ee ——— a Terms 82.004 Year,in Advance Bellefonte, Pa. December 26, 1890. P. GRAY MEEK, Ep1tor m—— How to Pronounce His Name. A rough but rather laughable inci- dent in connection with Dr. Kocu's great medical discovery, occurred at Bristol, Pa., the other day. Two Scotch weavers go® to disputing about the proper pronunciation of the great German scientist's name. One of them said it was “Coach” and the other in- sisted upon its being “Coke.” The dispute becoming warm, led to blows, and finally it was agreed that they should stand up and fight it out ac- cording to the regular rules of pugilism. The mill resulted in “Coke” being knocked out. Both of the belligerents were wrong in their pronunciations of the name. It is one of those German words which it is difficult for an English tongue to get around, and it is alto- gether likely that the name of the great discoverer of the consumption lymph will continue to be mispro- nounced by English speaking people whose lingual accomplishment doesn’t include the pronunciation of German words. The case is similar to that of Marshal BLuchEer, who, although im- mensely popular with the English, has had his name mispronounced by them for more than three quarters ofa cen- tury. As there 1s no English word that rhymes with Kocn it is impossi- ble in writing to indicate its proper pro- nunciation. Anglicized the name means Cook, and English tongues might help themselves out of their di- lemma by calling the great medical discoverer, Dr. Cook. SE EATEN, Malicious as Well as Foolish. A Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Times seems to take a mali- cious view of the failure of Hon. Wir- LeAM A. Warrce. He evdently is a factional opponent of the embarrassed Democratie leader, his prejudice pre- venting him from sympathizing with Mr. WarLLAcE in his embarrassment, but rather leading him to regard it with complacency. This feeling prompts the correspondent to say: “The fail- ure is an important one in a political sense, as it wipes out any chance the Hill people may have had to elect some of the delegate to the next nation- al convention from this State.” He further says : “The direct effect of the Wallace failure will be to restore har- mony in the Democratic organization of this State, and to build up under the new regime, a line of forces which it will be impossible to destroy for years to come.” This is as foolish as it is malicious. Emanating from a narrow view of the political situation in Pennsylvania, it would lead outsiders to believe that the Democracy of this State are arrayed against each other in two warring fac- tions, contending for precedence in influencing the State delegation on the question of the next Presidential nom- ination. Mr. WaLLack may have his preference for the next nominee for President, and Gov. Parison may have his; they may be opposite in their object on this question, but there is no evidence of a want of harmony such as the correspondent of the Times pictures as about being restored by the financial failure of Mr. War- LACE. The Democrats of Peansylva- nia are not divided into CLEVELAND and HILL factions. When the proper time shall come they will announce their choice, and it may not include either of the two candidates whoare now most prominently considered in connection with the nomination, Cause for Thankfulness. Some people may think that Rev, Dr Harw Harrison, of Hagerstown, Md., was dabbling in politics when in his Thanksgiving sermon he told his hearers that the progress of Ballot Re- form and Civil Service Reform was a special reason for them to be thankful, and yet he did not introduce into his discourse a matter that was irrelevant to the occasion. Ballot Reform is cer- tainly a subject of thankfulness, and that it is making encouraging progress can not be denied. Reform it isn’t quite so clear that it is making much progress under this Ad. ministration, and the reverend Doctor evidently thought that there was one department in which the service wasn’t undergoing much reform, for he gave Postmaster General Wawamakir a severe raking for the partisan manage- ment of the Dr. Harrison deserves credit for being a clergyman who is not blinded to WANAMAKR'S official faults ‘by his. re- ligious pretensions, News and politics are equally tures of the Warcnyax. fea- As to Civil Service | Post Office Department. | A MURDERER ESCAPES!! THROUGH THE CARELESSNESS OF THE SHERIFF The Man who Mardered Harry Water- house, on Sep’t 3rd Breaks through the Window ot his Cell and Makes good his Escape. On Wednesday morning last, the peo- ple of this place were greatly surprised at hearing that Billy Wilson, the untried murderer, had decided on a change of venue and that he had not left word as to where he was going for it. By nine o'clock the streets were alive with peo- ple discussing the probable time and circumstances of his escape. A W aTcH" MAN reporter visited the jail and found that the report was only too true, and that the man who shot Harry Water. house down, on Thomas street, on the afternoon of Sept. 8rd last, had indeed left for parts unknown. No. 14, the cell which he occupied, is an ordinary jail cell on the second floor and the right corridor. Itis no more secure than the ones in which are kept the prisoners for petty larceny, etc., aud itis right between the cells of two other prisoners. The escape was made through the window and by tearing away a large stone in the wall an aperture sufficiently large for him to crawl through gained. Wilson must have un- dressed and thrown his clothes out the window, then crawled out feet fore most, climbing down to the ground by aid of the bolts and bars of the windows under- neath. Once inthe jail yard every thing was in appls pie order. He simply climbed up the scaffold which has been left in the corner of the jail yard since the Andrews execution, and slid down the telephone pole which is within three feet of the outside of the wall. What tre county, awaiting trial for the mur- der of Harry Waterhouse last Septem- ber, broke jail. Age ‘about 30 or 35 years, heighth 5 ft. 8 inches—-weight about 165, hair mixed with gray, eyes light, mouth slightly crooked, had a light sandy moustache, wore black der- by hat, grayish ccat, had two teeth out of upper jaw little to the left of front. I offer a reward of $100 for his return to | Bellefonte Jail. The Commissioners have offered an additional reward of $300. J. C. MEYER, Dist. Atty. Dee. 24. The Subsidy Job. As the last of the peculiarly bad measures proposed by the present con- gress, the Steamship Subsidy job now | comes up for consideration and final | action. The monopoly tariff has been ! passed and is doing its work ; the Force ! Bill has so far failed to become a law | and will probably break down entirely, The Subsidy Bill is mischievous enough to recommend itself- to the majority who are making the laws at Washing- ton, and is therefore likely to be passed. The people who are asking for this bonus from the government have a claim on the party that controls leg- islation during the present session. They furnished part of the money which was used with so much cffect at the last Presidential election, the ad- vance being made upon the promise that it would be refunded with satisfac. tory increment in the shape of a sub- sidy. The manufacturers got their tar- iff in return for the fat that was fried out of them for election use. Equal Justice, or, in this case, honor among thieves, requires that the steamship contributors to the boodle fund should better accommodations could he bave be reimbursed, as the manafacturers have been. If such obligations should had ? The escape can be ascribed to the negligence of the Sheriff in not remoy- ing the scaffold when the grand jury at the Jast court condemned it as affording a means of escape, but we sappose that the Sherift thought it might as well stand where it is until it was decided by the court whether it was needed for Wilson or not, but Wilson decided to use it without the decision of the court and it came right handy too. Attached to the cross beam of the scaffold was a long rope made of ticking and as yet it Is an unsolved mystery as to where he got the tick, as both of his own are in- tact in his vacated cell. heard (?) him go. Yet it seems very strange that he could break up an iron bed stead tu get an implement to work with, break off a wooden shutter and pry away stones and cement enough to make an opening, without any one hearing him when two prisoners were in the cells adjoining his, and the Sheriff in the same house with him. Neither the Com- missioners nor the Sheriff have offered a eward for his apprehension, and the prebability of catching him is very slim indeed, owing to the fact that no picture of him was taken and very few people in this community have ever seen him. There is one thing certain and that is that he has had an accomplice, for how did he obtain that rope of ticking ? On Tuesday Wilson received a letter. What was in it? It seems strange when the jail has two iron bound cells in which murderers are supposed to be kept, that this man should have been given about the same privileges that the other prisoners enjoy- ed and especially since he has acted so strangely ever since his incarceration. When we visited his cell the one bed was standing at the right side with the tick on it while the other, which was broken up, was standing in the middle of the floor and its tick was under it. | All around on the floor were pieces of coment and chips of mortar which had fallen down while he was working at the wall. Underneath the undisturbed bed we noticed a peice of paper amongst the debris and from this one might con- some time and used the paper to conceal the evidences of his work. Wilson was bars of his door, thus precluding the pos- sibility of any one seeing him at his for if the inmates of the jail or keeper could not hear hin break up an iron bed they certainly couldn’t be expected to see the man working. The fact that the escape was due directly to the negli- gence of Sheriff Cooke, and that up to the time of this writing, at noon on { Wednesday, he had neither started 10 look for him nor offered a reward for his capture, has rather an unsavory look. Wilson's absence was first discovered by Mrs. Cooke at about 7 o’clock in the morning, and it | was not until about 10 that deputy | | | | | Sheriff Wilson and detective Mullen | started in search of him.’ ; Since the above was but in type the Commissioners have offered the hand- some (?) sum of $300 for the recapture of - & man who simply took the life of | another on a Bellefonte street. Isn't this rating humanity rather high ? HIS DESCRIPTION. On Tuesday night, Dec. 23, 1890, John Wilson confined in the jail of Cen- No idea of the | time he left is had, because no one | {ly indicated the Granger preference. | nearly two to one. clude that he had been working at it for | allowed to keep his blankets up over the | digging, but this was a useless precaution, | been employed by millions of fretmen not be fulfiiled, how could it be expect- ed that fat should respond to future fryings, or boodle should flow into the hands of the managers from willing contributors ? Therefore, it is pretty certain that the Steamship Subsidy Bill will be passed. Itisa job with mil- lions in it. ne ———— A Big Presidential Straw. A canvass of the Grangers on the question of the next Presidential nomi- nations, including both parties, has been taken by the agriculture press of Springfield, Mass. Three months have | been employed in taking it, and it has been very extensive, eliciting responses from thousands of farmers in every sec- tion of the country. The question was, “Who should be the Republican and Democratic nominees for the Presi. dency in 1892,” and brought replies ac- cording to the politics of the respond- ents. The following were the figures for the favorite candidates : Democratic — CLEVELAND, 71,787 ; | HL, 17,118; Haren, 11,082; scat- tering, 8,803. Among the scatiering Democratic vote was 1,800 for Pawri- SON. Republican—Braivg, 39,209; Hag- | RIsoN, 31,013; Rusk, 11,082; scatter- ing, 8,803. The Harcr and Rusk votes especial- It will be observed that the prepon- derence for CLEVELAND on the Demo. cratic side is not matched by an equal- ly one-sided preference for any particu- lar candidate on the Republican side. ——The Kilkenny election on Mon- day resulted in a bad defeat for Paw- NeLL. The opposing candidate, Hgy- NEsSY, was elected by a majority of Ballot Reform. The Bill to Be Brought Before the Newt Legislature. The Pennsylvania ballot reform asso- ciation has sentout the following eircu- i lar: | ToTHE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA | —As soon as the legislature convenes, a | bill prepared by this association will be introduced to provide for a secret ballot by the Australian system, and for an | open count. That the object of the bill | may be fully understood, we present a brief statement of what is meant by bal- lot reform and the Australian system. The term ballot reform includes all such changes in our present system of | registration and voting, and in “the laws regulating elections, as will keep illegal votes from being cast or counted, limit ' election expenses, prevent the improper use of money, and put an end to bribery and coercion by making them useless, if not impossible. It means whatever will make an election the free and pure ex- pression of the will of the people. The Australian voting system is an ef- fectual measure of ballot reform because it enforces a secret ballot. It was first used in Australia (under universal suf. frage) in 1856, and has now for years in Great’ Britain and her colonies as well as in other countries. Tt has everywhere produced the best results and has never been given up in any place where it has once been used. Since its adoption in Massachusetts in 1888, it has rapidly become popular in this country, and is now in use more or less complelely in fifteen states The chief features of the system adapted to American elections these: 1. Nominations can be 1 as are : Only official ballots are either by party conventions or by the , door, and commenced readin endorsement of a reasonable number of | the citizens without regard to party, The name of every legally nominated candidate must be printed on the ballots free of cost to him or his supporters. 2 Ballots. The publication of candi- dates’ names, and the printing and dis- i , are paid for by the | tribution of ballots counties, like other election expenses. used. All candidates’ names and addresses are on the same baliot grouped by the ! respective offices, but marked in each case with the party or policy represent- ed. Thus: Vote for Place reserved GOVERNOR. _one for the mark. | | al Ee Doras | | | Aa) George W. Delamater, Republican Meadville [John D. Gill, Prohibition | Westmoreland County [nonert E. Pattison, Philadelphia. {Bian where any other name ca be inserted. | 8. The voting is done inside a room, a part of which is railed off. After each voter has established his right to vote he passes the rail. An election officer then gives him a ballot, and he goes to to screen him from observation, and makes a cross mark (x) against the name of each candidate on the ballot for whom he wishes to vote. can be helped to mark the election officers. 4. Other precautions for seerecy. Be- fore the boxes are opened the official list of voters, or other means of identify- ing the parties who cast the respective their ballots by secrecy of the baliot, even while the present cumbrous method of numb required by the state constitution, re- mains in force. PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THE SYSTEM. 1. The facility for independent nom- inations is a useful check upon party conventions. Ifthe people desire other candidates than those of the party or- ganizations, they can easily name their own candidates. 2, All candidates, rich or poor, with or without the support of a party or- names and the enabling their supporters to vote without the heavy expense of printing and distributing ballots. 3. The great decrease in legitimate election expenses removes the cloak under which large sums have often been penses, but really to buy votes with. 4. The ballots being official, no legally nominated candidate’s name can be left off the ticket There can be no mixed or deceptive ballots by which to “trade off”” or “sell out” a candidate. 5. All ballots being alike until mark- ed, the marking being done secretly,and the voter being prevented from showing it to anyone, the ballot is secret. This system. When it is impossibl= to know how a man votes, it is useless either to bulldoze or to buy him. The open count goes hand in hand with the secret ballot. Ballots should be counted under the eyes of the citi- zens, to preyent all chance of fraud after the polls are closed. A citizen has a right to see what 1s done with his ballot when the box isopened. The open count is in use in two thirds of our states and territories. We ask the citizens to make it clear to their representatives that this bill should become a law in its entirety. Further, we ask ail those who wish to join the association (which is strict non partisan ) to send their names to the secretary, from whom copies of the bill can be obtained. Contributions for the work are also solicited. AAT. Sitting Bull Was Murdered. Corporal Gun’ Says it Was Simply As- sassination. BisMaRck, N. D., Dec. 19.—1It is now claimed that Sitting Bull was murdered in cold blood. A corporal who was there is authority for the statement that it was nothing short of a deliberate as- sassination by the Indian police. The rep ris, guarded by military authority, say that Bull, taken unawares while still in bed, grabbed a revolver, which was wrenched from his hand, and a fear- ful hand-to-hand encounter ensued be. tween the hostiles and the police. Cor- poral Gunn denies this statement. Sit- ting Bull was notin bed when the po- lice called, He came to the door to hear the warrant of arrest read, and Bull Head, Lieutenantof the police, shot him down before any resistance could be of- fered. Corporal Gunn belongs to the Eighth Cavalry, and was with the troops that went out in support of the Indian police. In the first place, Corporal Gann said Captain Fechet did not have orders to follow the police to Sitting Ball's camp, and the military forces have been wrong- fully censured for not being closer to the ting Bull's capture, dead or alive. HOW THE OLD INDIAN MET HIS When the troops reached the camp there was no fichting, but a terrible sight presented itself. Around the old war- rior’s shack were strewn a dozen or more bodies, Sitting Bull among them. Everything was quet. Four dead In- dian police were lying with their pistols beside them, and all the bodies were within a radius of thirty feet. Ali the Indians except Fox, a sort ot Private Secretary to Bull, were togged outin war puint and feathers. His body had fallan twenty vards away from the rest. The bodies of the four police had already been prepared for burial by their comrades. Two houses were owned by Sitting Bull. He lived in one with his sons. The other was occupied by his wives and family. About fifty lodges are in the vicinity, which are located in the dense willows within calling distance from Bull in case of emergency. Bull egally made (as provided by simple regulations) Heud, Lieutenant of the Indian police, went to Sitting Bull's house, opened the ul || ballots, must be sealed up, so that the . process of counting will not violate the | ering, | the fugitives from Sittin a standing desk which is so closed in as i the Nation After folding his | ballot so as to conceal the marks, Re | goes to the box and deposits the ballot. Blind, crippled, or illiterate voters | ‘and Red Tomahawk jum ‘and flew to the troops wi | Crowfoot, the other | father. | rising up from the wi g the war- rant for his arrest. Sitting«Bull and his two sons, one a lad of 12, were the only persons in the shack. Bull carried arms, like all Indians. He came to the door and the young son gave a cry of alarm on seeing the housesurrounded by police. He no sooner cried out than Bull Head, without a moment’s hesitation and be. fore any resistance was offered, fired at Sitting Bull, the ball piercing his breast immediately over the left nipple. As he was staggering Sitting Bull made an effort to draw his revolver, and fired one shot while falling, the bullet lodging in Bull Head’s thigh. Sitting Bull fell aboutsix feet away from the door. His horse was standing near the house, ped upon it th the news. boy, ‘was next kill- and he fell across the body of his The combat was then hand-to- hand, Sitting Bull’s enraged followers lows like magic. fired. The guns ed, But few shots were ' were clubbed. Reports from Fort Yates state that Bull Head, who shot Sitting Bull, has , died from his wounds. Reports at the agency indicate that g Bull's camp are preparing to return to their aband. oned homes. ree: What the Grange Tas Accomplished. Through the influence of the Grangers npon al Legislature the extension of the patents on sewing machines was prevented, saving to the people fully fifty per cent. in the prices, amounting to millions of dollars annu- ally. Through what is known as Grange legis- lation transportation companies have been brought under the control of the law bringing out the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that the creature cannot be greater than the creator ; that transportation companies are subject to the control of the | government. | Through the influence of the Grange the netional oleomargarine law was passed, con- i trolling and restricting the sale of adulterated butter ; requiring oleomargarine, butterine and suine to be branded and sold as such, thus | protecting the consumer ; also the State oleo- | margarine law which prohibit the manufacture | | | i | | | ganization, are on the same footing as | regards the official publication of their | | | and sale wealth, Through the influence of the Grange legis- lation has been secured driving out from this country alien landlords, reserving American land for actual settlers, and preserving our public domain for American homes. Through the influence of the Grange the In - terstate Commerce law was passed, which will in due time bring the entire transportation facilities under national control, protecting the people as well as the transportation com- panies. Through the influence of the Grange the Agricultural Department, presided over by a of oleomargarine in this common- | Secretary of Agriculture in the President's | Cabinet, was created, thus giving the farmers | a voice in the policy of the National Govern | { y | collected, ostensibly for necessa)y ex- | ment as it affects the agricultural interests. It was through the influence of the Grange that the appropriation for public schools was increased from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per annum, thussaving the tarmers that amount in local taxation. It was through the influence of the Grange that many important changes have been made in the State Revenue laws, among which may be especially mentioned the law paying back | Into the county treasury one-half the taxes secrecy is the fundamental object of the | levied and collected on monies at interest and one-third of the amount of license fees, It was through the influence of the Grange that the present State Revenue Com- mission is now sitting to revise the whole Sys- tem of local taxation, which reyision will save to the farmers of the State mitlions of dol- lars. It was through the influence of the Grange that a direct co operative trade system has been established, through whizh the farmers can parchase direct from the manufacturers and importers. 1t was through the Grange that the farmers® social and polical influence has been enlarged and knowledge of public affairs advanced, and it will be through the Grange that the tariff and currency question will finally be settled on a just and equitable basis. We might cite many other achievements by the Order in a national way, but do not deem it necessary to do so. Who will say that the Grange has not accom- plished much in the short time of its existence as a national organization. I have only spoken of the work of the Order’ in a general sense. What might not be said of State legislation that has been secured ? but evenall the great achievements of the Order in a legislative sense are not to be compared with the great fraternity that it has establisi- ed among the agricultural people ; the men and women that it has raised up aad educated, making them the brightest and most useful citizens of the land. Men and women that any nation could well be proud of. How it has quickened into life and usefulness the soclety of the rural districts, raising hundreds and thousands from the despondency of want of opportunity for intellectual improvement and social accomplishments, The Grange is the only,organization of farm- €rs that has perin wmency or gives reasonable hope of being perpetuated and having the sphere of its usefulness enlarged. Farmers should come into the Grange and marshal a solid front instead of dividing up into numer- ous organizations and thus weakening the power they should and could wield if arrayed camp while fighting was guing on. The | truth is that the Indian police were over zealous, and wanted all the credit of Sit- | FATE. | in solid phalanx under one banner. Pa rents in the rural districts cannot afford or even be excused for not giving th :ir children the op portunties of the Grange for mental and social improvement. If they leave their parental roof secking for just such opportunities as ought to be aceorded at home you are respon- sible. There has not haen for years a more auspi- cious time to get farmers to join the Grange than at present. All that 1s needed is for our members to take advantage of the favorite opportunties presented. From nearly everywhere comes inquiries in reference to the Order, and words of approval and encouragement. Daring the prasent year we have already organized 92 new Granges, reorganized twenty four dormant Granges and increased our membership 6000. The glorious work ix pro gressing and we shoald not slacken our ef- forts in that direction. Every individual member owes something to the Order, and can do much to encourage the work, All that is needed at present to build up the Order is to give the farmers an opportunity to join the Grange by inviting them to join. We waut the National Gr ge treasury, the State Grange treasury, the County Grange treasury, and every Subordinate Grange treas. ury, to have ample funds to enable them to do their work acceptably and thoroughly. The great and grand’object and crowning glory of our organization is to “educate and elevate the American farmer.” % A A EN AR eT Guest Cards of To-day. “Many of the productions in station- ery for the table’ remarked the head of that department of Bailey, Banks, Bid- dle, Philadelphia, a day or two aco, “ure gems of art and are fit for framing. The guest cards are now dawntily decor- ated in water colors by artists of recog- nized abilities. These little pictures come in sets. One will have a dozen ideal feminine heads, another eaveliers, others dainty little landscapes or else re- freshing marines. The majority, how- ever, are fizure pieces, and apart from their novelty are valuable souvenirs of a pleasant dinner. eres The Pine Grove Musical Convention. Editor Warcumax i—Being a spectator at the convention held at Pine trove Mills under ti e direction of Prof. Weaver, I had ample oppor, tunity to see and hear the proceedings and can heartily say it was one of the best I ever at- tended, On Monday eve the People began to gather in the town and at the appointed hour made ga move for the Lutheran chureh where the con- vention was held. Rey. Aikens, pastor of said chureh, called the house to order and in an able and pleasing manner addressed the meeting, welcoming all and inviting all to participate. He then gave the floor to Prof Weaver who at one. in an energetic and instructive manner, began the work by giving his idea of musical conventions, how they should be conducted, and carried out his plan from beginning to end. The class was organiz- ed and 80 Singers presented themselves for instruction the first evening. To say there was good talent is not doing them justice. Tuesday eve the class numbered 127 ; Wednesday morn 133. Next came the great snow fall and many were kept in their boarding places until Thurs- day morn. On Thursday noon all were at the convention again and with more than usual zeal every class and Prof went to work and a grand concert was the result to a full house, which would have been too small had not the drifts in. terfered at the close of the class,which number ed134 singers representatives of four counties cg excellent material. On Friday evening Rey. Aikens, who is an excellent singer and good worker in all things pertaining to Christianity, called the house to order and the concert be- gan, which, could itso be, I would love to hear again. Good music of high grade was the result of a week’s work. At the close of the concert Prof. Weaver from Curwensville gave his experience of traveling through snow drifts to getto the concert, with other encour’ aging remarks to the people and singers of the influence of music and its effect in the church: Rev. Aikens again took the floor, and thanked the people for their interest and co-operation. Mr. Wm. Cole and Martin Dreibelbeis, cornet players, used the celebrated Distin cornets, manufactured at Williamsport, and repeatedly used the expression “can’t be beat.” Lynie Erebs, Elsie Housman and Annie Fortney were organists ;Prof. Dornblazer, violinist, furnished two Kimbal organs, and Mr. Danis] Dreibelbeis, of State College, furnished one, all of which gave the best of satisfaction. SPECTATOR. Books, Magazines, ete. The American magazines have come to be re cognized the world over as the best illustrated and most ably conducted; in fact, it is said that larger editions are sold in Englnnd of at least two of our leading magazines than any of the English monthlies. This condition has resulted from the fact that the American magazines hesitate at no expeuse, either for the purchase of manuscript or illustration. $50,000 has been paid by one magazine for a single series. Millions are invested in the business, and they can well afford to pay any price for an article of unusual interest. Pro- bably no single cause is having such an effect in the education of both old and young Amer- ica as these magazines. They are penetrating into every household. Their beautiful en- gravings serve as instructors even to those un- able or too busy to read. The most popular authors recognize that they can obtain more money from the magazines than by publish- ing in book form. In proportion to bound volumes, the magazine gives as four to one. Take for instance the CosmoPOLITAN, which contains annually 1536 pages by the leading writers of the world, and more than 1200 illus- trations by clever artists. That would make four volumes of nearly 40) pages each, yet it is furnished to the subseriberat only $2.40 a year. The four bound volumes which it would make would be worth on the book stands not less than $12.00. It seems impossible that so much should be furnished for so little, and it is only when the numberreaches 100,000 or upwards that such work can be turned out at a profit to the publisher. Formerly it was considered impossible to place such a magazine before the public for less than £400 per annum, and the predictions were numerous, when the price of the Cosmorornrran was fixed at $2.40, that it would be impossible for it tosnrvive at such a figure. The publisher believed that a first- class magazine at the low price of $2.40 would be quickly appreciated by the public. His expectations have been more * than fulfilled and the December issue of the CosMoroLITAN reached the 100.000 mark Tre QUEEN'S LATEST Orrin. —A free education or one year's travel in Europe In the QUEEN"S “Word Contest,” which the publishers of that magazine announce as the Lasr ONE THEY WILL EVER OFFER. 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