[Illustration: ROCK DRILLING MACHINES AND AIR COMPRESSORS MANUFACTURED BY BURLEIGH ROCK DRILL CO FITCHBURG MASS. SEND FOR PAMPHLET.] * * * * * PATENTS AT AUCTION. Regular Monthly Sales. For terms, address N. Y. PATENT EXCHANGE, 67 Liberty Street, New York. * * * * * HOLLY'S IMPROVED WATER WORKS. Direct Pumping Plan. Combines, with other advantages, over older systems, the following: 1. Secures by variable pressure a more reliable water supply for all purposes. 2. Less cost for construction. 3. Less cost for maintenance. 4. Less cost for daily supply by the use of Holly's Improved Pumping Machinery. 5. Affords the best fire protection in the world. 6. Largely reduces insurance risks and premiums. 7. Dispenses with fire engines, in whole or in part. 8. Reduces fire department expenses. For information by descriptive pamphlet, or otherwise, address the HOLLY MANUFACTURING CO., Lockport, N. Y. * * * * * EVERY MAN HIS OWN PRINTER. [Illustration: The Excelsior.] THE EXCELSIOR $3 PRESS Prints labels, cards etc. (Self-inker $5) 9 Larger sizes For business, pleasure, young or old Catalogue of Presses, Type, Etc., for 2 stamps. KELSEY & Co. MERIDEN, CONN. * * * * * PYROMETERS. For showing heat of ovens. Hot Blast Pipes, Boiler Flues, Superheated Steam, Oil Stills, etc. HENRY W. BULKLEY, Sole Manufacturer, 149 Broadway, N. Y. * * * * * MACHINISTS' TOOLS. NEW AND IMPROVED PATTERNS. Send for new illustrated catalogue. Lathes, Planers, Drills, &c. NEW HAVEN MANUFACTURING CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. * * * * * [Illustration: Sanitary Closet.] HERMETICAL SANITARY CLOSET GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY WATER & GAS TIGHT SEND FOR CIRCULAR JOHN S. LENG, 4 FLETCHER ST. N. Y. * * * * * CIGAR BOX LUMBER, MANUFACTURED by our NEW PATENT PROCESS. THE BEST IN THE WORLD. SPANISH CEDAR, MAHOGANY, POPLAR. Also thin lumber of all other kinds, 1/8 to 1/2 in., at corresponding prices. All qualities. Equal in all respects to any made, and at prices much under any to be obtained outside of our establishment. Send for price list. GEO. W. READ & CO., 186 TO 200 LEWIS STREET, N. Y. * * * * * BOGARDUS' PATENT UNIVERSAL ECCENTRIC MILLS--For grinding Bones, Ores, Sand, Old Crucibles, Fire Clay, Guanos, Oil Cake, Feed, Corn, Corn and Cob, Tobacco, Snuff, Sugar, Salts, Roots, Spices, Coffee, Cocoanut, Flaxseed, Asbestos, Mica, etc., and whatever cannot be ground by other mills. Also for Paints, Printers' Inks, Paste Blacking, etc. JOHN W. THOMSON, successor to JAMES BOGARDUS, corner of White and Elm Sts., New York. * * * * * [Illustration: Watson Pump.]