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A GRAND PREMIUIV! OFFER 



FOR 30 DAVS ONLV 



"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword." 

 But there is a choice of Pens and in this progressive age one does not 

 want to be tied down to AN OUTWORN STYLE OF PEN. 



The Egyptian used a split reed; our grandfathers a goosequill; our 

 fathers a steel or ordinary gold pen But to-day we w'ant 



A FOUNTAIN PEN 



i hat dispenses with the inconvenient inkstand, that does not cor- 

 rode, and that is always ready for use. 



In order to enable our readers to secure this really indis- 

 pensable convenience, we have made arrangement with 

 The Selden Pen M'f'g Co. of New York, whereby we can 

 supply a 



FIIIST CLASS GOLD FOONTAIN PEN 



to every subscriber, OLD or NEW, who sends us A YEAR'S 

 SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE within the next 30 days, 

 and FIFTY (50) CENTS additional. The pen will be for- 

 warded immediatelj^ on receipt of the money. The pen is 

 made of the best quality of hard rubber in four parts, and 

 fitted with a guaranteed irridium-pointed 14-k GOLD PEN. 

 The "fountain" is throughout of the simplest construction 

 and cannot get out of order, overflow, or fail to supply ink 

 to the nib. It is EQUAL TO ANY $2 PEN on the 

 market today. 



"CELTRIC MODEL I" 



bears the manufacturer's guarantee that the pen is solid 

 GOLD 14-k fine. If it does not prove satisfactory in every 

 way we will exchange it for another, or return the fifty 

 cents additional un return of the pen. 



This is an unusual opportunity to secure, at a very low price, an article of 

 superior quality that is coming to be essential to the comfort and convenience 

 of every one who writes. 



'i REMEMBER THAT THE OFFER IS FOR 30 DAYS ONLY. 



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AMERICAN BIRD MAGAZINE, 



(AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY.) 



CHAS. K. REED, Publisher, WORCESTER, MASS. 



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