1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1387 



Five Thousand Pocket - books ! 



I am Goin^ to Give THem A^vay! 



FREE 



CHARLES E. ELLIS 



FREE 



I PUBLISH the Greatest Farm Paper in the World— CAc Metropolitan and R.Uf a1 

 Home Before I was a publisher I was a farmer. Now I am intensely interested in both. I 

 believe farming- and publishing are the greatest and best businesses going. Sometimes I even 

 think farming beats publishing. 



And now — just to show you how I feel toward farmers, I want to give five thousand of them each 

 one of these Pocket-books. If you are a farmer I want to give you one. I want to give you one of 

 these Pocket-books so you can show it to your friends and say, "My friend Ellis, publisher of the 

 Greatest Farm Paper in the World, gave me this." Then you and your friends will think of me and 

 my paper — The Metropolitan and Rural Home — that goes to half a million farmers every month — and 

 you will say among yourselves. "That Ellis must be all right. I want to read his paper and see what 

 he says in it." These Pocket-books I am going to give you are made from genuine rubber-covered 

 cloth. They are just the thing to carry valuable papers, such as notes, contracts, fire-insurance pol- 

 icies, weight receipts, etc., as well as money. They fold up flat and fit your inside coat-pocket — just the 

 kind of Pocket-book every man likes to own. 



Now, you don't pay anything for the Pocket-book. It's FREE. I send it to you postpaid, and 

 don't ask you a cent. But to show that you are willing to be just as liberal with me as I am with you, 

 I want you to send me 20 cents for The Metropolitan and Rural Home for a year. Now don't say, 

 " That's what I expected " Wait a minute and read the rest. You haven't got to the most liberal part 

 of my offer yet. Read this announcement all through. I would do as much for you if you were I and 

 I were you. If you will do as I ask. I will have your name and address ppn ed on the mside of your Pocket- 

 book, so if it gets lost it will be returned to you at once. When I send it to you I will also send you 

 some sample copies of The Metropolitan and Rural Home, and I will continue to send the paper to you 

 for Three Months. Then, if you don't like it, just say so and I'll send you back your 20 cen » and stop 

 your subscription, and you may keep the Pocket-book for your trouble. This gives you the paper three 

 months FREE— to say nothing of the fine Pocket-book. Now— what do you think of that for an offer? 



A Great Big Illustrated Magazine Free 



mind you. The Metropolitan and Rural Home is a great big magazine paper. It is printed with clean 

 plain type on nice paper, and there are lots of pictures every month. I just mention these things 

 because they are extras— it's the stock, dairy, and farm news, and good stories that make my paper the 

 best farm paper in the world. 



If you don't tell me at the end of three months to stop the paper, of course I'll keep your sub- 

 scription—enter your name as a regular subscriber, and send you The Metropolitan and Rural Home 

 for a full year. 



Now I'm sorry I haven't got more of these Pocket-books, but there are only 5000 to give away, so 

 you'll have to hurry a little if you want one. They are such good Pocket-books that they go like wild- 

 fire, and you ought to stop right here, fill in the order blank, and mail it to me at once, so as to be sure to 

 get one of these Pocket-books. I put that blank in here so you needn't hunt for paper and ink unless 

 you want to. Use a lead-pencil, fill out the blank, inclose twenty cents (stamps or silver) and mail it 

 me just as quickly as you can. Do it right away so the Pocket-books won't be gone when I get your 

 subscription. 



Chas. E. Ellis, Publisher, 22 No. William St. 



Metropolitan and Rural Home Subscription Department 2i6, New York City 



