, 1879-07-19
BE.rrIrfL PICTURES FOE ALL.

The great Art Publishing House of George
Stinson & Co, of Portland. Maine. moves
steadily on the even tenor of lts way, appar-
entity not feeling the dul. times. During the
year 1873 they sold over Fonr Million pic
tares Of all descriptions. and the prices range
from ten cents upward tn twenty dollars per
eni'y. Their e"rresp"ndence for this large
business Is immense; they receive. on al
average over one Thousand letters per day.
Messrs. S..nsGn < Go. p9blish only the bet
ter class ui i:v'uFes. and II Is well known
that anything coming from tliIs reliable
house Is Of standard merit. We have Iast
received copies OF fonr very fine Steel cn2ra-
ylnas, when they have Just brought cur.
The plates wer, eH.r;.vc.: ~ L.'ua"n, at an
ezpei.su I'll four Thousand ponnd> STERLING, or
twenty thol>,n,. io.i;rS, to which Src-t sum
m,r;st h.. aided the customs dujy of venty-
per cent un accnunt oi their being Imported
iats TIE United S-lses. Thsse engras iuss
are :,!a,r pain ir-:s !.y y.re:.t modern masters
ii art, ...id tie artists who engraved the
pla',> s:;t ii ir the !-o"t r.:,a OF the Ypr.q ;
renowned engravers.
Il is haI;sved, and generally conceded,
tha: ths.s. 2n.rayIa.i r,I.i>e up lie i.:,rst aud
n:,,st elegant set of work Of high art ever
'--.l
eii:erp:ISi iir.l, tiCa:.i :i.auy years in t:ie
Art Publishing business, have n"t crown old
and unpro.reSsire, but the other hand
maze Improvement AID progress year by
wear, GIVING the people ictter and better
p.c,ures for the sauIc less money They
may, We feel sure, fairly claim to stand at
the. head Of the Art Publishing business III
America We can only unders. and the col
/ (: tas
by remembering that this is a great and
mighty natiou ot nearly htty n:!.i.oa people
We cannot better illustrate the magnitude.
If III ir business than to state the amount
of money paid by them for postage stamps
during the Years 1876, 1877. and 1913 We
! have the figures direct from the firm or we
should THINK there was some error In 1919,
they paid for postage S3S, lOo.92. lp 1917,
they pa:d for postage, SSI,2 ,26o- 10 In 1913
the amount OF muuey that they Paiu Tor
postage stamps VAS SIMPLY enormous-s Ut
Tie over Sju, 900 o. StInson u To. stand
among the largest and most JudIclous adver-
tlsers III the country, aud short time since
paid III single day 81, ,O0J.VO N Cash on
contract for advertising They employ
agents everywhere throughout the Unite
States and Dominion of Canada Tor the sale
of their pictures by subscription We call
attention To their advertisement Tor agents
IN another column Those who need pleas
ami. profitable work, should correspond with
them.
Besides paying the large amounts OF post
aye stated above, their express and ffeish'
hills are enornous-oniy small orders are
sent by mail, the larger being sent by ef,
press and freight American homes should
be made beautiful by refined works OF art
and prices ior really meritorlous pictures are
now SO low that there can be no excuse Tor
the walls to remain gloomy, nnaiorned and
ch.,rless American hones should be male
beautiful, and the tendency Of this Will be
to make more refined and beautiful the lives
of all dwellers therein.