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158 MCINTOSH BATTERY AND OPTICAL CO., CHICAGO, ILL., U. S A. New Tale of a Tub. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 Opening the Question. 2 Bengal Ease. 3 The Artful Dodge. 4 Look before you Leap. 5 Under Cover. 6 Increasing the Interest of the Tail—The Climax. Visit of St. Nicholas. Finely colored, % 1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 •* The Children were Nestled all Snug in their Beds.” 2 “ A Miniature Sleigh and Eight Tiny Reindeer.” .3 “ And he Looked like a Peddler just Opening his Pack.” 4 “ Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good- Night.” Natural Phenomena. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 Rainbow. 2 Aurora Borealis. 3 ignis-Fatuus, or Will o’ the Wisp. 4 Water Spouts. 5 Sand Storm. 6 Geysers, or Boiling Springs. 7 Falls of Niagara. 8 Coral Reefs. 9 Glaciers. 10 Icebergs. 11 Volcano, Mt. Vesuvius. 12 Prairie on Fire. Home, Sweet Home. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 “ Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” 2 “ An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain.” 3 “ How sweet ’tis to sit ’neath a fond father’s smile.” 4 “ To thee I’ll return, over- burdened with care.” A Christmas Hymn. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 “ Had Rome been grow- ing up to might, and now was queen of land and sea.” 2 “ The Senator of haughty Rome,impatient urged his chariot’s flight.” 3 “ Within that province far away went plodding home a weary boor.” 4 “ How calm a moment may precede one that shall thrill the world forever.” 5 “ A thousand bells ring out, and throw their joyful peals abroad.” 6 “ For in that stable lay, new born, the peace- ful Prince of earth and heaven.” The Ill-Fated Ship. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 Leaving Port —Garneray. 2 Among the Icebergs — Morel Fatio. 3 Ship on Fire—Morel Fatio. 4 Crew Saved in Boats — Garneray. Important Events in European History. Finely colored, $1.50; plain, 50 cents. 1 Gutenberg Showing his First Proof. 2 Columbus at Court of Fer- dinand and Isabella. 3 Columbus returns from America. 4 Charles V Entering Ant- werp. 5 Luther Burning the Pope’s Bull. 6 The First Reformer’s Pro- test. 7 William of Orange Pledges his Jewels for Defense of his Country. 8 Galileo Expounding his Theories. 9 Galileo before the Inqui- sition Tribunal. 10 Peter the Great Saved by his Mother. 11 Sobieski promises to assist Venice against the Turks. 12 James Watt’s first Experi- ment with Steam. Perpendicular, Eever and Slip Movements. 1 Curtain Slide $3 25 2 Snow Slide 1 75 3 Moon Slide, Lever... 2 25 4 Moon Slide, Perpen- dicular 1 75 5 Moving Waters 2 00 6 Assassination of Lin- coln 3 50 7 Good Night in Wreath 2 75 8 Girl Jumping Rope.. 3 50 9 Ascension of Christ, Lever 3 50 10 Ascension, Perpen- dicular, Rack 6 25 Revolving: Move- ments. 1 Dancing Skeleton.. .$4 50 2 Castle-on-Lake Mag- giore 3 50 3 Bombardment of Fort Sumter 3 50 4 Bombardment of Fort Sumter, with Flash 4 00 5 View of Old Ruins.. 3 50 6 Holland Windmill.. 4 00 7 Fountain 4 25 8 Newton’s Disk 5 50 9 Ratcatcher... 4 25 10 Mount Vesuvius 3 50 11 Rotation of Earth on its Axis 4 00 12 Rotundity of Earth. 4 00 13 Dancing Sailor $4 50 14 Swiss Water Mill 4 00 15 Aquarium 4 25 16 Bee Hive 4 25 17 Gymnast Performing on Trapeze 4 50 18 Man Climbing a Lad- der 5 00 19 Fire and Smoke Effect for Fort Sum- ter 3 00 20 Fire and Smoke Effect for Naples and Vesuvius 3 00 21 Fireworks Effect for St. Angelo and St. Peters 3 00 22 Aurora Borealis, Effect for North Pole 3 00 23 Fire and Smoke Effect for Mt. JEtna 3 00 24 Smoke Effect for Christmas Eve 3 00 Mechanical Slides. 1 Lever Slide and Panorama of Ships. The ships are seen through the port- hole in the cabin, which is all in mo- tion—Man seen in berth, sick. Two slides. Very effec- rA tive $11 50 2 Bear Hunt. View in Arctic regions— Moon plays on the water and disap- pears—Bear comes on rock—Boat sails up—Men fire—Bear falls on ice. Two slides. Five effects. ° oU 3 Vision of the Golden Candlestick and Angel. Two slides. 7 ou 4 Refraction of Light in the Polar Seas. Spectral ships. « New 7 5 Dancing Skeleton. n Two effects 6 Spider’s Web. Fash- ionably dressed young lady in the center, around whom a number of admirers revolve. Two Rack work _ n slides ...13 au 7 Panoramic Slide View. Straits of Dover with Calais- Douvres steaming past 8 Panoramic Slide View. Mid-Atlan- tic, mail steamer, Britannic, steaming wj past • * 9 Harpooning the Whale Effect, smashing the boat, pn Two slides y 10 The mail steamer, A r i z o n a—Striking the iceberg (mov- r n able). Two slides. l u 11 Water Wheel. Sum- mer view — Wheel turning — Winter — Effects of Moon