000 damages for false imprisonment, the jury has disa-greed. The case will be tried again. Cook was an agent for the Singer Company at Norwalk, and was arrested for embezzlement. He was imprisoned a

few days, and then paid the fine and was released. He then brought the suit for damages.

Cleveland.Charles K. Van Lempsky, until re-cently in the employ of the Standard Company, is missing. He was sometimes known by the name of Kernbech, and was the son of a German baron living here in exile on account of political matters.

In the absence of General Superintendent Wm. A. Mack, who has been ill for some weeks past, some dissatisfaction with their foreman caused the men in one room of the Standard factory to threaten a strike.

V E R M O N T . BurlingtonFrank Hosford, from Mclndoes Falls,

comes here to run the Singer office. St. JohnsburyWest & Ellinwood have removed

from the Republican Block to 62 Railroad street, the store reeently vacated by Miss S. T. Baird. This firm havea well-lighted and commodious store, and are doing a good business in selling the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, besides doing considerable other work.

N E W H A M P S H I R E . ConcordAmong concerns taking out articlesof

incorporation the past month is the Lincoln Sewing Machine Co., of Exeter ; capital $60,000.

PortsmouthS. M. Joy, agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.'s sewing machines for this city, and also a veteran repairer of 20 years' experi-ence, has removed his business to No. 1 Bow street, up one flight, over C. E. Simpson's clothing store.

N E W BRUNSWICK. St. StephenSamuel Maxwell has been appointed

agent for the Singer Machine Company here, in the place of S. N. Hyslop, resigned.

CANADA. MontrealJ. V. Vincent, who kept a sewing ma-

chine and piano warehouse at 2000 St. Catherine street, has been sent to an asylum violently insane through the effect of grippe. It took the form of a religious mania. He wanted to kill his baby to pre-vent its growing up and mixing in the temptations of this life.

MASSACHUSETTS. WestfieldCol. Bunghardt retires from his position

as letter-carrier and goes to Springfield, where he has taken a place with the Singer Co. The post-office employes presented him with a valuable pipe, in token of their esteem.

OrangeThe large buildings of the New Home Sewing Machine Company, were a solid blaze of electricity Monday evening. The company were trying the 1000 incandescent and 100 arc lights that have just been wired by a new system.

WalthamGeorge H. Lawson and a man named Moore, both AValtham sewing machine agents, hap-pened to meet in a house on Fern street in that city the other day. Both were anxious to sell a machine. The rivalry was quite sharp, and, words failing to express the opinions that each had of the other, blows were resorted to, and a lively little scrimmage fol-lowed, as a result of which Lawson used his com-petitor up quite badly. He came into the district court this morning. The Judge thought he ought to pay $20 for the assault, which he did.

M I C H I G A N . JacksonSheriff Boyle went to Charlotte and

brought back H. M. McDevitt, a sewing machine man, who is charged by Oscar H. Johnson with em-bezzling $o. The case 'will come up in Justice Bur-gess' court.

FlintIt is reported that a representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company named Little, who has been doing business in this section, has skipped out, leaving the company about $100 in the hole by reason of his alleged dishonesty.

ARKANSAW. Hot SpringsW. W. McCulloch has removed his

sewing machine office in the Cartwright Building, while Geo. Baker occupies his old place with the Singer agency. D. C. Richards, the piano and organ dealer, is also to be found in the present Singer office, opposite the Plateau Hotel. Mr. Baker succeeds Mr. DisheroOn, who retires from the Singer agency.

L. Bainbridge, formerly local agent for the Singer Machine Company at this place, was arrested by that company on a charge of embezzlement. The alle ed defalcation amounts to something over $1,000. Bain-bridge laughs at the arrest, and says he feels assured that the Grand Jury will dismiss the charge after in-vestigation.

MISSOURI. Independence.Mr. J. H. Griffin,who formerly sold

sewing machines near Dummy Depot, is now in the employ of the C. Q. Lewis Co-operative Company, handling a line of first-class machines.

St. Louis.Geo. W. Myers, a local agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, is charged with having embezzled from his employers the sum of $200. This is the first intimation the authorities or the. public has had of the alleged shortcoming of Myers. He has been in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company but a brief period of time, and is not very well known in the city.

George B . Mackenz ie ' s W i l l .

The will of the late Geo. R. Mackenzie, the mil-lionaire ex-president of the Singer Manufacturing Company, was proved at Monticello, because the tes-tator's magnificent country estate, known as Glen Spey, lies in the town of Lumberland in that county, and a number of the beneficiaries live there.

The will was executed at London, England, on July 23, 1887, and disposes of property estimated at nearly $2,000,000. The executors designated are the testator's sons, Alexander Mackenzie and Hugh R. Mackenzie, and his sons-in-law, Charles Elkin and Peter Alexander ; and they are released from giving bonds in such capacity. He gives his wife, Rebecca Elsie Mackenzie, $10,000 a year during her life, and he bequeaths to her the family residence at 44 and 46 Mercer street, Jersey City, N. J., and the country seat known as Glen Spey in Sullivan County, with all the furniture, horses and carriages, and other mov-ables on both properties. From the remainder of his estate he creates a fund of $500,000, from which to pay the annuity to his wife and support his minor children until his wife's death, when the entire re-mainder of the estate is to be divided equally among his ten children, or, if any are dead, among their respective heirs.

The children are John R., James S. Alexander, Hugh R., Edward E., Isabella, and Rebecca E. Mac-kenzie, and Margaret R., wife of Chas. Elkin ; Jessie, wife of Peter Alexander, and Grace, wife of John Ewing.

There are no bequests made to religious or chari-table purposes, except that he devises to his wife the Presbyterian church edifice at Glen Spey, with the wish expressed that it may be permanently secured to the people living in the neighborhood as a place of worship ; and he makes a similar provision in regard to the cemetery property attached to the church.Union, Port Jervis, N. Y.

H i s Fraud Discovered After Hi s Suicide.

Luverne, Minn., March 25.Two years ago, Eli Griffith, a young married man of this place, secured the general agency of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. At the time he secured the position he circulated a paper among his friends asking signa-tures to a letter of recommendation to the company. S. S. Haislet, editor of the Adrian Guardian, Wm. Marr, and Arnold Fischnech, also of Adrian, signed the document, but no signatures were obtained in Luverne. Griffith was something of a " rustler," and did a large business for the company in Rock, Nobles, Pipestone and Murray counties.

Last summer he commenced gambling, and in a very short time his affairs were in bad shape. In October he discharged one of his sub-agents, who immediately left for some unknown western point. After his departure Griffith claimed that the agent had made collections and failed to account for the money, but those who were familiar with the matter were satisfied that the agent was straight. However, Griffith succeeded for a time in throwing the sus-picion from himself, but the company found the agent, and he had Griffith's receipts for everything. About this time the Singer Company began to press Griffith very close, and the climax was expected every day, when suddenly, Griffith went to Adrian anil committed suicide in a hotel at that place. The matter was sensational at the time, but soon passed away.

Just before his death, Griffith joined a lodge of the Modern Woodmen, and was insured for $2,000. Mrs. Griffith and children moved to Adrian from here, but came back yesterday and left to-day for Buffalo, N. Y., where her parents reside, and where she will make her future home.

It appears now that the "letter of recommenda-tion " referred to above was a bond for $500 to the company, who hold the signers responsible. How-ever, Mrs. Griffith has said that she will settle all claims.Minneapous Journal.

Nye's P l easure Trip.

Wm. F. Nye, from whose graceful pen the words slip with the ease that suggests the use of a good New Bedford lubricant, is taking life easy jnst now. In company with his neighbor, Major Griffith, he has sailed away to the Southern seas on pleasure bent, and in the kindness of his generous old (we use the term "o ld" in its respectful, honorable and loving sensehe isn't a young rooster) heart he is telling his friends at home about the trip through the columns of their newspaper. We will try to give our readers some extracts next time.

A $5 paper for $1SEWING MACHINE TIMES. Bill Blud informs us, privately, that although the

late blizzard passed over Pennsylvania, there were so many Singer agents on the road that the snow had no chance to reach the ground.

Have you been in business 21 years ? If so, send us your name, etc., for the Veteran's Roster.

10 SEWING MACHINE TIMES. UNITED STATES PATENTS AFFCTING SEWING

MACHINE INTERESTS.

GRANTED MAKCH 1, 1892. 4 7 0 , 0 9 2 F E E D - D O G R U S S E L G. WOODWARD,

Wawkegan, assignor to tbe Union Special Sewing Machine Company, Chicago, 111. A supplemental feed-dog carries part of the goods

faster than the movement of the main dog, to prevent stretching knit fabrics. An improvement on No. 299,568.

GRANTED MARCH 8, 1892.

4 7 0 , 2 8 1 S H U T T L E SYSTEM AND TAKE-UP. J A M E S BOLTON, Chicago, 111. From main shaft in arm a single pitman connects

with lower rock-shaft that carries a vertically oscil-lating shuttle, and actuates the feed. Eyes on the needle-bar carry thread over a cam-shaped projec-tion on face-plate. 4 7 0 , 2 8 2 F E E D - M O V E M E N T JAMES BOLTON,

Chicago, 111. A positive movement. Raised and lowered by a

cam groove in the face of an arm of shuttle rock-shaft. Linked levers and a rock-shaft give the for-ward and backward motions from the main shaft pitman. 4 7 0 , 2 8 3 SHUTTLE J A M E S BOLTON, Chicago,

111. A curved projecting guide on a cylindrical shuttle

fits the curved vertical race of No. 470,281. T R A D E M A R K .

2 0 , 8 3 2 S E W I N G MACHINES AND ATTACH-MENTSJOHNSON, CLARK & Co., New York, N. Y., and Orange, Mass." The word ' H o m e . ' "

GRANTED MARCH 15, 1892. 4 7 0 , 7 9 6 ROTARY HOOK H A R R I E T R U T H

TRACY, New York, N. Y. An ellipsoidal shuttle has two opposite hooks o i

its periphery, one of which enters the loop when the preceding loop is fully expanded by the other hook, so that a full loop is always the shuttle, which is supported in a system of gearing, the periphery of the shuttle being toothed to match. Without a bob-bin, makes a chain-stitch. 4 7 0 , 8 4 3 SWING TREADLE CHARLES W.

SMART, Carbondale, 111. Suspended from the table by a rod, from which a

short pitman extends to the balance-wheel. The pit-man's connection with the rod is sliding. 4 7 0 , 8 9 1 T W O - N E E D L E CYLINDER MA-

CHINE. J O H N H. G R I F F I N , Brockton, Mass., as-signor of one third to C. C. Bixby, of same place. An improvement on No. 398,323. The needles are

in line diagonal to the feed, and the oscillating shut-tle runs in a race that coincides with the needles. 4 7 0 , 9 5 9 T A B L E H A R R I E T R U T H TRACY, New

York, N. Y. A section to which the head is attached turns over

to accommodate a flat false top. 4 7 1 , 0 1 7 W E L T - S E W I N G M A C H I N E W I L L I A M

Y. OBER, Lynn, Mass., assignor to the Boston Welt Machine Co., of Portland, Me. Chain-stitch wax thread machine. This invention

relates to the movements of the needle and cast-off. 4 7 1 , 0 3 5 ROTARY HOOK H A R R I E T R U T H

TRACY, New York, N. Y. A modification of No. 470,796.

4 7 1 , 0 3 6 F E E D M O T I O N - H A R R I E T R U T H TRACY, New York, N Y. Two faces of the same cam on a rotary shaft give

two motions to the feeder. The two opposing mo-tions are by spring. 4 7 1 , 0 3 7 R O T A K Y HOOK H A R R I E T R U T H

TRACY, New York, N. Y. To secure an intermittent motion in the geared

shuttle of No. 470,796. 4 7 1 , 0 5 4 T H R E A D U N W I N D I N G DEVICE

NATHAN H O W E aud AUGUSTUS L. BUSH, Worces-ter, Mass., assignor to the Glasgow Thread Co., of same place. To facilitate the use of large spools of thread on

sewing machines in factories." A standard, with spindles for spools, and guide eyes directing the thread to the tension.

GRANTED MARCH 22, 1892. 4 7 1 , 1 5 0 NEEDLE-THREADER R E I N H A R T

SPENGLER, New York, N. Y. The guide is pushed through the eye, carrying the

thread with it. 471 ,366SPOOL-HOLDERSAMUEL W H I T T I E R ,

Leominster, Mass. A groved collar, on the spindle, under the spool, is

recessed into the arm and catches any loose coils of thread that might get around the spindle. 4 7 1 , 4 6 2 HAND-POWER ATTACHMENT

MARY L. BIRDSONG, Areola, Miss. A handle fixed to treadle rises to a convenient height

for the hand. 7 1 , 4 9 1 - W E L T - S E W I N G M A C H I N E - W I L L I A M

Y. O B E R , Lynn, Mass., assignor to the Boston Welt Machine Co., of Portland, Me. A chain-stitch wax-thread machine. Improvements

in the needle-carrier and cast-off. GRANTED MARCH 29, 1892.

4 7 1 , 8 5 7 OPEN-EYE NEEDLE - EVA J. H A L L , Stillwater, Minn., assignor to the St. Croix Manu-facturing Co., Hudson, Wis. A modification of 467,408. Manner of guarding

the free end of the spring. 4 7 1 , 9 7 2 OPEN-EYE NEEDLE EVA J. H A L L ,

Stillwater, Minn., assignor to the St. Croix Manu-facturing Co., Hudson, Wis. Manner of guarding the free end of spring in No.

467,408. A S e w i n g M a c h i n e Causes M u c h T r o u h l e .

A sewing machine has set the Kammerer family in a state of war. One has been arrested at the instance of another and tried in the Police Court. A divorce suit is pending between the two youngest of the un-happy family, and yesterday four of its members participated in a bitter quarrel in Justice of the Peace Gray's court. It is all about a sewing machine which is now in the hands of the property clerk of the Po-lice Department.

Fred J. Kammerer has not been married to his wife Annie very long. He is an industrious barber em-ployed at the Mission. Some time ago his wife Annie wanted a sewing machine. He had no money to buy one and appealed to his father for assistance. The elder Kammerer came to his aid by offering to furnish the sewing machine for $20. The son accepted the machine and Annie was happy. Her husband, how-ever, forgot all about paying for it. His father was not so forgetful, and his mother proved herself very active. She declared that the machine was hers and not her husband's, and that she wanted it back.

Annie refused to give it up, and the elder Mrs. Kammerer, her mother-in-law, had her arrested for stealing it. The machine was put in charge of the property clerk of the Police Department and Annie was tried in the Police Court for stealing it. The Judge refused to find her guilty, and suggested that the proper way out of the difficulty was to institute a civil suit for it. The mother-in-law took the advice and brought a suit in the Justice's Court for it.

FreJ J . Kammerer took issue with his mother and against his wife in the atter, and the result was a series of quarrels that culminated in a divorce suit, which is now pending. Annie held on to her right to the sewing machine, however, and yesterday the whole family was in Justice Gray's court. The circumstances of the case were told and he decided that Annie had a right to the machine. The property clerk of the Police Department will honor her order for it.Chronicle, S:in Francisco, March 12.

A Disa t i lied A m e r i c a n P r i n c e s s . Yet another failure of an American princess have I

to record. The ill-matched couple are the Prince and Princess de See} -Montbeliard.

The princess, whose Christian name is Winnaretta, and who is the daughter of the late Isaac Singer, of sewing-machine fame, was married in 1887. The Prince was formerly an officer in the French Army, but had no fortune to boast of at the time of his marriage.

He therefore, as a matter of course, set to work to make ducks and drakes of the large fortune of his American wife ; and when the latter tried to remon-strate and to check his extravagance, he inaugurated a course of such ill-treatment that she has been forced to sue for a separation.

I hear that she is now living with her younger sis-ter, the Duchess of Decascs, whose husband is fa-mous only for his diminutive size. Indeed, he is a kind of pocket dukethis, too, notwiihstanding the fact that he is a duke not only in the peerage of France, but also in that of Denmark.

Apparently he has inherited but little of the clever-ness of his father, the well-known Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Republic, nor yet of his remark-ably brilliant mother, a lady of Hebrew race, and of the name of Loewenthal. The dukedom of Decases, I may add, is of relatively modern creation, the first duke having been the unworthy and universally de-tested favorite of King Louis VII I .MARQUISE D E FONTENOY, in New York Recorder.

E . E . W i l l i s h a s G a m e C h i c k e n s . Ed. E. Willis, our hustling Singer sewing machine

machine agent, has returned from North Baltimore loaded down with red tickets, " t o o d l e , " honors, many presents, and filled with enthusiasm o ver the treatment he received from the people of that thrifty little city. A short time ago he received notice that the North Baltimore Pet Stock Association would hold its first annual exhi it in that piece on February 25th, 26th and 27th, and he was invited to make a display. He accepted, and on last Thursday was present with sixteen game "b i rds , " eight varieties, which he exhibited in a large, comfortable Luilding, provided for exhibitors to the number of nearly one hundred. Ed's game chickens, which are of the best strains to be found in the country, at once hounded

into popularity among the people, and when the prizes were awarded they swept everything. They took eight first and four seconds, besides capturing any number of special prizes offered by local mer-chants. Mr.Millis was shown every courtesy, especially J. H. Helfrich, the city marshal, taking him in charge and showing him all the sights. AVhile there he was presented with a curiously-wrought glass cane and seven water glasses delicately chased, and bearing his initials. Ed. reports the city growing like magic ; the people very hospitaHe to strangers, and having so much money that they can't spend it all. He gave them a good impetus on game chicken culture, and sold them fourteen of his choicest birds.Bucyrus, 0 . , Times.

T h e Sewing M a c h i n e L o t t e r y S c h e m e r . A man giving his name as J. R. Meeker, repre-

sented to a number of leading business men of this place that he had a plan of advertising, which, if they would consent to adopt, would eclipse any other scheme they ever heard of.

He made negotiations with one of our firms for a sewing machine at wholesale rates. He then went to some of the merchants and represented to them that for ten dollars he would have lottery tickets printed with the name of such firm on. To one of these tickets, every one who purchased fifty cents worth of goods at each of the respective places, would be entitled. Every fifty cents worth of goods would secure a ticket to the purchaser, and of course the greater the amount of the purchase, the greater the number of chances secured by the purchaser.

One week ago yesterday the man left the city and went to Delaware, where he was captured and ar-rested upon the charge of forgery and embezzlement. He had registered at the Central House under the name of J . R. Meeker, while later developments have revealed the fact that his true name is Eugene J. Kirby.

Then it turned out that Kirby was a bad one from away back, having been engaged in plundering banks and other crooked work at Marshall, Mich. Advocate, Newark, O.

STENCILS , STEEL, N A M E STAMPS, Steel Figures, Alphabets,

i Burning Brands, and Log I Hammers, Printing Dies, 'Brass Signs, Door Tlates and Seals.

D I C K E Y , Successor to BELLOWS & K0NIGSL0W,

314 Seneca St.. Cleveland. O.

- A l i o -CROWN SEWING MACHINES;

833-333 S. Cana l Street.

SEWING MACHINE TIMES.

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12 SEWING MACHINE TIMES. E M P L O Y M E N T .

F o u r I n s e r t i o n s F o r S I . 0 0 T h i s c o l u m n i s f ree t o a l l p e r s o n s w h o

h a v e a n h o n o r a b l e r e c o r d i n t h e S e w i n g M a c h i n e bus ines s , a n d a r e n o w s e e k i n g e m p l o y m e n t .

P o s i t i o n W a n t e d .

WANTEDA position as Manager or Trav-eler ; ten years' experience, good reference; West preferred. Address " J . E.," care SEWING MACHINE TIMES.

WANTED. A SewlDg Machine Salesman: mnst be sober, active and thoroughly con-scientious. To the right man liberal terms will be offered. Address, giving reference, MOKOAN & WILBUR, Mlddletown, N. Y.

WANTED. Several first-class Salesmen to work the best sewlr g machine territory In the country, near New York City. Full particu-lars given If you will drop a line to "M. , "ca re this paper.

AN old sewing machine man of good character and reputation as Manager, Salesman and Machinist, will be disengaged after January 21st Inst., and would accept position as Traveler or Manager for some reliable company having a good machine to offer to purchasing agents or manufacturers. No objections to pushing an en-tirely new machine with merit on the market. Please state terms and territory offered, when answering this advertisement. Address, " Re-sponsible." care SEWING MACHINE TIMES.

WANTEDBy an enterprising Sewing Ma-chine Company, to solicit trade from deal-ers In New York, Brooklyn and vicinity, a nrst-class man. State experience.

Also a reliable man for n e a r b y manufacturing trade. Address Responsible." SEWING MA-CHINE TIMES.

W H E E L E R & W I L S O N .

WANTED Four (4) good men to sell the Wheeler & Wilson machine; good pay to good men. Address, at once, STABK, care of this paper.

SALESMEN WANTED.

WE want a few hustlers to solicit orders for Fruit Trees and Ornamental Stock. Sewing machine men make successful t ree agents. We pay commission or salary. Outfit free. Address for terms.

E. B. RICHARDSON & Co., Nurserymen, Geneva, N. Y.

CANVASSERS. W a n t e d S e w i n g m a c h i n e canvasse r s

for N e w J e r s e y a n d N e w Y o r k n e a r - b y t r a d e . T o t h e r i g h t m e n t h e bes t of sa l a ry wi l l b e p a i d . A d d r e s s , w i t h refer-ence , F . E . W . , ca re of t h i s p a p e r .

TRAVELER. I k n o w t h e s e w i n g m a c h i n e bus iness , in

office o r o u t s i d e ; can m a n a g e or s e l l ; p r e f e r t o t r a v e l ; h a v e b e e n in g o o d posi-t ions , a n d h a v e g o o d re fe rence . " W h o l e -s a l e , " ca re of th i s p a p e r .

E x p e r i e n c e d m a n w a n t s pos i t ion as man-a g e r , or t o t r a v e l ; h a s h e l d pos i t ions of t r u s t a n d respons ib i l i ty ; is n o w a t w o r k , b u t w a n t s to c h a n g e . A d d r e s s 128 N o r t h F i f t h a v e . , M t Vernon , N . Y .

S P E C I A L N O T I C E S . N o t E x c e e d i n g 1 I n c h , T w o I n s e r t i o n s

F o r S I . 0 0 .

PATENT FOR SALE, or will arrange other-wise for the introduction of my Corn Planter, patented May 19, 1891, No. 452.709.

Is adjustable to every desired condition, and entirely automatic In action. Drops and checks each hill, and rows each way. Agricultural lm-pllment makers are particularly urged to investi-gate . Capitalists may find It a desirable oppor-tunity. SAMUEL HUFFMAN, Nlotaz, Kansas.

F O R S A L E .

A DEALER, In a prosperous small Western town, with manufacturing and farming ter-ritory, wants to close ou t ; small capital required. Address B. F. A., care of this paper.

WESTERN LANDS.

I HAVE for sale, In several of the Western States, large and small t racts of land that are worthy the attention of Investors. Some desirable pieces a re directly In the line advanc-ing prices, and furnish good opportnnlty for quick turns. I have one large t rac t a t a low figure; an exceptional cnance for a permanent Investment. . W. O. WETHERBEE, 15 Wall street. New York.

Advertising.

IF you wish to advertise anything anywhere a t any time write to GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., No. 10 Spruce St., New York. EVERY one in need of Information on the sub-ject of advertising will do well to obtain a copy of " Book for Advertisers," 368 pages, price one dollar. Mailed, postage paid, on receipt of price. Contains a careful compilation from the American Newspaper Directory of all the best papereand class Journals; gives the circulation rating ot every one, and a good deal of Informa-tion about rates and other matters pertaining to the business of advertising. Address HOWELL'S ADVERTISING BUREAU, 10 Spruce St., N. Y.

SEWING MACHINE EXPORTS. F r o m t h e P o r t of N e w Y o r k , for t h e M o u t h

of M a r c h , 1892 .

(Compiled expressly for SEWING MACHINE TIMES from the manifests of outward-bound vessels.]

DESTINATION. VALUE Africa, British Africa, French Africa, Spanish Amsterdam Antwerp Argentine Republic. Australia Brazil Bremen Brussels , Central America.. . Chill. China. Cuba '.. East Indies (British) , Ecuador Glasgow Guinea Hamburg Haytl Havre Honduras Hull Japan Liberia Liverpool '.".'.'.'.'. London Mexico Milan Newfoundland NewZealand Peru Porto Rico . . . ' , San Domingo San Sabasilan Slam United s t a t e s of Colombia.! Venezuela Vienna ....... West Indies (British)'....'.'.'."

" (French) (Dutch)

! 100 36 53

8119 S.385

225 46,088 9,720

36 1,107 6,762 6,043

359 9,037

519 246

1,084 270

54,688 527

.1,787 341

241 10 621 21,255 13,140

98 593

10,134 2.600

9S1 127 618 99

11,735 6,021 3,911 1,221

77 316

TOTAL $235 ,621 Corresp'dlng time 1891 210,745 INCREASE 915,876

FOR THE YEAR. First three months In 1892 $ 6 2 3 , 9 6 7

" 1891 562,185 INCREASE $61,782

T h e T r a d e s m a n .

T h e i m p o r t a n c e of o u r " N e w S o u t h " is r ecogn ized in commerc i a l circles , a n d w e al l h a v e a n in t e r e s t in i t s p r o g r e s s . T h e T r a d e s m a n , a s e m i - m o n t h l y p u b -l ished a t C h a t t a n o o g a , T e n n . , is d e v o t e d t o t h e i ndus t r i a l in te res t s of t h e S o u t h e r n S t a t e s , a n d g ives a vas t a m o u n t of infor-m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g t h e e x i s t i n g a n d con-t e m p l a t e d en t e rp r i s e s of t h e sect ion.

T h e T r a d e s m a n is a m a m m o t h a m o n g c ass p a p e r s , a n d t r e a t s v e r y fu l ly a n d ab ly t h e s u b j e c t s of m i n i n g , m a n u f a c t u r -i n g and m e r c h a n d i s i n g , w h i c h a re of g r o w i n g i m p o r t a n c e t h e r e . I t s n e w s a n d s ta t i s t i cs of t he se t r a d e s m u s t be v e r y v a l u a b l e t o al l m a n u f a c t u r e r s of ma-c h i n e r y a n d s u p p l i e s , a n d gene ra l informa-t ion of t h e condi t ion of the c o u n t r y of in-t e r e s t t o all g e n e r a l r eade r s .

A n i n t e r e s t i n g f e a t u r e of t h e p a p e r is i t s q u a r t e r l y s t a t e m e n t of n e w i n d u s t r i e s es tab l i shed . A n o t h e r is t h e W e e k l y A u x -i l iary , w h i c h i t fu rn i shes to i t s p a t r o n s , s h o w i n g n o t on ly t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of n e w en t e rp r i s e s , b u t t h e c h a n g e s i n es-tab l i shed ones , fa i lures , d i sso lu t ions , re-m o v a l s , e tc . I t is? p u b l i s h e d b y t h e T r a d e s m a n P u b l i s h i n g Co . , C h a t t a n o o g a , T e n n . , a t $2 a yea r , a n d is n o w in i t s t w e n t y - s e v e n t h v o l u m e . S a m p l e copies free. -

THE CROWN. From Musical Courier.

Mr. G e o r g e P . B e n t , t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r of ' ' C r o w n " p i anos a n d o r g a n s , h a s ona of t h e bes t loca ted a n d one of t h e " room-iest " fac tor ies t o be f o u n d a n y w h e r e , a n d w h a t is m o r e t o t h e p o i n t , h i s g o o d s a re , as h a s of ten been s t a t ed , t h o r o u g h l y reli-ab le . T h e fac to ry , w h i c h is s i t u a t e d on C a n a l s t ree t , n e a r H a r r i s o n , consis ts of five s tor ies a n d b a s e m e n t , 90 fee t f ron t b y 150 feet d e e p . H e h a s a l a r g e s t o c k of p i a n o s on h a n d t o m e e t t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s of t h e fal l t r a d e , a n d t h o s e in n e e d of g o o d s i m m e d i a t e l y w o u l d d o wel l t o o p e n a co r r e spondence a t o n c e .

PRIZE POSTER.

MACHINIST. P a r k e r & Co . , N e w a r k , N . J . , a re pre-

p a r e d to m a n u f a c t u r e nove l t i es or special-t ies in l a r g e o r s m a l l q u a n t i t i e s ,

(The List closes April 25th.) R e a d e r s i nv i t ed t o c o m p e t e for t h e

p r i ze . W e w a n t y o u t o tel l , in words, w h a t m a t t e r y o u w o u l d p u t on t h e P o s t e r , a n d h o w y o u w o u l d a r r a n g e i t . W e c a n n o t (as a rule) p r i n t d r a w i n g s , b u t if y o u can e x p l a i n y o u r ideas b e t t e r t h r o u g h a d r a w -i n g , d o so, a n d w e wi l l w r i t e t h e desc r ip -t ion f rom t h e d r a w i n g .

T h e few e x a m p l e s a l r e a d y a t h a n d a re good , and w e a n t i c i p a t e a success fu l con-t e s t .

T h e pr ize is on ly $5 , b u t t h e sat isfac-t ion of g e t t i n g i t wi l l be w o r t h m o r e t o w h o e v e r g e t s i t .

W e w a n t a f ew m o r e c o m p e t i t o r s before w e close t h e l ist , w h i c h w e h o p e t o d o w i t h o u r n e x t i ssue . D o no t le t diffidence or f ea r of fa i lure p r e v e n t y o u r c o m p e t i n g . If y o u fail t o g e t t h e pr ize , y o u will h a v e h a d t h e exercise , and t h a t wi l l be a benefit to y o u , besides t h e sat isfact ion of con-t r i b u t i n g t o t h e e n j o y m e n t of o u r r eade r s .

T R I U M P H of

Inventive Genius, of

Mechanical Skill, of

Business Enterprise. so

T E S T I F Y All who Use or Sell the

U N I O N SEWING MACHINE.

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THE GOOD POINTS

O F T H E COMPASS. U n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e u s e of a p o s t e r

is t o a t t r a c t o r to ho ld a t t e n t i o n t o t h e ar t i c le i t adver t i se s , r a t h e r t h a n to g i v e m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g i t , I p r o -pose geome t r i c a l figures, in h e a v y b l a c k l ines , on w h i t e p a p e r e i t h e r s q u a r e , t r i -a n g l e or circle; w i t h no c o n s p i c u o u s read-i n g w h a t e v e r t h e s l i gh te s t h in t g iven , in sma l l t y p e , t h a t will enab le a close ob-se rve r t o asce r t a in i ts p u r p o s e .

Important. J O H N S H I T H ,

Cor. of WALNUT & POPLAR STS.,

Sells the Best Sewinc Machine. Call and See

B e f o r e Y c m B u y .

SQUARE THE CIRCLE,

Or, if y o u c a n ' t d o t h a t ,

CIRCLE THE SQUARE.

B u t w h i c h e v e r y o u do , g e t a

WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINE.

S C H O O L S , CHURCHES,

F A C T O R I E S , H O M E S ,

A r e s u p p l i e d w i t h th i s m a c h i n e , a n d u n i t e in s a y i n g : It is not what is said of it,

But what it does, T h a t m a k e s t h i s m a c h i n e

S O P O P U L A R . THE PRIZE ADVERTISMENT.

W e h a v e riot been ab le as y e t t o de te r -m i n e w h i c h of t h e n u m e r o u s c o n t e s t a n t s is en t i t l ed t o t h e p r i ze . H o w e v e r , t h e con tes t is n a r r o w e d d o w n to t h e fo l lowing : N o s . 2, 8, 9, 12, 40 a n d 50 (will t h e a u t h o r of N o . 9 send u s h i s a d d r e s s ?) a n d t h e choice a m o n g t h e m wi l l b e m a d e be fo re o u r n e x t i ssue .

THE DAISY FQCpI OILER.

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SEWING MACHINE TIMES. 13

HALL'S BAZAR FORM rpNABLES you to accomplish in

your own home what has been

attained in leading dressmaking estab-

lishments, and reduces the cost of your

gown one-half.

It is adjustable, and can be made any size. When arranged to your own

proportions and covered with a waist,

it becomes a model of yourself. When 2s

not in use it can be folded and put

away like an umbrella.

" Hall's Bazar Form is superior to all others." The Butterick Publishing Co.

Ask for Illustrated Circular and our little book on ' Home Dressmaking." Sent free.

Either Style of Form sent to any address on receipt of price.

(Mention SEWING MACHINE TIMES.)

HULL'S : BAZAR > FORM * CO., Closed. Opened. Closed. Opened Iron Standard. Wood Standard.

Price of Form, Iron Standard. $6-50.

Skirts sold separately, If desired, fosfirtoniy, with wood stan- B33 Broadway, New York, dard, $3.00. of S P e r ice t o a n y a d d r e B S O n r e c e I p t 173 Regent Street, London,

S O L D B Y A L L S E W I N G M A C H I N E D E A L E R S .

HALL'S BAZAR COLLAR FOUNDATIONS, OR PRESSED LININGS,

F o r u w i t h C o l l a r s c u t b y B u t t e r i c k P a t t e r n s .

" HENRY II ."

They are designed from fashions now in vogue, and with them, smooth efFects and re-sults, impossible to produce by the ordinary methods, are successfully accomplished.

No. 2. No. 3. No. 1. " MEDICI."

They appeal on sight to the common-sense of every woman.

No. 3. No. 1. No. 2.

The illustrations here, with show the permanent appearance of the Collars when made from these Foundations.

BOLERO."

Dressmakers, and the millions of women who do their own dressmaking, appreciate the advantage of a Foundation, or lining, pressed into the correct shape, and se-curely held in position by wire around the outer edges.

No. 2 No. 3 S O L D E V E R Y W H E R E B Y T H E

LEADING SEWING MACHINE DEALERS, Or sent Io any address, postpaid, on receipt of price (mention SEWING. MACHINE TIMES) by

jlALL'g UIK\ F0{(M CO., 833 BROADWAY, - NEW YORK

No. 1. 25 Cts. 1 EITHER STYLE, white or So. 2, SO Cts. y black. Be particular to No. , 40 Cts.) mention Style wanted.

H r M A T B R I A L ^ K i ART IN MACHINE SEWING.

Sewing Machine Buyers, Sewing Machine Dealers, M g Machine Dices,

to-day, look to the artistic ca-pabilities of machines.

to-day, are awake to the im-portance of art display.

to-day, are embell ished, enliv-ened and profited by art work.

ART IN NEEDLEWORK. Ladies whoareableand likely to buy Ma- (LI chines, are always buying Material for HI No line can be found so attractive Ail

to ladies of means as Mater ial for " ' We are prepared to supply the Trade with selected stock

of every description used in Hand or Machine Art Needlework. We manu-facture largely; we