For those seeking Homes or investments in the United States this paper gives more information than can be 
found m all other’papers Combined. It gives an account of all Government Lands subject to entry or pre¬ 
emption. and steps necessary to secure the same, also an account cf all Mineral and Timber Lands, and Lands 
donated to Rail Roads, or ot her Public Institutions. For those seeking safe and profitable investments, it gives 
an account of all State, County, Township, and Municipal Bonds about to be issued, or issued and unsold, it 
points out openings for employment and business of every kind, in short it is a perfect Cyclopaedia of the 
boundless resources of wealth iu the Western World. 
Subscription Price, $1,00 a Year, or 10 Cents a Copy, 
For the benefit of those wishiug to inform themselves more fully we are arranging for large Sectional Mapsof 
eacli State and Territory.bv which any piece of land can be located, showiug itsproximity to Streams,Timber, 
Rail Roads, Towns etc. Each map folds iu a cloth bound case for carrying in thepoc'et and retails at from $1.00 
to $3.00 each. As fast as we can secure the different States we shall furnish them with a year’s subscription to 
The Western World for $1.25. At present we can furnish iu this way either of the following great states, viz.: 
Illinois Wisconsin. Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Maps will be sent by 
man, postage paid. Address, The Western World, Chicago, III. 
' 
Why drudge and lose money every year, when you can make from 
$500 to $1,000 
PROFIT ON AN ACRE OF LAND? 
HOW TO GET IT LEARNED FOR ONE DOLLAR EXPENDED. 
HOW TO GET IT IS TOLD, . . . BY MEN WHO HAVE GOT IT, 
-IN- , . 
THE AMERICAN GARDEN, 
ESTABLISHED IN 1872, 
A Journal of Practical Information, 
Giving 
Full Directions, 
A 
PRICE, $1 Per Year, ($2 after Jan l,) 1 * 
HO W— to Select Land,—to Choose what to Grow,—to Cultivate all Garden Crops, - - 
HOW— to Start a Greenhouse,—to Begin in Small Fruits,—to Begin in Flowers, , r ; . 
HO W— to Begin in Vegetables, — to Run a Market Garden, — to Market the Products. 
WHAT to Do Each Month in Fruit. Flower and Vegetable Culture, 
HOW to find PROFIT and HEALTH and PLEASURE in Gardening. 
DARTED TO ALL] of tlie EAST. MONEY ] For Men. 
?V E wVtEN BY B SUO ! ° r * I,e WEST - mnlpiamA For Women. 
CKSSFUL MEN- AND | the NORTH. i« A D fllT N | M fi ! For Boys. 
WOMEN. J of tlie SOUTH. J For Girls. 
OF GREAT VALUE to Beginners, and to practicing Fruit Growers, Gardeners, Florists, Mar¬ 
ket Gardeners, Women Gardeners, Boy Gardeners. Amateurs, Gentlemen Farmers, All Nature Lovers, 
an i All Soil Workers: IN orchard, garden, vineyard, plantation, market garden, kitchen garden, farm 
garden, flower garden, lawn, greenhouse, conservatory, window garden. 
CENTS A COPY; 
No FREE Cox»Ies! 
FOR $5.00 (or more) we send American Garden 1 year, and any other periodicals wanted, to 
amount of $5.00 (or more) at publisher’s prices. 
FOR $1.25, American Garden l year, and a year’s subscription to Our Country Home, one of 
the best, brightest, most valuable of all farm papers; and a year’s subscription to Good Cheer, one of the 
cheeriest, purest, most sparkling, brilliant, best home and family papers in the world. 
FOR $2.00, American Garden 1 year, and Thomas' “ American Fruit Culturist," (price 2.00,) new 
revised edition, illustrated 12mo. cloth, 593 pages: add 15 cents postage. 
FOR $5.00, American Garden 2 years, and Downing's Fruit and, Fruit Trees of America ,” 
(price 5 UP) latest revised edition, lluO pages, describes over 10,000 varieties. Add 30 cts. for postage. 
FOR $2.00, American Garden 1 year, and “ Mushrooms of America ; Edible and Poisonous ,” 
(price $2.i 0.) 12 lithographic plates, with description of 28 species. Add lO cts, for postage. 
FOR $1.3 5, American Garden 1 year, and Webster's Practical Dictionary 600,000 words, 1,400 
illustrations; the very oest cheap dictionary. Add 10 cents for postage. 
FOR $ | .50 American Garden 1 year, and 6 choice little manuals, viz.: No. 1, “Flowers in Win¬ 
ter," No. 2, “The Flower Garden I.;" No 3, “The Flower Garden II.;" No. 4, “ The Vegetable Garden 
No. 5, “Luscious Fruits No. 6, “The A 1 Poultry Book." Sent postpaid. 
Address E. H. LIBBY, Publisher, 47 Dey St„ N. Y., or Chicago, Til. 
TS A DEAD SURE THING 
that the old reliable CENTENNIAL FANNING MILL 
is the ONLY PERFECT CLEANER, CUMBER and 
SEPARATOR of Every Kind if GRAIN and SEED. 
It is the only one which does all claimed for it. 
Where all others fail, it is a grand success. Send for 
III our CENTENNIAL BOOK, and learn something. m Free to 
f Everybody. Address S. FREEMAN & SONS, Racine, Wis. 
