Can afford to be without some of

BAIRD'S

FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

My new and enlarged Catalogue of PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, 82 pages, 8vo., will be sent, free of postage, to any one who will favor me with his address.

HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
Industrial Publisher, 406 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia.

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THE FIFTH GRAND STATE FAIR

OF THE

Mechanics and Agricultural State Association of Louisiana

ill be held on the Fair Grounds of the Association, in the city of New Orleans, commencing Saturday, April 8, 1871, and continuing nine days. Exhibitors are invited from every section of America. Railroads, steamships, and other transportation lines, as named in the Premium Catalogues, will carry exhibitors and their wares to and from the Fair at one half the usual rates. For further information see Premium Catalogue, which will be sent to any address free of charge.

LUTHER HOMES, Secretary and Treasurer, New Orleans, La.

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WIRE ROPE.

JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS,

MANUFACTURERS, TRENTON, N. J.

or Inclined Planes, Standing Ship Rigging, Bridges, Ferries, Stays, or Guys on Derricks & Cranes, Tiller Ropes, Sash Cords of Copper and Iron, Lightning Conductors of Copper. Special attention given to hoisting rope of all kinds for Mines and Elevators. Apply for circular, giving price and other information. Send for pamphlet on Transmission of Power by Wire Ropes. A large stock constantly on hand at New York Warehouse,

No. 117 Liberty street.

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$732 IN 31 DAYS,

ade by one Agent, selling Silver's Broom. 100,000 in use. Recommended by Horace Greeley and Am. Agriculturist. One county for each Agent. Prices Reduced. C. A. CLEGG & CO., New York, or Chicago, Ill.

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