1883.] 



GUNS THAT WILL PLEASE. 



For FARMERS ; for HUNTERS ; for SPORTS- 

 MEN; for TARGET SHOOTING; for TRAV- 

 ELERS; for BICYCLISTS — GUNS of GREAT 

 EFFICIENCY in small compass and weight (some 

 for the POCKET) ; Breech Loaders ; all of 

 HIGHEST QUALITY and make. 



At Loir Prices. Also at NO COST. 



We are no " shootist," only now and then shoot- 

 ing a little for recreation and health ; but we have 

 a little Stevens Pocket Rifle with 10-inch barrel 

 (12 % inches long, including its stock) and weigh- 



ing 11 ounces (ll> /+ , to be exact), which we some- 

 times carry slipped down inside the vest, and 

 here is wliat we have done with it: At a dis- 

 tance of 75 feet we hit a target, the size of the 

 -Buzzard Dollar" (U. S. coin so called), eight 

 times in ten shots ; at 100 feet we hit a small 

 Blacking-box Cover nine times in ten shots (not 

 enough left of it to hit more) ; at 300 feet we put 

 12 out of 15 shots into the top of a Hat Crown. To 

 do this we slipped in the little Breech-Piece (car- 

 ried along, as it weighs only 4 ounces and is as good 

 as a heavy large one). By the way, we brought a 

 gray squirrel out of the top of a very tall pine tree 

 at first shot, and have killed not a few birds, etc., 

 at long, unmeasured distances. This gun' carries 

 bullets of .22 caliber, is of Al quality, is beauti- 

 fully nickel-plated, and is a Breech Loader. (We 

 have loaded and fired it at a mark 7 times a min- 

 ute.) It costs $11.00. (They now make a Gun just 

 like it, with a header barrel, which shoots .22 or .32 

 caliber bullets, good for a " deer a long way off.") 

 This costs $12.25 (weight 25 ounces) ; and another, 

 12-inch barrel, that costs $13.50; a 15-inch barrel 

 for $15.00, and an 18-inch barrel for $16.50. 



" THE HUNTER'S PET "- and may well be 

 anybody's pet — is very like the above, but larger, 

 or 18-inch, 20-inch, 22-inch, and 24-inch barrels, and 

 of any caliber desired, .22, .32, .38, or .44. The 18-inch 

 weighs iy 2 lbs. These are splendid shooters for 

 100, 200, 300 yards, and more. Prices: 18-inch barrel, 

 $18.00; 20-incb, $19.00; 22-inch, $20; 24-iuch, $21.00. 



All the above Guns are the very BEST Al 

 Make ; all are finely nickel-plated, except the 

 steel barrel and the fine walnut in the short 

 breech. All are Breech Loaders, and have Com- 

 bination Sights. All are good for target shooting 

 and for hunting game. All are excellent for Bi- 

 cyclists and for Travelers, as the movable breech 

 allows easy packing in a trunk— the smaller ones 

 in a hand-bag. All are very cheap for the quality. 



We supply any of the above at the prices named. 



BETTER STILL. — We will Present any one of 

 them for subscriptions to The Ames. Garden at 

 the rate of 2 subscriptions for $1.00 of the price of 

 any Gun. To purchasers, $1.00 from the price, 

 for each 3 subscriptions sent us. 



TO WEIGH LETTERS AND 0THEE 

 42 THINGS. 



For weighing letters, newspapers, 

 and other parcels up to four ounces, 

 the "Post Office Spring Scales," 

 are very convenient. This can be 

 held in the hand, or hung up any- 

 where, the letters, etc., dropped into 

 its long double hook, when its in- 

 dex will show the weight very deli- 

 cately in quarter and half ounces up 

 to a quarter-pound. Nickel-plated 

 face, hooks and suspending ring; 

 a neat, strong, durable Scale. We 

 scud it post-paid for 75 cents, or 

 Present it post-paid for two sub- 

 scribers to Amer. Garden. 



THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS 



IN EVERY HOUSE, and to every person, are: 

 Pood, Clothing, the Bible, a Dictionary, and 

 a Cyclopedia. The Dictionary is necessary to 

 speaking, pronouncing, and writing correctly ; 

 the Cyclopedia to give needed information 

 about everything. But WEBSTER'S GREAT 

 UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY not only tells 

 about every word used in our language, how to 

 spell and how to pronounce it, where it comes 

 from, etc., but it tells so much about each word, 

 that, for ordinary use, it answers for a Cyclo- 

 pedia also. Good Cyclopedias cost from $40 to 

 $100. This magnificent volume, Webster's Tin- 

 abridged Dictionary, is a Great Book every way. 

 Its presence in any home shows more good judg- 

 ment and culture than a hundred times its cost in 

 fancy furniture. In size it is 13 inches long, 10 

 inches wide, <ty 2 inches thick, and weighs 10 lbs. 

 It has 1850 great pages of 3 columns each, packed 

 full, including 118,000 words fully described, with 

 3000 engravings. It includes Proper Names, 

 Scripture Names, Names of Counties, Cities, 

 Towns, etc. — We will supply it for $12, or 

 PRESENT a fine leather-bound copy for 20 sub- 

 scriptions to Amer. Garden. It will be delivered 

 at the office, or sent by express, unpaid. 



A SUPERB SET OF INSTRUMENTS. 



The Engraving shows something of a most val- 

 uable set of Drawing Instruments, that cannot 

 fail to be useful to any one, young or old. The 

 instruments in sight are each fitted in its place in 

 a velvet tray, under which is a Boxwood rule, etc. 

 The upper silk cushion, that shuts on the instru- 

 ments, has behind it a transparent barred Semi- 

 circle accurately graduated, through 190 degrees, 

 to degrees and half degrees. The Box is neat Rose- 

 wood S'4xi%xl% inches. The Instruments are 

 all Steel and fine German Silver, with adjustable 

 parts. We supply this magnificent set for $7.00, 

 delivered anywhere, carriage prepaid. We pre- 

 sent it delivered for 15 subscribers to The Amer. 

 Garden at $1.00. each. (To purchasers a discount 

 of $1.00 will be made for every 4 subscriptions.) 



DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, as shown in 

 engraving, in Brass and Steel, fitted in velvet, 

 with Brass semicircle, in imitation mahogany 

 box, 7%x4^x% inches. We supply this for 

 $2.25, carriage prepaid, anywhere in the United 

 States; or Present it, carriage paid, for 5 

 subscribers to Amer. Garden at $1.00 each. 



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SKATING ALL THE TEAR, EVERYWHERE. 



Yes, even in the Torrid Zone. The recent great 

 improvements in Roller Skates enables any one 

 to skate at all seasons and in all climates, inde- 

 pendent of ice or weather, and not only in the 

 •• Parlor," or on smooth flagging, but on any hard 

 road or other comparatively smooth surface, with 

 all the enjoyment and exhilaration formerly ob- 

 tained only on winter's ice when it chanced 

 to be smooth. These skates will do much to pro- 

 mote the Health of the Girls and Young Ladies 

 as well as of boys, and this benefit extends all 

 through the year and all over the world. 



The N. Y. Club Roller Skate is one of excel- 

 lent make, with improvements and advantages 



too numerous to be described here, including the 

 best quality of leather straps, decarbonized steel 

 frames, superior rollers, etc., etc. We •will send a 

 Pair anywhere, post-paid, for $1.25. We will pre- 

 sent a pair for 3 subscriptions to The Amer. 

 Garden at $1 each ; or 2 pairs for 5 subscribers. 



N. B.— Send a paper cut to the size of your 

 shoe sole, and we will select skates of right size. 



COPPER WORTH MORE THAN SILVER! 



A pound of silver costs about $17.00 in the 

 "Buzzard Dollar" (or about $14.50 in the bar), 

 and a pound of copper about thirty cents in the 

 bar (or about $1.40 in United States currency). 

 But, for many uses, copper is worth more than 

 silver, pound for pound. Here is one: If you 

 have in the house a few ounces of copper, in a 

 wedge-shape, like an 3> fastened by an iron rod 

 to a wooden handle, you can with it save many 

 ounces (or dollars) of silver every year, besides a 

 great deal of time and vexation. Tin ware, so 

 much used by housekeepers, is made of thin 

 sheets of iron, very lightly coated with tin by 

 dipping them into it melted. The iron sheets are 

 strong, but rust quickly ; the tin coat is soft, but 

 does not rust easily; it wears off, and so the tin 

 things,— the pails, pans, cups, dippers, etc., etc., 

 if much used, are 

 always getting 

 holes and leaks. 

 The tinsmith, or 

 "tinker," quick- 

 ly stops these 

 with a bit of sold- 

 er, which is most- 

 ly tin. Any one 

 can do this her- 

 self (or himself, 

 boy or man) 

 quickly, easily, 

 almost at no cost, 

 and thus sa ve waiting, save sending twice to the 

 smith — once to carry it and once to get it a day 

 or a week after, and save expense. So, also, when 

 the fruit cans arc ready, you can quickly solder 

 them independent of the smith, and with your cop- 

 per open them also when wanted. The copper can 

 be heated in your own stove — no charcoal dust 

 and muss around. All you need is a soldering 

 iron (copper), a stick of solder, a little rosin, 

 a steel scraper to clean the surface, and, for a 

 badly rusted one, a bottle of soldering salts. 

 With these and a trifle of practice, you are inde- 

 pendent and can save in a year a good many 

 dollars by making the tinware last longer, and in 

 I time, and expense for the smith or tinker. HERE 

 I you have all that is required, neatly packed in a 

 box, handy to put away and handy to get at, in 

 the GEM SOLDERING CASKET, and aU for 

 $1.00. Sixteen cents extra will carry the casket 

 and its contents to any part of the United States. 

 We will supply you one for $1.00, or send it, post- 

 age paid, for $1.16. Or, we will Present the 

 whole, postage prepaid, to any friend sending 3 

 subscribers to The Amer. Garden at Si.no each. 



