boy
girl in union suit
Anything that children wear from baby up, at the rate of $1 in clothing for $1.60 in new subscriptions.
The clothing comes from Best & Company, 60 West 23d street, New York. You send for their catalogue, pick out what you want, and send your order to us with money and names of course.
The reason we send from Best & Company is that they keep the largest variety and serve an absent buyer as well as if he were there in the store.
Most of the big city dry-goods houses keep more or less of children’s clothing; but they generally slight it. The work is apt to be shabby, the materials flimsy, the styles too pronounced if not “carried over from last year.†Girls’ things are considered especially hard to get satisfactorily.
girl
Tammen’s Cabinet, forty smaller specimens. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions.
rocks
Paper box with sheet of explanations where the minerals came from, what they are used for, etc.
Diamond Dyes. Price 10 cents a color; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.
Dyeing at home in the most satisfactory manner is very easy and profitable. Silk and woolen stuffs come out of the dye about as nice as when they were new. For cotton some of the colors have to be specially made. Wood stains are made from the dyes.
Diamond dyes are complete in themselves; that is, nothing more is required to set the colors. It is really no more difficult to dye with most of the colors than to rinse or starch. And full instructions accompany the dyes.
The colors are: yellow, old-gold, orange; green, olive-green, dark-green; pink, magenta, scarlet, crimson, cardinal, garnet, terra-cotta, maroon, dark-wine; violet, plum, purple; light-blue, navy-blue, dark-blue; slate, drab, black; and yellow for cotton, green for cotton, cardinal for cotton, scarlet for cotton, and blue for cotton.
Diamond dyes do not stain the hands or utensils if used with a little care. You handle the stuffs with sticks till you come to the wringing.
Book-rack, No. 318. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
bookshelves
Maple; 18x24 inches; neatly put together without nails or screws; packs flat.
Book-rack, No. 424. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.
Same, 23x32 inches, four shelves.
Book-rack, No. 424½. Price $1.50; for $1.65 in new subscriptions.
more bookshelves
Same size as last, more work on it.
Knitting Outfit. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.
HOW TO USE Florence Knitting Silk
Consists of 2 balls of Florence silk, whatever colors you like, 5 needles, and book of information. Extra silk at 40 cents a ball; for 50 cents in new subscriptions.
SCHOOL AND ART FACILITIES
Eagle Fine Arts pencils, polished cedar box of 7 grades. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
pencils in box
As fine as any, free from grit, of uniform grades, clean lead, erasable leaving no smirch; for the most exacting requirements. BBB to HHHHHH.
pencils in case
Eagle Fine Drawing pencils, polished cedar box of 6 grades from extra-soft to extra-hard. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents.
EAGLE COLORED CRAYONS
Eagle Best Colored Crayons:
Box of 24 colors. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
Box of 18 colors. Price $1.35; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.
Box of 12 colors. Price 90 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.
Equivalent to water-colors. The full assortment is 50 colors.
Eagle Scholastic Colored Crayons. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.
SCHOLASTIC No. 1 COLORED CRAYONS FOR PAINTING & COLORING
Paper box of 5 colors, same crayons as last, with 6 colored sketches and 12 outline designs adapted to children’s use.
INK ERASER and PENCIL ERASER
Eagle Eraser. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.
Automatic Drop pencil. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions.
pencil
Acts precisely like the magic knife. See page 13 of this list.
Extra leads; price 8 cents a box; for 10 cents in new subscriptions.
Eagle Solid-ink Fountain and Pen. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.
fountain pen
The solid-ink fountain is simply a stick of solid ink, which is held in a clamp inside an ordinary penholder, used with any pen. You dip the pen in water, and the water dissolves the ink.
Extra ink. Price 10 cents a box of 6 sticks; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.
Eagle Ready Companion. Price 10 cents; for 15 cents in new subscriptions.
pen
Wood pen and pencil-carrier; opens and shuts like the magic knife on page 13 and the automatic pencil.
Prang’s Non-Poisonous Water-Colors for Children:
Box No. 2, 8 colors and brush. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.
Box No. 4, 12 colors and 2 brushes. Price 40 cents; for 50 cents in new subscriptions.
Perfectly harmless. The colors conform very closely to accepted standards, and flow from the cakes with a touch of water. The brushes are good camel’s-hair. The boxes are very pretty and useful.
Prang’s Fine Water-Colors for Schools and Amateurs, box No. 13, 12 colors and 2 brushes. Price 75 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions.
Not non-poisonous, but not more poisonous than the Murillo colors.
Introductory Lessons in Drawing and painting in Water-Colors, by Marion Kemble. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
For those who know nothing at all of either.
Jack-plane pencil-sharpener. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions.
hands using pencil sharpener
The best pencil-sharpener we know of at any price, because it is handy, does its work perfectly, never breaks the lead; and the plane-knife can be adjusted and sharpened exactly as in a carpenter’s plane.
Polygraph, brass. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
Sencil set
The same, bright nickel. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
Pattern for almost every sort of figure and combination; wonderfully useful for children, designers, and artisans.
Prang’s Water-color Studies are the best examples of what is known as the new style of water-color painting, in which transparent colors only are mixed in the brush and laid on broadly.
They are reproductions of works by American artists designed primarily for instruction in art, but none the less available for home-decoration on that account. Indeed they rank the higher in interest, being all they seem to common eyes, and faithful illustrations besides of recent advances in one of the least familiar departments of Art. They are not unfinished sketches, but exquisite finished color-work. The use we expect to introduce them to by this List is chiefly the non-professional, home-decoration. Let it be understood, there is nothing more fit for that use, and nothing higher, within the reach of people of limited means.
They comprise landscapes, marine views, flowers, animals, birds and figure pieces from such artists as Turner, Moran, Bridges, Lambdin, Giacomelli, etc.
We send Prang’s catalogue and supply whatever may be selected from it at the rate of $1.10 in new subscriptions for $1 of catalogue prices.
Postage on sizes under 12x12 inches 6 cents; over 12x12 inches 10 cents.
On the Use of Water Colors for Beginners. By Ross Turner. Price $3; for $3.25 in new subscriptions.
“Hints to assist a beginner in a right direction, assisting him to start right, and upon such a beginning to work out by personal study and experience his own way of using materials,†by an eminent artist and no less eminent teacher.
Large quarto, illustrated by engravings and six fine colored plates.
Prang’s Reproductions of Oil Paintings supplied at the rate of $1.10 in new subscriptions for $1 of catalogue prices.
We supply whatever may be selected from Prang’s catalogue; but, as that affords no clue to the works beyond titles, sizes and artists’ names, we have chosen a few of the most available pieces and printed descriptions of them. From this short list you can pick out what is likely to answer your purpose.
They are landscapes, marine views, figure pieces, animal and dining-room pictures.
Postage on sizes under 12x12 inches 6 cents; over 12x12 inches 10 cents.
Winsor & Newton’s Oil Colors. Price for seventy-five of the list 8 cents a tube; for 12½ cents in new subscriptions.
Other colors supplied at higher rates. Postage 2 cents a tube.
A list of colors sent on request. These are most used: burnt sienna, raw sienna, emerald green, flake white, light red, naples yellow, permanent blue, raw umber, terra verte, prussian blue, vandyke brown, yellow ochre, ivory black, zinnober green (medium); all of which are supplied at the quoted rate.
person using ruler to make circle
Ruler with circle-guide. Price 25 cents; for 30 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.
Scholar’s Companion, No. 41. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.
NO. 41 pencil box
Cloth-covered box with pen-holder, pencil, slate-pencil, sponge and sponge-box, rubber eraser, ink-bottle, knife and key—box locks.
Vassar School-bag. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.
Stout bag of open lace of white cotton twine with red lining showing through, with gay stripes of colored twine in the lace.
“Beginner’s Outfit†of tissue paper and other materials for flower-work. Price 35 cents; for 50 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.
Pansy pattern pieces
Colors of tissue paper, rose sprays, stems, daisy centers and petals, leaves, wire, instructions.
“Complete Assortment†of tissue paper and other materials. Price $1; for $1.30 in new subscriptions. Postage 16 cents.
Paper colors, tubing, culots, rose sprays and moss, wire, rose, poppy and daisy centers, poppy buds, leaves, pincers, instructions.
Letter-scale. Price 50 cents; for 60 cents in new subscriptions.
scale
Weighs from ½-ounce to 10 or 12 ounces. With hook for tied parcels and clamp for letters.
MUSIC Etc.
Mason & Hamlin Organ No. 2208, five octaves, nine stops. For $100 in new subscriptions.
organ Mason & Hamlin
The cash price of this organ in music stores depends on where the store is, its costs, and its scale of profits. The lowest price we know of is $99; the highest $165. Size 4-11x1-11x5. Weight in case 322 lbs.
One of the most perplexing bargains a family has to make nowadays is in buying a musical instrument. Price and quality, both, are in doubt.
There is probably some good reason for what appears to be chronic demoralization pervading the musical instrument business in every part of this enormous country of ours. We can’t control the fact. We have got round it, if you happen to want an organ.
We’ll try, if you want a piano.
pitch pipe
Pitch-pipe, A and C, in a handy pocket-case. Price 20 cents; for 25 cents in new subscriptions.
Bay State Guitar, Style E. Price $14; for $18 in new subscriptions.
guitar
Guaranteed by the makers (John C. Haynes & Co., Boston) not to warp or split. Solid-rosewood sides and back, mahogany neck.
Wood case for $4 in new subscriptions.
Banjo, No. 33½. Price $5; for $6.25 in new subscriptions.
banjo
Nickeled rim, wood lining, imitation-walnut fretted arm, ball brackets, calfskin head.
Music-box, No. 3½. Price $7; for $8 in new subscriptions.
Rosewood; 3 airs; 2¾-inch cylinder; key attached.
xylophone
Xylophone. No. 1, 2 octaves. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. No. 3, 2½ octaves (with chromatics). Price $5.50; for $7.50 in new subscriptions.
Accordion. Price $5; for $6 in new subscriptions.
accordian
10 keys, 2 sets reeds, stop, double bellows, german-silver clasps and corners.
Thie Three-sided Harmonica. Price 90 cents; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.
Three-sided harmonica
16 double holes on a side; german-silver plates.
Bell Harmonica. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
harmonica iwth a bell attached
10 double holes; brass plates.
Concert Harmonica. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.
Concert Harmonica
Size 5½x2¼ inches; 24 double holes; brass plates.
Richter Harmonica upside down
Richter Harmonica, No. 33½. Price 25 cents; for 35 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents. 4-inch, 10 single holes, nickeled plates.
Franklin Square Song Collection, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Price 50 cents each; for 75 cents in new subscriptions.
Each number contains the words and music of about two-hundred of what are regarded as the best songs of the time: songs of home, worship, love, country, children, school; with a mass of information relating to them. Table of Contents sent on request.
WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY
Seth Thomas Watch in argentine case for $10 in new subscriptions; in silver case for $15 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
There is strong competition between the American watch-manufactories on low-price watches. The struggle is to make the best for the money. That is the way to capture the market. Seth Thomas watch is ahead.
We buy the movement separate. There is no established price for the watch as we send it out. We are giving the most we can get for the money. The watch is a good time-keeper; durable; open-face; has seven jewels; is decidedly worth repairing; good enough; a great deal better than any foreign watch for the money; better than any other American watch for the money.
The argentine case is a substitute for silver, substantial, keeps its silver look. The silver case is no better, unless you object to an imitation. The argentine case is plain, the silver is chased (“turned†is the technical word), the neatest of watch-case engraving. Stem-winders and setters of course.
Waterbury Watch, chain, whistle and agate charm. Price for the whole, $3; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 15 cents.
Waterbury watch
Perhaps a million of these watches are in use. As good a time-keeper as any common watch and bears a good deal of banging. The only fault we ever heard of in it is the slowness of winding—takes about a minute and a half—stem-winder at that. The makers undertake to repair it for 50 cents and postage. The case is bright nickel, or what is called nickel—looks like silver.
Chatelaine Watch. Price $7; for $9 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
small pocket watch
Fair time-keeper, plain, bright nickel case.
Alarm Clock. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.
alarm clock
Nickel, one-day, 4-inch dial, key attached.
Little Nickel One-day Clock with 2-inch dial. Price $1.35; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
desk clock
Winds by turning the whole back plate.
Eight-day Clock with cathedral bell. Price $10; for $11 in new subscriptions.
mantle clock
Enameled-iron case with gilt decorations, a close imitation of black marble; 10x15 inches.
four rings
Send for finger-measure a slip of paper that just goes round the ring finger.
Plated Finger-rings. Patterns 1, 2, 3, 4 in heavy rolled plate. Price $1 each; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Same in filled fourteen-karat gold. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions.
Gold Finger-ring of patterns 1 or 3. Price $1.75; for $2.50 in new subscriptions. No. 2, $2.25; for $3.00 in new subscriptions.
Gold Cameo Finger-ring. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions.
Plated Gold-stone Finger-ring. Price $1; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.
Gold Amethyst Finger-ring. Price $1.75; for $2.50 in new subscriptions.
Plated Tiger-eye Finger-ring. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions.
SILVER-PLATED WARE Etc.
Flat ware may be of any of these six patterns, except table-knives and fruit-knives. Pattern B with handles oxidized for about ten per cent additional to the prices quoted. [B not oxidized same price as the others.]
six flatware patterns
The grade of all, both flat and hollow ware, is that known in the trade as “triple-plate,†unless otherwise noted.
The maker of nearly all is the Holmes & Edwards Silver Company.
Plush boxes supplied, if wanted. They cost about as much as the wares they contain.
Tea-spoons of any pattern. Price $2.50 a half-dozen; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.
Dessert-spoons of any pattern. Price $4.25; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.
Table-spoons or forks of medium size of any pattern. Price $4.75 a half-dozen; for $6 in new subscriptions. Postage 14 cents.
Holmes Edwards table knife
Table-knives of medium size. Price $2.50 a half dozen; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 24 cents.
HOLMES & EDWARDS 12 fruit knife
Fruit-knives. Price $1.75 a half-dozen; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
Pocket Fruit-knife. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
pocket fruit knife with very ornate case
Not “triple-plateâ€; two grades lower.
butter knife
Butter-knife of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
sugar tongs
Sugar-tongs of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
sugar spoon
Sugar-shell of pattern A, C, D, or E. Price 75 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
berry spoon which looks like a sugar spoon
Berry-spoon A, C, D or E. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
ladle
Gravy-ladle A, C, D or E. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents.
Soup-ladle A, C, D or E. Price $4; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 12 cents.
Same as gravy-ladle, but larger.
Knife with serpent dragon, fork with trident tines
Fish-knife and Fork A, C, D, or E. Price $3.25 each; for $4 each in new subscriptions. Postage 4 cents each.
Pie-knife A, C, D or E. Price $3.25; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
cake knife
Cake-knife A, C, D or E. Price $3.25; for $4 in new subscriptions. Postage 3 cents.
Child’s set of knife, fork, spoon and napkin-ring. Price $1.50; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
child's silverware set
Not triple-plate; two grades lower.
Butter-dish. Price $3; for $4.50 in new subscriptions. Must go by express.
butter dish with cow for lid handle
Satin finish.
Call-bell. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
Top strike; neat design. Not triple-plate; two grades lower.
Napkin-ring No. 173. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
Not triple-plate; two grades lower.
Pickle-jar with tongs. Price $2; for $2.50 in new subscriptions.
pickle jar
Engraved glass jar.
Child’s Cup No. 38. Price $1.25; for $1.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
metal engraved cup
Not triple-plate; two grades lower; gold-lined.
Child’s Cup No 28. Price $2.50; for $2.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
metal cup with pedestal
Not triple-plate; two grades lower; gold-lined.
Nut-picks. Price 90 cents; for $1 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
nut picks of varous types in a case
No. A1½, 5-inch, six nickeled-steel picks in paper box.
Nut-cracker and picks. Price $1.75; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
No. C1½, 5-inch, six nickeled-steel picks and one cracker in paper box.
Plymouth Lap-board. Price $1.25; for $1.35 in new subscriptions.
lap desk with ruler on one side
lap desk with checkerboard on this side
Very light but strong, unsplittable, cloth-like surface pleasant to touch, not slippery, brass-bound, neat, with half-yard measure and checker-board. There never will be a better thing for its many, many uses. Must go by express.
Rand-McNally Standard Atlas of the World. The publishers’ price is $4.50. We send it postage paid for $2.50 in new subscriptions.
Edition of 1887, “revised to date including maps.†(We quote from the publishers’ letter. The Atlas is not yet out at the time of writing.)
Large book, 11x14 inches, cloth binding, about 200 pages; about 150 maps, about 30 statistical diagrams, etc., nearly 100 engravings; brief descriptions of regions, countries, cities, governments; our part of the world elaborately mapped and illustrated.
So comprehensive an Atlas can only be made for the money by many thousands, and so only in a country where millions of people are happy enough to want to know the world they live in.
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. Price $13; for $17 in new subscriptions. By express at receiver’s cost.
very thick illustrated dictionary open with two closed ones standing behind it WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY
Latest edition, with marginal index. See cut.
Worcester’s Unabridged Dictionary. Price $11; for $13 in new subscriptions. By express at receiver’s cost.
Latest edition with marginal index. See cut of Webster.
Ladies’ Card-case. Price 85 cents; for $1.10 in new subscriptions.
Natural calfskin stamped with a beautiful pattern, old-gold satin lining.
Pearl Rug-maker. Price $1; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.
rug sewing machine: The Pearl Rug Maker: Patented
A sort of sewing-machine attachment; not strictly that; for it is not attached; may be used with any machine, or without a machine, the sewing done by hand.
With it a woman of taste and aptness with colors can get out of her rag-bag beautiful rugs with almost no expense beyond sewing-cotton and dyes [seeDiamond Dyes, page 23 of this list.]
rug
The rug-maker is simply a nickeled steel-wire frame on which to wind cut rags or yarns preparatory to sewing them on a substantial foundation. Not hard to learn the use of. Not hard to use. A sort of homely art-work with waste materials, splendidly profitable.
The finished rug is a velvet, the pile of which is made by cutting the loops as they come from the rug-maker. The product of one day’s work may be as pretty and rich a rug as you would buy for several dollars. All depends on your taste, materials, colors, industry, patience. There is something of the constructive artist in every woman of taste.
Plush Mirror for toilet stand. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 8 cents.
mirror with stand
Beveled plate glass, 4x6 inches.
Plush Toilet-case. Price $2.75; for $3.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 35 cents.
toilet cas with mirror, brush, etc.
Zylonite mirror, brush and comb. Looks like ivory.
Zylonite Brush and Mirror. Price 75 cents each; for $1.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents each.
Together or either. Lily of the Valley pattern.
box
Plush Collar and Cuff Box. Price $2.50; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.
Plush Jewel-case No. 150. Price $1; for $1.25 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
jewelry box
Size 4½x6x3 inches.
Plush Sealing-wax Cabinet. Price $2.25; for $2.85 in new subscriptions. Postage 10 cents.
Your initial-seal, five colors of finest wax, two wax candles, and stick in paper box.
Sealing-wax Box. Price 75 cents; for 80 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 6 cents.
perfumed wax sticks in box FINEST PERFUMED WAX ESCRITOIRE
Same contents as last. Paper box with cover.
Writing-desk. Price $1.50; for $2.10 in new subscriptions. Postage 45 cents.
wooden box
Walnut inlaid with mahogany. Locks.
Writing-case for the lap. Price $2.50; for $3.50 in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.
witing desk with many accessories
Leather cover, with pockets and box full of writing-materials.
Music-roll. Price $1.35; for $1.75 in new subscriptions. Postage 7 cents.
cylindrical case with handle
Substantial leather, imitation seal, bound with morocco, morocco strap, round leather handle, nickel trimmings.
thimble with flowers engraved around base
Silver Thimble. Price 65 cents; for 85 cents in new subscriptions.
thimble
Gold-filled thimble. Price $1.25; for $1.60 in new subscriptions.
Scrap-book. Price 60 cents; for 75 cents in new subscriptions. Postage 30 cents.
album with flowers on cover
Size 9½x12 inches. 56 pages.
Handy Travelling-bag No. 161. Price $3.25; for $5 in new subscriptions. Postage 45 cents.
purse
Natural grain leather, lined with leather, large inside pocket, nickel lock and trimmings; size 12-inch.
Same, 14-inch. Price $4; for $6 in new subscriptions.
Ladies’ Pocket-book. Price $1.50; for $2 in new subscriptions. Postage 5 cents.
Seal, morocco flap-lining, skiver pockets.
Plush Work-box. Price $2.25; for $3 in new subscriptions. Postage 20 cents.