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AAA&AAAAAAA inade fools of us for dot surbrise. I harbor no spies, and I will not insult dink she send vord to de enemy.” my people by any hint of treason.” Sir Williams who watched all thisty She arose. “Is that all, gentlemen ?” with excited interest, struck a silver^ “Ven you got leaf to ride out off our bell sharply and an orderly entered lines afder de gouncil of var belt here from the hall and saluted. on de second, dit you go to de mill or America’s Greatest “Light the candles and beg Mrs. to Vhitemarsh?” asked Knyphausen. Darrah, with my compliments, to favor “The mill Is in Whitemarsh,” she us with a visit.” said calmly and then added warmly: * A light step sounded in the hall and “You know, general, that my husband there was a knock on the door. Sir was a loyalist and was killed in the New Year’s Day William arose and opened it. A tall, king’s cause. If he were alive, he slender, handsome woman of forty, would not suffer me to be insulted W By J. M. HARLESTON dark complexioned, with features She began to weep. “Besides,” she rather long to be called beautiful, but went on, “the rebels have not the price Copyright, 1901, by Frederick R. Toombs with a gait and mien that were queen¬ to pay for spies even if I were merce¬ AA/WWi ly, entered and eourtesied to both. nary.” “Mrs. Darrah, may we ask that you Stung to the quick by the last word, CHAPTER I. surprise Washington at Whitemarsh. will give especial orders to your house¬ .which she had emphasized, Knyphau¬ TJRDER General Washing¬ Burgoyne sent one of his Indian run¬ hold to cease spying on us?” warmly ners to say that he had crossed the sen angrily retorted: ton?” asked the British commander. “No, but lof of de handsome cheneral Hudson and was face to face with the “You may, Sir William, but" I will is¬ Perhaps the sentry did dot gafe de great pall here in Phila¬ rebels at Saratoga. That was on Sept. sue no such order.” not hear it right. Perhaps delphia”— it was the soughing wind. 14, and the Indian did not reach here “And why not, pray?” until Dec. 3.” “Because my household, to the new¬ “Stop!” thundered Howe. Mrs. Dar- It was the night of Dec. 31, rah fiusO^i-e^fUgd^wss about.to. leave 17TT, and snowing hard. “I dink dis voman, Mrs. Darrah, est servant,.,is loyal and .to., be trusted. Before the roomy two story house of Lydia Darrah in Philadelphia paced a red coated, Shivering sentry with mtis- on shoulder, occasionally stopping to shake snow from his cocked hat. Through the space between the shut¬ ters of Mrs. Darrah’s parlor the man could see as he passed and repassed the glow qf the big open fire within and could catch the glint of it on the gold shoulder knots of the two officers sitting beside it and on the bottle and glasses on the table near by. The fire was the only light in the room. He knew that one of these was Sir Wil¬ liam Howe, for Mrs. Darrah’s house was general headquarters, and he tried to make the time pass quicker by guessing who the other was. He did not once guess aright. It was General Knyphausen, the Hessian commander. “Py himmel, mein cheneral, I shtop dis var so qvick I make all de vorld chump!” cried Knyphausen. “How could you do it?” Knyphausen bent forward and mur¬ mured a word or two. Howe recoiled sharply. “Assassination!” he said in a tone of deep disgust. “Murder General Wash¬ r.-; ington!” he cried in louder tones. The sharp ears of the Hessian caught the pause in the soft footfall of the sen¬ try on the carpet of snow, and he raised a warning finger to his lips. “No need of such dishonorable means, baron,” said Sir William. “Without a commissary, without money, with lit¬ tle ammunition, he cannot hold out in Valley Forge. Listen to the storm. The elements favor us. Besides, Bur- goyne must have taken Albany and New York by this time. When I get word from him, I’ll send the dispatches to General Washington by way of showing him that .further resistance is useless, especially as. the rebel con¬ gress’ embassy to France appears to have failed.” “ ’Tis so long since ve hear from dot Purgoyne.” “’Twft.s before .we, tried to

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the room when the British commander with a sigh. •’Take the Frenchman to stantly suffice you are to enlist in his was sitting up to welcome the new said to her: the barracks,” he ordered. “And this army and find opportunity to assas¬ year. The man tugged at a strap Which “Mrs. Darrah, I crave your pardon. Indian—what’s your name?” he in¬ sinate him. And it is to be all done to¬ held a gunnysack on the saddlebow to’ I had no notion when I sent for you quired of the1 red man. morrow, the first day of 1778, for the make sure that it was all fast, and 'that anything like that was to be said. “Wild Eagle, me,” grunted the In¬ greater effect on the people.” then, tying the horse to a stake under I will make amends for this unfortu¬ dian, tapping his breast. While she spoke the young man one of the side windows, he ran up the nate affair in any way that lies in my “I’ll send him to the kitchen to be looked at her in open mouthed wonder. steps and plied the knocker on the power. Any favor you ask is yours.” fed,” said Mrs. Darrah, moving to the “I don’t know how you know all hall door. A servant opened it, and he i She paused, greatly agitated, with eyes door, followed by the giant of the for¬ this,” he said, “but it’s all as true as was soon in the parlor clasping both mast down. Suddenly her face lighted est. gospel. And 1 promised Knyphausen hands of lovely Edith Smith. »up with eagerness, and she spoke: “Very good. Elijah, remain here. to do it, for the money was so very “Pardon me while I look out to see “I have a nephew,” she said, “whom Good night, Mrs. Darrah. Knyphau¬ tempting. But who is going to give if my horse is all right.” He walked *1 would like to see win honors in this sen, I’ll leave you to question this me as much for pretending to do it?” to the window. “Now, Edith,” said he, jwar which would bring him to the fa¬ young man and determine whether or “I will.” returning and this time taking one of vorable notice of his king.” not there is anything in him.” With “You will! What interest has it for her hands, “you know what I told you “Send for him, please.” that General Howe left the room. you, aunt?” last year. Well, it’s still true; it will The bell was touched again. The “Good!” muttered Knyphausen to She arose, weni^to the door, peered sentry got his instructions, and in a himself. “Now, if I am mistaken not, always be true. You said that the into the hall and, then sitting close to few minutes a heavy footfall was I vill end dis var mit der assistance man for you was a man who would her nephew, again whispered: not idle at home while patriots were heard on the stairs, and a tall, broad off der young man Elijah.” “You love Edith Smith. You know miouiaerea, blond young man with The two were in close consultation fighting for their country. That gave small eyes and thin lips entered. He for more than an hour. what love Is. Hush! Not a word now. me some hope. I spoke to your father, wore a homespun suit of gray. His You would say that I am an old woman and he told me that when I should who ought to know better. Let us to have £5,000 pounds I might ask him «tge was about twenty-one; his manner CHAPTER II. the point. I will give you £5,000 if you for you. Now I’m going to fight for was shy and very nervous. Mrs. Dar¬ In a cozy upstairs parlor lighted by will deliver from me to General Wash¬ my country and to make my £5,000 all rah introduced him to Sir William as an oil lamp sat Mrs. Lydia Darrah, her nephew, Elijah Strong. ington with the false dispatches a note at once, and, Edith, I’ve come to—to with her workbasket in her lap. The ask what you will say in a few days Hardly had she spoken his name telling him the truth and a bag of Indian stood before her. money as a New Year’s gift.” when I come home with the money when the orderly knocked on the door. “If I had known that you were com¬ “A bag of money?” after serving my country well.” Elijah wheeled around and opened it. ing, I would never have made this “Yes; £17,500 subscribed by a society “Sit down,” she said, “and tell me all “Prisoner with dispatches, sir,” said desperate plan,” she was saying. “I in this city known as the Friendly Sons about it.” the orderly. A swarthy little man in would give you this money to take to of St. Patrick. It is in this house, “Here’s the point,” said he. “Here’s oilskin clothes stood in the doorway the patriots, though Iioav to get such brought in as a sack of flour. They did seventeen thousand five hundred between two snow covered soldiers. a large sack out of the house in your not know how to get it into the Ameri¬ pounds in the king’s good money going “These were found on him, sir,” hands without arousing suspicion will can lines excejfc through my agency, to those rebels, which isn’t right at all. said one of the two soldiers, handbag be a puzzle. I must trust it in Elijah’s and it was to g*t you to carry this New Your father is a loyalist; so are you, of Sir William a packet of letters ad¬ hands. But, hush! Away! He’s com¬ Year’s gift to General Washington that course, and, of course, so am I. What dressed to General George Washing¬ ing.” . „ - • ■ I seized a long desired opportunity to is wrong in confiscating that money?” ton. The Indian sank to the floor and get you a commission. I know your “Good!” cried a gruff voice. The seals were quickly broken, and was hidden in a second under the ta¬ leanings are Tory, but I thought I She started. Her father Avas^starud- the English general hurriedly scanned ble by the cloth which on all sides could make it worth while”— ing over them. He had entered unob¬ the contents and then the seals. Next touched the carpet. “Aunt, aunt, what a clever woman served, a rubicund old gentleman he spoke to the prisoner in French, “I hope—I’m sure you have secured you are! I’ll do it, of course. But of all whose face suggested many a hard and the man answered sulkily. Sir a commission from Sir William?” the places to have money for the rebels bout with good old port. William asked the soldiers how the Woman said, beaming on Elijah as he hidden! Right in the headquarters of The beautiful girl arose, and, raising capture had been made, and they told entered and clasped, both his hands the British commander! Well, well, her hand with a gesture which meant him that the man was the skipper of in hers. well! I’m ready to start, aunt. But forbear, she said: a French brig which= was overhauled “H’m! I have if I want to take it When do I get my reward?” as it tried to enter the Delaware a up, though it will not come from Sir “I would not pain you, dear father, “Meet me at the mill at Whitemarsh few hours before. The skipper was William, who knows nothing of the . by making known the state of my poli¬ tomorrow at sunset with a reply from taken completely by surprise, as he nasty business. But I don’t like it. tics or of my affections but that this General Washington. I will ride out expected to find Philadelphia in Wash¬ Still, Knyphausen promises to pay me proposal is thrust upon me. Noav I there and bring the money”— ington’s hands. well, to stand by me to the end and must speak. I am at heart a patriot—a He pondered gloomily. She watched “Baron,” said Sir William, “these to give me the commission. But I rebel, if you will. A mercenary man every shifting shade of emotion that are from Dr. Benjamin Franklin and don’t like it—I don’t like it.” nhall never be my husband. If God passed over his countenance. There Arthur Lee^of the embassy to France, “In that case you need not have any¬ wills that he is spared until this glo¬ was a hail oil the street below, a chal¬ assuring General Washington that thing to do with it, dear.” rious struggle is over, I will Aved the lenge and some orders issued in a King Louis has been won over, will “Yes, but there’s a power of money patriot hero, Captain Alexander Wil¬ gruff voice. liams.” make a treaty and will send aid. in it. aunt.” Well, General Washington will not “Then you ought to like it, dear. You “Here, Elijah, is the sack of sover¬ “Well, I have that rebel money, any¬ get that news to cheer him for New know how you have been longing for a eigns,” she said, lifting a pillow from how, and I’m just going to console my¬ Year’s day.” chance to get the sum that Edith’s fa¬ the sofa and revealing a coarse gunny- self with that and wash my hands of “You petter dink again of my plan,” ther insists upon your having before sack which it had concealed. the rest of the business,” Strong mut¬ said the baron. you many Edith. What is the objec¬ He essayed to life it. “By goodness, tered, Avalking out. Sir William looked at Elijah from tionable feature?” how heavy It is!” he cried. “I’ll never, In half a minute yells and oaths head to foot and then walked up and “Oh, I must not tell that, aunt. I never get this out without raising sus¬ arose from the alley. The windoAVS on down the floor in grim silence. agreed to the proposal, and I swore to picion.” that side of the house went up. Another knock on the door. secrecy. But I don’t think I’ll carry it “What! And you the strongest man “What blasted jugglery is this? This “Indian runner with dispatches, sir.” through, after all.” in Germantown! I have a plan. We’ll ain’t my horse! Watch! Watch!” Jlnglingwith his ornaments of beads Lydia Darrah bit her lip: put it in my husband’s old knapsack, Elijah rushed along the street, leav¬ and bronze, a tall red son of the forest “Faint heart”— she began, shaking get that on your back while you go ing the substituted horse behind him, entered. The solitary eagle feather in her knitting needle at him and smiling. down the stairs and around to the sta¬ and ran stumbling through the snoAV to his long, straight hair, on which the “You can’t move me, aunt. I know ble, then balance it in front of you on his Aunt Darrah. half frozen snow glistened, bespoke a what it Is, and you don’t. I’m sorry the saddle. The horse will do the rest.” “The money!” he muttered hoarsely. chief of low rank. Flis fiery eye and to lose that much money, though— He nodded approval, and Mrs. Dar¬ “Gone!” panting nostrils showed a man of £5,000.” rah found the old knapsack. The treas¬ “What!” she cried in a tone of con¬ pride and spirit. In his left hand he She turned pale and tapped her foot ure sack was put into it. She placed sternation, rising to her feet. held a musket, and he thrust the right impatiently on the carpet. Presently a a letter in the young man’s hand, and Was that a twifikle of joy in her eye? into the bosom of his buckskin shirt, new light shone in her face. he put his arms into the straps of the Elijah, ever insincere, like all of his drew forth a roll of paper and threw “Suppose, dear, you could get that knapsack. His aunt kissed him, and, class, Avas ever suspicious. It on the table. money by pretending to perform the panting heavily, he started for the “Aunt,” he cried, seizing her by the Sir William Howe took up the roll service required of you?” she whis¬ stairs while she held the lamp for him. shoulder, “you have duped me!” of paper, and as he did, and while the pered, drawing her chair close to his As he reached the glow from the light “You know I did not, Elijah.” looks of all else were on it, the eyes and putting an arm around his neck. in the hall below her lamp was blown “Do you mean still to pay me if I of Lydia Darrah and the Indian met His small eyes lighted up with the out, and, patting Wild Eagle on the deliver those dispatches, then?” He In a swift glance of mutual under¬ fire of avarice. Right well did she bael*i she whispered: shook her roughly. standing. know his weak point. “But how?” he “After him!” “No. I’d strongly advise you to ride “From Burgoyne,” said Sir William, asked. “Halt!” she heard the orderly call in off to Germantown now and bother with a smile. “Now, here we have “Listen,” she said. “I happen to be the hall below, while her heart leaped your head no more about the dis¬ something to send to the rebels as a in the confidence of both sides. I into her throat. “It’s the general’s or¬ patches. Better give them to me.” New Year’s gift.” He began to read. know what is required of you. You are ders that you be searched!” She stood up and faced him with arms He staggered and sank into his chair. to have safe conduct out of the British folded. . .. “Great God!” he cried. “1-Ie has sur¬ lines, any time after the bells ring in CHAPTER III. “Oh, no, auntie, dear; oh, no. This rendered to Gates with 5,791 men, 42 the new year. You are to bear forged A horseman alighted nimbly in the note is my only hold over you for that cannon and 5,000 muskets!” dispatches to General Washington, alley beside the residence of William money, my good aunt. Shall I part “No, you von’t send dot to Valley some telling him that Burgoyne took Smith, the wealthy ship chandler, \ a with this? Oh, dear, no. Shall I Forge,” grimly remarked Knyphausen. New York and some from Paris stat¬ few minutes after 11 o’clock on the last show it downstairs? That depends.” “Maype you dink petter now of my ing that no French aid may be expect¬ night of the year 1777. Like most of She smiled scornfully at him. “Tear plan.” ed; this to dishearten and disband the the houses in Philadelphia, it was all it open and read it,” she said quietly. The. ^gjpaajid&r stood up arniy* ancL if these wllgg do, not in¬ lighted HPy showing tb&t thfi .family He tore it open and read: * THE'R SS££S53^®2EC5

This is to certify that Elijah Strong, the James. 'He put his handkerchief to the great commander sternly, but calm¬ COLLECT PRIVATE Mailing cards with bearer, may be trusted. his eyes and leaned against the door¬ beautiful sights of Texas or Mexico addressed, GEORGE WASHINGTON. ly- to you in English, French, German or Span¬ post. He sat down and sobbed in bis fury. 'The wretch, standing before Wash¬ ish for 4 cents apiece or 3 different for 10 cents. “No reward, general, for the dispatch ington, with the hand of the cm pl a in He held the paper over the lamp bearer?” queried Elijah. “Let us shoot Fritze & Co- SAN \NETx°Alr until it caught fire and watched it upon liis shoulder, told the dreadful, a couple of rounds at a mark, sir.” shameful tale. burn. Then, springing up, he cried: “Certainly,” courteously replied the v? Ding Dong Bell 'C “No matter! The old contract with The general thought a moment and general in a husky voice. And then, then ordered that Elijah lie driven out Beginner’s lot 100 different stamps 10 cents. Ap¬ Knyphausen holds, and, by the Eter¬ turning to his friend and companion in proval sheets 50p. c. Premium offer: 2 Canadian nal”— of camp. * Revs, if you send red stamp. NO POSTALS. arms, he asked: • Lydia Darrah trembled for her neph¬ It. BELL STAMP CO. Marseilles Ills. Boong! Bong! began the bells. “Well, what think you is to be done “And, by the Eternal, George Wash¬ ew, but she felt that he had deserved now?” even worse. The man was marched ington dies today!” shouted Elijah in Dealers Note This ! “For you to flee to France, for the out of camp between two files of sol¬ her ear high above the din of bells, We desire to negotiate with a stamp dealer army to disband, for freedom to wait who has on hand stamps of all countries, and horns and firearms, and then rushed diers. on better days.” who desires to exchange for stamps of the from the house. “It was';a glorious New Year’s day,” Crack! Whiz! A bullet went past mused General Washington. Dominican Republic, taking charge of re- ceivfng any quantity of the latter, however the general’s face. Out into the open “We start for Virginia in the morn¬ CHAPTER IV. large, with a discount of 50 p. c. from the he strode angrily and was about to ing, with your permission, general, and It was high noon on New Year’s day prices given in Scott’s catalogue. Apply to question Elijah and the other man, a year from today I hope this fighting in the camp at Valley Forge, a clear, THE PUBLISHERS OF THE REALM. standing a score of yards away with will be over and Edith will be mine,” frosty day. Some of McIntosh’s bare¬ smoking'muskets, as to why they had replied Captain Williams. STAMPS FREE to each applicant for Ap¬ foot men were listlessly shoveling put the mark so near his door when he Alas, a year from that time the cruel proval Selections L off cat. Premium with every remittance. R. S. Karsten & Co., 817 paths through the' snow around the noticed that the mark, a shingle swung war was still raging. Lydia Darrah Harlem Av., Balto., Md. farmhouse of Isaac Potts, which was from a tree, was some distance away. had died, and Alexander Williams had the headquarters of General Washing¬ At once he suspected treachery. been captured by the British and SEND 25c and get $1.50 cat. value ton. Walking swiftly toward the newcom¬ hanged as a spy. Elijah Strong was in good stamps. $3 worth for 50c. Fine In the parlor of the farmhouse sat er, he was about to charge him with never heard of again. for dealers’ approval sheets. Money General Washington himself, a tall the crime when down the hill behind Edith Smith was. a gray spinster in back if not satisfied. 20 varieties precancelled and fine looking man of grave aspect. the man an Indian came running, Eli¬ Philadelphia in 1.830 when she told this stamps 10c. 40 varieties precancelled His uniform of buff and blue sat on jah was swiftly reloading his piece. story to a circle of friends one New stamps 25c. Postage extra. him handsomely. His powdered cue The Indian ceased running when with¬ Year’s eve. J. D. HU BEL was tied with a black silk ribbon, arid in a score of yards, halted, raised his 525 6th St. Detroit, Mich. his hat and sword lay on the table tnusket, fired, and Elijah Strong fell PULLING SANTA CLAUS’ LEG. beside him. In his hand was a small upon the snow. But he was up again copy of the New Testament. in an instant and running like a deer. Santa Claus sat in his easy chair Monthly Near by on a sofa lay sleeping a By the fireside, bright and warm, He disappeared behind a row .of log Looking contented and debonair young officer, a great favorite of Wasli- huts 200 yards away. As he harked to the outside storm. pw^ington. He had almost recovered from “How dare you”— began the general He toasted his hands and his little red BARGAIN LIST toes ClHlD fin $50<00:> $20.00,$10.00,and a wound in the leg received at the bat¬ angrily. tpitJUiUU $5-oo genuine Confederate tle of the Brandywine. Mary Potts, By the firelight’s cheerful gleam, The Indian pulled off his long hair And his rosy cheeks and jolly, fat nose Bills only 25c the farmer’s buxom daughter, entered and eagle feather. Glowed like a poet’s dream. 4 var. Soudan Camel Trooper, new 15c without ceremony and said: “Captain Alexander Williams, gen¬ 8 " Borneo 1894, cat. $1.32, only 50c “Please, gentlemen, father says that eral, in a new guise!” he said. “This But see! His head nods to and fro, Western Union Telegraph 1900 2C His hands fall supine in his lap. dinner’s ready now, sirs.” And out she fellow was here to kill you. Knyphau¬ $10.00 black U.S. 1898 revenue,cut 15c And hark! That sound was a snore, I $5.00 red ioc flounced. sen ordered it done.” 'know- " " " " $3.00 brown 6c The voice awoke the sleeping officer, “Ah, would that he had succeeded!” Santy was taking a, nap. " " " " $2 gray, $1 gray, $1 red, $1 green 5c ~ who asked: cried the heartbroken leader. “Bad And that’s where Toddie and Tot and Wee 80c brown, rare 10c “Is it so late? Ah, me! What a news, captain. A sorry New Year's Found him one winter’s nig'ht 40c blue 3c New Year’s day we’ll have next year, day.” And clapped their hands and danced j«c Canada Jubilee, rare 30c with glee my general!” “Burgoyne a prisoner, French aid 3c Porto Rico U. S. revenue, odd 5c The young officer arose slowly and At the very unusual sight. coming and £17,500 left for you at Ja¬ $1.00 genuine broken bank bill, new ioc with pain, and, leaning on the arm of cob Shale’s mill. I wish .you, general, They knew full well, for they’d often 5, 10 and $20 B. B. bills very fine 25c the tall commander in chief, they a most happy new year!” heard $500.00 genuine Confederate bill 75c passed out into the hall. At the door Captain Williams went with Wash¬ From old granny’s loi'e so deep $100.00 " " " ioc a hurrying soldier met them, saluted That Santy was bound to keep his word Don’t buy any stamps until you get our ington into Isaac Potts’ farmhouse and - Given when caught asleep. and said: told the good news. It was proclaimed So Toddie and Tot took a shoulder each, new illustrated catalog free;or better still “A prisoner, general; says he is the at once through the camp, and shout Close up to Santy’s ear, send for some fine sheets at 50 p. c. dis¬ count. Enclose ref’nces. Collections bo’t. - liephew of Mrs. Lydia Darrah and that answered shout until night fell, when And Wee climbed up within easy reach Where he could both see and hear. fee has important information which bonfires blazed and Variinm gave out SAMUEL P. HUGHES OMAHA :: :: :: XEBR. he will impart only to yourself.” three rations of bread and onions in They wished for Christmas gifts galore, A guard of three soldiers, one bare¬ celebration of the day and the good So dear to the heart of a child, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ foot, approached with a tall, brawny, times at hand. Till Santa < la us quite forgot to snore And nodcl d Ids head and gmiled. blond 37oung man a little the worse for The spy also told of the attempted Then home ran Toddie and Tot and Wee liquor. assassination, but Washington paid And snuggled up warm in bed “Are you General Washington, sir?” little attention to the story. And dream d of a fairy Christmas tree “I am, and I am told that you are An hour before sunset Captain Alex¬ In colors of gold and red. Catalogue, Describing a n cl the nephew of an esteemed friend of ander Williams, in all his Indian Then Santa Claus woke. “Oho,” quoth pricing every mine, Lydia Darrah.” habiliments save the long hair and he, postage stamp “The same, sir. Now am I free?” eagle feather, rode out of camp toward "What aileth my left side limb? that has ever It’s longer by far than it ought to be! been issued by “Set the man free.” Whitemarsh and returned with the any government I’m a victim of flim-flam-flim! of the world, “The way to set me free, general, is New Year’s gift and with Lydia Dar¬ Ho, slave! Quick! Harness my reindeer with illustrations to hand me back my musket.” rah and Edith Smith. He explained team! of nearly every The general nodded and the musket to General Washington that the ladies Fetch Snowflake, Frosty and Meg, stamp. Latest For while I dozed off in a lazy dream edition, over' 600 Jtais handed to Elijah. A wicked gleam had to leave the city because Edith’s The babies have pulled my leg!” pages, bound i n full cloth. Post father, who had learned more than he -New York Sun. shone in his eyes. fi-po, 58« ■ “Oh, by the way, was an Indian in ought to know, had threatened to de¬ here today from the city?” nounce them to the British. HOW TO COLLECT “I saw none. Be lively. What have Sitting at supper in Isaac Potts’ din¬ you for me?” ing room, General Washington prom¬ STAMPS. Stealing a look all around Elijah ised to give the ladies an escort to his A complete guide, profuse¬ own home in Virginia, an escort of ly illustrated, containing Strong pulled out of his pocket the well written articles on: forged dispatches and handed them which Captain Williams should be in the advantages of stamp command. collecting; meaning of the over. - The Scientific American publishes an term "Philately;” adhes¬ “This day in Connecticut we shoot “Here are rough plans of the British ive stamps; postage stps. positions in Philadelphia made on my interesting account of Stanley Spen¬ for special purposes; loc¬ the wild turkey,” said the sergeant to cer’s recent thirty mile flight from the als; revenues; envelopes; Elijah, with a sigh, while the dis¬ return after leaving the money at the postals ; engraved stamps ; mill,”' said the spy, laying a paper on Crystal palace, London, and also gives lithographed stamps ; tvp- patches were being read. “But this a description of the new airship in ographedstamps; surchar- New Year’s day there’s no turkey meat the table. But just as he did lie ges ; perforations; ini- jumped from his chair and vanished Which the Englishman’s ascent was perforates; watermarks; for us.” through the door. All listened, but jsueeessfully made. The balloon fol¬ counterfeits; reprints ; “Ever shoot pairs?” asked Elijah. concerning stamp values; could hear nothing but the sounds of lows the torpedo shaped construction “No? Well, down in this country we the stamp dealer; the stamp auction; making ft jubilation rising in the camp on the made familiar by Santos-Dumont, but collection; some odd collections; minor varieties; shoot pairs. Teams of two fire togeth¬ stamp hinges; albums; .the stamp magazine; the frosty evening air. Presently Captain lias more blunted ends. Consequently er. It’s great sport. The sergeant and stamp society etc. Over 20,000 collectors have been Williams returned, bearing in one hand it lias not tlie graceful lines of its instructed by this book. It contains something new I will shoot against the other two.” for the older, collectors to think about; it is a {ne¬ a musket and dragging with the other French predecessor. The frame, which “Not my will, O Lord, but thine be cessity to the beginner who wants to start right. Elijah Strong. bears the aeronaut and tlie machinery Strongly bound in flexible card covers. Order by done!” cried the commander in chief number—Series No, 30. Only 15c, post paid. “I saw him outside the window, V He is constructed of bamboo held taut by hoarsely as he finished reading the dis¬ was leveling his musket at you again, piano wire. As seen in the air, it bears patches and handed them to the young A. BULLARD & COMPANY, general.” some resemblance in its proportions to ^ officer whom _ he had addressed as Sta. A, Boston, Mass, “Why do- you seek my_iife?” asked a skeleton canoe. - -

4» it. 1 may be'mean, out everything I do U/je herrifig and apples, but 'there lias got some'refreshments. Well, you ought to Youth's Realm to be a dividing line somewhere, and I have seen that band come in the house. is innocent, and I wouldn’t be as mean is published on the first of every month. make it at strawberries at 6 shillings They fell over each other getting in, and as a choir singer for $2. TERMS,35 cents per year, in advance. a box and only two layers in a box. I the crowd went home, leaving Pa and “I felt real sorry for the old deacon, my chum and me and the band. Eat? but he never knew what he had done, Special Library Edition, heavy paper, 50c yr- only bought one. box, hoping some plumber or gas man would come along Well, I should smile! They just reached and I think it would be real mean to tell Advertising Rates, 90 cents inch, 45c % inch. and buy it, and, by gum, everybody that for things, and talked Bohemian. Drink? him. He won’t be at the slugging match. Ent’d at E.Q. Boston at 2nd class rates Jan.16,’97. has been in the store has sampled a Oh, no! I guess they didn’t pour it down. That remark about taking up a collec¬ A. Bullard & Co., 446 Tremont St., Boston strawberry out of that box, shivered as Pa opened a dozen bottles of champagne, tion settled the deacon. I must go down though it was sour and gone off with¬ and they fairly bathed in it, as though to the stable now and help grease a hack, ! TbreeTofig "strips of bamboo run the out asking the price,” and the grocery they had a fire inside. Pa tried to talk so you will have to excuse me. If Pa (length of the frame and are kept in man looked mad, took a hatchet and with them about the baby, but they comes here looking for me, tellhim yon jposition by struts bound triangularly, knocked in the head of a barrel of ap¬ couldn’t understand, and finally they got heard I was going to drive a picnic party [the base of the triangle being hori¬ ples and said, “There, help yourself to full and started out, and the leader asked out to Waukesha and may not be back zontal. The frame is slung from the dried apples!” Pa for apd that broke him. in a week. By that time Pa will have ibag by fine ropes. The principal fea¬ “Oh, I don’t want your strawberries or got over that Bohemian serenade,” and dried apples!” said the boy as he leaned the boy filled his pistol pocket with dried against a showcase and looked at a bar apples and went out and hung a 'sign in of red, transparent soap. “I was only front of the grocery: trying to fool you. Say, that bar of soap : STRAWBERRIES, TWO SHILLINGS : is old enough to vote. I remember see¬ : A SMELL, : : AND ONE SMELL IS ENOUGH. : ing it in your showcase when I was * • about a year old, and Pa came in here with me and held me up to the showcase to look at that tin tobacco box, and that round zinc looking glass, and the yellow wooden pocket comb, and the soap looks just the same, only a little faded. If you would wash yourself once in awhile, your soap wouldn’t dry up on your hands,” and the boy sat down on the An ingenious invention which has chair without any back, feeling that he been successfully experimented with was even with the grocery man. iln several collieries in Lancashire, “You never mind the soap. It is paid | England, bids fair to add greatly tc for, and that is more than your father the simplification of coal mining, 'says can say about the soap that has been the New York Times. Under existing used in his house the past month,” said conditions th^ coal after it has been the grocery man as he split up a box to “He commenced, *Fellow citizens.’ ” kindle the fire. “But we won’t quarrel. “PA told The leader he "Supposed the What was it I heard about a band sere¬ gentlemen who had got up the serenade nading your father and his inviting them had paid for the music, and the leader AN ALBUM CONTAINING in to lunch?” pointed to me and said I was the gentle¬ FOREIGN “Don’t let that get out or Pa will kill man that got it up. Pa paid him, but he POSTAGE had a wicked look in his eye, and me and STAMPS STANLBY SPENCER'S AIRSHIP. me dead. It was a joke. One of those TO ture of the construction is the position Bohemian bands that goes about town my chum lit out, and the Bohemians came down the street blin full, with their FREE . .ALL; ALSO OUR of the propeller, which is placed at playing tunes for pennies was over on illustrated PRICE LISTS of the bow of the ship instead of, as is the next street, and I told Pa I guessed horns on their arms, and they were talk¬ thousands of bargains in seta, ing Bohemian for all that was out. They packets, collections, etc. usual, at the stern. The inventor con¬ some of his friends who had heard we AGENTS WANTED. COpreenl stopped in front of a vacant house and siders that the effect of this innova¬ had a baby at the house had hired a Commission and Purchase Tickets good for our big began to play, but you couldn’t tell tion will be to enable the ship to hold band and was coming in a few minutes to serenade him, and he better prepare what tune it was, they were so full, and a more even course. a policeman came along and drove them The motive power is supplied by a to make a speech. Pa is proud of being aoc. 30 dif U. S. 25c. 105 foreign, some duplicates, home. I guess I will sleep at the livery small petroleum motor swung in the a father at his age, and he thought it no Constantinople &c., 10c. 300 mixed for sheets, fine, more than right for the neighbors to stable tonight, ’cause Pa is so offul un¬ •1 .00. 500 u. S., all obsolete, 30c. 1060 foreign.Mc. forward end of the frame and firmly reasonable when anything costs him $3 50 rare: Mex. revs., $1. 20 CivlCivil War revs. 45c. *10 bound in position by piano wire. A serenade him, and he went to loading Cuba 12c. *loPto.Rico, 14c. 11 Austria ’917 i-Sok, himself for a speech in the library, and besides the champagne.” toe. *4 Pto.Rico postals, ioc. small cylinder to feed the engine’s wa¬ “Well, you have made a pretty mess Climax illust. album,holding ter jacket is fastened just over the en¬ me and my chum went out and told the nearly 2500 stmps, 23c. Better leader of the band there was a family up of it,” said the grocery man. “It’s a one, 35c. A good albam, ific. gine. Directly below the engine is the wonder your Pa does not kill you. But One forU.S. only, 24c. Inter, condenser. The fuel tank is fixed to there that wanted to have some music, nat'l album $1,50; full cloth, and they didn’t care for expense, so they what is it I hear about the trouble at the 2.50. Complete guide, “How the upper bamboo, but farther aft to quit blowing where they was and came church? They lay that foolishness to to Collect Stamps,“illustratd, shield it from the motor flames. A right along. None of them could under¬ you.” icc. Scott's catalogue, 58c. 150 Foreign Monej thin rod of steel, the engine’s shaft, Tables, 8c. Prices we pay for foreignn stamps, ills/, stand English except the leader, and he “It’s all a lie. They lay everything to 8c. Prices we pay for‘nearly 273 lT.S., 5c. Prices runs forward to a gear wheel, the axis me. It was some of them ducks that we pay for U S. revs., ec. The 3 cats., 12c, Prices of which is the propeller shaft. only understood enough to go and take sing in the choir. I was just as much we pay for U.S. coins, i§e, 12 Approval books ruled to hold 40 stamps, ioc. To hold 80,13c do*. To hold Toward the stern of the balloon is a drink when he is invited’. surprised as anybody when it occurred. 160, 20c do2. 40 Midget approval sheets to hold 1 the aeronaut’s stand, inclosed in net¬ “My chum steered the band up to our You see, our minister is laid up from the to iostps, xoe. 23 Blank sheets to hold 2$stps, ioc. 12 sheets tb hold 60 stps, ioc. Bx 1000 ting. Behind him is the rudder, a house and got them to play ‘Babies on effect of the ride to the funeral, when he hinges already bent for use; something large quadrilateral sail suspended by Our Block’ and ‘Baby Mine,’ and I tried to run over a street car, and an old new; 10c. Gum paper 4c sheet. Perfo. ropes between the ends of the balloon stopped all the men who were going deacon who had symptoms of being a ration gauge with millimeter scale, 56., Water, home and told them to wait a minute mark revealer, 5c. Pocket microscope, 17c; with and the frame. The construction places minister in his youth was invited to take compass, 30c. 23 printed envelope' all the mechanism except the rudder and they would see some fun; so when the minister’s place and talk a little. He for packets of stamps, 7c; too, aje. the band got through the second tune 23 better envelopes, 9c; 106, 29c. "23 directly in front of the navigator, aD is an absentminded old party, who don’t printed envelps. for coin collectors, obvious advantage in cases of sudden and the Prussians were emptying the keep up with the events of the day, and ioc. Dealer’s stock of stamps, al- emergency. beer out of the horns and Pa stepped out whoever played it on him knew that he bums, etc.,$1.15; better, $2.65. The propeller itself is the design of on the porch there was more nor a hun¬ was too pious to even read the daily pa¬ Buy of the publishers & importers and save money. Sir Hiram Maxim, who is an enthusi¬ dred people in front of the house. You’d pers. There was a notice of a choir A. BULLARD & COMPANY astic follower of aeronautics. It is V diedrto see Pa when he put his hand in meeting to be read, and I think the tenor 446 Tremont Streett BOSTON, MASS. the breast of his coat and struck an atti¬ double bladed, built of thin strips of smuggled in the other notice between ©COTT‘8 POSTAL CARD AND LETTKRCARD carefully selected pine, weighs twenty- tude. He looked like a congressman or that and the one about the weekly prayer Catalogue, illustrated with over 1000 eight pounds, is nearly nine feet long a tramp. The band was scared, ’cause meeting. Anyway it wasn’t me, but it engravings, POST FBBE, 25 CENTS. over all and a full four feet at it# they thought he was mad, and some of like to broke up the meeting. broadest part. them were going to run, thinking he was “After the deacon read the choir no¬ going to throw pieces of brick house at tice he took up the other one and read: them, but my chum and the leader kept BOYS ‘I am requested to announce that the Y. AND WORTH-REPEATING SERIES them. Then Pa sailed in. He com¬ M. C. association will give a friendly NUMBER 1. menced, ‘Fellow citizens,’ and then went entertainment with soft gloves on GIRLS way back to Adam and Eve and worked Tuesday evening, to which all are in¬ WANTED PECK’S BAD BOY up to the present day, giving a history of vited. Brother John Sullivan, the emi¬ everywhere to a c t as Revised, with the objectionable the notable people who had acquired nent Boston revivalist, will lead the ex¬ agents for children and kept the crowd interested. parts omitted. ercises, assisted by Brother Slade, the the Realm, I felt sorry for Pa, ’cause I knew how he 50 per cent. (To Be Continued.) Maori missionary from Australia. There would feel when he came to find out how will be no slugging, but a collection will commission. Send 8c for outfit and we will give ^CHAPTER XXV. he had been sold. you free besides, one package con¬ be taken up at the door to defray ex¬ taining: too foreign stamps, Jamaica THE OLD MAN MAKES A SPEECH. “The Bohemians in the band that penses.’ Well, I thought the people in etc., 1 set 8 Japanese stamps, 1 pocket stamp album,4 blank approval sheets, “There, you drop that!” said the gro¬ couldn’t understand English they looked church would sink through the floor. 1 sample best gum paper, 1 perfora. cery man to the bad boy as he came at each other and wondered what it was There was not a person in the church, tion gauge. 1 millimeter scale, 1 set 8 obsolete U. S. stamps and revs., and limping into the store and began to all about, and finally Pa wound up by except the poor old deacon, but who un¬ our bargain lists. Write at once be. fumble around a box of strawberries. stating that it was every citizen’s duty derstood that some wicked wretch had fore we withdraw this big offer. to own children of his own, and then he “I have never kicked at your eating my deceived hijp, and I know by the way BULI,^RI) * COMPANY codfish and cra£kers and cheese and invited the band and tlja.crowd in to.take the tenor tickled the goerano that he did .446 Tremont Street, BOSTON, MASS. undercut is ‘‘brought clowfi’’ by an ex¬ which can be separated from their BARGAINS IN STAMPS. It you are de¬ THIS IS THE BEST MONTH to send in plosion of gunpowder. The new device salts by electrolytic action. The textile sirous ut securing bargains in fine sumps your subscription to The YOUTH’S REALM brings down the coal by water power has to go through a preparatory treat¬ commonest to the scarcest varieties, send exercised through a hydraulic car¬ ment before ready for the process of for Bargain Lists of complete sets and A PACKET of good single stamps, from 25 to 75 p.c. below cat. tridge and obviates the wasteful shat¬ metallization, consisting of impregnat¬ stamps to all applicants Lists free. On approval: fine lot Br.Colonies, FREE tering of the fuel. ing the salt with a solution of the salt used and unused at rock bottom prices. for my approval sheets at 5° Per cent, dis¬ Made of steel, the cartridge is twen¬ of a certain metal. After the cloth has L. N. HERBERT count, promising a return within 10 days ty inches in length. Along its sides been impregnated it is submitted to 1520 Washington Ave. NEW YOBK after receipt. are orifices, each of which admits of a treatment with oxidized sulphur, which ■pressure of three tons per square inch, causes the metal to be separated from I HAVE some nice selections of U. S. rev., A. C. Bateman Ithe total pressure being over sixty the solution in a sedimentary mass, match & medicine and foreign stamps to tons. When inserted into the hole which, being very fine, intrudes into send on appvl. Send refenc. and get selection Fine postage & revenue bored into the coal to be operated the cloth, uniting closely with its fibers STAMP HINGES STAMPS on approval at 50 and 5 off upon, the cartridge is connected with a and settling down on its surface. Have the best on the market—a thin peelable small hand pump. In a few minutes When the cloth is thus made ready, hinge twice the size of ordinary hinge; in¬ Geo. F. Titus, Norwalk, Ohio valuable for large stamps. Regular price 15c; it is put into an electrolytic tub filled after the apparatus has been at work to introduce them, 12c, post free. the coal breaks up and comes down in with a solution of the salt of the kind FRED Eli I (IK GARRISON, Peekskill,N. Y jgreat blocks. There are no clouds of of metal which is to be coated upon it l t dust such as are caused by the gun and brought in contact with the posi¬ as > Snap Bargains in Stamps hi • 'MrM—v ■ .r-r-T-v powder method, and the entire opera- tive surface of an electrical device. ' tion is carried out without the slightest The power of the current as well as 100 varieties all fine.ioc danger to the workers. About one and the contents of the tub, lias to be regu¬ 100 “ from 100 different countries 50c 100 “ “ “ “ “ $1.00 lated for each case respectively. a half pints of water are used in the 60 “ U. S.... 20c operation, and as the liquid returns to 15 va. U.S. entire envel., cat.$1.15, only 35c [& tank it can be repeatedly used. 10 “ “ “ “ unused,cat.$1.19 45c Although the initial expenditure is Postage value of this packet is 35c greater, the cartridge method is much So “ cat. value $1.50, only. 30c more economical than the system now 100“ “ “ 3.00, “ . 6, c | in vogue. It reduces the cost of la- Only a few packets at above prices ;ordei now. A Free Offer of bor, prevents waste and secures round¬ S. C. Smith, 336 So. Main St., Akron, O. er coal. One colliery proprietor wne We will send you 25 CENTS has adopted the invention for use ir< Is ^equivalent to the following proposition three mines computes that each car¬ 100 mixed U. S. ■ which we make you to-day. If you Will send and foreign stamps us the name and address of any reliable • tridge saves $76 per week. !00stamps100 newsdealer in your town or neighborhood we cut. vaiue over $1 ail uns month for 10c, post Celluloid is a mixture of camphor paid .Nashua Stp. Co. i36FollerSt. NashuaNH • will allow you for your trouble 25c towards a, and guncotton. It has the great defect 35c yearly subscription-tothe Realm. That- A NAILLESS HORSESHOE. is, if you will send us the name and one< of being extremely inflammable, and Mention the Realm when answering advs. dime, or 10c in unused stamps, we will send Invention That Will Be Appreciated therefore the attempt has been made ■ you, without any premiums, this paper for a< •whole year. Such an offer as this is not < by Lovers of Eqnines. to replace the natural camphor by an -———-A XMAS PRESENT FREE likely to last long, and as soon as this ad¬ 1900 Cuba ic, 2c, 3c, 5c, ioc, 5 va. unused 35c. 1900 artificial product. It has been observed vertisement is withdrawn the offer v/ill re- Ever since men began to shoe horses Cuba ioc orange, sped. de!y. unused 13c. Ecuacu r • main good no longer. Present subscribers they have been using nails, but now a that with this product the celluloid, Jub. comp. 7 va., cat. $1.25 unusd 25c. 50 diff’.fforn rtiay extend their subscriptions by remitting* 5c. 1895 50c orange, 7c. 50 difi postmarks 10c. 50U. Cuban Inventor says that nails are while retaining its other valuable quali¬ ■at once. Non-subscribers should embrace' S.ioc. 1000 Omega hinges 7c. Orders of 50c 1000 • this opportunity to secure the Realm a> quite unnecessary, according to the ties, loses the characteristic of burning hinges free. Richmond Stp. Co., Richmond, Va. ■ whole year foronly ioc,thus saving 25c by sub- < New York Herald. at tlie least contact with fire, the arti¬ scribing at once. Names of newsdealers in ■ • Boston and vicinity will not be accepted up- The accompanying picture shows the ficial camphor being hydrochlorate of APPROVAL BOOM 1 on these terms. Send other names at once to 1 turpentine, which it has not been pos¬ A. BULLARD & COMPANY kind of horseshoe which he proposes 3 Superior to sible up to recent times to obtain in a 446 Fremont St., BOSTON, MASS. to substitute for the one now in use. sheets. Just Its main feature is a plate to which perfect state of purity. the things the various shoe parts are pivoted and According to a very recent patent of for your dup¬ which is so constructed and arranged M. Callemberg, described in the Indo- licates or to pendance Beige, this product is now send out to *£11 SEE GIFTS boys obtained in tlie form of a white solid agents. 9 Printed on fine paper and protected (19 sal h H Kills, men ami women substance, as transparent as crystal by stout, buff covers containing blanks for B H urn mm who will sell The Little' Giant Ink Powder to their friends at name, address, number and value of book. and costing less than natural camphor. Be per package. By Another curious thing is that this arti¬ Each page holds 10 stamps. The book, which is simply mixing with made in three sizes, holding 40, 80 and 160 stamps, water one package ficial camphor has the property of ren¬ may be mailed in an ordinary envelope. makes more than an, dering guncotton soluble. This is a PRICE LIST OF BOOKS. PER 12 PER ordinary ink bottlg ALL POST FREE. BOOKS 1 00 full of the best writ great gain, as celluloid requires spe¬ ing and copying ink cial cottons, whereas the new matter, | No. 1. To hold 40 stamps. $0.1 0 $0.60 [ (jet I a ok j in th< whatever may be the degree of nitra¬ | No. 2. To bold 80 stamps. .15 .90 l world . We trusty out | No. 3. To hold 160 stamps. with 10 packages teq tion of the cotton, becomes soluble by .20 1.20 f start. When sold,, NOTE- These books are put up in packages, and contact with the hydrochlorate of tur¬ send ns the money’ we cannot sell less than x pckg. (12) of any size. and we will forward! pentine. Further, there is much less you any premiunu evaporation, so that celluloid will be at for selling 50e worth* MIDGET or we will send, onj the same time less expensive, more receipt of the above* stable and less combustible. It is also Approval Sheets. amount, a 2nd lot or A great novelty. Nearly the powders,if yon w ish( sought to introduce the hydrochlorate size of a postal, printed on to earn a more vain- of turpentine into the manufacture of stiff, grayish paper, some able premium, giv¬ ruled to hold ten stamps, ing you credit fort explosives, wherein it is destined to others for one or more. All your first remit, work a revolution. have blanks for number, ad¬ tance. Or,if you pf e-! A NAHjLESS horseshoe. dress, value, etc. Just the fer, we will pay yout that it forms a protection and a sup¬ things for sets or a single a cash commission! rare specimen or several to fill a want list, etc. of 40 per cent, in ,4 port for the pivoted ends of these Gigantic Power Scheme, place of a premium.y SET OF 40 SHEETS, 10 CENTS, POST FREE. Return all ink vouj parts. Connected with the plate is A gigantic scheme is suggested in the We cannot break sets to sell a smaller number. cannot sell in 14(1 ay sn also a mechanism for binding the va¬ Figaro of Paris for the utilization of For selling 2 to 16t rious parts and keeping them In proper the rainfall of the Pyrenees. It is pro¬ RARE COLLECTIONS packages, wo give(_ rare collections ofgj posed to dam the valleys all along the position. FZ CURIO ££: ^postage stamps and many other thing? . Not a single nail is used when this chain, hold up all the mountain tor¬ “For selling 8 poke, a stamp album to hold' rents in a series of artificial lakes, reg¬ No. 5. Petrified Wood p2000 stamps; for selling 12 peks, 1000 asst.I shoe is put on a horse, as the plate specimens from Colorado and .foreign stamps; for20,Scott’s Catalogue suffices to keep the shoe firmly on the ulate the overflow, run it through tur¬ elsewhere. Box of various- “for selling 10, big stamp and story paper" foot. bines and so generate electric power. kinds, 2oe, post free, or with |one year. For selling various amounts Realm one year, 38 cents. jwe give typewriters, presses, rifles, cam 1 It is calculated that no less than 100,- ?eras, telescopes, musical instruments.' One large piece, i8c, postpaid 000,000 horsepower could be obtained Jbooks, chemical wonder boxes, mineral* METALLIZING TEXTILES. " NoTfti FOSSILS. Rare specimens in bone, ^collections, dynamos, watches, tele-j from the Pyrenean range, and this pow¬ cb'V, shell and wood. Per box, 25c, post free, or 3, eto. Send for our complete," Russian Scientist Invents Method er could be supplied at about one-sixth with Realm one year for 38 cents. Supply limited. LUSTRATED PREMIUM LIST .No; 7. ~.;.Ros^of 12 INDIAN ARROWS from 8dreds of choice gifts, and 10 paek-^ With a Unique Feature. of the cost of that produced by steam. one of the oldest known tribes. Found at Reading, ik powder to sell. Address A method of •metallizing textiles elec¬ Pa. Post free, 38c, or with Realm one year, 55c. I FAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, trically which is said to afford the pos¬ A Natural Sanitarium. “IvVTsT MIGFhTlLECTION. Box oFvarT- CBZ, STAiA, BOSTON, MASS. ous specimens, such as curved, silver, lithia mica, or our reliability we refer you sibility of impregnating the thickest A sanitarium in Virginia is built over etc. Post free, 18c, or with Realm one year, 35c. to thWEditorjifjthis paper. piece of cloth either thoroughly or a limestone cave, it having been dis¬ No. 9. Roxbury Pudding Stone. A natural, conglomerate mass, composed of hard, round stones only on its surface with any kind of covered that air from it has all the peculiarly cemented together. Per box, 15 cents, metal has been invented by Dr. Iv. good negative qualities of that of moun¬ post free, or with the Realm one year for 33 cents. Donalowski of Russia, says Engineer¬ tain altitudes for consumptives, being No. io. Beautiful varieties of jQUAB-TZ, such A MILLION as rose, glassy,crystalized, ferogineous, milky, etc. ing. The object is attained by an elec¬ ,free from dust particles and micro Box 20c, post free, ^ ' ;th Realm one year for _ trical process of separation of the dif¬ organisms. Each room in the sani¬ ST A IVS PS ATliUCLAK X) & Cih, St a. A,Boston .MASS. To be GIVEN AWAY (or ferent salts from a given metal by ac¬ tarium receives its air by a tube fron A DOLLAR CAMERA for taking 2x2picture the addresses of collectors cumulation of the separated metal in a the subterranean cavern. This gives with complete developing and printing out¬ in your neighborhood. The cathode. the place in summer a temperature of fit, and instructions together with REALM more names'^ the more stamps, oneyear for 70 CENTS, or free with 2 sub¬ ►ji; Seed a lc stamp for ntefami There can be used copper, iron, sil¬ i 10 to 20 degrees lower than that of the scriptions at 35c each and 10c extra. Address-. postage. ver. nickel and any_ of the metals external air. REALM, Station A, BOSTON, MASS. 446 Tremsat SbrlWraTMass We are giving away i$ll; UZZLES STORIES RECIPE MANUAL ETC., ETC., FREE Not ond game or one .trick to each person, but an assortment of the above making NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. pictorial issue of U. S. stamps for the St. • A temporary lull in business preceding the Louis fair is being discussed by the post-office holidays made a strange contrast to the ex¬ 500 for each person 15hQ illustration to the officials at Washington. ceptional fall trade, and had a discouraging and including-ILLUMINATED GAMES, such as Dominoes, Chess, Nine Men Morris, left represents the type of We have secured illustrations of the ic and effect upon some dealers who made up their Fox and Geese, etc.; Startling; TRICKS of 3 unique stamps recently 5c values of the 1902 issue of Guatemala. mind that there was no money in the stamp Sleight of Hand for stage ana parlor enter¬ tainment; chapter of Conundrums, the best issued by Bulgaria in com¬ business, and evidently went out of it. We are glad to say that business is now very much you have ,e\«er seen; PUZZLES,: with correct memoration of the 25th answers; STORIES for long evenings; Recipe anniversary of the de¬ improved and in fact better than it has been Manual of trade secrets, telling how to make any time this winter, Some attribute the such articles as colored inks, glue, baking pow¬ fense of Shipka Pass der, bluing, paint, tooth powder, candy, etc. etc. where the Turks were change to the appearance of the 1903 Stan¬ One of these recipes originally sold for $100.00. unsuccessful in making a dard Catalogue which is now out. You have an opportunity to get rich making and Some idea of the progress which is being selling the artic’es described here. Also some charge against the Bul- made in the domain of philately from year to choice cooking re«ipes and hundreds of other useful and entertaining devices, including1 the garian soldiers. year may be gathered from the annual reports special These stapips were priced in our Nov. issue. magic age card; how to memorize dates and num¬ At this early hour, the subject of a of the Amer. Phil. Association, the last report bers by a wonderful discovery invaluable to teach, to appear filling a book of 98 large pages of ers and scholars; deaf and dumb alphabet; some good experiments: etc., etc. Just think of it, statistical and other valuable information. One of the finest collections of rare stamps 500 OF THE ABOVE FREE TO in the east is that owned by W. H- Sussdorf, whose album won the gold medal at a recent EACH PERSON competitive exhibit in New York. There who sends only ten cents for a A'-P!UeE'eATAtGGUE:©F:.ra-E:-CTAMPSS were 17 stamps in the collection, which were 500 3-months’ trial subscription to alone valued at $2250. our great paper for young and old. Alt we ask is thatlf you like the paper show it to your friends or III oil all n ati © One thing is noticeable in the new cata¬ WRITTEN. FOR- THE - REALM. •'••TO‘BE CONTINUED.' •' •'• ' '• • •' speak a good word forsr us bjby way of an advertise. a&fe&a&tr • ‘ • • • ■ .. ■ • • • ; V* ■ • . . logue: the stability of market values during ment. This offer is to> introduce outourselves to. 100,000 the past 12 months. Nothing discourages a new subscribers. If the above supply of games etc. become exhausted before you write to us, we will Collector more than the discovery that a return your money. But we advise you to write stamp he paid a dollar for, last year, has at once to secure the above. Address— First column of prices is for new stamps, 2nd for used, When two or more stamps are dropped to a quarter. We do not predict HE A LM 'Station A,ISoston, Mam, listed on one line the price to the right is for each stamp. many surprises of this nature in 1903.

Nc 1 cspap er St a flips. xoc buff, 20c ble, 60c lilac r.oo INDIA Gout in ued. IONIAN ISLANDS 1861-3, 1381; on ’79 iss. Italy;50c vio, 2L red 85 5c grn, ioc claret, 20c orge, 25c ble 25 1881-1900; various designs; Da grn 3 1 1859; 34P orange 1.50 18.00 xc blk 2 4 1900; 1 pia on 25c blue, 1891 iss. Italy 1 a red brown 8 1 ip blue 1.25 1S.00 20 " 3 10 Offices in Tripoli; sch.“Bengasi”lpioft 25 ble 2a ultramarine or violet, 2a6p ultrmne 8 2 2p lake 70 12.00 2C buff 5 18 2a6p green, iRred&grn, ia6p brown 4 1863-5; 2nd cut. 3p carmine, 3p gray, on )4a green 2 icgrnish 2 1 3a orange, 4a olive, 8a purple 2 2c brown 2 1 9p red, 12a brown, 2% on 4a6p, xR gray 6 1878; official stamps surcharged in blue. 20 4p6p grn, 2R bwn & rose, 3R grn & bwn ITALY 2c on 2c, on 5c, on 30c 3 58. violet & blue 5o 2c on 20c, on iooc, on 200c 7 JAMAICA 1902; head Edw. 1851-54; designs similar to cut. 2c on 500, 2C on 1000c 13 1860-97; various designs. VII; various de¬ 5c black, 5c green 7.50 6.00 1890-1; Postal Packet stamps surcharged. signs; 20c blue, 2 varieties 85 2c on 10, on 20, on 50, on 75c 3 Dp claret, ip ble, 2p rose 0 p grn, ip rose, 2p slate 2 3P gray 2 40c rose 11.00 9.00 2c on 1.25, 2c on 1.75 3 20 jLa green 1 5C green, 20c blue 2.25 2c on 5c green of 1879 regular issue 4 3P green, iS brown 4p brown 1 a carmine 1 40c rose 2.25 4 40c rose 4.00 4.00 6p lilac or orange, 3p olive 8 1856-62. 2Kp on 4p orange * 35 35 5 c grn 3 5 2S brown, 5S violet 10c bwn 3 3 1889-91. Chinese Expeditionary Force; 1900; sever¬ 15c ble 2 2 ip lilac & purple I al stamps were surcharged C. E. F. 20c blue 3 3 2p green 7 3 Service; 1866 7; surchgd on stamps of India, 40c red 3 3 1896; 2c orange brown 2 2)4p lilac & blue 8 5 the most common being: 80c ylw 7 30 ic brown, similar; figure 1 in 4 corn’rs 2 1900-1901; waterfall, ia bi own, 2a yellow, 4a green, 8a rose 4 3L bronze 50 1901; ic brown; 2nd of above 3 cuts 1 ip red 5 2 ip red & black 4 2 1874-1901; surchgd. “On H. M. S.” for of¬ 1862-77; various 2c orange brown; 3rd " "2 ficial use, the most common being: - . ■ " ■-•'■-ViA'.V—1 designs. Da blue, ia brown, type of 555-’79 issue 2 5 c green 1 Official ; 1890; Dp gm, 1 red, 2 slate yDa green, la red brown, 2a blue 1 ioc buff 1 15c blue 1 Unpaid ; 1863; circular; value in cen¬ 20c on 15c 1 ter; ioc yellow 30 1.00 JAPAN ♦ Local Issues of India. 20c blue , i 1 1869; oblong; io.c buff 50 25 1871-2; 500m ble-grn 2.50 5.00 ioc blue, 20c orange, 30c brown, 40c red 2 1869-94; color of low val¬ 48m bwn, loom btue 20 60c lilac, used, 4c. 2L scarlet 15 ues, buff & red; ic, 2c 3 200m verm, 2s verm 2.00 5c, ioc, 20c, 30c, 50c D>s red brown, is blue 90 1879; 5c grn (cinque) 1 40c, iL blue & reddish 5s blue green 2.00 ioc red (dieci) 1 60c, 2L " " 20c orange (venti) 1 5L blue & reddish 15c blue (venticinque) 1 10L " » 1872-5; is brown 8 30c brown (trenta) 1.00 4 jDs bwn or gray, is ble 12 50c violet (cinquanta) 2 1884; 50L green, 100L clareP 75 15 2s yellow, 20s rose 12 2L vermin (lire due) 75 75 1890; ioc on 2c buff, 30c on 2c buff 12 4 2s vermilion 60 20c on ic buff 8 7 ’9L 2°c on 30 bwn, usd, 2c. 20 on 50 vio 5 4s green usd 35c. 43 rose 25 1889-90. ios ultramarine or green 1.00 5c green 1 20s violet, 30s gray 40c brown 1 Official; 1874; color, lake-. 1874-5; 6s violet brown 75 45c slate 2 .OEgK 2c, 5c, 30c 3 3 bs'orange 35 60c violet 1S76; similar; 5s grn 3.00 2.00 There are several hundred crude, native 3 20c 2 2 1L brown 2 1875; bird in cen.er, issues for separate states, the majority, no ni LOOC 5 5 5L green 12s rose 1.25 1.25 doubt, being purely speculative. The most 85 200C 7 8 15s lilac 1.50 1.50 common only are listed in this catalogue as 5L blue 20 500c, ioooc 35 35 follows: 1891-97. 45s lake 1.50 1.50 Alwur; first cut; blue or yhv grn 3 3 5c green 3 1 Postal Packet; 1884-7. Bhopaul; 2nd " ; ’98, if a blk or " 4 5c green, like 10c gray 10 25 Chamba State on sips India; jDa "44 ’89 issue, but 20c blue 10 25 1 a red brown 4 4 co 1 o r e d in¬ 50c claret 8 2 Cochin; )dp yellow, 3p ultramarine 3 3 scription 1 75c green 8 4 Ilolkar; 1892;3rd cut; org, 'd bwn 3 3 ioc claret 1 1.25 orange 20 8 1 lyderabad( Deccan) 4th cut 20c orange, 25c blue, 45c olive 1 I.75 brown 25 25 1876-92; various designs; 12s rose 1.75 reddish, ia brown 3 190I-2, Jhind(Punjaub)’S2, 5th cut; org 3 5r gray, is green, 2s rose, 4s green, i 5c green I “ ’89;schd on Da grn of India 4 3 Benadir; 1902; ic claret, 2 org, 2D ble 4s bistre,5s ultrmn, ios org, 15s prpl,25s grn 1 ioc red l Kishengarh, 1901, f4a red, hi blue 3 5c orge, ioc lilac, iB bwn, 2B grn is blk, 2s olive, 3s rose, 8s lilac, ios blue 2 20c orange 1 Nowanuggur, id blue, id red, id blk 5 is maroon, 2s dark viol, 20s org, 50s bwn 2 25c blue 1 Offices in Crete; 1901; surchd LAVCANE A. Orcha; 1900, 6th cut, }-.,a red 4 8s puce, 15s yellow green 3 40c brown 2 1 pi on 25c blue 8 Sirmoor; Ifo. green, 39 org, 6p grn 3 3 Offices in Levant; surcharged ESTERO. 2us deep blue, 1 Yen carmine S 45c olive 2 Travancore, ich ultramarine 5 4 1874-8; on ’62 iss. Italy; 2L red 1.00 2.00 5s brown, 50s carmine 12 50c violt, iL bwn, used, 2c. Wadhwan; jDp black 6 6 5L blue 5c grn, ioc ble,2oe org,30 bwn,40 rose 50 3s orange, 63 orange 40 Cheaper than Wholesale I A packet of 20 perfect U. S. stamps guaran¬ teed to catalogue at 50c for only 20 cents. Geo.W.Sharer, 1518 Haak St., Reading, Pa.

ANTED! Names of five collectors. We pay 20c each in stamps. Beginners, buy our 100 different for only 7 cents. VAX HEIM STAMP CO. Nauheim . •. . *. . *. Penna. C!ri|n Op Stamp for postage and I 4^ will tell you how you can SYSTEM whether X sends his address with the stamps or easily make 75c each for copying letters. not, as each sheet is numbered. On card No. 21 Anyone who can write can do this work. Send NOTHER secret of success is order or to-day, c, E, COOLEY, Beekskill, N. Y. draw a line through the name to show that the system in the management of the varT STAMPS stamp and book-keeping depart¬ sheet is in. If No. 50 was not sent, by mistake, 49 other prizes for with sheet 21, the note on 21 will reveal the fact. 2000 largest sales from FREE ments of the business. Unless app. sheets at 50 to 66% ptc, $00 hinges for In the alphabetical list it is also indicated that there is a place for everything and names 3 collectors. S.Montgomery,Rome,Ga. the sheets have been returned and new numbers everything kept in its place, mail orders cannot *1 g* PER CENT, discount allowed on our added if more stamps were sent to the same M O sheets. Send postal for trial selection. be filled with dispatch or profit. There is un¬ agent. At stated intervals, usually once a month, 100 varieties foreign, 6 cents. necessary handling and looking about for stock, WHITTIER STAMP COMPANY the numerical cards are gone through and if any 12 Arlington St. Amesbnrg Mass. and hunting for wrapping paper and twine, and sheet is found to be overdue the agent holding r nn Different stamps, cat. $8, only $1,30 other inconveniences to consume time, when that sheet is notified. This is the most perfect OUU 1000 m " CM. $24.00 " 3.90 everything is not in order. system, we believe, that is at the same time .. 4 var. Costa Rica 1889, unused, 5c; There should be a spindle for filled orders and 6 var, .08 practical. There is no danger of the same agent 5000 fine die-cut stamp hinges, only .30 the date of filling the order should be stamped on receiving the same sheet twice and the amount of We have a fine line of Approval Books which each letter. All inquiries, complaints, etc., we will send to those giving references. purchases, class of stamps sent, etc., can be noted Illinois Stamp Co. Prophetstown Ills. should be kept in an alphabetical letter file. on the number card. The value of the sheet POST YOURSELF There should be a pigeon hole in the desk for all must also be written on this card at the time the letters which have been received without name or OUR U. S. Catalogue now out, True sheet is made up and numbered. guide of present market values of U, address. An alphabetical card catalogue of ad¬ S. postage, adhesives, departments and Our second method does away with the numeri¬ dresses of all customers should be kept, and each revenues ,price 10 c.£nts, cal card index, but every sheet is given a new 500 fine hinges sent free with each order card, dated when Tiled away. It takes a little number each time it is refilled and sent out. The mentioning this advertisement. extra time to get things started in a systematic J,W.Scott’s Best Album, 1903 edition bound only advantage this system has over the former in boards $i.oo, Same bound in cloth $2.00. way, but after the system gets into working order, is in the saving of time. It is not nearly as com¬ iooo hinges with each order. it will save one lots of time and trouble. If a Standard Stamp Catalogue of World’s stamps, plete. Here is the way to go to work : Take a party complains, of not receiving his order, the 1903 Edition, post free 58 cents. piece of stiff cardboard about four inches long by General agents wanted. Special offer. original letter can be found, if it has been re¬ 2| wide. Punch two shingle nails through the Coldwater Stamp Co. ceived, and the date when the goods were sent is card, one on each end and about 2-| inches apart. COLDWATER /. .*. MICH. known at once. If an old customer forgets to Stand the nails head up, the cards serving as base send his address with an order, the card catalogue for the spindle thus made for the reception of Netherlands letters received from agents asking for sheets. fine. A popu. is consulted ; and so on. 20 VAR. lar p a c k e t 10c We have devised two practical methods of Now Mr. X writes for a consignment of stamps. from a popular country. You need the stamps Sheet No. I is sent him and figure 1 is written at for your collection, so send the money now keeping approval-sheet occounts; one where each the bottom of his letter. The letter is also dated before you forget it. sheet receives a number which remains upon the 500 well mixed foreign stamps 12 cents. and placed on the spindle, the nails going it U. S. doc. rev, $3 brown, cut 6 sheet during the life of that sheet; the other, through the top of the letter. This leaves the " " " $3 " uncut 8 " where a new number is iflaced upon the sheet name and address in the lower part of the letter " " " $5 red " 12 " GEO. M. FISK every time it is refilled and sent out to an agent. free for examination, also the number which is crossed off* when the empty sheet comes back. 2015 Vermont Are., TOLEDO, OHIO We will take up each method, commencing with The value of the sheet and other remarks may 75% COMMISSION 75% the first. also be written at the foot of the letter. Mr. Y \ * A E are closing out our stock and will The alphabetical card catalogue of names and next gets a sheet. This is numbered “2” and the I I VL 8*ve the above discount on purchases addresses is used in both cases. Cards no larger same number put on his letter. Letter No. 2 is wW" of at least 25c worth net, from our sheets. Send for a selection right away than 2xlf inches will do. Cheap manila tag stock then placed on the spindle directly on top of No. 1, and so on until No. 99 is reached. This com¬ Westwood Stamp Co., Westwood, Mass. is as good as anything, but every card must be of pletes the first file which should be placed on a an even size and a shallow drawer or set of AN AMERICAN WATCH handy shelf for future reference and a new file guaranteed to keep good drawers made to just hold the cards. Now in the started with No. 100. which should run to 199. ! iine and stand hard usage for 10 years, will be given first method, another card catalogue of numbers is With this system the alphabetical card cata¬ with the REALM one year for $1.15, post paid. provided, a number for each sheet. If you have logue is used as mentioned above. The stamp business, more particularly than A Still Better 200 sheets on hand, it will take just so many cards, Wa+f*h ladie’ssize many other lines of trade, is influenced by the cUtll, nickel arranged in numerical order, a number at the top plated, worth$3.00, is season of the year. In the late winter and given with REALM of each card. Now suppose you send sheet No. 21 through the spring months we have what is called one year for only $2.30, seat free by to Mr. X. Mr. X’s npe and address is written the “stamp season,” when the business is at its registered mail. Write at once to on card No. 21 and the date stamped there. best and dealers generally are kept busy attend¬ ing to the wants of agents and filling up empty Realm, Sta. A, Boston. Furthermore, a card is made out for the alpha¬ sheets. If one has the capital it is a good plan to betical index with Mr. X’s name and address lay in a stock of stamps during the summer KitesDiagrams andFree. full direc¬ (the last name written first, in the upper left- months and make up as many approval sheets as tions ior making toy kites,the Eddy kite, and the wonderful hand corner) and No. 21 is written at the bottom possible for the winter’s demand. If this cannot Blue Hill Observatory box kite. Material eosts little of the card, so that two entries are made when¬ be done, a little system will enable one during or nothing. The box kite the busy season to save time and confusion in will rise straight from, the ever Mr. X. receives a consignment of stamps. If hand, and carry a camera filling sheets and we shall endeavor next into the clouds for photo¬ two sheets, Nos. 21 and 50 are sent him at the to offer some suggestions along this line. What graphing from high alti¬ tude s - Large ones used ia same time, his name is written on both numerical is needed in large offices more than anything else war for making observa¬ tions. Inventors now cards and on No. 21 a note is added that he also now lacking is a machine to hinge stamps rapidly adopt the plan of the kite for new experiments in has sheet No. 50, and on 50, that he has 21. In to approval sheets, which will save time and flying machines. You labor and at the same time keep the agents in want to know all about the alphabetical index, furthermore, it is recorded them. Send 10c for trial better humor while they are waiting for the next subscription to our paper that he has these two sheets. and receive these di- -— consignment. Who will be the Edison to invent reotions, with the history of the kite, free. When the sheets are returned it matters not such a machine for the sake of our glorious hobby ? ME A L'M, Station A$BosUm, Muss, T HI E> R EAL J*\ -v* » s r-*>rj00 's.ryjf -10 'w :5^svv*i£ »: vv»~ iv;j-» j*** »tf> .tv. *»- v> r* .>S# » * * *

Of used and unused stamps includ¬ rftrr 1000 foreign stamps 10 .everyone. rllEt answering this advertisement and STAMP COL¬ ing Vasco da Gama, Nyassa 1901, following instructions. Send postal card for LECTIONS Japan, India, Portugal, Egypt, Australia, etc., etc., $1 particulars. H. J. KLEINMAN GIVEN and $2 U.S. revenues and 250 Faultless Hinges, price 10c 364$: N. Marshall St., Philadelphia, Pa. AWAY. Cuba newspaper 1894, complete roc. 18 japan 10c. Cuban newspaper 1896, complete 10c IPIPi jf8 100 var- foreign stamps for the This big outfit Li I# is la names and addresses of two consists o f one WOKBD 50 VARIETIES U. S. STAMPS IO as. I § I L. L. honest collectors; only one to stamp album, lat¬ 25 varieties unused stamps 10c 460 assorted foreign stamps 10c each. Postage 2 cents. est edition, fully 9 " Portugal 10c 18 varieties Sweden 10c HOME STAMP CO., Sta. C. Toledo, Ohio. illustrated with 10 sets Japan cards, 3 varieties 10c 12 varieties Finland 10c cuts of th< various postage stamps of the RITISH Protectorate, No. Borneo, 10 world, and provided with spaces lor a large 9 varieties North Borneo 20c Add postage on orders under 30 cents. ;/ B collection of 2,300 varieties; one sheet of best varieties used 42c stamps; one packet Chas. A. Townsend, 63 Fay St., Akron,_Ohio. * ?ut $1.50, and Ecuador Jubilee 1896, 7 var. unused 30c ____o_,, (Jubilee, etc,) Fine approval selections. References required Bogota, a U. S. worth 25c, Argentine, Cuba G. A. 7T?wyM,9oMeridianSt..,E.Boston,Mass. W, unused, of 1875, *79, ’80, Mexico, Servia, The place do Buy • u^itbsti^ and others ; and our illustrated lists of stamps 100 War Ships, loc; 100 Canada 15c.; 100 and premiums. This collection will give you a good start, and what duplicates you find can lave Pje Largest Assort A crff kgh Canada revenues 30c; 6 King’s heads 10c; 5 :be exchanged with the boys for other stamps. ytnent of LAMPS arjd ^TfSr^ Canada Jubilee 10c; 6p Canada $2; 1000 This great collection free, as a premium, it tine Canada $2. Price lists free. you will send only 35c for a year’s subscrip¬ )r !XTURE5JsMew^ tion to this paper. You never before heard of :nglai?c W. It- ADAMS, Toronto, Ontario an offer equal to this one, made simply to add 10,000 or more names to our subscript*011 BSL DEALERS WHOLESALE Collection not sold without subscription. Our new wholesale list of 40 pages has just REALMt Sta, A, Rostont Mass, been issued and prices a very large variety of stamps, sets, packets, mixtures and dealer’s Wwi supplies. Mailed free. Prices will interest BOYS AND GIRLS ‘•mENffiY&VATERBUKY. ISlPKANKLlH SlBOSl every dealer. copy RlQfl T£V>: Subscribe Now for THE JUNIOR Iff arks Stamp Co. Toronto, Canada A new paper, full of everything interesting to We are open to purchase for H xLiv J Ll J gp0t casp,^ stamps of every coun¬ boys and girls. New information for stamp QTAMPQ GIVEN AWAY collectors. Write at once for free sample copy. Philatelic f try in quantity; collections, job lots, consign¬ J I AIVIJT>J£j$ LM O S T You can get THE JUNIOR FREE for one ments, offers and price-lists wanted. Supplies | loo stamps all different, cataloguing $1.75 oS year if you sell io copies to your friends. WANTED WANTED 20 space approval sheets Same packet with A 1 b u m containing Address— THE JUNIOR, Bethlehem, Pa. 4c per doz., 25c per. 100 spaces for 3500 stamps, bound in boards 30 60 space approval books, Set 14 Roman States, unused 03 united States Choice Stamps Cheap. China 1894 3c orange Set 8 Samoa, unused 10 1895 50c orange 5c 8c per doz., 60c per loo. 64 space ap¬ yellow 5c. Domin. Rep. 1900 2 var. map Set 8 North Borneo, used . . ► 15 " $1 black 23 proval books toe per doz., 75c per 100 stamps 3c. Honduras 1865 2- Tar*> complete Set 5 Bergedorf, unused 06 " 3, 5> I0C dues, 3 for 5 set, unused 4c,Liberia 1894,5c triangular, im¬ “Perfect” hinges, 10c per 1000, 25c Postage, extra. " 30c due 15 ped. unused loc. Netherlands 1888 i gul. per 3000, 60c per 10,000 " 50c due 25 INEST Approval Books in the world at gray violet 7c. Shanghai 1893 i, 2 and 5c un¬ Glass watermark detectors: a very at¬ F PORTUGAL 50 p. c. Just send good reference and paid, unused 5c. Paiaguay 1884 I, 2 and 5c tractive and useful article. Will save 1879, 150 r yellow 3 its cost frequently in bringing out one books will follow. unused loc. Toga 1900 3 and 5pf unused 5c, 1895, 200 r lilac 3 loo varities 5c. Bargain list free. ^ rare watermark. Price 40 cents. R. M. MITCHELL 1898, 130 r brown 3 LEON V. CASS Me Graw, New York •‘Glass pens : a novelty and a very handy ^ Hawaii $1 blue, revenue 5 It A BELL N e to J e r s e y article.' Point may be reversed ancT pen #■ 0 PRICE LISTS FREE carried in pocket. Each 10 cents. ^ 4E2N “g3 A i&ag OO y Borneo 1893, fine, 3ftc TAYLOR STAMP COMPANY xxmx&GMWmm 2ooo Indian arrow points at ic each. ^ 1 Iwi &“* 6 Newfoundlnd. 12c. 7 68 Trinity Street, Buffalo, New York Y NEW WHOLESALE LIST | Decorated pottery, fragments gathered#, Spain 1850-54, 15c. 10 Chili 12c. 4HongKong 6c. 5 Jamaica 5c. 3 Malta 5e. 12 Nethlanda 8c. from near Qothlicoochees mound on A❖ m just issued sent on application to 8 N. Zland including pictorial 8c. 3 Straits ☆ r. -j* the Savannah river, per ounce 2)4 cts. Settlements 5c. 5 Trinidad 6c. Stamps gn approval Stamp Dealers Only. Apply to—— Round pieces of pottery used for vessel ❖ E. G. Fuikudi, 653 Foster Av., Chicago, Ills. PRICES BELOW SCOTT’S CAT. , , Wm. v. d. Wettern, Jr., 411 W. Stara- ^ i ND half com. allowed. Agents wanted. ^ toga St., Baltimore, MCI. stoppers, each 5 cents ♦ A beautiful broken bank note L &®C? with orders inclosing 10 cents Buying or Selling Catalogue of Coins. Old gun flints found near Fort Charlotte for my 1902 catalogue of Confederate Stamps. Paper Money etc. 10c each. Sent pre stamps, notes, bonds and United States Frae paid for 25c: 20Foreign Coins; 10old U.S cop f price Io cents. per Cents; 10 Confederate or Broken Bank > Civil War bullets, long or round, good Currency. Address— VARIETIES OLD R. L. Deltrick.Lorraine Vn. Bills: or 200 var. form stps. We buv and sell shape or battered, each 5C1 per doz. 50c STAMP & COIN EXCHANGE, Civil War Revs Beautiful souvenir cards, used With one 25 171? 23 ANN ST., N. Y. CITY. or more stamps, specimens from several .■ 50 DIFFERENT STAMPS ■. I want agents to sell U. S. postage and different countries, each 3 cents. ROM British Colonies only, revenue stamps at 50 per cent discount. Entire Mexican postal cards at l3 cata¬ as Malta, Gibraltar, British BOOKS FRED logue prices Honduras, Barbados, Ber¬ G. JONES Entire Mexican envelopes at jo catalog muda, Hong Kong, Gold Free! Louisville 2T3tbbebe°tok Ky. prices. Coast, Lagos, Sierra Leone Good foreign and U. stamps at >2 to 10You may select any 10 of. the S. etc., for only 25 cents. This following books (ordering them by The 1903, or 62d edition, of the * A/ catalogue prices is a real Bargain. A rare number) if you will send us a 35c ; job lots at % to j'g catalogue prices. stamp to all sending for our subscription to the Realm. Books Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue are not for sale and 6-months’ sub ; Everything sent postpaid on receipt of Approval Books at 5° Per scriptions do not apply to this GREAT OFFER: NOW READY. Price, 58c, post free. cash or I will accept good stamps at J-;{ cent, discount. Tricks, How to do sleight-of-hand. No. 5 INTERNATIONAL catalogue prices, my selection. Electricity, How to experiment in. 11 POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM Joel Hi Du Bose Thomas Stamp Comp’y Stamps, Dealing in postage stamps.. 9 Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Editions 6 0 4 CHARTKES STREET Stories, “Charles’ Surprise” and others" 10 Just published. Popular prices. HUGUENOT, GEORGIA Story, “The Hidden Box” Olmstead " 6 Write for particulars and 84 page price list. NEW ORLEANS, ■■ LA. Stories by Altgeld. 1 Indian Relics 't Coins, Prices paid for old U. S. coins. " 14 Scott Stamp & Coin Co. Stamps EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS Receipts, Household receipts and hints" 52 18 East 23d St., New York io Approval Books, loo stamps- 10 Stamp Dictionary of philatelic terms 7 100 Approval Sheets, 25 stamps 15 Stamps, Prices paid for old stamps. 8 GERMANY 1902 3pf, error, fine copy,og. .25 100 Diff. Stamps, Jamaica &c., cat.$1.25 20 Stamps, Where dealers get them. 12 Russia 1889 ir used *lo Great 101; C o m b i n a t ion. 50 all dift. foreign Finest sheets at 65 off. Send reference. Chemistry, How to do experiments. 2 Hungary 1900 ikr used .15 stamps. 1 large old U. S. copper cent. 1 War token [used for cents during Rebellion.J 1 set ot Sample of Philatelic Star and lists free. Lincoln, Stories of him. Ttidpath 5i Straits 1901 King’s Head ic o. g. .02 4 unused Costa Rica stamps. 1 unused U. b. J. N. Burton Toys, How to make them at home. 13 Sarawak 1892 ic o. g. .04 revenue stamp. All postpaid for only 10 cents. A. BULLARD & CO., Publishers, Sirmoor 1885 3pi o. g. .02 LINCOLN STAMP & COIN CO., Lincoln, NeO. MADISON_NEW YORK 446 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts Cuba 1899 ie on U. S. ic used .01 SAY My sheets are priced at 5to J catalog value, " 2 Jo " 2c " .03 and are. at 50 per cent, discount. Become my a- m- STAMPS FREE . . 50 YEARS* Security Stp. Cn., Box 106 Galveston, Texas gent and get rare prize for every $1 worth you sell. 100 all diff. foreign for the names and ad¬ EXPERIENCE A postal card will bring approval sheets by return dresses of two collectors and 2c postage. mail. H, H. G O W A N 19 Met¬ Only one to each. calf. St. . . • Toronto ... - Canada -5 1901 revs. $1 to $5, only 15c regardless of catalog value 2 1902 " green and black, only 3c We are closing out all our stamps, including many rare and unused ones trom our private col¬ 9 North Borneo 1894, complete, only 50c lections, in lots of 15 tor 10c, 01-35 lor 2>c- We are International Album, latest edition $1.50 almost giving them away, so order quick. _ Imperial Album; holds 3500 stamps 30c Box 385 : : AFTON : : NEW YORK Scott’s latest catalogue, post free 58c Trade Marks Designs WHOLESALE 8 all applicants for Copyrights &c. K our FINE Stamps on 100 $i$2 rev.gray 19c loo Cuba5c’9i-96 10c Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an ^'.approval, a prize stamp 100 Jamaica Jub. 50c 100 $ 1 re vs. green 25 c invention is probably patentable. Communica¬ TYPEWRITERS GIVEN AWAY« ’Spnd- ref. if possible. 25 1902 revs $1,$2.25c 5 sets Cuba war 10c tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents of value. gent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Little Giant, a wonderful, automatic writing 1 o sets Chili Tel. 10c 10 " Egp salt tax 20c machine, and the REALMone year, £1 IE 20 Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive passay giraffe, 7 war. 50 blank sheets loe 100 " " " 19c special notice, without charge, in the both sent post free in U.S. or Can’da rbuan & Borneo monkeys, 4 varieties 18 Practioal No. 1, for postal cards and^l f|f% 5000 Faultless hinges 30c. 10,000 40c. neat note paper, with REALM 1 Ashland Stamp Company Price lists free. Wholesale list for dealers. 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