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Address Box 1233 Posto-fiice, N. Y. For sale—The entire Right, or State and County Rights for the best Holdback for carriages out. Complete in two pieces. No tongue or spring employed. Beckwith & Graham, Oriskany, N. Y. Wanted—Address of manufacturers of machinery for grinding old fire bricks and other hard substances. Hofton & Mabie, PeeksMll,N.Y. Wanted—Machinist, repairing cotton mill, Box 2638, N. Y. Manufacturers of Arkansas Stone address A. R Stewart, Rowles-burg, W. "Va. Wind-mill builders will please address A. P. Iluntington, Lake Charles, La. Peck's patent drop press. Milo Peck & Co., ISew Haven, Ct. State Rights for sale of a new and valuable improvement on the velocipede, in successful operation. IJ. H. Soule, Binghamton, N. Y Glynn's Anti-incrustator for steam boilers—the only reliable preventive. Prevents foaming and does not attack the metals of the boiler. Liberal terms to agents. M. A. Glynn & Co.,735 Broadway, New York. 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Pattern castings 6 cents per lb. Address Wm. Cowin, Lambertville,N. J. The Tanite Emery Wheel—see advertisement on inside page . Diamond carbon, formed into wedge or other shapes for point- ing and edging tools or cutters for drilling and working stone, etc. Send stamp for circular. John Dickinson, 64 Nassau St., New York. The Magic Comb will color gray hair a permanent black or brown. Sent by mail for $1'25. Address Wm. Patton, Treasurer Magic Comb Co., Springfield,Mass. W. J. T.—We think the patent asbestos roofing manufactured by H. W. Johns, of this city, is the best substitute for tin or slate. It is cheap and easily applied. For solid wrought-iron beams, etc., see advertisement. Address Union Iron Mills, Pittsburgh, Pa., for lithograph, etc. Machinists, boiler makers, tinners, and workers of slieet metals read advertisement of Parker's Power PresseB. Mill-stone dressing diamond machine, simple, effective, durable. Also, Glazier's diamonds. John Dickinson, 64 Nassau St., New York. Winans' boiler powder, 11 Wall St., N. Y., removes Incrustations without injury or foaming 12 years in use. Beware of imitations.

Scientific American Magazine Vol 20 Issue 24This article was published with the title “Business and Personal” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 24 (), p. 379
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