avoid breakage from expansion and contraction in a climate subject
to sudden changes of temperature, and to avoid the mischief occasioned
by a well known South American bird, the "hornero," by building nests of
mud on the brackets and insulators. With this insulator these nests
cannot cause a weather contact or earth; on the contrary, the nest
rather improves the insulation. The sectional view, Fig 2, shows the
construction of the insulator and the manner of fastening it to the
cross arm or bracket. A rubber ring is placed between the upper end of
the porcelain insulator and the cross arm, and another similar ring is
placed between the head of the suspending screw and the bottom of the
insulator. It will be noticed that with this construction the insulator
cannot be broken by the contraction of the screw or by the swelling of
the cross-piece. This insulator can be used on an iron bracket and in
connection with either iron or wooden posts, and is in every way more
secure than the insulators in common use. The first cost of these
insulators compares favorably with the cheapest in market, while it is
less liable to breakage, lasts longer, and gives better results. It has
been patented in this country and in Europe.

[Illustration: IMPROVED TELEGRAPH INSULATOR.]

Further information maybe obtained by addressing Mr. J. H. Bloomfield,
Concordia, Entre Reos, Argentine Republic, South America.

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BUSINESS COLLEGES.

PACKARD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.

[Illustration: THE FIRST DEPARTMENT]

[Illustration: SECOND DEPARTMENT]

[Illustration: THIRD DEPARTMENT]

[Illustration: FOURTH OR FINISHING DEPARTMENT]

[Illustration: THE BUDGET ROOM]

[Illustration: THE ASSEMBLY ROOM]

There are two very general prejudices against the class of schools known
as business colleges. One is that their chief aim--next to lining the
pockets of their proprietors--is to turn out candidates for petty
clerkships, when the country is already overrun with young men whose
main ambition is to stand at a desk and "keep books." The other is that
the practical outcome of these institutions is a swarm of conceited
flourishers with the pen, who, because they have copied a set or two of
model account books and learned to imitate more or less cleverly certain
illegibly artistic writing copies, imagine themselves competent for any
business post, and worthy of a much higher salary than any merely
practical accou