1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



851 



The "Post" Fountain Pen. 



The very best in the market ; regular price #3, 

 and not obtainable under this price anywhere. 



The Six Cardinal 

 Points Peculiar 

 to the "Post": 



SelHilling, 



Self=cleaning, 



Simplicity, 



Durability, 

 Reliability, 

 No Leaking. 



GIVEN 



^SOLAJTELJ^ 



FREE 



For two new subscriptions to Gleanings and your own renewal with $3.00 : 

 or for one new subscription and your own renewal, with $2.50 : 

 or your own subscription will be advanced 2 years, and the pen furnished for $2.50. 



In each case all arrears, if any, must be paid in addition, the above offers being for subscriptions fully in 

 advance only. I believe we can say truthfully, without fear of contradiction, that no fountain pen ever put 

 upon the market ever received in so short a time so many unsolicited testimonials from such distinguished men 

 as the POST. The above drawing shows its construction. To fill the POST, all you have to do is to dip the nib 

 into the ink-bottle, draw out the plunger, and the pen is ready for use. Compare this with unscrewing the 

 ordinary style, and refilling with a glass filler that you can not always find when wanted. The self-cleaning 

 feature of the POST, as illustrated, will also commend itself. With most pens, specially prepared ink must be 

 used or they are soon of no use, because they become so gummed up. and it is well nigh impossible to clean 

 them. With the POST you simply dip the nib in water, draw the plunger back and forth like a syringe or 

 squirt-gun, and in less than five seconds it is clean and free for a perfect flow of any ink that may be handy. 

 We give only a few of the many testimonials from noted men in various callings who have written merited 

 words of praise for this most valuable invention. We can not offer the pen for sale for less than S3. 00; but by 

 special arrangement we are able to offer it free as a premium with Gleanings in any of the following combi- 

 nations : All arrears, if any, must first be paid at SI 00 a year. Then for S3. 00 we will send Gleanings for one 

 year, or till Jan. 1, 1901, to two new names; for one year to yourself, and send you the pen free. For $2.50 we 

 will send you the pen and Gleanings for one year, and to one new subscriber a year; for S2. 50 we will send 

 the pen and Gleanings for two years. If you nave ever been disappointed with a fountain pen we assure 

 you that you will not be with this one. See what other people say of it on the opposite page. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



HEDINA, OHIO. 



