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i^ACHANCE OF A LIFETIME! 
This Offer HOLDS GOOD UNTIL JUNE lOth ONLY. 
$jjf| non ® Resents, given away. 
qrrUiUUU EVERY SUBSCRIBER GETS 1 PRESENT. 
The proprietors of the -well-known and popular weekly paper, THE GOLDEN ARGOSY, being desirous 
of introducing their paper into every home where it is not now taken, have organized a stoc c company with 
an AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF $200,000 for the purpose of pushing the Argosy extensively, and have 
decided to give away toall who subscribe before June 10th, 1881, $40,000 in presents. I fend our Great Oh'- r. 
We will enter your name on our subscripts i books and mail THE GOLDEN ARGOSY regularly for 
Three Months, (thir' een numbers!, ana immediately send a r ceipt, which wiii entitle the holder to one of 
the following Mlja.GrN'II’ICEM'T lEVELJESSLEilNri'JS s 
PARTIAL LIST OF PRESENTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY: 
6 Cash Presents of $1,000 each.$5,000 
6 Cash Presents of $500 each. 2,500 
10 Cash Presents of $200 each. 2,000 
10 Cash Presents of $100 each. 1,000 
10 Cash Presents ot $50 each. 500 
8 Elegant Upright Pianos, $800 each. 900 
5 Elegant Cabinet Organs, $100 each. 500 
25 Sewing Machines, $80 each. 750 
20 Gents’ Solid Gold Watches, $40 ea.. 800 
80 Ladies’Solid Cold Watches, $25 ea. 750 
20 Beautiful Diamond Rings, $30 ea... 600 
20 Gents’ Solid Silver Watches, $15 ea. 800 
25 Ladies’ Chatelaine Watches, $10 ea. 250 
80 Roys’Silver Watches, $10 each. 800 
100 Waterbury Watches, $8 50 each ... 850 
20 Gents’Solid Gobi Chains, $20 each.. 400 
20 Ladles’Gold Neck Chairs, $15 each. 800 
20 Solid Gold Bracelets, $ 5 each. 800 
10 Elegant Bicycles, $85 each.$ 850 
5 Silver Tea Sets, $100 each. 500 
5 Sets Parlor Furniture, $100each... 500 
10 Elegant Boys’ Saits, to order, $20 — 290 
10 Girls’ Gutside Garments, $15 each... 150 
50 Gold Pens and Holders, $2 each. 100 
500 Extension Gold Pencils, $1 each. » 500 
500 Pair Nick el-Plated Skates, $2 each. 1,000 
500 Large Photograph Albums. $2 each. 1,000 
500 Pair Roller Skates, $2 each. 1,000 
500 Two-Doliar Greenbacks. .1,000 
500 One-Rollnr Greenbacks. 600 
500 Magic Lanterns, $1 each. 600 
500 Boys’ Pocket Knives, $1 each. 600 
600 Ladies’ Pocket Knives, $1 each. 600 
1000 Oil Pictures, $1 each. 1,000 
500 Solid Gold Rings, $2 each. 1,000 
1000 Autograph Albums, $1 each. 1,000 
And 92,582 OTHER USEFUL AND VALUABLE PRESENTS, RANGING IN VALUE FROM 
i’WEN 1'Y-FIVE CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR, making a grand total of 100,000 presents to be given to 
the first one hundred thousand subscribers received. Every one gets a Present. All of the above presents 
will be awarded in a fair and impartial manner, full particulars of which will be given hereafter. Amoi;g 
the last 92,532 presents are 50,00) ot one article, which we manufacture and own the patent, and that retails at 
One D >llar the world over and nev. r sold for less; it is something needed in every home, and is well worth 
Five Dollars in any Family; millions have been sold at One Dollar each. Being owners and manufacturers 
we can afford to give 50,000 to our subscribers, believing that you will be so well pleased that you will always 
De patrons of the Argosy;—besides all this you may get one of the most valuable presents offered in our list. 
THE AWARD OF PRESENTS will positively take place June 10th, 1834. 
TH E GOLDEN A RGOSY f|f oths jmd CM - is. t 
H ALE, and a host of others too numerous to mention. It is Beautifully Illustrated, and its reading 
matter is a 1 original from the pens of noted authors. Its regular subscription price is 60 cents for Three 
Mouths; $1.00 for Six Month ; $1.To for Twelve Months; without present or premium; but in order 
to secure 10:»,000 subscribers at once, we make the FOLLOWING LIBERAL OFFER: 
FOR 130 CENTS liSf 
and one receipt, good for one present. FOR SI .00 we will send TIIE GOLDEN ARGOSY, weekly, 
six months, and two receipts, good for two presents. FOR SI.75 we will send THE GOLDEN 
ARGOSY, weekly, for one year, and four receipts, goodfor four presents. 
A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO YOU- VSS^SMS 
acquaiiitaiieesananeighbor^mK^getii^^osubscriDeTor tiiree months, and send us $2.50, we will 
send you your subscription free, and one receipt; get ten to subscribe and we will send you two receipts and 
the ARGOSY for six months; get twenty to subscribe for throe months and we will send you the ARGOSY 
one year, and four receipts, good for four presents. A few hours’work will give you a subscription 
free, and a prospect to win one of the most valuable presents. S a MPLE COPSES FREE. 
A T? iHdV is a well-established weekly paper, and is backed by AMPLE 
unrj ixuLDEjin capital so that every subscriber may be sure of getting 
lust what we promise. List of the Awards will be forwarded to all subscribers immediately after June 10. 
HOW TO SEND MONEY. Rpnd small sums, from 50 cents to One or Two Dollars, by Postal Note, 
Cash or Stamps; larger sums should be sent by registered mail or post office order. Address all orders to 
THE ARGOSY PUBLISHING CO., 81 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. 
REMEMBER} the above Presents are given absolutely free to our Subscribers. 
CUT THIS GUT and show It to your friends* neighbors and acquaintances. __ 
PIT IT WILL NOT APPEAR AQAlW.-fla AGENTS WANTE D EVERYWHERE. 
WHAT SUBSCRIBERS SAY. NOTICES FROM THE PRESS. 
I should take the Argosy another year if T L-^d to 
sit up night i to earn the money to pay for it; en¬ 
closed is $1.75. Ed. L. Pemberton, Anso.iia, Conn. 
I have been a reader of tho Argosy tho last year, 
and cannot now do without it, let it cost what it 
will. D. E. Brothwell, Wakefield, Kan. 
T:ie Argosy is tho very best paper of the kind 
published. 1 would not do without it for twice 
$:.75. Frans G. Johnson, Painesville, O. 
I prize the Argosy above all youth’s papers. 
Its high moi’al tone and instructive reading is sure 
to leave u lastiii" impress! >n with Its readers. 
Mrs. Ida Austin, Fort Halleck, Wy. 
I have read tho Golden Days, Youth's Companion, 
and Wide-Awake, for boys and girls, hut give me tho 
Argosy. I would not give it for an other paper 
I ever saw. A. B. Willis, Brooklyn, Ill. 
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Parents and guardians who would place fasci at- 
ing, as well as instructive, reading before their 
ch ldx-en, would do well to subscribe to it. — 
Church Union, N. Y. 
Tub Golden Argosy is a bright, sparkling paper 
for boys and girls; neither sensational on the one 
hand nor dull on the other.— Press,- Philadelph a. 
I t is a first-class paper, ftsi y OQualling .the 
Youth's Companion, and, being once introduced in' o 
the home,will be sure t > remain.—iJerodd,Camden,He 
The Golden Argosy is as far removed from 
the prosy inanity of Sunday-sehool liters ure 
as it is from the demoralizing sensationalism 
of the half-dime drea: fills.— N, Y. World. 
The Golden Argosy is not only beautiful in ap¬ 
pearance, but every way commendable in the 
character of its contends. It is one of the few 
papers for young peop’e that judicious fathers 
and mothers care to put in the hands of their chil¬ 
dren.— Detroit Free Press. 
