[Illustration: THESE CUTS REPRESENT THE LLOYD COMBINATION PEN-HOLDER IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS.] THE AMERICAN HOUSEKEEPER'S SCALE WEIGHS UP TO 24 LBS. [Illustration: A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.] A pair of reliable scales is what every housekeeper should have. The _Christian Union_ says of it: "American Housekeeper's Scale--the most convenient scale we have yet seen for housekeepers is that advertised in this week's issue. It is simple, accurate and cannot readily get out of order. The platform bears directly over the spring, and the nut is adjustable, so that the tare of the dish is had without the use of weights." To any one sending us $6 in new subscriptions to the WITNESS publications we will send one of the above described platform scales. FOR THE LITTLE GIRLS ONLY. Every little girl has an intense longing for a beautiful doll. Those little girls who desire a large and handsome wax doll to act as head of their doll family can easily earn one for themselves by canvassing for subscribers to our paper among their friends and relations. SPECIAL OFFER. To any little girl sending us $6 in new subscriptions to the WITNESS publications, we will send a large and HANDSOME WAX DOLL. This doll is the acme of perfection, and is possessed of all of the virtues that a good little girl's doll should possess. Its hair is of a light golden hue, done up in the latest Parisian style; the eyes are as blue as the summer sky, its cheeks are suffused with the most modest blushes, and to crown all--wonder of all wonders--from its tiny and well shaped ears hang a pair of the tiniest earrings. After obtaining the doll, of course, you will require to set to work and provide it with a "trousseau." Now, as a suitable article to accompany the doll in its travels around the nursery, we have a BEAUTIFUL WORK BOX, lined with silk, and fitted up with the required scissors, spool and needle case, thimble, &c. This can be obtained by sending us $8 in new subscriptions. Go to work at once and become the happy possesssor of these pretty articles. Get your father or "big" brother to take you around, and with a few days' work you will obtain the required number of new subscribers to obtain the doll and work box. MAKE YOUR HOMES BEAUTIFUL. Send us $40 in new subscriptions to any of the WITNESS publications, and we will send you by express a handsomely chased and satin finished electro-plated ICE PITCHER. [Illustration] The pitcher is treble plated, and manufactured by Simpson, Hall & Millar. With ordinary use this article will last a lifetime. [Illustration] PATENT BUTTER COOLER. For $25 in new subscriptions we will send a very heavy plated and elaborately finished butter cooler, forming altogether a most useful as well as ornamental piece of table ware. LAST, THOUGH BY NO MEANS LEAST,