* * * * * A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. [Illustration: 6 TEA SPOONS. 1 BUTTER KNIFE. 1 SUGAR SHELL. FREE] Wishing to introduce our new and beautiful weekly publication, =THE GOLDEN ARGOSY=, into every home in the United States where it is not now taken, we make the following remarkable and magnificent =offer to all= who read this advertisement, =relying upon future patronage for our profit=. If you will send us =50= cts., which is the price of a three months’ subscription, we will forward you ONE SILVER-PLATED BUTTER KNIFE, ONE SILVER-PLATED SUGAR SPOON, SIX SILVER STEEL-PLATED TEA SPOONS. packed in a neat box, all charges prepaid. These goods are worth and are sold for more than twice the subscription price, and if not perfectly satisfactory may be returned, and we will refund the money in every case. =Our only object= in making this offer to you is to place in your hands the best and most popular weekly story paper in the United States, believing you will always remain a subscriber after once reading some of its fascinating stories. In the thirteen numbers you will receive will be found four serial stories by HORATIO ALGER, JR., EDWARD S. ELLIS, ROLLO ROBBINS, JR., and HARRY CASTLEMON. Any one of these stories when bound in book form sell for =$1.25=. =THE GOLDEN ARGOSY= is the =finest illustrated= and =most elegant weekly paper= published in the United States, costing nearly =$200= a week to illustrate. We are positive when once introduced into a family it will always remain and we shall always have you as a permanent subscriber. Our list of contributors embrace the best talent of the world, among whom may be mentioned: HORATIO ALGER, JR., EDWARD S. ELLIS, HARRY CASTLEMON, FRANK H. CONVERSE, MARY A. DENISON, EDWARD EVERETT HALE, OLIVER OPTIC AND A HOST OF OTHERS. Our firm is known as one of the most reliable in the United States, and doing a business of =$500,000= yearly with the country people as we do, we could not afford to misrepresent. We refer to any New York publishers as to our reliability. Show this to your friends, and get five to join you, and we will send you your subscription free. Address all orders to =E. C. RIDEOUT & CO.=, 10 Barclay St., New York. ☞ Cut this out, it will not appear again. * * * * * [Illustration: COUNT RUMFORD.] HORSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE. (LIQUID.) FOR DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION, NERVOUSNESS, DIMINISHED VITALITY, URINARY DIFFICULTIES, ETC. PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF Prof. E. N. Horsford, of Cambridge, Mass.