10 BOOK FREE. READ BELOW JUNE A. D. 1900. Ill ROOK<\ FREE'S SB m M Wfc J m If you will get us only one yearly subscriber to THE ■ ■ ■ YOUTH’S REALM, ■ HnSS at only 35 cents, or subscribe yourself for one year, we will H ^Segr give y°u any TEN of the following books. Books are not for sale, and 6-months’ subscriptions do not apply to this offer, starred numbers refer to works folded in paper, not book, form, but of same iize as the rest. An easy way to secure new subscribers is for you to offer raur friends who are willing to subscribe any ffve books on the list, while mu select for yourselffive more for each subscriber thus obtained. Order Sooks ONLY BY NUMBER to avoid delay in getting them. TRICKS. rou how to do wonderfu 11 ” ■ How to Perform Tricks of Sleight-of-hand. I | It reveals the secrets of the conjurer’s art, telling i wonderful tricks with cards, coins, chemicals, etc. Full di- ections are als o given for makin g th e necessary apparatus. NO. 5. PT Tp g’Hf |f-1 T/HYrjT'IT’ How to do Electrical Exptr- EfXj JEfVS X JDilX\^X X X • iments with apparatus easily nade at home. A most instructive book for the amateur, explaining the sif- rer-platkig process, the battery, electrophorus, magnet, leyden jar, etc. NO.ll A “O CnHATITl’C B y Geo - B Kilmer. Thrill. W XjLJLAi Q X V/HlAfiOt ing narratives of the Civil vVar , illustrated. ' NO. *50. l^ TFT TW VW T TpP A Collection of Rebuses, Charades, etc., Sf MjkJLA illustrated. They will afford plenty of enter- ia mmen t f or th e home circ le during the long winter evenings. - NO. *53. Q(fH/\T*l Yf P/\/\TT Charles’ Surprise, and After a 0A vAX JLR Fallen Star, by Joseph R. i imm a, the popular author of juvenile works. NO. 10. "\T *m dT\ TT" The Hidden Box, by Wilbur DXwIliI ^wvAkt Ol instead. One of the best stories by this famous author. NO. 6. ■nrnro cinp/\T>TT , G B y jaB * E * Aitg»id. The y X f» |9 X amuse the younger readers and teacn a good moral besides. N >. 1. Prices we Pay You for the U. S. Coins worth kit over face value. Some coins you handle are rare and you wan t to know it._ NO. 14. TJ IP^ITITTjrilCf Household Receipts and Hints. The XllJuw JEdiJu X |9» young housekeeper can get many good ideas from this work. NO. *58. STAMP DICTIONARY':'."! 1 ,',;.™; collectors. The most complete philatelic dictionary of stamp words such as rouletted, grilled, embossed, wove, S.S.S.S., etc., etc., ever published. In fac t it e xplains e very thing, and is worth 50c to any collector. NO. 7. C«m \ How to Deal in Postage Stamps. Many trade X JjLJLtX* secrets are here given away for the first time. It wil l int erest a ny col lector. NO. 9. flff! A Tw TIP Prices we Pay You for Postage Stamps, |9 X ■ illustrated with cuts of rare and common varieties. Ifvou have dupl icate s you need this catalogue. NO. 8. C*rri A ll/TTIC! Queer Facts about Postage Stamps, giving X ”1 r a great deal of information every intelligent col- lect or s hould kn ow. NO. 3. finpi A Where Dealers Get their Stamps, a secret X ^X«ftULXr £aPc never before made known to the public. It also tells where You can pick up a great many stamps free, and get large prices for some by selling the m to deal ers. NO. 13. PI TT T^"IWTGnmj XT' How to Perform Chemical Ex- B.-|i 11 fa IVI ■ M. Xi 9 periments at Home. A fine labor¬ atory manual on tests for acids, how to make gases, explosives, etc., and a great variety of colored fires etc. for illuminations. Any boy can start a labor¬ atory by securing this book. NO. 3. f. TTVT/^jT TAT Short Stories of Lincoln, by John Rfd- jj I Pm • path and others, illustrated. NO. *51. rmire How to Make Toys, such as fire balloons, kites, bows X X and arrows, flying pigeons, etc., etc, NO. 13. 1000 Mixed foreign stamps given for one yearly subscription to The Youth's Realm at 35c and 5c extra for postage and packing. Stamps are not sold separately. This is a much bet¬ ter mixture of Continentals than that usually sold by other dealers. We have purchased several barrels of these stamps and offer them virtuallv free. whW U** ♦/* LARGE U. S. ALBUM FREE TO AGENTS AND OTHERS ! <> W E have prepared a special album for U. S. stamps, . including the Omaha issue, with extra spaces for revenues, duplicates, etc. It is beautifully bound in half cloth covers and-printed on 80-pound cream wove paper in a most artistic manner, making it an album any col¬ lector would be proud to own. The spaces for the U. S. stamps are d s ignated by the proper date, color, and value of each specimen. The extra spaces in the back are for foreign stamps, dup icates, etc. The entire book has been prepared by us at no Tittle expense, but we propose to give a copy tree to each .gent under the following conditions: When a party first writes for sheets we send him a pocket stamp album containing a free assortment of stamps. This album, although a most serviceable liitle book, must not be confounded with the large U. S. album we give later. V 0 W S&. iH If w m w w A W Mb m W m w w w 0 PS < fc w •k * H © H s2 (H . <5 o w FOR m OF THESE WE WILL GIVE A LARGE ALBUM 'EBB U. S. STAMPS WIT* EXTRA SPACES FOR DUPLICATES OR FQREISH STAMPS. A. BULLARD A- CO., STA. Ae BOSTON MASS. i a c s R . • K 0 B- £ & ® & « *c 2 £ s n H * ( Q h r Whenever an agent, or purchaser of sets, packets, etc., sends us a remittance, we 1 eturn him, with new sheets, or goods ordered, one or more of our trade stamps, or purchase tickets, indicating the amoun of his remittance in multiples of ten cents. That is, For every ten cents s nt us we return one of our trading stamps. If a party sends thirty cents, he gets lime, lor in¬ stance, or for 45c four, etc. But when an agent wishes to discontinue his agency, or no goods are to be sent a remitter, we cannot send a purchase ticket for the last amount sent us unless a ic stamp is enclosed for return postage. As soon as you have twenty trade stamps send them back to us, with 5c for postage, and we will mail you this large IT. P. album weighing nearly three-quarters of a pound. Now remember that this hook is not the one you get when you first apply for an agency, but is yours after a little effort to introduce our goods. A Free Offer We Hake to ALL OUR CUSTOMERS. In order to secure the names of all the stamp collectors in America, we offer, until further notice, to give away tree an assortment of good foreign stamps to everyone sending us the name and full address (with street and number or post-office box)of every stamp collector known to him. If we do not alrea.cfy have on our list the names sent us, we will give for these names, ABSOLUTELY FREE, good stamps—our own selection, — in numbers varying according to the number of names sent us, -PIRCrVIIDEID .A. 1ST ORDER, no matter how small, for anything sold by us is sent in the letter containing the listof names. Agents remitting us money also have the same privilege of sending us names. Of course the same name cannot be sent us but once, and it must be that of a genuine stamp collector. This offer is likely to be discontinued at any time, so send us an order at once, before it is too late to get these fine stamps free. A. BULLARD & CO., Publishers of THE YOUTH’S REALM, 97 Pembroke St., BOSTON. MASS LL FREE A ■ft SCORES OF CHOICE ft GIFTS for Boys, Girls, Men and Women who will sell our specialty ■ ■the TITTLE GIANT INK POW- ™DEK to their friends at 5 c per pack- age. By simply mixing' with water' it makes more than an ordinary ink bottle full of the best iet black writing and copying ink in the world. Everybody uses ink. Your store keeper will buy 6 peks. of you for his own use. It sells on sight. Write and we will mail you io packages. When sold send us the money and we will.forward any premium or premiums for selling 50c worth, or we will send, on receipt ofthe above amount, a 2d lot of powders, if you want to earn a more valuable premium, giving you credit for your first remittance. Return all ink^ unsold after 14 days. Read premium list. FAY CHEM¬ ICAL CO., Box BZ, Sta. A, Boston, Mass. MARVELOUS OFFER Our CASH OFFER If you prefer cash to a premium you may keep Sc on every 5c package you sell, remitting us 3 c. * ©ur Best ©ffer. For selling our specialty to the value of 50 c, we will give you a year’s subscription to one of the best magazines published—• THE YOUTH’S REALM, a large, illustrated, monthly pa- per for young and old. The Realm contains the choicest of stories by popular writers; thrilling narratives ot soldiers and explorers ; educational mat¬ ters pertaining to electricity, chemistry, physics, etc.; his¬ torical works on various subjects; directions for mak¬ ing many useful and instruc¬ tive articles, for performing tricks etc., and to interest STAMP COLLECTORS has columns filled with the latest stamp news from all parts of the world. This paper is the most interesting and instructive premium we could possibly offer you. D ynamo for experimental ■ w r ork and medical use. Builtupon the latest scientific and mechanical principles to he durable and prac¬ tical.. . Directions and list of experi¬ ments with each dynamo. Above sent post free for selling our specialty to the value of only $2.00. A great.bargain! OUR NEW TELESCOPE, made in 5 sec¬ tions, stretching 3^ ft. when open, has a long range of from 5 to 10 miles, bringing distant objects into full view. Beats the imported instruments. Sent post paid for selling our specialty to the value of only $1.50. A STRAWBERRY'HULLER A. STITCH .PICKER will be sent you post free for selling our specialty to the value of only 25 cents. OUR PRINTING PRESS AND OUTFIT for printing cards and small jobs. Prints a 2x3 inch form and does good work. Roller, ink, bronzes, type, and case, tweezers, cards and instructions go with press, .all above free, express paid by receiver, for selling our specialty to the value of only $ 1.80. AN AMERICAN WATCH guaranteed to keep good time and; stand hard usage for 10 years, will be given free, post paid, for selling our specialty to the value of only $1.80. A still better Watch ladies’ size, nickel plated, worth $3.00, is sent free by registered mail for selling our specialty to the value of only $4.20. A bargain! INERAL COLLECTIONS, «Q. 1,2, OR 3, each sent post free for selling our specialty to the value of 40c, or all 3 for selling $1.00 worth. No, 1, 20 minerals such as rose quartz, feldspar, garnet, onyx, etc. No 2, 15 fine specimens not in ..above. No! 3,10 rare specimens not in 1 or 2. N o 4, 54 larger specimens given for selling our specialty to value $3.50, expr’s extra. S HELLS from the W. I. Beautiful. Box free for selling onr specialty to value 40c ARRFIW HEADS, set of 3 for selling our mill vl W specialty to the value of 30c. C ONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY, 3 hills for selling our specialty tq the value of 30 cts.,or 6 different for selling 60c worth. CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT Box, containing 11 packages of chemicals, test papers and man. ual for perform, ing a number of startling exper. iments, such as to imitate light¬ ning, test acids, potash and iron, to make bright fire,gunpowder, illuminating gas, etc., free, post paid, for sel ling our specialty to the value of only 40c. ARTICLES FOR STAMP COL. LECTORS Given FREE for sailing our specialty. Order sets etc. by number to avoid mistakes. For selling 10 c WORTH, any article below : Catalogue of prices paid for U. S. stamps and where to sell them. Catalogue of prices paid for foreign stamps. Perforation gauge to detect coun¬ terfeits etc. Large sheet hinge paper. No. 0330, 5 India including envelopes. No. 0251, 3 Japan, new issue. No. 0255, 3 C. Gd. Hope. No. 0165, 5 Italy. No. 0430, 6 Sardinia. No. 0463, 8 Japan. |For selling 20 c WORTH, any article below: No. 0260, 12 Australia stamps. No. 0441, 5 Columbian Republic. No. 0445, 10 U. S. documentary. No. 0640, 10 Roman States. 25 printed envelopes for stamp packets. |For selling 30 o WORTH, anything below : Pckt O2A of 105 mixed stamps,including Roman States, Constantinople, Porto Rico, etc. This packet con¬ tains duplicates. No. 0235, 8 Mexican revenues. No. 0435,10 Rournania. No. 0501, 4 Hussey’s Lo¬ cals worth 40c. No. 0560, 8 Samoa. 25 blank .approval sheets,^ hold 2c;stps. Box 1,000 hinges, something new, al¬ ready bent for use. For selling 40 c WORTH, any article below : Packet OD of 7S different stamps for beginners, from Rournania, Egypt, Dutch Indies, Greece, Japan, etc. Packet OA of 25 difft. rare stamps, as Samoa, Mexico, etc. No. 0103, 5 Greece Olympic Games. Album, paper covers, to hold over 3,000 stamps, illustrated. For selling 50 c WORTH, No. 0506, 14 rare Cuba. jFor selling 60 c WORTH, any article below : Packet OH of 30 different U. S. stamps, including Department and Columbus issues. No. 0148, 20 Mex. revenues. 1000 Mixed foreign stamps. Album for U. S. stamps with spaces for each va¬ riety, latest, bound in boards, half cloth, and print¬ ed on heavy cream paper. Album for the stamps of the world, containing over 100 illustrated pages, bound in half cloth covers. For selling 80 c WORTH, Packet OE of 125 va¬ rieties stamps for beginners as Shanghai, Bul- garia, Cuba, etc. ___ For selling $ 1.00 WORTH, Scott’s lat est catalogue of the stamps of the world. Over 600 illus. pages. For selling $ 2.60 WORTH, Internation¬ al Stamp Album, latest edition. Express paid. For sellins»- $ 2.50 worth,our Dollar Deal¬ er’s Stock of stamps, albums, cats., sheets,- packets, etc., which can be sold for several times the cost. It starts you in a paying business. 1000 Mixed for "selling only 30 CENTS WORTH OF OUR 8PEC- ialty. FOR SELLING 40 CTS WORTH, an ALBUM, paper covers,, for 2000 st’ps. TELEPHONE^ with transmitters, receivers, several hundred feet of line and all the necessa¬ ry fixtures for put¬ ting up, and one set of instructions, sent free and post paid for selling our specialty to the valu e of $LOO. Shutoy, but auseful apparatus. APPROVAL. Our new series of non-duplicating approval books is the best thing that was ever gotten out for the buyer. Each book contains 240 stamps all different. Twelve hooks are now ready and others will he an¬ nounced from time to time.. Onr special discount of 50 per cent ap¬ plies to the entire series, and big bargains are found on every page. HflU/ T X~* FT" TUP" W Send us ^ 0ur name anc * address on * I I | ■ a postal card, mentioning this pa¬ per, and we will send you a complete descriptive circular, including statement of our rules and all necessary information. Or send us a first-class commercial reference from a bank or busi¬ ness house of known rating in your locality and we will start you out at once with the first book. If you have at any time had stamps on approval from this company, it will only be necessary for you to refer to your record and state your desire to reopen your account. This series of books has been prepared at immense expense and every collector should take advantage of the excellent opportunity afforded by our liberal discount and careful pricing. C. H. riekeel Stamp & Publishing Co. Rooms 603-4-5 Century Bldg, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. X-CLOSING OUT * Until my lc mixture is closed out we will sell at $1 per 1000. This is the mix¬ ture that has been giving such universal satis¬ faction. Special: 1879 50c brown, postage due, cat. $2.50, my price, only $ 1 . 00 . Price list new private proprietaries FREE. JOS, B. HENDERSON, Columbus. Kang. need any job printing? We em- 'Iploy a large force of workmen m / ■ I and turn out nothing but the Y fl II very finest kind of work. We make a speciality of philatelic printing and would be pleased to give esti¬ mates. Prompt attention given to mail orders. Nunundah Stamp & Pub. Co., SMETHPORT, Pa. Opp. P. O. AI Dlllf Containing PBFF ALBUM stamps rACE To EVERY COLLECTOR. 100,000 albums and3bbls.of stamps to be given away. Send name on postal. We also give every new agent a beautiful, illustrated album. 50 per cent com. 105 Indo-China etc., album, hinge paper, and Cata., all for 5 c. 500 games, tricks &c., and paper 3 mos. with stamp news, stories and puzzles, 10c. Bargai n Cat’s F CpCPIAl _ 4 Hungary 1900, fillers, 5e. 3 Austria 1900, hellers, 3 c. 3 Japan, 1899, new issue,fine, 2c. Order quick. - -- VOL. VI. A. BULLARD & CO., 97 PEMBROKE ST. BOSTON. MASS., JUNE. 1900. 35 AND TO CENTS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE % NO. 6 S ! : HALL I go with them, or shall I .make a bolt of it right away from 'the country? Mother would fret awhile to miss me, but she would think it better than my joining what they call ‘the poaching set;’ though, to my mind, there’s no such great harm in snaring a few birds that have perhaps got their living on your very own bit of land.” These were Jim Wraxall’s thoughts as he sat gloomily on a stile one autumn evening. He had got into bad ways of late, there was no doubt, and now he was on the point of doing still worse, and openly joining a band of wild young fellows who, though undetec'- ed, were known to make poaching raids on the preserves of Squite Weatherley. By persuasion and scoffs they had got Jim to promise that he would go out with them that very night, and here he was wandering about, very unsettled in his mind, and half inclined to take desperate measures to get free from comrades who he knew would bring him to ruin. For Jim had good parents, and had re¬ ceived a careful training; and such lads, if they will go to the bad, do so with their eyes open, and are punished by many a stab from that rough friend Conscience. “The parson talks of our being guided to do right, and warned against doing wrong,” pur¬ sued Jim, going on with his uncomfortable thoughts; “but it seems to me if God was asleep now, as far as people in the world go (I don’t mean no harm, nothing wicked by it),’’apologised Jim to himself; “but if only messengers could come straight and tell us, ‘You’re not to do that,’ or ‘He wants you to do this,’ like they did in the Bible long ago, we should be all right and no mistake. Fd like a messenger to-night, to tell me what Fd best do.” You see Jim was not altogether hardened yet, but weak, and dared not break with his bad friends as he should have done, and he could only think of one other choice— running away from home, and perhaps ’listing as a soldier, which would be a great grief to his family, one of the most respected in Lowerdale. In the midst of his musing a hasty step on the field-path roused him—a. little hurried tread, accompanied at times by a half sob. Before Jim could move, a girl ran up to him; in the dusk be saw it was the child of a small tenant-faimer who lived on the hill above Lowerdale. “S ssy !” he exclaimed in surprise, for it was ten o’clock at night, though a half-hidden moon made it seem much earlier. “O Jim, Jim,” broke out poor Sissy, “It's father! he’s been taken a deal worse than ever, and I’ve been to fetch Dr. Carter, and he’s away from home till to-morrow, and now I’m running to Bridgelawton to fetch the big doctor there. I daren’t go back without some one, mother does cry so.” “But, Sissy, you can’t go to Bridgelawton, five miles by the highroad, at this time of night.” “Yes, I can,” said Sissy, panting still: “let me goby, Jim; mother thinks he’s taken for death this time.” Sissy’s father, Thomas Birt, had had a bad fall from a haystack in the summer, and had since been subject to terrible fits, one of which would carry him off, the doctors said : it took all a man’s strength to prevent him hurting himself during the attacks, and so it was that Mrs. Birt had to keep their one farm-laborer to attend on his poor master, leaving only little Sissy to send for the doctor. Jim was very sorry for the little sobbing, frightened thing; he caught her pinafore as she tried to pass by, and stroked her hair, and spoke out on the impulse of the mo¬ ment,— “Don’t cry, Sissy: I’ll go and fetch Dr. Nash. I can run quicker than you. You just go home and say as how Jim will bring the doctor.” And Jim was as good as his word: he forgot all about his engagement for midnight at Dead Thorn Corner, a nd set off at a steady t % 4 trot across the fields towards Bridgelawton. Midnight found him side by side with the doctor, driving in his gig to the Birt’s lonely homestead. Poor Birt was more like a raging lunatic than a sick man, and there was work for all of them in the house that night. Jim coaxed poor Mrs. Birt away from the sick-room, by begging her to put little shivering Sissy to bed, for the child was still cowering in her father’s room, half stupefied with terror. And then the doctor ordered her to make coffee for the watchers, and that kept her down stairs awhile out of sight of the agony which she couldn’t soothe. Strong medicines presently quieted the Poor farmer, but the doctor told Jim there was little chance of his waking, and if he did it might only be to linger a few days a hope- 1 ' less madman. Very sad news, for poor Birt had been a good husband and a kind father. At daybreak the doctor was obliged to leave, and the farm laborer being asleep in the kitchen, he gave all his directions to Jim, thinking him a relation. “Don’t disturb the woman and child,” hesaid:“Birt will lie in this state perhaps for hours, but if he chance to wake up suddenly and seem clear in his mind, he will not be far from death then, and you had better rouse the wife. Do you understand?” Jim said “Yes,” wished the doctor good night, heard him promise to return in a few hours, and went back to his lonely watch. He had never been with a dying person be¬ fore, and it seemed very solemn to sit and listen to the slow breathings, wondering if each was to be the last; and if so, what came next? And some day he must lie oft a death bed, too. Farmer Birt had been a religious man, and of late had made special prepara¬ tions for his possible removal from the world, as Jim knew; but how would it be with one who never thought of these things? Suppose he,.Jim Wraxall, had gone out poaching that night and got shot dead! And he had nearly made up his mind to join the poachers,—only a mere chance had prevented it. But was it a chance ? or was little Sissy, with the tearful face and stumbling footstep, a real messenger from God to him to keep him from harm? The more Jim thought of this, the more he felt that the God whom he thought to be sleeping or careless of His creatures had really stooped down from Heaven to keep him from evil. He tried to make some sort of thanks in words for this goodness, but he could say nothing but “Thank God for this !” Then the sick man stirred, and Jim lifted him up, and noticed a look of intelligence in his glazed eyes. “Call the missis?” questioned Jim. The farmer nodded, “Aye, and sharp.” Mrs. Birt came in directly, and then the farmer said “Sissy t” So Jim fetched Sissy, wrapped in a blanket and sound asleep, and laid her by her dying father. She never woke, poor tired child ! And then Thomas Birt turned feebly from wife to child, and said gently, “God bless you all and Jim,” and lay quite still. He died so quietly that sleeping Sissy never knew when the soul near her fled, and the poor wife would hardly believe Jim when he tried to lead her away. All that long day Jim stayed at the farm., doing what he could for the bereaved family , and at Mrs. Birt’s; earnest request he promised not to leave her till after the funeral. “Your name was last on his lips,” said the - poor woman with a sob. Jim’s mother came up, too, when she heard the news, and from her Jim heard of that other news of which all Lowerdale was talking. The poaching set had made a night of it, - and been caught by a band of the Squire’s keepers; two o-f the lads were badly wounded, and.six others were in custody. “Mother,” said Jim solemnly, “I might have been there but for a messenger from God: it’ll be a warning to me for life I hope.” Aftd then he told the whole tale of his wavering intentions, and the turn given to his life by the appearance of little Sissy Birt. “I shall always think God sent her straight to me,” said Jim; “else why did she come through the stile meadow instead of taking the other road to Bridgelawton? She cannot say herself, poor child ! And, mother. I’ll do as Mrs. Birt wishes, if you and father think right: I’ll work on her farm arid try to keep things straight. I did once think I ought to leave Lowerdale,but since poor Will Dawes is in bed for weeks, and Lawrence and Murphy are in prison, I can’t go wrong with them, and by the time they get about again we shall all, I hope be steadier ” And so ends the story of Jim Wraxall’s messenger. Xittte ^trav ellers. HIS is a little story for the young¬ est readers of the REALM. When Ethel and Elsie, Eva’s two little cousins, arrived at Aunt Mag¬ gie’s, Eva herself was tucked up in bed in her own little room, and fast asleep. She had wanted very, badly, indeed to stay up and see her cousins from California, bnt mother had said, “No, Eva, it will be late when father brings them, and they are sure to lie- very tired, so as soon as they have had something to eat I shall see them tucked up. in bed, poor I ttle souls. Everything will be strange and new to them, so you must try to make them very happy, Eva.” Eva was up early the next morning. (Playing with Jumping-Jack.) for she was very anxious to see- her new cousins, and as soon as she was dressed she went to their room to pay them a visit, with one of her toys in her hand. Both the little girls were awake, and at first Eva felt just a little tiny bit shy, but she soon sum¬ moned up Courage to say, “I’m Eva, and I*ve brought you this to play with.” Then Elsie came to the foot of the bed, and very soon all tinea li.t’e girls were laughing merrily at the e mie antics of the “Jumping Jack,” and lit¬ tle Ethel was saying, “Cousin Eva, mayn’t I have it to play w.tb a bit now?” and by the time Mamma came in to tell the little travelers that ft was time to get dressed they were fast friends, and Elsie and Ethel had made up their minds that they were going to love Cousin Eva very much indeed, for she had promised to lend them all her toys and books, and Eva had said, “Of course, we- must be friends, for don’t our names all begin with the same letter?” New French Pistol Saber. The British fleet to-day confsts of 489 .ships, with a total dfsplacemeni of 1-500,000 tons. , Sixty-four' battle < hips. carry 50,000 officers arid men and mount 2,671 guns. There are 137 cruisers, wh ie among the smaller craft are 218 torpedo boats and destroyers and S5 larger tor¬ pedo vessels as well as 15 coast defense ships. “Edward, I hear that you have diso¬ beyed your grandmother, who told you not to jump do^n those steps.” “Grandmother didn't tell me not to. papa. She only came to the door and said: ‘I wouldn’t jump down tho?-: steps, hoys,’ find I shouldn’t think; sit. would, an old lady like her.” Squaring Snowbound Snawley (In deep dis¬ gust)—Has it come to dis that yer are bound wid a saw on yer shoulder look¬ in’ fer work? Foxy Feeney (injuredly)—Yer wrong me, parti; I’m lookin’ fer food, an’ 'de- saw makes folks t’ink I would work, Yer see, l alius avoid yards wo’t hev wood piles, an’ w’enever Fm cornered an’ offered a job I ax so much fer me services dat no one will hire me.— Judge- The Horse Next to Camel. A horse will live twenty-five days without food, merely drinking water Chemical Printa in Darkness. Here Is. a way to take a picture in the dark: Draw a picture on a piece of paper, using sulphate of quinine in making the outlines. Expose the pa¬ per to the sun for a few minutes; then place the paper face down on a piece of sensitive paper, like that used by- photographers, and place the two sheets between the leaves of a book. If the sheets are removed from the book a few hours later you will find :hat an exact reproduction of the draw- ! ng will have been impressed on the sensitive paper. Designs of any sort ran be copied in this way, or you may" trace over a printed picture or design with sulphate of quinine and by the same process produce a faithful copy >£ the print. Try it. A Popnlav Ehrrear. Nearly everybody entertains the opinion that a dishonest grocer has a penchant for mixing sand with his 3Ugar for the purpose of gain. This is a popular error, for sugar is but rarely adulterated, from the fact that mless scientifically done, and then only with a certain kind of clay, the fraud would come to light without the consumer applying any test. If sand is mixed with sugar, It would be discovered by the sugar eater, for the sand would be found as a deposit at the bottom of the coffee eup, or it would betray itself by the grit in the cake. A Bee, A little girl was visiting her cousins in the country for the first time, and everything was so strange to her’ that she could not help showing her ignor¬ ance. Her cousins seemed to be amused at her unfamiliarity with things that they knew so well, and this vexed her. The next morning, at breakfast, she saw a chance to show them that she was not so ignorant, af¬ ter all. There: was a dish of honey an the table, and she said, with an air of self-satisfaction: “Ah, I kee you beep a beef 3 5 ©ne Sbtp vtftbtn another. U R friend the Cap¬ tain has the following story to tell the read¬ ers of the REALM. It was in the year 1849 or ’50 that the small side-wheel steam boat 8. B. Wheeler was built at Smith’s ship yard and docks at Eastport, Me. She. was a good exam pie'of'tlie steam¬ boats of that period; well fitted and furnished, and of about 250 tons bur¬ den. The Wheeler made one season, with indifferent success, upon the St. Croix River (which is the eastern internation¬ al boundary line between the United States and the British possessions in America), and then, the California boom being at its height, she was sent as a Yankee venture, to San Francis- so, says the Lwistou Journal. She proved the first 1 steamboat to ply the inland waters of California, and ran, for a long time, upon the Sac¬ ramento River, undl outclassed by oth¬ er steamers, when she crossed the Paci¬ fic to Honolulu. The Wheeler was a pioneer in more than this, however. Her departure marked the first attempt of its kind in transportation annals. It was an event on the St. Gioix to witness which the whole population of the river towns gathered, I am told by the Captain’s wife, to whom he turns for verification and dates as he tells me the story, that at that gathering she first met the Captain. Perhaps it is this fact which lias caused the gallant sailor to retain so much interest in the now' out-of-date craft. Up the river, upon the English side of the St. Croix, was built the bark Fanny. She was built for a purpose; designed and measured to receive the S. B. Wheeler in her capacious hold. The very day that she was launched she was also sunk but by design. In¬ deed, the bark had no stern; the tidal river flowed in and out of the empty shell. - v Alongside was brought the steamer. Her funnel and walking-beam had been removed but otherwise she was not dismantled. As the tide served just, for the purpose, the Wheeler was floated, head on. to a berth within the submerged hull. It was a pretty good fit. After fastening the steamer well within, they towed the bark around, with head up stream: the receding tide flowed out, and the Fanny and the S. B. Wheeler rested upon the river bot¬ tom, the one inside the other. Next they fixed -the stern in place W'ith screw bolts, following the design of the builders, and with the next tide which ascended the St. Croix the bark floated—in fact, they both floated. Next they stepped the masts and put on the rigging. Of the bark’s three masts, two, the main and mizzen, passed directly through the steamer to reach the keel. The space between the shells of the tw r o vessels w T as packed with coal; pro¬ visions were taken as a cargo, and, with a passenger list of 200 goldseek- • fairs, many of whom had grand quar¬ ters in the Wheeler’s cabin, the two crafts in one were towed out of the river, amid the shouts of the populace, to Square away in Passamaquoddy for the long voyage around the Horn to the Golden Gate. That she arrived at her destination, we have ample proof: moreover the bark Fanny came back to Boston. An Artificial Jaw. Probably the hardest task that a dentist ever had to do was to make an artificial jaw. But that is what a De¬ troit dental surgeon has succeeded in doing. John Die. a young farmer of Royal Oak, Mich., was shot in the face with a shotgun by an angry brother-in-law. John Die’s condition was terrible and lie was grad al y starving to doa;h. be¬ cause he could not cat. He was taken to Detroit, 1o surgeons and hospitals, where his case was pronounced hope¬ less. No one would attempt to help him till he found Dr. Osius, a dentist. The doctor experimented till he had found that by means of fine wires he could fasten an artificial jaw to the two back teeth. THE ARTIFICIAL JAW. The experiment took five weeks to complete. Wi en finished the jaw was not a pretty object, but it was planned to do work. Japrticse Backsliders. Christianity is going backward in Japan instead of forward, according to Japanese newspapers. Several prom¬ inent men have turned their backs on the Christian faith after they had ad¬ vanced greatly in its teachings. The most notable tin nge is that of the Rev. Paul Kanamori. He was pastor of a Congregational Church at Tokio and President of the Doshisha University. He wrote several religious books that are still being distributed by mission- aires. He lias gone into business and ghen up the Christian pursuit entirely, lie is now' a director in the ToHo Stock Exchange. The Rev. Dr. Ichiliara, who four years ago w as at the head of the school of law's and politics in the Doshislia University, is now' noted only for his business ability. He is an officer in the Nippon Bank and has made a large amount of money since he left tlie church. Prof. Yujero Motora, a prom¬ inent officer in the Tokio Imperial Uni¬ versity, hr-s sever <1 nil connection with the -Christian chorea. He stiTtfled in America under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and held a position in the Methodist College. He now denies both Goa and Christ, and is a leader in a strong faith knowm as the Nippon Shugi, cw* Japanese princi¬ ples. HE COULDN’T HELP IT And He Proved It to tlie Colonel** Snip Isfaction. A corporal in one of th® regiments down at Chickamauga Park had be¬ come entangled with a difficulty, and as a result of it, added to an accumulation of similar such, he was called to ap¬ pear before the colonel of the regiment. “Cornoral Jenkins,” said that officer, severely, “you are a fine soldier and a sensible man, and you ought to con¬ duct yourself differently.” “I was drunk, sir,” explained the corporal, very contritely. “That is no excuse. Don’t you know it is W'rong to get drunk?” “Yes, sir,” admitted the corporal, w'ithout cavil. “Then why do you do it?” “I can’t help it, sir.” “You cannot excuse your fault that wav, sir,” said the colonel sternly. “You know you can if you "want to.” “But I can’t, sir.” "Yes, you can,” insisted the colonel. “A man can help doing anything if he puts his mind to it.” The corporal stood up straight and saluted. “Beggin’ your pardon, sir,” he said, “but do you think when I heard that Uncle Sam had got into a scrap with them dirty cigaroot-smokin’ Spanny- ards and was askin’ his boys to take a hand with him to lick ’em off the face of the eai th that I could help dropping everything right then and there ar.d grabbin’ up a gun and takin' a hold with tne old man and the other boys? Say, colonel, do you think a man about my size could help doin’ just what I done and bein’ right here ready when he says the word?” The colonel was stumped for an in¬ stant. Then he get up and took the corporal’s hand. “Get out of this,” he said hurriedly; “get out. and if you ever get drunk again I’ll have you put in the guard house and nailed up until the war is over.” Times are so hard that the price of a compliment has been reduced from fif¬ ty cents to a quarter. If you want to borrow money don’t work your friend for a few cents; work a bank cashiei for a lot. After a woman has had experience she knows that a man is just as mean before marriage as after. About all a girl does for her little brother is to jerk his clothes and. say, “Behave yourself!” After a woman knows a man thor¬ oughly she is content with the compli¬ ment if he asks for a second piece of pie and doesn’t praise her cooking. The society editress of a newspaper seldom lasts more than a year; at the end of a year all the women hate he . If there is any important news from the seat of war a man can always hear of it without neglecting his work to run to the bulletin boards. It is lil a losing a hat in the wind: th® other fel¬ low always chases it. When a woman gets up to take her leave her hostess feels that she is fall¬ ing short of her duty unless she spends the next fifteen minutes in sweeping away her guest’s excuses for not st y- ing longer. Instead of teaching a little piano¬ playing, how to dab in paints, danc¬ ing, &c., to make a girl fitted for a wife, she should be given a drill in develop¬ ing her patience. Any married woman will admit that she has more need of patience than she has of the two- step. 6 O THE REALM ^rnzgrm>& x> :r^:R^ ;y y 4; :: ^ i : xi-iE YOUTH’SREALM, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, for Both Young and Old. ———• PUBLISHED BY • — A. BULLARD & CO., 97 Pembroke St., BOSTON, - - HASS. M 3 5 c: PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. • SPECIAL EDITION, Heavy paper . 50 c PER YEAR. An X opposite this paragraph indicates that your subscription to this paper expires with this num¬ ber,'We should be pleased to have you renew your subscription, and select again one of our free, pr. miiim gifts. A prompt renewal is necessary if you wish to receivathe next number, which goes to press at an early date. All premiums offered with our 35c edition also go with our Special, 50 c Library Edition, artis¬ tically printed on extra heavy paper. Subscribers sending notice of change of address should state the hjpproximkte month when their subscription be¬ gan, or when renewal was made. . —•—ADVERTISING RATES— 10 c per line, OOc per inch, 45 c per 1-2 inch in advance. Forms close All of preceding month. “This is what I call fun, boys,” said Frank Curtis, as he sat down with the other boys to their meal in the tent. They had been three days on the edge of the woods beside a pretty inland lake, but as their dishes had not come oefore, they had just to-day gotten nice¬ ly settled. “Schools all right, but what a relief to be away from civilization where we don’t have so many rules. We are free, free as the wind. Two-weeks of fun, boys, whoop la I” “This milk came from no iron-tailed cow, that’s sure. ©, it’s good!” ex¬ claimed one of the hungriest, if one boy at camp would be hungrier than another. “Of course, you got it at the farmhouse, Stan.” “Yes,” answered Stanley Clark, the steward. The boys bought their milk and eggs and vegetables at the only farmhouse In sight, of Farmer and Mrs. Brown, two good old souls who already would do anything for the boys but let them hunt in their woods. - “That makes me think.’ added Stan¬ ley, “Mrs. Brown asked me to-day if we boys would not like to give an en¬ tertainment or—lawn ‘feet.’ as she colled f it, to raise money to paint their church at Magnolia Hill.’’ “They haven’t any nerve, have they?” “What do we know about lawn fetes? The girls always get them up. We go and enjoy ourselves.” “BIT tell you, boys,” began Joe Tay¬ lor, when the hubbub had subsided, “they’ve: been awful good to us, I’ll admit,. Don’t, know what we'd done if they hadn’t lent us a frying-pan and a pail a,nd what-not. But we are on a vacation ‘for’all the fun that’s in it.’ as Frank says; getting up an entertain¬ ment is too much like work.” “That’s what • I say,” assented most of the boys. * ; “But see, here/’ said Stanley, “the Idea stuck me as rather ridiculous at first, but as I was coming back from There I thought.maybe it wasn’t.so far out of the quest!oil after ali. Anyway, we ought not to be so busy having a good time that we can’t do a good turn to someone else. And you know what we promised Miss Norton, boys.” On the Sunday before the boys had promised their Sunday-school teacher that they would try to do some helpful act during the first week of their va¬ cation. “That’s so,” said one of the boys thoughtfully. “Well, what could we do to amuse the assembled natives?” “Why, ron coulf nlnv the mandolin, for one thing,” repTecl Stanley. “We’ll revive the moonlight quartet, and Joe can please any crowd with his take¬ offs and impersonations. You know I told fortunes at a first-class party once, and [’ll do that.” One by one the boys agreed to enter into it. It might be fun, too. Mrs. Brown’s face lit up with gen¬ uine pleasure when Stanley told her the boys would do what they could. That afternoon while the coin no rs went fishing. Mrs. Brown hitched up old Dolly and drove from house to house telling the neighbors that “them lads from the city is getting up a fine entertainment for the next night, and the proceeds is agoing for to paint the church. They can sing just beautiful. We hear ’em evenings, and they is such polite and obliging lads, too.” The next day she was busy getting ready her thick maple syrup, whien they would sell hot, nd making pop¬ corn balls. Meantime the moonlight quartet had run over a few of its well worn har¬ monies, and had found itself in good voice. Frank was heard to tune up his mandolin and then say “guessed he did¬ n’t need to practice.” Roy Ellis even consented to go through some of his aerobatic gymnastics which had won the admiration of the boys at school. They hung Chinese lanterns in the tent and in the trees, which they had brought from home. The moon having risen the people be¬ gan to arrive: some on foot, som^ in wagons and others in rowboats. They looked a little curious at the boys at first, wondering what they were going to do. But after Frank had played his mandolin and .Toe had recited one of his comical pieces, the boys were sure tlieif listeners were pleased, for tney were generous with their encores. “Here are your nice fresh popcorn balls, five cents apiece, two for ten.” was heard in the familiar voice of George Wood, who had earned the name of “Stiff” at school on account of his usual dignity of mannor “This way to have your fortune told, all for five cents. If they don’t come true you’ll have your money back.” “Hot syrup, hot. thick maple syrup, just on the turn of sugaring, every third dish free,” came a voice from the tent. “I believe it’s a ‘go,’” said one boy to another, as the quartet came to¬ gether to favdr their audience with an¬ other selection. “And it’s great fun for us, too.” When, with Mr. Brown, the boys counted ur> the money afterward, they could hardly believe they had cleared over nine dollars. “I hope we can camp again next year,” exctaimed Frank to some of the boys who had gathered in Joe’s room one winter evening. “So say we all of us. I often think of those jolly days when I am pegging away at this Batin.” said Joe, as he threw the book on the bed. “But. do you know, I lT e to think of the lawn ‘feet- best of all.”—Ohio Farmer, “I only sold free papers dis morn¬ ing. I’m gettin’ sick of de literary business!” There is a lady occupied in the in¬ struction of the juvenile mind who is quite willing to confess that the pupils who attend her classes do not do all the learning. Some of the small folks tinder her tuition occasionally astonish her with their superior knowledge ol the modernly developed resources of the English language. A lecture on hygiene had been included in the pro¬ gramme for the day, and she had taken care to show the effects of al¬ cohol and tobacco upon the system, She impressed her teachings by means of anatomical charts, which gave es¬ pecial lucidity to her remarks when she came to warning the little girls, years in advance of any practical need the dangers of tight lacing. One of the little girls, whose home surround¬ ings are of the sort in which ease rather than elegance of expression is sought, listened with profound atten¬ tion. “Now, Margaret,” the teacher said, “you may see how well you remembei what I have said about tight lacing and tell us why it is injurious.” There was no response. “I mean you, Maggie,” the teaches added, and the girl jumped to her feet as she recognized the more familial name. “Tight lacing, ma’am, is injurious* ma’am-” She hesitated and the teacher smiled encouragingly and said, “Go on.” “Cos, ma’am, it’s liable to twist yet slats.” The Same Old Sturjr. yagear To PATENT Good Idou may be secured by our aid. Address, THE PATENT RECORD, _ . , Baltimore, Md. Subscriptions to The Patent Record *1.00 per annuia 7 I t ’•KUrf-k Qt?/ - x r^r£2LSj : & iX±±£ THE REALM SJrnm i.* •*.» «.» H'V-'V ‘ W t WV v5v Who shall sing the lullabies When our little baby cries? First and best is mamma’s strain, As she sings and sings again, % Sweetest words for babies ears, : v Words that quiet all his fears; L T~ “Hush, my darling, lullaby.” [4 Next the wind takes up the song. As it briskly flies along By the casement in the night, Murmuring as in affright: “Hush, my darling, lullaby.” Then the raindrops coming down On the quiet, sleeping town. Dash against the window pane, Anti repeat the low refrain: “Hush, my darling, lullaby.” And the waves upon the shore Sing the baby’s song once more, Wind and rain and wave and weather; Sing the baby’s song together. BOOMERANGS. How to Make Them amt How to Throw Thrin. Boomerangs are of two kinds—re¬ turning and non-returning. The first is called invariably the Australian boomerang because it originated a- mong the natives of Australia, and is used almost exclusively by them at the piesent day. Travellers assert that a native will leave his home in the morning armed only with a couple of return 4 ng boom¬ erangs, and will come back at night carrying a large number of birds killed with these strange weapons. The boomerang that comes not back differs little from the ordinary club. It is, however, preferred to-day to the o.nei by the native Australian. If you care to try your hand at boom¬ erang throwing, it will be well to make them, as they are expensive weapons to try and may be broken before pro- fi' -ency is acquired. 'I he boomerang is formed of a bent stick, one side'rounded, the other flat. Ic is necessary to choose a very hard sUvng and heavy wood, and the best plan is to cut a piece from a natural bend or root of a tree, and to let the c irA e of the boomerang follow the giain of the wood. They differ in length from lb inches to 3 M: feet, and in breadth from 2 incies to 3 inches. They should be about three-eights of an inch thick, tapering toward the ends, which may¬ be either round or pointed, while the edge must be sharpened all round. One & de must be convex, the other flat, the sharpness of the edge along the con¬ vexity of the curve varying in dif¬ ferent boomerangs. When thrown, the boomerang travels forward tor some distance, and and then generally re-, turns in an ellipse to withiu a few paces of the thrower. If the boomer¬ ang strikes its mark it fads to the ground. In throwing, it must be grasped at one end, stretched back behind the shoulder and then brought rapidly for¬ ward above the head, the inside facing the direction in which it is thrown. It may be hurled upward in the air, or downward so as to strike the ground some distance from the thrower, lu the first case, it flies with a rotary mo¬ tion its shape would indicate, and after ascending a great height, it sud¬ denly returns in an elliptical liue to ft spot near its starting point. An Apparent Impossibility. Give one of the children a piece of paper, in the center of which is a round hole about the size of a penny. Also give him half a dollar and request him to pass it through the hole *n the pa¬ per. He will give you a look of sur- prheand claim that it can’t be done you, however, insist that it can, a furthermore you set about to pro * e to him. PASSING COIN THROUGH THE HOLE. No. 1 is the piece of paper, now folded as seen at No. 2, with the coin between its folds. Creafse at each side as seen in No. 3. Take hold of the paper with one hand each side of coin No. 4 and gradually push the coin out. What has been accomplished in folding and creasing the paper was to elongate the round hole so that it would become a long slot, instead of a round opening. A Good Nature*! Kmperor. The Emperor of Austria was paying a surprise visit to the cadet college in the Nejistadt of Vienna when he en¬ tered a classroom and there sat, an in¬ terested and sympathetic otflocker. Suddenly his eye fell on his plumed helmet, which he had left reposing on a bench in front of the head hoy in the class. Then he noted that the boy had plucked out a green feather and was handing it around as a gratuitous me¬ mento among his schoolfellows. The Emperor was merciful anfi merely said: “My young friends, i? yon want to rob me of my feathers, I would sooner giro them to you my- seif.” Thereupon, amid the enthusiastic applause of the boys, he suited his ae tion to his words. He returned from the cadet examination with “plucked” expressed plainly in his molting crest Out of the Mouths of Babe*. Two little girls were gazing at the stars one evening. “I wonder what they are?” said one. “Oh,” replied the other, “I guess they are goad lit¬ tle night lamps that have died and gone to heaven.” A visitor who was trotting 4-year- old Freddie upon his knee, remarked to t-he little-fellow’s mother: “Do you know, there is something in this young man I like?” “Say,” exclaimed the precocious youngster, “who told you that I swallowed a penny?” Ethel, aged 5, was learning to sew, and one day, after vainly trying to make the preliminary preparation with a needle and thread, she asked: “Mam¬ ma, don’t they call the hole in a nee¬ dle an eye?” “Yes, dear,” was the reply. . “Well,” continued the little miss, “I’ll bet this olu needle s cross¬ eyed.” Little 5-year-old Willie had a very bad memory and his mother had a hard time teaching him to say “if you please’^vhen he wanted anything. The other evening at dinner he said: “Mamma, hand me the butter.” “If you what, Willie?” she asked. “Why, if you can reach it,” was the reply. Little 4-year-old Harry was not feel¬ ing well and his father suggested that he might be taking the chickenpox, then prevalent. Harry went to bed laughing at the idea, but early next morning he came downstairs looking very serious, and said: “You’re right, papa; it is the chickenpox; I found a feather in the bed.” When Pussy Runs Wild. Where cats have run Avild on isolated islands.they have become very wild and powerful. On Sable Is’and, off tAe the coast of Nova Scotia, they were in¬ troduced about 1880, a»d rapltllv ex¬ terminated the rabbits, which had been in possession for at least half of a cen¬ tury. In one of the harbors of Kergue¬ len’ Land, a barren and desolate bit of the Cape of Good Hope, cats escaped from the ships have made themselves at home on a little islet known as Cat Island, which has long been used as a wintering place for sealers. Here they live in holes in the ground, preying upon seabirds and their young, and'art said to have developed such extraord n- ary ferocity that it is almost impossible 10 * tame them even when eapturec. young. On Aldabra, two hundred miles north-west of Madagascar, eats have completely exterminated an in¬ teresting spec-lea of ran peculiar 1 o that Islend. 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Also some choice cooking recipes and hundreds of other useful and entertainingdevices, including the magic age card; how to memorize 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, of the above free to EACH PERSON 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. Tihisoffer is to introduce ourselves to ico,ooo new subscribers. If the above supply cf 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— BEALM,Station A 9 Boston,Mass, THE REALM No. 370 .—A Holiday Greeting, (A zigzag.) 1. Sky blue. 2. Farther in front. 3. The presiding officer of an assembly. 4. The fruit of the vine. 5. A long, narrow strip of cloth, leather or other material. 6. Games, dramas. 7. Part of a door. 8. To rule. 9. The largest of animhis. 10. A transparent gum rosin, usually of amber color, of aromatic odor and slightly pun¬ gent taste; it exudes' from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia. 11. Per¬ sons skilled in making poetry. 12. Trans¬ parent, bright. 18. A report. All the words contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and placed one below the other in the order numbered, the zigzag, reading from the first letter, will express a friendly wish. Not. 371 .—Four Short Remarks, 1 No. 372 .—A Conundrum, A young man who was going to escort his sweetheart to a holiday party made the unnerving discovery that he had no clean collar to wear; so he carried one of his soiled ones to the only laundress living in * the place. He had become very angry at her the week before because she had ruined some of his linen, and he had resolved never to employ her again, but this was an urgent case, and he had no time to send his collar away and get it back before the party. Moreover, he didn't want to buy one, as his money was rather low. When he called for the collar in the afternoon, it was ail ready for him, and inspection proved that it was “done up” beautifully. He offered her 2 cents in payment, but she told him it was worth 10 cents to bother with just one collar. The young man be¬ came very angry again, but paid the la up- dress the price she asked. Why did the woman’s act in the forenoon resemble what she did in the afternoon? No. 373 .—Enigma, Though 1 is called a unity, * My one is half, as you will see By finding out what is its station When used as an abbreviation. My 2 to 5 you’ll find is what May he suggested of a Scot, A 5 to 9 is—I’m so glad— What this free country ne’er has had, Or you may call it, if you please, An instrument of the Chinese, With sixteen stones, that makes a clamor By thumping on it with a hammer. What sharp, quick noise does tot An show? I’m sure that solvefs ought to know. That 1 to 8 they may have heard Is supopsition not absurd. No. 374 .—Puzzle of the Stars. Friends, one and all, I pray you show Bow you sine stars would so bestow, Ten rows to form, in each row, three? Tell me, ye wits, how this can be? No. 375 .—County Questions. 1. Which county in Ohio is composed of a genus of forest trees? 2. Which is full of music? 8 . Which never knows the light of day or any luminous body? ‘: - 4. Which is a grassy plain? 5. Which is full of blows? 6 . 'Which is of a crimson color? 7. In which does the traveler get be¬ wildered? 8 . Which is most lofty? 9. Which is the most harmonious? 10. Which is in a state of warfare? An Astonished Farmer, A and B took each 30 chickens to mar¬ ket. A sold his at three for $1, B at two for $1, and together they received $25. A afterward took 60 alone, which he sold as before, at five for $2, and received but $24. What became of the other dollar? This is rather a catch, as it is only true in part that the first lot were sold at five for $2. They begin selling at that rate, but when ten sales have been made by each A’s chickens are all sold, and they have together $20. B has ten chickens left, which he continues to sell at two for $1, and realizes $5. Had he sold them at five for $2, he would have received $4 only for these. Key to tlie Puzzler. No. 360.—Holiday Acrostic: G-rouse. O-sprey. O-riole. S-hrike. E-aglet. No. 361.—Christmas Pi: On Christm s let all anger end. Be peace between us, oh, my friend! Hark! Hear the heavenly ehorus still— Be peace on earth, to all good will. No. 362.—Numerical Enigma: Walter Scott. No. 363.—Central Deletions: Gobelin, goblin. Table, tale. No. 364.-—A Christmas Puzzle: St. George. Nest. Archery. Pineappla Drag¬ on. Snapdragon. No. 365.—-Treasure Trove: Stewart (Alexander T.). Tare, tars, stew, art, wart, tart, war, tea, start, star, strew, stare, are, tar, arts. No. 366.—A Diamond: P N A P R U X E R K U M O R E R N U M E R I C A L A N O R A M I C A P E R I M E T E R R E C I T E R R A C E R L A R L No. 367.—How Long Is It: One hun¬ dred and seven yards. No. 368.—A Reversal: Snub—buns. No. 369.—Riddles: 1. Smiles, because there is a mile between tiie first and last letters. 2. Fox. 3, Done. 4. Weight. 5. Canine. DO YOU TAKE THE STAMP EXCHANGE ? THE BEST STAMP PAPER IN ILLINOIS, One year on trial, only 10 cents. Six months for 5 cents. Special adv’g rates, 10c per ineh. THE STAMP EXCHANGE is the l est advertised paper in the U. S_. By thorough advertising we have se¬ cured a subscription list that any paper would be proud of. Our ad. in the last issue of the Realm brought 250 subscriptions, and from this ad. we expect at least 500. Of course we cannot afford to let this small subscription price of ten cents last always, as every issue we are securing more ads. which necessarily increases the number of pages. f IOOO Omega stamp hinges, .. ..7c 4000, 25c; 9000, 50c; 20,000, $i.co; 50,000, $2.00 BLANK APPROVAL BOOKS. I sell the best blank approval book on the market. Each book is ruled to hold 60 stamps. Has a neat cover with neatly-printed information. I sell them at the following prices: I blank approval book, ..3c; 2, 5c; 5, 10c; 10, 15c: 15, 25c; 25, 35c; 5°> 60c: 100, $1.00. 500, with your name and address neatly printed on cover, only $3.95- PACKETS. I also make a specialty of packets. 100 var. foreign stamps ...... 7c. 300 var. do. 50c; 500 va. do. .$1,507' 1000 va. do. $4-95; 2000 va.$22,OO 5000 var. do., $280 00. U. S. 1898 DOCUMENTARY ISSUE. I sell these stamps at wholesale and retail at the following prices: 1 set, 8 varieties.- ... • • • 03 2 sets “ 05 5 “ “ 09 10 “ “ ....18 25 “ “ .,...40 50 “ “ 70 100 “ “ 1.25 SCOTT’S 59th CATALOGUE. In order to get your order for the 59 ’^ Catalogue, I will give 2000 Omega stamp, hinges FREE to every one who sends 58c for the catalogue, to me. STAMPS BY THE POUND, We have a good mixture of stamps that have been put up in pound packages, and as long as they last you can have them at 70c per pound. 15,000 STAMP PAPERS. I have as large a stock of stamp papers as can be found, and in order to make room for other goods, I have decided to sell them as long as they last, 2 for 1 cent. EYERYTHING POST P AID. S. E. MOISANT, KANKAKEE, ILL. Reference, Publishers of this paper. 9 THE REALM S we go to press the newspapers are full of reports of the gigantic theft of hundreds of thousands ol dollars from this government by parties connected with the post-office department in Cuba. C. F. W. Neely, treasurer of the Cuban postal service, has been suspected as the chief guilty one ( and detectives are now looking into his private affairs. It is believed that Neely pos¬ sesses stamps which he has no right to, amounting to many thousand dollars. When the surcharged issue for Cuba was superseded by a permanent set of stamps, the government ordered the stock of surcharge remainders burned, but it is presumed by many that Neely did not destroy the stamps but set about soi¬ ling them to Cuban postmasters on his own account. One detective who has been work¬ ing in Mun< ie, Ind., where a suspicious-look- ing package had been sent from Cuba, addressed to Neely, states, however, that the real steal has been the sale of counterfeit stamps, which, it is alleged, have been print¬ ed in the office of a printing company there of which Neely was one of the owners. A few more weeks of investigation will probab¬ ly clear away any doubt as to the real nature of the embezzlement, and we would advise collectors to follow closely the newspaper re¬ ports relating to the matter. Judging from the large wholesale catalogue of Philippine stamps which has recently been received from Federico C. Schenkel, we should think that quite an extensive business is being canied on in the sale of Philippine stamps at Manila. We are informed that on the 28th of December the bulk of Philippine remainders was sold at auction to the highest bidder for cash, and that the firm of Ed. A. Keller & Co. of Manila became the purchas¬ ers for the alleged sum of $501,300. These stamps were then placed in the hands of an agent for disposal, and are now being sold in entire collections and in wholesale lots only. Fifteen dollars is asked for 120 vaiieties, worth more than double this sum by Scott’s catalogue. Specially-low prices are charged for lots of 1000 or more of a kind. The cat¬ alogue contains a copy of a certificate signed by C. H. Sleeper, 1st Lieut. U. S. V., the collector of internal revenue at Manila, veri¬ fying that 30 million stamps and 100,000 post cards, which he claims to be the entire lot of remainders, were sold to the above-named firm, and that the same are the genuine stamps originally i.-sued by the Spanish gov¬ ernment. These were not the only remain¬ ders, however, as two prominent American dealers on the Pacific coast have since pur¬ chased another lot of some 400.000 Philip¬ pine stamps. The latest issue of Guam stamps consists of the regular U. S. issue surcharged in fed, with a rubber stamp “Agana Isle of Guam.” This inscription is in one line extending across two stamps, so that it will be necessary to collect the stamps in pairs in order to get the whole thing. Now that the U. S. have acquired the island of Samoa we may expect another surcharged issue for the above place. A ic green envelope stamp printed on blue paper is a variety from (Juba which heretofore has not been listed. PRIVATE PROPRIETARIES. Only 12 firms have thus far issued private proprietary stamps under the 1S98 revenue act, and the number of varieties issued by them collectively only amounts to 20. To mention them in detail, one each has been issued by the Antikamnia Chemical Co., Branca Bros., Chas. Fletcher, Hostetter Co., Johnson and Johnson, Od. Chemical Co., Piso Co., Radway & Co., Warner Safe Cure Co., and Dr. Williams’ Med. Co. (link Pills.) Furthermore, Lanman and Kemp have issued 3 varieties and Chas. Marchand 7. The 7 r-2c Chas. Marchand stamp is probably the most ^ expensive one to ; buy, being priced by one dealer at 75 Ci The Em¬ erson Drug Co. are soon to get out private stamps which will add one or more varieties to the above list. The new set of Brazilian stamps of four vajiies—foO, 2o6, 500 and 700 reis—issued to commemorate the 4th centenary of the dis¬ covery of Brazil, are very attractive la¬ bels though hot highly artistic. They are now absolete, having been put in Use but two months, but the re¬ mainders are being sold to collectors and dealers. Only 400,cco were printed. After the 7th of Sept, all unsold copies will be de¬ stroyed. To prevent the repiintirg of any specimens the plates were destroyed as soon as the above supply was struck off. . Just as an apparently rare set of U. S. stamps was being put up at auction the dealer having them for sale discovered that they were nothing more than cardl oard proofs which had been split and perforated in exact imitation of the real stamps. No doubt these proofs, if sold, would have brought a good figure and some unwary collector would have got badly taken in. Combination locks a^e to be placed on post- office lock boxes, thus doing away with keys which are always a bother to those holding lock boxes. The box will be opened by a secret combination known only to the one leasing the box, in the same manner that a safe door is opened. The magnificent collection of F. L. Sl'olz has beqn sold to Makins & Co. for about $5, 000. Among the gems is a 3I Tuscany, a specimen of which feold at auction recently for $ 475 - In order to get the patronage of the boy collector one dealer has begun to offer stamp buttons free with each order.- It hasbeen estimated that there are 223, 500 post offices in the world arid that of them have been named after some saint. PARIS EXPOSITION NOTES. Mr. George Beaver, the chief of the salary and allowance division of the post office, has returned from a two-month’s trip abtoad having been sent there by this government to install an American working post office upon the grounds of the Paris Exposition. He re¬ ports the office to be complete, also the poGal exhibit in connection with the same. We learn from a clipping taken from a Washington paper that assistant postmaster general Madden has had prepared and com¬ piled a full collection of postal stamps, be¬ ginning with the issue of the 5c Franklin stamp and the* 10c Washington stamp of the issue of 1847, and ending with the latest issue of the orange colored Cuban special delivery stamp of 1900. T he collection in¬ cludes specimens of all the stomps that were ever issued by the United States post office department. They are artistically arranged on nine large pasteboard cartons and w ill be sent to the Paris Exposition to be added to the exhibit of the postoffice department. The entire collection consists of about 600 speci¬ mens and the New York stamp expert who mounted the stamps says that the collection is worth at least $3,000. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. The demand for the cheaper grade of stamps this spring has been greater than usual and dealers have had all they could do to keep in stock a full line of the most popular stamps. Wholesale lots of low-priced stamps which have recently been auctioned in N. Y., Philadelphia and Chicago, brought higher prices than have been realized for some years. This demand for the more common stamps indicates that the beginner is joining our ranks in large numbers. A bill has been introduced into the House authorizing the commissioner of internal rev¬ enue to lefund cash for proprietary or docu¬ mentary stamps returned to him if presented in quantities of two dollars or more, face value. Since we mentioned the fact of a German stamp journal appearing in several colors to illustrate new issues etc. in their true tints, we have been reminded of a publication started in St. Louis in 1891, having frontis¬ piece illustrations of stamps in their real colors. The paper only survived a few months and copies are vefy rare to-day. It ic probably the only paper of its kind ever at¬ tempted on this continent. The Darkish West Indies are for sale, and it is expected that either Germany or the U. S. will purchase them. D. W. I. stamps have never been plenty and those who ha 1 e them to sell or exchange had better wait awhile as prices are sure to rise immediately after the islands change hands. At any rate, if the islands are not sold soon a new issue of stamps is in contemplation. Proprietary remedy manufacturers have organized to petition Congress to repeal the stamp tax. They claim that there is no pos¬ sible excuse for continuing this tax when the net cash balance of this government as shown by the official statement of the U. S. Treasury is now nearly 302 million dollars and the monthly income nearly 7 million dollars more than enough to pay all military and civil ex¬ penses. The proprietary tax does not exceed this surplus, hence no part of it is necessary. We illustrate herewith two stamps which have appeared recently, the first being the 3c value of the latest Nicaraguan set, and the second* the new 1 p Cape of Good Hope. The new stamp booklet was suggested by postmaster Herbert of Hidwatha, Kansas. I'-i-O* T O introduce our juvenile magazine, premiums and novelties, we have decided to give away several thousand packages of Free Samples, one package to each person who writes immediately for the same. Read the instructions below and note contents of each fr e package, as follows: 100 Foreign Stamps, Japan, etc. J 1 Set of 8 Japanese Stamps. Together with all the following: 1 Stamp Album. 4 sample Blank Approval Sheets. Samples of new Hinge all bent. 1 Sample Gum Paper. 1 Perforation Gauge for detecting counterfeits, varieties, etc. Also millimetre scale. 2 Illustrated Price-Lists of stamps, premiums, etc. All the above are free if vou read the following instructions. Directions for obtaining the foregoing Cnmniac* One package of the above 1 l Cv samples is free to each per¬ son who fills out the annexed coupon and sends with it onry eight cents (coin or stamps) for a three- month’s trial subscription to our large, illus¬ trated paper The Youth’s Realm, and also two 2c stamps to help pay postage and wrapping of samples and papers. This is all necessary to receive the above. If you want the 10 books advertised else¬ where and these samples also, send 35c for a year’s subscription to our paper, and send the two 2c stamps extra for postage, as above, and we Will mail everything ad¬ vertised in two separate parcels. Present subscribers must extend their subscriptions to receive the tree gifts, stating what month last subscription began. Don’t forget the two 2c stamps. Cut out the coupon now* t COUPON No. 47 Dear Sirs: Please send free samples and your \ juvenile publication for three months to— Name. Town.. St. or Box State A Bullard & Co., 97 Pembroke Street, Boston. Mass. U. S. BUFFALO ISSUE. T HE designs for the B u ff alo stamps have been approv¬ ed, and judging from the description given us, we think it prob¬ able that the stamps' will be far superior to those of the Columbus or Omaha series. ‘ There will be six values,' each of which is to be printed in two colors excepting the ioc which w r ill be in three colors. Following is a complete Jist of the stamps: ic a lake steamer, 2pexpress train, 4c automobile, 5c Niagara Falls, 8c canal locks at Saulte de St, Marie, and 10c the American flag. NEWS FROM ENGLAND, nglish dealers are making the same criticisms over the reductions in the price of stamps according to the new Stanley Gibbon’s catalogue that Amer¬ icans made when the last Scott catalogue ap¬ peared, and many dealers declare that the sale of new issues has been rendered so un¬ profitable in consecptence of these changes that it no longer pays them to carry these stamps in stock. The color of the half penny British stamp has been changed to a new. shade of green to meet the requirements of the Postal Union, and a few of the Irish people think that the queen has ordered the change as a special compliment to Ireland since the new shade closely resembles the Irish national color. A shilling stamp printed in two colors is expected about next July. 7'The vstamp season has been exceptionally duILin London this year, owing no doubt to the war- in Africa. We hope to be able to continue in our aext issue the revenue list begun last month. l HE lack of trustworthy informa¬ tion regarding the Great Barrier ’ ~ pigeon post stamps is in itself another “great barrier” to the philatelist at the present time. With the increase of new issues the only album which has a place for every stamp is the blank album. The most expensively printed album cannot contain a separate square for the insertion of every stamp issued. A philatelist in this city who has a valuable collection of over 8000 varieties uses four blank volumes in which to mount his stamps. He has spent two years in transferring his stamps from a printed album and in arranging them in these books which he has ruled and decorated with pen and ink. We do not ad¬ vise collectors of a few thousand varieties to transfer their stamps into blank albums, as printed albums are undoubtedly a help to the classification of stamps when not too numer¬ ous and when issued previous to the printing of the album; but no collector of upwards of 5000 varieties should, in our opinion, confine his collection to a printed stamp book. We illustrate here¬ with the attractive new 2p stamp of Tasmania. The U. S. stamps in book form have been put on sale, and they will be appreciated' this summer by those wishing to carry stamps in their pocket with no fear of their sticking together. The first party to buy one in a suburban town of Bos¬ ton asked for a book containing 12 stamps, paying his quarter for the same. The clerk banded him 12 books each holding 12 stamps, and the purchaser,, who was an honest man, spent some moments in persuading the clerk that he had made a mistake, so ignorant was the latter of the article he was selling. It wouldn’t take a clerk long to give away his salary by selling the books in that fashion, for the government would bear no part of the loss through such carelessness* A GENEROUS OFFER. This month we make another great offer—The youth’s Realm three months for 852 ! and a free package of stamps, stamp publications, etc. worth many times the price asked for the paper, thrown in as a gift, if two extra stamps are sent us. We do this, in the first place, to gain new subscribers. After a party has read our paper for three months he wants to' renew his subscription for twelve more months and thus become a permanent sub¬ scriber. In the second place every package of samples we send out adver¬ tises our goods and brings us custom. We do not make one cent of profit on this twelve cent offer. In fact we have thus far lost money at the start on each package of samples given away with a three month’s trial subscription. But our returns in the end have more than made up for'this loss. If you arenol a subscriber do not fail to make use of our coupon at once. It will pay you from the start, and we will look to the future for our share of the profit. The new provisional stamps for Crete, sur¬ charged in red, have been recalled as the sur¬ charging should have been done in black. Dahomey is the name of another French colony to issue stamps, and from Kishergarb, a native state of India, stamps have appeared as well as from Northern Nigeria, an English colony in Africa. The Dominion Philatelic Association will convene this year at St. Catherines, Ontario, on July 2nd and 3rd, and in 1901 the conven¬ tion seat will be Montreal. advertisements P OSITIONS secured for graduates of the Elkhart Ind, Norm’l Sch’l & Bus. Institute C at price T^EWFOUNDLArNTfc My price $5. < 6 . STAMPS. J J $1.50. How to get a collection of Newfoundland stamps used and in good condition for the small sum of $1.50, priced in Scott’s 1900 catalogue at $5.76. Two of every issue, viz: 1880 two of eaoh, 10 stamps cat. at $ .74 1887 “ “ 14 i89o-’95 “ “ 14 1896 “ “ 12 1897 “ “ 4 i898-’99 “ “ 10 £ £ ££ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1.04 1.12 2.20 .26 -4Q $5.76 Total catalogue price The above offer will only be good this month. Send early and secure your lot as I have only 100 packages on hand. Cash with orders. Remit in P. O. money order or cash. Unused stamps taken at a disc’t of 20 p. c. HENRY F. SNOW. St. John’s, N. F. Bx 461 CHEAPEST ON EARTH. ic amber, manila, entire, unus’d, 1887 ic 2c Jackson, vermil’n “ “ 1875 2c 2c bro’n on wt or amb’r “ “ 1882 2c ic Columbian “ “ 1892 ic 2 C “ “ “ 1892 2 C 4c red on buff “ “ 1887 5c ic blue on orange “ “ 1874 2c Mexico offic’l seals, brown and red, 2 for ic 1 -2c Argentine unused 1892 each ic Omaha ic to 10c, the set 8c U.S.Revs. 1 2 3 4 5 10 25 50 $1 ’98, set 4c Cuba 125 ioc’99, the set 7c U. S. Cuba 1, 2, 2 1-2C, the set 4c U. S. i 85I-’99, no 2c reds, 1000 for 20c “ Revenues, 1861 to ’98, 500 mixed 20c $^J. H. Petersen Co. R&g A PPROVAL sheets at 50 p. c. Good ref’nc. required. 15 var. free. Hinges 1000 9c. Frank P. Breuer 200 E. Side Sq., Clinton, Ills. S end for our fine approval sheets. 50. p c. Refnc. Price Nov. Co., 596 Col Av., N. Y. C. I AM GIVING AWAY STAMPS. Switzerland 1845 2£r Basle, cat. value $30. I sell for $12.00. Have many rare stamps for sale cheap. Lar- gest in Iowa. W . I>. Garrison, Wyoming, la. JUY LARGE 28 p monthly I year and /" %35 var. Sweden for 20c. 6 mos. and 8 var. old, unused Samoa, ioc, or 3 mos. and 14 var. unused Roman States for 6c. E. MONTGOMERY, Alliance, Nebr. \ Foreign stamps ioc. This 200 ^ V/V/ packet contains many desirable stamps, such as So. African Repub., Or. Free States, Transvaal, Natal, C. 'Good Hope, and and some duplicates. AMERICAN STAMP CO., 32 0 N. 6th St., Rogers, Arkansas. *postagiT A NO $ Revenue Stamps on ^ Approval. 4^ '' We are prepared to send out approval selec¬ tions of stamps to responsible parties with ref¬ erence, as low ff not lower than other dealers. ■<_LEWIS ROBIE Chicago,. .Illinois. |pREE, Stamps to All Sending* for our approval sheets at 50 p. c. com¬ mission. 1500 var. in Scott $2.50 album on¬ ly $14.00, VALLEY CITY STAMP & COIN CO. LIMITED, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Fifty United States Regular issues, 1861 to 1899, containing 10c 1857,10c 1861,2c 1868, 2c 1869, 5c Taylor, 3c ver¬ milion 1887, 4c 1888, 2c lake 1890, 3c, 6 c, 8 c Co¬ lumbian, catalogue value over $1.75, for 50 cents. Stamps on approval, 50 per cent, dis¬ count. Price list free. M. E. VILES, BOSTON, MASS. COLLECTORS. • END for my fine approval sheets of genuine postage stamps at 50 p. c. commission. John 0. Lundgren, Box. 97, Mora, .*. .*. Minn. s PERFECTION Tire Repair Tool. Best on the market. Makes perfect repair, large or small, on single tube tires in one minute. SAMPLE 10 CTS. KOCH BROS, PEORIA, ILLS. You Can Get A [year's subscrip¬ tion to the II absolutely free of all cost. Every agent remitting 10 c or over for stamps sold from sheets is , given a purchase ticket and one for every additional 10 c. When you have rec’d. 15 of these tickets re¬ turn them to me and your name will he en¬ tered for a full year. Send for sheets to-day at 50 per cent. Other valuable premium. List free. gr EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP. ^ 109 var. genuine India, Egypt, etc. 10c 200 “ very line; will catalog $3.00 25c 500 “ from over 65 different counti’ies $1.25 Challenge Album, holds 3000 stamps 31c 6 var. Sweden Official 10c New 1900 list, 22 pages, pricing nearly 100 different packets and sets-FREE. Samuel P. Hughes, ne^Sx.*.. inf) Finely assorted stamps from Mauriti- IUU us, Egypt, N. S. W., Queensland, etc., 5c. Valley City Stamp Co., Gd. Rapids, Mich. SIX VARIETIES Newfoundl’d Stamps FREE* We give the above free to every one send¬ ing us 30c in silver for the following grand Stamp Packet: Catalog. 125 varieties choice foreign stamps $2.00 50 mixed Canadian stamps, 10 var. 75 500 “Best” stamp hinges 05 •10 blank approval sheets, best 05 Pckt of used and unused post cards 50 Our new 30 page list and offer above 30 Grand total value $3.65 All the above, only 25c, and 5c extra pays the postage. No humbug; a genuine bargain. Money refunded if not o. k. ■ Remember, our new 30 page list is the cheapest in the world, and FREE. BIG com. to reliable agts P. S. Only 100 above packets put up. The stamps in pckt are well worth the 30c alone. STAMP & PUBLISHING COMP’Y, LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA NEW PRICE LIST and a good stamp, cat. 5 c -> FREE. Our new list ofU. S. and foreign stamps, sets,var¬ iety packets, etc., explain how you can se¬ cure our Premium Coupons which entitle you to good. stamps Free. We have made some NEW APPROVAL SHEETS, just the kind for your collection or to sell to others. 50 per cent commission. DALE STAMP CO., w U. S. REVENUES, py /^rWTP 62 VARIETIES, / D 77 varieties $1.20; satisfaction guaranteed. K. C. Stamp Co., 608 Commerce Building, Kansas City, Mo._ WATCHES FREE. In order to introduce our :s Capsule Bluing” we will give] to every person selling one dozen boxes of this Bluing a handsome stem-winding watch with guarantee. Send 25c for sample box and partic’s. Seaside Mfg Co. Bridgep’t,Ct.Bx304 $4.25 Easily Made by sending 75c for 100 Canada greep Law stamps, large, handsome and popular. They readily sell at 5c each, and are splendid for trading. I BUY STAMPS, TOO. W. Kelsey Hall, g“lBSgS6S PETERBOROUGH, ONT„ CANADA. *Grand Bargains.* 100 different U. S. postage ^ $1. 50 “ “ “ enyelopes $1, 75 “ “ “ revenues $1, Above 3 packets $2.50, with 200 varieties foreign stamps FREE. Revs. 2c certif. blue, 2nds 4 cat. 60c “ 2c “ orange “ “ 40c “ 2c play cards blue “ “ 20c “ 2G “ orange “ ‘‘ 40c Envelopes, 2C 1887 die A amber,cat.$1. 1853 3c Red buff 3c ’57 3c “ white 12c 3 C buff 7 C 8c Rev $ 1 green “ $1,50 blue “ $5 convey “ 2.50 in exch I5c 100 6 c lie 30Q 6c ioc ioc “ 3c “ buff 5 c “ $2. convey 8c <64 3c “ white 2 C “ $1. life ins. Sc “ 3c “ buff 2 C “ 30c in exch 5 C Do you ever buy stamps from sheets, and have you tried mine? If not send for a selection;it will pay you. m. C, Egteg OMfl w H E *B RAS KA. LIKE THIS $3.35 SIMILAR, $1.85 C. F. Richards, 326 W. 20th St., New York. ’ 98 Doc. Rev!s,J 1 2 3 4s 10 25 50 c and $ 1 ., only ioc 4oc . 06 ; 80 c . 18 ; 3 d . 10 ; sd . 20 . Postage extra. AMERICAN STAMP CO. SO. WHITLEY IND. STAMP BUTTONS FREE Send the names of two collectors and 2c for postage. 12 ’98 War Revs. J^c to $1.00 Sc 4 Foochow, picture stamp 6c 7 Netherland 1899 used 5 c 100 Varieties used stamps 4 C 25 “ U. S. “ 8c 1000 Mixed foreign 19c WHOLESALE 10 sets Sardinia 6 va unused...15 10 “ Chile Telegraph 3 va used.15 10 *• Roman States 10 va unused...... 20 1000 Hinges 8 c; 5000 . 30 100 flue blank approval sheets.19 Postage 2c extra. Price list free. We buy stamps. Send 2c for Buying List. TOLEDO STAMP CO., T0 0 L H “° ^/ARIETIES stamps, 1900 • V catalogue, and stamp album, for 5 cents. 150 varieties foreign stamps ioc 300 “ “ “ 48c Fine approval sheets at 50 p c discount. J. T. Starr Stamp Co., Coldwater, Michigan. ONE STAMP FREE To any one ordering approval sheets at 50 p c discount. Send to day. Star Stamp Co., New Windsor, Md. Stamp album 30c. Sheets 50 p c dis. Price list free E. C. Ingram, Dept. A., Sheldon, Iowa. Unused Cuban stamp worth ioc 1 1 ww eac h applicant for my approv¬ al sheets at 50 p c comm. Reference required. A I Wicp 1067 N. 40th Ave., VY CHICAGO, ILLS. Guatema £ £ £ £ °3 °3 03 .25 09 • 2 5 09 ’98 1 on ioc blue gr’n un¬ used a ’99 1 on 5c 1900 1 on ioc Pto Rico Prov.’98 6c lilas unused, cat “ “ ’98 8c rose “ B. & O. Tel., no value, brown or black, _ “ each “ .15 06 West’n Union Tel. 1898 “ “ .10 03 1 Set Mexico ’90 9 var. “ “1.38 20 U. S. Postage Due 50c ’79 brown “2.50 75 “ Doc. Revs. ’98 1 set 12 var. “ .22 06 Italy 24 varieties 9c. 100 Blank Approval Sheets 19c. 1000 Perfect Hinges 6c. gas 13. Wte&ltng B omo ! When answering advertisements please mention the Youth 9 8 Realm ADVERTISEMENTS TE322Xg2£Dg^*^QSTCT Price List FREE STAMPS ^APPROVAL ON RICHMOND,. Va., Mar. 6j 1900. Mekeel Stamp & Pub. Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen: The 800-variety packet has arriv¬ ed, and I want to at once express my complete satisfaction. ’ It adds nearly 400j to my collec¬ tion of 800, and gives me a number of valuable duplicates. The catalogue value of those I add is fully three time the cost pf the packet. Yery truly yours, j Roy Beijmett Pace. THIS IS IT arieties ARIETI ES Of Genuine Postage Stamps, $3.00 We lead, others follow. This offer of 800 different postage stamps for $3.00 is a marvel¬ ous offer when it is considered that we make a guarantee that proves that this is no ordinary Tfr lot of stamps. 800 stamps at $• of a cent each! Post free to any part of the U- S. or Canada. If $3.50 is remitted, we will send an album— cloth bound, fully illustrated, with spaces for 4,000-as well as the 800 different stamps, both for $3,501 If you already have an album, or only want the stamps to sell or trade, remit $3.00 and the stamps go by return mail. | OUR GUARANTEE. count, because we put in 810 to make up for any stamp tbat may be dc- ef fective. Over 115 different stamp issuing countries *“ or colonies represented in each packet. The catalogue value of each packet is over $20, ky Scott’s 59tli Edit- ion catalogue. Every stamp GU Alt AN TEED GEN- & sry s UINE. NO REPRINTS. O UR GUARANTEE with every packet, besides which our old motto that has been good for 23 years of stamp bus¬ iness: “Satisfaction guaranteed or money re¬ funded.” Over 100 different stamp-issuing countries are in it, and catalogue value guaranteed over $20.00. ALL FOR $3.00, POST FREE. We also have a packet containing stamps from 175 different countries, 2000 varieties, a good general collection in itself o PRICE TWENTY DOLLARS. WE BUY GOOD STAMPS AND COLLECTIONS m m MENTION THE YOUTH’S REALM WHEN YOU WRITE. ☆ C. H. MV w EEL STAMP & PUBLISHING CO., ☆ Rooms 603, 604, 605 Century Bdg, St, Louis, Mo. & ft FDFF 5 varieties Canadian stamps 1 L.I— to all sending 2c stamp for price list. 10 varieties Japan 10c. 10 var. II I) SlSfil I MONTREAL, n. II. iTinilILL Can. Box 1019 New Zeal¬ and IOC. BARGAINS FOR JUNE Stamps marksd (x) are uncancelled. Guatemala 1897 Exposition, complete set _ including 18, 75, 150c, the set $6.00 x Timor 1895 complete “ 2.00 x Guatemala 1900 ic on 10c 05 x Iceland 1900 4 aur 03 x German Morocco 3, 5, 10, 20c, set 16 x Brazil 1900 Jub. iss., 100,200,500,700^all 75 x Sweden 1900 i krona 50 x Liberia 1900 1,2,5c and off ’1 1,2,5c, set 30 x Mauritius, Labourdonnais st’p, 15c blue 15 x French offices in Alexandria 5 fcs. 1.65 x Ecuador 1899, offic’l,2,10,20,50c, set 1.10 10 per cent discount on single stamps. Our 80 page illustrated price list free. - Scott Stamp and Coin Co., Ltd 18 E. 23d Street, New York, N. Y. stamps" 5 FREE. STAMPS in a fine ALBUM and our il¬ lustrated Catalogue FREE to all who men¬ tion the paper in which this advert’m’t appears. 100 Cuba, etc., 5c. Agents get SOper cent commission and valu¬ able Presents besides. Write now to . the hill stamp company, Box J5B, South End, A i u BOSTON, MASS. The place to buy • -jaetistic ,yi£*z) (Have Tl?e Largest /l5Sortp\cea d C9!^UL , ment of LAMPS apd JsjHK ?P1XTURE5JB inglai7< Kenney & Waterbuky. i8if ranklih 5tJ3qs: Za sr\7f\ zp St\st\st\ 'T' 7t\ i ☆ Y NEW WHOLESALE LIST ^ just issued sent on application to ^ Stamp Dealers Only. Apply to— Wm. v. d. Wettern, Jr., 411 W. Sara- V T toga St., Baltimore, Mch r 7l\?r\77\Zrv7i\^Tv ZT\7i\7rv7f\?i\7i\ 7r\ WHOLESALE DEALER IN j G. B. CALMAN, POSTAGE STAMPS, 42 E. 23d St., N. Y. 1900*LIST JUST OUT. Largest wholesale list published. Con¬ tains many new things, and material re¬ ductions from former prices. Sent free on application to all bona fide dealers. Collectors need not apply. Liberal terms against good references. $ YOUR NAME «fe ADDRESS On a Rubber Stamp and ioco Omega Stamp Hinges for 15c. Self-inking pads, black, violet or red, 15c each. A fine nickel-plated pocket stamp, name and address, for 25c. Finest work guaranteed. Agents wanted. THHm ft {Tssrr 6 SYCAMORE ST - VVUIIU Cl. Vkall ROCHESTER, N.Y. 2~c Anti- kamnia CHEMICAL CO. New private proprietary stamp 15c each. Per 10 $1. Full gum and per¬ fect. Off-centered cop¬ ies 7c each. Price list of all the new private proprietaries FKEE for stamp. LEWIS ROBIE ^ 2451 Michign Ave., Chicago, Ills