^ PUBLISHED BY A. BULLARD ®. CO 446 TIJEMONT ST. BOSTON .v HASS VOL. XI. NOVEMBER, 1905 NO. 119. Raising Blue Grass Turkeys 1 Kentucky Roads Dotted With Marching Flocks — The Outdoor Method: To«ir bf F&Utable Birds —. - - -* I {J K ENTUCKY is coming forward as a great turkey raising state and already bids fair to rival Rhode Island and Con¬ necticut as a producer of the Thanks¬ giving bird. The roads in November hre ddtbed With riiarching flocks, leav¬ ing the farms and converging upon the towns, where on arrival they are killed and packed in refrigerator cars for shipment to all points of the compass. Thousands of these turkeys are raised by negroes on their little holdings, and on them falls the task of slaughtering and plucking the fowls, 2 y 2 cents apiece being paid for the labor. Several weeks before Thanksgiving buyers go through the rural districts, picking up bunches of the fowls, which are driven to the nearest railroad sta¬ tion and forwarded to the “factory/’ where they are killed, scalded in vats of boiling water, washed-, cooled oh blocks of ice and finally shipped with Ifed in barrels covered with bagging. In this way the Thanksgiving crop is transported to the market centers. If it be reckoned that 1,000,000 of the birds are sold in towns and cities to which they are shipped alive—usually in wicker crates containing half a dozen each—5,000,000 are left to be carried, dead and plucked, in cold stor¬ age cars. One such vehicle will hold 1,000 turkeys, so that obviously 5,000 cars are required to accommodate the Thanksgiving fowls which the public appetite demands. If these cars were placed in line, they would compose a train thirty miles in length, conveying approximately 22,000 tons of birds. In Kentucky and also in Connecticut and Rhode Island what may be called the outdoor method of raising turkeys is now being extensively practiced. The birds are provided with neither shelter nor roosts, even in winter, and are compelled to shift for themselves, the idea being to imitate natural con¬ ditions as closely as possible. They are fed liberally and in spring are pro¬ vided with half barrels for nests, but there is as little interference as possi¬ ble with their ways of living. Far from suffering from such neglect, they seem to enjoy much better health; they are vigorous and hardy, and epidemics such as are liable to decimate ordinary flocks are rare among them. Epidemics of disease are the great¬ est trouble of the turkey breeder, fre¬ quently sweeping away whole flocks in a few days. Hence it is that large numbers of the birds cannot be raised together, and at least five acres of i*ange ordinarily are required for each “hen” and her brood of poults. Recent¬ ly there has come to be a great demand for young “broiler” turkeys early in autumn, and such prices are obtained for them as to afford an inducement to farmers to “force the crop,” as is done with chickens, We hdve in this country immense quantities of surplus corn easily con¬ vertible into turkeys, and each autumn the crop of birds surpasses all previous records. In prosperous times, of course, the demand is at a maximum, and this Thanksgiving will see more of the fowls eaten than were consumed on the same festive occasion in ah# year hitherto. To absorb a consider able surplus there has grown up a for¬ eign demand, and many thousands of choice gobblers and “hens” will be shipped this autumn to Europe to tickle the appreciative palates of epi¬ cures on the other side of the water.— Louisville Courier-Journal, BARGAINING WITH A BUYER. A Thankful Spirit. Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me anything you have to be thankful for in the past year? Johnny (without hesitation)—Yessur. Teacher—Well, Johnny, what is it? Johnny—Why, when you broke your arm you couldn’t lick us for two months.—New York Life. The Turkey’s Plaint. I am an unassuming’ turkey, And I am not to blame If by any primogenesis Upon the earth I oame. They never said a word to me. And if I’d had my way I should have gone some otherwhere To spend Thanksgiving day. I The Red Man’s Thanksgiving I How Reservation Indians Enjoy the Day. A Pony Smoke Popular—Killing Theif Own Meat I V. I NTEREST in Thanksgiving day and its observance is just as in¬ tense these days among the reser¬ vation Indians as in college towns where great football games are sched¬ uled to occur. Especially is this true in the southwest, where the Indians have had an opportunity to become thoroughly civilized of late years. The' white people find no more enjoyment in this day of universal cheer than do these same dusky redskins. It is., a da$- of feasting*^ 1 ing, apd MEDICINE MEN DANCE THEIR APPROVAL, gaming, with a big dance at night. Such sport only comes once a year to them nowadays, when they have had to forsake the scalping knife for the plow. Their wild nature revolted at the idea of work, and it has been with much difficulty that the government agents have made farmers out of the young braves. A day of rest and amusement is considered good for their better nature, and the government au¬ thorities are willing that Thanksgiv¬ ing day shall become a festal time for the reservation wards of the nation. The Osages hold a big feast at Paw- huska, their capital city. All members of the tribe are invited to take part in the festiyities.. At. the beginning and end of each meal, and there are many, the aged missionary who lives among them is invited to deliver a short pray¬ er, thanking the Great Spirit for the good things which the agent has sent them. The food is cooked by the squaws, and, while it could be pre¬ pared in a much cleaner and more tasteful manner, the cooking is an im¬ provement over that of a few years ago. The Apaches and Cheyennes are in the habit of holding a pony smoke. Of¬ ten the Osages indulge in this expensive festival. A pony smoke is a friendly meeting of two tribes and is especial¬ ly appropriate for the occasion. The tribe giving the smoke is supposed to bear all the expenses. They provide the best game and vegetables in the market for their guests, and at the end of the first day’s meeting they present a good pony to the head of each family visiting them. As a tribe consists of from 300 to 500 families, the expenses soon mount high. The Osages, being the richest reservation Indians, can better afford to hold pony smokes, and they generally invite several hundred guests from the Poncas, Tonka was and surrounding tribes. Those accepting the ponies are supposed to return the gift with equally expensive ones later on, but few of them are in the position so to do. The Poncas hold every Thanksgiving as a beef issue day. If the agent does not come forward and present them with a herd of cattle for this occasion they mortgage their property and buy cattle of some neighboring ranchman. A beef issue is the most typical and also the most picturesque of Indian Thanksgiving celebrations. For years the government has forbidden the issue of beef after the manner of an old time issue, but on especial occasions they are allowed the amusement of killing their own meat. It is said by the gov¬ ernment officers who succeeded in hav¬ ing the practice stopped that beef is¬ sues tend to make the Indian wilder and more difficult to civilize. A hundred cattle are turned loose in a large pasture. The young men of the tribe are mounted on mustangs and have shining guns. With the good wishes of the squaws and medicine men ringing in their ears, they ride out to kill the cattle. The beasts have no chance for life whatever. The chase is accompanied by an undue amount of wild yelling, while excitement grow® intense in the camp. The smell of fresh blood makes the squaws wild, as it were. After all the cattle have been shot down then the killers give a signal which means that all of the tribe are at liberty to rush forth and secure their, portion. A half beef is awarded to each squaw. The beef is cleaned and cooked on a fire on the open plain, while the medicine men dance their approval and the warriors sing in their glee. The feast follows with more dancing, and the whole day is thus spent, ending late at night with a final gorge— New York Tribune, ! Tha.ivksg iving For Two How Little Dan Cupid Was Aided In His Campaign by a. City Delica¬ tessen Shop By EPES W. SARGENT Copyright, 190It, by Epea W. Sargent I LOSE the window. I cannot ■ stand it!” said the girl, thrust- ing her hatpin back and forth in the velvet with trembling • fingers. The man did as he was told and then turned to her wonderingly. “Can’t stand what?” he asked. “That noise down in the street, those gamins tooting horns and beg¬ ging for pennies. It's so different from —from last year.” The man did not answer at once, but he understood. He could see it all— the big dining room at the farm, the large table In the center with its vivid red cloth and green shaded lamp, flank¬ ed on, one side by plates of apples and nuts and on the other by copies of the American Farmer and the Ransom County Herald. How they had both stood in the door¬ way that last Thanksgiving night for a final glance at the dear old room! And the next time they had entered it, how everything had changed! Death, desolation, the village auctioneer and the foreclosure of the mortgage, all these had come to the little farm in less than twelve months. The two years that Janet had spent in the big city denying herself everything, work¬ ing in an office during the day and in her studio room at night to send home interest money for the mortgage, now represented just so much wasted time. They had both come from Centerville, she as a typewritist and he as a book¬ keeper—both fresh from business col¬ lege. The mighty city had demanded much of their country vitality and en¬ ergy, so that they had seen very little of each other, considering that they had come from the same town, yet somehow both had felt comforted in the thought that the other was within reach of messenger or telephone. Janet had lived very much to herself and her typewriter table, but Herman had managed to see more of the city and absorb more of the city’s ways. That was why lie had discovered a de¬ sirable restaurant where he could se¬ cure their table d’hote dinner for Thanksgiving day at the moderate price of 60 cents each. Now he tried to speak cheerfully and to avoid looking at the hands that trembled and the eyes that would fill in spite of Janet’s strenuous efforts 10 maintain her composure. “Hurry up, Janet!” he said. “The Ramona fills up early, you know.” “I would not care if every table was taken,” she replied impulsively. “Oh, forgive me, Herman, when you are so kind to think of me today, but Thanks¬ giving dinner in a restaurant—you know that seems only for the homeless ones, and it makes me realize more than ever that I belong to that class now.” She looked around the room in which she had gathered the feAv family heir¬ looms brought down from the farm. It did not look homeless to Herman, and its possibilities as the scene of the Thanksgivisg dinner were brought to mind as he caught sight of the handle of a chafing dish sticking out from the cretonne cupboard curtain. “I say, Janejt, we won’t go out. We’ll cook dinner right here.” She sat down very suddenly and stared at him. “Start Thanksgiving dinner at 12 o’clock?” she asked half bitterly. “And will you please tell me how you can cook a dinner by the aid of one oil stove not guaranteed to work and a chafing disli built for two?” “Dead easy,” was his reply as he buttoned up his overcoat and reached for his hat. “You fill the oil stove and get the chafing dish ready and set out your table, and I’ll do the rest.” s Before she could ask any more ques¬ tions the door closed behind him. Me¬ chanically she removed her hat and reached for the gingham apron which she used when preparing her break¬ fasts and luncheons. Her dinners she always took at a nearby restaurant. She lifted the typewriter from its table and hid it in the closet. Then she spread a newspaper over the table. That would! do for the culinary depart¬ ment, she argued. She removed the student lamp from the center table and spread upon it a square piece of plain linen, handed down by Grandmother Harris. Then she went to a trunk which she had never opened since the day it left the farm, and one by one slip lifted out the treasured pieces of family crock¬ ery. There were tears in her eyes now, and they were not bitter tears. She began to feel strangely content. The idea that Herman might fail to pro¬ duce the viands for the feast never entered her head. Somehow or otfier he had always accomplished what he started to do ever since the day he had braved Farmer Green’s bull to steal for her a certain red cheeked apple which she coveted. When she heard Herman’s step at the door she was just putting the chrysanthemum he had brought her to wear into a slender vase to grace the center of the table. As she flung open the door she fairly gasped. The bundle he carried in ei¬ ther arm rose above his shoulder. She sat down weakly on a flat topped trunk by the “kitchen table” to watch him unpack the bundles. He checked off each package. “One can chicken soup, one bottle pickled onions, two turkey drumsticks, ditto slices of white meat, stuffing and gravy, one tin pail of cranberry jelly, one wooden dish filled with mashed po¬ tatoes, one can lima beans, one stalk celery, one mince pie (just see how thick it is with real raisins!), one sack of nuts (have you got a hammer?) and two apples.” Janet looked at the remarkable com¬ bination with eyes turned suddenly grave. “Herman, that cost you more than a table d’hote dinner would, and now how are we going to cook it?” “Most of it was cooked at the deli¬ catessen shop, and haven't we two stoves, or as good as two stoves? Draw out that oil contraption of yours.” She sprang to her feet. In a few mo¬ ments the teakettle was boiling and the water was ready to pour over the coffee in the little French pot, which was then left to drip. The cranberry sauce and the rest of the cold dishes were set forth in brave array on the china from the farm. While the soup cooked in the chaf¬ ing- dish the potatoes and the gravy were all heated in a big saucepan over the oil stove, and when the soup was served the beans took Its place in the chafing dish. And the two young peo¬ ple who had forgotten to be homesick and heartsick seated themselves at ei¬ ther end of a ridiculously small Thanks¬ giving dinner table. At last they sat over their nuts and raisins. Last year they had eaten them in front of a blazing fire. In¬ stinctively Janet glanced toward a ra¬ diator in a distant corner of the room. It did not look cheerful, but the steam was escaping merrily from the valve, and that was something to be thankful for. Then she looked back at Herman. She ought to be thankful for him too. She gave a little sigh of contentment. He looked up quickly. It sounded like old times. “Do you know,” she said wondering¬ ly, “I never supposed this place could be so much like home.” “Home is what people make it— what two people make it,” he cor¬ rected. He had stopped picking over the nuts now and his hands were clasped under the table. He did not want her to see that they were shaking. He had made the plunge so suddenly! “I don’t think this room is just what we ought to have, but we can get a nice little flat of three or four rooms and you would not have to stop your work, so long as you like it so much, but we would make sure the front room was cheerful and light for you to write in. I think it’s a sure cure for homesickness for both of us.” She sat staring at him, at first stolid¬ ly; then gradually the color came into her cheeks and the expression on her face changed. “I don’t understand,” she said, but Herman knew that she understood him perfectly. “I am just offering you a prescrip¬ tion, signed II. Blake, M. D., to be taken three times a day, breakfast, dinner and supper— a husband and a cozy little flat.” Janet was regaining her composure. “With delicatessen cooking?” “Well,” he maintained stoutly, “it is considerably better than poor restau¬ rant food, and when Scollard & Co. wake up to an appreciation of my real worth you can queen it over a real flat and a real maid”— “I think I will try the prescription.” And that is why Herman Blake has always maintained that while most men win their brides by the aid of the florist or the candy maker he wooed Janet through a delicatessen shop. Thanksgiving In Hawaii. The American citizeness in Hawaii can serve a Thanksgiving feast truly American if she does not wish to re¬ strict it to the primitive simplicity of thanks and a hunk of breadfruit fresh from the tree. The Hawaiian towns have their markets, and in that tem¬ perate climate everything can be raised that can be grown elsewhere. For years the American church in Hon¬ olulu has had impressive Thanksgiving services* and. the American ladies, al¬ ways decorate the building with flow¬ ers and appear on that day in then* best new gowns—Newark Call. Wise by Experience. Mrs. Hasher let her boarders decide by vote whether the turkey should be boiled, roasted, broiled, fried, stewed or fricasseed.” “What was the decision?” “The boarders were governed by past experience and voted unanimously that the turkey be put through all the proc¬ esses.” A PURITAN FESTIVAL. How Thanksgiving Was Celebrated In Old New England. Mrs. Rut!! Merrill Clark Hardy of the National Society of New England Women gives in the New York Trib¬ une the following account of a real old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner in Vogue in New England when she was young; “For weeks,” she says, “the prepara¬ tions were going on for this great und only Puritan festival, when the children and grandchildren, from far and near, gathered under the old fam¬ ily rooftree. “Dinner was not served, as now, in courses, but all sorts of good things were placed at once on the table. If the dining table could not be length¬ ened sufficiently to accommodate the increased family group, then smaller ones were placed around the room. The snowy linen was that which had been spun and woven in the house. “Puritan simplicity did not see the need of table adornments outside of the fine white linen, the pears and rosy cheeked apples and the abundance of food. In the center of the table was a roast pig, at one end a big turkey, the choicest of the flock, and at the other a luscious goose. There were cold roast spareribs and always a chicken pie. The rich crust of this pie was decorated on top with the words ‘Give Thanks,’ in pastry letters. For vegetables there were potatoes, onions, turnips and squash; for appetizers, homemade pickles, cider apple sauce, pepper and melon mangoes. There were plates of delicious white and brown bread and the sweetest of but¬ ter. Then followed plum pudding such as only a New England woman can make, mince, pumpkin and apple pie, cranberry tarts and baked sweet ap¬ ples. hickory, butter and hazel nuts. “Tea and coffee were served through¬ out the meal, with the richest of sweet cream, and great pitchers of sweet cider were in evidence, not only at the dinner, but at all times during the day, as was popcorn, -which was al¬ ways enjoyed by the young folks.” AN ARMY THANKSGIVING. The Famous Plum Pudding of the Hawkins Zouaves. “In November, 1862,” said the vet¬ eran who Avas a drummer boy in the famous HaAvkins’ zouaves, “we were in camp at Falmouth, directly opposite Fredericksburg, where many of our command fell a little later. We could get nothing but the ordinary rations, but Ave had prepared for that by start¬ ing a company fund several months be¬ fore for the purpose of supplying a Thanksgiving dinner. There must have been something like $40 in the fund, and our cook kept the disposal of this fund a profound secret. “It seems ridiculous now, but I don’t believe that any child ever waited for the coming of Christmas morning with a keener excitement than we did for that Thanksgiving dinner. When it came at last, we found that the great dish was nothing more jes$ than a good old fashioned plum pudding, rich and savory. I’ll never forget that pud¬ dingy but it was-the only thingwe had. -V<* TVS\.V>-VN*» .»> ,-MI.-i>-W» « THEjREALA \T E X> n - * *\ It had taken all the "company fund to buy the flour and other ingredients for the pudding. “I tell you, though, it seemed mighty good to our stomachs, which had en¬ dured a steady diet of hard tack and coffee for weeks. I don’t believe that a band of street ragamuffins ever tackled a feast with a keener relish than we poor fellows felt when we de¬ voured that pudding.” Porto Rico’s Thanksgiving. In Porto Rico at Thanksgiving time men who go about selling chickens and turkeys carry them in bundles wrap¬ ped with jagua palm. Out of the end of the bundle stick the turkey’s long tail feathers, looking like a feather duster. Moreover, these bundled tur¬ keys are still alive, and the woman who purchases her Thanksgiving bird is compelled to board it until she or her lord and master is ready to kill it for cooking. In that climate refrigerators are rare, and fowls do not keep as long as one might wish. In the markets of Porto Rico the housewife can buy any good things that are possible in America. The market is usually found on the wide plaza, where buying and selling are attended with much din. Black faced women in white, with gay ban¬ danna handkerchiefs about their heads, do the selling, sometimes a couple of little black children tumbling about at their feet. They squat upon the ground among their fruit and vegetables. Pumpkins may be purchased there of a size that would amaze the American housewife. Knowing His Business By A. D. SAYER Copyright, 190k. by the American Press Association N IGHT was falling in the San Carlos valley. Already in the canyon where the Overland express wound around the rocky spurs it was dark enough to show the triangle of red lights on tbe rear sleeper. At Sadler Tom Burns had taken tbe train to haul up grade to Casa Grande and thence down to Los Pinos, tbe end of his run. Tom had taken trains through the mountains for many years, but so far in his career he had never met that terror of the railroad and ex¬ press company, the train robber of the Sierras. At Mogollan the locomotive stood hard breathing under the water tank, while Pease, the express messenger, came forward and watched Tom oiling his engine. “Hello, Sam!” said the engineer as he poked the long nose of his oil can among the frames of No. 47. “Carryin’ any coin with your boxes tonight?” “Dry up, Tom,” returned the express messenger irritably. “It’s none of your business what you haul, is it?” “Got some aboard then, eh?” laughed Tom. “Well, I reckon there’ll be a few of them mountaineers a-lookin’ for us some of these trips.” “I haven’t got much tonight, but somehow I feel queer. Don’t know why I should. I’ve gone through with more plenty of times.” Big Tom finished oiling and put the cap on his oil can. “Don’t you hev no presentiments, Sam,” he remarked, looking around at the lovely country about the water tank. “All ready thar, Jim?” The fireman on the tender nodded and swung back the spout. “Keep your eye open, Tom, on the mountains,” said the express messen¬ ger as he started back to his car. Two hours later the heavy train was pounding the grade within a few miles of the divide. When he sighted the signal lamps of the siding where the eastbound No. 5 should pass him, Tom sent the air to the w'heels to hold her until the switch was opened and he could pull into the siding. Here and there a passenger dropped off the steps of the Pullmans to look up at the fan¬ tastic cliffs above them. The con¬ ductor went into a little shanty serv¬ ing as a telegraph office for the use of passing trains. There was no operator at that poi»t, but most conductors could make shift to report their trains. After a time he came out and went along to the engineer. “Here’s a train order, Tom. Funny, but they were calling when I went in. Usually I have to spend ten minutes getting the dispatcher to take my re¬ port.” Burns took the rough scratch of copy that was handed him and read: Division Headquarters, Nov. 6, 189—. Tr. No. 5, one hour late. Tr. No. 2 will pass 5 at Sandside 7:14. R. P., Div. Dispatcher. Burns climbed into his cab and read the order again. Then he pushed back his cap with a grimy hand and pon¬ dered. Finally he hailed the con¬ ductor, “Say, Bill!” “What’s the matter, Tom?” The en¬ gineer did not reply, and the con¬ ductor hurried forward into the gloom. “Bill, I reckon we’d better not leave.” “Not leave! Why not?” asked the conductor. “Well, I don’t like that order.” “What’s wrong with it?” “It ain’t like R. P. to say why an order’s changed. Usually it’s just an order on”— Burns hesitated a mo¬ ment and then said, “Well, Bill, you know we’re carryin’ somethin’ tonight.” “Tom, you’ve lost your nerve. That order is all right.” “No, I ain’t lost my nerve either. There’s somethin’ about that order that don’t seem natural. I call it a forgery.” “I’ll go over and call up R. P. He’ll know whether he sent his order or not.” While the conductor was gone several passengers came forward to learn the cause of the delay. The conductor came running back. “I got R. P. easily enough. He repeated the order, and here it is.” The new message ran: Cert. Order's all right. Come along quick. R. P. Burns eyed the scratch with a suspi¬ cious eye. Then he picked up his lan¬ tern and oil can and started to work on the engine again. “Hurry up, Tom,” cried the conduct¬ or. “We can’t lay here all night. We’ll tie up the road.” “I ain’t goiu’,” growled Burns. “Man, you’re crazy! There’s the or¬ der and the order repeated.” “I’ve been runnin’ on this road long before you fellows knew a Tonto from a toadstool,” said the engineer, “an’ I know old R. P.’s orders. He never sent no such message as that, an’ here’s where I stay till No. 5 comes along.” “I order you to pull out.” said the conductor. Tom Burns made no reply. A crowd began to grow about the engine, urging upon its members the advisability of pulling him from the place and letting the fireman haul the train. A person in remarkably well fitting clothes now pushed his way to the front. “See here, engineer,” said he, “do you know who I am?” Burns glanced carelessly down and replied: “Stranger, I don’t keep track of ev¬ ery dude what travels over this road.” “I am George Richards on,” continued the carefully dressed man, “and a stockholder in the company. Unless you start immediately I shall report your conduct to the authorities.” “That’s right; fire him!” yelled a few of the nearest. “Well, George,” said Burns, “the only stock I ever held was a new branded steer down in El Paso. Just you wait until you get to the authorities before you report me, will you?” Something in the confident banter of the engineer and in his mysterious sus¬ picion calmed the indignation. There was a momentary hush, and a little child from the sleeper suddenly said: “Papa, I hear nozzer train cornin’. ” Far up the canyon an indistinct rum¬ ble was heard. Louder and louder it blew down on the cold night air. The rails began to sing. A shrill siren rang among the cliffs. Then the headlight blazed into view, and with a blinding whirl of wind and sand No. 5, east- bound, thundered by. The crowd stood amazed till some one, realizing what they had been saved from, yelled: “What’s the matter with the en¬ gineer?” The roar that followed showed con¬ clusively that the majority thought he was all right. Burns lost no time in starting as soon as he could get his hands free from the clasps of the men about him. For some time they rumbled on up the grade, the express car in darkness giving no hint of the agent sitting there with a Winchester across his knees, listening through the whir of wheels for the sound of brakes. Over the summit of the pass and down the western slope the heavy train slid along. Suddenly Burns in¬ stinctively closed the throttle and grasped the brake lever. Far ahead a red lantern swung to and fro across the track. For an instant the great perplexity of a great crisis showed itself on his face. Then muttering, “I’ll risk it anyhow,” he pulled back the throttle again, and the train rushed on. Vig¬ orously swung the red flame of danger, but Burns yelled over the boiler to his fireman: “Track’s clear, Jim, but look out for their lead!” Both men crouched in the cab. But no shots were fired. Burns glanced up suddenly and shut off the steam. A dark mass was taking shape on the track. “Stand by to jump that, Jim!” the en¬ gineer said sharply. The train was binding and pounding under the force of the hard applied brakes. With frightful rapidity the mass ahead seemed to near them. In the gloom it appeared to be a laby¬ rinth of beams and girders hopelessly tangled. In reality it was a few ties and an old rail or two heaped hurriedly on the track. The impact of the nearly stopped train threw some of these off. The locomotive mounted slightly on the others and finally ceased to move. Burns and his fireman jumped down just in time to gaze into revolver muz¬ zles. “Git back on to that engine an’ head down the canyon. We’ll clear the track,” said one of the holdups. “Guess you hev the say, pardner,” answered Burns promptly and re¬ mounted his cab. One of the revolvers was pressed into the small of his back as he went up. He knew what was meant. He must start down the can¬ yon with three desperadoes in his cab and the express car trailing behind, leaving the rest of the train stalled in the mountains. Then when a conven¬ ient spot was reached there would be the dynamite, destruction and death CLASS PINSJ&Sp ’ letters or figures and one or two | colors of enamel, sterling silver, | 25c. each; {2.50 a doz. Silver plated, ioc. each; Ji.oo a doz.' Special designs in pins or badges made for any * w class or society at reasonable prices; send design for esti¬ mates ; also manufacturers celluloid buttons and ribbon badge*. Catalogue free. Bastlan Bros., 21 C 7 Rochester, S.V, The STANDARD Postage Stamp CATALOGUE 1 906 EDITION Price, 50c. Post Free, 60c With thumb index, 75c; post’pd .85 Bound in Leather $r.oo. " 1.10 Approval Sheets 50% disc’t 90 Page Circular Free SCOTT STAMP $ COIN COM’Y 18 East 23d S t., New York Mention the Healm when answering ac® wciiii po better stamps to sell at 50 p. c. commission than any other dealer. Ao*f>nt<c Live agents wanted in every • rv &^ 11 locality. Corean stp free for ref S. R. Hopkins, 1845 Clara Av„ St. Louis, Mo. p nr TO refits we send you our large 1 LAJ Villi 1.3 magazine for three months and also send your name to several hundred pub¬ lishers, asking each to send you a copy ©f paper. ANYBODY’S MAGAZINE. 116 Elm St., Peekskill, N. Y. Minerals She Us, • INDIAN /RELICS, COINS, PAPER MONEY & ?TAMP^ C.Send for our free price list of U 1 AWIl U 3000 bargains. A. Bullard & Company, 446 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts CLC; Wonderful BARGAINS See the Hill Stamp Co. list of thousands of stps. So. End, Boston ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ United States 100 Varieties ^From 1851 to 1904, fine ... ♦ 50 varieties, cheapest ever offered. 8^ ♦4 var Crete (rare) 5^ ♦ 7 " Greece, 1901.3J Philippine Islands, unused Peru, unused, catalogued 46c Soudan, camel trooper 15] ♦5 n to” A « " Luxemburg, head type. 3< " German official Tasmania, pictorial, cat. Bergedorf, new ioc X\ $5 ♦ 2 : 5 " Bergedorf, new - v 5♦ Free. Old war bill to every collector ord-j ♦ ering from this ad and sending the namesj ♦of 2 collectors. Illust. bargain list FRES.^ ^Finest sheets f®r agents, 50 to 66%. Buy,£ Jsell, exchange. Mbynot write me? J ♦Samuel - ~ " ♦ p: HUGHES, Omaha. Neb. Established 1884 i Wm. v. d. Wettern, Jr. Wholesale Dealer in Postage Stamps 411 W. Saratoga St., Baltimore, Md. New list sent free on application to dealers only. My specialty, cheap quotations on large quantities ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * END loj CENTS and you will! receive for 10; weeks a copy- of the STAMP LOVERS WEEKLY a weekly newspaper keeping you abreast with collecting, giving you much information concerning stamps and many subjects of in- ^ terest to the Stamp Collector t The Stamp Lovers Weekly}. % Bethlehem, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE^GREATEST BARGAIN OFFERED The set of North Borneo 1893, le to 24c, com¬ plete, cata. price S1.3S. Our price, post free, 75c. Send before they are all gone. Fine stps. on approval. Send 2c and a reference for them to UNION STAMP CO.99 Pleasant St., .Holyoke, Mass. THE'REALA f g^e ^Youth^s Realm is published on the first of every month. T E R M S, 35 cents per year, in advance. Special Library Edition, heavy paper, 50c yr* Advertising Rates* 90 cents inch, 45c % inch. Ent’d at P.O. Boston at 2nd class rates Jan.16,’97. A. Bullard & Co., 446 Tremont St., Boston probably to Sam Pease, tlie express clerk, and the loss of thousands of dol¬ lars. When the last of these ideas had flashed through Burns’ head, his foot was on the platform between the en¬ gine and tender and the handle of Jim’s coal shovel invitingly near. There was a sudden twist of the engineer’s body, a fierce motion in the dark, the report of a pistol. Something slipped from the steps of the locomotive and lay groaning beside them. Then commenced a fusillade of shots, many of them from the direction of the express car. People poured out of the coaches, but the Pullmans were locked. It was a southwestern crowd, conse¬ quently armed, likewise looking for trouble. In much less time than it reads a number of would be train rob¬ bers were climbing the neighboring hills. When the last had disappeared, the conductor stumbled up to Burns. “Tom, this has been a big day for you. Hello! Here’s one of them, eh! Shot?” “No; jest banged with a shovel,” an¬ swered Burns, working away at the wounded robber. “I want you to come over this side a moment and see something that will surprise you,” continued the conductor, starting across the track. “What’s this?” asked the engineer a moment later, handling a curious little box attached to some wires which dis¬ appeared among the rocks. “That’s a tap, Tom. Those chaps tap¬ ped the telegraph, and here’s where the orders we got were manufactured.” “So them fellows planned to hev us run into Five on the down grade an’ then plunder the wreck,” said Burns thoughtfully. “It was only your fault that they didn’t,” said the conductor. Twenty-four hours later Tom Burns stood on the carpet before the desk of the general superintendent, nervously twisting his cap between his hands. Be¬ side the functionary of the road sat the carefully dressed man, the stock¬ holder of the company. “Burns,” said the superintendent se¬ verely, “your train was four hours late yesterday. What’s the explanation?” “Jest a bungle at a holdup in the San Carlos,” replied Burns. “You don’t seem to take advice kind¬ ly, do you,Burns?” continued the super¬ intendent. “For instance, yesterday you wouldn’t take the advice of nearly a hundred passengers, including a di¬ rector of the road.” “I know my business,” replied the engineer, “an’ can attend to it without any advice.” “How long have you had an engine?” “About fifteen years,” was the an¬ swer. “That is too long, much too long,” said the official. “I am going to give you something different. Tomorrow you will receive papers appointing you su¬ perintendent of the San Carlos division. We need a man there who knows his business.” An ADsentminrtea Canon. It was the turn of Minor Canon Bind¬ ley-to preach in Norwich cathedral. He was aware of his own infirmity of absentmindedness, and therefore gave the key of his study in the close to his landlady, with instructions to lock him in and to let him out just in time for service. She did not wish to take the responsibility aud finally gave him back the key, but he remained under the impression that she took it as he desired. He read his sermon over until the bells began to ring. Then he put on liis surplice and waited. Of course no landlady came to release him. He grew uneasy as he saw the congrega¬ tion assemble. Then the great bell be¬ gan to toll for the assembly of the dean and chapter. Still no one came to let him out. At last, in despair, Mr. Bindley threw open a window, and by the help of the waterbutt and spout he climbed, in his full canonical robes, into the street. Fortunately for his dignity it was so late that almost every one was in the cathedral and few saw him, but the two or three privileged ones who wit¬ nessed it enjoyed the performance hugely. On his return home Mr. Lindley me¬ chanically put his hand in his pocket for the key, found it and had opened the door of the room before he realized that his difficulty had been imaginary. Silent Carillons. Time was when, even among the cities of Flanders, famous for ages for their silvery bells, the bells of Brus¬ sels enjoyed pre-eminence. The city used to possess seven great peals whose silvery voices shed their har¬ monies daily over the city. One after another, however, they have disappear¬ ed until only a single peal remains— that of St. .Tacques-sur-Condenberg— and this is never heard—silent like the rest of the glorious bells of Belgium, which once f”«m nearly every parish church in tlie land breathed forth the soul of Flemish art in melody, inspir¬ ing founders and artists to work that won fame through Europe. The French revolution wrought the ruin and con¬ demned the land to the silence of the utilitarian age.—London Globe. New Jersey’s First Thanksgiving. When, in 1763, the Dutch established themselves in New Jersey for the sec¬ ond time they reorganized the various town governments and set up new governments “under the stijle of Schont and Schepens,” “bij virtue of a Commission from ye High and mighty Lords the States Generali and his Se¬ rene Highness the Prince of Orange.” On the 15th of the succeeding Novem¬ ber the Dutch authorities issued what was probably the first Thanksgiving proclamation issued for New Jersey, and which is the more interesting be¬ cause Thanksgiving here in New Jer¬ sey, as elsewhere, is generally consid¬ ered of New England origin.—Newark Call. Thanksgiving In Japan. The Japanese, often called the “Yan¬ kees of the east,” have a Thanksgiving day, Oct. 17, on which thanks are given for bounteous harvests. After Thanksgiving. The Turkey—Please help a poor be¬ reaved feller wot has lost 478,962,621 relatives in one day!—New York Press. There’s Something to Be Thankful For T HAR’S sumthin’ to be thankful fur, no matter how things go— In summer time fur fruit sui’ flowers, in winter time fur snow. Thar’s sumthin’ sort o’ pleasant happens to us every day, An’ life’s a perfect picnic ef we look at it that way. Thar’s always sumthin’ purty fur our weary eyes to see— The glory o’ the sunset or the blossoms on the tree— ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ACKET of Stamps F ree to thos e sending reference for my choice ap ■■V proval selections U. S. & for’n stamps ai 50% dis. 5 diff souvenir postals, Louisville, .ioc. H.G.Bennett, 2012 ist st.Louisville,Ky We are giving away M GAMES, TRICKS PUZZLES STORIES RECIPE MANUAL ETC., ETC., FREE Tfi cdpu mm Not ° ne game ° r ° ne IU LIU) 11 iLllOUli.trick to each person, but an assortment of the above making 500 for each person and including- IULUMINATED GAMES, such as Dominoes, Chess, Nine Men Morris, Fox and Geese, etc.; Startling TRICKS of Sleight of Hand for stage and parlor enter¬ tainment; chapter of Conundrums, the best you have ever seen; PUZZLES, with correct answers; STORIES for long evenings; Recipe Manual of trade secrets, telling how to make such articles as colored inks, glue, baking pow¬ der, bluing, paint, tooth powder, candy, etc. etc. One of these recipes originally sold for $100.00. You have an opportunity to get rich making and selling the artic’es described here. Also some choice cooking reeipes and hundreds oi* other useful and entertainingdevjces, including the magic age card; how to memoriae dates and num¬ bers by a wonderful discovery invaluable to teach, ers and scholars; deaf and dumb alphabet; some good experiments:etc., etc. Just think of it,® 500 OF THE ABOAE FREE TO K|^W|each PERSON J V,/V/ who sends only ten cents for a 3 -months’ trial subscription to our great paper for young and old. All we ask is that if you like the paper show it to your friends or speak a good word for us by way of an advertise¬ ment. This offer is to introduce ourselves to 100,000 new subscribers. If the above supply of games etc. become exhausted before you write to us, we will return your money. But we advise you to write at once to secure the above. Address—• l H EA. LM,Station A,Bos ton, Mass* STAMPS IOO Java, Cbina&c,un usual value , and also a stamp dictionary & big illustrated list of 1000 bargains, all the above post paid for 2 c Only one lot to each. Stamps in an album free to agents. 50 p.c.commis- sion. A. Bullard & Co., Philatelic Dept., 446 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. OTiiiDO rnrr 20 u.s. revenues 5 1 Ami U rHtt Cat. value 27c for the names of two collectors and two cents postage. 40 Japan mounted on sheet, only 25c. 10 Cuban revs. ioc. 11 U.S. 1902 I to 50c ioc. 5 St. Louis 1 to ioc 12c. 20 Russia ioc. Lists Free. We buy stamps. Buying list ioc. Ask for list of an ^ ic stamps. WHOLESALE loo Cuban revs. Jc. 100 Cuban 5c 1891 iocx 100 Mexico ir unused 35c. 100 Venezuela 5c gray 25c. 100 Corea 2r 1900 25c. 100 Corea 2r 1904 25c. 10 sets 10 Cuba Revs 35c 100 sets 2.00 10 Guatemala 1886 asst. cat. 8c to 15c, 25c. 100, $1.50. 50 blank sheets ioc 100, 19c. 10 blank approval books 15c. 100 90c. Write for wholesale list. Many bargains. Toledo Stamp Co, Toledo, 0 . U.S.A *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ STAMP ALBUM FREE From now until Jan. 1st, 1906 we are going to give away 100 of Scott’s latest edition of the International Post. Sta’p Album,absolutely free of charge. We are making this exceptional offer to collectors simply to circulate our lat¬ est wholesale and retail price list, and will charge the full amount expended therefore to our advertising account. Send us your full name and address at once and own one of these albums. Al¬ so send the names and addresses of two ♦ x collectors. Central City Stamp Co. Y <$, Dept. R. Syracuse, N. Y. J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 25VARIETIES Old CIVIL WAR, Revenues 17c 7 var. Telegraph Stamps (cat. 48c), 17c Stamps on Approval, 50 per cent Dis¬ count. FRED G. JONES, 2013 Brook St.Louisville, Ky. When answering advertisements please 'mention the ~Vouth f s Realm STAMP COL¬ LECTIONS GIVEN AWAY, T his bigoutfit consists o f one W OBLD stamp album, lat¬ est edition, fully illustrated with cuts of the various postage stamps of the world, and provided with spaces tor a large collection of 2,300 varieties ; one sheet of best hinge paper for mounting stamps ; one packet of 100 stamps, cataloguing about $1 50, and including : Shanghai, Jamaica (Jubilee, etc.) Bogota, a U. S. worth 25c, Argentine, Cuba 50c, unused, of 1875, ’79, ’80, Mexico, Ser\ia, and others ; and our illustrated lisis of stamps and premiums, d his collection will give you a good start, and what duplicates you find can :be exchanged with the boys for other stamps. This great collection free, as a premium, it you will send only 35 c for a year’s subscrip¬ tion to this paper. You never before heard of an offer equal to this one, made simply to add 10,000 or more names to our subscription list. 3 Collection not sold without subscription. REALM, Sta.A, Boston , Mass . I • AND GIRLS WANTED everywhere to a c t as agents for the Realm. 50 per cent. commission. Send 8c for outfit and we will give you free besides, one package cpn- taining: too foreign stamps, Jamaica etc., 1 set 8 Japanese stamps, 1 pocket stamp album,4 blank approval sheets, 1 sample best gum paper, 1 perfora¬ tion gauge, 1 millimeter scale, 1 set 8 obsolete U. S. stamps and revs., and our bargain lists. Write at once be. ^ fore we withdraw this big offer. ^ A. BULLARD & COMPANY 446 Tremont Street, BOSTON, MASS , An’ always sumthin’ tuneful fur our tired ears to hear— The children’s voices chirpin’ or the robin’s music clear. Thar’s always sumthin’ ready fur cur wihin’ hands to do— Sum haltin’ steps to help along, sum job to carry through— No chance to be a-kickin’ when our feet are busy goin’. No time fur idle growlin’ when we’re plantin’ seed an* so win’. Thar’s sumthin’ to he thankful fur, no matter how things go— No end to all our blessin’s ef we only count ’em so. An’ even ef you’re out o’ sorts, or sick, or sad, or pore. Jest thank the Lord you’re livin’ ef you can’t do nothin’ more. —Atlanta Constitution. HOW TO COOK A TURKEY. The Recipe of a Famous New York Chef. A chef who has for many years pre¬ sided over the cuisine of one of New York city’s best hotels gives this recipe for preparing and cooking the Thanks¬ giving turkey: “Slit the neck of the turkey from the back, of the head down its whole length and with the fingers separate the skin from it. Cut the skin a little above the middle and pull apart, then cut the neck off at the base. That will leave the skin intact for further use. “Take the intestines out through an incision in the abdomen, but first take out the crop by inserting the finger where you have cut the neck off. Loos¬ en the strings, or pipes, inside and pull them easily, then the whole crop will come out intact. Wash well, and the turkey will be ready for stuffing. “For the stuffing soak a small stale loaf of bread in cold water and when soft squeeze all the water out; place in a bowl, add salt, pepper, thyme or sage or both; fry one onion chopped fine in four ounces of butter and a little ham, bacon or salt pork; cut fine, add a whole egg and mix well. Stuff the crop or wishbone part thoroughly and fasten the skin over it on the back of the turkey with a skewer or sew it; the rest put inside. Bake the turkey in a hot oven and cook about ninety min¬ utes.” It Is a Phonograph Which Records All Messages. The disadvantages inevitable in tele¬ phoning have been partially overcome by an instrument of foreign make, though the general serviceability of the device has not been demonstrated by usage in this country, according to the World's Work. It may be describ¬ ed as an ordinary telephone with a phonographic attachment. While Mr. Jones is in his office the attachment is not in use, but on going out he connects it with the telephone. When some one calls for Mr. Jones over the telephone the phonographic attachment responds something after this fashion: “Mr. Jones is not in. This is a phonographic receiver speak¬ ing. Kindly give me your message and I will repeat it to him on his return.” On coming in Mr. Jones sees from a signal that a message is waiting him. He takes the receiver, and the phono¬ graph delivers the messages (perhaps there are many) that have been con¬ fided to it. The Smallest Microbe. The smallest object yet recognized under the microscope is the bacillus of pleuropneumonia in cattle. This is one-tenth of a micron, or about one two hundred and fifty thousandth of an inch, in size, and still smaller microbes^ as_yqt junseen, .are supposed to be associated with smallpox, hydro¬ phobia and the horse sickness of South Africa. Two years ago two Germans devised a means of increasing the visi¬ bility of minute objects by immersing them in glass so as to admit of lighting from the side. This process has been greatly simplified by French micro- scopists, and a new view of the in¬ finitely little is promised as the next scientific sensation. A Substitute For Hair. Invention has found a substitute for human hair. It was discovered inci¬ dentally by a French and a German chemist in a long quest for some meth¬ od for making artificial silk. The de¬ partment of commerce and labor is in¬ formed that factories are soon to be started in the United States for making silk from collodion. The same factories will make hair for wigs, svntches and other covers for baldness. The col¬ lodion spun hair is lighter, softer and cheaper and altogether better than hair cropped from the human head.—New York Herald. A Thanksgiving- Game. One of the funniest of the funny games peculiar to Thanksgiving time is called “hunt the turkey.” Go out to the kitchen and take the turkey out of the oven and bring it in and hide it somewhere in the parlor. Under the lace curtains in the windows is a good place or you might shove it down inside of the piano. Then let the guests come in and hunt for it. The person who finds it must hit some one with it before the person can get it back to the other room, which is home base. It is not fair to throw the turkey, as it must be swung by the hands. If a person accidentally knocks over a lamp or breaks a picture or throws the turkey through the win¬ dow he or she must pay a forfeit. Of course this game, which is funny and one in which both young and old may join, must not be played longer than half an hour before the time set for the dinner, for the turkey must be taken back to the oven and allowed to finish cooking before being carried to the table. It is not fair to take bites out of the turkey when it is found and it is also against the rules of the game to kick the turkey around the room. It must be held in the hands, right side up, so that the stuffing will not fall out.—New York World. Making the Proclamation. There is a good deal of form and cer¬ emony about the making of the Thanksgiving proclamation. It is com¬ posed by the president himself and in most instances written out in his own hand. When this is done the document goes to the state department, where it is carefully copied in ornamental writ¬ ing that is almost like engraving on the official blue paper of that department. The next thing needed on the document is the great seal of the government. This seal is kept by the clerk of par¬ dons and commissions, and it is very carefully guarded under lock and key. Its keeper will not produce it without a special warrant signed by the presi¬ dent, and an impression of the seal is quite a ceremony in itself. When the proclamation has been thus duly sign¬ ed and sealed many copies are made of it by clerks, and one is sent to the gov¬ ernor of every state in the Union. It is also given out then to the press agents, who telegraph it all over the United States. Each governor, as he receives it, issues one himself for his state. Had All the Varieties. Burns (after the great Thanksgiving feast)—I heard that you had a piece of ’each of the fifteen kinds of pie? Spurns—Very likely I did. I know that now I’m having about fifteen dif¬ ferent kinds of indigestion. The placets Buy Have Tlje Largest /Bsory\ceK d C®; /Ament of L/ 1 MPS agd - ^ &?piyTiiRF<; in jffeogla__ COPYRIGHTED* R ib O F PKil ippine M n L SOLO or War Knife, carved from Carabao horn, special price, only $2.00, and my large Price List of Philippine hats, canes, bolos, sea shells, books, photos, paintings fine cloths, embroideries, cnrabao horns, coins, stamps, kalans, suecosand many other curios. Price list alone, io cents. -SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICES- Calasiao hand woven hat worth $5.00 3, Six differenCcurious hats, worth 3.00 2. Native Bolo, steel blade . 2 Curious Buyo Cloaver . Kalapiao, or rainy-day suit. 2, C A sample size, genuine hand-woven p you mention the REALM. CHAS. C. DE SELMS, Box 00 Two pairs suecos (wooden shoes). 1.00 00 One Petate (nativemat) .- 1.00 00 Fifty Sea Shells ..... .. 1.00 ,50 Finely embroidered Pina Handkerchief 1.00 00 These prices good for a short time only. Philippine hat FREE with any order from above, 10 photo prints, 5x7, Philippine views, 1.50 1072, MANILA, Philippine Islands F REE, 52 different foreign stamps, inc. China and unused Cuba for the names & addresses of 2 active stamp collectors. Send 2c stamp for return postage. EDGE WOOD Stamp Co., 38 Clarkson St.,Dorchester,Mass d. Mention the Realm when answering advs jr'iCTQ for ySf S Q boys T1 boys gut-, men mid women who will sell The Little' Giant Ink Powder to their friends at 5c per package. By Simply mixing with water one package makes more than an ordinary ink bottle full of the best writ Ing and copying ini (jet black ) in the world . We trust you with 10 packages to start. When sold, send ns the money and we will forward you any premium for selling 50c worth 1 or we will send, on receipt of the above amount, a 2nd lot of powders,if you wish to earn a more valu-! able premium, giv¬ ing you credit for your fi r s t remit tance. Or,if you pre¬ fer, we .. 'll pay you a cash commission of 40 per cent, in a place of a premium.* Return all ink you cannot sell in 14days For selling 2 to 16 packages, we give rare collections of© ipostage stamps and many other things, f For selling 8 pcks, a stamp album to bold )2000 stamps; for selling 12 pcks, 1000 asst, .foreign stamps; for20,Scott’s Catalogue; 'for selling 10, big stamp and story paper {one year. For selling various amounts |We give typewriters, presses, rifles, cam [eras, telescopes, musical instruments, {books, chemical wonder boxes, mineral, ^collections, dynamos, watches, tele-^ 'phones, etc. Send, for our complete,* W ILLUSTRATED PREMIUM LIST ® \Of hundreds of choice gifts, and 10 pack-. 4*geti&k powder to sell. Address A THE FAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, ~± f BOX BZ, STA. A, BOSTON, MASS. f A For our reliability we refer you A ^ t o Hrdi mi^) m Ms P a P er * Kites Free. Diagrams and full direc¬ tions for making toy kites.the Eddy kite, and the wonderful Blue Hill Observatory box kite. Material costs little or nothing. The box kite will rise straight from the hand, and carry a camera into the clouds for photo¬ graphing from high alti¬ tudes. Large ones used in war for making observa¬ tions. Inventors now adopt the plan of the kite for new experiments in flying machines. You want to know all about them. Send 10c for trial subscription to our paper and receive these di¬ rections, wflth the history of the kite, free. REALM;Station A,Boston,Mass* THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER WILL BE THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER The circulation among collectors will be IMMENSE Forms close about Dec. 11th ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ lu ♦ u- 1 gj; m- n “n m A Free Offer of 25 CENTS Is {equivalent to the following proposition ♦ which we make you to-day. If you will send • ♦ us the name and address of any reliable newsdealer in your town or neighborhood we ♦ will allow you for your trouble 25c towards a 3Sc_yearly subscription to the Realm. That ♦ is, if you will send us the name and one<‘ dime, or 10c in unused stamps, we will send ■ you, without any premiums, this paper for a' whole year. Such an offer as this is not ■ likely to last long, and as soon as this ad- < vertisement is withdrawn the offer will re- < main good no longer. Present subscribers may extend their subscriptions by remitting' at once. Non-subscribers should embrace ■ this opportunity to secure the Realm a« whole year foronly ioc.thus saving 25c by sub- < scribing at once. Names of newsdealers in ‘ Boston and vicinity will not be accepted up- 1 on these terms. Send other names at once to ' .A. BULLARD & COMPANY ♦ 446 Tremont St., BOSTON, MASS ; FINE LOT OrPOSTAL CARDS 1 ! E probably have more unused Foreign Postal Cards than any other dealer in the world. Nearly 500,000, more than two truck loads. Prices are way down. Fine set of 20 varie¬ ties of Dominican Republic cards, including double cards, post paid for 50c. 10 var. Hon¬ duras cards 25c. 10 Nicaragua cards 25c. 10 San Salvador cards 25c. All prepaid. Fine collection of 100 varieties foreign cards, all unused $2.60. Send for lists wholesale or retail. The new catalogue out soon. Sent post paid for 58c and an entire sheet of 100 Cuban revenues free with order. J. E. HANDSHAW, V Smlthtown Branch... ...... N. I. STAMPS. 100 Hondvras etc., album & 1905 illustrate! list, T W O cents. Agts 50 °f 0 . Booklet telling how to scientifica 1 1 y repair dam¬ aged stamps FREE to new agents. Illustrated list of thousands of bar¬ gains, free. Hill Stamp Co., S. End, Boston A HOME-MADE U. S. STAMP ALBUM Without Minor Varieties (To be Continued Monthly) SE an unruled blank book of suitable size. Buie off the squares exactly as in the diagrams. They should be of the same size. The envelope section ( for cut squares ) should be made in the last half of the book. 11 one is a good letterer it is best to print or write the text, in a neat hand, with a jet-black ink, following the copy ; but some may prefer to cut out the printed descriptions and carefully paste them into the album. When complete your album will hold about 200 general issue adhesives, some 40 due stamps, 100 departments and nearly 150 envelope and wrapper stamps—making as complete a U. S. album as the average collector could possibly fill. STAMP NEWS. U. S. General Issues, Continued T can be said, and withou t exagger- atio n , that the chief news of the month is the appear¬ ance of the Standard Catalogue for 1900. Although this book is issued yearly by a business house and prices the goods sup¬ posed to be carried in stock.it is consid¬ ered by collectors to be the u standard not only in name but in reality. Too much importance cannot be placed on the appearance of t he annual cata¬ logue. Most collec¬ tors think they could not get along without a printed album, but as im¬ portant as the album may be, the annual catalogue is a great¬ er necessity. There is a move¬ ment on foot to lur- ther popularize the pursuit by supply¬ ing the general read- ing public with news, from time to time, regarding mat¬ ters philatelic. This will be done through the columns of the daily and weekly newspapers through¬ out the country. A writer has been en¬ gaged to prepare the articles for publica¬ tion. It is believed that newspaper edi¬ tors will be glad to receive these notices and will publish them. Prominent philatelists have subscribed hundreds of dollars towards a fund for carrying on the work, and it is believed that others will contribute. New design; small stamps I 1902-3; 1 c green 2c red 3c purple 4c brown 5 tdue Franklin Washington Jackson Grant Lincoln 6c red brown 8c slate Garfield Martha Washington loe brown Webster 13c slate 15c olive Harrison Clay 30c orange $1 00 block $2.00 blue Jefferson Farragut Madison $5.00 green Shield background Mat shall 2c carmine 1 Louisiana Purchase. 1904 ic green, Livingston 2c carmine Jefferson 3c purple Monroe 5c blue McKinley ioc brown Map Special Delivery 1885; IOC blue / r *88 (at any office), 10c blue -'93; 10c orange ’95; wmkd U. S. P. S. 10 blue. 1903; 10c blue (bicyclist) Newspaper Stamps How a Great Stamp Business Is Conducted The Lee Stamp Company differs as much from the smaller stamp concern as the great elephant in the show from the numerous small animals which go to make up the menagerie. But in the present case it is not a comparison of size alone. For while the business is con¬ ducted on the grandest scale—the stock im¬ ported, or bought first hand in this country in large lots,— the business is nevertheless carried on in the most economical manner and con¬ ducted by philatelists of long experience in handling stamps and stamp supplies. The ob¬ ject of the Company is to sell stamps at the smallest margin of profit but to do business on such an enormous scale that the aggregate of small profits shall represent the actual profit of the Concern. Every labor-saving invention is employed throughout this establishment, such as weighing- devices for measuring stamps in large quantities, automatic numbering machines for sheets, power printing presses for marking prices on sheets, labeling stock, etc., dies for cutting labor-saving hinges which fasten five or more stamps to the sheet, and other modern appliances. Each department is in the hands of experienced clerks who, by attending to a single branch of the business, become experts, some in filling orders, others in keeping accounts, still others in pricing the stock; and the work is consequently done in less time than by the average clerk who tries to do all things. The advantage of dealing with a house employing thousands of bright, energetic young men and women,the greater part acting as local agents (one or more of whom repre¬ sent almost every town or city in the United States and Canada) is easily understood. Such an immense army of workers could not be kept busy unless they were supplied with stamps of the saleable kind and in suffient quantity. It requires not hundreds, or thousands but millions of stamps annually to supply this demand and the greater part of these stamps are imported direct from foreign countries. When purchases are made of as many as 100,000 stamps of a single country, and at one time, it is evident that the price paid for them is the lowest that can be obtained. This makes it possible for the Company to sell correspondingly lower than the small dealer who buys his meagre stock of middlemen, paying exorbitant prices, actu¬ ally retail prices for almost every stamp he buys to sell again. To conduct a business on as large a scale as we have thus outlined requires, furthermore, buyers in countless numbers in all parts of the country. And the fact that such customers have actually been secured proves that the goods of this house are sold at an average lower price than by others and are of the desirable kind. It therefore pays to deal with a house which can and will sell you the right kind of goods at the lowest price, making its profits from large sales rather than from individual orders NOVEL CAR CLEANER. A Substitute For the Whisk Broom of the Colored Porter. In a few years the following scene may be a familiar one to travelers any¬ where on any of the great railroads within a radius of twenty miles of New York. The scene is the interior of a parlor car. The morning sun is pour¬ ing through the windows. Some of the passengers have just come in from breakfast in the dining car ahead. Oth¬ ers who rose gnd breakfasted earlier are busy packing their bags. The leth¬ argy of a long journey is disappearing under the growing realization of the journey's impending termination. The dark skinned porter “gets busy.” Si¬ lence falls upon the passengers. They recognize that the usual parlor car holdup is about to occur. The dust of the journey is to be removed from their clothing. Incidentally each man’s mouth, ears and eyes will be filled with the dust of his neighbor. They all dis¬ like the process, but there seems to be no escape from it. To their surprise, however, the por¬ ter attaches a small hose to a valve at THE CLEANER IN OPERATION. one end of the car. The nozzle on the other end of this hose is fan shaped. The porter passes this nozzle slowly over the clothing of the passengers. A sucking sound is heard, and the dust is observed to disappear from the cloth¬ ing wherever the nozzle touches. No slapping whisk broom, no choking cloud of dust, no sneezing, no annoyance! I 11 a short time the dust has alj* been drawn off from the passengers’ cloth ing and out of the car through the hose. This picture is not impossible of real¬ ization. In the yards of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Communi- paw a plant for cleaning cars in this way has been set up. At a central pumping station steam pumps draw the air out of more than three miles of piping distributed through the yards. These pipes parallel the car storage tracks and the tracks in the station. At intervals of sixty feet are openings to which rubber tubes can be attach¬ ed. The tubes with the squeegee-like metal terminals are long enough to per¬ mit them to be run in through a car window or door and pass the entire length of the car. In the course of a day about 350 cars are cleaned and the upholstery aerated in this way. Over two barrels of dust are extracted from the collecting cylinders each day. —New York Tribune. Long Distance Gramophone. A gramophone which, it is said, can be heard at a distance of three miles is the latest invention of the Hon. C. A. Par¬ sons of turbine fame. The instrument is named the auxetophone and is work¬ ed by means of compressed air. This is pumped in by a small engine at a pressure which can be adjusted up to over eight pounds through a small valve, which takes the place of the or¬ dinary diaphragm, into the trumpet. The valve consists of a number of small slots, covered with a fine comb, not unlike a mouth organ, and the vi¬ bration of this comb produces the sound. On a calm, windless day it is estimated that with a high pressure the record could be distinctly heard three miles away.—Scientific AmerC STAMPS PACKETS Packet ZK c ° n ' tains 14 rare Honduras en¬ velope and wrapper stamps, unused, 1890-92, all dif¬ ferent. Catalogue value, 70c Our price only |5 CGIltS which is only about one- fifth of what they are actu¬ ally worth. A bargain. Packet ZL contains a collection of 24 different used postage stamps from China and Japan only. Worth about 50c; our price, 13 cents, which is less than the whole¬ sale price. Our specia l bargain. Packet SUt contains 100 all diff’t U. S. stamps, no revenues, but practically all issues, including departments. Worth over $3.00. Our pric e, postpaid, $1.00. _ ' Packet SU3 contains 32 different U. S. stamps, all obsolete, no revenues, 1861-1902, including stamps from every commemorative issue. Worth 40 cents. Postpaid only 10c Packet ZG contains 11 different Belgium Postal Packet stamps, 1895-1902. Worth about 50c; special bargain price, 10 CENTS, postpaid. Packet ZI contains 10 different stamps from Egypt, including rare envelope and official stamps. Worth about 25c; special price, 7 Cents Postage one cent extra unless * other goods are ordered with this packet. Packet SU2 contains 500 all obsolete, mixed U. S. stamps. This packet contains duplicates. Price, postpaid,.30 Packet U contains a very fine collection of 29 all different Venezuelan postage stamps, 1879-1900, including early lith¬ ographic printings, perfora¬ tions, surcharges and stamps worth 15 to 20c each. Value, about $1.50. Our price, post free,.. 60 c Packet ZA contains 25 different Australian postage stamps. It includes Tasmania (Jubilee), Victoria 1881 ip green worth 10 cts, and other fine stamps. Actually worth 50c. BARGAIN PRICE, 17 Cts. Packet ZE contains 250 all different stamps from every quarter of the globe— Borneo, Shanghai, Newfoundland, Malta, Ice¬ land, Etc. This fine collection only $ 1.25 PACKET R. A Span¬ ish War Packet, containing 40 U. S. Colonials and Cuban stamps only—the Hawaiian Is., Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil¬ ippines. Worth several times our price—postfree . 45c. PACKET S contains 19 varieties o^ Heligoland stamps. Price, postpaid, 18 cents 1 Packet T contains loo fine all different, Mexican, South and Central American stamps j fflBM on, y— a gjand collection in it- 8118 se b including stamps from Salva- tastSEsaj, dor, Nicaragua, Honduras, Col¬ umbia, Uruguay, etc. Cat. value over $2.50. Price, postpaid, only .. g] qq PACKETZM contains 1000 well- mixed European stomps. A good assortment for the price, only 25 Cents postpaid. This packet contains duplicates. PACKET I contains IOOO well-mixed postage stamps from Europe mostly but including some from Trini¬ dad, Chili, Japan, Jamaica, &c. This packet contains dupli¬ cates. Postpaid, only 40 c. Packet contain% 1000 stamps, includ¬ ing duplicates as abovebut a still better mix¬ ture, with a fine lot of stamps from Bosnia, Ecuador, Brazil, etc. Postpaid, only $1.00. Packet ZN contains 25 unused stamps from Ham¬ burg, Samoa, Roman States, Ar¬ gentine Repub. (1st issue) and Sardinia. All reprinted issues, not counterfeits. List value is 54c. Special bargain price, 14 c Packet C contains 20 different stamps from South America, including specimens from Argentine Republic, Brazil, Ecuador, &c 20 DIFFERENT STAMPS, 23 CENTS PACKET D con- tains 75 varieties of good stamps for BEGINNERS, in¬ cluding specimens from Rou- mania, Japan, Egypt, Dutch Indies, Greece, Switzerland, &c. 75 Different, postp’d, 15 c Packet E Contains 125 varieties of good stamps for Beginners, including fine specimens from Shanghai, Bulgaria, Cuba, Egypt, etc. C. A great starter for a small sum. 123 DIFFERENT, POSTPAID, 2 8 Cents S Packet H con¬ tains 30 different U. ■ S. stamps, including O 4 > a |Y| q Department,Columbus ^ r and other fine issues. 30 Different U. S. Stamps, postp’d 25c PacketN contains 50 rare Mexican Revenue stamps, including many issues from the earliest to the more recent. Bargain;$1.00 Packet O contains a rare collection of loo varieties of fine Mexican revenues. $3 .00 CIVIL WAR REVENUES. Packet P con¬ tains 20 varieties, mostly 25c to $1.00 values. Catalog val¬ ue about $1.20. Price, post¬ paid, 45 cents. PACKET Q contains 30 rare Civil War Rev¬ enues, the 20 in Packet P and 10 other varie¬ ties. Worth over $2.00. Price, postpaid, 80 c. UJMMSUMlfci Packet 2A Con¬ tains 100 mixed stamps, includ¬ ing curious and unused stomps from Roman States, Constanti¬ nople, Porto Rico, Sweden (official), etc. This packet con- * j i« 1 AtiUf 1 ll Packet 2B Contains 100 mixed stamps, including fine specimens from Egypt, Argentine Repub., Ceylon, Japan, etc. This packet contains duplicates. Postpaid, 10 c. Packet 2C Contains ioo mixed stamps, some old ones, and includes U. S. (early issues), Belgium (Postal Pack¬ et), Roumania, Mexico, Ven¬ ezuela, etc. This packet con¬ tains duplicates. Postpaid, 10 c. PACKET A Con- tains 30 fine different stamps from all quarters of the globe, including Corea, Bulgaria,Costa Rica, Peru, old Salvador, U. S. Locals, etc. Worth about 60 cts. Bargain price, 15 cts. PACKET B Contains 25 stamps from BRITISH COLONIES only, such as Jamaica, Mauritius, Queensland, Western Australia (swan), New Brunswick, etc. 25 varieties, postpaid, only 20 Cents. THE LEE STAMP COMPANY Dept. R, BOSTON, Mass., Station A .< » g'Typi,>>».■>> --.'■«» y> ,».. TH E'REALn ^E23rg£2S22SX5IXE3&2S£ ■» .v .t .-* * r» .-.>»•» ■N. CLIMAX STAflP ALBUH '+ Latest edition, is a beautiful book of loo pages, fully illustrated with fine engravings of the various postage stamps of the world, including the new issues. It is printed on fine, heavy, white paper, and bound to durable, half cloth covers. It will hold a large collection, and is the lat; est and best album for the money. POST FREE, 25 CE1NTS. On Extra-Fine Paper, Worth 50c, Only 35 Cents. THE WORLD STAMP ALBUM Is the best low-priced-edition album on the market to-day. It is thoroughly up to date, with illustrations of various foreign stamps, and spaces lor about 2,300 specimens, and strongly hound in heavy paper covers. Just the hook for the beginner. That the book lias already passed through sever¬ al editions, mid thousands of copies have been sold, is en¬ dorsement enough. LAST EDIT’N. 2 O fTC POSTPAID. lO The "WASHINGTON" Album' y win' ■ for the Stamps of the ■ UNITED STATES and Ihc U. S. COLONIES EH ZD sir n wr r 11 rr i r i h i i mi m w«w^ont&ins regular fil J P ac **-with dr 5Criptioo <, 1 f o r ■ ! fcll the United ffjKft l S»a«es stamps, |n <i .ding gen f?al Issues commeroorat Ive Issues, drpjrimentdls, locals, revenues, envelope • tamps, «u .also illustrat¬ ed page* for ihe siamps of the Ha wanan Islands. Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, etc to whicn are added extra pages tor Cuba and dupltr ates, m nor van et»es. etc The p&gei ere full size, measur¬ ing about 9 by 11 \ in¬ ches end the printing is on one side of the page only The paper is of supenor quality and the prmt ngfrstclass The hook IS S'rcifVk.'ty bound in *-t.st»k hMf cl th covets »nd ought to seJ' for $• oo , h ivveh >e «et a popular pr.<f on it ih.it every coMeC- ».-r may possess a copy Thie large and beautiful album, tb© latest and best edition out postpaid for only . .. mam rbc “NEW IDEA” i-inmns regular print¬ ed spaces for all dis- 1 tindice issues ol U. ! S siamps, including envelopes. Spaces are also ptovided for rev-‘ enues, locals, depart ments, etc , and in the back is plenty of room lor duplicates, minor varieties, or whatever you please, is primed on good paper, the covers are of strorg, flexible card, beautifully printed in two colors. This album will hold over 1200 stamps and lor 'the money is a great bargain. Lat, est edition, postpaid, 18 Cents • ««-• • «r • li 11, HJJJ?n Ff i T-. i" rn '.TT l i -1 I STOCK BOOKS For Dealers* and Collectors’ dupli¬ cates Stamps always In eight. No hingres required Save time and money. Heavy covers, well bound. No 1. Pocket size. Will hold 375 stamps Price 18c NO. H 64x7JincbeB Plenty'of room Price 30o ri- 7 i sW'* - ' • • ,*ni We sell it. Here is your chance to get THE COLLECTOR’S OWN CATALOG of the Adhesive POSTAGE STAMPS of All Nations of the WORLD, for only TEN CENTS, Postage Free. It is the latest edition, fully illustrated, describ¬ ing 1 and pricing the stamps as they should be in both used and unused condition, complete from A to Z in one volume. The leading catalogues of the world have been consulted and thousands of stamps examined in order that the prices given shall be consistent throughout and reflect the actual state of the market. Fictitious values placed on stamps of minor variety have been overlook^ and an attempt made where possible to give the best average price for the average specimen of each distinct issue. The illustrations _ are profuse and the system of classification the simplest and best. This book is a necessity to everyone who collects stamps and we have made the puce 10c in order that every collector may own a copy. Be- fore we innovated tbe popular, low-priced edition, no complete catalogue could be purchased tor less than five times the cost of this. Invest io cents in this book and you will save, when buying or selling stamps, many times its value the first week you own the book. Fill owe the coupon at once, while this offer holds good. Gentlemen : Enclosed is ten cents for a copy of the last edition of “The Collector’s Own Cat¬ alog.” Nam©...... Addr’s.. THE GLOBE ALBUM, 10c, POST FREE. Holds over 1200 stamps, with some large spaces for envelopes, revenues, etc. 6x9 14 inches. Strong, flexible cardboard covers. Good paper. Blank space at top of page for name of coun¬ try. THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER SOLD FOR 10c. APPROVAL SHEET RETURN BLANKS. Th© Famous BULLARD Publications ©is and other subjects of Blank ©Approval Cfi'CtXTrC To hold 25 stamps, A -O on p ne onion skin paper, per 25, 10c.; 100, 30c.; iooo> $2.25. All post free. The same, to hold 60 stamps, per 12, ioc.; 50, 30c.; loo, 60c.; 1000, $5. All post free. A CHEAPER GRADE, to hold 20 stamps, per 20, 7c, postage 2c, Per 100, 25c, postage 9c. Per 500, 7 oc i expressage extra. Used by the largest dealers, Ar© sent to agents with the sheets, This blank saves the dealer oceans of tiffie as there are no long letters to head and no addresses to copy oft, the agent writing his address twice, one address to be torn off and pasted to envelope containing next lot of Stamps, Order Hank also printed on same sheet, PER 50, POST FREE, IOC. IQOj 18c. Send for price in quantities, J, W. SCOTT’S “BEST” ALBUM contains spaces for all issues of for¬ eign and U. S. stamps. Fully illus¬ trated, durably bound in half-cloth covers, elegantly printed. Latest edi¬ tion, $1.00; postage, 25c extra. 100 HAMBURG ETC. Catalog[ued over One Dollar I Jilso our big illustrated BQOI£ all about and __© flor 427/17 r HIT Send for the above this minute if OUr wonae rjui ^ y 0 » have not already written us this year. AGENTS WANTED Fifty per cent, commission. Saleable stamps. A PERFORATION GAUGE and millimeter scale, also booklet invaluable to agents, FREE to every new sgtnt. A STAMP BUSINESS FREE NO TOY, BUT A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF STAMPS AND STAMP SUPPLIES, together with full directions for starting and operating an immense stamp business on a good-paying basis, will be GIVEN FREE to the person who sends us the most cash for stamps, or other goods we sell, before the last day of JUNE, 1906 This contest is open to both agents fgSlpgi A Mew Hinge. ^^THE NEW HINGE comes already bent for use. Machine cut. The bending saves half your time. The cheapest and best hinge to buy- Per large box 1000 cut and bent hinges, 11 cents, post free. 0ummeb paper. FOR HINGING STAMPS ON Sheets,into albums, etc. Never use cheap mucilage, as it often discolors stamps in the course of a few months. Cut your own binges from our superior grade of gummed paper,per large sheet only 4 cents. STAMPS interest to lectors Immense Bargains in Stamp Books l ORDER BOOKS BY NUMBER ONLY. No. 8. Prices We Pay for Old and Pres¬ ent Issue Used Postage Stamps of Foreign Countries, including Canada. Il¬ lustrated withover 2 oo engravings. Postpaid .08 No. 15. Prices We Pay for the Used Ad¬ hesive and Envelop© Stamps of the United States. About 275 specimens priced. Postpaid..,...-..O S and those who buy from our retail lists. We give you credit for every 5 cents you send us up to the last day of June, when the accounts are reck-| oned up. Following is a list of goods sent with this stock: 2000 Mixed U. S. Stamps, including stamps cataloguing as high as 50c each. 5000 Foreign Stamps from All Parts of the World, including stamps cat¬ aloguing as high as 50c each. Complete Stock of Books, Albums and other publications. Complete stock of Approval Sheets, Envelopes and All Office Stationery. Price Lists to Advertise Your Stock. Your Advertisement in the Leading Stamp Paper. Full Instructions for Conducting the Business. OTHER PRIZES. For the next largest amount sent us we will give a stock of stamps, includ¬ ing 2000 specimens catalogued from 1c to 50c each, a lot of publications, price lists and full directions. For the next largest amount we will give a fairly complete stock of stamps including specimens cataloguing to oiKa NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN TO SAVE UP TICKETS. No other stamp concern offers its agents and customers such inducements as this. i ww >i ii>wf i 'ir v DIE-CUT HINGES. Huh Hinge, die-cut, 1000. .09 La France, imported tasteless- gum paper hinge, 1000.13 Hygienic Hinge, pure gum arabic and antiseptic onion-skin paper, hand coated, 1000. .18 Jumbo, very large for envelopes, revenues, etc., already bent for use, 500 .11 CATALOG OF STAMPED ENVELOPES. The prices of all envelopes were included in the 1903 Scott Otalog. We have a few copies left which we are selling at 25c each. No. 16. Prices We Pay for the Revenue Stamps of the United States. Postpaid...05 Tha above three catalogues postpaid for..........12 No. 4. Shorthand in One Hour. Learn the alphabet and rules of this wonderful system of rapid shorthand writing in one hour. Complete Instruction book, postpaid,,,,.........IO No* 14. Prices We Pay for all the U. S, Coins actually worth over face. Perhaps worth a small fortune to you. Postpaid.08 NO. 17. Book of Magic. Illustrated. Tricks and how to perform them. Postpaid... ......08 NO-18 Book Of Puzzles. Nearly 100 rebuses, riddles, charades, elc., illustrated, and with cor¬ rect answers. They teach you how to read puz¬ zles in the papers that offer prizes. Postpaid,08 No. 19. Foreign Money Tables for stamp and coin collectors, giving value in U. S. gold of moneys used by the different nations . Postpaid... .....08 No. 20. HOW TO COLLECT STAMPS. Complete Guide, Profusely Illustrated containing well written articles on stamps, meaning of the term “Philately,” locals, counter¬ feits, reprints, surcharges, perforations, Water¬ marks, stamp auctions, minor varieties, etc. Something new for the older collectors—a ne¬ cessity to the beginner. Postpaid.15 No- 21. Collectors Own Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of All Nations. Latest edition. Illustrates, prices and describes the stamps of the world, complete from A to Z in one volume. A book as necessary as an album. What are your stamps worth? Look them up. Postpaid........IO No. 22. COLOR DICTIONARY for Stamp Collectors. Describes and illustrates the colors for postage stamps, defining such terms as vermilion, ultramarine, puce, etc., as used in catalogues and albums. Contains color plates and samples of wove, laid, fawn, amber andother papers. Postpaid..08 No. 23. How to Make Money in the Stamp Business, by a dealer of long experi¬ ence. Tells how to buy, sell and advertise to * advantage, how to get started, how to systemat- izethe business and keep the books. A complete guide to the management of a successful stamp business. Postpaid. 25 No. 24 The War Tax of 1898. Copy of the Bill giving list of documents, etc., upon which the revenue stamps are found. Postpaid.05 No. 25. Home-made Devices for Stamp Collectors. Tells how to make for little ex¬ pense, all kinds of albums, stock books, stamp files, cartLsystems, stamp cabinet, hinges, tongs, watermark revealer, etc. Illustrated with dia- grams. Postpaid. IO QPFflAI • Any s i n &k book above will be 01 Lvl/iL» sold at the price to the right. The entire set of books listed above, comprising a com¬ plete collector’s library, priced at $ 1 . 33 , and actu¬ ally worth twice as much, will be sent postfree for only $ 1.00 Printed Envelopes pack!ts mp THE LEE STAMP CO Importers, Publishers and Dealers Dept. R., BOSTON, MASS., Station A (As to our reliability, we refer to the publishers of The Youth’s Realm) NS U» l H by 2%inches as per cut, 25 6c, pos¬ tage ic.; 100 20c, post 3c. 500 60c, post 12c. MS 3, by 3 % inches, 25 for 8c, post ‘ic. 100, 25c post 4c.; 500 90c,post 18c. SAME, | not printed, ’No. I, per I O O, IO c, post 3c. Per 500 30c, post f* No. 3, per 100, 15c, post 4c. Per 500, post 18c. PERFORATION GAUGES. For the detection of counterfeits, varieties, etc. Inch and millimetre scale attached. 5 s Absolutely accurate. A necessity