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THE 
AMERICAN 
[OoTo 
Purdy’s Perfect Pen 
“Ever Ready-” 
Just See those People Write— An 
Amusing Scene — “ Dips- 
Did you over carcfiUly 
B ber ot people writing togctUci m tuo 
same i-ooral K not, do so, and J O" 
yna find It very amusing 
two wiU act aUlic. One sits bolt i^ 
right; others hentl their heads 
ward, right, left, every way. One s'ts 
Still; others constantly niovc net , 
shoulders, heads,- one nialdng a du-ect 
bow to every long letter, •'md othm a 
quartering one. Every second oi tliml 
person has a particular position ot the 
tongue in his cheek, teeth, or month, 
— ill short, there is a cUstinct “man- 
iicrisai” in every writer, aside from 
the letters ho makes on paper, that 
would enable yon to name oacli of a 
largo party of nTiters if standing be- 
hind them. Tiy the e^Terimeut. Bui 
they all agree in one Ihiny,— they heep 
up an everlasting “ dip,” “ dip,” “ dip 
_iii the inkstand. And in tliis thc> 
differ greatly. One does it dcftlj ; 
another makes an “inky way” hc- 
tweeu bottle and paper, often on to it, 
saying nothing of blots. soUed fingers, 
etc. 
cmsious FIGUKES.— Oi-dinarj 
writers take a “dip” .about every IC 
seconds, depending npoii the kind ol 
ink, pen, etc., and this “dipping 
means a great deal. As the prerious 
“ dip” runs out the letters grow faint, 
and the nest ones are over-inked. On 
the average it takes at least one- 
fourth of all the time to go for ink iind 
get the pen back and properly join on 
the words or letters where you left oft’ 
to “ dip.” This is a serious loss of time 
and a bad interruption to a man wri^ 
Ing figure.?, and especially to one put¬ 
ting down a train of thought, A dozen person.?, 
writing steadily and rapidly for a single hoiu*. 
will take about a Ihonsand “ dips.” A clerk or 
business man writing a dozen year.? has spent 
one totiirce years in takhig “ dips ”! (Not “ tips,” 
mark you.) 
All the above easily saved, and 
other di.?advantage3. 'K'e write this 
with a first-rate Gold Pen that has 
not taken a single “ dip ” in four days, 
though it has -written over thirty 
pages of letters! When it stop.?, we 
can in one minute give it a new sui)- 
ply of ink that tvill la.?t as inucli 
longer. It i? “PUKIJY’S PEKFECT 
POCKET PEN.” It is always with 
us, ready on the instant, at home or 
abroad, in the business office, in the 
study or library, in the cars, in the 
hotel room, kvekywherb'. No ink- 
stand needed. It is used in i)Iace of 
lead pencil, always ready pointed, and 
an indelible one, too. It page for itself 
ecery rnonlh in the year! In every 
hou-so it will save table covers and car¬ 
pets enough to pay for Itself. It is 
very durable and, allowing a round 
interest on its price and a good “ sink¬ 
ing fund ” on the purchase jnoney, it 
does not cost a cent a week! Yon, 
and your Wife and your Children, 
and yom- “ cousins and slsto-s and 
aunts’’and uncles U)i>, leant it. Its 
Gold Pen is the l)est. Its holder is 
neat, hard rubber. 
This neat and durable Pen. valued 
at 00 , will be presented, post-paid, 
to any one sending 8 suliscribers to 
the Ambhican Gauwen at (Sa.oo cacli, 
whlcii can be quickly gathered among 
yoiir friends and uclghl)urs. 
N, IJ. -In sending for the pen, say wheth^von 
want a stiff or limber or medium one. If tins firat 
docs not siUt youi- hand, you cun exehango it for 
another at the cost of postage each way. 
Every Man, 
tl,rough the Ug-Mc. lo 
lecis more or less dust, which, tho g 
tge eye, is large enough to " /j, "we 
which it slips in winding. It is hai J i , 
hrlnd a Lleh a gear r305 i/me.; ^ 
works being more or less soiled. f ’ 
Stem AViuders and Setters are of 
lance, as loilh these a waleh need ’ 
bat will go on for many years, withoul Meanmg. 
The saving in this will pay the interest on even 
vei'U costly \c(itch. 
So, 35. 
No, 36,: 
How to Get A Good, Cheap, 
Reliable Watch. 
The publishers of The Ameihcan Garden are 
happy to announce to their friends that they 
have succeeded in securing a most A’aluablo 
■\Vatch, which they can reooinmeud with tho 
greatest confidence, and ?vhich they can supply 
at a very low rate; also, that tlioy can put It in 
the power of several thousands of people to obtain 
this 7uost valuable Watch WITHOUT COST. 
Uic size and general appearance of tho Waleh, 
which is very tasteful. Tim Case Is piu'o coin 
snher, sol d and suhsluntlal; the Face is clear 
white, easily seen by .lay or night, and is covered 
strong ns to cn,rn;o^malfSj/,“^^ u7s a 
It has cut expansion balance (to .•ouut™u.?i‘”"; 
and cold), and Nlcltolcd Movo.ricnts" I 
is BO substantially made a„ to wear a llfiMf’ 
and Is abnndantly accurate for all or. 1,“’’ 
poses of Unslimss men, Professlo i, 7 
ThoAVorks are «PeclaUy„„;";;,‘'’' ! 7" 
the best EHtabllslHucts In Hwitre • ana '17 
long practice, cheap laho.., an M ,' T ?''” 
prov^ juaeblnery enable ll.e.n I, 7'' 
watches at a very h.w rate, „ '"■f'‘ 
arrangomonls secure them to us at v, “‘’““'"I 
cost of malting. ‘ ^ i'«ar tho 
'This Watch, valueil at *tr,.oo tve win 
post-paid, to any one sending ns 7r . . 
tlic A.mbrh,an Garhen at Si uo each'! 
SAME WATCH IH HUNTING CASE. 
Snine Watch as No. 36 every way, hut wltii the 
solid silver cap, or “ Hunting Case” (as shotfn hi 
tlgiire 36), wUI iio presented, post-paid, th any one 
sending 27 sub-scrlbers to the AMEniCAK Gabdex 
at $ 1.00 each. Tnlue, $16.00. 
The Works ("the movements") of a Waleh art 
the importanl part, and, if these are right, it vM 
keep just as good time and last as long, wheOierin 
a nickel case or in a silver or gold one. A Silver 
case is jitsl as good as a Gold one, and will last 
guile as long. 
No. 37. 
A WATCH CHAIN 
is as indispensable as a 
watch itself; in fact, 
most people would as 
soon be without a watch 
as to wear it without a 
chain. 
A SoUd Gold Chain 
is an expensive aflair 
which cannot be in¬ 
dulged in by everyone. 
The chain hero offered 
as a premium—and 
■which by a little effort 
may ho seciurcd without 
cost—is Heax-y Boiled 
Gold Plated, and can¬ 
not bo distinguished from solid gold. 
It is of most elegant and fashionable, 
pattern, and of the best possible work¬ 
manship. With reasouahle care, such 
a chain will last and look like now for 
a great many years. Even those who 
possess a solid gold chain -will, when 
traveling or on other occasions when 
nrtieles of much value are apt to holes 
or slolcu, find such a ono a convonlou 
substitute. 
'This chiiUi, valued nt $3,60, will 
sentiHl, post-paid, to any ono sending 
subscribers lo tho Ameuioas Oabd 
at $1.00 each. 
No. 38. 
SLEEVE BUTTONS. 
Elko tho above, those oto"®* 
i. tho so-eallod Cheap 
stylo, but are so woU mad® 
HO heavily gold plated tha 
ono oau seo tho dUlwotie 
(.wc-'H thoiu' and solid 
at many times their cost- ^ 
have tho Patent Aemo i-* 
Fiistcnliig, and oau 
put.).. with OMSO, 'H'd'7‘,u,er 
after being put on, rho 
''■oiihIkIs of a gouiiluo Tree Agate, „ |,s 
®>llii all, of as elmleomid tastotul or 
">i,V 111 nmrltet. For a Plillopoua, lllrtuu y 
•^^irlstmim ProHciil for a lady or goutlouiiu , 
*'>g can ho more approprlato. Value, to 
We will present a pair of these sloovo but ^ 
"by one Honaing 2 subsorlbers to tho 7V.Min 
Gaiiihcv „i.iiii iia .ni.ili. nnst-mild. 
