Chapter I (3)

Handbook of Wood Engraving, by William A. Emerson, wood engraver. Price $1; for $1.20 in new subscriptions.

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Taxidermy without a Teacher: an illustrated book of instruction on preparing and preserving birds, animals, fishes, eggs and skeletons; with recipes. By Walter P. Manton. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

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Field Botany, an illustrated hand-book for the collector, containing instruction for gathering and preserving plants for the herbarium, also instructions in leaf-photography, plant-printing and the skeletonizing of leaves. By Walter P. Manton. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

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Lessons in Candy Making. By Catherine Owen. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

The author says “I have written these lessons for intelligent women who cannot leave home to help them make money.” And she quotes from an Englishwoman pupil-reader “I can make as delicious candies as ever I ate in Paris.”

For a like reason we put her book in the List.

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Insects: how to catch and prepare them for the Cabinet; an illustrated book of instructions for the field naturalist. By Walter P. Manton. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

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Shakespeare. Price $8; for $10 in new subscriptions. By express at receiver’s cost.

Handy Volume edition; 13 small volumes, flexible, cloth.

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Mayflower Pocket Cook-stove and Boiler. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

All nickeled; burns about ½ hour.

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Larger Pocket Cook-stove. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.

With quart boiler and gridiron. Boils water enough for a cup of coffee in five minutes.

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Alcohol-flask for pocket stove. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

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Lambie’s revolving Book-stand and Dictionary-holder. Price $9; for $10 in new subscriptions. By express.

Size of book-case 16x16 inches. The upper shelf is available also.

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Universal Garden-tool. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents—express may be less.

Many good tools in one: the hoe is also a spade, shovel, scraper and ice-cutter; the rake is also a fork and hook—there may be other uses. The dotted lines show the positions of both on the handle.

WHITING’S INDELIBLE INK COLORS Etc.

We commend the following seven with all the more satisfaction because the market is full of pretentious stuff under similar names but of very little value. These are exactly what the descriptions call for. Circular sent on request.

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Whiting’s Indelible Laundry Ink, for marking without preparation. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions.

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Whiting’s Magic Indelible Ink, for marking difficult stuffs without exposure to sun or heat. Price 60 cents; for 80 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

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Whiting’s Etching Ink for etching on linen, with supply of pens and “preparation.” Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

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Whiting’s Tracing-box. Price $1; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.

The glass is 8x12 inches. Must go by express.

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Whiting’s Etching Designs at the rate of $1 for $1.10 in new subscriptions. List sent on application.

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Whiting’s Transparent Colors for coloring photographs; box of ten colors. Price $3; for $3.25 in new subscriptions.

Half-case with five colors. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Must go by express.

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Whiting’s Special Instructions for etching on linen. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.

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Towel-holder. Price 15 cents; for 20 cents in new subscriptions.

Nickel; about the size of a silver dollar.

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Splasher-bracket. Price 30 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.

Black inch pegs; nickeled 33-inch rod.

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Towel-bracket. Price 30 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

The pegs are enameled black; the rod is bright nickel, 18 inches long.

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Roll Dressing-case. Price $6; for $7.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Box dressing-case. Price $6; for $7.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Both the above are neat and substantial leather cases with first-class furnishings, but without extravagance.

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Perfection Lemon-Squeezer. Price 35 cents; for 40 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

Not a squeezer at all, but better. Press half a lemon down over the burr and turn it round with the hand.

The burr cuts the pulp, dislodges the juice and saves it all without squeezing the bitter oil of lemon out of the rind. No seeds, no waste, no spattering.

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Cold stove-door Knob. Price 6 cents; for 8 cents in new subscriptions.

Wood handle; hangs on the knob, saves burning the fingers.

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Dust-pan. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.

Japanned-steel; propped up behind in position to use so that one need not stoop to hold it by hand—a touch with the foot is enough.

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Kerosene-brick for burning kerosene in any cook-stove, heater or open fire-place, as kindler or fuel. Porous fire brick.

We do not know (at the time of writing) its limit of value, having only just now got it. It is safe—no doubt of that. It is the best kindler ever discovered—no doubt of that. But to what extent it is going to be used for summer fuel and fuel for transient occasions of all sorts we do not know. It is a new thing of very great importance everywhere. We therefore state what we know of it carefully.

The reason why it does not explode is that the oil is fast in the pores of the brick and can’t get out, except as it is slowly driven out by the fire. Kerosene lamps are dangerous; but you are careful with them. There is no possible way in which the kerosene-brick can explode. The only harm that can come of it is through keeping a larger supply of kerosene for fuel then you would keep for light. The answer to that is that a barrel is no worse than a pint. Either is enough to blow a house into kindling-wood.

The reason why it is the best kindler is that it is the cheapest—in other respects it is not much better than pitch-pine.

Tradesmen are likely to overstate the cheapness of it; but it is very cheap—how cheap depends, of course, on the cost of your kerosene; and that is so different in different parts of the country that we cannot give the cost of using the kerosene-brick. It saves its cost in wood perhaps ten times over.

It makes smoke and soot; but they go up chimney.

The first cost of the kerosene-brick is as follows:[A]

No. 1. Price 35 cents; for 40 cents in new subscriptions.
No. 2. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
No. 3. Price 75 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions.
No. 4. Price $1.20; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.
No. 5. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions.
No. 6. Price $1.50; for $1.70 in new subscriptions.

And you want a peculiar sort of tongs (see the cut) for handling the kerosene-brick. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.

To save express charges, we ship from the manufacturer’s nearest place of business (nearest to you) wherever that may be.

There is going to be a kerosene-brick of a shape to imitate wood for use in open fire-places. Not yet made and may not be so handy to fill. By the way, we haven’t told how to fill the kerosene-brick.

“No. 1” above means a tin can with three small kerosene-bricks in it. You take out one of the bricks, fill the can with kerosene and let it stand fifteen minutes or over night. The two bricks are ready for use any minute and stay so indefinitely. The smallest is big enough for kindling. Maker’s circular sent.

[Footnote A: These are the maker’s prices in Boston. Beyond New England the local prices will vary. We hear they are double out West. We go by Boston prices, wherever you are.]

Ignites with a match. You put it out by dipping it in water. Throwing water on it does not put it out.

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Set of little flower-garden tools. Price 30 cents; for 40 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 18 cents.

Good tools and large enough; hoe and rake 14-inch, blades 3½-inch; fork and trowel 11-inch.

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Spice-Box. Price 75 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 25 cents.

Japanned-tin, 7-inch and 2-inch.

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Vegetable-masher, sauce-strainer and handy squeezer for twenty uses. Price 65 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 18 cents.

Large enough for two or three small potatoes. Really it is not a potato-masher. It turns potatoes into a different sort of edible, lighter, bulkier, mealier. Let them go into it steaming hot; let the masher itself be hot; receive the dainty outcome in a hot dish and immediately cover it. If this excellent tool has a fault, it is in cooling potatoes.

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Le Page’s Glue. Price 20 cents; for 25 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

Doubtless the strongest glue as well as the most available. Liquid and used as it is, unless chilled or thick, when warm it a little, or add vinegar. In handy tin can with screw top.

Mends crockery; not glass because not transparent. Diluted enough makes excellent mucilage. Let every family have it.

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Turn-over Broiler that keeps the gravy out of the fire and on the meat. Price 65 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 24 cents.

Of light sheet-iron very smooth, punched full of holes, and the holes are “dished” in the punching, so that none of the gravy is lost. Makes good steak better and pays for itself in a week.

Bartlett Domestic Press. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions.

For meats, jellies, wine, cider, etc. Easily washed. Pressure of a thousand pounds is easily got by turning the crank without danger of breaking the press.

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Daisy Pillow-sham Holder. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.

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Out of sight, holds the pillow-shams in place by day, and lifts them out of the way at night, is light, handy, goes on a bedstead of any size, saves work and money. The best device for the purpose. By express.

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Crumb-tray and brush. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Prettily painted tin tray and good brush.

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Self-winding Tape-measure, with mirror on one side and perpetual calendar on the other. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

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Self-winding Tape-measure, with stop. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

N. Y.]

Neat bright nickel case. The stop holds the tape wherever set.

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Crochet Needles, dozen. Price 20 cents; for 25 cents in new subscriptions.

Nickeled, assorted sizes, perfect and smooth.

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Mineral Cabinet, No. 1. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 14 cents.

A set of 20 large Minerals, Gems and Petrifactions, systematically arranged in a polished hardwood case. Price, $1.35.

_Contains Specimen Ores of Gold Quartz_, _Silver_, _Iron_, _Pyrites_, _Zinc_, _also Malachite_, _Jasper_, _Silicified Wood_, _Cluster of Rock Crystals_, _Wavellite_, _Carnelian (a polished gem)_, _Molybdenum_, _Satin and Iceland Spars_, _Pike’s Peak Topaz_, _Amazon Stone_, _Magnetite_, _Wood-Opal_, _Chalcopyrite and Tourmoline_. _Distinctly understand these are all_ =large specimens= (_1¼ inch square_), =and not fragments=.

A DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL IS SENT WITH EACH CABINET GIVING THE HISTORY, PROPERTIES & USES OF THE DIFFERENT MINERALS & GEMS.

Copyright, 1886, by H. H. TAMMEN, Denver, Colorado.]

Another, No. 2, the same except different minerals; terms the same. No. 2 contains: opal agate, aragonite, milky quartz, cuprite, jasper, galena, sulphur, crocidolite (polished), selenite, hematite, feldspar, fluorspar, variscite, argentite, chalcedony, petrified cedar, alabaster, lead carbonate, telluride ore, muscovite. With brief explanation of every specimen. Neat box with clasp.

These cabinets give invariable satisfaction in schools and families.

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Anything that children wear from baby up, at the rate of $1 in clothing for $1.60 in new subscriptions.

The clothing comes from Best & Company, 60 West 23d street, New York. You send for their catalogue, pick out what you want, and send your order to us with money and names of course.

The reason we send from Best & Company is that they keep the largest variety and serve an absent buyer as well as if he were there in the store.

Most of the big city dry-goods houses keep more or less of children’s clothing; but they generally slight it. The work is apt to be shabby, the materials flimsy, the styles too pronounced if not “carried over from last year.” Girls’ things are considered especially hard to get satisfactorily.

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Tammen’s Cabinet, forty smaller specimens. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions.

Paper box with sheet of explanations where the minerals came from, what they are used for, etc.

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Diamond Dyes. Price 10 cents a color; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.

Dyeing at home in the most satisfactory manner is very easy and profitable. Silk and woolen stuffs come out of the dye about as nice as when they were new. For cotton some of the colors have to be specially made. Wood stains are made from the dyes.

Diamond dyes are complete in themselves; that is, nothing more is required to set the colors. It is really no more difficult to dye with most of the colors than to rinse or starch. And full instructions accompany the dyes.

The colors are: yellow, old-gold, orange; green, olive-green, dark-green; pink, magenta, scarlet, crimson, cardinal, garnet, terra-cotta, maroon, dark-wine; violet, plum, purple; light-blue, navy-blue, dark-blue; slate, drab, black; and yellow for cotton, green for cotton, cardinal for cotton, scarlet for cotton, and blue for cotton.

Diamond dyes do not stain the hands or utensils if used with a little care. You handle the stuffs with sticks till you come to the wringing.

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Book-rack, No. 318. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

Maple; 18x24 inches; neatly put together without nails or screws; packs flat.

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Book-rack, No. 424. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.

Same, 23x32 inches, four shelves.

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Book-rack, No. 424½. Price $1.50; for $1.65 in new subscriptions.

Same size as last, more work on it.

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Knitting Outfit. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.

FLORENCE KNITTING SILK No 5

NONOTUCK SILK CO.]

Consists of 2 balls of Florence silk, whatever colors you like, 5 needles, and book of information. Extra silk at 40 cents a ball; for 50 cents in new subscriptions.

SCHOOL AND ART FACILITIES

Eagle Fine Arts pencils, polished cedar box of 7 grades. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

EAGLE FINE ARTS H 360
EAGLE FINE ARTS HHH 362
EAGLE FINE ARTS HHHHHH 365
EAGLE FINE ARTS H.B. 357
EAGLE FINE ARTS B. 356
EAGLE FINE ARTS BBB 364
EAGLE FINE ARTS F 359
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As fine as any, free from grit, of uniform grades, clean lead, erasable leaving no smirch; for the most exacting requirements. BBB to HHHHHH.

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EAGLE ACADEMIC Extra Hard
EAGLE ACADEMIC Hard
EAGLE ACADEMIC Medium
EAGLE ACADEMIC Soft Medium
EAGLE ACADEMIC Soft
EAGLE ACADEMIC Extra Soft
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Eagle Fine Drawing pencils, polished cedar box of 6 grades from extra-soft to extra-hard. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents.

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733 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
718 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
725 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
706 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
712 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876

HIGHEST AWARD PHILADELPHIA 1876

EAGLE COLORED CRAYONS]

Eagle Best Colored Crayons:

Box of 24 colors. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Box of 18 colors. Price $1.35; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.

Box of 12 colors. Price 90 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

Equivalent to water-colors. The full assortment is 50 colors.

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Eagle Scholastic Colored Crayons. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

SCHOLASTIC No. 1
COLORED CRAYONS FOR PAINTING & COLORING

753 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
743 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
718 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
706 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
702 EAGLE PHILA LONDON 1876
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Paper box of 5 colors, same crayons as last, with 6 colored sketches and 12 outline designs adapted to children’s use.

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EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY.

PENCIL ERASER]

Eagle Eraser. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.

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Automatic Drop pencil. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions.

Acts precisely like the magic knife. See page 13 of this list.

Extra leads; price 8 cents a box; for 10 cents in new subscriptions.

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Eagle Solid-ink Fountain and Pen. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.

The solid-ink fountain is simply a stick of solid ink, which is held in a clamp inside an ordinary penholder, used with any pen. You dip the pen in water, and the water dissolves the ink.

Extra ink. Price 10 cents a box of 6 sticks; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.

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Eagle Ready Companion. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.

Wood pen and pencil-carrier; opens and shuts like the magic knife on page 13 and the automatic pencil.

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Prang’s Non-Poisonous Water-Colors for Children:

Box No. 2, 8 colors and brush. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.

Box No. 4, 12 colors and 2 brushes. Price 40 cents; for 50 cents in new subscriptions.

Perfectly harmless. The colors conform very closely to accepted standards, and flow from the cakes with a touch of water. The brushes are good camel’s-hair. The boxes are very pretty and useful.

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Prang’s Fine Water-Colors for Schools and Amateurs, box No. 13, 12 colors and 2 brushes. Price 75 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions.

Not non-poisonous, but not more poisonous than the Murillo colors.

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Introductory Lessons in Drawing and painting in Water-Colors, by Marion Kemble. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

For those who know nothing at all of either.

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Jack-plane pencil-sharpener. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.

The best pencil-sharpener we know of at any price, because it is handy, does its work perfectly, never breaks the lead; and the plane-knife can be adjusted and sharpened exactly as in a carpenter’s plane.

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Polygraph, brass. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

The same, bright nickel. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

Pattern for almost every sort of figure and combination; wonderfully useful for children, designers, and artisans.

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Prang’s Water-color Studies are the best examples of what is known as the new style of water-color painting, in which transparent colors only are mixed in the brush and laid on broadly.

They are reproductions of works by American artists designed primarily for instruction in art, but none the less available for home-decoration on that account. Indeed they rank the higher in interest, being all they seem to common eyes, and faithful illustrations besides of recent advances in one of the least familiar departments of Art. They are not unfinished sketches, but exquisite finished color-work. The use we expect to introduce them to by this List is chiefly the non-professional, home-decoration. Let it be understood, there is nothing more fit for that use, and nothing higher, within the reach of people of limited means.

They comprise landscapes, marine views, flowers, animals, birds and figure pieces from such artists as Turner, Moran, Bridges, Lambdin, Giacomelli, etc.

We send Prang’s catalogue and supply whatever may be selected from it at the rate of $1.10 in new subscriptions for $1 of catalogue prices.

Postage on sizes under 12x12 inches 6 cents; over 12x12 inches 10 cents.

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On the Use of Water Colors for Beginners. By Ross Turner. Price $3; for $3.25 in new subscriptions.

“Hints to assist a beginner in a right direction, assisting him to start right, and upon such a beginning to work out by personal study and experience his own way of using materials,” by an eminent artist and no less eminent teacher.

Large quarto, illustrated by engravings and six fine colored plates.

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Prang’s Reproductions of Oil Paintings supplied at the rate of $1.10 in new subscriptions for $1 of catalogue prices.

We supply whatever may be selected from Prang’s catalogue; but, as that affords no clue to the works beyond titles, sizes and artists’ names, we have chosen a few of the most available pieces and printed descriptions of them. From this short list you can pick out what is likely to answer your purpose.

They are landscapes, marine views, figure pieces, animal and dining-room pictures.

Postage on sizes under 12x12 inches 6 cents; over 12x12 inches 10 cents.

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Winsor & Newton’s Oil Colors. Price for seventy-five of the list 8 cents a tube; for 12½ cents in new subscriptions.

Other colors supplied at higher rates. Postage 2 cents a tube.

A list of colors sent on request. These are most used: burnt sienna, raw sienna, emerald green, flake white, light red, naples yellow, permanent blue, raw umber, terra verte, prussian blue, vandyke brown, yellow ochre, ivory black, zinnober green (medium); all of which are supplied at the quoted rate.

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Ruler with circle-guide. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.

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Scholar’s Companion, No. 41. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Cloth-covered box with pen-holder, pencil, slate-pencil, sponge and sponge-box, rubber eraser, ink-bottle, knife and key—box locks.

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Vassar School-bag. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.

Stout bag of open lace of white cotton twine with red lining showing through, with gay stripes of colored twine in the lace.

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“Beginner’s Outfit” of tissue paper and other materials for flower-work. Price 35 cents; for 50 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.

Colors of tissue paper, rose sprays, stems, daisy centers and petals, leaves, wire, instructions.

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“Complete Assortment” of tissue paper and other materials. Price $1; for $1.30 in new subscriptions. Postage 16 cents.

Paper colors, tubing, culots, rose sprays and moss, wire, rose, poppy and daisy centers, poppy buds, leaves, pincers, instructions.

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Letter-scale. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.

Weighs from ½-ounce to 10 or 12 ounces. With hook for tied parcels and clamp for letters.

MUSIC Etc.

Mason & Hamlin Organ No. 2208, five octaves, nine stops. For $100 in new subscriptions.

The cash price of this organ in music stores depends on where the store is, its costs, and its scale of profits. The lowest price we know of is $99; the highest $165. Size 4-11x1-11x5. Weight in case 322 lbs.

One of the most perplexing bargains a family has to make nowadays is in buying a musical instrument. Price and quality, both, are in doubt.

There is probably some good reason for what appears to be chronic demoralization pervading the musical instrument business in every part of this enormous country of ours. We can’t control the fact. We have got round it, if you happen to want an organ.

We’ll try, if you want a piano.

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Pitch-pipe, A and C, in a handy pocket-case. Price 20 cents; for 25 cents in new subscriptions.

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Bay State Guitar, Style E. Price $14; for $18 in new subscriptions.

Guaranteed by the makers (John C. Haynes & Co., Boston) not to warp or split. Solid-rosewood sides and back, mahogany neck.

Wood case for $4 in new subscriptions.

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Banjo, No. 33½. Price $5; for $6.25 in new subscriptions.

Nickeled rim, wood lining, imitation-walnut fretted arm, ball brackets, calfskin head.

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Music-box, No. 3½. Price $7; for $8 in new subscriptions.

Rosewood; 3 airs; 2¾-inch cylinder; key attached.

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Xylophone. No. 1, 2 octaves. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. No. 3, 2½ octaves (with chromatics). Price $5.50; for $7.50 in new subscriptions.

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Accordion. Price $5; for $6 in new subscriptions.

10 keys, 2 sets reeds, stop, double bellows, german-silver clasps and corners.

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Thie Three-sided Harmonica. Price 90 cents; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

16 double holes on a side; german-silver plates.

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Bell Harmonica. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

10 double holes; brass plates.

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Concert Harmonica. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.

Size 5½x2¼ inches; 24 double holes; brass plates.

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Richter Harmonica, No. 33½. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents. 4-inch, 10 single holes, nickeled plates.

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Franklin Square Song Collection, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Price 50 cents each; for 75 cents in new subscriptions.

Each number contains the words and music of about two-hundred of what are regarded as the best songs of the time: songs of home, worship, love, country, children, school; with a mass of information relating to them. Table of Contents sent on request.

WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY

Seth Thomas Watch in argentine case for $10 in new subscriptions; in silver case for $15 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

There is strong competition between the American watch-manufactories on low-price watches. The struggle is to make the best for the money. That is the way to capture the market. Seth Thomas watch is ahead.

We buy the movement separate. There is no established price for the watch as we send it out. We are giving the most we can get for the money. The watch is a good time-keeper; durable; open-face; has seven jewels; is decidedly worth repairing; good enough; a great deal better than any foreign watch for the money; better than any other American watch for the money.

The argentine case is a substitute for silver, substantial, keeps its silver look. The silver case is no better, unless you object to an imitation. The argentine case is plain, the silver is chased (“turned” is the technical word), the neatest of watch-case engraving. Stem-winders and setters of course.

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Waterbury Watch, chain, whistle and agate charm. Price for the whole, $3; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Perhaps a million of these watches are in use. As good a time-keeper as any common watch and bears a good deal of banging. The only fault we ever heard of in it is the slowness of winding—takes about a minute and a half—stem-winder at that. The makers undertake to repair it for 50 cents and postage. The case is bright nickel, or what is called nickel—looks like silver.

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Chatelaine Watch. Price $7; for $9 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Fair time-keeper, plain, bright nickel case.

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Alarm Clock. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.

Nickel, one-day, 4-inch dial, key attached.

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Little Nickel One-day Clock with 2-inch dial. Price $1.35; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Winds by turning the whole back plate.

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Eight-day Clock with cathedral bell. Price $10; for $11 in new subscriptions.

Enameled-iron case with gilt decorations, a close imitation of black marble; 10x15 inches.

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Send for finger-measure a slip of paper that just goes round the ring finger.

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Plated Finger-rings. Patterns 1, 2, 3, 4 in heavy rolled plate. Price $1 each; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Same in filled fourteen-karat gold. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions.

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Gold Finger-ring of patterns 1 or 3. Price $1.75; for $2.50 in new subscriptions. No. 2, $2.25; for $3.00 in new subscriptions.

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Gold Cameo Finger-ring. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions.

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Plated Gold-stone Finger-ring. Price $1; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.

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Gold Amethyst Finger-ring. Price $1.75; for $2.50 in new subscriptions.

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Plated Tiger-eye Finger-ring. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions.

SILVER-PLATED WARE Etc.

Flat ware may be of any of these six patterns, except table-knives and fruit-knives. Pattern B with handles oxidized for about ten per cent additional to the prices quoted. [B not oxidized same price as the others.]

The grade of all, both flat and hollow ware, is that known in the trade as “triple-plate,” unless otherwise noted.

The maker of nearly all is the Holmes & Edwards Silver Company.

Plush boxes supplied, if wanted. They cost about as much as the wares they contain.

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Tea-spoons of any pattern. Price $2.50 a half-dozen; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.

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Dessert-spoons of any pattern. Price $4.25; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.

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Table-spoons or forks of medium size of any pattern. Price $4.75 a half-dozen; for $6 in new subscriptions. Postage 14 cents.

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Table-knives of medium size. Price $2.50 a half dozen; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 24 cents.

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Fruit-knives. Price $1.75 a half-dozen; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

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Pocket Fruit-knife. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

Not “triple-plate”; two grades lower.

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Butter-knife of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

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Sugar-tongs of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

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Sugar-shell of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price 75 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

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Berry-spoon A, C, D or E. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

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Gravy-ladle A, C, D or E. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents.

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Soup-ladle A, C, D or E. Price $4; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.

Same as gravy-ladle, but larger.

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Fish-knife and Fork A, C, D, or E. Price $3.25 each; for $4 each in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents each.

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Pie-knife A, C, D or E. Price $3.25; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

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Cake-knife A, C, D or E. Price $3.25; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.

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Child’s set of knife, fork, spoon and napkin-ring. Price $1.50; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Not triple-plate; two grades lower.

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Butter-dish. Price $3; for $4.50 in new subscriptions. Must go by express.

Satin finish.

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Call-bell. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Top strike; neat design. Not triple-plate; two grades lower.

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Napkin-ring No. 173. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

Not triple-plate; two grades lower.

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Pickle-jar with tongs. Price $2; for $2.50 in new subscriptions.

Engraved glass jar.

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Child’s Cup No. 38. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Not triple-plate; two grades lower; gold-lined.

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Child’s Cup No 28. Price $2.50; for $2.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Not triple-plate; two grades lower; gold-lined.

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Nut-picks. Price 90 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

No. A1½, 5-inch, six nickeled-steel picks in paper box.

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Nut-cracker and picks. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

No. C1½, 5-inch, six nickeled-steel picks and one cracker in paper box.

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Plymouth Lap-board. Price $1.25; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.

Very light but strong, unsplittable, cloth-like surface pleasant to touch, not slippery, brass-bound, neat, with half-yard measure and checker-board. There never will be a better thing for its many, many uses. Must go by express.

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Rand-McNally Standard Atlas of the World. The publishers’ price is $4.50. We send it postage paid for $2.50 in new subscriptions.

Edition of 1887, “revised to date including maps.” (We quote from the publishers’ letter. The Atlas is not yet out at the time of writing.)

Large book, 11x14 inches, cloth binding, about 200 pages; about 150 maps, about 30 statistical diagrams, etc., nearly 100 engravings; brief descriptions of regions, countries, cities, governments; our part of the world elaborately mapped and illustrated.

So comprehensive an Atlas can only be made for the money by many thousands, and so only in a country where millions of people are happy enough to want to know the world they live in.

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Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. Price $13; for $17 in new subscriptions. By express at receiver’s cost.

Latest edition, with marginal index. See cut.

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Worcester’s Unabridged Dictionary. Price $11; for $13 in new subscriptions. By express at receiver’s cost.

Latest edition with marginal index. See cut of Webster.

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Ladies’ Card-case. Price 85 cents; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.

Natural calfskin stamped with a beautiful pattern, old-gold satin lining.

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Pearl Rug-maker. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

PATENTED]

A sort of sewing-machine attachment; not strictly that; for it is not attached; may be used with any machine, or without a machine, the sewing done by hand.

With it a woman of taste and aptness with colors can get out of her rag-bag beautiful rugs with almost no expense beyond sewing-cotton and dyes [see Diamond Dyes, page 23 of this list.]

The rug-maker is simply a nickeled steel-wire frame on which to wind cut rags or yarns preparatory to sewing them on a substantial foundation. Not hard to learn the use of. Not hard to use. A sort of homely art-work with waste materials, splendidly profitable.

The finished rug is a velvet, the pile of which is made by cutting the loops as they come from the rug-maker. The product of one day’s work may be as pretty and rich a rug as you would buy for several dollars. All depends on your taste, materials, colors, industry, patience. There is something of the constructive artist in every woman of taste.

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Plush Mirror for toilet stand. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.

Beveled plate glass, 4x6 inches.

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Plush Toilet-case. Price $2.75; for $3.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Zylonite mirror, brush and comb. Looks like ivory.

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Zylonite Brush and Mirror. Price 75 cents each; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents each.

Together or either. Lily of the Valley pattern.

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Plush Collar and Cuff Box. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.

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Plush Jewel-case No. 150. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Size 4½x6x3 inches.

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Plush Sealing-wax Cabinet. Price $2.25; for $2.85 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.

Your initial-seal, five colors of finest wax, two wax candles, and stick in paper box.

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Sealing-wax Box. Price 75 cents; for 80 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.

ESCRITOIRE]

Same contents as last. Paper box with cover.

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Writing-desk. Price $1.50; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 45 cents.

Walnut inlaid with mahogany. Locks.

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Writing-case for the lap. Price $2.50; for $3.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.

Leather cover, with pockets and box full of writing-materials.

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Music-roll. Price $1.35; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.

Substantial leather, imitation seal, bound with morocco, morocco strap, round leather handle, nickel trimmings.

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Silver Thimble. Price 65 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions.

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Gold-filled thimble. Price $1.25; for $1.60 in new subscriptions.

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Scrap-book. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.

Size 9½x12 inches. 56 pages.

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Handy Travelling-bag No. 161. Price $3.25; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 45 cents.

Natural grain leather, lined with leather, large inside pocket, nickel lock and trimmings; size 12-inch.

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Same, 14-inch. Price $4; for $6 in new subscriptions.

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Ladies’ Pocket-book. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.

Seal, morocco flap-lining, skiver pockets.

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Plush Work-box. Price $2.25; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.

Beveled plate-glass mirror in cover, bone needle-case, crochet needle, bodkin, thread-knife, button-hook, tape-needle and a pair of scissors.

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Plush Work-box for a little girl. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 18 cents.

Same things as in last except mirror.

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Plush Perfume-stand No. 4005. Price $1.25; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Two ground-stopper bottles, six multiplying mirrors, nickel extension handle.

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Plush Perfume-stand No. 3. Price 75 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Two ground-stopper bottles, two mirrors, brass handle.

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Plush Mirror and Whisk-holder. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.

Beveled medallion mirror, three little hooks, whisk with nickel-damask handle and ring. A pretty piece for a girl’s room.

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BARNEY & BERRY’S SKATES

State exact length of boot.

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Keyless Skate. Price $4; for $4.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Best steel, best make, best temper; bright nickel. Toe and heel clamps worked together by thumb-screw at heel: the simplest fastening. Sizes 8 to 12 inches.

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Skate No. R. Price $2; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Fac-simile of the Keyless skate, of lower grade; nickeled.

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American Rink Skate. Price $4.50; for $5.00 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Best every way; adjustable as to size by a thumb-screw at the heel and fastened by a lever under the instep. Sizes 8 to 12 inches.

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Skate No. T. Price $2; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Skate No. T is a fac-simile of the American Rink Skate; heel-plates, foot-plates, toe-clamps and brackets of crucible steel; nickeled.

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All-clamp Skate. Price $4; for $4.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Best nickeled steel. Sizes 7 to 12 inches.

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Skate No. F. Price $2; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.

Fac-simile of All-clamp skate, of lower grade; nickeled.

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Ladies’ Keyless Skate. No. LR. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.

Blades of the lower grade, foot-plates, clamps and brackets of crucible steel; russet-leather trimmings; nickel heel-bands. A thumb-screw at the heel works the toe-clamps.

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Ladies’ Clamp Skate, No. LE. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.

Differs from No. LR only in having the toe-clamps worked by a key instead of a thumb-screw.

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Putz Pomade, the best polishing substance known for gold, silver, copper, brass, tin and other metals. Price 15 cents a box; for 20 cents in new subscriptions.

One of the many new things in this List, the knowledge of which is worth much more than it costs.

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Putz Pulver, perhaps the same as the paste; but, being a powder, it does not cling to chasings; better therefore for jewelry. Price 15 cents a box; for 20 cents in new subscriptions.

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_Any subscriber may pay his own subscription by getting new subscriptions of twice the amount._

Thus: _Babyland for $1 in new subscriptions_; _Our Little Men and Women for $2 in new subscriptions_; _Pansy for $2 in new subscriptions_; _Chautauqua Young Folks’ Journal for $2 in new subscriptions_; _Wide Awake for $4.80 in new subscriptions_.

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_Any book we publish, postage paid, at the rate of $1 for $1.20 in new subscriptions._

Thus: _A 50-cent book for 60 cents in new subscriptions, a $1 book for $1.20, a $1.50 book for $1.80, a $2 book for $2.40, etc._

We cannot describe our two-thousand books in this List; and, if we begin, there is no stopping-place. The best we can do is to send our catalogue [We wish it afforded more of a clue to their contents]; and you select from that.

CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ READING UNION.

1. There are few forces more powerful in the shaping of character than those which spring from reading. _Robinson Crusoe_ has sent thousands of boys to sea, and other books less wholesome have sent thousands to prison; many a youth has been inspired to noble aims and a useful life by the help of a good book. A distinguished scientist says that a single book which fell into his hands during boyhood gave him “a twist toward science.”

2. It is not a question whether our young people will read or not, for nearly all of them do read. The question is whether they shall read a helpful or a harmful literature, for every book and paper belongs to either one class or the other. There is but one way to keep out the harmful, and that is to supply the helpful. At a public conference on the subject of literature for young people one speaker said, “I find that when I keep the table in my own house well covered with good papers for young people my children have no desire for a low class of story-papers.” A shelf of good, interesting books for young people will save them from depraved taste in reading.

3. One difficulty in the way of supplying the home with good literature is that parents are too busy. To provide a pure and healthful course of reading, and with it the impulse to follow it, the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ READING UNION has been established. This is an outgrowth of the Chautauqua movement, which aims to promote popular education for every grade and every age, and is the peculiar adaptation of the Chautauqua Course to young people. It takes in the main the same subjects as those of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, and fits them to the needs of the young, so that while the older people are pursuing one course of reading, the boys and girls, from twelve years, and upward, may read in the same lines and on the same themes. The course includes history, science, literature, travel, household matters, “ways to do things,” etc., mainly in short articles, which can be easily read. It can be accomplished in less than two hours of each week, for as many years as the student chooses to follow it, for each year’s reading is complete in itself.

4. The Readings of the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ READING UNION are of two kinds, Serial and in Books. The Serial Readings are contained in a monthly supplement to WIDE AWAKE, a magazine for young people which stands at the head of its class in literature. This supplement is also published as a separate periodical, called the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ JOURNAL. The Book Readings consist generally of three standard books adapted for young people. With the course are furnished to enrolled members the “Outline Memoranda,” or questions for examination, not a severe test of knowledge of the Readings, but suggestive, and calling forth the thoughts and opinions of the reader.

5. The Course may be taken by individuals, each reading by himself, or by a number reading together and meeting in a Local Club or Circle. Such a Club may be organized by the teacher of a school among the scholars, and will furnish pleasant and elevating enjoyment, as well as training in composition, debating, observation, etc., by its exercises. The members may read papers of their own writing upon the subjects of the course, may present questions, may look at pictures of objects and places referred to, and may witness simple experiments in science, and may also have social recreation at its meetings. [For plans of organization and management of a Local Club, send for the handbook.]

6. All that is requisite for membership is to send name and address, with ten cents in postage stamps, to the Secretary, Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. WIDE AWAKE contains much besides the readings—serial stories, short stories, illustrated articles, and poems—while the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ JOURNAL contains but little besides the readings. Besides one of the magazines, the three books cost $1.70. [For the Course of the coming year see next page.]

7. Every enrolled member receives free of cost a Certificate of Membership. It is an albertype, with a symbolic picture embodying the light-bearing spirit of the Union, and is suited to framing for the home. For each year’s reading a seal is given, which is to be affixed to the certificate. Thus the engraving will show by its seals the years of the member’s reading.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

_The next Course of Readings will begin in the December number of_ WIDE AWAKE _and the_ JOURNAL _and run through 1888. Something of the value and interest may be gathered from the following prospectus._

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SEVENTH ANNUAL COURSE.

REQUIRED READINGS (SERIAL).

I. DEAR OLD STORY-TELLERS. By _Oscar Fay Adams_. A set of most delightful papers about certain old authors and certain old stories whose names and titles are constantly occurring in general literature. Whatever of importance and interest is known about these authors Mr. Adams has here gathered up; and a good idea is given of the work which has made them famous, valued and remembered. These “Readings” will be very helpful for all who wish to understand the allusions in literature to standard old stories and romances. Many portraits and illustrations.

II. U. S. MILITARY AND NAVAL SCHOOLS. By _Louis T. Peale_. A good series for family reading, as both boys and girls are growing more and more interested in the way our Government conducts affairs, and these papers explain just what means are taken to train up a noble body of men to protect our country and maintain her interests and her rights by land and sea. While the series is of general interest to everybody, it will be especially hailed by boys who have dreams of entering the army or the navy; they will find here a complete manual of answers to all the questions they or their anxious friends can possibly ask as to what the boys must do for the Government, and what the Government does for the boys. Illustrations.

III. OUR ASIATIC COUSINS. By _Mrs. A. H. Leonowens_. Mrs. Leonowens lived a long time in the far East, an inmate of both palace and tent, and had opportunities of knowing face to face both royal potentates and the common people. She has written these articles especially for the members of the C. Y. F. R. U., and they are very interesting. Fully illustrated.

IV. “DIAMOND DUST.” By _Mrs. S. D. Power_. Some chatty articles about precious stones, our native gems, and beautiful objects in the mineral world.

V. WAYS TO DO THINGS. All sorts. The first will be the “Way” to take care of dogs, by _Louise Imogen Guiney_.

VI. SEARCH-QUESTIONS IN ROMAN HISTORY. By _Oscar Fay Adams_. Twenty questions each month. Book prizes for correct lists of answers. Particulars in both WIDE AWAKE and the JOURNAL.

REQUIRED READINGS (BOOKS).

A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. Part I. By Edward Everett Hale and Susan Hale. A new volume of this delightful series, describing the scenes and events of early New England history, etc. Illustrations.

POETS’ HOMES. By Arthur Gilman, and others. Charming pen and pencil pictures of the homes and haunts of the poets—and the poets themselves.

NELLY MARLOW IN WASHINGTON. By Laura D. Nichols. Those who went with Nelly Marlow “Up Hill and Down Dale” will surely wish to go with her to Washington. Illustrations.

PRICE LISTS.

I. {WIDE AWAKE (Special price to members of C. Y. F. R. U.) $2.25
{A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. Part I. .75
{POETS’ HOMES. .35
{NELLY MARLOW IN WASHINGTON. .60
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Postage on books if sent by mail, 25 cents. $3.95

II. {CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS’ JOURNAL. $1.00
{A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. Part I. .75
{POETS’ HOMES. .35
{NELLY MARLOW IN WASHINGTON. .60
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Postage on books if sent by mail, 25 cents. $2.70

Chautauqua Young Folks’ Annual.

New members of the C. Y. F. R. U., and others, desiring in compact form the previous courses of Required Readings, may be glad to know that they are issued each year in one handsomely bound volume with the above title.

Sent postpaid by the publishers, D. LOTHROP COMPANY, and by all booksellers, on receipt of $1.50 per volume.[A]

I. Required Readings for ’81-2:

Magna Charta Stories. (_Illustrated_) _Edited by Arthur
Gilman, M. A._
Ways to Do Things. (_Illustrated_) _Rev. Charles R. Talbot
and others._
Old Ocean. (_Illustrated_) _Ernest Ingersoll._
The Travelling Law School. _Benjamin Vaughan Abbott._
Little Biographies.—Music. (_Illustrated_) _Hezekiah Butterworth._
Health and Strength Papers. _By prominent Physical
Culture People._
Dooryard Folks. (_Illustrated_) _Amanda B. Harris._
What to Do About It. _The Wise Blackbird._

Also the following books: “Stories from English
History,” 2 volumes in the Lyceum Library; “Behaving,
Papers on Children’s Etiquette;” and “The Story of
English Literature.”

II. Required Readings for ’82-3:

Ballads of American History. (_Illustrated_) _Margaret J. Preston._
Remarkable Trials. _Benjamin Vaughan Abbott._
Through a Microscope. (_Illustrated_) _Samuel Wells and
Mary Treat._
Little Biographies.—Literature. (_Illustrated_) _Amanda B. Harris._
Anna Maria’s Housekeeping. _The Next Neighbor._
A Boy’s Workshop. (_Illustrated_) _A Boy Carpenter._
Health and Strength Papers for Boys. (_Illustrated_) _Prof. D. A.
Sargent._
What to Do about It. _The Wise Blackbird._

Also the following books: “Eyes Right,” by Adam Stwin;
“Getting Along,” by Samuel Smiles, a book of practical
common sense; “Stories of the Sea;” and “A Book of
Golden Deeds,” of all times, by Charlotte M. Yonge.

IV. Required Readings for ’84-5:

Children of Westminster Abbey. (_Illustrated_) _Rose G. Kingsley._
Souvenirs of My Time. (_Illustrated_) _Mrs. Jessie Benton Frémont._
The Temperance Teachings of Science. _Prof. A. B. Palmer._
Boy’s Heroes. (_Illustrated_) _Edward Everett Hale._
Ways to Do Things. (_Illustrated_) _Various Authors._
Entertainments in Chemistry. (_Illustrated_) _Harry W. Tyler._
The Making of Pictures. _Sarah W. Whitman._
Search-Questions in American Literature. _Oscar Fay Adams._

Also the following books: “Greece,” by Charlotte M.
Yonge; “Field, Wood, and Meadow Rambles,” by Amanda B.
Harris; “Wild Animals,” with full-page illustrations by
Joseph Wolf.

V. Required Readings for ’85-6:

Pleasant Authors for Young Folks—-American. _Amanda B. Harris._
(_Portraits._)
My Garden Pets. (_Illustrated_) _Mary Treat._
Souvenirs of My Time.—Foreign. _Mrs. Jessie Benton Frémont._
Some Italian Authors, and Their Works. _George E. Vincent._
Ways to Do Things. (_Illustrated_) _Various Authors._
Strange Teas, Dinners, Weddings, and Fêtes. _Various Authors._
Search-Questions in English Literature. _Oscar Fay Adams._

Also the following books: “A Family Flight Through
France, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland,” by E.
E. Hale and Susan Hale; “The Merchant of Venice,”
Hudson-Lamb edition; “Underfoot,” by Laura D. Nichols.

VI. Required Readings for ’86-7;

Some Successful Women. (_Illustrated_) _Sarah K. Bolton._
Wonder-Wings, Mullingongs, Colossi, and _C. F. Holder._
Others. (_Illustrated_)
A Young Prince of Commerce. (_Illustrated_) _Selden R. Hopkins._
Ways to Do Things. (_Illustrated_) _Various Authors._
Search-Questions in Greek History. _Oscar Fay Adams._