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of Sxperience, Sntelligent Sffort1 1 different copper & nickel coins and all onr selling lists.. - • . . . .$ Pepper-box revolving barrell 6 shot pistol, top hammer, engraved

frame, total length 7*a inches fine working order • • ................18% Satirical Bryan dollar, cast in bronze, width 3'a in. weight

4 oz.. fine, curious . . ......................................................1798, 1799, 1800 U. S. silver dollars $2.20 to $2.50 each, accord­

ing to condition.1795 17. S. silv dol pierced through 5 of date, very good otherwise 1795 U. S. silv. dol., hole through 9 of date, very good otherwise1808 or 1813 U. S. 1 .• dollar, perfect and very cheap, each . ..........1871 1'. S. 2c bronze, very good, and scarce date............................Belgian, “ Double barrel" pistol, calibre .43, percussion, length

7'-’, brass barrels, walnut stock, very rare, but will sell cheap. Write for price if interested.

Only one of coins below in stock, so order early.1803 1’. S. Dime. good, very ra re .........................................1846 U. S. dime, good scarce..........................................................1800 r . S. ‘j dime, poor, date good .................... .................. .........1793 V . S. li> cent, very fair, rare ....... ....... ..............................1802 over 1800 V. S. ’•> cent, very fair, rare................................About 1650 Armata & Morea, 1 soldo, very good, rare..................1625 Augsburg, '/i shilling, octagonal, fine, scarce........................1810 Barcelona, 4 Quartos, very fine, rare..................................1490-1516 Bohemia, silver penny of Wladislaus II fine, scarce.1778 Bologna, 1 Quattrino. fine.................... . ........ ...................1743 Hraunau. Square Necessity money for 1 Kreutzers. lead, very

good, rare ...........................................1004-1020 Verona. Concave Oliolus of Henry II. fine, scarce,.

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Some Special Offers.United States

No.Catalog Our

price priceVenezuela

No.11861 10c g re e n .............................15c 7c2 1862 2c black (Jack so n ) ........ 6c 2c3 1879 5c blue (T a y lo r] ............... 6c 2c

Catalog Our price price

21 1899 5c g reen ...............................3c 1c22 “ 10c red ................................ 5c 2c23 “ 25c b lu e ................................ 3c lc

4 1S82 5c brown (G arfie ld )__ . 4c lc 24 1900 5c green (Scotts no 130) 4c lc5 J8S7 3c v e rtn illion ............ .. ,10c 3c 25 “ 25c blue ( “ 132) 5c lc6 1888 5c blue (G arfie ld).......... . 4c lc 26 “ 50c o range( “ 152) 8c 2c7 War Dept lc r e d .................... . Sc 1 A c 27 “ 5c green ( “ 154) 3c lc8 “ ” 3c “ .................... 3c lc 28 “ 25c blue ( “ 156) 5c lc9 “ “ 12c “ .................... .25c 8c 29 1903 50c orange ( ” 162) 2c lc

10 “ “ 15c “ .................... ,20c ■7c 30 1904 5c on 50c gi ’u ( “ 191) 2c lc11 “ ” 30c ” .......... ........... .50c 16c 31 “ 5c green ( “ 207) 2c A c

1). S. Revenues 32 “ 10c carmine( “ 208) 3c lc12 2nd issue 10c black and blue Ac lc 33 “ 50c plum ( “ 310) 5c 134c13 “ ” 20c “ • 20c 7c Venezuela Official Stamps14 “ “ $1 “15 “ “ S3 11 “ 1.25 45c16 3rd issue J l black and green 6c 2c17 " “ S3 ’* “ 1.50 55c18 “ “ f5 “ red 75c 27c19 1898 } ic orange D ocum entary 10c 4c20 “ S3 brown (u n c u t) ...............15c 5c

Order by num ber.

10c 3c 34 1898 5c green and b lack ........ 10c35 1900 5c36 “ 10c rose37 " 25c blue38 “ 50c yellow.39 1904 5c green40 “ 10c rose41 “ 50c claret42 “ IB

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All stam ps are in good condition. Money back if not satisfactory. Orders u n ­der 35c m ust contain return postage. For every order for stam ps from th is list amounting to One Dollar or m ore we will give a six m onths subscription to thephilatelic W E S T and Cam era News.

Diet P riced A p p ro va l Selections .We have a fine line of stam ps, m arked at net prices, which we will be pleased to

send on approval to all furm ishing satisfactory references.These net priced approval selections are positively the lowest priced selection on

the m arket, contain ing over 6090 varieties at from 50 to 80 percent below catalogue prices. Read what some of our customers say who have tried them.

"I am very m uch pleased with your net priced approval se lec tion .” H. Bryan, Rochester, N. Y.

“ 1 m ust say th a t the approval books you sent me was a surprise to m e.” Albert T. Gregg, Cleveland, Ohio.

“ Please send me another selection of stam ps at net prices, I am very much pleased w ith them . R obert Frey, O ttowa. O.

‘Your approval selections are excellent, please send me another selection .” Lev L. Cleveland, Baldwinville, Mass.

“Your net priced approval selections are the best and cheapest I have ever seen .” Percy H Young, N ew buryport, Mass.

And we have m any m ore from pleased custom ers. Ju s t try a selection and find out for yourself. W hen w riting for stam ps on approval state how m any varieties you have in your collection, and don’t forget to send references.

Send us your nam e and address for our free m onth ly bargain price list.

%Jhe Queen City Stamp Co.,S Sinton Silcfg. Sth and ’Vine Sfs.,

C in c in n a ti0.

Free! A package of 15 different stam ps to applicants for stam ps on approval.

ERANK C- M cM ILLIAN Isaac’s H arbor, Nova Scotia,Can . (5-3)

Wanted!The following stam ps sen t on approv­

al and will keep the cheapest and best copy sent and return all others in 20 days Hong Kong!

Sc t t ’s No. I. 2, 3, 5, 7; 18. 19, 23, 24, 27, :S, 29, 33, 39, 40, 45. 47, 48.

T h e C H A LLEN G E STAM P CO.,P. O. Box 62, G rand Island, Neb-

Reference:—Publisher.

Sum m erBargains

100 all different U. S. stampsRegular price 50c, only I9c

1000 mixed U. 5. stamps “ 15c1000 “ Foreign “ “ 12c

We hold Auction Sales Honthly our catalogue is mailed to all those interested.

We are the only stamp concern in Chicago that carries a regulat­ed Stock. Visitors are welcome to visit our Stamp Shop. Our 60 page book is free.

United Stam p Co.,1151 Harquette Bldg.

Chicago, 111.

Yonr nam e on rubber stamp 15c Send for catalogue-

S t a n d a r d S u p p i .y C o . Bingham ton, N. Y.

Foreign C ollectors:—Send me stamps of your country and receive equal cat. value U. S- stam ps in exchange.

W. W. BISH O PCity National Bank, D ayton. O., U S.A.

500 s tam p s, m ostly well assorted C an ad ian s (jubilees, n u m era ls , maple leaves e tc . ) post paid, 30 cen ts. A. E. S y er N ia g a ra F a lls S o u th O nt. Can.

ASIATIC STAMPSP rice lis ts , W holesale and Retail

can be had free on app lica tion . Buy d irec t and save m id d lem an ’s profits. Geo. E . A n thon isz , ‘‘S ea Spray" C olpetty , Colombo, C eylon , Asia.

B A R G A IN S IN U. S.O nly one to a custom er.

S co tt No. C a t p rice My price291 1898 3Dc O m a h a ..........30c 14c238 1893 15c C olum bian , ,30c 15c239 1893 30c “ 40c 20c240 1893 40c “ 50c 60c260 1894 50c o ra n g e ...........35c 19c574 6c T re a s u ry ___10c' 06c

3052 1900 f 10 D ocum entary 40c 25cW ant lis ts a specially . P o s ta g e stamps not accepted . L. V. S p en cer, 105 B ank S t. B a tav ia . N. Y.

COLLECTORS WEHAVE THEM

T h e s ta m p you h a v n ’t in your collection though you need them . We g ive 50 p er cen t com m ission. Write us. T h e O n tario S tam p Assn., 3 S um m it A ve., T o ro n to C anada.

100 diff Post S t......... ......... $ -05150 “ It » t ...............10200 “ (4 < 1 ...............15300 “ 4 4 M ...............30400 " 4 ( II .50100 “ Austria......... ......... 1.2524 " Bosnia ......... ...............35

25 diff Wuerttembg.............. 30c25 “ unused ........ ............. 35c30 “ Belgium ....... ............ 15c25 ' ‘ Bavaria............... 20c40 “ English Colonies...... 25c25 “ Germany 1900 - 02.. .. 20c60 ‘ ‘ Germany................... 50c

SI- Shomas, S$ox 2 3 6 Chicago, SH8 ® “I am a su b sc rib e r to o v er a dozen collectors p ap ers and W E S T is best of ill of th e m ,—C. S co tt, R ichm ond C anada.

W ltftovit O bligationBOSNIA. Pieces or Sets

Per ro Per 1005 kronen • - - 28 00 252 002 - • • - 8 00 75 00Em 1900 1 heller, incl. 1 krone - 8 00 72 50Dues. 1 heller, incl. 50 heller - 7 50 65 00

• 1 200 hel. complete 20 00 180 00Em. 1901*4 complete • - 7 00 66 00

Prices in Marks. Good specimens, free from paper, guaranteed. Orders with cash promptly executed. ISTDOR STEINER. Bos. Brod, Bos­nia. Wholesale list F'REK.

Will exchange stamps for view cards send me not less than six cards frotn your place, each card sent separate and I will return you same value in stamps.

Wm. Schwartz,216 Bridge St., Mayville, Wis.

FREE! COLLECTORS LOOK!A fiue fo un ta in pen free! 10 fine

s tam p s ca t. 3 tim es price and a num ber on a fine fo u n ta in pen only 15 cen ts; 50 mixed s tam p s cat. 51,00 free to approval ap p li­can ts send ing a 2c s tam p fo r re­tu rn postage. A uburn S tam p t'o . 112 N M ain S t. A uburn Ind.

C om plete p rin tin g outfit press, 40 fo n ts type, etc. w orth $200 fo r sale or exchange. S tam ps for stam ps, send sheets receive m ine. C has. M iller 890 M etropolitan Ave.. B rooklyn N. Y.

Collectors!I have some 20,000 postage

stamps, which I have gathered since 1890. These include stamps from all over the world, Canada, Mexico, Japan and many scarce varieties. To dispose of these I am selling them at the remarkable low price of 25c a quart, Postiree.

You will get from 1000 to 2000 stamps in a quart and fine stamps at that. Every order for $1 gets a free set of unused S A eat 25c. Now Get Busy. H. MORGAN, Box 553, Victoria B. C. Canada.

A SLAUGTER OFCATALOGUE VALUES

5 var unused S erv ia ca t 17c................ 2c4 •• “ U. S. T e l ca t 20c 2c4 “ “ G u a tam ala ca t 50c____6c5 " " P h il. Is. ca t 1 6 c .............. 2c2 “ S alvador ca t. 12c........... 2c7 •' N ica rag u a c a t 44c.................. 5c

10 Venezuela ca t 3 8 c . . . . . .......... . 5cDealers and collectors w ill find our

wholesale d ep a rtm en ts can and does offer. b igger b a rg a in s th a n any dea le r in the U. S.

R O E S S L E R 17 Club Bldg

Denver Colo

C. B. Root, Living wild animals, game heads, curios m ines. Laram ie, Wyo. Post Card Views of Laramie and vicini­ty, 2 for 5c.

M r. L. P . Solly , 9 P noenix P lace, V ictoria, B ritish C olum bia, C anada, w ill send colored P. P C ’s of country scenes and Rocky M ts. view s in ex­change for s tam p s or h ig h e r values, and older issues.

S o u v e n i r P o s t a l s Of L o u i s v i l l e .5 d iffe ren t v iew s ............................S .10

10 d ifferen t v iew s.................................... 20H. G lover Ben net, 2012 F irs t S t. L ou isv ille K y.POST c u r d coLUCTOas Should join The Col­umbine Post Card Club, a high-class Western Society. Each member will be entitled to Six Months subscription to THECOLLECTOR. The new Monthly Magazine issned in the interest of Post Card Collectors, and [which is Official Pa­per of the Society.]andatso have name published in the Club Directory. Send 25 cents [silver] 10 the Secretary, who will enroll your name and send you Cerlihcate for a year's membership, and the paper six months. Hy. C. FERRIS. Secretary, Lock Box 720 Denver, Colo.

WANTEDBooks in exchange for stamps.

FreeTen different foreign stamps, all

unused, to approval applicants.Write

ELnER SMITH, Pontoosuc, III.

SSTRcplies keep corning it] and I expect to take double th e space soon as my contract is o u t.—C . R. T h a y e r, E v ere tt, W ash.

fl Too Big Bargains!!Chas, $. Rybolt,

Box 14, M ulberry, Ohio.F in e fo re ign s tam ps on a p ’val a t 66%c 20 nice stam p papers all diff only 25c p.pd. 10 ' ‘ large U i> cents “ dates “ 37c “10 fine forn. coins all diff only 25c “A fine forn. coin before 1800 “ 7c “12 fine old Bank and State Bills

all diff o n ly .......................... 25c “12 fine Indian arrow heads diff

shapes o n ly ........ ........ .. 55c “12 good Indian arrow heads diff

shapes o n ly ............ , ........... 35c “F ine silver half dollars, m edals, tok ­

ens e 'c . Indian relics of all kinds, axes spears, celts,d rills ,e tc . Kxtra fine stone pip< >, all shapes, etc, S I .50 to $25.00 each. Antiques, flint lock pistols, fine snuff boxes, etc., etc. Send for new com plete lists, special coin list etc. If have stam ps, coins, or Indian relics to sell send 4c for buying lists 10 F ine Large U S C ents, diff dates

o n l y .................................................... 37cCHAS. S. R ybolt.

“ Relic Man and S tam p F iend” M ulberry, O.

31 Clean llpof m ost everything left over. I have m ounted my net stock and my 60 per­cent discount stock in neat little books and am sending them out at 60 percent to clean them up. You are liable to find m ost any th ing and they are full of bargains. Inclose 2 cent stam p and get 1000 “ P erfect” h inges absolutely free.

Uhe 2 c SetsI offer in the “ W E S T ” for March went like wild fire. If you did notorderlook them up again bu t be sure and send a supplem entary order as a few ares old out.1000 h inges ............................................. 10c3000 “ 25c

10 approval books 60 sp aces ...........15cRem em ber my address and Ketch my

nam e righ t.

3 £. 3 Cetchum,Chester, Dleb.

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75% Off Scott’sFINE GOODS IN FINE CONDITION!

Cat. price . . $ .20 .. .35

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*Costa Rica 1892 lp ......................................11 1 4 - 1* 2p......... ............................

* 3p......................................Curacao 1895 2j^c on 30c.................................... 1.00

*Jahore Scott’s No 27..................................................60* “ “ “ 28................................................. 35*Seychelles Scott’s No. 30 ............................. .50*Venezu el a Scott’s 136 -144 ....,......................... 1.12*Nyassa 1897 complete (grand)............................. 1.93’‘‘means unused full original gum. Orders undei 50c postageextra.

If you collect U. S. postage, revenues, cut square envelopes, M & M British colonial or foreign stamps try Buffalo’s Stamp man for approvals.

Ulcndelin Uleber,__________ 869 Eagle St., Buffalo, New York.

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S U M M E R B A R G A I N S ! ! !Ibelitve In TAKING THE LEAD. so here I am with m yfitst list rf SUMMER R.'RGAINS_

and It is certainly a “hummer.” A customer asked me the other dav how it was I could sell stam ps to much cheaper than the other fellows." I told him. Send me an older fiom this list, and 1 will e|l von al-o— there are several good reasons for mv abiliity to SAVE YOU MONEY. The following tsalist of SNAPS IN SETS AND SINGLE S TAMPSi________________________________ ■____________________

SETS!P H IL IP P IN E S SN A P!

25 different s tam ps, all from the P h il­ippine Islands (our ‘‘bone of con ten ­tion”)

A MAGNIFICENT SHOWING

Cat. value S I.38, price only 35 cen ts. H O N D U RA S!

1865 H onduras’ first s ta m p s (unused) the com plete set of tw o var.only....................... 05

1896, 1,2,5,10,20c, 5 v a r .......................... 081898,1,2,5,6,10c, 5 v a r............................081903, 1,2,5,6,10c, 5 v a r ........................ 081898, 1,5,6,10c on laid paper, r a r e . . . .30

BELGIUM P O S T A L PA C K ET!1902 (bicolored) com plete se t from

10c to 3 fr. 14 fo r ................... .50(includes th e scarce 15c)

Same, short se t of 6 v a r 10c to 1 f r .OS'

CUBA!1899, surcharged on U. S . 1,2,3,5,

10c unused o. g ................................. 30[A few sets, tw o s ta m p s h av in g

one s tra ig h t e d g e ............................25[A few sets, each s tam p h av in g

one s tra ig h t e d g e ..................... .211899, regular (pictorial) issue 1,2,3,

5 ,10c complete............................ 06

Guatemala 1900, 1,2,5,6,10c o n ly .. .12 " 1882, 10 & 20c b ird s " .08

O B SO L E T E H U N G A RY !20 diff 1872 to 1898, n o th in g la te r .10

O B SO L E T E H U N G A R Y l

30diff 1862 to 1897, n o th in g la te r .12O B S O L E T E JA P A N !

16 diff postage only , (no revenues)1876 to 1892, n o th in g l a t e r . .............. 12

SINGLES!BARBADOS 1861, lp blue old and

sc a rc e ....................................................... 05BAVARIA 1900, 80pf. lilac, ca t 8c . . .02BOSNIA 1879. In g ray - lilac, scarce .10

(T his will fill th a t hole in your Bosnia set)

CANADA 1859, 10c red lilac or violet .15 (D on’t m iss th is rare old ‘C anuck’

a t '/$ cat)CANADA 1868, 6c br. o r yellow -br. .10

“ 1897, 10c Ju b ilee unused o g .15CH'NA 1904, postage due, >£c blue .01 COREA 1903 Ju b ilee , 3ch o ra n g e . . . .10

“ 1903 3ch on 50p p u r p le ..............50M adagascar 1902,5c on 50c und , o g .08

“ 1902, 15c on 1 f r “ “ .05“ 1902, 15c on 75c “ “ .09

O range R iv e r Colony 1868, lp , b r. .02 ( T he very first stamp of th e old O r­

ange F ree S ta te )ZANZIBAR 1896. 3 rupees, very fine .90

“ 1896, 4 rupees, very fine 1.20“ 1896, 5 “ “ “ 1.20“ 1898 4 lA an n as , c a t . 6 0 c .. .20

H A Y TI!1882, 20c red-brow n unused o g , . .501891, lc p u rp le ......................... 041893, lc lilac ..............................................011893, 2c b l u e .............................................. 021893, 20c b ro w n .. . . . . . . .................. 101896, lc b lu e ................................................011896, 7c g ray , unused o g ................... 031896, 20c o ran g e unused o g ..................061898, 2c on 20c or. “ “ ................ 041898-99, lc u ltra m a r in e ...........................01

“ 2c o ra n g e ................................ .01“ 4c re d ............................................... 03" 7c g r a y ........................................... 04“ 8c c a rm in e .................... 04“ 10c o ra n g e -re d ..............................02

1899, lc g r e e n ............................................01“ 2c la k e .............................................01“ 5c b lu e ............................................ 02

1902, lc g reen (su rch ).............................01“ 2c lak e “ 02

1904, 1,2,5, an d 10c.............................. 05A ssorted , 6 v a r ..................................... *05

Postage e x tra on orders less th a n 25c. U nused U. S . taken sam e as cash .

S. B. H O P K I N S1345 C L A R A A V E . S T . LO U IS MO.

$1.00 Typewriter Ribbon FreeW ith each order for one of my

' Special” ribbon^. enclosing $1.00 in paym ent. I will send an ex tia one free. '1 b est ribbons sell the world over(under another name! at 51.JO each or 59 00 per dnzen. Will not dry out, strong colors and long wearing. For all m a­chines. Write for my special prices on Carbons , etc .

W. C. HITT, Casey, III.

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“Something Differant”

POST CARDSf 2 for 25 cents

8• Money back if you want it. 1I i C D H C T T I

Private IDuseum for Sale.

Comprises large quantity % and Indian relics. Many of gre historic interest. Send for con plete list.

IU. E. Cushing.Niagara Falls, N. Y.

6 beauriful Flag girls on po cards representing 6 different com tries. Price 16c per set. Add li more and get 10 view cards Fargo.

The Souvenir Card Exchange Club,Fargo, N. D.

The American Boy.Fine stories, b istory and advent!

p rin ting , journalism , all sports, pmzli animal raisiug. gardening, median and all hobbies 32 pages each most $1 00 yearly. Better send 25c for tbi mo. trial. Sample 3c.

Stephen Binnie, Laketon.lnd

Our mail Order DepartmenI M . “PRINTING”

Of Good Quality.” 25 envelopes for only 10 cents”

Your 11, ne and address neatly prin ted on 25envelopes for o n ly .......................................10 cents

100 Visiting or Business cards for o n ly . . . . . .25 11Stickers 2x 3 # inches for o n l y ................ ....... 10 cents

Any of the above POSTPAID.T E R M S .—Send Cash w ith order, (silver preferred).

Bert G. Warner, Printer,1767 Walker St., Dept. W., Des Moines, la.

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HOne Better!We will go anyone ju s t one b e tte r in

Oaalityand P rice. We a re new in th e business, but we a re “ h ere w ith the Goods." Som eth ing th a t YOU need. 50var, F irst class U. S. s ta m p s . . . 5.05 100all d ifferen t F ore ign s tam p s. .10 Abetter packet th a n is u sually sold a t this price, no T ra sh or to rn S tam ps. 1000 Faultless P eelab le h in g e s , . . .072000 same, w ith o r d e r ............................12Our Special, we w ill offer 60 s tam p s mounted in books. Will c a ta lo g from 1 to 5c and over, w hile th ey l a s t .. .25Send an order T o-day . K ef. requested-

Superior Stamp CO.,LOCK BOX 394.

Superior, Deb.

Svery jOittle S3 it

Melps.Cat My price price

A .................... $ 1.00$ . 10C ........... .12B .................. ....... 3.00 .25D........... ......... 5.00 .60E ........... ............ 1 0 . 0 0 1 .25F - . . . . . . .00

Free to approval applicants, agreeing to buy a. least 10c worih, Bolivia 1894 (cat 12c). W. M IL L E R , Dowagiac,Mich., R 5 Box 27.

Fine approval sheets at 50-66/4- 75 percent discount. Reference required. Postage extra under $1.

31. C. Chase,Siox 766

8 a s t Providence S l .S

'Whole Sale10 diff stamps cat over $10.............................. ............... $1-7525 “ “ “ “ .............................................. 1.505 0 ..................... “ “ ........................................... 1.25500 " 11 mounted in books ready to price and

send out • • . . .............................................................. 1.11000 different stamps mounted in books ready to price

and send o u t ........... ................................................ i 3.95Single Stamps: Cat $1.00 up, sent out on approval to Dealers at Special Prices.

flames W. Sells,S/irewsbery P ark , St. jCouis Co,5lto.

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hteur Photographer.UP-TO-DATE departments on

stamps, coins, postcards, Indian re­lics, curios, amateur photography,

etc. Official organ of the National Association of Amateur Photographers of America. 20 pages and cover each month. I rial 6 months for 10 cents and a 20 word exchange notice FREE it you mention this paper. Address:

lobbies, 607 Summit Ave;,

Sioux City, Sowa

mmSouvenir Post Card A lbum F R E E

| To every person ordering souvenir cards from us to the amount of Si.00. Get your friends to order with you.

California Earthquake Cards^ 4 cards 10 cents, 8 cards 20 cents, 12 cards 25 cent. A splendid ^ set for your collection. All San Francisco subjects taken during

the first four or five days after the disaster. Cards of other §£[ subjects from all parts of the country.

15 Cards For 10 CentsEvery person buying cards from us becomes a member of a link in the Endless Chain Souvenir Post Card Club.

The Empire Specialty Concern,Dept. G. Bridgeport, Conn.

STAMP SALEOur next one will be held May

5th to he followed by another soon after that. Send for a copy of the catalogue if you are not on our mailing list. Explicit description of each of the 650 lots. Get' in line for a few bids and share in some of the bargains. Catalogues free.

J. M. BARTELS CO.Old South Blag.

Boston Mass.WANTED—A ll k inds o f used postage stamps. Send 10c fo r p rices paid. A. L- Cannon, D ept. 2, P a rso n s . K ans.

EXCHANGESI want 10 to 100 of each of th e fol­

lowing m em bers U. S. A. (S c o tt’s 1906) and send th e sam e value in foreign in foreign s tam p s. No’s 33, 44, 63. 65, 73.94, 114, 146, 183, 185, 186, 205.209.211 213,215.216.221 to 227, 232, to 237, 268, to 274. 28u. to 28o 287 to 290 294 to 299, 30S. 309. 315, to 319. ' I don ’t w ant others. T h e s tam p s h av e to be soak- edand in good condition .

R. TH O M A SBox 236, C hicago, II),

LAWRENCE THEREVENUE MAN.

has just issued a new price lis t o f U. S. Revenues. It g ives ca ta lo g u e prices and in most cases h is p rices fo r first and second q u a lity s tam ps. H is first quality stam ps a re fine, h is second quality are not to rn or dam aged and areas good as those seen on m ost 50 percent sheets . T h ese a re a s low as good stam ps can be sold a t a s w hole­sale prices a re ru lin g h igh th is season for stamps in good cond ition . G et the list and note the p rices an d te rm s. A postal will do it. I buy revenues for cash. W. C . L aw rence, G reenville X. H. -(4-2)

A u stra lian stam ps, fifty d ifferen t, 25 cen ts post free. U nused stam ps of any coun try taken . A lbert Je n k in s , W arrnam bool, V ictoria, A u stra lia . 4-3

CLOSING OUTPacket cat over $1.00, 10 cents

• while they last only 1000 left. Gate City Stamp Co.

3603 Morgan St.Keokuk la.

W anted to purchase Mexican Rev­enues also U. S. S tate Revenues.

Brewster C Kenyon,Long Beach, Cal.

Collector’s Attention—Have just started in the stamp business, although New-In The-B usiness I am an old collector. Ju s t to get in touch with you I will send a package of stam ps c s t’d $1.25 for 25c. Stam ps taken. Good approval sheets, 50 percent discount. Give me a trial order. E- J . LlN SO N . M gr., S tandard Nov. Co., K ingston, N. Y, [3-6]

Exchange wanted everywhere on ap ­proval o r Foreign countries. Send SO to 300 mixed.

JO H N LONG, Bloomington, 111.

My Field Is The Wide World/ I f J c* I / t o exchange good stamps and

" 4 * * colored souvenir post cardswith collectors all over the world—West Indies American and all colonial stamps' preferred. Victor Canello Cairo(Egypt) In care Cooks & Son. Boulac- Sole Egyptian Agent Of the Atlas Stamp Co. New York-

H ave you seen C an ad a’s New P h i l ­a te lic m agaz ine STA M P L O R E ? Its a w inner, you can get it th ree m onths on tr ia l for a two cent stam p or for 25c we will send you the m agazine a year, to g e th e r w ith 200 gum m ed lab e ls w ith your nam e an d address.

F. I. WEAVER & CO,( Publishers)

12 K ing E ast S t .B erlin , O ntario , Can.

A FEW SPECIALS!!!Foreign Stamps on Approval, All Kinds at Off.

Sofinc unused foreign «t:unps all difT only 23c Extra good flitit scrapers perfect each only 12cl* - Revenue “ ‘ ' '* 7c I0 large copper cents all different dates o n ly 37cl tiused foreign post cards all dill 7c ,. . '

Arrow heaas. perfect, fine all diff per dox 65c 10 nice foreign coins onlyGood ........................ 45c t2 fine old broken bank and state bills only 25c

Fiue Indian Relics, Sea Curios, Antiques, etc. Send for outlines. Special coin list, 8 page list Cnrios. etc,, FREE.

CHAS. S, RYBOLT, “ Relic /Ian and Stamp Fiend,” Mulberry, O.

Leather Postal Cards are the Latest Tad for Waking Pillow Covers

Size 5 # x 3 # in . P rice Sc each . O rder by num ber. $3.50 per loo

Sam ples and lis t 10c. N ovelty M etal m a ilin g ta g s , these are the Biggest H it o f th e year. I a m th e o rig in a to r of these ta g s . N early 50 designs in stock.

P rice 52.00

per 100

Can we put our shoes on your feetShoe Department

Glass Block

Comic post cards, 500 d es ig n s to se lec t from . A fine revo lv ing display rack w ith 1000 ca rd s fo r $10.00. B irthday and E a s te r ca rd s , fancy color­ed and em bossed a t S I.25 p er 100. A fu ll line w ill be sen t on approval to re liab le d ea le rs on req u est. F an cy im ported a n d dom estic cards to re ta il fo r 5c an d 10c each . Posta l C ard A lbum s, b ig line. P resto pic­tu re s a re th e la te s t, send 10c fo r sam ple, a n d m ention W E ST .

R. .T. Steinman(P U B L IS H E R )

336 Jackson Si. IDinn.$1. Paul

Stamps, Coins,

5Paper SfLoney

Bulletin No. 2i, pricing hundreds of special bar­gains, S E N T F R E E . Your name on a postal will bring a copy.

i va Greece 1901............... ............. .S .03 5c green C. S. A. 1861.......... . . . .$ .2011 va “ 1901 1L i d ................ . .15 5c blue D avis 1 8 6 2 . . . . . . . . . . .lc Philippines on U. S .............. . .01 5c blue s m a ll ............................. ............052c “ 3 ty p e s . .................... . .05 $5 to $100 C onfederate b ills . . . . .303c " “ J a c k s o n .. . . .03 50c to $500 C onfederate 9 va . . . 1.00k “ L in co ln .................... . .03 100,00 N egroes hoeing ............ . . . . 1.205c “ blue L in co ln .......... . .02 10 A pril 6th 1863......................... ............068c “ S h e rm a n ................ 1 va T reas Note ...................... ............058c “ M artha W ash . . . . .05 lc U. S. cen t flying eag le ........ ............06Oc “ brown e ith er va .. . .(5 3c pieces fine sh a p e .................. ............103c “ H arriso n ................ . .12 C on stan tin e , the G rea t A . D. 306 .155c “ C la v ........................ N ero (s ilv er) A D 54.............. ............50

Do not fail to send for an approval lot of coins, stamps or bills. During the summer months special enducements will be made to keep things

W hy not write me?moving fast.

Samuel S*. 3£ughes,S t a t i o n 3 1

maha Dtebr.Do not forget to m ention the W EST when dealing with advertiser. It will be

appreciated.

r ™ -------------mna: s o u v e n ir :• POST CARDS •

of San Francisco showing results of earthquake and fire. Fine half tone pic­tures just out. Sample se­lection of 5 varieties mailed postpaid tor Pc;$1.75 per 100 .

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5 R. P. MACHEN■5 4019-23rd St.§ San Francisco, Calif.• Member A. P. A. and Can.

Phil. Assn.

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High GradeM Printing

A Few Of O ur Specials:

100 good w hite envelopes, size 6 X 35c100 M anila , 6 inch en v e lo p es........ 30c100 ru led note heads, size 6x9)4... 35c100 fu ll size s ta te m e n ts ............... 35c100 ru led le tte r head9, size 8^x11. 50c10C round co rn e r c a r d s .................... 35cN o th in g b u t good stock used. All work sen t p repaid . S am ples and price lis t o f p r in tin g se n t free. Write to­day. W ill ex ch an g e printing for ty p ew rite r or 1 H P gaso line engine, w rite w h a t you have .

E N T E R P R IS E P R IN T IN G CO.207-209 E ig h th S tree t

R ockford Illinois.

THE MOST POPULAR. BOOkS WITHOUT COSTSome of the world's greatest and best $t.s° cloth-bound standard novels, covers beautifully

stamped in colors You can obtain these books so that they will cost vou b irely mare than the postage. \Ve give below a list of some of the most popular and very best stories that wereevtt written. The original price of these books was $1.50 each, we send prepaid

“The Circular Study”By A nna K a th a r in e G reen

A pow erful m ystery sto ry of New Y ork C ity by the a u th o r of "T h e E eavenw orth C ase”

“John Burt”By F ederick U pham A dam s

“The Hlassarenes”By O uida

A u th o r of ' ‘U nder Tw o F la g s .”“Peggy O’Neal”

B y A lfred H en rj’ Lew is.“Sherlock Holmes”

JBy A. C onan Doyle“Cecilia"

B y F . M arion C raw ford A story of M odern Roinee.

“The Green Flag”B ,r A. Conan Doyle

Few nove lis ts could have told the story as the a u th o r of “ Sherlock Holmes’’ has

•‘The House With The Green Shutters” By G eorge D ouglas

A s to ry of life in an in te rio r Scottish * v illiag e .

' (14th E d ition )“The Elusive Hildegard”

By H. R. M artin A u th o r of “ T illie ”

“The Stowmarkel Mystery”By L ou is T racy

“On The The Cross”A R om ance of the P assion Play

“The Twe Orphans"By A lfred D ’E n n ery

I llu s tra te d T h e a tre E d itiono u r w o n d e r f u l o f f e r

Anyone of the above books sent prepaid together with a full year’s subscription to the WEST for only 1.50. Or we will send prepaid any one of the above books for a club of only two subscrip­tions to the WEST. $2 in all. Auy two books sent prepaid for a club of three subscriptions, $3 in all. and any three books sen t prepaid for a club of four subscrip tions to the WEST, $4 in all.

W EST, S u p erio r Neb. L Box L

□ □ n r n n r n n r n n n r

9 9

dhe“CanadianPostage Stamp jllbum

contains spaces for the issues of Canada, New-

* * ifoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick Brit­

ish Columbia and Prince Edward ^Island.QFully

illustrated and has blank pages for new issues.

The album is sold by other dealers at 75c.

Having purchased a large stock of the albums we

will offer them for one month at a very low figure.^

5^rice S S cents S*ost free.

= Send For Price List of B. N. A. Stamps.

Century Stamp Co.,S . 0. SZox 1 9 7 , SlContreal, Canada. □Sole Canadian Agents for Stanley Gibbons Ltd. __

London, England.

•©“Please do no t forget to m ention the W EST when dealing with advertisers.

SCO Varieties $ 7.00\Not any oldjthing to make up the the count, but 500 genuine,

legitimate,^postage stamps, all different. A bargain tor packet buyers, or a nice present for a friend whose collection is not to large. Price|$1.00 post free.Cat. No. Cat price Our price

20 Dutch Indies 1883-88 5c green.....................S .10 $ .0624 “ “ 1892-97 12c gray (Queen)........... 40 .2550 '* “ 1902 25c purple ....................... .0251 “ “ “ 30c orange brown . . . . . . . .0752 “ “ “ 50c red brown................... .0739 Netherlands 1888 1 gld gray violet......................10 .0586 “ 1899 5 gld c la re t....................... 1.25 .65

108 Porto Rico 1893 3c dark green (Jubilee)........... 75 .4038 Bulgaria 1892 15s on 30s brown .05 .0255 “ 1901 5s on 3s bistre brown .. ................05 .0256 *' “ 10s on 50s green............ 06 .0373 “ 1903 10s on 15s lilac rose & gray blk .04 .0279 Servia 1904 5p “ Death Mask” unused - ............ 04 .0280 “ “ lOp “ “ ............. 06 .04

216 Philippines 1899 5c on U S ..................... . .05 .02217 “ “ 10c “ “ 15 .08219 “ “ 50c “ “ .................................... 60 .25236 “ 1903 50c “ “ .35 .23275 U S 1895 50c orange............................................ 18 .06276 “ “ Si black......................... 50 .20310 “ 1902 50c orange.............................................. 15 .06311 “ “ Si black................... .35 .18

1250 “ 1895 30c postage due.....................................30 .151251 “ “ 50c “ “ .................................. 60 .25

Your money'back if you want it. Postage extra on ordersunder 50c

| SKeeea Stamp Co. +F r a n k B r o w n , M g r.

| P. 0. BOX 860, OMAHA. MEBB.

*++«B9^++asra+++& H ^++Bl£

My Latest Hove.I am now located in a nice new store at

1235 Amsterdam Ave., New York CityOPPOSITE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

where I hope to meet old customers in New York and vicintiy, who have dealt with me by mail, and make new ones.

To those collectors at a distance from N. Y., I would say that orders and want lists will receive the same prompt and care­ful attention that I have always given them.

Australian Commonwealth.These are the first stamps issued for

general use of all the Australians States and few dealers offer them for sale. A1 - ready the lp and 2p have been issued on new “ Crown and A ” paper and all values will follow. Gibbon’s (net) prices are much higher for these than Scott’s Cat prices. Page 92 in Scott. All fine and returnable if not satisfactory. 1st column, Cat. No.; 2nd, Cat. price; 3rd,

my price, filled out.

Type Dl has white blotch at bottom, D2 has design101 %p green unused 0 g .101 A v 44 used ..........102 ip 44 unused 0 g .103 2p 44 44

104 3p < 4 4 4

107 8p « i 44

109 A p 44 44

110 lp 4* u s e d ____111 2p « 4 4 4

112 3p 44 44

113 4p 44 4 4

114 Sp 44 4 4

r s G .18 '• .25 ‘ .25 * .3 0

..........r •• .62

..............[ “ .75;

. [not priced S G. [ S G . 0 4

“ .08[ not priced S G............ [S G.16[[not priced S G

1

4c 4c 8c

12c l ‘ c 45c

4c 2c 2c 6c 4c

15c 10c 20c 30c 40c

. . 95cPrices good

oc4c

10c18c25c65c

4c2c4c6c8c

10c

35c75c

Not cat 6p green used by Scott 8p “ “116 lsh117 2sh118 5sh “ “

Try to get above stam ps elsew here, then order from me. till August if stock holds out. Send for free price lists of Australians quoting hundreds of stam ps at bigger discounts from Scott than above.

F, W. REID, 1235 Amsterdam Ave., New York City.m m mm

II

0 An Order to us TO-DAY, for some of our Good, Clean

J ' l r e S f o “ ^ 7 Superior Stamp Co.^ S e e our ad elsewhere. Superior, Nebraska.

*11. S. ChairCar Slevenues

lc g reen , la rg e b eau tifu l d esig n , p r in t­ed on P ere 'M arquette R. R . P a rlo r C ar T icke t, un ique, in te re s tin g , scarce only a few fo r sale. P rice 20c each. G u aran teed g enu ine . U. S. and fo r ­e ign s tam ps on ap p rova l 50 per cen t d iscount. C ash paid fo r stam ps.H. G lover B ennet, 2012 F irs t S t, L ou is­ville , Ky.

S ellin g ou t, 25 unused o r 100 fo re ign or 50 U. S. f r 10c in silver. M arvel S tam p Co. C udahy W is.

APPROVAL SELEC TIO N S From 3000 varieties sent on request. Apply at once. Mo n a r k S t a m p Co., Dept. “ W 1” M eriden, Conn.

FO R S A L E —O utfit of s tam p s etcl for one w ho se lls s am p s on a sm al. scale. M. G lisch J r , C udahy Wis.

Collectors send (or my sheets a t J^rd cat. I have a few books of 60 stam ps to the hook cat over $600, will sell for 200 Dollars, Net. Reference required.

D. I. BURRIS,P O. Box 588, A ltoona, Pa.

Fiscal Collectingis becom ing exceedingly popular and I have an exceptional stock. 100 vari­eties 25c or selections on approval.

W. F. Greany,890 G uerrero, St.

San Francisco, Cal.

Stwmp Dealers and CollectorsSend me 25 cents in Stiver or Unused

Postage Stam ps and I will send you the names and addresses of 250 Stam p Deal­ers and Collectors who w rite for Stam ps to be sent “ on approval and who always fail either to return the stam ps or rem it. This list of names will save you m any tim es its co st. Send today. Address BA SF. PE R R Y , Cool Spring, Del.

Printing Exchanged for Stamps-Used stam ps th a t catalogue from 3c

to S I.00 each. 200 33ix6 circulars, envelops or note heads for $3.00 cata­logue value. O ther p rin ting for stamps. Sam ples 2c.

CASH PR IC ES100 envelopes, note head business

cards or 200 gummed addresses, 12c, 100 3 ^ x 6 circulars, 33c; 1000 6x9 circulars, S I.50. Post paid. Catalogs printed.

KIGER PRINTERY,Danville, la .

80 per cen t allow ed fo r good dupli­ca tes in exchange . Your choice.

Manheim Stam p Co,C olum biana. Ohio

Stamps On Approval/It 25% .

R ussian W ar stam ps 4 of s e t ............. 45cG erm any 1900 1 m k u sed ................ -. 4c2 tn k used .................................... ...........8cM and M stam ps.

Alese Baumgartcn,72 N orth Moore St-

0«u> York City. I). Y.

F R E E .We still have a few more of

those rare Ecuador, 1894 20c red, telegraph stamps used for postage Cataloging 75 cents each which we give free to approval applicants. Reference required.

J . L . N y h o lm ,Cokoto, Minn.

A RarePHILIPPINE BOLO

Or War KnifeCarved from Carabao Horn, special price only $ 2 . 0 0And m y large P rice L is t o f P h ilipp ine h a ts , w eapons, canes, bolos, sea

shells, books, photos, p a in tin g s , fine c lo th s , em broideries, carabao horns, documents, coins, stam ps, k a lan s , suecos and m any o th e r curios. P rice lis t alone, 10 cents.

SPEC IA L IN T R O D U C TO R Y P R IC E S T O R E A D E R S O F T H E W E S TCalasiao h a t, hand woven (w orth $5.00)............ ..................................................... S3 006<liff. curious h a ts(w o rth $3.00).......... ................................................................. 2 00Xative Bolo, steel b la d e ...................................... .................... ......................... .......... 2 00Curious Buyo Cleever ................................................................................................... 50Kalapiao (R ainy Day S u i t ) ................................................................................ . . . . 2 002 pairs Suecos (wooden sh o es) ...................... ...................................................... 1 001 Petate (native m a t ) .......................................... ........................................................... 1 0050 Sea S h e lls ...................................................................................................................... 1 001 finely em broidered P ina h an d erch ie f .................................................................. 1 0010 I’holo P rin ts , 5x7, P h ilip p in e V iews ................ ................................................ 1 50

P IC T U R E P O S T CA RD SIn teresting P h ilip p in e Views, scenery , b u ild in g , old w alls, n a tiv e types,

etc.12 different postpaid .. 30 “ “ .

100 assorted “

35 80

2 25

Each card sep ara te ly addressed and posted w ith 1c s tam p , add 15c per dozen extra.

8®* T h ese prices good fo r a sh o rt tim e o n ly .

A sample size, g en u in e han d w oven P h ilip in e H a t, F R E E w ith any o rd er from above, i f you m ention th e W E S T . Send fo r c irc u la r p riecJL ists.

CHAS. C. DeSELMSx .7* '•": B O X 1072

Manila, Philippine Islands.

f

ir-'5

/In Opportunity to Save Wmy.IS95 U. S. Newspaper S e t...... .................... ..................... ......

T he same as sold by the G overnm ent for $5.00. $2 35

U. S. PACKETS. FO R E IG N PACKETS.

75 varie ties............................ .. 8c 100 varieties .................. . . . 10c100 “ .......................... ..12c 225 ■* ..................140 “ .......................... 25c .100 “ ................ ___ 50c

D O N 'T F O R J E T C 7 ” 'th a t I have charge of the Sales D epi’m ent of th e S . C. P. A. an d ean offer you m any good bargains. It will pay you to le t me send you an approval circuit from the m any books of good stam ps th a t are in the departm ent. W rite me today and have your nam e placed on the list for a circuit.(L, r _ j f ! K S f *

I will buy your collection and pay you a good price for it W rite first give particulars and lowest cash price.

S Ul. it. Imbler, Compton, Calif.

Junction Sales.Have you some good duplicates or a collection you would

like to turn into cash?Let .me sell them for you in my next Auction Sale. My

charge is 10 percent of the amount realized,minimum charge being 15c per.lot.

A trial will convince you that this is the most advanta- geous^as well-as the quickest way to realize in your stamps. Correspondence Solicited.

SB. JS. Voorhees,.* i

5$ltie $sland,

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P A C K E T Sthe Cheapest Way to Boy Stamps.

This Series is as fine as is put up bv any stamp concern in the world. All are carefully prepair­ed and guaranteed genuine. And you dout have to put them to soak or use a spyglass to find out what is under the cancellation.

Post Free in U S, and Canada Only.So. 76 Our best seller 150 var 50 countries

are represented ............................................. toeNo 1 ?8 Same 200 varieties .............................. ;,sc'• i t This is a lucky package as the stamps

are right and please every purchaser. 250var from fifty countries ......................25c

No 127 contains 25 var V S .............................25c..25c.. 25c . 25c

U' .................Rev ...............25 “ •* So American26 •• “ *' West Indies .......27 *• “ " Central AmetieaS' “ “ 30 Oriental ...............62 *• 25 Africa ................65 “ M '• Australia ..............6! hi '* " Asia ..............

I.U *• “ Mexican25«

.. *5C 25c

Canada, Newf'dland etc 25cMixtures

So. 7ocotttains 300 cheap stamps well worththe price ............... ........... ......................... 2Qc

So. 141 contains too Mexico and Cent Amer. 30c“ 143 “ 100 South Am erican................ 40c*• 69 " too U S postage ........................ 30c“ 133 Our "Surprise Mixture" containing

500 stamps from all parts of the world 60c The contents o f our packets catalogue on au

average from four to ten times-what we charge for the packets. No better way to build up your collection.as much valuable knowledge is gained by sorting over stam ps and then you can dispose of your duplicates by trading and exchanging with your collector friends. Kindly read this list over again and make out your order, then write it this way. Send for our approvals at

discount.Remember that you get your m oney back if

stamp* are not as represented.NORFOLK STAMP CO.. Norfolk. Neb.

L. H. Lederer, Mgr.

W ifi exchange collection of C on­fed era te b ills and bonds executive for Dept. S tam p s. L. C. P ritc h e tt, 266 F o rm w alt S t. A tlan ta , Ga.

Wanted CollectorsTo Buy our Stamps from Approval Sheets at 50 percent discount. R efer­ence required.

The Hermosa Stamp Exchange,

1205, N. 41st Court, Chicago, 111.

tg r ' f Stamp catalogued at 10c to 1 * applicants for approval" " books at 50 percent com.

Finest on the m arket. T ry them . Be­g inners packets a specialty 10c to S10. 1000 varieties m ounted in latest album s only $7.00. H inges Sc a 10C0. R efer­ence required.

Coleman Hussey.3491 W ilson Ave.Avondale Cincinnati, O-

A STAMP PAPER OF MERIT.

Is A Coirect Definition of the

United Stamp Journal(Form erly Badger Stamp Notes)

Issued M onthly with 24 to 40 pages. It m ust be seen to be appreciated. In ad­vance 25c per year. Send for Special Oder. Sample Copy F R E E .

A. E. REIH,Station B, Milwaukee, Wis.

Hurry Upand send for this small stock of 1,675 stamps mounted on 67 approval sheets, cat value $20.50, first money order for $4, takes the lot prepaid.

C. R. GoJhcyBox 106, Cherryvale, Kans.

E je tr a F in « 1/ . S . S t o m p j .lf47 ioc $? oo 1K69 ic $ 40 1869 6c 40 •' ioc 551869 12c 40 " 15c . 1 as

30c 2 00I have only two fine copies of the above so

send at once. Remit with money order or bills Harry F. Blanchard Do* 375 So Glens Falls N.Y

F R t E !15 diff IJ. S. free to all sending 12 cts

for 2t0 foreign stam ps. Recipe for m aking postage stam p m ucilage free to all sending postage w ith order.

E. I. L o c k e ,Berlin, Wis. R. 1, Box 101.

FREE!To Every Applicant for our ap­

proval books at 50 percent discount we will give a copy of the Rare Equador 1894 20c red, telegraph stamp used for postage Cataloging 75c. This is a very special offer and is only good for this month. Reference required.

J. L. Nyholm,Cokato, Minn.B A RG A IN S IN

S T A M P S AND IN D IA N R E L IC S100 U. S . 100 v ar. m oun ted ..........S 52

1000 “ “ evenly mixed . . . . 1 752000 “ “ “ “ .......... 3 25

12 com m on A rrow P o in ts .......... 3012 " S p e a r P o in ts .......... 7512 C elts d ifferen t .......................... 3 50

100 all d ifferen t .............................. 7 50P ost free. Send s tam p fo r o u tlin es .

SOL,. H A Y E SH arriso n , Ohio

HOW A B O V T T H IS?S p e c ia l D ea lers P a ck a g e Containing

3 packe ts 150 v a r each (<£ 12c $ .35200 F o re ig n (cat 1 to 3c ea) for

sh ee ts ................. SO500 e x tra good m ixed foreign

cheap a t ......... ..............................201000 sm all cu t die h inges .................. 101000 No. 4 h in g es (16x23 mille-

m e t r e s ) ........ .................................... 131 doz b lank approval sheets ,15

doz approval shee t returnblanks............................... 08

5 60 space or 3 100 space ap.books, s ta te which you wish .08

1 m illim etre scale & perfg au g e com b in ed ...................... .03

5 sets Belguim packet post 1*102 8 var ea__.60Total value 8.25

All the above sect postage prepaid for one dol­lar bill Falls City Stamp Co., 329 East SI. Catherine St. I.ouisville Ky.

W ill exchange souven ir post cards, and also s tam ps w ith persons of any locality . T heodore Noehle J r., Green Bay, Wis.On sheets $2.00 cat fo r .........................25c1000 well m ix ed .....................................25cM ixture for sheets S i.00 value......... 10cApp i . eton S t a m p c o . , S o Brewer, Me.

Will allow cat Rvalue for stamps cat 4c or over. Select ex­change from our approval selection.CHALLENGE STAMP CO.,

P. O. box 62, Grand Island,* 1 Neb.OLD; ISSUES

I have a sm all stock of stamps col­lected y e a rs ago . w hich I have put in p ack e ts of 25 atl d ifferen t, for only 12 ce n ts , 10 p ack e ts^ fo r S I .J jN o [recent issues.E. I. LOCKE, Berlin, Wis.

New Superfine

N o . 1.

N o . 2.

N o . 3.

M 1 X E S .

UNEXPECTEDLY, UNUSUALLY SATISFACTORYOne thousand fine stamps of exceptional grade, cataloguingiat'froin oneto fifty cents each, price <2.15 post free and registered.

Mv general selection of stamps on approval at 7s per cent discount, you can have if you furnish me the bank reference. These lots give Igood sat­isfaction, 137 A m* hy|ti|

D ea ler s ' A pproval L ots and Phll& tellcISuppIlesJ* roo fine, rare stamps taken from collections. Beats an approval Boor for

choice. Increase your collection; sell the balance for the cost. Includes stamps catalogued as high as 50 cent Price JI.is post free and registered.

E. L. W A R N E R1225 Ridge Avenue, Tel- ^ Dist ®98 Evanston, ML

BARGAINS IN UNITED STATES.

C a t. PriceOur

Price1847 5c b r o w n .............. S .75 S 35“ 10c b la c k ................ .. . . 4. SO 1.95

1851 lc b lu e ! .............. . ___30 12“ 5c red brow n . . . . . . 10.00 4,00“ 10c g re e n ............ . . 30“ 15c b la c k ................ . ..2 .0 0 95

1857 lc T ype U .......... . . . 1.00 40“ lc T vpe I I I ........ 07“ 5c T ype II ............ 2.50“ 5c T ype 111............ ...2 .5 0 1.15“ 10c g re e n .................. 10“ 12c b la c k ................... . 1.25 50“ 24c lilac u n u se d ___. . . 6.00 2.00“ 30c o ra n g e ................ 2.25“ 90c b lu e .................... . 30.00 12.00

1861 lc b lu e ..............................06 02“ 5c buff...................... .. 7.00 3.00“ 10c green ................ ........15 06“ 12c b lack ................ ........ SO 25“ 24c red lilac ............ ...1 .0 0 45“ 30c o ra n g e . .............. ........ 50 25“ 90c blue ..................... ...3 .5 0 1.70

1862 2c J a c k so n .............. . . . . 06 03" 5c black b ro w n . . . 25“ 15c black ................ ........ 50 25“ 24c lilac .................... ........ 40 20

1868 1c g rill 11x13 M . ,, ..2.00 80It t* n ........ 20 10“ 3c “ “ ........ ........ 04 01“ 10c “ “ ........ ........ 75 30“ 12c “ “ ........ ........ 50 25“ 15c “ “ ........ . . .4 .0 0 1.50“ lc " 9x13 M . ........ 75 25“ 2c “ “ ........ ........ 10 05>• 3c “ “ . . . . ........ 05 01“ 5c “ ........ . . . 4.00 1.75“ 10c “ “ ___ .......... 60 25“ 12c “ “ ____..........50 25“ 15c “ “ ___ .. . .1 .0 0 40"24c “ “ ....s-oo 1.75“ 30c “ “ . . . . . . . .3 .5 0 1.50“ 90c “ “ ...... .12.00 5.00

1869 lc F ra n k lin ........ . . . . 60 25“ 2c H o rs e m a n ........ ........ 15 07

C at. P rice P rice1869 3c L ocom otive . . . $ 01

“ 6c W a sh in g to n . . . . 5 65 30** 10c Coat of A rm s .. .. . 85 40“ 12c S team sh ip . . . . 30“ 15c L of C olum bus 1.50 7o“ 15c L of varie ty ..3.50 1.50“ 24c DcC of Indep .. ..5 .00 2-05“ 30c Coat of A rm s 3.00 1.20“ 90c L incoln .......... .15 00 7.50

1870 l c g r i l l .................... . . .5 0 25“ 2c “ .................. . . . . 10 02“ 3c “ .................... 03“ 6c “ .................... . 3.00 1.25“ 7c “ .................. . 1.25

1871 lc u ltram .. .,. . . . 1 5 05'* 7c verm ............ 30“ 10c b ro w n . . . . . . . OS“ 15c v io le t . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 20“ 15c o ra n g e ............. . . . 75 30“ 24c p u rp le ______ . 1.50 70“ 30c b la c k .............. IS“ 90c c a rm in e ........ 55

1887 3c V erm illion. . . . . . 051888 5c in d ig o .................. . . . .0 4 02

“ 30c o ra n g e ........ ........40 20“ 90c pu rp le . . . . . . . .5 5

1890 15c or 30c.................. 0490c o range , beau ties 301893 C olum bian 15c fo r 12c,

30c fo r 20c, 50c fo r 30c,S i.00 fo r S I.40

“ C olum bian $2 to $5 unuseda t face .

1895 50c o ra n g e ................ . . . 1 5 05•* 1.00 b la c k ................ . . . 50 23“ 2.00 for 95c, 5 00

for $1.60.1898 O m aha’s 1 to 10c se t 15c

“ “ 50c for 14c $1 fo r 751902 P a n A m erican com plete 12c

DOM INICAN R E P U B L IC1902 1 2 5 10 50c unused o g fine ca t­alogue value $1.35 com plete fo r 25c. 1900 m aps % to 1 peso 9 v a rie tie s com ­plete se t unused c a ta lo g value $3.23 price 60 cen ts.

I buy stamp Collections and pay the highest prices. $10,000 ready to buy stam p

collections. W rite me before se llin g elsew here

JO S E P H F . N E G R E E N a8BS 2 i % M J r ndnoorl

•®*Do not forget to m ention the W EST when dealing w ith advertiser. It will beappreciated.

San Sraneiseois still on the map.

Our stock was not damaged and our page Ad., the last issue of THE WEST bolds good now.

FINE APPROVALS AT SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES.

&. Sambs Co.,S*. 6. 3 o x 2631

San Franciseo, Cal.

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OUR TRADEtbis season has been for beyond our expectations. Collectors are be­ginning to realize that we give a full dollar’s worth for every dollar sent us. To show our gratitude to our friends for their liberal support and incidentally to add as many names as possible to our list we have de­cided to make an offer which we believe to be unequaled in the his­tory of stamp selling.

Packet Opportunitycontains 30 rare stamps which catalogue at least $8.40. Every stamp guaranteed genuine and in good condition. No duplcates, no torn, or badly cancelled. We will send this grand packet, which we believe to be in every way worthy of our position as one of the leading mail order firms of America for only a Dollar bill. Positively only one sold to each person as this is not a profit-maker but only a trade-drawer and we can not afford to supply dealers.

Sheets on approval at 75 percent discount. Stamps bought, sold.aDd exchanged. Send on your duplicates.

Vernon P. Pierce & Co.,Manchester, Mich.

M. P. A. 338 S. C. P. A. 729

C O L L E C T O R S ATTEN TIO N !We ire desirous of moving quickly a large stock of stam ps and philatelic sup ­

plies for both collectors and dealers., and in order to do so, are going to m ake the prices to do it. First, we have a big stock of as fine hinges as ever were made, all die cut and made with the very best quality of gum m ed-arabic an l onion skin paDer. We have them in five sizes, and in order to move them , we are, for the next thirty days, going to fid orders for them at the f dlowing low prices:

No. 1 Die cut 9x17 tuilletnefres per -M 8c; 5M 35c;.. 2 . " 12x18 * ‘ “ “ 10c; " 45c“ 3 • •• 14x21 *« “ “ 14c; “ 6'>c“ 4 ‘ “ 1^x23 It “ *• 15c; “ 65c“ 5 ‘• “ 18x31 « ‘ >• “ 20c; “ 85c

The last two (num bers 4 and 5) are the finest peelable h inges made. Special prices for larger quantities.

Blank approval sheets, fine quality , 50 sheets 15c (sample dozen for 6c) 100 for ’ 5c : approval sheet return blanks same prices; blauk approval books to hold 60 stamps 10 for 15c; 15 books for 60c; 100 for $1 00; blank approval books to hold 100 stamps, 10 books for 25c, 50 for 95c, 100 for 51 50. Ruled in 2 colors on fin­est quality bond paper.

We have made up a series of variety packets at the following prices:50 varieties S .05; 10 pk ts for S .30 500 varieties 51.05;

100 " .08; “ “ .65 1000 varieties 53,75;150 “ .10; “ “ .90 2000 v arie ties$15.50;200 “ .22;

Above are all foreign, no U. S. nor revenues am ongst them and a very Superior assortment. C ontinentals, 1000 for 16c.

We also have a fine line of sets at 5 10, 15, 25 and 50c each.Collections of any number of varieties, mounted to order at reasonable prices. Also we

are always open for exchange, especially for adhesive cut sq envelopes, revenues, locals, match snd m edicine departm ents etc. and for rare foreign. We especially desire, entire evelopes or rare adhesives on original covers, also precancels and are always willing to give good exchange. Give us a tria l. ( Postage^extra on all or­ders under 50c).

And now last but not least, we call attention to our unrivaled series of one and two cent, net approval books. Collectors with m any varieties in their collection can always lind some th a t they can use. Dealers frequently keep the entire bonk, and re­mount our stam ps on approval sheets, m ark ing them at catalogue price less 50 per cent and then more than double th e ir m oney. T ry a set and be convinced. Spec­ial books of 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10c net, m ounted to order and sent on approval to p a rt­ies furnishing good commercial or bank reference.Millemetre scales amt perforation guage Cardboard 3c each, Celluloid I0c- ea c h .

A n im al PacketsWe have pu t up a packet contain ing 25 var. stam ps, all having pictures of anim als, fishes etc. etc., which we offer a t 25c or 50 var for 80c postpaid. These are beauties. Also o r­der one of our picture packets—all stam ps with pretty designs or picture on sam e—same prices

as above. Send for our list of stam ps.We have made a Bonanza package for those boys who may wisn to deal in a small way

or trade their duplicates, so we will send postage prepaid the following, 150 varieties foreign, a m illem etre scale, 5 approval sheet re tu rn blanks, 10 blank asproval sheets, one 60 and one 100 space approval book, 10 packet envelopes aset in 3 colors 300 fine hinges in asst sizes, a set of Belgium Packet Post 1902, 8 varieties and 5 other sets catalogueing from 3 to 15c each,(averaging 10c per set) all for 25c silver and 4c in stamps to cover postage. 3 pkts for 80c net,.

For those collectors who are fu rther advanced we put up special sheets or books containing stam ps by countries o r sets if preferred. Give us a tria l order.

FALLS CITY STAHP CO.,329 East St. Catheriue St., Louisville, Ky.

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C E N TS E T S

Argentine .....................Bosnir .......................... . . .. 5 “Brit. Nor Borneo......... ___ 3 “Columbia Rep. . . . • • • .Dutch Indies........... . .. .. .. 6 “Finland ........................ . . . . 4 “G reece.......................... . . . . 5 “India.....................................10 *'P e ru ..................................... 7 “Servia............................ . . . . 1 “Turkey......... ............... ....... 5 “

Send for our list of 5 cent sets.

Thayer Stam p Co.Everett, Wash.

Free For the Asking.1 packet of 160 stamps for each

application for approval sheets en­closing a 2c stamp and the names of 2 or more honest collectors.

Harold G. Kulil, Waterloo, Out. Canada.The United Stamp Journal

( “ T h e Big S tam p Jo u rn a l” ) 1 year (regu la r price 25c) and a 1 years sub­scrip tion to t h e '‘S tory Jo u rn a l” a large 8 to 16 page 5 column story paper (regu­la r p rice 25c) and 10 fine colored Post Cards all for only 25c prepaid. Address a t once to U N ITED STAM P JOURNAL Station B, M ilwankea, Wis.

A F e w L e f t ,Bargain Packets contain 150 assorted

stam ps of m any k inds, both used and unused such as Selangor, Travancore, N yassaland, Malay S tates, Ja p Wedding etc. One purchaser added 20 var to a collection of 1400 diff- This packet con­tains so m any rare stam ps th a t it is sure to surprise you price only 15c post free.

B A SIL PE R R Y , Cool Spring, Del.

A 50c and 30c postage due U. S. watermarked U. S ., P. S. sent post paid both for only 40 cents. Fine copies only Lightly cancelled.

Challenge Stamp Co.,P. O. box 62, Grand Island, Neb.

Sreat ^Bargain!I am selling my private collection of

stam ps and offer the following selec­tions. No duplicates in any packets. Packet A cat value S4.50 each packet

contains a stam p cat $3.00 Price 50c Packet B assorted stam ps from

th ir ty countries Price 25cMediam and rare stam ps on approval

a t large discounts against references. T his is th e grea test opportunity offered to fill up your blank spaces.

0. 3b. 35atter,Pierm ont, N. Y.

S&*Take W EST and like it very much, its bo th in teresting to collectors and non- colle ctors.—A. Luce, Wick H aven, Pr.

j tr e tJhe SfLart We SfCean...Are YOU on o u r mailing- lis ts? A re YOU b u y in g s tam p s of u s ’

IF N O T , W HY NO T?We have one of the^finest w holesale and re ta il s tocks o f s tam p s and su p p lies

in the coun try ; and we w an t YOUR p a tro n ag e . T ry us once and we know you will continue w ith us. H ere a re a few

B A R G A IN O F F E R SE ach per per

10 100Panama R eg. 1904, S c o tt’s No. 3 8 6 . . . ............................................... $ .03 S .17 $1.50•Peru T e lg h . 50c; fine se ller, cat. 10c ............. 03 .17 1.50•Honduras 1878, l c .......................................................................................... 01 .06 .50China 1898, 6 v ar, per s e t ........................................................... 01 .50 4.50U. S. 1902-03, 9 var., per s e t . . . ..................................................... .05 .30 2.50Portugal, V asco de G am a, 214 and 2Sr, per s e t ............ ....................... 02 .12 1.00Faultless H in g es, 1000 in each package, per p k g ,.............................. 08 . 40 3.201906 Collectors Own C a ta lo g u e ................................ 10 .50 4.00Stamp b u tto n s, con ta in g en u in e s ta m p s ............................. .10 .30 2.00Sheet m ix tu re , no tra sh , cat. lc , 5c, per 1000, $1.90 .................. .25

E ach per per 3 10

Imperial A lbum , board covers, 3500 spaces ................................30 .55 1.75Scott’s S tan d ard C ata logue, la te s t e d itio n ................... 60 1.10 3.50

“ “ “ 1905 e d it io n ................................................ 40 .95 3.00Perfection S tam p T o n g s , in n ea t le a th e r c a s e .....................................25 .55 1.50100 different U. S ..................... 20 .50 1.25Ecuador 1895 fT e lg h .-P o st) No. 517, ca t. 7 5 c .. . . . ............... .20 . 45 1.10China 1898, S I.00 ro se .......................................................................................30 .75•Libera 1906, 10 v a r ., lc-75c, per s e t .................................................. 2.90 8.25

W H O L E S A L E A P P R O V A L STo parties g iv in g us sa tis fa c to ry reference, we send out a fine line of w hole­

sale approvals, 10,25 and m ore o f a k ind. T h ese are not “ Stock L o ts ,” bu t are made up especially to r each custom er. We issue no item ized w holesale list, because we haud le only qu ick -se lling stam ps, and our stock is co n stan tly changing. B u t we a re a lw ay s read y to quote prices on any procurab le s tam p sdesired. Retail! P rice List, Packet L ist a n d P rem iu m List F ree. F in e Approval Sheets at 50 per c e n t co m m iss io n . 107 F ine Foreign Stam ps, F ree for Bl few col­lectors n a m e s ,

Tiffin Stamp Co.160 C. St, tiffin, Ohio,

BARGAINS! BARGAINS!1 pound of U. S. and for s tam p s $ .28

5 lb s m ixed U S & for. “ ___ 1.251000-3c g reen , all g o o d ............ .. .351000-2c g reen , all g o o d ............... .251000-2c brow n, all good ...................... 251000-all fo re ig n , a ll good ....................... 251000 m ixed fo re ign over 100 v a r . . . .15

10-entire 3c unused P . O. envel .20100-2c due s tam p s 1895.........................17

1000-mixed U. S. o r fo re ig n ................ 121-lc buff 1851.........................................15M e buff 1879 unused (no gum ) .45

25-nice U. S. revenues a ll d if f .. .10 2c b lue p la y in g cards 1st Issue .06 5c red “ “ “ .25

10-lc green o g su rch arg ed I R .105-2c red o g su rch arg ed I R ............ 10

10-2c lake 1S90 10100 v a r U. S. and 100 v ar foreign .25100-fl.OO docum entary u n c u t ............ 20100 2c verm ilion 1875 to .879..............20%50 var envelopes c u t sq u are and

to sh ap e — ........................................ 1510 g iilled 3(? green 1870......................1010 g rilled 3c red 1867............................1010 6c dull pink 1873.............................. l0

A ll po stag e paid. Je rom e T a j’lor, N orth S u tto n , N, H.

HE GOT PINCHEDA m an w alked p a s t a lead nickel

w hich w as ly in g on th e side walk, and w as a rre s ted fo r p ass in g counterfeit m oney. I f you pass these bargains, you a re due a t the asy lum .

cat. val.C osta R ica 1892 10 v ar $2.84 5 .29E cuador 1875 In t 7 “ og 56 .19P e rs ia 1902 10 v ar lc to lOkr inc

cat v a lu e .............................. 1 36 .41D utch In d ies 1892-97 6 v a r .20 .06

“ 1899-00 6 v a r ..............28 ,08E cuador 2c-156 o g .................... 60 .12Fiji 44-6p rose ........................ 85 .28P eru 115-1 sal o g ...................30 .09

“ 12c-50c o g ................ .40 .11*• 351 o g .............................. 50 .09

V enezuela 8 o g .................... 25 .07“ 50 o g . . .................... 25 .10" 51 o g . . . . ..................25 .10“ 52 o g .......................... 50 .18“ 77 o g ........................ 12 .04“ 142 o g ..........................25 .07“ 352 o g ..................... 15 .04

E . C. Dodd, A shland Ave. La Grange, Illino is .

ainsC u b a .

■•855 2r red 1857 Y !4 red 1866 20 gretu t8b6 4c rof e [870 5c blue1878 sc blue1879 5<t black I881 20c brown

No. Cat Price 4 S 30 $ 10

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188} surcharges 20c brown tvpe e 120 1883 214 lilac ' 124•1809 2 on 2 2221889 S ,e d a l Del •1900 Complete

Collection of 25 revenues pricesO r i( ln a .l C overs

185s 2r orange red r 855 V V, Soft o rg e red TSs7 J4r blue

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1857 YJi red >869 tc rose 1870 5c blue

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1S53 154 Real 1850154 ••

$ 10; 1883 2J4c lilac Sc1 25; 189S im brow n 3c

02; 1899 L* S-Cuba 2C 3c 0 6 ; ...................... 5c 4c

t 00; “ f Cupa sc 40c2 00; " •* ioc b ro w n 10c

70: Postage Due ic 06; " " 2C

C u r i o s i t i e sCovers prior 1854.

40c; 1853 1 Heal45 c;

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35C

C u b e .n P o st C ards1 dozen colored 40c mailed 12c extra.

SpcvinWar stamp 5c green error 5c blue 1.35

C u b an E n v e lo p e s1900 j-2-s unused 15c

P o st C a .rd s1-2.5 double uc

O rig in a l C o v ersPostage Due sc jc

IOC ISCSpecial Delivery ioc orange ice

S u rch a rg es of P u erto Principe S cott fro m No. 176-220

No. 180 3 on 3 S1.50; No 190 5c on 54m $4.00“ 192 5 011 14in 4.50; '• 193 5 ou }4m g.®“ 19430111m 12.00; “ 20; A 4.®

O rig in a l C o v ers o f V n ited S ta tes No 116 6c-io yellow 55c; 1870 3c green x1870 10c brown 10c; 1891 50c orange 20c

V . S . B a r g a in sExecutive Dept be carmine "a'' 15.00 52.50

ic " 8.00 2.®“ 2c “ 800 1.50

F e r n a n d o P oo1900 No 86 5 on 10 5jc

G reat B r ita in*1847 ish green new cat $40. a Bargain iti $9.50 Cuban cut diagonals stamps half value used. Complete line write for price in original coveroi

cut square paper.Reference I,. T. Brodstone.

B u y S ta m p s , i am prepared to buy all kinds of stam ps at a very low discount from cat prices. Send sample of what you have and will cost prices. All stam ps wanted. Cuban list of stamps sect free. Ask.

S ia r io S, Sloig, Cerro 8 2 7 M avana, Cuba.

money LoanedOn Stamps, Stam p Collections,Coins. Curios, etc.

Premium Coin BooKA complete list of th e Silver,

Copper, and Gold Coins of the U. S. and what we pay for them ............lUc

UlantedA Coin Collection.

T. IDichael,258 Ul. midiSMi SI.

Chicago, III.Member A. P. A; C. P. S.

NICARAGUAMy

cat. price1862 2c dark b lu e .............................35 .121869 lc b is t r e .....................................06 .02*• 2c b lu e ........................................ 25 .08“ 5c b la c k ......................................75 .15

1878 80 R ouletted .“ lc b is tr e ..................................... 05 .02“ 2c blue .............................. 12 .04“ 5c b la c k .....................................25 .06

Shanghai P o stag e Due10, 15. 20c............................................ 60 .15Siam 1883 lc b lue ...........................15 .05All of the above a re unused o g . Y our money back if you w an t it. S tam ps on approval a t close n e t p rices. P o s t­age extra on orders u n d er 25c net. All stamps genu ine .

w . A. GRADYHumboldt T enn .

We have put up a packet containing 25 var stamps. hII having pictures of auiraals. fishes, tic. etc., which we offer at 25c or 50 var for 80c postpaid. These are beauties Also order one of our picture packets, all stamps with pretty designs or picture on sam e^am e prices as above Send for our list of stamps. Falls City Stamp

Hast St Catherine SL JUnnsvilleky.

Good Stamps /ItRight Prices

Cat. Cat. Our No. Price Price

U S 1890 2c lake ..............219b 5c lc“ “ 2c cap on le f t“ 2” 220b 8c 2c “ “ 2c Cap on both “ 220c 12c 3c

Above th ree s ta m p s .......... 25c 5cC anada 1893 50c b lu e .......... 7 30c 10cC. of G. Hope 1865 Is g r 19 50c 12c H aw aii 1864-71 18c rose . .. .14a 50c 30c N ova S cotia 1850 5c blue

(on o rig inal cover)............. 10 30c 20cT h ese s tam p s are all in fine condition . Any stam p not sa tis fac to ry m ay be re­tu rn ed and your m oney will be re fund­ed.

SI FREET o g e t acq u a in ted we will g ive aw ay w ith every o rder of 50c or over, one U. S. $1.00 stam p 1902 issue. (O nly one stam p to each person.) Ask fo r o u r approval shee ts a t 50 per cen t d iscoun t. R eferences required .

B EU G & CO 302 T ru s t Bldg.

G alveston , Tex.

ALLOW ED ON APPROVALS.

me A Good Stam p C a ta lo g u in g 10 cents to all applicants. O ther prem ium s to buyers.

H. D. ROTH, W . Lafayette, Ind.

jCookA stam p cat. S .75 for 2 cen ts and postage to all w ho apply for _ our ap ­

proval sheets .B E S T S T A M P CO.

W est F irs t St., G rand Island , N eb.

STAMP FRIENDSWe appreciate your many orders the

last mo. A 15 years study of stam ps enables us to deal to your advantage in a large stock of approvals at 66% p er­cent and better. Look for our % Page Packet list in th is issue.

W rite us for any th ing in Stam pology.L. H . L E D E R E R , M gr.,

Norfork S tam p Co. N orfork, Nebr-.

Tree Tree Tree6 Pr.etty Belgium Parcel Post Stamps catalogued at 25c FREE. For the nam es and addresses of two reliable stamp collectors and ac to cover Postage. Startling Bargains. All in Good Condition. We offer the following at half our cost price, not over one of each to one person.

Canada jubilee—Jic used or unused.................. .............................$ 136 c ..................... 358 10 15 20c ......................................... ........... 8050c IS$[.00 70S2.00 (1102 48c)........................................................... 49$t $2, S3. 84. $5. No 2 quality..............................5 75Same, extra fine cop ies..... ........................... . 7 50

Canada—1852 3py red................... 20

•• 6py v io le t..................................................... 2 75l.Sjs lopy blue....................................... 5 001857 !4py pink............................................ 1 75

“ 7 Vi py green ................................. 8 00" 54 py perforated....................................... 4 25

6pv *• -.17001S59 \i'A<z green .................. 35186S 2C green ........................................................... 12

" 6c brow n................................................... 181869 ic yellow.................. 35

" ic orange.................................................- ....... 35*8c registration.......................................... 1 7S3 different Newfoundland.................................... 03

30 " “ '......!..................... - » 0035 *• “ .............................. 15°ic and 2c Jubilee................................. oS20 different Spain ................................... 03

°940 •• japatt worth $1.00............ 0215 “ " 023d “ Australia....................................................... 1320 " - 05100 " " 70200 “ “ ............................................3 co14 " Sweden ............................................ 0230 “ " to10 Canada ...... ........ ............................ 01« ;; .....- ........................................ 9740 '• " 60i 2 3 7 io 20c Canada K in g ................................... 0830c United Slates 1895........ ................................ 04St.00 “ ....................................... 2250c " 1893 ....................................... 04$1.00 •" “ ............ ........................... 1910 differe it Straits ...................... ...................... ... 083 •• King hd ............................. 0830 " French colonies ................ 3540 “ H ayti................................ ..... 1 0010 •• B razil.................. 0525 " “ 2530 “ British colonies o n ly .................... 06100 " *• * “ .................... 4°500 " “ “ “ ....................800100 " foreign [no United S tates].......... ... 03200 “ “ '■ “ “ ..... to400 " " " “ “ .......... 5°

1000 different foreign only no United Slates Jj ;o2000 “ “ 9 003°°° “ •' 32 »4000 ’ • •• 38 CD

ABOVE ARE GRAND COLLECTIONS.to different T urkey.

A rgentine.......

H aw aii......

SO 75 10 40 8 16♦25c 1903 Hawaii violet♦10c " •• black.................................. .. jj*i2C “ “ m a u v e ....... ......... ........... .. 2310 different Luxem burg.......................... ........ 06

■ ojit■ S>115

• <s to. » 7>

153 “ " official.........*3 " Sam oa......... .................

5c different Africa only......... ...........too “ •• •' ...................too South and Central America....10 different U ruguay............ ..........2040 " •' [fine lot]..................

Strvia ............... „........... ......

20 . u . (6

■5

-150 • «

07 >5

1904 mask >9°5...........

different Liberia

British Guina ....................China 54 to toe ...________Bolivia ...................

15*t6'10 •• Greece..50 *8 •19 ■ 0 6 IO•19 to10 “ “ ...................

BELGIUM PARCEL POST 1896-1902 different cat St 09....................... jo1902 30, 40, 70, 90. cat 6 3 c .. . . .......................... 201903 8 different cat 33c ................................ 0;1903 Complete 14 different........................... 3010 different Costa R ico ........... ...................... 1030 different Dutch Indies................................ »

different Chili

501001044713>57

Asia only. . ». 9>

Seychelles....... ............................ 11Soudan Camels........................... toNyassa 1901................................ 15

........................ 60Sw itzerland........................... tr,Shanghai ........ 18Peru 0;Paraguay ................................... 13

Mixture, well assorted per too. Peru 25c.Canada 5c. Australia 10c. Pbilhppines 25c. Guetemala joe Russia 3C, Argentine 10c. Turkey 18c, Nicaragua 53c. Spain 10c. South and Central America 23c.

Postage 2c extra on all orders- Remit in unused stamps bills or money order. ^Don't Forget to write for list No. 37. Largest wholesale and retail stamp list issued.by any firn

in America

OWark Stamp Co.,2 5 6 aw Toronto Canada.We buy stam ps of a ll countries, especially current issues, large collections, U. S. Pan-Americans.

St. Louis. Omaha etc. buying list Free.

A ustralasians..

Long Sets, confining no cards, fiscals, or

envelopes :

New Zealand. 50 var $1.00

New So. Wales 25 “ • 5 0

Victoria 30 “ .60

Queensland 30 “ • 7 5

South and West

Australia a n d

Tasmania 50 vari.i 2 5

South Sea Islands 24“ • 7 5

209 all different, post

free............................ 4 . 5 0

Our lo-page/Australasian Price List post free.

Wholesale exchange] con­signments solicited.

Wilcox, Smith & CoCRAWFORD ST.,

Dunedin, Stew Zealand.Agent for

S t a n l e y G ib b o n s , Ltd.

Stam ps bought andjsoldjforjcash or exchanged. Correspondence solicited. W holesale price lists' w anted.

FRIEDR OCKENFELSS tam p M erchant

S o lin g en , G erm any .

REVENUE STAMPSWe offer the following collections.

500 d if fe r e n t R ev . a l l c o u n t ie s ......................... ....*i 251000 “ >t »» ti2000 it ti t*250 " o f F r a n e e .......................... .... I 2520 “ k> R u n io n ............................... 40100 “ “ G e r m a n S ta te s ............. .... 25300 ** M100 * * S p a in a n d c o l ._______ 80500 .... 2 OO100 M e x ic o .^ .... .. ............ ........ .... 6025° ** *• ....... . .... 2 50120 “ G r e a t B r it a in .......................... 402vS0 ** ** ** .... 3 00180 •* A r g e n t i n e ............. ^ ......... 1 5 0150 *■ B r it is h C o l................... .. __ 80350 .k k.

.... 3 00ISO •■ A u s t r ia H u n ............... .. ..... S o5° “ I t a l y ..... ................................ — 30so '• B r a z i l ..................................S p e c ia l t e r m s fo r d e a le r s .General catalogue of Revenue Stamps of the world price, $1,25 post free. Special catalogue of France’s Col. price t2C

We possess one of the largest stocks in fiscal stamps of the world. Collectors send your want lists. Very cheap prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.

We want all fiscaliststo send us their address. We want to buy good lots or single stamps of fis­cals and pay high prices for rarities, proofs and errors.

We want specially to buy U. S. A. Beer Stamps Snuff, Tobaco Spirits etc.

GILBERT & KOHLER 51, rue Le Pelletier Paris, France,BanqueComptoir National d'Escoraple de Paris.

Collectors....S tam ps, C urios, In d ian R elics,C ol­on ial A ntiques. M inerals, R ubber S tam ps, an d m any o th e r th in g s , P lease send me your nam .i fo r my lis ts w hich w ill be ready soon.

R espectfu lly ,

OSCAR L . W EB O R G ,P . O . Box 518 C am bridge , 111.

Special Summer Snap tor Advertisers.For only $2.00 we will insert your

inch ad in the next 4 num bers of The W EST. No decrease in circulation. Proportionate discount on larger ads. Y ou’re sure to get excellent results from four insertions of your ad. T h ere ’s no “ perhaps” about it. We m ay change our m ind about th is offer, so get the bet covered now. Send your cash and your “ copy” and m ake business buzz.W EST, Brodstone, Pub. Superior, Neb.

aceSillers.

°-unused.*-canceIIed

All stamps are in fine^condition. If used, lightly cancelled. I do not handle'stamps in bad condition.

CURACAO,1873, 3c bistre ° ............... .$ 75

11 2g50cjbistre & purple 0 2 00 1889, lg 50c light and dark

blue o ............................ 1 35DUTCH INDIES,

1864, 10c lake*..................... 751868, 10c lake*............. .. 1 501892, 12>2Cgray0 ................ 301902, 20c dark green0 ........ 351904, 10c on?20c dark green0 i5

HOLLAND,1852, 15c orange*............. -- 301864, 15c orange*............... 251869, lc black* (° 65c) ---- 251896, 5gld. green & brown * 1 25

SURINAME,1873, 2g50c green & orange0 1 50 1885, lgld. brown & gray0 .. 85

And many others in stock.Send your list.

31. f f l . SfCcDZeil,1282 Bergen St.

B ro o k lyn , 3 i. cl).

Dealers and Collectors Take Notice.

I will dispose of my stock worth $300.50 for th e small sum of $34. First check gets it. No bargain like this will last long. Every hour counts. Partic­ulars if wanted.

HAROLD 5. POWELL,

Storm Lake, la.Dealers in S tam ps. I w ill buy U. S.

Stam ps and Coins.

ExchangeBand, O rchestra and Piano^music for

S tam ps cat. from 3 to 25c each. Have 1200 pieces to select ftom . Send for list.

WM. PE R L IT Z ,Box 102, E astport, Md- (5-3)

llle Sell Bookscheaper than any one e ls e .^ O u r new book catalogue just ou t, sent free on request. Illustrated Coin books, New Stam p Catalogue both postpaid for 10c.

Exchange.Send us $2.00 catalogue of Civil Wat

Rev, [U. S ] cat 5c each or over in good condition. And we wdl send you 500 nicely assorted stam ps cat from lc to SI.00 each. No Belgium Australians or cheap Europeans in ib is. Only nice b rig h t copies of Saleable stamps.

W hy not send for our new illustrated catalogue? It is free and may be worth dollars to you.

ID. H. Decker Co.,Dept 4. LdPorle, Ind.

BfaT’i ly ads in the W EST is sure a big puller, pays best of a ll.—E. Estes, Hender­son, T enn .

Stamps!g Fine clean stamps on ap- y proval at 50 per cent dis- H count. An unused U. S.Jpi*IM Dept, free to every appli- | | cant. Reference required. S buy y°ur collection ?§ or duplicates for cash,

JOHN W. HAARER

Lansing. flich.

SBiOL

MANUFACTURER’S FORMULAWhich I have purchased and

offer free to all 50 per cent approv­al applicants—Gold ink of super­ior quality, for inscribing fancy letters, gilt books, etc. Stamps sent are crisp and clean often marked below catalogue. “ Try them,’’ means try again. H. S. Miller. 6417 Jackson Ave.

Chicago, 111.~ FOREIGN REVENUES

MY L IN EBelgutm 1-5 betaaled 15c.............. S .02

“ “ “ f r 1, 25c....................02Sw eden 20 ore 1895 ......... 02

“ 30 “ “ 04F rance 5 d iffe ren t................................... 01A ustria 30 d iffe re n t................................. 13H ungary 6 helier 1898............................01

*• 1 k r 20 hel 1898........................02P o stag e ex tra on above. P lenty of o thers.

O S C A R T H A R TM A N N 734 E 26 Ave.

D enver, Colo.

MAIL ORDERS ONLYSomo B argains In T h e B argain L in e.

“ T h e B a n n e r P a c k e t ”

This packet contains 75 differ­ent stamps from all countries, no trash. Price 10 cents postpaid.

60 fine rare stamps, mounted on approval sheets.

Price 15 cents postpaid-We sell sets of all countries.

1000 fine hinges........ • • • - 10cApproval sheets 1 doz............ 10c

3 pretty souvenir postal cards sent postpaid for 7 cents.

S o m e OfjOur N ovelties.

T h e M a g i c K n i f e

Very useful and novel, can be used as a pencil sharpener, ink eraser, finger nail cleaner, etc. You will not regret sending for this fine article.

Price 10c, postage 2c extra.■‘T h a t P u zzlin g C ross”

Phis is the puzzle of puzzles. Send for one and see if you can solve it.

Price 10 cents postage 2 cents. F iF i

The new Japanese novelty. Very pretty and amusing. It flies.

Price 10c, postage lc extra.SHERIDAN STAMP & NOVELTY CO.

. 303 Sheffield Ave. Chicago, 111.t&MIust congratulate you on the greatly improved appearance of the W E S T .—A

Jones, Salina, Kan.

/ ^ = B a r g a i n s ! ^$ $

TreeWhile Thev Last!!

Any one sending me

10cwill receive

Ecuador no. 517 cat 75c.The above stamp free to all ap­

plicants for our carefully selecte< approval books. Reference must accompany application.

We Offer Good values.

$ 1 .0 0

in exchange, or send as many tens as you wish until sold out If all sold money will be refun- ed. Postage extra. Hinges, 4c 1000, 3000 for 10c

H. C. Chase,25 Burgess Ave.,

Fast Providence. - R. I.

Money Loaned on Stamps or Stamp collections.F. Michael, 258 W Madison St.

Chicago, Illinois.Member A. P. A. and C. P. S.Stamps on Approvals.

P rice below S c o tt’s and yi com m ission allow ed. A g en ts w anted . A ny of th e fo llow ing sen t p repaid fo r 25c.20 foreign coppers, 10 old U. S. cop­pers, 10 con federate or broken bank b ills , 15 w ar tokens; 1500 U. S . o r fo r­e ig n s tam p s; 500 U. S . Revs.

S e llin g ca t o f s tam p s, coin, se tc . 10c each. B u y in g ca t 5c.

S tam p and Coin E xchange ,61 N assau S t.. New Y ork C ity .

E a B e l l e S t a m p Co , Steubenville, O.

Good Stamps For Sale.3d, 6d, is New Brunswick, 5 5

Zululand; 4d, 6d, is Cypress: first issues German States; French Re­public, fine condition ; Old Tahiti and other French colonials; United States one and half 2c brown No. 156, used on original cover, used for 3c ; all issues United States: 30- 90c Justice, unused, fine, and many other departments; Confederate States, Montgomery, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, etc.

WANTED, TO BUY.United States, USED, on cover

on envelope, in Good Condition; any issue and variety except the lc and 2c of last issue. Alsowanted: foreign stamps on covers except the common European. Do not send anything on approval unless re­quested. Apply to _

“ j . t T c a l l e n T ” *824 Union St., New Orleans, La.

+++++t+*t+,l,+++++++*+++++,M,+,H'+*+t++++++++t'H"l"M'+t+++H+«t**

A SI U. b. Documentary Revenues Free^ To all applying for my approved sheets a t 50 percent commission

6 Photo Souvenir Post cards of N iagara Falls 15c Post Free.+ ♦ ♦ + + * +

Samuel Casebecr, Kewanee,

8&*Hope my ad may do as well as Cuba ad.—D. T. Eaton, M uscatine la.

Another Large Magazine Will be Combined in the Next Number* *

Bulletin- Metropolis. Curio Monthly auri Collectors World. The Oldest Collectors* Magazine in = = - — = America. and the LA KGK'ST in THK W O R liir r - ---- ^

ICO P A G E I L L U S ­TRATED M O N T H L Y MAGAZINE

P U 1L1SH EO AT SUPEfMOH., NEGfL., V. S. A*

Volume 34 MAY 31, 1906 N u m b e r lEntered at the Postoffice at Superior. Nebraska, a* Second C’ass Mail Matter.

L. T BRODSTONK. Publisher . . . . . Superior, Nebraska. U- S A.E II- WILKINSON. Managing Editor - - • 210 South 30th St.. Omaha, Nebraska

A S S O C IA T E E D IT O R SCamera News—K. J. CLUTE-Foreign Review—R. R. THIKLE -Curio*-ROV K GREENE . . .Department of Inquiry—REV, L. G DORPAT. .Numismatics—F. E. El.LIS . . . -Philiocnrty—MISS M, KELLER - -Woman Collector’s 1) pt.—MISS VERNA WESTON HAN W AY.

416 J St.. Sacramento Calif. Wauwatosa. Wisconsin Ark City. Kansas

Box 37- Wayside Wisconsin 115 N 11 St. St- Louis. Missouri

Juneau. Wisconsin R. R i» Box 156 Dallas, Pentislyvannia

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SVIWCKIPTION PRICK: 5i»c per year; 3 years $1 : postage free in the U*S* Canada. Mexico* Other countries Si 4 shillings.-f m irks. 5 franc*. Send money ina safe way. If you send stam ps , «endlowest value, imt over 1c face. Money sent in u-.registered letter will be at remitter's risk. !

Interesting manuscripts item*, suggestions ami good half-tone zinc an1 electro cuts always 1 solicited The publisher is a!ways glad to receive for exam ination illustrated articles. If the photographs are sharp, the articles short and the facts authentic, the contribution - will receive 'pedal attei-tion.

The W>NT disclaim s responsibility for the opinions of its contributors.ADVERTISING RATES 10c a line* Lower rates based on length of time and amount of space.The w K^T is of unequalled vain ♦ as an advertising medium. It covers territory that no other

paper enter- and has the largest field of any. Official organ of 36 prominent societies. The Old- <*u Collsro-o *s Magazine In America Published Bv a Non Dealer- The largest paid circulation; companion of subscription books invited. Considering results and circulation, the WEST is the cheaprsi monthly for the advertiser's use- The longer you stay, the better it pays. An exper- i intent solicited. Exchange or trade column, they pav well, 3 times for the price 2. '

Official Organ of th e F o llo w in g S o c ie t ie s , A ggregating O ver 2 3 ,0 0 0 M em bers.Stamp Collectors’ Protective Ass. of America. America Camera Club Exchange. Spanish Amer­

ican Philatelic Society. International Souvenir Card Exchange-Stam p Dealers* Protective As- Isociation. American Societyof Curio Collectors American society of Young Scientists, Hawkeye [Camera Club, Postal Camera Club. Universal Photographers’ Society, w 0rtd wide Photo Ex­change. Natural History Photo Society, Nebraska Philatelic Society. Subscription Stamp Society. Nebraska Camera Club- Kansas Philatelic Society* Southern Philatelic Association. American Souvenir Card Exchange Club, New York American Fiscal or Revenue Society, Canadian Phila­telic Society, Montana Philatelic Society. Union Souvenir Card Society. St Louis Stamp Collec­tor’s Society, American Fiscal Stamp Association. Kansas City Stamp Club. Universal Philaetlic Association. Atlantic Souvenir Card Collectors' Society* Canada Post Card Exchange Club aod Central Souvenir Post Card Exchange. •*PC. R. Thayer, Everett, Wash., says replies keep com iug in and the majority of them are pur" chasers, and as soon as h is present ad contract expires he *tU take double the space he now uses in the WEST,—R. Williams. Roxbury, Mass*, reports most of his customers to his sales come from the WEST and pays best of all papers.—C. S. Rybolt. Mulberry, O.. states that he got over 1000 dif­ferent orders to his ads in he WEST, He says it pays best, 3 to r, of all other papers.

r ^ B a r g a i n s H ^«D) ------ (0»

TreeUlbile Tbev Last!!

Any one sending me

10cwill receive

Ecuador no. 517 cat 75c.The above stamp free to all ap­

plicants for our carefully selected approval books. Reference must accompany application.

We Offer Good values.

$1.00 L a B e ll e Stamp Co , Steubenville, O.

in exchange, or send as many tens as you wish until sold out If all sold money will be refun- ed. Postage extra. Hinges, 4c 1000, 3000 for 10c

fl. C. Chase25 Burgess Ave.»

“Fast providence. - R,

9I.

Money Loaned on Stamps or Stamp collections.F. Michael, 258 W Madison St.

Chicago, Illinois.Member A. P. A. and C. P. S.Stamps on Approvals.

P rice below S c o tt’s and com m ission allow ed. A gen ts w anted. A ny of the fo llow ing sen t prepaid fo r 25c.20 foreign coppers, 10 old U. S . cop­pers, 10 con federate or broken bank b ills , 15 w ar tokens; 1500 U. S. or fo r ­e ig n s tam ps; 500 U, S. Revs.

S e llin g cat of stamps, coin, se tc . 10c each. B uy ing ca t 5c.

S tam p and Coin E xchange ,61 N assau S t.. New Y ork City.

Good Stam ps For Sale.3d, 6d, is New Brunswick, 5 s

Zululand; 4d, 6d, is Cypress: first, issues German States; French Re­public, fine condition ; Old Tahiti and other French colonials; United States one and half 2c brown No. 156, itsed on original cover, used for 3c; all issues United States: 30- 90c Justice, unused, fine, and many other departments; Confederate States, Montgomery, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, etc.

WANTED, TO BUY.United States, USED, on cover

on envelope, in Good Condition: any issue and variety except the lc and 2c of last issue. Alsowanted: foreign stamps on covers except the common European. Do not send anything on approval unless re- quested. Apply to _

“ T tTc a l l e n . '™ "824 Union St., New Orleans, La.

+ ’M,+4,+ + t* t+ + + 'H ,+++++++,H "H ,'H ,,H ,i ,t ,H ,+++++++ 'H ,++*++W,t+W + ♦% A S I U.i). D ocum entary Revenues Free jj To all applying for my approved sheets a t 50 percent commission ++ 6 Photo Souvenir Post cards of N iagara Falls 15c Post Free. J+ tJ Samuel C asebecr, Kewanee, III. ♦+++++++■*•+++•*■+++++•! +-»"l-++++++-l,++++++++++-*-+++++-*"»-++++-H+*8© *H ope m y ad may do as well as Cuba ad.—D. T. E aton, M uscatine la.

Another Large Magazine Will be Combined in the Next Number.

2Bulletin- Metropolis. Curio Monthly auri Collectors World. The Oldest Collectors' Magazine in —— ------------ = Ameiica. and the LARGEST jq TH E WORLD*

100 PA G E IL L U S ­TRATED M ONTHLY

M AGAZINEP U 1LISH ED AT SUPERIOR. NEaFU

V. S. A.

Volume 34 M AY 31* IS06 N u m b er 1Kutered at the Postoffice at Superior. Nebraska, as Second C*ass Mail Matter.

I

L. T. BKODSTONE, Publisher - Superior, Nebraska. U* S- A,K- H WILKINSON. Managing Editor - * 210 South 30th St«, Omaha, Nebraska

A S S O C IA T E E D 1T O K SCamera News—K- J. CLUTE.Foreign Review— R- R. THIELE -Curio-ROY F. GREENE • -Department of Inquiry— REV, I,. G- DORPAT, •NniniMiiatics-'-K. E. ELLIS . . . -Miilioearty—MISS M. KKU.RR ■ -Woman Collector’s 1) pt — MISS VKRNA WINSTON HANWAY.

416 J. St.. Sacramento Calif. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Arkansas City. Kansas

Box 37. Wayside Wisconsin 115 X LI St. St- Louis. Missouri

Juneau. Wisconsin R. R i. Box 156 Dallas. Pennslyvannia

1' SUBSCRIPTION PRICK: 5uc t>er year; 3 years $1: postage free in the U. S. Canada. Mexico. Other countries >i 4 sh illings. 4 marks. 5 francs Send money iu a safe way If you send stamps send lowest vahie, tint over 1c face. Money sent in u . registered letter will be nt remitter's risk-

Interesting manuscripts items, suggestions and good lialf-lone zinc and electro cuts always .solicited The publisher is always glad to receive for exam ination illustrated articles. If the fphotogrflnhs are sharp, the articles short and the facts authentic, the contribution - will receive |special aticMion.6 The W|*>'.T disclaims responsibility for the opinions of its contributors.

ADVERTISING RATES 10c a line- Lower rates based on length of time and amount of space.The u is of unequalled valu ■ as an advertising medium- It covers territory that no other

paper cutes - iiud has the largest fieid of any. Official organ of 36 prominent societies- The Old­est CollrcTo 's Magazine In America Published Bv a Non Dealer. The largest paid circulation; cnmpHii'M.u of subscription books invited. Considering results and circulation, the WEST is the cheapest monthly for the advertiser's tt*e. Thelouger.vou stay, the better it pays. Ati exper* iinettt solicited. Exchange or trade column, they pav well, 3 tim es for the price 2.

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' Official O rsan o f th e F o llo w in g Societies* A ggregating O ver 23*000 M em bers." stamp Collectors’ Protective Ass. of America. America Camera Club Exchange. Spanish Amer-

(iean Philatelic Society. International Souvenir Card Exchange. Stamp Dealers’ Protective As* sxiation. American Societyof Curio Collectors American Society of Young Scientists, Hawkeye Camera Club, Postal Camera Club. Universal Photographers’ Society, World wide Photo Ex* change- Natural History Photo Society, Nebraska Philatelic Society. Subscription Stamp Society. Nebraska Camera Club. Kansas P hilite lic Society- Southern Philatelic Association. American

i Souvenir Card Exchange Club. New York American Fiscal or Revenue Society, Canadian Phila- I telicSociety. Montana Philatelic Society, Union Souvenir Card Society. St- Louis Stamp Collec- I tor's Society, American Fiscal Stamp Association. Kansas City Stamp Club. Universal Philaetlic

Association, Atlantic Souvenir Card Collectors’ Society. Canada Post Card Exchange Club and I Central Souvenir Post Card Exchange. •

IfrC. R. Thayer, Everett. Wash., says replies keep com ing in and the majority of them are p u r chasers, and as soon as his present ad contract expires he will take double the space he now uses in the WEST.—R. Williams, Roxbury, Mass,, reports most of his customers to his sales come from the WEST and pays best of a ll papers.—C. S. Rybolt, Mulberry, O.. states that he got over 1000 dif­ferent orders to his ads in he WEST. He says it pays best, 3 to I. of all other papers.

R. Frank Schellenberg of 354 West 40th street, New York City, sends the following letter received from a correspondent of his:

Singapore, Straits Settlement.“ Dear Sir:—Your letter and stamps arrived safely. Many thanks for

them. I cannot send stamps for exchange now. I don’t like to be a traitor to my country or countrymen.

I sincerely hope that China will one day wake up and see her danger. 1 shall find some correspondent for you and renew nur exchange when the Ex- elusion Act is settled.

Yours sincerely, Lim Siow Tong.”Mr. Schellenberg writes as follows concerm-'sr the above:“ In order to show readers of the WEii the sentiment of educated

Chinese regarding Americans I herewith enclose a copy of a letter sent me by one of my correspondents.

I have for the past three or four years been on very friendly terms with this correspondent, our exchange being mutually agreeable and beneficial. Besides merely exchanging stamps we have discussed vital topics from timu to time, but have never referred to the Exclusion Act. Therefore, it was rathei a surprise to me when I received the enclosed letter.

Mr. Clute writes from 416 J. Street, Sacramento, that he lost every­thing at his office except a few books, and nothing but a trunk was saved from his house. Mr. Clute displays the same remarkable patience and determination to never say die that is so noticeable among the San Francis­cans, The quake had not yet ceased when he and his neighbors set to work with a will to repair their lost fortunes and to build up a mightier city than ever was before.

S hobvs S ta m p s to E n th u s ia s ts

H e n r y J . C rocK er E x h ib i t s *Rare H a te ra iia n Collection C o lle c tio n B e fo r e S e n d in g to L o n d o n . One I s

W o rth £ 4 - 0 0 0 . Utero C e n t **M is s io n a r y ”H a s O n ly O n e C o u n te r p a r t I n IBOorld

About thirty of the best known stamp collectors of San Francisco gath­ered at the residencel of Henry J. Crocker on Wednesday evening to vie* his collection of Hawaiian stamps, which ranks as the finest in the world io point of rarity and value, and which he is about to send for exhibition in the third Internatina Philatelic Exhibition, to be held in the Horticultural Society’s Hall, London, England, beginning May 2. It is safe to say that it will bring to its owner on returning the first gold or silver medal. The col- lectionShas already won first medals at several Philatelic displays, in Ameri­ca and Europe. The Prince of Wales is the patron of the London exhibi­tion, which will be supported by the philatelic societies of the world. Mr. Crocker is a member of the committee, in company with many collectors of the world wide note.

COLLECTION WORTH $42,000.This display of Hawlian stamps, which is a part of Mr. Crocker’s collec­

tion of general stamps, which ranks as seventh in the universe, is catalogued

at $4..<>00 and when consigned to the care of the express company for its long voyage will carry an insurance of $30,000. The gem among the Hawaiian copies, and over which every guest lingered most lovingly, is the early'.’-cent missionary stamp of 1851, which occupies the place of honor under glass in the initial page of the first book of the exhibit. Of this par­ticular stamp, which sold at auction for $3,750, and which Mr. Crocker sought to purchase for two or three years before finally securing it, only two copies are known, the other appearing in the Tapiing collection in the Brit­ish Museum. It is now valued at about $4000, and, apart from the unique1- cent British Guiana of 1856 which exists only in the collection of Ferrari of Paris, is probably the rarest stamp in the world. It is also interesting from the fact that tne day after its issue the Hawaiian postoffice burned down. Another stamp in the exhibit has the honor of being the only one of the sort in the United States. It is the one cent Hawaiian, which is valuable among the error stamps in that it is without the “ l cent” at the bottom. The only other known stamp like this is in Hawaii.

E A R L Y M IS S IO N A R Y STA M PS.There is also in the Crocker collection a set of all error stamps of the

Provisional Government, worth over $100 each. Among other rarities are a strip of three 5-cent ultramarines, imperforated horizonatally, worth $300; a2- cent black numeral tete beche and a 6-cent green of 1864, imperforated in pair.

Other stamps dear io the heart of the collector are ten of the early 5 and 13-cent missionaries, a strip of three 15 cent missionaries being unique and especially interesting in sequence and arrangement are eleven complete plates of the Hawaiian numerals, now exceedingly rare. A Dumber of the missionary stamps appear on the original letters on which they were sent and range in value from $1000 to. $1500 each. There, are some fine ones among the surcharged issues. Mr. Crocker is the recognized authority on the stamps of the Hawaiian Islands, having written several important arti­cles on the plating of the numerals. Altogether the collection is one that will give the collectors, of the wcrld a rare, treat when seen, at the London Exhibition.—Taken from a San.Francisco papej. h o.1. . :

■ ■■------------- r~ ----— -J' rGovernment Uses Precautions in Gumming Postage Stamps.—When you lick a postage stamp you do not give the slightest thought to the great care taken by the.United States Bureau of Engraving, «nd Printing in the gum­ming of the little piece of papier. Postal gum.-is the-best quality on the face of the earth. It is. derived, from dextririft .produgfc secured in the process-of making starch Jrom potatoes, corrjiaud the icassava root, The starch from these v geta lejs is treated by roasting at .a jt*f»»fttatur« . of about 300- degree , atthe first stage, causing... It .to. turn .to • Further change?,iq&kepossible.gumhand if the changes were caciyed-jtpj-tfte limit tttm result would be grape sugar or. glucqse,. Th.e beast;,postal gum isithafle Which contains the least unconverted starch and little glucose,.-..tWhentthe .material fer making gum reaches the Bu §,4 of -Engraving and. PrijAlog-.rt looks much like .flour except in lb -safifcs of jgOO pouhds each^and every consign-;merit from .the ,co»trai}tonU%p^refoUy. injected ‘before using.- It is subjept to mierqscopal exatnina,tioiv#t}^tQ*cbemical analysis,. an<J*all .this is frllpwed

|by a practical,test^,; .in 1I-*.

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Desames re ibir esemplares de cambio de las nnhlir-aciones filatelicas estrnn.ierrs a la adressa ensegttn.a K.K.Thiele, Wauwatosa, \Vis.l\S.A

In No 3 c f i he Svens’, l'iiatelistisk Tidskrift Mr. L. Harod Kjeilstedt describes u linherio mikn wn vaiicty of ihe Tn ish Newspaper stampsof 1892. It is to be found in i he surcharge 1M. RIME; he describes it as follows:

“I found that I had in*my collection all values on which the rectangu­lar frame measured 15 mm. in width and IS) mm. in length, while the word IMPRIME was II mra. long and 22}4 mm. high. Resides these I had the 10 and 20 paras and 1 and 2 piastres on which the frame was only 14 mm. wide and 18 mm. long, while the word 1MPR1ME was 16-mm in length and 2 mm. in height. The size of the last named surcharge is the same in all respects as that of the surcharge on the 1891 issue, so that it may well be as­sumed that the smaller size was the one first used on the 1892 issue and later succeeded by the larger size.”

These variations have not heretofore been noted in any catalogue: the Scott, Company, to which the varieties in question were submitted, declared them unquest ionably genuine and intimated that they would be included in the next edition of their catalogue.

In No. 3 of DeNederlandsche Philatelist a short review by B. Hatberstadt of the Charity stamps already issued by various governments winds up with the proposal that the Dutch government should issue similar stamps for the assistance of consumptives' sanitaria, the stamps to bear the portrait of the Queen Mother Emma, and to be distributed through the postufiHces. There is no philatelist who would object to so laudable a project, providing the stamps are not made of postal value. This idea Is being overworked a trite just now.

The monument lately erected at Paris to the memory of the aeronauts who risked their lives in establishing postal connection between Paris and the outside world during t Rtf'siege of ttHNHpity by the '.Cermaag, In 1870-11 gives occasion to Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste in No. 305 tor an inter­esting article on that service, illustrated with numerous facsimiles of photo* graphic pigeon dispatches and other mementoes of that time.

The letter rate within Hungary has been raised from 10 to 12 heller ami the postal card rate from 5 to 6 heller; consequently some changes may be expected in the stamps of that country.

On April 16th France reduced the internal letter rate to 10 centimes per 15 grams. The change would not have necessitated a new design, but the opportunity was improved for making certain alterations in the Semeuse (Sower) type now in use. The sower is now shown against a dear sky, walking towards a hilly country rising to the left, while the son now rises io

front of the sower, so that the shading of the figure becomes more logical. The change was about the last, official order of M. Georges Trouillot, post­master-general in the now retired Rouvier cabinet; the design for the changes was drawn by M. Dujardin-Beaumetz, under-secretary of state for Fine Arts, after consultation with Messrs Roty and Mouchon, the designer and engraver, respectively, of the present type-at the same time a noted painter had submitted two designs to the French post-office department, one bearing the Gallic cock and the other a head of Libeity; we are assured that they will be engraved and tried out by the department. The cock is to serve for the values from 1 to 5 centimes and the Liberty type for the values from to centimes to 5 francs. This perpetual tinkering is becoming a little tire­some: I would suggest that our French friends apply to our Bureau Engrav­ing and Printing or to the American Bank Note Company for a suitable design decently engraved.

Haiti, aftei April 1st computes the foreign postage on a franc basis, 25 centimes per 15 grams. More new stamps, a flood of surcharges to begirt with.

Indo-China is to have a new set of stamps. Each value will show the picture of a different tree sheltering a female, also different. The racial mixture of that corner of the globe will admit of a long set. Let. t.s hope for something prettier than the present set, whose graceful design is spoiled by poor engraving and dreadful color combinations.

Le (J. de R. T-P. also illustrates the two new designs adopted by the Swiss federal council. They aie something fierce and I do not wonder at the howl of indignation that went up at them from the Swiss press. The design selected for the 2, 3 and 5 centimes is the work of an artist named Albert Welti at Muenchen; it represents a very small boy supporting a very large crossbow; as M. Maury observes: “if it falls over, it will surely crush him.” The design for the 10, 12 and 15 centimes is the work of Professor L’Eplattenier of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It exhibits a female head of such terrifying mien that it is apt to scare the Swiss men into remaining bache­lors, if the Swiss girls really look like that—which the Swiss papers indig­nantly deny. The vaiue from 20 centimes will remain of the present type, Helvetia standing. T e new stamps will not appear for a year to come; for so much, thanks.

Cuba Filatelica, which has not favored us with a copy for some time, shows up’ agaln wiflrVol. II, «UM .contairitwits valuable.catalogueof the stamps of Cuba; just now it is dealing with the telegraph stamps of the island—unfortunately there are no doubt but very few collectors of tele­graph stamps in this country.

Speaking of telegraph stamps, one often sees the large and very finely eograved telegraph stamps of the second issue of Bavaria iD small collections. I should like to direct attention to a highly interesting article on the tele­graph stamps of Bavaria in No. 2 (Vol. V.) of Le Journal des Phllatelistes.

The stamps of Siam must be greater favorites in Europe than here, to judge from the attention given to them by British journals. Both the Phil­atelic Journal of Great Britain and the Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly have

for some time past been running excellent articles on these intricate issues, the former by Mr. Poole, the latter by Mr. Meville. The latter series is to be reprinted in pamphlet form. It is gratifying to note that both writers quote extensively from our Mr. Holland.

The Berliner Briefmarken-Zietung now in its second volume, is already taking high rank among the Continental papers. It brings valuable original articles in every number. In No. 7 I note one on the 20 para provisional of the British occupation in Crete (the socalled Herakleia provisional, Scott No. 1). These were issued by the British officers in charge of the province of Candia; they were produced by Mr. Berinda, Austrian Vice-Consul and postmaster at the Austrian Post Office at Candia, by means of a handstamp, to the extent of 3000 copies; the handstamp was destroyed Jan. 20, 1899, on the arrival of the second issue, which was printed at Athens. About 1500 of these 3000 were bought for speculation. 1000 of them by the captain of the British man-of-war “Thetis.” Another purchaser later also acquired some of the genuine postmarks (handstamps): they bear the British flag and the name of the office in a large circle. Some of the speculator’s stock may now be expected with “original” postmarks: but the stamps themselves are genuine originals, no reprints being possible.

In the same number there is a detailed description of the new Grecian Oympian Games stamps. They were designed by Professor Gillieron; the designs are taken from antique coins, decorated vases and statues. The 1 and 2 lepta show Apollo throwing a discus, taken from a coin of Kos from the fifth century before Christ. The 3 and 5 lepta bear a jumping athlete, taken from an ancient discus. The 10 lepta show a sealed Nike (Victory) taken from a coin of Terine. The 20 and 50 lepta show Herakles bearing the heavens and Atlas offering him the apples of the Hesperides, taken frm an antique va3e. The 25 lepta shows the fight of Herakles with Antaios. from a vase. The 30 lepta bears the picture of a wrestling match, from an an­tique marble group; the 40 lepta the genius of the games, represented by a winged youth holding a ccck upon his hand, taken from an antique mirror. The 1. 2 and 3 drachmai show three runners after a vase, and the 5 drach- mai shows Nike, three torch bearers and priests offering sacrifice, also from a vase. The stamps are of various sizes, some upright, some transverse rec­tangles; they are being engraved in London, which promises good work, to judge by the last Cuban sets.

Bavarian provisionalsl That sounds queer, but No. 8 of the same paper illustrates two of them. They are split provisionals: half (diagonally ciit) of a 2?pf. used together with a 2 pf. as 3 pf., and ‘half of a 20 pf., used'as 10 pf. Both were thus employed at the small postotficd of Speyerbrunn, tlie stamp of the values in question beiug exhausted. The official attests are re­produced, but the -postmaster in question no doubt received a‘ tepriitiancl from his superiors, as split pr&visionals are forbidden in Bavaria. "

The German papers-’review a’new color handbook’by Captain K'Ohrt, Duesseldorfr'* It contains about 2000 color shades on 33 plates and is said to be exceedingly well executed by one of the foremost printing firms of Ger­many. The value of tall color1 handbooks is* problematical,'to be sure, and all previous attempts in that directifiii have achieved but/ flight success, but nevertheless ■ every step towards the solutioirof the cofor problem must be

welcomed. The price of this handbook is a trifle steep—15 mark—but no- doubt warranted by the expense of production.

No. 40 of Friedls Briefmarken—Offertenblatt is the flist to illustrate the new pictorial set for Bosnia and the Herzegowina—at least the 2 heller value. They bear views of noted landscapes of the two provinces, except the 5 kronen stamp which bears a portrait of the emperor. They are being en­graved in taille-douce at the Austrian State Printing Office and promise to be quite an artistic set—which is more than could be said for.any Austrian or Hungarian stamps heretofore. They are to appear about August 1st

No. 3 of the Nordisk Filatelistisk Tidskrift brings enlarged reproduc­tions of the two designs which won the prize in the late Norwegian compe­tition. As they have already been described extensively, I shall not enter upon details. The first prize design depicts flying sea gulls, the second one a viking vessel. To my mind the second design is by far the more appropri­ate of the two, but both are queer products, indeed. The “new art” is producing some exceedingly curious things—more curious than beautiful, by far.

Look out for exceedingly dangerous forgeies of the early Spanish issues which are now in the market! No. 2 of the Vertrauliches Korrespondenz- Blatt warns against them. They are produced by a photographic process: the maker sells them as facsimiles, but the next owner is usually less eaxct about describing tnem.

As explaining the significance of the markings on the envelopes that conveyed soldiers’ and flag-of-truce letters during the civil war, and the presence, in some intanc s, of both United States and Confederate stamps on the same covers, we take the following quotation from the report of the postmaster-general of the United States for the year 1863, and append to it . the statements of a writer of former years. “ By reason of the continued suspension of regular postal communication with sections of the country under insurrectionary control, a considerable number of letters, amounting in the aggregate to 23,314, found their way by various channels, to the dead letter office. Of this number 3,312 were foreign and returned to the coun­tries where they originated. Those originating in the loyal states were turned over to the military authorities and after examination, most of them sent: by flag of truce to their destination. ” “Letters sent from the northern of United Statess to prisoners or others within the rebel lines were not per­mitted to exceed in length one page of a letter sheet, and were allowed to relate to merely personal and domestic matters, and had to be signed by the writer’s name in full. It was compulsory to send letters with five cents (in coin) enclosed, if addressed to Richmond, and ten cents if beyond that, point. Such letters were required to be sent enclosed to the commanding general of the department of Virginia, at Fortress Monroe, marked on the outside, ‘For flag of truce’, and left unsealed. If not directed according to thesj regulations, these were returned to the dead letter office.” Letters sent by southern soldiers incarcerated in northern prisons were forwarded, after having been examined and marked officially.

RY VERNA WESTON H A N Wa Y.Tlie Call of the Road—In the Collectors’ Paradise.

“Oil, the wild joys of living' the leaping from rock up to rock.Tne si roug rending of bows from the fir-trees, the cool silver shock

Of the plunge in a pool s living waters, the hunt of the bearAnd the sultriness showing the lion is crouched in his lair.

How good is man s life, the mere living! how tit. to employ A1 the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

Pew can read Browning's soul stirring lines without an impulse, a longing, for the woods, the fields, the streams. Least of all the naturalist collector.

At thN seaon of the year, (lie spring-time, will feel a vague unrest. It is the call of nature—the call of the road.

There it stretches before us. a long white trail, just, visible with the rising of if,H eastern sun. On and on over the distant mountain, and then a silver thread stretching into the Red God’s Country.

In olden time it was said, "ail roads lead to Rome." Now all roads lead to Paradise, to Health and Happiness-that, is if you are searching for them. Listen to the call of the road, and some fair morning, as the sun rises folllow the trail.

Always with the beginning of Lent there comes to near overwhelming longing for the mountains, the roads and the fields. The air seems to he exhuberant with the perfume of those heralds of spring, the trailing arbutus and the violet.

And with the perfume of the flowers comes the memory of a sweet, grave-faced gray-eyed nun attempting to initiate a class of frivolous school girls into the beautiful mysteries of the dower life. Again I see those eyes, otherwise so calm, lighting up with all the passion and pride of the collec­tion as she exhibits volume a:ter volume of a collections gathered from every land and every clime. Pointing out one rare variety after another.

Then it is that I put on my boots and follow the trail, along the road, through the fields, over the mountains. The call of the springtime, of the road is in every breath of the exhilerating air.

The love of collecting and the love of nature runs riotous in my veins. The woods, the dells are full of the things dear to collectors. Rare varieties

of feni and flower. Curious bugs to delight the collecting senses of the en­tomologist.

From the fields comes the “ Who-o! Ho!” of the “man with the hoe,” or rather the man with the plough. As the plough turns up the moist, brown sod I follow the furrows, and occasionally pick up some long buried implement of our native Indian—Sometimes an arrow point, sometimes a greater find.

Here and there along the road one finds an old ruin, an abandoned farm-house. These otter up many possibilities. In several I have found old letters and papers to add to the collection. Once a comparatively rare en­velope to place among my entires. And if nothing else may be found the ever ready camera is called upon to take a picture as a remembrance of a pleasant jaunt.

Sometimes one happens upon on an auction sale while following the call of the road. Did you ever attend a country auction sale? That dear old woman with the snow white hair may be a picturesque addition, but she is never a pleaasnt one. You ioDg to go to her and tell her of the sympathy yon fee), but instead you stifle the Impulse and bid in her old china, all the while haunted by those white hairs, those sorrowiing eyes.

Among the accumulations of household effects, there is sometimes dieted a really old piece of furniture, whose value is oft times hidden by its shabbiness. But will not the restorera’ art make it a thing of beauty and of joy.

Perhaps the greatest obstacle a collector has to contend with is the nat­ural affection people have for their old furniture, books, pictures, china There are some things which money cannot buy. One occasionally finds a person, poor and obscure w ho displays a fine instinct, in keeping fits or her heirlooms intact, thus proving themelves really well bred. For is not pride in the family honor and traditions the root of all breeding

One afternoon while on a jaunt into the country 1 passed an ivy-covered homestead. Feeling somewhat thirsty I stopped and begged the sweet faced old lady who came to the door for a glass of milk. She graciously gave me a chair, and brought some milk in a pitcher so rare, so old, so beautiful, that I cried out in admiration.

1 offered her one price after another for it, and at last emptied the con­tents of my purse. She answered me with such a beautiful look on her face as she gazed at the pitcher that I stopped my remonsttances with a feeling very much like awe. “ No, my child” she said, and then told me the his­tory of the pitcher. 1 do not repeat it. It is too sacred, too utterly beau­tiful I returned home that day no wiser in a collecting sense, but infinite­ly richer in heart and soul.

The autumn winds carry the call of the road as well. After the birds have Mown a w a y I answer the call. From every variety of tree I gather the nesfs. I have gathered much pleasure from this modest collection, and a great deal of knowledge as well.

This rumination lists but few of the things to be seen and gathered along the road. These and much more you will find for yourself. They all possess that persoual fragrance, the perfume of memory so dear to the truisi -ihe collector.

You will find health and strength; strong, beautiful is the muscle; rosy

cheeks and a merry heart, as well.There it stretches before you, a long white trail, just visible with tlie

rising of the eastern sun. On and on over the distant mountains, and then a silver thread stretching into the Red God’s Country.

THE PICTURE POST CARD ANNUAL and Directory. The Philatelic and Cartophilic Printing Co., Rotherham, England. Price sixteen cents post free. Any addition to the hobbyist modest library is always welcome. The “ Annual,” a well printed book of some one hundred pages, is a quite valuable addition to the picture post card collectors’ library. Jt not only contains an index of reliable exchangers gathered from every quarter of the globe, but a list, of rareities, dealers, al­bums, and a pleasing review of some important emissions of the past year.

f io t e s o f In te r e s t to “P h ila te lis ts andC o llecto rs

A stamp exhibition is on. Nearly a year ago the idea of this exhibition began to assume definite form although for two years past, there has been a sentiment in favor of an exhibition. An interim of seven years has elapsed since the Manchester exhibition in 1899. The London (1906) exhibition makes the third one having been held in London in 1897, and will be opened on Wednesday, May 23. 1906, in the Royal Horticultural Society's Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, S. W. The hall is eminently suitable for the exhibition, being lofty and with a ground area of about 140 feet by 75 feet. There is ample light through a domed glass roof, which can be screened from the sun’s rays when necessary. There are two recesses 50 feet by 2-5 feet each, on a slighty raiseld level, available for dealers’ stalls and a tea room. There is also a raised bandstand. On the lirst floor of the main building there is a lecture hall with three other rooms available for exhibits. The building is of fireproof construction and equipped with all requisite lire ap­pliances. It is situated within seven minutes’ walk only of Victoria Station and Westminster Abbey, and five minutes from the Army and Navy Stores in Victoria Street and St. Jame’s Park Station on the Metropolitan Railway. The exhibition will comprise British, Colonial and foreign postage stamps, British telegraph, railway letter fee and college stamps, together with objects of interest in connection with philately, the manufacture of stamps, and the postal service. A special feature will be the formation of two championship classes, where exhibits that obtained gold medals in London in 1897, or at Manchester in 1899, must be entered for competition; but the classes will also be open to other exhibits and exhibitors. All stamps will be exhibited under glass in locked and sealed cases. Night and day watch­men will be employed, and every possible precaution will be taken to secure exhibits from damage or loss, but no actual personal responsibility will be undertaken by the Committee. Arrangements have been made for insurance against risk of loss by fire or theft, further particulars of which will be found in the prospectus. Philatelists and collectors through»ut the world are cor­dially invited to exhibit, and it is especially hoped that the leading collectors in the British colonies, on the Continent and in all foreign countries will

send exhibits, so that the exhibition may be thoroughly representative and international.

A proper step would be the issuance by each county in the Postal Union of a double stamp to be sold at 10 cents—one part similar to the 5-cent or its equivalent current issue of each country, and the other representing the in­ternational return stamp, having the same design and color for all the coun­tries, unlike any other stamp in use by any country. For instance, a design representing the world, surcharged in red in large letters, “ United States,’’ "England,” “ France,” “Germany,” etc. By being compelled to buy two stamps or double the usual amount, the speculator would have to invest a large sum, and then having to sell at a discount at least one of the stamps, there would be no profit tor him commensurate with his trouble. According to some views, the only drawback in the scheme is that certain countries, for instance the United States, would sell more stamps probably than all Europe combined, for the reason that we have more foreign population than any other country, and then again in the United States 5 cents is easier to obtain even amongst the poor people than it is amongst the poorer classes of Europe If the stamp was issued most of them would be sent by people here to their relatives across the sea. This would give to the United States a fictitious revenue to the detriment of other nations, but by having the In­ternational Bureau at Berne acting for the countries as a “clearing house.” It seems that the difficulty would be overcome and each country would get credit for the postage on mail matter going through its offices.

Among the recent finds of uncatalogued South Carolina Confederate Provisional Postmaster’s envelopes of 1861 the Pendleton is perhaps peculiarly interesting. In the quiet up country village of Pendleton, Anderson County, the “Courthouse” of what was formerly Pendleton District, Calhoun, the statesman, was born. The Pendleton is similar to the Spartanburg Postmas­ter's envelope, Pendleton and Spartanburg being neighboring village. Both are located in the picturesque and productive Piedmont region, whose rich recently discovered deposits of the rarest and most valuable minerals and of the most precious gems have attracted widespread attention and are just now beginning to be exploited. The Pendleton ought easily to rank with the Spartanburg and the Selma, Ala., which it much resembles.

The specimen at hand is on buff paper. It has in the upper right hand comer the hand-stamped word “ Paid” in a quadrant curving from right to left: beneath this, an Arabic figure 5, having the same slant-, both evidently produced by the same hand stamp. To the left of this is the date postmark, curving from left to right: “Pendleton, July 5, 1861,” encircled by a single line ring. The print was evidently made with a second hand stamp. Both impressions are in cobalt blue.

The House Committee on Library has thus far taken no action on the matter of the Gardner Bill, which appropriates $20,000 for the purchase of the Heats collection of sketches proofs and essays of the revenue stamps of the United States, although some consideration has been given to the matter by the members of the Committee.

4'Reprint S ta m p s .o fr "Porto "Rico, Phillipinej a n d F ern a n d o P. O.

H y M a r io S . "Roig, H a-V an a , C u b aOnly some reprints are well known in the issues of Porto Rico. T h e

first was a reprint in the issue of 1898, 20c red $2 50 Provisional issue, the other was in the issue of 1899 Caorno, act black and the paper is winter than in the original and no period is after'cts as in this sample.It is not an error but a reprint one. Iri the issue of 1898 cur­rent occurs same as in Cuba have been reprinted the first in 1868—73. stamp of various issue with surcharges. “ Habilitado feor la Nacron” . The types are ‘very bad and not clear as in the originals. The second reprints aie in issue of 1881, tiscals stamps surcharged for postage the only values reprinted are 2, 2>6, 8 cents. The third is in trie issues of 1882, various types postal and fiscals used for postage. Some other values of 1888-89-1897-1898 have been reprinted. Hut the best reprints made is in thestamp of 1898 2 cts blued green surcharged as follows: C.This type is of the reprint. In this reprints are ese- 1898cuted with care, but are irregular the letters of the RESELLADO word “Resellado” those are all the reprints of Porvo 1899Rico, Fernando P. O. The reprints of this country T.are only in two emissions in 1896-99. On fiscal stamps of 1896-97. The re­prints one have a period in the termination of the word centavos as follows CENTAVOS. This is the type of the reprint surcharge. The other is in the issue cf 1900, and occurs same as in the other with the word centavos written, with period at end of word.

FAC-SIMILES OF U. S. STAMPS ON PICTURE POST CARDS DANGEROUS PROPERTY.

Acting on advices received from the United States Attorney’s ollice. Post oflice Inpector O’Connell and United States Secret Service Agent Thomas Foster seized seven souvenir postal cards from a street vender, C. L. Albert, doing business in the doorway of a salocn on the corner of Seventh and Stevenson streets, neat the entrance of the new postoffice building. The post cards have printed upon them fac-similes of one, two, three, four, five, eight, six, ten, thirteen, fifteen and fifty cent stamps, and also $1, *5 and $2 and special delivery stamps.

The maximum penalty for possessing these cards, upon which are repre­sentations of Uncle Sam’s mailing stamp, is fifteen years’ hard labor or Slo,- 000 fine, but the Government is not disposed to prosecute in cases where the souvenir postal cards are willingly and voluntarily delivered up. Secret service agents have a list of stationery dealers in San Francisco who keep these cards, and would prefer that they.surrender them, in the new post- office secret service office, rather than wait for seizure proceedings. The postoffice inspectors have received orders from Washington to prevent these cards from being sent, through the mails.

The souvenir cards are made by Otto Zieher, at Munchen, Germany.- San Francisco Post.

CORKEOS5 CIS

CO A MO

The ‘P h ila telic D ictio n a ry

Edition O n e b y *R. £. 'R a m s e y

This is intended primarily for beginners and others interested.

Philatelia has many friends, I will not state young for I might not te telling the exact truth and then if there were any of the older class and in­cidentally the other sex with us it might be embarassing, has an indirect bearing with Philadelphia. They both claim Greek parentage and have landed here to stay even tho the the former lias a troublesome minor variety and the latter “bosses” . You see their first syllables are somewhat alike. First cousins 1 presume. One is brotherly love and the other stamp love.

Ye who claim to be immunes of Cupid and have a stamp collection are fooling yourselves for you see you are in love.

You are informed that the “Grand old stamp of Philatelia” is a N. S. W. stamp. Now, that N. S, \V. does not mean North-South-West but New South Wales.

Chalk surfaced paper is but the new name for skinning stamp collectors. We next expect multiple wmk, chalk surface rainbow shaded Colonials.

Among other things that we did not receive this season was an IdealCatalog.

The Minor Variety is (for those uninitiated) a stamp that looks just like its brother except in price and is really worth but minor mention.

A man died the other day. Of couise that is nothing new but this man had his portrait on the stamps and so we may look for a new issue.

British Colonials, you are respectfully informed, are stamps that change their watermark often, and paper every now and then.

The Prince of Wales Stamps.—The Prince of Wales has been busy in keeping up his inteiest in the curious fascinations of philately. His Royal Highness has put together a unique series of examples of the postage stamps of the Indian Empire, including many which are no longer current. Some of these have been presented by enthusiastic collectors among the native Princes, who have studied the fads and fancies of the Royal tourists to a nicety. Again and again they have shown their astuteness and tact by an offering of postage stamps, bazaar curios, or other reics, trifling in them­selves. but ail the more welcome because of the fine spirit in which they were offered. The Prince will place his collection—in this and other brandies of inteiest—on public view as soon as possible after his return.— “Modern Society ”

OU'R I L L U S T R A T I O N SF. W. REID, the Denver dealer who has located in N. Y. City was

born in 1871 in the great metropolis where he received his public school education, st&rting his boyhood collection at the age of 14. In 1888 he issued a price list of U. S. stamps and kept a full stock of general issues and de­partments, not. so very difficult, however, in those da^s, as Mr. Reid remem­bers buying at the Sterling sale about 1887, a set of 1857 complete in pairs unused for a sum between four and five dollars. About this time his adver­tising was appearing regularly in the various stamp papers and he considered himself at the age of 16 a full fledged dealer.

He went west in ’89 and dropped stamps until 1893 when the Columbian issue inspired new interest. Taught music and again dealt in stamps as a “side line ’ 1895 to 1897, advertising from Phoenix, Aria., in WEST and other papers. Mr. Reid went to Australia in 1897 and started into the stamp business to which he gave all his time and which has since been his life work. Returned to Denver Colo., 1903 (January) and opened former store (stamps only) the same month. He was one of three organizers of Denver Stamp Club last year. The club now has over thirty adult resident mem­bers, over twenty members, being present at last meeting. This is a good record for a city the size of Denver in which Mr. Reid feels there is a good opening for some one. His own business has proven satisfactory but he pre­fers to live in New York.

He has the best of trade relations in Australia and aims to keep a good stock of medium and cheaper stamps of all Australian States. Mr. Reid has opened up in New York and will lease an entirely new place if unable to buy out some other dealer’s location. While making a speciatly of Austra­lian he has a good general line of everything in stock. He is a member of the Am. Phil. Ass’n, and others. See his ad in this number.

L. H. LEDERER was born on a farm in old Illinois in 1874, came west as a youngster. Always had a craze for relics and collect ing, but not active philatelist until 1892, since which time have made a special study of stamps, and delights in philatelic knowledge. Good collection but not in great numberss. Was in County Clerk’s office for four years, where he started a stamp biz, but organized Norfolk Stamp Co. in January. '06, and is manager of said Co. at Norfolk, Nebraska. See his ad in this issue.

W. B. LONGSTRETH was born in Pataskala, Ohio, in 1871 and now resides with his parents in the little village of Gratiot, Ohio, 42 miles east of Columbus on the old Cumberland or National road. He is a colleclor of stamps and post cards (view) and desires to exchange with other collectors in all parts of the world. He has an ad in the WEST, whfch by the way, he thinks is the best collectors’ paper published. By occupation he is a dealer in fresh and reliable garden and flower seeds and stationary and job print­ing. He is a leading member of the M. E. church at Gratiot, being one of the church officer's and secretary of the Sunday School-and is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge. He also has a small collection of autographs, one of which he prizes very highly as it is the hand writing of our lamented Presi­dent McKinley.

DON R. DAVIS has a collection of over 1500 picture postal cards and is a collector of stamps, Indian relics, arrow points, postmarks, minerals,

bird eggs, arid buttons. He has lived in Lowell all his life and belongs to leading card and stamp societies. See his ad in this number.

REV. EDWIN EWELL, Anoka, Minn., was born in Wyoming, N. Y. in 183'.*. He has been pastor of Congregational churches since 1891 and has spent two vacations in post graduate work at Chicago University. When a boy he made a collection of stamps which was lost. About ten years ago he began again, thinking it would be a pleasant diversion and now has a fine general collection of some 7000 variety. For the past live years he has bought, sold and exchanged with collectors and deaieis in many countries, lie is always glad to hear from lovers of our hobby and correspondence and exchange is solicited and answered as promptly as the nature of the same will admit..

MRS. BAUM of Paterson, N. J. is reported to have the iargest souvenir past card collection in America and we have used many illustrations of her collections. She says she is a regulai collecting fiend and collects all sorts of thing stamps, old china, cactus, medals, buttons and post cards, anything curious and believes sne is one of the first post card collectors in this country but not by exchange, they were sent to her by friends especially fiom Ger­many. The oldest post card she has is from the Chicago World’s Fair. It is only two years since last February that she joined an exchange club and this was in the WEST and is now a member of several clubs and has over ten thousand cards from all over the world, some are rare ones and she prizes them highly She has one beautiful card in commemoration of the feturn- ing of the German soldiers from China at the closing of the war of those countries. One showing the welcome Germany extended to two thousand Japanese soldiers made prisoners by Russia and returning to Japan per Ham­burg from Russia. She has some fine Queen Victoria cards and of the silver wedding of the German imperial couple and many others too numerous to mention. Her cards afford her much pleasure and she would not part with them for love or money. She is expecting in a few days a visitor from Japan, a real Japanese gentlemau js coming to see her all the way from Japan and this through card exchanging.

Mrs. Baum likes to collect curios and things she has a few things which are worth having. There is an Indian rattle which you see in the Indian pitcher on the picture. This rattle was given to her by Chief Red Cloud now dead. He used it to beat time as he was dancing and singing for her at the time she paid him a visit. This rattle he had made himself when he was fourteen years old living then in Louisiana and thinks he was nearly ninety years old when he died. Next to it is a sandal once worn by a Hindu prince, it is Inlaid with silver. The Buddha is a genuine bronze from Japan. There are Pompeiian and Etrurian vases, Indian and Mexican pot­tery, ivory and ebony carvings from Samoa, mummy beads, etc. She has picked up shells most at the seashore resorts but some have been sent to her from different parts of the world. Mr. A Iverson the naturalist of San Ber­nardino nas sent her many beautiful specimens A very fine shell is the spined oyster (Spondylus princeps) it is of deep red color and comes from the Gulf of Mexico. The pearly nautilis (Nautilis pompilius) from East India. The Scorpion (Pterocero chiragra) Philippine Islands She has also a num­ber of small shells from the Sea of Galilee. Beautiful Habitus or Ear shells corals, etc. She has over a hundred different specimens including sea stars, sea urchins and many other curios o. the Ocean. See last two No’s, for 111.

M ejcican F is c a ls

*By F . A . Broton(Contribution Federal concluded )

1902- 03, 22x42 mm. arms in centre; 153-lc orange: 154-oc ultramarine; 155-25C brown; 156-lp olive; 157-5p green; 158-10p dark blue; 159-50p brown.

1903- 04, 21x42 mm , lighted torch: 160-lc ultramarine; 161-oc brown; 162-25 green: 183-lp; 164-cp dark blue; 165-lOc blue green: 166-oOc brick.

1904- 05, 367-Jc; 188-5c; 169-25c; 169-25c; 170-1 p; 171-5p; 172-lOp; 173-oOp.Derechos Fiscales— Fiscal Duty Issued 1880, large oblong 20x67 mm. bor­

dered by double lined frame, Mexican arms in center to the left. Derechos Fiscales in two lines, to left value in words, likewise in two lines, back on plain white paper, background of colored scroll work imperforate.

1-lc black and yellow; 2-l}£c black and blue; 3-3c black and green; 4-10c black and red; 5 lp black and gray.

I would like to have some of our friends who collect Mexican Fiscals to give a list of all varieties with color and value for the 1904-05 and 1905-06 issues.

I will try to have a list of The Uilaza Y Tejidos (Dry Goods) for next issue.

Stamp Collectors Meet.—The Kansas City Stamp Club held a special meeting last night in tire Jenkins building, thirteenth street and Grand Avenue. The object of the club is to bring all stamp collecting enthusiasts together to discuss and trade stamps. Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each, month. The collection of W. Fishman, consisting of 6,000 American and foreign stamps, were displayed last night. In the collection are several original envelopes posted before the United States had an official postage stamp. One of these, a letter w ritten to a woman in Spencer, Mo., was posted December 29, 1840. On it was written in long hand by the postmaster, “ Paid three cents.’* Frank Bescher, an honorary member of the club, has a collection of more than 15,000 stamps for which he refused $10,000. The club has twenty-two members and ten corre­sponding members. On the fourth Friday of each month the club has a stamp auction. Fred Goldstandt is president of the dub. Kansas City, Mo.

It seems almost an almost incredible thing among the nations, Frauce has steadily refused until the present year to grant her people the full bles­sing of penny postage. Until now the inland letter rate in France has been l*^d. (15 centimes), but on and after April 26th this will be changed. A 10-centimes stamp, from that time forth, will frank a letter not only from any part of Frauce to any other part, but also to any portion of the French Empire (if we may venture to call it an Empire!) oversea. In future the commonest French stamp will be the 10 centimes.

If your capital » small and you wish to reach a large circle of readers, write out your story and send it to.us. Don’t try to crowd a whole circular into an inch ad Don’t pack your words in like sardines. Give a little room for thought. We make a low rate, lc a word in the WEST.

J5h e w/"-tamps o f G reat "Britain

B y N a r c i s s u sAny earnest student of Philately would naturally be interested in the

stamps of this the first country to adopt postage stamps. The oldest Phila­telic country, the one whose stamps are entirely free from surcharges or pro­visional issues for financial reasons; in whose history there is not one “glori­fication” issue. And yet! and yet! i have actually met people, citizens of this far-reaching country who collected stamps and left out Gt. Britain; why or wherefore could never nfid out, but strange as it was, such was the case, and it shocked me not a little. I should expect from her honoured position in Philately, to find her leading the van in most albums; but alas! in many she is given an obscure place as one of little or no importance; well, put her where you like, but for pity’s sake don’t leave her out.

In tracing the history of the stamps of this countiy, we can see the progress of art and utility in the line of adhesives specially brought out. The first issues of 1840-1 in the black brown, orange red and rose red one penny, and the two penny blue, with its interesting shades of intense colour, form an engaging study of the early stages of engraving and colour printing. A page of the five issues in all their varying shades makes one of the most striking in an album, for although many of the later issues are much more artistic, yet to me, for real beauty, these old issues have never been sur­passed. Next we have the three embossed stamps. One shilling, green; ten’pence, red brown; and six pence, violet. These while being among the most simple and unpretentious of any, are yet marvels of good taste, and compare very favourably with many of the gaudy daubs of some more pre­tentious countries. In cut square these are becoming very rare, and good copies are increasing in value. Then follow at odd times various issues of one or more stamps at four pence, six pence, one shilling, three half-pence, and nine pence, all adhesives, simple in style and colour, with no. pretense of artistic merit. Among these irregular issues are some very rare stamps that are hard to get; notably the 2sh. pale brown of 1880 catalogued at 835.00 unused and $16.00 used. The 8d catalogued at $25.00 was never placed in use. The higher values of 10sh., £1 and £5 of 1878-84 maintain their high catalogue value and are difficult to get hold of. In 1883 the first set of stamps with anything like uniformity of design was issued; being a set in two colours, part in lilac and part in pale green; not a successful set for the different, prices in same colour made it hard to distinguish the one from the other notwithstanding a difference in design. So in 1887 a very pretty and artistic set was issued of all values from lj^d to lsh. each one being of a distinct colour and most of them of two colours. This was the last issue with the Queens head and was replaced in 1901 by an entirely new set of sim-

lilar design bearing the head of King Edward; these last two are very pretty ■ sets and the only ones where there has been any evident effort at artistic I effect.

The rarest stamp known is the 1 ct. of British Guiana, only one speci­men known to exist at the present time. No value has ever been placed upon this stamp.

One S o lu tio n o f th e S ta m p “B u tto n Question

B y A . “tO . W h ee lerThe popular philatelic opinion is in favor of adopting a universal stamp

button. That this is the predominating sentiment of stamp collectors I be lieve needs no further comment. But, that phase of the stamp button ques­tion which does call for discussion is the kind of a button to choose and how the philatelic world may be made to adopt it. The object of this stamp button is for the advancement of philately. The principal benefit being in philatelic identification. T^e numerous plans which have been advanced during the last few years seem not to have be' n practical, although they have done a valuable service in keeping the question alive. It now appeal's that the stamp button question can not be decided until some united action is taken. In this matter as well as in any oilier organization seems to be essential for the best results. Some writers in treating this subject have compared stamp collectors to an order such as the Masons. I cannot appre­ciate this comparison. For instance, if the Masons desired a new emblem they would be able to reach each and every member of their order by a mes­sage from the head of the order. In philately there is no fraternal head, for philately is not an order. My comparison of philately would be to the FORM of religion.

The great institution in religion is the church, while the great institu­tion in philately is the association. There are many people with religious beliefs similar to those of the church, who are not. however, members of the church, and so it is in philately. The doctrines of the philatelic associations are upheld by runny who never have associated themselves with these socie­ties. There are those with religious beliefs which compared with those of the church are decidedly antagonistic. Again the comparison is true in phi­lately where peculiar philatelic views make the viewer directly in opposition to the association. In religion if a movement is sucessfully started and sat­isfactorily finished irs origin is usually traced to the church. The church has both unity and influence. It is therefore easily and effectively appealed to. People look to the church for an example. In philately it is the asso­ciation which acts as an example. Like the church it has unity and influ­ence It is the associations which are doing the great philatelic work. Ad­vancing education and securing new members is their untiring occupation. The present International Philatelic Kxhibition has its influence as well as the various other features of the association.

MY PLAN.Since the association is the most important and influential institution

in philately my plan is to first appeal this question to them. Having ap­pealed this, my plan of action for the societies is as follows:

1st. For the various associations to discuss this question at their fall conventions.

2nd. Atfer having come to some definite conclusion as to the design, size style and price of the button to appoint some one of their members to represent them at a general convention of representatives of stamp associations.

3rd. At this later convention of representatives to discuss and to

determine by vote on a suitable stamp emblem.4t,h. The number of votes of a member to be decided by the number of

members he‘represented. , .This then constitutes my plan for the introduction of a stamp button

to collectors. Which plan, if once adopted, would effect in time all earnest collectors. The expense of its establishment would be eclipsed by the re­sulting benefits. There would also be an opening for a financial gain to the societies both directly and indirectly. It would no doubt take time to secure the success of this plan. But most of the great accomplishments of this world, as well as the small, take time for their realization.

C h a ra d e

!B y JVeil S tv o p eAll o’er the wide world, I have traveled you bet

From pole to pole of the earth;And in the same business, I ’m going it yer,

On my mission of joy or of mirth.In the last sixty years, I have helped a great deal,

To enlighten an ignorant world:And still will help on, with most untiring zeal,

As around the country I’m whirled.On St. Valentine’s day, I am used by the score,

To speed the sweet message of Love;And when Easter comes round, I am used all the more,

For the message from Him up above.And also on Christmas I ’m used a good deal,

To carry good news to the people:And on New Year’s I’m out, with the bells merry peal,

As they ring out the chimes from the steeple.Now my first is an object, familiar to view,

In every fence corner you’ll find it;And my second, its visit does each day renew,

Though by coming so oft, we don’t mind it.And my last is that which gave biith to this poem,

But for it, this had ne’er seen the light:With my last, but one guessed, you’re certain to know ’em

All, if you’re anyways bright.

Proof and Specimen. Stamps.—The collecting of proof and specimen stamps has become very interesting. In many cases these stamps are much scarcer than those used f r postage. A few years ago they could be picked up at low prices. A collection of these is very beautiful. They are com- moiilv printed on thin card board, and sometimes on India Paper.

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C o v e r E n v e l o p e v

Observations on Original Covers

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(Continued.)Brother Brodstone has sent me an envelope of which he ought to be

proud even if it did cost him ten cents postage due. It came from a corre­spondent at Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic. Just what the sen­der was thinking of when he placed one lc green and two J$c brown of the current Argentine set on a sealed letter and expected these to carry it to the United States without further payment, is a puzzle to me. The face value of the three stamps is about two thirds of a cent; hence it is small wonder that the large black T, the international symbol of postage due, adorns the envelope. By rights it must have been impressed at Buenos Aires, but there is no postmark to show it. At New York, that legend dear to our hearts was impressed in black

COLLECT POSTAGE 10 CENTSThe missive being sealed, cost letter postage, and five cents were collected by way of fine; the stamps on the letter, being less than a cent in value, were no doubt disregarded But this is not the point where Brody pats him- sel on the back. No, that comes in on the address, for tne letter is simply addressed

“The Philatelic West and Camera News,”Nebraska

Estados Unidos. ”Behold, how the “ WEST” is known the length and breadth of the land! True, some clerk at New York let others wrestle with the problem; all he added to the letter was the postmark on the back of the letter

N. Y. C NOV. 20 1905 1all in black in a single-lined circle. The one who first discovered the ab­sence of the town name was a railway mail clerk, for the next postmark is this one on the back of the envelope

N. Y. & CHI. R. P. O. Tr. — NOV. 21 1905 W. D.in black in a single circle, with the familiar R. M. S. “ Killer” beside it. The train number is illegible; W. D. presumably stands for “ Western Divi­sion,” that is, west of Buffalo, I suppose. Now if that clerk had been a philatelist, as he ought to have been, the letter would not have been de­layed; but as it was, we find this postmark next, struck in violet aniline ink on the face of the letter, evidently with a rubber stamp:DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY CLEVELAND, 0., P. 0. all in a single circle. There are two initials below “Supplied by” , but they are too blurred to decipher; I suppose they are those of the clerk who sup­plied the address. If Brody only knew his name, he would surely give him

a year’s subscription free, for here was a man who did not have to look io the Post Office Guide for information; no, the fame of the “Philatelic West” had already come to his ears and he needed no further indication; “The Philatelic West” and Superior, Nebraska, are they not one and the same thing? So he took his blue pencil into the manly right and in bold letters marked this legend across the face of the letter

“Superior, Neb.”And the letter went its way rejoicing, ayiving at Superior on the 23d of November. And now who would say that the “Philatelic West” is not famous? Mail a letter in farthest Africa and address it “ Philatelic West, America,” and its dollars to doughnuts Brody will get it with trifliug delay even if he should have to pay postage due on it. Well, the advertisement is worth it.

(To be continued.)

P o r tr a it o_f "W ashington f o r $ 1.00The United' States Government has issued a tine steel engraving of

Washington at a great expense. We have procured a hundred of these en­gravings and are selling them at $1.00. This is coniderably less than they cost us but we are doing this to introduce our other goods. Send us a dollar bill and we will express you the portrait, and also a copy of our large cata­log. We want you to look this over and send us an order.

A Supply Co., St. Louis, Mu.Covering a full page of one of America’s largest philatelic weeklies was.

this ad. Roberts wondered why they should insert an ad like that is in a stamp paper, but he read it over. Now a good etching of Washington was just what he needed to fill a vacant space in his album, so he thought he would send for It. He thought over it for a while and the more he pondered the more he wanted it. He shewed it to several of his friends and they said they wanted one also, so he wrote for five of the engravings. After waiting for a few days he received an express package containing his steel etching made by the government at a great expense, five present issue two centU. S stamps.

Canal Zone Provisionals.—Just as we go to press, news from Panama is to the effect that the Republic of Panama is short of stamps and is hav­ing difficulty in supplying the Canal Zone (U. S. Territory) with the stamps necessary to conduct the postal service. It will be recalled that when the use of U. S. stamp surcharged Canal Zone was discontinued, it was agreed by lT. S. Secretary Taft, of the War Department, that stamp supplies from the Zone should be purchased at forty per cent of face value of the Panama Re­public. such stamps to be surcharged “Canal Zone” and thereby become U.S. postage value in gold. The tremendous demand for stamps to handle the U. S, mails has exhausted the lower denomination and in the emergency the following provisionals were issued: 2c on 1 peso March 16. The latter is not on Panama No. 82, as has been announced, but upon the Columbia-Pan- ama No. 21, the whole surcharge being in black. Supplies of these provis- siooals are hard to get.—Mekeel’s Weekly.

S h o r t J^otes

“B y L . C . “D o r p a tThe “Seebecks” recently gaining in favor, even with those who a few

years ago were quite averse t<^them. They argue: These stamps are stamps, and we as stamp collectors must have them unless we prefer a big blank. So the boycott is declared off.

Some collectors have been getting these stamps right along. Especially in Europe they are sought^and bought very nearly as much as any other class of stamps. We can not advise a scramble for them, but we would not burn any that come our way.

The new designs for the Swiss and for the Norwegian stamps are so odd that the comment on them differs widely. Their novelty no one can dis­pute, but their beauty is less evident. How they will wear time alone can show.

A true collector will always be collecting, if not stamps, then facts, or coins or something else. It is the natural mclination that drives him to ac­cumulate and classify whatever falls into his hands. Reason must control and direct this instinct.

Canada is not yet to have Rural Free Mail Delivery The cost of open­ing and maintaining rural routes over vast stretches of sparsely settled dis­tricts is toe great to be borne by the Canadin postal system at present. There are, indeed, a few districts the population of which is dense enough now to justify rural free delivery there, but the greater part of the Dominion is not yet ripe for the innovation. As the population increases, the demand will also increase, and the time may not be so very far distant after all, when Canada will follow the example of ncie Sam.

T e U. P. U. convention was opened at Rome on May 7, and mar be one oi' the most important ever held. One of the topics under considera­tion is the “ international stamp/’ It is proposed in the form of a return- letter or return-envelope similar, somewhat, to the return cards now in use.

Charity stamps are multiplying. According to the El Colecionislo of Bogota, Argentina is coming forth with an edition of 500,000 two centavo stamps for a beneficiary fund. Holland is also expected to make a similar issue, and if indications are true other countries will soon follow. These stamps form a class by themselves and will make a pretty collection." It must be remembered, though, that not all are good for postage and hence, that some of them are out of place in a postage stamp collection.

Public libraries and museums are beginning to give more attention to postage and other stamp collections than they did until the example of some of the greatest institutions of the world taught them better.

D oes Y tib ltcity Y a y th e Collector?

D y *Robt. £. ‘R a m s e yWell, I think it undoubtedly does pay, and will cite a few instances

where it has paid and how it may help our hobby in the future.We find on every hand that the greater publicity a thing is given, the

greater success it attains. The much heralded Uneeda biscuit, while not much, if any better than other brands of the same product, has, through publicity gained an almost international reputation. Certainly, when some of the leading philatelists of the country started the National Stamp Com­mittee, they knew that it would pay. The effects of th*s campaign are noted in an unexpected result from across the pond—a late number of a pub­lication from the British Isle gives quite a sarcastic paragraph about the campaign. Possibly they are sorry that they did not conceive the idea be­fore we did. Another example of publicity is the proposed International Philatelic Exhibition now under elaboration in London.

But does publicity, although it may pay collectors as a body, pay the individual collector. In many cases it does, but, like every good rule, it works the other way and sometimes does him no material good.

I will first give some personal experiences in which publicity has not been profitable to me. Several months ago I made a certain free stamp offer in a few stamp periodicals. I exhausted the supply and since then have nearly discontinued stamp dealing but up to the present time I still continue to get pestersome letters from persons who evidently think that if they get my address, they have a coupon for some free stamps. Another: A few months ago 1 changed my residence and, of course, had my change of address sent to the society to which I belong. Asa result, I have received numerous unsolicited approval selections from parties who no doubt, find my name in that column of the official organ.

However, let us look at this thing from a view point that about balances all other objections—the isolated collector. Few persons can better under­stand this position than ’myself, having as yet to personally meet a fellow collector, or to look over the collection of another. To an isolated collector, publicity with the resulting correspondence, is a blessing. One can make friends, compare notes and spin yarns, all through the medium of the post.

The mere publishing of your name a few times will give it a limited publicity and get you in touch with men from all states and they become your friends. At least that is the way I look at it. I consider a collector with whom I correspond, a friend, uutil I find him to be otherwise. 1 am glad to state that, though 1 have corresponded with numbers, I have found few "bad eggs.”

If you have stamps that you do not need, you can, by publicity, find a man in the same fix and “swap.”

Surely no person wants to live his entire philatelic life in his own gar­ret, so the sooner that he decides it will pay him to come forth among men of his own kind, the greater will be bis enjoyment.

As a friend of mine, by correspondence only, has said, “you get in touch with a tine set of fellows.” That is it.

JVorbuay f r o m th e 'Beginning(Continued.)

Design.—Head of King Oscar I. to left within a circle of beads. At top, “ Norge,” at the sides “ Frimaerke,” at foot the value of the stamp in words, with a numeral of value in each of the bottom corner of the stamp.

Printing Paper, &c.—The si amps were produced by. typography, in sheets of 100 stamps (ten rows of ten), the paper used being a handmade “wove” , white to yellowish, and varying in thickness. The gum is some­times white, sometimes yellow.

Perforation 13.Watermark.—Strictly speaking, the stamps are unwatermarked, but

there was a watermarking of the margin of the sheet in the form of a double frame the whole sheet, with a lion in each of the four corners. Occasiou- ally, a stamp from the corner of a sheet may be found showing a portion of the watermarked lion.

Varieties.-The issue is remarkable for its immunity from errors and varieties. The 4 skilling stamp has been catalogued without perforation, and though many single specimens are known in this condition, it would be more satisfying if one could see an imperforate pair. So far as we are aware no such pair exists.

Again the 4 skiliing value is said to have been cut in half, and each half used as a stamp of 2 skillngs, pending the issue of a regular stamp of that value. Nothing could be more feasible than this, but one would like to see a postmarked specimen on the original envelope. Three varieties which would appear to be above suspicion are the following: —

3 sk. without the stop after “Skilling.”4 sk. with an apostrophe after “Fire.”8 sk. without “ I” of Frimaerke” at the right.The first of this is chronicled by Mr. B. W. H. Poole; the others by Mr.

A. H. Harrison. With regard to the first named stamp the curious fact must be mentioned that in the 2, 4, and 8 skilling stamps the white stops, oi dots, before and after the white stops, or dots, before and after the incsrip- tion of value, are placed on a level with the center of the lettering, while in the 3 skilling stamp they are level with the bottom of the inscription. There are certain very minor varieties to be found in the for-raton of letters, and so on, but these are mere defects of printing which one must hunt for with a microscope. The most interesting variations that the issue can offer are those of colour. There is a fine range of shades to be found, epeclally, in the 3 and 8 skilling stamps. It is well however, to make sure that “shades” and “fades” are not confounded.

As a postscript regarding the second Norwegian issue (the head of King Oscar I.) it may be well to say a word as to postmarks, as these so frequent­ly have an important bearing on the subject. In the beginning the Nor­wegian postal officials were ordered (by a decree dated January 15th, 1855) to obliterate the stamps on envelopes passing through the post by means of a fluted cancellation impressed in black. This appears to have been unsatis­factory, for a little over a year afterwards—1. e., on January 26th, 1856-an order was issued that all cancelling stamps then in use should be returned to headquarters at Christiana, and new ones would be supplied. Pending the

delivery of the new postmarkers, the stamps were to be cancelled by means of dare-stamps. Thus it happens that the stamps of the first two issues of N’orway are to be found obliterated in one or other of the following ways:

ia) by a fluted cancellation;(b) by an ordinary date stamp, or(c) by the new form of cancelling stamp (a number within coocentric

circles) supplied to the postmasters at some time during 1850. The strip of three 8 skilling King’s Head stamps illustrated this week show the last de­scribed cancellation very clearly. The figures “25” would represent the official number given to some particular Norwegian post office, it being laid down in the regulations that there should be a distinctive number for each post town or postal district. We hope at some future time to complete our enquiries as to the places these various numbers referred to. In some of the smaller post offices in Norway this form of postmark is in use down to the present day.

THE THIRD ISSUE (1863-86).The Norwegian people, never very much in love with the idea of the

dual kingdom, were not at all unanimous in approving the stamps bearing the head of King Oscar I. Demands for a design typifying Norwegian nationality were frequent, and when the issue of 1863-66 came to be ordered the authorities bowed to the wishes of the public and reverted to the “arms” type of postage stamp. The design chosen, however, was a very much better on than that useed for the first issue. The name of country, “ Norge,” was introduced at the head of the stamp, the arms of the country being more boldly presented.

In the block of four 24 skilling stamps of this type, it is not possible to point to the minor varieties of this series. For this purpose enlarged illus­trations would be necessary. There are four distinct types of each value of the set; but before describing these it will be as well to give the following particulars of the issues as a whole:

Date of Issue: August 31st, 1863.Design: A portion of the arms of Norway on a shield; at top of stamp,

“Norge” ; at bottom the value, «ith numerals of value given only once; at leftside, “Frimaerke” reading upwards.

Values and Colours:2 skilling yellow, pale yellow.2 ” orange yellow, deep orange yellow.3 ” grey-lilac (shades).4 ’’ blue, light amd dark, milky blue, ultramarine.8 ” rose, carmine rose, pinky rose.24 ” brown, light and dark; chestnut brown.

Paper: A hand-made wove.Printing: Lithography.Perforation: 14% horizontal, 13>£ vertical.Now to properly explain the types of this issue it is necessary to give

details of the method of printing. The firm entrusted with the work (Schwenzen’s Lithographic Works, Christiana (printed the stamp in sheets of 100 specimen, the design being transferred to the lithographic stone in blocks of four.

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tShe F etch in g F a d o f S ta m p CollectingWhen a hard-headed business man invests a million dollars in thirty

years in a collection of postage stamps, he gives that enterprise a standing entitling it to serious consideration. And when such personages as the czar, the Prince of Wales, the crown prince of Sweden, the queen of Italy, the king of Spain, the Earl of Crawford, to say nothing of Rudyard Kipling and scores of other distinguished people, who find entertainment in collecting stamps, or “philately,” the pastime clearly proves that, the term “stamp craze” is now obsolete.

Stamp collecting seems the most permanent of its class. From time to time new collections spring up, having a few months, or years of popularity, and fade away, but stamp collecting, like the brook goes on forever. Not long ago an effort was made to take the philatelic census of the world. It was found that more than two million persons are engaged in collecting stamps.

In the United States and Canada there are believed to be 525,000: in Germany, 500,000; in Austria-Hungary, 125,000; in Russia, Scandinavia. Spain, Portugal, Italy and the Balkan States combined 75,000; in Great Britain, 375,000; in France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands combined, 350.000; while the rest of the world, including Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Asia contributes 75,000.

In Germany the national pastime is stamp collecting. A census o* stu­dents in a German College show that the majority of them are philatel­ists, and the proportion among instructors is equally large. Great Britain, in proportion to population is but slightly behind Germany. London is the philatelic metropolis of the world.

A Boston collector who was recently in this city remarked that as a boy he had been an ardent philatelist. As a young man, actively engaged in business, he had been obliged to lay aside his collection. One evening how- ever, while at the home of a friend who brought out an album of stamps for his edification, the old fever boke out; he could hardly wait to get home and institute a search for the laid-away collection. Its discovery brought him greater joy, he said, than the finding of a package of government se­curities. Forthwith he plunged into the enterpise again spending money- freely to obtain stamps that in the ordinary course he would have secured during the years his collection was out of commission.

Dealers tell of instances where dealers, hard pressed for funds, or who may have for the moment lost interests in the hobby, have offered them for sale, but at the last moment when viewing their philatelic treasures, have recanted and submitted to other deprivation rather than part with their stamps. Often incidents connected with the obtaining of a stamp make it especially precious too tthe owner.

Stamp collecting appeals with special force to the person of studious bent. Every stamp stands for something io addition to its face value, if unused or the mere fact that it has performed postal duty, if used. Our two cent stamp bears a perfect portrait of the father of our country, and gives the date of his birth and death.

(To Be continued.)

S om e P h ila telic VicK-ttps

B y ’Dijcort'S H f H .The condition 0/ the government postal service in the fifties Unwell jn.

stanced by an advertising card of the well known local mail conccrn[of Blood Co., of Philadelphia, which says:

“Though Bloods, the passage,The only way

To send a message Three times a day.”

Not only did the government delivery service give less frequent service but the collections were not handled with anywhere near as much prompt­ness as were those of the local post. This is testified to by another of these silps which says:

“Postage was good Dispatche was better,

It was through Blood's I sent my letter.”

An eastern dealer recently offered a specimen of the Nova Scotia, one shilling at 322. As the catalogue value is 3100, it would seem from this and other recent quotations that the stamp is overpriced.

In this connection the thought also occurs that with the spirit of fadism that there seems to be in philately of recent years that with the increased demand for “ King’s Heads.,” the desire for the older issue of colonials may have fallen off. Ten years ago from 375 to $90 for a Nova Scotia shilling was a common auction price. A specimen in Drew’s auction of March 25, 1895, realized the latter price.

An exceedingly scarce reprint of the Mulready envelope exists, which was made in 18*59. No value appears on it, but instead appears, “ Impressed from original brass block, 1869.”

A new design in the insurance stamps of New Zealand, has appeared. The letters V. R. have vanished, the lettering, “ Life Insurance,” is larger and the design has been redrawn and shows out bolder.

The new Grenada stamps of the one penny value, eome in sheets of 120 stamps, in two panes of sixty, while the * d, 2d and 2J d values come in sheets of sixty only, ten rows of six stamps being a sheet.

Medals for London Exhibition.—The Prince of Wales has offered two medals, one of gold and the other of silver for the best exhibits by ladies at the London Philatelic Exhibition to be held the last of May. The “offi­cial” medal will have upon one side a portrait of the Prince of Wales and upon the other the arms of London. With the arms will be allowed space to insert a name of medal winner and class entered. Indications point to a very successful affair.—Stamp News Weekly.

Q uestions relative to stamps wilt be answered in this column free of charge to subscribers.

All questions must be sent to the above address and a 2c stamp must accompany each lette’’ con­taining'questions. When stamps are sent for examination, return postage must be included beside the fee above provided for.

B y L. C . D o r pat* 'Bojc 3 7 , a y s id e , '€Ots(Continued )

You would look them up in you catalogue and there you would And that most of them were marked at 1 to 5 cents each and a few only 10c to a dol­lar. Upon closer inspection you would see that your catalogue lists varieties of several of them at twice to ten times the price of the common stamp. Would you not gladly accept the distinction your catalogue makes? And would you not forthwith go to work to see how many of these scarcer varie­ties you could find? And suppose, in looking for the catalogued varieties you would And some other varieties among your stamps quite as marked as those which the catalogue mentions but of which the catalogue told you nothing. Would you not at once claim the discovery and try to make as much of it as you could? Well, that’s about the way the thing goes. If you don’t And that supposed letter file, you may buy an old collection ora pound or two of “unpicked” stamps, and there you may goon a hunt. That old colection is a queer thing, though, and if you do not look out you may get a couple of counterfeits into your own good and new collection without knowing it. To guard against these it is a good plan to study all varieties of genuine stamps: that will do a great deal in helping to prepare you for detecting counterfeits. But, of course, if you have not the time for all this, or if you do not like it, there is no power in the philatelic or any other world that will compel yon to do it. On the other hand, if one would start out running from dealer to dealer in order to bring together as many varie­ties of a stamp, catalogued or uncatalogued, as may exist, paying any price the dealers may ask, and if he would do that without a very good general knowledge of stamps; then we may predict with pretty good certainty that his collection will never amount to very much and whenever he will try to sell it, he will And that there is not much of a market and that many a penny has left him which he will never see again. In short, please yourself, but do not blame others, if you are too Ia/.y to think what becomes you best. Do your own reasoning and let others do theirs. Buy that only, the value of which is well established, but if you have anything which you think is rarer than the common price suggests, keep it, and see what the future de­velops. What is good for one, may be bad for the other; therefore, know yourself and know your stamps: then the reasons will appear of themselves. If posts count for anything, we may consider the way some of the most cele­brated collections were made, the Topling collection and the collection of Count Ferrary, for instance. Both have more than one stamp of a kind. They have many uesd and unused, and there are varieties that are catalogued and some that are not In some cases there are perhaps a dozen copies of the same stamp, each differing in some particular from all the others. Mr. Topling however was, and Count Ferrary is of great wealth. Where we co mmoD collectors have to look to the penny, these men could spend a dollar

or a pound. Another instance is Mr. Andrelm’s collection that has recently been sold at auction in New York. This, too, was rich in varieties and by do means limited to catalogue numbers. When a collection like that is sold, it brings a pretty big sum, but it cost a good deal too, and not money only, either. The owner is a careful student of stamps, and in forming his mag- nificent collection was careful to weigh the reasons in each particular case, whether it was worth while to get this or that copy of a stamp. We may be pretty sure though, that neither of these men began collecting with minor vaieties. The natural way to proceed seems to be this: First get one stamp of a kind and, after you are somewhat advanced, then add varieties and subvarieties as circumstance may suggest. I have answered this query at length, because I think there is a good deal that may bewilder the beginner, if he will not try to see both sides and consider them from his own stand­point. I admit though, that I have not exhausted the topic, and I think it can not be exhausted, except by indivdual treatment from all collectors.

274. What a>-e chalk-surfaced stamps?—The recent issues of British stamps are so designated, also some of the old Russian and old German stamps and, I think some of the old Belgians. Whether the process of making them is quite the same in all cases I cannot tell, but the effect is essentially the same. Before the stamps are printed the face of the paper is coated with a layer of chalk and glue soluble in water. Theoolor will there­fore, not adhere to the paper, but to the coat of chalk and any attempt to wash the cancellation from one of these stamps after it was used, will result in washing the whole stamp away, i. e. the stamp design, leaving the paper blank. Great care must be taken when paper is to be soaked from the back of such a stamp. The way to do this which I have found best is this: Lay your stamp face up on a piece of vet blotting-paper and hold it down with a piece of dry blotting-paper. After the paper on the back is sufficiently moistened, bring the stamp face down on a dry smooth surface—a china plate will do well or a piece of glass—then take a smooth-edged knife and carefully scrape the paper from the back, beginning in the center of the stamp and working outwardly to the edges. Be careful, lest any moisture come to the face of the stamp, or let the stamp be soaked too much as to loosen the layer of chalk and glue from the paper of the tsamp—else you may lose your stamp. Many a nice specimen, no doubt, has been spoiled by throwing it into water. The same process as for these stamps may be recommended for all stamps which are printed in fugitive or soluable colors, because they all lose much by soaking. We might say they are hydrophobic.

275. A collector "of moderate means" is horrified at the high prices of some U. S. stamps —the l cent type I. of 1851, the 90 cents of 1857, the whole "first issue" of 1861, some embossed stamps and the "reissues" of 1875—and desires advice how to proceed best, so that the unattainable stamps may not bother him and that he may, while leaving them out, yet enjoy the collec­tion of U. S. stamps. What is the best way to proceed?—Collectors "of moderate means" are most of us; there are very few who can or will invest thousands upon thousands of dollars and few who will invest hundreds or even tens; most of us are content if we have a nickel, or a dime occasionally a dollar to give away for our hobby. Hence the above question concerns most of us. Besides that some of the stamps mentioned are so rare that there are not enough*to go'around, even if#we all had plenty of money to pay

for all of them, and there surely is plenty of enjoyment in collecting the common stamps of our country of which there is quite a number.

One difficulty arises from the printed albums and catalogues, which number or provide spaces for the rare stamps as for the common. Is there any reason why a collector should become the slave of Iris album or his cata­logue? I think not. It is all very well that such things as the three types of the 1c 1851 are mentioned, and it were a good thing if more was men­tioned than what there is, hut it is not at all necessary that we should fol­low the plans mapped out by others and that we should feel unhappy, if we see we cannot. The spaces in our albums which are provided for the very rare and costly stamps may as well be filled and occupied—at least tempo­rarily—by tine specimens of common ones. We may pick out the several shades, select some especially clear cancellations, or adopt any stamp, that appears to differ from the others of its kind, for a space tiller. If later on we happen to get one of the rarer stamps, placed in its proper position. The distinctions as made in the catalogues are by no means the only ones that can be made, and the catalogued rarities are not the only ones either. For instance, in picking over a lot of a thousand or two of the 3c green 1870 to 1882 we may not only find the National prints embossed and without emboss­ing, the Continental prints and the American prints. There are varieties of embossing, ahades of color, varieties of paper and some differences in-the engraving (possibly due to the wearing uf the plates) which are marked enough to merit attention. Taking all into consideration we may tind some 15 to 25 stamps of this one value and one design of which no two are quite alike in all details. When a large hinge is used for fastening the stamps, short notes as to the character of the stamps may be made on the hinges. Such a collection will no doubt prove interesting to the philatelist, and when it comes to the consideration or value there will be something in it too. perhaps more than was expected. With the lc it is about the same as with the 3c, and 10c is also prolific in minor varieties. In fact, any stamp that was printed and used in great quantities will show differences, because in time different plates, different printings, different inks, papers, workmen, etc., become necessary iin their manufacture, aDd there is more pleasure and credit in detecting these than in worrying over unattainable rarities. With most of us there is the fault of longing for that which is far off and neglect­ing that which is near at hand. My advise would be: Look over your com­mon or cheap stamp and see what you can make out of them, specialize them and find as many minor varieties as you can. Possibly in a year or two your minor variety, which you got for less than a cent, may be aatalogued at a dollar. Then you will be glad that you have it. If not, nothing is lost. Your spaces were filled, your book looked better and you had pleasant em­ployment whilst you were learning to know your stamps On the the other hand, if you let others do the work for you, you will have to pay them for it —and who knows—the stamp that today is listed as a valuable variety may next year be dropped from the list, and, if you have bought it, you will think you were abused. Years ago much was made of the stamps of Belgium with the country’s name misspelled “ Belgigue” or “ Belgique” for "Bel­gique” and a dollar each was asked for these “errors” ; today they are near­ly forgotten, and prices for them are rarely quoted.

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J 'o m e H ints to V otin g C o llecto rs

!’B y M a r io S , 'R oigTo Develop Watermarks.—Some methods exist to develop watermarks, the

commoner is»by benzine cup but such watermarks as those of Hungary and of any stamps heavily cancelled it is not sufficient to use the benizne cup to develop. The better method consists of obtaining a photograph of same. All necessary for it is a printing frame, usual photographic paper and bright sun. Place the stamp, preferably face downwards, on the paper in the frame, expose it to the sun and the portion bearing the watermark being thinner allows the rays of light to penetrate more rapidly through the sensi­tized surface and a distinct, photograph of watermark is the result.

Of course there will be no necessity of wasting time with stamps whose watermarks can be seen with the nuked eye or by ordinary aids.

How some stamps become valuable: Tears do not make any stamp val­uable. An example ot this is in the stamps of Great Britain 1840 1 penny red. This is a common stamp because it was in continuous use for several years and millions of them were printed. A case such as this occurs in some stamps of rhe D. S. of the second and third issues.

Stamps whose issue have been limited as to number and time of service are naturally scarce and become valuable for the simple reason that there is not enough to go among ail stamp collectors in the world. Some stamps that for some reason are withdrawn soon after issue is sure to become valua­ble, as an old one in the stamp of Cuba of 1878-79 and 1880 10 centavo are very valuable.

Something about esssays: The very definition of essays is ' ’The essays in property defined as a stamp not accepted by the government for whose use it was designed. But it is not a truthful definition, because the regular issue of stamps of “United States” printed by “ the Continental National Bank” are catalogued by some firms and for sale as regular issues. We can­not see exactly what position these kind of stamps occupy. They were re­jected for a permanent issue, some’thousands of each was returned to this government, sold through the Washington post office and used. These can’t be considered as ESSAYS. They are as regular ns ever was made, minor varieties perhaps, but never essays. I have already said that such could not be considered as essays and not exist. The entire issue was sold and used.

But the American Banknote Company may have had a lot of them on hand to turn over to the government and these amy have been given to some one at a later date, but it only occurs in the 90 cent 1869 inverted, and exists, and some have called it an essay.

Cuba 1899 2c United States surcharged for Cuba for same value number 222. Some collectors asked me about the varieties that exist in this stamp I have to say that some catalogue editors number three (3) varieties, a. 2c on 2c red. b. Cupa. c. surcharge inverted, but exist two more varieties, lc period between B. and A. and pair one without surcharge. This last is one of tthe more scarce variety in Cuba.

The nine stars on the stamps of Bolivia have a significance. Each one stands for one of the nine states of Bolivia.

F is c a l or F oreign *Ret>enxiesI have been requested to write something original. My line is foreign

revenue stamps, used with a firm cancellation, if possible, otherwise the best I can get hold of. Do not imagine they are so very easy to get. The aver­age dealer does not handle them, so you have to strike out on your own account. It is a stand off between revenues and postage. B<Jth have been issued in plenty. Scarce ones you find in either kind. But I guarantee that those which are rated scarce now io the revenue line will be a good article in time to come. Foreign revenue collecting is gaining friends every day. I have inquiries in plenty about them. Take a hint. Start a collec­tion of them. Some are in beautiful designs, colour, etc. By them you can study a nation’s welfare. The taxation imposed on all kinds of material and for diversified purpose to grind out income for the running of a govern­ment’s various departments.

Nearly all of them have heraldrick emblems and also a closer native appearance. Very often you are at a loss when this particular fiscal was issued, except you know the monetary system of the different countries.

Languages come also into play. You know what snuff, matches, beer, etc., means in the English language, but how about in Russian, Spanish or French, etc. Enough has been said. Think it over and become another collector of foreign fiscal stamps. By the way, U. S. revenues will be on the list too. A postage stamp is in some sense a tax. Without the payment your letter would not go very far in the U. S. Revenues are very close con­nected. They are simply used for other purpose. The income goes to the government in both cases. You find postage stamps made into revenues and vice versa.

It is also interesting to note that a good many surcharges come on reve­nues giving often a guide to detect counterfeits.

The first revenue stamps, like postage stamps, were already used over 200 years in England. These were the so-called deed-stamps and were used first in 1694. They are original in the make up. They had a piece of 'ead in the center impressed, covered with a stuker showing the initial of the King.

The high price paid for revenues and telegraphs are founded on the real scarcity. Of some are not many known. Should revenues boom, they could not be had at the price of a British Guinea, 1850 4 cents yellow.

The nature of the thing, revenues cannot be so plentiful as postage, also some are common enough. But I doubt very much if they will be ever sold by the pound, like the common under the name, “Continentals.”

Interesting are the provisionals Clrass-Sothringen. The French revenue of that time with a round surcharge covering 4 stamps. Remember, special issues telegraph stamps are nearly a closed chapter. About a thousand Id all to make a collection complete. Why not try?

Collectors will be afforded a rare opportunity by the decision of TurkeX to withdraw from circulation over a million and a half of Thqpsalian stamp of reds, blue, green and other colors. According to the Figare, the ambas­sador of the Porte of Vienna has received Instructions to place the whole collection en sale, the price placed on them being only 1,600 pounds.

A Page from U nited Stam p Co’s.'Auction Catalogue

Rev. Ewell, Anoka, Minn. L. H. Lederer, Norfolk, Nebr.

Small collection of Shells.

Don R. Davis, Lowell, A rk, M rs, Geo. Baum, P a t te rso n , N. J . Tw o la rg e ca rd collectors, Mrs. Baum hav ing la rges t in U nited S ta tes .

Exhib it of N orthw estern School of TaxerWm*. rx , „ . , ^w ™ «,„* • L ,, , m3 . Omaha, a t Portland ExpositionWon first prize of all other sim ilar Exhibits .

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found on one Indian Mound in New York.

See Article on T h e Buffalo 42 3'ears afro, in th is issue.

■‘fMv, Old ra re Chinese coins, see last number.

Taken from a page o f M oorhead’s Prehistoric Relics.

C U R I ODEPARTMENT

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By ROY FAREELL GREENE.Dr, W. J. Holland, director of the Carnegie museum in Pittsburg,

Penn., who was appointed some weeks ago to arrange for a preliminary meet­ing of representatives of all the museums of importance jn both North and South America, has announced that the meeting will be held on May 15, in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

Mrs. John A. Logan, some months ago addressed Gov. Deneen, of Illi- nuis tendering her valuable historical collection, now in her home in Wash­ington, D. C., to the State of Illinois. Gov. Deneen wrote a letter of thanks to Mrs, Logan for her generous offer, and told her he would try and induce the next legislature to vote funds and authorize the building of a permanent home, by the state, for the Lcgan collection.

METEORITES—Meteorites are pretty evenly distributed over the earth’s surface, though more of them fall near the equator than elsewhere, and the largest have been found in tropical countries. Meteoric dust can be found on many mountains.

PLATINUM—The platinum bed in the Ural Mountains are the only ones in the world in which that mineral is found in grains. In several places it is to be found imbedded in the hard, serpentine rock, but only in the Ural region is the mineral found in grains.

Prof, C. N. Gouid, of the Territorial University, Norman, Oklahoma, recently purchased, for the university, the McGee geoiogiacl library, cohsist- iog of about 1,500 volumes, and the books have been installed at the univer­sity, The library was the property of H. C. McGee, one of the members of the United States Geological Survey.

George R. Gilllspie, of Mississippi, visited in Oklahoma City, Okla., a lew weeks ago with his brother, .1. W. Giiilspie, according to an Oklahoma City daily paper, and during his stay he made his brother who is a collector oi coins, a present of a couple of Georgia $2.50 gold pieces. The coins had been dug up by a negro in Mississippi, about two mcaoths before, while pre­paring a bed for asparagus. George R. Gillisple purchased the coiDS from the negro, having in mind at the time their presentation to his brother in Okla­homa. The latter after keeping the coins for a fortnight sold one of them it is said, to B. N. Brooks, of Washington, D. C. for $150. A short time later F. E. Ellis, representing the St. Louis Stamp and Coin company, ar­

rived in Oklahoma city, having heard of the coins, and the daily paper says he made Mr. Gil lispie an offer of more than Brooks paid for the remaining coin, an offer which the owner refused to accept. The newspaper further adds that Mr. Gillispie is arranging to go to Mississippi to search for more •of the coins, expecting to unearth a buried treasure.

Botanical Department of Carnegie Institute.—Dr. Daniel Trembly, of New York, accepted a few weeks ago the appointment as director of the ■newly created department of botanical research established by the Carnegie Institute of New York City. To accept the position he resigned as assistant ■director of the New York botanical gardens. A desert reservation in Ari­zona. which is attached to the Carnegie institute, is to be the field of Dr. •McDougal’s work and immediately after accepting the position he went there ito remain at least until the the first of May. Godfrey Sykes, a civil engi neer of Flagstaff, Ariz., was made superintendent of the desert reservation and extensive scientific investigations are to be there conducted, by the director and a staff of assistants that will probably extend over several years.

The Colorado School of Mines, located at Golden, Colo., is, from news­paper reoorts, to maintain in the future a department of research. Among other things the new department, the first at any American mining school, will take up the study of the rare metals found in the state, will investigate Colorado coals with regard to their abiity to stand shipment, will study the Colorado clays and their relation to the pottery and cement industries, will investigate the (ensile and crushing strength of ail Colorado building mater­ials, and will take up, as well, the work of geological survey in various un­developed sections of the state.

Kansas Mastodon Remains.—Prof. C. H- Sternberg, of Lawrence, Kan­sas, acting for the American museum of natural history, of New York City, purchased last month the mastodon remains which were discovered and ex­humed near Buffalo, Kans., iu August, 1904. by A. N. Eagle The specimen is said to be the finest yet found in Kansas, the bones being in a good state of preservation. The lower jaw, which is thirty inches long, show the teeth in p.ocesss of shedding. The tusks are about nine feet long, having a compound curve up and out, and are eight inches in diameter at the mid­dle. Prof. M. E. Canty read a paper before the last meeting of the Kansas Academy of science, giving a full account of the mastodon find. It was largely through his efforts that these fossil remains were put in a museum where they will receive proper care.

New Zealand Specimens.—The government of New Zealand not long ago made a present to the United States government of twelve of that country’s most interesting birds, and four rare lizards, which specimens reached the Unitedd States on the steamship “Sierra,” landing at San Francisco some weeks ago, and were from there forwarded to Washington. According to newspaper report the gift of New Zealand included four kiwes, four Maori hens, four Kea parrots, and four tenatara lizards. All the specimens are peculiar in New Zealand, it is said, and for this reason, if no other, will be prized by the government curator.

Trade Dollars—Trade dollars were authorized February 12th, 1813. They weigh 420 grains and are 900 fine. There were 35,965,964 coined. Coinage was discontinued Feb. 22, 1878.

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*By jE. "R. S le in bru ecK .‘Lost Art Found is Lost Again,” in “ WEST” of April 30, 1906 calls

for a comment. The art of making flint arrowheads is not lost. I know a gentleman who can make arrowheads in the same manner, as the Indians did. The Indians used flat bones, bones split for the purpose and softened in hot grease We call such bone implements “drippers’’. I know exactly how Hint arowheads made, but won’t tell, because there are too many Indiaa relic fakes now in circulation, although there is, as I understand, a U. S. line on imitating Indian relics. The Smithsonian report of 1864 or 1885 gives a description of the ancient manner of breaking, splitting and shaping rode or pebbles, preparing them for the final dripping. After the chips are shaped they are chipped by the use of a piece of hide and the softened bone chipper, of which I have a quantity to sell. They are all Mandan Indian make from the time 20 to 40 years previous to Lewis and Clarks expedition.I won’t buy or exchange or accept any Indian relics from any body, unless from reliable men. I even know of Indian relics made iu our own town. The Indians do the tanning of the cow, or dog, or horse hide and that’s all. The white woman does the sewing and the “ Indian” beadwork. And these articles are sold to trancient tender-feet for the genuine article” . It’s the same or similar way the world over.

All the western Indian relics either in my private collection or hoarded up for the State Museum at Bismark, N. D., have been dug by myself or under my supervision at. the ancient pre-historic Indian village sites in the neighborhood of the Heart river, called in Indian, and by Lewis and Clark “Chisshetaw” which means heart, because the Indians thought here were the centers or the heart of the world.

M aKtTig S a l t ^ y lm o n g th e In d ia n j-By W. II. Plank.

Scattered through th3 various low spots of Missouri, Arkansas, Ken­tucky and southern Illinois are found salt springs or salt licks of the pioneer.

When Daniel Boone first came to Missouri he found in Cooper, Boone, Saline and St. Louis quite a number of the “licks” . Here, at early dawn, concealed in the thick underbrush lay the hunter waiting for the deer or bear to come for his taste of salt. He rarely failed to get his weeks supply of game.

Out the hunter, aod the hunted were not the only ones to seek this most desirble of all minerals. The early Indian not only knew of these springs but he made a particular vessel for the evaporating the water from the salt. The pans were very large—some 24 inches in diameter and shallow. They were made both pfcin and decorated. Fine specimens of these vessels may be seen in some of the natural history museums in St. Louis.

Indian Medals.—Mr. C. L. McClung possesses one of the seven medals given to the chiefs of the Seven Great Indian Nations by the government during President Madison’s administration. It is valned at 81,200.

T he "Bti/ifcito 4 2 t f e a r j A g o

"By T . S . H ttchcocK .As regards the photo of the monument to the departed buffalo, 1 will

give you a short sketch of my trip up the Missouri river in 1864. I went by steamer from St. Louis to Ft. Berton, which the pilot said was three thous­and two hundred and sixty- miles. We were three months on the river, owing to low water and accidents.

Sioux City was the last town north on the Missouri river. It had only One street, and most of the houses were on the w«st side, and not more than twenty or thirty of them. On the opposite side was one drug store, a meat market and a church, but the only use made of the church was for the quar­tering of General Sulley’s soldiers, who were preparing to go up the river overland on the east side. We were there three or four days.

The town was of no importance except as a trading post.Gen. Sulley told us we had better wait till he was ready to go, as he

had been informed that the Indians were trying to stop all white men going to their country and killing all of their buffalos. But we did not wait as we were told it would be two or three weeks before they started. Our next stop was at Ft. Randall on the west side of the river. Yankton was an Indian agency, with a trading store and a small stockade fort. I think the townsite for Yankton was being laid that spring or possibly the year-before, 1863. This was in April. The weather was warm and pleasant. After we passed Ft. Randall, we commenced to see buffalo. They commence to go north from their winter home down in the Indian Territory in February, and journey along by slow degrees till they reach their summer home to breed. In passing through Wyoming we saw thousands of them, still travel­ing north. Sometimes we encountered such heavy droves crossing the river above us we would have to stop the boat to let them pass, as they would not turn aside for no steamboat. They owned the right of way. On one such occasion we dropped a rope from the bow of the lower deck over the head and horns of one and hauled him on deck. At another time we captured in the same wav a calf weighing 300 lbs—he was good eating.

We shot one bull buffalo which measured from the bottom of his fore foot to the top of his hump 1 feet. I measured him with a pocket tape line I carried. He was the largest I ever saw, and I saw many thousands.

The Bruile Siouxs at Ft. Berthold made boats of the Buffalo skins-I saw hundreds of them. Their best tepees were made of the hides also. The Indians depend more on the buffalo for their sustenance than all other ani­mals. He furnishes food, clothing and shelter, and it is no wonder he wanted to keep the white man out.

I saw one grand sight I shall never forget. It was late one afternoon of a bright clear sunny day. The sun had just gone down behind a high range of mountains just south oi the Black Hills in Wyoming, leaving the eastern side m shadow. Up the easy grade could be seen a long line of buffalos. On the crest of this, wholly denuded of timber, there was a gap. It must have been a narrow one, as bbt one animal at a time was seen going through. The grand sight was to see each one silhouetted against the bright

red sky beyond the mountain, in the'sunset land. Each one as he passed through looked as large"as an elephant.

We arrived at Ft. Benton on the 20th of July, 1864, three . months on the Missouri river. It was a good summer outing. We hunted and fished to our hearts content—buffalo, elk, wolves, bighorns, (mountain sheep). Indians we did not hunt—they hunted us, but they did not get us. All there was of Ft. Benton was two stockades of the two fur traders, Shoto, and LaBarge, of St. Louis. A steamer came up every spring when the water was highest, and carried away the peltry, all kinds of skins that had been brought in during the year past Shoto and La Barge were rivals, but the ormer had the most money and won out.

Alt hail to the Bison, though his glory hath departed, he still holds a place in the memory of those-who have seen him on his native heath. He was the true son of the far west, and was not so easy to bring under subjec­tion as the red man. .

The monument shows the white man on top, who has driven out both the bison and Indian.

SICTRANSITA, GLORIA BISON.P. S.—Much more might be written, but this is enough for this time.

A wild ride through Nebraska 50 years ago, next.

Famous Franklin Portrait Reaches American Soil.—The portrait of Benjamin Franklin, from the famous gallery in Dorchester House, London, at present the residence of Ambassador Whitlaw Reid, which has been re­stored to the United States by Earl Grey, the governor general of Canada, arrived April 15 on the American line steamship St. Paul. The tin case containing the canvas was placed under the personal care of Thomas Kinsey, the purser. It was addressed: “To the Hon. President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington ” As the picture came from this country originally there was no duty paid upon it, and in the letter from the steamship company to the purser, it was stated that its value was beyond count because of the senti­ment attached -to it. In view of the bicentenary Franklin celebration soon to be held in Philadelphia, Earl Grey, who, with Countess Grey, recently was entertained in this country, thought it fitting that the picture should be restored at this time. The portrait went to England during the revolution­ary period, and became the property of a great-grandfather of the present earl, It was taken from Franklin’s home in Philadelphia. The painting has been cleaned and revarnished, and is in excellent condition. It depicts Franklin at an earlier period of his life than the generally known pictures show him. It'was forwarded to Washington without delay.

Picture Postcards.—A point for senders of pictorial cards to Holland to tea in mind, is the fact that any addition to the card forbidden by Dutch regulations. Powdered glass, say added to a snow scene to give effect of frost, or feathers gummed on to the pictorial representation of a bird, to make the plumage realistic, and such like. Cards which have these addi­tions are detained and do not reach their destination. The Dutch authori- ties have just’issued a notice calling attention to this fact.

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BY MISS MADELINE KELLER.Taking a'Cartemobilne trip to Germany we find ourselves landed at

Bremer-haven from where we go on to Rerlin and to anv city in Germany or the other countries as they chance to turn up. Our first, view is one showing the new cathedral at Metz. The chief door has the figures of apostles and prophets, upon it. was a model of the Kaiser as the prophet. Daniel. The ornamentations are very elaborate. The parish church of Wilhelmshohe the favorite summer residence of their Majesties, there is a window with the Empress’ picture as St. Elizabeth. The new cathedral at Worms is seen on one card, and one view card shows the stained glass windows containing figures of the Kaiser's seven children as cherubs. The artist used photo­graphs of the children when about six y»ars old. When the Kaiser was asked to give his permission, he is siad to have done so hesitatingly saying: his children were far too bad a lot to be displayed as cherubs since there was nothing cherubic about them, but if the Empress would consent he had no other objections.

From Greece, Athens, we see a fine card depicting the Temple Troezen, named from the King of Troezen. Many Greek legends are connected with this temple, so called pillard temple (so called from its many pillars). It is entirely surrounded by pillars, which are less immortal than the men whose memories make the soil of Athens a famous ground. Some few views depict monuments of a magnificent past scattered along Athens’ modern streets. Athens is certainly a shrine of pilgrimage for the cultured of every land and every card collector should obtain cards from this historic city.

Tho’ Plato declared the Greeks to be, or were but children in compari­son with rip-’r civilizations, yet these were very interesting people, and we have learned many things that were dark to the wise men of Athens. Its civilization is indeed old, and strange immutability seems to possess the land. It is this antiquity that lends a mystery to the people of the Nile. On one card we see a pyramid, on another a solemn temple, a next shews the Sphinx strung out upon infinity—all these affect us with the same awe that arouses

the wonder of ancient travelers. The placid reiterated forms of sculpture show long enduring time. Everybody knows how careful the people were in hewing or building tombs—the Pyramids stand as witness to this. These tombs Diodorus informs us, “ they call eternal habitations and is why the spared no magnificence in their construction; but they called tthe houses of living innc, to be inhabited only for a short time and took small care to a dorn them. These people believed in a sort of double man which hovered near Ins dead body and recieved food which was offered up by the man's relatives in the tomb. All this while the actual soul of the man was sup­posed to be going a journey down a mysterious river that flowed through the regions of death as the Nile flowed through Egypt. On the way he had to meet all suits of devils and monsters who attempted to seize him, and’to escape these it was necessary to repeat certain magic forumlae. These were collected in the so-called “ Book of the Dead,” a copy of which was com­monly buried with the corpse t.o refresh his memory during the journey. At the end of the journey the soul entered the great hall of judgment where before Osiris and 42 judges he must give an account of his life, where in sorje wav he became forever more identified with the god Osiris. Our stay at Athens is but limited, so we find ourselves on the Austrian Lloyd steamer waiting ar. the Piraens, the seaport of Athens, to take us to Constantinople. Constantinople—a name to conjure with! There is not one imagination one would think, that would not be tired by its mention. For 15000 years it. has been one of t he focal points of the world and today all eyes are again cen­tered on it, for every well informed person knows that all the squabbles and revolutions on the entire Balcan peninsula are but moves in the irresistible advance of Christianity against the stronghold of Islam. The Turk must go from Europe sooner or later; but at present he is still at Constantinople and there we shall now visit him. Many fine cards are seen from here. The Black sea and the Marmora is seen sparkling at her feet. Chicago, New York. Rome and Constantinople are situated upon the same parallel of lati­tude. Romance and mystery attach to the very word Constantinople. The mere mention of its name evokes a mirage of associations. Under its domes and minarets and mingle legends and fables as extravagant as the tales of the Arabian Nights” in the ancient world. This City was reckoned with Jerusalem, A then and Rome. The Thracian Bosphorus, on whose banks she rose. One grand view card shows Constantinople from the Bosphorus. Ilere are seen the entire cluster of cities and villages lying in the vicinity of the Bosphorus. No language can do justice to the beauty and magnificence of the site which Constantinople occupies. He who has seen it on view cards only, can never forget the sight. He to whom it is most familiar will find it impossible to describe. It is a scene of infinite variety. The frown­ing Turkish fortress of the seven towers and the many walled seraglio of the Sultans. Also the spots are seen whete stood the barracks, the mosque of the janissaries. Another card shows the bustling railway station, where arrive and whence depart the trains in direct communication with Vienna and Paris. One card shows an ancient fountain where a Turk is seen par­taking of a fresh drink. One card shows the interior of the Mosque Ohraed. For the devotions of the people there are mosques of every rite for the fold of Islam is rent by factions like other faiths—churches of many sects and synagogues for each ism.

(To be Continued.)

H in ts to "Buyers o_f O rie n ta l ^/Intiquities

"By C . W . ^ S tn d e rso n -J V e a ry(Continued).

For the same use apparently were the small figures of Horus standing upon the crocodiles but protected by the small scarab on his head, the hawk upon this shoulders, and the goddesses Isis at his back, and Nepthys and nathir upon his sides. Another class uf interesting objects are the models of toys placed in the tombs of children to ensure their happiness in the other world. Iloliow porcelain balls in two colors of enamel are perhaps the most notable of these, Egyptian weights are also of interest: they were made of various shapes and materials, usually square, round or oblong pieces of hard stone, but sometimes the heads of oxen were represented. In Roman times bronze came into use as a rule for these weights and many animals were then represented, frequently a dog lying down curled up flat on the base. Wooden pillows from the tombs are also found and of the same general shape as those still in use in the Soudan, China and Korea. Mummies of animals, fish and insects are discovered in great numbers and in most interesting wrappings for from the appearance of the mummy bundle you can tell at once what is* contained inside as the best preserved were so carefully and artistically wrapped that they actually represent the fur of the creature preserved. These symbols were of the most diverse forms. For instance, Osiris was supposed to dwell in a post and the Sytmol of thJs post became annulled now popularly known as the “ Key of the Nile other gods were believed to inhabit animals or to take the form of animals and to reveal themselves in this form and it is to this belief that we owe the preservation of so many animals which lived so long ago. Thus cows, bulls, rams, gazelles, croco­diles, cats, dogs, lions, jackals, frogs, ichneumons and monkeys, the silurius and bennu fish, the ibis, hawk, falcon and even the scarabs were made into mummies when they died and many of them had coffins specially prepared and of a proper shape to contain them after being wrapped up. Vases with suitable head-shaped covers were sometimes used to contain the bird mum­mies but the wrappings are more often decorated with pieces sewn on repre­senting the mummy within. The crocodiles’ backs are formed of pieces of mummy cloth folded and woven together thus making a fair imitation of the rough scales of the real animal. There were sorts of cemeteries in the differ­ent Nomes where the sacred animals were buried at Onibos the crocodiles are found while cats were buried at Bubastis, Sennl-hassan, Etc. The ibis graves are at Ashmunen and near Abydos. Mummy fish are found in the Fayorun and dogs and wolves are still to be obtained in the old rock tombs in the mountains near Assiont. Sometimes decorated masks belonging to mummies of dogs are found while no collector would wilfully neglect the kittens and puppies, each carefully wrapped up and often buried with their mothers. The exquisite little perfume boxes and spoons which turn up now and then form very curious cabinet pieces. The former vary in shape and often have attractive designs. Some are in the form of ducks, the wings of which can be raised and the pomade placed therein, others are formed as fish with hollows to recieve the perfume, these are of alabaster which turns black with age.

(To be continued).

^/In Odd He lie

B y £. J , D ie tr ic hWhile I and two companions were enjoying an outing trip in the vast

forests of central Wisconsin, in the autumn of 1904, we chanced to strike an old, broken down Indian wigwam, as they were inhabited decades ago. I concluded to stop and rest a short while, also hoped to be able to take a photo of the old ruins, for they are getting rather scarce in this section; but on account of the dim forest light and the lengthening shadows, it was im­possible to take one.

When investigating the site closer I noticed something lying in the brush which I thought to be one of the familiar Indian troughs, made of birch bark. However, I was quite mistaken, for on closer inspection it proved to .be a whittled seat or chair as we call such things. Now, I had never longed or cared for Indian relics before, but this odd looking, peculiar object approached my des.re in such violent manner that I decided to take it with me. The taking did not bother my conscience in the least, for I knew it did not have any owner since a long time. I cleaned the moss and old rubbish off and took it as best I could catch hold. It was no envious job to carry it, besides rifle and hunting ax, tor miles through the woods back to camp. Oh dear! how I was mocked and jested by my companions, for the old thing was mouldy and soaked from its exposed position in the woods. Soon I had to shoulder it. then change to left, then under one arm, nest under the other and“so on, to it came the undesired fact that it grew rather dark. However, all evils have an end once. I slept so much the better on my balsam boughs that night

Now it is dried out, of clean appearance and occupies a place in my den where everyone who associates with me can see It and in every case admires it. To give a description of its form: Originally it had been a rock elm block 37 inches long. This they hollowed out leaving only a 2 3 inch shell, the rest is 19 inches and the back 18. The diameter at the bottom is 15 inches, six inches up it is but 13 inches, where the elevated band runs it is again 15 inches, six inches, up again but 13 and at the seat 15. The band is 3 inches wide highest in the middle, sloping both ways, it runs all around the chair. The seat is from another piece tightlv fitted into the hollow. The back is very thin, hollowed out just to tit, all whittled inside and but. At the center they had to patch it once, which they done in an awkward style using big nails and splitting the main piece. But that does not mar the curio very much. Where the bark extends off from the seat there is a grip, which gives a firm hold in moving the chair.

The whole chair is so perfectly systematic and accurately whittled that one cannot but admire the skillful work, which to perform must have taken months of careful labor. The chair fits perfectly, and the comfort and ease felt when sitting in it cannot be excelled by the most expensive rocker of modem time. In fact, it serves me as a rocker, of course it rocks only side­ways. How tine a specimen it would be for an Indian corner or any prehis­toric collection Doubtless I am envied Its fortunate possession as much as lam proud of owning such a rare curio.

[EDITOR'S NOTE—Our readers are invited to contribute interesting item s, articles, etc to this Dept- Also reports of new discoveries of m ines and minerals. All letters addressed to the editor at Glendive. Mont , w ill be answered as far as possible in this dept.—Forest Gaines J

The recent investigations hy the U. S. Geological Survey of the black sands of the Pacific slope, have added greatly to the production of the rare metal, platinum, in this country. The department sent out bulletins, ask­ing for samples of black sand and several hundred were received with the result that several new localities of the metal were discovered.

Until these localities were discovered, platinum was becoming very scarce in this country Formerly, most of the supply of the metal came from Russia, but the recent war in which Russia was engaged with Japan, tended materially to reduce the exports of the metal. Consequently we see the reasons for the investigations undertaken by the U. S. government. The increase in this country in the annual output, is from 110 ounces in 1903 to 200 ounces in 1904. The average price was about $21 per ounce, making this metal more valuable than gold.

The supply of platinum in the U. S. all came from the states of Cali­fornia and Oregon, as operations have been suspended in the Rambler copper mine in Wyoming. The imports of platinum into the U. S. during 1905, showed a decline of more than 8000 ounces, due to European control of the supply. The metal is used in various chemical operations, a it. is not affected by acids.

Vessels which recently arrived in Galveston harbor report that, an im­mense lake of oil is found about fifty miles off the Texas coast The ships in question ploughed their way through the floating oil for three hours. The statum on the surface of the Gulf was about two inches thick and covered an area of several miles. The oil seems to be gushing up from some subter­ranean source. Mining experts who have examined t he fields, adhere to the theory that the original lake under Texas and Louisiana has found an outlet through the Gulf. An essence of truth may be applied to this supposition from the fact that the productions of oil in the fields has fallen off nearly one million barrels in the last sixty days, despite the sinking of many new wells. The passing of time may throw further light on the mystery.

A stock company of capitalists in Ohio tnd Kentucky was lecently formed to excavate for diamonds in Elliott county, Kentucky.

Mr. David Draper, a.diamond expert, who made a fortune at Kimberly, South Africa, states that he has found unmistakable traces of extinct vol­canoes in various sections of Kentucky. He believes that far below the sur­face, the diamonds will be found in the necks of these volcanoes. When we were visiting in Southern Ohio several years ago, preliminary talk of this move was frequently to be heaid. At least there is nothing to show why the theory should not be feasible. Success to the promoters!

In o th e r In d ia n M o u n d O p en edBy F. C. Allen.

A short time ago Mr. Al Cartright and Mr. Redman of Marengo opened a mound a few miles east of here, near South Aurora. The mound was situated on one of the bluffs that line the Iowa river and about one-half mile from it. It was a small mound and they supposed it to be one of the regular burial mounds that are often found On opening it they discovered an unusual find in the method of burial and the number of skulls. As the mound was small they were not long in making their first find; which was about three or four feet from the surface. Carefully scraping the clay away, they exposed a rude circle of six skulls placed with the bases up and the faces turned towards the east. Beneath the skulis were found some arm hones. Nothing else was found in the mound. The skulls and bones were badly decayed; but several jaw oones were quite perfect. The peculiar cir­cumstance of the skulls being placed up side down and in a concise position, together with the fact that only arm bones were with them form an inex- plainable problem.

Then another peculiar circumstance was that the skulls were placed on the original level of the ground and the mound formed over them, as the soil underneath the skulls was the same as the earth about the mound, while the mound itself was composed of a colored clay only found iu a bluff about one- half mile away.

There is another mound some rods distant from*this one, which Mr. Cartright intends to open this spring hoping it may have some connection with tlie other. It is a much larger mound and has a good sized tree grow- ingon it, which makes it difficult to explore. Mr. Cartright thinks it may contain the rest of the bodies. This may have been the scene of some pre­historic battle as the number of skulls buried in one mound wouldjndicate their all having been killed at the same time.

Souvenir Illustrated Postal^Cards.— Undoubtedly there is no other pas­time so educating, and covering such a vast and interesting field, as the collecting of Souvenir Post Cards, and you well know there has been no other social fad to meet with such a decided success. The WEST is aware of this, and is publishing each month a list of reliable card collectors and wants your ideas and suggestions how to help each other more. The Card Clubs in the WEST promote mutual relations and interchange umung collec­tors. thereby enabling members to exchange and secure cards from all parts of the world through readers whose names the Club furnishes.

T e r r y a n d th e To^ t C a rd s

B y TO alter S ', "BradfordWell, Mister Casey, an I do be afther wonderin’ the rason why the post-

tman do be afther stoppin’ at yure door ivery thrip he be making in'his rounds.

Hooligan, me frln’ an its me sou Terry an a foine bye, he is an~ivery wan else are gone crazy intirely o’bout he collectin’ iv Soovenary Postal Cards an now for iver so long Terry do be gettln’ his.

But what are soovenary postal cards, Mister Casey?Allowin,’ Mister Hooligan, that you niver had the advantages iv*the

cases, it is well that ye may ask, what are soovenary postal cards, an’ itfwill be a bit iv plazure to enlighten yure moind. Soovenary postal cards, Mister Hooligan, are postal cards with a picter iv the poleece coort or a picter iv the city jail or a picter iv the Niagerry Falls be moonlight.

Picter post cards, Mister Hooligan, were first discivered be an Irishman be the name ov Flynn. When all the people saw the butefui picter an the man in the drugstore, didn t have anything ‘‘Just as good.” So they put in a supply an now ivery wan wants them.

Ivery where, Mr. Hooligan, ye do be findin’ iv the soovenary postal card, the people do be callin’ it the ‘‘Popular Craze” an from sich furrin countrys as New Jarsey, an Arkansaw, we see the picters it the butiful buildin’s an Jarsey cows an other wild animals an the biggest saloon in Hot Strings. From Chicago an other sayport touns come foine views iv Washingtons Mon- ymint and the Coort iv Appeals.

An from dear ould Ireland, Mister Hooligan, Terry, me bye, has re­ceived from hts frins’ some foine cards bein’ views iv the ould country. The castles an the mountains, the ripplin’ an the meetin’ iv the waters an the green Helds, when, Mister Hooligan, me bye lays the treasures on the table, me heart swells with Irish pride as I see the scenes an haunts iv our fore­fathers. “

There is Conagher Farm, where the good Prisident McKinley’s ancestors lived an the ould Blarneystun an the folks a kissin it, an the Irish spinnin' wheel an a rale ould Irish jounting car an a bye like Mulany an a gurl like Nora O’Grady a kissin the ‘‘rale Blarneystun.”

(Thanks to Miss Woodside, how about the Irish Hug.)An Mister Hooligan, from ivery country they do be sendin the cards,

the Tower iv London, the streets in Paris an the harum iv the Sultan iv Turkey, the Custom House at Shanghai, an other picters iv the haytheo critters. There’s views of tne savage Fillypeenos from our grand an glorious acquisishun, the Fillypeen Ilans. An the far away Terry del fu a goat, which ye recollect Mister Hooligan is where the roaring Atlantic ceases to roar an the aisy Pacific runs in it.

But Mister Hooligan, in our own native land, we do be afther havin joine cards an the Statue iv Liberty, the post office buildin’ an city hall park is there with “Subway Lights” an “Cornin’ thro the Rye.”

An Patsy O’Neil, sint wan to me Terry from the say shore an it says “ Were havin’ a Divil iv a toiroe” an shure they was, for nixt day their ould man was locked up.

From the Swate Sunny South, Mister Hooligan, the land iv sugar cane, Swanny Rivers and Sojer songs, which ye’ll be recolictin, is south iv the coast iv Penselvanny. There’s t he view iv the battlefield iv Chicamauga, where they fit about a chicken an wan side got the best an the other got “defeet” . An in FJoriday we see the Natives gathein' fine apples in the Shadow iv the Pines.”

An theres a cottonfield with a gang iv dirty,nagurs a pickin’ an a melon patch an a gang a eatin which say ‘‘Lawd, Lawd, honey, dis is when a nagur do live.”

Mister Casey, is all the nagurs made in the South?No, Mister Hooligan, some iv thim be maids in hotels an sassisity folks

houses.From the West, Mr, Hooligan, comes the cards iv the Great Rocky

mountains an Injuns a cam pin on their trails. Settin Bull’ an Runnin Bear an Shot Horse in all their ball dress an the Teddy Injuns with the kid Injuns.

An there are other cards—, what Mister Hooligan, ye are not "goin so airly?

Yes, Mr. Casey, I do be afther seein’ the doctor for a pill against this Soovenary card fever.

15he Groo-Oed. S to n e A jc e

!B y '£Om. "P. A rn o ldUnder this head are properly grouped, the entire line of grooved stone

implements. The grooved axe in weight is varying from eight ounces to 15 pounds. The blade is usually polished well from long usage, the pol. is sel­dom polished. Some axes are very broad, (hoe type) especially Illinois and Indiana, while some are of the longer type Those of this type are usually of the three quarter groove. The pol of thjs type of axe is usually more rounding. There is the hoe type, and the hoe type usually more flat. The material of the axes varies much according to locality where found, but a favorite stone seems to be a green stone, or dark gray. Good hammers are usually made ol the same material and like the axes, vary in size, fro nr very small to very large, and from a rounding to a flatish surface. Good war club heads are usually much longer than the hammers and more pointed These Indian implements are made from the most rude to the finest work­manship, and represent some of them, days and weeks of work from taking the crude stone to turning off the finished implement. This implement was the one the ancient man of this continent must use to fashion his tepee, his dugout, canoe and a thousand and one things. It was one of his most im­portant tools. Next hunting implements, these implements are found on a broad expanse of territory, in fact about everywhere that the ancient Red Man was wont to stay. Handles were fastened to these implements by the means of thongs. They are getting scarcer every year, and rare specimens of large size readily bring a good price.

Three very large spades were recently dug up in western Pennsylvania, the measure of these spades was 12, 12)£ and 15 inches. The finder values them at $20.00.

V u lcan * s .S tr o n g h o ld

"By G eorge M a c la in e C o l l in sWhen we think of the rich mineral deposits and the magnificent wa­

terways with which some sections of this broad land are favored, it would seem that Dame Nature is indeed very partial in her bestowal.

The Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania, presents, com­mercially, numerous points of interest to the traveler as it winds its way majestically among the hills; those natural elevations which, although of no great height, contain valuable and extensive tracts of coal, sand, oil and gas.

The presence of these deposits so near to river manufacturing sites has induced capitalists, many of them from far distant states, to remove theii steel works, foundries and glass furnaces to that district, and at the present time all available sites are taken up to within forty miles of Pittsburg, making an almost solid chain of industries many of which work night shifts as well as day. As the valley is noted for its diversity of manufacture the output of these many mills has a marked influence on the various markets of the world.

The river is not naturally of sufficient depth to insure the draught necessary for large steamers and to overcome this The Monongahela Naviga­tion Co., was formed over half a century ago, aDd only after many financial difficulties, four huge dams and locks were placed across the river at various points about ten miles apart; Lock No. 1 being located near Pittsburg.

Later, four more were placed farther south but nearer together owing to shallow water; extending navigation to the Pennsylvania-West Virginia state line, and in 1897 the property was sold to the government, thereby making the system free from tolls at any time. These locks, now fifteen in number and furnishing an excellent, waterway 125 miles long, are operated in the same manner a the famous “Soo” , Lake Superior’s outlet; but unlike the “ Soo” the Munongahela’s freight traffic originates in her immediate vicinity and not at distant points.

Bituminous coal is one of rhe products most extensively shipped by water, the greater part being consigned to New Orleans and other southern markets. The coal barges or boats are rectangular in shape and are lashed compactly together in one tow or fleet, and then are usually pushed by steamer to their destination. An ordinary sized steamer can row twelve to fifteen of these coal boats, which, if compared with trains, would require about 500 cars or six long trains.

Although the river is an important, factor in maintaining the valley’s supremacy, the valley also has two modern railway systems, equipped with the latest improvements, furnishing additional transportation facilities, lioth railroads follow the river’s course until near the state line when they enter virgin fields of coking coal comprising thousands of acres of mining property.

Many of the newer towns clustered around the large steel plants were built and thickly populated in a remarkably short time; beautiful residences and up-to-date business blocks, all standing as a lasting monument to the business enterprise and shrewdness of their promotors.

The older inhabitants of the peaceiul valley of fifteen years ago stand

almost in awe amid the hum of the motor, the whir of the wheels and the roar of the furnace of today, as they contemplate the wonderful strides toward perfection made by the industrial world in the last few years. The busy hive of industry and commerce, as viewed by the writer in a daylight trip up the Monongahela, area series of Interesting sights and are constant )y visited by people from all parts of the world.

T ib e ta n C u r io s f o r P u b l ic M u s e u m sbefore their distribution to various museums in this country and in .In­

dia, a large number of Thibetan curios, collected during the recent expedi­tion for the Government of India by Colonel Waddell, I. M. S., have been arranged at the Indian Museum, Calcutta. .

Boddhistic books, manuscripts and pictures form the most important part of the collection, many of the manuscripts being beautifully written in gold characters ou biack leaves manufactured from the bark of a Hima­layan shrub. The wooden covers of most of the books are carved to repre­sent scenes from the life of Buddha. A commentary on the sacred writings extends to 225 volumes, and there are many noantials of worship Some books on Tibetan vocal music show the method of musical notation employed by the Tibetans a succession of short wavy lines which rise and fall to indi­cate the various modulations of the voice, the words of the songs being writ­ten under the music. Other works in the collection include the Sutras, or sermons of Buddha, a mathematical treatise, a book on poetical language or Diataphors, a book of synonyms, biographies of kings and lamas, and a huge wooden-bound volume narrating the history of the death of Buddha, named “Syang-de” (passing out of misery.)

The pictures are painted on cloth, silk, or parchment, and the roost valuable of them are half a dozen very old pictures of Buddha and his 15 dis­ciples. which were obtained with some difficulty from Dontse. Collections of lamas' robes and of images and of many miscellaneous articles make up the exhibition.

Cartophilists share with philatelists the privilege of claiming that the most exalted personages in the world are devotees of their hobby. The col­lecting of cards by the youthful members of our Royal House is of course well known, but it is less a matter of common knowledge that His Majesty king Edward VII. is also in the habit of buying eartophilic souvenirs of current events, nowever this is so, and we learn that during a recent, walk through the streets of Biarritz, he purchased a great number of cards repre­senting incidents in the meeting of King Alfonso of Spain and Princess Ena. Furthermore the Queen-mother of Italy lias evinced her interest, in the hobby hy organizing a competition in connection with the forthcoming open­ing of the Milan Exhibition for the best post-card design to commemorate the initiative of King Victor Emmanuel in creating an International Agri­cultural Institute.

The half-cent piece was a coin of the smallest denomination ever made in tins country. It enjoys the ditsinction also of being the first coin issued, wd also the first whose denomination was discontinued.

In d ia n "Baskets

“B y M . J e a n "DeF'orrejtOne of the most interesting hobbies is collecting Indian baskets. Not

many collectors care 10 invest so much in a collection as the prices of the baskets range from three to two or three hundred dollars. The highest priced baspket that I know of is the Salinan make, triple size, basket in the Comstock collection. This is possibly the highest priced and rarest basket in the world.

Tourists traveling thru the West pick up a basket here and there to take home as a souvenir of their trip, not caring what make it is or how rare it is. All they require is that the design be pretty and odd, and the price cheap. When they find one that suits them they buy it and in many cases a rare specimen is lost to collectors. Very seldom do you find a collector interested in baskets for their own sake, they usually want them for souvenirs.

During my trips through the west it has been my good luck to run across several rare specimens of an extinct tribe former!} found in Mexico. I was stopping at a hotel in El Paso, when a tourist came through the lobby bearing a basket that he had bought for a song from an old Indian woman. He allowed me to examine it, and as it was different from any that I had in my collection, I bought it from him at about five times what he paid for it. On arriving home I compared it with the others in my collection but it was entirely different in design and workmanship from any that I had. I wrote to a friend of mine who was living among the Indians in Old Mexico, and he took the trouble to inquire among them concerning it. He found it was the work of a tribe that had died out or disappeared in some manner, but had lived, years before, in the locality of Mexico City. Money could not buy it now.

Gut all collectors are not so fortunate. Many in beginning their collection are hoaxed by dealers into buying machine made baskets. While in New Mexico, I will not name the town or store, I noticed in the window of one of the largest curio stores in the city, a basket of peculiar design. I did not have one like it in my collection and bought it, paying a neat little sum for it I put it in my collection and told my other collecting friends that I had found a rarity. While one of them was examining it he discov­ered the label of a large basket firm in the East. The laugh was on me. I now us; it for a waste basket.

Possibly the largest and most complete collection of baskets owned by one individual is the collection of Mrs. Dr. Comstock, of Ventura, Cal. Most of the baskets in this collection were made by the Salinan Indians. These Indians are known for their excellent workmanship, and are found around Kentura and Santa Barbara, Cal., but are now fast becoming extinct. Their baskets are exceedingly hard to get and for this reason, and the quality of the baskets, they demand a very high price.

Baskets are now being made by several large concerns and sold as genu­ine. Imitation copies of the rarest designs are made by hand and it is near­ly impossible to tell them from the genuine. The young collector should be careful in buying baskets as he may get these imitations. The best thipg to do is to buy one of the several good books on collecting and follow it's advice.

"Rare C o in s Up in 'PriceOver of this collection was bought by western collectors.The high prices paid for rare United States coins at the auction of the

collection of the late Harlan P. Smith, show that great interest has devel­oped in recent years in the collection of coins, particularly those of’the United States. .

At an auction of old coins in 1851 ten cents was paid for a 1793 chain cent. A cent of the same variety of the same year, but not in as good con­dition, sold two years ago at the Mills sale for $225.

Ar the same sale in 1851 the buyer of the cent was laughed at for paying cofo-a proof 1838 pattern dollar. At the sale just closed $205 was paid for an 1838 pattern dollar. At the 1851 sale the purchaser of these coins also brought two proof dollars of 183b for $1.62 each. On Thursday a specimen of one of the varieties of that year sold for $100. The 1830 dollar Droughtm.

The record figure of the Smith sale was $2,165, paid fora five dollar gold piece of 1822, and yet t'ds is the first time that this coin lias sold for more than 81,0(81. This coin sold for more than $1,000. This coin sold for $900 at the I’armelee sale in 1890. It was bought by a Chicago man.

In 1876 a half dime of 1802 in line condition, of which there are only sixteen known,' sold for $70. One at the Parmelee sale went for $40. ' In 1890 this coin brought $170, while a specie at the Smith sale of the same date brought. $290. • ,

The 1815 half eagle, which brought the second highest price of the sa!e, 11,(130. has gone up in value rapidly. In one sale in 1883 a good specimen brought only $54, while at another the same kind sold for $300. Another of the same kind sold for $235 wheu the Pannalee collection was dispersed.

For a quarter of 1823, the rarest of coins of this denomination, $360 was paid at the recent sale. A specimen in tine condition sold in 1876 for $55.

In no series of coins have there beeu more rapid or greater advances in value than in the list of half cents. A specimen of any one of the proof half cent#* dated from 1840 to 1849 could be bought as low as $4.50 in 1876. At the Smith sale a tine specimen dated 1836 brought $55; one of 1840, $55; 1841, $36; 1847, $6; 1848, $60; 1849, $57.50; while the rarest of this period that dated 1842 brought $80.

The 28th regular meeting of above named Society was held in their rooms, 1123 Masonic Temple, Friday evening, May 4th, with Vice President E. C. Verbler in the chair. The Executive Committee reported that the renewal of leases for the rooms for the coming year had been made.

Two aluminum Masonic meaalets were received from Wm. Poillon.

DeWitt S. Smith and O. H. Granberg were elected to membership. A lot of 41 priced coin auction catalogues were donated to the library. Maga­zines received during the month were The Numismatist and The Numisma- tischer Verkehr for April Auction catalogues were received from Adams, Green, Hirsch (Germany), Low and Mehl.

Mr. Fraud exhibited a 5 pound gold proof of Victoria and a doubloon with a curious counterstamp.

Various numismatic subjects were discussed.Adjourned to met June 1st, 1906. Ben G. Green, Secretary.

The Rice sale of coins held by St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co., in Society rooms brought over $(>000 in two days sale April 13 and 14th. A half dime of 1803 brought $6.70. Dime 1804 brought $49, quarter dollar of 1823 brought $67.50, half dollar of 1797 brought $173, 1838 dollar brought $190. Set 12 paper copper nickel cents 1858 brought $15. No Date New England shilling brought $45. large cent 1793 brought $55, a 1796 cent brought $23, 1799 cent brought $220; 1804 brought $115; half cent 1786 brought $47; 1838, $50; 1836, $45; 1812, $58; 1845, 61; 1843, 51; 1846, $46; 1847, $51; 1852, 50. It will pay all coin readers to send $1.25 for priced catalogs, giving tine illustrations of many coins worth the price alone. Think this was the largest sale held in the lVest. Chicago buyers are getting to be known as the largest buyers and have many coins no other one has, except the mint. We hope to give further particulars in the next number and trust we can give some illustrations of the same.

A small collection of coins that had belonged to the late General Louis P. di Cesnola formed part of a coin sale held in New- York by Mr. Lyman H. Low. Good prices vere realized. A thirty shilling piece dating from 1619-25, sold for $60, and another, 1605-12, for $45, these being the two highest pieces of the Di Cesnola coins.

In both collections were some rare coins. A piece minted in the fourth year of the reign of Simon Maccaba us, B. C. 138-137. There is also an ex­

hibit from the reigns of Cleopatra and Ptolmaus VIII or-IX., B. C., 116-81.

“The fashionable method of correspondence is by Picture Post cards,” “The collecting of Picture Post Cards is at once fascinating, instructive

and inexpensive.’’

The Souvenir Post card originated in Europe, where it has been recog­nized for more than fifteen years. The Amercian people were not long in taking it up and now it has developed into a habit, effecting all classes in every walk of life. At the present time, it is almost considered a breach of friendship, when writing to your friends, family or sweetheart to use other than a Souvenir Posr Card.

f t e b r a s k a 'P h ila te lic S o c ie t y Jfebra.'sKci'-s Pride

o r g a n i z e d 1892.President—E. H. W ilkinson,___Vice-President— F. B. Woolston... Sccretiiry-Treasuie— I,. T. Brodstone, Sales Superintendent—L. H. I,ederer Attorney -H . Whipple.Auction Manager—H. Whipple

LARGEST STATE SOCIETY EXTANT........ ....... . Omaha, 210 9o. 30th S t__ ______Omaha Registry Dept............... ..................Superior, N et........ .......................Norfolk, Nebr.............. Omaha. N. Y. Life Bldg.

Omaha, Neb.Trustees—W. Hendncks. Paxton Hotel; Hopson and Brown,................................................... Omaha, Neb.

We hope that we can hold a meeting this coming summer like we used to have and we epxcet if each member will do his part to do so.

Mr. Lederer of Norfolk has kindly offered to take charge of sales depart- ment and trust he may make a big success of same.

New Members.—L. H. Lederer, Norfolk; J. T. Nelson, Tilden; E. C. Syrop, Neleigh.

Applications.—C. P. Johnson, Minden, Box 125; F. C. Scott, Fairfield. Fellow Members of N. P. S.:—

AUCTION MANAGER’S REPORT.1 beg to call your attention to the auction department which is now

in full working order and is ready to supply your wants whether you desire to buy or sell. We are selling some very fine stamps through this depart­ment and would be pleased to hear from all who are interested.

We would also, caution the members against dealings with Erie Stamp fcCoin Co., Erie, Pa.; Borough Stamp & Coin Co., N. Y. City;and O. Sten- erson, Los Angeles, California, claims now being in the hands of attorneys against these parties. Resp’y yours, H. A. Whipple.

C A A A D / A / / P H I L A T E L I C S O C I E T YORGANIZED SEPTEMBER 1898 AS T H E LE AG U E OF CANADIAN PH ILATELISTS

OFFICERS FOR I90.SPresident—O. W. Barwick - - 17 Tara Hall Ave.. Montreal. Quebec, CanadaVice-President—H. L- HART - - - 71 Gottingen St. Halifax, South CarolinaVice-President for the United States—C. H. FOWLE - - - 43 Magoon Ave. Medford. Mass.Secretary-Treasurer—F. B. ARCHER - - - 995 St. Urbain St. Montreal. CanadaSales Superintendent—H. SMITH - - - 42 Dudley St. Meford. MassAuction Manager—G, P. LeGRAND . . . - Paspebiac West P. Q. Canadalibrarian—H. A. CHAPMAN - - - - Box 72 Rocky Hilt , ConnAttorney—G. F. DOWNS, Drawer G. - - - Strathcona, Alberta. N. W. T.Purchasing Agent—E. W. STANTON. In care Guarantee Co. o f N. A. Montreal, CanadaExecutive Committee—GEO. VAN GUILDER, J, E. WAR KINGTON.Montrea 1 Official Organ—The WEST

Sec’y.-Treas. Report.Applications for Membership.—392. Gustav Schmidt, Giessen, Germany,

Ref. L. T. Brodstone. 392. A. E Tuttle, 722 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa,, Ref. R. R. Bogert, H. Smith.

Change of Address.—383. A. Harold Brown, 111 Howland Ave., Toron­to, Ont-—Yours very truy, F, B. Archer, Sec’y.-Treas.

My Experience.—I received a pictorial postal card from Natal, South Africa with one penny postage and some correspondence on the address side. Here 1 had to pay six cents postage due. Natal is one of the countries per-

| mitted to have correspondence on the address side in order to leave the [ picture undestroyed on the reverse side, which regulation is very sensible. -E, R. Steinbrueck.

Pinion Souvenir CardSxchange America's Largest Card Collectors*

Club. i inputted April, 1901

. -------- OFIMCEHS --------President —Earle K, Hryau. 225 Cottage Lane. Dallas. Texas Vice President—Herman J. Funk. 171 K. 25th Place. Chicago. Ill Secretary--J. Park Graybell. 1113 K. Alameda A ve., Denver, Colo

Chief of Bureau of Translation —Alois Vedernjak. .......................221 East 83th St.. New York. N Y.Eastern Representative—Arthur L. Shaver,........................ ...................................Box 324, Altoona. Pa.Canadian Representative— Donald Stuart. .............................................................Aylmer. OntarioMexican Representative—T.nis C*. Aznnr Preciat.............................................. Iturbide 12. CampecheAsiatic Representative—Teizo Yatnada. . . 140 Molomachi. 6-chome Kolve, JapanAfrican Representative— Andersoti-Neary. Jones it Company. Alexandria Egypt.European Representative—Alphonse H. C. Y?. d Berg......................... Spaa m e 6. Haarlem. HollandAlgerian Representative—Charles Bertrand............ ...... Eleve Interne an Lyces,(Otan.) OranDt'ES: l-uited Stales «'uul Canada. 50c ]>er year; Mexico. St.2s, (Mexican); Foreign, 75 cents. 3 shillings, 4 Fr. 3Mk. 4 Lire, 1% Yen; To PHILATELIC WEST subscribers everywhere 25 cents. Address all communications to the secretary, excepting new memberships which Should be sent through your nearest Representative. Application Blanks and particulars furnished free i m ^ " r r^ T U f- n f tn n *n -!*|v o f *i i« r i r R ^ n r e n ^ n t a r i v e s .

MAY 1906.A SICK BROTHER.

Member No. 37, Mr. Kisuke Yamada, 140 Motomachi 6-Chome, Kobe, Japan, lias been and is still very ill and it will be several months yet before he can resume active exchange.

A BARGAIN.Member No. 400, Mr. E. Durand, 5 Passage Savier, a Malakoff, Seine,

France will mail beautiful cards of Seine stamped on view side, to all Union members at 25 cents per dozen. Remit by postal order, no stamps accepted.

MAY ROLL OF HONOR.139. W. II. Maerckeine. 356. G. F. Phillem 362. M. A. H. Spencei.

-(2). 509 Mrs. E. E. Silvernaile. 524. Mrs H. E. Ashbury. 532. WalterL. Miller. 534. W. D. Hamilton.

Numbers following name indicate number of times name has appeared on the roll of honor.

NEW MEMBERS.540. Joseph C. Parker, 1858 Fairfax Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 541. Jack

L. Walker, Box 631, Ardmore, I. T. 542. T. H Bowsard, Searl St., Petter- shan:, Sydney, New South Wales. 543. Miss Ella Rodger, District Surrey Office, Wellington, New Zealand. 544. Miss L. Mair, 420 Denison Road. Lewisham, New South Wales. 545. A B. Harding, Hobart, Okla. 546. P. Hardwick, 89 William St., Albany Court, Regents Park, London, Eng­land. 547. Roy Kimber, 277 High St., Fremantle, West Australia. 548. Miss Lillie Ruth Asliborry, 1122 Mosher St., Baltimore. Md. 549. II H, Ashbory, 1526 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 550. Miss Jane Schranz, Flem­ing Station, Alexandria, Egypt. 551. Miss Orah Glann, Station E., Toledo, Ohio. 552. Alex Anderson, R. F. D. No, 1, Scranton, Kansas. 553. Chas F. Ociisner, Hermann, Mo., (Views only). 554. Miss Leora Wight, 30 Cro- »cus Place, St. Paul, Minn. 555. Win. A. Semple, 44 West Avenue, Nor- 'waJk,»,Conn. 556. Mrs. F. C. Greenleaf, Warren Park, Waterbury, Conn. 557. Miss II. L. Brown, c-o L. & A. Babcock, Norwich, N. Y. 558. Floyd "Way, 4130 11th A’venue, N. E.. Seattle, Wash. 559. Miss Helen A. Good­rich, Minonk, 111. 500. FI. W. Little, 160 W. Winter St., Delaware, Ohio.

561. Miss Leile Means, 515 Twentieth St., Moline, 111. 562. Miss Jessie M.Grafton, Box 564, Lincoln, Xebr., (No comics). 563. Miss Roumelll A. Riel), 2 8 South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago, III. 564. George H. Taylor,P. 0. box 184, Springfield, Mass. 565. Miss Flora John, 2431 Cold Spring Avenue . Milwaukee, Wise. 566. H. Mertbam, 32 Clinton Ave., West Hobo- ten, X. J. 56". F. Waldo Dodge, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 568. J. D. Sehroede/, Baton Rouge, La. 564. Miss Matite Smereina, 1435 South Ninth S'.., St. Louis, Mo.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS.315. Mevr. 1. G. M. deBruijn-Brinkman from Kelzersgracht 717, Am-

sierdiiii, Holland, to Iluize Valkenheining, Loenersloot, Holland. 362. M.A. !I. Spencer, from Charles, Georgia, to 39 Church St., Greenwich, Conn. 426. C. E«i. Peterson, from 2229 Frankfort) Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., to 211 E. Runsell St., Philadelphia. 432. Miltou M. Herr, from 518 W. King St., to 452 W. King St., Lancaster, Pa.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE ONLY.The following members desire to hereafter exchange with foreign collec­

tors only: 400. E. Durand, 5 Passage Savier, a Malakoff, Seine, France. 471. Willard II. Loud, Everett Station, Boston, Mass. 523. Miss Mary E. Bart, 142 June St., Fall River, Mass.

COMPLAINTS.348 against 339; 362 against 257: 400 against 283,333; 446 against 303, •

329. 337, 367; 371 against 370, 417, 423; 483 against 374, 319, 257; 519 against 216; 521 against 20, 375, 384.

COMPLAINTS WITHDRAWN.394 against 272.

EXPIRED MEMBERSHIPS.166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181,

182, 183, 184, 185. Memberships 1 to 185 inclusive and 231 to 249 inclusive, have now expired. You should not send cards for exchange to any of the members as they have either given up collecting or renewed their member­ships; in the latter case you will find their names under a new number and their old number should be discarded and the new one recognized.

RESIGNED.334. Alton Miles, P. O. Clerk, Lincoln. Nebr. 394. Anton Spies, Main

St., Oneonta, N. Y. 441. James Vogel, 649 Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, III. 7518. G. Thornton Doelle, 1059 Sixth St., Las Vegas, N. M.

When a member resigns it is usually because he receives more cards than tiecanhandle or is financially unable to continue the exchange or, some­times sickness is the cause. Therefore, when a resignation is announced it means that all members should immediately stop sending the party cards for exchange.

EXPELLED.339. Miss Neliie H. Loewe, 129 14th Ave., Melrose Park, Illinois.

The biggest leaves in the world are those of the inaj palm, which grows on the banks of the Amazon. They reach a length of thirty to fifty feet and are from ten to twelve feet in breadth.

T H E K.AJVS?A~r C I T y U 'T A M T C L V BThe only stamp society in Kansas City- Regular m eetings second and fourth Fridays of each

month at 7:45 P. M. in Room 37, Jenkins Building. Thirteenth and Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.Officers for 1906

President—Fred Goldstandt . . .Secretary— Arthnr I,. Nelson -Treasurer—Wm. Fishman . . .Librarian—Arthur L- Nelson -Sargent—Graham Jarboe - . . .

Official Organ—The WEST

2500 E . Fourteenth street 1823 W. Prospect Plact

820 Penn Avemit 1823 W. Prospect Place

1311 Tracy Avemie

Secretary’s Report, May 21st, 1906.Mr. Paul Luther, 306 E. Thirtieth Street, admitted to the ciub at the

meeting of April 27th, 1906. Mr. Murray tendered his resignation which was accepted with regrets at the same meeting.

The nomination of officers to serve from June 1st to December 1st will take place at the meeting of May 25th. The election will take place at a special meeting on June 1st. The prize consisting of one dollar silver, and a twenty dollar conveyance will be awarded at the same time to the one who has secured the most new members for the club during the past half year."

A philatelic spelling match will be one of the features of the meeting on May 25th. Eight prizes contributed by some of the members will be awarded to our best spellers.

It has been decided to hold contests of a philatelic nature, at which prizes will be awarded regularly once each month in the future. Hereafter, notices of all special and regular meetings of the Kansas City Stamp Club will be found in the daily paper on the Thursday preceding the night of the meeting.

Mr. Jarboe requests that members reading items abAut stamps and stamp collecting and especially notices about the club in the daily press will preserve same and turn them over to him for the club’s philatelic scrap book which was recently begun. By so doing, the members will find many interesting items which Mr. Jarboe would otherwise be unable to secure and it is therefore to be hoped that ail will comply with his modest request. This book when tiled will be placed in the club's library and it will doubtless be very interesting when it is completed

Respectfully, Arthur L. Nelson.Librarian’s Report, May 21st, 1906.

Two more magazines have been subscribed for since my previous report, viz., Gibbons Stamp Weekly and The Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. Two valuable little books have also been added: “The Postage Stamps of the United States” and “The Stamp Collectors’ Annual.” The publishers of the following philatelic periodicals have each kindly donated subscriptions to their respective papers for the benefit of the club’s library: The Domin­ion Philatelist, The Time and Tide, and the Conwago Curio.

Mr. Nelson and Mr. Broeeskey have made contributions to the library.The following is a list of the periodicals which the club is receiving

regularly: Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News, Gibbon’s Stamp Weekly, Stamp Collectors Fortnightly, Philatelic West, Philatelic Inter-Ocean, Philatelic Advertiser, Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser, West End Philatelist, Do­minion Philatelist, United Stamp Journal, Columbus Philatelist, Time and Tide, Conwago Curio, Juvenile Philatelist, Youths Realm, Lodge Record, Exchange, Chicago Stamp News, and Die Nederlandsche Philatelist. Total twenty.

I request that every one having copies of philatelic literature which they do not wish to preserve, will let me know and I will gladly make ar­rangements toward securing them for our library. Will you give us your help? Respectfully, A. L. Nelson, Librarian.Treasuiers Report:-April 1, 1906, on hand ..............................$1.44

Received for dues......................................... 90Total.................................. $2.34

Disbursements ............................................ .. . ............56Hay 1st, 1906 on hand .................................................... $1.78

Wm. Fishman, Treasurer.THE ^/TTLAJVTIC SOX/VEJVI'R C A R D

C O L L E C T O R S S O C I E T YWorld W ide E je c h a n g e f o r -the C a r d C o lle c to r s .

----- OFFICERS.-----fwidwC—Mr- Harrv W. K r i s t e r ................................................... 2425 No. 4th St.. Philadelphia. Pa.YiceTresident—Mr. I.- T. B r o d sto n e ................................................... Superior. Nebr.Srttclary.Treasurer—Mr. Jam es Wilson. J r . .................................. 2723 C. St., Philadelphia. Pa0£;i»l Organ—The WEST.

OBJECTS.To encourage the collecting of Souvenir Post cards.To publish a monthly list of members and wants.To prevent unfair exchanging between members.To enroll members from all parts of the world.To publish lists of reliable collectors of Souvenir Post Cards in all parts

lithe world, who are members of this society, and will exchange with the iher members.

To maintain a Bureau of Translation, for the use of those“ unable to tanslate any foriegn communications which they may receive.

ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS.Each member receives monthly our Official Organ, THE PHILATELIC

SEST, the largest collectors’ paper in the world; five tine unused souvenir lost cards: Certiiicates of Membership; Complete List of the Members of IS. C. C. S., to date; has his name printed in our Official Organ and all uture lists of members, and has free use of our Bureau of Translation.

JOIN NOW.All readers of this paper can join our society by sending 25c in Postal

Icoey order or Coin with your application blank fully filled out. Blanks so be had from any of the officers.

We are getting many members from Europe and Africa. We will pub- isli names of all members in next report. Write to our secretary concern- ngyour business, etc., he has something good in store for you.

Notice: Write us now and join. Special inducements to the first 300 Kirering this report.—Very Respectfully, James Wilson, Jr., Secy.

Post cards for Princess Ena.—A scheme is on foot to make a present of very unique kind to Princess Ena. This will be a collection of post cards tom the whole of Spain, with “piropos” dedicated to Her Royal Highness. l“piropPs” is a short phrase eulogizing the beauty of women. The cards '111 be arranged in special albums, with artistic bindings, one for every Evidence in Spain.

LARGEST STAMP SOCIETY IN AMERICAS ta m p C o lle c to r 's P r o te c t iv e A s s o c ia t io n o f Am erica

ORGANIZED PERUARY J, 1899.President— E. Chatidlee,....... ........... ..................................................................................... _ ..........Roanoke, VaVice-President, W. P. Kelley, .................................................................................................... Kansas City MoSecretary-Treasure—L. Brcidstonc............ ...................................................................................... Superior, NebSales Superintendent— W. A. I m b l e r , .................................. - Compton. CalifAuc. Manager—H. DuHose, .................... ............................. .......................................... ...... ...........Huguenot, GaAttorney—H. Swenson, ................................ ....... ............................................. .....................Minneapolis. MinnTrustees—W ilkinson. Brown, Hopson,...... .............................................................................................. OmahaOfficial Organ, The WEST.

We have several complaints that will be published in next No., if Dot heard from.

Following are new members;—A. W. Wheeler, Sterling, 111., 501 N. 3rd st. J. V. Nelson, Seattle. Wash., 46 Terrace St. W. D. Groff, Bloom, field, Ont., Canada. G. Bliss, P. M. Canal Zone, via N Y. N. Wood Hamilton, Ont., Canada, 68 KiDg Si. C. M. Baker, Graniteville, S. C’ R. J. Beck, St. Paul, Minn., 403 W. Central Ave. L. Vocell, Cincinnati' Ohio, 90S) Bank St. C. J. Gready, San Francisco, Calif., 1631 Geary St’V. L. Young, Joplin, Mo., c-o Miners Bank. Galwesky, St. Helena, Calif L. A. Uynning, Chicago, 4 N. Calif. Ave. O. H. Wolcott, Akron, 0., 724' Crosby St. N. J. Cadorete, Fitchburg, 285 Water st. J. Wight, Knoxvillei la., Bx 166. J. Dalton, Wellsville, Ohio, Bx 202. L. A. Beebe, Yonkers, N. Y., 802 N. Broadway. Prof. W. T. VanBuskirk, Peoria, 111. I. Chris­tensen, Longmont, Colo., Bx 354. J. W. Mil ler, Ste Luce, Ramouski Co., Quebec, Canada. J. E. Muller, Brooklyn, N. Y., 352 Graham Ave. P. .1. Lynch, Comanche, Tex. R. Argmer, Natural Food Co., Niagara Falls, 8. Y. F. Bean, Detroit, Mich., 89 Trumbull Ave. J. Manchester, N. Y. City, 32 Nassau St. A. Petit.clerc, Purser Rich & Ony Co., Quebec, Can.

SALE SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.1 am pleased with the encouragement I have received towards the suc­

cess of the Sales Department. Every member should give the department their hearty support. You are missing many good opportunities by not sending your name in for an approval circuit. You will be surprised to see how reasonable stamps are priced. Write me today and have your name put on the list for a circuit.

YTcu can also sell your duplicates or collection through the department. A commission of 10 per cent is charged on sales ana one per cent on the net value of all books which is held in trust as an Insurance Fund against possi­ble losses. Blank department books are 3c each or 30c per dozen.

W. A. Imbler, Sales Supt.

S t.\}L ou is'r*S 'tam p tuC o l le c tc r s S o c i e t yPresident - - - - - - - - H. A. DiamantVice President . . . . . . . . Otto FatschkeSecretary - - - - - .. . - . T. C. MarniTreasurer - . . . . F. R. Cornwell

The thirty-third"regular meetng of the society, was held May loth, thir­teen members and one™visitor beingfpresent. The following were admitted to membership: John A. Francisco,;t5964 a Bartmer Ave., St. Louis; aDd Tnos. Hubert, 1412 Necter Ave., E. St. Louis, III. After the completion of business, the^usual auction was*indu)ged in, and some fine stamps, notably some early^U/S., knocked down^at a sacrifice to members.

Respectfully, T. C. Mann, Secretary.

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President-'-Miss Madeline Keller - - ■ - - Juneau. Wisconsin. U. S. A.Chief See. Treas.—Mr. C. A. Hives, . . . . 297 Spence St. Winnipeg CanadaAssistant Secretary— Miss M. Street - • - ' - Box 137, Orilla, Ont , CanadaChief English Secretary---Miss F. F„ Goodwin - - - Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent EnglandOntario Secretary—Mr. J. H. Alexander . . . . . Amhfertsburg, Out. Canada Maritime Prov. Secretary-.-Miss M. DeWoif . . . i6(i North St Halifax. Nova ScotiaActing (leneral Secretary for U. s . A.—Miss Streetfieliec Secretary—Mr, M. L,. Wishart - Box 23s Valleyfield Oue.Neiv Zealand Secretary.-M iss A. R. Brown - Bush R<1, Mosgeiel Otago New ZealandOther Secretaries will be appointed in England and L'. S A.President's Motto: “The Postcard is a hobby both pleasurably and practically. Join one and all."

All members will receive official organ monthly.Club subscription 35c per year, 20c for 6 months, or its equivalent in other countries. All collectors are ret,nested to send subscriptions to nearest local secretaries at once, or to Mr. C A. Hives. 297 Spence St, Winnipeg, Canada to whom nil letters of inquiry should be sent.

NEW MEMBERS2<>2. Miss B. Sands, Upper Loch Lomond, St. John Co., N. B. 203.

Miss (;. E. Comerford, Eldorado, Ontario. 20+. Mr. G. E. Hicks, Tweed, Ontario. 212. Mr, D. Moonhouse, Brockville, Ontario. 213. Mr. J. Corri­gan. Brockville, Ontario. 214. Mr. Ii. It. Foxton. Box 712, Brockviille, Ontario. 205. Willie J. Morgan, c-o Cradock-Simpson Co., Montreal, Can­ada. 211. Clarence B. MiMasher, Plattsburg, N. Y. 215. Mr. .1. C. Parker, 158 Fairport Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 219. Mr. W. L. Miller. 306 Purcell Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 216. Mr. FI Beeding. 125 Green Ave.. Benton Harbor, Michigan. 217. Mr. J. C. Buckman, 115 E. Gacond St,., Washington, N. C. 218. Miss 1. Longmore, 417 City Road Birmingham, England. 209. Mr. C. F. Ochsuer, Hermann, Missouri. 210, Mr. Wm. Schwartz, Jr., 216 Bridjett, Maryville, Wisconsin. 219. W. L. Miller, 306 Purcell Ave., Cincinnati, Onio. 220. E. C. Cleveland, 203 Burrell St., Mil­waukee. Wis. 222. Rolla A. Hobson, 105 S. Main St , Janesville, Wis. 21k Mr J. S. Bock, 405 Houser Bldg. St. Louis, Mo 224. C. Einderson, 75JO Moss Ave., Cleveland, Otiio. 226 Mrs. F. M. Kellogg, 107 Davies St.. Syracuse, N. Y. 225. Miss II. C. Carey, Ferry land, Newfoundi ;,.l. 221. Miss B. Ovas, 305 Surby St., Winnipeg.

CLUB NOTICES.Change of address: No. 167 has removed to 17 Duke Stieet. Ki dlv

note member No. 61 has withdrawn, and members No. 9, 10, l, 143, and 30 are no longer members of our Club, their subscriptions having long since ex- pied. No. 518 announced last month should read, Miss I. Roth well.

Member No. 130 of Minneapolis, is on a trip to Europe, so will be tem­porarily removed from the chip by her special request.

To all members who have any sympathy for Miss Kyle of San Francico, Calif. Member No. 103: Miss Kyle barely escaped from the recent disaster and lost everything, including her collection of Post cards which were doubt­less very valuable to her. Shall be pleased if all members will send No. 103 three or four cards each without the expectancy of a return of the favor, to enable Miss Kyle to get her collection started again.

NEW SECRETARIES APPOINTED.Mr. J. E. Mueller, 352 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., representing

New York State; Mr. R. B. Patt, 62 Catawba St., Roxbury, Mass, repre­senting New England States; Mr. S. C. Bushnell, Box 1204, St. Louis, Mis­souri, representing Illinois and Missouri.

I am going to require other Secretaries for the States, and also Lady Secretaries for the cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis. San Francisco, ant all similar cities I also require good secretaries in all foreign countries- especially France, Holland, Italy, West Indies, and Africa. Then 1 hope to have one of the largest, if not THE largest, Exchange Clubs in existance. This can only be accomplished by every member helping in the work. Next month I hope to issue a full list of members to date, it being our first year of existence.

“Join one and all” is our President’s motto.„ Yours'very truly, C. A. Hives.

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OBJECT.To encourage the collection of Souvenir Post Cards.To prevent unfair exchanging.To publish a list monthly of members and wants.To enroll members from all parts of the world.To secure 1000 members, year 1906.

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List of members will be published in July issue—too late for June.

China’s New Coin to be Like Western Money.—The Coin Cabinet says: The proposed change in the Chinese coinage is a further sign of Celestial progress. The old bronze coins with the square hole in the middle are to give place to copper coinage similar to that used in western countries. 0o one side of the new coins the designation will be in Latin letters, and the value will be written in Arabic numerals. The inscription will also be in Latin characters, thereby considerably assisting those who are not familial with the mysteries of Chinese script. On the reverse side the value will be set forth in Chinese characters and numerals, with the name of the province in which the coin has been minted. Machines for minting are being made in Germany and will displace the old system which was nothing more com­plex than a series of hammers which beat out the curious old coinsane strung them on string.

tO ifh th e Old C h erokees

3 y W. H. 7*lankTheir Familiar Trees and Plants.

To one who walks the“ st.reets of any of the progressive towns of the Cherokee nation in the Indian Territory today, cannot help but note the ptogressiveness of the more civilized of this race of Indians. True, the half breeds and full bloods have but little advanced. They are by far the most intellectual of the various tribes that inhabit the U. S. Before being placed on their present lands in the territory, they inhabited for a number of years the northwestern part of Arkansas. But their original home was in the mountainous regions of our southern states. It comprised all of Kentucky, part of West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georiga, Ala­bama and Tennessee. As fast as the country was settled their territory was cut down until their home was confined to the Northern part of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and the southern part of Tennessee. Here, today, we find town after town bearing the name given by its old occupants, the Cherokees.

In this article I will only write of their knowledge of some of the more important trees and plants, as the Cherokees were naturally an agricultural class of people. The most highly prized of all the plants was the maize or Indian corn. It occupies the most important place among the folk-lore of nearly every tribe of Indians. It was the Indian who taught the Pilgrims the use of corn, and how to grow it. The Indians, too, were the first to use fertilizers and showed the white man that by dropping a dead fish in each hill of corn increased the yield wonderfully.

Tobacco was the next important The original home of the tobacco plant was in the West Indies—the island of Tobago.

The common bean was also highly prized and carefully cultivated.The much advertised ginseng was gathered in the deep woods and sold

lo the white traders. The mistletoe—so dear at Christmas time—which as we know is a parasitic plant, was called by a name which denoted it was married to some other tree.

Every boy and girl has gathered a bunch of wild violets, and sat under the shade of a large tree, and fought the battle of violets. So, top. the Indian children knew this game, for the, Cherokee word means “ they pull their heads off.’'’ They say of our whjjte clover the “ plant that follows the white man.” , , . . ■

The cedar free whicft cqvfers the.mountains of their old southprn home was held sacred. . J j . . ’ . ..

To ma£e fishing easy,.the baft of tb.p walnut tree ^was^pounded up and thrown into the^water. This seqmed to stun the fish*and jthey were taken out in great numbers. v , , • .’ .,

The cane was; highly .prized. for..blow guns,, baskets, etc., and long trips were made to _th£ “brakes” for tljein... • ,,

* ; ' - ' : ■ t _ yt, ■ , - " ' t ;Numismatists are coring $1,000 apiece lor, silver dollars of 1905.. This

isn’t strange /or the season. Any man possessing a, solitary ypn of apy old I Sear can get bids on it.—Coin Cabinet.

“E jc p o s e _forth e S h a d o tv s ”

By F. M. Howard, Cleveland, O.

. .Camera DZews..Editor—F. J. Clute, Sacramento

Jn more than one^place have I seen the beginner advi-ed to “expose for the shadows, and let the high lights take care of themselves.” To say the least of it. such advise is incomplete and injudicious. The term “correct exposure” is merely a relative one, and really means that with a certain method of development such an exposure is capaole of producing mouochrc- matic effects of light and shade on the photographic plate which will produce on the finished print the most effective picture possible.

Correct exposure by no means implies recognizable details over the whole from every picture. It wholly depends upon the aim of the operator, and in quite a large number of instances it would be absolute folly on the photo­graphers’ part arrange for an exposure of such duration that details become prominent, or even visible, in the deep shadows. If the bulk of a picture is composed of shadows—containing, perhaps, a good many subtle variations in tone, but shadows none the less—with, perhaps, a contrasting foil of some what brilliant light, devoid of delicate gradation in such a case it might be the correct thing to give an exposure of ample duration, practically ignoring the high light. But take, as another example, a subject possessing precisely the opposite conditions—say, for instance, the fine east window of a cathe­dral, and include a portion of a well lighted chancel—the main interest to consist in these two chief details. In such a case the utmost delicacy ol detail is to be dealt with, and it is to the window and the more subtle high lights in the chancel one looks to yield effect.

Now there comes a period of exposure at which these extremely delicate light portions are 'qatte at their best; 4f4he>-exp06U*e l&.prQj9iyj$d beyond this definite period in order to gain the impress of a few extra details in the dark roof or sides of the cathedral, in direct proportion will the tout ensem­ble most certainly suffer. But only if the whole picture is composed of the two main objects mentioned. By which qualification reader will realize that no definite rule Is advocated, nor indeed, is any possible. Treat every sub­ject entirely by judging of its own peculiarities; if its main characterizing details are light, expose for them and ignore the shadows. If a skillful pho­tographer aims at securing the best that is possible In the way of negatives of distant mountain scenery or cloud effects, he does not “ let the high lights take care of themselves,” because It is in them in which he seeks to show that marvelous subtlety of rendering of which photography alone Is capable. Look after main effects, therefore: and adjust exposure for them; depend upon it, results will Dot then suffer.

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T. A. A.—Yellowing of Edges: Aristo-platino paper, aft.er Jong keep­ing will sometimes produce prints with a perceptible tinge of yellow around: the edges. This is easily prevented by adding a little ammonia to the tixing; bath. Add just enough, to give the bath a faint odor of ammonia. The: edges will turn yellow in the toning solution, but will come out of the fixing bath in the toning solution, but will come out of the fixing bath clear and! white.

A. II. T.—Reducer Failing to Work: The hypo and fenicyatiide re­ducer failed to work because the solution does not keep after being mixed: As you say the negative as an old one the film was, no doubt, very hard andl you most likely neglected to soak it in water to soften it. The result was; that the hypo neutralized the feriicyanide before the film became soft enough to allow the solution to penetrate. Well, soften the film in water and apply the reducer freshly mixed and you will, no doubt be satisfied with the result..

L. D. II.—Ascertaining the Contents of an Unlabled Bottle: If, as you1 say. the contents are either sulphide of soda, carbonate of soda or carbonate- of potash, the determination of its nature is not a hard matter. Place a; little of the salt in a minim glass and pour on a little hydrochloric acid. Its will effervesce a little, and if sulphide of soda, give off a strong odor of sul­phuric acid gas. Exposure for a short time to damp air will determine whe­ther sodium or potasium carbonate. If sodium it will dry out, but if potas­sium carb'nate it will attract the moisture in the air and become pastry or even liquid.

W. L. C. —Developer for Bromide Paper: An ever ready developer for an occasional enlargement is not hard to prepare. Only one stock solutionis needed, as follows:

Sulphite of soda..................................... 2 ouncesCitric ac id .................................................................... 40 grainsPotassium Bromide....................................................... 30 grainsW ater....................................... ........... ... .40 ounces

If it is expected that it will be kept for an extended period it might be best to use distilled water to boil and filter the ordinary tap article. When wanted for use add a like amount of watar to half the desired quantity and three grains of amidol to each ounce of the diluted solution. A correctly exposed enlargement rafilftek about ten minutes to develope in this devel­oper, which gives a good black and full gradation.

A. B. M.—Keeping Blue Print Paper: Your home-made blue print paper will keep as well as the manufactured article if you will add to each three ounces of the mixed sensitizer one grain of potassium bichromate.

G. B. F.—Reducing Bromide Prints: To reduce your bromide enlarge­ments employ the following: Saturated solution of chloride of lime, filtered and perfectly clear, one part; water, four to sight parts. Flow this over the print until the reduction is deemed sufficient and then wash well. Th» solution can be used repeatedly and has no tendency to stain the paper or discolor the print.

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-HOW TO MAKE POST-CARDS DRY FLAT.*By John Mallia.

Everyone who has printed post cards knows the inconvenient way they have of curling when dry. After many experiments I have succeeded in dry­ing them almost fiat, and as the process employed requires no expense, skill or trouble, I trust it will prove of interest to printers of post cards. The procedure is as follows: Two pieces of wood are traced on a piece of board four inches apart (preferably putting a sheet of blotting paper under, so as to absorb the water that drains from the post cards) When the post cards are washed, take them out of the final water and place them one by one be­tween the two pieces of wood in a curved way, film upwards. Allow them to stay so until thoroughly dry, then take them off, when they will after a little while flatten themselves. If they are wanted quickly, put them under some weight, say between two books. I have dried post cards more or less flat in other ways, but this one has proved to be the simplest and cleanest.

CARBON HINTS.Here are a few hints for carbon workers which are v orth making a note

of. Sensitive tissue should be kept flat and under moderate pressure, and in as dry a place as possible. Prints that are not to be developed soon after being taken from the frame should be stored in a calcium tube. This arrests the light action, which would otherwise continue. Blistering or frilling during development may be caused bv air imprisoned between the tissue and tansfer paper. The tissue and tranfer paper should be brought together under water and squeegeed iuto contact as soon as the tissue is sufficiently limp. Etching and drawing paper should be soaked in cold water half an hour befote required. With these papers very firm queegeeing is necessary. Prints should not be allowed to dry for more than fifteen minutes after being squeegeed into contact.—The Photographic News.

It is not the simple beauty of face that appeals to the true artist, but the beauty of the mind which shows itself from behind the face. Itt is not given to us ail to see and appreciate this more subtle charm.

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1 have recently seen the results of some experiments that were more than ordinarily interesting at this time of the year. A series of negatives were exposed on some liver scenes, all practically the same in character, The first exposure was developed in the ordinary way and was found to he so underexposed that it was useless. Going over the notes another was selected that was judged to have stood the best chance of being fairly well exposed, owing to the open nature of the view. This was found to be also badly under-timed. The remaining plates were then soaked in a weak solution of formaline for fifteen minutes, and well washed. Development was cun- ducted by using a nietol formula well diluted, and the temperature raised to .about 120 degrees Fahr<?hheit. The result was a series of negatives of good average density, and with all the detail that it was possible to secure. There was of course not the same amount of gradation and detail as could ' have been wished, but the resultant negatives were ail capable of producing igood prints, and prints much superior to those obtainable from the best of the two exposures developed in the ordinary way. In transferring the nega­tive from Hie warm developer to the washing water or fixing bath, care must ibe used to see that there is not too great a variation of temperature or blis­ters will result. Aside from this, and the avoidance of any unnecessary ex­posure to an unsafe light, no precautions are required. I t is evident that this method of forcing will develop up any slight action of an unsafe light in the form of fog over the plate, but the danger is not as great uuder ordi­nary conditions as that arising from an attempt to force development in the ordinary way, which so often results in chemical fog.

ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A FLASH.It is sometimes desirable to produce a hash when only magnesium pow­

der is at hand and there is no suitable lamp available. At other times the matter of expense may be an item, and for that reason the following plan, which is both cheap and effective may be of use. Soak some thick blotting paper in a saturated solution of salt peter and allow to dry. One then only to place a small piece on the top of a piece of a piece of tin or other safe material; place a little magnesium powder in the center and fire by applying a match to the corner. The lighted match can be held by making a split in the end of a long pine stick or lath. The length of the flash is much less than secured with an ordinary blow-through lamp, particularly when the powder is in a thin layer. Heaped up, the powder required longer to burn, but there is some waste, spread in a train, the time is extended, and a larger amount of light is secured from a given amount of powder than when it is heaped up. The plan is entirely satisfactory and there is less smoke and smell occasioned than with many of the expensive compounds offered the worker.

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“ “ “ 1893 “ .60Isab e lla q u a rte r , u n c ir ................ .75L a fa y e tte do llar,, u n c i r . ....................2.00U. S . silver do llar, 1904 ( la s t yr.

unc bright............................... 1.25C ivil w a re n v s . m any var. e a c h .. .05 10 Civil w ar tokens (cents) a ll diff .45 S e t of M inor coins of Brazil 20, 40

and SO reis ( la tte r nickle).................. 15H u ngary 1, 2,10, 20 fillers (las t 2

nickel) u n c . ............................. 15Jam a c ia 1 ta r. J4 & 1 pen. nickle .12P ru ss ia 1,2,3,4 p fienn iegs.....................12S erv ia 5, 10, 20 para, n i c k l e .............. 25M asonic Tem ple M edal, a lu m i­

num , size 50 m illim etres ................... 20New illu stra ted coin book.................... 10Add 10c to coin orders for p o s t­age and reg is tra tio n . Ben G, .Green, 133 M asonic T em ple, Chicago.

L a d l e s ! F R E E !1 Violet Center piece, latest style Col­

la r pud Cuff set in eyelet em broidery, 1 C arnation Doily, 1 Holly D oily; 1 F o r­get-m e-no t Doily, 1 Stick pin case. The above lot 324 sq. in. of Art Linen sent for 10c to pay postage and packing to introduce our cat of Fancy W ork.

H. GRIMSLAND CO.,73- N. 43rd Ave., Chicago, 111

send more ads la ter.—J. Bingley,W EST, will Charleston, S. C.

YOUR PHOTO on 12

Souvenir Post Cards 49cSend me your own photo­

graph or any good photo you wish and I will repro­duce it on 12 fine photo­graphic post cards for 49c. Photo returned with cards uninjured.

L. H. Young.Box 93

Needles, Cal.

Post Card Collectors.Send 10c for a set of four beau­

tiful cards in colors of Zanesville, Ohio. Also the name and address of 25 active collectors and a Coupon worth $2.50 DO IT NOW.

W. B. Longstrett,Dept. B. Gratiot, Ohio.

Our Viewsfor the Stereoscope

are high class aud very in terest­ing subjects. For a lim ited time we offer a SI.00 set of six choice subjects sent to you prepaid for only 50 cents, money order.

Address at once

The Outdor Studio,L. Box 34,

Ericson, Nebr.

Old Shaper SfCotteyS 1 Augusta Ins & Bkg C o .G a.......... 4c

2 “ “ “ " “ black 5c5 .. .. i. <i *. 4c

10 “ “ “ “ “ “ 4c20 “ “ “ “ “ “ 7c50 “ “ “ “ “ “ 12c

100 “ “ ............... “ l5c1 “ •* ................red 5c2 *< • • «• t* .. 6c5 “ “ “ “ “ " 8c

10 “ “ “ “ “ *- 8c2 0 ........................... “ " “ 10c50 “ *: “ “ “ “ iSc

100 “ “ “ “ •“ “ 16c20 Bk of Camden S. C ---- . . . . . . . 8c5 Allegany Co Bk Md red .......... 10c5 “ “ “ “ g r e e n .. . . . . . 9c

20 Bk of Commerce Ga .................... 8c1 “ ( ( 4c

25c The M echanics Bk G a ................. 4c50c “ “ “ “ .................4cS 3 The Exchange Bk of V a ............ 8c

5 “ “ “ “ ............... 5c1 Bk of Battle Creek M ichigan__ 5c

10 The Central Bk of A labam a..........10c20 “ “ “ * • . . . . 12c

100 “ “ “ “ ......... 20c1 P lanters Bk G a .................................4c2 “ “ 4c5 Commercial Bk of Columbia S C 5c

10 “ *• “ “ 5C20 “ “ “ “ 12c50 " “ “ “ 12c20 Bk of H am burg S C .....................10c10 “ “ “ .......................9c1 Towanda Bk N J ............ ...............7e1 C incinnatti & W hitew ater Can. Co 8c

SBennet C. 'Wheeler, SPylesville Slid.

COINS AND CURRENCYW ILL PURCHASE IN LOTS

A limited am ount of scarce confederate and fractional currency in coins the One and Three dollar U. S. Gold issue. Condition of above m ust be nearly new- Subm it sam ple with lowest set price.

N E L S O N T. T H O R S O N , O M A H A , N E B .

W ANTED—F in e old C hina, old U. S. gold and s ilver and copper cen ts, antique fire arm s, fine Ind ian arrow s. A.J.W ebb,2|Ogden S t.G lens F a lls N.Y.

Cheaper than stealing them when pjstage is all asked. For 10c we will send you 1 pound o( choice Leading and largest Stamp, Coin, Photographic, Cureo, Post Card and Advertising p a ­pers, will include one foreign one if you wish in each lot. Papers are offered to clean up for have not room. You will 6nd one no. among each lot worth more than the price alone. Send 10c for lib lot and you will send for more. Send at once before they are taken. W EST, L Bs, Superior, Neb.

I CALL THEM post card clips. W ith them you can display your collection o f cards or photos in the sim plest, n ea tes t and m ost a ttrac tiv e m an n er; you can a r ­range a sm all square of four or you can cover a whole wall. I sell them a t 10 cen ts a dozen, 3 doz. 25c. cu rrency .

D. TAPPAN,

25 Envelopes 15cYour nam e and address neatly p r in t­

ed oil 25 envelopes for 15c (silver) post­age 3c ex tra . All o rders fo r 100 en ­velopes, and over p ost paid in U. S.50 envelopes . . ' ............................... £ .25100 “ 50500 “ 1.50

1000 " 2.25

Bert G. Warner Printer1775 W alker St. Des M oines la .

CIGARS lFrom Factory To Sm oker. •

For 75 cen t money order I will J end to any address in the U. S. • hox of 25 H igh G rade Cigars. •

’rice list.free. *Paul Meyer, *

Cigar M anufacturer, •A rlington, Neb. •

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Souvenir i

Post CardsCards in colors, Lincoln’s •

Home and Monument, Ar- * senal, State House, Library, • Post Office, State Fair I Grounds, 4 different, Court I House, City Hall and Par- I ade Grounds. 12 for 25 I cents cash or stamps, these * cards are of National interest • as the home and tomb of the • Immortal Lincoln. I

Millard Mailing Agency 113 S 4th St.

j Springfield 111.

uCruxodeveloping

dapei'

Is becom ing fam ous.

It is an a n ti- tru s t p a p e r of th e finest q u a lity . N o th in g but th e h ig h est g ra d e im ported stock is used. I t is e a s ie r to m an ipu la te an d has m ore la titu d e in exposure and develop ing p ap er on the m arket.

A lso m akes the finest P ho to P o st cards. 15c a d o zen . G ross prepaid $1.50.

T h e price lis t is th e low est.T he d isco u n ts the L a rg e s t.

A nd q u a lity th e B est. T ry it.

S E N D 10c to pay postage fo r a dozen S A M P L E S

JCilborn S'hoto Shaper Co., Cedar Stapids Sowa

Ex c h a n g e , w a n t o rTRADE COLUMN

One exchange notice of 15 words free to each subscriber with yearly subscriptions. For sale notices ic per word, 50 words 25c.

Manual of land and fresh water shells of the British Isle with figures of each kind by tVm Purton M D published in London 1857 fully 300 pages. Will X for stamps of any kind. Herman W Boers 323 Erskine St Detroit aiich.

Four-fifths catalogue allowed (your selection from our sheets) for stamps cataloguing four cents and over. First class x. Reference. Cal­ifornia Stamp Exchange 1503 Stockton st San Francisco Cal. 3-3

Prc postage stamps wanted w ill give cash or X W A Imbler Compton Cal.

J D Cox, stamps and coins X. Upper Stew- iacke. Nova Scotia. Canada.

Brand new Nat Automatic Telegraph Trans- tnitter. With this instrument auyoue can be­come an expert tel operator. W ill X for coins indian relics or sea curios. Write for further particulars. Worthy Edwards South Bend Wash.

Will ex best Denver and Colo cards for cards from any locality. F W Anderson 1823 Center St Denver Colo.

X post cards with me. Return promptly made. R E Smith 147 Wabash Ave Chicago 111.

We sell old flint and cap-lock guns and pistols old pewter and decorated china dishes war pi­oneer and ancient Indian relics and many other antique articles Price list feee Davis Bros Kent O.

X relations and correspondence desired with collectors my specialty is U S and colonies. H A Davis t6i2 Welton St Denver Colo.

Have all kinds of font stamps to X for fossils properly nanied and with formation and locality Walter C Shields 1509 Young St Honolulu Hawaii

U S and ancient coins bo't sold or ex. Worthy E Edwards, Numism. bx 147 South Bend Wash.

Want to X souv cards with anvone in any place. Frank W Johnson 23 10th St So Fargo ND.

w ill X coin stam ps and curing for old pistols guns w ar and Indian relics or ettrios. Describe w hat you have and w hat you want. Howard Al­lard 3147 Easton Ave. St Louis Mo.

Ex assorted post cards celluloid buttons badges and medals. Mrs. H J Baum 131 Hnlcdor Ave Paterson N J.

Horse Shoe and Spearhead tobacco tags. Will sell buy or ex. Allen Bechter Pierce Nebr.

New Orleans souv post card for five tob tags. N W ells Longshore 206 Carondelet St New Or­leans La.

Answer every colored souv postal from all ov. erth e world r ev . M Busack Necedah. Wis.

Want all kinds of torn stamps to X for fossils properly nsmed and with formation and locali­ty. Walter C Shields 1509 Young St, Honolulu. Hawaii.

Wanted to X souv postal cardsfrom everwhere O P Ruth Burbank Cal.

Souv cards issued bv Brazil gov showing Bra­zilian World’s Fair view s to sell or X for stamps, r C Mann 1416 Hickory St St Louis Mo.

We are always open for X. especially for U S adhesive and cut sq envelopes, revenues, locals, match and medicine dept etc. and for rare for. We especially desire entire or rare adhesive on original covers, also precancels and are alwavs w illing to give good X. Give us a trial Falls City Stamp Co..329 St Catherine St.Louisville.Ky.

C O I N S .All kinds Wanted in Exchange.

Foreign and silver coin accepted face value of U. S. money. For every dollars worth of U. S. coins I offer $3.00 worth of stamps with your selection, or page ad. S p e c i a l . For every S I.00 Gold piece, anv date, I offer six dollars worth of stamps or % page ad. A nother Big Of­fer! For every §5.00 Gold piece I offer fl2 worth of stam ps or page ad. Also wish Broken Bank B ills, Shinplasters, (wild cat issues), Confederate Notes, if in good shape. Send sample.

EXCHANGESHave you thought of this? This magazine is

published entirly for the benefit of its readers and not ruu by a dealer, and we wish to call at­tention to the following departments of special interest to you: Ex Dept.—Enables you to ex with a fellow leader some article you do not want -for something they have and do want. Inquiry Dept.—Enables you to communicate with the Editor who will answer your questions. Anything appearing in this dept reaches over 20,000 people and could be turned to good advan­tage by readers who wish information or have any good suggestions to make for our mutual benefit. Ads pay big. ic a word Tiy it.

Stamps on approval at 75 perc dis. W A Im- bier, Compton, Calif.

Send all coins registered.L. T. Brodstone, Superior, Neb.

Send me an arrow-head, giving lo­cality where found, and I will mail you a onlloiype postcard of Texas cot­ton field.—W. Shraley, Comanche. Tex

POST CARDS.A dozen fine ones postpaid for 25c.

Includes Imported view cards of Com­anche. No half-tomes.—JNO. STRA- LEY, Comanche, Texas.

Do Not These Interest You."The Mineral collector'1 a m onthly magazine

devoted the interests of the collector, student and dealer, $i per year, single copies in cts.

"Crystals and Gold." by Rev. R. I„ Cross, cloth bound, Jl. Circular free.

"Vade Mecuni Guide,” a book for beginners in Minerology by Prof, I.. P. Gratacap Curator American Museum Natural History, full of fine half tones, price $i. circulars free.

"Gems and Gem Minerals '' by Dr. Oliver C, Farrington, the most beautiful book of its kind published, over ioo minerals in colors, hundreds of illustrations, a ten dollar book for fj. Arthur Chamberlain. 232 W. 67th St., N. Y. City.

You can no w learn me wonderful art of Taxider­my, which was long kept se­cret. We teach you by m a il to correctly mount Birds, Animals, Fishes, Heads. Tan Skins, make One rues, and collect Insects. A delightful. fascinating art. easily and quickly learned by Men, Women and Boys. Sportsmen and Naturalist can save and mount their own beautiful trophies, dec­orate home. den. or olTlce.

and make b ig p ro f it s by mountings for friends. T h o u s a n d s o f S u c c e s s f u l G ra d u a te s. Full course in tslesscns. S ta n d a rd M e th o d s .

Tuit ion ratevery low . Satisfaction or money back— always. We want to send you full particulars. O ur New C a t a lo g a n d th e T a x id a rm y M a g a z in e -All F re e . Don't delay, but Investigate this now.

The .Northwestern School of Taxidermy, tine.)C.naha. Neb,

Tuck’s “Oilette" series souv post cards to X for U S stamps on the original cover; 50 percent over cat worth given. Verna Weston Hanway Dallas Duz. Co Penn.

Old manuscripts wanted; x stamps or souv post cards, If deiired will buy if lowest cash price is given. Verna Weston, Dallas Duz Co Penn

Wanted—U S fractional currency, conf cur. broken bank bills, wild cat issues, miscellaneous and slate issues of 1861-65. Canadian issues bills wanted for private collection. Fred Whittemore 925Center St,. Des Moines. Iowa.

Rev I Eckhardt. Anderson. Grimes Co. Texas desires ex in good medium stamps; basis Scott or seuf.

Money I.oaned on stamps or stampcollections. F. Michael. 258 W Madison St. Chicago 111. Mem­ber APA and CPS. (5-3)

Texas relics wanted. Write for list of interest­ing and valuable specimens from other portions of the U S to X for prehistoric relies of Texas. W K Moorehead, Andover Mass 4-6

Want sea cu rios from a ll over th e world. A lex ­ander. the Jeweler, 33 Patton Ave A shev ille N.C.

To x souv postals. Bessie M. Wise, Boulder Colo

Will X 111 Capital post cards for same of N. Dak., New Mex.. Ind. Ter.. Okla.. colored pre‘ fered but b St w accepted. Mrs. Alexander. 1115 Harlem. Rockford 111.

Want to ex View cards for same no cotnics de­sired. Mrs. Chas E Dunham Minonk 111.

Icoliect and ex post cards. Mrs. M A Hopper 125 Haledon Ave Patterson N J.

Ex wanted in souv post cards.celluloid buttons badgesand medals. Mrs. H J Baum. 131 Haledon Ave. Paterson N, J.

Photo mounts for Amatnres red stamp for samples and price. Ralph B Platt 63 Catawba St Roxbury Mass.

The Business Mans Magazine. Scribners, to ex for Tobacco Tags N Wells Longshore 2522 Da. harpe St, New Orleans Da,

To ex for stamps, large dark-room lantern, pair of skates earn ing case for butterfly collect­ors, scroll-saw patterns. leather for fancy work etc. Particulars for 2c stamp. FOW illius, 527 Daurel Ave. St Paul, Minn

Want to ex Western and Southers states relics for New Eng relies. A collection of soosea shells for relics. A E Marks. East Orlantl. Me.

Join the Universal Collectors Association and receive their Journal. No membership fees and dues only 25c each yr. Dess than hall the dues of other clubs and more rec'd. State your age, occupation and kind of collection. Address E R True 307 E 20 St. Pittsburg. Kans. (2-4)

rP iPHOTOS IN COLORS.I will make six cabinet

photos of your photograph in three colors. They will be art beauties and are exact reproductions. I will return the original photo. Price only one dollar. John P.

|^H orn, Linden Heights, Ohio.

Souvenir Post CardsWe prin t them . You furn ish photo—

we do the rest. Sample set 10c.

5tewart-Simmons Press,W aterloo, la.

THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRYIN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS

A Lan d o fB ou n d 'ess M ineral and A gricu ltu ral W e a lth and M arvelous Scenic B ea u ty

Can be reached in one night from St. Louis or K ansas C ity b y the

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAYVia CARTHAGE, MO., or by the

IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTEfrom St. Louis or M em phis

Via N E W P O R T , ARK.T h e new W h ite R iv e r D ivision o fth eM isso u ri

Pacific-Iron M ountain S ystem is pre-em inently th e scenic line o f the Southw est

F or further inform ation, folders, m aps, rates, n ew illu strated book, e tc ., address

H. C. TOWNSEND,C C N C R A l P A S S C N O C R A N D T I C K E T A O C N T ,

S T , L O U I S , M O .

Hind Triends:mail order business and my home. I am going to write a book, kind­ly send me 52 cents and I will send you a copy when published. I will also insert your name in it. Mention this paper.

Harry Hustler Hill120 Sutter St.

San Francisco, Cal.

Watches, Cameras, Fountain Pens, etc.,FREE. Send for our plan. Niagara Falls Souvenir Cards; 10 all different, 20 cents. No trash.

SOUVENIR POST CARD CO.,

Niagara Falls, N. Y.

Post Card Collectors send 10 cents silver for samples of our latest wood cards.

THE BADGER CARD C0„Two Rivers, Wis.

Cigar Bandsl I will send you postpaid 100 Im ported Gold-leaf Cigar Bands, assorted, with center-piece, for covering trays, plaques etc., on receipt of 30c, stam ps or money order. Joseph Way. 1103 M arket S t., Philadelphia, Pa.

5 var. H aw aiian Is lan d postal cards unused 15c; bO var. c ig a r bands 16c or 100 var. 35c; 50 var. s tree t c a r trans­fe rs 30c or 100 mixed 40c; 68 var. old in tobacco ta g s 20c or 200 var. Si.25; dozen old Ind ian w am pum money 15c. B urns C herry , 781-12th S t. Oakland. C alif.

Sielies of San 3ran~ cisco d isaster.

My stock ot stamps went up in smoke. The fire also tried to burn my coins, and succeeded pretty well. However, I dug some out of the ruins of my store, and on receipt of from 10 to 25c in stamps will send you a bunch of burned and melted coins or relics. Also liave 25 varieties postals,with views of fire and earthquake, 2 for 5c.

8. 70. Smith,3 4 0 3 Sacramento St.,

San Francisco, Cal.

Souvenir Post Card of

South Carolina.Pretty views of Charles­

ton, S. C. also views of Cotton Fields which are interesting 1 doz. for loc,25 for 30c. Agents and Dealers send for price list.

J. C. Bingley,P. 0. Box 467 or 177 Meeting St.,

Charleston, S. C.

EXCHANGESWant Clippintts. Notes, Items, Articles on coins

stamps, paper money, postal cards, curios relics, shells etc. desired by WEST, Superior Neb,

We call attention to onr unrivaled series of one and two cent net approval books. Collectors with many varieties in their collection can a l­ways find some that they can use. Dealers frequently keep the entire books, and remount our stamps on approval sheets, marking them at catalogue price less 50 percent and then more than double their money. Try a set and he con. vinced. Falls City Stamp Co 329 K St Catherine St I.ouisville Ky.

For Sale or X—4x5 Kodak. Winchester rifle 22 cal., ciarinette E h . All in perfect condition. Send list, Warren McKnight. No 415-4111 St. Sioux City la.

Will X U S rev or Envelopes with anybody. O H Wolcott 724 Crosby St. A kron O .

Stamps, coins. Indian relics and curios bo't sold and X. burns J Cherry 781 12th St Oakland Cal.

I sell all U S and foreign coins and would be pleased to send to you my latest list of coins. Austin L,. Weamer. Avonmore Pa.

Rare foreign and U SJStamps and Match and Medicine stamps for others Send sheets, 110 common wanted. J C Jay. Mt Pleasant la.

Will give 10 diff foreign stamps cataloging at least 25c for every fossil correctly named with formation and locality. Fossils worth more in proportion. Walter 'C Shields 1509 Young St Honolulu. T. H.

I collect only perfect prehistoric stone imple­ments. Correspondence with other collectors desired. John J Arthur. 1405 East 10th St. Topeka Kan.

Will X souv cards with everyone. Pearl Harding. Essex Conn.

House and hardy plants, stamps to X for al­most anything except olants. Write first. Lucia T Falconer. Shelburne Ont. Canada.

I Will X a Magic lantern and so views throws a ten foot picture, good strong durable lens for S ix Phonograph records or ft telescope. I will also X a 44 calibre revolver for six phonograph records. Write, every letter answered. Thomas Harwood. Roland Man Canada.

I am collecting only prehistoric stone im ple­ments. Want perfect specimens from all locali­ties. John J Arthur. 1405 E loth St Topeka Kan.

Wantsd 1794 f S C good cond. Colonial and C S A Bills any other U S Coin. Sale or X. Cliilord G Palmer, Onarga. 111.

Have lot of Civil War Rev found on document in old court house. Do not know exact value but will sell cheap. All in fine condition, pen cancelled some imperforated Will sell any quantity as desired while they last Complete list for stamps. H S Walter Bx 132 Odoti lnd.

Special Packet, contains 1000 well mixed stamps such rs Chili. India. Japan. Russia. Mex­ico. Venezuela, Greece. Turkey. Argentine Republic, etc. It contains no U S. French. Ger­man. Belgium or Gt Britain stamps, worth over $12.00 Cat. Onr price $1.00. Only one to a cus. tomer. Atlas Stamp Co., 319 Evergreen Ave Brooklyn. N. Y.

25 Envelopes postpaid for only iocents[sitver). Bert G Warner, Printer, Dept Wx. 1767 Walker St. Des Moines la.

C rouch , Toron-aui very much gratified with responses to my small ad .—G.to, Canada.

M em bers w anted fo r M aritine Card exchange. P a rticu la rs free. M ari­tim e Card E x ch an g e , Box 44, M onc­ton , N. B. C anada. (5-6)

POST CARDSof San Francisco earthquake, 10 diff. views, 3 for 10 cents. Also large illustrated book of earth­quake 25 cents. Goodman Co. Hartford, Conn.

Join the Central Souvenir Post Card Club, Dues 35c a year.

Centra! Post Card Co.,Box 706

Lincoln, Nebr1 HE NATIONAL BRAND

TYPEWRITER RIBBONis m ade of the very best im ported clo th , is non-filling, assu res perfect copies, w ill not d ry o r sm ut, and will ou tw ear any o ther brand of ribbon. T h is ribbon is sold exclusively by us and s tr ic tly on its m erits, S ing le ribbon 75 cen ts o r S7.0C per dozen. M oney back if found in any way u n ­sa tis fac to ry . Send us stam ped envel­ope and we will m ail you a lig h tn in g m u ltip ly er free of charge .

N ational T y p ew rite r E xchange.225 D earborn St., Chicago, 111. (5-3)

J o i n N o w ! W h & t ?The Atlantic Souvenir Card Collectors Society

Office 2*23 C St. Philadelpeia, Pa.A world wide exchange for all card collectors,

OBJECT—To promote the collecting of souv. post cards. To prevent unfair dealing between members. To publish lists of reliable card col­lectors in every part of the globe and have an exchange dept. To have all cards translated from foreign language to the spoken class

BENEFITS—Every person who becomes a member will receive the official organ “The W EST1' monthly, the best and plenty of it. 5 fine colored ear ns and a handsome membership card, complete list of all members. All new members have their names printed in official re­port in WEST monthly and free use Bureau Tra nslation.

DUES—U. S„ Mexico and Canada 50c a vear. Foreign 75c year or 3 shillings, 4 francs.3 marks, 4*Uire. tJ4 yen. If already a subscriber to WEST deduct 25c from dues. All members must receive “WEST *. Application blanks can be had from sec. or treasurer. A Fine Exchange. Fine in­ducements. Join now or write to Jam es Wilson Jr., Office 2723 C St.t Philadelphia, Pa.

Exchange N olice5There is no apology necessary for any of the

ads in the want columns of the WEST. Each one of them represents a genuine want aud un­der no circumstances is auy fake advertising permitted in the WEST. This guarantees the accuracy of the ads and inspires the confidence of the reader. There are no fake ads printed ust to HU up space. Each one is genuine and

paid for by the advertiser.Illustrated postcard of Tex State Cap. in X fo

first class card, preferably camera print. J L Arlitt, Austin Tex.

Will X post cards U S or forn. Alton Mile?, U ncoin Neb. care of P O.

Will X post cards with anyone, any kind hut comics, colored prefered. H C Jennings, Valen­tine Neb.

Wanted Copies of WEST dated Dec. 1904. Feb.. Mar, Apr, May. June. July, Aug, Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1905: Jan, Feb. March 1906. M M Graboseh. R R 2 Esbon Kan.

We have made a Bonanza package for those boys who may wish to deal in a small way or trade their duplicates so we will send postage prepaid the following 150 var forn, a millemetre scale 5 approval sheet return blanks 10 blank approval sheets one 60 and one ioospace appro- al book 10 packet envelopes asst in 3 colors. 30 fine hinges in asst sizes, a set of Belgium Packet Post T902 8 var and 5 other sets cataloging from 5 to 15 each-[averaging 10c per set) all For only 25c silver and 4c in stamps to cover postage. 3 pkt. for 90c net Falls City Stamp Co.. 329 East St. Catherine St. I„ouisville Ky.

Something new xo colored post cards of Venice cf America, and Ocean Parks for 15c. Pacific Photo Gallery, Santa Monica Cal.

Ratsch. double-end punching bag. new; 14 in Acme drag burnisher, fine condition. Want Eastman folding pocket kodak or offers. Ira Christensen. Longmont. Colo.

Will exchange collection confederate bills and bonds for Executive Dept Stamp. L. C. Prit­chett, 266 Formwalt St Atlanta, Ga.

For X for anything of value, preferable a dia­mond. a town lot in Garfield Co Okla. Worth about $\o or $50, Town situated on two railroads. Best county in the state and property will ad­vance. Will X tor best offer. W. C. Stone 90S West 13th St Kansas City Mo.

X post cards with W. C. Williams bx 956 Bing­hamton, N. Y.

6 souv postal cards 10c. Chas. Prouse, Cam­bridge Md.

Fossil fern leaves. Fine black specimens on gray shales. 10c each by mail; 20 by express, charges paid $1.25. John W Wright Knoxville la.

Advertise in my stamp magazines if you want to get good returns from your ads. 1 represent 20 of the leading and best Stamp. Coin and Curio Magazines published. Can place your ads from 10 to 250 below oublishers prices. Send me a copy vour ad and get my lists full particulars, special prices etc. Rybolt" Ad Agt, bx I4 Mul­berry O.

Like to hear f rom everybody that have tobac­co tags, coupons. Green trading stamps.soap and soap powder trade marks in fact we want all kinds of coupons, trade marks etc, Have you any to X. Alfon J A Stark, 161 Tompkins Ave. Brooklyn N. Y-

1 will X post cards or stamps with anyone. N J Cadoreth 285 Water St Fitchburg Mass.

I have some very good stamps to X very reason* able. What have you. Raymond Wright Kent la.

JOB PRINTINGAT LOW PRICES

100 Best 71b. Note Heads, 30 250 Ditto for 60c, 500 Ditto for 1.15

Bill Heads, Statements, Busi­ness Cards,. Half-length Letter Heads or large, thin Letter Heads at same rates as above.100 12 lb. Letter Heads, ruled orunruled.................... . 40200 Ditto................................... 75500 Ditto............................... 1.75100 XXX White envelopes, 30250 Ditto..... ................................65500 Ditto................................ 1.256% Colored or Blue lined or 6XA white envelopes will cost 5c per 100 extra.

The above prices are for work printed in Black ink, 5c extra for each job in blue ink and 10c extra for each job in Red, Brown or Green ink. Send stamp for samples. Unused U. S. stamps accepted same as cash.

All work sent prepaid Satisfaction guar., -.teed

Give ns a trial order

T. O. YOUNGNew haven , New York

Exchange Notices.Send them in. The trade or X ads only cost ic a word. They are profitable to the advertiser and profitable to the reader. Hundreds of them are published every year. He word when 50 or more

Beautiful California minerals. Pink green and blue tourmalines beryls kunites and others. R M Wilke 2627 Piedmont Ave Berkeley Cal.

Will X postals. Prompt return. No comics Jean Lyons 737 Johnson St Portland Ore.

Please X fine souv postals with E C Krueger 29 E St Ballard Wash.

Stampsbo't and sold for cash or X. Corres­pondence solicited, Wholesale price lists want­ed. Friedr Oekonfels. Stamp Merchant, Solin- gen Germany.

Real estate tobacco tags street car transfers to X for any kind indiau relics Earle L Robinson 242L W 7 St Joe Mo.

I will X post cards with every collector. No comics. H D Adams 713 Ogeron’St Hiawatha Ks.

I buy sell or X minerals rocks ores fossils relics of stone shell bone ivory wood copper bronze sil­ver and gold; weapons and sundry curios typical of the various races and tribes of the earth; art objects of all kinds; antique furniture utensils jewelry dishes etc; shells aud marine curios coins stamps books historical souv etc. F G Hillman 63 Hillman St New Bedford Mass.

I am a souv post card collector and exchanger. Dean Doualdson bx 706 Lincoln Neb.

Will ex with anyone and anywhere, shall send cards of Oakland and San Francisco and vicinity Sure to reply. M j King. 727 E Oakland CaL-7-4

Wanted—Amatures having cameras (uot ko­daks), 4x5 or any size larger can earn $3.00 a wk by taking pictures for us at home. Send stamp for particulars. Oval Portrait Co, Caxton Build- Chicago.

U S unused entire envelopes to X. Send dupli- catelist and rec mine. Alfred E Cole. Plainfield N, J.

Cigar band collectors: Send your duplicates to I J Van Onteren 512 East 12th St. East Oakland. Cal. Will mail orders in X. Have collection of 3500 different bands.

X six beautiful colored Post cards of San Francisco. Oakland or Berkley for six foreign stamps cat 5c'each, Z H Eager $14 Sherman St San Francisco Cal.

X your duplicates 804 allowed. Z. H. Eager 8J4 Sherman StSan Francisco Cal.

X post cards with W. C. Williams, Bx 956 Binghamton. N. Y.

100 pieces orchestra music each 10 parts and piano, to trade for a stamp collection. Earl M Jackson. Johnson City "eim.

Will X post cards with all. No comics. Wra. Schurtz Jr 216 Bridge St. Mayville Wis.

Wanted to X view post cards for same. No comics desired. Address Mrs. Chas E Dunham Mitnonk III.

Wanted KinderbearC animal from H O Co’s foods. Will X stamps coins or will pay cash for them. Seud itst of what you have. D C Neefus Hudson. N Y.

Stamps and P P C s to X for fossils, numerals. W C Shields 1509 Young St Honolulu Hawaii.

Will X postals with anyone. Mrs. E J Linson J13 Fair St, Kingston, N Y. .

*®”Been ta k irg W EST 3 mos. and have been much pleased w ith it, 1 enclose 3yrs. subscription for m yself and friends —H elen G o td ii tk , M iic ik , 11).

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San Francisco SouvenirsBeautiful Post Card Folders

showing 24 views of the streets, buildings, parks. Chinatown, and a fine panoram a the city before t he terrible disaster. A souvcnh every one should have. Get one while it can be bad. These are in beau­tiful colors and if bought on single post cards will cost 51 20 per set. Our price is 25c.

Reduced Priceson Comic Post Cards 40 kinds at 75c per 100. Get a hundred at once and sell at 2c each to your friends. Y ou'll m ake over 150per ceut profit. Do it now. Sample dozen 10c.

O m aha Post Card Co. 1506 Howard St.

Om aha, Neb.

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California Earthquake and Fire

Souvenir Post Cards.

12 varieties for only 25e. Your collection is net com­plete without them.

PhotographsLarge variety wrecked

buildings etc. 10, 25 and 50c each. Souvenir View Books of destroyed districts 25 and 50c each.

C. E. FARMAN,5838 San Pablo Ave.

Oakland^ Calif,■M-+++++++-M-+*

MEXICAN PALH LEAF MAT 50c.An Ideal Hal for Fishing, Camping, and the Seashore.

Nn hat procurable a t double the price we ask is as suitable for the hunter.camper, or fisherman as our hand-woven Mexican Palm Leaf H ats. These are woven en­tirely by hand by skilled Mexicans in Mexico, from strong palm fibre, especially for us, and we im port them direct. They are double weave, durable, and light ir. w eight.

This hat is ligh t w eight but very strong, with colored design woven in brim . It retails for $1.00 but we send it to any address, prepaid, for only 50 cents, as a leader. The same hat in plain de­sign 40 cents, or the two hats—one colored and one p la in —for 75 cents. All sizes; l ’rge, medium and small.

This hat is sim ilar grade to the above, but

plain design, larger size, talley crown, and w ith 6-inch brim , yet weighs only six ounces. An ideal fisherm an’s hat. Retail value $1 50 but sent prepaid anyw here for 75 cen ts. All sizes.

THE FRANCIS E. LESTER CO/TPANY,

Department Y 6 Hesilla Park, New Mexico.

Free! Free! A 3 m onths subscription to the Story Journal F R E E if you send 10c for 12 finely colored POST CARDS. Address W. A. Lang, 2525 Viue St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Send 25 cents in silver and receive by return mail prepaid, tw enty-five beauti­ful scenic postal cards, all different, of Denver and Colorado. Views of the grandest scenery in the world. O u r| cards are absolutly th e best.

Send rig h t now.T h e M o h a w k S u p p l y C o ,,

1545 Pearl St., Denver, Col.To Introduce My Large Price List of|

Native Products And Curios of the

PHILIPPINE ISLANDSH ats, C anes, Bolos, Suecos, Chine-

las, P e ta te s , P a in tin g s , P h o to s , Sea- shells, C araboa H orns, N ative C loths, Beautiful E m bro ideries, R elics, etc., and m ake a cu sto m er o f you, I will send you an y one o f the fo llow ing S2 and $2.50 a rtic le s postpaid fo r only $1.

1 Bolo carved from C araboa H orn.1 G enuine E bony C ane.2 P a irs of C urious N ative Shoes.1 T an ay P e ta te (M at.)

50 Sea shells.1 E m broidered P in a H andketch ief.Only one to a custom er a t thi9

price; and o rder only accepted when accompanied by th is coupon. P rice list alone ten cen ts. A $5.00 hand woten h a t, free to anyone w ho pur-1 chasers eno u g h from th is list. In or-1 dering, ask fo r p a rtic u la rs . A ddress!

CHAS. DE SELMS,P. 0. Box 1072, Manilla, Philipine Isles. J

Cuban Cigar Bands.I have a large stock at these prices

(post free50 bands 1 centre p ie c e ..................... 25c

100 “ 2 •* “ ..................45c200 “ 5 “ “ ............ ..60c

MARIO S ROIG,Cerro 827. Havana, Cuba.

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.EARNPHOTOGRAPHY’[IN CALIFORNIA

ITS clear, pore atmosphere and mild climate give California a- decided advantage for PH O TO ­GRAPHIC STUDY—an end­less variety of subject material.

California College of Photography

Palo Alto, Calif.

Address Dept-w

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Post Cards?Will send you my list of over 50 collectors in India,

Brazil, Africa, Turkey, Greece, Holland, Japan, Bavaria, etc; price 10c; also 2 foreign views free.CHAS. DURSO, 181 Worth St. New York, N. Y.

% vj# l|< <« kj* iji&*Our ads are O K in the W EST.—V. P ierce,'M anchester, Mich.

COLORED CARDS

W H O A MULE! s to p . Say Maudlook at th e b a rg a in s in C aliforn ia S ouven irP o st C ards, and all finely colored.10 Y osem ite Valley and Big T r e e s ..............IS10 S ou thern C alifo rn ia S cenes ......................1510 N o rth e rn “ “ ......................... 1510 P acific Coast S c e n e s ..................................... 1510 T ro p ica l T ree S c e n e s ....................................1510 D onkey S c e n e s ................................................ IS10 San F ran c isco C a rd s .................................... 1510 In d ian and C hinese S cen es......................... 15lOLos A ngeles S c e n e s ............................. .15lO Fine A nim al card s ........................................1510 N ude and sem i-nude baby c a rd s .............. 156M erm aid A rt c a rd s ..........................................15

25 A ssorted C alifo rn ia cards 35c, SO fo r .65 100 for S I.25, 500 fo r §6.00, no two alike,2 ct s ta m p s sam e as cash . Pacific P ho to G allery , S a n ta M onica, C alif. Box 174.

^Browning’sSiZagazine

A Small but Entertaing Magazine, Full of Good Reading and Pictures.

£ 25 C E N T S A YEAR £

Cash Prizes given month­ly lor Amateur Photography and Puzzles.

Published by

^Browning X in g & Company.

16 Cooper Sq. New York NY

of Nebraska State Capital and Byran home for sale, 6 for 25 cents.CENTRAL POST CARD CO.Box 706, Lincoln, Neb.

r ......................... cf THE COIN CABIN FT. j1 A M agazine fo r Collectors. C £ N o th in g like it in th e world,

50 cen ts per year.

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608 Flat Iron New York City

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W E A P O N S , E T C ,Moro and Igoro te w eapons a re now

very difficult to o b ta in ; an d prices are u su a lly tw o to th ree tim es those given below.Moro B arong; good blade; carved

wooden sh ea th ; old .......................§5.00Ig o r )te s p ;a r ; 5-6 ft. long a v e r ­

age spec im en ......................................3.25Igoro te 5-6 ft. long fine spec­

im en ................................................... 4.00Igoro te Edio; wooden sheath and

woven belt ...................................... 4.5QIgoro te C alasag, or wooden shield

o rn am en ted ..................................... 3.50Igoro te cotton b lanket, black

& red, fine specim en ..................... 10.00Igoro te woven hat p la in ......................75Igoro te woven h a t, dog tooth

o r n a m e n ts . ................ 1.50Igoro te h a t from B arlig ; egg

shaped , p la in , carved fromsin g le block of wood, very ra re 3.75

Igoro te bracele t, m ade fromtwo wild bear t u s k s ...................... 1.00

Igoro te necklace, 12 w ild beartusk ornam ents, ra re .................. 4,50

Igoro te necklace, 26 tooth shaped bone o rn am en ts sa id to be h u ­m an bone; and dog too th rare 3.75

Igoro te ear penda ’ts , bronze, pa ir 1.60Igoro te woven s tra b e lts ..............Igoro te w oven string , Ilokano

w eav e .................... 1.50C, D eSelm s Box 1072, M an illa P. I.

I am offering R em ing ton Type­w rite rs en tire ly reb u ilt, a ll la tes t at­tach m en ts at §15.00, w rite for parti­cu la rs C. W elford Co. Box. 1634 N. Y. (5-3)

ANTIQUES AND RELICS.From th e hom es of o th e rd a y s an d the

people of o th e r tim es. H ighly deco ra t­ed handsom e colored and h isto ric ch ina , pewter d ishes, old g lass flasks and bottles, andirons, shovels and tongs, candlesticks, snuffers, lam ps, la n te rn s spinning w heels, q u a in t m irrors, sad­dle bags, flails, sickles, sand b lo tte rs , snuff boxes, ink wells, tinder, d in t and steel, flint lock g u n s and p isto ls, gun flints, w ar and Ind ian relics. We have some of the good th in g s , w rite us for list.

DAVIS BROS. Kent, Ohio.

HAND PAINTED TAPESTRY SOFA PILLOW

Send for a hand Painted tapestiv Sofa pillow top made from white vclvetine. of the the very richest. No oil paints especially prepared for tapestrv paintings. These do not fade nor wear off, and produce a perfect natural shade. Try and see for yourself by ordering a fine hand printed design by Miss ’M. Keller. Its no mechanics lw ork but free hand drawing or designing. Once you see the natural wreath of roses or brown eyed Susans, you can’t help but imagine the room filled with the fragrance of a natural flower. Prices range from $i.oo up to $1.75 according to the size of the design. Bui each design is the correct size suitable Tor ii sofa piltow but the Sr.75 and $1.50 are the more elaborate in design. Send at once and get your orders in on time. First come are the first served .write at once to Madeline Keller, Junean Wis.. R. No 1, Box 18 .U. S. A.

MARINE SHELLSAND CURIOS

Twelve shells and curios for 50c all good specj-

'mens. Collections of choice shells from 25c to $1. Illustrated catalogue and a showy shell sent for ten cents. Special listof Fla- and W. I. shells for dealers.

J. hi. HOLHES, Dunedin, Fla.

W A N T E DAMATEURS

! Having Cameras (not ko- I daks) or any size larger

can earn $8 per week by t»k-____________ __________ ing picture) for u» at home.Send itamp fot particulars, stating si.$eof camera.

O val Portrait C o , Dept, Chicago.

T H E N U M ISM A T IST .This is the only illustrated monthly magazine iu America devoted to coins and coin collecting It has been published continuously since 1888. One dollar per annum to any post office on the globe. Postage prepaid with souvenir issues when asked to foreign countries. Volume XIX begins with 1906. The Numismatist is the organ of the

AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION which has nominally over 700 members.; the largest and most active organization of the kind in the world. If you are interested in coin collecting or the study of coinage we want to hear from you and demonstrate to you the futility of trying to collect coins without the Numismatist. Sample copies on receipt of 10c or further information on receipt of stamp.The Numismatist, Lock bo* 727. Monroe, Mich.

A P O P U L A R . F A D S o u v e n ir P osta l C e.rd s F ree to A ll .

We will send, all charges prepaid by us, one free package of assorted Souvenir Postal Cards to any of our readers who will send us one new subscription to this magazine and toe to pay lor same. Each package contains 10 different Souvenir Postals beautifully executed ready for mailing. State if you wish cards with subscrip.

IOOO S u b jects F r e e to Y ou These cards contain interesting and historical

views from all over the United States,and a good collection of these postals filed in an album will not Jonly be o f great educational value but you will also possess a book of undying interest. We have 1000 Subjects to select from and each reader securing a set of postals will receive 10 different subjects with each set. beginning with number one and so on until they possess 1000 subjects. Large pack 12 souvenir postals free with each yearly subscription at 50c. Address The WEST, Superior, Nebr.

“ P R E H IS T O R IC R E L IC S ”T h is is a good work fo r collectors and stu d en ts . I t c o n ta in s 131 illu s tra tio n s w hich show 850 d ifferen t o rn am en ts , im plem ents, w eapons and u ten ils. “ P re h is to ric R e lic s” is m ade up from the s ta n d a rd a u th o ritie s on specim ens H olm es, Fow ke, M oorebead, S n y d er P e r lin , Boyle, M cG uire, W ilson, Moore B eaucham p, C ush ing and o thers. I t has selected the b e s t of a ll th ese ex­p e r ts ’s w ritin g s . See ill. in th is Num.

T he- illu s tra tio n s alone cost n ea rly $1000. T h e book co n ta in s 176 p ag es, 6 by 9 inches. A ll the illu s tra tio n s a re ca re fu lly described. By a study of “ P reh is to ric fie lics” th e collector can id en tify an y specim en in any portion of th e U n ited S ta te s . I w ill send a copy of “ P reh is to ric R elics.” postpaid to an y read e r of th e W E S T on receip t o f SI.00. Money refunded i f no t sa tis fa c to ry . L . B rodstone, S uperior, N ebraska .

9 S “CLOSING OUT SA L E “& 8of bargains in coins, curios and Indian relics. 100 arrows, M to 2 in, S5.00. Prices for stam p. The Ideal, McCook, Neb.

F R E E —A solid gold watch if ask for 10 rings to sell a t 2tic each. When sold return money and secure prem ium lis t­ed. Mario S. Roig, Stam p D ealer,Cerro 827 Havana, Cuba.

There may be many people—or, in fact, in o ther countries, too—who have never heard of your goods. Through W EST columns they can be reached, and if you make a good .argum ent they will have faith in your advertisem ents and like your goods. Select a Good Medium and Stick To It. A good m edi­um is the best and m ost faithful agent you can have. It works while others sleep. Ads Pay in the W EST, lc a ■word. One Ohio ad got 1000 different orders to his page ad.

Send me Jive two cen t s tam p s to r five handsom e souven ir cards. B. H. S haw , B land , New M exico.

POSTAL CARDCOLLECTORS

Im ported view s (not comic! 1Y* cen ts each in lots of 20 from a ll over the w orld. Send 10 cents silver sam ple 5. Satisfaction g u a ran teed . 4-2

ST A N D A R D CARD CO. H averh ill, Mass.

SELLING OUT THE WEST.W hile they last we will send an assort­

ment of 8 back num bers for 25 cents. Beginners who want to read upon Col­lectors will find a big quarter’s worth of Just the inform ation they need, and old tim ers will find plenty of good practical tips and helpful advice. They can’t last long at th is price, so von'd better o rder now.

THE WEST.LBx L Superior, Neb

Post Cards From Your Photos

The Very Finest Collotype Work. ^I am American representative for one of the best

Post Card manufactures in Germany, and am enabled to quote you a price of

$6.00 per 1,000For sample card or othes information write to

Jno. Straley,Comanche, Texas

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A Beautiful Post Card and List of 200 For­

eign Collectors ++

W ith every dozen of G alveston at 25 cen ts. I will include a beautifu l view of Sea-W all and E astern portion of c ity . L ith ­ographed in colors copied from Prof. S to ck fe lls fam ous pain t- ins'. T h is card o rig in a lly sold for 5c s tra ig h t . Send lo cen ts for a pack of m y hot a ir cards. Everyone a g u a ra n te e o f a r a t ­tlesing good tim e.

FRED LORENZ,

No. 171 Galveston, Tex. I

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POST CARD COLLECTORS!Post cards showing beautiful

views ot California and the west at 25c per doz. Try a sample four at 10c. Two of our most popular sets are Special Set No. 1 and Big Tree Set No. 4 The first contains 12 general colored views of California; the latter contains 12 beautiful views of the big trees of the west. Each set 25c.

Jas. Arkin,Camino, Eldorado Co., Calif.

REAL ESTATEWANTED

Eor hundred* of CASH BUYERS* who Advertise in THE U. S. REAL ESTATE JOURNAL and THE PROSPERITY MAKER, a unique, original, illustra­ted monthly for the Home, Real Estate* Business. For wide-awake buyers* sellers* agents, investors. A world wide circulation Sample copy. 25c or Sl.M per year. Free advice. Write J. ALLEN STEPHENS, Publisher,

14 Willard Building, Muucie, Ind. Est. ltfc*2.

SPECIAL VALUES IN COINS

AND PAPER MONEY

U. S. Gold do llar, sm all size, da te of my selection , fine, scarce. . . . .$2.50 Lewis & C lark gold d o lla r, 1905, issue very lim ited , will soon be very

scarce, b riliian t, un c ircu la ted e a c h ...........................................................2.00L". S. s ilver do llar, 1904, (S) m in t, la s t y ear of the d o lla r, very fine,

m in t bloom , e a c h ....................................... .. .................... .......... ............. 1.2525c U. S. frac tio n a l currency , 2nd, series; bust of W ash, in g ilt oval

very fine and c r is p ................................................................................................. 6025c U. S. f rac tio n a l cu rrency 5th series, b u st of W alker, uncircu la ted

crisp, each o n l y ........ ............................... ............................................................. 405 genuine confederate b ills , a ll d ifferen t rjice l o t ..................................... .. .15G enuine con federate $5, S10, an d $20, b ills a ll fine, th e s e t ...................... .13Civil W ar T okens, 1861 to 65, m any varie ties, such as, not one cent,

union forever, a rm y & n avy etc. 5 diff v a r o n ly ........................................20P anam a R epublic, s ilver 10c, head of B alboa etc. fine e a c h . . ..................... 14Old N ew spapers, T h e G enera l A d v e rtise r (P h ilad e lp h ia ) p rin ted in

1807 very curious and desirab le , fine c lean copies, e a c h ......................... 25All coins etc. sent postpaid upon receipt of price. Registration 8c extra. New Bargain list of ut-sirable coins, paper money etc., just out and will be mailed free upon request. A large assortment of fine U. S. and foreign coinsand paper money always on hand: Your WANT I.1ST solicited. WORTHY E. EDWARDS, Box 147, South Bend. Wash. Member Amer­ican Numismatic Association etc.

K>TMy ads b rin g me great business all le a n attend too,—R, Max Mehl, F t W orthT ex .

Stone RelicsLargest stock, Largest variety, Most

U nique of any in U. S.O utfitter for medium and advance co l­

lectors. The celebrated Oregon and W ashington agate and chalcedony jasper and obsidian Bird Points a specialty. Long spear heads, mound relics and copper and hem atite relics. .

Also I buy all good th ings offered at righ t prices in th is line.

W holesale and retail dealer in beaded buck skin relics, stone relics, Indian baskets, Iudian photos, m inerals, fossils shells, Alaska and So Sea curiosities and general curios. E lk Teeth at W holesale to Jew elers. Part beaded moccasins per pair 1.00, one-half beaded 1.50, three - fourths beaded 2.00, full beaded 2 50, all postpaid, [measure foot in inches.) $12000 stock to select from, 21st year. 52 page retail catalogue for 5c postage. W holesale sheet to dealers only.

L. W. StilwelL,Deadwood, So. Dakota.

W A N T E D —T o send my la te s t b a r­gain l is t to co llectors of e ith e r shells, m in e ra ls , fossils, co ra ls, eg g s, o r c u r­ios. My stock is in su red fo r over ten th o u san d dollars, an d is w orth double th a t figure to me. I can g iv e you b a r ­g a in s in fine specim ens w hich you c an n o t dup lica te e lsew here. I a lso need a few fine s ta m p s to to p out m y p riv a te collection , an d if you have an y such , drop me a line and I will m ail m y w an t list.

W A L T E R F . W EBB202 W estm inster Road,

R ochester, New Y ork.

Try Them.W hat? Those Designs Made

ByW. Straley,

Comanche, TexasFor

Covers, Folders, Advertisem ents,

Commercial S tationery, E tc ., E tc.

L et Him Figure w ith You.

3 t 5PhotogramReview of photography

CPClary, SditorSlluet rated Rrtistic EncyclopaediaBooks and Publications of high ar­tistic value fully Illustrated by Academic Studies of the Nude from Nature. Splendid collection of original photographs from living models. Illustrated special cata­logue sent free on demand.

C PfClary,Editor of LePbotogramme, 17 Rue

de Maubeuge, Paris, ranee.

Your Name In Goldon five handsome souvenir cards, I have the most interesting and historic cards in the U. S. Among them, The Oldest House, the old­est church and the oldest city post paid for 10c.

B. H. SHAWBland New Mexico

SHEET MUSICShade °f the Old Apple Tree,

Every body works but Father and four others we will select from our stock. All six for 50 cents stamps or coin, if you will send names of a few musical friends. Biggest offer this season. Order today.

W. BLACKMER CO.Oak Park___________________Ilh

A fine Hint W ar Club and my list of bargains in Ind ian Relics postpaid for only 25c. A. D. G rutzm acher, Muk- wonago, W is. [4-3]

Antiquated Shaper SConey of

%e Olden Ofimes.

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(10 St of Ga 1862 fine........................... «<-10 “ “ 1864 good........................... 3c20$50 St of Ga 1864 (the tw o ) ........12c5 “ “ “ ................................ 3c

25c City Bank 1862 each ....................... '3 c5,10, 25, 5oc, W alker Coal & Iron

Co. Ga 1883 s e t .................................15c50c City of Gainsville G a ............ ......... 7c

10 M erchants and P lan ters BkGa each ............................................... 3c

Set of 5 var Bk of W ashtenaw Michnew ............ 15c

{1 Bk of W ashtenaw 1854.................... 5c51 Adrian Ins Co....................... 4c

---- - 15c5 M erchants Bk oi ^ _ ........ lOc

10 Bk of St of S C ..................................15c5 Bk of America T e n n ......................... lOc

10, 50c Bk of Tenn the t w o ................. 12cSI, 2, Roan Iron Co Tenn value in

red the tw o ................... 25cSI Co of Page V a .....................................io c50c M anassas Gap R R . ........................ i s cS I.25 Bk of Commonwealth V a . . . . , .1 5 c15c Co of W ashington ............................ ..$5,10 Bank of Commonwealth Va each 8c S 5 S tB k S C .............................................. 2cSl to 100 Aug Ins& B king Co set of 7 63c

S'red 'Whittimore, 9 2 3 Center St,

5W Sfioines, Sown

1Photographic Post

Cards of Black Ililla.S.D. |

Roping a steer, Branding* cattle, Fine Indians, Wild bills* grave, Fine views of beautiful' mountain scenery thro’ lead, i Deadwood, Sturgis, Ft. Meade j and vicinity etc., all direct from I negatives made with fine lens- 3 for 25 cents. Rates to whole' sale trade. Also have 10 nega­tives made at ‘Frisco for cards.!

MAY I. STILWELL.Photographer

^Sturgis, So. Dak. >

A T T E N T IO N —A fine Baltimore p re s s No. 11 fo r sale cheap, for full p a r tic u la rs w rite E m il Guendel, Grand is la n d , Neb.

W ild aCifeO F T H E W O O D S

A N D WATERS Everybody wants to know

about Western Canada, the land of

B I G G A M EI L L I M I T A B L E FO R E S T S

U N E X P L O R E D REGION'S“ Wild Life” tells of the out door life of Western Canada. Send fifty cents for a trialsubscription.W i l d L i f e P u b l i s h i n g Co.

Victoria B. C. Canada.

Artistic Printing.O ar “ A d” in the “ W EST” last m onth brought us good results and if you were

not one of those who answered it should send at once for prices and samples for th a t job of p rin ting you want done.

Stationery.We are the best equipped office in the coutry for p rin ting fine stationery, and we

em ploy noth ing but skilled workmen and use the best grade of paper. Send for samples.

Souvenir Cards.If you w ant so ne nice souvenir cards, send us your photographs o r other pictures

you wish reproduced and we will have the cuts made and p rin t your cards for you and guarantee satisfaction, or if you have your cuts, let us figure w ith you on the prin ting .

Catalogs and Circulars.W rite us for estim ates on your next catalog or circular, giving size andnumberof

pages and num ber of copies wanted and we will be glad to send you prices and samples of stock, etc.

March 12 19O6V. C. Scott.

Fairfield, Neb.DearSir;

I bee to acknowledge my gratitude to you for sending me the nice stationery you have and J take pleasure in recommending it to anyone in Treed of high grade stationery.

Very truly yours J. W. Roberts, Easton. Mo.

We have a long list of customers who will gladly tell you how well our work pleases them. Send for samples today.

F. C. SCOTT, Artistic Printer, Box W, Fairfield, Neb.

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EarthquakePost Cards of San Fran­

cisco and Vicinity.They will give you a good idea

of the Situation as it was and is.Send 25c and

I will send you a dozen, no 2 alike post paid. Will Exchange Post Cards Anyone in This World or the Next.

Joe GalewskyStationery & Book Seller.

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Of Interest to jmineral Collectors. |

J ++ Beautiful Polished Pebbles, %+ Cape May Diamonds, Carnel- X + ians and Jaspers suitable for +♦ Jewelry mountings or cabinet $+ specimens. +* Polished......... 25 to 50c each %+ Unpolished . . . 10 to 20c “ X + Polished and Drilled $+ heads. . . . 45 to 75c “ X + Postage FREE. X

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Agates, polished ............Barite, .............................. ..........10c i ( 5B eauxite............................ ..........10c 11 50cC a lc ite ............................ . 11 S 3Chalcopyrite ............................. 10c i« 1C heste rlite ...................... f i 2Chrysoprase, c u t............ • t 5Chiastolite, pol . . . . . . . . .......... 20c It tC h lo ras tro lite .. . . . . . . . . 11 iC hrysocolla........ . .......... 20c tt 2D a to li te ............................ ..........10c 1 < 8F lu o r i te ............................ tt 10H erderite ............ ........... _____$1 <1 10Gold in Q uartz................ .......... 10c .1 5Kunzite (ra re ).................. • f 5L in to n ite .......................... «( 1M oonstone, c u t .............. ..........10c «* 1Opals, c u t ........................ It 10Sapphire, c u t .................. t< 5S c a p o lite .......................... .......... 10c < « 2S erpen tine ........................ t t 1Spodum ene .................... t 1 1Thom psonite ................... , t 50cT o p a z .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c ft S 5Tourm aline .............. . . .......... 10c 1 ( 10

Special offer, 100 lbs. ass’t. M inerals,all labelled, only S3.00, f. o. b. NewBedford, Mass.

I shall hold a mail auction sale sh o rt­ly, catalog is now in preperation ;arnong other th ings will be offered Fine P a in t­ings, Autographs. M inerals, Indian Rel­ics. Seeds and Cones, Stamps, Coins and a fine lot of Miscellaneous Curios. If interested send for a catalog, which will be sent you as soon as ready.

T. 0. Hillman,63 Hillman $t.,

Rem Bedford, IPass.

W ill’ Pay CashF or all k inds of paper m oney in lots of 50 of each or more. S tate price and condition- Confederate preferred.

N. T. Thorson,818 So. 10. Om aha, Nebr.

THE PACIFIC MONTHLY THE MAGAZINE OF

THE WEST.No W estern m agazine has ever before

attem pted the great work which The Pacific M onthly is doing. It is in a class by itself. The Pacific M onthly depicts thourougblv the g reat m ove­m ents which are m aking for the S u ­premacy of the Pacific. I t is character­istically western. I t te lls you about th e opportunitites. developm ent an d ' prog­ress; yet it is of genuine in terest for m any o ther reasons. I t is broad in its scope. It is beautifully and elaborately illustrated . It has e igh t wide awake de­partm ents virile, tim ely, even one c h a r­acterized by enthusiasm and energy. No m agazine has m ore stories m onthly , and The Pacific M onthly stories are snappy--vou read and enjoy them .

Our price is $1 per year; 10 cents per single copy, and 25 cents for 3 m ouths trial subscription.

The Pubisher of W EST says it is the finest of all dollar magazines.Sample Free. Address Portland Oregon

I W an t to buy any N e­b ra sk a Bills

W ild ca t or Broken B ank Issu es . Send them o r one of each k ind andprice to L . B rodstone, S uperio r, Neb. ««

THE LOCKE BABYJUMPtRH appy Babies—thankful m uihets’ Amuses I fur hours—pays for itself over and over In I tim e saved the bu»y mother. Keeps baby I from harm—’develops strung straigh t lim bs I and vigorous body. P r i c e , d e l i v e r e d , I $2 60, $4.00. $5.00, $10.00, according to mate rial and finish, 1 0 d a ;* * t r i a l - m o n e y I hack if desired. Order now. Circular free. I

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B IR DBy Chester A. Jte?3 S. B.It names the bird for you pictures them in their natuial colors- This is a popular pock­et guide and text book to all the land birds east of the Rock­ies, from the parrots to bluebirds. It is prepared especially for teachers an nature students for use in the field. Every bird is shown in pptural colors including females and voung where they differ.It gives the range and ‘ hahits of each bird, their songs as nearly as they can oe written, and de- scripton of their iicst and eggs. It can easily be carried in the measuring pocket, but 3x5 inches, j j o pages, bound in flex- ble sock cloth, prepaid for S O cts or irt flexible leather. 75 cts post paid We want agents iii every city, town and school. Good commissions paid. Send for prospectus of Bird Books and sample copy of Th R AMER ICAN BIRD MAGAZINE. Chas K. Reed- Worcester, Mass.

Tlio growing complexltjrof man’, relations emphasizes the need of legally trained minds. Never has an Intelligent grasp of the Law been so indispensable to air bition. Never has the hori­zon of achievement loomed so large tohtm whose legal knowledge doubted the dy­namic power of his nat­ural abilities. In Com­merce, the legal coun­selor Is the arbiter in all large matters.In Politics.trained legal minds domi­nate Council C ongress ( well as the Bench. Never has ambt> lion had such easy access to so com

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The above is a sample o( our 75c newspaper half toue made for letter heads, posters and aen-spapers. special price in larger sizes. Send 75c and be convinced that we do the best work Promptly and at the lowest price. KNOXVILLE ENGRAVING CO.. 601 Gay St., K uoxville.Tenn

Finest used Postal cards from all parts of the world at the low cost of lc each in lots of 50 or more. The stam ps on them cost m ore th an th is alone. For lack of room is why we offer them at the low cost of lc each. We sold one party over 2000, who got one lot, so you may know they are the finest got.L. Br o d sTo n e , Superior, Neb.

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California 25 and 50c Souvenir Gold pieces in octagon or round 25 and 50c each. Indian Baskets, Arrow Points etc.

Reference F irst N ational Bank Berkley.

S. TAYLOR Old Curiosity Shop,

Berkeley, . Cal.

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M o n ey In M a n u fa ctu r in g .Do you n a i l to know

how to m ake the best glos­sy inks, such as fine pen­man use? If so. send r*' ten cents for which I s i lt send in return 5 formulas

telling how to m ake white, black, green, ( blue and violet ink. This ink can be made t for 3c a bottle and sold at 15c a bottle. Sit ( down now and send for these formulas, and ( begin m aking money. Raymond B. Wilson ? Zion City. Ill- (3 3)

Second hand A m ateu r a n d R egu lar P r in te r ’s K SiU V & l ware house in u# s

E stab lished in 1877, H and and R otary P resses, type A c a t lowest prices. Ask fo r list. P r in te r ’s Supply House R ich land , P a .

IF YOU COLLECTBirds or the ir nests and eggs, shells, m inerals, fossils, Indian relics. You need The Oologist. “ Best Exch. M edium ” IT. A. S —N. Dak. Hundreds of sim ilar testimonials- M onthly 50c per year. Free exchange notice or sale notice to every subscriber, sam ple copy for stamp.ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y.

E ditor and Manager.

Spurned Out!Having lost my entire stock in

the great San Francisco fire, I wish to buy all good prehistoric stone objects at best cash prices. Also Oregon arrow points, old pistols, raw ivory, weapons from foreign lands, gem material, etc. .

For Sale—Watches, which went through the great fire, fine souven­irs, 35c each. Chinese cash from Chinatown, 5c each. Souvenir postal cards of the eathquake and fire, 25c per dozen.

9eo. 3). Scott,JC, S o x SO Oakland, Cal.

(Form erly 126 Kearney S t., San F ran­cisco.)

EXCHANGESItis natural for you to want to ex things you aTe

tired of, have outgrown or have no further use for. But it is hard to find the person that has what you want and who wants what you have. “The Trader or E x” columns furnishes the op­portunity. You may find just what you want by reading the little ads. Try one at ic a word. Pays big. 3 insertion for price of 2.

Ten cents pays membership with all benefits. Why not join? Universal Sovuenir Card Society, Indiana Harbor Ind.

iooo Iowa Coal fossils to exchange for good In dian relics. Tell me what you have and what you want. John W Wright Knoxville la.

Wanted to X with collectors government issues of foreign postal cards will also trade both used and unused souv cards for government issues. Send list and receive mine. D. R. streets M D Bridgeton New Jersey.

For X:-“Cabinet specimens manseneto and package black sand for 200 stamps. Send. J. F. Lawson, Butte A., Oroville, Cal.

The undersigned desires to make exchanges with collectors on the basis of Scott's cat prices. Send sheets to W. H. Bainbridge, Searchligt, Lincoln Co. Nevada. -5-4

tooo western postmarks with daubers sent post paid for $i E. R. Steinbrueck, Mandan, N. D.

1903 National Album, fine condition St.oo; 12 card board proofs of Depts. only $1. Sell or X for U S postage. I,. V. Mapes, Ind. Harber, Ind.

Uniform buttons wanted, army. navv. state, city, including all kinds railroad.poliee. fire dept, lodge, band, mail carriers, street cars, asylum s schools and colleges. Will return favor. Helen Cavanah, Gen’l Del Station B, Kansas City, Mo.

Views of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire to X for views of interest also post cards of same. Sen i as many as you wish. Will give good X. Joe G atew ay. St Helena, Napa Co.Cal.

Will buv stamps coins and Indian relics. Good prices and cash by return mail % cat and up. S3 00 for some large cents. Send 4c stamps for new buying lists etc, Chas. Rybolt, Mulberry O,

Stamps, sea shells.C S A and broken bank hills pottery fragments, ladies bycicle. named and un­named minerals to* X for sea shells, stamps, coins, minerals, and fossils. 4 Milbank postcards 15c coin. 10 postcards 20c coin, ic each extra if mailed separately. Send for 50# approval sheets of good stamps. Exchange a specialty. Geo, E. Deuel Milbank, S. Dak.

Wanted—post cards from every state views on­ly, also foreign. Mrs. Dr.Emmons,Burr Oak la.

Wonders of the sea. Sea shells, a thousand var every shape colorand size from a pinhead to a wash tub. Sea shells ready packed for mail in bags boxes baskets at 25c. $1, containing barnac­les. pink and white coral, sea beans, sea horns, starfish sea eggs,Job's tears.sand dollar.Bleeding teeth Mermaid cradles, icornss, Puget Sound ear, Angel wings, scorpion**, tulips, agate, tents, crown. Turks cap, marlin-spike, steeple, gold and silver pearl, rose-leaves, bee hives, ring top and blue money-cowries, monkey-eai, cockU, limpets, screws, pink and black nuirex, rice, blue bells sea pansies, slipper, owl, ?.ebrn, alpha­bet. sea fans (half vegetable, half animal), etc. Headquarters for souv, jewelry made of pearl- shell, hammered silver, Alaska Indian baskets, wampum bags, arrow-points, mineral specimens ivory tusks, coins, postals.view books,moccasins. Everything curious from a flea in uniform to a whale's jawbone 13 ft in length at Ye Qide Curi­osity Shop, Column Dock, Seattle. Wash., J. E. Standley.

P A P E R M O N E Y .One of the largest and best selected stocks in

the country. Selections on approval. An inter­esting hobby and a limit to it.50 varieties, damaged, torn or mutilated

bills for ..........................................................$ .25lo in good order.......................... ....................... .3050 varieties in good order.................... ............ 2.50100 ....................... ..... ............... .......... 6.00

W . F- G re& ny.890 Guerrero St., San Francisco, Cal

+ ♦| Florida Post Cards J$ are th e prettiest published, 200 + * different colored or Black and * J W hite. Jacksonville, S t. Augus- j 4. tine, Tampa. Palatka, Daytona, X 4 St. Joh n s and Ocklawaha Rivers, + J and all places of interest. Sent * .fa post paid 25 cents a dozen. 1+ ++ Ch a s . K- R o w To n , Palatka, Fla. *+ *•

Join the Southern Souvenir Card Exchange

And receive Souvenir Cards from all parts of the world.

Card Collectingis enterta in ing , instructive, historical and educational.

Everybody should belong to the Southern.

Send 35c (money order) and receive 5 beautiful Souvenir Cards, membership card, list of m em bers, etc.,etc. Address

Don R. P. Davis,Dept. A., Sec. T reas.. Lowell, Arkansas.

57 DinESfrom an inch ad costing only

50 CENTSCosts just 2c to fill order com­

plete and a pleased customer ev­ery time.

PO SITIV ELY NO FAKE I will send copy of ad, samples

of goods advertised and full par­ticulars for 12c. Money back if not pleased.

E. g r e e n h a l g h ,Dept 12, 293 18th, Brooklyn N. Y.

Will exchange post catds with all, no comics. Wm. Schwartz Jr. 21 (> Bridge St., Mayville, Wis.

^ f . th in k we can p rin t free. m U O tl I th in k we would live.What we show you, we give!

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All p rin ted in la te s t type. E n g ra v ­ed cards a t low prices. L a rg e r quani- ties to su it your purse. L isle C ard Co. M arysville, P a .

D E T E C T I V E SW A N TED —Good m en to rep resen t

the la rgest, independen t. D etective Association in the U nited S ta te s . Reference required , s ta te age . W rite American D etective A ssociation, In d ­ianapolis, Ind iana .

Post Cards.Wild game in their natural

haunts. Photographs from life and reproduced in natural colors in a set of 12 Post Cards. Seven kinds of Our Wild game and the only full set issued. 25 cents silver and 2 cent stamp will “ fetch ’em’*.

Ul. S. and fl. T. Berry,Wild Animal Photographers

Gardiner, Mont.

Bell Isle and Palmer Parkscenes afford opportunity for more handsom e effects in Souvenir View Cards th an any other spots upon the American Continent. Send for some

“ Beautiful Detroit" Seevtnir Cards for your collection. I t isn ’t complete w ithout them . We have two specials for you th is m onth. Beautiful colored ones at 6 for 10c; 18c a dozen. Also fine black half-tones at 12c per dozen. Be sure and order early. Money back if you’re not satisfied.

CHAS. E. L EW IS,358 McGraw Ave., D etroit, Mich.

A wire iewelry outfit consisting of pliers, saw, drill, vise, polish, brush, shells and other m aterial, chains, charm s, bracelets, m aterial catalogue etc., worth about $10, will be giveu Cor best offer of cash, precious stones, m in ­erals or Indian relics before Ju ly 1st.

TH O S. C. DUNCAN,Newberg, Oregon,

Four Hundred dollars worth of articles to exchange for phono­graphs, records, Cameras, motor bicyle, fishing tackle or offers. Send your list and get mine.

Postmaster, Newell la. (5-2)STEEL PEN

COLLECTORSWe w ill send you 55 d ifferen t s ty les of pens post paid on receip t of 50c. A sk fo r A sst.A.C. H O W ARD H U N T P E N CO.

C am den , N. Y.

B E W I S ESend us 15 cen ts fo r one y e a rs ’ su b scrip tion to T he Da u ntless Monthly

which also m akes you a m em ber of T h e Da u n tless S ouven ir C ard E x ch an g e , also gives you a fifteen word notice. T h e D auntless M onth ly i9 a jim dandy, full of in te re s tin g m a tte r from cover to cover, stories, jokes, puzzles, curio facts, correspondence club etc. Send 15 cen ts today and be d e lig h ted .

O T T E R B R O S .DEPT. P . W. 1453 De K A LB A V E. B R O O K LY N N. Y. (4-3)

HTThe reason I had to s top my ad s In W E S T w as because it b ro u g h t m e so many orders to r goods th a t I could not ge t enougn to fill a ll o f th e m .—G. S co tt,

O ak land C alifo rn ia

..Spring Collecting..Has begun ;you should POST Y O U R SELF on R A R E RELICS. There are quite a num ber of bogus “ Mound and Ind ian” relies in circulation. Therefore, every collector should guard himself against imposition. H e should know the genuine from the fraudulent. T he best way to learn all about the peculiar and interesting stone ornaments, pipes, ceremonials, axes, large flint implements, pottery, copper objects, discoidals, am ulets, etc., etc., is to send money order for $1.57 to me and receive the following publications express charges p a id :—

Prehistoric Relics, The So-Called “ Gorgets”The Field Diary of an Archaeological Collector

Tonda, a Story of the Sioux.T he retail price of these books was originally over $3.00. I

am offering them at about cost in order to close out the editions.

Dlote JCiberal OfferIf you wish to learn more about them, drop me a postal and I

shall send you illustrated prospectuses. A s“ Prehistoric Relics” and“ T onda” wi!l not be printed, you better order at once. You can’t afford to exclude them from your library.

“ Prehistoric Relics” has been published a year. H undreds of collectors have read it and have written enthusiastic letters in its praise. T he Bulletin on the “ G orgets” is more technical, and by means of the metric system of m easurm ents the authors were able to glean new facts concerning these nnique stone o r­naments and badges. The two works fit together well and alone are worth the price asked for all books.

The “ Field D iary” gives one the inside history of western archaeologic surveys and explorations and is rich in archaeologic material and personal adventures.

The price of $1.57 is exceedingly low. I trust to have your order.

M

*W. DC. Sitoorehead,3lndover. SfCass.

THE WORLD’S BESTliair b ru sh , th e only b ru sh th a t can be abso lu te ly sterilized in boiling w ater o r steam preven ts disease, ge t acquain ted w ith th is b rush , post paid S I.50, also m etal h a ir and cloth b rushes, combs, m irro rs , and tra y . T hese are beau ties, h an d engraved , SI, $2, S3 and up. T hree , four and five piece se ts, m ake e leg an t p resen ts, se ts S3. 4, 5 to $10. A gents W anted . Fred G. How­ard, Jam esto w n N. Y.

M embers w anted for M aritine Card exchange. P a rticu la rs free . M ari­time Card E x ch an g e , Box 44, M onc­ton, N. B. C a n a d aFR E E —A solid gold w atch if you ask for 10 r in g s to sell a t 20 cen ts each. When sold re tu rn m oney and secure premium listed . M ario S. R oig, S tam p Dealer, C erro 827, H av an a , C uba.

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Who Wish Relations with Sudan, Erithr&CL etc.

I do sell eoo addresses of collectors ill 200 diff­erent countries and Islands for Si. I shall also give address from 20-100 cents; ask for prospect!!! too nice colored cards of glaciers, types, towns, etc., each card stamped, only Jr. I do exchange View Cards and stamps with all towns. Write me soon if von want used Colonial Cards I can also give cards from Highnesses, all European states and Japan, Generals. Mini­sters. views of fleets bom diff countries, ships of the North German Lloyd, Hamburg-America Line. Cnnard Line etc.,et’c., Battleshipsfwarshipj battle of Trafalgar etc.

A s k for Prospect!Jam es R&ms&ner,

P. 0 . Box 6534, St Gall, Switzerland.

IN V E S T Y O V R M O N EY W H E R E IT W IL L E A R N 2 0 P E R C E N T

The Good Cheer Magazine was incorporated in Sept. 1905, in July it w il l pay Its first d iv ­id en d o f 6 per c e n t . It is a well known fact that m oie fortunes have been made in the publishing business than any other. Munseys pays big interest on 7.sob.000.00: McClures 6,000000.00; Ladies Home Journal F.000.000.00 besides hundreds of others including success, outing Womans Home Companion; Womans Magazines; Huttrick's Trio. All these had smaill beginnings to day they pay from ten to thirty per cent on an enormous capitalazation. It is reported that Munsey in 1905 made 2.500,000 from his publication A chance is offered you today to purchase the preferred shares o f the Good Cheer Publishing Company at par $1.00 per share, it has earned and will pay 6 per cent on the first 10 months business since incorpor­ations and will tasily pay 20 per cent or more within the next two years What better can you ask for? They own their publishing plant, have a circulation of 65,000 copies monthly and is rapidly increasing. Thev have recently in­stalled a rotary press to facilitate the publica­tion of their magazine, your money is just as safe here as in any rank as they easily have assets to more than double the amount of stock sold. Write for prospectus to day. The Good Cheer Publishing Co. 30 Main St. Northamp­ton. Mass.

Smith’s Curiosity Shop.83^ Arch S t., P h ila ., has the larg-- ] es t collection of ra re books, p rin ts , p a in tin g s , Ind ian goods, co ins, ' s tam p s, m aps, a tlases , a n tiq u e s ' and curios of all k inds. We buy 1 and sell. ‘

EXCHANGESHalf cost for half tone and zinco cuts used in (he WEST. We offer all those not taken or been used at half price, runs from toe up and can be used for Post Card .Calender letter heads etc. Let 11s know what No and vol. you see the cuts, used in and names of ones you wish, and the price will be given you l»y return mail. Most are usedonlv once so art the same as new. and would cost double what we offer them at. Write today before they are taken. I*. Brodstone. Su­perior, Nebr.

Old china perns violins Indian relics novelties sporting goods pMishitig heads geared wind mill and machinery merchandise etc to X or sell. \V A Hatch South Columbia N Y.

Curios for curios. Write F Ray Risdon 787 E WashingtonSt Los Angeles Cal.

I would like to receive selections of V S rev in “ blocks of four”(any issue)on approval. Prompt returns. Chas I Altman. Cor 2nd and Court Ave. Des Moines la.

Sea shells curios stamps and magazines to X for Indian relics or antiques. Archibald Crozier Wilmington Del.

I will X souv postcards with collectors any where. I send cards of equal quality of those received by return mail. I will send 10 fine col­ored views of Baltimore for 20 cents or 4 for ioc postpaid anywhere in the U S or Canada, G L Snyder 2663 w North Ave Baltimore Md.

Wanted to X with begginers in Canada. Send sheets of Brit. No. Amer. postage, no rev, and rec mine of U S and forn. E. I. Locke, Berlin Wis. Rr Box lor.

For sale or X 1 set of Newspapers stamps 12 In set unused also old forn coins for U S coins. F E Bloomfield Decorah la.

Coal fossils any kind any quantity to X for good prehistoric Indian relics. J. W. Wright, Knoxville, la.

Souv postal cards of Louisianna. Beautiful colored views of New Orleans La. Send 25c' sil­ver or money order for Set No. 1. Consists of 10 cards of New Orleans La in colors. You need these in your collection. Money back if not sat­isfied, John II Allen. Plain Dealing. La.

Over one million circulation in the Very Best Mail-order Magazines. Prices it to 17 below publishers prices. Your Ads, in nearly 200 diff­erent magazines, [not in one only] for 14 to 22c per line [7 woras. j Send copy your Ads and get my lists full particulars, special prices etc. ‘’RyboU’* The Ad Agent, Mulberry, O.

NOTICE-—A relic from the Great earthquake and fire of San Francisco. 15c and 25c, 5 var Hawaiian Island postal cards unused 15c; a doz­en Old Indian Wampum money 15c; 50 var Cigar bands 15c: so var Street Car transfers 30c all post paid. BURNS CHERRY, 7S1 12th S t , Oakland, Cal. (5*3)

Our Idea —You have some coins stamps curios or relics you don’t want; yon haven't some of the same you do want, This is a way that wilt change what you have and dot)11 want to what you haven’t and do want. Pay ads big at ic a word. Try it Run 3 times for the price of 2.

To Advertisers; The West has the largest guaranteed circulation among collectors and a thrifty, ioteligent and prosperous class of people good mail order customers. We make a special rate to advertisers of lc a word atid a 4 In ad will be inserted one time for $2,00. or a 1 in ad three tim es for $2 00 cash or stamps with order. The West, Superior, N‘e»>.

3 colored post c a re s of any s ta te you wish 8c; 2 s ta te s lie- \V, F. Gage, 623 F ifth S t. South Boston M ass.

W A N T E D —L atin and D akota dic­tionaries. Geo. Hyde, 1816 C hicago St. O m aha, Neb.

United States B an k NotesBought and Sold

Now is the time to start a collection of old issues of U. S. Bank notes, before they largely increase in value. They are far more interesting than stamps, and never lose their value, because always negotiable. Write toGEORGE H. BLAKE

12 Highland Ave.Jersey City, N. J.

F o rtu n e T ellin g P ost Cferds*BeautituHy colored, each having ihe design of a Gypsy holding ouc of the court or suit cards used in a pack of Playing Cards, and each with an appropriate fortune printed upon it. For instance: The Ten of Clubs reads: “Some one is love sick over you.1' The Queen of Hearts:"An amiable blonde has enshrined yon in her heart," etc . etc. l.ots of fun. and you can play Euchre with them afterwards. A package of <o for 30c, postpaid. No stamps, please. P. J. PLANT,

19289th st., N. W.. Washington, D. C.

G ET T H E O X -B L O O D H A B IT jThe latest VnlQue N ovelty for all kinds of hobby collectors.

By sending me your name and address and 10 cents in silver. I will send to you 25 Superfine Ox Blood Envel­opes with your name and address neatly printed here­on, postage extra 2c. Better send today. Bert G. Warner,

< Printer, 1767 Walker St. ^JDes Moines, Iowa.

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WHAT AM I DOING?I Hold Monthly Public Auction Sales of Coins and Medals in New Yoik City

the ch ief m a rt in the U nited S ta te s fo r ev e ry th in g , and th e M ecca for Coin C ollectors. R em em ber th a t the no tab le cab inets o f the world have

• been form ed an d d ispersed in th e auction room. I have been estab lished• for tw enty-five years ; th a t I am fam ilia r w ith th e special w an ts o f U nited

S tates and C anad ian buyers, w ith m any o f whom I have a personal ac ­q u a in tance an d h av in g long held the p a tro n ag e of lead ing co llectors, I am able to attract an d retain the g re a te s t num ber of com petitive bidders.

New a sp ira n ts fo r fav o r a re co n s ta n tly appearing , but it tak es tim e to win and hold a place .it the fro n t. C O N FID E N C E does not grow in a night like J o n a h ’s gour '.

If you have a co llec ion of coins to sell, som eth ing contro ls your• judgem ent in decid ing to whom you w ill tru s t. You look for• EXPERIENCE, R O T A T IO N . PATRONAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY

and they de te rm ine your choice as surely as th e m ag n e t sw ings the n eed ­le of th e com pass.

To p lace yo u r n am e on my m ailin g lis t fo r ca ta lo g u e or c irc u la rs cost only th e request.

LYHAN H. LOW,44 E ast 23rd S tree t New York

Special A ttention!

Through good luck we were enabled to be on hand and get some fine photographs of the ruins of San Francisco, which we will sell at ten for $1.50. Send us this amount and we will send you 10 of the finest pictures out which show the effect of earthquake and fire. Small kodac pictures at ten for 75 cents. Or- der immediately as the supply is limited.

C. S . 3£assler,1746 1-2 Market Street,

Oakland, California

Old Bills, State Treasury dotes.AT W H O LESA LE PR IC E S. Below is a list of s ta te treasury notes and

these LOW prices will prevail until th is lot is exhausted, a fte r th a t NO MORE supplied a t these figures. SEN D ORDER TO-DAY

THB BARGAIN 1,1ST50c S t of A la ................ .............. $ .0250c S t of S . C..........................................02SI St of Miss.................. .04

1 S t o f A la ......................................... 031 St of V a ...........................................023 S t o f M iss ....................................... 075 S t of N . C........................................055 S t of V a. T reas . n o te ...............065 S t of G a .......................................... 02

10 S t o f V a ........................................... 0750 S t o f G a. 1864............................... 0850 S t o f G a . 1863............................. 09

100 S t o f Ga. 1864 .............................. 09100 S t o f G a. 1865 ............................. 09100 S t o f L a ........................................... 21

A fine lot of C. S. A. notes in stock.

A Fne Lot Of Broken Bank Oils $1 Adrian Ins. C o .......................S .05

1 Cim & W hilew ater Co.................. 102 " “ “ ............103 Adrian Ins. Co.............................055 City Bank Ga. . . . .................... 065 A llegany Co. Bk M d . ............... H5 Bk of Lexington N. C............... 085 M onongahela Valley Bk Pa, .17 5 N orth W estern Bk P a . . . . . . •!?10 The Union Bank Ga....... . *0j10 Bk of Bem ington V a................. Os20 M echanics B k ..............................0750 M erchants & P la n te rs ....... ■*“

100 M echanics Bank ..................

3. Ul. Prcssly,E L IZ A B E T H C O L O .

BARGAINS!50 mixed coins, fine o n e s ...................... 755 all diff “ “ '* ....................105 scarce old c o in s ................. 205 Confederate b i l l s . .............................. 215 uncirculated c o in s ............ ................. 202 Libert}' cen ts over 100 y rs. o ld . .205 Indian c e n ts .......................................... 155 very old tokens (fin e )........................193 English co ins 100 yrs.(old ex tra ) .255 Rebellion to k e n s .................................155 South A m erican coins ( e x t r a ) .. .235 Asiatic coins “ __ .195 nickle coins, re ta il value 50c fo r .21 5 Brass coins “ “ 60c “ .255 choice old U. S. coins “ .253 English fa r th in g s “ .12

size g o ld ........... .......................... ,35'i size g o ld ............................................... 75

Indian beads....................... 05Indian sp e e rf ........ .....................................18Indian tomahauk....... .......... .40

■ arrow heads [pr. dozj a No.i................. 50• knife ....................................................15

scalping knife.... ............ .35“ pipe .................................................. .60

15different coins, relics, curosities. bills & etc. for onlv 3&c. Coins (51 relics on approval. My price list a rare old colonial cent for onlv onedime, price list and Indian arrow. For every order for above for over $1.00 a free subscription to the "WEST for 3 months, W, p. Arnold, Peace-dale. R. I.

POST C A R D S O F L O U ISIA N A Ten colored v iew s o f New O rleans mailed separa te ly fo r 35 cen ts. J . H. Allen, P lain D ea lin g , L,a.

I have 26 copies of M eekels W eekly 1904, Am erican Jo u rn a l of P h ila te ly Volume 13 com plete, Vol. 14 com plete, and 2 copies o f Vol. 15. W hat offer cash or exchange? G. F ab ian , S ta . S Brooklyn, N . Y .

Exchange wanted with card collectors everywhere. Foreign es­pecially but all write. Every card answers. Correspondents also want­ed with collectors in foreign count­ries. E. R. Stiles, Box 44, Monc- ton, N. B. Canada. (5-6)_______

WANTED!For cash any th ing relative to Island

of GUAM, addresses, clippings, photos, cancelled stam ps, curios, etc. W rite,

OWEN T. BREWER,Owens, D eSoto Co., F la.

START A MIRRORFACTORY

There is easy work and big profits in this trade for som e one .in every town. The price of a new mirrow. 18 x 36, at most any store is $2.00 to fs 00. You can silver a glass of this size for 20 cents. A moment's thought will show yon the immense profits.

The expense of going into business is but a trifle as you have no machinery or tools to buy. The necessary chemi­cals may be obtained at any drug store and you can do the work right at home in your kitchen. We have sold our re­nowned process for years, hundreds of them, for $:.oo to $2.00. and they are worth the money.

Special price now 50 cents [for a short time only I if you will return this adver­tisement with your order. We also tell you. Free of Charge, how to Emboss. Grind, Foil. Gold Leaf. Frost. Chip and make Imitation Stained Glass. How to Transfer, Photos on glass. How to bore holes in glass and cut skylights. All the above and more for the small sum of 50 cents. Money back if you are not pleased.

G. L. PATTERSON Dept. 2 Chicago III.

20 y ea rs a residen t of D enver, 35 years a collector of U . S. Coins, 5 y ea rs a d ea le r o f U. S. coins. R eferences— A nybody th a t I have ever done busi­n ess w ith , o r F irs t N at. B ank , I have th e goods, I m ake th e low price. A l­w ays read y to buy good coins. Al­w ays ready to sell th e sam e, a t a low price, M oney a lw ays ready . You had b e tte r sen d m e your order fo r som e D enver New M int m oney, You will su re ly w a n t som e. T h e supply is lim ited , p rices r ig h t from th e m in t, 10c a t 12c; 25c a t 27)4; 50c a t 52)4c, 20 or m ore p rices a t one tim e . C ash w ith o rd e r exp . o r reg st. ex t. Send to ­day. W rite m e w hat you have to se ll o r w hat you w an t to buy. E nclose s tam p fo r rep ly . I have th e goods, fill o rders p rom ptly , and they a re r ig h t ev e ry tim e o r m oney back.

J . D. SEY M O U R G round F loo r Show W indow,

1948 B roadw ay, D enver Colo.

San Francisco Earthquake Postal Cards.

2 of the very best photo cards of the San Francisco ruins mailed each separtly for 1 lc. Any amount under cover 5c each. If there are any particular views you wish I will try to supply your wants. The best among them are: Ferry build­ing, 2 views of the Cliff House, Market St., and City Hall, Market St. from Ferry tower showing Call - Chronicle and Examiner buildings and Palace Hotel before destruc­tion, and Van Ness Ave.to Water- front, three miles of ruin. These are exceptionally good. I know these will please you.

HARRY BEEDING,625 Green Ave.,

Benton Harbor, Mich.Ref. City Treas. of B. H.

California Souvenir Card Co.

of 1104 Market St.San Francisco, Cal.

W ishes to inform all friends th a t we lost everything in th e great E arthquake d isaster of April 18th. My Post Card E xchange list was com pleted on tha t d ay the Shock threw two rows of type ou t, my p rin ter writes but he set it up again and finished th e p rin ting while o n e part of the city was in flames. I offer th is Souvenir lis t of the great d is­aster at 25c each it should be dear to ev­e ry collector of Souvenir Cards all m em ­bers will receive the irs free. I will sell cards of Southern California also of San Francisco disaster views at 25 cents a dozen I ask all friends to patronize me a s I have met with a g reat loss. K indly send silver.

AGNES G. FROST(New Address)

Gen’l Del. Los Angeles,Cal.

Souven ir ca rd s 5 for 10 cents. Chas. P rouse , C am bridge, Md. Lock bos 157Curio Collectors. U lster County Gazette Published Saturday Jan . 4, 1800 gives a full account of the death of Gen. G. W ashington, Resolutions of Congress. E nglish account of the battle Zurich, dispatches, dated Oct. 20, 1799 etc. Ev­ery collector should have a copy of this paper w liifethey last a t 8c each.

H. G rim sland Co., 738 N 43rd Ave., Chicago, 111.

S Y R IP O F SOM NALQ uickly relieves Insom nia (sleep­

lessness) th e resu lt o f business worry, b ra in fag , overw ork, nervous disorders, etc. No bad a f te r effects. The pre­scrip tion o f a lea rned physician in 40 y e a rs ’ p ra tice . P ric e $2.00 per bottle.

SU N D E WIs g u a ra n te e d to cu re all offensive oders of feet and a rm p its , tender feet, excessive sw ea tin g , g a lling in fat people, itc h in g p iles, m oist eczema, etc. P ric e $1.00 per box. E ither sent p repaid . The Sunlight Medicine Co. Tiffin, Ohio.

Art Post Cards!Finest quality. Louies! price.Copies of famous paintings.

Finely colored, 28 subjects 50c, 12 for 25c, each 3c. Fairmomt Park Views. Exquisite colorings, 12 subjects 30c, each 3c. Either kind finely tinseled at double the above prices. Free! to get acquainted quick I will give free with the first six orders each mb. 3 mo. sub­scription to the WEST or a fine coraline postcard. Coraline cards are similar to, but finer than cellu­loid. Six designs at 10c each. Six mo. subscription to WEST with largest order each month. Send your want list for anything in post cards.

Stephen Binnie.Lakcton, Ind.

Post CardsBeauties

100 of our unsurpassable post I cards from lc to 25c, composed of our large stock of newest designs, lor only $1,80, just to introduce onr magnificent line. No free samples. 30 days with bank ref-

Poslm ir k s . Easily th e finest collec­tion in America. Thousands U. S. an d foreign, many rare, m ounted in beautiful album. 'No tim e to attend to it so will sell cheaply. Address Box No. 18. Salem. Mass. •

W ant 22 calibre revolver or target p is­tol. Will give Stevens “ Favorite” No. 17, 32 calibre. W rite first.

Chas. 3C. Otis,1513 So University.

jin n Jirbor, Sflieh.erences. If you are in doubt, ask the Publisher about our line.Agents wanted.

Ferd. Ingold Card Co.Designers, Im porters and

Publishers

Dept. D, nonroe, Wis.

WHITTLINGS And CARVINGS.A d a in ty curio w orth h av in g .

One piece of wood co n ta in in g 7 p lie r’s o r p incers, ( m ade by m eans of a kuife) sen t post paid for 50 cen ts.

MUSEUM OF WOODIng leside, Neb.

Oiew Set of S lew Orleans fPostalSards Printed in many colors, and as fine cards as can be got.

10 for 2 S Cents5000 French M arket;02l Army of T en n . M onum ent M e­

tairie Cem eteryAvenue of O aks A udubon P ark Tulane U uiversify Lafayette Square Luggar L and ing St. Peters S tree tOld Vaults S t . L ou is Cem eteryChrist ChurchCatherdralBirds eye view Court Y ard F rench

QuarterCotton E xchange

. St. Roch Cem etery Howard L ib rary and Lee M onum ent

H au n ted H ouse, F ren ch Q u arte r Begue R es tu ran t M asonic T em ple C abildoL ive Oak A udubon P ark C ry sta l H o rticu ltu ra l H all C onfederate M em orial H all S u g ar on Levee S team boat L a n d in g S t. Louis C atherd ra l C ity H all W ash ing ton Oak M adam e Jo h n s L egacy C anal S tree tCourt Y ard , old tim e F ren ch resi­

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'Ulysses and S lussell Wefts jCongshoreNewsdealers and Subscription Jlgents

1 0 0 4 Sspianade J ive ., S lew Orleans, J2a.ISP My exchange notice is b r in g in g fine re su lts to my a d .—F . A nderson , D en­

ver, Colo.

DIRECT BY MAIL.Jek.pa.nese Hand Colored

Pictorial Post Cardsvery artistic-hundreds of subjects- including landscapes, geishas, war scenes, etc. Don’t judge these as the rubbish usually sold as Japan­ese cards, until you have seen the excellent quality and finish.

25 tor 40c, 100 for $1 30 Japanese Laqxiered Pic­

torial Post Cards a new novelty—grand value—over 95 per cent of my customers have repeated their orders for these. One doz 60c.Special Offers. I will mail under cover at 10c Per Dozen Ex­tra, any of the above, with Japan­ese small value stamp officially postmarked on address or view side as desired.

I will mail separately one dozen of best hand colored cards with Japanese motto and translation in English bearing T h re e Low Value Japanese Postage Stamps for 50c. P h o to g r a p h s illustrating Jap­anese Views and Customs in end­less variety. State what you re­quire.SpeciaJ A trial solicited (and I know a repeat order will result) for one dozen unmounted colored 10x8 photos at $1.20, 100 tor $8. Postage Stamps 50 assorted genuine used stamps of the Far East for 25c.

All above quotations inciude postage. Remit by money order. Goods by return mail. Satisfaction guaranteed. List free.

Cheapest house and best outturn in the trade. Explorer of Japan­ese Fancy goods and curios whole­sale and retail.

Ma.yes, Box 152 Yokohama Japan

FOSSILS MINERALS SHELLSMounted Birds

and Mammals. All kinds o

Natural History Specimens, Tools and Supplies.

CATALOGUE FREE.

Or Better, Send for one of tb following Bargain collections:8 fine Showy Shells, postpaid..5012 fine Minerals, postpaid......5010 Good Fossils, “ ...... 50

A. W. JONES,Box 377, Salina, Kan

Copper cents, large, 25 diff datesgood to fine ........ .......................... fl.00

Nickel cents, including flying eag­les, six diff dates U nc.................. 50

Two cent pieces, 1872 very scarceThree tor ........................................ 50

H ard tim es token lOvar very good .50 Civil war tokens 25var good to unc .50 M edallets Lincoln and others 10rr .'5Foreign coins, 25 v a r . ........................ 25Confederate b ills 25 v a r ................. 1.00Broken bank bills 10 v a r ....................50Rom an coins 10 var ............... "5

Come quick, as when stock is go«sam e cannot be duplicated. Send for my Auction M onthly List. H- E. Mor­ey 31 Exchange S t.. Boston, Mass.

W ANTEDCollectors send 25c and join America!

Post Card E xchange Club, 84 Lincoli A ve., Dixon 111.

Will exchange Post cards witl all, no comics.

Wm SCHWARTZ216 Bridge St., Mayville Wis-

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Because we wish to drive out the defrauding scoundrel into whose pit- so many collectors fall, and we cannot do this without your help. Because we want to protect you from them,

because we want to help you collect what they have of vours..lou get. the paper free for one year, in 1902-3 issued 3000 pages and irated over 300 leading Collectors, with use of, depts., exchange no- etc. Readers will realize the necessity of this association and the

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Members accepted from all parts of the world. Full information copy of Official paper for stamp. Address L. T, Brodstone, Sec'y., crior, Neb., (J. S. A. join with us and help each other. Do it now!

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’i ltd hen collector*s m onthly fo r Coins. Stam ps. C urios. R elics, Post C ards. M inerals. Cam eras and "fle P H IL A T E L IC W E S T and C A M E R A N E W S ." Superior. N cbraka. U S. A .F-.fty cents entitles you to a y ear s subscription and a 15 w ord exchange notice F R E E in the largest

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of s a t i s f a c t i o n , t h e m a t e r i a l u sed in t h e H ag s w a s of t h e b e s t q u a l i t y and the w o r k m a n s h i p o f t h e h i g h e s t c h a r a c t e r . W e a r e wi l l p ' c a s e d w i t h same. S i g n e d : l h e I n d i a n a p o l i s B r e w i n g Co. I n d p ' l i s I nd . , O t t n l 5. D . l u s e Mgr. I tot t l i n g l ) ep t .

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T h e Hag yo u s e n t u s is a b e a u t v : W a l t e r F W h e a t o n . N e w I ted ford M is.s. Y o u r f l ag s a r e al l r i g h t . - A n t h o n y I* M a r s h a l l J . P . P M < f akes . Colo. Y o u r H a g is a s u p e r i o r a r t i c l e : J a - Wolf i ' s ohn . N e w Y or k Ci ty.

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1735 W i d i i n g t n n Cen t , wi th po r t r a i t . very g o o d ...................................... .................... $ ,5 51791 3 F rance , 2 Sous of Louis, X VI wi th po r t r a i t , v e ry g o od .................... .......... p

( W e i g h t abou t 1 ounce , s t r u c k ' i n b r as s )1866-7 M r x i t o . s i lver <i do l l a r of "Maximilian., wi th p o r t r a i t , v e ry g o o d .......... 531558 1602 Anc ien t Wnglaml , s i lver s i xpe nce of E l i z ab e th , ( f o r w h o m Virginia

was uaujjrt l) . xvij.li p o r t r a i t an d dot**, very good .............. ................................. .331272 130? Ancffciit E n g l a n d . s i l w r p e n n y of IvlWard I . .w i t h po r t r a i t , v e r y good .251763 96 Russ i a . 5 ko pec ks copp e r , very good . ......................................................... 25

(verv l a rge and o l d . we igh s 2 c z . 1 b i n wide)l s : 2-70 F rance . 10 C -n t i t ue s , wi th po r t r a i t of Napo l eon I I I . , v e ry g o o i l ...............qjPh i l i pp ine I s l ands u n d e r I ' . S . Is a.i-1 1 Ce it. c ,;>p ■)', 5 C e n t s n i cke l , 10 ami

2'i Cen t s s i lver . Set of 5 pieces, all fine ......... ........................... ........................35- - Old Weapons, e t c /

l ' .nr v .• r \ fine and r ar e G e r m a n Due l l i ng p is to l s , l e n g t h 13 inci tes , percussion locks , oc t ago na l b r a s s ba r r e l s , w r v l a rge bal l , V in. s m o o th bore , check- e r e I g r i p s , b ra s s bu t t p l a t e s a n d t r i g ge r g ua rd s , s t ee l a n d b r a s s ramrods, s t ocks lull l e n g t h of b a r r e l s a n d a r c tipped, w i th b l a ck h o rn , smooth s h a r p w r rk iug l i c k s Needs t 1 be seen to be ap p re c i a t e d P r i ce pe r pair 19 75

E n g l i s h Du e l l i ng p is tol , c a l i b r e .59, pe r cus s ion . Ri f l ed . Oc t ag on barrel ,c a rved s t ock, en g rav ed m o u n t in g s , l eng t h 16 i nches , goo d o rd e r , cheap at 3 25

Old S p a n i l h C ap an d bal l p is tol , l e n g t h 12 inches , ba r r e l c a n n o n shape d , fish sh ap ed h a m m e r , che ck e r g r i p , r i ng in bu t t , s t ee l r a m r o d , m a k e r s name inlai ' in go ld on b a r r e l , s m o o th , s t r on g w o rk in g l ock A l to ge t he r a finew r a p "i .................................................................................................. ...................... 3-25

F in e pair old b l ack iron C a n d l e s t i c k s , 7 i nch es h ig h , cu r l ed a n d fl i r ia ted end ­ing in s t a r sh a p e d o r n a m e n t e d bases , qu i t e o d d - l o o k i n g , very cheap a t . . 1.00

Very Cheap Coins from Out of the Way Places.1849 Atmona, Cas t s i ege p i ece for 1 Baiocco, b r a s s , fine, r a r e ..................................... 251797 Civi ta Vecchi a . oBa jocc l i i , copp e r , very g o o d ........... ..................................................351766 Cors i ca 4 Soldi , C o in age of Paoli ve ry g o o d .................................. ...........................201786 Mal ta , 10 G ra in s , ve ry goo d ............................................................... ........................ .151750 R a v e n n a , l ' Q u a t t r i n o , very good . Rev. H o ly G a t e ...................................................201812 W a r s a w , 3 Oftosze, very g o o d ......... ....................................................... ............................... ^1812 W es t p h a l i a . 10 C en t i m es , fine ................................................................ ' ...................... 20Five Sma l l wh i t e po rce l a in b e a d s f ro m Cal i f o rn i a I n d i a n g r ave , very old and

f i n e ......... ........................................................................................................................ ................ -25Set 4 r a r e T u r k i s h b i l ls , i s sued d u r i n g war w i ' h R u s s i a in 1877, f i ne ................... -2®Te n d i f fe r en t b r i g h t n e w co p pe r and n i cke l co in s a n d all o u r Se l l i ng L i s t s . . . -10 Te n d if f e r en t B roken Bank and C o nf ede ra t e bi l l s , good c o n d i t i o n some scarce -24 L a rg e fine co p p e r co ins , size o ld U. b . Cen t f r om Corea , K ia n g -S i , Kiang-

N a n . Fo o K ie n , H u nan , K ia n g - S o o . C b i - K i a n g , H u p e h , only, e ach - . - -G® If you buy at auc t i on , s en d for C a t a lo g of S a l e No. 18, t o be h e ld ia Ju ly .

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A few old arm y bayonets, A co n d i­tion, SI.00 each prepaid .

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0 Views of California $1.50 bv Mail. LIST OF ASSORTM ENTS Would these interest you. By mailViews trip to Catalina ............. 10c

........................ Mt. L o w e .......... 10c“ ‘ “ " San D iego............. 10c“ “ on the balloon ro u te .. . 10c" “ seeing the orange groves 10c" “ trip to b e a c h e s ............. 10c

Venice. Ocean Park. Santa Monica. Long Beach. San Pedro, Newport, Laguna

24 Views of Pasadena.......................10c“ “ ot Los A ngeles C ity ---- 10c" “ Santa Ana & O range Co 10c“ " of Old M is s io n s ...............10c“ “ San B ern ard in o , R iver­side, Redlands and P am ona........10c24Views Santa Barb ra & V enturaCo. 10c

124 Views South C alifornia . ...1 0 c‘ Grand Canyon & A rizona 10c

124 “ Yoseraite V alley , BigTrees and Lake T a h o e ..................10c

|24Views a trip up Mt. W ilso n .. .'.10c“ of San Francisco w reck ............10c“ La Fiesta de Los A n g e le s .. .10close Postage 2c for each Set. ieviews are from th e best p h o to ­

n s . They fit your post card album lew book. Address

H. W. PE T E R SD O R F,Towne Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

PUDDING STO N E S E R IE S OF FAM ILIAR QUOTATION

POSTCARDS.A series of post cards w ith fam iliar

quotations and sentim ents from the best authors- Printed on heavy cards from artistic and readable type. Set of cards postpaid, 5 cents; mailed single for 3c,

RALPH B. PLATT, Publisher,62 Catawba St., Roxbury, Mass,

E a rth q u a k e and fire souven ir postals the best ever, 13c per dozen; $1.35 per 100; cheaper q u a lity 90c p er 100 post paid, cash o r P . O. order only.

R . R. B E R N A R DF ru it V ale C alifo rn ia .

San Trancisco Disaster.B eau tifu l colored souven ir post

cards o f th e fire and ea rth q u ak e d is­aste r. T h e best out, these a re colored. 12 in set 25c; 2 d iffe ren t se ts 50 cen ts . M oney back if not satisfied . N orm an L. Sim s, 614-4th S t, San R afael, C alif.

LOOK HERE, COLLECTORS! !

10 C herokee In ia n a rro w s postp a id ................................................... 50c

15 genu ine co n fed era te b ills p. p. 50c 20 cancelled s tam p s ca t p rice $1.50

p o stp a id ........................................... 25cA confederate b ill to a ll send in g a 50c order. M rs. J . M. Browne, E q u a lity , S ou th C aro lina. (6-3)

•AMES LO N E-ELK ( O c a l a l l a S i o u x )

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This Beautiful Indian PictureJ a charm, a fascination and a sense o f culture to the parlor, den or

toom n nothing else can.lisa Mf-ionc prim in colors upon the highest grade enamel paper, h«r, ana w :ll be sent to any address, readv for framing.

For 10 Centsr piftore pram the walls o f every ?.rt room in ihe country and j* i', :"ar zi !t i t S --00. Enclose a dime or $ uvo-eent stamps to-day | ib efrr lasts. Address—

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ILLUSTRATED POSTAL CARDS.Colored cards of the finest quality of a ll o f th e A m erican states,

Cuba, P o rt Kic > and N assau . A m ong th ese are fam ous view s of scen­ic s |jo ts in Colorado, A rizona (pain ted d ese rt) C alifo rn ia . M aine, Flor­ida, M ississippi,N iag ara F a lls , Y ellow stone P ark and all la rg e Amer­ican cities. Very fine colured views of C on tinen ta l E urope.

The fo llow ing cards cannot be excelled in q u a lity or naturalness of coloring IR ELA N D , K illa rney , Cork, K ilkenny , E n n isk illen , etc. SC O TLA N D , E d inburgh . Lock Lomond, A yr et,c., E N G LA N D , Lon­don, L iverpool, castles and ru ral view s, W A L E S , S w a n s e a ,. Llandu- ieo etc. F if ty d iffe re n t and excellen t view s of th e R epublic, of Mexi­co includ ing view s, types and custom s.

S eventy d ifferen t colored views o f New Y ork C ity inc lud ing ail the h ig h bu ild ings, parks, b rid g es etc. P la in b lack an d w hite cards 12 cen ts per dozen.

Cards m ailed to you from abroad in se ts o f ten d ifferent cards, from Jap an 10 colored cards 50 cen ts; from M orocco ten colored cards 60 cents, (th rough postoffices of fo u r d ifferen t n a tio n s) 60 cen ts; from Iceland; 10 d ifferent collotype view s 70 cen ts .flW JCards m ade to o rd er 250 of one view in collotype $3.50; 500 of one view $5.00, 1000 of one view $7.25. S everal su b jec ts a t much lower prices.

We have received so m any com m unications of th is line th a t we have decided to devote m ore tim e to it. P a r tie s liv in g in factory or o th e r to w ns d e s ir in g to act as ou r a g e n ts w ill find our postcards (of w hich we hand le only th e finest q u a lity procurable) very good sellers. We especially call a tten tio n to ou r line of Ja p a n e se novelties and curios (see advertisem en t opposite) as b e ing very unique and very ready sellers. D raw ing the goods d irect from th e O rien t {except when we occasionally run sh o rt of goo d san d we a re .compelled to buy locally a t much h ig h e r p rices) we a re enabled to sell th e best o f everything in th is line a t very a ttra c tiv e prices. A selection of goods will be sen t to ag e n ts on approval upon receip t of a deposit to open the ac­count. M ail order d ealers w ill find it to th e ir a d v a n ta g e to order their fancy an d m echanical cards, racks, album s and postcards made to or­d er from us. Prices subm itted on any q u a lity .

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..Spring Collecting..Has begun ;vo« should POST YOURSELF on RARE RELICS. There are quite a number of bogus “ Mound and Indian’’ relies in circulation. Therefore, every collector should guard himself against imposition. He should know the genuine from the fraudulent. The best way to learn all about the peculiar and interesting stone ornaments, pipes, ceremonials, axes, large flint implements, pottery, copper objects, discoidals, amulets, etc., etc., is to send money order for $1.57 to me and receive the following publications express charges paid: —

Prehistoric Relics, The So-Called “Gorgets”The Field Diary of an Archaeological Collector

Tonda, a Story of the Sioux.The retail price of these books was originally over $3.00. I

am offering them at about cost in order to close out the editions.

Diote JCiberal OfferIf you wish to learn more about them, drop me a postal and I

shall send you illustrated prospectuses. As“ Prehistoric Relics’’ and“ Tonda’’will not be printed, you better order at once. You can’t afford to exclude them from your library.

“ Prehistoric Relics" has been published a year. Hundreds of collectors have read it and have written enthusiastic letters in its praise. The Bulletin on the “ Gorgets" is more technical, and by means of the metric system of measurments the authors were able to glean new facts concerning these nnique stone or­naments and badges. The two works fit together well and alone are worth the price asked for all books.

The “ Field Diary" gives one the inside history of westefn archaeologic surveys and explorations and is rich in archaeologic material and personal adventures.

The price of $1.57 is exceedingly low. I trust to have your order.

TO. OC. Sflo ore head,Jlndover. SKass.

(JJ' * Stam p catalogued at 10c to ■ applicants for approval^ ■ books at 50 percent com-Finest on the m arket. Try them . Be­ginners packets a specialty 10c to S10. 1000 varieties m ounted in latest album s only S7.00. H inges 8c a 1000. R efer­ence required.

Coleman Hu$$ey,3101 Wilson Ave.Avondale C

G00D SPACE FILLERSCatNo. Country20 B ah am as ..................5 ” ..................6 Gambia .....................

21 Haiti ........................

. G ibraltar ^ g reen .......... 40- ■’ l;' j i .........................4 j Barbados............................ 3

•S t. H e len a ....................... 315 St. L ucia ............................ 26 i N ata l.................................... 1

5 M autserrat................16a Niger C o a s t ............24 Newfoundland . . . .

1 S w a z i l a n d ..............95 T ransvaal..................

138 “ ..........21 N eirs.................................. 1160range R C o ............

100 S trait S ettlem en ts ................30101 “

Cuba1855 2r p red cat ........1857 1;+ c a t ............................ 21870 5c b lu e ............................ 3All order filled same day.

Sflario S . Stoig,Cerro 827 H avanna, Cuba.

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Collectors D irectory! Have tool nam inserted in nex t list. It will brinJ dozens of sam ple copies, price lists etq from publishers and dealers. Send 10| to Stephen Binnie. Laketon, Ind.

Free! A package of 15 different stand to applicants for stam ps on appnraj

E R A N K C . McMILUAN Isaac’s Harbor, Nova Scotia,Can. (5d

Mail me a view and I will mail yoj one. Will exchange transfers for stand or cigar bands. The new magic mala 5c, Box water Pistols 25 and 50c, Mona Match Box 5c. any th ing in the novtld line will buy sell or exchange. Vritef rue today.

W. A. ROIIRBACHKR,118 Dodge St- Buffalo, N. Y.

OLD 1SSU3SI have a sm all stock of stamps caj

lected y e a rs ago , w hich I have pat i packe ts of 25 all d ifferen t, for only : cen ts , 10 packe ts for $1. No re«i issues.

E. 1. LOCKE, Berlin, Wi|b a r g a i n s i n

S T A M P S AND IN D IA N REUCS|100 U. S . 100 v a r. m ounted......

1000 “ “ evenly mixed __112000 .............................................. . . . . . . 3 |

12 com m on A rrow P o in ts ......12 *• S p ear P o in ts ......12 C elts d ifferen t ..................... . 31

100 all d ifferent ........................... 71P o s t f r ee . S e n d s t a m p foroutlinq

S O L . H A Y E SH arriso n , Ohio

GOLDEN GENIE SERIE!No. 1. No. 2.No. 3'No. 4. No. 5:

One thousand fine stamps of exceptional grade,cataloguing at from oneto fiftyo each, price is.IS post free and registered.

My general selection of stamps on approval at 7S per cent discount you, can loti you furnish me the hank reference. These lots give good satisfaction, and have | centlv been improved through the purchase of numerour collections.

too fine, rare stamps taken from collections. Beats an approval Book for choice, crease your collection; sell the balance for the cost. Includes stamps catalogued | high as socents Price Si. 15 post free and registered.

This mixture contaius iooo stamps free of common Continentals, cat. I to 60 1 unexcelled value and variety. Postfree and registered $y.i8.

Thirty varieties 6f fine stamps, cataloguing It ,50; price Jt.rr, postfree and regis«f|

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Switzerland1900 Jubilee 1 0 c ........................ .10c lcU stamps cat 2c each o n ly . . . 3c10 U S cat 30 “ . . . 4c1 S special delivery ................ 6c lcJapan 1896 5 s . .............. .. ........ 2cI’S revenues on approval one-fifth cat.

Cat NetSamoa 94 3 on 2d 50c 13c

Sungei Vjong81-83 24 No. 24............................. 50c 12c

................ 26 ............................. 50c 10cU. S. Locals

Kidders 24 g reen . .................. $25 S5Met ro po l i t an E n v 2 4 . . . ............. §15 S3You know your lucky if you

get 50 percent off on these at other dealers.

U. S Revenues3c p ro p rie ta ry ................2c

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............10c 2c2c E xpress b l u e ............ lc

Hamburg1865 lj* s rose.............................. $2 60c

Prussia1858 4 p f g re e n ............................45c 15c

Special!1000 well assorted Belgium Parcel

Post cat over $45, postpaid foronly ..............................................S4 00

500 U S 2c Columbians regular 25cf o r ................................................... 6c

500 lc C olum bians................................ 15cApproval sheets m arked a t one-third

to one-fifth cat. My special line. Valuable prize free if you apply for same.

Special in M ix500 assorted U S Envelopes all cu t square, used and unused cat lc to 40c each

postpaid f o r ........................................................................................................................ 80c100 assorted stam ps cat 5c to 50c each none lower, biggest bargain yet post

paid fo r.............................................................................................................................. SI 00Money back if you w ant it. A square deal to all.Don’t forget my appovals or a reference if you apply for same.

M. H. Decker & Co.La Porte, Indiana.

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10,000 Stereoscopes Given Away1 want every boy and girl who reads th is paper to own one of these splendid, new

Japan metal stereoscopes, w ith 50 inteusely interesting' photographic views, so I am making an offer never before equalled*

j G will p o s it iv e ly g iv e aw ay t h e s e h a n d so m e s t e r e o s c o p ic o u tf its J u st a s I qu ick ly a 9 I c a n to every boy o r g ir l w h o w ill d o m e a very sm a l l favor.

These stereoscopes are ju st the th ing f r boys and girls* T hey are made of strong, Japan m etal, handsom ely finished in silver and brown. T hey have two powerful lenses, made especia lly in Germany; romc t n three parts, neatly packed in a sm all box.

The photographic v iew s were made specially ft»r the m anufacturers of th is stereo­scope, a t an enorm ous expense. T h ey are vivid, anim al-photographs, taken from actual life, including e lephants, lions, tigers, hippopotami, a lligators, cages o f mon­keys, and many strange an im als o f the old world. T he stereoscope is more entertain­ing and instructive than any circus m enagerie, and w ill furnish endless am usem ent in every home where there are boys and g irls.

While They Last You Can Get One FREE!1 will g ive a com plete stereoscopic outfit froO and postpaid to every boy and

girl reader of th is paper who w ill send me only one three-year subscription to my interesting' farm paper—T h e Fa rm M agazine—at so cents. T h e Farm Mag* a z in o i* the handsom est illustrated m agazine published for farm readers. T h is month

j I am m aking a special price o f three years for SO cents. It is very easy to fifet only | One subscriber. Every fam ily liv in g on a farm w ants th is splendid m agazine and

will be glad to subscribe. 9Remember, a ll you have to do Is to send me the nam e and address o f one three-

, i f y o

a complete stereoscopic outfit. You w ill never have an offer like'this. a g a iiP °V o u w ill lie delighted w ith the steroscope and thank me

i for making the offer. Send at once. Don't delay

rear subscriber, and 50 cents to pay for the m agazine for three years, or, three yearly subscribers a t 20 cents each, and I w ill send you freo and postpaid

" *■ ve an offer like th is again. You w ill

W. T. LAING, Omaha, Neb.

GTDo not fo rg e : to m en tion the W E S T w hen d ea lin g w ith ad v ertise r.be appreciated .

It will

Great Values in 10c sets15 varieties A rgentine .............. 10c

4- “ Fiji Islands. . . . . . . . . . .10c15 “ India ......................... 10c10 “ Jam aica ................................ 10c10 “ Persia .............................. 10c14 “ Peru ........... 10c5 “ Z anzibar............................... 10c

30 *' A u s tra lia ...............................10c15 “ B u lg aria .................... . . . 10c10 ** Bosnia .................................. 10c10 *• Br. G u ia n a ...........................10c15 “ Colombia .............................10c10 “ Costa R i c a . . . .......................10c11 “ Dutch In d ie s ........................10c10 “ E g y p t .....................................10c

6 “ G iberaltar ........................ loc6* “ Gold C o a s t .......................10c

15 *' G reece ................................. 10c10 “ G u a te m a la . . . ........... .....lQc10 *' H ong -K o n g ........................ 10c

7 “ H a y ti.....................................10c6 “ In d o -C h in a .........................10c

10 “ No. 2 N ew foundland— 10c10 “ N ic a ra g u a ...........................10c15 *• Porto R ice ...........................10c14 “ R ussia ...................... ...10c30 Sw eden............................... 10c10 “ T u n i s .................... 10c10 “ A ru g u a y .... ..................... 10c8 Belgium P. P ........ .......... 10c

Postage 2 cents extra.

Faultless Hinges 5c Thousand.APPROVAL SHEETS

W e are giving ex tra good values on our approval sheets at 50 percent discount, and guarantee th a t they are no t undersold. K indly give reference when applying for them .

SALEH STAMP CO..Salem, N. J.

FREE! A 50c Guatemala,1902, catalogueing 15c to all approval applicants. 66% percent allowed.H. IX ROTH, W. Lafayette, Ind.

Stam ps at 50 percent on approval sent to reliable persons. Prem ium s for sales over 25c. Good Bargains.

Brauner J. Ostergaard,795 N. Mozart S t., Chicago, 111.

10 CENT SPECIALS50 v a rie tie s U. S ............................$ .10

200 va rie tie s F o re ig n ............................ 10500 m ix e d ................ ................................. 10

16 v a rie tie s Doc LJev 1898......... .1025 v a rie tie s C a n a d a .............................10

C . W. A RN D T» 332 P a rk Ave. Chicago, 111.

100 EXTRA FINE U. S.For 10c and 2c postage. Approv­als at 50 percent Discount. Ref­erence required.

H o r m o s a S t a m p E x c h a n g e , 1205 North 41 St Court,

Chicago, 111.READI 50 Foreign stam ps 5c, 10 differ

eiit Japan 4c, 3 E gypt sa lt 5c, 5 different Mexico 4c, 3 Foreign copper coins 5c, Roman Silver Denarius 45c, Pot*age 2c.

W. SKELCHER,6121 W Park Ave., St, Louis, Mo. •<

Has removed to

821 Locust St.

|Finest used Postal cards from all sol the world at the low cost of lc bin lots of 50 or more. The stam ps I them cost more th an th is alone.|tlack of room is why we offer them [be low cost of lc each. We sold one

Jty over 2000, who got one lot, so you It know they are th e finest got. JJtODSTON'E, Superior, Neb.

!E PACIFIC MONTHLY THE MAGAZINE OF

THE WEST.Jo Western magazine has ever before

npted the great work which The fcfic Monthly is doing. It is in a

by itself. The Pacific M onthly bids' thouroughly the great move­nts which are m aking for the Su- macy of the Pacific. I t is character-

lallv western. I t tells you about the pitunitites, developm ent and prog- h; yet it is of genuine in terest for |ny other reasons. I t is broad in its

It is beautifully and elaborately Istrated. It has eight wide awake de- fffients virile, tim ely, even one ch a r­tered by enthusiasm and energy. Itnagasitie has more stories m onthly , “ The Pacific M onthly stories are Jppy.-vou read and enjoy them , far price is 51 per year; 10 cen ts per pie copy, and 25 cents fo r 3 m ouths 1 Subscription.[he Pubisher of W EST says it is the ptof all dollar magazines. ppleFree. Address Portland Oregon

Nl( iee<

|l W ant to buy an y N e­b ra sk a B ills

Wildcat or Broken Bank Issu es . Peudthem or one of each kind and IpJ'ce to I.. B rodstone, S uperio r,

•III

HE LOCKE BABY JU M P E RHappy thaukim Amuses Iforh.iurs—pays fur itself <ner ami over In I time saved tlie busy mother. Keeps baby I fr<.in l-arm—develops strong straight lim bs! and v ig o ro u s l*ody . P r i c e * d e l i v e r e d * I $2 50. $4.00. $5.00,910.00. according to mate-1 tiki and finish. JO day** t r i a l —money I 1 k if desired. Order new. Circular f re e ."C E LOCKS MANUFACTURING CO.

Willow Bt K rn ie tt, Iow a. U 8 . A. i

W atches, Cameras, Fountain Pens, e tc .,F R E E . Send for our plan. N iagara Falls Souvenir Cards; 10 all different, 20 cents. No trash.

SOUVENIR POST CARD CO.,

N iagara Falls, N. Y.

f THE COIN CABINFT.I f1! f 1! f

A M agazine for C ollectors. N o th in g like it in th e world. 50 cen ts per year.

608 Flat Iron New York City

iJtJJ

The growing complexity o f man *i relations emphasized the need of legally trafnraminds. Never has an Intelligent grasp of the La been so indispensable to am bltton. Never has the hori- *on of achievement loomed so larrfetohlmvho*e lent knowledge doubled thed{/< namie power of his nat­ural abilities. In Com­merce, the leaai conn solor is the arbiter in all largo matters.In Politics,trained legal minds domi nato Council *C on gress & well as the Bench. Never has ambi­tion had such easy access t' so comE r o * en~

(Lm v111

0FTHE '(volume

ean Itorita*

[v c a store ofle- ml knowl- Ip e n s IS ponttd in Just com*

P'eted H o m e Lnw School Be*

The 7 vol*.S- y already delivered to ¥ thouar.nurtoIVt'.iX ful

8 .udenfsare augment­ed 1 y Vols.S, ? tt'il 10,

Hid byJan.i, will be com* plctcd by Vols, 1! and 12.

Owing to thebe t"y -ost *■ ’ ' k t h et h i s ep o ch a l woiS

[PTO. , , 7 ^ publishers w is h to i -n l l

/V 'i . ^ orco. H e n c e , C O O v‘ 3 V be numbered r.r.de'Hda:

rSTEPS1 X pcvcifiF. dtect* ac­

tion odrisoct. Prepares forTSarln nny State; boihThcory & i-Tci ire.

Pamphlet, testimonials and epeciul pr!ceo?rcs%se.it Tree. Chaaco of y e,u\s,Frederick J- Drake €> Co.

Madison S t.. CHICAGO

FIJI ISLANDS, NEW SOUTH WALESNEW ZEALAND, QUEENSLAND.

Siuce my last list of these stam ps wa> issued last spring I have bought largely of above cnin- ries stam ps at auction, wholesale direct from the best Australian sources and collections and am

.low able to quote on many stam ps that I have been out o ffe r months and on some I have never listed before. Mr. C. J. Phillips, headof the great London firm Stanley Gibbons. Ltd., in an article. •'Stamp Collecting as an Investm ent,” names many desirable countries but awards the palm to Australians as follows: N_ S. Wales, New Zealand. Queensland. South Australia, Tasmania, Victor­ia and W. Australia. In my opion these countries are still th o so-undast s t a m p s of alt the w o r ld In w h ic h to In v e s t . They are the best sellers of all the stamps I handle, and there are m arkets for them not only here and in America, but in France. Germany. Aurtralia and South America. All fine, posUlly used unless otherwise stated. Money back, for anything not entirely sa tisfa cto ry . ” ' ’

F IJ I IS L A N D SC at. C at. MyN o. Price Price42 2p g r e e n ........................... JO 20 0844 6p r o s e ............1............... 85 2544 6p rose, pen c a n c .................. 1045 Ish b row n, pen c a n c ............ 1850 4p v io le t.................. 50 1050 4p violet, pen c a n c ............. 0552 f i p s la te or g ra y ........... 04 0255 lp b la c k ........................ 12 0656 2p g r e e n ........................ 05 0358 lp lila c rose ................. 05 0261 lp v iolet and b l a c k ___ 02 0262 2p violet and o ra n g e .. -.. 0366 6p violet an d ca rm in e . . 1067 lsh g r & carm pen canc . . 06

N EW SO U T H W A L E S10 Ip red ................................ 2 50 1 7511 2p b lue several sh ad es 50 3012 2p b lu e .......... .................. 85 4513 2p blue s ta rs in co rners 4 50 2 5014 3p g re e n ..............................4 00 2 0016 6p brow n ....................... 12 50 7 0023 lp o ra n g e ............................1 00 6524 2 p b l u e . . . . . . ................ 50 2032 lp o ra n g e ............................1 00 5032a lp r e d .......... (S. G ) . . . . 1 25 6033 2p b lu e ............................... 25 1235 lp r e d ................................. 50 2535a lp o ra n g e ........................... 1 00 5036 2p blue ............................. 50 2537 ?p g r e e n ..................... . . . 60 4037c 3p green wm k 6 . . . . . . . 1 00 6040 6p vio(S G ibbons c a t 25) 15 1040a 6p v io le t............................ 4 00 2 2542 ls h ro se ........ ...................... 1 00 6042 lsh rose, pen c a n c .................. 2046 2p b lue ............................. 50 2547 Ip r e d .................................. 15 0848 2p b lu e ................................ 03 0248a 2p b lue, wmk 1 ........ 60 3049 2p blue (3. G. 50 )............ 30 2050 4p red b ro w n ............... 50 2552-53 lp red, 2p blue e a c h . . 05 0254 3p g re e n ............................ 50 3555 4p b r o w n .......................... 35 2556 5p g reen (S , G. 75) ____ 30 2557 6p lilac ............................... 10 08

N E W SO U T H W A L E S-C ontinued60 ls h b la c k ........................... 35 1561-62 Ip red, 2p blue e a c h .. 01 0!463 3p g reen or yellow g r . . 06 0164 4p red brow n . ........... 20 1265 5p g reen on b lu e g r — 10 0566 6p l i la c ............................... 10 OK69 ls h b l a c k .......................... 25 1270 Ip red, wm k la rg e N. S.

W . o n ly ............................ 25 1071 2p b lue.w ntk la rg e N .S.

W . o n ly .............................. 20 0872 5sh g r & vto rev c a n c .. 6076 lOsh ca rm in e & v io let. .2 bO 1 35 77-78 lp lilac 2p blue each 01 0#79 4p red b ro w n .................... 03 0180 6p c a r m in e ...................... 05 0281 8p red v i o l e t . . . / ............ 40 1581a 8p red lila c ....................... 50 2082 ls h violet b r o w n ............ 05 0385 lp v io.w m k la rg e N. S.

W . o n ly .................. . . . 1 2 0636 2p b lue wm k la rg e N, S

W . o n ly .............................. 85 <087 20sh u l ra m a rin e . . . . . . 3 50 2 OQ88 5sh v io le t.......................... 3 00 2 0088 S am e fine lig h tly pen

can c .......... ............................. 6089 2J4p u ltra m a rin e . . 03 0292 ^ p on lp g ra y unused 08 0492 Sam e u sed ........................ 04 0393 7>£ on 6p b ro w n ............. 25 J594 12)4 on lsh r e d 50 *095 s la te or g r a y ........ .. 01 0/496 9p brow n and b la c k ___ 3596a 9p o ran g e hr & black ..96a is qu ite d ifferen t from

96, sam e as 104a ,97 10p p u rp le ......................... 2598-102-103 lp red l/ z g reen , 2

b lu e e a c h .......................... 01 O'j98a lp rose, die 1 ................. 0599 2p deep b lu e .................... 04 j?

100 2 # o p u rp le ..................... 12 5100a 2yzp p u rp le , .................... 12 j*101 5sh red v io le t................... 100104-104a 2)^p b lue 4 or b r ea 02 1

C ontinued on nex t pageF. W. R E ID , 1235 A m sterdam Ave., N ew Y ork City.

Cat. My Price PriceNew South Wales-Cotitinued

6pgrtren (S. G. $1.00.......................... 60Same heavily cancelled........ ...................6p orange....7 . ; . a../........ ......... 10ash6p green ...................................... .. ....op brown and blue ....... ........ .......... 12Kp green. used or tiuused............... 04ip green, u n u sed ...... ........................ 06ip green, used ........................... 042p green unnsed ............. ................ . 2s

06 12

2p green used3pgreeu(see errors in prices cat)..4P green .................................... ............ 086p green ... ....................................... 258p green — ................... 35

to 305 prices according to conditiontsh black ............................................ 08tpred unused..................................... 50ip red used .................... ............... 08jp blue utilised ____, . . . . .................... 122p blue used ......................................... 08SP green ........................... 253p wink sideways 63b with O. S. ...4p red brown ”, 08<p green rare, not priced ... ............6p lilac ................ 128p yellow ............................................ 30ip red .................................... 25ip violet ....... 03

086p carmine «r> red lilac ish violet brown.

40»502 2.5 08 0203 02 08 02 0604 15 20

081504 06 0315£

1 5c*05 25spbltie .......................4P red brown ................................ ..... 02

083506 06

N EW Z E A L A N D10 2p blue . • 25 9 °24 4p blue .... ■ 25 IS25 jp blue ... 40 S544 ip brown 50 4045 2p orange 60 4046 6p b lu e ... ■■ 50 355' ip lilac . 04 035* 2p rose 03 0255 6p blue 25 IS55 ish pieen. t 00 4559 4p lilac 4 SO 2 yo

6i-6j ip rose. ?p v io le t e a c h ..................... m 0 %63 yellow ............................................. 04 0364 *p green 04 02

6p b r o w n ................................ . 04 0266 Sp blue ............... 25 *5

ish red b ro w n ............................... .. 06 0465 iVjp u ltram arin e ......... 05 0269 Spgray ........................................ 10 0570*71-72 tp m id 2p. each ........ 02 01Tj blue u n u sed ........... ............... *5 10;4 iH p b lu e ..... ... ...... ........................ to c6•5 3porange b ro w n ............. 15 07*6 ip ro se ....... 10 08;; jp red b row n .......... 20 10•S 6pgreen ............. 15 12(! ish red ................................................... 45 30M s VtP green. i p r e d t each ...... .. 02 01S6 ?p violet. Q ueen . 10 05S; 2p red violet. **View” ............ 10 0283 *&p b lu e . ..........- ............................ 05 0189 3P orange b ro w n .................... to 0490 4p brown a n d b lu e ............................... 08 os<je jp red brow n ....................... ............... 12 0692 t>p gre>n ............. ....... ............................1 00 6095 6p rose .............. 10 0591 8p blue .... ........ .......................... ............. 30 2093 ^pred v io le t . ..................... 30 2095 cpred v io let u n u s e d ........................ VS 2596 ish red ........................ 20 to

Cat. Cat. MyNo. Price Price99 ip carmine ............... ................ .... 06 029& Xp green ................................................ oS 03

too ip carmine ........ 02 01lot 1 % brown orange .............. 06 o+102 14 green unused........................... .... 1 00 5*te»3 tp carmine ..... 04 02104 Hp green, unused ............................ 0$ os105 ip carmine, un u sed ........................... 05 o-s107 J4p green, unused.... .......... 03 c-<108 ip carmine unused........ .... ........... 04 04in 2^P blue ................................................... 0112 sp orange brow n....................... 06 04113 4p brown and b lu e .............................. 08 05114 .sp red brow n........... .......................... 06115 6 p rose .............................................. 08 04116 8p b lu e ........................................... ...... 23 15H7 9 P v io let............................................... 25 18118 ish red.................. 13 08353 54 P rose............. .................................... 02 ot351*355 54p black, 54p rose each................ 01 0%3 ,6 V£p black .............................. ot 0155* 5^53 54p.ap each.... ............................... 03 o\)4602 ip green and red ................................ 0 02603 2p green and red ................................ 06 03605 4P K’*cen and red ... iu

Q U E E N SL A N D8 ap blue.................................... 2 50 1 75

14 2p blue .............. 1 00 *515 3P brown ......................................... 3 50 2 2s19 2p blue ................... 2 50 1 2520 6pcreen ........... .. ......... . . 2 00 i 2s22 2p blue ....................... ..... 50 3023 4p l i la c ............................................. 75 4523a 4p s l a t e ....................................... 2 00 1 oi25 15) o r a n g e .......... . . 4 c 2526 2p blue ................. . .. .'f t226a 2p pale blue . . . . . . . ,v< 1527 3P greenish brown (S, G. Si 75 *027a 3p brown ...................... .. . 2 co 1 2527b vp olive brown . > co 1 0038 ip orange............................................... 60 v 3039 ip ro.se ...................................... 2 co 9040 2p blue or deep blue . . . . . . . . . . . . __ 15 0841 3p brown........... . ................................. 1 75 1 0042 6p green ...................... zS S'>43 :sh violet, lightly rev cane .................. 2s44 ip orange . . . 75 4045 tp rose....................................................... 25 1 2546 ap b lue...................................... 35 18463 2p deep blue ........... 50 jo51 4p yellow ................................... . 2 5 0 1 2552 zsSi blue, very light rev cane . . . 50 3053 ?sh 6p vertmiliun. cancellation t 59 Ss54 3«*h orange brown ” 3 50 1 2557 1 p scarlet ............................... c8 0557 Same, pen cancellation . . . . . . . c258 2p blue . to 0459 4p yellow 70 m>60 6p green rev c a t ic ............................ 20 1061 ish lilac ........................... ..................... 1 f-o 6061 ish lilac, unused, no gum ....................... 6564 ish violet rev canc . . . . ................ 1 2565 ip vermillion or rose ...................... 08 0467 2p blue or ultramarine ................. os 036S 4p ye llow ............................. 10 0569 6p green................................. . . . . . . . . . . 06 0370 ish lilac or v io le t .............................. to 0574 2sh ultramarine, rev cane............... 25 os76 ssh carmine *• , 2 b 1077 10 sh brown “ 75 .%%73 £ 1 green *’ .........1 25 6479 2sh ultramarine 10 0680 ash 6p red “ 10 f<s$St .ssh carniitte ** 20 1282 tosh brown * 1 00 60

Many others of these countries in stock hut not enough to price as I aim to fill all orders re­tired: try a want list if stam ps you want are not quoted. lug off on cash orders of Jt.OOor more (luring July and August. Ask for it. Add 2c for postage if order is less than 50 cents.

F. W . E I D , 1 2 3 5 A m sto r d iv m A v e . N ow Y ork C ity

ExchangeBand, O rchestra and Piano music for

S tam ps cat. from 3 to 25c each. Have 1200 pieces to select from. Send for list.

WM. PE R L IT Z ,Box 102, E astport, Md. (5-3)

STAMP HINGESara Unsurpassed Die Cut, Adhsn well, Peelable.

A T rial i.ooo i'--:only 8c. 5,000 30c. T o Dealers, T rial i o .o u o , p o .- pa-d, 40c. Manufactured by

Toledo S ta m p C o ., To led o , P

C heaper than stealing them when postage is all asked. For 10c we will send you 1 pound of choice Leading and largest Stam p, Coin, Photographic, Cureo, Post Card and A dvertising p a ­pers, will include one foreign one if you wish in each lot. Papers are offered to clean up for have not room. You will find one no. among each lot w orth m ore than th e price alone. Send 10c fo r lib lot and you will send for m ore. Send at once before they are taken . W E ST , L Bx, Superior, Neb.

F R .E E .We still have a few more of

those rare Ecuador, 1894 20c red, telegraph stamps used for postage Cataloging 75 cents each which we give free to approval applicants. Reference required.

J. L. Nyholm,Cokoto, Minn.

BAnFORTHS LIFEMODEL POST CARDS

N ew , novel, a r t is t ic , o rig in a l and h ig h c lass . T h e y i l lu s tra te p o p u la r so n g s , h y m n s, m o tto s an d w it. R eal p h o to s!- “ In th e tu n n e l ,” “ T h ey a ll love J a c k ,” “ T h e w h ite m an s b u rd en ” “ I d th e shade o f th e old ap p le tre e ,” e tc . N o com ics, 5c each , 6 for 25c.

STEVEN BINNIE,L A K E T O N , IN D .

6 A M /I 10 cen ts fo r one dozen sour- en ir post ca rd s . Jolly your

fr ien d s . C has. A. P h ild iu s , 105 East 121 S t. New Y ork.

HERE YOU ARE!H o w A r e T h e s e A n t i q u e s ?

Y our curio collection w ill be much enriched by th e add ition o f one or more o f these an c ien t new spapers. All in good condition , only a few of each.

E ach postpaid.1747..........................................................S1.001766...............................................................751793-95-97-99............................................. 351880-01-07 ................................................... 251822-65...................................... 05

P ostage ex tra .C O IN S

E ach postage extraL a rg e U. S . c e n ts (13 dates)............. 04S ilv e r 111 c e n t ..........................................01H a lf d im e s ................................................ 10E ag le c e n ts . . .......... 02S ilv e r F if ty cen ts 1827..... ................. 65T w o ce n ts b ro n ze .................................. 03

F o r S t a m p C o l l e c t o r s E n tire covers m ailed before stamps

o r envelopes w ere in use. Every s ta m p collectors should have one, w hile th ey la s t on ly 15 cen ts each. S p e c i a l O K F E R :-O n orders amounting to $1 00 or m ore deduct 10 per cent. $3.00 or m ore 20 per cen t.

I have s till on h an d a few of those sh ip s p ap ers advertised in March W E S T E x ch an g e offers w anted. Want fo u n ta in pen, polished agate or m inera l specim ens, stam ps, U. S. gem s in th e m a trix , books etc. Write me anyw ay . F . E . H a lb e rt, So. Ber­wick, Me. Box 256.

U. S. CHAIRCAR REVENUES

U nique, in te re s tin g , sca rce .........20c100 s tam p s lc to $1 fa c e ........ .............10cF in e s t ap p rova l se lec tions 50 per cent d iscoun t.

P O S T CA RD S O F LO U ISV ILLE.5 d ifferen t view s 10c, 10 d iff............. 20c

H. GLOVER BENNET,2012 F IR S T ST.

L O U IS V IL L E KENTUCKY.

^Australasians..

Long Sets, containing no cards, fiscals, or

envelopes :

New Zealand, 50 var $1.00

New So. Wales 25 “ • 5 0

Victoria 30 “ .60

Queensland 3 0 “ • 7 5

South and West

FREE!15 difi U . S- free to all sending 12 cts

for 200 foreign stam ps. Recipe for m aking postage stam p m ucilage free to all sending postage w ith order.

E. 1. Locke,Berlin, Wis. R. 1, Box 101.

Sreat SBargian!I am selling my private collection of

stam ps and offer the following selec­tions. No duplicates in any packets. Packet A cat valueS4.50 each packet

contains a stamp cat {3.00 Price 50c Packet B assorted stam ps from

th irty countries Price 25cMediam and rare stam ps on approval

at large discounts against references. This is the greatest opportunity offered to fill up your blank spaces.

0 31 SSauer,Pierm ont, N. Y.

Australia a n d Tasmania 50 var 1.25

South Sea Islands 24“ .75

209 all different, post

free.............................4 . 5 0

Our 10-page Australasian Price List post free.

Wholesale exchange con­signments solicited.

Wilcox, Smith & Co.CRAWFORD ST.,

2)unedin, Diew Zealand.Agent for

S t a n l e y G i b b o n s , Ltd.

REVENUE STAM PSWe offer the following collections.

500 different Rev. all counties........... ............. $1 25IOOO “ *• 44 ** ...... .. .......... . 4 OO2000 *• 44 44 44 .... .......... II 00250 " of Franee......... .................1 =520 *• R uuion............. ....... ......... 40100 " German States ................. ......... 25300 44 44 * ‘ ..........................- 2 50100 41 •• Spain and col.... ................ 80500 ................. 2 00100 *• Mexico............ . ................. 60250 “120 44 “ Great Britain ... ...................M. ...... 40250 44 14 44 ................. 3 00180 “ “ A rgentine....... ................. 1 50150 44 ’• British Col.......350 44 44 ’*>50 Austria Hun. - ............... 5050 44 “ Italy...... ...... ..... - - ............ 3050 44 “ Brazil............ ....... ........ ... 40Special term s for dealers.General catalogue of Revenue Stamps of the world price. Si.25 post free. Special catalogue of France's Col. price 12c

We possess one of the largest stocks in fiscal stamps of the world. Collectors send your want lists. Very cheap prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.

We want all fiscalists to send us their address.We want to buy good lots or single stamps of fis­cals and pay high prices for rarities, proofs ande r r jrs.

We want specially to buy U. S. A, Deer Stamps Snuff. Tobaco Spirits etc.

GILBERT & KOHLER 51, rue Le Pelletier Pris, France,UanqueComptoir National d'Escom ple de Paris

•©"Omaha P o s t C ard Co., H opson, M gr., say s th e W E S T is do in g the best of all papers fo r h is ads and he h as ads in th e la rg e s t m ail o rd er m agazines.

THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRYIN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS

A Land o f Boundless Mineral and Agricultural W ealth and M arvelous Scenic Beauty

Can be reached in one night from St. Louis or Kansas City by the

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAYVia CARTHAGE, MO., or by the

IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTEfrom St. Louis or MemphisVia N E W PO R T , ARK.

The new W hiteR iver Division oftheM issouri Pacific-Iron Mountain System is pre-em inently th e scenic line of the Southwest

For further information, folders, m aps, rates, new illustrated book, etc,, address

H. C. TOWNSEND,GENERAL PASSENGER AND TICKET AGENT,

ST, lOU'S. V)0.To Introduce My Lar£e Price List of

Native Products And Curios of the

PH ILIPPIN E ISLANDSH ats , C anes. Bolos, Suecos, C hine-

la s , P e ta te s . P a in tin g s , P h o to s , S ea- sh e lls , C araboa H orns. N ative C lo ths, B eau tifu l E m broideries, R elics, e tc , and m ake a custom er o f you. I w ill send you any one o f the fo llow ing S2 and S2 oO articles postpaid fo r only SI.

1 B do carved from C araboa H orn.1 G enuine E bony Cane.2 P a ir s of C urious N aiive Shoes.1 T an ay P e ta te (M at.)

50 Sea shells.1 Em broidered P in a H andkctch ief. Only one to a custom er a t th is

price; and order only accepted when accom panied by th is coupon. P rice lis t a lone ten cen ts. A 35 00 hand woven h a t, free to anyone who p u r­ch asers enough from th is list. In o r­d e rin g , a sk fo r p a rticu la rs . A ddress

CHAS. DE SELMS,P. O. Box 1072, M anilla, Ph ilip ine Isles.

PRINT IN d

JOB PRINTINGAT LOW PRICES

100 Best 71b. Note Heads, 30 250 Ditto for 60e, 500 Ditto for 1.15

Bill Heads, Statements, Busi­ness Cards, Half-length Letter Heads or large, thin Letter Heads at same rates as above.100 12 lb. Letter Heads, ruled orunruled................................... 40200 Ditto................................... 75500 Ditto................................ 1.75100 6 '/£ XXX White envelopes, 30250 Ditto • • • • ............................. 65500 Ditto............................ 1.25

Colored or Blue lined or 6K white envelopes will cost 5c per 100 extra.

The above prices a ref for work printed in Black ink, 5c‘ extra for each job in blue ink and 10c extra for each job in Red, Brown or Green ink. Send stamp for samples. Unused U. S. stamps accepted same as cash.

A ll work sent prepaid Satisfaction guaranteed

Give ns a trial order

T. O. YOUNGNew Haven, New York

CURIOS CHEAPIS different genu ine labelled curios

from all over the w orld in c lu d in g man}' excellen t b a rg a in s and a s tam p cataloguing a t from 15 cen ts to $1.00 for 25 cents. E ach p ack ag e con ta in s one curio w orth 25 ce n ts and th e re is absolutely no tra sh . Best b a rg a in of :heseason. ..afl | |

~ & T A L M E R 3 P E A C O CK Madison, 8 -^ G e o rg ia

I 'ONLY M SK ' ^Thahyou send me 10 cen ts f o r ” a

sample dozen of my P O S T CARD CL1P5, w hen you see how nice you can arrange your P O S T CA RD S and PHOTOS you will w an t more. A s a special inducem ent to g e t you to try them I will send w ith each dozen a handsome colored post card of N iag ara Falls F R E E .

D. T A P P A N , W ate rv lie t, New York

2 0 y ea rs a residen t o f D enver, 35 y e a r a collector of U. S . coins, 5 years a d ea le r of U. S. coins. R eferences— anybody th a t I have ever did business w ith , o r F irs t N ational B ank, 1 have a very la rg e and fine stock of U. S. h a lf d o lla rs , a ll d a te s except 1796, 1797 (1853, w ithou t arrow s) a ll common d a tes, I am se llin g from 55c to 70c th e d a te s are plain and no holes, 20c pieces 1875 fine, 1875 fine unc, 1877 and 1878 proof, fine se t, m ake offer. D enver New M int m oney is go in g very fa s t. B e tte r h u rry , 10c a t 12c, 25c a t 27J4, 50c a t 52 'A, 12 or or m ore pieces at one tim e. W ith ever)' order, postal New Mint, .free, re g is te rin g ex tra . 100 im ­ported c ig a r bands, 1 cen te r piece 20c, 2 s tam p s ex tra for postage.

J . D. SE Y M O U R ,U. S . C oins and M ail O rder H ouse,

G round F loor Show W indow | 1948 B roadw ay, D enver, Colo.

ARTISTIC PRINTINGJu st to get you s ta r te d w ith 'u s we w ill pu t you up th e fo llow ing s ta ­

tionary in a neat s ty le and p rep ay sam e to you as fo llow s:100 X X X 6>£ w hite envelopes, reg u la r price ................................................$ .65100 8J^x ll le tte r h ead s re g u la r p r ic e ............................ .........................................85100 Round corner ca rd s No. 63, size 2 # -x 4 re g u la r .......... .............................. 60

R eg u la r P r ic e ..................................................$2.05My price fo r the e n tire lot, p repa id to y o u .............. ............... ..................... 1.75

Send in your o rd e r to day and be convinced th a t th is is the B E S T and C H E A P E S T s ta tio n e ry you ever had .

C A TA L O G S AND P O S T CA RD S We have the fa c ilitie s fo r tu rn in g ou t the very b est work in th e ca t­

alog and post card lin e an d if you w ill send us an estim a te of w hat you want we w ill g la d ly g ive you figures an d Subm it sam ples of stock to be used. J u s t say you saw it in the “ W E S T ” and send in y o u r estim ate to day, and be sure an d inc lude an o rd er fo r th e above s ta tio n ery a t th is ex ­ceeding low price. A d d ress a ll o rd e rs an d co m m u n ica tio n s to

F. C. SCOTT,A R T IS T IC P R IN T E R

BOX W F A IR F IE L D N E B R A S K A .

Wanted CollectorsTo Buy our Stam ps from Approval Sheets at 50 percent discount. R efer­ence required.

The Hermosa Stamp Exchange,

1205, N. 41st Court, Chicago, 111.

Collectors!I have some 20,000 postage

stamps, which I have gathered since 1890. These include stamps from all over the world, Canada, Mexico, Japan and many scarce varieties. To dispose of these I am selling them at the remarkable low price of 25c a quart, Postfree.

You will get from 1000 to 2000 stamps in a quart and fine stamps at that. Eveiy order for $1 gets a free set of unused S A cat 25c. Now Get Busy. H. MORGAN, Box 555, Victoria B. C. Canada.

Svery jOittle S&it

Jtelps.Cat Myprice price

Packet A ......... ......... * 1.00 S .10“ C.........“ B......... ......... 3.00 .25“ D ......... ......... 5.00 .60“ E ......... ......... 10.00 1.25“ F . . . . . .Fine approval sheets at 50-66/^-

75 percent discount. Reference required. Postage extra under $1.

31. C. Chase,S2ox 1 6 6

S ast 3*rovidnce S l.S .

W anted to purchase Mexican Rev­enues also U. S. S tate Revenues.

Brewster C Kenyon,L ong Beach, Cal.

Collector’s Attention—Have just started in th e stam p business, although N'ew-Ia The-B usiness I am an old collector. Ju s t to get in touch with you I will send a p ackage of stam ps ca t’d Jjl.25 for 25c. S ta m p s taken. Good approval sheets, 60 percent discount. Give me a trial order. E. J . L1NSON, M gr., Standard Nov. Co., K ingston, N. Y, [3-6]

STAMP SALEOur next one will be held soon

to be followed by another soon after that. Send for a copy of the catalogue if you are not on our mailing list. Explicit description of each of the 650 lots. Get in line for a few bids and share in some of the bargains. Catalogues free.

J . M. BARTELS €0-Old South Bldg.

Boston Mass.

Sum m erBargains

100 all different U. S. stamps Regular price 50c, only 19c

1000 mixed U. S. stamps “ lx 1000 “ Foreign “ “ 12c

We hold Auction Sales Honthly our catalogue is mailed to ail those interested.

We are the only stamp concern in Chicago that carries a resist­ed Stock. Visitors are welcome to visit our Stamp Shop. Our 60 page book is free.

United Stam p Co.,1151 Harquette Bldg.

Chicago, III.

^ p B a rg a in s !^ ^m (oi>

0 Any one'senditig me *

IOcJwill receive

TreeUlhile They Last!!

Ecuador no. 517 cat 75c.The above stamp free to all ap­

plicants for our carefully selected approval books. Reference must accompany application.

We Offer Good values.

$ 1 .0 0

in exchange, or send as many tens as you wish until sold out If all sold money will be refun- ed. Postage extra. Hinges, 4c 1000 , 30 00 for 10c

" ' f l . V c i S S i . ' ” ,25 Burgess Ave., o p t

i \ & l Hast Providenre. ■ R. T.

Money Loaned on Stamps or Stamp collections.F. Michael, 258 WjMadison St.

Chicago, Illinois.Member A. P. A. and C. P. S.Stamps on Approvals.

Price below S c o tt’s and ^ com m ission allowed. A g en ts w anted. A ny o f th e following sen t p repaid fo r 25c.JO foreign coppers, 10 old U. S . cop­pers, 10 confederate o r broken bank tills, 15 w ar tokens; 1500 U. S. o r fo r­eign stamps; 500 U. S . Revs.

Selling cat of stam ps, coin, se tc . 10c each. Buying ca t 5c.

Stamp and Coin E xchange ,61 N assau S t., New Y ork C ity .

L a B e l l e S t a m p C o ., Steubenville, O.

Good Stamps For Sale.3d, 6d, is New Brunswick, 5 s

Zululand; 4d, 6d, is Cypress: first issues German States, French Re­public, fine condition ; Old Tahiti and other French colonials; United States one and half 2c brown No. 15fi, used on original cover, used for 3c; all issues United States: 30- 90c Justice, unused, fine, and many other departments; Confederate States, Montgomery, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, etc.

WANTED, TO BUY.United States, USED, on cover

on envelope, in Good Condition; any issue and variety except the lc and 2c of last issue. Also wanted: foreign stamps on covers except the common European. Do not send anything on approval unless re­quested. Apply to

J.T . CALLEN.824 Union St., New Orleans, La.

*++++++*++*<f++*+++*+++++*++♦♦4"r+++++•!■+++++++++++•*■++++*♦ *■{ A $1 U. 5. D ocum entary Revenues Free %♦ +{ To all applying for my approved sheets a t 50 percen t commission. JJ 6 Photo Souvenir Post cards of N iagara Falls 15c Post F ree. ♦f *♦ Samuel C asebeer, K ewanee, III. }f *

£f*J. S traley, C om anche, T ex . My h a lf page ad h as b ro u g h t m any rep lies.

“ 2f£ard~Uo~ S e t”

The varieties listed below are not high priced but are missing inmost general collections.

Prices are for fine copies.* - unused.

Bermuda, 1884 2d claretbrown*................................ 6c

Chili 1878550c lilac........*.. .. 30c1900;20c gray. ............. 15c

Dutch Indies, 1864 10c. 75c“ 1868 10c ..••..$1.50“ 1876 2c violet

brown* .............................. 40cDutch Indies,1892 12V£c gray* 30c

“ 1902 20c darkgreen*................................ 35c

Dutch Indies, 1903 10c on20c dark green*................. 15c

Netherlands, 1869 lc black.. 25c “ 1888 7^c violet

brown.................................. 3cNetherlands, 1888 22 x/z dark

green.................................... 12c“ lgld gray violet 5c

When you have tried and failed to get these stamps from other dealers write to me for them.

j l . f f i . S f i c D i e i l ,

1282 Bergen St., SSrooklyn, Dl. 2/

Specialty—Netherlands and Col­onies.

Uleber’sEspecial Bargains

For his old clients but new clients willbe welcomed also.U. S . 1847 Sc.......................................I 40

............ 1 0 c ........................................2 SO“ 1851 l c ....................................... 18“ “ 3c ..................................... 01“ “ 1 0 c ..................................... 30“ 1857 l c ..................................... 08“ “ 3c Tpye I ........ IS“ “ 3c “ I I ...................... 01“ “ 5c red b ro w n .................3 00“ “ 5c b row n..........................2 50“ “ 5c Type I I ........................... 175“ “ 5c “ III ...................... 1 25“ “ 10c.................................... 17“ “ 12c..................................... 65“ 1861 l c ...................................... 03“ “ 5c b u f f ............................3 50“ “ 10c............ 08“ 12c...................................... 30“ “ 30c..................................... 35“ “ 5c red brown ......................175‘1 1862 24c new .................. ........1 50“ 1869 l c ...................................... 25“ “ 2c..................................... 08“ “ 3 c ..................................... 02“ “ 6 c ..................................... 30“ “ 1 0 c ... .............................. 35“ “ 12c............ 30“ ** 15c..................................... 75“ 1870 lc g r i l l ............................. 20“ “ 3c 02“ 1871 lc ..................................... 08“ “ 6c 7c“ “ 7 c ..................................... 45c“ “ 1 5 c ..................................... 35c“ “ 24c..................................... 70c

“ 90c...................................... 65c1873 90c new S3 50 1888 4c new $ 07 1888 5c “ 12 '■ 30c(rare) 25

" 90c (rare) 65 1890 2c lake 021890 15c.......... 04 “ 30c.......... 06

“ 90c (rare) 35 1893 S 2 .......... 1 251895 50c.......... 08 1895 $5......... 1 501898 4c............. 02 1898 8 c ....... 05

“ 10c . . . . 02 “ 50c....... 20“ f l ........ 60 M $2......... 175

1901 4c ........ 02 1901 5c....... 03“ 8c ........ 04 “ 10c....... 03Orders under 50c postage extra. Requests accompanied with a Cash

Deposit or A No. 1 references will bring you U. S. postage, revenues, M.andM., Foreign or British Colonials on approval.

Ulendelin iUebcr,869 Eagle St, Buffalo, 0. Y

7roo 3 Beautiful South C 7 Am erican Stam ps • J T G G

Or 50 Foreign Stam ps for nam es aud addresses of two collectors. E n close 2c stamp for postage. T ry m y approval sheets at 50 percent discount.

Si. S i. S i etcher,«S Fast 136th S t , New Y o rk , N. Y .

T h e J u v e n i l e P h i l a t e l i s t . Best a n d la r g e s t S tam p , Coin, P ost C ard an a M in era l C o llec to r s’ M o n th ly M a g a z in e w est o f th e R ocky M o u n ta in s . O ver too p a g e s y e a r ly . 20 C en ts per Y ear. N o free sa m p le s . T H E J U V E N IL E P H IL A T E L IS T 2558 W est 32nd A ve.. D en ver. Colo.

Stam ps bough t and sold. H undred varieties 5c. Send reference for approv­als. B E C K , 196 Pare L afontaine, M on­treal Canada.

DIME PACKETS-10 d ifferen t A u stria lti ‘ ‘ B u lg a ria2f “ B elgiu m35 “ G erm an y20 11 Meth erla n d15 “ W u rtem b erg13 “ Botvasia10 *' B o sn ia30 •• F ra n ce25 “ H u n g a ry25 “ R u ss ia

150 •' P o s ta g e S ta m p s. [2cThe whole lot fo r $1. P o s ta g e e x tr a

R . T H O M A SBox 236. C h ic a g o , 111.

Per 12U n i t e d States 1895 $1 ( $1.70)

“ “ $5 (3 at 1 .15 each)“ 1903 SI (3 at 1.60 •• )“ “ $2 (3 at .85 “ )

” S5 (3 at 1.10 “ )

All stamps are in good condition.

Cash per Money Order dealers unknown to us. Stamps Bought in large or small quantities, cash or exchange from our wholesale Price Lists post free on applcation.

Offers Requested.

The W illiam Stamp Co.,120 Leaden ball St.,

London, E. C. Eng.

Send m e your duplicates catalogin g 4c each or over and I w ill a llow you four- fifths catalogue, your own selection from my unequalled approval sheets.

A l e x C h a p p k , H ayw ard , Cal.

H ave a fine stam p collection value $30.00 h igh est offer w ithin 21 D A Y S takes it; also A L B U M . M ake an offer the h igh er the m ore chances of g e ttin g th is fine collection .

3h. 2 . Winkler,Slreh Creek, 3 la.

81.00 FOR 10 CENTS50 a ll d iffe re n t fo re ig n sta m p s, in ­

c lu d in g T u n is . C h in a , G u a te m a la , T a s m a n ia , T r a n s v a a l, e tc . ca t . . .$1.00p rice o n ly 10 cen ts.

W E ST A U S T R A L IA1882 3p red b ro w n cat. 50 c................... 101890 5p b is tre , c a t 8 c ..... ................... 031890 1 s h il l in g o liv e g re e n ca t 1 5 c . . 07

N E W S O U , H W A L E S1882 3p g re e n c a t . 6 c ............................... 021889 8p red v io le t, c a t 40 c................... 14

C H IN A1885 l c g ree n unused c a t 8 c . . . . . . . . 031885 5c g r e e n is h y e llo w c a t 25c___091898 50c y e llo w g re e n c a t 2 5 c . . . . ' . . 09

CUBA1869 40c d u ll v io le t ca t 5 0 c..................121881 2>£c o liv e b is tre , unused c a t 15c 051888 10c b lu e un used c a t 12c...............03

U N IT E D S T A T E S1856 l c b lu e c a t 1 5 c ................................ 051869 2c b ro w n , h o rsem a n , c a t 1 8 c .. 061895 50c o ra n g e c a t 18 c................ . . 071862 $5.00 C h a rte r p a rty c a t 2 5 c . . . . 08A ll a b o v e a re in c o n d itio n . B a r g a in l is ts fr e e .

L e o n V . C a s s , L e n o x , P e n n .

B u sin e ss E s ta b lis h e d 1897

ITI have had q u ite lo t o f re p lie s to m y firs t a d — M D e c k e r , L a P o rte , In d .

Stamps Almost Given Away!T he great climax of all record-breaking summer sales. Choice

stam ps from the popular countries, in the finest possible condition, at unheard of prices. Stamps cataloguing up to 8, 10 and 12c each, for

1 and 2 cents each.

One-cent Specials.* M eans unused

A ustria1900 1 krone, rose; 2 kron en , lilac.

Canada.1903 7c K in g ’ s head.

Dutch Indies1892 50c carm ine; 1899 10c on 10c.1901 lc o live; 1902 10c slate.

E gypt*1879 5 pa brow n ; 1884 10 p» green.

G erm a n y1900 (R eichsp ost) 25, 50, 80pf.1902 (D eutsches R eich)8 0 pf., 1 M ., 2 M.

Guatem ala*1897 2, 6, 10c; 1898 lc on 12c.

New Zealand1898 f t p . , Ip. brow n and blue, 2p.1900 2p vio let, 2p. red violet (cat. 10c.)1901 ' / i p . green (cat. 8c), 1902 lp . carm .1902 2p vio le t.

Philippines*1892 n ew spaper green.

Senegal*1906 lc portrait type, just issued.

Russia1882 14k. b lue and rose.

Each stamp 1 centP ostage extra on less than 10 stam ps.

Two-cent Specials.* m eans unused

Argentine Republic*1890 % C on 12c b la ck surch.

Bsvvaria1891 2 M o ran ge; 1900 80pf lilac-

G u a tem a la.*1886 50c verm cat 12c; 1897 100c.

Liberia*1906 l c regu lar, l c “ O . S . ” (elephant).

H a y ti*1906 l c on 20c oran ge.*1898 2c green ish b la ck .

Mexico1885 2c carm in e, 3c brow n.1898 15c la v and c la ret.

Netherlands1894 postage due 13c ult.

P o rtu g a l1893 200r red lilac.

Spa.in1895 official 15c y e llo w ; 1896 off. rcse.

Switzerland1900 Ju b ilee 5c, 10c, 5c re-engraved.

T ra n sv a a l 1895 }4 p on lsh green

E ach sta.m p 2 cents. Postage ex tra on less than 10 stamps.

FREE with each order, my new list of Summer Bargains at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 cents each and marvelously cheap sets.

S. B. Hopkins,St. Louis, Ho.1345 Clara Aye.,

Look ’Em Over.

A stamp catalogued at from 8c to 25c to approval applican ts. W h y b u y of dealers w ho g iv e no prem ium s. O ur new premium list is ready. S P E C I A L BARGAINS— 25 d ifferen t B ritish C o l­onies 25c, C o llecto rs C atalogu e 8c, D im e Album 4c, 1000 H in ges 6c, 2 diff Porto Rico postals 5c, 2 diff A labam a S tate bills ■ c. W an ted — E x c h a n g e w ith deal­ers and collectors in F oreign countries. Many valuable prem ium s given to c o l­lectors who buy 25 or m ore.

FRANKLIN STAMP CO., Box 218 Weatherly, Penn.

Have you a n y th in g to X if so w rite me. Am ong m y lot is ten K in g -h e a d stamps, ores, b eautifu l ro ck s, Crow In ­dian relics, sm all piano, book, paper money, postal cards, sh e lls and coins. I sell and X e v e ry th in g for ev eryth in g . Wanted relics and nam es o f C ollectors from the W orld over.

C l a r e n c e D a v i s ,Box 254, L ead, So. D ak. * 10

Snaps For You.C at O ur price

M ozam bique 1892 40 R e is .......... . 6c 2cC h in a 1898 lOr g r e e n ..................... 6c lcTasm ania 1900 2c v io le t ................. Ac lcLabuan 1899 4c brown and black 4c 2cIceland 5c green 10c re d .............. 6c 2cH aw aii 2c b ro w n ............................... 5c 2cC uba 1878 25c g r e e n ........................... 3c lcS et Persia 1, 2, 5 & 8 ................... 20c 8c

“ H onduras Official 1890 .......... 68c 25cU. S . R evenues $ 2 M o rtg a ge__ 15c 5c

“ “ 50c Su rety Bond 10c 3c“ “ 70c F oreign E x 12c 4c

$ 2 B lue and b lack 2nd issu e---- 60c 25cU nused set C olum bians Face

S16.38 o. g . m int conditionB argain , on ly ....................... .. $15

U S postage lc brown 1869 ........ 60c 25c“ “ 6c blue 1 8 6 9 .... 65c 30cF R E E . 6 varieties Cuban revenues

for applicants for our unequaled approv­al sheets at 60 percent discount.

W. Fishman,820 Penn St.

Kansas City, Mo.BARGAIN LIST FOR JULY

100Q m ixed fo r e ig n o v e r 100 v a r S .1510 en tire 3c u n u sed P . O . e n v . 20

1000 m ixed U. S . or F o r e ig n ,. . . . . . 121-lc b lue 18 51...................................... 151-lc b u ff 1869 u n u sed n o g u m . . . 451-lc buff 1869 u s e d ........................... 17

10-lc g reen o g s u rc h a rg e d I. R . 105-2c red o g su r c h a r g e d I. R __ 1010 2c la k e 1890.................................... 10

1000 va r U . S . 100 F o r e ig n b o t h . . . 2a100*1.00 g re e n d o c .............................. 2050-2c V e r m illio n ............................. 1050 var e n v e lo p e s cu t s q u a re and

to s h a p e .............................................. 1550c C o lu m b ia n u se d .................. 2315c unused o g ................................ 2315c u se d ................................................. 1530c used 1888 .................................... 1812c used 18 71-3................................. 2512c used 1869...................................... 25

( 3 C harter P a r t y f i n e ........................ 055 “ “ “ .............. 10

10 “ “ “ ......................... 3510 P rob ate o f W ill ............................ 3310 m o rtg a g e ............................................ 35

50-3c b lu e 1869 ................................... 30Postage a ll p a id . Jerom e T a y lo r , North S u tto n , N . H .

SPECIAL INWHOLESALE

100 u n u sed stam p s, c a t lc to 25cea c h , o n ly ......................................S .20

100 sta m p s c a t 5c to 50c ea ch ,n one l o w e r . . . . . . . . ..................... 1,00

500 c u t sq u are used a n d unused U . S . en v e lo p e s n one c u rr e n tc a t 14 to 40c ea ch , fine lo t ............ 80

S e r v ia 1890, 5 to 25p c a t 37 perse t; 10 se ts fo r ..................................... 42

S ia m *83 11 c a t $15 p er 10.........................20S u n g e r V jo n g .N o . 26 c a t 50 per 10 .90 B e lg iu m , P . P . 1903, 70c c a t 84;

p e r 10 0 .................................................... 75J a p a n ‘96 5s c a t 64; per 10..................... 15250 a s s t; P h illip p in e s , c a t $14*30

o n l y . , . . , ........................................ 2.05S a m o a *94 3 on 2d c a t 50 per 10 .. .92W e lead in b a r g a in s as u su al. P o s ta g e e x tr a .

M. H . D E C K E R

D ep t. X , L a P o rte , In d ia n ia

^ “S. B eck, M o n tre a l, C a n . T h in k th e W E S T v e ry n ice and in te r e s tin g andsen d ads.

me me me6 P r e tty B elg iu m P arrel P ost S ta m p s c a ta lo g u e d a t 75c F R E E . For th e n a m e s a n d addresses oF tw o r e lia b le s ta m p c o lle c to r s a n d ?c to co v er P o sta g e . S ta r t lin g B arga in s. A ll in G ood Condition W e offer th e fo llo w in g a t h a lf ou r cost price , n o t o v e r o n e o f ea ch to o n e p erso n .

C anada Jubilee* •y3c used or u n u s e d ........................6c *....................... ........ . ...S ro T 5 2cc ..... ..........................50c ..................$1.00 ...........$2.00 1.1102 4 8 0 ............5 i 52. 5,3, S i. $5. No, 2 q u a lity S am e, e x tr a fin e c o p ie s

C an ad a—1852 $py red ....................................

’ • op v v io le t ................... ........1S55 lop y bbrn . . ........................1857 lAy>y p in k ...............

“ 7J4p>* g reen ......................•• *,ipy p e r fo r a te d ......................l* 6py' '■ ............................

1859 i2*J^c g r e e n ...................... ..18682c g r ee n .........................

• 6c b row n ...............1869 ic y e llo w

“ mc o r a n g e .......................................*8c r e g is tr a t io n ...................................5 d if fe re n t N e w fo u n d la n d 1030 “ k* .........35ic a n d ?c J u b ilee ...... ......................20 d if feren t S p a in ..................... ..So

“ ja p a n w orth <i.oo

A u s tr a lia .

S w ed en

C anada ..

4015 50 20 100 200 14 301025 " “ ..........40i 2 5 7 10 20c C an ad a K in g . 50c U n ited s t a t e s 1895........$'.00 “ *1Soc “ 1893 ....IT.OO ..10 d if fe r e n t S tra its sSo40 1025 So too 500 too 200 400

K in g h d F r e n c h c o lo n ie sH a y t i ....................... .B r a z i l ..... .......... ...

B r itish c o lo n ie s o n ly ..

fo r e ig n [n o U n ite d S ta te s]..

• C3 35 bo 15 70 49

5 75 7 50

20• 2 75

5 00. i 75 ...h 00

4 2517 OO

• 35 12 18 35 35

1 75 0310

1 00 « 50

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... 13 05 70

3 00 ... 02

10 010760 oS

.. 04... 22 .... 04 ... 19 .. oS ... 08 - 35

... 1 00

.... 05

.... 25

.... 06

.... 40

... 8 00 .... 03 .... 10 ... 50

looo d if feren t fo re ig n o n ly n o U n ited S tates 32 702000 ** “ ................................. ........ 9 °03000 " L ................... . ................. 32 Of)4000 “ * .......................... .. sfl «>

A B O V E A X E G R A N D COLLECTIO NS.10 d ifferen t T u rk ey ............................................... 0320 “* ................ ...................... ....... 1050 '■ “ ....................................... ............ s»75 " " * .................................................. 1 25to *’ A r g e n t in e .................... ........................... 05

H a w a ii408 r6•25c 1903 H a w a ii v io le t ..........* ioc “ " b la ck ,* i2c “ " m au ve10 d if feren t L u x em b u rgr5 “ " _ V . • .5 " “ o fficia l3 " S a m o a .................. ..

40 20 65 7025

2 75 06 20 10 06

... ..... -........ 155c d if fe re n t A frica o n ly .................. ...................... 50100 " " ................... ....... . 1 50100 S o u th a n d C en tra l A m e r ica ......................... 4510 d ifferen t U ru gu ay ........................................ ......... 0720 40 10 i.S *■;6 '10

St rvia

G r e e c e .

1904 m a s k ...................*905................. - ..... .....

50•8•19106to♦I91010

d iffe re n t L ib er ia

d if fe re n t C hili

.................. 25[f in e lo t ] ..................... ..... 1 00................................................ 08

15 40 >5 05 75 20 *5 10 10 07 18 07 75

B ritish G n in a ...........C h in a % to t o e _____B oliv ia ...............

B E L G IU M P A R C E L PO ST.1896.1902 d if fe re n t ca t $t 0 9 . . ......................... 301902 jo, 40. 70, 90, ca t 63c.......................................... jo1903 8 d if fe re n t c a t j s c ........... ............................ 091903 C o m p le te 14 d if fe r e n t ................... ................ 50to d iffereu t C osta R ic o .............................................. 1030 d if fe re n t D u tch I n d ie s ...................................... jo5010010447131571010

A sia o n ly . ................ J*" 9°

T u n is .......................................... 10S e y c h e l le s ............................................ jiS o u d a n C a m e ls ................................. 10N y a ssa 1901........................................ 15

.................................... 60S w it z e r la n d .................. 07S h a n g h a i .............................................. 181P eru 07P a ra g u a y ................ 15

M ix tu re , w e l l a s so r te d p e r too. P eru 25c.C anada s c , A u stra lia to e P h i l ip p in e s 25c, G uatem ala 30c R u ssia 5c. A r g e n tin e 10c. T u r k e y 18c, N ic a ra g u a 55c. S p a in 10c, S o u th a n d C en tra l A m erica 33c.

P o s ta g e 2C e x tr a o n a l l o rd ers- R e m it in u n u se d s ta m p s b i l l s or m o n e y ord er .D o n 't F o r g e t to w r ite for l is t N o . 37. L a r g e s t w h o le s a le a n d r e ta il s ta m p l is t is su ed by a n y firm

in A m er ica

OWark Stamp Co., »6 iww aw Toronto Canada.W e b u y s ta m p s o f a l l c o u n tr ie s , e s p e c ia l ly c u r r e n t is su es , la r g e c o lle c t io n s , U . S . Pan-Am ericans.

S t. L o u is . O m a h a e tc . B u y in g l i s t F ree .

Summerm akes no difference in our prices. W e a lw ays sell as low as it is possible.

Careful readin g of the bargains listed below w ill con vin ce the collector that we underprice all o th er dealers.

LOOK!$1.00 for 12c.

'0 0 0 Faultless Hinges for 3c

P. S . Best im ported ones at 8c.

5 var. Phil Is. cat 1 7 c ......................... 2c10 var V en ezuela unused cat 3 8 c . . . • 4c

500 N. S . W . ju b ilee 2 v a r .......... .. .15c

1000 MixedS T A M P S

from a Ton M ixtu re 10 c

Liberia 5c unused u ria n g u la r ............... 7c5 var Peru cat 1 7 c . . . . . . ....................... . 3cCuba No. 38 cat 50c............................. .. 9c

$ 5 0 0in face value of

U . S , R ev. (3 kinds) 8c

6 var G uatem ala (cat 5 6 c)................. 8c100 unused C u b a (3 k in d s)................... 15cSI, cat value P e r u ................. .................. 10c

1 -9 Cat40 var South and

C en tral A m erica cat 52.60 for 33c, some cat

as h igh as 25c each.

10 var N icaragua cat 5 2 c.................. 7c5 var Servia unused cat 17 c ................ 2c

>5 U. S. R evenue, oran ge , f in e ........... 8c

W holesale b a rga in s for D ealers.

31. C. Sloessler,Club B ld g .,

^Denver, Colo.

U. S. No. 311 1902 $1.00 Black 12c, postfree.

F in e copies, lig h tly can celled , worth tw ice th e m oney.

S O M E M O R E B A R G A IN S C heap b u t bard to get stam ps.A ll in fine condition excep t w here

otherw ise stated. C at O u rC at. N o. Price P rice

U N IT E D S T A T E S31 1851 ............................... l c $ 40 $ 1571 1861 ................................ 30c 65 2076 1862-6 U nused,no gum 5c 4 00 1 1090 1867 ............................... ,12c 50 20

149 1870 ..............................., 7c 75 30153 “ fin e ....................... 24c 1 so 90

II It 24c 1 50 75521 I n t e r io r .. .................... ,24c 75 27523 “ ..................... 90c 2 so 75

3a C of G H 1853 lp fine . . . . 1 50 905 “ “ 6p “ . . . . 2 25 1 50

19 “ 1869 1 s . . . 50 1252 G t. B ritain 1867 9p heavy

c a n c e lla tio n ............... 1 25 4®4 H on g K o n g 1862 18c . . . . 75 25

16 “ 1363 30c. 50 2014 L u beck 1864 l # s f in e . . . 1 00 40

5 M aderia 1858 lOOr unusedno gum . . . ............... 8 00 2 50

28 M auritus i860 9 p . . . . 75 2540 N atel 1869 6p............. 1 25 6036 N ew South W ales 1860 2p 50 2512 N ova Scotia 1860 10c fine 1 50 7527 Portugal 1867 20 r. . . . 2 50 1 0023 Q ueensland 1866 4p. . . . . 75 25

W e have on ly a lim ited quantity of th ese stam ps, so order im m ediatly if y o u w ish to take advantage o f these prices. Send a supplem en tary list in a ll cases. Y o u r m oney refunded if stam ps are n ot satisfactory or if stam ps are all sold.

A sk for our approval sheets at 50 p e r cent d iscount. R eferen ces required.

BEUQ & CO.,305 Trust Bid?., Galveston, Tex.

JX/ST OXJTlStanley Gibbon’s

1906-1907 Stamp CataloguePART II ENGLISH EDITION

U. S. A.Fully Illustrated

PRICE 75 CENTS

CENTURY STAMP CO.

1 P. 0. Box 197, Montreal, C anada.

Sole Canadian Agents for Stanley Gibbons Lt’d., London England.

Send For Price List

&

|Some Unusual Closing Out Bargains!!Prices -±- to Catalogue

E v e ry Stam p G ood! N o t A P oor O n e In A n y L o t O ffered!

Your Money B ack if not as represented and you are sa tisfied !llOOFine U- S. stam ps, a ll d iff cat o v e r ............................. . .............................S3 00 on ly 45c150 “ “ “ “ “ “ .............................................................. 2 00 “ 30c125 “ “ Revenues “ “ “ ............................................................... 2 50 “ 40c

(Columbian, O m aha, Pan A m erican, St. L ouis, cat o v e r .............................. I 00 “ 25c) Fine nnused Foreign all d ifferen t “ “ .......................... 2 50 “ 37c

J 50 “ “ “ “ “ “ " ......................... 1 CO “ 23c(Send any am ount over 20c and w ill send you th e fo llo w in g |6 limes the am ount sent in cal value (Scotts 1906) U S Postage or R evenues

“ " “ •* E x tra n ice used Foreign stam ps14 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ unused “

11 “ “ “ “ (cat 3c cat up) U - S . Postage stam ps“ “ “ “ (cat 5c “ j “ R evenue “

Postage extra on orders under 50c. A beautifu l Unused 4c oran ge O m aha F R E E I with every order for $1 and over. Indian R elics o f all k in d s, find stock stone pipes. Send for o u tlin es— Coins, m edals and to k en s— new list ju s t out. T h e y are

IJree 10 L arge U. S . Copper C en ts all diff dates, all good, o n ly ----- 37c postpaid.125 Fine F o re ig n C o in s , a l l diff, m a n y s izes e t c ............................................. 45c

Send for m y lists of A ntiques, Indian R elics, S h e lls , B ooks etc. A ll are F R E E .I M an y big bargains on th ese lists.

|CHAS.S. RYBOLT,‘The Relic Han and Stamp Fiend” Box 14. Mulberry, Ohio.

Jree Stamps3 varieties Djibonti for names

and address of several active col­lectors and 2c postage.1000 Finest stamp hinges........ 2cSi U S current issues fine cop. 15c20 different Nicaragua................ 15c4 Ctiracoa................................ 2c

100 different stamps from 100 different countries 40c

M etropolitan Stam p

Co.,83 Nassau St.,

Slew IJork , Sc. 7J.

amps.

I8S

Fine clean stamps on approval at 66^i per cent discpunt. An unused U. S. Dept, free to every ap-

*f4 plicant. ReferencequiredCsi-s? Will buy your col-lection or duplicates for cash.

MmMTS JOHN W. HAARER Lansing, Mich.

' m i l i p

Stamps Free: 50 diff to Collectors ap­p ly in g for approval sheets at 50 percent d is. Sen d nam es of som e collectors and 2c postage. 15 G reece 1 0 c ; 10 Portugal 15c 15 R ussia 5c. C . F. Bates,W ilm ington,0.

Free! 2 good stam ps if you send for p acket o f 20 diff stam ps at 10c a packet. 100 stam ps for 20c.

A . D eW in keler, A rch Creek, Fla.

Will Holmberg, Muskegon Mich.,

has b ou gh t the stam p business of A. S m ith and it w ill pay collectors to write him .

Look up our Column of Bargains on another page in this issue.

Beug & Co.,305 Trust Bldg.,

Galveston, Texas.

b a rga in s that are Steal!240 varieties U. S. postage, department, dues, etc., mounted in an ap­

proval book. These stamps are in average good condition and will catalogue over $30.00. This is a decided bargain for some one. $5.00 takes it.

175 Varieties precancelled postage mounted in index book, also about 100 duplicates. This contains many rare and hard to get and is a6ne lot for only $2.00.

25 Assorted U. S. Envelopes, cut square, (catalog over $1.00.........15c500 U. S. and Foreign Revenues.............................................................50cGood clean lots of desirable stamps on approval, priced 50 to 75 percent

below catalogue. A packet of 20 good stamps (cat. over 50c) free to each of the next 25 approval applicants. Give references.

31. Smbler,Compton, Calif

Stam ps on approval at 60 percen t d iscount such as 15, 30, 50c C olum bians in good con d itio n ” . 164 v a r . U. S. and F oreign cat for 6Cc in ord inarycondition. F ive sets o f current C uba 1, 2, 5c unused envelopes 10c per set, p o s ­tage extra .

C H A U N C E Y B IS H O F F ,M exico, M o.

“All Canada”* m eans unused

*50c deep b lu e .........50c “ " . . . .

C at price Our price...........$1 .0 0 s .68.................30 .18

*2Pc current i s s u e .. .................30 .2220c " ” .. ........... -12 .0810c “ ” . . .................05 .039c Canada all diff .................20 .04

24 page Can. R ev C atalogue. . . . . . . ,.10

The lku> Century Stamp CO.,

S m ith ’s F alls , O n t. Canada.

B® ”M y a d in W E S T p a y s b est o f a l l p a p e rs — C . W h ith e a d , W o rc e ste r Mass.

— — — m— ■ ■ ■ ■

Day Bargains in Tine U. $.1847 10c b la c k .............. ............. $2.001851 10c g re e n c a t. 75c................ 25

“ 12c b la c k ....................... 1.001857 3c o u ter lin e c a t 2 5 c .. .10

' 5c ty p e I, red brow nc a t S6.C0........................ 2.50

“ 5c tv p e I brow n c a t$4.00................................ 1.50

“ 5c ty p e III ca t 2.5o 1.00“ 12c b la c k .................................. 60“ 24c l i la c ..........................1.75“ 30c o ra n g e unused 4 00

used .................................... 2.601861 3c p in k e x tr a fine c a t

7.50................................... 3.00“ 5c b lu ff “ fin e ca t $7 3.00“ 12c 15c o r 30c e a c h .............25“ 90c b lu e c a t S3.50....1.60

1868 l c g r i l l 11x13 c a t 2.00.. .60“ 15c “ “ “ 4 00 1.30

1868 lc g r il l 9x13 c a t 7 5 c ...........5 .25

“ 5c “ “ “ 4.00 . . . 1.25“ 15c “ “ “ 1.00.................35“ 24c " “ “ 5.00 ......... 2 00“ 30c “ “ “ 3 .0 0 .......... 1.25

1869 lc ,6 c o r 12c ea ch ........................ 30“ 15c b row n & b lu e ca t 1.50 .60“ 15c “ “ v a r ie ty

c a t 3.50 r a r e ...................... 1.50“ 30c b lu e & C arm ine c a t S3 1.10

1870 24c p u r p le ......................................70“ 9oc c a r m in e .................................. 50

In terio r D ept 1-90 com p lete fo r 2.50 N a v y “ “ “ 9 00P . O . “ “ “ 3.25W a r un used ■ * •* 1.75

1000 Variety CollectionN o tw o sta m p s a lik e . A g ra n d co llectio n c a ta lo g u e d o v e r $26.00.

C o n tain s no ca rd s, e n v e lo p e s o r o th er tra sh , o n ly p e rfe ct sta m p s. M ounted in a lb u m re a d y to tr a n s fe r to a co lle ctio n .

The Best Collection In The World For$2.50

C o lle c to rs h a v in g 4000 to 6000 v a r ie tie s , b u y a b o v e . T h e y find 200 to 350 sta m p s not in th e ir c o lle c t io n .

“ Y o u r 100 v a r . is a fin e v a lu e . P le a s e re se rv e tw o m ore o f th e se co lle ctio n s fo r u s .” — L a Be l l e S tam p C o ., S te u b e n v ille , O hio.

Y O U R M O N E Y B A C K I F N O T S A T I S F A C T O R Y .500 V a r ie t ie s m oun ted in b la n k alb u m fo r 85c. L a r g e n ew 1906

price lis t F R E E !

$ 10,000R e a d y to B u y S ta m p C o lle c tio n s , D ea le rs ’ S to c k s , L o ts and & etc.

W H Y N O T W R I T E M E ?

Joseph T. Ikgreen,D E A L E R IN S T A M P S A N D C O IN S .

28 E A S T 23d S T R E E T N E W Y O R K C I T Y(N ote N ew A d d re ss)

Coin B ook 1906 E d itio n , g iv in g p rices p a id fo r ra re co in s. P o st fre e 10 c e n ts .

S U M M E R B A R G A I N S !W e are se llin g ' d u r in g th e d u ll seaso n , fin e st d ie c u t h in g e s .

N o . 1 D ie cu t 9x17 m ille m e tre s p er M 8c; S M 3 5 c f l Hi“ 2 “ 12x18 («. “ “ 10c “ 45c*' 3 “ 14x21 (• “ “ 14c “ 60c 10 M .95“ 4 “ 16x23 •* “ ” 15c “ 65c “ 1.05; 25 M 2.20

“ 85c *• 1.50“ 5 M 00 K Gj (i “ “ 20cT h e la s t tw o (n u m b ers 4 and 5) are th e fin est p e ela b le h in g e s m ade. Special

p r ice fo r la r g e r q u a n titie s . B lan k ap p ro v al sh e ets , fin e q u a lity , SO sheets (sa m p le dozen fo r 6c) 100 for 25c; b la n k ap p ro val b ooks to hold 60 stamps 10 fo r ’.S c ; 15 books fo r 60c; 100 fo r S I .00; b la n k a p p ro v a l b ooks to hold 100 stamps 10 b ooks fo r 25c, 50 fo r 95c, 100 fo r £1.50. R uled in]2 co lo rs on finest quality b ond paper.

W e h a v e m ade up a series o f v a r ie ty p a ck e ts a t th e fo llo w in g prices:50 v a r ie tie s S .05; 10 p k ts fo r $ .30

100 v a r ie t ie s .08; “ “ fo r .65150 “ .10; “ “ fo r .90200 *• .22; 500 v a r ie tie s £1.05; 1000 v a r ie tie s S3.75; 2000 v a r ie tie s 315.50

A b o v e a re a ll fo r e ig n , n o U . S . n or reve n u e s a m o n g th em and a very Su­p e rio r a sso rtm e n t. C o n tin e n ta ls , 1000 fo r 16c; P o s ta g e 2c p e r 1000 extra.

We also have a fine line of sets at 5, 10. 15 , 25 and 50c each.Collections of any number of varieties, mounted to order at reasonable prtces. Also

w e are a lw a y s open for e x c h a n g e , e s p e c ia lly fo r a d h e siv e cu t sq envelopes, re v e n u e s , lo c a ls , m atch and m ed icin e d e p a rtm e n ts e tc . and fo r ra re foreign. W e e s p e c ia lly d esire e n tire e n v e lo p e s or rare a d h e s iv e s on o r ig in a l covers, a lso p reca n cels and are a lw a y s w illin g to g iv e go od e x c h a n g e . G iv e us a tr ia l.

And now last but not least, we call attentfon to our unrivaled series of one and two cent' net approval books. C o lle c tio n s w ith m a n y v a r ie tie s in th e ir collection can a lw a y s find som e th a t th e y can use. D ea lers fre q u e n tly k e e p th e en tire book, and rem oun t our s ta m p s oti a p p ro v a l sh e e ts , m a rk in g th em a t c a ta lo g u e price less 50 per cen t and th en m ore th a n d ou b le th e ir m o n ey. T r y a set and be co n v in ced . S p e c ia l b ooks o f 3, 4, 5. 6 and 10c net, m oun ted to ord er and sent on a p p ro v a l to p a rties fu r n is h in g go od com m ercia l or b an k re fe re n ce . M illem etre s c a le s and p e rfo ra tio n g a u g e C a rd b o a rd 3c ea ch , c e llu lo id 8c each. P a c k e t e n v e lo p e s , a sso rted co lo rs 25 fo r 10c; 50 fo r 18c; 100 to r 25c; 500 for80c; 1000 fo r S I .25; p o sta g e p rep aid .In te r n a tio n a l e tc . a lb u m s a t p u b lish ers p rices, S c o tts 1906 ca ta lo g u e at 58c post paid.

W e h a v e put up a p a cket c o n ta in in g 25 v a r . sta m p s, a ll h a v in g p ic tu re s o f a n im a ls , fish es, e tc . e tc ., w h ic h w e o ffe r a t 25c p o stp aid .T h e s e a re b e a u tie s . S en d fo r ou r lis t o f sta m p s. W e h a v e m ade a B o n a n z a p a c k a g e fo r th o se b o ys w h o m a y w ish to d e a l in a sm a ll w a y or tra d e th e ir d u p lic a te s , so w e w ill sen d p o sta g e prep aid th e fo llo w in g ,

150 v a r ie tie s fo r e ig n , a m ille m e tre sc a le , 5 a p p ro v a l sh e et re tu rn blanks. 10 b la n k a p p ro v a l sh e ets on e 60 a n d on e 100 sp a ce a p p ro v a l b ook, 10 packet envel­opes a s s ’ in 3 co lo rs ; 300 fin e h in g e s in a sst s iz e s , a se t o f B e lg iu m Packet P o st 1902, 8 v a r ie tie s and 5 o th er sets c a ta lo g u in g from 5 to 15c each, (aver­a g in g 10c per se t) all for only 25c silver and 4c in stamps to cover postage. 3 pkts (o 80c net.

T o a n y o n e b u y in g a s m u ch a s o n e d o lla rs w o rth from us o f a n y t h in g in o u r lin e , at one time, w ilt b e p r e se n ted tr e e w ith a 3 m o n th s su b scr ip tio n to th e P h ila te lic W E S T , a n y o n e b -yin(($J w o rth a t o n e t im e w il l be p r e se n ted w ith a 6 m o. su b , or a n y o n e b u y in g Jy w orth at one time w in b e p re se n ted w ith a fu ll y e a r s sub.

T h e a b o v e a p p lie s a ls o to p u rch a sers from our a p p ro v a l b o o k s.

FALLS CITY STAMP CO., 3 2 9 E a s t S t . C a t H e g n . S b I L L E K y

Indiana

Cheaper Than any Other!!Ift. H. Decker, Dfl,u8- UPom

Offers50 CENT SPECIAL!

u. s.C at. N et

1861 12c used ......................... fl 50 S 101861 30c *• .......................... .. 50 101862 2c unused ................... ., 50 101862 5c “ ......................... .. so 10P. 0. en velope, b lu e .......... . 50 10Due, 1879, 5 c ............................. .. 50 10interior 10c ....................... ........ 50 10

“ 1 5 c . .............................., SO 10Treasury 10c un used ............ . SO 10Allens D isp a tch , y e llo w . . . . 50 10Wells F a r g o , I d ....................... . 50 10British G u ia n a , 1860, 4 c__ . 50 10Egypt 1867. 2 pi un used . . . . 50 10

“ 1867, 5 pi u n u se d ......... 10India, 1854, l a ........................ . 50 10Mexico 1868, 5c ....................... . 50 10

“ 1868. 12 c ........................ . 50 10Mauritius, 18 78 ,13 on 3 c .. . 50 10N. B runsw ick 1860, 10c......... . 50 10Portugal 1870, 1 2 0 r ............... . 50 10W A u stralia 1864, 4 p ............. . 50 10

1872, 3 p ................... . 50 10Venezuela 1880, 5 c ................. . 50 10U. S. rev. p card s o ra n g e . . 50 10Maurituis 1879, 1 7 c ................. . 50 10

Send second and third choice as some may be sold out. Ever see anything like this before? Hardly. Be sure and send for a selection of M and M and revenues at 80 per cent off.

RARE OFFERS!

l T. S.C a t. N e t

1869, 24c u se d ......................... 55 $1.90‘ ‘ 30c u se d ........................... 3 1

1872 12c u n u s e d ..................... 7 2E N V E L O P E S

74-82, Sc b lu e on am b er,un used su p e rb ............. 1.50 .50

R E V E N U E S1.00 In la n d e x c h a n g e p a rt

p e rf, f in e ....................... 10.00 2.00E G Y P T

1867 5 pi u n u se d ..................... 6.00 2 00H A W A I IN I S L A N D S

1861, 2c rose u n u s e d .. . . . . . . 6.00 2.001882, 15c u s e d ............................ 2.50 .951883, 50c su p erb u se d ........... 7.00 2.151859, 5c b lu e ............................. 16.00 1.00A b o v e sta m p h a s sm a ll

te a rN E V I S

1861, 4p rose ........................... 25,00 5.00U R U G U A Y

1859, 80c fin e ............................ 3.00 1.00D E N M A R K

1870, 48s, fine used................ 3.00 1.00

U. S. revenues, M and M, un­used envelopes on approval at 60 to 80 per cent discount. Reference required. Look up my other ads in this paper. I save you money on good honest goods.

No cheap trash in my ads. no Johore surcharges, Costa Rica peso values etc. like others who claim to offer big bar­gains and save you m op°"

get to m ention th e W E S T w hen d ealin g w ith any advertisers, be appreciated.

It will

Stamps On Approval/It 25%.

R ussian W ar stam ps 4 of s e t ...............4ocG erm any 19001 m k u sed ..................... 4c2 m k u sed ................................................... ScM and M stam ps

Ales? Baumgarten,72 North M oore S t ., N ew Y o rk , N. Y .

I B U Y S T A M P S

tW ill buy co llection s and odd Stam ps if price is low. C o m ­mon stam ps not w anted. S u b ­m it on approval w ith best price.

H o w srd C. Beck, City C on tro ller Office Detroit, M ich. (16)

The Canal is a Sure Thing and We Are

In Stamps to Stay.

A fter you pass the packet stage you w ill want to try our b ooks on approval at splendid discounts. W rite for list of our special series of classified books by countries.

F or every purchase you get a coupon w orth 5 percent of yo u r purchase and good for a n y th in g in our lin e . Y o u r choice.

Dior folk Stamp Co.,

Diorfolk, Dleb.

W ill allow % catalog on stamps cata­lo g in g over 4 cents. E xchange to be] m ade from our un excelled approvals.

Challenge Stamp Co.,B ox 62, Grand Island, Nebr.

W o r l d s B e s t P er fo ra tio n gu a g e 8c, o*t 1 h in g e s 6c. A cm e s ta m p a lb u m 10c. 1000 mined [u n p ic k e d ] 20c, ioo var on s h e e ts 8c. 2 N F I D 5c, 2 H a m b u rg jc. F R E E 2 Cuban with each | p u rch a se .

ACM E S T A M P CO„ Box 72. Fargo, K. Dak.

H ave stam ps cata lo g in g all the tvav | from $10,00 down that I wish to ex­chan ge for stam ps, m y selection, at ev-1 en catalog.

R. E. Geispacher,410 W K o ein g St.,

G rand Island. Nebr.

S l a m p C o l l e c t o r sSend 10c silver and the names of 31

collectors for a years subscription to “ T h e Indland Stam p C o llecto r” and 11 w ill send you 50 diff U. S. all issues! and a packet of foreign cat val at least | $1.00. F rist issue in Ju ly . Adclres*

F L O Y D R E IDR e n v ille , Minn.

75% DiscountA fine lin e o f stam ps at th is large re­

duction from S c o tt ’ s prices. Send for I a selection on approval.

Hawaiians, 1893 mint.l c p u r p le .............................................. ...,10c Il c b lu e ......................... 10c2c rose . . 6c2c b r o w n .......................... 15cSc black b lu e ................................ 20c!

6c green .....................................................25c j10c b la c k ........................................... 20c12c ” 30c15c red b ro w n ..........................................40c

Above nine varieties a ll unused, mint condition on ly $1.60. Y our only chance to secure these fine stam ps at less than h alf catalogue.

Vernon P. Pierce 8 Co.,Manchester, Mich,

A fine set o f stam ps F R E E to every one applying for our fine 50 percent ap-

W rite

C H A L L E N G E S T A M P C O .,Box, 62, Grand Island, N eb.

If You Collect c o in s , b ad ges , relics'postmarks, posters, c ig a r b a n d s, a u to g ra p h s, feds, n ew sp a p ers , p h o to g ra p h s , r in g s , p la les . tobacco lags , program s, sea s h e lls , d iam on d s, sick pins, sp o o n s , b ook s, b rok en h earts , old ■hoes, or a n y th in g u n d er th e su n . S en d you r same and a d d ress to W. E L f. HUQOEt 527 S ey ­mour St.. S yracu se, N . Y .. o n s so u v en ir p o s ta l— sating your s p e c ia lt ie s —a n d h e w ill 9en d you something th a t w ill in ter e st y o u . ____

N e l s o n ’ s J u l y B a r g a i n s .$50 bistre 1898 cu t but good ca t $2.50 90c $20 con veyan ce, perf. good condition 70c Costa R ico 1892 1, 2, and 5 pesos og

cat $ 1 .0 5 ................... ..................... 33cGreat B ritain, k in g s bead 1 sh illin g 3c St. Louis E xp osition lc,2c,3c,5c,10 c 12c Colum bian E xp osition lc ,10 c, 8 var. 11c Pan Am erican or O m aha E xposition

each s e t.............................................. 13cU S 1898 D ocum entary R ev. uncut

V z, 1,2,3,4,5,10,25,50c fine cond. 3c W holesale 10 sets as above 2Sc, 25 sets

50c. per per100 1000

lc lig h t blue uncut fine c o n d it . . 5c 35c2c ted uncut fine co n d itio n ........ 5c 35c3c dark blue uncut fine condition 2$c

AGENTS WANTEDApproval sheets at 50 per cent

discount. 10 stamps given with each application.

F. BERND,865 Orange St., Macon, Ga.

4c rose red 5c lilac “10c brown “25c lilac brown cut 50c gra y violet

20c10c10c

per 10 8c *■ 8c

I pay postage on an y of th e above.

A. C . N e l s o n ,1823 W . P rospect P lace, K an sas C ity Mo.

20,000 Stamps For Sale.As the dull season is approaching and we do not w ish }o carry our

entire approval stock till n ext fa ll we have decided to dispose of 200 books. Each book contains 100 stam ps in good condition n eatly m ounted and priced [b y Scotts 1906.] E very book is guaranteed to cat. $2.00 or over, most of them cat. over. T h e price we have put on fhese b ooks is lower than cost in m any cases and we do th is to get rid of part o f our enorm ous surplus stock w hich would mean a large loss if we were com pelled to carry it over till n ext fa ll. T h is is an excellen t op portun ity for th e c o l­lector that does a good deal of trad in g also to go in business, you can give vour agent 50 per cen t off and then m ake aboui 400 per cent profit.The price is e a c h ............................................................ .......................................... $ .3010 books f o r . ..................................................... .......................................................... 2.75

Chas. R. Smith & Co.6239 Justine Stv Chicaga, 111;

w ell sa tisfied w ith m y a d s and p u ll g o o d — W W eb b er, B u ffa lo , N, Y .

A RarePHILIPPINE BOLO

Or War KnifeCarved from Carabao Horn, special price only $ 2 . 0 0A n d m 3' la rg e P r ic e L is t o f P h ilip p in e h a ts , w ea p o n s, c a n e s , bolos, sea

sh e lls , b ooks, p h otos, p a in t in g s , fine c lo th s , e m b ro id e rie s , carab a o horns, d o cu m en ts, co in s, sta m p s, k a la n s , su ecos and m a n y o th e r cu rio s. Price list a lo n e , 1 0 cen ts.

S P E C I A L I N T R O D U C T O R Y P R I C E S T O R E A D E R S O F T H E W ESTC a la s ia o h a t, hand w o v en (w o rth $ 3 .0 0 ) ... ...............................................................$3 006 d iff. c u rio u s h a ts (w o r th $3.00)........................................... „ ...................................... 200N a tiv e B o lo , ste e l b la d e ................................................................ ..................................... 2 00C urious B uyo C le e v e r ....................................................................................... SOK a la p ia o (R a in y D a y S u i t ) .................................. ...........................................................2 002 p a irs S u e c o s (w ooden s h o e s ) ......................................................................................... 1 001 P e ta te (n a tiv e m a t ) ........................................................................................................... 1 0050 S ea S h e l ls ............................................................................................................................ 1001 fin ely em b ro idered P in a h a n d e rc h ie f .............................................................. 10010 P hoto P r in ts , 5 x7, P h ilip p in e V i e w s ..................................................................... 1 50

P I C T U R E P O S T C A R D SIn te r e s t in g P h ilip p in e V ie w s , s c e n e ry , b u ild in g , o ld w a lls , n a tiv e types,

etc.12 d iffe re n t p o s tp a id .......................................................................................................... 3i30 " “ .................................................................................................... 80

100 assorted “ ......................................................................... ............................ 2 25E a c h card s e p a ra te ly a d dressed and posted w ith l c sta m p , add 15c per

dozen e x tra .^ W rite f c r p rice lis t o f stam p s.

8 a?* T h e s e p rice s good fo r a sh o rt tim e o n ly .

A sa m p le s ize , g e n u in e h an d w o v en P h ilip in e H a t, F R E E w ith any order from a b o v e , i f you m en tion th e W E S T . Sen d fo r c irc u la r price Lists.

CHAS. C. DeSELMSB O X 1072

Manila, Philippine Islands*

The Pbilatelie/UestE s ta b lis h e d 1 8 9 5Combines th e N e w Y ork an d O m ah a P h ila te lis t , th e P h o to Bulletin. M etrop o lis , C urio M o n th ly au d C o llec tors W orld. T h e O ld est C ollectors' M a g a zin e in

- —A m erica , an d th e L A R G E S T in T H E W O R L D S -------^

100 PA GE! IL L U S ­TRATED M O N T H L Y

M A G A Z IN E

P U B L IS H E D A T S U P E R IO R ., N E B R .,,

U. S . A.

V o lu m e 33 J U N E 30 , 1906 N u m b e r 2E n tered a t th e P o sto ffice at S u p erior . N e b r a sk a , a s S eco n d C a s s M ail M atter.

L. T, B R O D ST O N E . P u b lis h e r . . . . . S u p er io r . N e b r a sk a . L’. S . A.E- H W I L K I N S O N . M a n a g in g E d ito r - - - 210 S o u th 30th S t . , O m ah a. N eb r a sk a

Camera N ew s —F. J . C LUTE- Foreign R ev iew — R. R. T H IE L E Curio—ROY F. G R E E N E Departm ent o f I n q u ir y —R E V . I,. N um ism atics— F. E. E L L IS Philiocariy—M IS S M. K E L L E R Woman C o llector 's D p t .— M ISS

A S S O C IA T E E D IT O R S

T D O R P A T . -

’K R N A W E ST O N H A N WA Y.

416 J S t.. S a cra m en to C alif. W au w atosa . W isco n sin A r k a n sa s C ity. K a n s a s

Box 37. W a y sid e W isco n sin 115 N n St. St. I ,o u is . M issou r i

J u n ea u . W isco n sin R. R. I. B ox 156 D a lla s , P e n n s ly v a n n ia

SU BSC R IPTIO N P R IC E : 50c per year; 3 y ea rs S i ; p o s ta g e free in th e U- S- C anada. M ex ico . Ollier c o u n tr ie s $1 4 s h i l l in g s . 4 m a r k s . 5 francs- S en d m o n ey in a s a fe w a y If yo u sen d s ta m p s | send lo w e st v a 'u e . n o t o v e r Ic face . M on ey s e n t in m .re g is te r ed le t te r w ill b e a t r em itte r 's r isk , j

In terestin g m a n u s c r ip t s ite m s , s u g g e s t io n s an d g o o d h a lf -to n e z in c a n d e le c tr o c u ts a lw a y s | solicited. T h e p u b lis h e r is a lw a y s g la d to rec e iv e for e x a m in a t io n illu s tr a te d a r tic le s . I f th e ! photographs arc sh a r p , th e a r t ic le s sh o r t an d th e fa c ts a u th e n tic th e c o n tr ib u t io n 1, w ill r ece iv e special a tten tio n .

, The W E ST d is c la im s r e s p o n s ib il ity for th e o p in io n s o f its co n tr ib u to rs.A D V E R T ISIN G R A T E S 10c a lin e- L o w er ra te s b a se d on le u g th o f t im e an d a m o u n t o f sp a c e . The W EST is o f u n e q u a lle d v a lu e a s a n a d v e r tis in g m ed iu m . It c o v er s terr ito ry th a t n o o th er

paper en te r s an d h a s th e la r g e s t fie ld o f a n y . O fficial o rg a n o f 36 p r o m in en t s o c ie t ie s . T h e O ld­est C o lle c to r s M a g a z in e In A m er ica P u b lish e d By a N on D ealer- T h e la r g e st p a id c ircu la tio n ; com parison o f s u b s c r ip t io n h o o k s in v ite d . C o n s id e r in g r e s u lt s a n d c ir cu la tio n , th e W E ST is th e cheapest m o n th ly for th e a d v e r tis er 's u se . T h e lo n g e r y o u s tay , th e b e tter it p a y s . A n e x p e r ­iment s o lic ite d . E x c h a n g e or tra d e co lu m n , th e y p a y w e ll, 3 t im e s for th e p r ice 2.

O fficia l O rg a n o f t h e F o llo w in g S o c ie tie s , A g g re g a tin g O v e r 23,000 M e m b e rs .Stam p C o llec to r s' P r o te c tiv e A ss . o f A m er ica . A m erica C am era C lub E x c h a n g e . S p a n is h A m er­

ican P h ila te lic S o c ie ty . In te r n a tio n a l S o u v en ir Card E x ch a n g e . S ta m p D ea lers ' P r o te c tiv e A s­sociation. A m er ica n S o c ie ty o f C urio C o lle c to r s A m er ica n S o c ie ty o f Y o u n g S c ie n t is t s , H a w k e y e Camera C lub. P o s ta l C am era C lub . U n iv ersa l P h o to g r a p h e r s ’ S o c ie ty . W orld w id e P h o to E x ­change. N atu ra l H is to r y P h o to S o c ie ty , N eb r a sk a P h ila te lic S o c ie ty . S u b sc r ip t io n S ta m p S o c ie ty . Nebraska C am era C lub. K a o s a s P h ila te lic S o c ie ty - S o u th ern P h ila te lic A ss o c ia tio n . A m er ica n Souvenir Card E x c h a n g e C lub, N e w Y ork A m er ica n F isc a l or R ev en u e S o c ie ty . C a n a d ia n P h ila ­telic S o c ie ty . M o n ta n a P h ila te lic S o c ie ty . U n ion S o u v en ir Card S o c ie ty . S t. L o u is S ta m p C o lle c ­tor's S o c ie ty . A m e r ica n F isc a l S ta m p A sso c ia tio n . K a n s a s C ity S ta m p C lu b . U n iv e r sa l P h ila te lic A ssociation. A tla n t ic S o u v e n ir C ard C o llec to r s' S o c ie ty . C anada P o st Card E x c h a n g e C lu b and Central S o u v en ir P o s t Card E x c h a n g e .

W C R. T h a y er . E v er e tt, W ash ., s a y s r ep lie s k e e p c o m in g it) a n d th e m a jo rity o f th em a re pur. rhasers. a n d a s soon a s h is p r e se n t ad contract e x p ir e s h e will ta k e d o u b le th e sp a ce h e n o w u ses in the W E S T .— R. W illia m s, R o x b u ry , M ass., rep orts m o st o f h is c u s to m ers to h is s a le s c o m e from the W E ST a n d p a y s b e s t o f a ll p ap ers. —C. S. K ybolt. M ulberry, O.. s ta te s th a t h e go t over 1000 d if­ferent o rd ers to h is ad e in th e W E ST . H e sa y s it p a y s best, 3 to !. o f a ll o th er p ap ers.

S p e c ia l S u m m e r I s s u e to G en eral Collectors

The WEST the Rest of t.he Year for a Quarter. Every collector and advertiser should read the WEST every month. Every Issue is better than the one before it. Send us that quarter you were going to spend and get next month’s special. This number alone will be worth more than the price of the six numbers we’ll send you. Look up the testimonials. A four months trial inch ad for $2 cash.

TWO for ONE. Not two insertions for the price of one, but two pub­lications, two subscription lists, two times as u any replies at the same old rate, 10 cents a line. We have purchased the publication known as the Collectors’ World, the largest paper west of the Rockies and added it to the subscription list of the WEST. Rates to be advanced on October 1, 1906 to 15 cents a line. Up to that date, we will accept orders to run to and in­cluding Jauary 1007 issue at the 10 cent rate. Now is the time to make your reservations.

High class advertisers want to be in good company. A perusal of the WEST will convince you that its advertisers accomplish this.

The WEST has grown to be the National Collectors’ paper because its ideals are the highest. This enables the pnblical ion to introduce the best advertisers to the most desirable readers and buyers in the country.

The WEST has the largest circulation of any collectors’ journal on the market: anr July number will have a guaranteed, picked circulation. It goes to live, up-to-date collectors and dealers who jump at every new ad in the paper.

Most of our present advertisers are receiving excellent results We are almost positive you would receive the same satisfactory returns.

Remember! We are offering you 12000 prospective customers in the marker for your business—the exact people yon want to reach and our circu­lation reaches the class that Buy! A four months trial will convince you. Forms close the 20th.

Stamp Collectors Meet and Compare Figures of Their Collections. The Kansas City Stamp Club held its regular monthly meeting last night in the club rooms on the third floor of the Jenkins building. The club was organ- zed two months ago. It has ever fotry members. The members of the club who have the largest collections of stamps are Frank. J. Bescher, 15,000 varieties; A. L. Nelson, 3,000; William Fishman, 0,000, and M. Q. Canfield8,000. W. P. Kelley, a member of the club, who died a few weeks ago, left a collection of over 15.000 vatietie. The WEST expects to give an obituary of Mr. Kelley in the next number. He was an officer or member of most of the leading collectors’ societies in the United States. Kansas City lost one of their best and leading collectors when they lost him.

WANT LOWER POSTAGE.Many associations of business men

in different parts of the country have lately passed resolutions for lower pos­tal rates. The Postal Progress League, with headquarters in New York City, is advocating the Parcel-Post for our own citizens. Under present condi­

tions a citizen of Germany may send a four pound six-ounce package to any part of the U. S. for 38 cents, but it costs an American sixty-four cents to send a four pound package to tire next town. Postmaster General Cortelyou in his last report recommended that third and fourth classes be merged and the rale made one cent for two ounces.

BOILED□OWN

Original and Otherwise

COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS FOR JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.Late newspaper dispatches bring the surprising information that a set of

stamps are to be issued for the Jamestown Exposition to be held in 1907. As reported, the set is to consist of only two values—lc and 2c denominations. J^A little over a year ago, when the officials of the Lewis and Clarfc expo­sition endeavored to have a series commemorative of that event, the post- ortice department decided that the matter of special issues had been overdone and announced that no more would be issued—at least, not for some time to come. Now that Jamestown stamps are assured, can we rely on the “deci­sions" of the department. Possiby, the intimation of the newspapers that "the east has a bigger leverage than the west at the postoffice department,” is well founded.

Previous to this commemorative series have consisted of several values. Very likely the small size of the issue asked for by the exposition officials rcas to a great extent responsible for the favorable decision.

MARKS ON FOREIGN MAIL.The official language of the Universal Postal Union is French,Mail from foreign countries often bear marks In the form of letters

which the receiver is unable to explain. These letters are the initials of trench words. The letter *‘T” means that the postage Is not fully prepaid. An ‘O" means that the stamps are not receivable for postage in the country where the article was mailed, postage to be collected at the detination. An "R" soa.times printed on a label and stuck to the mail, means that it is registered.

GET A 110SHY.President E'lavel S. Luter of Trinity College, in an address delivered a

feu weeks ago mi occasion of the second annual dinner of the men of Trinity Pari-sh. gave the following advice which is interesting to collectors and other hobby riders. Dr. Luter advised Ins hearers to get a hobby. He said that there comes a time in the life of every man when lie becomes dissatisfied with vihat lie has chosen as a life work and broods over what he might have be if he had acted differently at different stages of his existence The feel­ing, hr. Luter said, is a morbid one, and should be checked, but it is wide spread. If the work that a man does is all of one sort he wearies of it in some degree and becomes jaded. How shall a man keep himself alive, his sensibilities fresh and ids employment keen? The answer is. get a hobby.

KJm 'B loodsa*a •J'tam p ^Tcheme

B y S a m ' l B u d CooK.‘’What’s the matter with this stamp?” asked Billie Jones, a heir toy,

from his friend Kim Bloodso. as he entered the lobby of the Calver Hotel at New Brunswick. Maine. Kim took the letter which bore the stamp in Ques­tion, and looked at it closely, as he sat down. A crowd soon collected around Kim wondering what he was scheming about.

“ Nothing the matter with that stamp,” volunteered a drummer, “it is a new Pan-American two-center.”

“ Isn’t that a queer design for a stamp?” <j eried a bystander.“ Yes,” replied another, "they say the Central Express Company paid

thousands dollars to cur government in order to have the privilege of putting their train’s picture on those stamps.”

“ And it is all a blunder,” said Kim, who was the only one to realize why Billie Jones thought the si a np queer.

“ Why!” shouted the crowd.“ Because they have the train up-side down,” answered Kim calmly.“ I never noticed that before,” said tire drummer. Drummers are gen­

erally sharp and slow to acknowledge others superiority; but in this case little Billie Jones proved that the Jones’ are not only present, but are intel­lectually not dead.

“That’s a daub on tire Pan-American Exposition,” the crowd declared.“ You bet,” said Kim. keenly, “ I doubt whether the government will

pass a letter with such a reverted stamp: they are perfectly worthless! What will the Government come to? It is always making blunders. Here Billie, take the thing aitd burn it.”

Billie of course took the envelope whereon was the reverted stamp, but snugly placed it in his pocket for a curiosity. The throng dispersed, some not thinking further about it, while a few tried to recall some of the Gov­ernment blunders, adding “ that’s just like the d----Government and con­cluded with the plebian phrase “ that if they had the reins in hand things would be so and so.”

Wnile some people talk and abuse, others act and amuse. Kim watched his chance, got up from his chair, went to the Post Office and asked for 85.00 worth of Pan-American two-cent stamps, which were placed before him; but he noticed that only 50 reverted stamps were among the bunch.

"O! I am a little short of change,” he said, “ I ’ll just take 50,” and laying down 81 OO he grabbed up the 50 reverted two centers.

He gazed at them smilingly whi’e the Post Mistress replaced the re­jected as she said, “ I hope I never will be done that, way! ’

“ How ?” asked Kim deeply absorbed in his scheme“ Rejected,” of course, replied the maid wittingly.“ By-gum. you stick,” said Kim before he noticed it, as some of the

stamps adhered to his fingers.Finally, blushing, he field up his find and asked: “ Have you got any

more just like these?”The lady at the delivery window looked critically at Kim, for they had

been great friends ever since they tirst met at the New Brunswick Merry­

meeting Park.She had heard of Kim Bioodso schemes as he traveled about the world,,

and thought it silly for him to ask such a question. She did not know, as ret, that the greatest achievements come through silly idioms mastered, or that the most beautiful flowers grow from the rot of a tree.

Sarcastically she said “I just handed you some like those. What do you mean Kim? I wish you would not bother me so; your worse than a country-green,” and then shoved out several dollars worth of the straight Pan-Americas.

“Yes,” said Kim, cooly, as he laid the sheets side by side for compari­son, “but have you not detected that these are reverted and those are not?”

“Reverted how?” demanded the lady embarrassingly.“ Why, the steam engine, track and whole train are averse to the num­

ber two and scroll design,” Kim replied laughingly.“Well, it beats me,” affirmed the lady, “ I had not discovered that.” Then scanning all the sheets over quickly, she said: “That’S all we

have, but I am positive I sold similar stamps this morning ”Hy that time the Post Master came in. He had heard some of the

stamp talk down at the hotel and recognizing Kim's face and shrewdness he realized that Kim had made a bargain for a fortune, for whatever was branded with Kim Bioodso meant success. After finding out how many of the stamps Kim bought, tire P M. said:

“ I’ll give you $20.00 for each of your reverted stamps, to add to my private collection.”

Quick piotit and sudden transformations were no strangets to Kim and never made him nervous, but in this incident he gasped and hollowed:

“One thousand dollars for the bunch?”“Yes,” replied the Post Master, demiuely, “ that’s correct, according

to my mathematics.”“Hugh!” said Kim with a husky voic , as he shrugged iiis shoulders,

that’s $988.00 profit in about a total of twenty minutes of scheming; but I believe I will wait—perhaps 1 witl get even more than that.”

“Peradventure,” said the Post Master, ironically, “ but I doubt whether Uncle Sam will allow letters to be mailed1 under such blundersome stamps.”

“But. one should endure its own mistakes,” said the lady wisely for Kim.

"Yes, thank you,” said Kim as ha walked out knowing he had a rich thing, for he soliquized:

“ If a man. or firm, make a blunder they lose; but if Uncle Sam enacts amisque it is generally worth that much more for the reason, perhaps, that a Nation’s blunders are rare.”

After Kim was gone the Post Master delivered a terrifying harrangue on the lady “because she don’t watch her business.”

Kim went to the hotel and wrote a large, but true report: how a new Pan-America two-cent reverted stamp was discov red by poor Billie Jones,, how Kiin Bioodso got most of the stamps thus reverted, from the Post Mis­tress, and what he was offered. He sent it to several Philatelic papers, with photos, for which he was handsomely paid.

(To be continued.)

T h e S ta m p s o f fle to UrtinstovicK.

H y a r c is u *The stud}’ of the stamps of British North America is a mostjnterestiDg

one, and they are always eagerly sought after by most collectors. The his­tory of the issue of the maritime provinces of Canada is very similar, espe­cially is this so of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Like the other colonies the latter colony was given control of its own postal administration by the Imperial Government by what is known as the Post Otlice Act of 1851: but owing to many delays, this act did not come in force until early in 1851.

The first issue of stamps consisted of three values: three pence red, which was for the local rate of postage: six pence, yellow, fertile rate to the United Stat es and Newfoundalnd; and one shilling, violet, or lilac, or purple or mauve (according to the estimate of colour of the various catalogues) for transoceanic postage to the United Kingdom or the British West Indies. If however, a letter was marked via New York because of quicker service the charge was fixed at one shilling and five pence halfpenny, which was very awkward to prepay in stamps.

The stamps were diamond in shape and represented a rose, thistle, shamrock, and maytiower, with a crown in the center.

They were secured through Mr. Trelayney Saunders, a London Stationer, from Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co.*, the printers, and were issued to the public on Sept. 6, 1851. They came one hundred sixty to the sheet, on bluish paper similar to that of the first issue of Nova Scotia. Only one lot was ever printed so there is no difference in paper, and any difference in shade is accounted for by exposure to damp or sunlight or other conditions prevailing since the issue of the stamps.

There were no remainders to this issue, for the report of the Postmaster General for 1851, states, “The principal part of those remaining on hand are unfit for sale, having been damaged by being stored in the vault of tne Post Office at St. Johns, which was so damp as to cause them to mould and the colors to run.”

This was a blessing to collectors in after years.Following the example of the Dominion and Nova Scotia, the parlia­

ment of New Brunswick on April 9th, 1806, enacted a law changing to the decimal system of coinage, which made necessary a new issue of stamps, and the Postmaster General, the Hon. Charles Connell made arrangements to procure the same from the American Bank Note Company. The issue in­cluded one'cent, five cents, ten cents, twelve and a half cents and seventeen cents. The one cent was brown violet in colour and adorned with a railway train; the five and 10c had portrait of the Queen in green and Vermillion re­spectively, the twelve and a half cent was blue with the picture of a steam ship m full sail, and .he seventeen cent was black with a portrait of the then Prince ot Wales as a boy in .Scotch costume, and which is thouhgt by many to be one of the prettiest stamps ever issued. Later in 1861 a two cent was issued in orange with a portrait of the Queen exactly tlie same as the five and ten cent. Mr Connell however, made one error of judgment in se­lecting the design of the five cent, owing to his self-conceit, in putting his

own portrait on that stamp, a proceeding that had no precedent among post­masters of that day or any other. This coming to the notice of the Gover­nor General, the issue was stopped but not before they had been printed. This stamp is very scarce and highly prized on account of its romantic his­tory. Mr. Conneli retired to private life after this, as well he might.

U. S , JVotes

B y E . 7?. J ldrichAmong recent quotations made by various dealers are card board proof

set to 1882 one hundred and seventy-two pieces for $19.95, th.e recently dis­covered pale ultramarine variety of the special delivery stamp for $5.00. An unsevered pair of o. g. 3c 1816, brown red at $90.00, $10 black and green rev­enue $4.00, $30 revenue, uncut $6.50.

While quoting prices I might note that an eastern dealer offered a damaged set of official stamps, except the dollar value states for $67.25, not quite 23 per cent of catalogue value. Some of the stamps in tins set are said to be not damaged, while others are repaired.

C. A. Nast announced the discovery of an 11c provisional proprietary used during the Spanish American war but yet no particulars have been given either as to by whom used or on what, preparation.

It may be that some of rlie readers of the WEST have noticed that there are different letter carrier trimmings on uniforms. This is explained by the following quotation from the postal laws: Letter caniers who have served five years shall wear a mark of distinction, upon both sleeves of their uniform coat, three-fourths inch above the braid on cuff of sleeve, a half chevron of black cloth one-half inch wide, extending horizontally from seam to seam of coat, sleeve and sewed in seams of sleeve. For every additional five years of service another stripe of the same material and style as the first one shal be added. All stripes to be edged with white stitching and to be one half Inch apart. A carrier who has been re-instated shall get credit, for the full term of his actual service, bur. not, for the time h ' was out of ser- vic. Time spent in the substitute service shall not be takeen into account.

Substitute Carriers. —As a distinction between a substitute letter carrier and the regular letter carrier who has not yet received his first stripe, all substitute carriers will wear on both sleeves, three 'ourths inch above the braid on cuff of sleeve, a plain letter S, 2 inches high, made of black cloth, edged with white stitching.

The Swiss daily Zuricher Nachrichten, does not seem to appreciate the designs foi the new Swiss stamps. Twenty-four designs were suomitted to the Hundesrat, and two of these have been selected. The first design is for the values of 2, 3, and 5 centimes and represents the son of‘William TeU holding a cross-bow in one hand and the historical apple, pierced by an arrow, in the other.1 The second design, intended for the 10. 12, and 15c values, represents Helvetia with the cross on her breast and her hands on the hilt^of a sword.

C h e 'Varied I s s u e s e r f C a b aThe distressful island of Cuba, the “ Ireland of Spain” as it was once

described, takes up a great deal of room in the philatelist’s album. Its postal issues have been many and most varied, from the first issue of 1855, ■with head of Queen Isabella of Spain, down to the present time. Cuba, of course, was one of the discoveries of Christopher Columbus, and thus fell under the sovereignty of the country of his adoption, Spain. In common with all other Spanish dependencies, however, the country grew discontented and rebellious; and throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century the history of Cuba was one long story of internal dissension. When Amer­ica came to its rescue in 1898, in a spirit of chivalry not altogether unmixed with commercial ambition, some of the leading patriots of Cuba accepted their “ liberation” from the yoke of Spain somewhat sulkily, viewing their American champions with no small degree of suspicion. In the hearts of the Cuban race, where the hope of absolute national independance had been nonrished for generations there was a fear that the tryanny of Spain would be followed by the over lordship of the “stars and stripes.” , and Cubans had no wish to see their country become a mere colony of the United States. Fortunatelyf the good sense of the American nation overcame the ambitious scheme of the Jingo party, and in 1900 it was finally settled that Cuba should enjoy the full freedom of an independent nation subject to the merely nomi­nal suzerainty of America in regard to her external affairs. Thus to all in­tents and purposes Cuba is a free republic, and as she has contrived to exist until the present time without a single revolution, and without even killing a President it is fair to assume that this hitherto unhappy island has entered upon an era of peace and prosperity. These facts have little connection with the study of Cuba's stamps, yet they tend to show what a fund of his­torical interest attaches to the subject.

In 1885, when Cuban stamps had their beginning, the twin Spanish col­onies of Cuba and Porto Rico were closely associated for administrative pur­poses, a fact which serves to explain why the issues from 1855 to 1873 were for the common use of the two islands.

THE “ Y ^” MYSTERY.At the beginning of its philatelic history Cuba presents us with a prob­

lem which has, at various times, provoked a spirited controversy among stamp collectors. We refer to the surcharge “ YJ4” upon the 2 real stamps of 1855. Why was this surcharge applied? Was it, as some contend, to supply a value of 2J reals, the “ Y” being simply the Spanish form of the word or was it intended that the “ Y” should tand for the word “ Interior,” sometimes rendered in Spanish “ Ynterior” ? Many leading authorities on the stamps of Spain and Colonies favor the latter theory, and hold that the tspms were surcharged simply to supply a low value label for use on letters ■despatched from Havana and other coast towns to the interior of the island. I t is a question which has never been positively settled one way or the other, and the fact that the stamps surcharged “YJ4 ” are still listed in certain ■catalogues as being of the face value of 2% reales shows that the “And *4” theory still finds many adherents. The earlier issues of these surcharged stamps are scarce, and one has to be chary of buying specimens without a persona] guarantee of genuineness, since the overprint has been frequently

counterfeited. There are, by the way, at least two very distinct varieties of the “Y s u rc h a rg e —one showing a broad “ Y” and a short fraction bar to the while the other has a narrow “ Y” and a much longer fraction bar. Specialists of these stamps, however, have discovered no less than four distinctive types and a minor variety chronicled some years ago as existing in a famous American collection has no fraction bar to the at all!

In 1857 the 2 reals rose-red of that year received the “ YJ£” overprint in the same manner as the previous 2 real stamps. This, however, is com­paratively common. One may distinguish the stamp, not only by its colour, but by the absence of watermark. The stamps of 1855 had a watermark of loop, and those of 1856 a watermark of crossed lines, but for subsequent issues the watermark was abandoned. «

A SPANISH PORTRAIT GALLERY.Cuba and Porto Rico remained partners in postage stamps until 1873,

when the first stamps “ for Cuba only” made their appearance. A curious feature of many of the Cuban and other Spanish Colonial issues is the inser­tion of the date of issue as a portion of the design. This is a custom that is still retained for the stamps of Fernando Poo and other remnants of the once mighty Empire of Spain, though it has long been abandoned by the Mother Country. From 1855 until the last of the “Spanish” issues the stamps of Cuba form an interesting portrait gallery of the reigning monarchs of Spain—Queen Isabella, King Amadeus. King Alfonso XII.. and his son, the present Alfonso XIII. In 1883 there came a series of curious surcharges, consisting mostly of numerals within various ornamental frames. The “Ilabilitado” surcharge of 1868, and the further series of 1898-99—the last stapm of Cuba prior to the American regime—are quite a study in them­selves abounding in type varieties and errors of printing. To grapple with Cuba in its entirety, however, is becoming an expensive and difficult pursuit, as the stamps of the island have enjoyed a considerable boom since the period of the Hispano-American war, and many varieties are now hard to get either in used or unused condition.

ISSUES OF AMERICAN CURA.The stamps of American Cuba, if one may use that term to indicate

the Cuba of the past six or seven years, form a section of the subject that the young collector might well take up with profit and pleasure. On the termination of the war a- “stop-gap” issue was provided by surcharging the then current stamps of the United States with the name “Cuba’-’ and the value in “cents de peso,” which must not be confused with the Spanish “cents de peseta” . The present currency of Cuba approximates as closely as may be to that of the United States, the “centara” equalling tne American cent, and the “ peso” the dollar. Regular stamps for Cuba, bearing appro­priate pictorial designs, made their appearance in 1900. Of the 2 centavos stamp varying shades of colour, from carmine to scarlet, may be found. A curious error of spelling occurred in connection with the issue of the Special Delivery stamps of 1903. The stamps being supplied from America, it is not perhaps astonishing that the Spanish word IM EDI AT A was misspelled with two M’s—IMMEDIATA. This remained unnoticed for some little time, when the misspelling was brought to the notice of the administiation, and the die corrected.—From an English Paper.

PA P E R S d e s ir in g a n im p a rt ia l r e v ie w on the l in e s o f th o se b e lo w a re req u ested to sen d a

c o p y o f e a ch is su e to th e a d d re ss b e low : A tis la en d isch e F a c h z e itu n g e n s in d hoeflichst

g e b e te n e in T a u seh eq em p la r e g e l in a s s ig a n den V n te fr e ic h n e te n zu s e n d e n .

T o n s l e s jo u rn au x p h ila te liq u e s s o n t pries ie n v o v e r un e x e m p la ir c e n e c h a r g e a 1 'ad d refse sou s-d on n se .

D esa tn es rec ib ir e se m p la r e s d e c a m b io d e las p u b lic a c io n e s fila te lica s e s tra n je rr s a la adressa e u s e g u id a . R .R .T h ie le . W a u w a to sa . W is .r .S .A

(Continued.)The “ West End Philatelist” is printing quite a long series of articles by

tiie editor, Mr Bertram Boole,-on “Tilings Worth Knowing” — philatelicaily speaking, of course. In the last two or three numbers Mr. Poole deals with a feature dear to my heart— marginal plate numbers and marginal control numbers, though, unfortunately, he coniines himelf so British and British Colonial stamps. The same article is continued in No. 27, dealing with con­trol number on the sheets, e. g. those of Labuan, Borneo, Queensland, Sou­thern Nigeria, Hong Kong, New South Wales, South America, Australia, etc. In tiie latter case the sheet numbers are impressed before the printing and each value has a separate series, but. the paper is not always used in accordance therewith, for I have stamps printed on paper intended for other values I should recommend these little side lines to collectors who want to stray from the beaten path; they will find them very fascinating, though a trifle more expenisve than the ordinary run of collecting.

In No. 9 of the Berliner Brief narken-Zietung Dr. von Biasini, the noted expert on the stamps of Panama, explains why the stamps of Panama have not yet appeared in the new currency nominally established by the republic on a gold basis, the balboa being the unit. The long and short of it is this that the republic has no money—that is it would have money enough to pro­cure the stamps, but not money enough to buy gold and introduce the new coinage. Until now Panama is still on a silver basis, while the Canal Zone of course is on a gold basis The silver peso is worth less than half as much as the gold dollar. Panama is now treating with American bankers for a large loan: if it secures this, the new coinage will be introduced and with it new stamps; until then, provisionals without end. By the way. it throws a curious light on the stamps of Panama that Dr. von Biasini, who is an acknowledged expert candidly confesses that he knows less about these stamps now than he thought he knew a year ago.

Another set for German East Africa is a possibility. The new heller currency is causing great dissatisfaction and the new German East African rupee has a forced circulation only in the colony, while even in nearby Zan­zibar it is refused. Hence it is probable that the government will have to introduce the German currency and with it new stamps also.

I have before referred to the exhaustive article in the Berliner Brief- marken-Zeitung on the reprints of the 1*4 and 2% sch., of Hamburg. It is too lengthy to condense it here, but for the benefit of the small collector 1 wish to call attention to the information given in this article as to the row- counters in the margins of original and reprint sheets. On the original sheet the row-counters on all sides of the sheets are of equal size, not" very

large, and decidedly italic; on the reprint sheets the row-counteis are all upright and on the sides of the sheet much larger than at the top andbottom.

In connection with the London Stamp Exhibition—which by this time, to be sure, is long past—the genial Mayor Evans gives voice to the following sentiment in Stanley Gibbons’ Monthly Journal: “Stamp talk I A pleasure which those unfortunate non-philatelist can neither understand nor appre­ciate, but which can be enjoyed by the humblest collector as well as the owner of a safe full of stamp albums.”

Isn’t, that just the beauty of stamp collecting? Why, the veriest be­ginner could enjoy a stamp talk with a Castle or a Ferrari or an Avery or an Elster or a Breitfuss and all the rest of the philatelic nabobs and there would still be enjoyment on both sides. Too bad that so many of us collec­tors can so seldom enjoy this solace of an exchange of views with kindred spirits! An exhibition like that at London no doubt causes a vast amount of tnis stamp talk: Why cannot America have one for once which we could afford to attend? Surely there are not a few collections of that class in this country; why must they always go outside to win medals.

The same paper quoting from Le Moniteur du Cohectionneur, says: “A rumor is current to the effect that the original plate of the ten cent of 1852 of Luxemburg has passed into the hands of a party of so-called ‘philatelists’ who propose to produce reprints from it, which will be more dangerous on account of the fact that the same persons possess over a hundred sheets of the watermarked paper. Fortunately the plate was defaced in some way, when the Government parted with it in 1863 and, as one contemporary re­marks, it remains to be seen whether the defacing lines can be sufficiently successfully removed or cancelled.1’

Mr. Oldfield in No. 190 continues his valuable article on the stamps of Servia. The 1869 issue (the first one bearing Milan’s portrait) comes in for some attention because it can be divided into two sets, which are listed by some of the European catalogues, but are dismissed by Scott with the re­mark: “The margins on this issue vary considerably.” Mr. Oldfield divides the issues by this last characteristic. The first one is set 2 mm. apart in the sheets, the other more widely spaced: 3, 3% and 4 mm. This can be recognized even in siDgle specimens. When you take into consider­ation that these sets come on thick, thin, oily and toned papers and with perforations 9%, 12, and 9}£xl2, aiso with a multiplicity of shades, yon will,1 am sure, realize what it is to specialize a country. These issues are all cheap at that.

In the same number Mr. Phililps in an article on the stamps of Bosnia and the Herzegovina makes the astonishing statement that the first issue of this country was lithographed instead of engraved; 1 am sure I would not have imagined it from the appearance of the stamps. Two dies exist for each value except the Kr., which exist only in the second type; the 5 Kr., come in three varieties: A.—the lowest eagle in the right hand part of the shield on the breast of the eagle is clearly drawn, as well as the whole de­sign: B.—There is a line through the same eagle and the whole design is very poorly drawn; C.— like A, but the tail of the eagle is better drawn and doees not touch the frame below.

(To be continued.)

C o lo r s a n d ^ fa n lig h tHere is an interesting experiment to test the permanency and peculiar­

ity of colors used in stamps.Let the collector prepare a page of common stamps of different countries

and of various shades, pasting a small flap of opaque paper at the side of stamp so that it will cover about half of it and may be turned back like a door so that a view of the whole may be obtained. Place this sheet in a frame or under a pane of glass and expose in direct sunlight for several weeks, examining and noting the changes every few days.

The changes that will take place are surprising. The flap of opaque paper will protect the portion of the stamp that it covers and the observer will thus be enabled to compare the changed shade with that of the original color.

You will gain much practical knowledge by personally trying this exper­iment. For those who are unable to do so, I will give a few of the changes and results.

Some reds will fade away entirely Others will turn to various shades of brown and gray-brown. Certain dense reds turn to orange or bronze-red.

Dark blues usually retain their color very well. Light blue changes to gray or fade away entirely. Violets and purples often change to grays and browns. Lilacs and lavenders show a decided range of shades. A few re­tain their colors but the majority fade to different pink, blue and gray tints, others fading out to white.

Greens as a rule, maintain their color very well. Light greens some­times change to blue or grey.

because of the wide range of shades in browns, the changes brought about by sunlight are numerous. Chocolate, purple-brown and other dark shades usually turn to gray-brown and black. Light browns fade to lighter shades and to orange.

These are some of the changes to be noted in a few of the colors. The origin of the pigment or pigments composing the color, determine its manner of change or its light-resisting qualities. Very often, colors of nearly the same original shade will, uuder the sun bath, change to colors differing widely. Mineral colors resisf the action of the sun’s rays to the greatest extent. Vegetable and animal colors are next in permanency. Animalinecolors, now frequently used in stamp printing, are perhaps the most fugitive.

We are not greatly in favor uf that very minute and microscopical form of specialism which has been described as dotty Philately, but possibly there are many readers who will be interested in a 5d. New South Wales stamp recently sent us by a philatelic reader. Its only peculiarity is the fact that it has a full stop after the inscription New South Wales, and in all the spe­cimens we have been able to get together at short notice this full stop is conspicuous only by its absence. Perhaps some other reader is in a position to say at what period of the long life of this venerable stamp the full stop was first used in the position referred to.

The collector who is the happiest and really gets his money’s worth out of our pastime is he or she who collects stamps for the sake of the fun there is in it.

Sbuederis S ta m p sRecent political eveots in Northern Europe will without doubt shortly

(if they have not already done so) exercise their influence on ttie stamp market. Indeed, we gather that the large dealers in Stockholm are buying the stamps of their country at prices much in advance of those until recently ruling. We may not expect to see new issues yet awhile; but stamp collec­tors are gregarious animals. So soon as general attention is directed towards a country by political events, hey, presto! oil run all the collectors together and make a boom in its stamps. We have already witnessed this in South Africans, in Spanish issues, and Australians.

Sweden’s stamps are not uninteresting, but they do not seem hitherto to have received very much attention. Commencing in July, 1855, with the uow familiar crown-and-shield issue we And many varieties of shade. In the unused state this issue is comparatively rare, although prices do not rule high. The second issue (1885) on change of currency, consisting of six stamps, also has many varied hues, and the prices are (or were perhaps) cheap, the used state being easy of acquisition. There were three supple­mental labels of this series with large-type values and of these the 17 ore grey is alone expensvie, although still probably under-priced. The 1872 labels- circular band in centre—give us opportunities of comparing perfora­tions.

The later issues, commencing with the King’s Head stamps of 1885, are straight sailing. It is worthy of comment that shortly afterwards (1889) the series of 1872 provided us with Sweden’s two provisionals, both the 12 ore blue and 24 ore vellow being surcharged in blue with “10” in each upper corner and value in words at the foot, the old value in circles in the centre being cancelled by a fancy circular design, also in blue. The stamps of Sweden were not watermarked until 1891. the issue of that date and subse­quent emissions bearing a crown in the paper. The ‘unpaid letter stamps and the oblong ofticial series are well known, two of these latter being sur­charged in 1889 for use as 10 ore.

Hitherto these stamps have not received the attention they deserve, depsite an excellent handbook by the Swedish Collectors’ Society. This treatise is about to be published in English, and this coupled with the pre sent popular enquiry into all things Scandinavian, should do much to arouse our interest. Those collectors on the lookout for some new thing are, we feel sure, bound to attracted Swedenward.

Postage Stamps Worth $5,000,000 on Exhibition.—The exhibition of pos­tage stamps just closed at the Royal Horticultural Society’s building in Lon­don has proved a great success because of the interesting specimens exhibited. The Prince of Wales, who possesses the most epxensive collection of stamps in the world has lent it to the exhibition, and in this collection is to be seen the famous Mauiitius Island stamp for which the Prince paid $7,250. An­other important collection exhibited is that of the Earl of Crawford, which contains all the stamps issued in the United Kingdom. Another remarkable collection is that of Baron de Worms, which is composeed of all the postage stamps of Ceylon. Prince Edward of Wales has exhibited a complete collec­tion of the postage stamps issued by France and her colonies and also a group of Liberian specimens.

O U H IL L X/ST'RA.TIO/'fSMR. W. W. WORTHINGTON lias been an active field collector and

Taxidermist for over 25 years and has been interested in stamps nearly as long, lie has made extensive collecting trips (Natural History) to Texas, Mexico, Florida and other points, both in the interest of other parties 'and for himself, and many of the larger museums and private collections contain specimen of tils handiwork. He has had the honor of having one species of bird named for him—Worthington’s Marsh Wren (Felmatodytes palustris grisens). Mr. Worthington is now collecting in Florida, and is always ready to exchange nicely prepared Natural History specimens for good stamps. Anyone wishing to add specimens to their collections from that region, either by exchange or otherwise, cannot do better than correspond with him at Fernandina.

PROF. R. L. DOAK was born in the Buckeye state in 1882. Became interested in stamps in 1890 and since that time has formed several valuable collections. Having served in the capacity of editor of Ohio Philateilst for over one year, during which period Mr. I)oak made many friends in the philatelic Held. Mr. Poak has spent the past four years as Professor in the schools of Ohio and at the present writing is now working as a detective. His collection of stamps is fine; having many rarities in his possession.

MARIO S. ROIG, Havana. Cuba, began to collect stamps in 1898 and has 5500 varieties and 260 varieties of Cuba and a complete stock of Cuban stamps. He has been a dealer since 1900, and has written many articles in WEST and other philatelic papers. See his ads in last three numbers.

J. II. ALLEN was raised near Plain Dealing, La., and have collected stamps since when a small boy. Has quite a good many U. S., both postage and revenues, also has a collection of foreign postage mostly adhesives. lie has been collecting post cards for a year and a half and has quite a number of them. Is also a post card dealer and amateur photographer. He also has a collection of celluloid buttons and quite a tew arrow points. He makes some photo post cards and would be glad to exchange with other amateurs.

BASIL PERRY was born in Cool Spring, Delaware July 22d, 188" and received his elementary education in the graded schools of that city, fie began active collecting of stamps in 1900 and became a dealer in 1904. He began publishing the American Monthly, a philatelic monthly in 1905. He was appointed sale manager of the Independent Collectors' Union in 1906- and has a large collection of IJ. S. and foreign, both used and unused, also has a small collection of foreign revenues. He also sells classified addresses of all kinds also novelties and will send his catalogue free to anyone that request it. He thinks the WEST the best of collectors’ papers and looks forward to its coming every month.

F. A. LONGSHORE states that if God is willing he will be in Denver August 15 to 20th to attend the Elk meeting. He was born August 9th, 1866 and has lived in New Or leans since 1876. He is a confidential book­keeper and margin clerk Longshore & Co., father of Ulyssess and Russell Wells Longshore, married Miss Camilla Dugas. Sweet Home Plantation Bayou LaFourche and has five children. He belongs to N. O. Lodge No. 30B. P. O. Elks, Crescent Encampment No. 1 Knights of Temperance, Clai­borne Benevolent Asso., Young Mens’ Gymnastic Club, Tulane Club, Society

[or the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Stamp Collectors’ Protective Ass'n., American Societj of Curio Collectors and others. He expects to live and die in New Orleans. While in Denver ■rewill be at the Lewis Hotel and would like to see stamp and post caid collectors and also persons desiring agents and business representatives in Sew Orleans. lie may go on to California from Denver. Look up his ad.

M e jet c a n F i s c a l s

B y F . A . B rcfcemIlilaza Y. Tejidus.

1893-95, perf 12, talon t.o left, inscription and value in black.No. 1, 5c black and yellow; 2, 20c black and green; 3, lp black and sal­

mon: 4. 3p black and light blue; 5, 20p black and light brown.1804-05, 40x22 mm., perf 12, talon at top.No. 0, 5c violet; 7, 20c brown; 8, lp blue green: a, 5p rose: 10, 20p

light blue.1895-96, 40x30 mm., perf 12, talon at top.No. 11, 5c yellow green; 12, 20c red; 13, lp pale blue; 14, 5p grey; 15,

2porange red; 10, lOOp yellow brown.1800-07, 45x30 mm., perf 12. talon at top.No. 17, 5c orange; 18, 20c olive; 19, lp violet biown; 20, lp blue; 21,

Mp brown; 22, lOOp pale rose.1897- 98.No. 23, 5c violet; 24, 20c grey: 25, lp red; 26, op bistre; 27, 20p pale

green; 28, lOOp pale green.1898- 99.No. 29, 5c brown; 30, 20c violet; 31, lp dark blue; 32, op yellow green;

B. 20p vermillion; 34, 100 sky blue.1899- 1900 , 42x29 mm., perf. 12.No. 35, 5c red: 36, 20c blue; 37, lp orange; 38, 5p yellow brown; 39,

ftp green; 40, loop green.1900- 01, 30x40 mm., perf 12.No. 41, 5c green; 42, 20c dark brown; 43, lp red; 44, 5p blue; 45, 20p

fellow: 46, lOOp red brown.1901-02.No. 47, oc vermilion; 48, 20c blue; 49, lp gray; 50. 5p bistre; 51, 20p

ellow brown; 52, lOOp green.1902 03, 27x40 mm.No. 53, 5c yellow green; 54, 20c bistre; 55, lp vermilion; 56, 5p blue:

20p lilac; 58, lOOp rose; 59, 500p gray green.1903- 04 , 24x44 mm.No. 60, 5c dark blue; 61, 20c red: 62, lp brown claret: 63, op: 64, 20p;

->, loop; o r , 5O0p red.1904- 05.No. 67, 5c, 68, 20c, 69, lp, 70, 5p, 71, 20p, 72, lOOp, 73, 500p, all! red.1905- 06.0- 74, 5c, 75, 20c, 76, lp, 77, 5p, 78, 20p, 79, lOOp, 80, 500p, all red.

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!B y £. J . "PostI have read several articles about how to hinge stamps and to remove

stamps from paper on which they are stuck. Of course eveiyone has the best out I defy competition, there may be others equal to but they can’t excell mine. First about hinging stamps I moisten about & of the length of the hinge and stick it on the stamp so the top of the stamp comes % way of the length of the hinge, then bend the hinge so it will come even with the end of the perforation then moisten the lower half of the hinge that is folded and fasten in place. Then if you want to turn the stamp over to look at the back just catch hold of the bottom of the stamp and pull down slightly as y«u turn it and it will not bend or injure the stamp. This leaves the middle half of the hinge not fastened.

Sow about removing paper from back of stamps. The hardest stamp that J have ever had to deal with about fading is the current U. S. postage due. If you dampen your lingers in handling them the color wili run. Take j a piece of blotting paper, always use white for some of the colored fades, lay the stamp with face down, fake a dish of clean water, you can use cold, hike warm or as warm as you can bear your finger in it does not make any differ­ence except the warm water strikes through the paper quicker, dip your fin­ger in the water and rub over the back. After that soaks in wet again and continue till the paper is soaked through then remove stamp and lay it with face down again on a dry place. Hold the stamp firm with one finger and dampen with finger of the other hand and wash off the mucilage, then wipe off with a dry cloth and lay stamp in a large heavy book between fly leaf and cover till thoroughly dry. This is quite a slow process but you can put half a dozen or more to soak at once.

Now lor a quick process where you have hundreds and stamps that do not fade, take a wet cloth 3 or 4 thicknesses and spread the stamps on it, then put another wet cloth over them, then run through an ordinary clothes ringer and you can pick them off. There are some stamps that are very hard to deal with in removing the mucilage such as Italy, Austria and Japan are the worst that I have ever had experience with.

Now I want to ask a few questions: 1st What is meant by right and left cap on the U. S. 2c pink: 2nd Is there any way to tell the plate number of the English 1 penny by the letters in the four corners when the stamp is cancelled over the number, is there more than two of the same plate number in one sheet? We will leave these to our Query Editor, L. G. Dorpat.

Washington press dispatches say that the designs for the new Philippine stamps have been formally approved. At present the bureau of engraving and printing are at work on the first order. The series will consist of thir­teen values, twelve adhesives and a special delivery stamp. The values, colors and portraits in the series are as follows: 2 centavos, green, Kizal; 4c red, McKinley; 4c violet, Magellan; 8c brown, Legaspi; 10c blue, Lawton; 12c carmine, Lincoln; 16c lavender, Sampson, 20c brown, Washington; 26c black, Carriedo; 30c green, Franklin. The remaining four—one, two, four and ten pesos—all bear, in place of a portrait, the ancient coat of arms of Spain, with the castle and the lion—standing for Castile and Leon.

U ni*>ersalftyThe idea of making the best thing the only thing is very prevalent to­

day. Christians are putting forth their best efforts to spread the gospel, the publisher of the WEST is doing his utmost to enlarge the circulation of the "Largest Collector’s Magazine” , collectors are laboring to make their vari­ous hobbies world wide and manufacturers are working night and day to in­troduce their several productions to all nations.

The Universal Postal Congress is endeavoring to pave the way for uni­versal penny postage, and have recently been considering a plan for a uniform stamp for international mail. The only obstacle in the path of this com­mendable project seemed to be the difference in the monetary standards of the countries in the postal union. For example,—the twenty pfennig stamp used on Germany’s foreign mail is equal to $.048; the twenty-five centimes value of France is worth $.0475 while England and the United States use a stamp worth $.05. There seems to be but one way to overcome this difficul­ty, and that is to establish a universal monetary standard.

And, why not? The Metric system of weights and measures so ex­claimed against at first is gradually working itself into use in this country and tirmly established in almost every other except Great Britain. A uni­versal monetary system, while solving the international stamp question, would also serve to simplify commercial transactions and eliminate the trou­ble of exchanging one’s dollars and cents for pence and shillings, pfennigs and marks, francs and centimes, etcettera, when traveling from one country to another. Such a system, we believe, could be founded on the decimal scale and, in time, become universal without causing a serious revolution in the business world.

Passing fron this suggestion let us consider the crowning achievement of the friends of universality and progress. Doubtless many of the readers of the WEST have heard of “ Esperanto, the New Universal Language, the Language of Hope” , perhaps some are already studying it.

There have been many attempts to introduce a universal language but all have failed because of their complexity, but now through the efforts of Dr. Zamenhof we have the most simple of languages before us *

Anyone who has studied Latin or German or even our own precious lan­guage will appreciate at once the wonderful simplicity of Esperanto. A few weeks of diligent study will suffice to obtain a knowledge of this language equal to several years study of any other.

To illustrate,—we are all familiar with the irregular manner of forming the English feminine and plural. In Esperanto you simply add “ in” to the masculine to form the feminine and “j” to the singular to form the plmal. All nouns end in “o” , all adjectives in “a” and most adverbs in “e” . There is no troublesome indefinite article. You are always certain where to accent a word. Each letter has only one sound and is always sounded; hence the difficulty as to whether a letter is long, short or siieDt is never met with.

There are at present over 250,000 people studying this language, and In Europe several journals are printed wholly in Esperanto. Every collector of ioreign stamps or souvenir cards should make themselves acquainted with it, for, through such a medium, correspondence with persons speaking different languages could be easily carried on.

C o s m o p o lita n C o rresp o n d en ce ClubThe object of this club to which the publisher

of the WEST, Mr. L. T. Brodstone, and the editor of the Dept, of Inquiry, Rev. L. G. Dorpat, belong, is to offer to all its members connections in all parts of the world for any legitimate or honest pur­pose. Members are classified as follows:

Class I. For collectors (stamps, illustrated post cards, curios, coins, book plates, insects, plants, etc.)

__ Class II. For improving one’s knowledge offoreign languages (There are several Esperantists among the members of the club, and about 50 other languages are represented.)

Class IV. For the exchange of information relating to business, social or private affairs. (There are some members who are willing to correspond on any topic.)

Class V. For pastime or mental recreation.Class VI. For the exchange of iiterary efforts or for assistance in scien­

tific researches. (Amateurs as well as professional men in this class are ready to co-operate with their colleagues in all parts of our globe.)

Class VII. For Amateur Photographers.Class VIII. For chess Players.This classification alone shows the wide scope of possibilities that are

opened to members of the club. The following lists of countries in which the club is represented by members will illustrate this further, to wit:

EUROPE: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Routnania, Russia, Servia, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, etc.

AFRICA: Algeria, German East Africa, German West Africa, Portu­gese East Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Griqualand, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Can­ary Islands, Kamerun, Madagascar, Morocco, Mazambique, Natal, Nigeria, Orange River Colony, Reunion, Senegal, Transvaal, Tunis, Maderia etc.

AMERICA: Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbian Republic, Cuba, United States, Gautemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Dan­ish West Indies, British West Indies, (Cayman Island, Jamaica, Barbadoes), Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Porto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Falkland Islands, Newfoundland, etc.

ASIA: Ceylon, China, Cochin China, British East India, Nether­landish, East Indies (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Madura,) Sarawak, Japan, Persia, Asiatic Russia, (Siberia, Manchuria, Trans-Baikalia,) Asiatic Turkey etc.

AUSTRALIA: South Australia, West Australia, Queensland, New Caledonia, Tasmania.

AUSTRALASIA:^ Hawaii, Tahait, New Zealand, etc.Efforts are continually made to extend the^membership further and so

to increase possibilities to ,the present and future members. Care has been taken not to admit everybody indiscriminately and, to guard against the en­trance of dishonest Individuals, no one being accepted who is not recom­mended by a member of the club or otherwise able to establish a good repu-

Ution. The seriousness of membership is secured by the payment of an annual membership fee of Two Dollars, in consideration of which every member receives the club quarterly “Globe Trotter” , 40 to 15 pages 80 first class print with fine illustrations, free. This magazine contains lists of all members and their wants or offers and forms interesting reading in itself. The main object of these lists, however, is to enable members to pick out those with whom they may wish to enter into closer relations. Then there are a number of letters and a collection of original articles which can not be found anywhere else.

To facilitate intercourse and exchange the club has a Code for Illus­trated Postcard Collectors, a Code for Stamp Collectors and an issue of In­ternational Currency. This International Currency comes in denominations of 3 cents and can be bought from the Secretary, Mr. H. C. Shultz, 1st Assistant City Clerk of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the price of 50 cents for 10 stamps or coupon. The Club redeems the currency by accepting it in pay­ment of membership dues. By means of this currency members may remit small amounts without the necessity of buying postal money orders, as for instance,-the return postage for a letter of inquiry to any foreign country.

There are now over 2000 members, which means that nearly $8000.00 are yearly expended to insure to each member the best facilities procurable at that price.

Members may however reduce their own dues or in other words earn part of the money expended by procuring new members whom they know to be honest and trustworthy people. For each such new member procured the club allows a credit of 50 cents, and any member procuring 50 good new members thereby earns a life-membership which-exempts him from all fur­ther dues.

It is hardly necessary to add any comment in regard to the usefulness of this institution for all kinds of collectors. If, however, any of our read­ers desire any further information they may address Mr. H. C. Schultz, Mil­waukee, Wis., or Rev. L. G. Dorpat, Wayside, Wis., either of which will gladly answer all questions regarding the club, if the writer will not forget to enclose return postage.

Stamp Sold for $98.- In Washington a $5 green revenue stamp was sold the other day for $98. The stamp, issued in the 70s, is rare. It was .only a few years ago that collectors knew of the existense of this stamp. Tv enty- four specimens were found in a London warehouse, pasted on barrels of bay rum. The bay rum had been brought from Jamaica to the United States, stamped and transferred to London, These stamps have sold as high as 8300. The stamp is printed in black and green, with the portrait of George Washington in a small oval. Two kinds of paper were used in printing, violet and jreen, and only 74 violet and 50 green ones were issued. Revenue stamps now embrace some 300 varieties. The most valuable Government stamp ever issued is the $5,000 stamp issued during the Spanish-American war. when the Union Pacific Railroad was sold. Two $5,000 stamps were issued. Or.e was placed on the original document and is now in the office of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the other is in the Govern­ments stamp collection.

fio r k v a y f r o m th e "Beginning(Continued).

It thus happens that there are four types of the stamps, and that these are distributed in equal numbers on each complete sheet printed. The best way of making this absolutely clear would be to give a numbered diagram showing the “make up” of the sheet, but this would occupy rather more space than can be spared.

To fully describe the types would also occupy an unconscionable amount of space, so beginning with the 2 skillling, yellow, we will rest content with just one point of difference, which, with the aid of a millimetre measure, will enable any reader of the WEST to sort out these varieties for himself. The point of variation in question is the size of the wreath to the left and right of the shield.

In Type I. the wreath, both at left and at right, measures 10% milli­metres from outer frame line to the top of the wreath. On the left side the top of the wreath reaches a point opposite the centre stroke of the dipthong M of “ Frimffirke.” On the right it reaches the beginning of the “A.”

In Type II. the wreath at either side is 10% millimetres high. At the right the top of the wreath reaches the centre of the “ A” of the “/E” dip­thong on that side of the stamp.

In Type III. the wreath on the left measures 11 mm , on the right only 10% mm.

In Type IV. the wreath on the left measures 11% mm., on the right 10% mm.

We have taken these details from the history of these stamps written by Mr. A. H. Harrison, a well-known specialist of Norwegian stamps. The same gentleman mentions a curious perforation variety of the 2 skilling, yel­low, stamp. This is perforated 14% on three sides, and 13% on the fourth!

Consideration of space will not permit of our giving a full description of the four types of each value of the 1863-66 series. They are all capable of ready classification by means of the varying Sizes of the wreath to the left and right of the coat-of-arms. In the case of the 4-skilling blue (the value most commonly in use at that period) it became necessary to use a second plate, and of each of these plates there are four distinct types. Thus the third Norwegian issue represented in a fully specialized collection by 24 vari­eties of types alone, to say nothing of the very numerous varieties of shade, &c.

We have described a curious perf. variety of the 2-skilling yellow. In the 4-skilling blue, Plate II. Mr. A. H. Harrison mentions a variety with double lines of shading on the left side of the shield. On the whole, how­ever, the third issue of Norway is one singularly free from minor varieties apart from the types we have referred to and the many gradations of colour.

A word as to the current value of these stamps. Contrary, perhaps, to one’s natural expectations the 24-skilling brown is far commoner than any of the other values in unused condition, though in the used state the 4-skil- ing is necessarily the cheapest of the series. The explanation of the low value assigned to the 24-skilling stamp in unused condition is afforded by the one word, “ remainder.” The small stock of government remainders of the other values of this set was probably long since exhausted, but of the

24 skilling theie were left on hand more than half a million specimens, and there must still be a huge stock of this value in the hands of the Norwegian otlicials to whom was given the privilege of selling these official remainders to the stamp trade. Moreover, in attempting to account for present cata­logue quotations (which are not invariably a sure criterion of value) the col­lector has to remember that these stamps appeared at different periods be­tween 1863 and 1866, approximately, as follows: —

2 skilling, yellow. 1865.3 “ lilac, 1866.4 ” blue, early in 1864.8 ” rose, Augus' 1863.24 ” brown, August 1863.

It will be seen that the 8 and 24 skilling stamps were the earliest to appear, while the 3-skilling lilac, was not actually issued until 1866, and thus had a shorter “ life” than any other value in the set (except, perhaps the 2-skilling), being superceded by the 3-skiling of the 1867-68 series in May, 181)8.

The Fourth Issue.—The stamps of the fourth series of Norway (1867- 1888) are substantially the same as those of the third issue in design, the only outstanding difference being the repetition of the numeral of value after the abbreviated word, “skill.” That is to say, the value at foot of the stamp appears as follows in the 3rd and 4th issues, respectively:—

3rd issue: “4-skill.”4th issue: “4-skill 4.”

A new value was introduced in connection with this fourth issue by -the provision of a stamp of the value of 1-skilling, but the total of values re­mained the same, as the new issue included no stamp of the value of 24-skil- ling. The following summary contains all the essential facts regarding theissue as a whole: —

Dates of Issue: 1867 and 1868, as follows: —1- skilling, grey-b'ack; dark grey, May. 1868.2- skilling yellow-orange, orange June, 1867.3- ski 1 ling lilac, red-lilac, May, 1868.4- skilling blue, dark blue, early in 1867.8-skilling rose (shades), October, 1867.

Deign. —Portion of the Arms of Norway in the centre: at top of stamp, “ Norge” ; at foot, the word, “Skill.” with numeral value on either side of

same; at each side “ Frimaerke.”Printing.— The work was carried out by Messrs. Peterson, of Christiana,

the stamps being lithographed in sheets of one hundred (ten rows of ten).Paper and Watermark.—The paper differs in thickness, there being

thick paper and thin paper varieties of all values. There is a watermarking around the margin of the sheet for the 2 and 4-skilling stamps, as in the second and third issues, but in the common acceptation of the term the stamps are unwatermarked. The 1, 3, and 8-skillilng stamps have no water­marking on the margins, and this appies aiso to the 4-skilling on thin paper.

Peforation.—A uniform 14% by 13%.This is an issue of which no varieties •worthy or the name have been

recorded. The stamps are believed to have been produced from a singe die, the consequence being that there are no variations of type as in the third issue. (To be Continiued.)

S ta m p H unting

B y Leon V . C a ssThere are many pleasures derived from stamp collecting and none are

greater than hunting for old issues.No true collector ever lets a chance pass by for looking over cld corre­

spondence or documents. There are many old revenues to be found on the back of old photographs. One collector of my acquaintance found a 3c pro­prietary part perf. Cat. $15.00 on an old ph"to, and I have found several of the cheaper varieties of the three cent 1861 issue on photos. Another friend of mine got, a tine lot of civil war revenues fro n the documents of an old lawyer, giving the lawyer two dollars for them and selling the duplicates for a handsome profit, after adding several varieties to his collection. Old med­icine bottles and pill boxes to be found in many long established drug stores often yield tine and scarce private proprietary stamps.

When on your vacation don’t neglect any opportunity to get a chance to look over old correspondence.

Back country postoffices often yield us some rare old issues at face value.Less than half a dozen years ago a friend of mine in Southern Pennsyl­

vania obtained half a sheet (50) fine well centered lac 1870 issue embossed, Cat. $25.00 each at face value.

The same party also obtained several scarce dies of obsolete envelopes at the same Postofflce.

Great finds of course are scarce, but there is much pleasure derived from stamp hunting even if the stamps found are of little value.

^/in In terestin g F a dB y Virginia BaKjir

Those who have tried collecting letter heads have found it an interest­ing fad. Colleges, historical societies, patriotic associations, and many other organizations use stationery stamped with designs which illustrate their origin, the narure of their work, or something of the like, and the beauty and variety of such designs are only appreciated when a number of them are compared together.

Many letter heads show fine cuts of buildings, others are ornamented with seals, or mottoes or handsome monograms. Coat-of-arms or crests figuie conspicuousyly on many, and there are numberless unique designs which come under no special class beading.

The color and texture of the paper and the size and kind of type used add greatly to the individuality—if I may he permitted to use the term-of letter heads. Even the color and quality of the printer’s ink have a value, as regards beauty or ugliness.

Much may be learned from certain letter heads. Historic interests cluster thickly about many of the design that ornament them. The collec­tor who mounts his specimens in a album, placinng beneath each one such items pertaining to it as he can gather, will find himself the possessor of a unique volume—unique in more senses than one. lie need not fear to boast of his little book, even in the presence of stamp and post card collectors.

D e n v e r ffo te s!B y A u g u s t H . H o f f m a n

The Denver Stamp Club now organized five months, has sprung from an original membership of 13, to 32 members, which was the total membership at last meeting of the club.

D E N V E R M I N T B E A T S SA N F R A N C ISC O ,After having made a test run of the new Denver mint for the month of

April, it demonstrated a capacity of turning out 86,095,000 of which 845,000 was in silver and the remainder in gold coins. A test run of the San Fran­cisco mint in March showed a capacity for only 84,000,000.

We now have three new hobby papers published in Denver: The Wes­tern Stamp Collector, and The Juvenile Philatelist are stamp journals and The Collector is a paper devoted to souvenir card collecting.

Farran Zerbe, the well-known coin collector and vice president of the American “Numismatic Association is in Colorado studying up the early coin­age of this state.

In tne Pike’s Peak district he picked up some valuable specimens of $2.50, $5, $10, and $20 gold pieces,, made by Clark Gruber & Co.

I am glad to note that the Internationa] Postal Congress at Rome have approved the British proposition to raise the weight of letters to one ounce, which has heretofore been % ounce.

A French delegate proposed Madrid for the next congress, which after the usual balotting was adopted.

O ur J 'd e n c e

2)y C. £. v o p eOur science I consider best ‘Mongst all of those I know,And hope that her good influence, Still steadily will grow.She always keeps me busy,As busy as can be,For she is always my delight,My dear philately.I think of hre when I ’m awake,I dream of her when sleeping;And in the Mirror of my brain,Her face I ’m ever keeping;The portals of -roy heart are locked, She only has the key, . _My dear old chutmaijd,comrade,'My friend—Philately.

Your image haunts me when at work, And also when at leisure.You're much to me of hope and joy, Of happiness and pleasure;I. think of you continuously,And trust that you may be A constant joy to everyone,My blest Philately.And now to close the subject (But not that it’s a bore,)For I’m never tired of praising The science I adore,I’ll say to you with a(l my heart,,ln the words of “ Nancy Lee,”The best of alj j;he friends L.kno'y,Is old Philately.

Originally published by the Collector’s Companion, November, 1885.

Questions relative to stamps will be answered in this column free of charge to subscribers.

"All questions must be sent to the above address and a 2c stamp must accompany each letter con­taining questions. When stamps are sent for examination, return postage must be included beside the fee above provided for.

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B y L , C. "Dor pat, Bcjc 3 7 , 'COayjtde, 16Vis(Continued).

Thus it will be again and again with special varieties that are found. It is a bad policy to buy them, but a very gon<< policy to find them and use them as space tillers for a time. Occasionally ><m may also find a rich man who has not the time nor the inclination to hunt, for minor varieties, but who is willing to pay a handsome price for any variety that lie lacks, espe­cially it that variety is not listed in any catalogue. Fairs, strips and blocks of stamps will, as a rule, not show well in a printed album, but it is worth while to keep them intact. There are some collectors who look for them, especially where imperforate stamps are concerned.

276. —Are there any grilled or embossed stamps in the U. S. issue of 1895?—Yes and no, as you will take it. As issued by the postortice there are not, but as you find them on letters that have gone through the mails there are. The electric cancelling machine will occasionally impress a grill on the stamp or on the letter, but this is different from the grill of ’69 and ’70, the points being coarser and wider apart, and the impression is quite acci­dental. It belongs neither to the stamp nor to the cancellation, but to the freak of the machine. Creases, tears, etc. are about on the same line.

277.-Wfiat is the best album?—For the beginner the cheapest is the best, because after a few years of collecting he will wish to transfer his col­lection and get one that provides spaces for new issues. For the possessor of 4 to 8 thousand varieties any one of the standard makes will do, provided there are stubs in the back of the book, plenty of blank leaves and the whole binding, material and workmanship good. On account of the great number of stamps now issued (about 20,000) the permanent album should be in two volume, at least. Better than anv printed album is the blank album, be it with movable leaves oi solidly bound. If it is bound solid it should have stubs to prevent bulging and to facilitate the insertion of additional leaves. It should be bound in leather, and the best of it. The volumes should not be over 2% or 3 inches thick at the back and it is desirable to have a separate volume for each continent, to wit: North Am., South Am., Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and another for Islands, odds and ends etc., 7 volumes in all

278. —Which stamp hinges are the best?—I am not acquainted with all makes, and it would not be proper to mention any names in this connection, unless there were some one who offered an article superior to all others. I may state, though, the properties a good stamp hinge should have. First of all the paper should be thin and yet stiff and tough. The gum should stick, lest the stamp which it is to hold in place get loose and be lost. At the same time the gum should not be so sticky that it. can not be separated fiom its hold; it should be peelable. Many a good stamp has been spoiled by the attempt to separate fast-sticking hinges from its back, and sometimes as

many as three or four are found clinging to a stamp. Finally the hinge should be large and have clean-cut edges, for, if the hinge is too small or narrow, it will not hold the stamp firmly, while, if large enough it will, and may at the same time afford a space for short notes about the stamp held by it. Hinges perforated like postage stamps are not to be recom­mended, because the little tongues between the perforations tend to stick too firmly.

279. —What is tiie best way to keep duplicates?--If the duplicates are more than 25 of each kind, the best way is to oundle and tie them and to kejp them in any suitable box or series of boxes; cigar boxes will do. If the duplicates are less than 25 of each kind they may be kept in envelopes or in a “stock-book ” If kept in envelopes they should be assorted by countries or better still by issues and each country or issue kept in a separate envelope, on which the name of the country, and the year of the issue should be marked The envelopes should be all of the same size and should be kept arranged like a card index, so that any issue may be easily found without shoveling over the whole pile. If the duplicates are single stamps only, they may best be fastened to the blank pages of a stock-book, but peelable, really peelable hinges must be used in this case, or they may be stuck into the slips or pockets in patented stock-books or approval cards. The employ­ment of the latter is a little expensive, but otherwise quite recommendable. For common duplicates, of which one has 3, 6 or 12 copies and which are in­tended to be put on cheap exchange sheets, it. is good enough to have a series of boxes or drawers with the price of the stamps they contain marked on them, one box marked 1 cent, the next 2 cents, 3 cents, and so on to 5 or 10 cents. Still another, and perhaps the very best plan, if there are not too many duplicates, is to keep them all nicely mounted in approval books or on approval sheets. This should be done systematically, either all the stamps of the same price kept together to facilitate the picking out what stamps one may want. Sheets should be kept flat between boards and in such order that it may be easy to find what may be desired. Order is of the highest importance no matter what system may be adopted, because disorder wastes time, threatens good temper and disgusts the beholder.

280. What is more profitable, the collecting of high priced stamps, or {lie collecting of low-priced stamps? The collecting of high-priced stamps is usually more profitable, but not always. If you look for profit, then you must first of all consider condition and take the cleanest and most perfect stamps that you can get. The next thing is to try and get these as far be­low catalogue quotations as you can. Common stamps, especially if bought in large lots may be had for l-10th catalogue price, or even for less than that. Stamps catalogued from $5.00 to $10,000 each may be had for % to 1-5 and sometimes even for 1-10 their catalogue price. Stamps over $100.00 each can rarely be bought at less than half price, if in good condition, and the great rarities worth a hundred dollars or more usually keep pretty near their catalogue quotations, unless there is some fault in their condition. Cata­logues alone will however, not always indicate the true value of a stamp. The speculators will have to look out for those stamps which are scarcer Ilian their quotations suggest. To find these requires study and experience. S o far we have considered monetary profit only. If we look for enjoyment or pleasure, or the acquaintance with stamps, the common or low-priced ones

are what we should turn to tirst. They can readily be had in greater num­bers and hence give more employment or pastime. Buy them by the pound or by the 1000 varieties and pick them over. Then add to your collection whatever may be wanting there and use the rest for exchange or to make friends. I would call this a better protit than the profit of so many dollars.

281. What is a perforation guage?—A card with a series of dots so arranged that 5, 5 6, 6 etc. to 16 and or 17 wiil come to the space of 2 centimeters. By holding the perforations of a stamp to these dots we ascer­tain how many holes of it come to the space of 2 centimeters.

282. Should we not collect “cash permits” which are now printed on 3d class mail matter in lieu of stamps?—That depends upon the basis we take for the building of our collections. The Germans distinguish between “ Briefmarken” and “ Postwertzeichen.” The former means letter-stamp, the latter postal-value-mark. If we intend collecting “stamps” only, tak­ing the term in its commonest meaning, adhesive stamps or letter-stamps, then of course we shall have to exclude “cash permits” . But, if we collect Postwertzeichen, that is, all va'ue expressions on postal stationary or applied to postal matters by order of the post, then these “cash permits” will have as much right to our attention as, for instance, the postal card, postal note or postal letter sheet, penalty envelope or official envelope. In so much as the “cash permit” indicates the prepayment of a certain amount of postage, it ranks far above the last named as well as above the post office seals, which do not indicate any value in any way. The early Barbados and some of the Corrientes stamps have no value expressed in figures or letters, but still they are real stamps, because their colors indicate certain values. The “cash permits” might be ranked nearest in order to British “stamped-to-order” stationary, the main difference being that the British post applied regular stamp dies to unofficial paper, while in case of the “cash permits” the U. S. post gives a private party authority to print a representation of prepaid pos­tage on private matter complying with certain postal rules.

238. Is the 15c yellow Spain 1889 an error? -No, it is an official stamp, catalogued by Scott under No. 361.

284. What are Seebeck’s?—They are stamps issued by Honduras, Nica­ragua, St. Salvador and Ecuador under a contract with the late Mr. F. N. Seebeck of the Hamilton Bank Note Co. in the early nineties. The sets are large and the stamps are rich in color, filling several pages in the album. They were actually used, each set for a whole year, and therefore they are all enumerated in the catalogurs. The objectional feature is that each year, when the new issue was placed on sale, the remainders of the old issue were turned over to Mr. Seebeck lor sale to collectors. He got these as payment for the manufacture of the stamps. Of course he would see to it that a plenty of stamps were printed so that large remainders would be left for him, besides that the plates were also thought to remain in his possession so that he might print a new supply of “remainders” in case the true remain­ders lacked in quantity. Had it been known how large exactly the editions were, and had the plates been destroyed after the known quantities had been struck off, then there could not have been much of an objection. All the stamps of these issues actualv sent to the countries where they were to be used are real stamps. But any that were held back by the printer, or made after the issue had become obsolete, are no better than printer’s waste or reprints. (To be continued.)

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'B y L . C . B o r p a tAs railroads are built and the steam-ship multiplies on the many rivers

of China, as Europeans and modern institutions get a foot-hold in the great Mongolian empire. Sir Robert Hart, the successful director of Chinese impoits is building up a modern postal system for his adopted country. Since 1861 he has been laboring for this purpose, but not until 1896, after 35 years of effort, did he succeed in getting it Anally established. It is yet in its in­fancy, but shows a sturdy growth. The old Mandarin post established 3000 years ago for the forwarding of official matter, works with deficit. The many private establishments similar to our express companies form a very strong competition. Some of them having quite monopolized considerable districts, but Sir Hart seems to be the right man in the right. He does not try to annihilate these private posts, nor does he try to compete against them; what he tries to do, is to incorporate them into his own system thereby making the best possible use of all existing facilites. He is thus enabled to reach nearly all parts of the empire if not by railroad or steamer, then by sail or row-boat, by riders or footmen. His post routes now extend over 33,000 miles. In 1904 he obtained a government subsidy of 720000 Hkm. Tael and forwarded 66 million pieces weighing nearly 6 million pounds. Though this imperial Chinese post is yet an inland-jpost it has treaties with Japan, France, Hongkong and British India and thus is enabled to reach also the Universal Postal Union countries. By joining this world-institution it might get rid of the numerous foreign ocffiers (English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and U. S.) scattered among the ports along the coast and extend its own usefulness at the same time.

Tne system is said to work admirably now and to be gaining favor very rapidyly, thefts and defraudations being very rare exceptional occurrences. If Sir Hart lives and remains in favor and health he will no doubt within the next 10 or 15 years develop the system to wonderful extent and efficiency, and even should he die or retire his disciples will now be able to work ahead on the lines already laid out. For further particulars see Der Philatelist No. 336, from which most of the above dates are taken.

The Chinese stamps from 1878 to 1894 were issued by the import tax office of which Sir Hart is the head. They were however, used also on mat­ter carried for foreign legations by the messengers of this office. The locals up to 1895 and 1896 are issued by pri vate companies. From 1897 on we have stamps of the Imperial Chinese Post (Scotts’ numbers 18 to 206).

The Rarest Stamps.—A French newspaper reader, who had requested the infallible Paris editor of his choice to indicate a few of the rarest stamp in the world, has received a response which, though it will doubtless be trite enough for collectors, may be of sufficient casual interest for the ordinary leader, if only as indicating the preponderant position occupied by British stamps among the tit-bits of philateiism. Out of twelve stamps quoted, seven are of British Colonies, four of them heading the list. The seven are: Guiana, 1856 1 cent red; Guiana, 1850, 2 cents, rose; Mauritius pustoffice, 2d. blue; Canada, 1851, Is, black; New Zealand, 1872, Id., brown filigree; Na­tal, 1857, 9d., blue.

T h e ‘Phila.lelic Circ-us

B y C h c s . J*. L e tv isliehold! It is Liberia that now doth need the “dough,”So she sets out to give ro us a grand philatelic show,Which would outshine e’en Barnum in palmiest days of yore For it contains most everything the children so adore.Its raiment is bi-colored and in all the brilliant hues.What need now will we have for tiny circus or zoos?We’ve but to take our albums down and turn its pages o’er,To see more strange and wondrous sights than e’er we saw before.For on the first, a one cent stamp, a lordly beast is seen Surrounded by a border black—an Elephant in green.Next, on the two, a head we spy, done in a carmine hue,Of Mercury, the letter god, with somber circle too.But what is this upon the five, in darkest black and blue?It isn’t Mac, it can’t be Pat, it surely isn’t you?Oh! it is a Chimpanzee! Well, howdy friend Jim! I say How are you and the folkses, and where did you get away?And is this next another friend, this Ten, in deep maroon,A Plantain-Easter circled with the color of a “Coon” ? ^Or this iifteen-cent, in purple, with border of dark green,Which has upon its face an Agama lizard now I ween?The Twenty orange, has also a likeness of a bird,The Great Egret, vignetted black, it is upon my word!And on the next a “Two-Bit” stamp, a coin has been impressed In Chinese blue, with gray vignette, unlike most all the rest.The thirty is in violet and of lathework design,But yet it isn’t quite “ the end,” as most of you’ll opine.And as we pass on to the next we all will heave a sigh Of deep regret and wish that this was all we’d had to buy.The Flag of the Liberians is on the next one shown,Though not in its proper colors, as all of us will own.For dark green it has been printed and framed in nightly black. This Fifty-cent is one which quite a few of us will lack.The Seventy-five cent chocolate is the next one of the set,And has a Hippopotamus upon its face, I ’ll bet.Which, like most all the others, is surrounded by a frame Of black, which does its beauty much enchance, or so they claim.Upon the Dollar stamp appears the head of Liberty,’Tis printed in a color pink and claims supremacy O’er all the others for the excellence of its design;Surrounded by its gray vignette it certainly looks fine.As we pass to the next one we will note upon its face A number of the inhabitants, of the Mandingo race:

Who appear to be quite happy, thuugh colored a dark green; While the old sable border, also “ Dollars Two,” is seen.Upon the last, the “Five-Spot,” they have given us a view Of their ruler, “Mistah” Barclay, the house he lives in, too; Which are in a maroon color, and really, we must say,This stamp appears quite pretty with its border of dark gray.And this completes the features of this Liberian zoo,Though they put out a “side show” of “0. S.” attractions, too; Which has more varied colors, though it cannot be denied,Most of us with this “ Big Show” will be more than satisfied.

T h e S t a m p C o lle c to r * s D r e a m “By JWeil Stvope

While sitting at my desk one day,I fell into a doze,

And then before my tired brain,A pleasing vision rose.

I dreamed I had an album fine,All bound in black and gold,

And on its pages was a mine Of treasured stamps so old.

Rare local stamps were there by scores,And a Brattleboro' true,

And all the old provisionals Were represented too.

Department sets were quite complete,And all unused beside:

There are no prettier lot of stamps Than these ranged side by side.

And while I turned the pages'o’er,Finding many a treasure, .’Z

A voice broke in upon my dream And ruined all my pleasure.

“ I want a dink o’ water pop,I want a dink o’ water.”

These were the words that greeted me,From Grace, my little daughter.

How quick the change—I looked to’see If the album still was there,

But nothing greeted me, except,My darling’s face so fair.

The British postal department will not transmit mail (postcards,retc.) enclosed in transparent envelopes with the address written on the contents. Such mail is too difficult to sort. The practice has been greatly in vogue in Can ida, and has been be prohibited in the domestic mails there, also.

JVotes _/1b o u t ^Stam psIn these days of “big things” the one-time scoffed at stamp collector

is keeping pace with the swiftly moving procession, if, indeed, he is not set­ting the pace.

In testimony to this statement witness the sale a few days since in London of a portion, only, of the collection of W. W. Mann for the sum of

*€150,000 spot cash. When it is considered that this stupendous sum was planked down for the European section only of Mr. Mann's great collection, which of itself comprises nearly 100 large volumes or albums, some slight conception of what the entire collection must be may be obtained.

It is understood that close to $100,000 cash awaits the decision of Mr. Mann to part with tire volumes containing his Australian stamps alone, and the balance of his collection would undoubtedly bring more than twice as much, giving the entire collection a cash valuation of approximattly $300,- 000. That this aggregation of stamps did not cost the owner such an amount goes without saying. The tremendous increase in values of stamps during the last score of years has netted Mr. Mann several hundred per cent profit on his investments.

Many large sales of stamps have been made in the United States wit a dozen years. One of the first iarge collections sold was that of F. De Ooppet. whose holdings were sold under the hammer in New York in 1893. This colicetion was so large that eight nights were required to dispose of it and the total received was about $30,000. This was regarded as a big figure in those days, although nowadays stamp collections of that size are sold without exciting great comment.

In 1896 a Boston firm bought a collection from N. C. Nash of that city for which more than $30,000 was paid and in 1897 the same firm paid William Thorne of New York $45,000 cash for his collection. At that time this was one of the largest and finest collections in the United States.

F. F. Olney of Providence, one of the leading philatelists in th!s coun­try, and president of the American Philatelic association, owned a fine col­lection, composed chiefly of unused stamps, and sold this collection for $30,- 000 cash in 1900., In 1903 the collection of the late William A. Smilhof New York was sold at auction in that city for $30,000 and the collection of Mr. Hunter of New York sold at auction for $27,000. Numerous collections have been sold at auction in New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia at prices ranging from $3,000 to $10,000.

In 1900 a Chicago man named Burton, who had prveiously obtained a good deal of newspaper notoriety by exchanging a valuable hotel in Wi-con* sin for a colicetion of stamps, sold a portion of the collection at auction for upward of $10,000.

The largest single stamp purchase made in the United States was the sale less than two years ago of the famous Ayer collection, known to philat­elists all over the world. This collection was made by a wealthy lumber dealer by the name of Ayer residing at Bangor, Me. Mr. Ayer became sud­denly seized with the stamp collecting fever, and became so engrossed in the fascinating hobby that he devoted a large portion of his time and spent vast sums of money in his effort to complete, so far a possible, his collection. He wrote to dealers and collectors in all parts of the world in his endeavor

to obtain certain stamps necessary to complete certain countries. He accumulated one of the finest collections in the world. Raving completed the collection for many countries so that there was nothing further to seek he lost his interest to some extent and sold his holdings to a Boston firm for about 8100,000. Mr. Ayer is a shrewd hard headed business man and he is reported to have said to a friend who questioned him that he made a hand­some profit on the money he had put into the collection, to say nothing of the great pleasure its accumulation had given him. I t is said Mr. Ayer has now started another collection, which will be confined to stamps of certain countries only. He says it pays better than any government bonds.

Several collections of stamps from single countries have changed hands in the United States at surprising figures. It seems almost impossible that a man could accumulate a collection of the stamps of one country valued at thousands of dollars, but such cases are numerous. Specialists not only strive to get one stamp of each kind, but they try to get various shades, urieties'in priming, sheets and blocks Ordinary collectors are satisfied to have one specimen of each stamp issued.

Recently M. S. Lombard of Boston, sold his collection of French stamp (or only about $10,000 and Mr. Crehore of the same city sold his collection of the stamp of Hawaii for jbout the same figure. H. J. Crocker of San Francisco values his collection of Hawaiian stamps, which is the most com­plete in the world, at $35,000. A Boston firm not long ago sold a single Hawaiian stamp on the original envelope for $5,000, which is the highest price any stamp ever sold for in the United States. Sales of stamps at from Sl,o00 to $4,000 have been made in this country and there are hundreds of stamps that have been sold in the United States for upward of $100. The record price is held by a stamp of the land of Mauritius, for which the Prince of Wales paid nearly $7,500 less than two years ago at an auction sale, al­though the British Uuiana stamp on wrapping paper owned by M. Renotiere of Paris, would sell a at, much hgher priice if put upon themrkett.

The London Philatelic Society’s exhibition closed on June l. The prince of Wales opened the exhibition May 23; the following day a lecture was given by F. J. Melville, the president of the Junior Phitatelic society. On May 25 the judges and vice-patrons had a banquet at the Imperial res­taurant. The social feature the next day was a trip on the Thames. Other events p’anned for the entertainment of philatelists were a trip to the Brit­ish Museum to view the Tapiing collection, under the guidance of E. D. Bacon: another lecture by Mr. Melville and numerous luncheons and drives.

The Hired Girl’s Stamp—Every hired girl in Germany has a little blank book, wherein is pasted every week a stamp worth about five cents, the gift of her mistress. The government, the all-doing government, will redeem these stamps at face value. If the hired girl falls ill, her stamp book will help pay her expenses. Or she can keep it as a provision for her old age.— From ‘Everybody's,” Dec. 1305.

15h e F etch in g F a d o f S ta m p Collecting(Continued.)

The likenesses of many of cur greatest men have adorned postage stamps and much of our national history is depicted in the commemorative stamps of the Columbia, Trans-Mississippi, Pan-American and Louisiana Purchase series. The locomotive and steamship, marvels in their day, were depicted on our early stiamps. The 24-cent denomination of the series of 1869 has for its central feature a magnificent reproduction of the “Signing of the Decla ration of Independence,” the painting which adorns the rotunda of the Cap­itol. Even on a postage stamp the design is so clear that features of the signers can be recognized through a ten cent magnifying glass. Thisisa high priced stamp, unused, out every collector aspires to get it because of what it stands for.

In the Senate wing of the Capitol hangs an oil painting by one of the masters: “Columbus Recalled.” During sessions of Congress a crowd will often be found standing about it with upturned faces. The 50-cent stamp of the Columbian series, an exact reproduction of this painting, exquisitely cut in steel, doubtless accounts for much of the interest in the original.

Every few years the Post Office department goes to large expense in giv­ing the people a new series of stamps to say nothing of the numerous com­memorative series. Artists and engravers exert themselves to produce de­signs of historic value. Apparently the philatelist is the only person who fully appreciates the stamps. He will tell the names of all the distinguished persons whose likenesses have appeared there since 1817, naming the colors. The average person could not name four stamps, offhand.

Philately has an extensive literature. Scores of weekly, monthly and semi-monthly Deriodicals devoted exclusively to stamp collecting, furnish news and technical articles. Some years ago a daily paper was published nearly a year at St. Louis. One Londoner cabled his subscriptoin.

Recently the Prince of Wales read an important philatelic paper before the London Stamp Society of which he is president. Last year he paid $7,500 for two used postage stamps. The Queen of Italy finds great profit in her fine collection of stamps.

One of the finest, if not the most complete collection, in the world is that of M. Renotiere of Paris. This has cost him a million and a quarter dollars and the services of two secretaries are constantly employed in arrang­ing and taking care of the scores of albums containing it. Although he possesses nearly every postage stamp that has ever been issued, it is doubtful if he gets any more pleasure out of his collection than the boy who has hustled among his friends for old stamps, “ traded around,” and built upa collection worth a hundred dollars.

Although the United States is classed as a Christian nation, it is nota­ble that since the foundation of our postal system there has not appeared upon any of our regular postage stamps a single symbol of a religious charac­ter, except the figure of Father Marquette, as a teacher of the Indians, which was depicted on the one-cent stamp of the Omaha Fair series of 1898. On the other hand the stamps of Abyssinia all portray the cro&s.

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I t s h o w s t h a t s o m e t h i n g n e w is a l w a y s b o u n d to c r o p t i in t h e C a r d n o v e l t i e s , a n d r o o m le f t fo r lo t o f m o r e b l i g h t i d e a s , t i io i t d o e s s e e m is t h o t h e y w o u l d b e e x h a u s t e d , a n d n o t h i n g n e w le f t in t h i s l in e , b u t o u r p u b l i s h e r s a r e f o r e v e r a l e r t f o r s o m e n e w c a t c h . L o o k a t t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t in t h e W E S T " T h e S i m p l i c i t y C o . , C h i c a g o , 111.” A l s o n o t e t h e " F e r n d I u g o l d P u b l . o f M o n r o e , W i s . U. b . A . , w h o h a v e g o t t e n o u t s o m e f in e n e w c a r d s . O n e I ’ve n o t i c e d is t h a t o f a b e a u t i f u l m a i d e n face w i t h a h e a d o f r e a l h a i r . I t g i v e s t h e w h o l e a l iv e l i k e a p p e a r a n c e a n d t h e t i n y b l o n d c u r l s c l u s t e r a b o u t t h e h e a d n a t u r a l l y , e v e n a s m a l l c o il o f h a i r i s s e e n o n t h e t o p o f o n e h e a d . T h i s h a i r is f a s t e n e d to t h e p i c t u r e c a r d in a d a i n t y s t y l e a n d is c o v e r e d w i th a t h i n s h e e t o f c e l l u lo i d t o p r o t e c t s a m e a n d g i v ­i n g i t t h e e f fec t o f b e i n g f r a m e d . T h e y a re j u s t t h e c a r d s s o m e o f o u r g e n t l e m e n e x c h a n g e r s w a n t , f o r t h e i r s u r e to g e t t h e m a n y c o lo r o f h a i r t h e y a d m i r e o r t h e i r S u n d a y g i r l h a s . S a m e C o m p a n y g e t s o u t sw e l l f l o w e r c a r d s t h e n a t u r a l c o lo r e s o f f l o w e rs b e i n g m a d e o f c o lo r e d v e lv e t s p a s t e d o n t h e c a r d s t o s u i t t h e s t y l e o f f l o w e r p r i n t e d o n t h e c a r d . T h e s e m a k e a r i c h p r e t t y c a r d a n d l o v e d b y a n y o n e f o n d o f f lo w e rs . H o w m a n y h a v e r e c e iv e d " F r i s c o ” c a r d s w i t h s i g h t s o f i t s v a r i ­o u s a p p a l l i n g s c e n e s o f d e s t r u c t i o n . T h e s e a r e n i c e c a r d s t o a d t o y o u r c u r r e n t e v e n t c o l l e c t i o n s . I w i s h a l l o u r C o l l e c t o r f r i e n d s s u c c e s s a n d h o p e t h e y w i l l f in d t h e P h i l a t e l i c W E S T a s u i t a b l e off ic ia l o r g a n a s i t n a t u r a l l y w i l l , s i n c e i t h a s a l ­w a y s b e e n an o l d s t a n d b y a n d o n e o f m a n y d i f f e r e n t E x c h a n g e S o c i e t i e s .

B e s u r e a n d g e t t h e n e x t n u m b e r , i t w i l l b e t h e b e s t o n e w e e v e r i s s u e d d e v o t ­e d to P o s t C a r d C o l l e c t o r s a n d f i n e ly i l l u s t r a t e d . M a d k u n k K ki.LER, P r e s .

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BY ROY FARRELL GREENE.An Indian Curio Dealer—Dr. John War Eagle, and his wife, paid a visit

to Perry, Okla , recently, according to the Perry Republican. The paper says that they were engaged in the traffic of selling Indian relics and bead work, supplying over one hundred stores with their wares. Dr. War Eagle was educated in Scotland, and is a graduate of McGill Medical University, of Canada. Ilis father was a wealthy Hudson Ray trader and his mother, a member of the Chickasaw tribe. The doctor has grown quite wealthy and has real estate investments in several states. His wife is a member of the Caddo tribe and has an allotment near Anadarko, O. T.

Autographs—A letter written by Abraham Lincoln in 1418, relating to political affairs in Illinois, one of a number of autographs collected by Mrs. George M. Moulton, of Chicago, sold at auction in New York city, some weeks ago for $100. An autograph poem, and signed by James Russell Low­ell, brought $23 in the same sale. A one page letter signed but not written, by George Washington, February 20, 1790, sold for $28.

Illinois Collector’s License—Charles Clendennin, of Sangamon county, obtained the first license issued in the state of Illinois, permitting the tak­ing of ornithological and oological specimens. The license was issued on January 20, under the Illinois law that lately went into effect, which pro­vides that “ the applicant be a man of good character and well fitted to col­lect birds theii nests and eggs, purely for scientific purposes.” Bondsmen are required, and should t e person licensed, violate the law the bondsmen become liable for prosecution under the game law. Clendennin is a taxider­mist, residing in Bloomington.

Oregon Fossils—Prof. Handel T Martin, museum assistant in paleon­tology at the University of Lawrence, Kansas conducted a fossil hunting expedition last summer to the Oregon fields and returned with one of the best collections ever added to the Kansas museum. Prof. Martin’s work was done in the John Day formations, and he secured more than 150 tine specimens, fifty of which were first class skulls, representing ail the material to be found in the formation through which the researches were made. A small party of assistants and students accompanied Prof. Martin on his trip, and the rest of the party, after Martin returned home, went to the Newport fields and secured some zoological material for the Kansas university museum.

Studying Indian Customs—Prof. James Mooney, of the chair of ethnol­ogy of the Smithsonian institute, at Washington, has been spending the past winter in Oklahoma, and it is given out that he will remain indefinitely among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, studying their ancient and modern customs and characteristics. Before going to these tribes he spent some time studying the Kiowa tribe of Indians in Oklahoma.

Monstrous Pre-Historic Animal—At the Peabody museum, of Yale university, New Haven, Conn , an interesting experiment was made a few months ago to ascertain the original weight, when alive, of one of the great saurians, the fossil remains of which were found in the Bad Lands of Wyo­ming by the late Prof, O. C. Marsh. An exact model on a small scale was made of the saurian, based upon the skeleton, and using the displaced water test, anrf carrying out the computation the original weight was ascertained as about 77,000 pounds, or 38J£ tons. The Peabody museum owns the com. plete skeleton specimen of the hips standing to a height of sixteen feet, and the saurian being, from tip to tip about seventy-three feet in length. The museum also owns part of a skeleton of a considerably larger specimen.

“P o s t ca rd itisIf you’re going on a journey to the mountains or the coast,

Send a post card.If you’re torn away by duty from the one you love the most,

Send a post card.If you’re aimlessly a-wander through the country here and there,Seeking pleasure, seeking money, seeking muscle, seeking hair,Keep a list of all the friends that you have cherished everywhere—

Send a post card.If you’re summoned on a jurj, if you must defend a suit,

Send a post card.If you’ve touring through the country of the Blackfoot or the Ute,

Send a post card.If you’ve got a message write it, drop a line from day to day;Send the little post card picture if you’ve not a word to say,Think of blonde and think of brunette, think of bad and think of gray-

Send a post card.Though it’s gay and you are gloomy, though it’s glad and you are grim,

Send a post card,If you want to tell your enemy just what you think of him.

Send a post card,You will tind the habit growing, till from every side the callWill resound, though you be dining, dancing, sitting in a hall,At a funeral or wedding—it’s the word that grips them all,

“Send a post card!”

There is a letter in the British Museum more than 3,000 years old. It is written on papyrus from Rameses in Egypt. Most all of the characters have been deciphered until the students in that line of work can read nearly all of the letter. I t is mainly a description of the city of Rameses, its people, occupations, etc.

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S t . L o u is ta m p C o lle c to r s S o c i e t yP r e s i d e n t ..................................................................................................H. A. DiamantVice President otto PatscfakeSecretary ............................................................. ............ T. C. MannT r e a s u r e r ..................................................................................................F. R. Cornwell

The thirty-fourth regular meeting of the Society was held May 29th, thirteen members being present. A collection of 6,000 varieties which had been shipped to the Society for sale, was inspected by the members. Among other things exhibited by members was a strip of four 81,000 00 revenues, 189S issue. The usual auction sale concluded the evening’s programme.

T. C. Mann, Secy., 1416 Hickory St.

Indian Baskets.—Every family of Indian basket makers uses a distinct pattern (never copy) make their dyes of minerals, bone and berries. At cer­tain seasons the inner bark of cedar trees, roots of spruce trees and grasses are secured, buried to bleach, colored and woven into wonderfully pretty de­signs, using fingers for needles, and teeth for scissors. Washington has more tribes of native basket makers than any other state.

Warning to Collectors.—There is in a dingy house, not a stone-throw from the British Museum, a collection of “Old Masters,” waiting for the appearance of some millionaire collector—American for preference—who would be willing to till the walls of his mansion with spurious works by Raphael, Raeburn Gainsborough, and other giants of the brush, which are tu be given away by their German owner for $200,000.

Dealers need not apply—they know too much! The circumstances un­der which this fine col! ction is thrown on the market are interesting. A month ago it belonged to a wealthy amateur who had to meet heavy losses in “Kaffir” on the Stock Exchange, and was therefore reluctantly forced to sell his treasure. He evidently succeedeed. For since then the pictures appear to have changed hand.

They now belong to a Russian nobleman, who has sent them to Lon­don to be privately disposed of. But—a curious coincidence'—they are still in the same dingy abode near the British Museum.

Coin Notes.—The oldest bank note is in the British Museum. It was printed in China in 1368 or over 100 years before it is supposed printing was invented.

The smallest coin in actual circulation is the Maltese “groin.” It is of bronze, and about the size of the top of a pencil. Its value is about one- tifteenth of a cent.

National bank notes are about one-sixth of the money in circulation.The first U. S. mint was established in 1792.Trade dollars were discontinued in 1887.The first paper money to be issued in this country was in 1723 by Penn­

sylvania. There was $225,000 of this money in that year.The origin of the U. S. dollar dates July 6, 1785, the weight was fixed

the next year. The first dollar issued by any country was coined at Joach- imthail, in Bohemia.

Kagles were discontinued from coinage in 1805 to 1837.

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B y M a d e lin e K .e lte rI trust most of the readers of Hobbies have beguu a collection'of Picture

Post Cards and the question arises what to do with it, how to store it;*and this question is ably dealt with in an article by E. Richardson, Editor of the Picture Post Card, London. England. If a thing is worth having it is worth caring tor. Picture post cards can be most easily stored and kept in albums for all round general convenience and display. An album should hold from two to three hundred cards so as not to become too bulky or unwieldy to handle. These are sold in a variety of style and prices so that one can get the exact article she desires without trouble.

Now for the arranging of the cards: Mr. Richardson said, “ if one col­lects art cards, fancy cards, etc., one would naturally group them in a class. Again reproductions of pictures would form a class by themselves, subdivided into sections for each great master or living artist. One would hardly mix up a Correggio with a Tom Rrown, or put a Raphael’s Madonna next to a poster girl or Dudley Hardy, both would lose by inappropriateness]of contiguity.”

Commemorative cards would naturally be placed in their order of date and if one has a large collection a separate album would be assigned to those of different countries. The view card in genera) forms the basis of most collections, and in my opinion, the geographical order is the best. Mr. Richardson has a good idea as follows: “Take any country you collect, begin with a portrait post card of the rulers or King and Queen, then the cards bearing the arms of that couutry and follow with views of the capital, in the next place views of the big towns and cities with their principal mon­uments and buildings.” If one is a lover of art let him have a special col­lection of all its great masteis, and reproductions of their works. Costumes and types of the people of each country is another special branch of collect­ing, and one of the most instructive. In this form of arranging the specta­

tor cannot but gain some idea of the various countries their inhabitants, cos­tumes, architecture and arts. Certain boxes and cabinets are now in us© for cards made specially holding from 200 to 400 cards. Then there are the' post card cabinets with from 8 to 10 drawers with labels to indicate the con­tents of each drawer, there is a great deal to learn before one becomes a car- tophi list. Simple though it may at first appear, there is a great deal to learn the same as in postage stamp or coin colecting. It would take no end of space to describe the immense hold the picture post card cult has now taken upon the people of this country, and all other countries, or to enum­erate the kinds of cards published and the names of the firms issuing them. Many Urms both here and abroad have difficulty in keeping up with the de­mand for particular cards that take the public eye. Many governments now issue picture post cards. Greece is said to have made it a state monopoly to issue officially stamped view cards, and allows no one else to do so in the Kingdom. The first issue of a governmental post card belongs to the colony of Queensland some four years ago or more. Little value can attach to an ordinary picture post card, yet those bearing the local stamps and postmarks must increase in value as time goes on. A few selected figures may show the magnitude and commercial importance of the new postal hobby. A con­sular report shows that 13,000 men in England are engaged in making cards, and the annual output or the country is over 84,000,000 cards.

H is ^Tttidio a Den f o r C a tsCats and mirrors nearly fill Jan Van Beers' studio. The wealthy artist

has opened his atelier on the Champs Elysees to visitors, who are simplyamazed at it.

When a certain American society woman entered the studio she gasped, then exclaimed: “The apotheosis of pussy cats!”

Painted cats peer down from all the walls, china kittens collected from all over the world repose on the brackets, living Angoras purr by the fire place, on every chair and lounge yellow eyes stare

The effect of the cats is intensified, multiplied by Van Beer’s other mania, that for mirrors. The walls of the salons are lined with mirrors, so that the house is more like a crystal maze than a private residence. Mys­terious corridors hung with huge looking glasses open a seemingly endless vista.

The dining room is a triumph of spectacular effect. The table is made of a huge glass slab, which is illuminated from below by amryiad of electric lights, which, however, throw the rouge powder of the feminine guests into glarinng relief.

“How can you live in such a glittering labyrinth?’’ an intimate friend asked the artist.

"I am only indulging myself in harmless hobbies,” Van Beers replied. "Don’t be alarmed about me? I have a few comfortable rooms hidden from profane view where I live.”—K. C. Star.

Some of these picture postcards have a highly educational value. What started out as an absurdity may develop into a potent factor for our national welfare. The picture postcard has advertised the beauty spots. It has de­veloped art and has created a new industry. It teaches us both history andgeography.

From M y 'B ota n ica l S c r a p BooK.

B y E lm a I o n a L ocK eThe number of plants known to botanists is 100,000. But there are

many unclassified. Man does not use more than 3,000 plants, aDd of these about 2,500 are cultivated in America. The varieties used for food do not

•exceed 600There are as many as 4,000 known species of grasses distributed over the

world. Of these 589 North American species have been catalogued.The toadstools and mushrooms of the world have been catalogued by a

■scientist in London, and it is found that there are 4,600 species known to ■science. But of this number not more than five per cent are definitely known to be edible, while from 30 to 100 are positively asserted to be very poisonous.

The National Herbarium at: Washington contains over2 5,000 specimens.There are 412 different species of trees in the United States, sixty of

them belong to Florida. Sixteen kinds will sink in water, the Florida black iron wood being the heaviest.

New South Wales contains more flowering plants than all Europe.Vegetat ion is retarded four days for each 100 yards of altitude.The oldest horticultural association in Europe is the Royal Society of

Agriculture and Botany, of Ghent, established in the year 1808.When the tulipomania raged in Holland years ago, as high as 82,000 was

paid for a siDgle bulb.The Strawberry was introduced into England from Flanders in 1530.

Persimmons were first spoken of in print by Capt John Smith, who classed them among Virginia plums.

The Saracens introduced the sugar-cane into the islands of the Mediter­ranean and old Spain. Hence, it was conveyed to the Canaries and the West Indies.

The lily is of Persian origin: it is also a native of Syria and Italy. Some varieties oi it were brought to England before 1460. The Guernsey lily came from Japan, the red-colored from South America.

The celebrated “Apples of Sodom” which grow on the shores of the dead sea are a species of fungi similar to our “ puff bails.”

The largest known flower is the Rafflesia, a native of Sumatra. It measures three feet in diameter, weighs fifteen pounds and has a calyx hold­ing six quarts. The odor is very offensive.

A high red cypress tree gave its name to Baton Rouge, La.The odorous matter of flowers is irrflamable, and arises from aD essential

oil. The Fraxinella takes fire in hot evenings by bringing a candle near its root.

The intensity of color in any given species of flowers increases with alti­tude, or with an advance northward.

In Mexico there is a petrified forest covering 300 acres.An apple in perfect preservation, altho 96 years old, is in the possession

of a gentleman in Ultser county, N. Y. As it rounded up from the blossom of the parent stem a bottle was drawn over it and attached to the branch, and after the apple had ripened, the stem was severed and the bottle sealed tightly. It looks as fresh as when first plucked.

"Beetle C ollecting

"By L . "R. "R eyn oldsThe study of insects is an exceedingly large subject and to be successful

it is necessary to coniine oneself to one order, after a general idea of all insects has been obtained. This should be followed in all branches of col­lecting a s one to take up a single branch will find all the work he can do.

Whatever you take up get all the books and papers you can pertaining lothe subject, and your enthusiasm and learning will grow accordingly.

Beetles are easily recognized from other insects they having a horny or chitinous covering protecting the wings when at rest. In most beetles this covering covers the entire body but in some it leaves a part of the abdomen uncovered.

When collected they should be thrown into a vial of alcohol with the Esception of lady-birds and some others which spread their wing covers, and these should be killed in a vial lined with blotting paper and having a piece if cyanide of potassium attached to the lower part of the cork with tacks.

Reetles will be found in every inconceivable situation, under the bark of trees, running over the ground, and under stones. Many species will be found under partially dried manure, as the tumble bugs. A dead snake or nouse will attract some of the handsomest species if left in the field. Large lumbers can be taken in the summer with a stout net swept over herbage utduushes, the insects falling into the net as they are knocked off. They should be searched for at every season of the year as during the winter many ire species are to be found under bark of trees and among dead leaves. Moist dead leaves and old moss that have laid till rotted should be sifted through an old flour sieve. As a matter of fact the diligent student of these meets will be continually surprised at the great variety of places that his jrizes are found in. Everyone has seen the whirligig beetles on stagnant »Dds, but few realize the great number of other kinds lurking under the water plants.

In the United States and Canada alone are found some 12000 different ipecies, which will show a young collector, that a whole life devoted to the study of these insects will leave much to be still accomplished.

Beetles should be pinned through the right wing cover with good black enameled insect pins. These should be permanently placed in tight boxes or uses lined with cork.

I would advise every student of insects to get a copy of Comstock’s "Guide to the Study of Insects” . A large number of the works on beetles ire rare and out of print, and a student to a considerable extent is obliged lo send his psecimens to specialists to be named.

I wii] gladly aid any collector whose interest is more than a passing one.

Historical Newspapers.—Cecil C. Camp, of Texas City, Illinois, is the Elector of papers containing only historical events. Fie is the possessor of Upers containing the news of the blowing up of the battle ship, Maine, the (hooting, death and burial of McKiniey, the illness, death, burial and life listory of Queen Victoria, the Coronation of King Edward and of many )ther events.

Iro q u o is P o tte r y

2$y Qstuald A . "BauerAmong the tribes bf {forth American Indians none stand more pre-emi

aient than the Iroquois, or six nations. Their chief remains are in Nei York but so powerful was their influence that from Hudson’s Hay to th Gulf on the south and to the Mississippi in the West their strong arm wa felt. The most important remains left of this once powerful people ar their work in clay and this, chiefly pottery. Among other nations we liw the vessel to be the chief feature of the pottery remains but among the Iro •quois it is different. The art of making the tobacco pipe was with them great feature as well as the manufacture of vessels. Life forms seldom at tempted by the surrounding tribes were freely employed by the Iroquois The materials used were usually clay mixed with some tempering materialo a silicious nature. The Algonquins used pulverized shell andsodidth Iroquois very often, but their preference lay toward pulverized rock of crys talline nature. The walls of a vessel were built up of bits and strips ofcla welded together with the fingers and worked down with scrapers, paddle an polishing stones. The surface of the body of the vessel was sometimes fio ished by tapping with a textile covered paddle o- by rouletting with an im plement wrapped with cord. The rim was next added aDd was then square or rounded on the margin and polished after which the design was work# in. The paste employed for large vessels was often coarse but for pipes an small vessels only the finest material was used. The baking was conduct* in shallow pits and no great degree of heat was employed.

The Iroquios did not color their ware and wherever found vessels areu the color of the clay when baked: where it is unchanged by use or age, jel low and reddish greys approaching a terra cotta are observed. As to sized the vessels a general uniformity prevails, there being few small and larg vessels. The average is about 12 inches in height or diameter. In fori the vessels are marked by their extreme simplicity. Unlike the potteryo the Southen provinces the art among the Iroquois must nave been very nea its origin. The narrow limits of the forms are shown by the great rarityo bottles, plates, bo»ls, animal figures, handles, feet and pedestal additions.

The decoration of Iroquois ware is very simple in execution and ver limited in subject matter, horms of Tobacco pipes are however often intei esting and graceful nearly all being modifications of the trumpet shapi The ornaments consist chiefly of ridges, nodes or medallion-like heads mosll of men. Owing to certain differences between the two it is surmised tin the men made the pipes and the women the vases. The decorationsai strong contrasts with those of the South and West. Textile texturing ffi not uncommon and in many cases the entire body of the vessel is covers with impressions of cords or coarse cloth applied by some method of impriol ing. The skill shown in the use of the decorating tools in the making< pipes is exceptional. In some instances the decorating tools took the fon of small stamps, the figures being squares in relief made by cutting cr# grooves on the end of a stick or the face of a paddle.

It may here be mentioned that perfect specimens of pottery are scaro usually the remains heing but fragmentary, This is particularly true of th

Iroquois. Their remains are found from Maine on the north to Maryland cn the south and as far west as Lake Huron. In many instances traits and characteristics of the immediate localities are observed in the remains.

Preeminenty the Iroquois were pipe makers and in this art. they excelled ill other peoples both in number and in quality. With them it seems to bare been an independent art. That pipe making was contemporaneous with rase making is shown by the repetition of decoration in both. In the man- iitactuie of pipes by the Iroquois tine clay, pure or mixed with very finely commimited tempering ingredients was used. So far as observed pipes were never artficially colored by the Iroquois The simplest form is a straight tube wiih sufficient opening at one end to admit the tobacco. Others were trumpet shaped and so many modifications of this are there that no descrip­tion could convey an idea of them. The latter form is the most general.

Authorities are agreed that pottery making is not one of the earliest arts of primitive man. Its beginnings make a step from savagery to the lower stages of barbarism From the depth of certain accumulations, the succes­sions nf strata it would seem in most localities that many ‘centuries had! passed since the origin of the art. It is probable that in some districts ow­ing to the unfavorable conditions that might have been practiced a thousand fears. The general simplicity of form but careful execution of the few de­tails would seein to an extent to suggest this view as regards the Iroquois.

G rea t A n c ie n t C em etery 'E y C . H o p e , A S o f C C 5 2 8

An ancient burying ground has been discoveied on the Arkansas river near Webbers Falls, Ind. Ter. This burying ground is about two miles in length and probably contains the remains of many thousand people. About forty years ago the ground where these remains of human beings are now being f o u n d was covered with a heavy undergrowth of cane, but in recent years the t imber and cane have been cleared away and the land put in a state o f cultivation. In digging wells and other excavations human remains bare been unearthed f o r several years past, causing little comment, as they nere t h o u g h t to be those of Indians. Cultivation of land on the beach s near the river bank, followed b.v heavy rains, caused washouts to occur fre­quently, when human remains were brought to view in several localities, widely apart Investigation shows that this burial ground runs for two miles along the banks of the river, the graves being in regular order, about four leet apart and corresponding with the points of the compass. All of these people were buried facing the east. With each was found an earthen bowl, inside o f which was a mussel shell, the bowl in every instance being in the cur) in the right arm, which enfolded the same, which was no doubt a reli­gious rite. In most cases the bones crumbled to dust when exposed to the air. but some were in a fair state of preservation. In one instance only was a war implement found, and that was a spear head about nine inches long, in the grave of what appeared to have been a giant, while the others ap­peared to be below the average man of today. The skulls are unusually thick, some of them half an inch or more in thickness, with receeding fore- neads, and heavy black heads, being very wide in proportion. A report of these discoveries has been sent to Washington. It is believed that it is the burial ground of a prehistorc lace.

The Publisher is anxious to get Plates, Items and Articles on Coins, Paper MoneyMedals, etc.

H istory' o f C o u n tr y G old b y I ts Money“It is astonishing how the study of numismatics may be made to rea<

the history of a country,” said Farran Zerbe, vice president of the America Numismatic society. “I have just come from the Mormon Historical society building, and if nothing but their collection of coins existed, we could rea< their history in them.

“ I have just come from Han Francicso, where 1 hurried to see what could be saved to history from the wreck of the almost priceless numismatii collection. They had completed a beautiful and very valuable cabinet just before the fire, and all is lost.

“My residence is in St. Louis and in the interests of our society I hm traveled much. I am here to look over Utah and see what the Mormon church has in the way of coins. The Mormon officials coined their own money, beginning in 1850, and continuing till 1896, and the coins bear the date and name of the president, so that a student, a thousand years from now could form a fairly full history of general incidents from a collcetionol these coins.

“Now in the case cf California see how fully we could write her his­tory from her coins,” saying which he opened a roll of cloth and took out five 850 slugs of the octagonal shape, and three $50 slugs of the circular form. “These octagonal coins were made in San Francicso from 1851 to 1862, and the circular ones from 1852 to 1855. You can see from the dates and inscrip­tions that no State Government existed, and that—when we take in consid­eration the coinage of the United States at the same perird—strange andei- traordinary need existed for their coinage.

“ It is just so in all collections we have. We can furnish a fairly com­plete history of any Government whose Coiuage we possess. ~ •

“The American Numismatic society covers the whole country, and its officers are scattered all over the States. A. R. Frey of Brooklyn is our President, and his daily vocation is to value imports of foreign coins for the Government. So expert lias he become'atf this work that hit cirl tell fhe true rate of exchange for any number of any foreign coins. If'wbuldMntefest the layman to watch Mr. Frey as he counts over all sorts of coin and gives them their true value.

“Most coin of foreign countries varies in its value according to its date, having graded degrees of fineness, hence, it is important that a student of numismatics should be on hand to give correct valuation.

“I am, or was, superintendent of the foreign coin department of the St. Louis fair, and there had a good opportunity to see how extensive and far- teaching are the facts to be gleaned ftom a study of them.

“The study of numismatics is not appreciated by the people at large, but I Icok to see the day when it will be taken up as a factor in education, and find its place in the curriculi of all grades of schools, just as economics does now. The study is, in fact, a branch of true archaeology, and in time vill be an elective study in the higher schools.

“Here is a curiosity,” said he, bringing out an odd looking gold watch and chain. ‘‘This watch was made wholly by hand work, more than 200 tears ago, for the British Government, to be presented to Admiral Jervis of the British navy. See how fully I could trace goldsmilhing by a study of its workmanship. This chain was the property of a ‘forty-niner,’ who dug the nuggets himself, and had them fashioned for his brother.” The watch and chain cannot be purchased.

“I go to Denver to inspect a collection in the new mint there, and then on to Philadeplhia, where the largest and most valuable collection of coins in America is kept at the mint,” —Salt Lake paper.

The Craze for "Antiques.’’—There is scarcely any one now who, having any pretensions to fashion or culture, does not consider it also necessary to assume a taste for the antique, and the craze is fast bordering on the ridicu­lous and tiresome. Wiry it should be thought that the selective capacity in Ibis case should be a natural instinct any more than it is in the collection of other things, say, of Egyptian antiques; and why should every novice in the subject should consider himself fitted to judge at a moment's notice of the claims to age in china, pewter, oak, embroidery, brass, leather, enamel, and paste, each requiting, as it does, years of special study, it is impossible to imagine * * * Any amount of money is being wasted daily by ignorant people in the pursuance of an assumed taste for that about which they know octhing, encouraging fraud of various kinds in a whole class of ‘‘fakers” sho live by imposing on the ignorance of those who well deserve the treat­ment.—M R. Conder in the "Leads Mercuiy.”

Prince of Wales Collects Picture Post Cards.—The eldest son of the Prince of Wales is said to undoubtedly have the largest collection of picture postal cards in the world. The collection contains cards from every country in the world and they are classified so as to to tel! a story of tire nations they represent. The cards now number more than 100,000. One of the most in­teresting albums in the collection is the volume containing the cards sent him by iris parents during thier recent trip around the world. There is some space saved for the present trrp to India, but this will be taken up as soon as the prince and princess return from Asia. The collection of picture postals is more of a craze in England than anywhere else Germany being seciiiii and France third. When the English warships recently visited Brest the French postotflce profited by more than 12,000 francs from the stamps sold for affixing to postals to friends and relatives at home.—Gilbert N. Gun­derson in the "Boys’ World.”

{.EDITOR’S NOTE^Our readers are invited to contribute interesting item s, articles, etc tot! Dept- Also reports of new discoveries of m ines and minerals. All letters addressed to the edit at Glendive. Mont . will be answered as far as possible in this dept.—Forest Gainesl

The scientific world was lately shocked to hear that Prof. Curie, oneo the discoverers of radium, had met with a tragic death at Parts. He wa run over by a wagon and killed on April 9th. By his death science lose one of the geatest men of the present generation.

Prof. Curie was born in Paris on May 15th, 1859, and was the son of physician. At about twenty years of age he began his chemical experiments being aided by a young Polish student whom he later married. They live very simply that they might have means to contiune their experiments After long and continued patient investigation, radium was* discovered ii 1898. A short time later they were awarded the LaCaze prize of 10.00 francs. In the year 1903 they received the much coveted Nobel prize fo chemistry and soon afterward, in recognition of their services to science 60’000 francs, which was part of the French Osiris prize.

A quantity of radium, although it is sending forth its shower of emana tions continuously from year to year, does not grow appreciably less. Th most sensitive balance has not yet succeeded in showing any changeo weight. Mme. Curie has found that the element polonium is a constan companion of radium mineral pitchblende. The fact seems almost acer tainty, that some of these elements will later be subdivided into still simple elements, having entirely different characteristics Science has but begin in its investigation of pitch blende and other associate minerals.

Messrs. Guntz and Roederer have given a summary of their researche upon the preparation and properties of the metal strontium to the Acaderaii des Sciences. The properties of this metal are but little known up to tin present and seem to differ according to the authorities or who treats th< question. The preparation used by the authors contains 99.43 per ceoto the pure metal. I t was of a silver white color and crystalline in form, bul tarnishei almost instantly when in contact with the air. It melted at about 1800 deg. C. atid volatilized at a higher temperature. Dry carbonic acid ga had no action upon it in the cold, but at a red heat this gas was absorb# with formation of a carbide and also of strontia. Benzine and ether had n< effect on the metal, but absolute alcohol dissolved it easily, giving off hydro gen. Water was also decomposed by the metal, forming strontia, which wa

dissolved. During the text which the gentlemen made to tind the heat caused by the oxidation of the metal, they fouDd that this lies between the figures for calcium and barium, as the chemical analogies would lead us to suppose

The minerals strontianite and celestite are the chief sources of this metal. The former is the carbonate and the latter, the sulphate of the uietal. The chief deposits of this continent are found at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. Various preparations of the metal have been much used by man­ufacturers in the preparation of fireworks. It is certain that numerous other industrial uses will be found for this metal in a short time. Strontium be­longs to the calcium and barium groups of metals.

"Pos-tcards a j S c h o o l *BooKMuch success has attended the interchange of letters and postcards be­

tween pupils in the London County Council schools and those in schools in our colonies.

London boys and girls are put in communication with children in the elementary schools in any part of his Majesty’s dominions from which appli­cations are received. Already there have been many cases of interesting and instructive correspondence. The county Council pays the postage on the letters. Canadian and New Zealand school boys and girls are the most pro­lific correspondents.

One feature is the interchange of pictorial postcards which invariably results. The scholars engage in this on their own initiative. A suggestion is thrown out that the postcards might be made as instructive as the letters. There is nothing in the regulations to prevent London headmasters from adopting this course of they see fit.

At the Ostend public schools collections of all postcards of instructive value, such as views of towns and districts and photographs of national cos­tumes and scenes of current events, are exhibited in the class rooms, and are discussed between the children and the teacher. Two or three times a week the selection is changed, and when during the lessons any topic arises related to views in the school collection, these are shown and explanations given — London Daily Mail.

SOUVENIR CARD TAKES LONG TRIP AROUND THE WOLRD FROM RAVENSWOOD, W. VA.

Dan B. Fleming started a souvenir postal card around the world, Octo­ber 5. He sent it to the postmaster at Madrid, Spain, with a request to forward it to some other odlce farther East, thence to be continued on its way around the globe to him. From Madrid it was sent to Yokohama, Japan, and arrived here December 9, making the journey in eighty-five days. Another card started west the same day has not arrived.

On the same day he sent a card to a friend at Marietta, with a request to send to some one else and thus be kept going for thiity days to be returned to him. It made nine stops and was returned to this otlice from North Dakota, with signature of each one receiving it.

^/Inother In terestin g C ollection

B y H e len C a t> a n a hMost collectors have more than one collection though there is usual);

one that has his closest attention. At diiTerent times I have had various collections, stamps in small quantities, souvenir spoons and a few curios gathered here and there duriDg western travels. While souvenir postals are my latest, I am still true to my first hobby, I dislike the word but it saves repitition that of uniform buttons. It is interesting and instructive too though many think it foolish. But those people usually think that of all collections and often of the collectors themselves.

I had a rather comical experience in getting one button. We were buy­ing coal early in the fall of the Omaha Exposition and the old colored man who delivered it wore a blue coat with brass buttons. My collectors eye spied them at once. I became anXibus and said, “ I am going to ask for one.”

My mother did not want me to but I could not let the opportunity pass. When he returned to the door I braced myself for the question. My mother censured me before him for asking. He was one of the good old time darkies and his reply was:

‘‘Law, missey, she wants it for a purpose (?) and I only wants it to fasten my coat.”

He would no doubt have made a good collector for he certainly had the feeling and sentiment of an earnest, appreciative one. I have always had a pleasant thought for that old “uncle” . But I will tell of his button. 1 should like duplicates of it—for I have never seen anoth r like it. On aU. S. army blue coat with the thirteen stars across the top, it must, be some state button. There is the fallen enemy whose crown has rolled to one side while the man victorious stands with the left foot upon his breast and the right upon his left arm. The ribbon motto below is “Sic semper tyrannis.” “Ever so to tyrants.”

If any readers know of this button I should be glad to have them reply to this. I have many curious buttons and could look over them and pick out several with little items of interest concerning them. There’s the British, the Spanish, and the queer little one from Manilla; also the little one taken from an Indian grave in the state of Washington, the Canadian and numerous kinds that have seen active service under our own stars and stripes as well as those of our retired soldiers in the several national homes.

Some collectors have only those buttons from the military and navy uni­forms but I welcome them from all uniforms. I have them from the world over. From the army, navy, the states and the cities. Including the fire departments, police, R. R., street cars, lodges, banks, mail carriers, asylums homes, schools and colleges. It is a large field though sometimes rather slow, especially if one devotes himself to a certain class only. Where I have to of any for a mixed collection I shall then divide them into two distinct collections—Military, city.

Note—As sic Semper Tyrannis is the motto of the state of Virginia, perhaps my button above mentioned is from there. I should like to know.

H e te r o d o n P l a t y r h i n u s J^ot “P o i s o n o u sB y G u y "Bogart

There is a wide spread and deep seated conception that the heterodon platyrhinus (commonly known as spreading adder, blowing viper or hog nose snake is poisonous. Owing to the wondrous powers of mimicry developed in this species, it is not strange that this misconception should be adhered to by many.

We might quote from a number of authorities but two of the best American scientists, David S, Jordan and Edward D. Cope will be sufficient to settle the question. Dr. Jordan says (Manual of the Vertibrat.es of the Northern United States) in enumerating the characteristics of the family Columbridae, to which Heterodon belongs: “ Both jaws are fully provided with teeth which are conical and not. grooved; head covered with shields; no poison fangs, * * * They differ from the Elapidae of the southern United States, in the want of erect poison fangs; from the Croaiidae, in having both jaws fully provided with teeth, and the absence of erect poison fangs.”

In describing the Heterodon platyrhinus, Jordan concluded, “when angry it depresses and expands the head, hissing furiously, thus exhibiting a very threatening appearance, but it is perfectly harmless.”

This country has produced no better authority on reptiles than the late Prof. Edward D. Cope. In a comprehensive volume on “The Crocodilians, Lizards and Snakes of North America, (Annual Report of Smithsonian Insti­tute, 1898) Dr. Cope remarks as follows in regard to poison in the species under consideration: “The heterodon platyrhinus when disturbed by man, throws itself into vigorous contortions, spread the anterior ribs and opens the mouth widely, after the manner of venomous snakes. * * * I once ob­served the singular conduct of an individual wh'ch was kept in a cage with a water snake (Natrix sipedon) and a copperhead (Ancistrodon contortrix). Roth of the harmless species were evidently greatly frightened by the intro­duction of the copperhead into the cage. The water snake sought the lowest spot in the sand, on the bottom part of the cage, and coiling up, kept close to the ground, not even raising his head. The heterodon, on the contrary, inflated his .long lung, swelling the greater part of his body into the form of a cylindrical bladder. He at the same time extended the anterior ribs so that this part of his body resembled the thin blade of a paper cutter. He then plunged his nose into the sand and covered the top of his head with as large a pile of that substance as It would carry. In this disfigured condition he paraded slowly about the case in front, of the copperhead. The latter moved but little and showed no disposition to provoke a quarrel with its sin­gular companion. ”

I have verified this fact of the non-poisonous character of the heterodon platyrhinus by persona! observations and by those of the Indiana scientists with whom I have talked the matter over, particularly E. R. Quick, of Brookvi 1 le, who is quoted in the report of Dr. Cope above referred to, and characterized as “an accurate observer of nature.” ' ' ■ *

Souvenir Buttons.—These make a very nice collection ,&pd especially so when only the ones with the pictures of.-great->men are on the face. A nice collection can be obtained from any button company who will supply you a nice assortment at a small figure.

H in ts t o 'B u y e r s o_f O r ie n ta l I n tiq u it ie s"By C. W . A n d e r s on -fife& ry

(Continued).The perfume spoons are in the shape of shells and the handles are com­

posed of figures either male or female often in the act of swimming and pushing the floating shell in front. They are most graceful and the work usually carefully executed while the designs are in great variety. Incense burners are also found representing an ape holding a jar or long tube in front of him in which the incense was placed. Other pieces are the kohl jar in marble alabaster, hermatite, agate, ivory and porcelain of many shapes with covers and without and ornamented with lotus flowers and often with Cyno- cephaly apes in good specimens. Little tablets with two pits which were used for pallatts or for the red and black colour for eyebrows and cheeks can also be seen. It is not generally known that the ancient Egyptian male and female painted their cheeks red and darkened their eyes, though the latter habit can be observed continued today by the native men in the streets. The ancient Egyptian also gave his fiancee and received from her a highly ornamented bracelet to be worn as a symbol of their approaching marriage. These are found of three different metals, gold, silver and copper, beauti­fully wrought. The best work in the spoons is found in the thinnest pieces and often an alabaster piece is so fragile that its a wonder how it could have been preserved Scepticism exists amongst some travelers as to the genuine­ness of the antiquities exposed for sale and it seems increditable that visitors who can themselves pick up from the sand surrounding tire mummy shafts various bits of ancient relics such as beads, figures and ornaments which they know to be genuine should suspect as forgeries all the small stocks offered by the natives often for so little. Egypt is a land full of antiquities, its sands are tilled with tombs and each tomb on discovery is a veritable storehouse of curios and when one begins to think of the vast numbers of people who have lived and died in Egypt during the past, at least 6000 years and realizes that nearly every one of these was buried in this land and according to his or her own religion— a religion of curios’ Realize all this and place beside it the puny effect of a few excavators who work but two or three months in a year and who can’t bi said to scratch the surface of this vast cemetery of thou­sands of square miles and one can then see how uuending is the task to un­cover all the secrets buried so deep in the bowels of mystic Egypt, but it must also be taken into consideration that each yearly flood adds its layers to the soil and that ancient Egypt and its buildings in most cases are far beneath the surface where many are past ail redemption on account of sub­terranean waters and Nile intilteration. Those too skeptical travelers don't know so much as residents but they can observe native quarters only 100 years old already many inches below the streets and near the Cairo copper bazaar was a 500 year old mosque already more than three feet below the level, whiie on the northeast corner of the old Cairo wall 16 feet must be cleared to see the original level—What then must have happened in 50 to 00 or more centuries of time. At Tunis excavators went below the surface and found five distinct cities, one below the other. The lower-ones can never be successfully examined until means are found to prevent percolation of water through the subsoil.

(To be continued.)

f i e b r a s K a “P h i la t e l i c S o c i e t yJVehrasKju s "Pride

. ORGANIZED 1892. LARGEST STATE SOCIETY EXTANT.President—E. H. Wilkinson,...._______ ______ ___ ____________ _____________ Omaha. 210 So. 30th StVice-President— F. B. Woolston................................. ...... ............... ........................... . Omaha Registry Dept.Secretary-Treasuie—1,. T. Brodstone. ........... _ .......... ................ ...................... Superior, N et.Sales Superintendent—E. H. Eederer,..................... ............... .................................................. Norfork, Nebr.Attorney ~H. Whipple........................ ............. ........... .... ............................................Omaha. N. Y. I,ife Bldg.Auction M anager.-!!. W hipple..........................................................................................................Omaha, Neb.Trustees—W. Hendricks, Paxton Hotel; Hopson and Brown.......... ............................ ............... Omaha, Neb.

Next month we hope to have the call for officers and the time set of the meeting of next annual convention. We also trust to have report for new sales Supt., Lederer, who has an ad In this No.

New Members —C. P. Johnson, Minden, Bx 125 F. C Scott, Fairfield. Applications.—Victor Friends, Lincoln, 1845 E St., Ref. J. Letton. C.

A. Well. Valentine, Bx 44.

S o u t h e r n P h i la t e l i c S o c i e t y 'OFFICERS.

President—Charles R oem er................... ............. ................................. ................... .......... San Antonio. Tex.Vice. President— F. Knesset.......................................... .... ...................................................................5t Eouis. Mo.int. Secretary—H. Fenton........................... ............................................................................ Kansas City.' Mo.Librarian—Dr. R. F- A llen ....................................... .................................. ..............................Wayuesvilte. N. C.Counterfeit Dept.—F. N oyes,....................................................... .......................... _......... ...............Alice, Texas.Attorney—F. D. Goodhue, ......... ................................................................................................. Cincinnati. O.Purchasing Agent.—H. S Yandaburg,................... ........................... ........... ......................... Lithgow. N. Y.Secretary Treasure—W. P. K elly............ .......................................................... ......................Kansas City. Mo.Sales Superintendent—Chas. W arning,................................................................................... Knoxville. Temi.Trustees—H, A. Hezog. andH . G. Askew, o f .......................................................... ............ Austin, Texas.Official Ogan, The WEST.

Secy-Tr easurer 's Report—New Members: 311 R. L. Doak. Fresno Ohio

President’s Message.It is with profound sorrow that I announce the death of our Member

and Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. W. P. Kelley on June 2nd, 1906 at Kansas City, Kansas.

I consequence of the demise of our late respected friend, and in confor­mity with article 6 of our constitution, I will appoint next month men for Secretary-Treasurer, to fill the vacancy till the next election will be held.

Respectfully, Charles Roemer, President.

Postal C ards.The extraordinary growth in the volume of post cards and the necessity which has now arisen to suppress the indecent and obscene ones v hich have found their way into the mails has called attention to the sudden growth of this picture postal card fad. The thing has come up like a weed, for two years ago it was a business carried on in a small way, and unknown to the great majority of the people. Now in this country, and more so abroad, the hurrying tourists resort to post cards to relieve them of the obligation of letter writing. In one week recently 200,000 of these post cards passed through the New York Postoffice, and it is no uncommon thing for a foreign steamer to bring in 60,000 of them. In one bag which came in on a European steamship there were 15,000 which had been mailed to Ameri­cans from postoffices in Switzerland. At the present time there are three times as many postcards of this sort in the mails as were sent a year ago.

*Union Souvenir Card_ A „ „ „ _ America's largest Card Collectors'oxcnanae aui>. organized a pro, 1904

--------- O FF IC ER S ----------President—Earle K. Bryan. 225 Cottage Lane. Dallas, Texas Vice President—Hernia'll J. Funk. 171 E. 25th Place. Chicago. Ill Secretary--]. Park Grayliell, m 3 E.Alameda Ave.,Denver. Colo

Chief of Bureau of Translation—Alois Vedernjak, ..................... . 221 East 85th St., New York, h" YEastern Representative—Arthur I„. Shaver. ........................................ ...................Box 324, Altoona, Pa!Canadian Representative—Donald Stuart. . .......................................... .................. Aylmer, OntarioMexican Representative—I.uis G. Azuar Preciat. ............................................Iturbide 12, CampecheAsiatic Representative—Teizo Yamada.................. 140 Motomachi, 6-chome Kobe, JapanAfrican Representitive— Anderson-N'earv, Jones IS Company.............................. Alexandria E g y p t .European Representative—Alphonse 11. C. V. d Berg............ ' Spaarne 6. Haarlem HollandAlgerian Representative—Charles Bertrand............................ Eleve Interne au Lvces.fotan.) OranD IE S: Lnited Slates and Canada. 50c per year; Mexico. Si.2.A. (M exican); Foreign, 75 cents. 3 shillings, 4 Fr. “Mk. 4 Lire, 1J4 Yen; To PHILATELIC WEST subscribers everywhere 25 cents. Address all communications to the Secretary, excepting new memberships which should be sent through your nearest Representative. Application Blanks arid particulars furnished free upon anr> 1 ration toanv of the officers or Representatives.

JUNE!, 1906.A Letter from Representative Shaver:

To the Members of The Union Souvenir Card Exchange:In acknowledgement of tlie very kind write-up our Brother and Secre­

tary gave me in the April issue of the WEST, will say that I am very glad that I have been of some service to such an organization as the The Union Souvenir Card Exchange, and as to being lova), I shall always remain so. Souvenir card collecting is becoming more popular every day and just such a Union as the i t . S. C. E. is what every card collector should become a mem ber of. I am very sorry to say that during the last year or more I have been unable to answer all the cards I have received as promptly as 1 would have liked to, but 1 hope that in the future 1 will be able to attend to my duties as a member and as Eastern Representative in a more thorough man­ner than in the past. My heart is in the work, and my thoughts are with you each and every one. I only hope that we may form a friendship thai will be lasting. I beg of you not to ask an exchange of more than ond card as my collection is not very large.

Yours for Success. Artuhr L. Shaver.Changes Among our Representatives. Please be advised that Messrs.

Anderson-Neary, Jones & Company have severed their connection with The Union for the reason that their business in other lines has become so exten­sive that they have decided to discontinue the handling of cards and can no longer act as our Representative, neither can they exchange cards with our members. We thank this firm sincerely for the careful and attentive ways in which they have handled the affairs of The Union and regret exceedingly that they can no longer serve us.

Mr. Charles Bertrand, formerly Algerian Representative will hereafter act as General Afiican Representatve, succeeding Messrs, ADderson-Neary, Jones & Company.

In India we have appointed Mr. P. Narasimha, 160 College Street, My­sore, to act as our Representative. He is authorized to accept memberships and look after the general business of The Union in his locality and will carry a stock of application blanks and UDion literature on hand. There will be “something doing” in India before loog.

June Roll of Honor. This month we have to thank the following mem­bers for the assistance they have rendered xis in the way of securing new members: 261. Mr. Clarence C. Parks, (2). 532. Mr. Walter L. Miller,(2) 48(5. t>r. W. P Taylor. 469. Mr. Nelson II. Brown. 564. Mrs. Geo.IJ. Taylor.

Numbers following names indicate the number of times they have ap­peared on the Roll of Honor.

Away from. Home. Mrs. Geo. Dobson, 33 Hamilton Avenue, Paterson, N. J., is at present in Europe and will not return to the United States until about October 1st, consequently all cards sent to her must remain un­answered until her return on the date mentioned.

580. Mr. Ralph C. Browne, Box 128, Tucson., Arizona, has just advised the Secretary that he was unexpectedly called away from home and will be gone for a month or perhaps six weeks, therefore he too, will be unable to answer any cards which may be sent him for exchange until he returns to his home in Arizona.

The Philatelic West. It still happens that you sometimes miss a num­ber of the West and a complaint follows. To obviate this, all who have not received the paper regularly should write the publisher giving their full name and address (by the address is meant either Street number or Post Office Box) and tills trouble will end. We ask you to do this because it scarcely ever happens that a magazine or newspaper is delivered to the proper party when the address is incorrect or incomplete, and the reason some of you have not received the paper each and every month is because the publisher has not your full and correct address.

To All Members. Miss Violet R. Melles, whose name appears on our list of new members under number 600, formerly resided in SanFranciseo and reports that she lost her entire collection in the SanFranciseo disaster. Here is a chance for the Union to show its colors. Can we not club together and help her build up a new and better collection. The Management strongly urges that each and every member send her as many cards as he or she can spare without asking for any in return You will not miss the card and will feel happy ever after. If any of our other Frisco or former Frisco members are in the same predicament we hope they will write us; we will help them also.

Desires to Resume Exchange. 94 Mr. Anton Spies, Lestershire, N,V., advises that he is now ready to resume the exchange of cards again.

New Members. 570. Miss H. Beach, 124 N. 17th St., Portland, Ore. 571. Earl UDderwood, 11 Howard St., Auburn, N. Y. 572. Y. Maimuru, 6-Ichome Yoshiokaetis, Yokohama, Japan. 573. Ealter J. Taylor, P O. box 1233, Springfield, Mass. 574. James S. Baker, 548 Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, 111. 575. Frank B. Smyth, Williamsburg, Colo. 576. S. Sugi-yama, 9 Yamabushicho, Shitaya, Tokio, Japan. 577. N. F. Staley, 222 Main Street, Monongahela, Pa. 578. Blye Presher, Kentland, Ind. 579. L. 1.5. Bibow, 638 Millard Ave., Chicago, 111. 580 Ralph C. Browne, Box128. Tucson, Ariz. 581. J. A. LaChaine, St. Martin, Que., Canada. 528. Y. II. Bell, 126 Paris Street, Montreal, Que., Canada 538. E. J. Stan- brongh, 3802 N. 111. St., Indianapolis, Ind. 584. Miss Mary Polk, Box 337, Manila, Philippine Islands 585. Fred Kunkel, Jr., 533 18th St., Milwaukee,

(Continued on page three following).

S I 'R em a .rk ja b le C o l le c t io n o_f W i^ h -'B on ej

T h e Q u e e re s t o f A l l H o b b ie sPerhaps the most extraordinary hobby of any living man is that ol Mr.

Joseph Harkins, of Cincinnati, who for upwards of twenty-five year has been collecting wish bones. How many he now has in his possession he himself would probably find it difficult to say, but that the number runs into several thousands is certain. The writer was shown four large boxes containing many hundreds of wish bones, all carefully wrapped in soft blue tissue paper, and the collector acknowledged that he had several more boxes in storage all Killed with the same remarkable mementoes of dead and gone birds.

"How I came to take up the hobby of collecting wish bones," Mr. Harkins said to the interviewer, ‘‘is rather an interesting little story, and one, I flatter myself, which is not altogether without a touch of romance. Twenty-five years ago—to be exact, on the 24th of March, 1881—1 was invited to attend a reunion dinner party, and it was my good fortune to be intro­duced to a Miss Mary Thayne, a very pretty girl of not more than eighteen. During the interval before dinner we chatted on various topics, and I soon found that she was as sensible as she was beautiful, and when our hostess asked me to take her in to dinner and look after her I thought I was pretty lucky.

"Well, it happened that one of the courses provided for oui considera­tion was broiled ‘squab,’ and, as luck would have it, Miss Thyne got the wish bone. She laid it on the side of her plate, and when the course was finished she transferred it to her serviette, declaring that when dinner was over 1 must pull it with her. She was full of fun and good spirits, and before the ladies left the tdble we pulled the wish bone between us, and I secured the lion’s share. What I wished you may easily guess, for I was already head over ears in love with my pretty charge, and long before I said good-bye to Iter that night I had determined that if she were willing she only should be my wife. Well, I need only add that a year later 1 realized my wish, for the young lady said it would be a pity to spoil my faith in wisli bones by refusing my requets.

‘‘That was the foundation for collecting wish bones. The one that had played so important a part in my life I took home with me, and, being very sentimental at the time, I had the two fragments joined together with gold bands, and’’—going to a small cabinet near the window, and carefully open­ing it—‘‘here it is." The wish bone was a very tiny one, but it had been big with fate, and I did not wonder that Mr. Harkins prized it above all the rest.

‘‘Since we broke that first wish bone," continued the collector, gazing at tire little memento with real affection, “I have always taken a special interest in that part of a "bird’s anatomy, and whenever I or my wife got the wish bone of any fowl we kept it, polished it, and tied a label to it, giving full particulars of the circumstances under which we obtained it. Soon our friends learned of our hobby, and we began to get wish bones from ail parts of the country. We considered it a joke at first, but when they began to arrive with the most interesting labels attached we commenced to take the greatest interest in our collection and to watch it grow with real pleasure.

“1 believe my collection now includes wisti bones of almost every kind of known bird, from the biggest to the smallest, and some of them are ex­tremely rare and valuable. I suppose tire biggest wish bones 1 possess are those of a couple of ostriches, which were sent to me from South Africa some years ago. The emu wish bones run them pretty close, but they aie not quite so long. The wish bones of domestic fowls, such as turkeys, ducks, squabs, geese, pheasants, partridges, quail, snipe, etc., which I possess are, of course, interesting on account of the circumstances connected with them rather than their rarity.

"1 have such wish bones from almost every important public banquet which has taken place in America during the last twenty years, eachbone being labeled with the date of the function, the notabilities that were I present, and other particulars of interest. From my wish bones I believe I could write a complete history of the banquets which have been given in the States since 1885. The smallest wish bone I have in my collection is that of a South African honey-bird, w hich is so minute that it would take several hundreds of them to weigh an ounce *

“This collecting of wish bones has not been without its educational side, either, for it has led me to take an interest in ornithology, especially its anatomical branch, and I feel confident that if you were to select any wish bone from my collection that yon chose I could give you a half hour lecture on the habits of the bird to which it once belonged.”

Possibilities of Post Cards.—“The possibilities of the pictorial post caid are beginning to be recognized in America for its decorative value in house interiors,” said Frank Lavarbeau, who represents a large postcard publish­ing house and is now in the city for a couple of days. “Those who live in America are just beginning to come under the influence of the pictorial post, card of the better class. It has, unfortunately, been degraded by many very questionable designs, but there are pictorial subjects in colors which are o! the highest artistic quality. These are the cards to which 1 have refer­ence. The newest recognition has been given the pictorial card in the form of a screen which takes the place of the post card album. The screen is a continuous display of one of the-e collections in which each card is finely colored. The varied tints and subjects in a collection of the cards give unique results when they are arranged tastefully in the scieen. The screen is so made that the cards may be removed and replaced easily with a con - tant change in the design as the new cards are received, and the collector may go in for photographs, patriotic subjects, Dutch prints of which there are many series to be had, poster style pictorial cards, reproductions of famous portraits, architectural interiors, portraits of stage celebrities, or a dozen other styles of post cards. The available supply of post card designs Is illimitable as to quality or subject, and a decorative screen make one of ttie best possible locations for a display of a collection oi subjects.”

\\'e learn from our special correspondent at Cologne that Mr. Albert on Oppenheim’s famous collection of mediaeval works of art has been pur­chased en bloc by Mr. Seiigmann, the Paris and London art dealer. The collection was the finest of its kind in Germany, and is particularly rich in ivoiy and wood carvings, silversmiths' work and enamels.

“ (Union Souvenir Card Exchange continued from two pages preceding.) Wise. 586. Miss Grace M. Jackson, 7 University Place, Winnepeg, Man., Canada. 587. Mrs. Mary Robbins, 23 Vernon Street, Plymouth, Mass. 588. R. B. Lawson, Esau P. O., Perry Co., Ark. 586. L. E. Gauthier, 2741 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. 590. Miss Mark Hricker, Utica, O.* 591. Miss Marguerite C. Manker, 222 S. Webb St., Webb City, Mo. 592. Miss Flor­ence M. Manker, 222 S. Webb St., Webb City, Mo. 593. Miss Anna R, Corl, 210 S. Webb St., Webb City, Mo. 594. Geo. IT. Chandler, 127 Main St., Oneota, N. Y. 595. Mr. Frank G. Johnson, 23 Gault. Ave., Orieonta, N. Y. 596. Eldredge and Gardiner, 17 Jefferson St., Attleboro, Mass. 597. Wm. E. Taylor, 3857 Lowell Boulevard. Denver, Colo. 598. T. Yamamuro. 313 Minamigata, Okayama, Japan. (Manners and Customs.) 599. Miss Grace Fancher, 1026 West Governon St., Springfield, 111. 600. Miss VioletR. Mel 1 is, 1403 12rh Ave., Seattle, Wash. 601. F. L. Gove, 1213 Chestnut St., Oakland. Calif. 602. M. G. Raretta, Cornigliano Ligure, Villa Sena, Italy. 603 L. A. Rynning, 614 N. California Ave., Chicago, III. 604. Joe Galewsky, St. Helena, Calif. 605. Clare M. Baldwin, R. F. D. No. 1, Ness Castle, Pa. 606. Victor Friend, 1845 T. Street, Lincoln, Nebr. 607. Carl J. Lundblad, Box 892, Huron, S. D.

Change of Address. Elsie Sullivan from Yuma, Colo., to 2443 Curtis St., Denver, Colo. 394. Anton Spies, from Main Street, Oneonta, N. Y., to Lestershire, N. Y. 423. Dean Donaldson from P. O. Box 7706, to 406 South 13th Street, Lincoln, Nebr 464. Allen Bechter from Pierce, Nebr., to 501 4th Avenue, S. W., Independence, Iowa. 49a. Herman J. Funk frem 171 East 25th Place to 2623 Princeton Avenue, Chicago, 111.

Foreign Exchange Only. 404. R. V. McCallum, 9 James Street, Auburn, Me., wishes to hereafter exchange cards with foreign members only.

Complaints. 446 against 313, 337, 375, 389, 424. 551 against 419, 423,436, 439, 357. It is gratifying to note the decrease in the number of com­plaints this month and we firmly believe that if all members will always place their full name and address and Union number on all cards sent for exchange we will have no further use for a “Complaint” section as investi­gation proves that most of the complaints result from the senders of the cards failing to give their full name and address thus prohibiting the recipi­ents from replying and “the innocent must suffer for the guilty.”

Complaints Withdrawn. 352 against 336 and 391.Expired Memberships. 168, 187, 188, 189, 190. 191, 192, 193, 194, 19s,

196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212. 213, 214, 215, 216, 217,. Memberships 1 to 217, inclusive, and 231 to 249, inclusive, have now expired. We recommend that you do not send cards for exchange to any of these numbers as they have either given up collecting or renewed their memberships: in the latter case you will find their names under a new number and the old numbers should be discarded and the new ones recognized.

Resigned. 297. Joseph E. Mueller, 352 Graham A venue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 136. Anderson-Neary, Jones & Company, Alexandria, Egypt. 513. Mrs,C. E. Carr, 252 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. When a member resigns it is usually because he receives more cards than he can handle or is some­times financially unable tc continue the exchange, or possibly prolonged illness is the cause. Therefore, when a resignation is announced it means all members should immediately stop sending the party cards fot exchange.

T H E K .A J * fS A ~ T C I T y ^ T T A M T C L U BThe only stamp society in Kansas City. Regular m eetings second and fourth Fridays Of each

sooth at 7:J5 P. M. in Room 37. Jenkins Building, Thirteenth and Grand Avenue, Kansas City. Mo.

Presidents Notice. —The club is progressing quite rapidly and new Bombers are being admitted at every meeting There are several good prizes rfered for the most new members secured during June, July, and August.[would urge all members to work hard as the prizes which are offered are sell north working for. We have very nice meetings now, about ten mem­bers being the average attendance. There are seventeen members enrolled a the hooks at present and we expect the list, to double before SeptemberH.-Very truly yours, Paul Luther, President.

Secretary's Report, June 11, 1906. Mr. G. Churns, 1411 Belleville Ave., Kansas City, was admitted to the club at the meeting of May 25, 1906. Mr. pry SmiLh, 1215 Reservoir, Kansas City, was admitted on June 1, 1906; hr. Carl Rargen, 2823 Forest Ave., Kansas City; Mr. F. Bescher, Kansas hr: Mr. M. O. Canfield, Kansas City, were admitted to the club at the rating of June 8, 1906.I The election of officers to serve from June 1st to Dec. 1st was held at a pial meeting on June 1st, with the results as shown at the top of this Hge. Mr. G. Jaiboe was appointed Sargent again by the President.I Librarian’s Report, .June 17, 1906. Our library has been greatly en- Lrged during the past month by donations from Mr. J. N. Burton, Mr. lames A. Carr, Jr. and Mr. L. T. Brodstoue. Mr. Burton has sent some lileen copies of the Philatelic Star of which he is the publisher. Mr. Brod- Itoiie sends some twenty copie* of the Philatelic West, or nearly two com­pete volumes. From Mr. Carr I have received 160 copies of philatelic mag­lines which include several complete volumes and in addition tu these, two Basks: Scotts Catalogue and “ Legrandes Manuel for Stamp Collectors.” Illthe above have been placed in the club’s library and members wishing to Mil any of them may do so by making applicatoin for them in the usual Ity.-Yours respectfully, R. L. Nelson, Librarian. 'I Treasurer’s Report. May 1, on hand............................................... $1.78I Received for dues and applications..................................................... 1.75

June 1, 1906, on hand............ .................. ........................................$3.53

Record Prices for rare coins.—At a sale of rare old coins Friday evening the moms of the Chicago Numismatic Society, 1123 Masonic Temple, the (lowing record prices were realized: 1 cent, United States, J793, $25.53: 'cents, United States, 1794, 86.00; $1 (silver), United States, 1794, 82.00;1 (gold). United States, 1870, 42.00; $2.50 (gold), United States, 1829, 21.75: >(gold), L’nited States, 1839, 205.00; $50 (gold), United States, 1852, 250.00; * (gold) United States, 1879, 63.25. This sale shows Chicago is in line with je* York and Philadelphians a'numismatic center.

Officers for 1906IfrrsMcnt** Paul Luther like President- Fied Goldstandt tcreianr-Arthur L* Nelson * Fea rt*r- \VT«. Hshman t:'.ranau—Arthur L* Nelson tiiKtit—Graham Jarhoe

306 East Thirtieth Street 2500 E Fourteenth street

1823 VV. Prospect Place S?0 Penn Avenue

1823 W. Prospect Place 1311 Tracy Aveuue

O fficial O r g a n —T h e W E ST

Wm. Fishman, Treasurer,

C a u t io nseems to me very advisable in setting down reports of supposed historical facts, which in later years may be taken for the truth and referred to by later writers. Telltale stories from lying Indians, told for the gain of a dollar or two or for a sack of tobacco, are not authentic. Still there are socalled historian, who prefer an Indian’s doubtful story and accept it as gospel truth, where Indian history is veiled in mystery.

It may help some and is not entirely objectionable to consult and hear Indian tell about the past and about their forefathers’ ways, customs and migration, but it is also not wise or correct to believe them unrestrictively,

We have the old travelers reports to refer to and we have the remains of Indian habitations with their treasures of debris of all kinds, bones o( animals, implements, ornaments, ceremonials and weapons of different shape, which minutely examined and consulted, tell truthfuller tales to the open- eyed and wide awake investigator. These three sources compared, combined and compounded, and afterwards washed and sifted in a caieful and scrupu­lous manner, by the use of a clearly decisive brain may lead closer to the truth about things of the past, and to the true knowledge of prehistoric events, of which no sworn or testified record has been kept, and of which the Indians, who were not even born at vhe time of occurrence, know no­thing definite as is the fact indeed,

I know of educated men of our times, who wrote false statements under erroneous impressions and conclusions and gave them to print and I know of a certain historical striver, who takes all the telltale stories coming from Indians for granted, no doubt, to have them printed. The ambition to appear as an author of some kind is alluring but lamentable for much mis­chief is done, misleading and embarrassing by rash acceptance of all kind of stories by any kind of source. To control Indian stories the old traveller and the present remains of Indian villages have to be consulted, in fact one of the three sources indscated has to be compared with the two others alter­nately. I know even of ancient maps reproduced, which are not correct, and consequently are misleading. This mistake can be proven by the con­dition of thing as found today, and where a change of locality was impossi­ble. All men are fallible, but recorders of ancient history should not jump at conclusions on doubtful testimony, and dish them out to the present and to the coming generation as the genuine article. —By E. R. Steinbrueck.

Idol’s Eye Now in a Museum,—In the Duke of Richmond’s collection of jewels in London are gems that have helped to make history. One huge diamond once belonged to the founders of the Mogul dynasty in India, and one black diamond did duty for centuries as the eye of an Indian idol. Then there is a ring of Mary Stuart’s, bearing her monogram, “M. R.” : a pair of earrings that belonged to Marie Antoinette, and twelve splendid solitaire diamonds that once formed the vest buttons of Pedro, EmperorofBrar.il. There is also a fine tiara of diamonds in the form of a round crown, besides many beautiful necklaces, brooches and earrings. These jewels are most carefully guarded, and the book that catalogues and describes them has 263 pages.—Chicago Record Herald.

!’B u t to n C o l le c t in gB y M r* . G eo. “B u a m .

To the collector of postals who is desirous of including something besides the ever interesting cards in his collection there is no more fascinating pas­time than to collect souvenir, lodge, and club buttons and pins.

To the uninitiated this fad may seem limited. Such an impression soon gives way however, to the realization that the possibilities are unlimited.In every event of any public interest opportunities present themselves to en­rich your collection. In fact, every walk of life makes its contribution. Municipal, state and national campaigns offer a rich harvest. The army and navies of all countries and the militia of the several states of our country, are bountiful sources of supply.

The police and fire departments of our cities present another field to the collector.

Those buttons which the collector will And it easiest to obtain are the celluloid variety of all sizes, made principally by Whitehead and Hoag, of Newark, N. J. They are both beautiful and interesting. In my collection can be seen the flags of all nations; the coat of arms of our state; pictures of political candidates, and of the rulers of all foreign countries; souvenirs of the great expositions; the emblem of the principal clubs, lodges and organi­zations of the world. In all I have succeeded in collecting 2500 different buttons, and the accompanying photograph will give an ider of the arrange­ment I make of them. To the beginner this may seem a large collection, but I now realize that It is only a start, and hope within a short time to more than double it.

Those who are of a progressive or ambitious turn can include medals and badges in their collection. The variety obtainable is remarkable. The police and constables of this and foieign countries all wear badges showing their authority. These are hard to obtain but how the possibilities in this line. There are medals given in the army and in the militia for proficiency in rifle and pistol shooting. Medals are also struck otf as souvenirs of public event. In my collection are numbered some from the Columbian, Philadel­phia and other expositions; the coronation, marriage and jubilee of Queen Victoria; and also 1 have three of which I am particularly proud. They are of silver and commemorate the Hoer War. I have a Lincoln medal which is rare. Of this branch of the collection it may be said, more partic­ularly than of the other, that age increases the value, for a medal may have its own intrinsic value and also be an antique. The celluloid buttons have only been manufactured about fourteen years, but medals for centuries.

Of badges the most plentiful supply is at the piCDics and outings of societies and clubs. Badges are pretty and greatly add to the beauty of a collection. At the annual encampment of the G. A. R. which is to be held on the Hth of June this year at Patterson, N. J., I expect to add many buttons, medals and badges to my collection for at affairs of this kind they are always plentiful. See illustrations in the next number.

Remnants of Ancient Races:—In the Caucasus are remnants of some of the race uf prehistoric Europe that have nearly perished from the earth. Among these are Ud, and Kurin, the Avar and the Tushal speaking a differ­ent language and each unintelligible to the other.

\Z n iV e rsa l P h ilo c a r t i s t P r o te c t iv e A s s o c ia t io n IORGANIZED FEB. 9th, 1906

President, Robt. P Miller . . . .Vice President. Miss Betty K. Baum - 'Secretary, James J. Sheridan . . .Official Translator. Alois Vedernjak - •Holland Representative. J. H. Gaukstert, Jr - -German Representative- Gustav Schmidt

3603 N Ninth St, Si Louis 131 Haledon Ave. Paterson.

P O Bo* 1097. St Louis,221 East 85th St, New York.

19 Etandsgracht. Amsterd* Giessen. Germaff

Secretary’s Report. IDear Fellow Members:—We regret very much that our reports and lift

of members have been delayed so long, but, it was unavoidable on our part On account of the Post Card World, our former official organ, selling out « were compelled to search for another paper to take its place. After some deliberation we decided that the WEST would be the most suitable for tlte Association for several reasons. It gives us the most news and circnlatio® of any paper and brings us in touch with more foreign collectors, which will help us to get more foreign members. You all want lots of foreign cavdi don’t you? The WEST is the pioneer post card paper as it was the first to start a department for philocartists and has encouraged the fad as muchai possible ever since. The memoers who are already subscribers to the WEST will have their subscriptions extended to the time they are entitled to anl those who are entitled to and those who are not subscribers to the WEsJ will receive it instead of the Post Card World. |j

The Secretary has a large supply of application blanks and booklets* the rules and regulations and will send a supply to all who request tlienfl We are going to start, a prize competition next month and also announce th| premiums offered for getting new members. Mark your membership numb* on the back of all application blanks you send out and we will credit yoi with any members you get.. All members you get from now on willcounj for the prizes. ' I

All members are invited to send in any suggestion they may have fof the improvement and advancement of the U. P. P. A. We want to make this the world wide exchange club and we cannot do it without your assis­tance. Foreign members are particularly desired, to try and get, foreign exchangers to join.—.las. J. Sheridan, Secretary.

T H E ^ /IT L A jH T IC S O W E J t T R C A T ? 2)C O L L E C T O R S S O C IE T Y

W o r ld W id e E x c h a n g e f o r th e C a r d C o lle c to rs ,-----OFFICERS.-----

Preside!!*—Mr. Harrv W. F r i s t e r ........................................... - 2425 No. 4th St., Philadelphia. PaVice-President—Mr. L. T. Brodstone ......................................................................................Superior. SehrSecretary.Treasurer—Mr. Janies Wilson, Jr. - - - - - 2723 C. St., Philadelphia. PaOfficial Organ—The WEST.

Report from Executive Committee June 1906.President’s Report:—Any persons who wish to go on the Translation

Committee send their name and address to me. We are going to have Translation officers, so write me and let me know what languages you can read and speak.

Secretary’s Report:-~I will have Drinted lists of our members and also representatives. Send for one. Would you like to take an honored repre-t

scuta tive position? Write to me and see if your state tias a representative iet. We have new prospectus and application blanks printed. Did you get ®e? If not, write for one. The Secretary and Treasurer is going to Upper Cauada this summer for a trip and he hopes to meet many of the A. S. C.C S. members between Philadelphia the and the upper land of Canada.

Any persons who did not have any answer to their mail write me con­tend ng it.

Write for new prospectus and the Secretary and treasurer wants your came. Receive tine post, card free from him.

Executive Committee: Ail persons who are interested in any class of tard collecting will send his name and address to the Secretary and Treasurer will receitve a gift and some information to his advantage.

Write now and if you want to join ask for prospectus. We have formed classes for the different kinds of cards. What, kit d do you save?

We remain cordially,Harry W Frister, President.,.James Wilson, Jr., Secy.-Treas.

I.ARGEST STAMP SOCIETY IN' AMERICAStam p C o lle c to r ’s 'P ro te c tiv e A s s o c ia t io n o f A m e r ic a

O R G A N I Z E D F E B R U A R Y 3. 1899.President— E. Chandlee. ..................................... ........................................Roanoke, Va*Vice-President, W. P. Kelley................................... ............ ................. ...Kansas City Mo.Secretary-Treasure—L,. Brodstone, ......................... ......... ..........................Superior, Neb.Sales Superintendent—W, A. Im b ler,....................... - - - - * Compton. Calif,Auc. Manager—H. Williams ..................... .........................................W. Roxbnry. Mass.Attorney—H. Swenson. ....................................................... ......„...... Minneapolis. Minn.Trustees—Wilkinson. Brown, Hopson,................ ..... .......................... ...... ... ............Omaha.Official Organ, The WEST.Fellow Members: - I am sorry to say that not enough of you are showing

inactive interest in the Sales Department. Bear in mind that this depart­ment is at your service no matter whether you are an advanced collector or just a beginner. We have books of good stamps circulating that are marked from 50 to 75 per cent oelow catalog. You are missing some grand oppor­tunities to buy stamps at money saving prices by not receiving some of the Sue circuits that are going out. 1 want at least a portion of your patronage and 1 want you to write me today and tiave your name placed on my list for approval circuits. Don’t wait; don’t keep putting it off, get on the list right away. W. A. Imbler, Sales Supt., Compton, California.

The Philatelic Advertiser has a claim on Swope or the Falls City Stamp Co. They state that they inserted his ads without order and then want him to pay for them. It seems strauge that the Phil. Ad Pub. makes suchI claim as he has owed the WEST for over eight months for ads, and WEST is unable to get paid by him in full. Bishoff of Missouri complains of Levy of Hungary, any others? There has been several complaints made on parries and ones complained on say they are waiting for postage to return the goods and so wtofe for .goods sent on approval without postage nr order, for if is best in all cases to send postage with goods. Would like to hear from all ulw have complaints on Spinony as there has been several but most, have got tiiei stamps back. II. Williams of Roxbnry, Mass., has been appointed auci ion manager.

New Members:—P. Bergen, Denison, la.; P. Peterson, EauClaire, Wis.:II lOrgan, Victoria. B. C., Can , Box 553; X. Drago, Fairfax, Mo.: J. Lews, Petaulma, Calif.; II. Whitney, Browntown, Tex., Box 560: W. .1. Hal ett, Merle. Calif.: D. A. Browne, Astoria, Ore.: L. V. Cass, Lenox, Pa.

We expect to call election in next issue and all should send nominations.

Camera Slew s..Editor—F. J. Clute, Sacram ento

Feto T im e ly H in ts a s to th e t V o r King o_f

"Bromide “P a p e rRichard Hines, J r . , Mobile, Ala.

Bromide paper must be worked in a room from which ail light is excluded. This will become apparent when one stops to think that bromide paper is only six times slower than the fastest dry plate on the market. This paper is probably more used for the purpose of enlarging than for con­tact printing, but if handled properly there is no reason why a contact print on bromide paper should not equal one made on regular “gaslight" paper.

Of course bromide paper has its disadvantages as well as its advantages. Among the advantages are the greater control over the image in develop­ment, the rapidity with which a batch of prints can be made, the faculty whereby errors in exposure can be corrected in development, and the ex­treme simplicity of the whole process when one has once mastered its details. Bromidee can be obtaineed with any surface desired, from the very rough'for broad sketchy effects to the semi-mat for portraits.

Any of the 0”ganic developers work well with bromide paper. Some authorities advocate the use of rodiual, others recommend amidol, while still others claim that Metol-hydrochinon is the best, all round developer for bromide paper that has ever been discovered.

To make a contact print, proceed as follows: Retire to the dark room and place a sheet of paper in the frame over the negative. No other light must be allowed, except from the ruby lamp. After placing the balance of paper back in the envelope, turn up the light and make the exposure. For a negative of average density, the required exposure will be about two sec­onds, at a distance of twenty-four inches from a Welisbach burner.

Now proceed to develop the print. Move the ruby lantern up to the tray, so as to get all the light possible, and proceed in the same manner as if you were developing a drv plate. A very strong developer is best when you wish to secure contrasty prints of the velvety black order. Here is theformula:

Water................................................................... 6 ouncesCarbonate of Soda, 1 dram.....................................30 grainsSulphite of Soda, 2 scruples...................................5 grainsMetol........................................................................ 4 grainsIlydrechion .................... 4 grains

. Potassium Bromide (10 per cent)........................ 10 dropsThe image will begin to appear in about ten seconds if the proper expo­

sure is given, and development will be complete in about ten minutes. How­ever, if the print is under exposed it may require ten minutes to bring the development to completion. When the image flashes out rapidly it indicates over-exposure, and if the print is to be saved at all the developer must be

poured off and the print flooded with water. Development may afterward be completed in a very weak solution. With small prints it is not advisable to bother with the developer in order to save the picture. Better throw the print away the and make another exposure.

Prints on bromide are fixed, washed and mounted in the same manner as in other cases, only when fixing you must keep the tray containing the fixing bath well covered. After prints have been fifteen minutes in the fix­ing bath, take them out and rinse them for five seconds iu clear water before taking them out into the light. The great variety of tones that it is possi­ble to obtain on bromide paper, by simply modifying the strength of devel­oper and varying the length of exposure, is one of the advantages that brings the paper into favor with advanced amateurs. For the slow development of bromide, and where the aim is to produce a soft gray tone, rodinal developer has no tendency to stain. By purposely over-exposing the print and then developing in a weak solution you can obtain a soft print abounding in de­tail. By giving short exposures and using full strength developer you obtain a contrasty print.

^ A J ' W EQUERIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FAYETTE J. CLUTE, --------------416 j . sr., Sa c r a m e n t o , Ca l i f o r n i a . --------------

W. K, F. — Faded Negatives: It is hardly possible that, anything will restore the negatives. You might try soaking them in water to soften the film and then immersing them in a bath composed of forty grains of Schlippe’s salts to four ounces of wafr. It may not do much good but give it time to work. Ir requires some soaking to secure results, even where such is obtainable.

L. D. H. —Are Iso Plates Advisable: An ordinary plate is sensitive practically to blue and violet only an Iso plate to green, yellowish green and yellow', therefore it must render any subject with a variety of colours in it better. The term ordinary ruby light is about as definite as the proverbial lump of chalk, and this can only be determined by a spectroscopic examina­tion of the glass or a practical trial, and the latter may be performed by placing a plate at the usual place of development, covering it with an opaque card, and exposing it in strips to the red light for various periods, -say 2, 4, i), 8, 10, 12, and 20 minutes, then placing in an ordinary developer and leav­ing in the dark for 10 minutes, and then washing and fixing. If fog shows in strips, the light is not safe, but almost any dark-room light may be used if it is never allowed,to shine directly on the plate but on to a wall and thence to the dish, and if the dish is kept covered during development and Watkins’ time system of development adoptd. With regard to th develo­per. we can only say that anything that will do for an ordinary plate will do for an ortho—they are not rare and unique creatures requiring special skill and special treatment.

The reckless snapping of a shutter will never elevate the standard of photography. It is but the beginning and many fail to look any further. A man’s work is as his mind, if one be deep and resourceful I, the other will be found the same.

R. Brown of Arizona, states that he will be away for two months, so do not. send till he gets hack.€058 xMarv Polk, Manilla, PI, Bx 337

9 xll Pedersdorf, Los Angeles, Calif., 533 Towme Ave.

6060 xH. Wilson, Rock Island, 111.1 xSnyder, Denver, 2825 Gray St2 xMrs, M. Robins, Plymouth,

Mass., 23 Vernon St,3 xClare Baldwin, Newcastle, Pa,,

R. F. D.4 xR. Sherman, Glen Falls, N. Y.5 xR. Kunke, Milwaukee, Wis.,

538 18 St.6 xMiss Jackson, Winnipeg, Mant.

Canada, 7 University Place.7 xF. N. Ovat, Chicago, 2467 Jack-

son St.8 xR. Lawson, Esau, Ark.9 xD. Hursh, Chicago, 559 N.

Wood. St.6070 xAnna Case, Webb City, Mo,,

210 S. Webb St.1 xFlorence Manker, Webb City,

Mo., 222 S. Webb St.2 xMarguerite Manker. Webb City,

Mo., 222 S. Webb St,3 xGrace Faner, Springfield, Hi,,

1020 Raven St. W.4x1), Woyeno, Kalamazoo, Mich.,

119 Burdick St.5 xMaigarete Grant, Westerly, R I0 x Victor Freinc', Lincoln, 1845

E. St.7 xMrs. G. Morrison, Vallsburg,

America.!! C am era Club

ExchangeP re s id e n t—H. V. T h o rn to n , 304 No.

S ta te S t., C hicago, 111.S ecre ta ry —L . T . B rodstone, Superior,

Neb.W hy not becom e a m em ber? It costs

you n o th in g if a subscriber. Member­sh ip card sen t fo r 5c. F o re ign 10c.Those marked * are Souvenir Card collectors.

N J.8 xAlice Moore, Natick, Mass,9 xL. Halverson, Guilder, la.

6080 xB. Brohman, Brantford, Ont.,Canada, 26 Darling St.

1 xl. McCall, Brantford, Canada, Bx 29

2 xC. B. Moulthrop, New Haven, Ct., Portsea St.

3 xC. F. Potter, Minneapolis.. Mitin., Lumber Ex Blgd.

4 xlda Black, New York City, 342 W. 25st.

5 xH. Jonkman, Hocgexand, Hol­land.

6 xMiss Lida Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo, 416 W 11 St.

7 xRev. Skulick, LaSalle, 111.8 xMrs. O. Illing, Milwaukee,

Wis., 816 7 St.9 xH. Williams, Greenfield, Mass.

6090 xGeo, Bryan, Ticonderoga, N Y1 xC. A. Wells, Valentine, Nebr.2 xA. Brett, Boston, Mass., 564

Wash St.3 xW. J. Mills, Dowagiac, Mich.,

Bx 27, R. F. D.-54 x J , Galewsky, S t. Helena, Calif.5 xMiss Elena Roig, Havana,Cuba,

Cerro 824.6 xMiss Stilweli, Sturgis, S. Dak.7 x.l. Straley, Comanche, Tex.8 xPerrin, 36 Shrewsbury lid.,

London, England.9 xBonnie Buchanan, Rosebury,

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TBlfith E a r lh q u a K e a n d E ire

A quarter past five is not my usual time for leaving my bed, but on the morning of April 18th I was awake and dressed but a few minutes later. When the house in which one resides starts to rock from side to side and then from end to end accompanying the exercises with the sound of falling brick and creaking timbers, even the most sound slumberer decides to forego the pleasure of sleep for the time being.

Finding that the family were unharmed and suffering only from fright, the next thing to do was to take stock of the damage. This resulted in finding nothing more serious than the throwing down of the chimney, a number bad cracks in the plastering and the destruction of a few dishes, vases, picture frames, and the like, which were had been thrown from chir.a closets, side boards, dressers, mantles and walls. Later it was discovered that a large part of the brick foundation on which the house, a frame one, stood, had been thrown into the basement The city Hall, perhaps the most badly injured building in the city, was but three blocks away.

Camera Craft office was located on the fifth floor of the Academy of Science building, some six blocks from my home. Few buildings on Market street showed much signs of damage. Here and there cornices and orna­mental work had fallen to the street, but that seemed all. Entering the Academy of Science building by a key which unlocked the iron gates. I stumbled up the sfairs which were littered with large masses of plaster work which trail been thrown down. The building must have been shaken most violently. Entering my office I found a general wreck. Everything was covered with plaster, hardly a vestage having remained on ttie ceiling. Cab­inets against the walls were thrown forward into the room. Typewriters, ink we Is and the like were also resting on the floor, and in (he rear room, where cuts, back numbers, stationery and files of papers had been carefully stored, nothing remained in place. The two dark rooms still further in the rear could not be reached on account of the mass thrown down and against the door. At this time I felt little fear of fire, but wishing to be on the safe side gathered together a few of the most, important books and the sub­scription list and started for home and breakfast.

That afternoon we carried bedding and small trunk to Jefferson Square, about five blocks from the house and two above the wide Van Ness avenue across which it was thought the fire could not reach. That night, after try­ing in vain to engage a team, we spent the weary hours in watching the flames as they roared within three biocks on the east and less than a block on the south. A nearby pile of lumber in front of a house in comse of con­struction supplied material, which in turn furnished the frame of a shelter to keep off the thickly falling ashes and cinders.

The night of that awfu' second day no one seemed able to say '.hat any part; of the city was safe. Thousands left home sthat were not burned, and it is safe to say that very few in any part of the city slept wbh any feeling

of security that night, excepting possibly those who were worn out and who were at such a distance that the fire would require more time than the hours between darkness and dawn to reach them. That morning, after trying several places in vain, I enlisted the services of my good friend, Mr. Kern, who had a horse and wagon at a stable near his home for the use of his em­ployes. With this at our disposal, we transferred the bedding, trunk and few things which had been carried from the office, to the house of a friend on First Avenue, just north of the Casino in Golden Gate Park. Here we found others who had been burned out, enjoying the hospitality of a large camping tent in the garden in the rear of the house. This was done but an hour before the vast throng in Jefferson Square were ordered to leave for fear of the fire. At Union Square, in the down-town district, trunks and the like had burst into flames and been consumed by the great heat of the burning buildings which surrounded it. Jefferson Square did not suffer the same fate, and while many left they returned later and found their scant belongings safe as the fire came no closer than on the morning of the second day. The course of the flames could not be predicted for more than an hour at a time. A supply of water here, the use of dynamite there or the chang­i ng of the wind would set it off in a new direction at any moment. After locating ourselves well out past the entrance to the park, we took a climb to the top of Lone Mountain, which lay directly between the burnling city and the house of my host. The sight of the burning city, particularly as night drew on, was one never to be forgotten. A wall of tire, blocks in extent, seemed to gradually creep westward along the northern part of the city, con­suming in turn the residences on Russian and Nob Hills. Over to the right another long line of fire crept slowly toward us from the Mission district. Safe as we felt, with the bare slopes of Lone Mountain in front and the old Odd Fellow’s-Cemetery to our right, we dared only to express a hope that both of the advancing arms of the tire would be checked before either could reach us, the first from the left and the other, after extending beyond, from the rear. Our fears were not realized, as the use of explosives and the fort­unate shifting of the wind brought the fire under control. The amount of destruction wrought by the flames has since been estimated as four hundred and fifty blocks.

N e b r a s k a C a m e r a C ltibF o u n d e d J a n u a r y 1 S 9 S

Any reader in N ebraska can become a m em ber—M em bership card free for the askingP resident—Miss h . T illo tson ........................................ 1305 32nd S t., S tation B, Omaha.Secretary*Treasurer—L. T. B rodstone................................................Superior, Nebraska.

Ones marked x exchange postcards.New Members:—841 xChas. Hawtey, Fremont. 842 xArthur Catchadal,

Superior. 843 xF. Eastman, Omaha, 13 N 33 St. 844 xJ. Dick, Firth. 845 xD. Donaldson, Lincoln, Box "06. 846 W. Kermen, Omaha, 282 Leaven­worth. 84" II. Wherry, Omaha, 2512 Bristol.

Applications:—848 xVictor Friends, Lincoln, 1845 E. St. 849x G. Ger- pacher, Box 62, Grand Island. 850 xHanna Black, Plattsmouth. Box 305. 851 L. H. Lederer. Norfolk. 852 xC. a . Wells, Valentine, Bx 44. 853 H.Hammond, Nelson. 854 H. V. Ketchum, Chester. 855 Miss Craig, Hardy.

$3.00 pho tograph g a lle ry outfit,(new ) sell o r exchange, will exchange stam ps o- paper m oney for. C loth books S I.00 edition, good w atch, cam era, tobacco tags or offers. C. L . H oevet, F airfie ld Nebr.

PLAY C O N Q E S T . the g re a t new In te rn a tio n a l card gam es of w ar. copyrighted 1905 by Dr. Chas. C. Sco tt U niversally acknow ledged th e m ost fa sc in a tin g and scientific p arlo r card gam e in th e world. P rice SO cen ts per pack of 70 cards of your dealer, or postpaid on receip t of price. Will exchange one or m ore packs fo r good stam ps o r bills. Also tho u san d s of good stam ps, b ills and o th e r a rtic les for exchange for stam ps an d bills. Send selection and receive m ine.

D r . Ch a s . C. S cott,2815 W abash A ve., K ansas C ity, Mo.

W ANTED—A m erican tobacco ta g s , 1 to 4c ca t value, good stam ps (your selection) fo r each whole ta g or cou­pon, P o la r b ea r stick e rs good also. Send me 100 to 1000 tr ia l lot. S tam ps by next m ail. C. L. Hoevet, Fairfield , N ebraska.

Exchange, flob, rifle. 4 boxes twenty twos- Used one week, North hunting, cost with am- unition $4.85, Morton action, easily taken apart. Exchange for stamps or curios with $3.50 cash value. Also have $1.00 duplicates, fine condition, cataloging from 4 to 50c cash, mounted and priced by Scotts 19O5 catalogue’ even exchange. Send selection, receive mine. Thomas Welch, 305 Biddle Ave. Wyndoite. Mich.

100 CARDS PRINTED 35cP o s ta g e free. A ny sty le type, fo u r

lin es allowed. W rite p la in ly . M en­tion “ W E S T ” and g e t s tam p s free w ith order. A ddress

B. J . O ST E R G A A R D ,796 N M ozart S t. C hicago, 111.

Stam ps bought and Sold. 100 vari eties 5c. Sena reference for approvals.

ST E P H E N BECK,196 Pave Lafontain S t..M ontreal, Canada

Gold, copper, Ja sp e r and Opal stone fine cab in e t specim ens 25c each, sea shell and sea bean w atch charm s 25c, m an zan ita can es 25c, coffee beans 10c, Opal stone and Ja sp e r w atch ch arm s $2.00 each. 100 good stam ps one d o l­la r. No stam ps tak en . A lb e rt E d g a r, 981 F S t., San B ernard ino , Calif. (6-2)

P O S T C A R D S F R O M R A R E V IE W S !Of T h e Most T ragic Indian Battle In History

C U S T E R B A T T L E F IE L DN ow A National Burying Ground; 10 In Set 25c,

Six of these view s were tak en one y e a r a f te r th e b a ttle an 1 a re a re lic th a t should be in the possession o f a ll collectors. T h e o th e r show s th e b attle fie ld as it is today , th e fam ous valley of the L ittle B ig H orn from w hich the re tre a t was m ade. T h e K eepers L odge and th e m ost a r tis tic Ind ian P o rtra it ever m ade, “ C urley” the sole su rv ivo r of C u ste r B attle . D ealers supplied a t w holesale rates.

OTHER SETS: 10 view s of the m ost beau tifu l scenery o f th e B ig Horn- m o u n ­ta in s . .......................... ....................................................................... ........................... $ ,25

12 finely colored In d ian post cards from ac tu a l photos, not the fakes som e-! tim e as show n of In d ians who never ex isted atid d raw n by people whonever saw o n e ..................................................... ..................................... ........................ 25

Sign of the Teepee souven ir post card and in te re s tin g c ircu la r free w ith each set ordered. Illu stra ted booklet, Sheridan and N orthern W yom ­in g , the m ost p rom ising land in the New W est, p ap er e d itio n .........................25

Full H and P a in ted and Burned L e a t h e r .................................................................... 1.00Illu stra ted ca ta log from the la rg es t collection of g en u in e Ind ian H an ai-

c ra f t in the W est.................................................................................................................IffA rtistic P hotographs of In d ian s 50c and .................................................................. 1.00Same b eau tifu lly hand colored $2.00 a n d ................... ........................................... 3-00IV e do not exchange post cards. COFFEEN-SCHNITGER TRADING CO.

(AT THE SIGN OF THE TEEPEE,) SHERIDAN, WYOMING.

Ks'"May Stilw ell, S tu rg is , S. Dak. A lready have had rep lies to my a d s .

Earthquake Postals!4 for 10c stiver and a years tnembet -

sh ip in the California Card Collector’s Society, F R E E .

E. CARROLL,San Jose, Calif., R . F . D. 6.

W A N T E D —W ild flower seeds from N ebraska , K an sas , C olorado and Wyoming-, also p lan ts , p tick ly p ear, buffalo g ra ss , sage , choke ch erry etc. A lso w ant Red WTillow b ark . Geo. H yde, 1816 C hicago S tr. O m aha, Neb.

NOTICE TO W E S T S u b scr ib ersan d o thers. W ith 12 colored post card view s of F o re ign coun tries a t 25 cen ts , F R E E a fine view of Old F o rt D ear­born , o r C hicago F ire. S en t post free. R em it in m oney order o r s ilver, (no stam ps.) A lso view s from all p a r ts o f th e world. Cordell B ros., 899 N W ash­tenaw A ve., D ept X. C hicago, 111.

EXCHANGES!

Specim ens of Calcite correctly classi­fied 10c each. Fine ones.

ARTPUR PARSONS,2804 S Boots S t., Marion, Ind,

All For 5 cents.One arrow head, one pottery fragment

one fossil, Price list.ARTH U R SM ITH , New Albany, Miss.

5x7 Long-focus Prem o and Stereo cam era at a bargain. Some photograph­ic apparatus, books and magazines on photography and science cheap. I.C.S. course in French language. W. Julian, Greenville Mich.

California EarthquakePost Cards.

12 subjects, ruins, streets, build­ings etc. in San Francisco. No two alike in any set. 4 cards 10c, 8 cards 20c, 12 cards 25c.

W. M. Waite,Dept. P

I can g ive you co llec to rs ad d resses in C yprus, Borneo, S araw ak , Z an z i­b a r Je ru sa lem , T iji, S ie rra , L eon, K am eru n , E ritia , and m any o th e rs fo r only tw o cen ts each. I f add resses in an y o ther coun try are w ished send 2 cen ts fo r it, and if I h a v e n ’t th e address m oney will be re tu rn ed .

M A U R IC E M A Y E RK in g C ity Mo. (6-2)

Sale!

BeautiTul and ra re H aw aiian lan d sh e lls , in collections or sep a ra te ly . B a rg a in s to inqu ire rs. I r r id e c e n t T a sm a n ia n , shell necklaces, each tw o y a rd s lo ng , an y color sen t, price p er neck lace $1.25.

G. N . E R O M L U F 1309 D ate S tree t,

H onolulu, T . H. (6-4)

Bridgeport. Conn.

Post CardsWe wish to call a tte n tio n of every

collector o f post ca rd s to our fine col­ored card s b ea rin g view s typical of the scenic s ta te o f W ash ing ton .

P ic tu resque Ind ian heads, m ountains riv e rs , boats , flow ers and numerous o th e r su b je c ts a re p rin ted in various n a tu ra l colors on g lossed heavy board, m ak in g a series of b eau tifu l cards th a t should be in every collection.

W e tru th fu lly s ta te th a t one half of o u r o rders are from lad ies, show ing th a t our ca rd s a re rea lly beau tifu l and ap p ea l to the rea l ad m ire rs of art. Send 5c fo r tw o and ge t our prices.

Tbaycr Stamp Co.Evere tt Ulash.

COINS!Quarter Eagle [$2}4] u n c ir ..............$2.75Gold dollar u n c irc u la te d .................. 2.25Trade dollar, very good .......................... 85Liberty Head Dime, very good ............ 15Libert}’ Head quarter, very g o o d ... .35Liberty Head half dollar, lettered

edge, very g o o d .................................... 60Columbian half dollar 1892 u n c ir ., .60

............................ 1893 “ .. .55Isabella quarter, u n c ir ...................... .75'■afayette dollar, u n c ir ...................... 2.00U. S. silver dollar, 1904 [last y r.]

nnc b r ig h t................ . . . .......... 1.25Cival W ar envs. m any var. e a c h . . . .05 10 Cival W ar tokens [cents] all diff .45 Set of M inor coins of Brazil 20, 40

and 50 reis [la tte r n ick e l] ...................15Hungary 1, 2, 10. 20 fillers [last 2

nickel] u n c ...............................................15Jamaica 1 far. l/ 2 & 1 pen. n ick e l.. .12Prussia 1, 2, 3, 4, pflenniegs................ 12Servia 5, 10. 20 para , n ick e l.................. 25Masonic Temple Medal, alum inum ,

size 50 m illim etres.................................20New illustrated coin book.......................10Add 10c to coin orders for postage

and registration.Ben G. Green,

1535 Masonic Tem ple, Chicago, 111.

156 Songs! 10cWe will send

you a fine a s so rt­m en t of popular songs, 156 a ll diff­e ren t, com plete w ith w ords and m usic, on receip t of 10c to help pay postage etc. and th e nam es of a few friends you th in k would like to receive our new cata logue.We have a fine 815.00 cam era to exchang . Send for p a r tic u la rs i f in te rested .

IT). H. Decker Co.Dept. 4, L a P o rte Ind iana .

Special Values In Coins and Paper Money.

U. S. Gold dollar, small size, date of my selection, fine, sca rce ................. S2.50Lewis & C lark gold do llar, 1905 issue very lim ited, will soon be very

scarce, b rillian t, uncirculated each .............................................................. 2.00U- S. stiver dollar. 1904, (S) m iut, last year of the dollar, very fine, m int

bloom, ea c h .................................. 1.2525c U. S. fractional currency, 2nd scries ;bust of W ashington in gilt oval '

very fine and c risp ........................ 605 genuine confederate b ills, all different, nice lo t ...............................................15Genuine confederate $5, $10, and S20 bills all fine, the set ...................... .. -13Cival War Tokens, 1861 to 65, m any varieties, such as, not one cent,

union forever, arm y and navy etc. 5 ditf var o n ly ................................ .20Panam a Republic, silver 10c, head of Balboa etc. fine, each .............................14Old Newspapers. The General A dvertiser (Philadelphia) p rin ted in 1807

very curios and desirable, fine clean oopies, each ................................ .25All coins etc. sent postpaid upon receipt of price. R egistration 8c extra. New Bargain list of desirable coins, paper money etc., ju st ou t and will bem ailed free upon request. A large assortm ent of fine U. S. and foreign coinsand paper m oney always on hand : Your WANT LIST solicited.

W o r t h y E. E d w a r d s ,Box 147, South Bend, W ash., M ember American Num ism atic Association etc.

Jtgents W anted! !

Jlgents W antedFOR THIS FAST SELL­

ING $50.00 TYPE­WRITER.

A D D R E S S

AMERICAN OFFICESUPPLY CO.

1510 H O W A R D ST.

OM AH A, N EB.

SELLING OUT THE WEST. IW hile they last we will send an assort- I

rnent of 8 back num bers for 25 cents. 1 Beginners who want to read upon Col- I lectors will find a b ig q uarter’s worth r of just the inform ation they need, and l_ old tim ers will find p len ty of good H practical tips and helpful advice. They | can ’t last long at th is price, so you'd I better order now. '

THE WEST.LBx L Superior, Neb. 1

MT. VESUVIUS |P ost ca rd s ju s t a rriv ed . In packets I

of 24 d ifferen t scenes d u r in g eruption, 40c; 12 fo r 20c; 8 h ig h ly colored realis­tic view s, show in g M t. V esuvius in e ru p tion , 25c. W holesale also. Chas. D urso , 181 W orth St. N. Y .

1804 c en t e x tra goo S25; good $8 50. F a ir U. S . Colonial cen ts before 1790 15c; 4 s ta te s 60c; S et frac tio n a l cur­rency 5 , 10, 25, 50 cen ts $1.75; 6 shin p la s te rs 25c1 1849 gold SI about good $1,75. F in e $5 gv Id 1853 Charlotte m in t $5.75. F in e $5.75. A. P . Wylie, T roygrove , 111.

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CALIFORNIA EARTH­QUAKE AND FIRE Souvenir Post Ca.rds.A package of 50 assorted half

tone cards, showing wrecked build­ing scenes etc. only 25 cents.COLORED F I R E AND

E A R T H Q U A K E CARDS

Your collection is not complete without them. Very fine and much superior to the ordinary trash on the market. 25 cents a dozen.

To introduce them we will give a 25 cent souvenir book of San Francisco, before and after the fire, with each dozen.GOLDEN GATE

CURIO CO.G O L D E N G A T E

O A K LA N D CALIF.

« T C . D urson , N. Y. C ity . W ill have m ore ads fo r W E S T is b est.

Post CardsBeauties

100 of our unsurpassable post cards from lc to 25c, composed of our large stock of newest designs, for only $1.80, just to introduce our magnificent line. No free samples. 30 days with bank ref­erences. If you are in doubt, ask the Publisher about our line. Agents wanted.

Ferd. Ingold Card Co.Designers, Importers and

PublishersDept. D, Honroe, Wis.

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Photographic Post Cards of Black Hills.S.D.;

Roping a steer, Branding !| cattle, ine Indians, Wild bills I grave, Fine views of beautiful ! mountain scenery thro’ lead,!; Deadwood, Sturgis, Ft. Meade > and vicinity etc., all direct from ! negatives made with fine Jens-/ 3 for 25 cents. Rates to whole!; sale trade. Also have 10 nega- ', tives made a t ‘Frisco for cards.!'

MAY I. STILWELL,Photographer

Slew Set of S lew Orleans P osta lCards Printed in many colors, and as fine cards as can be got.

10 for 2 S Gents5000 F ren ch M arket5021 A rm y of T en n . M onum ent M e­

tairie C em etery Avenue of O aks A udubon P a rk Tulane U uiversity Lafayette Square Luggar L an d in g St. P e te rs S tree t Old V au lts S t . L ouis C em etery Christ C hurch CatherdralBirds eye view C ourt Y ard F ren ch

Q uarterCotton E x ch an g eSt, Roch Cem eteryHoward L ib rary and Lee M onum ent

H au n ted H ouse, F ren ch Q u arte r B egue R estu ran t M asonic T em ple C abildoL ive O ak A udubon P a rk C ry s ta l H o rticu ltu ra l H all C onfedera te M em orial H all S u g a r on Levee S team b o a t L an d in g S t. L ou is C a therd ra l C ity H all W ash in g to n Oak M adam e Jo h n s L egacy C anal S tree tC ourt Y ard , old tim e F ren ch re s i­

denceP rice s on q a u a n titie s w ill be quoted.

Tltysses and Slus&ell IDells JZongshoreNewsdealers and Subscription Jlgents

1 0 0 4 Ssplanade J ive ., S lew Orleans, £ a .R ishel McCook, N eb. D iscon tinue my ads, all sold ou t o f goods in ads.

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D i * i n f i n i r Quickly Executed at Modetate ■ r i l l L IK lg Prices, Delivered Promptly.

I do not handle cheap, shoddy card and paper stock and the excellence of my w oik is beyond dispute. I challenge comparison.

Billheads or Statements—white wove, white bond or cream linen; also all colors, unruled,laid per 100. 65c; 250. 51*25; 5<x>. 52; *000 Si-25.

Noteheads—white wove, whitt bond or cream linen ruled or unruled: all colors, unruled, laid. See Billheads for prices.

Envelopes—white or cream wove; all colors, laid; all sizes up to 6% inch. See Billheads for prices. Duplex wove(blue inside.white outside) sam e prices. White bond or cream linen, same jir.es. 100. 80c; 250. $1.50; 1000, $4.00.

letterheads—white wove, white bond, or cream linen, ruled or unruled; all colors,unruled laid. See Bond or kitten Envelopes for prices.

Business Cards. -white or tinted bristol. all col­ors, square or round corners. See Billelieads for prices*

Visiting Cards - white bristol; per 100, 50c; 250 fi; 500, $1.65: 1000, $2.50

The above prices are for black ink; extra for each addiona! color, roo, 20c; 250, 25c; 500, 35c; 1000, .soc.

Upon receipt of clear,.legible copy, and coin or money order to cover cost of yonr order, any of the goods mentioned above wilt be forwarded to you. Postpaid. Positively no stamps accepted.

It is requested that when asking for samples you enclose five 1-ceut stam ps to help pay for same. You may then deduct 5 cents from your first order. I snail be pleased to quote prices on other printing on application. Address all com ­munications and make all orders payable to

W. B. Jam es. >49 Broadway B rooklyn, N Y.

View Cards of Canada.About 250 different views of

principal cities at 15c per dozen, 6 doz. for 75c post free.

Jo s. L a g a n i e r e ,

73 Fabre S t., Montreal, Canada.

Steel Pen Collectors.We will send you 50 different

styles of pens postpaid on receipt of 50c. A sk for Asst. A.

C. H o w a r d H u n t P e n Co., Camden, N. J .

Indian Territory Souvenir Post Card 7 Cents Each.

Dozen 60 cents. Send soon this offer is not good after Ju ly 18.

LEE SATTERFIELD,Tiff, Ind. Ter.

Confederate Skills$500 General Jackson 1864 ................. 35c

100 Mrs. Davis “ 20c50 Jefferson Davis “ .................. 8c20 N ashville Capitol “ .................. 3c10 A rtillery “ 3c5 R ichm ond Capitol “ .................. 3c2 Benjamin “ 6cI C C Clay “ 7c

100 Mrs. Davis 1863....................30c50 Jefferson Davis “ .....................25c20 N ashville Capitol " ..................... 6c10 M ontgom ery “ Sc5 Richm ond " 7c2 Benjamin “ 7c1 Clay “ 7c

50c Davis 1863 and 1864 e a c h . .......... 3c$5 Female on cotton Sept 2nd 1861 4c 5 Sailor “ *• 6c

10 Group Indians So Bk N Co 1861 75c 5 Group Fem ales “ “ “ “ 75c

$100 Mrs. Davis 1862..................35c50 Jefferson Davis “ ..................30c20 N ashville C ap ito l............................8c10 M ontgom ery ' 5c

5 Richm ond “ 3c2 Benjam in “ 8c1 C. C. Clay “ 8c

10 Fem ale on Barrel 1862.................. 12c2 South S trik ing down N orth 1862 5c1 S team ship June 2nd 1862............ 5c

100 Cars w ritten dates 1 8 6 2 .... . . 7c100 N egroes hoeing " 15c50 W ashington Ju lv ?5th 1861........25c20 Ships “ * “ “ . . .20c

100 W agon loading cotton 1861....... 15c50 Fem ale and Chest Sept 2nd 1861 15c 20 Ship “ “ “ 5c20 Fem ale & figure 20 “ *' “10 Fem ale and urn “ “ 7c10 Gen Marion “ “ “ 6c

SSennet C. 'Wheeler,SPylesville, SHary land*

*S* T *J* *j|* rj* *$* *$• rjf>

1 hav atelv become possessed of the Geo. D. Barnes collection of Stone, Bone and Cooper, Indian relics, 30,000 pieces. I shall break up the collection and offer it for sale in large an l small lots to colleges, schools, dealers and collectors.

Mr. Barnes of Chattanooga Tenn. spent a large part o! Ins time the last thirty ye irs opening mounds and stone graves along the Tennessee and other rivers. Mr. Barnes recovered everv article with his own hands, so absolute location can be given. There are in the lot 170 pots and bowls, 150 of them are uncracked, I am told they are the finest lot of mound - pots in the United States, they ought to be kept together. I solicit correspondence with every one interested, photos will be sent on application.

fl. L IDarks,* E A S T O R L A N D , MA I N E

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A n O p p o rtu n ity in P o st C a r d s .We have hundreds of varieties o f fancy, novel­

ty, special and view cards and can supply large and small dealers at lowest wholesale prices on credit. Send for our dealers assortment at Jj.oo and $2.50. We make special views from your photographs, in any style o f work. If intending publishing a series of views in your locality do not fail to write us.

For Collectors:--To advertise our cards will send one hundred different cards colored, novel­ties, beautiful scenery, foreign and American views, animals, warship, etc. for $1.75. Fifty cards $1.00 Only finest Cololchrom cards, no comic or cheap cards. Sample cards 10c. Write today. GOLLOCHROM CO.. 17 Fay St„ Cleve­land, ohio.

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50 Views of California in a Beautiful Sea Shell ora Nut Shell

10c each.

California 25 and 50c Souvenir Gold pieces in octagon or round 25 and 50c each. Indian Baskets, Arrow Points etc.

Reference F irs t N ational Bank Berkley.

8. TAYLOR,

Old Curiosity Shop,

Berkleey Cal.

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Special A ttentionThrough good luck we were enabled

to be on hand and get some fine pho to ­graphs of the ruins of San Fraucisco, which we will sell at ten for $1.50. Send us th is am ount and we will send you 10 of the finest pictures out, which show the effect of earthquake and fire. Small kodac pictures at ten for 75 cents. O rder im m ediately as the supply is lim ited.

Send me five two cent stam ps for five handsom e souvenir cards. B. H . S haw Bland, New Mexico-

10 cents pays m em bership with card, and lists of exchanges.

Uuiversal Souvenir Card Society, Indiana H arbor. Ind .

FOR SA L E —Labor Saving Leads, Slugs, Brass Rule and Wood Furniture. W rite for free list. EVANS BROS., Union City, Ind.

Anyone sending me a View Card of the ir country will receive one from mine in exchange. M iss R o s e W a l t e r s , Argyle S t., M aryborough, Victoria, Aus­tra lia . 6-3

With each order for one of my "SPECIALS" Typewriter Ribbons enclosing $1.00 in payment. I will send one absolutely FREE. These ribbons are fully guaranteed to be equal to any you have ever used, they sell the world over at $1.00 each, and are worth it. Your money back if not satis­fied. For any machine. Purple or blue only.

O ffer good for JO days* o n l y ■W . C . H IT T ,

R e e v e s B ld g ., C a .se y . Ill,

U. S. Coins, Curios, Relics Bought.W ill buy U. S. Coins, Curios, Relics,

B ird’s Eggs, Colonial C nrrehcy, Paper Money, Broken Bank Bills, etc.

Send description and lowest price. Send stam ps for reply .

R: H. D rA M EN T, Cederville, New Jersey,

Beautiful California MineralsPink, G reen, and Blue Tourmalines,

Beryls, K unzites and o thers.R. M. W IL K E ,

2627 Piedmont Ave.,Berkeley, Calif.

Uhe f in e s t Souvenir ■ S*ost Cards

C. S . M assler,1746 1-2 Market-Street,

Oakland, California

Of beautiful southern scenery,

rivers, fancy cards etc.

3)on 51. 3*. 3 )avis.jOoive//, Jlrhansas

I fY # \ j A r e In* terested In R elics from

P ioneer H om essuch as furniture for the fireplace, rare pieces for the Mantel. Candle­sticks.snuffers and Extinguishers bet- ly lamps. Whale- oil or rampheny lamps. spinning wheels.old colored print pictures,mir­rors. civil war newspapers, let­ters Envelopes

historic glassware and flasks, old china dishes historic and others, pewierware. old arms, flint* lock m uskets, shotguns, rifles, horse pistols, pocket pistols, quaint powder and ball pistols lod revolvers. Early U S and Civil war sword, bayonets, canteens cartridges equipments etc. Many curious old loaded cartridges, flue stone Indian relics. Bargains in celts and arrows and many other good pieces. Many M iscellan­eous antique articles, flint steel and tinder for starting fire the old way. Hirst sewing m a­chines curious Swiss music boxes, old watches* snow shoes. Dutch pipes, etc.PRICK LIST FOR STAMPS

DAVIS BROTHERS, Kent, Ohio.

Monitor Herb

Renovator.This medicine gives excellent results

in the tiea tm en t of Dyspepsia, Loss of ippetite, Billiousness, Boils, Piles, Dys­entery, All gone and tired feeling. Sick Headache, Dizziness, Scrofula, C atarrh , Salt R heum , R heum atism , Pains in the side, back and shoulders. C onstipation, General debility. Malaria, K idney and Liver com plaint. Each box contains six m onths treatm ent.

Price f l.0 0 postpaid.Agents wanted.

Monitor ChemicalCo., Thorndale, Pa.

Have You These Cards?North Dakota Capitol Building 3cSet o< 6 colored Flag Girls (fine) 15cFrisco Earthquake views 6 for 10cIndians (assorted) 6 for 10cColored views of Fargo 6 for lucBlacks " “ 10 “ 10cFinest colored com ics (latest) S for 10c60 Harvesters in 50,000 acre wheat field. Pyramid Park (Bnd Lands) of N. Dak. The Limited Ex­press, Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone Park, Beehive Geyser and hundreds of other beautiful colored cards at 2 for 5c. Tell us what vou want. Souvenir Card Exchange Club, Fargo, N Dak.

Imported Colored Postalcards (not comic) I'Ac each in lots of 20 from all over the world. Send 10c silver Sample 5.

Standard Card Co.,Box 775 Haverhill, Mass.,

Satisfaction guaranteed. Cata­logue for lc stamp.

£Bargains in

SfZound Slelics10 articles each from different

mound prepaid for $1. Send for outlines and wholesale prices 1 small but good grooved axe 1 fine celt 3 discs5 arrow points

31. 8. SZlarks,S a st Or land, Site.

^ I s l a n d C urio S tore , H onolu lu , H. I. E xpec t to g iv e you la rg e r d isp lay ads fo r sm all ads se n t you a re do ing fine.

United States Ban k NotesBought and Sold

Now is the time to start a collection oi old issues of U. S. Bank notes, before they largely increase in value. They are far more interesting than stamps, and never lose their value, because always negotiable. Write toGEORGE H. BLAKE

12 Highland Ave.Jersey City, N. J.

Fortune Telling Post C&rds.Beautiiully colored, each having the design ofl a Gypsy holding one of the court or suit cards! used in a pack of Maying Cards, and each with! an appropriate fortune printed npon it, Fori instance: The Ten of Clubs reads: "Sonic one is! love sick over you.” The Queen of Hearts:’AnI amiable blonde has enshrined you in her heart/ 1 etc., etc. Lots o f fun. and you cati play Euchrel with them afterwards. A package of «o for 30c.I postpaid. No stamps, please. P. j7 PLANT, |

19289th St.. N. W., Washington, D. C.

r G E T T H E O X - B L O O D H A B I TThe latest U n i q u e N o v e l ty for all )1 kinds of hobby collectors. 1

By sending me your name and address and 10 cents in silver. I will send to you 25 Superfine Ox Blood Envel­opes with your name and address neatly printed here­on, postage extra 2c. Better send today. Bert G. Warner, Printer, 1767 Walker St. Des Moines, Iowa.

I M M I ! • • • • «

W H A T A M I D O IN G ?I Hold Monthly Public Auction Sales of Coins and Medals in New York City

th e ch ie f m art in the U nited S ta te s fo r ev e ry th in g , and th e M ecca for Coin C ollectors. R em em ber th a t th e n o tab le cab in e ts of th e w orld have been form ed an d d ispersed in the auction room . I have been established fo r tw enty-five y ea rs ; th a t 1 am fam ilia r w ith th e special w an ts o f United S ta te s and C an ad ian buyers, w ith m any of whom I h av e a personal ac­q u a in ta n c e and h av in g long held th e p a tro n ag e o f lead in g collectors, 1 am ab le to attract an d retain th e g re a te s t num ber of com petitive b idders.

New a sp ira n ts fo r fav o r are c o n s ta n tly ap p ea rin g , but it ta k e s time to w in and hold a place a t th e f ro n t. C O N F ID E N C E does not grow in a n ig h t like J o n a h ’s gourd .

If you have a collection o f co ins to sell, so m eth in g con tro ls your ju d g em en t in d ec id in g to whom you w ill tru s t. You look for

EXPERIENCE. REPUTATION. PATRONAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY and th ey d e te rm in e your choice as su re ly a s th e m a g n e t sw ings the need­le o f th e com pass.

To place y o u r nam e on my m ailin g lis t fo r ca ta lo g u e or c ircu lars cost only the request.

L . .

L Y M A N H. LO W ,44 E a s t 23rd S tree t New Y ork

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®S?“L tke looks of our ad fine as we have been p r in te rs an d know it is O K, re­p e a t o u r old ad a g a in , th e w ay o rders a re com ing in we expect to be flooded w ith o rd e rs th is sp r in g —F e ’erson G in g S en g G arden C ity , M inn.

Relics of A laska a t Ye Olde C ur­iosity Shop, S eattle . W ash in g to n , also sea shells and ivory.

C O L L E C T IO N FO R S A L E Of an c ien t and preh isto ric m ound

telics. A decided sn ap for anyone cho has 550 to invest If you m ean business, enclose stam p for lis t and full particu la rs. A ddress A. D. G rutz- oacher, M iikwonago, Wis.

JOLLEY JO K E R S SO C IA L CLU B(INCORPORATED jto.oo

(STOCK HEI.D BY MEMBERS)Largest and most enthusiastic Social Club in

Srf ' Members in every state and foreign eoun- eies. who exchange letters, post cards, stamps, odcurios. Only rule is return all favois. Mem- gnhip card, butt on, dues and subscription to Club paper only joo. Remit by money order. |ully Jokers Club, uo.t l.iselley A«e., Nashville Fean

B E A U T IF U L S O U V E N IR P O S T CARDS A T W H O L E S A L E P R IC E S

Skyscrapers an d view s of New York ind o ther big c ities , h isto ric scenes, screamingly fu n n y com ics l i th o g ra p h ­ed in colors. P y ro g ra p h ic p o s tc a rd s , look like p ictures b u rn t on wood, the latest novelty . D utch T ile C ards printed to rep resen t old-fashioned :ile p ictures, ch a rm in g , qu a in t, orig- oal, hundreds of d ifferen t kinds. Hot sellers everyw here. T hey sell a t two ror 5c, never less, som etim es 5 cen ts each. All th e rage . E verybody buys them. W e’ll send you 50 (all d iffer­ent) for 40 c e n ts or ICO fo r 75 cen ts post paid. S ix sam ple card s m ailed for a dime.

M. B E E C H E R .668 S ix tn Ave.

New York

)LY N N , M ASS. V IEW S

L ib rary , C entral S quare, L in- 5 coin House. Sw am pscott. P ost ( Office, H igh School, L vtin Woods, ; W ash ing ton Square. 2 cents each, ? 15 for 25c; 509 tobaco ta g s for $2 50. v H arry Levine, 43 C en tra l Ave., j^Lyun, Mass.

NEW PRICE LEST•r>elow we quote p rices on our tine JjjfT line of pt-st cards. They' a re “ g rea tly in dem and by collectors and till ail requ irem en ts of the ex­ch an g ers of view cards, and cost less th a n o thers ask to r in fe rio r cards.

per each 100

O m aha views in b eau tifu l col­ors. 25 k inds .....................Olyi S i.75

O m aha view s in duographsty le , 8 k in d s ............................ 01J^ 1.00

Ind ian C ards in gaudy colorsfinest issued, 18k in d s ............0Z'/i 1.50

Comics: O ur line is th e fu n ­niest ever 42 k inds (42 la u g h s ...........................................01 .75We solicit your orders for

an y of the above and assure you our card s are the best value for th e m on­ey of any line published. P o stag e 2 cen ts ex tra on orders less than 10 cen ts all la rg e r orders prepaid.

OMAHA P O S T CARD CO.1506 H ow ard St.

O m aha N ebr.

Hawaiian Islands ShellsAnd specimen of corals, a nice assortment of the smaller

variety shipped in boxes for 25c, 50c, 75 cents or $1.00 each. Remit in stamps or money order. Orders promptly filled by

t he I s l a n d C u r i o Co.Honolulu, Box 759 Hawaiian Islands

FOR SA LE—An Eastm an Dev. Tank for 3Yi in films or sm aller, has only been used twice $2.50.

Earl O. H am ilton, M cKeesport, Pa.

Six different souvenir postal cards of Pottsville and vicinity for 10c.

Raym ond Scheerer, Pottsville, Pa.

D on’t miss th is Card Collectors if you w ant to complete your card collection for views of Buffalo, four views of N i­agara Falls and 1 view of the Pan A m er­ica. All for 20c in stam ps. Will Fix. cards w ith U. S. and Foreign collectors.

W. A. ROHRBACHKR,11E Dodge S t., Buffalo, N. Y.

Selling out fine mineral collec­tion 25 fine specimens for $1.00 properly named.

BENJ. HOLBROOK,Thorndale, Pa.

Post Card Collectors.Send 10c for a set of four beau­

tiful cards in colors of Zanesville, Ohio. Also the name and address of 25 active collectors and a Coupon worth $2.50. DO IT NOW.

W. B. L O N G ST R E E T ,

Dept. B. Gratiot, Ohio.

BEAUTIFUL POLY-CHROMEH igh G rade Colored Postal Cards of

the W hite M ountains, The Switzerland of America, and the Lakes and Beacherof New H am pshire.

8 all d iffe ren t........................................ 25c2 6 “ “ .............................. ........... 75cNew E ng land views Black and white 25c

dozen, all different.Cash or Money order.

Am os J . Cowan,R egistered Pharm acist,

G reenville, N. H . 6-4

ECHANGESWant Clippings.Notes. Items, Articles on coins

stamps, paper money, postal cards, curios reiics, shells etc. desired by WEST, Superior Neb,

Stamps, coins. Indian relics and curios bo'l sold and X. Burns J Cherry 781 12th St Oakland Cal.

I sell all U S and foreign coins and would be pleased to send to you my latest list of coins. Austin L. Weamer, Avonmore Pa.

Rare foreign and U 5 Stamps and Match and Medicine stamps for others Send sheets, no common wanted. J C Jay. Mt Pleasant la.

Will give to diff foreign stamps cataloging at least 2,sc for every fossil correctly named with formation and locality. Fossils worth more in proportion. Walter C Shields 1509 Young St Honolulu. T. H.

Special Packet, contains 1000 well mixed stamps such as Chili. India, Japan. Russia. Mex­ico, Venezuela. Greece, Turkey Argentine Republic, etc. It contains no U S Fren-h. Ger­man. Belgium or Gt Britain stamps, worth over $[2 00 Cat. Onr price Jt.oo. Only one to a cus. tomer. Atlas Stamp Co., 319 Evergreen Ave Brooklyn. N. Y.

25 Envelopes postpaid for only iocents[silver|. Bert G Warner, Printer, Dept Wx. 1767 Walker St. Des Moines la.

Postal Card X desired with forn countries no U S desired Only colored cards sent or desired. Miss Alice Keen. 454 St James St. London. Ont„ Canada.

To purchases from our approvals or any thing in stamps we give 5* coupon. Try in! Norfolk Stamp Co., Norfolk Nebr. 6.2

Wanted to X souv post cards with everyone from anywhere I will X equal quality of those received. 1 w ill send to fine colored views of So Cal and vicinity for 20c or 4 10c postpaid any where in U S or Can. L. }■ Packard, box 343 Pasadena, Cal.

Readers o f WEST will remember me as the Old Soldier Shutin. I have concluded to break up my collection of over 9000 different kinds of stam ps and would be pleased if collectors would write me for a selection at 50s off Scotts cat. C. E. Beaufre. Dekalb 111.

Fine stamps to X for first-class birds eggs and skins. H. T. Cortess,804 E 14 S t.lv Portland Ore.

Will X good stamps also bills anu several val­uable articles for good stamps or bills for my collection. Send selection and rec. mine. Dr. Chas. C. Scott. 2815 wabash Ave., Kansas City. Mo.

Books, magazine, stamps, jewelry, field glass­es, for coins, relics, curios, etc. J. Dalton, box 202, W ellsville, O.

Would like to X post cards views of all State Capitol Bldg and with collectors of all foreign countries. ’ W. M. Herr. 452 W King St, Lan­caster, Pa.

I will X S P C'S with collectors alt over the world. No comics. Blye Pusher, Kentland, Ind.

A fine selection of violins, including some rare old specim ens—For Sale. Express, Nashotah. Wis. Albert P, Adams. Bandmaster St. John's Military Academy. Delafield, wis,

Mr. T, Yamainuro. 313 Minamigata, Okayama. Japan, collector of manner, custom, and nude cardsfnude strictly enclosed in envelope).

{ ^ "B la c k b u rn , A spen , Colo. E x p ec t to tak e considerab le space in WESTfrom re tu rn s f ro m m y sm all ads.

The National Brandtypwriter ribbon is made of the very best imported cloth, warrant­ed to outwear any other brand of ribbon.

Ribbou Coupons issued at $7.00 per dczen or $3 50 per hall-dozen, single ribbons 75 cents. By our coupon plan you not only save money but can always obtain an absolutely fresh ribbon by simply mailing a coupon.

Send us a 2 cent stamp and we will mail you a lightning multiply- er free of charge.

The National Duplicatoris a device for the reproduction of a number of fac-simile copies of writing, drawing, typewriting, music, etc., in black or colored inks, from a single copy.

It is an indespensible device for Ministers, Music writers, Societies Restaurants and any business where a number of copies must be had on short notice.

NATIONAL DUPLICATORS complete with ink sponge:N ote size 6x10 ..........................$2.00L ette r size 10x12..................... 3.00

Sent prepaid anywhere in U. S. Agents wanted everywhere.

Dtational typ e w rite r Sxchange.2 2 S 3)earborn S t.f Chicago, S li.

Post Card Exchangers10 Southern views and your name in ­

serted in our m onthly list of domestic and foreign exchangers for 10 cents.

Star Exchange17 Bruce Bldg., Nashville. Term.

Business Men! Is there a high school prep, school or college in your town? If so. send me 25c in stam ps to learn two of the best and newest money m a k ­ing schemes. Som ething entirely new and very taking. 1 cleared f 30 here in two weeks.

L. P. STRONG,Princeton, N. J.

Names inserted in Large Exchange Directory for 2c. UNIVERSAL SOUVEN­IR C a r d S o c i e t y , Indiana Harbor Inri.

Half-tones Eor SaleAll half tones used in the W EST are

for sale. Offer per doz. at $2 each. Many selections- One in every lot cost this much alone. Make your selection.Some half price, some less. W rite

WEST, Superior, Nebr.

*10anted S fcS SW riters of Philatelic m atter will find

i t to th e ir advantage to com m unicate ■with,

FLOYD R EID ,R enville, M inn.

Send 35cFor Tlembership Card

of Southern Souv. Card Exchange.

85 beautiful cards, lists of members etc., etc.

Don R. P. DavisLowell, Ark.

EXCHANGESFree! How to make panoramic negatives with

an ordinary kodak or camera and no tt ipod. If you cant get all of your subject on one plate use two or three or more and blend the prints alto­gether upon one sheet of paper. They make beautiful pictures and it is easy to do. Send a 2C stamp for postage, Mellon Photo Co., No, 96 Fifth Are. Chicago.

Souvenir Post Cards. Did you ever know such a craze? And it keeps right on growing and it will continue to do so for mally a month to come Dealers get busy and sell postals while the fad rages. WEST makes low ,id rate of tc a word.

Would like to X view cards for same. No comics desired. Mrs. Mary Robbins, 23 Vernon St.. Plymouth Mass.

Cards from the South for cards from all parts of the world. The finest for the finest No cheap cards or comics answered. Russell G. Snow. Box 59 Cave Spring, C!a.

Attention Collectors: Will ex cards of Pictur­esque Colo, scenery with foreign exchanger*. Wm. H. Taylor, 38.87 I.owell Roulevard, Denver, Colo.

Exchange; I will give four-filths cat from mv five approval sheets for all stamps sent me cat 4c each or over. Alex Chappe, Hayward. Cal.

Foreign Collectors: Send me stamps of your country and receive equal cat val u S stamps in X. \v7 W. Bishop. City Nat. Bank. Dayton. 0.

Kx 25 mixed New York street car transfers for every stam p Cat at 10c or over. Fred. Vogt. 1844 Broadway. New York, N, Y.

Wanted. Foreign Square Cnt Envelopes and Adhesive in X for stam ps and photo post cards. Burtice H. Wilson. i toe 17 St.. Rock Island III.

Columbian Exposition stereographs a little faded X for stamps coins etc. A. L. Morris 294 W :5th St. Chicago. 111.

For sale or X 33 printing cuts.composing stick and printing paper for ancient Indian relics. A. Broadsword. Route 1 Spencer, O.

Printers: I want 10.000 circulars each month. Send prices. Warren McKnight, No. 415 4th St. Sioux City. Ia.

Dr. K & Co. Provisional Proprietary on 1. 2 <3 3d postage stamps x for good foreign. Price U per set. Gothic or Celtic type. Wm. A. Sissou, 314 P ine St., St. Louis. [6-3]

Want pair good Field Glasses for camera, rifle, violin. State price, condition, make. Geo. P. Miller. Hanuibal. Mo.

Want 22 calibre revolver or target pistol. Will give Stevens ••Favorite” No. 17.32 calibre. Write first. Chas. H. Otis, 1513 So University Ann Ar­bor, Mich.

U S Rev Stamps 1863 issue cat from 2c to $}, 1898-1900 Private Rev,some Hawaiin Postage and 5c Provisional Envelopes unused and entire. Old Foreign Silver and Copper Coins also U S Coins mostly copper cents, 52 aiff Copper Cents 1793 to 1857, poor to good, for Stamps and Coins not in my collection. Henry J. Anderson. 236 Union St. Napa, Cal.

X of souv postal cards desired. Benj. Hol­brook, Thorndale, Pa.

I collect only perfect prehistoric stone imple. ments. Correspondence with other collectors desired. John J Arthur, 1405 East 10th St. Topeka Kan.

•6TI got over 3800 in orders to my page ad first time, I think your rates very low for size and circulation of same—F Thacher, Chicago, 111.

------— EVERY TRUE AMERICAN--------

Should have the principal views of the “ Capital City” of his country. The most beautiful city, the seat of the government, and home of the president.

BEAUTIFUL COLORED POST CARDS

C S. Capital, Congressional Library, White House, State .War and Navy Building, Patent Office, Washington Monument, National Museum. Penna Aoe, Treasurery, Pension Building, Smithsonian Institute, Bureau of En­graving, etc.

------- 12 for 30 cents post paid-------Be Patriotic Order to dayH. K. Darby, 910 E. St. N. W. Wash­ing, D. C.

ATTENTION AMATEURSW A N T E D ! ! U n m o u n ted p h o to s o f ch ild re n a n d a n im a ls to g e th e r or sep a ra te ; if c h ild r e n o n ly the p ictu re m u st s h o w action , n o b a b ies . S e n d no p r in t u n le s s you o w n a good n e g a tiv e o f it. State lo w e s t ca sh p r ice for n e g a tiv e . 4XS pre­ferred. n o t la r g e r th a n 8 x io S en d su ffic ien t postage for retu rn to yo u o f y o u r p r in ts , o th er ­w ise I s h a l l d estro y a ll o f w h ic h I d o n o t b u y the n e g a tiv e s . W rite y o u r n a m e a n d a d d ress p la in ly , c a r e fu lly o b s e r v e th e ab o v e req u ire ­m ents, a c t p r o m p tly .

S. O . W A L K E R ,458 W est A d a m s S t . C h icago i ! l

Specimen Free. Send today.“THE COLLECTORS’ MAGAZINE”

Published monthly for stamps, coins, picture post cards, curio collectors. Each issue contains hundreds of sale and exchange advertisements for all collectors.SUBSCRIPTION: 25 cts for 12 issues, with a 24 word advertisement free. ADVERTISING RA lEt: Display 36c per inch. Sale and exchange advertisements 6 words 2c. All advertisements three insertions price of two. Remttances by money order only. Philatelic & Car- tophilic Printing Co., (Printers and Publishers,) Rotherham, England.STUDENTS! Earn some pocket mon­ey! I have two of the best ideas for quick money making in your school or college. Send me 25c in stamps and let me tell you how I cleared $30 here in two weeks, just working evenings. L. P. Strong, Princeton, N. J.

Photographic Post Cards made from any photograph 50c per dozen. Made from negatives 35c per dozen. Photo­graphs and negatives returned. All work sent prepaid.

Stanley MytholerWashburn, la.

POST CARD COLLECTORS!Should read THE COLLECTOR, a

new Post Card Magazine devoted to- this interesting fad. Fifty cents a year. Special Offer; The Collector Three months for 10c and your name in Club Directory once. Join the Columbine Post Card Club, a high class Western Society, Membership one year and the paper six months for 25 cents- Sample copy for a View- Card. Send coin or Green Stamps, and send to day to THE COLLECTOR, 837 South Fifteenth Street, Denver, Colorado.

M IN E R A L S ! C U R IO S ! R E L I C S

1 am disposing of a large collection of the above, specimens all first class. Note the following prices:Small mineral specimens each .. .$ .03-Larger.............................. “ .. .05Fair cabinet size............. “ .. .15Several large and rare specimens 25c

to SI.00 Write list of mineral species- wanted and will supply same as far as possible.

IN C O IN SLarge copper cents each .05T w o c e n t p ieces, cop p er .05T e n v a r io u s c o in s a n d m ed a ls .2525 sm a ll cu r io s .50R o ck y M t. so u v e n ir tr a p door sp ider, trran-

tu la . c en tip e d e , h orn ed toad a n d scorp ion la rg e s p e c im e n s 1.50-

C o m p lete b lo w p ip e o u tfit for m in er o lo g y w ith fu ll in s tr u c tio n s a n d m in e r a ls for id en tifica tio n in p o lish e d c a se 5.00

S h e lls , v a n o u s f io tn 5 to 25cA rrow p o in ts from 5 to 15cF ifty s m a ll cu rios • $ .00D r ills , h a m m er, s to n e s e tc .10F a ir c o lle c t io n o f in s e c ts , p in n e d but n o t

n a m ed 2.00A llu ra in u m stereo sco p e w ith 3 d ozen fin e

v ie w s , m o s t ly co m ic 2.00F in e A ztec p ottery from ru in s e n tir e s p e c ­

im e n s from $1 to $1.50W rile m e y o u r w a n ts . 1 can su p p ly a g rea t

v a r ie ty o f n a tu ra l h is to ry s p e c im en s, e v e r y th in g p rep a id at above p r ices, ev ery o n e a b a rg a in . A ddress F o rest G am s, G len d iv e . M on tan a . H ead M in e r o lo g y D e p t, A S o f C C R ef. M r. Brod- s to n e o f th e W E S T .

IS#* I took trial subscription to WEST and seems incredible to me that you can offer it so low for 3 yrs, for $1. which I enclose—P Bergen, Denison Iowa.

Post Cards.Wild game in their natural

haunts. Photographs from life and reproduced in natural colors in a set of 12 Post Cards. Seven kinds of Our Wild game and the only full set issued. 25 cents silver and 2 cent stamp will “ fetch ’em’’.

Ul. $. and fl.T. Berry,Wild Animal Photographers

Gardiner, Mont,t . think we can print free.

t think we would live.What we show you, we give!

\ Envelopes............................1I Note heads.................. . . . >

25 | Letter heads .......... I 15c• Business or visiting cards }/ Statements ................... f

All printed in latest type. Engrav­ed cards at low prices. Larger quant- ties to suit your purse. Lisle Card Co. Marysville, Pa.

D E T E C T I V E SWANTED—Good men to represent

the largest, independent. Detective Association in the United States. Reference required, state age. Write American Detective Association, Ind­ianapolis, Indiana.

Will exchange post cards with all, no comics. Wm. Schwartz Jr. 216 Bridge St., Mayville, Wis.

Bell Isle and Palmer Parkscenes afford opportunity for more handsome effects in Souvenir View Cards than any other spots upon the American Continent. Send for some

“ Beautiful Detroit” Souvenir Cards for your collection. It isn’t complete without them. We have two specials for you this month. Beautiful colored ones at 6 for 10c; 18c a dozen. Also fine black half-tones at 12c per dozen. Be sure and order early. Money back if you're not satisfied.

CHAS. E. LEWIS,358 McGraw Ave., Detroit, Mich.

A wire iewelry outfit consisting of pliers, saw, drill, vise, polish, brush, shells and other material, chains, charms, bracelets, material catalogue etc., worth about $10, will be given for best offer of cash, precious stones, min­erals or Indian relics before July 1st.

THOS. C. DUNCAN.Newberg, Oregon,

Four Hundred dollars worth of articles to exchange for phono­graphs, records, Cameras, motor bicyle, Ashing tackle or offers. Send your list and get mine.

Postmaster, Newell la. (5-2)

STEEL PENCOLLECTORS

We will send you 55 different styles of pens post paid on receipt of 50c. Ask for Asst.A.

C. HOWARD HUNT PEN CO.Camden, N. Y.

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Comprises large quantity War and I n d i a n relics. Many of g r e a t historic interest. Send for com­plete list.

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circulation or your business. If so in­sert your ads in my list of 50 magazines. Regular rates are 25c per line but I will make you a rate of 18c a line. Your ad inserted in every magazine (not just one) in the list. Magazines are published all over U. S. and you can get no better mediums. Forms close 25th. To pub­lishers who want space I will take % in cash, the rest in space in your paper. If you are a doubter send 2c for particu­lars.

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P lea se X fin e souv p o sta ls w ith E C K ru eg er 29 E St B allard W ash .

S ta m p s b o ’t an d sold for cash or X . C orres­p o n d en ce so lic ited . W h o le sa le price lis ts w a n t­ed , F r ied r O ek o n fe ls , S ta m p M erchant. S o lin - geti G erm a n y .

R eal e s ta te tob acco ta g s s tr e e t car tr a n s fe r s to X for a n y k in d in d ia n re lics K arle L R ob in son 2 4 W 7 S t Joe Mo.

I w ill X post card s w ith e v er y co lle c to r . N o c o m ics . H D A d a m s 713 O geron St H ia w a th a K s.

I b u y s e l l or X m in e r a ls ro ck s ores fo ss ils r e lic s of s to n e s h e l l b on e iv o ry w ood cop p er b ro n ze s ib ver an d g o ld ; w ea p o n s a n d su n d ry cu r io s ty p ica l of th e v a r io u s races a n d tr ib es o f th e ea r th ; a r t ob jects o f a ll k in d s ; a n t iq u e fu rn itu re u ten s ils je w e lry d is h e s etc; s h e l l s a n d m a r in e curios coins* s ta m p s b o o k s h is to r ica l sou v etc . F G H illm a n 63 H illm a n St N e w B ed ford M ass.

I am a sou v post card co lle cto r a n d e x ch a n g e r . D ean D o n a ld so n b x 706 L in co ln N eb.

W ill e x w ith a n y o n e an d a n y w h e r e , s h a ll sen d card s o f O ak lan d an d San F ra n c isco a n d v ic in ity S u re to r ep ly , M J K in g , 727 E O a k la n d C al.-7*4

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U S u n u sed e n t ir e e n v e lo p e s to X . S e n d d u p li- c a tc lis t a n d rec m in e . A lfred K C ole, P la in fie ld N . J.

C igar han d co lle c to rs: S en d yo u r d u p lic a te s to I J V an O u tereu 512 E a st t?th St. E a st O ak lan d . Cal. W ill m a il o rd ers in X . H ave co lle c t io n o f 3500 d ifferen t b an d s.

S ta m p s an d P P C*s to X for fo s s ils , n u m era ls . W C S h ie ld s 1509 Y o u n g S t H o n o lu lu H aw aii.

W ill X p o s ta ls w ith a n y o n e . M rs. E J L in son 113 F a ir St. K in g sto n , N Y .

I h a v e s o m e v ery good s ta m p s to X v ery reason a b le . W h at h a v e y o u . R aym on d W rig h t K en t la

I w i l l X souv p o stca rd s w ith c o lle c to r s a n y ­w h ere . I sen d c a rd s o f eq u a l q u a l i t / o f th o se rece iv ed b y return m a il. 1 w ill s en d 10 fin e co l­ored v ie w s of B a ltim ore for 20 c e n ts or 4 fo r 10c p ostp a id a n y w h e r e in th e V S or C a n a d a , G 1*. S n y d e r 2663 w N o rth A ve B a ltim o re M d.

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I w o u ld l ik e to r ece iv e s e le c t io n s o f U S rev in “b lo c k s o f fo u r’* (an y is su e )o n a p p ro v a l. P ro in p retu rn s, c h a s 1 Altman, Cor and a n d C ourt A ve. D es M o in e s la .

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t ^N. Taylor, Strang, Neb.. My ads in WEST brought me replies from all over the world and found the advertisers to be very pleasant gentlemen to deal with.

Good arrow heads............................... 05Old avil war le tte rs ............................06Good piece of Indian pottery.............. 04Pieces of shell from Jordan River .02Three small curios............................. 06A good bunch of reading matter .05A genuine Indian bead............. 04

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F or|Sale To Close Out

On Account of Age.My whole collection of Indian and

other curios consisting of Indian Bead Work, Bows and Arrows Flint Arrows. Spear points, Moccasins, Purses and Bags, Quirts, Boys Beaded Buckskin Coats and Vests, Belts and Hat Hands, Elk Skin Coat, Buffalo Powder Horn and Pouch Straps Beaded, Pappoose Carrier, and Baskets. The largest col­lection of Prehistoric Marterv Pestels and Charm or Ceremontal Stones iu the U. S. Indian Skulls, old Indian Saddle etc. Clay Faces of Indian Gods, Nava- ho, Indian Weaver, pottery and Beads from Florida Mounds, Mexican Indian pottery, Brass Candlesticks, Boomer­angs and Nerloo Nula Cluhs from Aus­tralia, Chinese pipes, and Fiddles,Cones from Big Trees 6x7 in and 5 Ig 12 to 14in a Japanese suit of Armor 150 years old, Cal Wood Canes, Bullets from Battle Fields, Old Guns, Pistols, Swords, Knives Bolos Indian Shell Money(Ky Yah) Tappa Cloth from Samoa and others to numerous to mention.

TO EXCHANGE EGGS No- 1, # , # , 15 1-1, 18 1-1 End Blown 70#. 30 5-1. 31a 4-1, 86b 1-1, 120a#, 120c# , 121%, 122 10-4, 123%, I23b 4-4, 187#. 191#, 219 1-9, 220 1-6, 221#, 226#, 305 1-5, 319#, 312#, 342#, 365#, 373 I T, 412 1-6, 417 1-1, 444#, 456 1-7, 476 1-6, 48" 1-5. 494#, 498#, 510 1-5. 538#, 581 1-5, 612#. 613#, 616#,618#, 705# 766 1-5, 131#, 313#, 316#, 126 1-1 123 1-1, 133 1 -6 , 292a 1-12, 292b#, 2921- 10. For other first clasi only in sets with date. What have you.

FOR SALEDuplcate Gold dollars, # Eagles and

$5.00; Silver # , # , 10c, 5c, 3c. 2c and large lc-

J. B. LewisPET iLUMA, SONOMA CO.,

CALIFORNIA.A. S. of C. C. 383. Also a 5x8 Caniero with Tripod for best offer of Cash or Eggs, No Common Wanted.

8 6 f*My ad in WEST brought in so many teplies I have no more goods that I had in my ads—F.. Risdon, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Card Collectors attention. Having a large number of customers buying souv cards from me who wish to ex. with parties all over the world I respectfully request all those who wish to ex. for Chicago views to mail one card to me which card I will give to one of my cus­tomers who will return one to you. Pho­to Brown cards mailed seperate at 3c each. H. L. Franke, 1158 Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, 111.

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C o n d iiio n s are s u c h th a t I s h a l l b e o b lig e to d is c o n t in u e m y c o l le c t in g for th e p r e se n t but do n o t in te n d to fo r s a k e y o u e n t ir e ly an d w ou ld be v e r y g la d to co rr e sp o n d w ith a n y o n e w illin g to d o s o . H . S- W alter . B ox 132 O d on . In d .

W an ted to X s o u v p o s t c a r d s w ith torn and d o m e s t ic c o lle c to r s . I a n s w e r p ro m p tly and s e n d g o o d c a rd s. J . E . W ood w ard . Box 884 R ic h m o n d V a .. (J S A (o o e e )

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W e s e l l o ld flin t a n d c a p - lo c k g u n s a n d p isto ls o ld p e w te r a n d d eco ra ted c h in a d is h e s w ar pi­o n e e r a n d a n c ie n t In d ia n r e l ic s a n d m a n y other a n tiq u e a r t ic le s P r ice l i s t fe e e D avis Bros- K e n t O.

H a v e a ll k in d s o f forn s ta m p s to X for fossils p r o p e r ly n a m ed a n d w ith fo r m a tio n a n d locality W a iter C S h ie ld s 1509 Y o u n g S t H on o lu la H awaii.

If S a n d a n c ie n t c o in s b o 't s o ld or e x . W orthy E E d w a rd s. N m n ism . bx 147 S o u th B en d Wash.

W an t to X sou v c a rd s w ith a n y o n e in any p la ce . F r a n k W J o h n so n 23 10th St S o F a r g o N D .

W ill X c o in s ta m p s a n d c u r io s fo r o ld pistols g u n s w a r a n d In d ia n r e l ic s o r cu r ios. Describe w h a t y o u h a v e a n d w h a t y o u w a n t. H o w a rd Al­lard 3147 E a sto n A ve. St L o u is Mo.

N e w O r le a n s sou v post ca rd for five tob tags. N W e lls L o n g sh o re 206 C a r o n d e le t S t N e w Or­le a n s L a.

W a n t a ll k in d s o f forn s ta m p s to X for fossils p r o p e r ly n sm e d a n d w ith fo r m a tio n a n d locali­ty . W a lter C S h ie ld s 1509 Y o u n g St, Houolula. H a w a ii.

I lln s tr a te d p ost card o f T e x S ta te C ap. in X fo first c la s s card , p re fera b ly ca m era p r in t . J L A rlitt . A u stin T e x .

W ill X post c a rd s U S o r fo rn . A lto n Miles, L in c o ln N eb . c a re o f P O.

W a n ted C op ies o f W E S T d a ted D ec. 1904. Feb., M ar, A p r. M ay, Ju n e, J u ly , A ug. Sept, Oct. N ov . D ec. 1905: Jan , F e b . M arch 1906. M M G ra h o sch . R R 2 E sb o n K a n .

S o m e th in g n e w 10 co lored p o st ca rd s o f Venice o f A m erica , a n d O cean P a r k s for 15c. Pacific P h o to G a lle r y , S a n ta M on ica Cal.

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F o r X for a n y th in g o f v a lu e , p re fera b le a dia- m o tid , a to w n lo t in G a r fie ld Co O k la . Worth a b o u t Jro or $50. T o w n s itu a te d o n tw o railroads. B est c o u n ty in th e s ta te a n d p ro p er ty w ill ad­v a n c e . W ill X for b est o ffer . W . C. S to n e 908 W est 13th S t K a n sa s C ity M o.

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IF YOU COLLECTBirds or their nests and eggs, shells, minerals, fossils, Indian relics. You need T h e O o l o g i s t . "Best Exch. Medium” H. A. S —N. Dak. Hundreds of similar testimonials. Monthly 50c per year. Free exchange notice or sale notice to every subscriber, sample copy for stamp.ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y.

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T h e r e i s e a s y w o rk atid b ig p ro fits in th is tr a d e for s o m e o n e in e v e r y to w n . T h e p r ic e o f a n e w m irro w . t8 x 36, a t m o st a n y s to r e is $2.00 to $voo. Y on ca n s ilv e r a g la s s o f th is s iz e for 20 cen ts . A m o m e n t's th o u g h t w ill sh o w vo n th e im m e n se profits.

T h e e x p e n s e o f g o in g in to b u s in e s s is hu t a tr in e a s y o u h a v e n o m a c h in er y or to o ls to b u y . T h e n e c essa ry c h e m i­c a ls m a y b e o b ta in e d a t a n y d r u g store a n d yo u ca n d o th e w o r k r ig h t a t h o m e in y o u r k itc h e n . W e h a v e s o ld our re ­n o w n e d p r o cess fo r y e a rs , h u n d r e d s o f th em , for $;.oo to $2.00. a n d th e y a re w o rth th e m o n e y .

S p e c ia l p r ice n o w 50 c e n ts [fo r a sh ort t im e o n ly ] if y o u w ill retu rn th is a d v er ­t is e m e n t w ith y o u r ord er. W e a ls o te ll y o u . F r e e o f C h arge , h o w to E m b o ss. G rind , F o il. G o ld L ea f. F ro st. C h ip a n d m a k e Im ita t io n S ta in ed G la ss. H o w to T ra n sfer , P h o to s o n g la s s . H o w to bore h o le s in g ta s s a n d cu t s k y l ig h t s . A ll th e a b o v e a n d m o re for th e s m a ll su m of 50 c e n ts . M o n e y b a ck if yon a re not p lea sed ,

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g u a r a n tee d c ir cu la tio n a m o n g c o lle c to r s a n d a th rifty , in te lig e n t a n d p ro sp ero u s c la s s o f p e o p le g o o d m a il ord er cu sto m ers- W e m a k e a s p e d a l ra te to a d v e r tiser s o f l c a w ord au d a 4 in a d w ill b e in se r ted o n e t im e fo r 52.00. o r a I in a d th ree t im e s for 52.00 c a sh o r s ta m p s w ith ord er. T h e W est. S u p er io r , N€i>.

A d v er tise in m y s ta m p m a g a z in e s if y o u w a n t to g e t good retu rn s from you r a d s . i rep resen t 20 of th e le a d in g a n d b e s t ’s ta m p , C oin a n d Curio M a g a zin es p u b lish ed , Can p la ce y o u r a d s fromio to 25# b e lo w p u b lish ers p r ic e s . . S en d m e a co p y vou r ad an<I g e t m y lis t s fu ll p articu lars, sp ec ia l prices etc. •‘R ybolV ’ Ad A gt, bx U M ul­b erry o .

T en c e n ts p a y s m em b ersh ip w ith a ll b en efits. W h y n ot join? ' U n iv ersa l S ovu en ir Card S o c ie ty , In d ia n a H arbor Ind .

iooo Iow a Coal fo ss ils to e x c h a n g e for good In d ia n re lics . T e ll m e w h at you h a v e a n d w h a t y o u w a n t. John W W right K n o x v ille la .

W an ted to X w ith co llecto rs g o v ern m en t issu es o f fo re ig n posta l card s w ill a lso trade both used a n d u n u sed sou v ca rd s for g o v e rn m e n t issu es. S en d list and rece ive m in e. D . R, S tree ts M D B ridgeton N ew J ersey .

F or X ;—C abin et sp e c im en s m a n se n e to an d p a ck a g e b lack sa n d for 200 sta m p s. Send . J. F . L a w so n . Butte A ., O roville . Cal.

T h e u n d ers ig n ed d es ire s to m a k e e x ch a n g e s w ith co llectors on th e b asis o f S co tt’s ca t prices. S en d s h e e ts to W . H. B ain b rid ge. S earch lig t, L in co ln Co. N evad a . -5-4

iooo w estern p o stm a rk s w ith d a u b ers s en t post p aid for $1 E. R. S tein b ru eck . M atidan, N . D.

1903 N a tio n a l A lbu m , fin e condition $1.00; 12 ca rd board p roofs o f D epts. o n ly $1. S e ll or X for U S p o sta g e . L. V . M apes, In d . H arber, In d

U n ifo rm b u tto n s w an ted , a rm y . n a v v . s ta te c itv . in c lu d in g a ll k in d s ra ilr o a d .p o lic e .f ir e d e p t. lo d g e , ban d , m a il carriers, s tr ee t cars, a s y lu m s s c h o o ls a n d c o lle g e s . 'Will retu rn favor. H e len C avanah , G en 'l D e l S ta tio n B. K a n sa s C ity. M o.

V iew s o f San F ran cisco a fter th e ea r th q u a k e a n d fire to X for v ie w s o f in ter e st a ls o p o st ca rd s o f sa m e. S en d a s m a n y a s y o u w ish . W ill g iv e go o d X , Joe G a le w sk y , S t H e le n a . N a p a Co.C al.

W ill b u v s ta m p s c o in s a n d In d ia n relics . G ood p r ice s a n d cash b y retu rn m a il % ca t an d u p . 53.00 for som e la r g e cen ts . S en d 4c s ta m p s for n e w b u y in g lis ts e tc . C has. R y b o lt, M u lb erry O.

S tam p s, sea sh e lls .C S A a n d b ro k en b a n k b il ls p o ttery fr a g m en ts , la d ie s b y c ic le , n a m ed a n d u n ­n a m ed m in er a ls to X for sea s h e lls , stam p s, c o in s , m in era ls , a n d fo s s i ls . 4 M ilb a n k p ostcard s 15c c o in . 1 o p o stca rd s 20c co in , ic ea ch e x tr a if m a iled s ep a ra te ly . S en d for 50* a p p rova l s h e e ts o f g o o d sta m p s. E x c h a n g e a s p e c ia lty . G eo, E . D e u e l M ilb an k , S . D ak.

Souv p osta l ca rd s o f L o u is ia n n a . B eau tifu l co lo red v ie w s o f N e w O rlea n s La. S e n d 25c s i l ­v e r or m o n ey o rd er for Set N o . 1. C o n sists o f 10 c a r d s o f N e w O r lea n s I,a in co lors. Y ou n eed th e s e in y o u r c o lle c t io n . M on ey b a ck i f not sa t­is fied . J o h n H A lle n . P la in D ea lin g . L a .

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O ld In d ia n W am p u m m o n ey 15c; 50 var C igar b a n d s isc ; so var S tre e t Car tr a n s fe r s 30c. a ll p ost p a id . B U R N S C H E R R Y , 7S1 12th St , O ak lan d Cat. (5-3)

Coal fo s s ils a n y k in d a n y q u a n tity to X for good p reh is to r ic In d ian re lics . J. W . W rig h t K n o x v ille , la .

r uum........• SOUVENIR £• POST CARD■5 of San Francisco showing 5 results of earthquake and £ fire. Fine half tone pic-* tures just out. Sample se- J lection of 5 varieties mailed 5 postpaid for Pc;$1.75 per! i o o .

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• The Circular Study”P,y Anna Katharine Green

A powerful mystery story of New York City by the author of ‘‘The Leavenworth Case”

“John Burt”lly Federick Uphatn Adams

“The Massareehs”By Ouida

Author of ' ‘Under Two Flags.”‘•Peggy O’Neal”

By Alfred Henry Lewis.“Sherlock Holmes”

By A. Conan Doyle“ Cecilia”

By F. Marion Crawford A story of Modern Romee.

•‘The Green Flag”B’’ A. Conan Doyle

Few novelists could have told the story us the author of “Sherlock Holmes” has

“Tho Hsu: With Ths Green Shutters” 1 By George Douglas

A story of life in an interior Scottish villiage.

(14th Edition)“The Elusive Ifildeqard”

By H. R. Martin Author of “ Tillie”

“ The Stowmarket Mystery”By Louis Tracy

•‘On The The Cross”A Romance of the Passion Play

“The Twe Orphans"B y A lfred D ’Ennery

Illustrated Theatre EditionO U R W O N D E R HU I. O F F E R

A n y o n e o f th e a b o v e b o o k s s c u t p rep a id to g e th e r w ith a fu ll y e a r 's su b scr ip tio n to th e W E fT for o n lv f i .o o . Or w e w ill sen d p rep a id a n y o n e o f th e a b o v e liook s for a c lu b o f o n ly tw o subscrip ­t io n s to th e W E ST . f t .50 in a ll. A n y tw o b o o k s s e n t p rep a id fo r a c ln b o f th r e e su b scr ip tio n s , fa in a ll. a n d a n y th r e e b ook s s e n t p rep a id for a c lu b o f four su b scr ip tio n s to th e W E S T , f j in a ll.

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B ecau se it is th e m ost p r a c tica l a n d u se ­fu l PO ST Ca RD ev er o ffered to th e pu blic.

Our patent TIME ARRIVAL Post Card ha been designed especially for the traveling public, ninety per cent of whom desire to notify their family or friends of their safe arrival, and yet have not the time to write a letter immediately. This post card is practically ready to mail, giving as it doe9, the day, date and time of arrival, and con­veys all that is necessary for the relief of mind of those at home, and does away with the old time-worn excuse, “ I hadn’t time to write.” To the general traveling public it will prove very acceptable, as it saves the most important thing the hustling, busy man of to day most prizes—TIME. SIX CROSRES AMD SIGN YOUR NAME— THAT’S ALL.

You should always have a supply of Time Arrived Post Ca.rds when traveling—12 for 25c post pa.id. Ask your deal­er for them or send direct to

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650 COMO BLOCK,325 DEARBORN ST.

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Post cards made to order $8.00 per 1000* Sind photo 6x8 or larger (solio print pre­ferred,) delivery two to three weeks.

“SIMPLICITY DOUBLESTONES”Acknowledged the finest production of the

printers art. We carry a large line of Comic,Leather,Metal frame and over cards.

C O IN S AND CURRENCYWILL TTRCIIASE IN LOTS

A limited amount of scarce confederate and fractional currency in coins the One and Three dollar U. S. Gold issue. Condition of above must be nearly new. Submit sample with lowest set price.

N E L S O N T . T H O M S O N , O M A H A , NEB.

CIGARSFrom Factory To Smoker.

For 75 cent money order I will send to any address in the U. S. a box of 25 High Grade Cigars. Price list free.

Paul Meyer,Cigar Manufacturer,

Arlington, Neb.

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10c each.

California 25 and 50c Souvenir Gold pieces in octagon or round and 50c each. Indian Baskeis, Arrow Points etc.

Reference First National Bank Berkley.

S.TAYLOROld Curiosity Shop,

Borkeley, Cal.

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ONLY HOUSE IN AMERICAthat makes a speciality of exclus­ive high grade artistic p e t and congratulating cards. Don’t write us for the common kinds. Send 10 cents forNvholesale list and lat­est 25c card, beautiful girl with genuine hair.

F erd E noold Card Co .Monroe Wis.Designers, Publisher, & Importers.

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<I CALL THEM post card clips. With them you can display your collection of cards or photos in the simplest, neatest and most attractive manner; you can ar­range a small square of four or you can cover a whole wall. I sell them at 10 cents a dozen, 3 doz. 25c, currency.

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Cards in colors, Lincoln’s Home and Monumut, Ar­senal, State ,ouse. Library, Post Offic e State Fair Grounds, 4 different, Court House, City Hall and Par­ade Grounds. 12 for 25 cents cash or stamps, these cards are of National interest as the home and tomb of the Immortal Lincoln.

Millard Mailing Agency 113 S 4th St.

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For hundredn o f CASH BUYERS, who ariverttae in THE U. 8. REAL ESTATE JO U R N A L and T H E PROSPERITY M A K E R ,a un ique, orig inal, illu stra ­ted monthly for the H om e, Real E state, B usiness. For vido-awake b iiy c ’S, Bellera, aaetitw,investorK. A world vide c ircu la tio n , Sam ple copy, 25c or Sl.im per year, freeudvice. W rite J. ALLEN ST E PH E N S, Publisher,

W illard B uild ing, M uncie, Ind. E st. I*w2 .

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T H E N U M IS M A T IS T .This is th e o n ly illu s tr a te d m o n th ly m a g a z in e to A m erica d e v o te d to c o in s a n d co in c o lle c t in g It has b een p u b lish ed c o n tin u o u s ly s in ce 1888, One do llar p er a n n u m to a n y post office on th e globe. P o s ta g e p rep a id w ith so u v en ir is s u e s when a s k e d to fo re ig n c o u n tr ie s . V o lu m e X IX begins w ith 1906. T h e N u m ism a t is t is th e organ o f th e

A M ER IC A N N U M IS M A T IC A SSO C IA T IO N which h a s n o m in a lly o v er 700 m e m b er s ,, th e largest an d m o st a c tiv e o r g a n iz a tio n o f th e k in d in the w o r ld . If yo u a re in ter e sted in co in collecting o r th e s tu d y o f c o in a g e w e w a n t to hear fro m y o u a n d d e m o n str a te to you th e futility o f tr y in g to c o lle c t c o in s w ith o u t th e N um ism atist. S a m p le c o p ie s o il r ec e ip t o f 10c or fu rth er in fo rm a tio n o n r ece ip t o f s tam p ,The N u m ism a t is t . L ock b o x 727. M onroe, M ich

A P O P U L A R , F A D S o u ve n ir P ostal Gourds F re e to A ll*

We w ill sen d - a ll c h a r g e s p rep a id by us, o n e free p a c k a g e o f a s so r te d S o u v en ir P o sta l C ards to a n y o f o u r rea d ers w h o w i l l sen d u s o n e n e w subscription to th is m a g a z in e a n d 10c to p a y for same. E a ch p a c k a g e c o n ta in s 10 d ifferen t Souvenir P o sta ls b e a u tifu lly e x e c u te d rea d y for m ailing. S ta te i f you w ish c a rd s w ith su b scr ip .

1000 S u bjects F r e e to Y ou T hese c a rd s co n ta in in te r e s t in g a n d h is to r ica l

views from a ll over th e U n ited S ta te s an d a go o d collection o f th e s e p o s ta ls filed in a n a lb u m w ill n otjon ly b e o f g r ea t e d u c a tio n a l v a lu e bu t y o u will a ls o p o sse ss a b o o k o f u n d y in g in te r e st . We h ave 1000 S u b jec ts to s e le c t from a n d e a ch reader se c u r in g a set o f p o s ta ls w ill rece iv e 10 different su b jec ts w ith ea ch set , b e g in n in g w ith number o n e an d so on u n t i l th e y p o s se s s 1000 suhjects. T^arge p a ck 12 s o u v e n ir p o s ta ls free with each y e a r ly su b scr ip tio n at 50c. A d d ress The W E S T . Su perior, N enr.

Our Viewsfor the Stereo rope

are high rims aud very interest- ing subjects. l',,r a iiiniltd lime we offer a 51 ■ *0 set of six choice subjects sent to you prepaid for only 50 cents, money order.

Address at once

The Outdor Studio,L- Box 34,

Ericson, Nebr.

Is becoming famous.It is an anti-trust paper of the finest

quality. Nothing but the highest grade imported stock is used. It is easier to manipulate and has more latitude in exposure and developing paper on the market.

. Also makes the finest Photo Post cards. 15c a dozen. Gross prepaid $1.50.

The price list is the lowest.The discounts the Largest.

And quality the Best. Try it.

SEND 10c to pay postage for a dozen SAMPLES

PCilborn Photo P aper Co.,

Cedar P a p ids Sowa

Oriental Soods.Japanese SCove hies.

Magic Water Flower, interesting novelty, box.......................................10eOrnaments, laces of Japanese tnen, unique, each ...................... 10cAntimony ash trays, odd designs, each................................................... 15cHand colored photographs, 8x10, finely executed, each.................... 25c

K I t i 4 i t • < i „dozen............... S2..00Hand colored silk fans; pictures of Geisha Girls small size, each . . . 10c

medium size, “ ...,2 0 c ■ . large size . . . . 2oc

Folding fans; beautifully executed 5c to 50c each, sample.. .. . . . . . 5c Lanterns; beautiful specimens of this work 4 in dia., e a c h ............ .12c

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Japanese Hairpin Fans 3 in. fan 6 in. length, d ozen ................. 20cPaper napkins; not ordinary and not trashy, sample hundred ........ 50cJapanese silk flags, each.................................................................................. 25c

Silk Mandkerchiefs.A sample Japanese silk hankerchief of the finest woven silk will be

sent postpaid for 40c. Samples of ladies’ handkerchief of the finest quality and very artistic designs 50c each. Prices by dozen much lower. Repeat orders will surely follow.

Chinese Diovelties.Incense sticks, 4 packages.................................................................... . 10cCarved stone bracelets, white-green, white-red ete., each.................. 20c

silver mounted each............................................. 75cChinese wooden eggs, 12 within one, very popular each.............. .. • .20cChop sticks, teak wood, p a ir ........................................... .......................10cBack scratchers, carved bone, interesting curios, each........................ 2°cChinese silk flags, each ........ . . . 1..........................................................20cSwords, musical instruments, lacquer wear in stock.Special wholesale prices to dealers and mail order dealers.

<W . ^ D w i/e r , Smporter,5 1 G. S2ox 1 2 2 9 , 5ifth Section

Dlew 2)ork, 31. 7/.8© “Do not forget to mention the WTST when dealing with advertisers. It "'ill

be appreciated.

Will exchange new Baltimore Ro­tary Press Cabuer, 3 louts type print, 2%x3>% for good collection of stamps or curios, cigar bands 50 different for 6c in stamps I exchange souvenir cards with all collectors, write me today.

W. A. Rohrbacher,118 Dodge St., Buffalo, New York.

THE WORLD’S BESThair brush, the only brush that can be absolutely sterilized in boiling water or steam prevents disease, get acquainted with this brush, post paid $1 5i).• also metal hair and cloth brushes, combs, mirrors, and tray. These are beauties, hand engraved. Si, S2, S3 and up. Three, four and five piece sets, make elegant presents, sets $3. 4, 5 to $10 Agents Warned. Fred (1. How­ard. Jamestown N. Y.

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Souvenir Post Cardsof San Francisco earthquake and fire, 25 cents per dozen. Book of 25 views of earth­quake, different from post cards, 20 cents. Fine color­ed cards of California, 25 cents per dozen. All post paid, mailed separate 3 cents each. Exchange desired.Star Card Co , R.F.D.4, Los Angeles, California.

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| stamps cat. 3 times price and a i number on a fine fountain pen ionly 15 cents; 50 mixed stamps | cat. S I . 00 free to approval appli- i cants sending a 2c stamp for re­tu rn postage. Auburn Stamp <’o.' 112 N Main St. Auburn Ind.

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+ Florida Post Cards ♦+ ♦* are the prettiest published, 200 J + different colored or Black and 4 + White. Jacksonville. St. Augus- ♦ J tine. Tampa. Palatka, Daytona, J + St. Johns and Ocklawaha Rivers, ♦ + and all places of interest. Sent ♦ ^ post paid 25 cents a dozen. J•b ^+ C h a s . e. R o w t o n , Palalka, Fla. ++ f+ 4* + + + * H ’,l ,+ + ,H ' ♦

FOSSILSMINERALSHELLSMounted Birds

and Mammals. All kinds of

Natural History Specimens, Tools, and Supplies.

CATALOGUE FREE.Or Letter, Send for one of the

following Bargain collections:8 fine Showy Shells, postpaid. .50c12 fine Minerals, postpaid........50c10 Good Fossils, “ ........ 50c

A. W. JONES,B x 77,Salina, Kan.

Morey’s *'Sna.ps No. 1".Copper cents, large. 25 diff dates

good to fine........................... $1.00Nickel cents, including flying eag­

les. six diff dates Unc ..............50Two cent pieces. 1872 very scarce

Three for ...................................... 50Hard times token lovar very good .50 Civil war tokens 25var good to unc .50 Medallets Lincoln and others lOvr .75Foreign coins, 25 var.......................... 25Confederate bills 25 var............... 1.00Broken bank bills 10 var.....................50Roman coins 10 v a r ............................75

Come quick, as when stock is gone same cannot be duplicated. Send for my Auction Monthly List. H. E. Mor­ey 31 Exchange St.. Boston, Mass.

MEXICAN PALH LEAF HAT 50c |An Ideal Hat for Fishing, Camping, and the Seashore. {

No hat procurable at double the price we ask is as suitable for the 'obiter,camper '• or fisherman as our hand-woven Mexican Palm Leaf Hats. T1 ese are woven eti-' tirely by hand bv skilled. Mexicans in Mexico, from strong palm pure, especially i for us. and we import them direct- They are double weave, durable, and licdit ii. i weight. h

This hat is lig^t weight but very strong, with' colored design woven in brim. It retailstor Si,00 I hut we send it to any address, prepaid, for onlv ! 50 cents, as a leader. The same hat in plain de­sign 40 cents, or the tW'O hats — one rnlnrod a|)f| one plain — for 75 cents. All sizes; l’rge, me -ium I and small.

This hat is similar grade to the above, but

plain design, larger size, talley crown, and with 6 -inch brim, yet weighs only six ounces. An ideal fisherman’s hat. Retail value $1.50 but sent prepaid anywhere for 75 cents. All sizes.

THE FRANCIS E. LESTER COHPANY,

Department Y 6 Hesilla Park, New Mexico

Post Cards From YourPhotos

The Very Finest Collotype Work.I am American representative for one ot the best |§|

Post Card manufactures in Germany, and am |£| enabled to quote you a price of

$6.00 per 1,000For sample card or othes information write to

Jno. Straley,Comanche, Texas

HAND PAINTED TAPESTRY SOFA PILLOW

S e n d fo r a h a n d P a in ted ta p es tr y Sofa p illo w to p m a d e from w h ite v e lv e titie . of th e th e very r ich est. N o o it p a in 2; e sp e c ia lly p repared for ta p es tr v p a in tin g s . T h e se do n o t fa d e nor w ea r off, an d produ ce a p e r fe c t n a tu ra l sh ad e . T ry an d see for y o u r se lf by o rd er in g a fine h an d p rin ted d es ig n b y M is s ’M, K e ller . I ts no m ech n n ica I w o rk hut fr e e h a n d d r a w in g or d e s ig n in g . O nce you s ee th e n a tu ra l w r e it h of ro ses or brow n ey ed S u sans, yo u c a n ’t Help hut im a g in e th e room filled w ith th e fra g ra n ce o f a n atu ra l flow er. P rices r a n g e from $1.00 u p to S i.75 acco rd in g to th e s ize of th e d e s ig n . But ea ch d e s ig n is th e correct s iz e su ita b le lor a so fa p il lo w hut th e $1.75 an d $1,50 are th e m ore e la b o r a te in d e s ig n , fien d a t o n c e and g e t you r o rd ers in on tim e. H irst co m e are th e first ser v e d .w r ite a t o n c e to M a d e lin e K e ller . Ju n eau W is., R. N o I. Box 1 8 .V. 8 . A.

MARINE SHELLS AND CUROIS

Twelve shells and curiosfor 50c all good speci­mens. Collections of choice

shells from 25c to $1. Illustrated catalogue and a show}' shell sent for ten cents. Special listof Fla. and W. I. shells for dealers.

J. H. hOLHES, Dunedin, Fla.

Having Cameras (not ko* daks) 4X' or any si te larger can earn $8 per week by tak­ing pictures for us at home*

Send stamp for particulars, stating size of camera.O v a l P o r tr a it Co., D ep t. w , C hicago .

“ PREHISTORIC RELICS”This is a good work for collectors and students. It contains 131 illustrations which show 850 different ornaments, implements, weapons and utenils. ‘‘Prehistoric Relics” is made up from the standard authorities on specimens Holmes, Fowke, Moorehead, Snyder Perlin. Boyle, McGuire, Wilson, Moore Beauchamp, Cushing and others. It has selected the best of all these ex­perts’s writings. See ill. in this Num.

The illustrations alone cost nearly 51000. The book contains 176 pages, 6 by 9 inches. All the illustrations are carefully described. By a study of “ Prehistoric Relics’’ the collector can identify any specimen in any portion of the United States. I will sen a copy of “ Prehistoric Relics.” posdpaid to any reader of the WEST on treceipt of Si.00. Mone}r refunded if not satisfactory. L. Brodstone, Superior, Nebraska.

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Price lisfs, Wholesale and Retail cun lie hud tree on application. Buy direct and save middleman’s profits Ge i. I£. Atithonisz, ‘'Sea Spray” Colpetty, Colombo, Ceylon, Asia.

Sm ith’s Curiosity Shop.834 Arch St., Phila., has the larg­est collection of rare books, prints, painting's, Indian goods, coins, stumps, maps, atlases, antiques and curios of all kinds. We buy and sell.

WANTED!For cash anything relative to Island

of GUAM, addresses, clippings, photos, cancelled stamps, curios, etc. Write.

OWEN T. BREWER,Owens, I)e Soto Co . Fla.

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Comanche, TexasFor

Covers, Folders, Advertisements,

Commercial Stationery, Etc., Etc.

Let Him Figure with You^h ^ : T miTs i c

Shade °f the Old Apple Tree, Everybody works but Father and four otliers we will select from our stock. All six for 50 cents stamps or coin, if you will send names of a few musical friends. Biggest offer this season. Order to day.

Exchange wanted with card collectors everywhere. Foreign es­pecially but all write. Every card answers. Correspondents also want­ed with collectors iti foreign count­ries. E. R. Stiles. Box 44, Monc­ton, N. B. Canada. '5-6)

W ild jCifeO F T H E W O O D S

AND W A T E R S Everybody wants to know

about Western Canada, the land of

BIG GAMEILLIMITABLE FORESTS

UNEXPLORED REGIONS“ W ild L ife ’ tells of the out door life of Western Canada. Send fifty cents for a trialsubscription.W ild L ife P ubl ishing C o.Victoria B. C. Canada.

W. BLACIOIER CO.Oak Park 111.

Stone R eliesLargest stock, Largest variety, Most

Unique of any in U. S.Outfitter for medium and advance col­

lectors. The celebrated Oregon and Washington agate and chalcedony jasper and obsidian Bird Points a specialty. Long spear heads, mound relics and copper and hematite relics.

Also I buy all good things offered at right prices in this line.

Wholesale and retail dealer in beaded buck skin relics, stone relics, Indian baskets, Iudiat) photos, minerals, fossils shells, Alaska and So Sea curiosities and general curios. Elk Teeth at Wholesale to Jewelers. Part beaded moccasins per pair 1.00, one-balf beaded 1.50, three- fourths beaded 2.00, full beaded 2.50, all postpaid, (measure foot in inches.) $12000 stock to select from, 21st year. 52 page retail catalogue for 5c postage. Wholesale sheet to dealers only.

L. W . StiTwell,Deadwood, So. Dakota-

Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!The Great Tourist Paradise.

Would you like to be a Souvenir Card Collector? Would you like to know something of Southern California? If you are interested in this great tourist city of the world where there is splendid scenery, and great natural wonders, a land of sunshine and flowers. This is one of the great favored spots of the earth, where people come from all quarters to live in the genial and healthful climate, the coolest summers and the warmest winters in the United States, the great panorama of beauty. If you can­not visit these marvelous Nature Gardens, you can at least have a fine collection of cards of Southern California, you can see every place of any importance at a trifle cost.

Try and form a card club among your friends, this is one way of get­ting a large variety of views from anyone locality, just give me a trial order for cards and see how well you will be pleased. The artists who make the Photographes travel continually, they are always on the look­out for the best interests of the card collector, some of these cards cost a few cents but to get the first picture cost Hundreds of Dollars, during the the great earthquake and fire of our Sister City Sau Francisco. Our great artists went there and secured some fine views, and >ou can now look and wonder in astonishment of that great calamity, even if you were thousands of miles away.24 Cards of the San Francisco wreck and fire(made from the best pho­

tographs during that great fire)........................................................ 10cDuring the hard times of 1892 the people of this city created the great

Floral day, to cheer up and boom this city to the world. The great Floral and Electrical Parade held here in May 1906 was said to be the best seenanywhere in the world. Some fine views were taken and vou can now view it at home.24 Cards La Fiesta de Los Flores of Los Angeles May 1904...................10c24 Cards a trip to Catalina Island, The Great Tent City.......................10c24 Cards of Mt. Lowe.......................... ................................... ..................10c24 Cards of the Yosetnite Valley, Natures Giant Masterpiece' Lake

Tahoe and California’s Big Trees......................................................10cPostage 2c on each set of Cards. These cards are printed on good

paper, or I will mail 360 views of California for $1.50 Post paid. No two alike.

A fine lot of Black and White Cards of Southern California at lc each. These are printed on good paper and have been selling at 2 for 5c but I want to help } ou to start a collection so you can have them at a bargain. Good Colored Cards at l^ c each. The very best in Souvenir Cards., the best views that can be made. They are all hand painted and made in Germany, where they have some fine artists for this kind of work. These are like fine chinaware, the coloring is of the very best workmanship as the paper and printing, at 2 for 5c. Add Postage 2c on each dozen.

I also have a fine set of 12 cards Litho Colored of San Francisco, this is something new in cards at 25c. Enclose postage 2c on each dozen. Some of these show the night and the great fire in the distance. Send silver or express and money order. Address all orders to

H. W. PETERSDORF,533 Towne Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

One Card FREE with each order for 25c if you Mention the WEST.

C O IN S .All kinds Wanted in Exchange.

Foreign and silver coin accepted face value of U. S. money. For every dollars worth of U. S. coins I offer $3.00 worth of stamps with your selection, or page ad.S p e c i a l For every SI.00 Gold piece, any date, I offer six dollars worth of stamps or % page ad. Another Big Of­fer! For every $5 00 Gold piece I offer $12 worth of stamps or % page a 1. Also wish Broken Bank Bills, Shtnplasters, {wild cat issues), Confederate Notes, if in good shape.. . Send sample.

Send all coins registered.L. T . Br o d s t o n k , S u p erio r, Neb.

Send me an arrow-head, giving lo­cality where found, and I will mall you a collotype postcard of Texas cot­ton field.—W. Straley, Comanche. Tex

POST CARDS.A dozen flute ones postpaid for 25c.

Includes Imported view cards of Com­anche. No half-tones.—JNO. STRA- LEY, Comanche, Texas.

Do Not T hese In terest You.“ T h e M in era l c o lle c to r ” a m o n th ly m a g a z in e

d e v o te d th e in te r e s ts o f th e c o lle c to r , s tu d e n t a n d d ea ler . Si p er yea r , s in g le c o p ie s lo c t s .

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" V ad e M ccun i G u id e ," a b o o k for b e g in n e r s in M in e r o lo g y b y P rof. L . P. G ratacap . C urator A m er ica n M u seu m N atu ra l H is to r y , fu ll o f fin e h a l f to n es , p r ice $ i. c ir c u la r s fr e e .

'G em s a n d G em M in era ls ." b y Dr. O liv er C. H arrington , th e m o s t b e a u tifu l b o o k o f its k in d p u b lish e d , over io o m in e r a ls in c o lo r s , h u n d red s o f illu s tra t io n s , a te n d o lla r book fo r $ j. A rth u r C h a m b er la in . 222 W . 67th S t., N . Y. C ity .

?ARN THIS, ART Y ou can n o w leavn

wonderful of. Tax mer­men was long kept se­

cret. W e teach you by m a il to correctly m ount Birds. Animals, Fishes. H eads. T an sk ln s.m ak efln e rugs, and collect insects. A dcllghtlul, fascinating art. easily and Quickly learned b y Men. Women and Boys. Sportsm en and Naturalist can save and m ount their

I ow n beautiful trophies, dec­orate hom e, don. or office,

and m ake b ig p ro f its b y m ountings for friends.T h o u s a n d s o f S u c c e s s fu l G ra d u a te s .Fun course In to iessons. S ta n d a rd M e th o d s .

Tuition rate very low . Satisfaction or m oney back— always. We w ant to send you full particulars. O u r N ew C a ta lo g a n d the Ta x id e rm y M ag azin e -A l l F re e - D on't delay, but investigate this n o w .

The Northwestern School of Taxidermy, 1 Inc. (' '.nahn. Neb.

Ex c h a n g e , w a n t o r

TRADS COLUMNO ne e x c h a n g e n o tice o f 15 w o rd s free to each

su b scr ib er w ith y e a r ly su b scr ip tio n s . For sale n o tice s ic p er w ord , 50 w o r d s 25c.

M anual o f lan d a n d fresh w a ter s h e lls of the B ritish I s le w ith fig u res o f ea ch k in d by Win Purton M D p u b lish ed in L on d on 1857 fu lly 300 p a g es . W ill X for s ta m p s o f a n y k in d . Herman W B oers 323 E rs k in e S t D etro it Mich.

S ta m p s o n a p p ro v a l a t 75 p erc d is. W A Itn- bler , C om p ton , C alif.

T u ck 's “ O d ette" s e r ie s so u v p ost card s to X for U S s ta m p s o n th e o r ig in a l cover; 50 percent over, cat w o r th .given* V ern a W esto n H anway D a lla s L uz. Co P en n .

Old m a n u sc r ip ts w a n ted ; X s ta m p s or souv p o s t card s. If d e iir ed w il l bu y i f lo w e st cash p rice is g iv e n . V ern a W esto n , D a lla s L uz Co Penn

W a n ted —U S fr a c tio n a l cu rren cy , con f cur, b ro k en b a n k b ills , w i ld c a t is su es , m iscellaneous a n d sta te is su e s o f 1861-65. C an ad ian issu es bills w a n te d for p r iv a te co lle c t io n . F red W hittem ore 925C en ter S t.. D es M o in es. Io w a .

M on ey L o a n ed o n s ta m p s or s ta m p co llec tio n s. F. M ich ael. 258 W M ad ison S t. C h ica g o 111. Mem­b er A PA a n d C P S . (5-3)

T ex a s r e lic s w a n ted . W r ite for l is t o f in terest­in g an d v a lu a b le s p e c im e n s from o th er portions o f th e U S to X fo r p r e h is to r ic r e lic s o f T exas. W K M oore h ea d , A n d o v er M ass 4-6

T o x s o u v p o s ta ls . B e s s ie M. W ise, Boulder C olo

W ill X 111 C ap ita l p o s t c a r d s fo r s a m e o f N. D ak , N e w M ex-. In d . T e r .. O k l a . co lo red pre- fered b u t b & w a c c e p te d . M rs. A le x a n d e r . I 11S H arletn . R o c k fo r d III.

I c o lle c t a n d e x p o st c a r d s M rs. M A H opper 125 H a led o n A ve P a tte rso n N J.

E x w a n te d in so u v p o s t ca rd s .ce ltu lo id buttons h a d g e s a n d m e d a ls . M rs. H J B aum , 131 H aledon A ve. P a ter so n N . J.

T h e B u s in e ss M a n s M a g a z in e . S cr ib n ers, to ex for T ob acco T a g s . N W e ils L o n g sh o r e 2522 La. h a rp e S t. N e w O r lea n s L a.

T o e x fo r s ta m p s, la r g e d a r k -ro o m lantern , p a ir o f s k a te s c a r r y iu g c a se for b u tter fly co llect­ors, s c r o ll- sa w p a tteru s. le a th e r for fa n c y w ork e tc . P a r ticu la r s fo r 2c s ta m p . F O W ill iu s . 527 L au rel A ve. S t P au l, M i tin

w a n t to e x W estern a n d S o u th e r s s ta te s relics fo r N e w E n g r e lic s . A c o lle c t io n o f 200 sea sh e lls fo r re lics . A E M arks, E a s t O rland , M e.

Jo in th e U n iv e r sa l C o lle c to r s A sso c ia tio n and rece iv e th e ir J o u r n a l. N o m e m b e r s h ip fe e s and d u es o n ly 25c e a ch y r . L e s s th a n h a lt th e dues o f o th er c lu b s a n d m o r e r ec ’d . S ta te yo u r age. o ccu p a tio n a n d k in d o f c o lle c t io n . A d d ress E R T ru e 307 E 20 St, P ittsb u rg , K a n s . ( 2- 4 )

P rc p o s ta g e s ta m p s w a n te d w il l g iv e cash or X W A Im b le r C o m p to n Cal.

J n C ox. s ta m p s a n d c o in s X . U p p er Stew - ia c k e . N o v a S co tia . C an ad a .

B ran d n e w N a t A u to m a tic T e le g r a p h T rans­m itte r . W ith th is in s tr u m e n t a n y o n e can be­co m e a n e x p e r t te l o p era to r . W ill X fo r coins in d ia n r e l ic s o r sea e u n o s . W r ite for further p a r ticu la rs . W o rth y E d w a r d s S o u th B en d W ash.

W ill e x b e s t D e n v e r a n d C o lo c a rd s for cards fro m a n y lo c a lity . F W A n d erso n 1823 C enter St D en v er C olo .

S ou v c a r d s issu ed b y B ra z il g o v s h o w in g Bra- z ilia n W o rld 's F a ir v ie w s to s e ll o r X for s tam p s T C M ann 1416 H ick o ry S t S t L o u is M o.

If you are wanting- something new and novel in the Souvenir Po-dal line, B something Artistic, Original and High Class, something that sells ^

SEND FOR A LINE OF

THE ROTOGRAPH COMPANY’S LIFE MODEL SERIESREAL PHOTO'S HIGH GLAZED

ILLUSTRATING

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, CATS, GREETINGS NAMES, INITIALS

AND

Every card an Artistic Study, and a Real Ph>to, printed direct from Life Model negatives.

Write for samp'cs .and see for yourself. These and a complete list on applicationTO THE TRADE: Send Si 00 for selected assortment of 40subjects.

The Holograph Company,| 215-221 Ulabasb five., Chicago, III.

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SOO Varieties $ 1.00Not any old thine tn make up the count, but 500 genuine,

legitimate, postage stamps, all different. A bargain for packet buyers, or a nice present lor a friend whose collection is not loo large. Price $1.00 post free.Cat. No. Cat price Our Price

20 Dutch Indies 1883-88 5c g reen .................... $ .10 $ .0624 1892-97 12c gray (Q ueen)... .40 .2550 1902 25c purple........................ .0251 30c orange brown............ .0752 50c red brown ................ .0739 Netherlands. 1888 lgld gray violet................ .10 .0586 1899 5gld claret .............. • - • • 1.25 .65

108 Porto Rico 1893 3c dark green (Jubilee) .. . .75 .4038 Bulgaria 1892 15s on 30s brown .................... .05 .0 255 “ 1901 5s on 3s bistre brown.............. .05 .0256 10-. on 50s green . . . . . . . ........ .06 .0373 1903 10s on 15s lilac rose & gray blk .04 .0279 Servia V ' • 5p "Death Mask" unused........ .04 .0280 lO p “ “ ____ .06 .04

216 Philippines 1899 5 c on U. S ................ . . . . . . .05 .02217 " 10c " " .................. .15 .08219 50c " " .......................... .60 .25236 '03 50c “ “ .................. .35 .23275 U. S. 18«- i orange............................. .18 .06276 " black.......................... .. .50 .20310 “ orange.......... .................... .15 .06311 “ a-'k.......... ........................ .35 .18

1250 “ 1 . postage due........ ............i, 4 t <i .30 .151251 “ .60 .25

Ycr. - n- ,ck if you want it. Postage extra on ordersunde

SfLeeea Stamp Co.,

v:P. 0. BOX 860.

F r a n k B r o w n , Mgr.

OMAHA, NEBR.

COLLECTORS W O R LD vVl C o m b i n a t i o n JV u m b e rOf T in ; WKST with t'K Colled M> World

and the Post Cad Worhl. a^ain re-inforcin" the iad thal

this mattaziiK is theG r e a t e s t o f i t s ¥ i n d i n . A m e r i c a

P u b l i s h e d M o n t h l y a t S u p e r i o r , JW ebrasK .a , \ / -S .A5 " A V , , \ 3 y e a r s f o r $ 1 \ 5 Q 3

c e yv T S i f e a r

prices are JCower in M ot 'Weather,Uhe re fore, now is a Sood Uime for ^fou Uo Sftuy

Look over following offers and send your orders. Satisfaction is guaranteed in all respects.6 Sliot Colt’s Cap and Ball Revolver, 14 in long. Perfect working order,

good condition..................................... .................................... . . . __ §1.00Old Spanish cap and ball pistol, cal. about .44, length b'/z in. Hammer in

centre, folding concealed trigger, that is; the trigger springs out when hammer is raised. At other times it is on level with surface. Carved stock, round steel barrel, somewhat rusty and shows age, but is in fine condition and working order. Price.......................................................... 2.00

4 Shot Remington Pistol, length about 5 in. using .32 cal. cartridge, ringtrigger, barrels tilt up to allow loading. Not in working order, but agood ornament.................................................................................................... 95

Old 5 shot. .32 Cal. Cap and Ball Revolver, lengfh about 10)4 in. wooden handle, side hammer, trigger guard tilts up and is used as ram-rod. Notin working order, but a good ornament..................................................... 1.40

50 Uncancelled U. S. postal cards (all clean) address side blank, printing onback. Postpaid(Can be used in U* S. mail for all purposes)........................... 25

50 mixed foreign copper coins, good value. Postpaid............................................25Confederate newspaper. Charleston, S. C.,“Daily Courier’’ April 1863. Four

pages, accounts of battles, slaves offered for sale at the slave auction mart, rewards for runaway slaves, etc. Interesting and curious, postpaid .17

(Write for wholesale rates on Confederate newspapers, if you can use them in quantities)

Old Almanac, Worcester, Mass.,1816, 48 pages, good condition, odd anecdotesstatistics, tables, etc........................................................................................... 40

5 Southern bank bills, all different, fine lot............................................................. 12Ancient Rome, small bronze coin (with name of ruler and years of reigu)over

1600 years old, good condition............................................................................10Persia, 1 Shabi, (copper coin) blazing sun, etc., scarce very cheap....................... 03Genuine piece of Continental or Colonial papei money, issued between 1760

and 1786, odd, curious, scarce, fine condition ...................................................30Grooved Bear Tooth from Ohio Indian Grave, very good condition.......... . .30Slim, narrow dagger from Java, 14 in. long, two edge blade 10 in long, black

hard wood handle brass mounted, brown leather scabbard with brass tipfinely made and in fine condition, cheap at ............................................... 1.65

Large whale’s tooth of fine ivory, 9 in. long, 3 in. wide tapering to a point,weighs 26 ounces, fine and rare..................................................................... 2,00

Queer looking hand-made wooden Philippineboxused by betel nut eater,height 4 in, diameter 2 in, contains 2 sea shells for holding lime, a piece of betelnut,and twist of tobacco. Top held on by loop cord, a curious relic............. 75

Ornamented black finger ring, hand carved by Mexican from cocoanut shell ■. .20Buffalo horn, highly polished, l '/z inches long................. ...................................... 50Oval pear-shaped copper Rattle, about 3 in long, filled with small stones and

used by Aztecs as ornaments and in war dances, fine rare................................75Alaska Fish-hook for catching large fish.daik haid wood bent in shape of lyre

wrapped with bark at each end. securing slurp bone baib finely made andfit for any collection, height 5 inches...................... ................................... 1.00

Tiger’s tooth 3 in long bole drilled in end for stringing on necklace fine scarce .50Iixpress always extra on weapons,etc- We hold frequent auction sales of coins,

curios, old weapons, etc. If interested, send your name for our mailing index- If you collect coins, ask for our new “ Fixed Price List No. 1” . It has inst been is­sued and contains 39 pages of bargains. We give away the lists and come very near giving away the coins.

St. JCouis Stamp & Coin Co115 N. 11 S i.,

St. jCouis, Sfto.jpnsrTizr ice

M in te dU. S. Revenues and Match and Medi­

cine stamps for cash. I will buy your duplicates, collection or stock at the highest market prices. No lot to large if price is right. Always write before sending lots for inspection and give your lowest price.

Ifllsohandle collections, dealers stocks and job lots of foreign and U. S. stamps on commission. If yours is for sale let me hear from you before you dispose of it.I have several bargains in collections etc that will make good investments.

H. V. Ketcbum,Chester, flebr.

My weekly bargain list of collections, dealers stocks and General lots is FREE to prospective buyers on application.5 5 ^ ^ ^ discount allowed on approvalsFree A good stamp catalogueiug 15c

to applicants.H. D. ROTH, W. Lafayette, Ind.

10 CENT SPECIALS.50 varieties U. S . . . . . ..................$ ,10

200 varieties F oreign ........................10500 mixed............................................ 1016 varieties Doc Uev 1898..................10I25 varieties C anada ....................... 10

C. W. ARNDT332 Park Ave. Chicago, 111.

J U S T W H A T Y O V W A N T .tOOt M ix ed F o r e ig n 18c

P h o e n ix S ta m p A lb u m 8c3 ................................. 20c

1000 m ix e d A r g en tin e R ep S ta m p s f t i 56 d ifferen t B an k C h e c k s -02

12 “ U. S- E n v e lo p e s .0220 ” " 11 .0524 “ " 084 “ Findland 1901 -03

A llah Sto.rnp Co.,S ta . S., B r o o k ly n , N . Y . .

2c ex tra o n o rd ers u n d er 25c.

Specials!Roosevelt Pkt. contains 100

varieties of the Americas cat$1.50, Price ................... 10c

Bryan Pkt. contains 100 vari­eties of the World cat $1.50 P rice .............................. .. 10c

Faultless hinges per 1000 ........ 7cSend names of 2 collectors and size

of their collections and get 100 stamps free.

Norfolk Stam p Co.,

Norfolk, Nebr.Approval Sheets.

Neatly ruled, hold 20 stamps, printedheading. Per 50----S .09Per 100........ $ .17 “ 500 .......... 70

“ 1000........ 1.00 “ 5000.... 4.25G, H. Fabian. Sta. S., Brooklyn, N. Y.

F o r S o la . M y S p e c ia l C o lle c t io n o f 2200 v a r ie t ie s m o u n te d in a N o 3 I n te r n a t io n a l a lb u m fin e s ta m p s . A g o o d lo t o f U . S- d e p a r tm e n ts an d r e v e n u e s c a ta lo g u e in g a s h ig h a s 12.00 e a c h S c o tts C a ta lo g u e , d u p lic a te s a n d d u p lic a te a l­bum - S ta m p s a to n e w ill c a ta lo g u e 5150.00 o r m ore. A S n a p . F irs t M o n ey O rder fo r $35 00 w ill ta k e lo t . B e q u ic k .

F R A N K W . G L A D E . B ox 447. B atav i.a . N . Y.

WHAT do you collect?WHY! Foreign Revenues.WHICH are attractive.WHEN? Right now.WHERE do you buy?

A postal will bring my Bulletin No. 3 and 1 Belgium cat 8c free if you mention this paper.

Oscar T. Hartman,Foreign Revenues My Line.

1534 26 Ave., Denver, Colorado.

I©“I consider the WEST the very best puller to my list for it briugs more replies than all other papers,by 3 to one.—C. Rybolt, Mulberry, Ohio-

Order Your 1907

Catalogues NOWYou will want a catalogue or two next season, of course Stanley Gibbons’

American edition, (U. S money.,)1906-07 Part I, Great Britain and Colonies (ready in September) price 66

cents post free.1906-07 Part II. rest of the world, including U. S. (ready now) price 70

cents post free. The two parts ordered together, $1.10 post free.

SCOTT’S STANDARDOld reliable, the one yoti have always used! 1907 edition (66th) ready in

October, price 60 cents post free- Complete in one volume.SPECIAL NOTICE—On all catalogues ordered during July; August and Septem­ber, I will use valuable stamps in mailing Stanley Gibbons’, your choice of 4 cent, 5 cent Pan-American; 3 cent, 5 cent St. Louis on each part. Scott’s, your choice of 4,5,8,10 cent Pan- American; 3,5,10 cent St. Louis.

ORDER AT ONCE, DO NOT DELAYCollectors Own Catalogue 1906 edition, close them out at 6 cents post free.

0FFICAL PREMIUM COIN CATALOGUEAuthentic list of prices paid for rare United States gold, silver and copper,

coins also Birtish North America, 10 cents post free.

CHEAP SETS OF STAMPS• means unused

Austria 1900-2 lh tO lk ........................................■' 1900 postage due imperf lh to 40h___“ 1900 postage due perf lh to 20h............

•Santander 1904, 5,10,20,50c lp ........................•Santander 1905. 5,10,20,50c, lp ..................... ..Domincan Rep 1902 Jubilee, complete.............-Dutch Indies 1892-7 10c to 50c..........................

“ 1899-1900 10c to 50c.............. ..............Guatemala 1900 lc to 10c (Nos. 99 tO 103).......Netherlands 1899 to 50c.............................Persia 1902 regular lc to 10k (Nos. 242 to 251)

“ 1904 3c on 5c, 6c, on 10c, 9c on lk ........• “ 1881 official 1,2,5, 10c com plete...........

“ 1902 official lc to 10k (Nos. 388 to 397)•Turkish offices in Thessaly 1897 complete__

►. i Cat Priceset value

t .2 0 $ .05. 8 .38 .10

.23 .06. 5 .27 .10. 5 .2 2 .08

7 .44 .18. 6 .2 0 .06

.30 .10

.36 .12.14 00N .05.1 0 1.36 .50. 3 .28 .10. 4 .27 .10

3.43 .501.26 .30

S. B. HOPKINS,1345 Clara Ave. St. Louis, Ho.

Here You ilrelHoto art these/Intiques?Your curio collection will be much enriched by the addition of one or two of these ancient newspapers. AH in good condition.

Each postpaid.1747 ........................................... $1.001766 ................................................. 751793-95-97-99...................... .351800-01-07..................................... 251823 to 65....................................... 05

Occasional bargains in coins; write for list.

Each postage extra. Large U. S. cents......................... 4c

STAMP COLLECTORS.Original letters mailed before

stamps or envelopes were in use. Plainly postmarked. Only a small number left at 15 cents each.

A few ships papers recently ad­vertised for exchange offers. Will exchange newspapers for good stamps or coins. Write me any way.

SOUVENIR POST CARDS.Finest colored views of this va-

cinity only 25c cents per dozen. Good ones general selection, 20for 25 cents. The latest illuminated cards, finest to be had, only 5 cents each. You want one of these unique cards showing the Hender­son Paint explosion, in which 35 Tons of Dynamite was set off un­der water.

SPECIAL OFFER: On orders for newspapers to the amount of $1.00 deduct 10 percent; $3.00 20 percent.

?. E. Halbert,So. Berwick, Ifle.

U. S. Postage Wanted!

We will give equally rare foreign stamps in even exchange for U. S. postage stamps cat. 3c each and over. High values used wanted particularly. Only fine copies given and received.

Another Special!W. Australia 82- 95 3p cat 70c only 8c Unused entire current U S envelope 2c

Wanted in all sizes and colors of paper from every town and U. S. Those not printed on prefered. Will give face value and a stamp unused cat 15c for each 10 received. Send asst colors and sizes. See next month’s ad.

M. H. Decker,La Porte, Ind.

r j r > c p j A Stamp Cat. r t v C C From 8 to 25c

Our sheets during the Summer Season will contain our unrivalled Bargains.

Collectors Catalogue 8c Why Buy of. Dealers who give

no Premiums. ** ,£*i * * 0 0 ^ '

FRANKLINSTAMP CO.,

Lock Box 36,W eatherly,

Penn.

PLAY CONQEST. the great new International card games of war, copyrighted 1905 by Dr. Chas. C. Scott Universally acknowledged the most fascinating and scientific parlor card game it) the world. Price 50 cents per pack of 70 cards of vour dealer, or postpaid on receipt of price. Will exchange one or more packs for good stamps or bills. Also thousands of good stamps, bills and other articles for exchange for stamps and bills. Send selection and receive mine.

D r . C h a s . C. S c o t t ,2815 Wabash Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Sree Stamps3 varieties Djibonti for names

and address of several active col­lectors and 2c postage.1000 Finest stamp binges........ 2c$1 U S current issues fine cop. 15c20 different Nicaragua.................15c4 Curacoa................................ 2c

100 different stamps from 100 different countries .................. 40c

SftCetropolit an Stamp Co.,

83 Nassau St.,

Slow *l/ork, Di. *1/.

Money Loaned on Stamps or Stamp collections.F. Michael, 258 W Madison St.

Chicago, Illinois.Member A. P. A. and C. P. S.Collector’s Attention—Have just started

in the stamp business, although New-In The-Business I atn an old collector. Just to get in touch with you I will send a package of stamps cst’d $1.25 for 25c. Stamps taken. Good approval sheets, 50 percent discount. Give me a trial order. E. J. LlNSON, Mgr., Standard Nov. Co., Kingston. N. Y. [3-6]

Gold, copper, Jasper and Opal stone fine cabinet specimens 25c each, sea shell and sea bean waich charms 25c, manzanita canes 25c, coffee beans 10c, Opal stone and Jasper watch charms $2 .0 0 each. 100 good stamps one dol­lar. No stamps taken. Albert Edgar, 981 F St., Sm Bernardino, Calif. (6-2)

Have you anything to X if so write me. Among my lot is ten King-head stamps, ores, beautiful rocks. Crow In­dian relics- small piano, book, paper money, postal cards, shells and coins. I sell and X everything for everything. Wanted relics and names of Collectors from the World over.

C l a r e n c e ' D a v i s ,Box 254, Lead, So. Dak.

Stamps on Approvals.Price below Scott’s and % commission allowed. Agents wanted. Any of the following sent prepaid for 25c.20 foreign coppers, 10 old U. S, cop­pers, 10 confederate or broken bank bills, 15 war tokens; 1500 U. S. or for­eign stamps; 500 U. S. Revs.

Selling cat of stamps, coin, setc. 10c each. Buying cat 5c.

Stamp and Coin Exchange,61 Nassau St., New York City.

* ♦X A $1 U. Documentary Revenues Free %+++++++

To all applying for my approved sheets at 50 percent commission. 6 Photo Souvenir Post cards of Niagara Falls 15cPost Free.

Samuel Casebeer, Kewanee,

A+*+♦+*

+ + + H + t* t+ + + t+ + + + + + + + + + + + t+ + t+ tW t+ + + + tt+ t+ + + + + * 4 t+ + +IKS"My first ad brought such good results that I cannot pra.ise the WEST enough and am mailing you my third ad this month for best ol them all on replies,

Rosrbacher, Buffalo, N. Y.

Canadas3$y the

100 and 1000A FEW LINES AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.

per 100yellow ............................................................f .04

“ 2c green................................... 08“ 3c red.......................................................... .03

Jubilee lc yellow ..................................................................70“ 3c rose.......................................................... 30

Maple Leaf lc green............................ ...............................09“ 2c purple...............................................................18“ 3c red ...................... 08

Numeral # c black.................................... , ........................... 18lc green...................................................................032c purple .................................................. 072c red .. ............... .0 23c red.................................... 085p blue....... .................................. 17

King lc green.................................... 03“ 2c re d .............................................................................02" 5c blue ........ 20“ 7c yellow......................... 30“ 10c violet............................................................. 1.25

Maps 2c shades.........................................................................40Newfoundland lc green................................30

“ 2c red................................. 35“ 3c orange..............................30

per 1000 I .38

.75

.256.752.908.801.50 .70

1.75 .28 .65 .18 .70

1.50 .28 .18

1.802.75

11.003.752.903.252.90

Not less than 100 of any kind sold. Postage extra on orders under $2.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Century Stamp Co.,5P. 0. 5$ox 19 7 Sfiontrael Canada.

Sole Canadian Agents for Stanley Gibbons, Ltd, London. England.

WANTEDBooks in exchange for stamps.

FreeTen different foreign stamps, all

unused, to approval applicants.Write

ELMER SHITH, Pontoosuc, III.

“23 SKIDOO 23”A stamp cataloging from 10 to 25 cents

to every person applying for our unex­celled approval sheets at 50 percent dis­count. Try them and be convinced. Kindly send reference when convenient. Send 50:12 for our grand mixture of 50 foreign stamps. Address:

The Southern Stamp Co., Galveston, Texas.

Ulholesale!cat our prire

10 u S 1890 2c lake................. S 50 10c10 “ 1893 4C Columbian....... 40 8c10 “ “ 8c “ ....... 60 12c50 “ 1898 $1 Doc uncut......... 1 00 20c10 Baden 1864 3k ra re ............ 20 6c10 Bavaria 1900 80pf lilac ____ 81 10c10 sets Belgium Postal Packet

1902,30,40,70and90cobsolete 4 50 75c10 Brazil 1900 200r................... 30 5c10 Cape of Good Hope 1898 Kp 20 5c 15 Fiji Islands 1893-96 l,2prare 75 28c 10 Guatemala 1886 150c unused 1 50 20c 10 Travancore 1893 ............ 80 15c10 Jamaica 1901 lp pictorial obs. 20 3c 10 Nicaragua 1869 5c unused.. 7 50 80c 10 New Zealand 1899 2p pict’l 1 00 10c 10 Peru 1895 19c Llamas unused 30 9c 10 .sets Venezuela 1900 5c to lb

Nos. 136 to 141 unused......... 1 70 40cWholesale selections on approval to

dealers at special summer prices. Send reference for a trial selection.

Leon V. Cass,Lenox, Penn.

Stamps!Write NORFOLK STAMP CO., oi

Norfolk, Nebr., for their net approvals.! Stamps priced 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, or 5c pea sheet at 50 percent to 90 percent of Scottsl cat. Send reference and state which! sheets you prefer.

Stamps 'Wanted.I want all kinds of good Postag

stamps. Will give good colored SouvJ enir Cards mailed seperately or by the dozen unused.

GEO. H. BUSH,32 Ormond S t , Rochester, N. Y.

200 Old and Rare stamp papers or 10 all named rare curios or 100 large fin pictures or 100 current magazines for 501 perfect stone implements. Also 50 vat| pressed ferns, leaves and flowers fron Philippines and 1300 var celluloid but-| tons for 200 stone implements. No arf rows. F. WETHERINGTON,1719 Harrison St., Paducah, Kentucky.l

SfCexico25 all different Mexican postagel

stamps, every one in fine condition! postfree for 30 cents. A set you| will be proud of.

Our A pproval Sheets\are giving general satisfaction.! We have a fine line of stamps atl 75 percent discount. Other grades! at 50 and 60 percent off Scottsl prices. Our correspondence is! world-wide and as we import al large part of our stock we can and[ do give our customers great bar­gains. A trial solicited.

Demon 3 . 3ierce\ & Co.,

Sftanehester. SfLiehiganX

W lnsert my ad in next no., last ad returns were fine.—Star Card Co.,Los AngelesCalifornia.

100 Stamps, Hinges, Album, Approval Sheets, perf. Guage, 13c.

L. H. K eyser,Blairsville, Pa.

D . / l Two of them, gets you a Fine Assortment of San Francisco Views as it now

H a m p S is- You will risk a quar­ter only. Money Back.

T. 3. Rhodes Co.,|jMStliAve., San Francisco, Calif.

100 Varieties Sta mps 10c

Postage Free. Stamps at 50 percent on approval 1 to reliable persons. Premiums for sale over 25c.

Brauner J. Ostergaard,795 N. Mozart St.

Chicago, 111.

FREE. One Phoenix Stamp Album, holding 1024 stamps, with any of the following;One thousand USstamps 12c; 1000 Foreign stamps 15c;1000 hinges 10c, G. H, Fabian, bta. S., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Exchange! Collectors duplicates ac­cepted in exchange at liberal rates, for mutual benefits. Dealers surplus stock also accepted. W. M. GREANY, 890 Guerrero St,, San Francisco, Calif.

D IM E PACKETS40 different Austria16 tf Bulgaria2 f l ( Belgium35 i 4 Germany20 t t ■Vetherland15 «1 Wurtemberg13 (< Bowasia10 t i Bosnia30 (t France25 • 4 Hungary25 (1 Russia

150 tt Postage Stamps.The whole lot for |1. Postage extra

R. THOMASBox 236, Chicago, 111.

9ood SoodsoCow Prices Quick Sales

150 Varieties U. S. Stamps. A nice lot neatly mounted on loose leaves. The lot catalogs$60.00 and includes No. 36-No. 45 [T ypel] No* 70. The price is $15.00 post paid and:registered.

Complete set St. Louis Stamps [full gum] ..................................... .. 25c5 sets [in strips] ..............................................................................$1.20[All stamps in these sets are perforated only on 3 sides]

Collection of 1600 Foreign stamps containing many rare ones.Catalogs $130.00 and is far above the average as to condition. $27.50 is the price prepaid to you.

Good clean lots of desirable stamps on approval, priced 50 to 75 percent below catalog. Give references when asking for a selection.

%0. 31. Stabler, Covina, Calif.^■Results from my half page ad are very pleasing.—A. McNeil, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Free! $1.25! $1.25! Free!We will give free to every one asking for our fine approual books, a fine

copy, o. g. of Philippines ’92-’93. 20c dark brown cat SI.25. Please send reference. Remember we se’l more rare and desirable stamps at 6 6 % off than many others do at 50 perceut or even 25 percent off. Give us a trial.

cat oui pirceR u s s i a S t , " : . 20: 25,

10cBelgium P P ’03, 70c___ . . . . 08 lcMexico 66 No 32 . . . . . . . . 1 00 28cC u b a T i n t .......... 5cEcuador ’9 6 , 20c . . . . . . 2cN. S. Wales '88 l s h ....... . . . . 12 3cH a w a i i 71 18cH a w a i i nice COp ieSi . . . . 1 25 30cHong Kong ’90,20 on 30c Cuba ’77, 25c...................

rare 50 18clc

T o b a g o ;8.6« l ° " P6d . . . . 2 50 50cSwiterland ’00 10c ........ . . . . 10 2cCosta Rico 1901, 50c . . . , . . . . 40 19cC u b a ’83 2%VAiDa violet.............. 6cJapan ’77 8s nice.............

“ ’79 50s, rare........... . . . 15 3c. . . . 25 8c

S i a m ............. . . . . 15 3cArgentine 1900 15c........ . . . . 08 2cPersia, No. 226............. . . . . 12 3cWholesale lot Mo. 1

1 Tobago 8 6 , lA on 6 d cat $2 501 Mexico No. 32 “ 1 001 Samoa ’95 3 on 2d “ 50

10 Japan ’96,5s “ 6010 Nine, f t d No. 3 “ 40

Cat $5 00My price Postpaid only $1.00.

cat our priceServia f t 25p...... $ 37 5 05Surinam No. 1 ............... 10 03Japan 83-92, lyen ............ 10 03Samoa ’95, 3 on 2do d lU U d perfect copies 50 10U. S. Rev.24 Proprietary.. 10 03

“ •’ 34 20 06Queensland ^ 7 00 1 50Ceylon No. 1 used............ 5 00 1 30Antioquia, Reg. ’02, 10c. • 10 03Sungei Ujong£c°e26 50 13Remember our approval system gives

bigger bargains in popular, desirable stamps than any other!

U.S. Rev.at attractive low net prices will be sent if desired. Dealersshould *>sk for a ........................ S 1.00

Wholesale lot on approval whichcat from .......................$5.00 to 10-00

Belgium P P 5 ov cat $21.80 well mixed none cat under 3c each foronly............................................. $2.63

500 unused and used U. S.cut square none current cat 14 to .’0c eachwell m ixed................................. .$ .85

10 Siam ’83 1 1 cat 15 on ly ............S .2510 Curacao 2% on 30 cat $1............52.0010 Belgium P P ’03 70c cat 8c ............ Of100 same .......................................6(

M. H. Decker,Bargains! Bargains!

La Porte, Ind,

Revenue Stamps!FIRST ISSUE }ALL, FINE COPIES!

Express imperf,.. ______cat. 81.00 .35l » • l .40 .15

In I’d Exch. pt pf. i i .10 .04Telegraph perf. . . <( .15 .06

a i l « f .25 .10Proprietary “ ,. l 1 .2 0 .07Agreement “ l < .05 .02Express “ C 1 .08 .03For. Exch. “ .. U .05 .02Playing cards ..

1 i .75 .25Proprietary perf. t* .75 .25Stamps on approval at 6 6 ^ per cent wount. Reference required. Collections bought for cash.

JOHN W. HAARER,iXSIXG, • MICHIGAN.

BARGAINS FOR AUGUST 1 pound mixed U S aud For. $ .281 pound all U S printed be­fore 1896 ........................... 28

1000 U S many var..............................121000 Foreign over 100 var.......... .151000 3c green all good........................ 351000 2c green all good 1887............. 251000 2c brown all good 1883............... 251000 2c Columbian ..........................18

1 set unused Buffalo stamps .45 1 set unused St. Louis stamps .30 1 set Columbian used 1 to 10 .101 set Omaha used.................. .151 set Buffalo used........... .141 set St. Louis used ...................... 14l-7c orange Vermillion 1873... .255-7c orange vermillion 1873.. 1.005-2c brown Hawaiian.....................12l-18c dull rose “ 1869 unusd .25

100-3c rose 1861 to 1867 U. S ............1510 entire 3c unused P. O. env. .205-5c Taylor...................................... 155-5c Jackson................................... 15

50-3c blue 1869.................................. 3030c used 1888................. . ................ 1815c unused o g Columbian .. .2350-2c Vermillion................................10

Postage paid. Jerome Taylor, North Sutton, New Hampshire.

0 MBS

3luction Sales! !

Do you BUY at AUCTION? If not, why not try a few bids on my next sale? Just what yo i want, AT YOUR OWN PRICE.

Catalogue free for name and address.' aw

Have you something you want to SELL? Write me.

SB. <£. 'Voorhees, &

B L U E ISL A N D , IL L IN O IS .

Price I cent EachTake your pick of the following

stamps for 1 cent each. They catalogue from two to 10 cents each and most of them would cost much more if bought from approval sheets. Postage is Not extra, I am willing to pay that to make your acquaintance.U. S. 1851 3c, 1869 3c, 1873 lc, 1879 lc,

1890 3c, 8c, 1893 4c, Sc, 10c. Columbians 1895 6c, 15c, 1898 6c, 1902

6c, 13c, 15c.Baden 1864 3kr.Barbados 1882 lp, 1892 '/2p, 2 'Ap. . Brazil 1900 200r.British Guiana 1889 2c, 1890 lc, 1900 2c,

1901 2c.Canada 1882 5c, 1897 lc, 3c Jubilee. • China 1898 % c, lc, 2c.Costa Rico 1892 lc, 2c, Sc, 10c, 20c, 1901

11' 90r>Cuba 1875 50c, 1878 25c, 1879 5c, 25c,

1881 5c, 1896 5c, 10c all unused.Dutch Indies 1892 15c, 20c, 25c.Finland 1885 5p, 10p, 20p, 1889 5p, 10p,

20p, 25p.French Congo 1900 lc unused.French Guiana 1905 lc unused.Great Britain 1870 }4p, 1883 J4p. Guadeloupe 1906 lc unused.Travancore 1889 >£cb Cat 8c.Ivory Coast 1906 lc unused.Madagascar 1903 lc unused.Malta 1900 1 farthing, 1885 lp.Mauritius 1895 lc, 2c, 4c.New Caledonia 1905 lc unused. Newfoundland 1898 lc, 2c, 3c, 5c. New Zealand 1899 2p Cat 10c.Peru 1895 lc, 2c. 3c, 1897 5c, 1899 lc, 5c. Queensland, 1891 lp, 2, 1900^p. Mauritania 1906 lc unused.Senegal 1906 lc unused.Someli Coast 1893 lc unused.Spain 1879 1 peso Cat 5c, 1900 2c,30c,lp. Switzerland 1881 10, 15, 20, 25, 40c un­

used.Tasmania 1892 'Ap.Trinidad 1902 lp.Tunis 1888 lc, 1906 lc unused.Uruguay 1894 5c, 1895 5c, 1897 lc, 5c,

1899 5m, lc, 5c, 1900 5m, lc, 2c, 5c, 1904 lc, 2c, 1905 5m.

Western Australia 1899 lp, 2p.My approval sheets contain fine stamps

priced below catalogue prices and 50 percent discount is allowed. Send ref­erence for a trial selection and receive a stamp cat 10c free.

Leon V. Cass. Lenox. Penn.

Every applicant for my approva sheets at 50 percent I will give free 3 diff Swiss Jubilee stamps.

W. Elmann Jr.,. Box 93, Corfu, N. Y.

Mention the WEST.3 Beautiful South

* # 1 * 6 6 American Stamps ^ ^ G i Or 50 Foreign Stamps for names am addresses of two collectors. Enclose 2i stamp for postage. Try my approva sheets at 50 percent discount.

St. S i. S i etcher,468 East 136th St.. New York, N. Y

ExchangeBand, Orchestra and Piano music foi

Stamps cat. from 3 to 25c each. Havt 1200 pieces to select from. Send for list.

WM. PERLITZ,Box 102, Eastport, Md. (5-3)

Good Stamps Eor Sale.3d, 6d, is New Brunswick, 5 s

Zululand; 4d, 6d, is Cypress: first issues German States, French Re­public, fine condition ; Old Tahiti and other rench colonials; United States one and half 2c brown No. 156, used on original cover, used for 3c; all issues United States: 30- 90c Justice, unused, fine, and many other departments; Confederate States, Montgomery, Memphis Mobile. New Orleans, etc.

WANTED, TO BUY.United States, USED, on cover

on envelope, in Good Condition; any issue and variety except the lc and 2c of last issue. Also wanted: foreign stamps on covers except the common European. Do not send anything on approval unless re­quested. Apply to

J. T. CALLEN.824 Union St., New Orleans, La.

The Canal will [cut a big figure

in theCommercial

World

We have cut several figures from jaal prices of the following: ijvar A rg en tin e---- . . . . . . . . .cat 2Sc

R oum an ia . Bulgaria

30c30c

A ustria .......................... “ 30c

the

5c5c5c5c2c5cScSc

lit'. S. T e l .............................. “ 10cI;)Salvador.............................. “ 25cJj N icaragua............................ “ 30cBO Venezuela............................ “ 30cItt cf 5 Cuban R ev ................................ 5cMO Gum hinges, f in e .......... .. _ .8cI Send for list of o ther bargains and Isn't forget our fine 66% percent ap- |;tovals.

Norfolk Stamp Co.,Norfolk, l)«br.

Singles!Hawaii 1K8V“ 2c 1889 .............“ lc 1894............... ............. 3c“ 2c 1894...............“ lc 1899...............

Havti 2c 1899 ___ ____.Panama 20c 1896............. .........10c

“ 90e 1896.............is r- » «5c ............. .........2c“ 2c “ .............“ 10c “ ............. . . . . 3c

Servia 10 on 20, 1900.. .W e Sell Post Cards.

Collectors!I have about five quarts good

stam ps left at 25c a quart.See Last rtonth’s AD.

Also another grand offer:10 all different Canada Entires in ­

cluding rare Jubilee Post Cardfor only 15c and 4c postage.

H. MORGAN,Box 553, Victoria, B. C. Canada.

LAWRENCE THE REVENUE MAN.

Has issued an eight page U. S. Revenue list. Have you one? Its full of b a r­gains. A postal gets one.

W. C. LAWRENCE,Greenville, N. H . (7-2)

Will exchange view cards with all. Have good stamps cat 5.50 cents to exchange for colored view cards and Indian relics. Send 6 good col. ored views under cover and 1 will send stamps for your selection to 40 cents cat. value. 80 cents for 12 cards. Halftones 3% cents each cat value. Common arrow points in average condition 10 cents cat value each, Spear points so cents cat. value each, Send as many as you like. Prompt returns. Do it now you wont regret.

W. J. MII.I.ER.R. R. 5 Box 27. Dowagiac. Mich.

1000 m ixture Canada 25 var­ieties well assorted, manystrips and b locks................. $ .50

1000 different stam ps............. 2.25500 “ “ 75

50 different Entires(finelot) .30 100 “ “ (veryfine lot) ................................... 1.00Postage on each lot 10c. If reg ­

istered 8c extra. The stamps and Entires are collected since 40 years in a large Monastery in Canada.

\Jhayer Stamp CoSverett, Wash.

Rev. R. Stollenwerk, Pastor

Liebenthal, Kansas. 7-3

# #

Long Sets, containing no cards, fiscals, or

envelopes :

New Zealand, 50 var $1.00

New So. Wales 25 “ •50

Victoria 30 “ .60

Queensland 30 “ •75South and West

Australia an dTasmania 50 var 1-25

South Sea Islands 2 4 “ -75209 all different, post

free............................ 4.50

Our io-page?Australasian Price List post free.

Wholesale exchange con­signments solicited.

Wilcox, Smith & Co.CRAWFORD ST.,

Zunedin, Dieio Zealand.Agent for

S t a n l e y G ib b o n s , Ltd.

FREE15 diff U. S. free to all sending 12 cts

for 200 foreign stam ps. Recipe for m aking postage stam p m ucilage free to all sending postage w ith order.

E. I. Locke,Berlin, Wis. R. 1, Box 101.

Sreat SSargian!I am selling my private collection of

stam ps and offer the following selec­tions. No duplicates in any packets. Packet A cat value$ 4 .5 0 each packet

contains a stam p cat $3.00 Price 50c Packet B assorted stam ps from

th ir ty countries Price 25cMediarn and rare stam ps on approval

a t large discounts against references. This is the g reatest opportunity offered to fill up your blank spaces.

0 31 SSauer,Pierm ont, N . Y.

REVENUE STAMPSWe offer the following collections.

500 different Rev. all counties.^...... ............. Ji 251000 “ •' ■ * " .................. 4 002000 *• •• “ “ ........... n 00250 “ •• of Frauee..... ....... 1 2520 *• Runion............................... 40ioo •* " German States ...„............. 253°o “ “ " ................. 2 50too •• “ Spain and co l................... 80500 •• •• “ “ .................. 2 00too *• ‘ Mexico............................... 60250 “ “ “ ............................2 50t2o “ “ Great Britain.................... 40250 “ “ " - ............ 300180 “ ” Argentine ........................1 jo150 •• ” British Col......................... So3SO “ '* “ “ ....... .............. 3 00150 “ “ Austria Hun....................... 505° “ “ Italy ................... 3050 “ “ Brazil.................................. 40Special terms for dealers.General catalogue of Revenue Stamps of the world price. $1.25 post free. Special catalogue of France's Col. price 12c

We possess one of the largest stocks in fiscal stamps of the world. Collectors send your want lists. Very cheap prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.

We want all fiscaliststo send us their address. We want to buy good lots or single stamps of fis­cals and pay high prices for rarities, proofs and errors.

We want specially to buy U. S. A. Beer Stamps Snuff Tobaco Spirits etc.

GILBERT & KOHLER 51, rue Le Pelletier Pris, France,Banque Comptoir National d'Escomple de Paris

J® *O m aha P o st Card Co., O m aha N eb , say s the W E S T is do ing the best of a ll papers for h is ad s and he h a s ads in th e la rg e s t m ail o rd er m agazines.

W anted to purchase M exican R ev­enues also U. S . S tate Revenues.

Brewster C Kenyon,Long Beach, ' Cal.

READ! 50 Foreign stam ps 5c, 10 differ ent Japan 4c, 3 E gyp t sa lt 5c, 5 different Mexico 4c, 3 Foreign copper coins 5c, Roman S ilver Denarius 45c, Postage 2c.

W. SEELCHER,6121 W Park Ave., St. L,ouis, Mo.

SummerBargains

100 all different U. S. stampsRegular price 50c, only 19c

1000 mixed U. 5 . stamps “ 1 5c1000 “ Foreign “ 12c

We hold Auction Sales rionthly our catalogue is mailed to all those interested. ,

We are the only stamp concern in Chicago that carries a regulat- * ed Stock. Visitors are welcome to visit our 5tamp Shop. Our 60 page book is free.

United Stam p Co.,1151 flarquette Bldg.

Chicago, III.

LOOK HERE, COLLECTORS! !

10 C herokee In ia n a rro w s postp a id .................... ............................ .. 50c

15 genu iue con federa te b ills p. p. 50c 20 cancelled s tam ps c a t p rice $1.50

p o s tp a id ........ .......................... .. 25cA confederate b ill to a ll sen d in g a 50c order. M rs. J . M. Brow ne, E q u a lity . S outh C arolina. (6-3)

Wanted CollectorsTo Buy our Stam ps from Approval Sheets at 50 percent discount. R efer­ence required. 100 ex tra fine U. S. for 10c and 2c postage.

The Hermosa Stamp Exchange,

1205, N. 41st Court, Chicago, 111.

Collectors!

I have some 20,000 postage stam ps, which I have gathered since 1890. These include stamps from all over the world, Canada, Mexico, Japan and many scarce varieties. T o dispose of these I am selling them at the rem arkable low price of 25c a quart, Postfree.

You will get from 1000 to 2000 stam ps in a quart and fine stamps at that. Evety order for $1 gets a free set of unused S A cat 25c. Now G et Busy. H. M ORGAN, Box 553, V ictoria, B. C. Canada.

GOLDEN GENIE SERIESNo. I. No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.No. 5.

One thousand fine stamps of exceptional grade,cataloguing at from one to fifty cents each, price 52.15 post free and registered.

My general selection of stamps on approval at 73 per cent discount yon. can have if you furnish me the bank reference, Tnese lots give good satisfaction, and have re­cently been improved through the purchase of tiumerour collections,

too fine, rare stamps taken from collections. Beats an approval Rook for choice. In­crease your collection; sell the balance for the cost. Includes stamps catalogued a* high as 50cents Price $1.15 post free and registered.

This mixture contaius 1000 stamps free of common Contineutals, Cat. I to 60 cent* unexcelled value and variety. Postfree and registered $3.18.

Thirty varieties 0! fine stamps, cataloguing $4,50; price postfree and registered

E. L. W A R N E R1225 Ridge Avenue, TeI ^ Dist «9s: Evanston, III.

bargains that are Steal!240 varieties U. S. postage, departm ent, dues, etc,, mounted in an ap­

proval book. These stam ps are’in average good condition and will catalogue over $30.00. This is a decided bargain for some one. $5.00 takes it.

175 Varieties precancelled postage mounted in index book, also about 100 duplicates. T h is contains many rare and hard to get and is a 5ne lot for only $2.00.

25 A ssorted U. S. Envelopes, cu t square, [catalog over $1.00]j.. ..15c500 U. S. and Foreign R evenues............................ ...................................... 50cGood clean lots of desirable stamps on approval, priced 50 to 75 percent

below catalogue. A packet of 20 good stamps [cat. over 50c] free to each of the next 25 approval applicants. Give references.

3 t. Smbler,Covina, Calif.

Stamps Tree! Post Cards Free!The Colum bus Philatelic is issued every m onth, contains articles by leading

phila te lists of in terest to all classes of collectors. M onthly notes from England by special correspondents and other item s of in terest. Post Card Collectors will find th a t it contains the best of instructive and valuable articles for Collectors of Cards, beside contain ing illustrations of new cards each issue and it is also Official Or­gan of the Post Card Club, one of the leading clubs in th is country.

Stamp Collectors Post Card CollectorsA W orld S tam p Album, p rin ted on

fine w hite paper with neat colored cov­ers, also a blank approval book to hold 50 stam ps, an old civil war revenue or an old bank check, and a good scarce stam p catalogued at 5 to 10c all of the above and Columbus P h ila te list with 20 word exchange ad, one year to any a d ­dress for 25c. Stam ps or Coins of any country accepted at face value. The first. 5 th , and 10 reply gets 10 blank approval books free.

T he Colum bus Philatelist will be sent to any address in the world for one year we also insert your nam e in membership list of The Post Card Club in the paper, send you a beautiful colored Post Card m em bership card to th e Club, also send you 8 different Post Cards of Columbus, Ohio, and tell you how to get beautiful colored Post Cards and Post Card Al­bum s F R E E . All of above and the paper one year for 25c. 1st, 5th and 10th reply gets 4 fine colored view cards free.

The Columbus Philatelist,M. P. A. M em bers, vote for Columbu Phila te list for Official Organ.

Clinton Building. Columbus. Ohio.GEORGE WARD LINN, Ed. and Pub.

Williams 2 3 Jluction Sale.The few stam ps which are m entioned are only a sm all part of the stam ps in m y

23rd Boston Sale. Any bids on lots will be accepted before Septem ber 12th. T h is Sale will contain good stamps.

If you desire to sell your collection, or D ealer’s Stock will be considered. I t is now the best tim e to secure space for the com ing Sales. My commission is low and prom pt settlem ent. No cheap Stam ps will be accepted for Sales. Catalogues of my Next Sale on request.

Set Cat valueNo. 1 Antigua 1903 >4d, 1, 2, 2 '/z , 3, 6d Is ------

“ 2 Bahamas 1902 King Id , 2'/id, 4d, 6d. Is in P O state ' ------“ 3 Barbados 1897 If, f4d, Id, 2 ^ d , 5d, 6d, 8d, lOd very fioe lo t $4 62" 4 British Central Africa 1903 w aterm arked C. A. K ing 1, 2, 4, 6d and Is

a rare set, in P O state ------“ 5 British E ast Africa 1896, 1 rupee ultram arine P O state 2 OO“ t> British Honduras, 1895-98 25c red brown and green in P O state p er­

fection, very rare 5 00“ 7 Cayman Island 1900-1902 complete both K ing and Queen in P O state ------“ 8 Ceylon No. 176 K ings head l r 50c grey in P O s ta te a rare stam p ------

9 Cyprus 1884 12pi brown orange, die A, in P O sta te perfect 4 00“ 10 “ No. 45, 12pi orange brown, K ings head perfect, rare ------“ 11 “ 1903, No. 46 18pi, black and brown, K ings bead perfect, rare 1------“ l l a Fiji Island 1903, complete set '/t to Is c a w aterm ark, perfect, ------“ 12 Gambia 1902 Kings head single w aterm ark, com plete set to 1 shilling

inclusive, P O state ------“ 13 G ibraltar No. 206, 50c violet in P O state very fine 3 50“ 14 “ 1903 K ings head, single w aterm ark, J4 penny to 1 shilling

inclusive ------“ 15 G ibraltar 1903 2s No. 44 C A King ------“ 15a Grenada, K ings head single water m ark J4d to lsh ------“ 16 Hawaii 1864 No. 9a superb copy. P O state 3 50"‘ 17 “ 1883, 12c red lilac, perfect in P O state 2 25“ 18 Dagos K ings bead, single w aterm ark % to 1 sh in P O state a very

rare set ------“ 19 Leewards Islands K ings head single water m ark 14 to lsh in P O ztate -----“ 20 M alta 1903 K ing head single w aterm ark from }4d to lsh -----■“ 21 Newfoundland No. 5, 5d violet brown in P O sta te 1 50*' 22 N iger Coast, No. 10, 2d green in P O sta te perfect 3 00“ 23 “ 1903 ls h black . . . . . . 3 0Q>•" 24 “ 1894 from 'Ad to lsh 2.*’ 25 Rhodesia 1896, '/td to lsh in P O sla te very fine 1 79.“ 26 St H elena K ings head single w aterm ark }£d to l s h ------■“ 27 S i. V incent K ings bead, single w aterm ark f4d to 1 sh in P O s ta te ------“ 28 Seychelles 1903 K ing C A No. 47 P O sta te ------i< if it t« t« t tt ___“ 30 British Som aliland K ings head, single w aterm ark /4a to 12n in P O

state, a rare set ------“ 31 South N igeria 2sh 6d K ing, w ’t m ult very rare in P O state ------.

32 Transvaal Kings head, single w aterm ark >4 to ls h in P Q state - — ■-" * 33 Victoria No. 151 superb copy in P O sta te , very ra re 4. 00,

Stic hard ^Williams,West Stoxbury^ Sfiass.

60 Dai Bargains in Tine U. $.1847 10c b la c k ...........................$2.001851 10c g reen ca t. 75c............... 25

“ 12c b la c k .......................... 1.001857 3c o u te r line c a t 25c.. .10

‘ 5c ty p e I, red brow nc a t $6.00............................ 2.50

“ 5c ty p e I brow n cat$4.00'.................................. 1.50

“ Sc type III c a t 2.5o 1.00“ 12c b la c k ................... : . 6 0“ 24c l i la c ....................... 1.75“ 30c o ran g e unused 4.00

used ........ - .. ..................... 2.601861 3c p ink e x tra fine c a t

7.50..................................... 3.00“ 5c bluff “ fine cat $7 3.00“ 12c 15c o r 30c e a c h ........... 25" 90c b lue c a t 33.5o.. 1.60

1868 lc g riil 11x13 c a t 2.00.. .60“ 15c “ “ “ 4 00 1.30

1868 lc g r ill 9x13 ca t 7 5 c .......... $ .25“ 5c “ “ “ 4.00 . . . 1.25“ 15c “ “ “ 1.00...............35“ 24c “ “ “ 5.00 2.00“ 30c “ “ “ 3 .0 0 ......... 1.25

1869 lc ,6c o r 12c each ....................... 30“ 15c brow n & b lue c a t 1.50 .60“ 15c “ “ v a rie ty

ca t 3.50 r a r e ........................ . 1.50“ 30c b lue & ca rm in e c a t $3 1.10

1870 24c p u rp le .................................... 70“ 9oc c a rm in e ..................................50

In te r io r D ept 1-90 com plete fo r 2.50 N avy “ “ “ 9.00P . O. “ “ “ 3.25W ar unu sed “ 1.75

1000 Variety CollectionNo tw o s tam p s alike. A g ran d collection ca ta lo g u ed over $26.00.

C on ta in s no cards, envelopes o r o th e r tra sh , o n ly perfec t stam ps. M ounted in a lbum ready to tra n s fe r to a co llec tion .

The Best Collection In The World For$2.50

C ollectors h a v in g 4000 to 6000 v arie ties , buy above. T h ey find 200 to 350 s tam ps not in th e ir co llection .

“ Y our 1000 v ar. is a fine value . P lea se reserve tw o m ore o f these co llec tions fo r u s .” —L a Bu l l s S t a m p Co ., S teu b en v ille , Ohio.

YOUR M O N EY BACK IF N O T S A T IS F A C T O R Y .509 V arie ties m ounted in b lank a lbum fo r 85c. L a rg e new 1906

p rice list F R E E !

$ 10,000R eady to Buy S ta m p C ollections, D ea le rs’ S to ck s, L o ts an d & etc.

W HY N O T W’R IT E M E?

Joseph T. Degreen,D E A L E R IN S T A M P S AND C O IN S.

28 E A S T _5a S iK E E T N E W Y O R K C IT Y(N ote New A ddress)

Coin Book 1906 E d itio n , g iv in g p rices pa id fo r ra re co ins. P o s t free 10 cen ts .

F ' R E E ! F * R E E !6 Belgium Parcel Post Stamp* Cat. 25 fo r the nam es and add resses o f tw o

stam p co llectors an d 2c p ostage . We offer th e fo llow ing a t less th an cost to ge t . acq u a in ted , no t o v er one of each sold to one person.

All in good condition50 d iffe ren t U nited S t a t e s ___

100 “ “ “ ..................

50 “ S p a in C at. $1...

$ 05 20 10

50 d iffe ren t A u s tra lia n s ........ 12100 4 * 44 6520 “ New Z e a la n d . .__ 10*3 “ S a m o a .................... ... 0540 “ Ja p a n , worth 50c 0510 d ifferen t T u rk e y .................. 0320 ‘ < 4 • 0950 d ifferen t T u rk e y .................. . 4575 “ “ .................... . 1 00♦8 ‘ ‘ L ib e ria ............... 12

*19 “ L ib e r ia .............. . 6010 “ P a n a m a ............. 205 << 44 10

10 “ I n d ia ...................... 02IS 41 l ( 0325 d iffe ren t I ta ly ....................... 0410 “ P e r s ia ................. .. 0920 d iffe ren t P e r s ia ................ 25

100 “ P e rs ia very fine se t 2 4030 “ “ rev en u es........ . 1 006 “ M au ritiu s .................. 04

200 “ F o re ig n o n ly .......... 12300 «• * 4 44 25500 4 4 1 4 44 75

1000 44 4 4 44. 2 40

2000 4 * 4 4 4 4. 9 00

No U. S. A. G rand P a c k e t ........50 d ifferen t F re n c h C olonies. 35

5 •* N e w fo u n d la n d s___ 0310 4 4 4 0930 4 « 4*

. 1 005 “ S ia m ........ ................... . 087 4 4 4 4 154 “ C r e te ......................... 044 “ F ij i I s l a n d s ............ 06

100 “ B ritish C o lo n ie s . . . 4550 * 4 4 • « t 0614 Sw eden 0230 4 4 44 1020 “ N o rw a y .................... 1225 44 4 4 2010 “ F in la n d ..................... 077 “ Ic e la n d ...................... 20

♦m eans unused10 d ifferen t P a ra g u a y .............. 1015 “ “ 1810 “ A rg e n tin e ................... 0610 “ B ra z il............................ 05

U nited S ta te s 1895, 50c ca t 1 5 ... 06“ “ 1903, 30c ca t 15 ____ 06•' “ 1903, $1.00 cat 4 5 .. . 18“ “ $2.00............. 1 00“ “ 11 $5.00 .......... .. 1 4525 d ifferen t Ja p a n rev en u es . . . 05

5 “ Jap an p o s t c a r d s . . . 058 " H a w a ii................ 20

10 “ L u x e m b u r g ................ 06SO *• A fr ic a o n l y ................ 30

100 “ “ “ ............. 7550 “ A s ia o n ly ............... 20

100 “ “ “ 65200 “ “ “ ................... 1 45

10 “ S e r v i a ..................... 0715 “ “ 1540 “ F r a n c e ..................... 1015 “ R u s s i a ............... 052 0 “ “ ......................... 1015 '* S w it z e r la n d ............... 0710 “ P e r u . . , ..................... 07

C a n a d a P o s ta g e D ue 1 ,2 ,5 c ......... 08“ K in g s H ead 1 to 20c . . . . . . 10*' “ “ 20c .................... 07“ J u b ile e 50 c................................. 18“ “ 6 c .................................... 35“ “ 2.00................................ 1 39" 1893 20 & 50c..................... 15

R u ss ia 1890 3>£ R o u b le ................ 80** <« 7 80'* 1899 1 R o u b le ................... 08

F ra n c e 1900 2 & 5 F r a n c ................ 15E n g lis h 2-6 & 5 s h . ......................... 15

50 d iffe re n t G r e e c e .. . . . . . . . . . 7510 •• “ ................... : . 0410 “ C an a d a .................... 0125 “ “ ......................... 09 10 *

10 “ S tra it S e tt le m e n ts .. 1040 “ H ay ti .......................... 1 0025 “ B ra z il.......................... 25

1000 “ F o re ig n ........................ 2 4015 “ Ic e la n d ........................ 50

1000 “ F o re ig n ........................ 2 40M I V T I 1 D P C Well assorted per too; Peru 25c; Canada 5c or 1000 for 35c; A u s t r ia 10c;

Philippines 25c; Guatemala 30c; Russia 05c; Argentine 10c; Turkey 18c; Nic­aragua 53c; Spain toe; Greece 1901 15c; Uruguay 55c; Honduras 60c; Mexico 10c, P e r 1000: Hol­land 25c; Austria 25c; Russia 40c; Canada 23c; U. S. 30c; Foreign 12c. Postage 2 c extra on all orders. Remit in unused stamps, bills or money order. Don't forget to write for list tro. 37. la r g ­est wholesale and retail stamp list issued by any'firm in America.

M A R K S S T A H P CO,414 SPADINA AVE., TORONTO, CANADA

L A R G E S T STOCK O F S T A M P S IN CA N A D A

PIKE CENTENNIALI have something very nice in the way of a

souvenir postal card showing a good picture of Zebulon Montgomery Pike who discovered ' Pikes Peak” in November i8o6» This card also shows Pike and his two comrades standing, on the summit of Cheyenne Mt. getting their first view of the peak. A sword, gun and the Amer­ican flag as well as Indian teepes are shown on the card and the altitude of Pikes Peak is print, ed on it making it verv effective. The price of tin se cards is twenty-five cents a dozen and no one should be without them. All orders prompt­ly filled. I would he pleased to see you attend the “ Pike Centennial Celebration'* to be held at Colorado Springs. Sept. 24th to 29th as there will be big “Goings” here then.

J. Lisle Warren13 N. T ejon S t. Colo. S p rin g s , Colo.

B eautifu l- Colored S o u v en ir P o s t C ards of Colorado, A rizona, U tah and W yom ing. P ub lished by T h e D etro it P h o to g rap h ic C om pany. I sell them a t 25 cen ts per dozen or S1.5Q per h u n ­dred, all d ifferen t and post free. • No sam ples. My price lis t free w ith first order. S a tis fac tio n g u a ra n te e d or m oney re funded .

J . P A R K G R A Y B E L L 113 East* A lam eda A ve., D enver Colo.

New Price ListBelow we give th e prices of our new

line of b eau tifu lly colored souvenir post ca rd s .

pereach doz.

B altim ore 40 v a r . ...............S .01,54 S .18Coney Is lan d 20 v a r .......... 01>£ ,18A tla n tic C ity 18 v a r ...................02 .20New Y ork 50 v ar .................... 02 .20S o u th e rn C alifo rn ia 20 v a r .02 .20N ia g a ra F a lls 15 v a r ................02 .20

We have card s from a ll p a r ts of the world. Send us yo u r w an t lis ts we can supply you. P o s ta g e e x tra on or­ders less th a n 10 cen ts .

A. T U R N E R 2559 M cCulloh S t.

B altim ore Md.

■ Learn illustrating at home dur­ing spare time and be sure of $80 per month.

HERVIN LY4NSBox 292, W hittier, Calif.

Something DeiP Under The SunEmhroiderv Souvenir Post Cards

P rin te d P o s t C ards can never be rea lly p erso n a l, th ey a lw ay s h av e th a m a n u fac tu red effect no m a tte r how handsom e th ey a re . E m bro idered Pos C ards a re b e a u tifu lly perso n a l, th ey a re m ore b eau tifu l in co lor effects th an th e m ost e lab o ra te h an d painted cards,- a n y lad y w ho can do ou t line w ork can m ake th ese cards. W e m ake th e F lo ra l desig n s stam ped on h igh g rad e A rt Linen all ready to w ork, full in s tru c tio n s w ith each ca rd , in th e follow ing varie ties.

R osebud B uttercupsF or-get-m e-no ts HollyV iolets M aid en h a ir F e rnP in k s M ignoetteDj.isy P a n s ie s

. W ild R ose C a rn a tio n sC lover L e a f aod R ibbon C h ry san th em u m s

You can n o t even im ag in e the b eau ty an d r ich n ess of th e em broidered post ca rd s , u n tijl you-see th e com pleted w ork. No m ore a p p ro p ria te g re e tin g could be desired , fo r any" occasion, w edding , g ra d u a tio n , b ir th d a y , C h ris tm as or

Send yout- o rd e r a t once an d be th e firs t to in tro d u ce them am ong i :

Easter.* y bu r friends.%

Tiffin merchandising Co.1<50 M O N RO E S T T IF F IN O H IO

STAMP COLLECTIONFOR SALE.

A beautiful collection of 500 Varieties mounted in a slightly worn Popular Al­bum. Stam ps in fine condition cat $15. 1000 hinges to the lucky purchaser. Price S I.50.

H ave s tam ps ca ta lo g in g all th e way from $10.00 down th a t I w ish to ex ­change fo r stam ps, my selection , a t even catalogue. . '

R. E. Geispacher410 W K oeing S t. .

G rand Island ' N ebraska

L. H. LEDERER,NORFOLK,_________ NEBR.5? A Stamps Free! di®e0r’

the nam es of two honest collect­ors. Fine approval sheets at 50 percent discount. 2 Sim oor(elephant)7c. 3 Sou- dan(catnel tro o p e rlllc , 1000 hinges 10c, dime album only 5c.

PYGMIE STAMP CO ,1533 Perkiomeit Ave., Reading, Pa.

STAMP HINGESf r t f f /L 'l >r* 0MurPa5SC<1J qIj Qujf ftdhtn

well, Peeljbie.A Trial i.ooo f ii

only 8c, 5,000 joe. T o Detiers, T rial io,oou, pc*,., pa’d, 40c. Manufactured by

T o le d o S ta m p C o . , T o le d o . (

FLETCHER’S BARGAINS Free! 3 fine stamps

with your first order.

Tret! Tree!A fine se t o f s tam p s F R E E to every

one a p p ly in g fo r our 50 percent a p ­provals. W rite

CHALLENGE STAflP CO.Box 62 G rand Island N ebr.

A Few Left ,B arg a in P a c k e ts contain 150 a s so r t­

ed s tam p s of m any kinds, both used an d unused such as S elanger, T rav - ancore, N yassa lan d , M alay S ta tes , J a p W edding etc. One p u rch aser added 20 var. to a collection o f ' 1400 diff. T h is packe t co n ta in s so m any rare s tam p s th a t i t is .91t.re to su rp rise you, p rice only 15c post free. Basil P e rry , Cool S p rin g , Del,

ON DECK ONCE MORE.

Here are a few hot weather bargains

50 British Colonies..................... 10c100 from all over the w orld . . . . 12c50 A ustra lians............................... 40c25 Central A m ericans.................. 20c19 from A s i a ................................. 25c30 from A frica......................... 50c

Orders less than 25c postage ex­tra.

I send out fine approval sheets at 50 percent discount, containing only attractive and desirable stamps. Send reference for selec­tions.

R. A. Fletcher,468 East 136th S t.,

New York, N. Y.

$20 ca ta logue value in good sa lab le p o stage S tam p s fo r $2 00 and no .qu estio n s asked. Money back if you can ’t double your m oney on them . No co n tin en t­a ls, no cu t cards, no common tra sh .

$10.00 cat. value of sam e k ind o f stam ps for $1.00

A re you in terested in precan­cels? T o s ta r t you will give SO varie tie s fo r 15 cen ts; 100 v a rie tie s 50 cen ts; 150 varie ties fo r $1.00.

O rd er now, d o n ’t w ait and fo rg e t it.

J. D. HUBEL1305 T rum bu ll Ave.

D etro it M ich.

II

f y j a r ads brought us m any replies.—F. Gambs, M iddleton, Conn.

It’s A Cinch They’re Cheap.Cat N et

Corea 1885 10 M o ds b lu e ............ 10c 2cBarvaria 1900 80 pf l i l a c ................ 8c 2cColum bians l-1 0 c .............................37c 10c

“ 1S-30-50C................ S I.20 45cT rans M ississippi l-1 0 c ................ 30c 10cPan American 1-1 0 c ...................... 23c 9cSet H onduras official 1890 ........ 68c 25cPhilippines 4 v a r ........ ................. 13c 3cU .S.Revenue lc green small I R 15c 5c

“ “ 3c Telegraph green 25c 8l“ “ 2c p laying card b lue 25c 8c

Set H onduras 1-2-5 Pesos 1891 75c 25c“ Persia 1,2,5 and 8 ................ 20c 7c

$2 blue and black 2nd i s s u e -----60c 20c500 all different v a r...................... S I .00

Envelope Collectors Opportunity Columbian envelopes full set 22

sizes post free M ailed F la t . . . . . $1.25 Approvals. F inest in the m arke t for

the medium sized collector 60 percent discount allowed. An unused Coreanj 6 Cuban revenues, and 10 var. Portugal given to all applicants. .

W. FISHnAN,820 Penn St., Kansas City, Mo.

Cbas. $. Rvboll,''The Relic IDan and Stamp Ticnd”

Box 14 Iftulberry, 0.i\ Tern Specials Co Close Out.

Arrow heads extra nice on ly . 65c dozen ’* good diff shapes 45c “ very s ligh t nicks 27c “

each p ’p ’dF lin t Scrapers E x tra good-----12c “10 large copper cts. diff dates 37c “12 nice foreign coins d iff........ 28c “12 ‘‘ old bank sta te bills diff 25c “SO fine unused Forn stam ps ** 23c “2g “ U S Revenues diff........ 7c “All k inds of Foreign Stam ps ou A p­

proval at 66% percent discount. Special Coin lists and o ther lists F R E E . Also have all k inds Indian relics, Shells Sea Curios, W ar Curios, and Antiques. U nusually low prices for n ex t few weeks.CHAS. S. RYBOLT, M ulberry, Ohio.

Stam p D eale rs a n d CollectorsSend me 25 cents in Silver or Unused

Postage Stam ps and I will send you the nam es aud addresses of 250 Stam p Deal­ers and Collectors who w rite for Stamps to be sent "o n approval and who always fail e ith er to re tu rn the stam ps or remit. T his lis t of nam es will save you many tim es its cost. Send today. Address

BASIL PE R R Y , Cool Spring, Del,

I B U Y S T A M P S

tW ill buy collections and odd Stam ps if price is low. Com­mon stam ps not w a n te d .^ S u b ­m it on approval with best'price.

Howard C. Beck, City Controller Office Detroit, Mich. (16)

$1.00 for 12c.U. S. No 311 1902 $1.00

Black 12c, postfree.Fine copies, lightly cancelled,

worth twice the money.Another

U .S. 1869, 90c No. 122A little badly centered to the top

and left side and straight edge at bottom. Otherw ise fine.CATALOGUE VALUE 815.00 OUR PRICE................... $4.50

If not satisfactory, your money will be refunded.

Look up our column of bar­gains in last months W EST. Most of these are still good.

BEUQ & CO„305 Trust Bldg., Galveston, Tex.

t@ "M y ad b rough t so m any replies I could not get goods to fill all of them , so had to slack u p aw hile.—G. Scott, O akland, Calif.

A RarePHILIPPINE BOLO

Or War KnifeCarved from Carabao Horn, special price only $ 2 .0 0And my large Price List of Philippine hats, weapons, canes, bolos, sea

shells, books, photos, paintings, fine cloths, embroideries, carabao horns, documents, coins, stamps, kalans, suecos and many other curios. Price list alone, lO.cents.

S P E C IA L IN T R O D U C T O R Y P R IC E S T O R E A D E R S O F T H E W E S TCalasiao hat, hand woven (worth $5.00)........................................................... S3 006 diff. curious hats(worth $3.00)........................................................ ........... 2 0ONative Bolo, steel blade........................................................................................ 2 00Curious Buyo Cleever ......................................................................................... 50Kalapiao (Rainy Day Suit)................................................................................ 2 002 pairs Suecos (wooden shoes)....................................................................... 1 001 Petate (native mat) ............................................................................................ 10050 Sea S h e lls ........................................................................................................ 1 001 finely embroidered Pina handerchief .......................................................... 1 0010 Photo Prints, 5x7, Philippine Views.................................................... 1 50

P IC T U R E P O S T CA RD S In te re s tin g P h ilip p in e V iew s, scenery , b u ild in g , old w alls, n a tiv e types,

etc.12 d iffe ren t p o s tp a id .................................................................. *................ . . . . . 3530 “ “ .................................................................................. ....... 80

100 asso rted “ ................................................................................................. ... 2 25

E ach card sep ara te ly addressed and posted w ith lc stam p, add 15c per dozen ex tra . W rite fo r p rice lis t o f stam ps.

T hese p rices good fo r a sh o rt tim e only .

A sam ple size, g enu ine h an d woven P h ilip in e H a t, F R E E w ith any o rd er from above, if you m ention th e W E S T . Send fo r c ircu la r p rice L is ts ,

CHAS. C. DeSELMSB O X 1072

Manila, Philippine Islands.

The Nation Brandtypew riter ribbon is made of the very best imported cloth, w arran t­ed to outwear any other brand of ribbon .

Ribbon Coupons is«ued at $7.00 per dozen or $3.50 per half-dozen, single ribbons 75 cents. By our coupon plan you not only save m oney but can always obtain an absolutely fresh ribbon by simply m ailing a coupon.

Send us a 2 cent stam p and we -will mail you a lightning m ultiply- e r free of charge. Mention W EST.

i Til.- National Duplicatorfs a devise for the reproduction of a number of fac-sitnile copies of writing. draw ing, typewriting, music, etc., in black or colored inks, from a single copy.

It is an indespensible devise for Ministers. M u-ic w riters, Societies Restaurants and any business where a num ber of copies must be had on short notice.

N A T IO N A L DUPLICA TO RS complete w ith ink sponge:Note size 6 x 1 0 . . . . .................$2.00Lettter size 10x12 3.00

Sent prepaid anywhere in U. S. Agents wanted everywhere.

Diational typ ew riter Sxchange,2 2 S 3)earborn St., Chicago,

I h a ve la te ly become possessed rtf th e e.olleet;,,,, ltf- [ ,,,} ia n Relics o f Oeo. L>. B arnes, o f l<<< ttn n n u g a , T e n v . B h .o o u nieces.

I s h a l l b rea k up th e collecti<>n and off'- r i t f , ,r saf e to !e<5es, schools,dealers a n d coUectors in h u g e or sm a lt, lo ts. ,vjr. B arnes spent a la rg e p a r t o f hi,s time- dn ring the last SO years o p en in g m ounds and, s tone g ra ves an, th e I ttin e se e a n d o th er J tivers. H e took o u t every a r tic le w i th h is ow n h a n d s , so a b so lu te lo c a tio n can be g iv e n to ea ch a r tic le . There are 1 7 0 po ts a n d bow ls , 1 5 0 of them , are u n b ro k e n or even cracked,. [ a m to ld t h a t th e y a re the f in e s t lo t o f M ound, p o ts in th e U nited, S ta te s . I s o l ic i t Cor­respondence w i th everyone, in te res ted . I a lso w ish to correspond with th o se h a v in g la rge co llec tio n s fo r sa l" .

^ /i - E . M a r f a , E ^ s t O f an l, M a in s .

M o -tch a n d M *d lo ln « S t o m p s .R em it y3 of p rin ted pricesH. Bedel Pink Pader 20cBock Schneider & old 40cBy ran Carleioti Wm 20cClark jaraes L 75cCrown Match silk 2SCHenry tc Mack silk 10cHenry tc black Watermark 05c

Printed prices are catalogue. Exchanges made. Selection on approval.

W F. GREANY.890 Guerrero St. San Francisco Calif.

C A P E C F GOOD H O P E 1902 3p S co tts No. 62 in use but a sh o rt

tim e, ra re used fo r .......... ................. 0550 all d ifferen t B ritish Colonials

including- N a ta l, N ew found land F iji Is la n d s etc. ca t. £1.00 for .15

N ig er C oast 1897# an d lp unused .06 N orth B orneo 1893 lc to 24c 9 var

cat. $1.38 for o n ly ................. .33S t. C h ris to p h er 1882# an d lp

u n u se d ....................................................... 06S eychelles 1893 3c unused , ca t Sc .02T ra n sv a a l 1902 6p o ra n g e & black .05T u rk s Is lan d s 1887 Ip unused

cat. 8 c ........................................ .... .03V irg in Is la n d s 1889 lp unused

ca t 12c ........t ......................................... 05T h o u san d s of o th e rs on app roval ju s t a s cheap . R ef . req u ired . Leon H . Cass, L enox , P en n a .

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44

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4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

* 4 4 + 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 » + 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Bargains in sets of Good Stamps.

Cat price My price4 Guatemala 1902 1- 2-5 and 10c $ .10 $ .068 Belgium postal packet .34 .175 Nicaragua 1898 unused .24 .105 Venezuela 1900 surch'd unused 38 .183 Labuan 1894 12c 18c and 24c .42 .25Belgium No 229 90c .12 .06Cuba No 352 or 52 .20 .10U .S 1861 5c yellow brown No 67a 7-00 3.00

1862-66 5c red brown No 75 3.50 1.751904 St Louis Expo. 1 to 10c

unused -55 .40Peelable Hinges per 1000 .10Scotts International Album 1.25Modern stamp album I.oO

Fine selection of stamps on approval. K indly send reference.

L. C. Nelsen,Successor to

F . W. Reid, At th e old stand

3 0 9 1 6 th Denver,

S t . , , Colo.

Nelson’s August SpecialsAll O rders Sent Post F ree.

$50 b istre 1898 cut but good cat $2.50 90c $20 Conveyance perf good condition 70c Costa Rico 1892 1, 2 and 5 pesos o g

catalogued at $1‘0 5 .............................33cG reat Britain 1 sh illing kings h ead .. 3cSt Louis Exposition lc,2c,3c, 5, 10c.. 12c Columbian Exposition lc to 10c 8 var 11c Pan American or Om aha Exposition

each set lc to 10c................................. 13cU. S. Document Revenues uncut # ,

1,2,3,4,5,10,25,400 fine con.w hole­sale 10 sets as above 25c, 25 s e ts . . .50c

per 100 per 1000 ‘ ' 35c

35clc ligh t blue uncu t fine cond. 5c2c red ........................... ......4c rose red “ “ “5c lilac ...........................10c brown “ “ “25c lilac brown cut fine cond 1902 2c postage retired design

1000 30c, * “bunched.

5c 20c 10c 10cper 10 “ 100

8c 4c

5000 $1.25 all soaked and W ANTED—Several collec-

desir*tions also offers on m ixed lots of able stam ps. W rite me.

A. L. Nelson,M E M B E R SH IP NO. 7 K ansas City

S tam p Club1823 W Prospect Place, K ansas City,Mo.

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Souvenir ’" i

Post Cards• Cards in colors, L incoln’s « 2 Hom e and M onument. A r- •• senal, S tate H ouse. Library, •• P ost Office, State Fair *

I G rounds, 4 different, Court | H ouse, City H all and Par- I ade G rounds. 12 for 25 I cents cash or stam ps, these I cards are of National interest I

• as the home and tomb of the J • Im m ortal Lincoln. * J

M illard M ailing Agency

113~S 4th St.

ISpringfield

am well pleased w ith my ads in th e W E S T .—D r. Scott, K ansas C ity, Mo,

CHANCE TO WRITE FOR THE PAPERWho has not a t tim es had ideas

irhich he or she would like to see in some new spaper? M any a good (bought has slum bered in th e b ra in of (he th in k e r because of the difficulties ind rebuffs w hich are a lw ays sup posed to lie in th e p a th to the ed itor­ial sanctum . T h e C h i c a g o R e c o r d - He k a l d , how ever welcom es such ideas and has a page in its S unday issue tailed “ T h e B attle G round of M odern T hought,” w hich is devoted ex c lu si­vely to le tte rs from its readers. T he best a rtic le s received each week are carefully edited and p rin ted over the writers’ nam es. T h e am ount o f rea l­ly valuab le m a tte r th a t finds its way into th is d ep artm en t is rem arkab le and is p roof th a t a b ility to w rite well and e n te r ta in in g is not confined to professional w riters . T h e only re ­striction T h e R e c o r d -H e r a l d puts upon .w riters fo r th is in te re s tin g page is th a t a rtic le s m ust be o f a con tro ­versial n a tu re and devoted to th e d is­cussion of some c u rre n t topic.

Official Souv postal cards Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893. Four varieties unused lithographed in colors with an unused one cent Columbian stamp on each, postpaid 10 cents. Will X colored cards. Wanted whole envelopes with a Permit number printed on, will pay cash for them, also want gold dollars, net me hear from you. D. C. Neefus. Hudson. N. Y.

From Every Slate in U. S.

P o s t C a rd V ie w sR.ichly Colored

Chicago views 120 v a r............. .5 for 10cChicago and New York views 15 for 25cAny other city in U. S .............. 12 for 25cSan Fran, before earthquake 12 for 25c Canada, Mex. or West Indies 10 for 25c FREE A view of Starved Rock, 111. with each order am ounting to 25c. Sen t postfree.

W holesale ealers S ti d a 2c stsm pfo r wholesale prices. Special price to e x ­changers.

CORDELL BROS CO.,899 N. W ashtenaw Ave., Dept. X

Chicago, i ll .

J. W . S C O T T C O . Ltd.E S T A B L I S H E D 1860

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KTI th in k the* W EST is the best collectors paper o a t.—L. Fagan, H artshorne,Indian Territory.

..Spring Collecting..H as begun ; you should POST Y O U RSELF on R A R E RELICS. There are quite a number of bogus “ Mound and Ind ian ’’ relies in circulation. Therefore, ever}' collector should guard himself against imposition. He should know the genuine from the fraudulent. The best way to learn all about the peculiar and interesting stone ornam ents, pipes, ceremonials, axes, large flint implements, pottery , copper objects, discoidals, am ulets, etc., e tc .. is to send money order for $1.57 to me and receive the following publications express charges p a id :—

Prehistoric Relics The So-Called “ Gorgets”The Field Diary of an Archaeological Collector

Tonda, a Story of the Sioux

T he retail price of these books was originally over $3.00. I am offering them at about cost in order to close out the editions.

If you wish to learn more about them , drop me a postal and I shall send you illustrated prospectuses. As “ Prehistoric Rel­ic s” and “ T onda” will not be printed, you better order at once. You can’t afford to exclude them from your library.

“ Prehistoric Relics” has been published a year. Hundreds of collectors have read it and have written enthusiastic letters in its praise. The Bulletin on the “ G orgets” is more technical,

and by means of the metric system of m easurm ents the authors were able to glean new facts concerning these unique stone o r­nam ents and badges. The two works fit together well and alone are worth the price asked for all books..

T he “ Field D iary” gives one the inside history of western archaeologic surveys and explorations and is rich in archaeologic material and personal adventures.

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For the past ten months we have been publishing one of the best Hobby Papers of the day. Every number has been been better than the one before. During th is time we have made a host of friends who are always willing to speak a good word for us. W e are now0 . O. for “ T he W orld Philatelic Society" “ T he Universal N um is­matists A ssociation’’“ The N ation ­al Camera C lub ," “ The Pacific Card S ocie ty '’. Membership and dues in either of above 50c.

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H E R E A R E SOME of our stockholders. Dwyer of N. Y ; Grospian, N. Y : Park, N. Y ; Sims, Calif; M cFarren, N ebr., Miller, N . Y ; M ythaler, Iow a; Ramsay, N. C., and many other well known collectors and dealers.

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“SOMETHING INTERESTING*’

1855-1 r p . . .1857 y 'A . . .1866 20c. . .1866 40c . . .1869 5 c . . .1870 5 c . . ,1870 1 0 c ...1870 2 0 c ...

*1855 2 r . . . .*1856 2 r . . . .*1857 2r . . .+1857 y X . . .*1866 5 c . . .*1867 40c .. .*1868 20c. . .*1869 5 c .. .*1870 5c, .*1870 10c. . .*1898 4c. .*1898 6c. . .

*1*2*3*5

*1C

O R I G I N A L.........$ 10........ 1 20.. .. 20.......... 3 00.......... 1 25........ 2 00.......... 03.......... 08

C O V E R S

tu n u sed 30 25 08

" " i 0035

' ' 2575

1 0° 1 50 02 55

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01020603

1 , 2 ,3 , 5,10

1

1900

" p o s t a g e d u e "

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10 - ____ 10

" s p e c i a l d e l iv e r y10c o r a n g e (1 9 0 0 ) ..........

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PUERTO PRINCIPE

1899SURCHARGED

5 o n l m , ......... . . . ,*185 5 o n 2 m ......................*186 5 o n 3 m ...................... ......... 15 00*188 5 on 5 m .................... .......... 3 00• A n in v e r te d s u r c h a r g e 25 00*191 5c on ) 4 m ..............*192 5c on .............. ......... 2 50*193 5c on ................. ......... 8 00

MARIO S . ROIG CERRO 82'

1873 50c......................1874 25c........................1874 50c......................1878 5c............ ...........1879 5c....................... 201880 10c...................1899 10c........................1900 1 on 3 ...........................

STAMPS*used

Special Deliverv 10

*1870 20c.............. ........*1873 25c........................*1873 50c........................*1878 5c.......................*1878 50c........................*1879 5 c ........................*1879 n y i.......................*1880 1 0 c ...................... .. • 1 25*1883 10c (e)...................+1888 2'Ac.......................+1888 10c........................+1886ScottNo.

2yi........................PUERTO PRINCIPE

*213 5 on 2 El ents............ENVELOPES

1900*1.2,5

25 Revenues + ..........WHOLESALE

101900

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10c

per io per ioo0101

1008

1 50 1 002 00

g r e e n ............r e d ..............p u rp le ....................... 20

b lue ........................ . 20b r o w n ...................... 30

ON APPROVALForeign stamps at 50 per cent, Cuban stamps

at 33H per cent discount and reference required. Cumin stamps classified in two classes, No. t scarce stamps, No. 2 medium priced stamps. For Foreign stamps NO REFERENCE RE­QUIRED. I am prepared to buy all kinds of stamps sent prices and samples or samples only and will quote prices, I can pay per 10 or too

I will examine and certify the genuiness or reprints of stamps at these prices.

1 s ta m p .......................................... $ 022 “ ......................... .............. 03

07 12 25 00 40 60 00

51025

100150200500

1000 6 00This examination is microscopic and compar­

ed with genuiness and reprint ones. Alt post free. References Brodstone and Augusta Trust Co, Maine.

HAVANA CUBA

EraseneBest foT rem oving

Iron RustInk Spots

F ru it StainsFrom the hands, white goods,

and linen, 15c.

C. $.704 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, Ohio.

Agents W anted.

Send 25 cents in silver and receive by return m ail prepaid, tw enty-five beautiful scenic postal cards, all d if ­ferent, of Colorado and the West. Views of the grandest scenery in the world. Our cards are absolutely, the best. Send righ t now.

The Mohawk Supply Co.,P. O. Box 815, Denver, Colo.

I K w in g C a m e r ti (n o t ko- t a k a ) 4 i< o t any i l z e l a t t e r c a n e a rn $S p e t w eek b y ta k -

___________________________ 1 i n t p ic tu re* for ua a t b o n e .S en d a tam p for p a r tic o la ra . a t a t l n t t i z c o f cam era.

Oval Portrait Co., Dept. W. Chicago.

W A N T E DA M A T E U R 'S

Souvenir P ost Cards!W e p rin t them . You fu rn ish pho to—

we do th e re st. Sam ple se t 10c.S tew art-S im m on s Press,

W aterloo, la .

Colored Post Cards.Fine ones. Views all over U. S.,

Canada, Mexico, Cuba etc. Remit 50c for good assortm ent of these beautiful cards. L ist of first class exchangers included. Order today.

HARRY COWAN,Box No- 52, O ttawa, K an.

“ Sacajawae”17he Slird Women

and SBabe.

W ho lead th e Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-05 through the vast wilderness of the northw est.

A colored picture 8x10 in deckle edge folder and h is ­tory complete, generally sold for 25c.

By mail postpaid 10c while th ey last.

M ention W EST.

American Sngrnoing and

Publishing Co.,

1510 Howard S t., Omaha, Neb.

“SOMETHING INTERESTING”1855-1 r p . 1857 y % , 1866 20c. 1866 4 0 c .1869 5 c.1870 5 c . 1870 10 c . 1870 20c.

*1855 2 r ..................................*1856 2 r ...................................*1857 2r ................................+1857 y % .............................*1866 5 c ...............................*1867 40c.................................*1868 20c.................................*1869 5 c .................................*1870 5c. ............................ .*1870 10c.................................*1898 4c ..................................*1898 6c.................................

•‘CUBAN V. S .”

*1 .................................*2 ................................*3 ........................ .*5 .................................

*1C .............................1900

O R . I G I N A L.. .$ 10 ... 1 20

20. . . 3 00 . . . 1 25... 2 00

03

C O V E R S1873 5 0 c . . .1874 2 5 c . . .1874 5 0 c . . .1878 5 c . . .1879 5 c . . .1880 10c . . .1899 10c . . .1900 1 on

08 S p e c ia l D e liv e r ySINGLE STAMPSt u n u s e d * u s e d

30 *1870 20c ................... ....................25 *1873 2 5 c ........................................08 *1873 5 0 c .......................................0035

*1878 5 c ......................................*1878 50c........................................

25 *1879 5 c ........................................75 *1879 1 2 ^ ........................—

1 00 *1880 10c ........................................1 50 *1883 10c (e)..................................

02 +1888 2J*c.....................................55 +1888 10c ........................................08 +1886

S co tt

2 ' A ........................................PUERTO PR IN C IPE

01 N o .

* . . 02 *213 5 on 2 E e n t s .......................ENVELO PES

0603 *1.2 ,5

25

1900

05 R e v e n u e s + .....................WHOI.ESAI.lt

1900

10 05 15 80 20

1 00 05 10 10

04 01 04 55 03 09 09

' 1 25 1 50

03 12 08

25 00

1010

1,2 ,3 ,5 .10

1“ POSTAGE DU E’ ’

10

022 035 06

10 - 10<‘ SPECIAL D ELIV ER Y”

10c o r a n g e (1900)................ 03

S c o t tN o.

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1899

SURCHARGED

5 on l m ............................ . 6 00*185 5 on 2 m ............................ . 10 00

*186 5 on 3 m ............................ . 15 00*188 5 on 5 m ............................ . 3 00• A 11 in v e rte d s u r c h a r g e 25 00*191 5c on ' / i x n ....................... . 10 00

*192 5c on % m ........................ . 2 50*193 5c o n y i m ........................ . 8 00

per 10 per tool c g r e e n ............................. 01 102c r e d ................................... 01 083c p u rp le .......................... 20 1 505c b lu e . . . ......................20 1 00

10c b r o w n ......................... 30 2 00ON APPROVAL

Foreign stamps at 50 per cent. Cuban stamps at 33% per cent discount and reference required. Cuban stamps classified in two classes. No. 1 scarce stamps, No. 2 medium priced stamps. For Foreign stamps NO REFERENCE RE­QUIRED. I am prepared to buy all kinds of stamps sent prices and samples or samples only and will quote prices. lean pay per 10 or too

I will examine and certify the genuiness or reprints of stamps at these prices.

1 s ta m p ............................................ $ 022 “ 035 “ 07

10 “ .......................................................................................................... 1225 “ 25

100 “ ................................... 1 00150 “ 1 40200 “ ................................................. 1 60500 “ 3 00

1000 “ ......................................................................................................... 6 00This examination is microscopic and compar­

ed with genuiness and repnnt ones. All post free. References Brodstone and Augusta Trust Co, Maine.

MARIO S. ROIG C E R R 0 827: HAVANA CUBA

ErasentBest fot removing

Iron Rust Ink Spots

F ru it StainsFrom the hands, white goods,

and linen, 15c.

C. $.704 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, Ohio.

A gents W anted.

Send 25 cents in silver and receive by return mail prepaid, twenty-five beautiful scenic postal cards, all d if­ferent, of Colorado and the West. Views of the grandest scenery in the world. Our cards are absolutely, the best. Send righ t now.

The Mohawk Supply Co.,P. O, Box 815* Denver, Colo.

| Having Cameras (not ko» i d»ki) 4*$ or anr *l*e larger | can earn IS per week by tak- I ing pictures for us at home*

Send stamp for particulars, stating size of camera*Oval Portrait Co*, Dept. W. Chicago*

W A N T E DA M A T E U R S

Souvenir Post CardslWe p rin t them . You fu rn ish pho to—

we do th e re st. Sam ple se t 10c.Stewart-Simmons Press,

Waterloo, la.

Colored Post Cards.Fine ones. Views all over U. S .,

Canada, Mexico, Cuba etc. Rem it 50c for good assortm ent of these beautiful cards. List of first class exchangers included. Order today.

HARRY COWAN,Box No. 52, Ottawa, Kan.

& • f fOaco/awaeCfhe S&ird Women

and SSabe.

W ho lead the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-05 th rough the vast wilderness cf the northw est.

A colored picture 8x10 in deckle edge folder and h is ­tory complete, generally sold for 25c.

By mail postpaid 10c while they last.

M ention W EST.

American Sngraoing

and

Publishing Co.,

1510 Howard St., Omaha, Neb.

NEW SOUVENIR POST CARD CLUB35 ce n ts a y e a r including ' m onth ly publication . C en tra l Post C ard Co., Box 706, L incoln , Neb. L a rg e m em ­b ersh ip list.

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100 4 4 E n g lish view s (unco 'o red) 50200 t 4- 41 4* * 4 4 1 00500 44 4 4 44 44

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3000 W ash ing ton (S ta te ) view s to men an d boy co llec to rs who read o u r ad in th e W E S T . T h is

J w as a f a i r sale, w as it no t?m LOOK HERE!

In th e sam e period o f tim e, we so ld ex ac tly 2855 ca rd s to lady co llectors, sh o w in g th a t th e b eau ty of our ca rd s is ap p rec­ia ted , by bo th lad ies and gen tle- m en.

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follow ed by a n o th e r soon a f te r th a t . S end fo r a copy of th e ca ta lo g u e if you are no t on o u r m a ilin g l is t. E x ­p lic it d escrip tion of each o f th e 650 lo ts. G et in line fo r a few bids and sh a re in som e of th e b a rg a in s . C a ta ­lo g u es free .

J. M. BARTELS CO.Old South B ldg.

Boston M ass.

BARGAINS BOYS!J u s t received d irec t foreign countries, a la rg e supply of very ra re P ostage S tam p s, vvhich we are d isp o sin g of a t Rock B ottom P rices w hile th ey las t.

“ P A C K E T S ”No. 711 50 finely m ix ed ...................t5

712, 100 finely m ixed .................. 10713,500 finely m ix e d ........... .25

1106, 5 R are U. S. R ev..............151219, 15 varie ties, F o re ig n .. .10

A pproval sheets , re fe rences requred .-------- 50 p er cent d isco u n t---------

W rite us.D eerin g S tam p Co., “ W estern Office” 1521 P a rk Ave. D ept. B O m aha, N ebr.

~ 1r* Wanted!I Desire To Purchase

1. A good g e n e ra l co llection of s ta m p s c o n ta in in g from 2000 to 3000 v a rie tie s .2. Jo b lo ts of good U . S . and fo re ig n s tam p s.A bove m u st be C H E A P fo r cash

Do no t send s tam p s b u t w,r'ite firs t and fu lly desc rib e w h a t you have to g e th e r w ith th e low­es t p rice you w ill accept.

My re fe ren ce : T oledo $»tamp Co., T oledo O hio; U nited S ta m p Co., C h icago 111.

Robert Haynes3624 S um m it Ave.

/ Toledo

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Ohio^J

WANTED: All kinds of used postage stamps. Send 10 cents for prices paid. A. L. Cannon, Dept. 2, Parsons, Kans.

W ill allow % c a ta lo g on stam ps c a t­a lo g in g over 4 cen ts . E x ch an g e to be m ade from our unexcelled approvals.

Challenge Stamp Co.. Box 62, G rand Is lan d N ebr.

S iam F R E E to A pprov­a l A pp lican ts. 10 Rom an S ta te s 3 cen ts.

Qilbert Sharp.P eop les Ave T ro j', N. Y

THE FINEST SOUVENIR POST CARDS

Of b eau tifu l sou thern scenery , rivers, fancy cards etc. W rite

DON R. P. DAVIS Low ell, A rkansas

21’0 0 0A rrow s and and S pears ju s t receiv­

ed, a purchase from one collection . M any e leg an t, som e ra re , m edium q u a lity an d e tc ., sen t on selection to good p a rtie s w ith reference. I p ay postage o r express one way. A m ong such a lot a re cu lls o f o rd in a ry fo rm s an d som e a little im perfec t, m ostly w hole th a t I w ill sell a t $1, S3, $3, $4, $5 per 100. b u y e r to pay a ll ex p ressag e , no t sen t on se lec tion , bu t good Valines

- o f m y own ca re fu l p ick in g will be sen t you fo r cash order, and you w ill f in d you g e t a b a rg a in . S tone relics price l is t free. R egu lar d ealers w rite fo r price lis t, 52 page ca ta logue o f m inera ls , fossils, stoue relics, buck­sk in bead w ork, she lls , b ask e ts , photos E lk -tee th and gen era l curios fo r 5c in stam p s, S1200Q sto ck ,*22 y ea rs in th e N a t, S cience a n d curio m ail b usiness.

L. W. Stilwell, .Deadwood, - > SO,' Dakota*

S Sine CollectionsS or Sale.

3 ll l SHounted2 collections of 120 varieties each, p r i c e ..................................... 20c each2 " " 180 “ “ “ ..........................................30c “1 “ “ 240 “ “ “ .......................................... 50c "

Above coilections contain stam ps from m ost all countries and in fine condition. T ry them . Your m oney back if stam ps do not suit.

A fine Canadian Revenue free to the first 4 repilies to above bargains.

September Bargains.Finest die cut hinges at following special p rice s :

Size 0 9x17 tntn per tn 7c; 5m 30c“ 1 12x18 4 4 « 4 9c; “ 40c“ 214x21 4 4 4 4 13c; “ SOc*• 3 16x23 4 4 44 14c; “ 6oc

Faultless H inges M 6c; “ 25c

A Word about A pprovals .In order to fu rther introduce our 60 percent d iscount books,classified

by countries, we will give a packet of 25 good stam ps (cat 50c) to the first 25 applicants. S tate w hat countries you prefer or send for list.

Splendid Variety Packets.50 varieties $ .05 10 packets for $ .35

100 * 4 .08 4 4 4 4 4 4 .70150 4 4 .10 4 4 4 4 * 4 .90200 4 4 .25 * 4 4 4 a « 2.00500 1 1.05 4 4 M 4 4 8.00

1000 < 3.75

L a st B u t N ot Least.We have a fine line of net approvals. Series of lc , 2c. 3c, 4c or 5c.

T ry them .

Dior folk Stamp CoD ior folk, Dlebr.

Beacon Lights of History; Gems of Art; Disseminators of Cniveral Knowlegde; Monuments of He­roes; Records of Industrial Acliievinents, Mute Witnesses of the Rise and Fall

of Empires; All these and More are Stamps.

The Philatelic,,0kst.E s t a b l i s h e dCombines the New York and Omaha Philatelist, the Photo Bulletin- Post Card World, Metropolis. Curio Monthly aud Collectors World

T h e Oldest Collector** M agaz ine in America and th e LAKGEST in THFC VVOR1.D

100 P A G E I L L U S ­T R A T E D M O N T H L Y

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p u b l i s h e d a tS U P E R I O R ., N E B R ..,

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V o l u m e 3 3 J U L Y 30, 1906 N u m b e r 3Entered at the Postoffice at Superior. Nebraska, as Second C a ss Mail Matter.

L T. BRODSTON'E, Publisher . . . .E- H. WILKINSON. Managing Editor

A S S O C I A T E E D I T O R SCamera N ew s-F . J. CLUTE.Foreign Review— R. R. TH IELE - Curio— ROY F. G REENE . . .Department of Inquiry—REV. L- G DOKPAT, - Numismatics— F. E. ELLIS . . . - - -Philiocarty— MISS M. KELLER - -Woman Collector’s D pt.— M iss VERNA WESTON HANWAY.

Superior. Nebraska. U. S- A. 210 South 30th St.. Omaha. Nebraska

416 J. St.. Sacramento Calif. Wauwatosa. Wisconsin Arkansas City. Kansas

Box 37. Wayside Wisconsin 115 N 11 St. St. Louis. Missouri

Juneau. Wisconsin it- R. «■ Box 156 Dallas. Pennslyvannia

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 50c per year; 3 years $1; postage free in the U-S- Canada. Mexico- Other countries $t 4 shillings. 4 marks. 5 francs. Send money in a safe way. If you send stamps send lowest value, not over lc face. Money sent in unregistered letter will be at remitter's risk.

Interesting manuscripts items, suggestions and good half-tone zinc and electro cuts always solicited. The publisher is always glad to receive for examination illustrated articles. If the photographs are sharp, the articles short and the facts authentic the contribution! will receive special attention.

The " ’ K sT disclaims responsibility for -he opinions of its contributors.A D VER TlslN G RATES 10c a line. Lower rates nased on length of time and amount of space.The \t KST is of unequalled value as an advertising medium. It covers territory that no other

paper enters and has the largest field of any- Official organ of 36 prominent societies. The Old­est Collector's Magazine In America Published Bv a Non Dealer The largest paid circulation; comparirr u of subscription books invited. Considering results and circulation, the WEST is the cheapest monthly for the advertiser’s use. The longer you stay, the better it pays. An exper­iment solicited. Exchange or Trade column, ic a word, they pay well, 3 times for the price i .

O ffic ia l O rg a n o f th e F o llo w in g S o c ie tie s , A g g re g a tin g O v e r 25,0 00 M e m b e rs .Stamp Collectors’ Protective Ass. of America. America Camera Club Exchange. Spanish Amer­

ican Philatelic Society. International Souvenir Card Exchange. Stamp Dealers' Protective As­sociation. American Society of Curio Collectors. American Society of Young Scientists. Hawkeye Camera Club. Postal Camera Club. Universal Photographers' Society. World wide Photo Ex­change. Natural History Photo Society. Nebraska Philatelic Society. Subscription Stamp Society. Nebraska Camera Club. Kansas Philatelic Society- Southern Philatelic Association, American Souvenir Card Exchange Club. New York American Fiscal or Revenue Society. Canadian Phila­telic Society, Montana Philatelic Society. Union Souvenir Card Society. St- Louis Stamp Collec­tor’s Society, American Fiscal Stamp Association. Kansas City Stamp Club. Universal Philatelic Association. Atlantic Souvenir Card Collectors' Society. Canada Post Card Exchange Club and Central Souvenir Post Card Exchange. Universal Philocartist Protective Association.

^ W h e n times are dull and people are not advertising is the very lime that ad­vertising should be the heaviest. Ninty-nine out of every hundred dealers ad­vertise most when the there is least need of it. instead of looking upon ad­vertising n s the panacea for business ills.—WANAMAKER..................................

To the Subscriber? of the Post Card World:—On account of not having as much time to spare from our other business

now as we had when we first started publishing the Exchange News and later the “ Post Card World” we have been compelled by force of circum­stances to sell out. We have suffered somewhat in a financial way by giving up the paper as we were just getting things going right and beginning to pay.

We have sold out to Mr. Rrodstone, publisher of the Philatelic West, and he will fulfill al! our unexpired subscriptions for the full length of time credited. We think that all of our subscribers will be satisfied with this arrangement, but if any of you are not, please let us know and we will return the amount due. Those of our advertises who paid for ads. for the June issue and any of the issues following will be given the same space as paid for, in the WEST.

Hoping this will be satisfactory,We remain, Very truly yours,

Hudson-Gallagher Pub, Co.

Suppose some rainy day when you are not very busy, or better still—DO IT NOW—sit down and make a list of all the things you do not care about particularly, and which you would be glad to get rid cf for little or nothing. Evertyhing you have, no matter what it is, will be of use to some one else, less fortunate perhaps than yourself. Stamps, coins, curios, relics, watches rings, guns, rifles, revolvers, pet stock, pictures, books, etc., if you have discarded them, can be disposed of for cash or exchanged for something you want. You may not think your old stuff of sufficient value to interest any­body. Here you are mistaken. The advertising columns of the WEST are read monthly by thousands eagerly looking for a “trade.” List your goods and try us at least once.

For the small sum of 1 cent per word the WEST will carry your little advertisement to those interested in just what you offer. Try it and you will find it so. Every advertiser is receiving by mail returns for a few cents spent in this way.

DO IT NOW, DO IT TODAY. Make a list of your goods and w you want in return. Figure the number of words at lc per word and send to us with stamps or money order.

“Seebecks.” —Many of the younger collectors are at one time or another puzzled as to the meaning of “Seebeck” stamps, and for their benefit, a brief description is here given. “ Seebecks” ate stamps that were furnished free to certain South and Central American countries by a Mr. N. F. Seebeck, of New York, in consideration of which he was to receive all the remainders, some cancelled to order and others unused, which he sold to collectors. As he furnished the various countries with a new issue every year, it is easily seen what a good thing Mr. Seebeck had. Following is a list of countries using “Seebecks,” and the date of issue:

Bolivar, Columbia.......................................................... 1819 to 1885Dominican Republic.......................................................1819 to 1885Ecuador .................................... ..................................... 1890 to 1899Honduras.................... ...................... ...................1890 to 1899Nicaragua..................................................................... 1890 to 1899Salvador............................................... ..........................1890 to 1899

f f o t e s f o r V . S . C o l le c to r s B y E,*R. A ld r ic h

Permit No. 1 of Unionvilie, Mo., is lor one cent and comes printed in red and is used by the Monroe Drug Co., of that place in placing advertising matter for Putnam Dye.

Baltimore perimt No. 36 is used on an advertising card of the Maryland Casualty Company and is a one cent value.

There were registered during 1895 at all postotllces a total of 15,100,33(1 pieces of mail matter, of which 12,123,061 were paid registrations and 2,913,- 975 were free or ollicial. The fees collected on the paid matter amounted to $975,388.88, which shows an increase of $35,826 88, or nearly 4 per cent over

the amount for the previous year.

Hand in hand today goes the extension of railway building and the expansion of the mail service. The new railway developments in the Philli- pines will mean new post routes and new post offices, In addition to con­struction of several hundred miles of railway line authorized under contracts awarded a few weeks ago, the Phillipine Government has arranged for the construction of 100 miles ou the islands of Negros and Panay, and 95 miles on Cebu, under contracts awarded to Solomon and Company, Cornelius Van­derbilt, J. G. White and Company, all of New York; Charles M. Swift of Detroit; the International Banking Corporation, II. R. Wilson and Eleidel- bach, Ickelheimer and Company. The bid provides for the guarantee authorized by Congress, on four per cent bonds for a period of thirty years, on 95 per cent of the cost of construction. It is interesting to note, in con­nection with the Government’s activity with regard to railway construction in the Phillipines, that a bill has passed the national House of Representa­tives at Washington providing an appropriation of $50,000 for the purchase of certain ccal lands on the island of Batan. The purchase was favored by Secretary Taft, presumably from motives of governmental policy.

An interesting and successful attempt was made during the year 1895 to extend mail service to the Upper Yukon river in Alaska, where the discovery of gold has gathered quite a village of miners and others. A post-office, known as Circle City, was established and a contract made for six round trips from Juneau to Circle City, a distance of 900 miles, five to be per­formed in the summer and fall of 1896 and one in June, 1897, at a compensa­tion of $300 per round trip.

In 1903 there were 19076 pieces of dead letter matter received at the postal headquarters of Porto Rico at the post office in San Juan.

It costs the government $2639 to have mail transported by steamer from Duluth, Minn., to Grand Marias from May 1 to November 30 each year.

“Say George” , said the three cent purple to the two center, “ Why did you take the young cherry tree to cut down?” “ Why” replied the red fellow, “ because I knew you wanted to monopolize the Old Hickory.”

Questions relative to stamps will be answered in this column free of charge to subscribers.

All questions must be sent to the above address and a 2c stamp must accompany each lette** con­taining questions. Wheu stamps are sent for examination, return postage must be included beside the fee above provided for.

B y L. G. 'Dorna.t, B o jx 3 7 , TE&Juyjide, tiy/j-(Continued from last number.)

Since the exact circumstances are not known, unused stamps of these is­sues are looked upon with disfavor. Genuinely used specimens on orignal letters are as worthy of collection as any oiliei stamps and should command a good price. If certified particulars about the plates and returned remain­ders could be obtained, the unused stamps also might again gain favor. As it is, there is no basis for the calculation of their real worth, and hence many think it is equal to naught. The sets were usually sold for 35 to 50c, which is far below face value It may he imagined how dealers and collect­ors were chagined, after they had bought their supplies at face value from the respective government post-otlices, to find the market flooded with these cheap sets of remainders, of which there seemed to be do limit.

285. What constitutes a ' ‘Complete’* Collection?—In the fullest sense of the term such a collection would have to contain two copies, one used and one unused, of every stamp that was ever anywhere in the world issued to denote the prepayment of postage. A collection containing used and unused stamps mixed would be only relatively complete, and so would a collection of used stamps only, or of unused shamps only. The question of minor vari­eties would here interfere greatly with the understanding of the term. Oue collector would, for an instance, be content with one U. S. 2 cents of 1890; the other would want: 1. 2c lake, 2, 2c carmine, 3 2c carmine with cap on right 2, 4. 2c carmine with cap op left 2, 5. 2c carmine with cap on both 2’s. To these other shades may he added, so that a complete collection of this one stamp only might mean a collection of 10 to 20 stamps. On the other hand if a complete collection of but a part of the world be attempted, or if the term is any other way limited or modified, the task may be much simpli­fied. For example a complete collection of the adhesive stamps of Poland would not comprise more than 8 or 10 stamps, minor varieties included be­cause there was hut one value of one type ever issued. It is for the individ­ual collector to decide for himself what shall be his aim. If one decides to collect the 5000 commonest stamps, one copy or variety of each and uu more, then his collection will be complete when he reaches that number. Thus many have no other aim than “ to see how many different stamps they can bring together"; their collection is always complete and allows continual additions so long as the collector lives.

286. What constitutes a “good" col lection ?—The answer to this ques­tion again depends on the meaning of the term “good” . A very small col­lection, if clean and well kept, may be called good, especially, if it consists of rare stamps. To merit the epithet “good” a collection should reflect the intelligence and industry of its maker. When a collector does as well as he can, then the result is always relatively good. To be accepted as good, a collections h’as to contain a large percentage of clean and perfect specimens

are for stamps, i. e., such as can not be picked up by anyone any where or bought for a quarter.

287. Is philately more expensive than phutogiaphy ?—That depends upon how both are practiced. You can start in photography with a $1 kodak, and you can start in philately with a 25c packet, but that is a poor start in either case. You may on the contrary get a $50 outfit to pursue either pastime and find it unprofitable, because you fail to make the best use of it. Again, after starting you may either go on spending money on your hobby almost without limit, if you have it, and it matters little what your hobby is. If you know how, you can make photography pay you not merely for your material, but as well for your work; and if you know how, you can do the same with philately. Finally, though, there is a difference. If you have spent say, $500.00, for photographic apparatus, plates, films, papers etc. etc., and you wish to sell it, then you will find that most of it will be con­sidered as “second hand” and will not bring any great returns: while if you spend the same amount on nice, clean and rare stamps, you can be pretty sure to get very nearly the full amount back whenever you wish to sell. That is one of the chief points in argument for philately—that rare stamps in good condition do not depreciate in value while many other things do.

288. What countries are most recommendable for specializationV—To any patriotic mind the stamps of one’s native country are the most recom­mendable from a patriotic point of view. There are other views though. One collector is greedy for the gain of money, another is anxious to make a fine show, a third aims at completeness and a fourth may desire study and discovery, and still a fifth may wish to enjoy an easy pastime. According to the collectors’ aim the answer to the above question will have to be different. I prefer those stamps that are neglected by others, because I like to go my own way and sport a little independance, because the neglected stamps are mostly cheaper than they should be, because when they do become popular they will rise in value, and because I have a natural inclina­tion towards that which is slighted or despised by the masses.

289. What philatelic journal beside the WEST is the most recommend­able?—Well! If I would name anyone I would offend ail the others, some thing I shun to do! Besides taste has something to do with answering this question. What one likes is unwelcome to some body else. The best way to find out may be to get sample copies of all journals. For a few cents each they can easily be had. In some of them you will find press directories and advertisements, of others, that will aid you to get acquainted with most of them. By the way, what do you' think of a collection of philatelic papers, comprising a copy of each paper published? That would certainly not be as good as a complete pile of all papers, but in a way, it would be interesting and instructive.

290. What is the best paper beside the WEST treating revenues?—This I can easier attempt to answer, because there are few papers that really attempt to be good regarding the treatment of revenue stamps. The paper for revenues, as far as my knowledge goes, is “Morley’s Philatelic Journal,” published by W. Morley, 15 Brownhill Gardens, Catford, London, S. E.f price 2s. 6i or 65 cents. Ail subscriptions commence with January. Sample copies 6 cents. It is a fine paper in every respect. But it has very little to do with postage stamps.

291. What is the differnce between the 1871 and 1872 issues of Germany and what makes the former, unused so dear?—The difference is in the em­bossing of the eagle in the white center-piece. The whole drawing of the one eagle is different from that of the other, but usually the shield on the eagle’s breast is taken as the most, prominent part of distinction. The Shield of 1871 is very small, only about 3 mi. square, while that of 1872 measures about 0 mm each way. The supply with the first embossing was very nearly used up, when the change was discovered; hence the supply of these stamps unused is small. Of the issue of 1872 there were ample quan­tities of remainders when the issue of 1875 was put into use: these were sold to dealers, and hence unused specimens of this issue (1872) are not as scarce as some of the values used. The 2>£gr. and 2kr. orange and 9kr, brown are exceptions; of the 2kr. there were not many at all, and of the 2]4gr. and !>kr. nearly all that was left was surcharged with large futures of value and so ssued and used. With the surcharge these two values are common. Of

the 10 and 30 gr. 1871 there were large remainders which also got. into the hands of dealers far under face value.

292. What handbooks are there treating the stamps of the Phillipine Islands?—The latest and most up-to-date is that of S. M. Barrtels, F. A. Foster and Capt. F. L. Falmer. A little older is that of Brewster C. Keu- yon (1899). Mr. Bartels mentioned also a work of Mencarini (1896), but that may be hard to get. Finally Moens’ and Maj. Rudolt P’redrich’s works on Spain and colonies must be mentioned. For a thorough study the gen­eral works, as the Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, the Catalogue Ofllcielle of the Societe Francaise de Timbrologie, etc., must be compared as well.

293. Are the “paid stamps” that were applied to letters in transitbefore postage stamps were used of any value?—I think we had this query before. As then, there is no fixed value for these postmarks. But this does not mean that they are valueless. They are interesting objects illus­trating postal history and well worth preservation and study. As it hap­pens, the April number of the “ Philatelisten Zeitung” has a leading article about- these post marks as far as their use in Great Britain is concerned, jM. A. Maury in his work on French post marks lists and describes a great | many used in France. The philatelic press in general refers to them from j time to time. Ail that we used to establish prices, is a complete enutnera j tion for all lands and then offer and demand. j

294. Why do we collect registration stamps of one country Columbia, j for instance and not of all countries?—In all cases where these stamps repre­sent a certain value, prepaid postage or prepaid registration fee, they are ; included under the heading of postage stamps, Franks-tegen (Swedish) or i Post-frie-marken (Germany). When the value is expressed on the face of the stamp it is easy to decide for its collection. In cases where there is no vaiue expressed nor implied, we have nothing but postal labels*that are on an equal line with any unstamped postal stationery. Who wishes, may collect them.

Italy’s new postage stamps were designed by the painter Michetti. All those of a higher denomination have a portrait of Victor Emmanuel.

At the regular April meeting of the Boston Philatelic society John Luff of New York exhibited his collection of reprints which is considered the finest in the country.

C o u n t e r f e i t s a n d t h e i r D e te c t io n

*By R. R. T h ie le(Continued.)

MECKLENBURG-SCH WERIN. While the 5 sch. blue of 1856 and the 2 sch. gray lilac of 1866 of this grand duchy are not rarities of the first water, they are nevertheless scarce enough to make them desirable objects for the counterfeiters. Thus both are represented in my forgery collection by nice specimens qf the forger’s art—dangerous enough to a novice, though not to the expert, possibly. I treat both of them together here, because the originals belong together, both being from the same original die, only the figures of value being inserted afterwards. The 3 sch. of 1856 is also from the’same die, but I have no forgery of this stamp at hand. The two coun­terfeits, though, are not from one and the same engraving, but differ con­siderably from each other. In one thing they are alike: both are somewhat larger in height,h and width than the respective originals; the measurements are: 2 sch. original 21 mm. wide and 21 mm. high; forgery 21 >4 mm. wide and 21 mm. high. 5 sch. original same as 2 sch.: forgery 21J mm. wide and 2\% mm. high. The originals are tpyographed (being products of the Prussian State Printing Office at Berlin); the forgeries are lithographs. The crown on the originals is very clearly drawn, so that each pearl is clearly visible: on the forgery of the 2 sch. the crown is very poorly drawn, so that the pearls do not show separately: while the 0 sch. forgery is better in this respect, the pearls are not evenly drawn, some being rathher larger than others, and there are too few of them, e. g. in the extreme right band arch of the crown there are 11 pearls on the original, while the forgery has but 7 in the same arch; the others differ similarly. On the original 5 sch. the top of the little cross on top of the crown is almost a fitil millimetre below the horizontal frame line, but on the forgery the distance is less than >£ mm.; on the 2 sch. the difference is not so pronounced On the originals the base of the crown is very slightly arched above the top of the shield; on the 2 sch. forgery the base line of the crown coincides with the top 01 the shield, both being entirely straight; on the 5 sch. forgery, on the contiary, the crown is arched entirely too much, there being quite a piece of color be­tween crown and shield. The outer frame line of the shield is thin at the top and left, thick at right, and bottom on the originals; the inner frame lir.e is thick at top and left, thin at right and bottom. The 5 sch forgery resembles this quite closely, but the 3 sch. forgery pays no attention to it, the two lines being of equal thickness everywhere. On the originals the small dots of the background of the shield are arranged in regular rows diagonally, the 5 sch. forgery makes a feeble attempt at this, especially in the right upper corner, but on the 2 sch. forgery the dots are without sys­tem. The head also shows points of difference, though they are difficult to describe. All originals of this type clearly show the ring in the nose of the bull, but only the 5 sch. forgery shows it, not the 2 sch. forgery. (This, of course, does not argue that there may not be other forgeries of the 5 sch. with the ring). On the originals the eyebrows of the bull begin at the lower line of the horns: on the 5 sch. forgery this is also the case, while on the 2 sch. forgery they begin with the upper line of the horns.

(To be continued.)

P A P E R S desiring an impartial review on the lines of those below are requested to send a

copy of each issue to the address below: Auslaendische Fachzeitungen sind hoefliehst

gebeten ein Tauseheqemplar egelmassig an den Untefreichneten zu senden.

Tous les journaux phitateliques sont pries ienvover un exemplaire en echarge a I ’addresse sous-donnse.

Desames recibir esemplares de cambio de las publicaciones filatelicas estranjerrs a la adressa enseguida, R.R.Thiele, Wauwatosa, Wis.L'.S.A

(Continued from last number.)C is the one called Type II by Scott’s, The 1 kr. gray lilac of the first

issue is thus described by Mr. Phillips: “The 1 kr, occurs with both per­forations (i. e. 12% to 13% and 11% to 12) in a grayish violet color. This was never issued to the public for use on letters, but was sold obliterated with blue pencil. It is met with postally used, with the blue line cleaned off. This stamp may be a color trial, but is more probably an unissued error of color owing to the ink having oeen wrongly mixed.” The perforations of the other values, to be sure, are legion.

I quote the following from No. 6 of the Philatelisten-Zeitung: “ An error of color of the German 5 pfg. stamp is said to have been added to the German Imperial Postal Museum. It is a blue 5pf. stamp, which properly should be green. Through some mistake this error of color was made. The German Post Office Department was made aware of the existence of these errors through the reports of a New York stamp auction where two of these stamps were sold and fetched 85 dollars. Further investigations revealed that about twenty such stamps are in the hands of collectors, six of them in America. Thereupon the Department had a sheet of 100 blue 5 pf. stamps printed and turned over to the Postal Museum as a curiosity.”

This sounds a trifle apocryphal. I do not remember seeing any notice of such an error anywhere; if it eixsts, it is extremely apt to be a chemical changeling. To be sure, I would not per se deny the possibility of the Ger­man Post Office Department manufacturing such errors to order; some queer transactions have come to light of late as regards the German Imperial Printing Office.

In connection herewith I would like to call attention to two other “errors” reported by the same paper; they are the current German 40 pf. stamps on the salmon paper of the 30 and 50 pf. stamps. Needless to say to say that these are artificially colored—not necessarily with evil intent, as the 40 pf. is largely used on money orders which are of a yellowish color aDd this discolors the stamps in soaking them off.

Le Journal des Philatelistes, in common with several other European journals, show the new French 10c stamp, issued April I5th, of which our readers may have seeen illustrations elsewhere. It was a great surprise as it does not at all correspond tc the changes in the design which were said to have been made by M. Roty and Mouchon. The background, instead of showing hills rising to the left, is entirely solid color, and the sun, instead of shining at the left, has disappeared entirely, 600,000 of the new type have been printed; it is looked on as provisional and the next printing will

show not even the small remnant of the Mother Earth now left visible under the feet of the sower.

Our readers are aware that a set of stamps inscribed Maurltanic is now appearing in the three types adopted for the French West African colonies (General Faidherbe, Dr. Ballay, palm tree). The joke is, according to the papers already quoted, that the officials of the Colonial Office at Paris do not know where to send all these stamps, as there is no such colony. Mauritania is an old name for that part of Northern Arfica wnich contains Morocco, Algeria and Tunis; in Western Africa there is no such place. The other set inscribed Haut Senegal-Niger is also incorrectly inscribed. The official division of the French West African Colonies is as follows: l. Senegal; 2. Guinee Francaise; 3. Cote d’ Ivoire; 4. Dahomey; 5. Territoires de la Senegambia et do Niger. Mon will see how little this corresponds to the new stamps.

It may interest my readers to learn that the mosque shown on the low values of the new Tunisian set is that known as the Mosque of the Barber at Kairouan. It bears this name because it is the burial place of the eminent person who had the honor of shaving the prophet Mohammed. It is one of the great centers of Islam. The mosque was founded by Sidi Okba in the seventh century of our era; a Moslem legend relates that the stones of which it is built miraculously fell into place by themselves.

Two types of the 1894 issue of the Mozambique Company have lately been discovered, at least as concerns the values containing a figure 1: 10, 15, 100 and 150. The first type of the figure 1 has a long serif at the top, in­clined downwards very sharply; the second type has a very short and nearly horizontal serif. So far as examined all the sheets of type 1 were perforated 1 3 and those of type 2 were perforated 12* .

The Russian offices in China have been reported closed; No. 308 of Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste says that they have been reopened and that the opportunity was embraced of equippiing them with the entire outfit of Russian stamps, envelopes, wrappers and cards, up to the 3>£ and 7 rouble adhesives, all surcharged as before. Oh joy! The Russian war losses will soon be recouped If we all now walk up and buy a full set unused.

The first item before me is not a paper but a book—not a very large one, but meaty and full of substance. It is none other than Fred J. Melville’s “The Postage Stamps of the United States.” True, it has been issued some months ago, but not until now did a review copy come our way. But good things do not suffer by waiting a little and the little book is just as well worth commending now as when issued. I t is a neat little volume of 116 pages, embelllished with 12 collotype plates and 45 illustrations in the text; the price of lsh, 6d seems low compared with the beautiful plates.—The author—well, known as the president of the Junior Philatellic Society—has not attempted to go into minute details but has contented himself with giv­ing a simple, straightforward account of the standard issues of the United States, basing his account chiefly on Mr. Luff's monumental work. It is just the kind of a guide book that I would like to place in the hands of a beginner fcr every country. It is hardly necessary to enter here at length upon the contents of the book, as it contains nothing new to American col­

lectors, but because of the concise and readable form in which it presents its information I would thoroughly advise every American collector to obtain a copy. A friend to whom I showed my copy immediately ordered two copies.

Elere is another pamphlet calling for notice: It bears the title “ Ver- zeichnisueber die Postwertzeichen von Sehweden. Market). Stockholm.” It is published by Sverige's Filatelist-Forening as a catalogue of Swedish adhesives; another part containing cards and envelopes is in preparation. The little hook consists of only thirrty pages (every alternate page is blank for notes), but within this limited space it contain a mass of information about Swedish adhesives—based upon the same society’s “Svezriges Franko-

tecken.” To give the catalogue greater circulation it is published in Ger­man instead of Swelish: the price is fixed at 30 cents and it is procurable of the society whose address is Grefturegatan 21 A, Stockholm, Sweden. For each stamp the number issued is given and there are many details as t.o re­prints and divers vaiieties. As to the prices, to be sure, I am but an in­different judge; one would naturally suppose that Swedish collectors knew something of the values of their stamps.

I hail with pleasure the reappearance—Vol. X. No. 1, full No. Ill, dated .May 2-5, 1900—of our old friend the Revista de la Sociedad Filatelica Argentina. Its suspension left a sensible void in the ranks of the philatelic press and the other Argentine papers, though quite commendable in their way, still could not replace the Revista. I welcome It back to my exchange table, and with it a long and prosperous career in its second span of life. The monograph of Dr. Marco del Font on the Argentine fiscals, which was interrupted by the discontinuation of the paper, is crowded out in he tpres- ent number by the prospectus of the stamp exhibition which the Argentine Philatelic Society intends to hold from October 2"th to October 30th at Buenos Aires. The classification is less specific than that of the late London exhibition; as a sigu of the times I mention that one of the subdivisions of Class III provides one gold and two silver medals for collections scientifically arranged. In fact the medals are superabundant: 4 grand prizes, 20 gold medals, 52 silver medals! I hope some of our readers may share in the har­vest. I t is peculiar that view cards are also included. What have they to do with philately?

Our readers are aware that the Pan American congress is in session at Rio Janeiro, but so far we had not heard of commemorative stamps in con­nection therewith—nor could we collectors see any particular occasion for them. Comes now M. Maury in No. 309 of Le Collectionneur de Timbres- Poste and says that we are not to escape this affliction after all, for a set of stamps commemorative of the event has been designed by the painter Ber- nardelli; as usual it is predicted that they will be something tine. No fur­ther details as yet.

The new Swiss designs do not have plain sailing; especially does the design for the low values, showing the little son of William Tell with a very big crossnow, come in for a good deal of ridicule. Moreover the Swiss Post Office Department has roused national feeling by ordering this new type ■engraved in Berlin; the matter has already been broached in the federal

Council. The second design with head of Helvetia but little resembles its former self: the commission now has this design iu hand after its eleventh alteration!

M. Maury gives interesting biographies of General Faidherbe and Dr. Ballay who figure on ttie new stamps for Senegal, Haut-Senegaliet Niger, Ivory Coast and Mauretania. Faidherbe was born in 1818, served as army officer in Guadeloupe and Algeria and in 1854 became governor of Senegal, where he achieved wonders of development. He was recalled to France to serve in the Franco-German war, later beecame a senator and died at Paris in 1889. Hallay was born iu 184"; he studied medicine, but went to the Congo with de Hrazza; he became governor of French Guinea and later gov­ernor-general of all French West Africa, a territory fourteen times the size uf France; his administration did much towards the development of the country. He virtually wore himself out in the service of the colonies and died in 1902 at. St. Louis, Senegal.

The late Universal Postal Congress is apt to have some far-reaching consequences for us philatelists by its change of the international letter rate, in future the rate is 25 ceivt.im.es (equal 5 cents) per 20 grammes and 15 cen­times (equal 3 cents) for each additional 2o grammes. Great Britan and the United States were granted the privilege of considering the ounce equivalent to 20 grammes, as 20 grammes would be difficult to express in fractions of an ounce. Hut as the ounce is really equivalent to over 28 grammes, this gives these two countries a decided advantage and as a consequence France and Germany as well as other commercial nations will no doubt hasten to raise the unit weight to 25 or even 30 grammes. That all this will entail numer­ous stamp changes is evident. A sort of international stamps has also been devised in the shape of a reply coupon to be issued by the international bureau at Hern at the rate of 28 centimes and to be redeemed for a 25 cen­times stamps—but, mind you, only in those countries which expressly accept this new arrangement. The international special delivery fee was fixed at m centimes (equal 6 cents): as a resutlt one would suppose our domestic special delivery fee would tiave to be reduced, for it. seems unfair that a European correspondent, should pay less to have his letter delivered to us by -pecia! messenger than we must pay for the same service in the same city.

In the report for 1905 of the Chinese Imperial Customs there is a de­tailed description of the Chinese postage stamps by Juan Mencarini, illlus- trated by plates. From these it appears that China has a special delivery stamp hitherto unknown to collectors: it is green, bears the picture of a dragon and is of the value of 10 cents. The stamp is perforated into three parts—one presumably goes to the sender ami one on the letter. Each stamp is numbered, the three parts having the same number.

(To be continued.)

I have several stamps which are not given in the Scott catalogue. Among these is a Grenada, Tpye A 2, orange yellow, surcharged in green with a crown and the words “One shilling.” The postmark is quite clear,' Grenada MR., 17, 83. This is given in the Senf catalogue as being worth 75c. I have also seen other stamps of this issue not given in the American catalogue. Now can anyone tell me the value of “Hawaii No. A 12” sur­charged “Provisional Govt. 18” instead of 1893.” —H. F. Morgan.

DEPARTMENT

L e a s e s f r o m a ‘P h itc v te tijr t* \f D i a r y

B y V e r n a W e sto n H a n t v a yM -------, N. Y.

August 8th, 1002.Did >011 think I was going to neglect you entirely, my dear Dairy? If-

you did, you see you were very much mistaken. I have been so occupied with my hobby, 1 scarcely have time for even my social obligations.

Since I last wrote you up my dear, my philatelic collection has grown enormously. I have added to it so many valuable stamps. For instance the other day while sorting over some old lettres for father, I found a very valuable United States stamp. By exchanging. I have also gained some stamps it would have been impossible to obtain otherwise. And then it has never been so possible to pick up rare stamps at bargains as it has been this season.

My friend abroad, the young consul, has procured for me some very val­uable stamps also.

But my dear Diary you shall not be neglected again for all the stamps in creation.

I am going to Edith Osburne's dance this evening She wants me to meet a wealthy young man, a Mr. Covenant, who has brought his sister here for the mountain air. She says he is “splendid!” 1 think I must go and meet this paragon, but Edith’s swans very often turn out to be geese. I suppose he will turn out to be no more or no less than the average young man, painfully conscious of his good looks and his wealth.

I hear mother calling me. I also hear callers in the library. Oh Fudge! and here is a batch of the latest philatelic magazines just longing to be read. M----- . K. Y., August 9th, 1902.

I went to Edith’s dance last evening. Mr. Covenant was there. I quite agree with Edith in her estimate of him, he is “splendid!” A tall dark, athletic looking young man. He is not exactly handsome, but is good looking I have never met a man who had so much personal magnetism.We became very good friends in the course of the evening. He has traveled a great deal. When he mentioned the curios he had picked up in different countries, I told him I was also a collector, but instead of collecting curios, I collected stamps. “ Indeed!” he said, “although I am a collector of curios I am also a philatelist.” Then ensued a conversation on stamps.

Although I have met a great many well known philatelists, men who were well versed on the subject, I have never met a man who could talk so enter­tainingly about it. He told me little anecdotes of his experiments in col­lecting, and informed me on many subjects pertaining to philately into which I inquired, described his collection to me and in fact proved himself to be a first class collector. I expressed a wish to see his collection. He said of I would allow him he would call tomorrow night and bring part of it.I was only too pleased to have him come and so I consented.

He told me all about his sister’s affliction. It seems when he was a child she dislocated a hip and has not been able to walk since. Poor fellow! He seems to feel so badly about it.

M----- ., N. Y., August 11th, 1902.Mr. Covenant called last evening as he intended. He brought part of

his collection, and we spent a very pleasant evening examining it. He has some superb specimens. The arrangement of his collection is almost fault­less, In fact it could not be better. I have not changed my first opinion of him My admiration for him has rather increased than decreased. Father and mother share it. They think he is almost a model.

He played and sang for us. I have beard some of the greatest musi­cians of today but I have never beard music to equal his. It was sublime. Mother, who as you know my dear Diary, is a great lover of music, shared my opinoin. Our whole family sat spell bound until he had finished.Helen Moore spent part of the evening with us Rrother Ted said she acted as if she was “dead stuck on Covenant” . Ted is the most nonsensical boy. He imagines because he is in love that everyone else is. I wonder if Mr. Covenant likes Helen. She met him some weeks before I did.

1 asked him to call again. He seemed quite pleased.August 20th, 1902.

Some days have passed my dear, since I last wrote you up. In the meantime Mr. Covenant and I have became very good friends. It is very seldom that a day passes without his droppng in. My collection is progres­sing very rapidly since I have met Mr. Covenant. He is helping me a great deal in telling me what stamps to buy and who is the best party to buy them of. He made me a present of a rare set of Mauritius stamps today which I have been coveting.

Edith dropped in today. She told me some things that HeleD Moore has been saying about me. It was to the effect that I have been ' rushing Mr. Covenant for all there was in it. I cannot believe it. Helen has always been my best friend. I think there must have been some mistake. I do not see what occasion she would have for saying it anyway. Mr. Covenant and I are merely good friends, or chums.Mr. Covenant has been asking me to call on his sister. I think I will to­morrow.

It is getting late dear, so I will put a “stopper” to it and say good­night. I hear Ted’s voice at the door. What is it he is saying “Pleasant dreams of your Jack Magnolia” . How absurd. I wish Ted would not be so full of nonsense. Once more good-night.

(To be Continued.)

OU'R IL L V S T 'R A TIOJVSJ. B. LEWIS, of Petoluma, Calif., was born on Bacon Hill, Saratogo

Co., N. Y., March 15, 1825. At 12 years old he went to Farmington, mar­ried and lived there till 184!) when he came to California and started the first dray there. Iri 1856 he purchased a 500 acre ranch at Lakeville and farmed it until 1900 when ho moved to Petoluma and opened his museum of curios collected in his camping and hunting trips which he took for 18 con­secutive years. IIis wife died in 1800 and in 1807 he took her remains east and remained there 7 years. He has the history of nearly everything he has. Owing to advanced age he is now selling off everything, See his ad in this issue. We will use more illustrations of his collection in the next number.

CALVIN K. PIEMAN, Ft. Wayne, Ind., was born in 1867 and begau collecting while attending high school in Toledo, Ohio, in 1S82. lie has kept it up more or less ever since and lias a general collection, although he has sold all revenues and also all postal issues issued since 1889. Ilis collec­tion numbers between four and five thousand. He is a prominent Knight of Pythias, officer in subordinate lodge and uniform rank, also member of the Grand Lodge of the state. He is a republican and served three years in the city council, having been elected from the 1st ward which had been going democratic by over 200 and now serving under a democratic mayor as Com­missioner of Public Safety. His term expires in 1910. lie is an entusiastic wheelman—holding membership number .791 in the League of American Wheelmen having been a member for 21 years. Also holding No. 80 in the Century Road Club of America and being a former state Secretary-treasurer of that club. lie was also a member of the P. S. of A., S. of P. and other stamp societies.

C. W. ANDERSON-NEARY. Manager of Anderson-N'eary, Jones & Co., Alexandria, Egpyt., importers and exporters, is an Irish-Canadian, but was actually born in Sligo, Ireland, 1806. Educated partly in Ireland, S. Africa and Canada for a military life. After serving in the British Colonial forces he entered the Italian Army and in 1891 tried the Egytpian Army and was several times in active service till wounds, especially the loss of an eye and a damaged right hand forced him into civil life. Having travelled ex­tensively in Europe, Asia and America he felt a natural leaning towards ancient history and antiquities became his hobby, tor ten years or so he has specialized in Egyptian and Holy Land curios which he handles as a side line to his main business of general trading. Ilis curio line has now reached large proportions and he has agents all over the Orient to give news of finds and discoveries made by natives under the Turkish and Egpytian flags. Ilis photo was taken on the Soudan Frontier some years ago in the costume and with the weapons of a friendly Bedouin chief “ Shillelagh Castle,” Alex­andria, Egpyt, is his private residence. See his articles In THE WEST.

GEOflGE WARD LINN, was born February 7, 1884 in Greenville, Ohio. After moving about several times he landed in Columbus, Ohio, where he first became interested in stamps in 1896. At present he is inter­ested in the printing business operated under the firm name of W. M. Linn & Sons, one of the most successful plants in this city. Mr. Linn has been raised up in the printing business, practically born with a printer's stick in his hand as his father owned and operated a weekly newspaper when he was

less than 21 years old. It was therefore quite natural that being interested in stamps he should also publish a paper. The Columbus Philatelist was first issued in January 1901, when the publisher was but sixteen years of age. This first paper had a prosperous time for 13 months when Mr. Linn finally gave it up and went to West Virginia on a business trip for several months. After returning to Columbus he published one number of Philatelic Litera­ture, this was his last attempt until finally in November of 1905 he again brought to life his first publication, the Columbus Philatelist, and has re­ceived a merry welcome from old friends and has made many new ones.

U h e H o b b y H o r s eB y V ir g in ia B a R er

The Hobby Horse 1 The Hobby Horse!Oh, that’s the steed for me!

I scorn the dull, four-footed beasts, Howe’er so swift they be;

The cycle and the motor car My fancy please but ill,

And e’en the air ship lacks the power To make my pulses thrill.

The Hobby Horse! There is no steed That can with it compare,

It treads the earth or, at my will,It upward soars in air;

It plunges to the ocean’s depths,Or skims its billowy breast,-

It threads the deserts trackless sands,Or vaults the mountain’s crest.

How restful ‘tis at eve, when worn By labors of the day,

To mount my faithful hobby horse And gallop far away.

It bears me to enchanted lands,Where blithe and free I roam;

For there no carping cares intrude,No worries make their home.

The Hobby Horse! Forever Its praises I will sing;

I would not trade the matchless nag For ransom of a king!

Each day, to me. it grows more dear,Each hour its name I bless:

The wight who has no hobby horse Knows not true happiuess!

Stamp collectors will profit by the separation of Norway from Sweden. All stamps bearing the portrait of King Oscar ceased to be valid July 30.

*-/t F e tv J ^ o te s o n A l b u m s‘B y A n O ld *Boy

I suppose I am not alone in my experience. I want an album for my stamps and I have been looking in vain for one to suit me for the past five years. I only collect certain countries and my collection is not large—about 3000—and I find the dealers have in no way anticipated my case. There are the socalled albums for beginners holding about 3500 stamps with illustra­tions and other fancy printed matter defacing the pages; but in one of these I could not find adequate space for any of my favorite countries. If then turn to albums like the “Modern'’ or “International” with space for ten thousand or more and from 2,000 to 3,000 illustrations, I find my collection would be lost like a solitary sheep on the mountains.

Then I turn to the blank albums, but find alas that they are gotten up for the millionaire collector, with expensive binding, stubs, etc. etc., and at a price that is quite prohibitive to a collector of moderate means What bothers me is, why cannot some one get up a neat blank album neatly and strongly bound to wear, with 50 to 100 pages with a neat border and quadrille background, to sell at about a dollar, and surely it could be done and would be a ready seller among the large number of collectors of from 2000 to 5000. I have failed to find such an album with all mv searching and have been compelled to fashion one for myself which will answer my purpose as well as the best until I find the one to suit me or can afford the expensive kind.

1 looked around until I found a blank exercise book with good quality paper. I reinforced the binding with a strip of this leather and stitched it through several times with a waxed thread and then I had a strong well bound blank book fit to last for years. Then I ruled it off into suitable spaces as I tilled in the different countries, using different’coloured inks and making the headings as artistic as my ability would permit. This allowed me to mount my stamps just as my taste and fancy dictated and not as the maker of the album ordered, and it was highly interesting doing so.

I have now an album which only actually cost me ten cents, not very grand looking certainly, but which answers my particular purpose admirably and shows my own individualism in'its make up and arrangment, and which is a constant pleasure to me.

In arranging my stamps 1 can leave space for any stamps I may be able to acquire, and also new issues.

To any others who cannot get suited with the album they want, I recommend my plan. Look up Scott Co., Ltd., ad in this issue, you can secure albums of all kinds.—Publisher.

I noticed an article in last month’s WEST headed “ Which Stamp Hinges are Best” ? I have tried a good many kinds and am at present using a hinge gummed on alternate sides, thus eliminating the bending over pro­cess. This hinge is about two centimeters long by wide, In fact slightly smaller than the average stamp. It is gummed for about 1-3 its length on each side but at opposite ends. This enables the stamp to be perfectly flat on the page and it can also be lifted right off the’paper without being sepa­rated from it. The large sixe of the hinge also allows room for plenty of notes. This hinge can be obtained from any German dealer, and I could advise'all collectors who are particular about their stamps to get it.

j V o / c j o n F o r e ig n F s^e-V enties'E y O s c a r T . H a r tm a n

An article by Wulbern in “die Post” has the following to say about Foreign Revenues and I shall attempt to give a brief write-up of same.

The field is as large as postage stamps.What are revenue stamps, in what relation do they stand with postage

stamps Very close. Either one represents a receipt for a certain amount paid to a government. May be to deliver a letter, pay a tax or license, or send a message by telegraph.

The best illustration you can find is stamps used combinely for postage and revenue; postage and telegraph. Then you can find either one sur­charged with surcharges for other purposes. Interesting is it also that you pan find surcharges like “ Habiiltado per la Nacion, the G. of Grigua land,V. R. Transvaal, etc., giving in many instances clues to detect counterfeit surchage on postage stamps.

The first revenue stamps were in use in England about 200 years ago. They were the so-called “deed stamps” in 1694 under the reign of William a nd Maria. Also those in Holland are sinoe 1829 to be pasted on revenues in use. Postage stamps are really no invention, but merely making a prin* r-ipie practicable for another use.

The English deed stamps are oriignal and unique on account of having a piece of lead imbodied in the center of each stamp which was sealed on the back with a label bearing the initials of the reigning monarch.

The first revenue stamp of Germany was issued in Kurhessen in 1853 --telegraph in Prussia in June, 1864. France and Belgium had, and have albums and catalogues for revenues. Germany is beginning to pay more attention to them.

The present time is a favorable time to investigate and commence a col­lection ot revenues. Revenues have known little booming, a special country, or to be issued just for the collector. They represent in most cases the need of the country.

The execution and details of revenues are often artistic, tasteful and overmatch postage, many times. The designs of Canada, U. S., Prussian Oetogon are very fine. For the reason that the face value is much higher than on postage, A finer piece of designing can be often employed.

What is the special collective value of a revenue? If there was a fancy market or half the amount as there are stamp collectors. Some would be out of reach, those now high in price not obtainable. Maybe it is well that revenues are not collected so much. In the nature of the thing the most common revenue cannot be as common as the ordinary postage stamp.Nobody pays taxes unless compelled to.

You will never buy revenues by the pound like the common “Continen- talls” . Germany, for instance, has issued issues for the Empire and also for Anhalt, Baden, Bavaria, Birkenfeld, Brunswick, Bremen, Coburg-Gotha, Alsace-Lorraine, Hesse, and Hessen, Mesclenburg, North German Bund, Oldenberg. Prussia, Saxonia, etc.

Brazil, Argentine, and Mexico have many separate issues for their states.How about you? Are you going to collect revenues? It is a good

policy.

XShe F e tc h in g F a d o_f S t a m p C o l le c t in g(Continued).

Many of the most beautiful stamps of the world have as their central figure some religious scene or symbol. The little island of Malta, now a Britisn possession, upon which the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked—the island then being known as Molita. A series of stamps as large in size as two of our current stamps pictured the attack of the asp upon St. Paul. In the distance may be seen the wrecked ship; a fire by the seashore is so clearly brought out that the sticks forming the bonfire may be distinctly seen; the snake is raising its head; the Apostle stands "Ph his arms outstretched toward heaven, all these features are expressed by the engraver with great clearness.

Perhaps the most elaborately worked out conception of a religious nature upon postage stamps was developed by Portugal. A special series was issued to commemorate the TOOth anniversary of the birth of St. Anthony of Padua. That of the lowest denomination, of a value of about one-third of a cent, represents St. Anthony’s vision, the child Jesus appearing in the clouds and the saint kneeling with outstretched arms. The second design which is used for five values of stamps, represents the miracle of the fishes. The story runs that the saint was once in the town of Arimini, where there were many heretics. Desiring to convert them, St. Anthony exhorted them to turn to God, but they stopped their ears and turned away. In disgust the Apostle went to the seashore, where he called upon the fish to come aud hear him. Immediately thousands of denizens of the deep, in ail sizes from whales to minnows, appeared, listening while he preached the sermon pre­pared for the convertion of the unbelievers According to the legion, a few heretics who had witnessed the miracle, carried the news to town and all its people were converted. The stamp depicts St. Anthony, in ministerial garb, on the shore facing the sea, and innumerable fish with their heads protruding from the water.

A third design shows the saint ascending into heaven, accompanied by an angel on each side. The fourth design is a fine reproduction of what is said to be an authentic portrait of St. Anthony, as it hangs in an art. gallery in Paris IIis right hand is raised in blessing while his left holds a lily. Acurious feature of these stamps is that a prayer in Latin, offering thanks to God for blessings, is printed on the back of each stamp.

One of the most beautiful stamps to be found in the album of any col­lector is the five-drachma of the Island of Crete, picturing vividly the fight between St. George and the dragon. Various types of crosses are common on stamps of Europe and South America. Portugal issued a stamp for the Red Cross Society. Ic was a black stamp with a red cross on a white shield. All the early stamps of Switzerland carried a white cross on a red shield as the central figure. On the Venezuelan stamp, commemorating the discovery of the mainland of South America, the cross has a prominent place, and it also appears on the stamp issued to commemorate the discovery of Brazil. The cross is found, too, on the statnps of British Africa, with the inscrip­tion: “ Light in darkness.” This serves to interpret the central design, which consists of a black shield, representing darkness, into which a wedge of gold standing for “ light” is driving. Above both is a cross, in silver,

Indicating the source of the light. The maltese cross, the badge of the Knights of Malta, is found on the stamps of the Island of Malta. This is said to have been made, originally, by placing the points of four spears to­gether, the eight outer points forming the cross, and representing the Beatitudes.

The stamps of Turkey always bear the star and crescent. The star has been a Turkish religious symbol from time immemorial, and the crescent, since the conquest of Constantinople in 1853. Some of the large stamps of Afghanistan show the door of a mosque and underneath it two crossed cannon, which is perhaps the Moslem equivalent of “Trust in God and keep your powder dry. ”

Mythology is not without representation on postage stamps. The vari­ous gods and goddesses of the Greeks finding expression upon the stamps of modern Greece. Mercury, the messenger, has always been honored as the principal figure on Greek stamps. Both Austria and Uruguay have also taken kindly to the swift-footed Mercury as a feature of adornment.

Zoroaster's doctrine of tire-worship is depicted upon Persian stamps in the representation of a glorious sun shining through a magnificent Oriental window; similar designs are found in the stamps of Peru, whose ancient Incas worshipped the sun.

The chief feature of nearly all Chinese stamps is the dragon, in many hideous types. On other stamps are great pagodas and towers, it being supposed these sacred edifices guard the fortune of a place and so propitiate the good spirits and drive away the evil ones. The “ Yellow Stork” pagoda is depicted on one of the stamps of Hankow.—P. M. Everywhere.

Clever Forgeries of Stamps; Notable cases in which dealers have been victimized. A tiny “ t ” cost a stamp forger a pretty income not long ago. One of the rare stamps is the pink nine kreuzer stamp of Wurteiuberg, which is worth about $100 to collectors. A Paris dealer picked up seventeen of these stamps at $40 each and congratulated himself upon his cleverness in obtaining them so cheaply. Not long after a collector who was approached by an English dealer who had also had the good fortune to pick up a number of these stamps at a low price discovered what the dealer had overlooked. In the forgery the name was spelt with one “ t ,” as is the practice in England, in place of the German double, and then it came out that several hundred of these pink “ finds” had been planted all over Europe. .The forger took advantage of the fact that no dealer would admit having a num­ber of the rarities for fear that the market would fall, and had placed a number with each dealer without exciting suspicion. Perhaps the most notable forgery was the “Sedang” issue. Sedang is an island off the China coast. The papers announced the arrival in Paris of King Marie I. of Sedang, and he duly appeared in the person of a former French military man. Soon thereafter sets of seven “Sedang” stamps were placed upon the market, some of them selling for as high as $200 a set. Then it was discov­ered that the whole affair was a hoax and the forgets had fled.

The H. J. Mandel collection of rare United States and colonials was sold at auction on April 23 by the J. W. Scott company of New York. The sale of this collection, which was so carefully made, caused quite a flurry in the stamp market.

In t h e f i ic K o f T im e

*By £. L. 'W arner“How large a collection have you?” Inquired Blunt, the detective.

“ I have six thousand varieties, but my stamps were stolen or have disap­peared, so now I have none. That is why I sent for you.” “ When did you see them last?” “ I set my plug hat down on the album, lying on the libraby table, at high noon of yesterday; did this to aid me to remember to examine a certain page before leaving for the city; When I returned to the library after lunch, I found my hat but no album.”

“ Did anyone call during lunch?” inquired Blunt. “So far as I know by inquiry, no one,” replied Dr. Earle. “How many servants have you?” “ A cook, a maid, a secretary and a coachman.” “ Who answers the door?” “ Oh I keep a bright darkey boy for that purpose; all agree that no one called while I was at lunch.”

“ How valuable a collection had you Doctor?” “ I judge about eigh­teen hundred dollars’ wortn of stamps. ” “Could you identify your album?” “ Yes, beyond a doubt.” “Do you suspect anyone?” “No, not a soul,” replied Mr. Earle. “ Have you examined the library and any other room you were in during the noon hour?” “ Yes, I looked for form’s sake, but I remember well where I left the book.”

“1 see your library has two windows,” said Blunt, “do you keep them locked?” “ I try to.” “ Were they locked on this occasion?” “ Yes, positively: a carpenter put on new fasteners and left them secure—I tried them in his presence just before lunch.”

“ Well, doctor, I will look the matter up and report ere long,” said Blunt, taking a proffered fee and hurried departure. Darky Jim let him out. “ I see you’re a great stamp collector, Jim.” “Golly, do I look that footish?” said Jim. “ Well, you have some approval books sticking out of your pocket.” “ You missed your reckoning, Mr. Constable; those are pressed buds from the woods over yonder,” said Jim as he closed the door on the departing detective.

The secretary, Mr. Gale, met him at the gate. “ I am going over to the city and will ride over to the depot with you,” said Mr. Gale. “That's a pretty lively team of horses,” said the detective, dividing his admiration between the straight, well dressed coachman and the blooded team.” “Yes, we shall not miss the train.”

When they were seated, Blunt said “ I see some of the match and medi­cine stamps are becoming valuable now. Dr. Earle has knowlodge of such values but I have to study much to acquire a knowledge of medicine; so have no time for fads” .

As they were alighting, Blunt pretended to pick from the driver’s seat of the coach a Newfoundland stamp. “ Is this yours?” asked the detective of Blake, the coachman. “ Most likely the doctors,” replied Blake. “He has more stamps than patients sometimes.” “ Hurry, it is most train time,” said the secretary.

Blunt, on arriving home assumed the disguise of a hungry tramp, and made his way in time to the back door of the doctor’s residence. Bridget proved pliable to his oily ways and gave him a bite and some tea. The maid

passed through with a package under her arm, dressed for the street. “ You must not let in strangers, Bridget, the doctor does not approve since he lost his stamp collection,” said Jennie, the maid, flouncing past the hungry man and becoming entangled in a chair, shoved by accident or intention, in her' path, by the hungry tramp; the maid fell to her knees and dropped her package which burst open and proved to be a dress waist. She soon had the package readjusted and departed.

As the tramp was leaving, Bridget remarked; “ Mr. Detective, that dress waist made a deal of noise, when it dropped.” “Do you think me an officer, Bridget” “Sure, I worked for the doctor many years; I can tell a hungry tramp from an officer.” She continued: “ You see Mr. Ofllcer, you look bad but you do not smell bad, as do tramps.” “ Well, good day Bridget,—as you say, that shirt waist made a deal of noise when it fell; I expect it was because 1 tipped over the chair at the same time.”

So, Blunt the detective, walked swiftly towards the station and arrested Jennie, the maid, just as the train rounded the bend. The album of the doctor was nicely concealed in a dress waist.

JV etv ^ S ta m p s f i e c e s s a r y f o r G e r m a n yAs the Vossische Zietung remarks Germany will need three new values

to meet the demand caused by the recent resolutions of the Postal Congress at Rome. A single letter was heretofore 15 grams or ounce. According to the new ruling it is 20 grams or 2-3 ounce. A double letter was 30 grams or 1 ounce, and now is 40 grams or 1 1-3 ounces. The rate for a single letter remains the same, 25 centimes, 20 pfenning, or 5 cents IJ. S. For a double letter 15 centimes only are to be added to the single rate, and 15 centimes only for any additional 20 grams. Fifteen grams are 3 cents U. S. or 12 pfennig German money. This is the value Germany lacks, and which un­doubtedly will be issued. If this is done two more values will become desir­able if not necessary, the equivalents for 5 and 10 centimes or 1 and 2 cents TJ. S., to wit, a 4 and an 8 pfennig stamp At present the 5 and the 10 pfening stamps were considered as equivalents, wnich in truth they are not. If these were to be retained, and 15 pfennig required as (an equivalent to 15 centimes the Germans would be paying 1, 2, or 3 pfennigs too much, as compared with Frenchmen and American. The new ruling may not take effect until 1907,

.Some figures relating to the total of varieties of the world’s postage stamps were recently quoted, A French writer, M. Rene Adam has now figured out how many new stamps were issued during the year 1905. These amounted to a total of 097, made up as follows:—Europe, 151; Africa, 187; Asia, 93; Oceania, 68; and America, 198. Great Britain and the British Colonies were, between them, responsible for 140 stamps. Turning back to 1904 we find that the total for that was 766, or 69 more stamps than the to­tal of the year that followed it. A very satisfactory falling off, maoy philatelists will think.

A Scotchman has fashioned a picture entirely out of cancelled postage stamps. It shows a steamer at sea.

f io r to v a y f r o m t h e "B eginning(Continued.)

The year 1872 brought us the first of the “post-horn” issues of Norway, and stamps of this type, subject to occasional modifications, have remained in use from that time until the preseut day. Whether there will be stamps bearing the head of King Hakon VII. in the near future, remains to be seen.

Fifth Issue (1872-75): The stamps of this set are the last to bear values in “skilling,” as in January, 1877, the Norwegian currency was brought into line with that of Sweden, and “ore” and “krone” were substituted for “skilling,” but of this more hereafter. The stamps of 1872 not only bear a post-horn as the principal feature of the design, but are also watermarked with the same device. This watermark, however, was evidently applied to the paper by inexpert hands, and almost invariably it is very ditlicult to locate on the stamps. The following is a general summary of the first “ post-horn” series.

Date of Issue.—Although officially decreed for issue on January 1st, 1872, several stamps of the set did not make their appearance until the fol­lowing year, and, in one case (the 6 skilling), not until 1875. This latter fact is readily explainable. The 6 skilling stamp was not included in the original scheme of this issue, but was issued in 1875 to supersede the 7 skil­ling, consequent upon a change in the postal arrangements. This will ex­plain the use of the same colour for the two stamps. The following are the values, colours, and the dates of issues as exactly as they can be given:—

1 skilling green, yellow-green (1873).2 “ blue, ultramarine (1873).3 “ carmine, carmine-rose (January, 1872). ■4 “ nurple (January 1st, 1872).6 “ red-brown (July, 1875).7 “ red-brown (July, 1872).A notable “dissappearance” from the list is the 8 skilling value, this

being no longer necessary under the revised postal rates. Norway joined the Universal Postal Union in July, 1875, and one direct result of this was the substitution of a 6 skilling value, as already mentioned.

Paper.—The first three issues of Norway had been invariably on a wove paper of hand manufacture, but during the currency of the fourth issue (1863-66) a machine-made paper was introduced. For the issue now under notice the paper was all machine-made, and of varying thickness and colour. One may find very distinct variations in the shade of the paper, as white, greyish, j'ellowish, but in many cases the paper showing a yellowish tinge owes that colouring to the action of the gum on the back, which was often too lavishly applied. The post-horn watermarks we have already referred to. Mr. A. H. Harrison, writing on the subject, tells us that the postal authorities at Christiana have stated that this watermark was frequently im­pressed upon the paper after manufacture, instead of being produced by means of a “dandy roll” during the process of manufacture, which is, of course, the usual prccedure. This, more perhaps than the theory of inexpert workmanship, would account for the great irregularity in the positions in which the watermark is fouDd.

Printing.—The stamps were printed at the Petersen factory in Chris­

tiana in sheets of 100 stamps (ten rows of ten') Size of each stamp: 17 by 21 millimetres.

Perforation.--As before, 14J£ horizontally, and 13% vertically.Varieties.—The only catalogued minor variety of this issue is the 1

skilling green, with full point after the first “ E” of "EEN” -thus:—E.EN. In explanation of this and similar errors that may be found, it should be said that all the stamps of this issue were printed from a common matrix, with the exception of two portions of the design—namely, the numeral of value in the centre, and the word of value preceding the word “skilling” . These portions of the design were supplied by means of “secondary dies,” and small variations would conceivably occur as the result of hurried or inexact workmanship. In the case of the 1 skilling stamp very exhaustive researches have been carried out by Mr. A. H. Harrison, who tabulates the following varieties in the dark green shade of this stamp:—

Variety I .—Eight stamps in the sheet (1 skilling, dark green) have a break across the lines of shading, giving them the appearance of having a white hair line passing from the oval band immediately above the second “ E” of “ EEN” to the break in the posthorn, and they occur in the

4th and Tth stamps in the 1st row.3rd stamp in the 3rd row.1st “ “ “ 5th “8th “ “ “ 8th “1st, 6th, and 10th stamps in the 9th row.

Variety I I .—There is a dor, or full stop, between the first and second “E” of “ EEN” on the stamp appearing the 3rd on the 5th row.

Variety III .—There is a dot, or full stop, after “skilling” on the 10th stamp in the 9th row.

These three varieties also occur on the yellow-green and normal green shades of the same stamp, but in different positions on the sheet, proving that there was a second setting of the plate used in printing this issue. Onthe yellow-green and normal green stamps the varieties are located asfollows: —

Variety I .—4th, 6th and 8th stamps in the 1st row.6th and 9th stamps in the 2nd row.6th stamp in the 4th row.7th “ “ “ 6th “10th “ “ “ 10th “

Vaiiety II.-8 th “ “ “ 2nd “Variety III.-4 th “ “ “ 1st “Some additional varieties, not to be found in the stamps of the dark

green printing, are the following:—Variety IV.—The 6th stamp on the 5th row had the corner blurred,

and the “ E” of “ NORGE” badly defined.Variety V.—The 7th stamp on the 5th row has a round white spot in

the place of a pearl on the right-hand side of the crown.Variety VI.—The 8th stamp on the 7th row has a thick white line pas­

sing from the first “E” of “ EEN” to the outside of the oval.(To be continued.)

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Observations on Some Original Covers

C overs & Envelopes.

J«» “B y .R .. U h ie le

(Continued.)Several very interesting original cover* h:«v<* been submitted to me for

description; they aie the property of a yont.hli I collector down in Florida. I think lie will not take it amiss if 1 a Undo here to the fact, that he is a “shut in1’, being confined to Iris room from childhood by a diseased hip. What a consolation his stamps must tie to him? !f anyone should like to cheer his monotonous limns hy gifts of stamps, 1 shall be glad to furnish his name and address.

One of these original covers hears nothing more striking than one and two cent stamps of our current United States issue. The ietter was ad­dressed to “The Consular Agent, of the United States of America, Samara, Abyssinia, A tricar.’1 Samara is a small inland town of Abyssinia, east of Lake Tsana; I should have not imagined that, it boasted the distinction of a consular representative of Uncle Sam. Doubtless our young friend—for lie wrote the letter himselef—had good reason for addressing ids letter to this functionary, but in any case the latter never got a chance to sec the letter, for by some mischance, although the country is plainly shown, the letter was miscarried to Samara, Russia, the well known city on t.he Volga river. The letter left Tampa, Florida, August ID, 1904, and arrived at Samara, Russia, On Sept. 24, 1904, as shown by a datestamp on the back; of course the differ­ence in calendar must be taken into account here. Somebody here tran­scribed the address into Russian “ Amerikanskoii Konsul, Samara’’, but here, for the postoiiice failed to find him. This is shown by a slip of paper attached at one end to the back of the letter and bearing the following inscriptions, partly printed, partly in writing.

Printed heading: Spavka Samarskoi; Potsch.—Te). Kontory. the meaning of which is: Correction. Post and Telegraph Office at Samara.

Then follow four dotted lines with this printed heading vertically at the left: Pritchina njedcstarletiiya,

The reason is given in writing as follows:Amerikanski Konsul v Samarje nje yisvyestyen.—which, being inter­

preted, means literally: American consul in Samara not Known.—Next is the printed heading Utehastki, i. e. Districhs following by numbered spaces for signatures, from 1 to 17, all but two with initials signed in them. The numbers evidently represent delivery districts and the initials are pro­bably those of the respective mailcarriers who thus certify that they do not know the addressee in their district. The whole proceeding terminates with the printed note: Provyeryad

P. —t. , tchin 3 rasr.Provyeryad means “examined1'; P .- t . again stands for “ post" and

“ telegraph” ; Ttchin. 3 rasr. is abbreviated for tchinovnik 3 rasr-yada, i. e.

‘‘offlical of the 3d grade;” the official did not sign his name.But the postoffice did not yet lose heart. True, an examination of the

address would have shown the futility of the search by revealing the plainly written word Abyssinia, but a Russian official cannot be expected to do any such violent stunts of original research Nevertheless they did some thing and this is shown by the manuscript note on the face of the letter:

Dla spravki Saravtov Ameiickanskomu Konsuiu.

that is:For correction to Saratov to the American Consul.

No date stamp shows when the letter left Samara or when it arrived at Saratov. At the latter town the letter went through a similar proceeding as before; witness another slip of paper also attached at one end to the back of the letter and bearing the following manuscript notations:

Spravka v Saratovye.Osnatchennawo Konsulstava V. G. (=(Gorod) Saratovye nyet,

which may be translated: Correction at Saratov.The consulate named is not in the city of Saratov.This is signed, Potchauon Kirxeyev

i. e. Kiryeyev, Postmaster, and following this fourteen signatures, no doubt also those of mail carriers. So Saratov also gave it up and sent the letter to headquarters, as shown by the notation on the face of the letter

Dos. (abbreviated for Dostavit) Moskvu. that is : To be sent to Moscow. The officials at Moscow do not seem to have troubled themselves further about the letter, but sent it on to this country I would like to know myself just where and when another printed label was affixed to the back of the letter bearing the words

the words in black, the border in green. Both words—one German one French—meaD “unknown” ; by the language one would suppose the label belonged to Germany, but there are no

postmarks to show that the letter was in Germany. At all events it arrived at Washington Nov. 12, 1904, as shown by the familiar red circular hand- stamp of the Dead Letter Office and by its large index hand on the face of the letter directing it to be returned to the address of the sender as shown in the left upper comer. Finally after all its unsuccessful travel's, the letter returned to Tampa, Florida, on Nov. 14, 1904, as shown by a machine stamp on the back of the letter. One often hears of the sagacity of the post office in unraveling queer addresses; here is a case where at least four offices failed to see the word “Abyssinia” written in large and plain letters on the face of a letter and exerted their ingenuity all for nothing in Russia. But that the travelworn envelope with all its directions and attachments forms an exceedingly interesting curiosity, there can be no doubt.

(To be continued.)

U nbekannt.inconnu

At the last meeting of the Boston Philatelic society a motion was made proposing that the society condemn the sending of unsolicited approval sheets. After some discussion the question was laid on the table. It will be interesting to see what future action the society will take, as this matter of sending out approval sheets when they have not been solicited has dis­gusted more than one philatelist.

C o m m e m o r a t i v e S t a m p s

“B y 'R. M a c C c l taThe question has often been asked, without any really satisfactory

reply, whether commemorative stamps should be collected in a General Col­lection? As there is little doubt that most of them are usually issued espe­cially for stamp collectors, the sale of which helps very considerably to fill the coffers of the country or state in question, at the expense of the Philatelist.

The chief thing noticeable about most of these stamps is their size and elaborate design. They are usually oblong in shape, and very often the design is a copy of some famous picture, industry or portrait.

The U. is. A. Columbus are amongst the most respectable and hand­some of commemorative stamps. The Omaha issue, Pan American, Canada Diamond Jubilee, Newfoundland Cabot, the Olympian Games series of Greece, and Japan Wedding may also be included under the heading of “ respectable,” as they have done as.much postal duty as any ordinary issue would have done.

The Co'umbus issue are very handsome stamps, depicting various events in the life of Columbus, after historical printings. The Omaha issue is the same size, but depicts various scenes in America, and the Pan American series is illustrating a liner, motor car, etc. In 1904, the St. Louis Exhibi­tion stamps were issued depicting portraits and a map of the Louisiana purchase.

The prices of these stamps have not advanced very much, with the ex­ception of the higher values, such as 1 to 5 dollars Columbus, although at the time they were printed they were expected to rise considerably, conse­quently everybody saved them, with the result that they are not at all scarce, and several have gone down in price since 1900, notably the 30c, 50c, 1 dollar and 2 dollars.

The Diamond Jubilee issue of Canada are very handsome stamps con­taining two portraits of Queen Victoria at different periods of her reign. The complete set, however could probably be bought for £2, used, from J£c to 5 dollars.

The Newfoundland Cabot celebration issue consists of 14 stamps with the lc on 3c surcharge extra, and amongst them is a portrait of Queen Victoria as she was in 1897 (lc), and Cabot (2c); some of the other stamps illustrate views, animals, and industries of the country.

The Olympian Games series of Greece, issued in 1896, are unique as regards commemorative stamps, showing, as they do, various Grecian sports, such as Chariot Racing, Wrestling, etc.

Among the countries who have issued useless, and at the same time speculative stamps, might be mentioned Portugal, who in 1894 issued “Don Henry Celebration” stamps. These stamps marked the centenary of Prince Henry the Navigator. This country also issued another series in the next year (1895), “St. Anthony Celebration,” to commemorate the 7th centenary of the birth of St. Anthony, of Padua. It was stated when they were issued that they would be available for one day only, but the issue luckily was not a financial success. The facial value of'these stamps amounted to

400,000,000 reis, and seven eighths of the issue had to be burnt as there was no sale for them.

Portugal again issued another set of commemorative stamps in 1898 to the memory of Vacso de Gama. She also issued the same set for her colo­nies as well, in which the design is the same, with the exception of the name of the colony being substituted for Portugal. These useless stamps are still to be obtained at very low prices, and it is doubtful whether they will ever rise much in value.

Bulgaria issued a set of postal labels in 1896, to mark the baptism of Prince Boris into the Greek church, which, from a postal point of view, and also a collector’s was quite unnecessary. In 1901, followed a couple of stamps to commemorate the 1876 Revolution, and in 1903 a set appeared in remembrance of the brilliant achievements attained in the Shipka Pass, showing a spirited picture of a fight on a steep mountain side. The Re­public of Uruguay issued a series in 1896, to celebrate the inauguration of the statue of Don Joaquin Suarez. This issue was only available for a few days, but, in spite of this, are now‘worth very few pence.

A native of the Dominican Republic some years ago discovered some bones, which were declared to be those of Columbus. An ingenious postal official proposed to issue a set of stamps, which were soon afterwards printed, in order to raise funds to build a memorial, in the shape of a mausoleum, to receive the bones. It would take up too much space to describe all the various stamps issued solely for commemorative and mostly speculative pur­poses with which the general collector is burdened. Commemorative stamps seem to be more plentiful now-a-days than valuable, and although from an artistic point are generally more striking in appearance and design, they do not add much to the monetary value of a collection.

To this we may add that several stamps commemorate event only by an appropriate overprint. The majority are, however, of the pictorial kiDd, and in extenuation of these it must be said that, to a non-Philatelist view­ing a stamp collection these label appeal most, and also that, they generally convey some piece of information otherwise hardly taken notice of. Natur­ally if. is left to every collector to include them or leave them out just as fancy dictates.

The following compilation is merely made to give a fair idea as to the extent commemorative stamps are used and at what occasion.

Argentine Republic, 1892. Discovery of America by Columbus, 1492.“ • ‘ 1902. Opening of Port Rosario.

Barbados, 1897. Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.“ 1906. Nelson’s death at Trafalgar, 1805.

Belgium 1904. Antwerp Exhibition.’• 1896- Brussels Exhibition.

Brazil, 1900. Discovery of Brazil, 1500.British Guiana, 1897. Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.

Collectors are warned against somewhat dangerous forgeries of the “Shipka Pass” (1902) stamps of Bulgaria and the Coronation, better known as the “Death Mask” issue of Servia. The high values of the King’s Head stamps of Lagos have also been daringly faked by removing the tablet of value from lower-value stamps of corresponding colours.

K jm ’B lo o d s o ' s \J ~ ta m p ~ T ch em e

*By S a m ’l B u d C ooK(Continued from last No.)

Soon he received several offers, one being from the Numismatic Bank of New York, offering $1,500 for the 50 stamps. Kim believed in not acting the pig too long, so he accepted the snug offer; but when he went to his room that evening to get the stamps and forward them, he was amazed to find them gone! He used his detective skill, but no clew could be found and he was so enraged that he felt almost like publicly declaring the post­master as the thief.

As the stamps did not arrive in New York, the bankers feared trace might be lost of the valuables and w ired an officer of $2,000.00 for Kim’s find.

Believing that silence is golden and delays and misfortunes trainers to advantage, Kim therefore kept still.

fie hoped to recover them, but feared if he would tell the bankers that he no more had them, they would again increase their reward, and the per­son who had them might give them up—as secrecy could be kept of the transaction, or bankers claim stamps were from out of way persons, as similar stamps were afloat.

Ultimately the true facts became known, Within a few years Kim had become famous in his schemes and he chanced to again be at New Bunswick. He renewed his acquaintance with the postmistress, Miss Flora Paudaw, and they really feil in love with each other. One moonlight eve while out driv­ing through the Merrymaking Park, their hearts evidently got merry, for Flora brought this subject before Kim which undoubtedly was a surprise:

“Several years ago you bought 50 reverted Pan-American stamps at the Postoffice'.’’

“ Yes’’., said Kim agitated and evidently trying to evade his troubles,” but let us not talk about them, for I lost them and dont’ know how.”

“But,” she continued bravely, “ would you forgive anyone guilty who brings them back?”

“Certainly” , he replied, with no iota of immediate triumph.Without further assurance Miss Paudaw said “Action tells if you are

real earnest about it you may lift up my dress to my knee—“ No further,” Kim interrupted. “There you will find my garter-pocket-book.”

She did not answer Kim’s interruption, for no interference needs reply, neither did she say what he would find in the book.

Woman was made subject to man, but now-a-days he often must take the legal right to obey her. Kim daintily lifted the white lawn gown trimmed with lace and chiffon. How long it took him St. Peter only knows, but suddenly Kim cried:

“ Where under the sun, did you get it—I mean them, those, the postage stamps” I bet they are mine.”

“They are ours” echoed Miss Paudaw, with emphasis on the word ours!“ I will be frank with you” , she said, “I know it was mean; but the

postmaster was so displeased beeause I sold them to you, that he threatened to expel I me. Therefore, I stole them one noon from your trunk and gave them to him so I could hold my position.”

“Yes,” said Kim, “ it is a shame how many girls must submit to treatment of brutes in order to keep their work.”

The wedding was arranged and the two were happily married and left for New York City where they disposed of the famous 50 reverted Pan- American two cent stamps, then went to Indiana to live, elated with love and $3,000, $55 of which was given to Billie Jones for the extra stamp he sent with them and his tact of discovery.

Now the people vow, “even in blunders riches are, if only properly un­earthed and fostered.”

Later: It has been discovered that Flora Pudaw is a male in disguise for many years. He got part of the money for the stamps and has left Kim. It is the only time Kim was outwitted, but he now has twelve more such stamps and expects to yet get a fortune for them.

“3ro/ru to o n th e M e d a ls a n d n o t D o l la r s ”These are the closing words of Mr. .1. N. Luff’s report concerning the

recent, London Philatelic Exhibition, as published in Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News, and they are well worth remembering. Mr. Luff's report gives both a fair idea of what was shown and a valuable conception of how it was shown. The writer of these lines has for years urged the advisability of making notes. In a private collection they may be made, if they are short, on the hinge that holds the stamp. For exhibition the notes of course must be in view, i. e. above, below or beside the stamp, or they may be placed above a whole series or on the margin of the album leaf. Such notes en­hance the value of a collection considerably, if not the dollar value, certainly the philatelic value. F’riend R. R. Thiele is now arranging his entire col­lection after this plan, and it makes a splendid appearance. A non­philatelist on seeing the collection in its new form exclaimed “Now I begin to understand how stamp collecting may be called a science. In this form it certainly may be called so. “The London Exhibition contained many such notes, and it seems this was a special feature. It is highly recommend- able. In museums we usually see every article accompanied by a card, which not merely names the article, but at the same time gives a short history of its origin or any other items of interest concerning it. Scientific collecting requires this. Why not apply it to stamp collecting? It will reflect credit on the collector.—Dorpat.

An International Stamp Show.—Royalty and Americans have been com­paring stamp collections in the international philatelic exhibition held in Westminster, where nearly three million dollars’ worth of stamps are on show. The Prince of Wales was one of the largest exhibitors and there were valuable stamps from the greatest collections in England, America, France, Germany and Italy. The Prince of Wales, who has been an enthusiatsic philatelist since he was a midshipman in the royal navy, sent the two most valuable stamps in the world. They are the penny and twopenny Mauritius, surcharged “Postoflice,” and issued in 1847. The two penny stamp, which is an unused specimen, was bought by the Prince at public auction last year for $7,250. Henry J. Crocker, of San Francisco, exhibited his unique collec­tion of Hawaiian stamps, which were saved by a margin of two days from destruction by fire by being sent to this exhibition.

W h y ]V o t "B etter S u p p o r t ?

"By C . S . Lebvij-Among the articles appearing in the columns of the WEST for April,

1906, was an article written by a Mr. Robert C. Ramsay upon the subject of “Moie Journals” which upon perusal, would seem to offer a solution of the problem that has for a long time been ever foremost in the hearts of all true followers of our hobby, at d that is, “How can we bring about a true understanding into the aims and objects of philatelists in the minds of the general public?”

In the past, writers have gone to a great deal of trouble and devoted much time to successfully evolve some practical method of achieving this much desired result, but all to little purpose and, while not wishing in any way to disparage this theory of Mr. Ramsay’s as a remedying measure to offset the condition as it exists at the present time, I am at least impelled to set forth what I consider the fallaciousness of the main position of his contention, viz: That the bringing forth of more journals would through the added publicity obtained reach out and expound more eloquently to the lay public the real status of philately both as regards a pastime and a science.

As we all know to our chagrin and sorrow a stamp collector is regarded by most people as a rather harmless sort-of idiot who hasn’t quite outgrown his “kid foolishness,” and while they will admit, if close pressed, that a stamp album is a “thing of beauty,” few will go the lengths of stating that it might become, by any possibility, a “Joy forever” to them.

To convince these people that philately really has definite standing in the ranks of the sciences, we have long endeavored through our periodicals and in various other ways but. all to little avail. i hey glance at the majority of our “journals of Philately” and as a rule are impressed with but one very apparent fact and that is that they are all rather crude and smack strongly of “amateuria.”

To be sure we have been often very ably represented in the past by some truly creditable journals and have several at the present time among them the WEST of which any hobby or even science might point to with pardon­able pride but considering the amount of time and labor expended by their publishers the support which is accorded them by the stamp collecting fra­ternity is something we had best keep far in the rear when extolling their merits and the good they are seeking to and have accomplished.

The publisher of a philatelic journal, as a rule, sets out to give his fellow collectors the very best there is procurable of both stamp literature and news, and gives lavishly of his time and money to bring this about. All of us are bound to admit this fact. A publisher cannot be blamed for losing interest and finally suspending from his labors altogether when, after a twelve month or more of untiring and unceasing labor he realizes that his subscription list numbers at best but a few hundred names and that the income derived therefrom goes but a very little way toward meeting the expense involved in bringing out the publication with any degrees of regu­larity and “sizeability.” When collectors themselves refuse to contribute even a mite towards the betterment of this condition, how can you expect a publisher to go on spending of his finances and laboring day after day to

reach an ideal, knowing that it will barely be possible that it will be appre­ciated when achievement is accomplished. Is it any wonder that most of our journals are of a “small size,” as Mr. Ramsay complains? And as for “more journals” bringing forth more philatelic writers, how could such a thing be brought to pass if collectors persistently refuse to lend the publish­ers their support to his journals as they seem to do at present.

I havent’ a doubt but that if the journlals we have with us at the pres­ent time were supported by collectors in the manner in which they should be, their publishers would be more than ready and willing to accord to the philatelic scribes a more than just remuneration for their arduous labors and would be ever on the lookout to secure the very best of literary talent to contribute to the contents of their several publications. But as matters stand at the present time, why, it’s up to the collectors, isn’t it?

The cost of a year’s subscription to most of our stamp journals is about 25c per year, (a few of the best charge 50c, and they are worth the money, ico). And at even such a low subscription price the very best of them cannot show a subscription roll of 10,000 bona fide, paid-up subscribers who are members of the stamp collecting fraternity. If they exceed the 5,000 mark they are considered as pehnomenas. And just think! there is said to be at least 100,000 stamp collectors in the United States alone! flow proud collectors should be of the fact that a good journal, giving full value for the money, and often more, cannot succeed in getting more than 10 per cent of the number upon his list of paid up subscribers at the very most! Isn’t it something to be proud of?

Does it make you stop and think? Will it succeed in bringing you to a state of mind wherein you will resolve to do your best toward uplifting our iiobby in popular estimation?

If all of us would do what we could and should do—subscribe to at least one good stamp journal-Mr. Ramsay’s theorizing as to “ more journals” being the remedy to efface the false impression in the public mind as to philately would soon be shown at its true worth and the real panacea for the amelioration of this evil would be shown to be—Better Support.

An Internationa] Stamp. The International Postal congress which has long been perplexed over the demand for an international stamp, has at last voted in favor of a plan by which it will be possible to send return postage with foreign letters. The scheme, proposed by England, and adopted re­cently by a majority of one, provides for coupons sold in each country at the price of the regular foreign letter stamp, and exchangeable at the destination for the equivalent stamp of that particular country. The initial difficulty has always been that the international rates were not uniform, twopence halfpenny, for intsance, not being exactly equal to 5 cents. With a single international stamp, speculators coulld buy in quantity in countries where this stamp was cheap and sell it in one where it was dear, making a possible profit of a dollar or more on every thousand. Apparently, though the details are not explained in the brief dispatches, the new plan is to issue in this country, say, a special 5c stamp for foreign letters to which is attached the return postage coupon. These exchangeable slips, therefore, can not be ob­tained except by using an equal number of stamps on outgoing matter, a requirement that would presumably make speculation impossible on any scale large enough to be worth while.—New York Post.

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The writer intended to have only the centre of this cover photographed but the camera man thought it best to open it out to show a little of how letters were once fixed when envelopes had not yet been invented, The letter was from a schooner’s captain to the representative of the owners. It was written at Havana and although plainly addressed, was sent to Ham­burg, Germany. The dates show that the letter was nearly six months in reaching its proper destination. The upper right hand postmark is the Hamburg one and reads “Schief’s Brien Prost, 4 Oct. 1834 Hamburg.” The postmark at the left is a French quarantine mark. The ilrst part of the message reads:

“ Havana, 19 July 1834,Enclosed I send the account of Mr. Hey wood and 3 seamen. GabelMardan is Gr. to this pay bill ten dollars, and Nathaniel Kennard five

do. L was compelled to pay this for them before I could get rid of them. I have nothing new to say. Beef goes off very slowly but there is none at first hands and the beef vessels will soon get thin, when I am in hopes to do better if no larger quantities arrive. It is very sickly here but my health and mate’s is good. I am looking anxiously every day for letters but get none Your obedient servaut,

Eben Knight.The second part shows that Havana was a hotbed for yellow fever until

the “yankee hog” went down there and figuratively and literally “cleaned them out. ’ ’

July 28, 1834Dear Sir—I received yours the 24th. Our crew consists of 3 men and mate all of

whom have had the yellow fever or some other sickness nearly as bad. I should have sent the account of Richard Pickernell of York who died July ", but have not got the Dr’s, bill yet. Mate just recovering of a sickness of 10 days, and one man (the mulatto) turned to this rooming who has been down cf yellow fever 18 or 20 days.

Beef goes off slowly. My health was never better.Truly Yours,

Eben Knight.There are four colors of ink on the address side.In making letters ready for the post the sides were first folded in and

then the top and bottom: one of the latter folds being tucked under the other and then sealed with hot wax.

Stamps to Build a Railway. The many valuable collections of old pos­tage stamps which during the last, fifty years have been allowed to remain undisturbed in the vaults of the General Post Office at Constantinople are to be sold by the Ottoman Government. The proceeds will be devoted towards the expenses of building the railway to Mecca. It is stated that religious reasons have hitherto been the cause for refusing many tempting offers for the collection.

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HY MISS M. KELLER.

“The View Card Hobby both Pleasurably and Practically.”The post card claims and receives our constant care, and all other

things which shall be added to our basis will only tend to magnify our original theme. The post card pictorially has a wonderful way of linking itself with a great deal of our lives. For even the dullest of minds must perceive the appropriateness of sending to, or receiving from, friend or rela­tive a post card commemorative and illustrative of important and joyous occasions. We hear of a certain firm placing an order of one million cards of one design; and know of a picture costing $7,000 being reproduced on a penny post card. The present and coming time boom in post cards is so great that it will need all our space to cope with all the demands of this truly interesting and delightful subject. One of the few things which con­nects people of standing and commoners is love of a common hobby; the knowledge of having a pursuit in common does more than anvthing else to make the hobbyists feel akin Members of the Royal Family have indulged in view card collecting. Queen Victoria is said to have had a grand collec­tion—that a whole article would not suffice to do them justice. Though bound together by such a tiny object as a postal card, the love of a common hobby is yet strong enough to form a tie between all sorts and ocnditions of people. Most of the Post Card papers and Philaielic papers, with a few pages sacrifled for the Post Card tad, are always delightful and charming, giving one a wide Held of thought, the delight is almost illimitable. A certain French Count-ess, finding that her collection of postals was becoming large decided to present it to the directors of a school. Now the school walls are adorned with the Cartophilic trophies, from all parts of the world. Those who have the Post Card hobby will find, after all, that it is harmless, artistic and instructive; will find themselves abundantly catered for. Most specimens of colored cards are grand, and we thank artists, and students of the Photochrom Co., for the specimens of real art cards, which exert an educating and refining effect on those who see them. Accuracy of form is

'cured by photography, both in color and technique the work is near perfec­tion. There is a very large variety of these and we regret that our limited space will not allow us to do them justice. It is said that the French Minister of Commerce has allowed the circulation of picture post cards of similar type lo those in use in Great Britain, half of the front side being reserved for the address, the other part for correspondence, thus leaving the whole of the other side for the picture. These may be sent at the usual rate of ten centimes.

The economical Scot no doubt uses a post card where an Englishman or Irishman would send a letter, hut I cannot think he sends view cards which contain less writing space and cost more that plain cards, but yet we bear that, the Scot uses pictorial cards as freely as an Englishman, and the practice denotes a sad deterioration of national thrift. We do not think that the proverbial economy of our Scotchmen would go so far in the way indicated. Yet it shows evidence of the all-subduing influence of the Post Card on its victorious march thro’ the world. Those who can neither see use nor beauty in a view card will be surprised to know that we have as yet touched only the fringe of the infinite variety of purposes for which the post card may be and will be used. The range of subjects cover exceedingly wide space , and we are surprised at the many developments already made. It certainly has become a favorite and facile means of conveying in concrete form to distant friends or preserving the fleeting impressions left on the mind of the traveler and tourist A very good way of sending post cards to keep them clean in the post is two cards stamped and enclosed facing out­wards in an envelope out of which a small square hole has been cut on each side to allow the stamps to show thro’. The envelope is addressed, gummed and posted as a letter. The same system can also be used with single cards sent abroad as printed matter, tucking in the flaps of envelopes. The famous liners’ series of post cards are very popular. They sell on board the ship, and everybody who has ever traveeled, or who has friends who have been on board them naturally buys a picture of the ship he knows, or has heard of,

We can look forward with complacency to the time when the virtues of the picture postal will be acknowledged by every person of sense and educa­tion. The new year has opened with every prospect of being a very busy one for card producers and users. On every hand activity prevails. Posting foreign cards from abroad seems the collectors’ summer bonum of joy. It gives them a chance to repay all those generous friends who have when on their travels have remembered our collections, and the necessity *of commun­icating with one’s family becomes a pleasure, for the post cards are such charming souvenirs of travel, so very cheap and handy and beautiful, so much cheaper than photographs; and the pretty pictures make up for one’s Jack of description when tired with travel.

My sincere and hearty thanks are due to a very large number of readers for sending me various pretty picture pest cards. From all parts of the world they came, all colors and many sorts of processes. Some bear portraits of the’senders. Some had photographs taken by themselves of picturesque places in their locality and some were ordinary view cards with greetings. Comparatively few except those from France, bore printed greetings. From India cams two fancy post cards with greetings painted upon them, Pretty

cards with pictures of palms from Jamaica. From Greece came local views bearing pictures of local life and scenery. Others came from Tangier, Jerusalem, Morocco, and Tonbridge, all of which I should like to reproduce. Art and fancy post cards are not to be discontinued, for “Art is long,” fashion is fleeting, and the non-view card post card is subject to change and caprice of the moment.

London has many firms devoting their energies to the production and selling of fancy post cards while every large art publisher now issues such The^hobby of picture post-card collecting has become an institution through­out the United Kingdom, as well as thro’ our country. Traveling is the- origin of post-card collecting, and not only are they buplished by the mill­ion, but the very modes of travel themselves are illustrated.

The subject of costume apart from fashion, is one not only of interest to lady readers, but masculine friends as well. The costumes shown on the variuos cards are some from South Beveland in the Province of Zealand thro8, which runs the month of the Scheldt in the Dutch territory. The pictures are typically Dutch, for beside the costumes of the Dutch girls, it gives us a peep of Dutch scenery, and shows us the water, which is at once the enemy and the friend of Holland. The cards gain much by the coloring of the famous Flemish artist, II. H. Cassieers,

Some time ago a pretty poem on “ A Picture Post Card in the Rockies” came to my notice from which I take the following extracts:1 watched from my old cabin door A horseman ride up from the West: He flung down the mail-bag he bore, Whilst I crowded around with the

rest.There’s letters for Will, Dick and Joe. With tidings from over the sea:And now the bag’s empty -but no! There’s one picture post card for me. I gaze on the card in my hand While hot tears unbidden arise;A bit of my own native land Smiles back from beneath northern

skies.

Yes! There are the woods that I know,

The path leading over the hill The bridge with the streamlet below That flows by the old water mill.The present scene fades from my sight, Its canons and gulches so vast: While, lost in a dream of delight,I visit the haunts of the past Sweet voices re-echo once more O’er memory’s deep flowing tide:And warm hands clasp mine as of yore. Tho’ wild surging oceans divide.Tho’ lonely the path I must roam

A sweet picture post-card from home.CarriCatures on cards, which were for a time very popular, were invent­

ed in 1756 by George Townsend. “Political Caricatures,” which were pro­bably Italian in their origin came into fashion in England during the South Sea panic. The latest novelty in menu cards is the detachable picture post­card. The names of the various dishes are written on one side only of the card, wtych is a folding one. The other half, on which is printed a beauti- fu 11 picture, detaches by means of a perforated edge, and can be used as a post card. A Zurich firm have introduced a “ life insurance” post card. You have only to buy one and address it to a friend—or yourself—to insure against accident while traveling for the sum of $200, or during thirty days from the date of postage. In case of a non-fatal accident he receives $2 a week during the time he is incapaciated from work.

(To be continued).

Zyhe C a n a d ia n P o s t C a r d E x c h a n g e C lu b F o r C o lle c to r s o_f P i d o r a l P o s tc a r d s

President- -M iss M ad elin e K e lle r . . . . . Juneau, W iscon sin , U. S. A,V ice P res id e n t— M iss M. S treet . . . . . . Box 136, O rilh a. O n t., CanadaC h ie f Sec. T r e a s .— M r, C A . H ives, - - - - 297 S pen ce St. W in n ip e g CanadaC h ief E n g lish S e c re ta r y — M iss F. E . Good w in - - Ig h th a m , Seven o aks, K e n t EnglandO n tario S e c re ta r y — M r. J. H aro ld A le x a n d e r - - - . A m h ertsh u rg , O nt. CanadaM aritim e P rov. S e cre tary — M iss M. D eW oil' . . . 166 N orth St. H alifa x . N ova ScotiaN ew Z e a lan d Secretary---M iss A . R. B ro w n - - Bush Rd. M osgeiel O tago N e w ZealandIII. & Mo. S e c re ta r y — M r. C. S. B u sh u ell - Box 1204. St. I.ouis, M o., F . S. A.N ew Y o r k S tate S e c re ta r y — M r. J. E M u e lle r • 352 G rah am A re ., B ro o k ly n . N ew Y o r k , U. S AN ew E n g la n d S e c re ta r y — M r. R . B. P att - - 62 C a taw b a St.. R o xb u ry , M ass.. U S. A.Q uebec s e c r e ta r y — M r. M. L. W ish art . . . . . B ox 235 V a lle y fie ld QuebecO th er S e cre taries w ill be a p p o in ted in E u g la n d and U. S. A .P res id en t's M otto: " T h e P ostcard is a h ob by both p le a su ra b ly a n d p r a c t ic a lly . Jo in on e an d all."

A ll m em b ers w ill rece ive officia l o rg an m o n th ly .C lu b su b scrip tio n 35c p e r y e a r . 20c for 6 m onths, o r its e q u iv a le n t in o th e r co u n tries . A ll collectors a re requested to sen d M ibscriptions to n earest lo ca l secreta ries a t once, o r to M r. C a . H ives. 297 S p en ce St. W in n ip eg, C anada to w hom a ll le t te r s o f in q u iry sh o u ld be sent.

O N T A R IO1 M iss M. S tree t, Box 157, O rillia

47 M iss A. B arker, “5 M iss M. B ram n, F erg u s

11 Mr. W. R. B etty , P em broke15 M iss C lara A. H ill, .G lenoro16 M iss I. M. C avers, Box 181,R idge-

tow n18 M iss F . V. N ew ton, P , O, D epart­

m en t, S tra tfo rd29 Mr. W . N. C ollins, Box 482, S tra t­

ford54 M iss M. S in c la ir, S tra tfo rd63 M iss G. P a lm er, Box 775, “23 J . H aro ld A lexander, A m h erstb u rg 31 C. E . H owey, Box 218, D elhi52 Byron C. B erry , 70 Sussex A ve.,

T o ro n to68 M iss N ellie R ead, 44 S pad ina ,

T o ron to89 ‘‘S is ,” 95 S u m m erh ill A v e ., T o r­

onto90 E . W .Gi1dner,199 S u m ach ,T o ro n to 67 “ T o b y ” D eer P a rk , n e a r T o ro n to

138 “ C h r is ,” 422 S ackv ille St.139 “ T a t te r s ,” 421 “142 E dw ard M. Sanderson , Boxcox-

well A ve., T o ron to143 M iss M ary L. G ray, 150 Ja rv is S t.,

Toronto37 M iss A g n es A. S cott, 54 C olbourne

S t., T o ro n to55 M iss M. B arh am , N o rth Bay65 M iss F . B B u rn s, E g an v ille74 J . E . M aylor " F a i r la w n ,” F o re s t75 W. C. S qu ire , C olem an, (L ittle

York)91 I. B ricker, Box 74, L istow el

144 M iss M ervyn G rills “103 M iss E . C rookshanks, H oards

S ta tio n107 M iss F . M ing , N apanee108 A llen K err , Ferielon F a lls112 M iss F . S herm an , 175 S tan ley

A v e ., H am ilton113 M iss A . S tu b b s, P o rt C arlin g114 M iss H. B row n , Utterson118 R o bt. S h ort reed, B ox 907, Guelph119 S . L . S lo a n , Box 607, Chatam125 “ E la in e ” Box 62. S tirlin g151 “ P o r t ia ,” B o x 62, S tirlin g182 ‘ ‘C leo p a tra , B ox 58, S tirlin g173 W illie M cM illan127 J. N. S tin so n Toledo131 M iss P e a rl E . D oan e, N iagara

F a l ls S ou th136 A n n ie M . L o w e y , In c a r e C . P , R.

T e l. O ffice, P ic to n137 R oy P h ilp , B o x 14, M t. Forest 140 E . M. A d a m s, B o x 78, P rescott182 C h a s. C a r r , B o x 109, “152 E . L . T r ic k e y , B ox 655, B rockville159 M iss O . F o lle y ‘ ‘160 R ich a rd B a tterto n “212 M r. D , M oon h ouse “213 M r. J . C o rr ig a n “214 M r. E . R . F o x to n , B o x 712, “157 M iss O liv e W ard , 185 E n g lis h St.,

L on d on183 M rs. J . F . C a rr, B o x 67, C ardinal 186 M iss D a is y E . B isco m b , Station

P . O. B e lle v ille242 M iss M . M a rsh all, B e lle v ille “203 M iss G . E . C o m erfo rd , E ldorado204 M r. G . E . H ic k s . Tweed

Q U E B E C7 M r. M . L . W ish a rt, V alley fie ld

84 M r. P . M a rrio tt , B o x 47 “85 M r. J. C h a d w ic k “93 M iss M . S m ith “94 M iss S . A n d erso n “95 M r. R . H ill Jr. B o x 10,97 M iss M . R o b ert, B e lle R iv e r near.

V a lle y fie ld164 M iss B e rth a H e n sh a w , V alley fie ld 238 M r. J . M a rrier, “

53 M r. W . R . F o u le s , F o rty -F o u rth A v e ., L a c h in e

5 6 Mr. J . L . H eath, Rock Island70 M iss R. Ai L angevin , “71 M iss J. Whitchfer “72 M iss Li. W hitcher •12 M iss M. L. Heath, Heathon3-s M iss B. L. Felttts, Beebe Plain

169 H, C. LeGrand, Bay View, Paspe- biac west

170 C. LeContene, Newport, Gasp Co.205 W illie J. Morgan, In care Cradock

-Sim pson Co.. Montreal Canada235 M iss E .Shilson, Eastm an, Quebec245 Mr. J . A. Lachine, S t. Amtoine

S t., St. Martin QuebecNEW BRUNSW ICK

141 M iss Eva Sm ith, 132 Broad St. *•165 C. M Moran, 132 Broad St. “166 H. Warren, 136 Broad St. “167 M iss Alice E. Wetmore, 137 Duke

S t., St. John202 M iss B. Sands, Upper Loch, Lo­

mond, St. John County237 M iss E ln a McGowan, 148 Duke

St. St. John248 Mr. J. W. Corkery, 34 Main St.

St. JohnNOVA SCOTIA

8 M iss M. DeW olfe, 166 North S t., H alifax

19 M iss E. M. Robbins, 51 Edward St. H alifax

128 M iss A. F. Harris, 59 E . Young St. H alifax

24o Miss F . Cawsey, 99 A gricola St. H alifax

21 M iss T. D ’Eon, W est Pubnico, Yarmouth County

44 M iss L. Amiro, W est Pubnico, Yarmouth County

20 M iss A. C. Pothier, Tusket W edge Yarmouth County

33 M iss E. A. Pothier, “ “32 M iss L. A, Pothier, Saulnier-

ville, Yarmouth County116 Louise H. Conrad, Box 1, Dart­

mouth147 E va M eisner, Cherryfield177 M iss Grace Hayward “149 M iss A nnie Payzant “168 Mrs. C. H. Norwood, Berwick,

K ings County243 M iss E. M. Homer, Woods Harbor

Shelburne Co.M ANITOBA

129 J . H. Greaves, 279 Young St. W innipeg

135 Mrs. Chapman, 6 6 6 Ross A ve., W innipeg

146 M iss Beatrice Gardiner, 387 Carl­ton S t., W innipeg

206 H. Coldicott, Inkster, Kildam, W innipeg

207 Rex Spencer, 431 Langoide S t. W innipeg

221 M iss B, Ovas, 305, Futby S t. W innipeg

208 F. Vaughan Davies, In care A. Jay, 785 Notre Dame St. W innipeg

SA SK A TC H EW A N 38 Miss V. J. Brown, tiainsboro

176 Miss Florence Clark Yorktown132 W JStagg.M ooseJaw,Saskatchewan

BRITISH COLUMBIA 22 Mrs John Fozznrd, Agassiz77 Miss A. Brophy, Lv'tton28 Miss B. Inkman, In care All Hal­

lows Yale115 A. Thicke, Coldstream Range,

Vernon175 J. T. Irwin, Box 38, Greenwood

NEW FO UNDLAND 34 M iss A. N. Carey, General Hos­

pital, St. John’s73 Miss E. Campbell, General Hos­

pital, St. John’s132 W. J. S tagg , North End, St. John 123 M iss L. A Hannaford, General

Hospital, St, John’s80 Mr. M .P.H ynes, Box 325,St. John’s

225 M iss H. C. Carey, FerrylandU N ITED ST A T E S OF AMERICA

3 M iss Lena Lee, Freeport, Maine41 Miss B. L. Thompson “ “42 M iss A. Burrows, “ “

6 M iss B. C. Gilpin, 155 So. Cliff St. Ansonia, Connecticut

100 M iss C. E . N ichols, 53 East A ve., Norwalk, Connecticut

233 Mr. S . O. Bartlett, 51 Spring St. Hartford

24 Mr. S . S. Garabedian, 77 Newland St. Boston, M assachussets

81 M iss M. L- Skinner, 8 Walnut S t. Som erville, M assachussets

8 6 R. F . Pratt, 101 H igh St. H aver­hill, M assachussets

92 Miss J. L. Benson, 52 Laighton St. Lynn. M assachussets

120 M iss B. M. Edmunds, 2 Summer St. Cambridge, M assachussets

171 C. L. W ills, Easton, Mass.25 M iss L. Feurig, 1118 Scott St.

W ilwaukee, W isconsin49 M iss E. M. Feurig, 1118 Scott St.

M ilwaukee, W isconsin 185 M iss Eva M. Grein, 414 27th Ave.

M ilwaukee, W isconsin 220 E. C. Cleveland, 203 Burrell St.

M ilwaukee W isconson 178 Miss Chrissy Girdwood, 820 S.

Second Ave. W ansan W isconsin222 Rolla A . Dobson, 165 S. Main St.

Jan esville , W isconsin210 Wm Schwartz Jr. 216 Bridge S t.

M ayville, W isconsin

26 Miss G. F. Schoem ann, 4036 Mc­Pherson Ave, St. Louis, Mo.

43 M iss E. E. Em anuel, 4137 Laclide A ve. St. Louis Missouri

209 Mr. C. T. Ochsuer, Herman, Mo. 45 M iss E. A. Patterson. 408 Crans­

ton, St., Providence, R. I.27 A lex F. Schoem ann, M cLeans-

boro, Illinois59 R. T, Jacobs, Dixon, Illinois

105 M iss Mabel Young, 178 W Ferris St , Galesburg, Illinois

106 M iss Blanche Young, 178 W Ferris St. Galesburg, Illinois

179 D. W. Franks, 211 Randolph Ave., Peoria. Illinois

236 Mr. F, R. Coe, Box 293, Dixon 111.57 M iss A. A. W hitely, 15 Cherry St,

Utica. New York58 Miss L. M. Stewart, 15 Cherry St,

U tica, New York99 C. Rose, 256 Court St, Utica N Y

102 Rufus Odell, Box 124, New City, Utica, N Y

79 M iss L M Dolen, 1974 B athgate, New York, New York

104 Mrs. A. G. Bidwell, 460 Main St, Catskill, New York

110 M iss E E Freem an, M unnsville, New York

121 Mrs. G E Austin. R E D Box 41, N ineveh, New York

122 M iss E J Thompson, 49 Lincoln A ve., Coriland New York

ISO Miss M McQuarey, 552 E leventh St. Brooklyn. New York

187 J E M ueller, 352 Graham Ave, Brooklym. New York

211 Clarence B McMaster, P lattsburg New York

226 Mrs. F M K ellog, 107 D avis St, S3*racuse, New York

231 M iss J C H uyck, Deposit, N Y232 M iss M H uggins, H oves, Broome

County, New York48 M iss H L Drew (Lake View Farm)

B urlington, Vermont 133 M iss A Kendrick, Baston, Vt.S3 Miss E M Hauver, 1429 Elm St.

M anchester, New Hampshire 145 Emma J Minad, L ittleton “ 124 Miss C A Peterson, 1505 Seventh

St, M inneapolis, M innesota 117 M iss M L Dunlop, 417 W ashing­

ton A ve., M inneapolis, Minn.172 Mrs. H J G ates, 2 4 1 1 N icollet Ave,

M inneapolis Minn.228 M iss H A Stein, 110 E Winford

St, St. Paul, M innesota229 M iss G enevieve Stein , 110 E Win-

ford S t., St P aul, M innesota246 Mr. W J W illis, Box 27, Janesville

M innesota134 Albert E T ow le,36 State S t, Ham­

mond, Indiana154 W ill W ilhelm, 314 Race St., Sun-

bury, P e n n s y lv a n ia155 Otto C Beyers, 716 Market St.

Sunbury, P e n n sy lv a n ia156 Am os W Swank, 440 N Sac St.,

Sanbury. Pa.188 W C Fetter, Box 130, Williams­

port, Pa.181 M iss A Webber, 536 T enth St.

Allentown Pa.184 M iss G McKay, Tyler, Pa.163 Miss Eva K yle, Santa F e Hotel

E m erysville, California150 M iss J M Kato, 314 Brannon St.

San Francisco, California174 R C Lincoln, 364 Pacific Ave.,

Santa Cruz, California161 Miss Jennie Walker, 1008 Frank­

lin St. Le Mars, Iowa215 Mr. J C Parker, 158 F airfax Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio219 Mr W L Miller, 306 Purcell Ave,

Cincinnati, Ohio224 C E Anderson, 165 Star Ave,

Cleveland, Ohio239 Everett H G Em erson, Box 8 ,

Bloomdale, Ohio247 Mr J H W irchell, R F D No. 2,

P ainsville , Ohio216 H B elding, 125 Green Ave, Benton

Harbor, Mich.241 Mr A C D avis, 183, Bryant St,

Battle Creek, Mich.244 Mr W J Miller, R R 5, Box 27,

D owagiac, M ichigan217 Mr J C Buckman, 115 E Second

S t., W ashington, North Carolina230 M iss L Olson, 921 Fourth Ave.,

S Fargo, North Dakota M iss F Checkley, Caimito, Cuba

ENGLAND39 H A M asters -‘Ightham ” Seven

Oaks, K ent,40 M iss W A shley, (Rose Cottage)

Seven Kent153 Gordan Mann, 132 The Brent,

Dartford, Kent62 Mons E Savoure, 175 R egent St.

London West76 Mr H Harper, Hazlewick Road,

Three Bridges, Sussex148 Mr Henry Saunders, Green Road,

Poole, Dorset218 M iss I Longm ore, 417 City Road,

Birm ingham227 Mr T F inch, Walker S t Nottingham191 M iss A Ruscoe, “ Fairfield” 4

L ethbridge Rd. Southport201 Mr A Perlet, 50 Rue Molitor,

Paris X V I, France

1 2 6 J W M ergen, Gondsche Senjel, 189 Rotterdam Holland

111 W E N eaves, Box 29, Charlestown, N atal, South Africa

17 Mr H C Dunker, Box 14'\ K ings­ton. Jam ica

NEW ZEALAND37 Miss M Hankins, ‘M ervale,” Sus­

sex Square, W ellington98 Miss A R Brown, Bush Road,

M osgiel. Otago193 M iss J Hunter, Gordon Rd, Mos-

g iel154 Miss N Turnbull, Gordon Rd,

M osgiel195 Miss E Muirhead, C-o Mr R Muier-

head, M osgiel196 Mr M J Blackie, G lasgow Farm,

E ast Taieri, M osgiel197 M iss K Brown, C-o B allantynes,

Christchurch Canterbury198 S Vogan, Box 5, Christchurch,

Canterbury199 F Bond, C-o Morrison’s store, Pe-

tone W ellington234 M iss Q Conroy, c-o Jeffries Suier,

Rutland S t AucklandN EW MEMBERS

246 W J W illis, Box 27, Jainesville, M innesota

247 J H W inchell, R F D 2, Paines- ville , Ohio

248 J W Crokery, 34 Main S t, St JohnN.B.

249 A Vedernjak, 221 E 85th St N . Y.250 H T Jackm an, Box 573, Sydney,

Cape Breton N S251 G C Vickerstaff, Lincoln Rd,

Acocks Green252 S C Bushnell, Box 1204, St. Louis

M issouri253 L A W ollenberger, E vansville ,

Indiana254 Geo Doebereiner, 1100, N Eubaw,

S t, Baltim ore, Md255 F Streicher, 105 Main S t, W est

N ewton, Pa.256 P H enry, Box 305, A shville, N. C.257 M iss J Bullock, care, of Smith

Bros & Co. Port of Spain258 J M enihan, L ivonia Trinidad N.

Y. State259 J Sch illin g 904 F irst S t. M ilwau­

kee W is260 J H Jolly ,B aton Rouge La. U .S .A .261 M iss H elen Cavanah, Gen Del

Sta B K ansas City Mo.262 Norward L Sim s, San R afael, Cal.263 Mrs E R iley Box 7, lone Calif.264 Miss A H Jeffs Forest Road,

H untsville , N ew South Wales

ren ew al9 Miss N M Hussack, Orilla, Ont.

CLUB NOTICESKindly note member No. 130 is away

on a trip to Europe, so also is member No. 164. Members No. 10,13,14,30,46. 50,51,64,69,78,82,88,101 and 109 expired last i. .onth or before: members No. 6 , 11, 17,20,83,96,104,105, 106,107 and 121 expire with th is number unless they renew their subscriptions again. A ll members who fail to receive the offic­ial Organ by the 15th of any month will kindly notify me. I hope all the members w ill be pleased to learn we have appointed our A ssistant Secre­tary Vice President; I am sure Miss Street is well worthy of the honor.I am still expecting a large increase in new members by the help of all our City members W ill all members kind­ly cancel all previous lists. This is absolutely correct and up-to-date,— Yours very truly, C. A. Hives.

P R E S ID E N T ’S A DDRESS T o Our EXCH ANG E MEMBERS:— We wish to make the Canadian E x­change Club a first class one in every respect. To this end we ask the sup­port of collectors who have the inter­est of th is hobby at heart. The pub­lisher does not expect to derive great financial gain, but since we have so good an official organ we feel grate­ful to think what a great gain it w ill be to us all in furthering our list o f new members and so all work togeth­er both pleasurably and practically as our motto reads, “ The Postcard both pleasurably and practically.” Every man or woman, boy or girl should join . The Club has iis purpose the protection of members against frauds, the exchange of helpful ideas, and the putting o f collectors in closer touch w ith each other. Each member should have the Philatelic West and so keep posted on the list o f Club members and doings of Philocartic in general, in short to keep posted and get interested in the th ing and derive fu ll benefit. My heartiest w ishes of good w ill is extended to all members both the present and “yet to be”

MADELINE KELLER

\Z n i< )ersa! P h i lo c a r t i s t P ro tec ti-V e A s s o c ia t io n. ORGANIZED FEB. 9th. 1906president. Robt. F Miller . . . . 3603 N Ninth St, St Louis MoVice President. Miss Betty K. Baum - 131 Haledon Ave. Paterson, N JSecretary. James J. Sheridan - * - - P O Box 1097. St Louis. MoOfficial Translator. Alois Vedernjak - • 221 F.ast 85th St, New York. N YHolland Representative. J. H, Gaukstert, Jr - - 19 Elandsttracht, AmsterdamGerman Representative. Gustav Schmidt - - - G iessen. Germany

Secreteary’s Report: We regret to say that Mr. Brodstone inadvert­antly left our membership list out of last month’s Philatelic West, but we hope the members will pardon him this time. You will find the list imme­diately after this report. We hope you all like our new official organ and Xvould like the members to let us know their opinion of it.

We promised to announce the prizes which we are giving for getting members: The prizes are as follows: For one member, three St. Louis views, separately mailed, or five colored cards of different cities mailed under cover. For two members, twice the amount given for one; for getting three members we will give a set of ten St. Louis cards, each separately mailed, or twenty cards of different cities, or rubber address stamp of not more than three lines. These stamps are of small size, suitable for stamping on post cards. (We eao make these stamps for any members that want them, for 10c per line.) For five members we will give 30 cards of different cities or four leather cards or a year’s dues paid in advance. New members can join free by getting five others to send in their applications together. We will give special prizes to those getting over five members to join. Ytu can take your prizes whatever way you like, by taking the prize for one, two, three or five members sent in at a time or letting the number you have sent in at a time or letting the number you have sent in be put to your credit until you wish a prize when you will be given the prize for the total number sent in.

As announced last month, we are going to hold a prize competition for a design for our trade mark, etc. The conditions are as foiows: 1st, Com­petition closes Sept. 10th, 1906, prize winners to be announced in ti e WEST of Sept. 30th. 2nd, The design must be on the order of a coat of arms, seal or monogram, the drawing tc be not less than 4 inches square. If you cannot draw, a rough sketch will do, but draw it as well as possible. 3rd, All designs must be addressed to Jas. .1, Sheridan, Box 1097, St. Lo'uis, Mo. 4th, The prizes are as follows: For the design accepted, we will give 100 colored cards of different cities and designs; for the next best design, 50 colored cards, and for the third best design, 25 colored and 25 black and white cards. 5th, If no design is considered suitable for acceptance, a new competition will be held. 6th, All those competing must be members of the U. P. P. A. Yours fraternally, Jas. J. Sheridan, See'y.

LIST OF MEMBERS, U. P. P. A.1. John A. Gallagher, 4280 Evans Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 2. Louis F.

Hudson, 1956 Sidney St., St. Louis, Mo. 3. Miss Mary Burns, 1520 Semple Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 4. Allois Vedernjak, 221 E. 85th St., New York City,N. Y. 6. F red A. Schmidt, 1220 E. Delaware St., Evansville, Ind. 7. Maurice W. Holston, 733 Thirteenth St., Moline., 111. 8. Chas. E. Spahn,3658 Finney Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 9. George Godoy, (foreign cards only) Legacion Mexicana, Habana, Cuba. 10. J. E. Woodward, Box 884, Rich­mond, Va. 11. A, M. de Silva Rosarrio Box 127 B. Hong Kong, China.

(Do not send card to No. U until he sends first) 12. Miss Mary Coens, 91 Rue Lozane, Anvers, Belgium. 13. Albert H. Holcome, Box 27, Neshanic,N. J. 14. Walter W. Fritzsche, 106 S. Adams St., Burlington, Iowa. 15. Albert Berlin, Bonner Springs, Kans. (No. 15 wants foreign cards only ) 16. Grace Cubine, Box 123, Colfeyville, Kans. 17. Oscar W. Miller, c-o. Creve Coeur Club, Peoria, 111. 18. Chas. F. Oschner, Hermann, Mo. 19.Jennie Meyer, 2851 Paulina St , Roxbury, Mass.

20, R. B. Platt, 02 Catauba St., Roxbury, Mass. 21. Anson Lukeus,Jr., 731 S. Front St., Hamilton, Ohio. 22. Harry S. Case, Bx 124, Toledo, Ohio. 23. Gertrude B. Kelley, Irving, Montgomery Co., 111. 24. Albert Kleckner,26 Blanch St., Mansfield, Ohio. 25 Ressie D. Soule, 28 Clinton St., Cam­bridge, Mass. 26. G. L. Snyder, 2663 W. North Ave., Baltimore, Md. 27. Putney Elbert Perkins, 1228 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich. 28. Anton Spies, Box F., Lestershire. N. Y. 20. Don R. P. Davis, Lowell, Ark., (No. 29 wants foreign cards only.) 30. Chas. H. Hewett, 1345 Nelson St., Vancouver, B. C.. Canada. 31. John H. Kern, Box 215, Fort Wayne,Ind. 32. David B. Hopper, 125 Haledon Ave., Paterson, N. J. 33. L. Rlanke- meier, Temple Building, St. Louis, Mo. 34. Marie Gallagher, Barnards Crossing. N. Y. 35. Waller L. Miller, 306 Purcell Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, (foreign cards only ) 36. A. W. Holston, 532 Herman Ave.. Norfolk, Va.37. Sadie E. Jackson,( Foreign cards only),oo Myrtle St., E.Somerville,Mass.38. Emma Bachelder, 14 Franklin St., Haverhill, Mass. 39. J. M. Streckfuss, c-o Concordia Seminary. St. Louis, Mo. 40 Henry E. Golisch, 5 3 9 So. Flower St , San Francisco. Cal. 41. Miss Lena Runtz, 2625 Mis­souri Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 42. Rev. Dr. B. M. Skulik, La Salle, Ills. 43. Henry Berman, 12 Vienna St., Rochester, N. Y. 44. Samuel Rattberg, 206 IV. Front St., Plainfield. N. J. 45. F. P. Fochs, c-o Citizens National Rank. Evansville, Ind. (No comics.) 46. Emil Anderson. Paxton, Ills. 47. Mr. C. Larsonen, 1427 Boyle St., Allegheny, Pa.

Picture Postcard's Birth: A stationer in a French provincial town was struck by a great idea when a regiment visited his town in 1870. He pro- produced a picture post card, and from this small beginning has sprung a great i n d u s t r y . Not until 1893 were picture postcards printed in this coun­try, and yet in 1903 at least 450,000,000 pictorial cards were produced in Great Britain. In Germany 1,161,000.000 postcards were posted the same year, about four-fifths of which were pictorial. These were a few of the facts presented to an interested audience at the Society of Arts the other'night by Mr. Corkett, who is connected with the firm of Raphael, Tuck & Co

Congress has passed a bill authorizing the coinage of 100,000 medals to commemorate the centennial of the discovery of Pike’s Peak. Director Roberts of the bureau of the mint has completed a design, and it is now in the hands of the engraver at Philadelphia. Upon one side of the medallion will be a profile bust, with the name Zebulon Montgomery Pike; upon the reverse will be an outline of the summit of Pike’s Peak, with the inscrip­tion, “Pike’s Peak, Nov. 26, 1806; Colorado Springs, Sept. 24, 1906.'*

'Union Souvenir CardAmerica’s Largest Card Collectors' UXCnanqe Club. Organized April, 1904

---------- O F F I C E R S ----------President—Earle K. Bryan, 225 Cottage Lane, Dallas. Texas Vice President—Herman J. Funk. 2623 Princeton Av.Chicago. Ill Secretary--J. Park Graybell, 1113 E. Alameda Ave..Denver. Colo

Chief of Bureau'of Translation—Alois Vedernjak..................... 221 East 85th St ., New York. N.Y.Eastern Representative—Arthur I«. Shaver. ........................................ Box 324, Altoona, Pa.Canadian Representative—Donald Stuart. . .............................................. ... Aylmer, OntarioMexican Representative—Luis G. Aznar Preciat,.............. . ............... Iturbide 12, CampecheSpecial Representative—Frank G. Johnson. ..................... 23 Gault Ave. Oneonta, N.Y.Bohemian Represeatative—Erhhaid Rapprich, Nerudagasse 237 Prague III, Bohemia. Austriaa.Indian Representative—P. Narasmha Char,............................. . 160 College SL Mysore, India,Asiatic Representative—Teizo Yaniada............................... 140 Motomachi, 6-chome Kobe, JapanAfrican Representative—Anderson-Neary, Jones St Company............... . Alexandria Egypt.European Representative—Alphonse II. "C. V. d Berg .................. Spaarne6 Haarlem. HollandAlgerian Representative—Charles Bertrand...........Eleve Interne au Lyces.IOtan.) OranAIgerlaDUES: United States and Canada. 50c per year; Mexico. Ii.25. (Mexican); Foreign, 75 cents, 3 shillings, 4 Fr. 3Mk. 4 Lire, Yen; To PHILATELIC WEST subscribers everywhere 25 cents. Address all communications to the secretary, excepting new memberships which should be sent through your nearest Representative. Application Blanks and particulars furnished free upon applcation to any of the Officers or Representatives.

July 190fi.JU L Y ROLL O F HONOR.

We most heartily thank th e follow ing members for the missionary work they are doing and hope th a t th is w ill not be the last tim e we will have the pleasure of placing their nam es on our m onthly Roll o f Honor:

224. Miss Edena M. Carroll. 274. Miss Kate Dowell. 336. Miss Fan­nie Motley. 478. Mr. L ester J. Packard. 505. Mr. Floyd A . Green. 523. Mr. W alter L M iller (3). 60S. Mr. V ictor Friend. 610. Mr. II. W. Baker.

Number follow ing nam e indicates number of tim es nam e has appeared on the roll of honor,

T H E S U N N Y SOUTFI.Mr. Don R. P. Davis, Lowell, Arkansas, w ill mail beautful cards of

Southern Scenery, rivers, bridges, noted buildings, e tc ., for 35 cen ts per dozen ma.led separately.

A NEW R E P R E S E N T A T IV E .Mr. Erhard Rapprich, Neruda gasse 237, Prague I I I , Bohemia, A ustria,

has been appointed A ustrian representative, and it is very safe to say that our mem bership in A ustria w ill be rapidly and continuously increased Mr. Rapprich is also an en th u siastic collector and sends th e follow ing notice for p u b lica tion :

"I wish to exchange picture post-cards in heliographic, heliocolor or autochrom im pression, when possible, w ith collectors in Africa, A sia, Aus­tra lia and Am erica. I prefer to ta l view s of tow ns, streets, palaces, churches, ports, m onum ents ships, or, aspects of m ountainous countries. Printed m atter is answered. German, English and French correspondence. Exchange prompt and r e a l.”

N E W M EM BERS608. A ugust Roem ke, 218 Pacific A venue, Santa Cruz, Calif. 609. Miss

N ellie K itchen, 1645 E S treet, L incoln, Nebr 610. H. W. Baker, 1510 Howard S t ., Omaha, Nebr. 611. Y . iD agaki, 23 K odem akam i-cho, N ichon- bash-ha, T okio, Japan. 612. Miss Mary W adsworh, 146 N . M a d s o n A v e ., Pasadena, Calif. 613. H. Y am ada, co Kuwabara & Co , Sakalcho. Y oko­ham a, Japan. 914. H. P. A llen , Box 1418, New H aven, Conn. 615. W. W eigh tt, 110 N. Mentor A v e ., Pasadena, Calif. 616. W. J . M iller, Dowa-

giac, Mich. 617. Mat. Cameron, 277 High St,, Fremantle \V,est Australia. 618. Maro S. Raig, Cerro 827, Havana, Cuba. 619. Erhard Rapprich, Nerudagasse 237, Prague III, Bohemia, Austria. 620. Leon L. Hines.Ben- kleman, Nebr. 621. Paul Henry, Box 305, Asheville, N. C. 622 Herman R. Yates, Longview, Texas. 623. E. R. Parker, Johnsonburg, Elk Co., Pa. 624. Arthur Bannister, Belize, British Honduras. 625. Frank Slageter, 516 Ringgold St., Cincinnati, O. 626. George Michailoff, Ruustchouk, Bulgaria' 627. S. Crino, 15 Worth St , New York, N. Y. 628. J. Park Graybell, 1113 E. Alameda Ave., Denver, Colo. (Foreign only) 629. Miss Edna May Car- roll, 714 Speight Street, Waco, Texas. 630. Miss F. M. Carroll, Camden, Polk Co., Texas. 631. Jacob Albert, 2550 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebr. 623. Y. Kaneko, No. 2 Takeyo-machi, Azabuku, Tokio, Japan. 633. Dr. E. Duenas, 72 Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. 634. Miss Nora Van Ess, 611 Erst Water Street, Milwaukee, Wise. 635. Theo, Schilling, 904 First Street, Milwaukee, Wise. 636. Chester L. Wills, Easton, Mass. 637. Mrs. C. A. Smith, 2232 Penna Ave., Denver, Colo. 638. G. Honda, 42 Miyamoracho Azabu, Tokio, Japan. 639. Geo. Robertson, c-o Gen’l Supt. C. R. I. & P. Ry., Topeka Kansas.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS.387. Wm. C. Stephens, from Wells, Pa., to Seeley Creek, N Y. 524.

Mrs. H. E. Ashbury from 1526 Park Ave., to ,:The Walbert,” Charles St. & Lafayette Ave. Baltimore, Md, 54. H, H. Ashbury, from 1526 Park Ave., to “The Walbert.’’ Charles St., & Lafayette Ave., Baltmore Md.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES ONLY.532. Walter L. Miller, 30b Purcell Ave., Cincinnati, O., and 598 Wm

E. Taylor, 3857 Lowell Boulevard, Denver, Colo., desire to exchange with foreign members only in the future.

COMPLAINTS.488 against 263, 304, 313, 329, 374 and 255. 520 against 445. 378 against

326, 429, and 299.What the Secretry said last month on the Complaint question has been

fully verified by the foilowining paragraph, taken from a letter written by member No. 548, Mr. P. Hardwick “Since joining THE UNION I have re­ceived cards from 47 different members in the United States and have ans­wered all but six,which came from different exchaugers without name or ad­dress. Also have one from Brazil which I cannot answer ror the same reason.

Aagin we respectfully call the attention of all members to the absolute necessity of placing full name and address and UNION Dumber on all cards sent for exchange.

COMLPAINTS WITHDRAWN—578 against 429.RESIGNED

332. Miss Rose Gilmore, General Delivery, Lincoln, Nebr. 452. Mr. L. Chapelle, 225 N. Broad St., Norwich, N. Y. 480. Laverne Mapes, Indiana Harbor, Ind. Do not send cards to any members who have resigoed

EXPIRED MEMEBRRHIPS—218,2 19, 220, 221, 222 223, and 224.Effective at once the dues will be but 40 cts after the 1st year, so please

give us your co-operation another year. Memberships 1 to 217 and 231 to 249 have expired. We recommend you do not send cards to them unless you find their names and addresses under a new number.

EXPELLED.—Willis E. Eliott, Niagara St., Buffalo, N, Y., on com­plaint of 446, 448 and 548.

S~t. L outs S t a m p Collectors S o c ie t yP r e s i d e n t ...................................................................................................H. A. DiamantVice P r e s i d e n t ..............................................................- Otto PatschkeSecretary . . . . . . . . . T. C. MannT r e a s u r e r ...................................................................................................F. R. Cornwell

The thirty-sitxh regular meeting of the society was held June 26th, with eleven members present. The exchange manager reported the comple­tion of the sixth circuit with the usual good results. Thirty one books had been entered in the circuit, from which about 30 per cent was removed. The seventh circuit of the society was opened with nineteen books valued about $400. A letter from an Australian collector, seeking admission to membership for the purpose of entering stamps in the society’s exchange and sales department, was presented and became the basis of a proposition to admit non-resident collectors to membership.

After due discussion, it was upon motion unanimously agreed to so named the by-laws as to admit non-resident collectors to membership upon presentation of proper credentials and payment of the prescribed membership fee ($1.00 per year). I t was decided that such honorary membership should carry with it the privilege of entering stamps in the society’s circuits. The belief prevailed among members that many out of town collectors, and par­ticularly of foreign lands, would gladly avail themselves of such an oppor­tunity to submit stamps to a responsible body of collectors and dispose of them to the good advantage, which, it has been shown, the society affords.

Collectors or dealers desiring information regarding the society and its works, are invited to correspond with the secretary for full particulars. Non- resident membership is henceforth sincerely solicited.

Respectfully,T, C. Mann, Secy.

1416 Hickory St., St. Louis.

Ttfg H e e d s o f S m a l l I n s e c t s*By H oy H otchkiss H u ll is

It is wonderful what small insects can"do and have'done.Mosquitos have been known to kill canary birds in Baltimore, Mary­

land. They attack them in the night and suck their blood.Certain species of beetles have sawed off twigs as large as walking

sticks, by seizing the twig in their deeply toothed jaws and whirling around and round until the twig is sawn entirely off.

The white ants of South Africa are so destructive to wooden ties that it is necessary to use steel ones.

Mediterranean moths have been known to close many large flour mills. The moths gather under the silk cloth through which the flour is sifted and form webs from one to three inches in thickness making it impossible to sift the product. They aiso eat tire silk cloth.

Wasps once captured a church in England, driving the congregation into the school room, where they were compelled to remain for some time.

The common honey bee can carry double its own weight in honey.Scorpions are the most pugnacious creatures in the world. If two were

placed in a small box one would sting the other to death.The worst famine which ever occurred in the middle states was caused

by grass hoppers in 1874.

A R a r e F l i n t I m p l e m e n t

lB y G eorge J . 'R em sbu rgTo Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley, dean of the St. Louis College of Phar­

macy and editor of “Meier Brothers’ Druggist,” 1 am indebted for a hand some lithograph engraving of a mammoth implement found by Dr. Whelp­ley in Union County, Ills., in July 1899. The engraving shows its the implement in its natural size, which is 20 inches long, 3% inches wide, one inch thick at center, and weighs 43 avoirdupios ounces. The material is a fawn colored flint, with reddish-brown spots and stripes. The description accompanying the lithograph says:

“This large pre-Columbian piece of Indian flint work must be seen to be fully appreciated. It gracefully tapers in all directions from the center to the thin cutting edge. The rich, natural fawn color is artistcally sprin­kled with light specks and various sized reddish-brown spots and stripes. This gives the implement a beautful appearance, unequalled by any other large piece of flint I have ever seen. In this respect, each side seems more beautiful than the other, and grows on one like a line picture. The thin ends and edges are quite thin and translucent. One side is slightly more convex than the other, and the edge has a graceful curve which suggests the type of so-called twisted arrows and spears.

The piece shows no evidence of having been worn by use. The thick 3-16 inch) portion of the edge, for about \% inches near one end, is a peculiarity noticed in other large flint pieces.”

Dr. Whelpley is an enthusiastic archaeologist. He is making a special study of articles made by the Indians out of hematite or iron ore, and is preparing a paper on this interesting subject. If any of the readers of the WEST have in their collections any ancient implements, or ornaments made of this particular material they will assist in a laudable enterprise and pro­mote the science of archaeology by reporting the same to Dr. Whelpley, No. 222 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo.

Dr. Whelpley is the author of several standard works on chemistry, microscopy and therapeutics, and has held many prominent offices in bis profession, such as professor of materia medica and pharmacy in Washington University; professpr of microsopcy St. Louis College of Pharmacy and dean of the same; professor of physiology, history and microscopy and director of the biological laboratory and secretary of the Missouri Medical College: same of the St. Louis Post-Graduate School; professor of materia medica and pharmacy in the Missouri Dental College and many others.

Leather Post Cards. As all collectors are well aw’are of the pleasure and entertainment of collecting these cards, I will say nothing about that, but will content myself with saying a few words regarding the mailing of them. Most people regard them as an ordinary mailing card and only but a one cent stamp upon them before mailing. The result is that the cards are never delivered but are torn up or burnt. By a ruling of the P. O. Dept, it is made necessary to place a 2c stamp upon them before mailing. This explains why so many of them are never received.—Stephen W. Binnie, Laketon, Ind.

O n t h e 'B a n K .j o_ f L a K e Q K e e f tn o k & e

!'b y G len M . H a t h o rn . A , JVf.On January 1. 1899 while tramping through the woods in search of birds

for a New Year Bird Census, I came to a small marshy pond surrounded on all sides by deep woods and high hills, to which I gave the uame of Lake Okeefinokee.

A more secluded spot could scarcely be imagined, and my thoughts led me to believe that this would be a particularly favorable spot for birds dur­ing nesting season, consequently I resolved to make the place a visit the following May.

My first summer visit to this pretty little lake was made on May 20th, 1899, and this delightful day’s outing will always be fresh in my memory.

I arrived there in time to hear the first salutation of dawn by brown thrasher perched somewhere among the underbrush some thirty feet from the edge of the lake. Just where he was stationed I could not quite make out in the darkness, but he was a lusty old fellow, and sang so sweetly that I stood for some time and listened to his varied song.

Other birds soon took up the chorus, and as the eastern sky caught the first pink rays of the sun, the singers were so numerous that one could scarcely tell one bird from another. The underbrush was thronged with wrens, catbirds, wood thrushes, chewinks and brown thrashers, while from overhead came the notes of robins, flickers, wood pewees, woodpeckers, orioles and crows: and from the direction of the lake came the kon-keer-ree of th•> : ■ t winged blackbirds, and the rattle of kingfishers. This grand jubilee i uorus singing in the deep, cool woods in early morning, the dewy grass and particularly delightful odor of the moist, mossy earth, the beauti­fully tinted sky—ah > how enchanting! After listening to the bird songs for sometime, I made preparations for my day’s outing by pulling on my boots and getting my camera aud outfit in readiness. This done, 1 started in.

I had gone but a short distance when I flushed a grebe from among the rushes along shore, but could find no nest, the bird was, no doubt, getting its breakfast.

Further on I found the nest of a red-winged blackbird in a willlow patch, and after splashing through the mire to reach it, found it contained no eggs. Several times 1 caught glimpses of yellow warblers flitting about in the hazel brush, but did not take time to look for Dests, as 1 thought it rather early for them to be breeding.

In an alder, close to the top, I discovered the nest of a rose-breasted grosbeak which contained eggs, but bow many I could not tell, nor could I secure a picture of the nest on account of the size of the tree, it being scarcely two inches in diameter and about 12 feet high.—(Fell out of a tree once trying to do this, and learned a lesson).

Shortly after this I found another nest of a red-winged blackbird, aud secured a picture of it as it was easily accessible. This nest held two eggs. While crossing a small neck of swampy land, I flushed a bird from its nest, securely fastened to a small shrub and very close to the ground. This proved to be the nest of a song sparrow, and contained five bluish white eggs, profusely spotted with brown, which were in an advanced stage of in-

cubatiou. These sparrows are very numerous in swampy places, and every locality of this nature rings with their pleasing little song. Many of them winter with us, and their song period usually lasts from early spring until late fall.

As the heat increased, the songs of the birds diminished, until they finally ceased about noon, but as the day wore on they started up again, and kept it up until late in the evening, the last ones heard being the metalic notes of the wood thrush.

Several of the nests I found during the day were empty, but. 1 managed to get some good negatives from those that did contain eggs, and also had a very delightful day’s outing.

C e r e m o n i a l f a C h a r m S t o n e

B y J , 3 . L e tv i jThese stones are all found in a lake or pond which is a depression i**

Sonoma mountain, and is the collection of the water of winter rains and nearly drys up in summer and is soon covered with high Tubes, and is the abode of ducks, geese and other birds in their season. In 1878 the lake was drained and put under cultivation. After plowing a couple of years these stones showed up About loot) in ail have been gathered, of which 1 have about half. The others were procured by a surveyor in Santa Rosa, and all lost in the late earthquake and lire. My ranch being only I mile away, I got them as fast as found for the the last few years, but, few have been found—only three or four last year.

The old Indian and Spanish name is Lagoon De Tola. Tradition and history says this section was inhabited by a large number of Indians shortly ‘after the arrival of Spanish Fathers. The small pox broke out among them and the few left fled away. In the early years I came to my ranch, many Indians passed my place on their way down to Midshipman Slew to gather their supply of fish, and when through returned around the Point and stopped for days on the shore of the Lagoon and they held some kind of a pow-wow and had a high time. I could hear them and see the reflection of large fires. We all know the Indians are very superstitious, and vener­ated the homes of their ancestors. The query is, did they meet there to perform some religious rite or ceremony and cast these stones in the lake to propitiate their Gods. These stones are not found anywhere else in quantities. See illustrations next number.

About Sea Shells.—If you have never seen the beauties of the ocean and its many wonderful works of natuie you have yet a rare and wonderful treat in store. Not everyone is privileged to visit the seashore and gather its beautiful shells and see its wonders at first hand. But, with my feeble help, you can have some of the beauties that our coast produces and feast you eyes on some of the rare and curious beauties of old ocean. No descrip­tion can convey to you the least idea of their beauty and variery, but I have preepared a list of rare merit that has pleased thousands of my patrons over the United States aud Canada. —Mrs. Susan M. Mohr.

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'B y G ilb e r t yV. G u n d erso nWhen $2,165 was paid the oilier day for a live dollar gold piece of 1822,

that coin took ils place as the rarest, of American coins, eclipsing the 1801 dollar, which for many years had that distinction. The price surprised coin dealers and collectors, for it exceeded by more than Stood the greatest sum previously paid for a specimen uf this denomination ana year.

A curious phase of the history of this told piece is that even these well informed about coins did not know of the rarity of the 1822 half oagle until about 20 .years ago. It is a matter ot' record tin t tlie last owner of the coin bought it from a New York dealer in old coins for Sfi. Yet at that time only three specimens were known of.

No one knows why there are so few left, for the mint records show that 17.796 half eagles were struck in 1822.

One of the two other specimens is in the coin cabinet at the Philadel­phia mint, while the private collection of Virgil M. Brand contains the third.

The half eagle is the most popular coin with the collectors of all the American sejies of gold coins , and it leads all the rest in the number of varieties. Some 250 varieties of this denomination have been issued. Of other gold coins there have been issued 177 varieties of the eagle 132 of the double eagle, 79 of the gold dollars, 65 of the quarter eagles and 47 of the three dollar piece.

The design of the rare 1822 live dollar gold piece was not different from the other dates of the period, i he design on the obverse had the head of Liberty, of about the same character as that used on all the silver coins up to the time of the change of general design in 1836. A cap surmounts the head, on the band of which is the word “ Liberty,” while around the border are thirteen stars.

The first time this coin was offered at public sale was in 1890, when the specimen owned by Lorin G. Parmelee of Boston, brought 8900.

The half eagle is the oldest of the gold coins having first been issued in 1795, the second year of operation of the United States mint. From that

date it was issued steadily until 1800, in which year none was issued. Their coinage was resumed in 1802 and continued until 1816, during which year and 1817 none was struck. In 1818 their coinage again began, and they have been issued regularly ever since.

A great many varieties and dates of the half eagle are held in high esteem besides the 1822 issue. There were two varieties of the 1795 half eagle. Recently these varieties in suberb condition brought $160 each.

Three varieties were produced in the year 1797. Two varieties of this date sold not long ago for $320, but they looked as if they had come direct from the coinage press, hich accounts for the very high premium. Those in, ordinary condition are worth a great deal less.

In 1815 only 635 coins of the five dollar vaiue were coined, and up to- the present time this piece has been regarded as the rarest of the goldi coins.

The King of Sweden, who owns one of the world’s greatest coin collec­tions, made the record for this coin some years ago when he paid $2,000 for a specimen to complete his series of American issues. At a recent sale $1,050 was paid for a specimen of the same date, which makes the 1804 dollar now rank third in point of rarity.

Only five of the 635 coins originally issued are now known. The value of this coin also was not appreciated until recent years, for it was not very long ago that a good specimen could be bought for $50.

A remarkable coin in the five dollar series is that of 1819. The mint records show that 5,173 were struck, and yet a single one brought $550 The scarcity of this coin presents another problem hard to solve.

The 1821 half eagle has brought $300, whicn is still another source of wonderment, for 36,641 were issued. Another rarity is that of 1826, which brought $100, yet 18,069 were coined originally.

THE CHICAGO NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.The 29th regular meeting of the above named society

was held in their rooms, 1123 Masonic Temple, on Friday evening, June 1st. President G. W. Tracy presiding.

A shield of fractional currency was received from the St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.

The following gentlemen were elected to membership: Wm. A. Quayle, Howland Speakman, F. N. Massoth and B. G. Johnson.

On motion a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions to be forwarded to Senator Cullom, asking him to use his influence in a move to have the appropriation for purchase of coins for the Mint Cabinet largely increased.

Mr. Tracy presented a paper on the Russian coins of Peter the Great. Mr. Dunham exhibited a half dime of 1802, a dollar of 1804 and a half eagle of 1822, all being of excessive rarity. Mr. Leon showed a $5.00 gold piece of Schults & Co., and Mr. Simpson several tine nearly United States dollars.

Spink’s Numismatic Circular for May and catalogs from St. Louis Stamp & Coin Oo., WEST Green and Elder were received since last meeting.

Adjourned to meet July 6th.Ben G. Green, Sec’y.

E t n a 'W o m a n H a s M o n e y * I s s u e d 'B eJ'ore t h e ' R e s o l u t i o n .

In a recent publication in a New York paper the claim was made that f t. had the only specimen of Continental money now in existence. A photo­graph of the money was publshed, which was issued in tne year 1755 by the House of Assembly of South Carolina, claiming it to be of great value pe- cuniaryily. and also as the only one in existence.

Shortly after this statement appeared a letters was received from a gentleman in Denver, Colo., enclosing the picture of a piece of money that corresponded exact ly to the one published. The first statement was amended so far as to say that those were probably the only two pieces, but if there •were any others, they could not be traced.

This statement was seen by Mrs. J. R. Morgan of Etna, N. C., and she looked back through some curios that, were in her possession and found the original of the picture accompanying this article. Comparing the note in her possession and the one printed in the New York paper, she found that the two tallied in every particular, with the one exception of the amount of the nole. The one printed was for £d0, while the one in her possession was for jt50. This was the only way in which the notes difFered.

Mrs. Morgan, when talking about the note, stated that, she had come into possession n f the note through an acquaintance with a Miss Clayton. Mrs. Morgan knew but little about the history of the paper, but said that as far as she knew the money came into the possession of the old lady by accident.

According to the statemeent made by Miss Clayton when she gave her the money, it was only one of a large number of papers beionging to the Clayton family, and that so little attention was paid to it that, it was given to lhe children to play with, that she had saved it for no further reason than it was money. She stated that she had forgotten about it for years and chanced to find it among some old toys when a child. It appears from her statement that was given her grandfather for services rendered the state of South Carolina while he was Lieut. Governor of that state. The money does not state the name of the party to whom it was issued, but does say that it is to the Lieut. Governor of the state. The Clayton family was for­merly from South Carolina, for many years living near Spartenburg.

As this money corresponds so nearly to that held by the New York paper, and as that was sent to Washington and compared to the records of the continental! money kept there and found to be the same in every way, it seems that this is about the first continental money that was ever issued, and that it is the the genuine article

Apart from the pecuniary value of the money, which was about $250, at the time it was issued, there is a value attached to it by collectors of curios. The one owned by the New York paper was valued at about $1,000.

In the Caucasus are remnants of some of the races of pre-historic Europe that have nearly perished from the earth. Among these are Ud, the Kurin, the Avar and the Tushall speaking a different language and each unintel­ligible to the other.

J ^ e b r a s K c i ‘P h i l a t e l i c S o c i e t y/ieb ra sK cC s P rid e

ORGANIZED 189s. LA RGEST STATE SOCIETY EXTANT . " *President—E. H. W ilkinson,...................... ................................................................. Omaha. 210 So, jolh StVice-President- E. B, Woolston......................„...............................................................Omaha Registrv Dept.Secretary-Treasme—1„. T. Brodstone........................................ .......... „............... ........................Superior. N et-Sales Superintendent—L. H. Lederer,............................................................ .......... 1........ .....NorTork, Nebr.Attorney -H . W hipple,.................................................................................................. Omaha. N. Y. Lite Bldg.Auction Manager—H. W hipple .................................................. ..................................... ........... Omaha. Neb.Trustees—W, Hendricks. Paxton Hotel; Hopson and Brown,...................................... ............Omaha, Neb.

We hope to announce trie date and time of meeting in next number to WEST. The Society meets at Omaha, and we trust all members will send in nominations at once for officers.

New Members: V. friends, Lincoln, 1845 E. St. C. Well, Kalentine, Hq x 4 4 .

Applications: W. F. Ilerren, Pender.SA L E S M ANAGER'S REPORT

Having been appointed Sale Superintendent of the N. P. S. I shall use my best efforts to make this Dept, a success. I am pleased with the en- eouragtnent I have received towards its s success, but 1 need the support of ALL the members. Let me sell your collections or duplicates, A commis­sion of 10 per cent is charged on Sales. Diank books, 3c each, 30c per Doz. If you buy just send in your name for circuit. II.Lederei, Noifolk, Neb. “

LARGEST STAMP SOCIETY IN AMERICAS t a m p C o lle c to r 's P r o te c t iv e A s s o c ia t io n o f A m e r ic a

O R G A N I Z E D F E B R U A R Y 3 , 1899.President— E. Cliandlee................................................................... ............................................... Roanoke. Va-Vice-President, W. P. Kelley. .................................................................................................... Kansas City Mo.Secretary-Treasure—L. Brodstone..................... ....... ......................................................... ..Superior. Neb.Sales Superintendent— W. A. I m b l e r , ............................................................................ Covina. Calif.Auc. Manager—H. W illiam s....................................................................................................W. Roxbnrv. Mass.Attorney---!!. Swenson. ........ . . ................................................... Minneapolis. Minn.Trustees—W ilkinson. Brown, Hopson,................................................................... ....... ...........................Omaha.Official Organ, The WEST.

No bad ones to report so far, hut hope to give list next number. New members as follows: C. S. Scott, Kansas City, Mo., 2815 Wabash. P. Hoff­man, Denver, Colo, 1219 S 10th St. C. P. Suton, Box 109, Fairville, N. B. Canada. I)r. Herron, Pender, Nebr. H. E. Holinger, Akron, Cl, 16G Por­tage Path. H. V. Ilarlan, Deaciwood, S. Dak , 52 YanBoven St. 0. Fay, Grand Rapids, Minn. .1. Stone, Middlebury, Vt., Box 0. J. Husson, ilox- bury, Mass., 227 Roxbury St. F. A. Lilly, Sabetlia, Kan. N. Morril, Lynn, Mass., 21 Arlington. L. C. Barber, Auburn. N. Y. F. Brown, Worcester, Mass., 9ol Main. D. Hatch, Oakfield, Wis. J. Prouty, Phila­delphia, Pa., 020 Race St. C. Stevens, Fitchburg, Mass., 148 Main. E. E. Merilig, Huntington, Pa., Bx 12. T. Diilman, Norwalk, Calif. H. Bucha­nan, San Francisco, Calif., 143 Hancock St. E, T. Shepard, Ashland, Org. F. Learning, Little Bock Ark.. 112 Faulk Bldg. W. Bodenferer, Muskegon, Mich, 1 Catherinee. L. J. Peters, New Orleans, La., 3014 Laurel. J. T. Sunday, Tompsonville, Ills. J. Smith, Ambertburg, Ont., Canada, T.W. Charlesworth, Bunyan. Ont., Canada. E. Miller, Wilmington, Del., 412 Queeeu St. C. Iligley, Salamanca, N. Y. C. DeSlms, Manilla, P. I.

Note change of address of Sales Dept. It will pay all members to get on the circuit, as he has some of the best books and best department seen since the society was organized. It will pay every reader to make use of the Dept. Try it.

T H E K A J V S A ^ T C I T y ^ T T A M T C L U 'BORGANIZED FKB. 1905

The only stam p collectors society in Kansas City- Regular m eetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each moa*h at 7:45 P. M- in Room 43. fourth door of the Jenkins Building. Thir­teenth and Grand Avenue, Kansas City. Mo. Visitors are always welcome.

Officers for 1906PresiJeut—Paul Luther . . . . 306 East Thirtieth StreetVice President—Fred Goldstandt . . 2500 E Fourteenth streetSecretary—Arthur L. Nelson . . . - - 1823 W. Prospect PlaceTreasurer—Wm. Fishman . . . . . 820 Penn AvenueLibrarian—Arthur L- Nelson . . . . 1823 W. Prospect PlaceSargent—Graham Jarboe . . . . . 1204 Tracy Avenue

Official Organ—The WEST

Secretary’s Report, July 29, 1906 No new members have been ad­mitted since my previous report.

At the meeting held Friday evening June 27, it was decided to hold a eluh picnic at an early date. Messrs. Fishman, Nelson, Brocesky, Churns and Smith were appointed by the president to serve on a committee to work out the details of such a picnic and secure suitable refreshments. All mem­bers will be notified by postal of time and place and it is hoped that the members will turn out in full force.

The entertainment for the meeting of July 27 took the form of an ex­hibition of two fine collections. A general collection of over three thousaud varieties, especially strong in U. S , Liberia and Uruguay was shown by our president Mr. P. Luther. A very fine collection including only stamps of the U. S. and its possessions was exhibited for the owner by his brother Mr. II. Poindexter.

The result of the stamp drawing showed that Mr. Fishman had drawn the stamp of the highest denomination. He was therefore awarded the prize, a three dollar lake U. S. revenue, 1900 issue.

Respectfully, Arthur L. Nelson, Secretary.Librarian’s Report, July 29, 1906. It gives me great pleasure to report

that since my June report the club’s library has been augmented by a dona­tion of 952 philatelic magazines. These cover a period of eleven years and comprise sixty three different titles; Not only American papers are repre­sented but there are also magazines from Italy, France, Spain, Canada, England, Switzerland, Germany and even from the island of Malta.

Ten complete volumes (1896-1906) of Mekeels Weekly, eight of the Phil­atelic West, three of Gibbons’ Monthly Journal, two of the American Jour­nal of Philately, besides many other complete volumes and scores of odd numbers, all these go to make what is by far the most valuable addition to the Club’s library which it has ever received.

The periodicals comprised in the donation were the property of the late W. P. Kelley, one of the best known philatelists of this city, and they were given to the K. C. S. C. for its library by his mother, Mrs. Kelley. The members passed a unanimous vote of thanks to Mrs. Kelley, at our last meeting. •

Several philatelic magazines were also presented for the library by Mr. Wm. Fishman. Mr. Nelson has given the book, "The Postage Stamps of flayti."

By a fortunate exchange I have added sixty more magazines of the better class to the library. These were received in exchange for duplicate copies which had accumulated.

Respectfully, Arthur L. Nelson, Librarian.

H i n t s t o ' B u y e r s o _ f O r i e n t a l A n t i q u i t i e s

B y C . W . A n d e r s o n - e a r y(Continued).

Sceptics must therefore believe that people who live opou a mass of an­tiquities must be well able to produce real ones in abundance since it is merely a question of digging.

In collecting papri one has but small chance in Egypt nowadays to obtain good pieces. Occasionally a funeral roll can be had and once in a great while an important Greek piece may be found but these are snapped up by museum representatives the moment they are seen. The literary papli are usually considered important for histoical reasons as frequently the writ­ings mention some point or happening which gives date for chronology. The Cyprus papyrus plant of Lower Egypt produced the ancient parchment like paper. After cutting off the tops and roots the tine membranes surrounding the pith were detached and a first layer placed flat on a board and a second layer cross wise above the first and an unknown substance was used to glue these two sheets together. The hieroglyphics are usually in black and auy vignettes which explain the text are often in colors, many of the specimens still retaining their original brilliancy. The characters are very frequently also in hieratic, demotic, Greek and even in Arabic, but of course the latter are much iater. There has been found bits of limestone, pottery, and wooden boards which it is thought were used in every day life and by boys in school, the papyrus being too expensive for general use. A curious reason has been defined for the use of many fragments of stoue which have been found covered with inscriptions. It is thought that a tale or short interest­ing sketch was prepared upon a stone and then broken, so that the spirit of the broken stone still bearing the imprint of the writing would accompany the spirit of the deceased person in whose tomb it was placed and in the other world he would thus be able to read for his own amusement, but as these broken pieces are seldom outside museums further digression is some­what barred. It is to be hoped that the reader has noted how the classes of antiquities of the Orient have been described the idea being when starting collection of Egyptian antiquities that it is always best to confine one’s self to one class of objects alone. Then begin to read up this particular class and subject and become more or less of an expert in this line and as the interest grows and the knowledge increases the pleasure also keeps pace and then it is time to branch out in other classes and by and by possess the objects really worth possessing. By this means a collection grows in in­trinsic as well other value and a creditable collection may be formed.

THE POST CARD MESSAGE.Post cards now are all the rage

Among bright folks of every age; North and South and all around,

The pretty pictures may be found. And when you travel far away,

I t’s nice to send out every day,To each kind friend you hold so dear, A post card message of good cheer.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder Rut if you’ll just stop to ponder,

Don’t you think remembrance best As a sincere friendship test

The silent post card then will say;“T’isyou I’m thinking of today;”

When memory brings a friend to you Just think of what a card will do.

—P. C. Monthly.

D a r t m o u t h C o l l e g e G e t s F in e F o s s i l s

3 y F . £. H a lb e r tT, M. Stoughton of Turners Falls, Mass., recently sold a large number

of fossils Darttmouth, at what price we are unable to learn. Mr. Stoughton has an especially fine collection of fossils footprints which he obtained on his own place. Mis collection is considered one of the most valuable in the country. It represents the systematic work of years.

Yale also has quite a number of specimens from the same quarry.These fossil foot-prints occur quite frequently throughout New England

and some parts of New York state but large fine ones are hard to obtain.Cornel University at Ithica, N. Y., has the largest the writer has ever

seen. They were obtained from the Connecticut river valley.

Some of the prices in the Green of Chicago coin sale including the Scuy- ler Collection were:

1793 Chain Cent. $25.35 1804 Cent. $14.25185k Cent, Flying Eagle. $11.501794 Half Dollar, Ex Fine. $86.001840 Half Dollar. Reverse of ’39. $6.251794 Dollar. $82.001836 Dollar. Flyng Eagle. $15.001852 Dollar. $44.001858 Dollar. $37.001824 Quarter Eagle. $20.75 1873 $3 Gold. $60.00 1756 Half Eagle. $40.001829 Half Eagle. Small Date. $205.001830 Half Eagle. $30.001834 Half Eagle. With motto. $31.001853 $20 U. S. Assay Cilice. $28.50 1852 Octagonal $50 Slug. $250.00 1860 $10 Pikes’ Peak Gold. $40.00 1879 $4 Stella. $03.25Austrian Gold 10 Ducats. . $35.00 3 Cent Encased Stamp. Weirr & Larminie. $31.10 90 Cent Encased Stamp. .T. Gault. $51.00

Most of tiie postal card collectors at, the present time are collecting more view cards than any other kind. The souvenir view card is usually beauti­ful. It gives some pretty, significant scene of the country from which it comes, as well as some wording of the language. It is a genuine pleasure to take out your card collection on a rainy day or night and study it over. View cards are instructive, others reproduce a noted river, city, park, mon­ument, county or any other place where some important event lias occurred. Join the WEST Souvenir Postal Card Club and get them from everywhere.

,RSr““I2§N S t . L o u is ta m p C o lle c to r s ■ S o c ie tyPresident H. A, Diamant

Otto Patschke( Vice President Secretary r T. C. Matin

F. R. CornwelPOST~%rrtCE 1 Treasurer -

The thirty-ninth regular meeting of the St. Louis Stamp Collectors Society was held August "t.h. In spite of the very inclement weather, a very line attendance was enjoyed. A lot of cheap stamps, mounted in sheets, which were presented to the Society at the previous meeting, were divided among those present, for gratuitous distribution among young collectors.

A very fine collection of about 10,000 varieties, particularly strong in all kinds of U S.. was on display. This collection has been entrusted to the Society for sale and will be disposed of at auction at dates to be announced later. Respectfully T. C. Mann,, Secy., 1416 Hickory St,

This arrow point once caused the death of a man in northwestern Penn­sylvania. Years and years ago when there were warlike Indians in that part of the country, two men who were hunting were ambushed and one of them received this fatal point in his breast. The other hunter escaped, but re­turned later in search of his comrade. He extracted the arrow and buried his dead partner in the loneliness of the forest. The arrow he kept as a memento of his friend.

Some years later his son removed to Wisconsin and when quite an old man gave it to the mother of the writer.

The name of the man who was killed we were never able to learn, and the other man’s name I have forgotten. The shaft of this arrow was pro­bably broken off in extricating it.. This point, is one of the very finest I have ever seen, in workmanship; and the material of which it is made I have seen nowhere else but in Pennsylvania. A glance down it endwise shows a most perfect twist or rifling The extreme tip was broken off,prob­ably in penetrating the unfortunate man’s clothing. On one side are spots which resembles dried blood very much faded out. The narrow point is exactly 2% inches long. The amateur who took the photo said that he could not take it natural size and have it show up well. In fact a cut does not do if, justice as it is.

One of the most sensible fads that has ever seized the people is that of the picture postal. It has an educational value, and it fosters the artistic taste. The fad lias not by any means reached its height; collectors are eagerly seeking good designs and dealers are placing heavy orders, confident that the demand will consume the supply. Collectors are not content to have what they may pick up close at hand. There are lists of collectors published in various papers and magazines, but those of the WEST are rap­idly forging to the front. Members are enabled to obtain at a small expense a handsome collection of illustrated souvenir postal cards.

A n A r r o Z e t "P oin t W ith a. H i s t o r y2$y F. £. H a lb e r t

C e n tr a l S o u v e n i r *Post C a r d E jcc h a n g e

___ OFFICERSPresident—Dean Donaldson Vice President—Asa Ghambers Secy, and Treasurer—Cozettt McMangiel Mexican Representative—G. Thornton Doelle German “ —Carl KolbCanadian “Eastern “ —Nellie B. Johnson

Box 31’, Lincoln, Neb* River Bend, Ont., Box 12. Lincoln, Neb., 130 K. St.

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if already a subscriber of the WEST, dues 15c a year. Address all commun­ications to the Central Post Card Co., General Delivery, Lincoln, Nebraska. Application blanks furnished upon request. Foreign dues 50c a year.

OBJECT.To encourage the collection of Souveneir Post Cards.To prevent unfair exchanging.To publish a list monthly of members and wants.To enroll members from all parts of the world.To secure 1000 members, year 1900.

ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS.Each member will receive monthly, the official organ, “ Philatelic West"

a large collector’s paper, complete list of all members all over the world and your name printed in the “ WEST” to be sent to other members.

NEW MEMBERS.4. Rose Gilmore, General Delivery, Lincoln, Neb. 5. Rose Shimack,

Crete, Nebr. 6. Ted Wolzanbarger, 105 A. St., Lincoln Neb. 7. Agder J. Thoiin, 013 7th St., Rockford, III. 8. J. R. Dick, Firth, Neb. 9. Mary A. Lopez, Amagansett, L. I. 10. Edith Perkins, Greenfield, Mass. 11. Mrs. C. A. Smith, 2232 Pennsylvania Ave., Denver, Colo. 12. Gerta Rinker, Elvan, Va. 13. C. W. Foust, 71 Federal St., Camden, N. J. 14. Helen Bockrath, 309 Dunklin St., Jefferson City, Mo. 15. G. W. Graham, 1110 Michigan Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 10. Lucretia Jolly, Baton Rouge, La. 17. A. M. Carroll, 411 Brighton Place, East St. Louis, III. 18. Maud Me Quarrey, 552-llth St., Brooklyn N. Y. 19. E. C. Quigley, 724 Howard Ave., New Haven, Coon. 20. Gertrude Gilman, 14 English St., Salem Mass. 21. Miss O. E. Fancher, 1020 W. Governor St., Springfield, 111. 22. Chas. C.De Seims, Manila, P. I. 23. Laura Oyloe, Ossian, Iowa. 24. Anna C.Smercina, 1435 So. 9th St., St. Louis, Mo. 25. Raymond E. Scheerer,Pottsville, Pa. 26. Wm. Skelcher, 6121 W. Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 27.P. O. Selby, 316 N. Franklin, Kirksville, Mo. 28. Ruth Schavels, Burr Oak, Iowa. 29. Edith Chapin, Paonia, Colorado. 30. Daisy S. Modemann, 252 Park, Ave., Paterson, N. J. 31. W. J. Willis, Janesville, Minn., Box 27. 32. Carl Lundblad, Box 892, Huron, S. D. 33. Frank W. Weight, 110North Mentor Ave., Pasadena, Calif. 34. N. B. Johnson, 71 Third St., Gloversvilie, N. Y. 35. Asa Chambers, Box 12, River Bend, Ont., Canada. 36. Everett G. Emerson, Bloomdale, Ohio. 37. Kathryn Rumbaugh, 341 lo. 12th St , Lincoln, Nebr.

EDITOR'S tfOTE—Our readers are invited to contribute interesting item s, articles, etc to this Dept- Also reports of new discoveries of m ines and minerals. All letters addressed to the editor at Glendive. Mout., will be answered as far as possible iu this dept.—Forest Gainesl

A good story was recently related about the discovery of one of the principal mines in the Joplin, Mo,, district. Late in the 70’s a farmer came out on the porch of his house one morning before breakfast, and was pro­voked to see a family of strangers with a prairie schooner and a pair cf ema- catied mules camped in his front yard. He went down to order them to move but the stranger begged the privilege of staying a little while until his team was rested, because he had driven all the way from his home in Arkansas to gratify his wife and children, who were crazy to see a circus that was advertised to appear in Joplin. The farmer told the stranger that the circus would not be along for a month yet and the Arkansas was very much cast down at the discouraging information. He finally said that he had driven 200 miles so that his wife and children could see the show, but he hadn’t money enough to keep them for a month and it was too far to go home and come back again. He finally “ reckoned” that it was the best plan to stay in the neighborhood and look for work to support his family until the circus came. “ Why don’t yon go prospecting for zinc like every­body else in this country” asked the farmer. The stranger reckoned that he might as well do that as anything, and the farmer offered to lend him the tools. “ Where shall I prospect?” ho asked. “You may as well beuin here as anywhere,” said the farmer. The stranger explained to his wife that it would be necessary to strike ore or there would be no going to the circus. A few days later this inexperienced, unsophisticated Wahoo found one of the richest pockets of zinc in all the world, and crowds of miners rushed to the place. The farmer became a millionaire and the Arkansas traveler is now one of the wealthy business men of the community and his wife and children saw the circus. The farm is occupied by a town of 1.500 inhabitants and they named it Orouogo meaning “Ore or No Go” to the circus.

Consul Hunt of Tamatare, writes that there are bright prospects of gold being found in large quantities in Madagascar. He says that the exports of gold in 1903 and 1904 amounted to 4,211 and 5,432 pounds, respectively. The gold output of 1905 was 5,521.5 pounds, valued at $1,477,500. Quite a large

numper of persons are prospecting for gold, but some of them are men who have had little experience in prospecting. Experts are badly needed. Gold dirt has been found that yields $34.70 per metric ton (2,200 pounds). Gold- bearing reefs and alluvial deposits have been found in various parts of the island and some have attacted a grreat deal of attention.

There has been a decided falling off in the diamond business in Amster. dam. A few years ago there were 13,000 cutters at work and now the num­ber is only 8,0C0. The average now employed is about 3,500. The falling off is due to the competition of other European cities and New York firms. It is also due to the restriction of the labor unions, which several years ago limited the number of apprentices for the purpose of making labor scarcer and more valuable, but the consequence has been that wages have been re­duced. Many establishments have removed to Paris, London, Brussels and Vienna, and there are now about 2,000 diamond cutters in the United States, most of them from Antwerp and Amsterdam. American dealers buy uncut stones to save the duty and import their cutters from Holland. It is un­doubtedly true at the present time that the number and value of diamonds in the United States are now greater than in any other country in the world. Our people are just beginning to accumulate jewels.

_ / l n I m m e n s e H o r n e t* s J * ie s t!’B y 'R ic h a r d F . F l i t te r

Among the many curiosities in my collection there is none that I prize more highly than an immense hornet’s nest which I collected on November 1st, J9iil, at Frankford, Penn,

It hung from a horizontal black oak branch over forty feet from the ground and was carefully lowered and conveyed home in safety; where it now hangs from a hook in the ceiling of my den.

The nest is pear shape—In fact it resembles a gigantic pear, and as it has a ' ‘stem’’ the resemblance is still more remarkable. It is 22 inches in length and 11 inches in width, and it is 52 inches in circumference around the longest way and 34 inches around the middle. These measurements in­clude the 3-inch stem.

It will be seen from these measurements that I do not exaggerate when I call it an immense nest. An average sized nest hanging beside this one looks very small indeed.

Several years ago there went the rounds of the press a short article re­garding an immense hornet's nest found by two boys in Nevada county, Cal­ifornia. This nest was also pear shaped, and according to a clipping in my scrap book, it measured 43 inches around the longest way and 34 inches around the middle. Its length or width is not given. It will readily be seen that my nest is the largest by studying the figures.

There may be larger hornet’s nests than mine, but I have yet to hear tell of them.

A nenry VIII. farthing of the second coinage realized $35 at Sotheby’s salerooms recently in London. .

S o m e " R are I n d i a n R ^ e l ic s

B y M r s . J . M . B ro ta n e ,Among my curios, the most, highly prized is a Sioux Indian pipe of red

Catlinite found in a burial cave in Texas, forty years ago'It is a finely carved man’s hand, on the palm of which sets the bowl in

the shape of a small keg, which the fingers of the hand seem to hold in posi­tion, the wrist forming the stem of the pipe.

It is beautifully polished and carved, so well done that that some say no Indian ever made it,—but the man is still living who found it, and he is a man who took no interest in relics. There were many more in the cave, which he might have taken had he cared for such things. The pipe he only valued because he could use it for smoking, which he did for several years. Having heard of it through a friend L made haste to secure it and put it among my treasures.

The next most highly prized is a lube of gray sandstone 2% inches long with a flat base, on the oval top there are several cuts which no doubt meant, something to the Indian when he inscribed it there. This was found on the camping ground of the Cherokee Indians who occupied this country over 100 years ago. I have a good many tine arrows and spears, knives, axes, celts, ceremonial stones and other things found on these camping grounds. One fine slate banner stone I have which was found on the battle field, when Whites and Indians fought in 1780. It is about 3 inches long and 2 wide, very thin and notchPd, though why it should be called a banner stone I can’t tell. Another is of a very thin slate, of a triangular shape with the perforations, with notches on one edge—who can say what those notches mean, whether ttie number of battles fought, or the number of Whites the braves had slain.

My arrows consist of every color, shape and material, gray, red and brown stone, quartz and flint of various colors. Some are as clear as glass and beautifully chipped. In my collection I have some very odd ones, some beveled to the left and one to the right—one has a semi-lunar hole cut through It, and I imagine was worn as a chain or an armlet ornament. Some are in such odd shapes they dliild not have been used as arrows, but for some other purpose.

Some fine specimens of Chinese sounding stones have been described by a late visitor at Ch’fu, the birthplace and burial-place of Confucius. An incense dish of shone rang with the bell-like tones of bronze on being struck with a stick, two pillars gave out a musical note on being struck at any point, and a large tablet—three by five feet in area ana six inches thick- emitted a note varying with the point struck. These “stone gongs’- are found throughout the country, having been known for centuries. The material is a greyish oolite limestone, and it is said to come only from occa­sional veins at a quarry a few miles from Ch’fu.

In 1718 a French] scholar named ITenzoin published a work about giants, beginning with Adam, who he asserted was 123 feet 9 inches tall, Eve being only five feet shorter.

S o m e L a n d m a r k s o f t h e “P a s t

B y Q s b v a ld A . B a u e rIf we dig beneath the surface of old mother earth in many places we

find the remains of ancient cities intermingled with the bones of men and animals buried many centuries ago under accumulations of debris, river mud or sand. From these alone the earlier history of mankind of which there is no chronicle has been gleaned. Most of the bones found in deposits of this kind are of animals now living or at least similar. But In the more ancient deposits which are now consolidated into ciays, sandstones etc., no indications of man are found and the remains of animals found therein are different from any now living. As in the course of many ages the mud and and in which they are buried changes to rock so little by little the hard bony structure of these anitr.als<has changed into brittle stony material and in this form have been preserved to us that we might read in their remains of the earth as it was inhabited long ago. Earth history has been divided into many parts according to the evidence furnished by t.he rocks and the fossils contained therein. First the age of mammals before the coming of man, next the age of reptiles and stili earlier the age when Amphibians and fish of great size held undisputed sway the latter not hundreds nor thousands but millions of years back as we reckon time.

Among the mammals we find first the Tilauotheres huge animals simi­lar to the modern rhinoceros. These animals at first were of moderate size and without horns but gradually developed with time into increased size and large horns appeared upon their skulls. This animal was on the whole a hideous looking monster' and armed as it was with horns and a skin akin to armor plate it must indeed have been a formidable antagonist.

Another large mammal was the Uintatherium. This was elephantine in size and armed with six horns on the skull in addition to two great sabre like tusks. These belong to the class known as Amblyopods. The Condy- larths were more slender types and much more fleet. Among carnivorous mammals of this age none is more remarkable than the sabre toothed tiger. This animal had the upper canine teeth enlarged into curving flattened ser­rated fangs, terrible weapons indeedltnd very effective against the thick hide of the primitve pachyderms.

Among the ruminants the great Irish Elk is the most striking. Still further back in the age of Reptiles we find the Dinusaurus, and reptiles of enormous size. The Amphibious Dinousaurs were the largest of land animals ranging from sixty to seventy feet in length and weighing tons in their enormous bulk.

Despite their great size they were very unintelligent, slow moving creatures. An idea of their siez may be imagined when it is stated that the thigh bone of a specimen recently found weighed in its petrified state nearly six hundred pounds. One of the best examples of the Dinousaurs was the Brontosaurus. Among’the Carniverous Dinosaurs we find the Megalosaurus, bipeds with bird-like feet and enormous claws and heads, the mouth being armed with razor-like teeth of some length. Many were much larger than the modern elephant. The Pterodactyl Is or flying reptiles were perhaps the most extraordinary of reptiles. They were tailess with wings like a bat and

supported on the enormously lengthened little fiDger. The larger species had a spread of twenty feet from tip to tip of these wings.

The age of reptiles was preceeded by that of the Amphibians when the chief animals were allied to the modern frogs and toads. Some of these had heads two feet long and a foot wide. Others resembled gigantic tadpoles. These amphibians are the most ancient of four footed animals.

The crocodiles, lizards, turtles and snakes are among the more fortunate than most other reptiles as they still exist to the present day, although much decreased in importance and numbers.

Perhaps the two mammals which science has managed to trace most effectively are the horse and the camel. Of the two a complete chain has been established showing their descent. The camel like the horse, gadually evolved from very small and primitive ancestors to large and distinct de­scendants. It is worthy of note that the camel and horse’s former home was Western America but long before the advent of man they became extinct there and only have survived to us on the plains and deserts of the old world.

Fossils are found at present ch efiy in the badlands of Dakota and in Wyoming. This is due to the peculiar conditions of the climate of these localities which serves more readily to lay bare the secrets of its rocks as well as to preserve the remains. To excavate a fossil without damaging it is indeed a delicate operation and often requires months. Science has how­ever been so persevering that within the last few years many new discoveries have been made of inestimable value. As if to cap the recent climax of dis­coveries there now comes news of the discovery of the king of all prehistoric monsters, the Rexosarus, so called for want of a better name, and which in size and ferocity far exceeded ail of its compatriots. It is the first of the kind to he unearthed, and strange to say, it hinged even in the fossil form with a gigantic Megalosaur in mortal combat, showing that these two rivals died together fighting to the last. A strange freak of nature, indeed. When mounted and complete this reptile will have added a valuable page to science.

Leather Post Cards. Take 16, 20, or 25 leather post cards, perforate along the edges about one-half or an inch apart, and attach together by means of leather strips about the thickness of shoe strings, which can be procured at a saddlery shop. The back can be made of sateen in any color desired. Dark red is a very pretty combination. The cushion can be bound with red and brown cord or any other color that matches the back. In this manner one can preserve their leather Post cards and secure a very nice soft pillow.

Souvenir postal cards are a great convenience. The hurried tourist may simply write a word or two and sign his name, and his friends will be de­lighted. Should he send an ordinary postal and write as tersely, it would seem discourteous. The souvenir may be sent to many acquaintances where regular correspondence would not be thought of, showing that the absent one has not forgotten the friends at home. If the truth were kuown, no doubt many a sentimental tale has been and will be developed by the same postals.

. . Camera S lew s..Editor—F. J. Clute, Sacramento

1T h e A m e r ic a n a n dC a m e r a P o s t C a r d

Esjc ch a n g e

You may not be a collector of post cards, butjias it occurred to you how many of your friends are interested and how pleased they would be to receive from you an occasional postcard with a print from some of your choice camera negatives.

Perchance you are going on a journey, naturally your camera goes with you, and how much more interesting to the friends at home would be a post card yon had made yourself from a negative taken'of the place that inter­ested you than any ready-made, purchased card would be. Or, the other way round, brother or sister away at college or to a new home of their own, •wouldn't a post card be treasured showing the old home, mother performing the familiar duties or father in his easy chair taking solid comfort?

With the variey of post cards on the market with such latitude in speed surface and finish, it is very easy to secure the best possible prints from your negatives and to show to advantage your camera proficiency to the friends away

ership in the American Exchange is open to all readers of WEST; simply >;rop the publisher a card signifying your desire to join and your name will appear in the next list. Fine Membership Card sent for 5 cents.

Members can exchange photographic post cards only, which are their own work throughout. To carry out the original idea and purpose of the picture post card, the subjects represented should, preferably, be some­thing characteristic of the localities from which they are issued. Let usknow if you prefer colored or photograph cards.—Western Camera Notes. .

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GLOSSY SPOTS ON CARHON PRINTS.When a carbon print has been developed and allowed to dry, there

sometimes appears upon the surface a quantity of sma) 1 glistening specks which are sometimes light and other times dark in appearance. The light airbells. for such they are, are in most cases caused by improper squeegeeing especially when rough surface supports are used, such as drawing paper; then supports should always be allowed to soak some time in water before mounting the print for development.

The darker specks are caused by the print having been over exposed and then developed in excessively hot water. These specks are impossible to remedy The lighter ones are generally got rid of by soaking the print in a solution of glycerine, five parts water, thirty parrs glycerine. This treat­ment. will soften the hard glycerine which causes the silvery specks, and when the print is dry it. will be found that the specks, have dried down evenly with the rest of the print.—A.’M. Simmonds.

6100 xMartin Grosjean, Shreveport, La., 1025 Hicks.

1 xl. P. Henry, Asheville, N. C , Box 305.

2 G. Fays, Grand Rapids, Minn.3 E. J. Roth, Sharon, Wis.4 xSchilling, Milwaukee, Wis.,

904 1st.5 xM. Anderson, Alvondale, Calif. '6 xA. Kildy, Devils Lake, N.Dak.7 A. Hill. Belmont, Mass., 400

Pleasant.8 S. B. Moire, Clinton, Tenn.9 xW. McLean, Providence, R.

I . , 45 Alger St.6110 xW. J. Willis, Janesville, Minn.

1 xJ. J. Brennan, Sault Ste Marie, Mich.

2 FI. L. Schroeder, Chicago, 3006 5th Ave.

3 xMis. A. Edwards, Walton, Ky.4 xB. Haines, Hilton, N. Y.5 xRoy Hunter, Versailles, Ind.6 xFJ. Yates, Longview, Texas.7 xxStanley Mythaler, Washburn,

Iowa,8 xSadie Mullen. Vicksburg,

Miss., E. Maine St.9 xT. J. Miller, Canaan, Conn

6120 xL. Irin, Kane, 111., Box 28.1 xJ. W. Mergen, Rotterdam,

Europe, Goudschesinge 187,2 xJ. H. Ora.ycroft, Fresno Calif.,

715 Main St.3 xM. M. Herr, Lancaster, Penn.4 xP. Williams, Box 126, Parnell,

Mo.

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ExchangePresident—H. V. Thornton, 304 No.

State St., Chicago, 111.Secretary—L. T. Brodstone, Superior,

Neb.Why not become a member? It costs

you nothiug if a subscriber. Member­ship card sent for 5c. Foreign 10c. Those marked x are Souvenir Card collectors, xx are Photograph Post Card Collectors.

5 xClarence Davis, Lead, S. I)ak.6 xNettie Thompson, Craft, Tex.7 xW. On Neil, Biddeford, Me.8 xMrs. De Voe, Syracuse, N. Y.,

714 Hickory.9 xll. Belding, Box 1172, Bentort

Harbor, Mich.(5130 xF McDaniel, Kansas City, 727

Cherry St.1 xH. Wilcox, Jewell City, Conn.2 xEtta McDonald, Newport, K.

I., 182 Thames St.3 xE. Collier, Montlouis Ind re et

Lire, France.4 xA. Davis, «2 Maret Place,

Ramford, Essex, Eng.5 xL. Bennett, Toronto, Canada,

17 Howie Ave.6 xA. Hoffman, Denver, Colo.,

1219 S. 10th St.7 x.Miss Ora Glann, Toledo Ohio,

Sta. E.8 xllattie Webber. Rochester, N.

Y., 171 Clinton Ave.9 xMrs. G. Harris, Halifax, N.

S , Canada, 59 E. Young St.6140 xC. N, Ferald, Salem, Mass.,

420 Essex St.1 xR. Grobe, Austin, 111., 548

Pine Ave.2 xW. P. Goodwin, Manchester,

>T. H., 86 Walnut St.3 x.T. D. Cox, Upper Stewiacke,

N. S., Canada.4 xE. J. Carse West Salem, Ohio.5 xA. N. Flanders, Clear Lake,

S. Dak.

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Any reader in Nebraska can become a member—Membership card free for the askingPresident—Miss L- Tillotson........................................1305 32nd St., Station B, Omaha.Secretary-Treasurer—L. T. Brodstone........ ......................................Superior, Nebraska.

Ones marked x exchange post cards.NEW MEMBERS.

848, xV. Friends, 1845 E St., Lincoln. 849, xG. Gerpacher, Box 62, Grand Island. 850. xll. Black, Plattsmouth, Box 305. 851. H. Lederer,Norfolk. 852. C. A. Well, Valentine. 853. xH. Hammond, Nelson. 854. II. Ketchum, Fremont, 332 E. St. 855. B. Craig, Hardy.

APPLICATIONS.856. xE. Nyrop, Fremont, 332 E. St. 857. xW. F. Herron, Pender.

858. xMattie Hedge, Hastings. 859. C. A. JohnsoD, Minden. 860. xEva Downing, Hastings. 861. xL. Setz, Fremont. 862. M. Lundstrom, Lincoln, 319 N. l 'th St. 863. T. Brodstone, Superior.

Send any names of ones who collect. We hope to have a large meeting this fall of members. Wish to hear any ideas and sugges.ions

^ / l N W E JQUERIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FAYETTE J. CLUTE, ------------416 J. ST., SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.--------------

U '.. S.—Cleaning Platinotype Prints: It has been advised to mix flour and c o . . water to form a thick paste, say about the consistency of thick cream. To this add powdered alum, about a teaspoonful to a large cup of the flour originally used. Rub all together to make the paste as smooth as possible and with a soft brush r.pply it all over the face of the print. Wash this orf by holding under the tap and in doing so you will remove with the paste all the dirt and dust that has been gathered in the graining of the paper. Use plenty of the paste and a soft brush. A stiff brush and too little paste will result in abbrasion of the surface of the print.

O. F. M.—Pyro-Metoi Formula: The following I have obtained from an amateur who is well known for his fine negatives and I think it willsuit your wants:

No. 1. —Water............................................................16 ouncesOxalic acid........................ ..................................ouncesPyrogailic acid....................................... ............1 ounceMetol ................................................................. J4 ounceBromide potassium .............................................16 grains

No. 2.—Water..............................................................64 ouncesSulphite sodium (crystals).................... 8 ouncesCarbonate sodium....................... . . , ........... . .4 ounces

To develop take:—No. 1.. .. ................................ 1 ounceNo. 2 ......................................................... 5 ouncesW ater....................................2 to 4 ounces

The less water the more contrast. In summer or when softer negatives are desired the full amount of water should be used.—Editor Says.

The \7ni'Ver^al Souvenir Card Ejcchange

j \ . i1 ^The Up To Date Souvenir Card Collector’g/Club >

H*ti fa •'Objects ?

To promote the collecting of Souvenir'.Post Cards.To publish lists of reliable collectors of Souvenir Post Cards who are mem*-

bers of this society and who will exchange with the other members.To prevent unfair dealing between exchangers.

Advantages and BenefitsEach member will receive a certificate of membership, the monthly official

list of new members, six (6) fine unused colored view cards, or ten (10) fine un* unused black and white view cards, complete list of the members of the society to date, have his name and address printed in the official list and all future lists of members, and in addition, the privilege of having Post Cards sent him on ten (10) days approval at his request for same.

Also as an incentive to secure new members, we will give to any member six (6) fine unused colored view cards or ten (10) fine unused black and white view cards for each new member he m & y secure. Application blanks like this furnished free.

DuesUnited States and Canada, SO cents the year. Foreign, 75 cents the year.

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■WANTED—A second-hand copy of •‘Birds o f O hio,’' by Dawson; also a >field g lass for bird study. Address C. L. Chapman, R. D. 8 X enia, O. 7-2-3t

POST CARD COLLECTORS!PHOTO POST CARDS OF FAMOUS

Monuments, Western Farm Life, Wild Animals, Reptiles etc.

Window portraits of great inter­est to amateur photographers, any •of the above cards in sets of four 15 cents. Sample card, any kind 5 cents. Photo post cards made from your photograph, 50 cents per dozen, all work sent postpaid.

STANLY MYTHALER [Photographer]

Washburn, Iowa

r NEW PRICE MST ” 1Below we quote prices on our fine

line o f post cards. T hey are great­ly in demand by collectors and fill all requirem ents o f the exchangers of view cards, and cost less than others ask for inferior cards. Omaha view s in beautiful col-

per 100ors, 25 kinds each 2>£c___. . . S i . 75

Omaha view s in duograph style, 8 kinds, each l ^ c . . . 1.00

ndian cards in gaudy colors, finest issued, 18 kinds each2/2c ........... 1.S0

Comics: Our list is the fu n ­niest ever, 42 kinds (42laughs) each l c .................................75We solicit your orders for any of

the above and assure you our cards are the best value for the money of any line published P ostage 2 cents extra on orders less than 10 cents, all larger orders prepaid.

Om aha P ost Card Co .1506 Howard S t.

i Omaha, Nebr.

The views you need to make your Card collection interesting. Roosevelts Cabin, 60 Harvesters in 50,000 acre Wheatfield, Pyramid Park in Bad Lands of N. Dak., T he Limited Express, N. Dak. Capitol Building, also Indians and hundreds of other subjects. All fine colored cards. As many varieties as you want at 25c per dozen, 2 for 5c. Also set of 10 Frisco Earthquake views for 15c.

S o u v e n ir Ca r d E x c h a n g e Cl u b , Fargo, N. Dakota.

H U R R Y ! H U R R Y !U ntil further notice I w ill g ive to

W EST readers a present with every package o f my P an ts Creaser, guar­anteed to keep a nice crease. Send for my exchange list. W anted to­bacco tags, coffee signatures or soap wrappers. I can furnish reference. Chas. Prouse, Cam bridge, Ind. Lock Box 157.

Easy Payments

T hink of the dollars you can save by doing your own printing, also the dollars you can make by doing other peoples printing. I sell on easy pay­m ents so you can buy a press and pay as you please. Send for catatalogue and particulars. D on’t write unless you mean business, presses S5.00 up. Phonographs all prices, typewriters, high grade m achines $25.00

F- M. RICH4 RDS0NBox 61, Hartland, Vt.

CARD COLLECTORS!!We w ill exchange finest colored M ilwaukee Souvenir Cards, (over 50) d if f ­

erent view s for other cards from any city or country. Foreign exchanges ■especially desired. Prom pt reply guaranteed,

T heo. S ch illing , 904 F irst S t., M ilwaukee, W is.Martha S ch illin g , 904 First S t ., M ilwaukee, W is.

Nora Van E ss, 611 E . W ater S t., M ilwaukee, Wis.(7-4)

Cabinet specim ens, ^Chalcedony, copper, Bloodstone, Jasper, Opalstone, fine specimens 25 cents each, sea shell, watch spurns 25c each, Jasper, Opal stone or Blood stone charms S2.00 each, Orange, Eucalyptus, Manzanita, wood, 25 cents each.

A L B E R T ELGAR981 F* St. San Bernardino, Calif. + + + + + + + !+ + + + + ♦ + + + + + + + + + + + +

| 100 CARDS--PRINTED |* 35c Postfree. +♦ . ++ Cards are printed on fine quali* ♦ T ty of card. Four lines allowed. £ + Mention “ W EST” and get 10 +* good stamps FREE with order. J J Any style type. All work 1st J 4 class. Remit in Silver or Money *•♦ Order if possible. Orders given *I prompt attention. Write plainly. 5 + Address, Dept. “ H ” *J BRAUNER J. OSTERGAARD, %

+ 785 N Mozart St., Chicago, 111. +

SOUVENIR POST CARDS OF

LINCOLN NEBRASKA.

Fihe Colored o.r black and white views of all the important buildings etc. Such as the State House. Court House, Car- negifc Library, Old and New P. O..State University, City Fountain, State Peni­tentiary, Hospital for insane, St. Pauls Church etc. also the Residence of w. J. Bryan. 2 for 5 cents. Postage extra.

Photo Post Cards printed from your own negatives 30c per dozen. Send 3 cents for a Sample Photo Card and be convinced that my work is O. K.' Post­age estTa on all orders under 50 cents.

EVERETT N. RECTOR, *2845 Randolph St.,

Lincoln ,Nebr.

EXCHANGESWant Clippings,Nott-sL Items. Articles on co in s

stamps, paper moneyT postal cards, curios relics, shells etc. desired byrJWKST, Superior Neb,

Will give 10 diff foreign stamps cataloging at least 25c for every fossil correctly: nam ed w ith formation and locality. "Fossils worth more in proportion. Walter C Shields 1500 -Young St. Honolulu, T. H.

To purchases from our 66%£ approvals or any thing in stamps we give 5* coupon. Try u?f Norfolk Stamp Co., Norfolk Nebr. 6-2

Wanted to X souv post carets with everyone from anywhere l w ill X equal quality of those received. 1 will send to fine colored views o f So Cal aud vicinity for 20c or 4 10c postpaid any where in U S or Can. I*, j. Packard, box .343 Pasadena. Cal.

Readers of WEST will remember me as the Old Soldier Shutin. I have concluded to break up my collection of over 90O0 different kinds of stam ps and would be pleased if collectors would write me for a selection at 50* off Scotts cat. C.E. Beaufre. Dekalb 111.

Photographic Post Cards of beautiful Barring­ton scenery etc,sent postpaid for 3c. 60 varieties. Geo. Froelich, Jr,. Barrington, til.

Wanted to exchange Texas fossils for forsils and Minerals from other States. H. McWhen- ny. Box 560, Brownwood Texas.

200 Old and rare stamp papers or 100 all named rare curios or 100 large fine Pictures or 100 cur­rent magazines for 50 perfect stone im plem ents. Also *0 var pressed fern*, leaves and flowers from Philippines and 1300 var celloloid buttons for 200 stone implements. No arrows. F. wetherington, 1719 Harrison St., Paducah, E y,

Sell or X good gold watch for Coin or Bells a l­so old pistols, 2000 m agazines of all kinds to X for coins,old sptrrs.aud swords, sabers and army saddles. Write Clifford G. Palmer, Onarga 111. No postals.all letters ans. Gold Dollars wanted any date also trade dollars. Will buy or X. Clifford G. Palmer, Onarga, III.

Card Collectors. We will exchange finest col­ored Milwaukee Souvenir cards over 50 different views for other cards from any city or country’. Foreign exchanges especially desired. Prompt reply guaranteed, Theo. Schilling. 904 First St. Milwaukee Wis; Martha Schilling 904-'First St. Milwaukee wis; Nora Van Ess 611 East Water St. Milwaukee Wis,

Wanted: 4x5 plate-holders. 4x5 ray screen, and camerA-level. Geo-.. Hyde, 1816 Chicago *t. Omaha Neb.

Be pleased to X for just a little cash. Pioneer Antiques and relics such as old lanterns candle- tnoulds. foot stoves, saddlebags, ‘straw bread baskets, old books, old china ana pewter dishes and many other curious things. List for stamp, Davis Bros., Kent, Ohio.

Four Collars ten Cents one battenburg. oDe novelty, one shadow and oue eyelet embroidery collar,all for 10c to introduce our new catalogue. Shirt waist patterns on fine lawn for shadow work 67c on art linen for eyelet work 7.2c Shad­ow or eyelet embroidery hsrts 35c and 45c, every thing for art needle work at lowest prices. H. Gi Sanders Supply Co.i Aurora. Mo. I also sell exchange and collect post cards agents wanted to sell my goods.

Wanted to exchange coins of U S with foreign • collectors for coins of their country, John M..

Stirnkorb. 4451 Coleraine Avew Cinctonatf, Ohio.

5® *My small ad did wonders, I got replies frorrf all over. W. Spee ter, SuCharles, Minn.

POST CARDS FROM RARE VIEWS!Of T he M ost Tragic Indian Battle In History '

CUSTER BATTLEFIELDN ow A National Burying Ground; 10 In Set 25c.

Six of these views were taken one year after the battle and are a relic that should be in the possession of all collectors. The other show s the battlefield as it is today, the fam ous valley o f the L ittle B ig Horn from which the retreat w as made, The Keepers Lodge and the m ost artistic Indian Portrait ever made, “ C urley” the sole survivor of Custer B attle. Dealers supplied at w holesale rates.

OTHER SETS: 10 view s of the most beautiful scenery o f the B ig Horn moun­tains ...................................................................................................................... ...........$ .25

12 finely colored Indian post cards from actual photos, not the fakes som e-! tim e as shown of Indians who never existed and drawn by people w honever saw o n e .....................................................................................................................25

S ign of the Teepee souvenir post card and interesting circular free w ith each set ordered. Illustrated booklet, Sheridan and Northern W yom ­in g , the most prom ising land in the New W est, paper ed ition ........................ 25

Full Hand Painted and Burned L eather....................................................................... 1.00Illustrated catalog from the largest collection of genuine Indian H andi­

craft in the W est................................................................................ ..................................10A rtistic Photographs of Indians 50c a n d ........................ ............................................ 1.00Sam e beautifully hand colored $2.00 an d .................. ................................................... 3-00We do not exchange post cards. COFFEEN-SCHNITGER TRADING CO.

(AT THE SIGN OF THE TEEPEE,) SHERIDAN, WYOMING.

Slew Set of Slew Orleans S*ostalCards Printed in many colors, and as fine cards as can be got.

10 for 2 5 Cents5000 French Market 5021 Army of Tenn. Monument Me­

tairie CemeteryAvenue of Oaks Audubon ParkT ulane UuiversityL afayette SquareLuggar L andingS t. Peters StreetOld V aults S t . Louis CemeteryChrist ChurchCatherdralBirds eye view Court Yard French

QuarterCotton E xchangeS t. Roch CemeteryHoward Library and Lee MonumentPor Sale-One life size oil painting of John Slidell

Celebrated Statesman of the Confed’cy I1500.00

Haunted House, French Quarter Begue Resturant M asonic Tem ple CabildoLive Oak Audubon Park Crystal H orticultural Hall Confederate M emorial Hall Sugar on Levee Steam boat L anding St. Louis Catherdral C ity Hall W ashington Oak Madame Johns L egacy Canal StreetCourt Yard, old tim e French resi­

dencePrices on quantities w ill be quoted-3

^Ulysses and Stussell lOells JCongshoreS le w s d ta le r t an d Subscrip tion J tg e n ts

1004 S sp lan ade Jf ne., S le w O rleans, £ a .

10 Southern v iew s and your name inserted in our m onthly list o f domes­tic and foreign exchangers for 1 0 cents.

Star Exchange17 Bruce Bldg., N ash v ille , Tenn.

D E T E C T I V E SW A N T E D —Good men to represent

the largest, independent, D etective A ssociation in the United S tates. Reference required, state a g e . Write American D etective A ssociation, Ind­ianapolis, Indiana.

STEEL PENCOLLECTORS

We w ill send you 55 different sty les o f pens post paid on receipt of 50c. A sk for A sst.A.

C. HOW ARD H UNT P E N CO.Camden, N . Y.

Post Card Exchangers

Post Cards-Wild game in their natural

haunts. Photographs from life and reproduced in natural colors in a set of 12 Post Cards. Seven kinds of Our Wild game and the only full set issued. 25 cents silver and 2 cent stamp will “ fetch ’em” .

Ul. $. and fl.T. Berry,.Wild Animal Photographers

Gardiner, Mont.

Anyone sending me a View Card of their country will receive one from mine in exchange. M iss R o s e W a l t e r s , Argyle S t., Maryborough, Victoria, Aus­tralia. 6-3

Beautiful California MineralsPink, Green, and Blue Tourmalines,

Beryls, Kunzites and others.R. M. WILKE,

2627 Piedmont Ave.,Berkeley, Calif.

SELLING OUT THE W EST.While they last we will send an assort­

ment of 8 back numbers for 25 cents.• Beginners who want to read upon Col­

lectors will find a big quarter’s worth of just the information they need, and old timers will find plenty of good practical tips and helpful advice. They can’t last long at this price, so you’d better order now.

THE WEST.LBx L Superir. Neb.

BEAUTIEUL POLY-CHROMEHigh Grade Colored Postal Cards of

the W hite Mountains, The Switzerland of America, and the Lakes and Beacher of New Hampshire.

8 all different..................................... 25c26 “ “ .......................................... 75cNew England views Black and white 25c

dozen, all different.Cash or Money order.

Am os J. Cowan,Registered Pharmacist,

Greenville, N. H, 6-4

B E W I S ESend us 15 cents for one years’ subscription to T h e D a u n t l e s s M o n t h l y

w h ic h a lso m akes you a m em ber o f T h e D a u n t l e s s Souvenir Card Exchange, also g iv es you a fifteen word notice. T h e D a u n t l e s s M o n t h l y is a jtm dandy, fu ll of in terestin g m atter from cover to cover, stories, jokes, puzzles, curio facts, correspondence club etc. Send 15 cents today and be delighted.

O T T E R B R O S .D E P T . P . W. 1453 Db K A LB A V E, BROOKLYN N. Y. (4-3)

09 * 1 find a great deal of interesting reading in the W EST.—R. Carpenter, Belvi-dere, 1 1 1 .

JUST OUT!E M B R O ID E R -E D POST C A R D Sy . ’ • i

a cents each, 6 for 25 cents, post free with full directions for working’.— FR $E ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR— FREBElsm'ere N ovelty Co. 863 N W ash enaw A v e ., Chicago, 111.

New improved S20 Odell, metal type, 78 characters, just as it cam e from the factory, never used, for only $7.00 cash. Particulars stamp. Q. W est Company, Peru Illinois.

BEAUTIFUL INDIANAPOLISYour collection of view cards is

not com plete until you have at least one o f the fo llow ing sets o f beautiful* cards from the great Inland City.1 set 6 colored cards...........................12c1 set 12 colored cards........................21c1 set 18 colored cards,....................... 30cEach card a th in g o f beauty.

H. B. D Y N E S1508 V igo St.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Big Mail! Dozens of sample copies, ® ‘ Price lists etc., from hobby

dealers and publishers. Your name in next list 1 0 c.

S t e p h e n B i n n i k , Laketon, Iud.

^ ’OUR NAME IN GOLDon five handsome souvenir cards, I have the most in teresting and historic cards in the U. S ., am ong them , The Oldest House, the oldest church and the oldest c ity , post paid for 1 0 c.

B. H. SHAWBland, New Mexico

T O A D V E R T IS T R ST he W E ST has the largest circu­

lation am ong a thrifty in telligen t and prosperous class of collectors, good mail order custom ers. We make a special rate to advertisers o f 1 0 c per line each insertion, which is a very low rate for the service we g ive. A four inch ad will be inserted one tim e for $ 2 or a one inch ad four tim es for $ 2, cash or stam ps with order.

T H E W E ST , Superior, Neb.

Jolley jokers' ClubIncorporated for $10,000. Stock Held by Members

Largest and most enthusiastic Social Club in existence. Members in every state and foreign countries, who exchange letters, post cards, kodak views, stam ps, and curios. Any reliable exchanger is e lig ib le , for member­ship, the only rule being that all favors shown by club m em bers m u st be returned. A souvenir card is sent first, s ta tin g what exchange is desired; th is is returned, sta tin g if the change can be made. Over 5,000 m em bers in Club and its allied exchanges, and Club paper reaches 50,000 exchangers each month. T he best and most reliable exchangers are all com ing into the BIG CLUB, and we have la warm welcome for YOU. F ill out blank below , and send it in to day.

fiolley jo k e rs ’ Club, 1 CS JCisehey J ive .,Dlashville Uenn.

Inclosed find 50 cents for membership in Tolley Jokers’ Club. P lease send me Membership Card, Button, and Club Paper for one year. I promise to re­turn all favors shown me by members.

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If a post card collector, state sty le or subject preferred...................... .................

If you wish to be remembered with cards and letters on your birthday,state d a te .................... ...............................................................................................................

Name..................................................... ................Sent you by courtesy o f J. J. A ddress.. . . ............................................................No. 5 T o w n .................................. S ta te ...............................

(ST*Want another copy WEST mine was pinched before I had a chance to look at it, for some one knows a good th ing.—J. Jost, Halifax, Canada.

Six beautiful Connecticut postcards 10c postpaid. Keyes Co., Milford, Conn.

n\ LYNN, MASS. VIEWS< And vicinity at cost to clean up an < J overstock. Send a quarter and TIL ) send you 2 0 of the prettiest views of ] i Lynn, Nahart, Marblehead, Swamp-{ scott ever published. Scenes of the) { grand old ocean resorts of Lynn. ,< 10 for 15c. A. E-CARR, iS 93 Marianna St., Lynn, Mass.

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P o s t a l ca rd s for S a le , n pictures of Lead, S. D., ioc; n Si.oo; 16 (whole set) $1.55; 6 55c: 1 extra large 20c. P o sta g e S ta m p s for S e J e .20 mixed foreign stamps 75c; 20 mixed foreign stamps 4uc; 20 mixed U S 30c; 10 mixed U S 20c; 10 mixed Germany 18c; 10 mixed Hayti and Netherlands i8c;'to mixed U S2.sc; 4 mixed Aus­tria 7c; 1 old U S [Adams picture] 3c; 1 old U S [Wash, picture] 3c; I Gold Coast. 2c; 1 France 2c; 1 Natel 2c; 1 Great Britain 2c. Piece of Home- stake ores size of two or three marbles 35c; two 60c. Large picture of Lead, about 30x0 in. 75c. Sauce dishes 75c: Pie-plates, sm all salad dishes $1,00; Plates and large salad dishes $1.25. Pic­tures found on dishes, tier of railroads, Hearst Free Kindergarten, Highsehool, Homestake Mills. Bookmarks.C l& ren ce D a v is , B o x 2 5 4 Le&.d, S . Dak-

Colored Souvenir Postals

10 different of Portland M e............ ...2 5 c10 “ Lewiston M e....................25c10 “ 10 cities in M e ................ 25c10 '* Portland’s surburbs.. .25c10 “ rivers and lakes in Me 25c10 “ Maine .................. 25c5 views from any of above sets. ..15c

50 different of M aine.......... . .$1.00100 “ “ “ ....................2 0050 “ com ics.................................50c

Chas, H. Bickford97 Spring St.

Portland, He.

Send 10 cerjts for a set of four beautiful cards'in colors of Zanes­ville, Ohio. Also the name and address of 25 active collectors and a coupon worth $2.50. Do It now.

W. B. LONGSTRETH Dept. B. Gratiot, Ohio

California EarthquakePost Cards

1 2 subjects, ruins, streets, buildings etc. in San Francisco. No two alike. 1 0 cents per set of 1 2 .

W. M. WaiteDept. P. Bridgeport, Conn.

Post Card Collectors

MINERALS! COPPER! MINERALS!N ice large specim ens of copper

•o res for collection.Pysites (fools gold)

Boenite (peacock copper)Blue Sulphide

From the celebrated Encampment and Battle Lake Copper D istricts o f W yom ing.

Large attractive specim ens tw enty- five cents each post free.

H. C. VARNEY Phm D(Assayer and Chemist)

Box 266, Encam pm ent, W yoming

Souvenir Post C&.rdsThere is nothing so highly interesting and at

the same titne so inexpensive as a collection of souvenir view post cards. They are a beautiful or useful reminder of places you visit or that are well known to history. This is one of the latest and most sensible of ail fads. Of the many ways in acquiring a collection of these beautiful cards perhaps none is so popular as the Exchange method; and none will be found,that can com­pare with the results achieved by having your name and address inserted in the next WEST'S list of the Union Post Card Exchange. It will bring you view post cards from all parts of the united States and Foreign Countries, being old­est club in U.S.For any club in WEST same cost.

DO IT NOW': By sendiug 50 cents and have your nam e and address one time in our next nuraberand secure paper for one year. Write Secretary for further information, or

THE WESTLock Box L Superior, Nebr.

! ® “I am much pleased with my ads in the WEST, they are fine. —h ! Morgan, , Victoria, B, C. Canada.

COINS ANDCURRENCYWILL PURCHASK IN LOTS

A limited amount of scarce confederate and fractional currency in coins the One and Three dollar U. S. Gold issue. Condition of above must be nearly new. Submit sample with lowest set price.

N E L S O N T . T H O R S O N , O M A H A . N E B .

Souvenir Post Card CollectorsForeign and domestic exchangers.

1000 members, list mailed to 50000 ex­changers monthly. Receive card daily “We circle the world” . Join Us At Once, One Dime,*‘THATS ALL.

W e s t e r n Po st Ca r d E x c h a n g e 632 So. 28th St., Omaha, Nebr.

Post Card Collectors2 views of the Sugar City, State Asylum and U. S. Government Building mailed and addressed to you for only.............8c

L. H. Lederer,Norfolk, Nebr.

MINERALS! CVRIOSI RELICSI am disposing of a large collection of the above, specimens all first class. Note the following prices:Small mineral specimens each .. .$ .03Larger................................ “ .. .05Fair cabinet s ize .............. “ .. .15Several large and rare specimens 25c

to SI.00 Write list of mineral species wanted and will supply same as far as possible.

IN COINSLarge copper cents each .05Two cent pieces, copper .05Ten various coins and m edals .2525 sm all curios .50Rocky Mt. souvenir trap door spider, trran-

tula, centipede, horned toad and scorpion large specim ens 1.50

Complete blow pipe outfit for mineralogy with full instructions and m inerals for identification in polished case 5.00

Shells, various fio m 5 to 15cArrow points from 5 to 15cFifty sm all curios f .00Drills, hammer, stones etc .toFair collection of insects, pinned but not

named 2.00Ailum inum stereoscope with 3 dozen fine

view s, m ostly com ic 2.00Fine Aztec pottery from ruins entire spec­

im ens from $1 to $1.30Write m e your wants, 1 can supply a great

variety of natural history specimens, everything prepaid at above prices, every one a bargain. Address Forest Gains, Glendive. Montana. Head M ineralogy Dept. A S o f C C Ref. Mr. Brod- stone o f the WEST.

Chinatown: An interesting set of souvenir cards. For 25 cents will send you 10 postpaid.

ALLEN H. WRIGHT,San Diego Calif.

O f f i c i a l S o a x l e n i r 1*0 J f a I C a r d .j CO o r l t f j C o l u m b ia n E x p o s i t i o n

C h i c a g o 1 8 3 3Four varieties, unused, lithographed in colors

with an unused one cent Columbian stam p on each, postpaid ten cents. Will exchange color­ed cards, wanted whole envelopes with a per­mit number printed on. will pay cash for them, also want gold dollars let me hear from you.D. C. NEEFUS, Hudson. New York

Gat Posted or\ Sub-Post Ctv.rds360 Views of California $ 1.75 by mail.

24 cards o f San Francisco Ruins by mail tjc 24 '• Big Tress and Yosemite Vatfey *• 15c24 " Los Angeles City “ 15c24 “ Flower Parade “ 15c24 " Pasadena Tournament of Roses “ 15c24 Southern California “ 15c24 The Old Missions ’* 15c24 A trip to Catalina Island “ 15c24 " “ Mt Lowe “ 15c24 “ Mt Wilson *" i$c

24O cards $1.15 Iw mail.These views are all made from the best photo­

graphs and represent photographs. They fit your album or view book. Big line of over 5000 Fine Colored Cards to pick from at 2 for 5c or 25c a doz. Any subject you want in your collection. Please do not send me foreign stamps. Address

Hey W. Peterederf.533 Towne Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.

Send stamp for samples of Midget calling cards.100 cards ( # x l% in.) and case for 25c

H AR R .Y BELDINGBox 1172

128 Green Ave.

IBenton Harbor Michigan

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j19*1 don’t want to miss a single copy of WEST.—J. Rogers Matengo, 111.

B H V Q MagazineD U I O'b«E"YEYR’10GHow to do, & make, things. Read It A learn a trad*.P ractica l Young A m ericaAll about Photography; Carpentry; Printing; Boats; GOOD STORIES; Magic; Poultry; Pets; Taxidermy; Trapping; Puzzles; Stamps ;Athtetles; Huntlng;Canoe- !ng;Wood Carving; Fret Sawing; Thrilling Storlee for Boys; Camping; Fishing; Dialogues;Recitations; Amateur Journalism;Model Engines. Boilers, Motors; Moneymaking secrets; Stories of Adventure; Home Study. Everything boys want to know. £ H ^ S e n d •liver dime today, and be delighted. Boy Stories, no trash. Parents endorse it. Address Dept. 9,

Campbell Publishing Co., Des Moines, Iowa.

R E A L E S T A T EWANTED

For hundreds of CASH BUYERS, who advertise in THE U. 8. REAL ESTATE JOURNAL and THE PROSPERITY MAKER,a unique, original, illuetra- ted monthly for the Home, Real Estate. Bueinese. For wide-awake buyers, eeliera,agents,inveetora. A world wide circulation Sample copy, 2Sc or SI.no per year. Free advice. Write J. ALLEN STEPHENS. Publisher,

Willard Building, Muncie/lud. Eat. 1SS2.

Half-tones For SaleAll half-tones used in the WEST are

for sale. Offer per doz. at $2 each. My selections. One in every lot cost this much alone. Make your selection.Some half price, some less. Write

WEST, Superior, Nebr.

EXCHANGES!I can g ive you collectors addresses

in Cyprus, Borneo, Sarawak, Zanzi­bar Jerusalem, Tiji, Sierra, Leon, Kamerun, Eritia, and m any others for only two cents each. If addresses in any other country are wished send 2 cents for it, and if I haven't the address money w ill be returned.

MAURICE MAYERKing- City Mo. (6-2)

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W H A T A M I D O IN G ?I Hold Monthly Public Auction Sales of Coins and Medals in New York City

the ch ief mart in the United States for everything, and the Mecca for Coin Collectors. Remember that the notable cabinets o f the world have been formed and dispersed in the auction room. I have been established for twenty-five years; that I am fam iliar with the special wants o f United States and Canadian buyers, with m any of whom I - have a personal ac­quaintance and having long held the patronage of leading collectors, I am able to attract and retain the greatest number of com petitive bidders.

New aspirants for f a v r a r e constantly appearing, but it takes time to win and hold a place a. itie front. CONFIDENCE does not grow in a night like Jonah’s gourd.

If you have a collection of coins to sell, som ething controls your judgem ent in decid ing to whom vou w ill trust. You look for

EXPERIENCE. REPUTATION. PATRONAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY and they determ ine your choice as surely as the m agnet sw ings the need­le o f the compass.

T o place your name on my m ailing list for catalogue or circulars cost only the request.

L Y JT A N H . L O W ,44 East 23rd Street New York

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b.arqain -Three genuine photographic post

cards (or - 10 sen t? ,,’AY- W. H utchins, Laconia', New Hampshire.,s -vpR E H IST O R IC R E L IC S”

T h is is a good work for collectors and students. It contains 131 illustrations which show 850 different ornam ents, im plem ents, weapons and utenils. “ Prehistoric R elics” is made up from the standard authorities on specim ens Holm es, Fowke, Moorehead, Snyder Perlin , Boyle, McGuire, W ilson, Moore Beauchamp, Cushing and others. It has selected the best of all these ex* perts’s w ritings. See ill. in th is Num.

T he illustrations alone cost nearly 51000. T he book contains 176 pages, 6 by 9 inches. A ll the illustrations are carefully described. B y a study of “ Prehistoric R elics” the collector can identify any specim en in any portion of the United S ta tes . I w ill sen a 'cop y o f" “ Prehistoric R e tie s .”* posdpaid to any reader of the W E ST on treceipt o f $1.00. Money refunded i f not satisfactory. L. Brodstone, Superior, Nebraska.

OUR PO ST CARDSof Detroit City and its pretty river and park scenes are bringing reorders from m any of our patrons. T hey sure are the finest for th e m oney ob­tainable any where. W. J . M iller o f D ow agiac has used 6 dozen to date and sa y s th ey ’re great. If you want the best even at a right price send 18c for a dozen today. Sent post paid sam e day order is received. Money back if not satisfied.

C H A S. E. LEW IS358 McGraw A v e .

D etroit M ichigan

Do you w ant to buy one of the best equipped galleries in Nebraska, fine lenses, stam p, portrait and view cam ­eras, good accessories, everyth ing com plete, fine location, good prices, lots o f work. H ave other business and m ust sell.

HARMON and HANKSHay Springs, Nebraska

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IF YOU D O N ’T GET T H E O X-BLO O D H A BBIT.

You can easily get the (OX-BLOOD) habbit by sim ply sen d in g me your name and address and 1 2 cents, (in coin on ly) and 1 w ill send you 25 X X X 6% extra superfine Ox-Blood” E nvelopes, with your return card neatly printed theron. 100 for 42 cents, 500 for $2.00, post paid in the U. 6 . or Canada.

W’hen send ing rem ittance: (DO NOT SE N D ST A M PS) send coin w ell wrapped or P. O. money order.

Bert G. Ularner,Printer

1767 WALKER STREET DES M O IN E S, IO W A

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t& F l find my ads in W E ST pay better than all other Philatelic papers put to­gether and I have ads rn about all o f them —Leon V C ass, Lenox Pa.

■ Exchange Notices- *The Post Card World has been sold out to Mr-

Brodstoue and we will not publish it any more but we are still in the Post Card Business and wi 1 be pleased to send prices. Send 15c tor sam ples of 10 diff sets of cards- Hudson-Galla- gher Pub- Co . St- Louis. Mo.

Large collection of old newspapers dated 1747- 65, paper money, coins and Indian relics for sale or X for tobacco tags at half dealers prices. Tags taken in payment at rate of 75c per 100 tags

.$(0 Actina to X for tags. List o f offers for 2C stamp. Tbos. Derflinger. Oetivein Iowa.

1 set Mexican spurs 4 in rowel fine shape, 1 Antique horse pistol, percussion lock, brass bar­rel complete working order. X for U b silver •coins. Clifford G. Palmer, Onarga, 111.

Stamps, coins, Indian relics and curios bo't sold and X. burns J Cherry 781 12th St Oakland •Cal.

The Souvenir Card Exchange Club. Fargo. N. D. Our plan enables you to get cards from all parts of the world in exchange. Write for par­ticulars.

W. I). King Nashua, N. H.,coins, stamps, and •curiosities o f all kinds. C. S. Revenue and Od­dities a Specialty.

C. L. Hoevet. Dealers in old coins and stamps for collections . Fairfield, Nebr.

Exchange stamps that cat from 5c to .sot each also view cards. Wm. Perlita Box ioj Eastport Md.

J. B. Lewis. Collector of Indian and other curios. Write for photos. 910 Washington St.. Petaluma Calif.

Will X the following for stamps of any kind. Vacant lots at Little Egg Harbor. N. J.. Harris- ■ville N J; Fuckerton N J; Runyan N J; Port Jef­ferson Long Island. Sandwich Ontaria. H. B. Seagrave. Pontiac Mich.

Stamps, curios, minerals to X for North Amer- •icati stamps. Charles S. Chevier, Trenton, N. J.

I will X souv cards with foreigners only, who are not members of the U S C E, No comics. Blye Fresher. Kentland, Ind.

A series of post cards with familiar quotations and sentim ents from fhe best authors. Printed on heavy caTds from artistic and readable type. Set of cards postpaid, 5c; mailed single for 3c. Ralph B. Platt. Publisher. Roxbury, Mass.

The Collector A m onthly magazine devoted to the interests o f picture post card exchangers and collectors in general and the Columbine Post Card Club in particular. The Columbine Publishing Co., 837 South 15 St Denver, Colo.

Souv Post Cards. Beautiful Artistic Views. Send toe for a set of four beautiful cards in many lovely colors, o f Zanesville, O., one r>f which is the famous 'Y” bridge which cost <2 n 000 and is

' the only bridge of that kind in tin- r . S You can cross the bridge but you do not cross the riv­er, or you can cross two rivers at once un this bridge. The name and address of 2.5 active view card collectors Free with every order, also a coupon worth $2.50. W. B.Longstreth,Gratiot O,

I X Souv Postcards and stamps with everyone Rudolph Foxvog 374 Castello Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Scotts coin cat wanted. Cash in X. Henry A. Galte, t037 North Orianna. St. Philadelphia Pa.

For Sale or X a good 4x5 box camera and threeplate holders. Write first. Hugh V. Harlan.51 Vau Buren St.. Deadv ood, S. Dak.

Erie Post Card Club-Largest Exchange Club in the Central

States. 2 Handsome Souvenir Cards of Sandusky, Ohio, jour nam£ inserted in our monthly list and our interesting club paper all for only 25c.

CHAS, W. Schmidt1130 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, Ohio.

Advertisers! inserted in\ \ EST only 5c aline

or-Jfc a word; thro’ my agency, 1 have other ‘‘Snaps” .STEPHEN BINNIE, Laketon, Ind.

DIXON SOUVENIR CARDS.Hand Colored, 2 for 10 cents.

Join the American Post Card Club only 25 cents,

C. 0, ENGEL,84 Lincoln Ave., Dixon, 111

W H OA MULE! Stop. Say Man look at the bargains in California SouveniPost Cards, and all finely colored.10 Yosem ite Valley and Big T r e e s ...............110 Southern California S c e n e s ..................... 110 Northern “ " ......................... 110 Pacific Coast S cen es ..................................... 110 Topical Tree S cen es........................ .110 Donkey Scenes............................................... 110 San Francisco Cards.....................................110 Indian and Chinese S cen es........................ 110 Los A ngeles S cen es..................................... 110 F ine Anim al cards.................. .. . . .110 Nude and semi-nude baby cards............ 1

6 Mermaid Art card .........................................125 Assorted California cards 35c, 50 for .1 100 for $125, 500 fof 6.00, no two alike,2 ct stamps same as cash. Pacific Photo Gallery, Santa Monica, Galif. Box 174.

49*T ak e tny ad out for get more replies than I can answer.—W. Wiser, ZurichSwiterland.

iriPORTED ART NOVELTIES!Cigar Bands and Labels

Latest NoveltyFor Producing Beautifully Decorated P laq u is, A sh Trays, Sm okers’ Re­q u isites, Card-Tables, Fancy T rays, E tc.

The undersigned having just return- from abroad, has brought w ith him

the largest and best assortm ent of Cigar Bands and L abels ever offered for sale in America, they are the best m oney can produce, and cannot be bought elsewhere at any price.

-------- PR IC ES---------50 Bands and One Center P iece 15c

100 Bands, Tw o Center P ieces, One P iece o f Foil and E dging for 25c F ull directions for m aking any of the above articles with each package.

Address All Orders To

THOS. H. SHERBORNE,29 South 3rd Street,

P hiladelphia, P ennsylvannia.A gen ts write for special prices in large quantities.

E xchange wanted with post card collectors all over the world. A lso from postal clubs o f which I am not a member. J. J . Brennan, L Box 727 Sault S te Marie, Mich.

Cigar band collectors send dupli­cates and receive others in exchange L. C. Barber, 5 L ew is S t. Auburn, New York.

PUBLISH A MAGAZINE

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We furnish 64 pages illustrated matter and handsome colored cov­er monthly. You select your own title, insert local reading and ad­vertising and put magazine out under your own name as editor and proprietor. Particulars and samples for postage (10c) Addres3

Brooks Magazine Syndicate St. Louis Missouri.

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Confederate Sfreasury Dlotes$ 50 W ashington July 25 1861.......... 20c

20 Ships S a i l i n g .................. ........ 20c100 Sept. 2nd 1861 loading cotton . .15c 50 “ “ " Fem ale & Chest 12c20 “ “ '• S h ip s ...................... 05c20 Sam e fem ale and figure 2 0 . . . . 05c 10 * Indians So. Bk Note Co. 75c10 “ Hunter & Child ............20c10 “ Hunter & M em m inger___18c1 0 Fem ale & U rn.................... ...0 8 c10 N egroes picking c o t to n ......... 20c10 Marious Potato B rea k fa st....... 05c5 M em m inger ................................... 22c5 Fem ale on Bale o f C otton .........04c5 S a ilo r ................................................. 05c

100 Cars w ritten dates 1862...............07100 N egroes hoeing dates 1862 ----- 18c

2 South strik ing North 1862 . . . .06c2 Sam e two in green ..................... 1 2 c1 Steam ship 1862.............................. 06c1 Sam e one in g reen ....................... 12c

50c D avis I860 or 1864 each ............ 03c

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$100 Mrs. D avis Dec. 2nd 1862...........35c50 J ef D avis “ “ “ ..........30c20 N ashville Capitol 1862.............. 08c10 M ontgomery Capitol 1 8 6 2 ... .05c5 Richmond Capitol 1862...............05c2 Benjam in 1862 ............................... 07cI C C Clay 1862 ................................ 07c

100 Mrs. D avis April 6 th 1863 ... 30c 50 J ef D avis *' “ “ . . . .2 5 c20 N ashville Capitol 1 8 6 3 . . . . . . . .06c10 M ontgom ery “ 1863................... 04c5 Richmond 1863............................... 04c2 Benjam in 1862................................ 07c1 Clay 1863........... 06c

500 Stonew all Jackson F eb. 17th1864........................................30c

100 Mrs. D avis Feb. 17th 1864 . . . .1 8 c 50 J e f D avis “ “ “ . . . .0 7 c20 N ashville Capitol F eb. 17 1864 03c 10 A rtillery Feb. 17 1864 ........ 03c2 Richmond Capitol Feb. 17 1864 03c2 Benjam in Feb. 17 1864 .......... 06c1 Clay “ “ “ 06c

1Wheeler5Pyletville, SEaryland.

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^Postals.Thousands of first grade Cards only. Send ioc for big catalogue and io good cards.

Uhe jlr tlen a Co.

CALIFORNIAOld M issious. P ill up your sets of

these beautiful souvenir cards. Send 25 cents for 10 varieties post paid.

A L L E N H. WRIGHT San D iego Calif.

San Francisco Earthquake Postal Cards

Tw o of the very best photo cards of the San Francisco ruins mailed separ­ately for 11c. A ny am ount under cov­er 5c each. If there are any particu­lar view s you wish I w ill try to supply your wants.

HARRY BELDING 625 Green A ve.

Benton Harbor M ichiganR ef City T reas. of B. H.

AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS

85 Franklin S t.,

S l e w *2]orkf DC. *}J.

Send me a want list and let me quote you some genuine signatures from 1 0 c up.

A L L E N H. W RIGHT San D iego, Calif.

A Postal Requestw ill bring m y highly in teresting booklet, “ Personally Conducted

Post Card T ou r.”Address,

Lon R. Carlton,B ig Run, Pa.

SixBEAUTIFULLY T INSELED POST CARDSshowing the marriage of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mr. Nich­olas Longworth in East Room of White House, mailed for 15c.

P. J. PLANT,1928 9th St., N. W., .

Washington, D. C.

I Can Seii Your Real Estate or BusinessNo M atter W here L ocated

P r o p e r t i e s a n d B u s in e s s o f a l l k in d s so ld q u i c k ly fo r c a s h in a ll p a r t s o f t h e U n i t ­e d S t a te s . D o n t w a i t . W r i te to d a y d e s c r ib in g w h a t y o u h a v e to se ll a n d g iv e c a s h p r ic e o n s a m e .

If You Want to Buya n y k in d o f B u s in e s s o r R e a l E s t a t e a n y w h e r e , a*, a n y p r ic e , w r i t e m e y o u r r e q u i r e m e n t s . I c a n s a v e y o u t im e a n d m o n e y .

DAVID P. TAFF. The Land M an,415 K a n s a s A v e ., T o p e k a , K a n s a s .

1 9 0 6 N u m i s m a t i c E n c y c lo p e d ia .Just out 8th Edition cloch hound, p iin ted in 3

colors of ink, 142 illustra tion , com prising com ­plete price lists of all desirable colonial U. S. and foreign gold, silver, nickel and copper Coins, e n ­cased postage stam ps,also te rrito ria l and private issues of gold together w ith m uch valuable infor­m ation for the business m an, student and gen er­al reader. Superior to any so called 25c publica­tions on the m ark e t. Our Price Postpaid is :5c. A copy should rest in every num ism atists library.

TRADE-TEM PTERS.1 encased postage stam ps r a r e ........ . ....... |2 502 U. S. ha lf cents different d a te s ............... 258 “ " " '■ ........ . .... t 008 " large cen ts “ “ .. . ..... ....... 25aoo V S " will average g o o d ........... 2 2510 “ “ before 18 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00v S 2c pcs a t sc o r 6 d ifferent d a te s ........... 25'* 3 pcs (silver) 4 d ifferent da les.............. 25“ 3c pcs (n icke ijs different d a te s ......... 25“ 5c pcs (silver) 10 '• .... . . . . . . . . 75

‘‘ loc pcs before 1834....... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20“ 20c pcs very fine lo r ..... . ....... .............. 35" 25c Isabella Quarters, n e w ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70'■ 50c before 1820 a ll very fine............ . ..... 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 3 0 ............. ..................... 60

$1 s ilver 1799 fine for ............ 2 35. . . . . . . . . . . . before 1873 f in e .... ...... 1 40" '* “ tra d e a ll fine-each ....... ..... . . . . . . . . 80

T h e A r n o l d N u m i s m a t i c C o .;107 M athew son St., Providence, R. I.

Exchange Notices.Send them in. The trade or X ads only cost tc a word. They are profitable to the advertiser and profitable to the reader. Hundreds uf them are published every year. )4c word when 50 or more

Souv post cards, must come thro mail address­ed and postmarked. I,eland Webb, Paradise, Ks.

Beautiful California minerals. Pink green and blue tourmalines beryls kunites and others. R M Wilke 2627 Piedmont Ave Berkeley Cal.

Stamps bo't and sold for cash or X. Corres­pondence solicited. Wholesale price lists want­ed. Friedr Oekonfcls. Stamp Merchant. Solin- gen Germany.

I buy sell or X minerals rocks ores fossils relics of stone shell bone ivory wood copper bronze sil­ver add gold; weapons and sundry curios typical of the various races and tribes of "the earth; art objects of all kinds; antique furniture utensils jewelry dishes etc; shells and m arine curios coins stamps books historical souv etc. F G Hillman 63 Hillman SI New Bedford Mass.

Wanted—Amatures haring cameras (not ko daks). 4x5 or any size larger can earn {5.00 a wk by taking pictures for us at home. Send stamp for particulars. Oval Portrait Co. Caxton Build- Chicago.

Stamps and P P C s to X for fossils, numerals. W C Shields 1509 Young St Honolulu Hawaii.

Wanted to X with begginers in Canada. Send sheets o f Brit. No. Amer. p ostage, n o rev. and rec mine of U S and forn. E. 'I . Cocke, Berliu Wis. Ri Box 101.

Fine cigar ribbons one dollar per hundred postage and registration 12c extra. Frank Brown 901 Main St. Worcester, Mass. 7-3

Wanted—American tobacco tags also polar bear stickers and coupons. I to 4c cat value in stamps for each whole tag. Send a trial hundred C L Hoevet, Fairfield. Neb.

X cards for stamps and stamps for unused cards. X unused U S and foreign cards under cover I3, 15c and higher values U S wanted for cards. Send approval sheets and receive mine. Good X given for graphaphoue disc records. Robert MacMillan, 4320 Grant St. Omaha. Nebr

I have an Eastman Kodak, irocket not folding 2x254 film, would like to x for Plate Camera. Geo. W. Smith, 429-46 St. Brooklyn N. Y.

Frank Browu dealer in United States and for­eign coins. Collections bought, sold and X. Member American Numismatic Association. 901 Main St. Worcester. Mass.

D ea leisin Views, Bromide Enlargem ents and Wild Game Post Cards. Send for sample. W S. and A. F. Berry, Gardiner, Mont.

Skull and bones I dug from mound. X Indian relics, guns, send outlines. Pierce J. Fouts. Sta. D. Grand Rapids, Mich.

1 buy and X postage stamps, paym ent in American money. Arturo Bori y Tiillas, Mar­ina baja 47. Santiago de Cuba.

Wanted to x view postcards for same, no com­ics desired. Mrs. Chas E Dunham, Minonk, 111.

A few buffalo teeth for souv. postcards. Views of capitol buildings preferred. Everett Webb, Paradise Ks.

Wanted—Two good typewriters o f standard m ake,fine stam ps to X for same, would pay part cash $2$o piano player and I300 photo gallery outfit, both new. to sell or X for best offer. C L Hoevet, Fairfield Nebr.

J®*Got over 2 0 0 replies to my half page ad, I think it the best ad medium in itsclass.—M. Roig, Havana, Cuba.

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TO THE READERS OF THE WEST.We beg to announce that we have secured space in the WEST for some time

to come and are desirous of receiving your patronage. The lines we handle consist of Diamonds, Cut Glass, Jewelry Novelties etc. Our designs are the latest, pat­terns the richest. Every thing strickly original and in the best of taste. In our line of Jewelery Novelties you will find artistic creations in Parisian and Oriental- designs, making it the quaintest and most attractive line ever shown. We guaran­tee our goods and make the prices low enough so they will speak for themselves. We do business on a cash basis only, but are this month offering two great credit specials. Your patronage will be highly appreciated.

W a t c h S o b s .

Nothing in watch fobs can be found that is more unique than the one shown in this illustration. The Metallic parts are all in gold, the fabric being snake skin H inches wide, the horse shoe in ocean pearl and the mask charm in hand carved ivory effect Japanese face design. The whole combination gives a peculiarly Oriental effect and the sym ­bolism makes it one of the quaintest mascots imaginable. It is in the best of taste and yet the design is so original, so fraught with the artists creative sk ill, that it will attract attention anywhere. It is' dlf- erent from all other watch guards. That’s why you will like it. Price $1.50—50c down and the the balance in 2 weekly installments of 50c each. Send reference with order. Good for this month only.

Sold Signet Slings engrai

Plain signet can be

engraved.

This Signet ring is one of the prettiest specimens of the art nowveau having all the hall marks of the Parisian

schcol of design. It will encbance the jewel cabinet of the most fastadious. We make a specialty of original designs and the above will bear out our already splen­did reputation for new and artistic creations. Our credit offer combined with our money saving prices puts this offer in the reach of every one. Price $5.00. $1.00 down, the balance in 4 monthly installments of $1.00 each, or if preferred in 8

weekly installments of 50c each. Send reference with order. Be sure and State Size of Ring wanted. '

. Uhe Emporium,Q&sian. Sowa.

83TDo not forge : to m ention the W E ST when dealing with advertiser. It w illbe appreciated.

Jlgents 'Wanted7 !

Jlgents WantedFOR THIS FAST SELL­

ING $50.00 TYPE­W RITER.

A D D R E S S

AMERICAN OFFICESUPPLY CO.

1 5 1 0 HOWARD ST.

OMAHA, NEB.

Hava You These Cards?20 varieties View Cards for 15cNorth Dakota Capitol Building 3cSet of 6 colored Flag Girls (fine) 15cFrisco Earthquake views 5 for 10cIndians (assorted) 6 for 10cColored views of Fargo 6 for llicBlacks " *“ 10 " 10cFinest colored com ics (latest) 8 for 10c60 Harvesters in 50.000 acre wheat field. Pyramid Park (Bad Lands) of N. Dak. The Limited E x­press. Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone Park. Beehive Geyser and hundreds of other beautiful colored cards at 2 for 5c. Tell us what vou want. Souvenir Card Exchange Club, Fargo, N Dak.

Imported Colored Postal

cards (not comic) l/4 c each inelots of 20 from all over the world. Send 10c silver Sample5.

Standard Card Co.,Box 775 Haverhill, Mass.,

Satisfaction guaranteed. Cata­logue for lc stamp.

Are You In­terested In Relics from

Pioneer Homessuch as furniture for the fireplace, rare pieces for the Mantel. Candle- sticks.snuffers and Extinguishers bet- ty lamps. Whale- oil or Cumphine lamps, spinning wheels.old colored print pictures,mir­rors, civil war newspapers, let­ters Envelopes

historic glassw are and flasks, old china dishes historic and others, pewterware. old arms, flint' lock m uskets, shotguns, rifles, horse pistols, pocket p istols, quaint powder and ball pistols and revolvers. Early U S and Civil war sword, bayonets, canteens cartridges equipments etc. Many curious old loaded cartridges, fine stone Indian relics. Bargains in celts and arrows and many other good pieces. Many M iscellan­eous antique articles, flint steel and tinder for starting fire the old way. First sew ing ma­chines. curious Sw iss m usic boxes, old watches, snow shoes. Dutch pipes, etc.PRICE LIST FOR STAMPS.

DAVIS BROTHERS, Kent, Ohio.

’Out ad is O K, received several orders already.—W. Berry, Gardiner, Mont.

F i n e s t u s e d P o s ta l c a r d s f r o m a ll p a r t s o f t h e w o r ld a t th e lo w c o s t o f l c e a c h in lo ts o f 50 o r m o re . T h e s t a m p s o n th e m c o s t m o r e t h a n t h i s a lo n e . F o r l a c k o f ro o m is w h y w e o ffe r th e m a t t h e lo w c o s t o f l c e a c h . W e s o ld o n e p a r ty o v e r 2 0 0 0 , w h o g o t o n e lo t , s o y o u m a y k n o w th e y a r e t h e f in e s t .L . B r o d s t o n e , S u p e r i o r , N e b .

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s a m p l e d o z e n o f m y P O S T C A R D C L I P S , w h e n y o u s e e h o w n i c e y o u c a n a r r a n g e y o u r P O S T C A R D S a n d P H O T O S y o u w il l w a n t m o r e . A s a s p e c i a l i n d u c e m e n t t o g e t y o u t o t r y t h e m I w i l l s e n d w i t h e a c h d o z e n a h a n d s o m e c o lo r e d p o s t c a r d o f N i a g a r a F a l l s F R E E .

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a t t e m p te d t h e g r e a t w o r k w h ic h T h e P a c if ic M o n th ly is d o in g . I t i s in a c la s s b y i t s e l f . T h e P a c if ic M o n th ly d e p ic t s t h o u r o u g h lv t h e g r e a t m o v e ­m e n t s w h ic h a r e m a k in g fo r t h e S u ­p r e m a c y o f t h e P a c if ic . I t i s c h a r a c t e r ­i s t ic a l l y w e s te r n . I t t e l l s y o u a b o u t t h e o p p o r t u n i t i t e s , d e v e lo p m e n t a n d p r o g ­r e s s ; y e t i t i s o f g e n u in e i n t e r e s t fo r m a n y o t h e r r e a s o n s . I t is b r o a d in i t s s c o p e . I t i s b e a u t i f u l l y a n d e la b o r a t e ly i l l u s t r a t e d . I t h a s e ig h t w id e a w a k e d e - l p a r tm e n t s v i r i le , t im e ly , e v e n o n e c h a r ­a c te r iz e d b y e n th u s ia s m a n d e n e r g y . N o m a g a z in e h a s m o re s t o r i e s m o n th l y , a n d T h e P a c if ic M o n th ly s t o r i e s a r e | s n a p p y - - y o u r e a d a n d e n jo y th e m .

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1 Bolo carved from Caraboa Horn.1 Genuine Ebony Cane.2 P a irs of Curious N ative Shoes.1 T anay Petate (M at.)

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Sell or exchange good gold watch for Coin or Bills also old Pistols, rooo m agazines of all kinds to exchange for Coins, old Spur, and swords. Sabers and Army Saddles. Write CLIFFORD G. PALMER. Onarga, 111. [No postals] all let­ters ans. Gold Dollars wanted, any date also trade dollars. Will buy or exchange.

Cliff6rd (J Palmer, Onarga, 111.

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15 different leaves of Oregon, includ­ing some rare specimens for 15c post paid. You need a package in your co l­lection.

MARY DAVIDSON.Peak, Oregon.

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EXCHANGESHalf cost for half tone and zinco cuts used in the WEST.. We offer all those not taken or been used at half price, runs from ioc up and can be used for Post Card .Calender letter heads etc. Let us know what No and vot. you see the cuts, used in and nam es of ones you wish, and the price will be given you by return mail. Most are used only once so art the same as new. and would cost double what we offer them at. Write today before they are taken. L- Brodstone. Su­perior, Nebr.

Curios for curios. Write F Ray Risdon E 778 Washington St Los Angeles Cal.

Would like to X Cigar Bands and Labels for others not in m y collection- F. M. Lymburner Fonthill, Ont. Lock Box ISZCarada,

25 m ixed New York street car transfers for every stam p cat at 10c or over. Fred Vogt, 2844 Broadway, New York. N. Y.

Will X post cards with anyone, any kind but comics, colored prefered. H C Jtnn in gs, Valen­tine Neb.

Wanted. Foreign Square Cut Envelopes and Adhesive in X for stamps and photo post cards. Burtice H. Wilson, 1102 17 St., Rock Island 111.

Columbian Exposition stereographs a little faded X for stamps coins etc. A. L. Morris 294 W 15th St. Chicago. 111.

For sale or X 33 printing cuts.composing stick and printing paper for ancient Indian relics. A, Broadsword. Route 1 Spencer, O.

Printers: I want 10.000 circulars each month. Send prices. Warren McKnight, No. 415 4th St. Sioux City, la.

Dr. K & Co. Provisional Proprietary on 1. 2 <51 3Ct postage stamps x fo r good foreign. Price $4 per set, Gothic or Celtic type. Win. A. Sissou, 314 P ine St., St. Louis. [0-3J

Want pair good Field Glasses for camera, rifle, violin. State price, condition, make. Geo. P. Miller, Hannibal. Mo.

t- S Rev Stamps 1865 issue cat from 2c to J3, 1898-1900 Private Rev,some Hawaiin Postage and Sc Provisional Envelopes unused and entire. Old Foreign Silver and Copper Coins also 11 S Coins mostly copper cents, 52 diff Copper Cents 1795 to 1837 poor to good, for Stamps and Coins not 111 my. collection. Henry J. Anderson, 236 Union St. Napa, Cal.

I collect only perfect prehistoric stone imple. ments. Correspondence with other collectors desired. John J Arthur, 1405 East loth St. Topeka Kan.

Fine stamps to X for first class birds eggs and skins. F. T. Corless.804 E 14 St.lv Portland Ore.

Wilt X good stamps also bills anil several val­uable articles for good stamps or hills for my collection. Send s.-lection and rec. mine. Dr. Chas. C, Scott. 2815 wabash Ave., Kansas City. Mo.

Books, magazine, stamps, jewelry, field glass­es. for coins, relics, curios, etc. J. Dalton, box 202.Wellsville, O.

Mr. T. Yamamuro. 313 Minainigata, Okayama, Japan, collector of manner, custom, and nude cardsfnude strictly enclosed in envelope).

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EarthquakePost Cards of San F ran ­

cisco and V icinity.They will give you a good idea

of the Situation as it was and is.Send 25c and

I will send you a dozen, no 2 alike post paid. Will Exchange Post Cards with Anyone in This World or the Next.

Joe Q alew skyStationery & Book Seller.

S t. Helena, California.

Beautiful SouvenirPost Cards

/It Wholesale Prices.Skyscrapers and views of New

York and other big cities, historic scenes, screamingly funny comics lithographed in colors. Pyro-graphic post cards, look like pic­tures burnt on wood, the latest novelty. Dutch Tile Cards print­ed to represent old-fashioned tile pictures, charming, quaint, origi­nal, hundreds of different kinds. Hot sellers everywhere. They sell at two for 5c, never less, some­times 5 cents each. All the rage. Everybody buys them. We’llsend you 50, all different, for 40 cents or 100 for 75 cents postpaid. Six sample cards mailed for a dime.

IT). Beecher,668 Sixth /Ivc.,

DctP York, n. Y.#®"My ads brought good replies and business booming —S. Taylor, Berkely .Calif.

WANTED!For cash anything relative to Island

of GUAM, addresses, clippings, photos, cancelled stamps, curios, etc. Write,

OWEN T. BREW ER,Owens, De Soto Co., Fla.

Exchange wanted with card collectors everywhere. Foreign es­pecially but all write. Every card answers. Correspondents also want­ed with collectors in foreign count­ries. E. R. Stiles. Box 44, Monc­ton, N. B. Canada. (5-6)

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Natural History Specimens, Tools, and Supplies.

CATALOGUE FREE.Or Letter, Send for one of the

following Bargain collections:8 fine Showy Shells, postpaid.. 50c12 fine Minerals, postpaid.........50c10 Good Fossils, “ 50c

A. W. JONES,Box 377, Salina, Kan.

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F or S a le To Close Out

O n Account of Age and Retirement from Business.

My whole collection of Indian and other curios consisting of Indian Bead Work, Bows and Arrows Flint Arrows, Spear points, Moccasins, Purses and Bags, Quirts, Boys Beaded Buckskin Coats and Vests, Belts and Hat Bands, Elk Skin Coat, Buffalo Powder Horn and Pouch Straps Beaded, Pappoose Carrier, and Baskets. The largest col­lection of Prehistoric Marterv Pestels and Charm or Ceretnontal Stones in the U. S. Indian Skulls, old Indian Saddle etc. Clay Faces of Indian Gods, Nava- ho, Indian Weaver, pottery and Beads from Florida Mounds, Mexican Indian pottery, Brass Candlesticks, Boomer­angs and Nula-Nula Clubs from Aus­tralia, Chinese pipes and Fiddles,Cones from Big Trees 6x7 in and 5 lg 12 to 14in a Japanes* suit of Armor 150 years old, Cal Wood Canes, Bullets from Battle Fields, Old Guns, Pistols, Swords, Knives Bolos Indian Shell M oney(Ky Yah) Tappa Cloth from Samoa and others to numerous to mention.

TO EXCHANGE EGGS No. 1, X» 'A• 15 1-1, 18 1-1 End Blown 70)4, 30 5-1, 31a 4-1. 86b 1-1, 120aX, 120c X, 12154, 122 10 4, 123X. 123b 4-4, 187)4.191)4:, 219 1-9, 220 1-6. 221X. 226X. 305 1-5, 319)4, 312)4, 342)4, 365)4, 373 1 1, 412 1-6. 417 1-1, 444)4, 456 1-7, 476 1 6, 4g" 1-5. 494X- 498)4 . 510 1-5, 53S)4. 581 1-5, 612)4, 613)4, 616)4,618)4, 705X 766 1-5. 131)4. 313)4, 316)4.126 1-1 128 1-1. 133 1 -6 , 292a 1-12, 292b% . 2921- 10. For other first class only in sets with date. What have you.

FOR SALEDuplcate Gold dollars, X Eagles and

£5.00; Silver X. X, 1 0 c, Sc, 3c. 2c and large lc.

J. B. LewisPET.iLUM A, SONOMA CO.,

CALIFORNIA.

A S. of C. C. 383. Also a 5x8 Camera with Tripod for best offer of Cash or Eggs, No Common Wanted.

(S3TMy o n ly r e g r e t I h a v e is t h a t T d id n o t a d v e r t i s e in t h e W E S T s o o n e r , a n d e n c lo s e a d fo r n e x t 6 m o n t h s . — H . D e c k e r , L a P o r t e , In d .

OldestSecond hand Amateur and Regular Printer’s ware house in U. S.

Established in 1877, Hand and Rotary Presses, type & c at lowest prices. Ask for list. P rin ter’s Supply House Richland, Pa.

Do you want to know how to make the best glos­sy inks, such as fine pen­man use? If so send i»>- ten cents for which I a i s send in return 5 formulas

J telling how to m ake white, black, green, blue and violet ink. This ink can be made for 3c a bottle and sold at 15c a bottle. Sit

J down now and send for these formulas, and ( begin m aking money. Raymond B. Wilson t Zion City 111. (3-3)Cw/

IF YOU COLLECTBirds or their nests and eggs, shells, minerals, fossils, Indian relics. You need T ie Oologist. “ Best Exch. Medium’’ H. A. S .—N. Dak. Hundreds of similar testimonials. Monthly 50c per year. Free exchange notice or sale notice to every subscriber, sample copy for stamp.ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y.

Editor and Manager.

START A MIRROR

FACTORYThere is easy work and big profits in

this trade for some one in every town. The price of a new mirrow, 18 x 36, at most any store is $2.00 to $<>.00, You can silver a glass of this size for 20 cents. A moment's thought will show yon the im m ense profits.

The expense of going into business is but a trine as you have no machinery or tools to buy. The necessary chem i­cals may be obtained at any drug store and you can do the work right at home in your kitchen. We have sold our re­nowned process for years, hundreds of them, for $:.oo to (2.00. and they are worth the money.

Special price now 50 cents [for a short time only) if you will return this adver­tisement with your order. We also tell you, Free of Charge, how to Emboss, Grind, Foil, Gold Deaf, Frost, Chip and make Imitation Stained Glass. How to Transfer, Photos oil glass. How to bore holes in glass and cut skylights. All the above and more for the small sum of 50 cents. Money back if you are not pleased.

G. L. PATTERSON Dept. 2 Chicago 111.

EXCHANGESTo Advertisers; The West has the largest

guaranteed circulation among collectors an d a thrifty, intetigent and prosperous class of people good mail order customers. We make a spe cial rate to advertisers of lc a word and a 4 in ad will be inserted one time for $2.00. or a 1 in ad three tim es for $2.00 cash or stamps with order. The West, Superior. Ntu.

Ten cents pays membership with all benefits. Why not join? Universal Sovuenir Card Society, Indiana Harbor Ind.

1000 Iowa Coal fossils to exchange for good In dian relics. Tell me what you have and what you want. John W Wright Knoxville la.

Wanted to X .with collectors government issues of foreign postal cards will also trade both used and unused souv cards for government issues. Send list and receive mine. D. R. Streets M D Bridgeton New Jersey.

For X:—Cabinet specimens manseneto and package black sand for 200 stamps. Send. J. F. Lawson. Butte A., Oroville, Cat.

The undersigned desires to make exchanges with collectors on the basis of Scott's cat prices. Send sheets to W. H. Bainbridge, Searchligt, Lincoln Co/Nevada. - -5-4

1000 western postmarks with daubers sent post paid for $1 E. R. Steinbrueck, Mandan, N. D.

Uniform buttons wanted, army, navy, state, city, including all kinds railroad.police.fire dept, lodge, band, mail carriers, street cars, asylum s schools and colleges. Will return favor. Helen Cavanah, Gen l Del Station B, Kansas City, Mo.

Views of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire to X for views of interest also post cards of same. Send as many as you wish. Will give good X. Joe Galewsky, St Helena, Napa Co.Cal.

Will buv stamps coins and Xndiftn relics. Good prices and cash by return mail cat and up. $3.00 for some large cents. Send 4c stam ps for new buying lists etc. Chas. Kybolt, Mulberry O.

NOTICE.—A relic from the Great earthquake and fire of San Francisco, 15c and 25c, 5 var Hawaiian Island postal cards unused 15c; a doz­en Old Indian Wampum money 15c; 50 var Cigar bands 15c; 50 var Street Car transfers 30c. all post paid. BURNS CHERRY, 7S1 12th St , Oakland Cal. (5.3)

Coal fossils any kind any quantity to X for good prehistoric Indian relics. J. W. W right Knoxville, la.

For X for anything of value, preferable a dia­mond, a town lot in Garfield Co Okla. Worth about $40 or $50. Town situated on two railroads. Best county in the state and property wilt ad­vance. Will X for best* oiler. W, C. Stone 908 West 13th St Kansas City Mo.

Som ething new 10 colored post cards of Venice of America, and Ocean Parks for 15c. Pacific Photo Gallery, Santa Monica Cal.

Itis natural for you to want to ex things you aTe tired of, have outgrown or have no further use for. But it is hard to find the person that has what you want and who wants what you have. “The Trader or Ex" columns furnishes the op­portunity. you may find just what you want by readiug the little ads, Try one at lc a word. Pays big. 3 insertion for price of 2.

Will X coin stamps and curios for old pistols guns war and Indian relics or curios. Describe w hat you have and what you want. Howard Al­lard 3147 Easton Ave. St Louis Mo.

New Orleans souv post card for five tob tags. N W ells Longshore 206 Carotidelet St N ew Or­leans La.

FOR SA LE —Foreign and United States, coins, copper, nickel, silver and Base S ilver, Hom ing P igeons, Game Bantam s, Cavies solid and broken colors, mounted birds and anim ats, a collection of birds eg g s in sets, a good m any with nests, Buffalo horns polished or in the rough, A. Kibbe, M ayville, N. V. 7-3

A RADICAL DEPARTURET he most popular illustrated week­

lies and m onthlies are produced at enormous cost. Competition for the work of the leading authors and illu s­trators have established a scale of expense that is alm ost prohibitive., Yet in addition to its many attrac­tive features T h e S u n d a y C h i c a g o R e c o r d -H e r a e d furnishes its readers w ith a Sunday M agazine which com pares favorably w ith the independent periodicals in every way and has som e m erits peculiar to itse lf. The most fam ous w riters and illustrators contribute to it . Fine paper and press work and handy size make it a pleasure to read th is en terta in ing pub­lication which marks a radical depar­ture in Sunday journalism .

MARINE SHELLS AND CUROISTwelve shells and curios for 50c all good speci­mens. Collections of choice

shells from 25c to $1. Illustrated catalogue and a showy shell sent for ten cents. Special listof Fla. and W. I. shells for dealers.

J. H. HOLHES, Dunedin, Fla.HAND PAINTED TAPESTRY

SOFA PILLOWSend for a hand Painted tapestry Sofa pillow top made from white- velvetine,"of the the very richest. No oil n n especia lly prepared for tapeslrv paintings. These do not fade nor wear oft, and produce a perfect natural shade. Try and see for yourself by ordering a fine hand printed design by Miss M. Keller. Its no m echanics Iwork but free hand drawing or designing. Once you see the natural wreath of roses or brown eyed Susans, you can't help but im agine the room filled with the fragrance o f a natural flower. Prices range from Jti.oo up to $1.75 according to the size of the design. But each design is tne correct size suitable Tor a sofa pillow but the $1.75 and I1.50 are the more elaborate in design. Send at once and get your orders in on time. First come are the first served.write at once to Madeline Keller, Junean Wis.. R. No. 1, Box 18.U. S. A.

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which has changed management and fo.r the next thirty., [30] days we "will accept a six months trial subscription for 10 cents.

Special, 30 D&ys O nly 6 Months For 10 Cents

AMERICAN POST CARD JOURNAL215 WABASH AVE.

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J•^"Discontinue my ad, replies art coming so fast I can’t keep up.—F. Andeson

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Size in. Price 5c each. Order by number. S3.50 per ICO

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Can we put our shoes on your feetShoe Department

Glass Block

Comic post cards, 500 designs to select from. A fine revolving display rack w ith 1 0 0 0 cards, $10.00. Birthday and Holiday cards, fancy.color- ed and embossed at $1.25 per 100. A fu ll line w ill be sent on approval to reliable dealers on request. Fancy imported and dom estic cards to retail for 5c and 10c each. P ostal Card Album s, b ig line. Presto pic­tures are the latest, Send 10c for sample, and mention the W EST.

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WE ARE STILL IN THE

P O ST C A R D B U S IN E S SHowever and will devote our entire attention to it in the future.BEGINNING THIS MONTH WE ARE GOING TO HAVE “MONTHLY SPECIA LS.0 Great bar­gains in Post Cards and Supplies!

O U R AUGUST SPEC IA LIS

L E A T H E R C A ltD SWe are making a special price on Leather Cards of

5c Ea.ch, Set of 15. at 75cThese sets make just the right size for pillows.

Send for Price List of our cards. 10 sample cards for 15 cents.

HUDSON-GALLAGHER PUB. CO.

4280 EVANS AVE.

ST. LOUIS MISSOURI.

CIGARSFrom Factory To Smoker.

For 75 cent money order I will send to any address in the L'. S. a box of 25 High Grade Cigars. Price list free.

Paul M eyer,Cigar Manufacturer,

Arlington, Neb

Morey’s "Snaps No, I".Copper cents, large, 25 diff dates

good to fine................................... $1 .0 0Nickel cents, including flying eag­

les, six diff dates Unc.......................50Two cent pieces, 1872 very scarce

Three lor .......... *50Hard times token lOvar very good -50 Civil war tokens 25var good to unc .5o Medallets Lincoln and others lOvr .75Foreign coins, 25 var...............................25Confederate bills 25 var................... 1.00Broken bank bills 10 var........................ 50Roman coins 10 v a r ................ 75

Come quick, as when stock is gonesame cannot be duplicated. Send for my Auction Monthly List. H. E. Mor­ey 31 Exchange S t.. Boston, Mass.

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Sale/Beautiful and rare Hawaiian land

shells, in collections or separately. Bargains to inquirers Irridecent Tasm anian, shell necklaces, each two yards long, any color sent, price per necklace #1.25.

t . N. EROM LUF *• 1309 Date Street,

Honolulu. T. H. (6-4)•++++♦+++++++i+

+ Souvenir Post Cards*4*+ of San Fiancisco earthquake + and fire, 25 cents per dozen. + Book of 25 views of earth- + quake, different from post I cards, 20 cents. Fine color - I ed cards of California, 25 I cents per dozen. All post ■ paid, mailed separate 3 cents + each. Exchange desired.* Star Card Co., R.F.D.4, Los* Angeles, California.

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’ A M E S L O N E -E L K ( O c m .allh S io u x )C opyright 1899 H ty ft P b » l« t O n i l i i

This Beautiful Indian Picturewill add a charm, a fascination and a sen?- o f culture to the parlor, den or

drawing rw m a> nothing else can.It i> a halftone print in colors epon the highest grade enamel paper.

7x9 in sue, anJ ul!? V.* :tm to ary addre1#, readv for framing,

• Vor 10 CentsT his pi dure grace# the walls o f every art room in the country and

usually sells fer at least $2.00. Enclose a dime or $ two-cent stamps to-day

while this offer lasts. Address—

American Office Supply Manufacturing Co.,1510 Howard St., OMAHA, NEBR.

MEXICAN PALH LEA F HAT 50cAn Ideal Hat for Fishing, Camping, and the Seashore.

No hat procurable at double the price we ask is as suitable for the hunter.camper, or fisherman as our hand-woven Mexican Palm Leaf Hats. T! ese are woven en ­tirely by hand by skilled Mexicans in Mexico, from strong palm fiuic, especially for us, and we import them direct. They are double weave, durable, and light in weight.

This hat is light weight but very strong, with colored design woven in brim. It tetailsfor SI,00 hut we send it to any address, prepaid, for only 50 cents, as a leader. The same hat in plain de­sign 40 cents, or the two hais—one colored ndd one plain—for 75 cents. All sizes; 1 'rge, ro Jium and small.

This hat is sim ilar f i l m the above, but

plain design, larger size, talley crown, and with 6 -inch brim, yet weighs only six ounces. An ideal fisherman’s hat. Retail value $1.50 but sent prepaid anywhere for 75 cents. All sizes.

THE FRANCIS E. LESTER CO flPAN Y,

D epartm ent Y 6 Hesilla P ark, New Mexico

Post Cards From Your Photos

The Very Finest Collotype W ork. ^

I am American representative for one ot the best Post Card manufactures in German}’, and am enabled to quote you a price of >

$6.00 per 1,000For sample card or othes information write to •

Jno. Straley,Com anche,

5 Beautiful Sea Shells for 10c.Postpaid.

Mrs. Susan M. Mohr, Lealman, Fla.

BADGER CARD COMPANY, Manufacturers of Wood Veneer Post

Cards, A Great Novelty.TWO RIVERS, WIS.

Send for Samples.

R_m oved to W akefield,R. I.

William P. Arnold.We have on hand a very fine lot of

Indian Relics which will he offered at Reduced prices during August and Sep* tembcr It is your interest to write me. A nice liberal Sample, price list and large packet of drawings for 15c. Lib­erty cent over 10 0 years old 1 0 c, 1 0 curi­os, coins, etc., 16c; 5 fine old coins 10c.

W. P. ARNOLD, Wakefield, R. I.

C an ad ianPost Ca.rds.

Black and white or colored,Ocean to Ocean Series

25c a dozen.Beautifully Colored M oonlight Scenes

on Muskoka Lakes, “ T he Killarney of America” , The Canadian Rockies and all the important cities. Also Mezzo- graphs of Canadian Art Series, 30c a dozen. •

Satisfaction guaranteed or Money refunded.

Send 3c for sample. Stamps Accepted. PHOTO CARDS. Canadian Scenery

and Animals 5c each.

A. T. BROWN.Acton. Ont.. Carvocda..

FOR SALE—-Labor Saving Leads, Slugs, Brass Rule and Wood Furniture, Write for free list. EVANS BROS., Union City, Ind.

12 beautiful postal cards just ar­rived from J a p a n ..............................25o

D. WOOYENO322 Lake St . Petoskey, M ich.

SOUVENIR Pi 1ST A1. C.AHDS Not sold elsewhere. Set fiom Egypt 25c. Ice. land 25c; India 25c; Argentine Republic 25c: Alaska ioc. Madegascar 25c; Newark 10c. Try a trial adv. in the SHOW I.IFE theatrical monthly 50c a year. 4 lines, 7 months 25c. 308 Plane St. Newark. N. J.

OUR COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE “A 20 Page Monthly Publication”

Contains 15 continued articles, also C. N. A. D e p a r m e n t , SOUVENIR CARD EXCHANGE and Corresponding Infor­mation Bureau. A years trial sub°crip- tion for 20c, including free Souvenir P. C. of S. F. Earthquake.

Write to-day! Address,Souvenir P. C. Dept., OUR COMMON­

WEALTH MAGAZINE,Los Angeles, Calif.

Representatives WANTED Everywhere; Salary or Commission,

Printing.100 Calling C ard s..............35c100 white X X X envelopes 35c

Satisfaction Guaranteed.

A. 3. Houston,615 West 6th St.,

Little Rock, Arkansas.

5t. Louis Post CardsColored Cards 2 for 5c.Set of 10. 25c.Worlds Fair in Nut shell interesting

cu-nous 1 0 c each.

WM. SKELCHER,6121 W Park Ave.,

St. Louis, Mo.

My ad in the W EST brought so many replies I have no more goods that I had in my ads—F. Risdon, Los Angeles, Calif.

C O I N S .All kinds Wanted in Exchange.

Foreign and silver coin accepted lace value of U. S. money. For every dollars worth of U. S, coins I offer £3 00 worth of stamps with your selection, or J ipagead . S p e c i a l For every 51.0 ' Gold piece, any date, I offer six dollars worth of Stamps or % page ad. Another B g Of­fer! For every $5 00 Gold piece 1 offer $12 worth of stamps or '/z pane a I. Also wish Broken Bank Bills. Shinplasters, (wild cat issues). Confederate Notes, if in good shape- Send sample.

Send alt coins registered.L . T . B r o d s t o n e , S u p e r io r , N e b .

Send m e an arrow-head, g iv in g lo­ca lity w here found, and I w ill m ail you a in llotype postcard of T exas co t­ton field.— W . Stxaley, Com anche. Tex

p o s t c a r d s !A dozen fin e once postpaid for 25c.

•Includes im ported view cards o f Com ­anche. No half-tones.— JNO. ST R A - L E Y , Comanche, Texas.

Do Not T hese Interest You.“The Mineral collector” a m onthly m agazine

devoted the interests of the collector, student and dealer, $i per year, siugte copies to cts.

‘'Crystals and Gold." hy Rev. R. L- Cross, c lo th b o u n d .il. Circular free.

"Vade Mectim Guide,” a tiook for beginners in Mitterology bV Prof I.. P. Gratacap. Curator American "Museum Natural History, full of fine half tones, price $t. circulars free."

‘Gems and Getn Minerals ” by Dr. Oliver C. Harrington, the most beautiful tjook of its kind published. o%cr too m inerals in colors, hundreds of illustrations, a ten dollar hook for $3. Arthur Chamberlain. 222 W. 67th St.. N. Y. City.

. CARN THIS ART You can n ow leava *.ne

wonderful art of Taxider­my. which was long kept se­cret. We teach you by m a il to correctly mount Birds. Animals, Fishes. Heads. Tan Skins, makeflne rugs. and collect Insects. A delightful, fascinating art. easUy and quickly learned by Men, Women and Boys. Sportsmen and Naturalist can save and mount their

I own. beautiful trophies, dec­orate home. den. or office,

and make b ig p ro fit s by mountings for frtendsi T h o u s a n d s o f S u c c e s s f u l G ra d u a te s. Full course Id 13lessons. S ta n d a rd M e th o d s .

TulUon rate very low . Satbtactlonormoney back— always. We want to send you full particulars. O u r New C a ta lo sa n d tH e T a x id a rm y M a g a z in e —A ll F re e . Don’t delay, but Investigate this now .

The Northwestern School of Taxidermy, ilnc.i Onaha. Neb.

Ex c h a n g e , w a n t -o r TR AD 2 COLUMN

One exchange notice of 15 words free to each subscriber with yearly subscriptions. For sale notices tc per word, 50 words 25c.

Manual of land and fresh water shells of the British Isle with figures of each kind by Win Purton M D published in London 1857 fully 300 pages. W ill X for stamps of any kiud. Herman W Boers 323 Erskitie St Detroit Mich.

Stamps on approval at 75 perc dis. W A Im- bler, Covina Calif.

Old manuscripts wanted; x stam ps or souv post cards. If deiired w ill but if lowest cash price is given. Verna Weston, Dallas buz Co Penn

W anted—U S fractional currency, conf cur. broken bang bills, wild cat issues miscellaneous and state issues o f 1861-65. Canadian issues bills wanted for private collection. Fred Whittemore 92SCenter St.. Des Moines. Iowa.

Money Loaned on stamps or stauipcollections.F. Michael. 258 W Madison .St. Chicago ill. Mem­ber APA and C P S . (5-3)

Texas relics wanted. Write for list of interest­ing and valuable specim ens from other portions of the f S to X for prehistoric relics o f Texas.W K Moorehtad. Andover Mass 4-6

Ex wanted in souv post cards.ee11uloid buttons badgesand medals. Mrs. H J Baum. 131 Haledou Ave. Paterson N. J.

The Business Mans Magazine. Scribners, to ex for Tobacco Tags. N W ells Longshore 2522 La. harpe SI, New Orleans La.

To ez for stamps, large dark-room lantern, pair of skates carryiug case for buttf rfly collect­ors, scroll-saw patterus. leather for fancy work etc. Particulars for 2c stamp. F O Willius. 527 Laurel Ave. St Paul, Minu

Want to ex Western and Southers states relics for New E ng relics. A collection of 200 sea shells for relics. A E Marks, East Orland, Me.

Prc postage stamps wanted w ill give cash or X W A Itnbler Covina Cal.

J D Cox, stam ps and coins X. Upper Stew- iacke, Nova Scotia. Canada.

Brand new Nat Automatic Telegraph Trans, m iner. With this instrum ent anyone can be- . come an expert tel operator. W ill X for coins indiau relics or sea curios. Write for further particulars. Worthy Edwards South Bend Wash.

Souv cards issued by Brazil gov show ing Bra­zilian World's Fair views to sell or X for stam ps T C Mann 1416 Hickory St St Louis Mo.

F ishing nets from the Great Contimba River, just th ing for Photos and View Cards. These nets are 9x11 in mesh and they could be hung up on the Wall and postal cards be put into them. D. A. Browne, Astoria, Oregon.

We sell old flint and cap-jock guns and pistols old pewter and decorated china dishes war pi­oneer and ancient Indian relics and many other antique Articles Price list feee Davis Bros. Kent O.

Have all kinds of forn stam ps to X for fossils property named and with formation and locality Walter C Shields 1509 Young St Honolula Hawaii.

U S and ancient coins bo't sold or ex. Worthy E Edwards. Numism. bx 147 South Bend Wash.

Want to X souv cards with anyone in any place. Frank W Johnson 23 10th St So Fargo N D.

Sea shells enrios stam ps and m agazines to X for Indian relics or antiques. Archibald Crozier W ilmington Del.

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163 “ 1893-9S, 10c due .............................. 15 .06164 “ “ 15c due.......................... ....... .09165 “ “ *20c due............................. 18 .1510 Netherlands, 1867, 20c dark green............................. 15 .1035 “ 1876, *2c olive yellow................... .10 .05

----- “ current due, *50c on lg ld .............. .......... .307 Curacao, 1,873, 2 gld 5 0 c ................................... 2.00 1.00

11 " 1889, 60c olive bistre, scarce...................... 75 .4525 “ 1895, *2/2 on 10c ultramarine............. 1.25 .5026 “ " 2 lA on 30c gray.......................... 1.00 .4034 Surinam, 1898, !|:10c on 25c blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 ‘ .40

34a “ “ :‘:10c on 25c ultramarine. . ........ .......... 2.0043 “ 1900 2/'2gkl on 2>jgld,rare provisional 1.75 1.60

5 Norway, 1856-57, 8s dull lake.................... .10 .06Your money back if you want it. Postage extra on orders

under 50c.

Sfleeea Stamp Co.,Frank Brown, Mgr.,

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