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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[December. 



A GRAND THING FOR YOUR POCKET. 



One of the " handiest things " in the -world is 

 the "Combination Pocket- Knife," always With 

 you, ready at hand as a pocket-knife, with large 

 and small blades (A and B), and a great deal 

 more! Folded closely within its strong handle, 

 three and a half inches long, you have (C) a 

 capital Saw, to quickly cut off almost anything, 

 from an inch-thick board to a large fruit tree 



limb, and to saw in two, or in pieces, any wood too 

 hard or large to whittle, etc. ; (D) a real good 

 Gimlet; (E) an improved Cork-screw, to open 

 bottles of medicine, sweet cider, and . . . . ? 

 (F) best of all (inside) a Punch, with which you 

 can punch a hole in harness, wood, etc., and with 

 its sharp corners rim the hole out to the size 

 wanted, always handy. (We saw a farmer mend- 

 ing his boots with it.) (G) Covering in all these 

 is a Hook, its strong end useful to lift hot ket- 

 tles, covers, etc. ; to open stove-doors, and pry 

 open things generally; to clean animals' hoofs, 

 etc., etc. The back of the Hook serves (H) as an 

 effective little Hammer, and in opening and 

 shutting it forms (.1) a small NUT-CRACK. 

 More still ! (K) On the outside end is a capital 

 Screw-driver, projecting only enough to fit into 

 screw-head, and strong enough to turn one to 

 two-inch screws, and all smaller ones. This is 

 always handy. Then (L) you pull out of the end 

 of the handle a nice, long-pointed Awl, and (M) a 

 good pair of Tweezers, for picking up insects, 

 extracting briers and slivers, stray hairs on the 

 face, etc., etc. ALL the ABOVE, all of excellent 

 metal and quality, is done up as a Pocket Knife, 

 weighing scarcely four ounces! Every Man and 

 Boy wants it, and we will send one anywhere, 

 post-paid, for $2.71. 1W Better still: we will 

 PRESENT you one, delivered free, if you send 

 seven subscribers to The Amee. Garden at $1.00 

 each ; or two of these knives for 12 subscribers. 



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COMBINATION KNIFE "NUMBER TWO," 



This is a good deal like the above, only there is 

 not so much of it. It has the same Big Blade (A) ; 

 the little Blade (B) ; the Corkscrew (E) ; the 

 Punch (F); the Hook (G), with its Hammer (H), 

 and its Nut-cracker (J), though this is not of much 

 account in either knife ; the Screw-driver (K) ; 

 the Pointer (L) ; and the Tweezers (M). It has also, 

 where the Saw might be, a Lancet, or Phlemc, for 

 those who want to bleed (?) horses. This Knife 

 weighs three ounces, and is about the same size 

 as No. 1. We advise you to get No. 1 ; but if you 

 cannot, this is next to it in the pocket-knife line ; 

 and we will send one anywhere (to Oregon, if you 

 live so far off), post-paid, for $1.55; or PRESENT 

 one, post-paid, for 4 subscribers to The Amee. 

 Garden, at $1.00 each (2 Knives for 0 subscribers). 



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A CAPITAL GARDEN LIBRARY. 



Probably in no other way can one get, for the same 

 expense, so large an amount and variety of fresh 

 information, with multitudes of Illustrations, as 

 can be found in the past Volumes of THE AMER- 

 ICAN GARDEN. These contain many hundreds 

 of articles, Illustrations, etc. We can supply a 

 number of sets of 1882 and 1883, carefully indexed 

 and bound in uniform style, in extra heavy paper 

 covers, for $1.00 per volume, post-paid. We will 

 present the two for 8 subscriptions ; or any one 

 volume desired, for r> subscriptions, all post-paid. 



35 EVERYBODY NEEDS THE NEW 

 American DICTIONARY and Cyclopedia, 



no matter how many other Dictionaries they 

 may have, large or small. This Book, costing only 

 $1.00 post-paid, is a neatly bound Volume of over 

 GOO pages (3 columns a page), giving the accurate 

 Spelling, Pronunciation, and Definitions of over 

 50,000 words, and 44 pages containing a great 

 number of small engravings illustrating the 

 words. The book is worth far more than it costs 

 for these alone ; but it contains in condensed form 

 a Vast Amount of Other Valuable Information 

 that everybody wants for constant reference. It 

 is in this respect a comprehensive Uncyclopedia, 

 embracing 84 interesting subjects, too numerous 

 to describe here. Among these are 24 pages of 

 Vulgar and Incorrect Words and Expressions cor- 

 rected ; 30 pages of Difficult Words ; 24 pages con- 

 taining all names in the Scriptures and Apocrypha 

 rightly pronounced; 340 business words and 

 terms explained, such as, "Drafts," "Days of 

 Grace," "Checks," etc., etc.; 400 words and 

 terms used on Ships ; 24 pages teaching how to 

 Write and Speak properly and easily; Metrical 

 System explained fully ; Tables ;for readily reck- 

 oning Interest ; Census (1880) population of States, 

 etc., including 250 Large Cities and Towns ; 53 past 

 years' Prices for Wheat, Flour, Corn, Cotton, 

 Sugar, Coffee, Beef, Butter, Iron, etc; 500 com- 

 mon Names of Men and Women, their derivation 

 and meaning ; Mortality Rate, and how long a per- 

 son may on the average expect to live beyond 

 any age ; Wages Tables, etc., etc.— to 84 subjects. 



We will mail the above comprehensive and most 

 valuable work, post-paid for, $1.00. We will pre- 

 sent it, post-paid, for 2 subscriptions to Amee. 

 Garden at $1.00 each. 



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MOLES! MOLES! MOLES! MOLES! MOLES ! 



Moles in the garden, lawn, parks, fields, or 

 anywhere, are an unmitigated nuisance. Their 

 subterranean plowings disturb anything grow- 

 ing above and sadly mar the surface. As sacri- 

 legious as a jackal, they enter our 



9 cemeteries and disfigure the 

 grounds smoothed and sodded by 

 loving hands. Dogs and cats sel- 

 dom catch them; poison is inef- 

 fective ; traps are our main de- 

 fense. There are traps and traps, 

 scores of lands, but only one that 

 comes up to what is wanted, viz., 

 Hale's Mole Trap. It is all metal, 

 light, neat; is quickly and easily 

 set, without injuring one by snap- 

 ping; its points, while not danger- 

 ous to chickens, etc., strike the 

 deepest furrows; and it catches 

 the mole running in either direc- 

 tion. It can be set close alongside 

 of plants, stakes, fences, and walls ; 

 in short, is just what is wanted. If 

 moles appear, get this trap and clear them out ; 

 catch the first-comers before, by rapid multiplica- 

 tion, they overrun you. We will supply one for 

 $2.50 ; or, Present one for six subscriptions to 

 The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. Directions for 

 use with each instrument. Sent anywhere by 

 well packed. Receiver pays expressage. 



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PATENT EXCELSIOR WEEDING HOOK. 



FOR EVERY GIRL, AND THE BOYS, T00- 

 ALS0 FOR LADIES- A CAPITAL THING, AT 

 UNPRECEDENTED LOW COST. 



For amusement, as well as cultivation of taste 

 and useful, practical skill, a Box of good Paints,— 

 fifteen large cakes of different colors, and six- 

 teen various colored Crayons and holders, with 

 Ruler, Pencil, Palette, Easel, etc., all complete, 

 and of a size and quality for actual use, and not 

 mere toys,— is an exceedingly valuable Gift to any 

 little GIRL, young MISS, and for LADIES as 

 well ; also for any and every BOY. SUCH an 

 assortment, all arranged in a very strong, taste- 

 ful Box, 8Kx6K inches closed, or 18%z.6% inches 

 open, with Brass handle, etc., we are now able 

 to supply for $2.50, sent, post-paid, anywhere. 

 We will PRESENT the whole, post-paid, for 6 

 subscribers to The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 

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MOIST COLOR PAINTS (Murillo, for paint- 

 ing on china, wood, velvet, etc.).— These are now 

 in very general use. We can supply sixteen cakes 

 of different shades and two filled tubes, in a strong 

 metal japanned Box Case inches closed), 



with rings to open and support it as a palette, 

 and two Brushes, for the low price of $1.50, 

 sent, post-paid, anywhere. 



We will Present this (No. 39), post-paid, for 3 

 subscriptions to The Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 



Your Fingers Saved. — Some hand-weeding 

 must be done among the flowers, the plants, and 

 the crops. It soils, hurts, and wears out the 

 fingers, though they are the best weeders ever 

 made. But the steel fingers of the Excelsior 

 Hand -Weeder are very like the human digits, 

 are almost as effective, last many years, and do 

 admirable work. It is the best thing of the kind 

 ever made, and costs only thirty cents when sent 

 anywhere, post-paid. We will PRESENT you 

 with one, delivered to you free, for two subscrip- 

 tions to The Amee. Garden at $1.00 a year each. 



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Four Good Bats, six covered Balls, two port- 

 able Poles (in sections to pack in box), one Net 

 thirty-three feet long and three feet high, two 

 Gut Ropes and Runners, one Mallet, a Book of 

 Rules — All the above complete in Box, all of 

 excellent quality. We will supply this fine Set 

 for the low price of $15.00. We will present it 

 for 30 subscribers to Amee. Gabden at $1.00 each. 



(To purchasers, a discount will be made of $1.00 

 from the price for each three subscribers sent us.) 



