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The story, which is brimming with adventure, tells of the strange but clever expedients the lad has to resort to, and also of the strange race of creatures that he found. on the island. $1.25 CHATWIT: THE MAN TALK BIRD By Philip Verrill Mighels The author has the happy knack of investing his hero, the magpie, and the other birds and beasts with a human interest that holds the reader from first to last. Nothing better has been done in the way of animal stories since Kipling's "Jungle Book.”—Houston Chronicle. POEMS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS By Will Carleton, Author of "Over the Hill to the Poor House," etc. The verses are typically American, picturing the joys of outdoor life and sport, commemorating those historic anniversaries which are of so much importance in a child's school-life, sketching scenes from American history, and suggesting lessons in pluck and heroism. The collection affords both serious memorial verse for readings and recitations and delightfully humorous tales in rhyme. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.25. New Additions to HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE SERIES LEWIS CARROL'S POPULAR CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND 2 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 3 THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK Each volume illustrated by Peter Newell. Price 60 cents each HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK Che DAISY Air Rifle Our beloved President is a man who not only thinks acutely, but acts promptly. He believes Any healthy boy or girl will get present enjoyment and a splendid train- The "DAISY" is a real gun modeled after the latest hammerless rifle and shoots accura tely, Sold by Hardware and Sporting Goods dealers everywhere, or delivered from factory anywhere in HERE TERE is another picture of a strong, healthy, vigorous Mellin's Food boy. Like all the others of the many thousands of pictures of beautiful Mellin's Food babies which we have, it was sent to us entirely voluntarily by a grateful parent, who, knowing by experience how wonderfully good Mellin's Food is for babies, hoped to induce you to try it for your baby. If your baby is not developing as rapidly as he should, you ought to give him Mellin's Food. If you will write us, we will send you by return mail, entirely free of charge, a Sample Bottle of Mellin's Food and a beautiful Book, "The Care and Feeding, of Infants." We will also tell you just how to prepare Mellin's Food for your baby, so that he will grow up a strong, happy, healthy child, with bright eyes, clear complexion and a rugged constitution. MELLIN'S FOOD CO. 291 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass. ១ ST. NICHOLAS STAMP PAGE. STAM TAMP collections are coming to be more and more common in museums and places where objects are exposed to view for.the benefit of the public. The Victoria memorial hall, Calcutta, India, is a place where objects of every sort are exhibited and the trustees have decided to admit a collection of the stamps of India. A considerable number of specimens have already been secured and it is expected that before long a thoroughly representative collection will be on exhibition. Officials of the government have interested themselves in the matter and have presented to the trustees a number of valuable specimens of the older issues. It is intended not only to present a display of postage stamps but also of all the revenue or fiscal stamps as they are called, which have been issued in India. A JAPANESE MEMORIAL STAMP. HE Japanese memorial stamp re many countries will be discontinued and it will, therefore, be a good thing for collectors to secure as many of them as possible while they are still in use. There will probably be a considerable increase in the amount of all the mail carried between different countries and the lower denominations of stamps will become even more common than they are at present. A A NEW COLOR CHART. RECENT advertisement announced the publication of a color chart for the use of collectors which was to be perfect in every respect, enabling one to decide without difficulty the actual tints of stamps. The work, however, upon publication is found to be as far from perfect as a number of previous attempts. It is certainly a very difficult thing to produce an acceptable color chart. The best way for the collector to decide as to the colors of stamps is to note the descriptions of them in the catalogues in connection with issues that vary very Tcently issued is illustrated here- slightly in their shades. As an example the one hun with. It is printed in light blue and CANADIAN "POSTAGE DUE." CURIOUS provision is found in the order issued by the post-office department of Canada in relation to the use of postage due stamps recently issued by that country. The order reads: "The short paid postage must be collected from the addressee before postage due stamps are affixed. Otherwise the postmaster is liable to lose the amount of such postage." It is difficult to see why postage due stamps which are supposed to indicate officially the amount of postage due which must be paid by the receiver of mail matter, should be used at all after the transaction has been completed by the payment of the postage due. It would seem as though an arrangement should be made under which the postmaster might be allowed for the postage due stamps the face value of which could not be collected. dred reis of the 1866 issue of Brazil is described as blue green and as yellow green. A number of specimens of this stamp may be found and the distinction easily seen. It is only by experience that one acquires a knowledge of colors which is useful in studying stamps. A CHINESE POSTAGE. GREAT deal of difficulty is experienced in establishing an adequate postal service in the empire of China. There are several different services. What is known as the Mandarin post has existed for three thousand years. This service is employed in carrying government matter only. There are, also, private companies which correspond with the express companies in this country. These forward mail for anyone who may desire it upon payment of the rates indicated by the use of stamps issued by the several companies. Foreign countries also have postal agencies which are means of forwarding mail matter to various parts of the empire. Finally there is the Imperial post which corresponds with the postal service in the United States. This is intended to COMING CHANGE IN POSTAGE TO FOREIGN supersede gradually, all other forms of service and COUNTRIES. THE postal union rates on the sending of letters to foreign countries will be changed after October, 1907. The present rate of five cents a half ounce, or fraction thereof, has been reduced so that the first ounce will cost five cents and each additional ounce, or fraction thereof, three cents. Thus, the expense of sending letters to foreign countries will be materially reduced. It is likely, therefore, that the higher values in use by great progress has been made in this direction in the last few years. It is said that the weight of mail has increased from five hundred thousand pounds in 1901 to over six million pounds annually at the present time. It is expected that when China is admitted to the postal union the amount of mail handled will be very largely increased. The stamps that are now used by the private companies are likely to be superseded entirely, and many of the issues will become very scarce. ΙΟ AUSTRALIA Is truly the antipodes. A topsy-turvy land. Everything seems to be reversed. The swans are black, birds talk, scream or bray instead of singing. The trees shed their bark instead of their leaves, the big end of the pear is at the stem, and cherry stones grow on the outside of the fruit. A tourist writes, "I was sitting one day in the garden of the Governor General when I thought I felt some one tap me on the shoulder, then my coat was wrenched off my back, and I turned just in time to see it disappear down the throat of a tame Emu (Australian Ostrich) the bird had taken me for a vegetable." $300 first class; $210 second class round trip San Francisco to Sydney, Australia, including stopovers at Honolulu, Samoa and New Zealand. Send for free folder to B. K. DENBIGH, G. E. Agt. Oceanic S. S. Co., 427 BROADWAY, NEW YORK The American Journal of Philately." 5oc per year. A large illustrated monthly magazine all about STAMPS. (Established 1868.) One sample copy, 2c. ALBUMS "Imperial," 3,500 spaces, 1,000 illustrations, bound in boards, 30c. Same, cloth bound, 45c. "Modern," 10,000 spaces, 2,200 illustrations, $1.15. Scott Standard Catalogue of all stamps, 800 pages, 60c. Send for FREE ILLUSTRATED 90-PAGE PRICE-LIST of Albums, Packets, Sets, Supplies, etc. Agents wanted for Approval Sheets at 50 per cent. SCOTT STAMP & COIN CO., 18 East 23d St., New York 108 all different genuine stamps, Paraguay, Malay tiger, Newfoundland, Honduras, Victoria, India, Brazil, China, Bosnia, Japan, Servia, Egypt, etc., only 5c. hinges, 5c. Approval sheets also sent. 50% com. Price list free! 1000 New England Stamp Co., 43 Wash'n Bldg., Boston. ONE STAMPS 100 all different genuine Mexico, 5c. Borneo, Phil. Is., Persia, China, Uruguay, Cuba, etc., with Album only 1000 FINELY MIXED 20c; 1000 hinges 8c. Agents wanted, 50 per cent. New List Free. C.A. Stegman, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 3 DIFFERENT MAURITANIA FREE. Very large stamps and the first ever issued by this country. Send names of 3 honest stamp collectors and 2c return postage. ATLANTIC STAMP CO., New York. Stamps Free-40 different U. S. Stamps for the names of two Collectors and 2 cents Postage. 1000 Mixed Foreign Stamps 120; 1000 Mixed U. S. 25c; 10 Animal Stamps, Camel, Giraffe, etc., 10c; 225 all different 25c. Lists Free. TOLEDO STAMP CO. Toledo, Ohio. Popular Stamp Albums BARGAINS Each set 5 cts.-10 Luxemburg; 8 Fin land; 20 Sweden; 4 Labuan; 8 Costa Rica; 12 Porto Rico; 7 Dutch Indies. Lists of 5000 low-priced stamps free. CHAMBERS STAMP CO., IIIG Nassau Street, New York City. 225 different, Fiji, China, Hawaii, etc. 325 valued at $5.00 1000 a grand collection, valued at $27 $2.95 Stamp Albums, spaces for 4000 stamps, 30c., lists free. JOSEPH F. NEGREEN, 28 East 23d St., New York 66 19c 32c |