MY CHILDHOOD'S SUNDAY. My Ereat-ffrent-great-Brent-grandfathcr, M Whose heart through mine Is beating, Believed—good Puritan!—'twas sin Of sins to slay from mooting. On each Lord's day they gathorod twice, A patient congregation, And heard two long discourses through As food for meditation. But oh, what rest from Saturday, Uow brisk a start for Monday Those grave old Pilgrim fathers had, 1 With their old-fashioned Sunday I M A vanished day," you say, and yot / Fond memory's teurs bedew It, For In my old New England home, , ( A child, how well I knew Itl ' \ • It colored all my early thoughts, . My life was built upon It; . "• > 1 always said "my Sunday gown,** 4 "My go-to-meeting bonnet." Mere common, bustling workaday® Were Saturday and Monday; But oh, my vory be3t belonged To that old-fashioned Sunday. Once moro tho great green box-liko pew, its high wall 'round me closes; I sit, a nosegay ou my breast- How sweot tho damask rosesl I softly wave my painted fan, And, by my sldo, my mother Meets mine with look, half smllo, half prayer More sweet than any other. I loved tho strolls of Saturday, Tho merry romps of Monday; But oh, I felt the holy charm Of that old-fashioned Sunday. They haunt mo still, the many texts And hymns I then committed. And never knew In learning them That I was to be pitied. Time changes all; yet we would trust Though chango tho world grows bettor; But oh, to the remembered past How much I feel a debtor! And oh, how hopeless Saturday, And wearisome wero Monday, Without tho quiet rest between Of my old-fashioned Sunday! —Murian Douglas. In N. Y. Independent. < (OND r great grove oi live-oaks in the San Gabriel valley, g California. They came from a large ranch down the country, and were go ing to Los Angeles for the annual fiesta. Their Raddles were of leather, richly chased, alter the Spanish fash ion. The pommel of one was of silver, the rim of the saddle of the same, and the bridle was of silver, the bit being handsomely inlaid. The riders wore big, broad-brimmed hats, or sombreros, with silver bands, richly colored trousers and botas, while each carried a gay blanket, or serape, which had a hole for the neck, to be used if occasion required. This, with a long horsehair reata, or lariat, tied near the pommel, made up as picturesque a costume as one could imagine. The country was a succession of parks, with clumps of fine old oaks, whose long branches and limbs offered grateful shade. Occasionally there were patches of bush and chaparral, giving way again to the open spots where the yellow fox-tail grass gleamed like gold, or the wild oat rippled in tho summer cun. Through such scenes of pastoral beauty tho light-hearted horsemen were riding, passing the time with jokes and ban ter, when suddenly Jose Salvadea, who was ahead, stopped so abruptly that his horse fell back on his haunches, and motioned to the others for quiet. All drew rein, and, follow ing the direction of his pointed linger, saw a singular sight. In a little clearing, where the altt laria had been green and rank in win ter, but was now a chocolate-colored mans upon the ground, under four or five large trees, were two gigantic birds, so tall, so black and ugly with al, that they might have been carica tures of birds. One was tearing at a sheep, while the other, evidently hav ing dined to its content, stood by, its enormous wings extended, showing a Spread of nine or ten feet. It was one of the rarest birds of America—the great California condor—caught in the very act of filching from the owners of the soil—a bird that has the reputa tion of devouring a sheep a day when opportunity offered. Tho loss of a sheep, or a dozen, amounted to little, but it was the sport of taking the great bird that attracted the horsemen, and as quietly as possi ble they untied their reatas, released and enlarged the coil, and waited for word. They held the rope in the right hand, so that the noose, about foyr feet in length, hung free, and at the word, given by Juan, they put spurs to their horses and dashed at the birds. The latter were taken completely by surprise. One clumsily attempted flight and rose a few feet from tho ground, when a reata went whirling through the air, dropping over its neck, a pull bringing it to earth. The other bird, stupefied by its stolen feast, fell an easy victim, two reatas tfalling over it, one dropping over its head, the other securing its wing. As the ropes fell the men raised a shout. The horses, trained in their runs after stock, braced back, expecting the hard pull which a bullock gives when lassoed; but instead came a remark able series of struggles. The condor caught by the head ran a short dis tance with a curious, hopping motion, then with a violent effort beat the ground and the air with its powerful wings, raising itself several feet inco the air. The sight of the enormous bird, its waving wings, its uncanny appearance, so demoralized the horse 3 that they snorted, bucked and en deavored to run away. Hut they toere quickly subdued and the flying condor was brought down with a jerk and the two birds were surrounded by the excited riders. Wien followed a crious exhibition. Tho two birds began an extempori* >d dance around the circle, Popping lino eagles, first on one foot, then on the other, uttering a low and vicious hiss. Around they went, pecking at the ropes, thrusting forward their bare and ugly heads, and apparently sub dued. Hut it was only for a moment. As if by concerted plan they hurled them , selves at the horses, one on one side I and one on • the other, coming up against the animals with great force, striking them with their ponderous wings'and pecking at them with their powerful bills. This onslaught again demoralized one of the horses, so that, rearing to escape the charge, he fell backwar I. I lis rider slipped off in time, while the broncho rolled over and over, en tangled in the reata. The bird, prob ably equally frightened, sprang over his body, and, between a fusillade of kicks from the struggling animal, en deavored again to fly." Hut the rope held it securely, and even a California condor, with a spread of ten feet of wing, could not carry off a horso; so it was forced to come clumsily to the ground. The riders, now recovered from their confusion, amid much laughter—as this was a rare but famous Bport among native Californians —began to take in their reatas, and soon had the great birds so that they were entirely submissive; and as thc3 r were unin jured, it was decided to carry them to Los Angeles. This was accomplished by carrying a bird between two horses, the wings spread apart to their full extent, and the tips of the pinions tied to the saddles; while beneath the birds, to support them so that they would not suffer, were placed doubled reatas. At first the horses seriously objected to this arrangement, but finally sub mitted, and the cavalcade took up its march, entering Los Angeles, which was then an adobe town, and depositing the condors at the plaza amid much excitement, the birds be coming one of the chief attractions of the fie ta. The California condor was formerly quite common, ami was regarded as an j enemy to the herder, its great size and voracious appetite making it n menace to sheep. Actual experiment showed that one of these birds would devour a sheep a day; and to illustrate their strength, four have been seen drag ging a young bear, which weighed over one hundred pounds, for a dis tance of six feet. When gorged with food, the birds found it difficult to fly, and were thus, when surprised, often taken with the reata. The California condor is very like its South American ally in general ap pearance, not having the peculiar white collar. It is far from being ferocious, and is easily tamed or do mesticated. It presents an appearance of remarkable strength, and its pow ers of flight are such that it could easily carry awny a child or a light animal. Such habits are often laid at Its door, but ore not founded on fact, the bird rarely, if ever, attacking hu man beings, and being totally unable TIIE UORER FELL. from the nature of its claws to carry its prej' away. In the air the condor presents a beautiful appearance, with its enor mous spread of wing, its perfect grace and ease of motion. Its pow er of soaring is one of the most re markable phenomena in bird-life. It appears to move about at will, rarely using its wings except to recover it self, and can pass over great distances in this way. The writer has seen the condor in the Sierra Madre region of southern California, where they oc casionally come down and alight in : the big live oaks of the valley, and has observed them so far above these mountains that they were but specks of black against tho blue sky, and must have been nearly two miles above the sea. Even at this extraordinary height it is said that they can distin guish their prey. So unerring is their vision that it has been supposed that the bird sought its food by the sense of smell; but sight is in all probability the secret, j The great bird is yearly becoming I rarer. It is shot whenever seen, be j ing valued at from fifteen to twenty i live dollars for its skin. The herders ; have a wholesome fear of It. So now it is restricted to the high mountains, and will Roon be a story of the past | N. Y. Ledger. Ills Potent Virtue. "Why does she consider her husband a model? lie smokes and is fond of liquor?" j "Yen." ' "l'lays poker and scolds?" , "So they say." I "Never gets home until one?" ! "Yes; but—" "Hut what?" "lie never gets a spot on the table iloth when he carves."—Puck. Not That Kind. "So your hushnnd is sick?" said the sympathetic grocer to a regular cus j tomer. "Yes, poor man," answered the wife; "he's pretty badly off." "What's the matter with him, hey? Fever?" "No, it ain't hay fever or grass fever; It's regular old fever'n ague," snapped ' the woman, and the sympathetic grocer held his peace.—Detroit Free Press. BITS ABOUT WRITERS. MAURUS JOKAI, the Hungarian novel ist, has celebrated his seventieth birth day. SWINBURNE is fifty-eight years old, is Ave feet high and has a ghastly face and a head of unkempt hair. WALTER HKSANT has started a move ment for the erection in London of a statue to the late-Robert Louis Steven sou. OSCAR WILDE enjoys being sarcastic. Somebody spoke to him recently of Sardou. "Oh, yes," remarked Oscar, thoughtfully. "Sardou? lie writes plays, doesn't he?" OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES paid taxes on $70,000 of personul property, that being his own estimate. The settle ment shows that the personal property was worth $07,000. Holmes was honest. FOLLOWING the appearance in litera ture of the son of the archbishop of Canterbury, with Dodo, comes that of his daughter. Miss Margaret Henson has published a volume of studies of the domestic life of animals, entitled "Subject to Vanity," illustrated by her self. HUD YARD KIPLING is not as prolific a writer as he was some years ago. His success early in life has made him con servative with his pen. He polishes his work with more care than he used to expend upon it, and is said to regret that he cannot call back certain rather crude productions that bear his name. COUNT TOLSTOI refused a large sum offered him by an American publisher for his last story. The Nev; , a Russian illustrated weekly, then offered him five hundred dollars a page for the ex elusive right to publish it as a serial. This, too, he refused, and made a free gift of the manuscript to the Severney /estuik, a Russian monthly magazine. A CORNER FOR SPORTS. A HANDSOME football challenge shield has been presented by the lieutenant governor of Hengal for competition in India by teams of native boys. They play the association game. HULL fighting has received its qui etus in France. The cours dc cassa tion, to which the cases that arose last summer were submitted, has decided that a hull is a domestic animal and cannot be lawfully tortured. J. 11. TYERS, the English amateur | swimming champion, recently heat his own record by swimming at Edinburgh 220 yards in 2 minutes and 80 4-5 sec onds. The same evening he swam 100 yards in 1 minute and 51 seconds. FINLAND must be a sportsman's par adise. In ten years 00,000 domestic an imals, including 24,000 reindeer, were destroyed by wild beasts, and in that time 1,100 bears, 1,200 wolves, 55,01K* lynxes and foxes, 10,000 ermines, ana 50,000 birds of prey, eagles, hawks, etc., were killed. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS have already been raised by the Greek committee on the Olympian games, of which the duke of Sparta is chairman, in order to clear the rubbish and put in order the stad ion, the ancient race course at Athens, where the international games will be held. A REQUEST of SIO,OOO has been left by Capt. Norgate to the Yacht Racing association of Great Hritain to pur chase a cup to be given yearly to the most successful yacht of the season of over nineteen rating. He also left $05,- 000 to found the Nottage institute, wherever the trustees think best, for the purpose of instructing yachtsmen and other sailors in the science of nav :gation. ABOUT THE OPERA. "NINON LENCLOS," a new opera by M. Edmond Missa, a pupil of Massenet, was recently produced at the Paris Opera Comique with success. The music is said to be Wagnerian in character. IIKKR IIUMPKRDINCK, according to the Frankfurter Zeitung, has refused $5,000 for two years' royalties on "llaensel and Gretel" for Vienna alone; by the end of this year he will have made $50,000 out of the opera. A NEW four-act opera by F. 11. Cowen, entitled "Harold, the Last of the Saxons," will be produced at Drury Lane this season. Tho libretto is written by Sir Edward Malet, the Brit ish ambassador to Berlin. A NEW operetta by Audrean, the com poser of "La Mascotte" and "Olivette," has just been produced with success at the Bouffes Parisiens. It is called "La Duchesse de Ferrare." The char acters are chiefly art students and artists' models. BABY opera having proved successful Horr Ilinnperdinck, the composer of "Haensel and Gretel," has just com pleted another fairy tale called the "Royal Infants," after a story by E. Itosiner, in which, as in his first opera, the two leading parts are written for women, who represent children. IN Germany tho seed of opera fell upon stony ground. lleinrich Scliuta wrote music to a translation of Peri's Ilafne, which was performed for a court wedding at Porgan in 1027, but only importations of Italian works with Italian singers c'aine before the public •intil nearly the end of the century. ALL OVER THE GLOBE. THERE are 000,000 more women than men in the present population of Great Britain. THE Scotch banks have reduced the rate of interest on deposits to one per cent., the lowest ratelfnown. OF 4,029 children recently subjected to cruel treatment in England, it is sug gestive that 1,227 had had their lives in sured. STRANGE bed warmers are used by Chilian women. In cold weather,when in bed, they keep their feet warm by placing them on a dog. NATURAL gas is reported to have been discovered in the bed of the Rio Plata, near Buenos Ayros. A bill granting u monopoly of it to the discoverer is be fore the congress. STATE control of the liquor traffic is to be tried on a large scale in Russia. In the governments of Perm, Ufa, Or enburg and Samara, in east Russia, drinks arc to bo sold only by tho state. Fmrybody Emancipated I Wife—l thought you were going to stay at home with the children to-night while I went to the meeting of the Emancipated Woman's league. Husband—l did intend to, Lucilla, dear, but at the Inst moment this after noon received notice of the preliminary meeting of the Emancipated Men'B as sociation. Wife—Well, what's to become of the children? Husband—Oh! I've arranged that. They're going to the regular Thursday night social of the Emancipated Youths' society.—.Judge. Ready for Emergencies. Mamma —My dear, what are you do ing? Little Daughter—Making a dolly for my little sister. Mamma—Rut you haven't any little sister. Little Daughter—No, not yet; but Sally Stuckup has just got one, and I know we always get everything the Stuckups do.—Pearson's. In a Christian Land. "What a cannibal you are!" said the seedy humorist at the free lunch counter. "Me, snh?" demanded the Georgia colonel. "What do you mean, sah?" "Eating a cracker, you know," re joined the other, making his escape through the side door.—Chicago Trib- Very Plausible. Magistrate (severely) You are charged with kissing this young lady ngainst her will, and on the public highway. Prisoner—She was in a bicycle cos tume, and I mistook her for my long lost brother. Magistrate (briskly) Discharged' Call th' next case.—N. Y. Weekly. Perfectly Simple. Patron—This vest is too tight around the waist. Tailor—That's because you throw your shouldei*s back too much. Patron—And the coat fits too tight around the shoulders. Tailor—Oh! well, you shouldn't stoop over so.—Chicago Record. Very Spiteful. "Do you believe that Pushem's daugh ter was reaally engaged to Prince Isin glass?" "Certainly not," she replied. "Why?" "The prince was never known to be financially embarrassed in his life."— Truth. Necessary Preparation. "I'm going to have that office," said the professional politician, savagely, "if it takes a fortune to get it." "Very well, sir," said the astute cam paign manager. "I will go out at once and announce that you absolutely de cline to run."—Chicago Record. Self. Betrayed. Jimson—llow do you know that Sen ator Cashit spent a fortune in trying to get reelected? Weed—How? Because when he was beaten he flew into a rage, and In a vio lent fit of civic virtue he denounced Ids rival for corrupting the legislature —Puck. Benefits of High Buildings. Little Miss Freckles—Did youse move up to the top floor because you is get tin' poor? Little Miss Mugg—Course not. Pop has got interested in astronomy, and wanted to be where he could sec the moon close.—Good News. A Misunderstanding. Lawyer (to a client) —I defended you once before—let me see, was it not a case of swindling? Client (warmly)—Of course it was! I paid you thirty marks, and got six weeks, notwithstanding.—Lustige Rlaetter. Concentrated. For concentrated selfishness, There's nothing 'neath the sun, Like two souls with but a single thought- Two hearts that beat as one. —Detroit Tribune A LITTLE BIT MIXED. Two very similar twins Is wo, I'm lust like him: he's lust like me; Now, are I him, or am he me; Or Is we not; or how It be? Us would be much obliged to you, If you'd plsnsetsll us which Is who. -N. Y. World. Dangers of City Llfa. First Citizen —The spirit of anarchy can only be found in large cities. Second Citizen—Guess that's so. A man never feels like slaughtering the whole human race until he lives in a flat, with a piano above and a baby be low. —N. Y. Weekly. Makes a Difference. Johnny—l'd be ashamed to make al that fuss about bavin' a tooth pulled. Tommy —So would I if it was your toothl—Chicago Tribune. Ye Mot her-In-w as Btie I*. Grocer—You seem to be living mostly on canned goods lately. Mr. Newwed (sadly)— Yes; my wife's mother is away.—N. Y. Weekly. He Wae Positive There. 1 "The colonel isn't fond of trinkets, is he?" i "No; but he always insists on a bead i on bis whisky."—Atlanta Constitution. Upset Him Somewhat. Tutliick—How did you come to spill that soup? Waiter—A lady tipped me.—N. Y. Journal. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DIALS. (n Italy All Kinds of Timepieces Are Sup plied with Them. A movement was started In this country several years ago to substitute a 24-hour dial for the one at present in use—that is, a dial in which the hours should run from 1 up to 24, instead of from midnight up to 12 noon, and then, beginning ngain, up to 12 midnight. The idea did not meet with much favor. A few clocks were made on this plan, but they were regarded merely as curi osities. In the Dominion of Canada thej' were taken up by one or two rail ways, and are still used. In Italy this dial has been adopted by law of parliament as the official way of marking time in that kingdom. A session of parliament is reported to have 21 VA AN ITALIAN WATCII DIAL. opened at Rome, on the 23d day of De cember, at 15:50, and closed at 17:40. That is to say, in terms of the ordi nary dial, the session opened at ten minutes before four in the afternoon, or 3:50 p. m., and closed at twenty minutes of six, or 5:40. The railway train indicator now mark the arrival und departure of trains from 0 o'clock to 24 o'clock. A train starts from Rome, for Instance, at 8:10, passes Genoa at 18:48, Vintimiglia 23:35, and reaches Nice at 0:52 —that is to say, at 8:10 a. in., 0:48 p. m., 11:35 p. m. and 12:52 a. m. The watchmakers and jewelers are everywhere selling clocks und watches, and refitting old timepieces, with dials which mark the hours for the first half of the day with the old Roman numerals from I to XII, and the second half of the day with the figures from 13 to 24, directly under the Roman numerals. This system obviates the necessity of changing the works of the timepieces. The person who uses one of these watches or clocks is supposed to know which half of the day he is in. Roth watches and clocks are being prepared, however, which are provided with dials divided Into twenty-four equal parts, and works adapted to this system. Although this system in Italy marks an official change, it is by no means a new system in that country, but rather a return to an old one. It was the cus tom in Italy, up to a period about one hundred years ago, to divide the day in to twenty-four successive hours. In many parts of the country the peasants tell the traveler that they sup at eighteen, nineteen or twenty o'clock, as the case may be. Italian letters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries always speak of "fourteen o'clock" for two in the after noon, or "twenty-four unci a half" for half-past twelve in the morning. A familiar Italian proverb speaks of him who is "looking for noon at fourteen o'clock," and by this is meant the per son who is always behind time—the hopelessly lazy one. Youth's Com panion. CATCHING TURTLES. Peculiar Method In Vogue In the Neigh borhood of Cuba. In the neighborhood of Cuba, says a re cent visitor to that island, a most peculiar method of securing turtles is pursued. They train, or at least take advantage of the instincts of a certain species of fish, called by the Spanish, reve (mean ing reversed), because its back is usual ly taken for its stomach. It has an ovul plate attached to its head, the service of which is traversed by parallel ridges. By this plate it can firmly adhere to any solid body it may choose. The boats which go in quest of the turtles each carry a tub contain ing a number of these reves. When the sleeping turtle nre seen they are approached, and as soon as they are judged near enough a reve is thrown into the sea. Upon perceiving the turtle, its instinct teaches it to swim right towards it and fix itself firmly upon the creature by means of its disk. Sooner would the reve allow itself to be pulled to pieces than give up its grip. A ring, which Is attached to the tail of the tisli, in which a string is fastened, allows the fisherman to pull in his prize. Ry a peculiar manipulation the reve is pulled off and returned to the tub, to be ready for use the next time u turtle is sighted. A Wildcat's l ight for Life. While four section men were repair ing the track of a Florida ruilway, a large wildcat sprang from the adjoin ing woods with all-fours upon the back of one of the men. The other men rushed to their companion's assistance, and then it required a dozen blows with the pike-maul to make the beast loose his hold. When the cat finally ran away, the exasperated men fol lowed it up the track, and were sorry for it, because the cat turned on them. For five minutes he sprang from one to the other, biting and clawing, until felled with a blow from a crowbar. Then they finished it, and the men ad journed to dress their wounds. A Little Philanthropist. "Why, Robbie, where arc your rub bers? Didn't you wear them to-day?" "Yessuxn; but conxin' home I met a poor man who hadn't had anything to eat for two days, and as I hadn't any money, I gave him my rubbers."—Har per's Young People* Certitude. "I know that this cornstarch Is frozen." And as Tommy this speech delivers, "Oh! how do you know?" asks his mother. "Why, because, mamma, see how It shivers.'" —llarfer'a Young People What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, I>rops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantees is thirty years' use l>y Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays fevcrishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend. Castoria. " Castoria In an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children." Du. Q. C. OSGOOD, Lowell, Moss. •' Castoria Is the best remedy for children of which lam acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." DR. J. F. KINCHKLOE, Conway, Ark. 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