msamMsammm ——-aTiUTfinii^ i iff ^titM f-g^-jvgar t dSk itfft 10 BOOKS FWEE. pf?/X 6 # READ BELOW JULY A. O. 1900. IflRfUUiX FREE!;! »IS W M W ■mL 4 ® If you will g-et us only one ■I U m yearly subscriber to THE m mm youth’s realm, at only 35 cents, or subscribe yourself for one year, we will | give you 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 ize as the rest. An easy way to secure new subscribers is for you to offer rour friends who are willing to subscribe any five books on the list, while ou select for yourself five wiore for each subscriber thus obtained. Order looks ONLY BY NUMBER to avoid delay in getting them. 'TI T;* TjPTT Cg How to Perform Tricks of Sleight-of-hand. JL JZwJLLj JE!Ll9* It reveals the secrets of the conjurer’s art, telling r ou how to do wonderful tricks with cards, coins, chemicals, etc. Full di- ections are als o given for makin g the nec essary apparatus. NO. 5. WT Ti/Ifll rii V How to do Electrical Exp#s> J -i- A JL • iments with apparatus easily nade at home. A most instructive book for the amateur, explaining the sil¬ ver-plating process, the battery, electrophorus, magnet, leydenjar, etc.NO.ll |TT fk Tr* GfrnilTpG By Geo. L Kilmer. Thrill- W r% rL J J. V/XI)1 ing narratives of the Civil Aa r, illustr ated . NO. *50. OTT Hr FT T VQ A Collection of Rebuses, Charades, etc., LJ ** » J * A * - illustrated. They will afford plenty of enter- ai nmen t f or th e home circ le durin g the long winter evenings. NO. *53. PIT T**& "'CT" TTiff Charles’ Surprise, and After a 3 JL wAX DVVJli Fallen- Star, by Joseph R. iimms, the popular author of juvenile works. NO. 10. DAA17 The Hidden Box, by Wilbur JL OaIi JL Ol instead- One of the best - cories by this famous author. NO. 0. mwA Qnnn'DTX'G^ «*»■• E * A1 te el d- The y JL Vv : \Jr JL W-i-li-L JiQ amuse the younger readers and ceacn a good moral besides. N . 1. r'lf^T’KTC Prices we Pay You for the U. S. Coins worth l9a over face value. Some coins you handle are rare and you wantto know iL_ NO. 14. ■ffj , Tl/'(TgT'Tjrp£l Household Receipts and Hints. The Jo 1 i Fj m t* JLl^a young housekeeper can get many good ideas from this work. NQ. *52. STAMP DICTIONARYuL‘r»m r „”| collectors. The most complete philatelic dictionary of stamp words such as rouletted, grilled, embossed, wove, S.S.S.S., etc., etc., ever published. In fact it explains e very thing, and is worth 50 c to any collector. NO. 7. A WT>Q How to Deal in Postage Stamps. Many trade ^CjLJxLJET l9« secrets are here given away for the first time. It will interest any col lector. NO. 9. gNrii A TME TT C* Prices we Pay You for Postage Stamps, $3) JL JjLiUiJir |9« illustrated with cuts of rare and common varieties. I t you have duplicates you need this catalogue. NO. 8 . A TIJfTQCJ Queer Facts about Postage Stamps, giving¬ s' JL JnfL J^MLAT a great deal of information every intelligent col¬ lector should kn ow, NO. 3. Qrn A TWr“OC2 Where Dealers Get their Stamps, a secret ^ 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 them to dealers. NO.T2» 1 How to Perform Chemical Ex- \ J jTy. n l^.lx3-Aa A -x\« JL m periments at Home. Afinelabor- atorv 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. 2. 'W It 1? ■'5VT Short Stoi-ies of Lincoln, by John Rid- B J B JaI • path and others, illustrated. NO. *51. How to Make Toys, such as fire balloons, kites, bows JL v JL anil arrows, trying 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 and offer them % iftually free, while they last, to advertise our piper. LARGE U. S. ALBUM F TO AGENTS AND OTHERS !' W ti have prepared a special album for U. S. ; tamps, including llu Untah ■ issue, with extra spaces for revenues, duplicates, etc. JL is beautiful y bound in ha ! f cloth covers and printed on So-pounn cream wove paper in a most artistic manner, making it an album any co - lector would b proud to own. The spaces for the LJ. S. stamps are d ignat- (1 bv-th ■ proper date, color, and value of each specimen. The extra c .. album .weighing nearly three-quarters of a pound. Now remember that this book 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 flake to ALL OUR CUSTOMERS. In order to secure the names of all the stamp collectors in America, w- offer, until further notice, to give away tree an assortment of rood foreign stamps to everyone sending us the name and full address < with street an I number or post-office box) of every stamp collector known to him. If we do not already 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, FlEtCTSTTlDEID .A. 1ST ORDER, no matter how small, for anything sold by us is sent in the letter containing the list of 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 mustbe that of a genuine sfemp collector. This offer is likely to be discontinued at any time, so send us an order at once, before it is too late tc get these fine stamps free. A. BULLABD & CO., Publishers of THE YOUTH’S REALM, 97 Pembroke St., BOSTON, MASS. THE REALM K--gre 7 *r A DOLLAR CAMERA for taking 2x2 picture with complete developing-and printing out¬ fit, and instructions together with REALM one year for 70 CENTS, or free with 2 sub¬ scriptions at 35c each and 10c extra. Address: REALM, Station A, BOSTON, MASS. 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 and the REALM one year for $1.^0, express paid by receiver. RE A LM,St a. A .Boston,Mass A I R RIFLB made of nickeled steel with walnut stock. Has improved sights and will shoot BB shot by compressed air with force enough to kill small game at a consid¬ erable distance. 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The box kite will rise straight from the band, and carry a camera into the clouds for photo¬ graphing from high alti¬ tudes. Large ones used in war for making observa¬ tions. Inventors n o w 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 rocoive these di¬ rections, with the history of the kite, free. liEA JLM,Station A , Host*at . Mass. WANTED TO PURCHASE Old and rare stamps of all countries. Let me know what you have or send with lowest cash price and 1 will remit or return by next mail. I will also give good exchange for rare stamps of any kind. JOS. B. HENDERSON, Columbus, Eans. QPJLS-P.EN.IS ■ * Silver and a two cent stamp you can get all of the follow¬ ing desirable goods: 109 varieties genuine India, Egypt, etc., hinges for mounting, and one ran unused stamp cat. 15c, 500 “Best” die-cut hinges, 3 var. 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A MARVELOUS OFFER ©ur Best ©ffcr. 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 of soldiers and explorers; educational mat¬ ters pertaining to electricity, chemistry, physics, etc.; his¬ torical woiks on various subjects; directions for mak¬ ing many useful and instruc¬ tive articles, for performing tricks etc., and to interest STAMB COLLFCTORS 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. I t D ynamo for experimental ■ work and medical use. Built upon the latest scientific and mechanical principles to he durable and prac¬ tical. Directions and list of experi¬ ments with each dynamo. 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No. 0640, 10 Roman States. 23 printed envelopes for stamp pack ets. |For selling 30 c 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 Roumania. No. 0501, 4 Hussey’s Lo¬ cals worth 40c. No. 0560, 8 Samoa. 25 blank approval sheets, to hold 25stps. Box 1,000hinges, something new, al¬ ready bent for use. For selling 40 c WORTH, any article below : Packet OD of 75 different stamps for beginners, from Roumania, Egypt, Dutch Indies, Greece, Japan, etc. Packet OA of 25 difft. rare stam s, as ‘Samoa, Mexico, etc. No. 0103*5 Greece Olympic Games. Album, paper covers, to hold over 2,000 stamps, illustrated. For selling 50 c W ORTH, No. 0506, 14 rare Cuba. IFor selling 60 c WORTH, any article below : Packet OH of 30 different U. S. stamps, including Department and Columbus issues. No. 014S, 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- ^ _ - - ~ _ ' Our CASH OFFER If you prefer cash to a premium you may keep 3 c on every 5c package you sell, remitting us 3c. FAY CHEM. CO., Box BZ, Sta. A, Boston, Mass. Entered at the Boston Post Office for Transmission through the Mails at Second Class Rates. rrf\T TTT a.bcllard&co., V UJUe VI. 97 PEMBROKE ST. BOSTON, MASS., JULY, 1900. 35 AND 50 CENTS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. • H T h e 4th at CLARK’S PRISON. Written for The Youth’s Realm. or less showing signs of the want of proper nourishment, fresh air and some kind of healthy occupation, had congregated around the window to take turns in pressing their faces close to the iron bars to inhale the air from the outside, and also to talk over their grievances and the chances of ever being set free again. ace The same morning a group of southern lads with powder horns, pistols and fire crackers, ascended the mountain outside the town to plant the Confederate flag on the highest point, and to celebrate the day by making as much noise as possible. As they looked back of them they saw the town with its smoking chimneys in the valley below, and about a mile to the right of the town the Fourth of July, 1863, was a not¬ able day for the Union men w r ho had been confined for months inside the narrow, dingy walls of the low-studded stone building known as Clark’s Prison. Lit¬ tle did it seem like Independence Day to those half-starved, ragged prisoners when they arose from their bunks on the morning of the Fourth to the sound of tin horns, fire crackers and pistols coming from the Rebel town near by. When they looked through the narrow windows and barred doors towards the town, they saw clouds of smoke rising from bonfires kindled the night before, or from the report of pistols and small cannons used for the celebration; and it made them think of the days when they were free, fight¬ ing for the cause of liberty and the Union. It was a vast contrast to their present unfortu¬ nate condition, for now they were slaves to their southern captors quite as much as the poor colored people whom they had come to liberate. “Those chaps in the town are having a fine time of it,” said a tall, young man, very thin, with hollow cheeks, (who had changed so much in his appearance since his confine¬ ment that his northern friends wouldn’t have recognized him at sight') as he addressed an older soldier who was trying to get a whiff of fresh air through a narrow, latticed window. The older man turned round and replied: “I envy those southern lads to-day more than I ever before envied the president of the United States or any other great potentate. Those boys may go wherever they will, for they are free. Only those who have been deprived of their liberty know the worth of such freedom. How much would you give to be set free—even for a single day?” “If I could be with my children up north, helping them to celebrate this day, I Agould give a thousand dollars to be made free for the twenty-four hours,” interrupted an officer who had overheard the conversation. By this time a group of prisoners, all more BEFORE THE GATE OF THE PRISON STOOD A GUARD. 4 one-story stone building we have just de¬ scribed as Clark’s Prison. The higher they went, climbing over crags and jumping crevices, the more they were repaid for the effort, for the view broadened until at last, as they reached the top, they were able to look miles beyond, and the towns find smaller hills about them appeared like pigmy villages and mountains. The boys first decided to build a great fire on the top of the mountain which would be seen by everybody in. the town; but there was a scarcity of wood unless they cut down trees, and they had forgotten to bring a hatchet along; Then the idea occurred to them to explode a quantity of gunpowder under a rock which should make noise enough to be heard miles away. At last they found a great rock.which had been burrowed under by some animal, and they decided to fill the hole with powder, attach a fuse to it and “let her go.” Each contributed his share of powder from his horn, and the hole was filled and afterwards closed up, only a fuse protruding from the entrance. It was a heavy charge, and a dangerous one too, but the boys didn’t realize that. However, they decided to run away behind some rocks a few hundred feet from the charge and watch the fun through a crevice in the rock. The fuse was lighted. Fortunately they had retreated in the right direction for scarcely were they in their hiding place before a terrible explosion oc¬ curred, scattering small rocks and soil in every direction, and hurling the great bowlder high in the air and landing it on the opposite side of the mountain from where they were stationed. It hit the ground with a heavy crash and started to roll down the mountain. The boys ran out to watch it. It was headed towards the town ! As the great, round rock went bounding down the steep mountain side its momentum increased until nothing but an immense ob¬ ject iwould have stopped it. The boys were terrified as they imagined it was making for their own homes and would level them, one after another, as they stood in the way of the rolling object. But as luck would have it, just as it reached the lower half of the mountain slope, the position of the mountain caused the stone to bend gradually to the right. Now it was headed for a wide field between the town and the prison where no damage would be done, and the bpys for the first time, getting over their fright, began to shout. But the mount¬ ain side was everywhere uneven, and in a moment more the stone began to curve again to the right. It had almost reached the bottom now. A moment later it had dropped into the field—had crossed the road—had reached the prison yard. Before the gate of the prison stood a guard who did not notice the stone headed in his direction, on account of some dense foliage hanging in the way. But in a moment there was a crash through the bushes, and as the stone rolled over the foot of the guard it threw him unconscious to the ground. Then it broke through the iron bars of the prison gate, crossed the room and came out through the wall on the opposite side of the prison, like a cannon shot from a powerful gun, disabling, again, the guard in the rear, and passing on nobody knows where. The peculiar part of it was that, although the building was crowded with prisoners, not one was struck by the rock. Fortunately, also, there were but two guards on duty, both of whom were disabled, but not seriously injured, and the prisoners all made their escape through the gaps in the wall and reached the woods before the town was aroused, and a company of soldiers sent in search of the fugitives. The prisoners were never caught. Ten miles away they fell in with a regiment of Union soldiers who gave them each a suit of whole clothes, a pair of new shoes and a hearty meal. Tt'uas some weeks before the prisoners recovered from their long confinement and suffering from the hands of the Rebels, but they were never taken prisoners after that. And when, a year later, the Civil War was brought to a close, these men went home to their families in the north, and when each arrived he had a thrilling tale to tell his folks of the 4th of July at Clark’s Prison, and how, on that day, liberty was restored to the prisoners confined within its dingy walls. An Effective Narration, According to the Waterville (Me.) Mail, this letter to the Pension De- parment brought a pension to Henry Johnson of Winslow, Me.: The following communication Is written in relation To my delayed application For an augmentation Of my pension appropriation — Some sort of explanation Of so much hesitation And continued prochastinafion. A year after applictaion Before an order for examination Reached its destination. I went before the board without per¬ turbation. They correctly reported my situation— It was a total prostration Of my physical organization. I also received from them this infor¬ mation, In utter consternation. That cataracts were causing a cessa¬ tion And soon a termination To my visual observation. In my crippled situation I have labored in desperation To protect from want and starvation My ten children, my appropriation To the strength of the Nation And to increase its population. My age is 77, near the termination Of my earthly probation, Twenty years a widower, more than half a generation. Charity furnishes me a habitation And a portion of my daily ration. Blindness denies me the gratification of reading and newsy mention For general information And but for my daughter’s kind minis¬ tration I should be driven to desperation. She prepares a frugal ration, Reads to me some new publication, Attending to my daily wants is her vocation. If I could obtain an increased renu¬ meration To keep me from want and privation It would give me great consolation Until my life’s termination, I would not indulge in solicitation For its further continuation. If you reject this application, The poorhouse is my destination. The Imperial Body Gnard. The Cent Gardes foundered with the Second Empire in 1870, says London Truth. The corps dated from the time of the Crimean War, when a visit from Queen Victoria was expected. The tallest and finest looking men and offi¬ cers were selected for the cavalry. There were 137 of the former and 11 of the latter, but the number of men was increased to 208. Their function was purely decorative, and they chiefly served within the palace. What swells the officers were in their sky-blue uni¬ form bedight with gold lace! me corps had regulations of their own. They were on no account, when on duty, to stir unless to salute the Em¬ peror or the Empress, One day Marshal Castellane, a vain, old, peppery personage, had occasion to see the Emperor soon after the crea¬ tion of the Cent Gardes, Two of them kept guard beside the door opening rrom tire anteroom oil the presence chamber. They remained in the regu¬ lation attitude—that is to say. with the right arm horizontally stretched out, and holding a musket by the bayonet. The butt end rested on the ground. The Marshal was in uniform. Furious at not being saluted, he asked the one nearest to him what he meant. The Cent Garde seemed neither to see nor hear. Castellane lost self-restraint and abused him. Still the soldier remained impassive. The irate Marshal sent for Col. Verly to complain. The Colonel failed to make him understand that approval and not chastisement was due. Thus the matter was brought be¬ fore the Emperor, who gave the com¬ plainant a sharp rap gu the knuckles by expressing his pleasure at the Spar¬ tan attitude of a household guard who was bound to ignore every rank but the imperial. A Strong Brownie. There was a little Brovmie That lived down by the sea, He was just as cute a Brownie As ever he could be. And early every morning The Brownie went to swim, And all the little minnows Came swimming after him. Yes. early every morning Before the sun arose, This Browmie w r ent in swimming, And put on his clothes. And, looking to the Eastward, Right gravely he would say: “Now. dear old sun, you may arise, Indeed, indeed, you may!’ And, sure enough, each morning. When Brownie had his swfm. The sun obeyed his wishes And rose and shone on him. For, do you see, the Brownie Couldn’t let the sun arise Until he was all washed and dressed, And dried his hair and eyes! Anecdote of Dewey. A Washington correspondent relates the following story of Admiral Dewey, told by one of the sailors who had re¬ turned on the “Raleigh.” Just before the battle of Manila, when the order was given to strip for action, the small¬ est powder-boy on the flagship dropped his coat overboard. He asked permis¬ sion to jump after it, but was refused. He wen + to the other side of the ship, dropped overboard, recovered his coat, and was promptly arrested for dis- obediem e. Admiral Dewey spoke kind¬ ly to the youngster, who broke down, and sail that the coat contained his mother's picture, which he had just Mssed, and he could not bear to see it lost. Dewey’s eyes filled with tears; he fairly embraced the boy, and order¬ ed him ti be released, saying: “Boys who love their mothers enough to risk their lives for her picture cannot be kept in irons on this fleet.” When a common house fly is alarmed its rate of speed in flight amounts to aver one hundred and fifty feet a sec- Dnd. In normal flight its wings make BOO beats a second, sending it through the air twenty-five feet in that space of time. Pure Air. Some scientists assert that the purest air in cities is found about twenty-five p eet aboye the street surface. 5 THE REALM Igj^ ^ia.S!MB C 33 c ^B i Bj s g3^^ iskm ircsr bt B terrible £ale. CHAPTER I. Corporal Hardtack entered Delmon ico’s the moment he arrived in New York City. He had his month’s pay which amounted to several thousanc dollars and 15 cents. Carefully he looked over the gold plated menu. "Bring me turtle soup,’ - he said tc the garcon. “Oui.” “Baked salmon trout" "Oui.” “And a bottle of Sauterne.” ■ )ui, monsieur.” "And when that is out of the way bring me Little Neck clams on th< half shell, chicken salad and sweet breads.” “Oui, monsieur,” murmured the per spiring waiter. “Then bring ms venison steak.” “Oui.” “Fried potatoes, boiled potatoes hashed potatoes, and baked potatoes.’ The waiter now nodded. “Rare roast beef, tongue, chops beefsteak, orange ice. turkey, witl cranberry sauce, quail”— The waiter feel down in a faint, anc another took his p^ace. “Quail on toast,” went on Corpora, Hardtack, “ortalans, terrapin stew ham and eggs,,— “Oui. monsieur,*’ trembled the new garcon. panting. “A bottle of champagne, absinthe frappe, a gin cocktail, and apple pumpkin, mince and prune pies Rochefort cheese. Fromage de Brie Dutch cheese, cream cheese”— Just then a terrible thing happened CHAPTER II. Corporal Hardtack woke up. (The End.) The Exchange He Made. “Miss Williston,” he pleaded, “I am going away. I shal 1 travel thousands of miles before I return. May I ash you for your phot jgrapli before I go?’ Jeanette Willistone looked at space and sighed gently “I don’t know,” she replied, “why you should ask mo for my picture.” “Our friendship, he said; “surely thal is something.” “Yes,” she answered, “that is—some¬ thing. But it doesn’t seem to me that you have the right to carry my portraii near your heart—yet.” “Jeannette!” he cried, “ will you bt mine?” “ Ah, Percy,” sine said, after it had been arranged that they should be married a week from the following Thursday, “how did you dare to ask me? What reason had you for nol fearing that I would bid you go away and never show yourself in my pre¬ sence again?” “I don’t know,” he humbly replied; “perhaps is was intuition.”—Chicago New r s. Systematic Crim son beak: “My wife is very sys¬ tematic.” Yeast: “l r ou don’t say!” "Yes: w r hen she wants me to remem¬ ber to bring home sugar, what do you think she does?” “Puts a string about your finger.” “String, nothing! What’s a string got to do with sugar? She ties a piece of san d caper on my hat.” “Good!” “And when she wants butter, what do you suppose she does?” “Couldn't guess.” “Why she ties a lock of hair about my finger.”—Yonkers Statesman. Geneaologleal Puzzle. A garrulous old couple met on the street, and without realizing for a mo¬ ment that they were mystifying any¬ body, proceeded to exchange the fol¬ lowing interesting bit of genealogical information: “Now,” says one of them, seizing a favorable opening when the other paused for breath, “my case is some¬ what dissimilar to yours in that one respect. You see, father had seven children older than myself, one-half of whom were girls, and six younger than myself, making seven more, one- half of whom were boys. I am the first and the second child, the oldest and the eigth child. The one next old¬ er than myself is the last and the first, the only the youngest and the seventh child. Add four of the oldest and four of the youngest together, and you will have an equal number of each sex. Add six of the youngest and six of the oldest together, and you will have an equal number of each sex. There are now three-sevenths of the whole num¬ ber living and one hair' of them are fine ladies and the other half are fine gentlemen. There were two mothers, you see, and one father.” Now the question which might exer¬ cise the mind of the average mortal who was interested but who lacked time to await further elucidation, would be to determine the sex of the person who made the above statement to tell the sex of the one next older. How many children were there in all? How many were there of each sex? How many children did each mother have? How many of each sex did she have? How many are now livihg? Lament of a Little Girl. My brother Will, he used to be The nicest kind of girl. He wore a little dress like me, And had his hair in curl. We played with dolls and tea sets then, And every kind of toy; But all those good old times are gone— Will turned into a boy. Mamma made him little suits. With pockets in his pants, And cut off all his yellow curls And sent them to my aunts; And Will, he was so pleased, I b’lieve He almost jumped for joy, And I must own I didn’t like Will turned into a boy. And now he plays with horrid tops I don’t know how to spin, And marbles that I try to shoot But never hit nor win; And leapfrog—I can’t give a “back” Like Charlie, Frank or Roy Oh, no one knows how bad I feel Since Will has turned a boy. I have to wear frocks just the same. And now they’re mostly white; I have to sit and just be good, While Will can climb and fight. But I must keep my dresses nice And wear my hair in curl; And worst—oh, worstest thing of all— I have to stay a girl. —Woman’s Life. A Rabbit Hatched Them. From London comes the story of f rabbit that hatchecT doves’ eggs and thus became the foster mother of two tittle squabs. The rabbit was captured when very young and put among the 3oves because there seemed no better place for it at the time. It at once made friends with its feathered com* panions, and for some reason or an- >ther insisted upon geting into one of the nests. So the sitting dove let the rabbit attend to the incubation of her *ggs, but after the young doves came the mother bird again assumed con¬ trol and attended to feeding them. Surprised the Congregation. Two little folks went to church alone. It was only around the corner from their home, and their mamma knew they would be safe. During the long sermon they got tired, and the older one supposing that the school rule held food in church, led his sister up in front of the pulpit and said: “Please may we go home?” Much surprised ;he clergyman gazed at them over his spectacles; then he understood and said: “Certainly, my children.” And the two toddled out, while the congre¬ gation smiled. Chickens With Croup. The small girl who was in the coun¬ try for the first time since she was of in age to take serious observations was much intersted in a lot of little lucks in a neighbor’s yard. She was more acquainted with infantile weak- lesses than with barnyards, so, being i clever little woman, she put her wits to work, and soon solved the problem is to why the quacking of the ducks was so different from the peeping of chickens. ‘Mamma,” she said, “when she went home, “I have just seen a lot »f little chickens with the croup.” Good Imitation. Fannie, aged five, was visiting in the lountry, and. seeing a lot of sheep and ambs for the first time, she exclaimed: ‘Oh, mamma, just look at the cute lit¬ tle lambs, and they’re such good imi- ;ations, too. They squeak just like my ;oy lamb and have the same kind of lair on.” A Missing Word Poem. In front of an old English tavern iwings a sign containing seven lines pf a verse, from which seven words have been omitted, as here shown: A - sat in his - gray, Watching the moonbeams-play, On a keg that in the bushes lay. And the leaves with their - took up the song, rhou -the brave. Thou-the strong, ro thee doth —— of great battles be¬ long, Fohn Barleycorn, my king! It took a genius to discover that the »even words were very similar, each being one composed of the same six letters. Pussy’s Burial. The cemetery was beneatl A shaggy cedar tree; The mourners were the Jersey cow And pussy’s child and me. The tombstone was a piece of slate And daisies were the shroud; I cried a little to myself, The kitten purred aloud. To be always thinking about year manners is not the way te make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yettrselT. THE YOUTH’S REALM, —-—— An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, for Both Young and Old. —PUBLISHED BY*— A. BULLARD & CO., 97 Pembroke St., BOSTON, - - HASS. 35c PER TEAR IN ADVANCE. • SPECIAXi EDITION, Heavy paper . 50c PER TEAR. , .• 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, premium gifts. A prompt renewal is necessary if yon wish to receive the next number, which goes to press at an early date. All premiums offered with our 35c edition also go with our Special, 50c Library Edition, artis¬ tically printed on extra heavy paper. Subscribers sending notice of change of address should state the approximate month when their subscription be¬ gan, or when renewal was made. —ADVERTISING RATES— 10c per line, 90c per inch, 45c per 1-2 inch in advance. Forms close ''th of preceding month. after tbe fourth of 3ulp We put him to bed in his little night gown, The worst bat¬ tered young- s t e r there w r as in the town; Yet he said as h e opened his only well eye, “Rah, ’rah, for the jolly old Fourth of July!” I said we were glad all the pieces were there, As we plastered and bound them with tenderest care, But put of the wreck came the words with a sigh, “If to-morrow was only thp Fourth of July!” He w’ill grow altogether again, never fear. And be ready to celebrate freedom next year; Meanwhile all his friends are most thankful there lies A crackerless twelve-month twixt • Fourth of Julys. We kissed him goo.d-night on his pow¬ der specked face, We laid his bruised hands softly down in their place, And he murmured, as sleep closed his one open eye, “I Avish every day Avas the Fourth of July!” Largest Man Is a German. If greatness he put to the test of avoir¬ dupois, the place of honor must be ac¬ corded Morice Cannon, a native of the small frontier town of Stein, in the State of Constance, Germany. This Teuton is said to “turn the; scale” at fifty stone, and may claim to be the heaviest man on earth. He measures over 100 inches round the waist, and 64 inches round the thigh; his enor¬ mous weight -does not apparently in¬ convenience him, for he is active and in robust health. He is described as a well-to-do, middle-aged, good-looking farmer, who is also a keen sportsman, being an excellent all-round shot with the rifle. Naturally his gigantic pro¬ portions have made him an object of curiosity in his part of Germany. A Trade That Kill*. Makers of wall-paper grow pale and sick from the arsenic in its coloring and matchmakers lose strength and vitality from the excess of phosphorus used in their business. But mankind is by nature brave' and very few are de¬ terred from action because of supposed danger. If the great builders and en¬ gineers of the world would stop to ask “How many lives will this undertak¬ ing cost?” it is probable that the world would be without some of the greatest •.riumphs of modern thought. Agent—I think I can sell this place for you, but I can’t get tbe $5,000 you ask. You’ll have to take $4,998. Owner—That’s queer. Why should the extra $2 stand in the w r ay? A.sx&ut —AIv CXX^unpr i.« a TV&rujiua . First Eleplnnt in America. It . 3 not generally known that a citl zen of Owensboro, Kentucky, brought across the ocean the first elephant that was ever in America. The name of the gentleman was Mcses Smith. Mr. Smith was at Paris with his brother, and had “more money than he knew what to do with.” He told his broth¬ er that he intended taking something to America that the people had never seen. “You. had better buy an ele-: phant,” said the jocular brother, and that was what Moses did. He picked out the biggest aninal he could find, and paid an enorm )us price for it. He brought it to New York, where it was a nine days' wonder, but the. owner soon found tiat he had some¬ thing worse than th’i proverbial white elephant on his hand He tried to sell it, but could find no buyer, and at last undertook to give i> away, in which he was equally unsu messful. Finally he found a man who agreed to pay him $100 for it, and this individual put in on exhibition,. He was so successful that he went into the show business and made a fortune out of Mr. Smith’s folly Transparency of the Sea. Near the Bermudas the sea is ex¬ tremely transparent, so that the fisher¬ men can readily see the horns of the lobsters protruding from their hiding places in the rocks at a considerable depth. To entice the crustaceans from their crannies they tie a lot of snails in a ball and dangle them in front of the cautious lobster. Prisoners Need Air. It is said that 40 per cent, of the prisoners of Austria die of consump¬ tion, caused by the dark cell mode of punishment. THE DRUM. Air Syrijisejs. In many European galleries the pic¬ tures are dusted by means of air syr¬ inges. Oh the drum! There is some Intonation in thy grum Monotony of utterance that strikes th« spirit dumb, As we hear Through the clear And unclouded atmosphere Thy rumbling palpitation roll in upon the ear. There’s a part Of the art Of thy music-throbbing heart That thrills a something in us that awaken with a start. And, in rhyme With the chime And exactitude of time, Goes marching on to glory to thy melody sublime. And the guest Of the breast That thy rolling robs of rest Is a patriotic spirit as a Continental dressed, And he looms From the glooms Of a century of tombs, And the blood he spilled at Lexington in living beauty blooms. And his eyes Wear the guise Of a nature pure and wise. And the love of them is lifted to a something in the skies That is bright Red and white, With a blur of starry light As it laughs in silken ripples to the breezes day and night. There are deep Hushes creep O’er the pulses as they leap. And the murmur, fainter growing, on the silence falls asleep. While the prayer Rising there Wills the sea and earth and air As a heritage to Freedom’s sons and daughters everywhere. Then with sound As profound As the thunderings resound, Come thy wild' reverberations in a throe that shakes the ground, And a cry, Flung on high Like the flag it flutters by. THE REALM Wings rapturously upwards till il nestles in the sky. Oh the drum! There is some Intonation in thy grum Monotony of ?rtterance that strikes the spirit dumb, As we hear Through the clear And unclouded atmosphere Thy rumbling palpitations roll in upon the ear. —James Whitcomb Riley cor CEIT. A little dog barked at the big round moon That smiled iu the evening sky, And the neighbors smote him with rocks and slioen; But still be continued his rageful tune, And he barked till his throat was dry. The little dog bounced like a rubbci ball, For his anger quite drove him wild. And he said: “I'm a terror, although I am small, And I dare you, you impudent fellow, to fall,” But the moon only smiled and smiled. Then the little dog barked at a terrible rate, But he challenged the moon in vain. For as calmly and slow as the work¬ ings of fate The moon moved along in a manner sedate And smiled at the dog in disdain. But soon Tieatli a hill that obstructed the west The moon sank out of his sight, And smiled as it slowly dropped under the crest, But the little dog said as he lay down to rest: “Well, I scared it away, all right.” —Puck. Messmates H E gave us all a good- by cherrily At the first dawn of day; We dropped him down the side full drearily When the light died away. It’s a dead dark watch that he’s a-keeping there, And a long, long night that lags a- creeping there, Where the Trades and the tides roll over him, And the great ships go by. lie’s there alone, with green seas rock¬ ing him For a thousand miles round; Tie’s there alone, with dumb things mocking him, And we’re homeward bound. It’s a long, lone watch that he’s a- keeping there. And a dead, cold night that lags a- creeping there, While the months and the years roll over him. And the great ships go by. More Than -■ Hint. Steady Company (after running com¬ ment on business success in general): I must say. Miss Florence, that if there is one thing I particularly admire in a mn : is business enterprise. Miss Florence: So do I! There's young Bushman, for instance: he's only been calling on Miss Sparks two months, and they’re engaged already ARE THEY SUPERSTITIOUS? Motormen and Gripmen Hare Grave Fear* ol Running Over Any Animal. “I wonder,” said an observer, “whether motormen and gripmen are superstitious, or whether it is danger¬ ous to run a car over even small crea¬ tures, or whether the men are simply gentle-hearted and humane and loath to hurt anybody or anything? “Coming in from the country a while ago on a trolley car, and coming like chain lightning, too, we saw some chickens ahead on the track. The motorman shut her off and put the brake on with celerity and strength that indicated that he would have re¬ versed the car if he could. It was clear that he didn’t want to touch a chick, and we didn’t. The birds ran across the track with wings a-flapping and their feet a-going as fast as they could make ’em. They didn’t have much margin of safety, but they had enough, and, as they flopped across, the motorman gave the car the wire again and let her hum. “Coming down town on a Broadway cable car, the other night, I felt the brake grip as we were rounding the curve into Seventh avenue from Fifty- third street. An entirely new exper¬ ience—for that curve is taken with a running start to get around and down to where they want to go, and I knew they wouldn’t shut her off there, un¬ less there was very good reason for it —and I looked ahead expecting to see a very large man, at least, or some other equally impressive object on the track, but it was just a dog, and not a very big dog either, a black and white shaggy dog trotting across the track and just clearing it—trotting along easily, not hurrying a hit, but taking its t.me to cross over. “And the gripman was as careful to keep clear of the dog as the motor- man had been of the chickens.” His Warning Tight. He was an aged man, with a full and sweeping beard. His face was deeply seamed with wrinkles, and he tottered as he walked. In his hand he bore an ancient lantern, and this it was that attracted the attention of a passer-by. The passer-by was a young man, and as he faced the aged stranger he took off his hat. “Pardon me, sir,” he said, “but isn’t it rather unusual to carry a lighted lantern through the streets in the day¬ time?’” The old man looked up from the cavernous depths of Ms eye-sockets, and softly cackled. “Don’t you know me?” he cried in a high, cracked voice. A sudden light seemed to illuminate the young man’s memory. “Bless my soul!” he cried, “it must be Mr. Diogenes!” “I thought you’d remember me,” cackled the old man. “Of course. I remember you now,” said ike ycrng man; and they shook hands warmly. “Still on cne same old quest, I see,’ said the youth, as he pointed to the lantern. “Wh|t's that?” cried the old man with his hand to his ear. “I say I notice that you are still looking for an houest man,” shouted the youth. Diogenes laughed long and heartily. “You’re wrong,” he crackled; “I gave that up long ago.” “Then what,” crisd the youth with a mighty effort, “are—yon—carrying— the—lighted—lantern—for?” “What am I carrying it for?” echoed the anclEQt philosopher. 'T’m carryin’ it so these ding-blasted bicycle scorch¬ ers won’t run into me! That’s what I’m carryin’ it for. Vale, my boy, vale.” And he hobbled along with his warn¬ ing light. The Floating Needle. Take a tumbler or goblet and fill it to the brim with water. Moisten and heat a needle by holding it in your hand, then very carefully place it on the water, and you will see it float. Try it and you will see how easily it can be done. He Was and fle Wasn’t. “Such an insult!” she exclaimed. “What?” he asked “Why, you know what long hair Brown, who married Miss Smith to¬ day, always has ht«d?” “Of course.” “Well, just before he became a bene¬ dict he- had it cut short. 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My first is in joking, but not in fun; My second is in racing, but not in run; My third is in noble, but not in good ; My fourth is in supper, but not in food; My fifth’s in anchor, but not in ship; My sixth is in drinking, but not in sip; My seventh is in merry, but not in glad, And now, little friends, all my letters you’ve had. I’m cold and severe, but young folks like me well; They don’t mind my roughness, that I can tell. I’ll leave you to guess me and make you my bow, But please to remember I am at hand now. No. 377.—Transpositions. I’m free to state my mind upon The subject now in hand, And if with me some disagree My judgment yet will stand. STAMPS on 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 books are now ready and others will be an¬ nounced from time to time. 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Rooms 603-4-5 Century Bldg, I say a man who’s-his life With Borne sweet, trusting lass And lets her-the morning fires Should feed on powdered glass. No. 378.—Single Acrostic. A celebrated Athenian who was special¬ ly famed for a valuable moral quality of great use in all our dealings with each other. 1. A land measure; a town in Syria be¬ sieged and takm by a warlike English king. • 2. The foondseef an important city in the south of Europe. 3. A country unconnected with any oth¬ er. 4. A law existing in some countries which excludes women from the govern¬ ment. 6. Too often wasted. 6. A fort in Russia near which the Rus¬ sians were defeated by the French and English. 7. A large silver coin. * 8. One who leaves his country to settle in another. 9. A wise man; a fragrant herb. No. 379.—Numerical Enigma. A word of ten letters: A' valuable guide whose voice is too often neglected. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, a sight, an appearance. 8, 6, 1, 7, pleasant, a town in Italy. 8, 6, 8, 10, a square number. 1, 2, 8, 7, the seed of a tree, a mathemat¬ ical figure. 6, 9, 10, the skater’s delight. 4, 7, 6, 3, 10, a river in France. 2, 3, 6, 7, at one time. No. 380.—Illustrated Diagonal. All the words pictured contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and placed one below the other, in the or¬ der numbered, the diagonal— from the up- ST. LOUIS, per left hand letter to the lowe^right hand letter—will spell the name of a celebrated English navigator.—St. Nicholas. No. 381.—Anagrams. (British Battles.) 1. Bet ran. 2. Say, Ben. 3. Hot brow?. 4. Not room, Mars. 5. Save me, H. 0. This sang. 7. Ebony. No. 383.—Charades. 1. Part of a wheel and part of some houses will name an animal used as a beast of burden in warm countries. 2. A Bible mountain and “a snare” will name an insect which is really a large, strong wasp. 3. A Hebrew and a measure will name an ornament of dress. 4. A rodent and a color will name the stem of a plant in India which is without branches. It is cylindrical, jointed, very tough and strong, growing to the size of the human wrist, and is sometimes 100 feet high. _ No. 383.—Divided Cities. Example: Divide a city of Ireland into a metallic instrument and quick. Answer: Bel -fast. 1. Divide a city of Russia into a curved line and a celestial being. 2. Divide a city of England into an im¬ portant organ and a small lake. 8. Divide a city of Germany into a kind of salted meat and a town. 4. Divide a city of China into a metal vessel and a weight. 5. Divide a city of India into a pronoun and inflamed. A Clever Little Puzzle. To three-fourths of a cross add a circle com¬ plete ; Then let two semicircles a perpendicular meet; Next add a triangle that stands on two feet; Then two semicircles and a circle complete. TOBACCO._ Key to the Puzzler. No. 370.—A Holiday Greeting (Zigzag): I. A zure. 2. A-Head. 3. Ch-A-ir. 4. Gta-P-e. 5. Stra-P. 6. Pla-Y s. 7. Pa- N-el. 8. R-E-gin. 9. W-hale. 10. M-Y-rrh. II. Po-E-ts. 12. Cle-A-r. 13. Rumo-R. No. 371.—Four Short Remarks: 1. I understand yon to be in want. 2. I am indeed astonished. 8. I undertook to with¬ stand his all attacks. 4. He believed what I told him. No. 372.—A Conundrum: She renewed the young man’s collar (choler). No. 373.—Enigma: Smacking. No. 374.—Puzzle of the Stars: MISSOURI. Good tempered friends, here nine stars see. Ten rows there are, in each row three. No. 375.—County Questions: 1. Ash¬ land. 2. Carroll. 8. Darke. 4. Greene. 5. Knox (knocks). 6. Lake. 7. Pickaway. 8. Summit. 9. Union. 10. Warren (war¬ ring). SOME P’S AND Q'S. Pray, little lads and lasses gay, One lesson do not lose, As through the world you wend youi way. Oh, mind your p’s and q’s. For while P stands for pears aiad plums, For pleasantness ar.d plays, For patience and for promptitude, For peace, politeness, praise; Yet, lackaday! it leads in pert, In pinches, pests and pain, Perverse and petulant and pry, And also in profane! Q stands for Quaker quietness, For quinces, quality, For quickness and for queenliness. For quaint and quittance free. But then, it heralds quake and quail* And querulous—-indeed, All quibbles, quarrels, quips and quirks, And quacks it serves at need. Then watch them, little maids and men; For folks will soon excuse Full many a fault and foible, when You mind your p’s and q’s. 9 THE REALM Jli^ T HE special delivery stamp o f Canada is appearing in a lighter shade of green, according to the “Philatelic Advocate.” We learn from another Canadian authority that the Dominion post office will issue no more 6c and 15c stamps as there has been no use for these values since the new postal rates were established. As soon as the remaining 20c and 50c stamps are sold out these values will be represented by stamps of an entirely new design. At present, however, there is a large stock of these values on hand. It is al¬ so possible that a 7c stamp will be issued before long. - HE International Philatelic Exhibit at Paris will be held from the 28th of August to the 9th of September. Twelve large rooms in the buildings occupied by the French National Society of Horticulture have been secured for the pur¬ pose, and 100 horizontal show cases and 1200 vertical frames are at the disposal of ex¬ hibitors. A jury composed of well-known philatelic experts from several countries will award gold, silver, and bronze medals at the close of the exhibition. Over five thousand dollars was netted through the Philatelist’s War Fund in Great Britain for the relief of the wounded in South Africa, or the families of those killed. Somebody has invented a new device for swindling the post office department in Bel¬ gium. A piece of thin, transparent paper is pasted over the postage stamp after it has been affixed to the letter, in order to receive the postmark, and keep the stamp clean for a second use. The practice has been employed principally for preserving stamps of the high¬ er values. The post office inspectors have been seeking information from New York dealers concern¬ ing the purchase of surcharged Cuban stamps from Neely or any of his swindling gang. “What I believe is absolutely the largest transaction that has ever taken place in the stamp world has just been successfully carried through; ” writes C. J. Phillips in Stanley Gibbons’ Monthly Journal. The writer goes on to explain that Mr. M. P. Castle recently sold his collection of European stamps for practically the snug little sum of $150,000. Some time back Mr. Castle decided to clear out his used stamps of Europe, and Messrs. Hamilton-Smith & Co. found him a purchas¬ er for this portion of his collection at the price of $12,000. The party making the pur¬ chase was apparently so pleased with his bar¬ gain that some weeks ago he offered to buy the entire collection of unused stamps of Eu¬ rope; and the transaction has recently been completed through the medium of Messrs. Hamilton-Smith & Co., the total price paid being as above named. The collection was sold to an English gentleman who does not wish his name to be mentioned. The British post office department has ad¬ vised the department of this country that on an average one letter in every, twenty-five re¬ ceived from the U. S. is short paid, and that, as double the amount of the deficiency in post¬ age is required to be collected upon delivery of short-paid letters, the addressees frequent¬ ly refuse to receive them, and the letters are returned to the U. S. as undeliverable, to the annoyance of the postal officials as well as of the senders of the letters. It is thought that many cases of short payment may be attribut¬ ed to the fact that the unit of weight for the letter rate of postage in the domestic mails of this country is an ounce, while in Internation¬ al mails it is onlyhalf an ounce. From the foregoing the advantage and advisibility of full prepayment of postage on letters addressed to foreign countries will easily be recognized. Congress has appropriated another million dollars for the extension of the rural free de¬ livery system. Uncle Sam is beginning to realize that the farmer is entitled to about the same privileges as those living in cities. In a year’s time it is expected that the system will be thoroughly organized. A new value, an 8 hel¬ ler stamp, has been added to the new set of unpaid stamps of Austria, and there are now 13 stamps com¬ prised in this set. The one dollar revenue in the new color, red, is reported to have been seen in N. Y. O N June 15th notice was sent to the vari¬ ous postmasters that the Howaiian Islands as territory of the U. S. had become subject to the postal regulations of this country, and that a parcels post would here¬ after be established between Hawaii and the U. S. The rates of postage on all mail matter to and from Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, the Philippine Archipelago and Tutu- ila, including all adjoining islands of the Sam¬ oan group, are now the same as in the U. S. These rates, however, do not apply to Cuba. E learn from a New York paper that the revenue stamp washers are still being looked after by the government offic¬ ials. It is reported that Landon T. Davis, a clerk in the employ of Kissam, Whitney & Co., was held in $2,500 bail for the grand jury by commissioner Shields on a charge of washing revenue stamps and affixing them to official paper. Davies denies washing the stamps, but acknowledges using them. It was part of Davies’ duties to affix the neces¬ sary 1, 3, and 5 dollar revenue stamps to the film’s memoranda. He says he met a boy on the street about six months ago with whom he made arrangements to trade the good stamps the firm supplied him with for washed stamps of the same face value and a bonus of 20c on the dollar. Davie’s profits for the past 6 months have amounted to about $1- 000, he says, which means that something like $5,000 worth of bad stamps were used. The company will have to make the amount good to the government. Such occurrences as these were what led to the present change in the quality of ink used for printing the rev¬ enue stamps, for it is believed that an aniline color will make it impossible to wash the can¬ cellation from the stamp. It is said that a special set of stamps was planned for Hawaii and Porto Rico, similar to the Cuban set, but the idea was given up before any designs were prepared, and is like¬ ly never to be resorted to again. Not to be outdone by their southern neigh¬ bors, Canada has gotten out a stamp bot klet with a pretty, pink cover, on the inside pages of which are printed postal information: and between the covers are two sheets of six stamps each. On the 4th of May a new ip stamp was is¬ sued by Jamaica. It contains an excellent view of the waterfall of Llandovery situated on the north side of the island. The German government intends to sell its colonial postal issues, such as the Caroline and Marshall islands stamps, at the post of¬ fice in Berlin. It is too bad our own govern¬ ment has not adopted such a plan for the dis¬ posal of its colonial issues to collectors, as for instance at the New York office. In such a case the difficulty of obtaining Guam stamps, and some others, would be entirely done away with. The postal set of stamps of Tasmania may be classed among the most popular stamps issued thus far this year. Dealers who have them are willing to sell the three lowest values for a few cents each, and the 5p and 6p stamps can be bought for about 15c each, so that the set is not only popular but cheap enough to be within the reach of every col¬ lector. The latest news from Africa are to the effect that the Orange Free State has actually been annexed to the British Empire, to be henceforth called the “Orange River Colony,” and that the Transvaal has also surrendered to the British. As hinted in a previous number, the Danish West Indies will soon issue a new set of stamps of the type of the current Denmark issue, and these labels will be printed in the Postal Union colors. To conform with the requirements of the Postal Union regarding a uniform system of colors for the various values of stamps, India will soon fall into line with a change of colors for about all her current issues. The i-2a will be yellow-green, the ia carmine, 2a vio¬ let and 2 1-2a blue. We presume by the time this issue of the Realm reaches all of its many thousand sub¬ scribers the D. P. A. convention for 1900 will be a thing of the past. The convention seat this year is St. Catharines, Ontario, a delightful spot situated on the Welland Canal, 12 miles from Niagara, and known as the Garden City of Canada. Owing to a reduc¬ tion of 50 per cent from the usual rates on all railroads in Canada it is believed that a large number of philatelists will attend the convention which is fixed for July 2d and 3d. Dealers are getting 5c each for the Japan 1900 wedding stamp, 3s carmine, unsur¬ charged, and also surcharged for use in China or in Corea. About the middle of May this stamp was issued by Japan to commemorate the marriage of the Crown Prince to the Lady Sada-ko, the affair being considered an important enough one to call for a special stamp. In the centre of the design is represented an “orishiki” or box containing food which is carried on the occasion of the marriage of people of high rank. The number of stamps issued is 30 million—about enough to go round and to make the price reasonable. A new surcharged stamp from So. Africa, said to be authentic, is the current issue Cape of G. Hope overprinted “Mafeking Besieged.” 10 Our Great Distribution of Free Samples. 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 f'- e package, as follows: 100 Foreign Stamps, Japan, etc. 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 ft-j? m a o. 1 SZ • One package of the ttbo \ e I I jL/lC'd* samples is free to each per¬ son who tills out the annexed coupon and sends with it only 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 free gifts, stating what month last subscription began. Don’t forget the two 2c stamps. Cut out the coupon now ! COUPON No. 48 Dear Sirs: Please send free samples and your juvenile publication for three months to— Name Town. State St, or Box. A Bullard & Co., 9 7 Pembroke Street, Boston, Mass. HOW A COLLECTOR HELPED UNCLE SAM. was due to information given by a stamp collector that the investigations in regard to the Neely post office embez¬ zlement affair were carried on in Munsie, Ind. One day the collector was in the bank at Munsie when a large package, cov¬ ered with high-valued Cuban stamps, was de¬ livered to the clerk. The collector asked if he might remove the stamps from the bundle, but was told that the package was the proper¬ ty of C. F. W. Neely and was sent there for safe keeping and not to be opened by anyone but Neely himself. Soon after this the newspapers were full of accounts of the robbery committed by parties connected with the Cuban postal service, the greater part of the blame being put upon Treasurer Neely. As soon as the collector read the newspaper reports he notifitd the government detectives of the mysterious pack¬ age at Munsie, and this led to the investiga¬ tions there which, in turn, furnished more ev¬ idence of the gigantic scale on which the government had been robbed through the post office department in Cuba. Some collectors are beginning to think that Capt. Leary does not intend to fill orders from dealers for Guam stamps. The current Hawaiian stamps are no longer to be used, and the entire stock of remainders will be destroyed at once. We are informed that current U. S. stamps without any sur¬ charge will take the place of the above stamps. The Post Office Dept, has established a money order station at the Exposition Building in Paris, France, which is officially known as “United States Postal Station, Paris, (France) Exposition,” upon which money orders may be drawn at domestic rates. Tt is now expected that the federation of the Australian colonies will take place during the present year, and that all issues of Aus¬ tralian stamps except those of Ne\y Zealand will become obsolete as soon as one general issue is prepared to take the place of the va¬ rious issues now used in the several colonies. By means of the pneumatic dispatch system for the conveyance of letters in New York city from the central office to the various branches, 70,000 miles of wagon service are saved annually, and only three minutes are required to shoot the letters through a tube to the Brooklyn branch. THE MARKET. » E continue our series of articles on the prices paid by dealers for used postage stamps by giving a list of the REVENUE STAMPS OF THE U. S. which are salable to-day, plac¬ ing such value on the stamps as we feel sure are obtainable, overlooking the fact that some dealers might give more for certain specimens they were particularly in need of. 1898 Documentaries Continued. Per 10; 100 25c purple brown 25 40c blue lilac...45 50c slate violet .30 80c brown ....15 Id yellow green .20 3d brown lilac 15 50 red .25 TRIV ATE PROPRIETARIES. Match Stamps lc black Am. Fusee Go..50 lc blue Barber Match Co .20 lc brown H. Bendel & Co .35 lc lake B. & N. .60 lc black By am Carlton & Co.60 lc green Jas. L. Clark.. 25 lc blue Cramer & Kemp .25 lc black Jas. Eaton ... 25 lc blue Eichele & Co .........12 lc black Wm Gates Sons .10 lc green J. G. Hoi chkiss...50 lc blue Joseph Loehr . 50 lc black A. Messinger.50 lc blue N. Y. Match Co..35 lc green u ...35 lc black D. M. Richardson .35 lc u Richardson Match Co.35 lc blue Wm. Roeber.35 lc black Star Match.10 lc blue Swift, Courtney & Beecher Co. 10 Medicine Stamps lc black Brandreth .20 2c black Centaur Co.50 lc blue C. N. Crittenton .25 2c black “ 35 lc areen A. H. Flanders .25 lc black Jno.F. Henry.50 2c green Dr. Kennedy ....50 4c 1)1 ack N. Y. Pharrn. Assn..50 lc black Redding’s Russia Salve 50 lc black A. L. Scovill & Co.35 4c green “ .35 lc black A. Yogeler & Co .35 Perfumery Stamps lc blue Corning & Tappan .50 lc vermilion Tetlow’s Pfmry.35 Playing Card Stamps 5c bine A Dougherty .35 5c blue Y. E. & P. Mauger .35 •E 9 wr-Acv» * :»xy> wafe-fc-fej _ I _ ___ 1 advertisements 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 C'anadian 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 25 c, 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 4. PUBLISHING COMP’Y, Hilda LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA $4.25 Easily Made by sending 75c for 100 Canada gre n Law stamps, large, handsome and popular. They readily sell at 5c each, and are splendid for trading. I BUY STAMPS, TOO. W ^plcpv H^II Pres’t League of « iveiscy Ilclll, Can. Philatelists PETERBOROUGH. ONT , CANADA. NEWFOUNDLAND STAMPS USED. per 1 per 18 1880 lc Violet brown 3 35 lc Grey “ 3 35 2 c pale yellow gr. 6 70 5c light blue 8 90 1887 2 ° rose red 2 ' 20 lc deep gr. 2 20 lc grey gr. 3 30 2 c orange 0 20 3c umber brown 2 20 5c dark blue 3 30 1890-’95 |e black 1 10 3c slate . 1 10 3c brown lilac 2 22 3c lilac 3 30 1897 lc rose 3 35 2 c orange 5 55 §0 olive l 10 lc yellow green 2 13 2 c vermilion red 2 13 3c orange 2 15 5c dark blue 3 25 List free. Cash with order. HENRY F. SNOW, St. John’s, N. F. Bx 461 STAMP BUTTONS FREE Send the names of two collectors and 2c for postage. 12 ’98 War Revs. j£c to $1.00 5 C 4 Foochow, picture stamp 6c 7 Netherland 1899 used Sc 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 fine blank approval sheets.19 Postage 2c extra. Pricfe list free. We buy stamps. Send 2c for Buying List. TOLEDO STAMP CO., T0 0 L H “°’ \/ARIETIES stamps, 1900 w catalogue, and stamp album, f rvi* f - nnntp for 5 cents. 150 varieties foreign stamps roo “ “ “ IOC 48c 3 °° Fine approval sheets at 50 p c discount. J. T. Starr Stamp Co., Coldwater, Michigan. MARKED DOWN. <^WHE prices on nearly all our stock of 11 , stamps have been greatly reduced, but we shall nevertheless continue to offer agents the same discount. CPrPI Al 4 Hungary 1900, fillers, 5c. drLuiHL* 3 Austria 1900, hellers, 3c. 3 .Inpan, 1899, new issue,fine, 2c. Order quick. ^ Unused Cuban stamp worth 10 c * * to each applicant for my approv¬ al sheets at 50 p c comm. Reference required. A I WifiP 1067 N. 40th Ave., * y V lfrC _ CHICAGO, ILLS. m COLLECTORS. # S END for my fine approval sheets of genuine postage stamps at 50 p. c. commission. John 0. Lundgren, Box. 97, Mora, .\ .% Minn. Mention the Realm when answering advs. HI DIIH1 Containing ALB Um stamps FREE To EVERY COLLECTOR. 100,000 albums and 3 bbls. 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, 10 c. - -- ,A. Bullard & Co., 'Sta. A .Boston. Mass Bargain Cat’s Free; need any job printing? We em- ploy a large force of workmen and turn out nothing but the very finest kind of work. \\ e make a speciality of philatelic printing and would be pleased to give esti mates. Prompt attention given to mail orders YOU Nunundah Stamp & Pub. Co., SMETHPORT, Pa. Opp. P. 0. Fifty United States Regular issues, 1851 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. STAMPS ON APPROVAL. W E make a specialty of the new Private Proprietary stamps, of which we have a complete stock, butwe also send out approval lots of postage as well as revenue stamps at a discount aver- aging as low as our competitors for desirable stamps. These are sent to responsible parties only. Let us hear from you. L. H. MURRAY AGENT FOR LEWIS ROBIE ITHACA ... .MICH. LIKETIIIS. $3.35 Ji|k SIMILAR, W II $1.85 C. F. Richards, 326 W. 20th St., New York. I ★ Free Premium Coupons.^ S END for our new price list of stamps, sets, packets, etc. IT IS FREE. It explains how you can secure Good Stamps Free. Buy your stamps where you can get the most for your money. Agents wanted everywhere for our new approval sheets, at 50 p c commission. DALE STAMP CO., i AS S 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE G. B. GALMAN, JESSS* POSTAGE STAMPS, 42 E. 23d St., N. Y. 1900 iLIST 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 jp terms against good references. 4 /\rv/\ APPR0VALSHEETS I I If If I containing 25 stamps cata- X \J \J logued at from 25 to 75 cents, at igc per sheet while they last, or 3 sheets for 25c. Mexican Revenues 15 var. 10c. E. G. Koch Co., Peoria, Illinois, P. O. Box 497- Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica- t ions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency fpr securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without c harg e, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir¬ culation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $ 1 . Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 36,BroadM »- New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. JULY BARGAINS Austria 1900 newsp’r st’ps 2,6,io,2oh,set .15 Austrian Levant,1900,lo,2opa,l,2pia “ .30 “ “ 5 pia .40 Bosnia 1900 123 5 6 loh, the set .12 “ “ 20 25 30 5oh - “ .40 Panama 1900 registration 10c blue-green .12 German So. West Africa 3 5 10 2opf, set .22 Japanese Offices in Corea 5r 1 2 3 4 5s “ .20 “ “ “810 15 20 25s “ .70 “ “ 1900 Wedding stamp .04 Labuan 1899 4c on 25, 50c, $1, the set .65 North Borneo ’99 4c on 25 50c $1 $2 $5 and $10, the set 1.50 Tasmania 1900 1-2 12345 6p, “ .70 Scott Stamp and Coin Co., Ltd 18 E. 23d Street, New York, N.Y. S TAMPS on approval at 50 p c discount. Agts. wanted. References. 50 diff. stps. and blank album 6c. Casli paid for col¬ lections and single stps. Send for sam¬ ples and prices of app. sheets and books. N. W. Chandler, Collinsville, Ills. 120 Different Stamps Only 2c 200 different a good starter for 15c 60 “ U. S. 14c Hawaii 1883, ic green 3c 2c for postage must be enclosed on orders under 25c. Our price lists of Hawaii stamps etc., is free. J. F. Negreen & Co., 0m ^ r . L ARGEST stamp monthly in America: Phil. West and Camera News, Superior, Neb. Sample free. 4c for 4 months. Founded ’95. Has depts. for revenues, postage stamps, postal cards, curios, postmarks etc. Send ac for membership to “A- merican Camera Club Exchange.” BARGAIN NO. 5 For 25c I will send absolutely post free 150 all diff’t stamps, 1 set 4 var Costa Rica unused, 500 hinges, 2 obsolete U. S. postals, 3 var 1894 2c triangles, my 1900 catalogue and a genuine U. S. Local catalogued at. 10c. W.C. ESTES, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Special Number. Volume II, whole number 13, of THE JUBILEE PHILATELIST will appear in October in magazine form. It will be a big special and will reach 6000 readers. A 2 inch adv’t. for 50c. Subscrip’n 25c year. Jubilee Philatelist 8s£%^K8! When answering advertisements please mention the Youth’s Realm advertisements ■?» -w •*,'# ,t ,>t# -ys r» .->'*> **•* rice List F STAMPS ^ APPROVAL RICHMOND, Va.. Mar, 6, 1900. Mekeel Stamp & Pub. Oo., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen : The 800-variety packet has arriv¬ ed, and I want to at once express my complete satisfaction. It adds nearly 400 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 of the packet. Very truly yours, Eoy Bennett Pace. THIS IS IT ARIETIES ARI ETI ES Of Genuine Postage Stamps, $3.00 We lead, others follow. This off er 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 lot of stamps. 800 stamps at § of a cent each! MENTION THE YOUTH’S 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 $3.50! 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 that may be dc- £ g fective. Over 115 different stamp issuing countries (ft M or colonies represented in each.packet. The catalogue £ value of each packet is over 830. by Scott’s 59tli Edit- eft V! ion catalogue. Every stamp GUARANTEED GEN- "0 SS UINE. NO REPRINTS. $ __ UR GUARANTEE with every packet, besides which our |jold motto that has beea 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 PRICE TWENTY DOLLARS. WE BUY GOOD STAMPS AND COLLECTIONS REALM WHEN YOU WRITE. ☆ C. H. MEKEEL STAMP & PUBLISHING €<).,☆ Rooms 603, 004, 605 Century Bdg, St. Louis, Mo. 1 , Some Cheap Sets for Beginners. DIME SETS *3 Baden Land Post 15 Canada half dime sets 12 Australia 6 Argentine Repub. 6 Bavaria 4 Bolivia 8 Chili *5 Costa Rica *3 Constantinople *4 Cuba 5 Egypt 7 Finland 3 Hongkong 3 New Zealand ’98 3 Nicaragua 10 Norway *4 Porto Rico *4 Philippines *6 Switzerland *3 Salvador 10 Sweden 4 Venezuela *4 China *3 Corea 15 Denmark *5 Ecuador 20 France 20 Germany 5 Greece Games 5 Guatemala *5 Honduras 13 japan 5 Mexico 1899 5 Newfoundland *3 Paraguay *7 Porto Rico 4 Transvaal 25 U. S. Postage 10 “ Revenues 10 “ Env. ’84-’88 ^ - 8 of the dime sets or 6 of the nickle for 25 cts. Postage 2e extra on all orders under 25 cts. AMERICAN ST’P. CO., 322 N- 6TH ST>, ROGERS, ARK. 50c Omaha 25c 50c 1895 7c postage due 30c 1879 30c War 12c 8c War 30c 8c THE PLACE To BuY-- TIST1C wm ave Uje Largest ^ssorfc*h cenJ*Cg£ ment of LAMPS aijd M FIXTURES ng ar?d OIL FIXTURES. Kenney & Waterbury, i8iPr.\nklin StJBos: COPYRIGHTED. <0 100 VARIETIES 7c [> a i 4 ‘ *» “ “ j^c unused ic Servia 1881 5p to id 6 var unused 9c Costa Rica 1889 1 to 50c 6 va “ 5 c Swiss 1881 2 to 40c 7 var “ 4c Postage ex.tra under 25c. J. E. WIEDLING, Baltic, Ohio. Mention the Realm when answering advs. GOOD LUCK. “CYPRAEA MONETA” Ceylon. Curious Watch Charm, Money Shell. “CYPRAEA ANNULUS” Singapore. Curious Watch Charm, Ring-top, Corory. 23c and itc each, post paid. 1R. TL. MUsott, 170a Tremont St, Boston, Mass. sr yT\yT\j 7 7\^T' -T /fvjTs/JN ☆ Y NEW WHOLESALE LIST ^ just issued sent on application to Stamp Dealers Only. Apply to— Wm. v. d. Wettern, Jr., 411 W. Sara- 'i' t toga St., Baltimore, Md. T •e* S TAMPS. 121 var 10 cts. Agents 50 per cent. Chas.Harris,? Chadwick St. WoreesterMa ss _ __-Finest set Mexican unused to all appli- Ly EC "cants for our fine sheets at 50 p C com. I (ILL 1500Finely mixed, used and unused, 27c Good for sheets or trading. Address : £ *X 536 West 61st Street, • J» JJDGVvtt CHICAGO, ICES. Mention the Realm when answering advs. ipREE, 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 A COIN CO. LIMITED, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. STAMPS " 5 FREE. STAMPS in a fine AI.BUM and our il¬ lustrated Catalogue FREE to all who men- 1 tion the paper in which this advert’m’t appears. ICO Cuba, etc., 5c. Agents get 50 per cent commission and valu¬ able Presents besides. Write r ow to A L THE HILL STAMP COMPANY, Box BB, South End, BOSTON, .MASS.