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taken a moment before, had led him to Thev waited a nionieiit for further de- l If philately he an intellectual pursuit, ,
surmise that the full number of nine- moii rations. ‘in then were about to what does it tuaeli? asks the avi age
teen, with which they had started, were climb over the t‘ence,when a loud uproar i < r. The ansntr ca n ailily
not sen rom the hountls llgzllll I’(.“d(:lIi'tl the ‘ civun. It t llt'lli' gcogi-apliy and his-
. hurr d count disclosed the fact that ear but this time it came in the sharp, tory (IV in is .i l sie for art anti
two oi’ their number were missing, and qui la yelps u liieli 1llIll(Jllll(‘0(l that their -iicv, and siimulati-s I search in near-
exelaniations of surprise and chagrin vietivn, whatever it might be, was trawl 'ei-v lIl‘.IIl('ll oi’ lvariiiiig.
recterl this unwelcome aiiiioniieenieiit. and out of reaeli. - stamp eollt-rtiiiu has been in
g ““'ho were behind ‘.7"aske Grooine. this was not all. The voice of the p: and is at ]ll"L’.<(?lIl, subject to
“Kane and E-agaii,” replied Fred. ‘ SlIIlllI(ll‘S hinist=lt' could be heard fi-onia inoro or less l‘l4ll<'lllL‘-llllil why? He-
“ But I don‘t believe those tw boos ; pait oi‘ the orchard near the lionso, cause the siiilplv idea of giitlioring to-
could he iiidneed to sliow the white fea- ; lioarsuly urging the iinds on, Illl twtlivr a pai-iwl oi’ torn and dirty stamps
ther. Soinethiiigniust have happened to i cut ing loud and deep as he rushi-,tl to- is-:ilrsiir-l.
them. They stopped, for seine reason, ward them. A mi ‘,I'lv7r‘ of paiiitiiigs or eiiizraviiiss
and got separated from the rest ofus.” l “ It's the boys! It‘ Kane and I-1a;aii, is lI4‘Yi‘l' the siibjcet of ridicule. Yet
But the captain did not share in this l and, by tieoige, the e in a tight plautt, posizrtzc stamps h.tve the sziino care [JC-
opmim, ,,f predis, i fellows!" exclaimed Fred, in great ox. stoiivil upon llH'lll as the tint-st engrav-
“ Tliey’rc voting boys,“ said he-“ alto- eitemeiit. in;;<.
getlier too onng for this business. I‘ “I believe you‘rc riizlit, Fred," an- The most skillful eiigravors that the
idn‘t reallyi ant them with . an - no. ‘But what in the roiiiiii-yoaii conimand are called upon.
way, and am glad they have vone hack." ‘ name oi lIamlet's ghost pus ed tlieni For instaiice, the British voloiiial stamps
some of the party agree( with Fred -in go o ieh-.iwild- are t-iigi-iivial inostly by lie la Ituc it
that the in ing boys were too t,‘--..oi Lunilon, wliose prmlin-tioiis are
plucky to villingly abandon the pres-, They ii nteil to do swine iing on almost lwyoiiilcriiimsm. and tlicfiiitoil
, out enttipii , and that soiiiething must , their own aeeount, and I suppose- But ‘ . Centra and Soutli Ainerieaii
i have detained them. Others took their what was tliat?" l“i-ed asked, in a tone ‘ stii n is are eii;.rr:ivi-d by the Ainerican
‘ e- r‘s vi aw-that the bo vs had become ‘ of alarm as a loud ex llOSl()ll cut short l hotc Coin nan whose izniie has
at e t 3 l I y 1 , ll .
i i'i'igliteiie<l and gone back. us sentence. ‘ eoonie world-ii lill’. -
Kane an - n were the two young- “ Heavens!" 0X(lli1llII(,‘(l Kallot-h, H the ‘ The L‘aiiadiaii lull or reveiiiio stamps
est ineinbers oi‘ the sophomore class, not old wretcli is SlI()Utllig' at tliein, and like ‘ are more bits oi white paper. jet on their
, more than titteeii years of age, either of enouggh he has killed or wounded them ; 1335-0 appear the tines-i por1i.its-oi‘ Queen
' them. They were tine, smart lads, but, both!" l X l('ll>l'l:t that are known to L‘ -
l on aoooiiiit oi’ their youth, usually iniii- ' Scotch b] o oil w tlioroiiglily ‘ The only aiithi-iiiio ‘:IL“V1ll'- the city-of
sled with tho nieinbersoi‘ the prepara- ' aroiisetl, and withot ' ll‘." tor any v Si'tliio)', how south “ ales. in its eiirlu-r
tory classes, and so were not very well ortlc I p rted to the ten i-ind went ll". ‘V N “W” 1! l’”S1"gB Slilllllty l><i‘>l'l."
known outside the class-rooin by the over it with the quickness or a it. ] aml criiilcly eiigraved, yet wondt-i-iully
uirjoi-ity oi the soplioinores. Grooiiie and his comrades tollowcil, , iIC(‘Ill':lte.- .
’ 'I‘hevharl lieartilv ioined in theirclzLss- and in less time than it takes to tell , liut liillllllllt, aswell aspos-ta;gnst:iiiips
. . . l . ,
“)2 es $l]I'Jll'lO oi‘ reveny,v-e upon Smith- they were all racuijz across the 0l'(‘.l]:Il'tl ' are worthless when delaeed and their
ers. but on leaviiig the hedge they took in the direction ot‘ the sound , boautvtlostroyeil. lI(,'IIt‘t‘ the C<>lll‘t'ltir of
their pnsitimis at the rear of the column, The noise pi-oceetled from -.i place not 1 M -0 stuixuvs who l'k‘fJ1Il‘llS pliilatoly as
nd not one of the party had seen or far from the point at which thtj had ] a solcnce will ]1l$l('0lll his album only
ll(3ill‘Il tliuui since. i lll"strea('ll(:d tiic <)l‘Oll.’ll'tl-llli‘lI)Slli‘i3,llllil unused or. at 102!-‘<t. shglitly-culici-lvtl
Alter the excitenient over their ab-l uidiiii; their course ai'coi'diiigly, the '9 nvnps. ‘ ‘ y ,
seneo had somewhat subsided, Groonie ovs soon eanio yiithni siwht ot the cn- X e=Il'S 11:10. -‘H1 I‘-H;.',lISlI “Tiler 3‘ H12
gait ; raued fariner and his (lows, L1-.nicin<r i‘ran- “ We have bei0i'eI1‘Hllll-’4U']." '“'“l’]"le
n ' - ' V A v - > 4. Llvrfl iabo it undt-,ra lzirrro ai :1: tree collection of tho ristzive stain is of the
hon, lolloiis, you have chosL.n me as I 5 i ,, 1 1 ‘ , , , P, L, l .
’ Vour leader, and thus far I‘ve had no l evitlcntlyin terrible wrath at soiiiuthing , world. and in t,'l:H1CH‘l-'. Nll‘"Il,'.'lI ll-s‘ lulses
it-ason to complain of aiiv want oi ohedi- l in its branclies. , arc reiiiiiitloil of niaiiy historical facts
I enee. I'vc:i ion to outwit those do Kalloch, who was still somewhat in and i-vents.“
that 1 think will work to a ‘T.
I
any of you are dissatisiied with it, and ,
have one to propose that the majority
think better than inv own, I’m wit
you, and just as ready to follow as to
can . ‘
“(to on!" “Give us your plan !" ““'e
don‘t want any other leader!“ (‘.8.Il'l(:
from a dozen thr -its at once.
“ Do keep quiet, boys!" enjoined the
cmitimis Dick. “ You'll knock the plan
all in the head before you hear it, with
your hullaba oo. ,
"Well," said Gronme, “ my plan is a
very simple one, and only reqiiirestlizit
we put ourselves on the (li,-fcarmivc,'
0 un.
“All we need to do is to cliinh'into the
oreliard, wake up the (logs and cliinh
the fence 21 ’Ill]. f course they will
spring at ., and we'll till their eyes
and months with cayenne, then we‘ll
knock them on the heads with our clubs
-eh ?"
“We can do just that thing," sai
lv‘rod, “for if we‘d had clubs last fall we
could have cliinbcd the pasture-feiice
and beaten them oil‘ easily."
“ lint what w'll the owner of the dogs
be (loiiig all this tiine?“ inquired one of
the party. ,
“Tliore are scvcntcon of us against
five or six dogs and one nizin," said Kal-
loeli, who stood next to Grooine for cour-
age and daring in the estimation of the
ys, “and it seems to me that witli
such odds in our favor welre wasting
time to stand here pal-avering any long-
D‘
4:
er." ,
“Well, then," said the captain, “all
who are willing to follow my plan will
‘ manitcst it by the uplifted l‘lf.’,‘l'tt hand,
Every hand went up, and without
further consultation Grooine formed his
men in line, and inarclied them out oi
the brush.
When they had reached the orchard-
fence, they were startled by aloud hay-
ing from the much-dreaded (lo s.
sounds soenied at first to come ‘roin the
' ' ‘ ' the house, but
drew rapidly nearer and nearer, as the
hounds raced across the orchard in the
pursuit oi‘ something or somoboriy.
“Wliatevor can have started those ms-
cally dogs?" inquired the leader, as his
companions stood listening in almost
brcatlilcss cxcitemen
Scarcely were the words out of his
mouth when the barking ceased as sud-
dcnlv as it began.
Ext. iinations of surprise nnd wonder
burst from the lips of tho raiders, ml(l.n0
one could siiggest iiny probable solution
to this freak of the dogs.
from the. -ene, and Illllilnlllllgx those bo-
, hind to follow, tlo<lf,n-tl llllllill‘ the wide-
‘ spreading braiieliesof an imnieiise apple
ce.
1 advaiice, hziltctl whon about tlinty yards ,
n a moment all of them were <ilu.ster- ,
I
‘ ed in the dark recess slioltiu-oil by the
drooping limbs, novt-red bythiek folia-.:c
haiiging low with their hIli‘ilk'l) of ripe
r
-a
ll .
The attention of Smithcrs and his dogs
was h0rou;;hly occupier bv what
they had treed, that theyneithci
heard the seventeen boys who were iii-
tently watch‘
shadows ot'thc giaiit apple tree. Indeed,
they were niziking so llllI('lLIlUlSl‘ theni-
selvesthat ii (‘hp of thunder miglii hai .
passed iinii ed by their ears.
“Guess the old st-amp hasn't lnirt any-
body yet," wliispcretl Kallooh, as sooii
as he could recover his breatli Cll(>ll;:ll to
speak. "I think it‘s the boys, though,
that they‘ve trcml."
“Thei'o‘s iiotliiug to bc semi in th.
tree-to ‘ answered llick, who had pzu
ed some of the ovei'liniig,riiig l)l':Illi‘lI(‘.N‘,
and run anxiously peering through the
opening.
“ llark!" said Groome. “ llear the old
villain rave.“
The irate farmer's voice could be dis-
thietly heard above ie barking: of the
do-rs, cursing sonic persons in the tree,
and threatening dire veiiyzeaiiec if they
did not iminediatel ' tlcscend.
[re I117. C0.VTlSl‘l2I).]
gm,
BY “'ILL M. Cl.F.)lI’.)'S.
Philatelist conies from th e Greek.
1’ln'los, a friend or lover,-and atclcm, ov-
cinpt from taxation. Taxes, at the time
it derived its name in Greek, repre-
sented the issuing of ii small printed
piece of paper or (ilieqiic, for the saun-
purpose that the postage stamp is now
issued. y
The name pliilatolist isapplicd in mud-
orn tinies to an iidinircr and collector oi
the various species or spooiiiiensi oi post-
age st-anips in use tliroiighont tho world.
The collecting of pi. ta I‘ stain is it .o
most agreeable and lllKClll‘(llIl:ll pur mt
of the (lav, and is oiigiigotl in by old and
young, rich and poor, 1Il‘llIl‘l‘ :iinl>pi>:isl-
ant, the world over. In the l niim
States alone there 1ll'0(lIiillS:lIlIls‘<Il ml-
leetors, in I4‘.in.:liiiid and tho t‘oniiinuit
many more tliousaiiiis, and I inigziit say
even millions.
‘F
THE SCIENCE OF PHILATELY. =
ing them from the dark,
l
With the progsross oi‘ civilixut ion, and
with political in,-, s, the iiunibor of
postage stamp. use is ever varying,
gm: r- ‘ heingon the iiicreast-.
“'Iietlir‘i' still in use or iioi. they are
equally souirlit l'or by t'(llli‘(‘lltl’N7lIl i'act,
smile or llillsltl wlioll ' v isusi.-d lionoiiic
Lvriidiiiilly the H10’ uabln as spuri-
iin-ns. '1‘o stair the rt-zisoiis for the
hzm es or iii. ' Il(7l ' most of
c
those would hi
i' h
i.
‘(if unplo. the ilisplacoiiimit of the
stainpsof the St:itvs of the (‘liIir(‘h, and
of tho kiii-.-'iloni oi" dos. It-lls of ill!‘
(wtalilisl 0 kiiiigdoin of Ital
of the ((lllll‘il('l. to
‘ ' il<'ll of the l'lII.Xl‘
in - lhr ab.
nt ('il"t'lll:llInll of tin-
’ k and
<,oii:i tells of the ('oiii"o<loi'.itioII oI'
tlit-sc provinces under the doininion oi‘
(
risoof tho ‘ioriiiaii liiiipirv has
l'Xllllglll.‘5lll‘(I v: ‘It s t‘oiitiiieni:il
as well as those of I
cal i.-;oo;;i ph,
The r vent ,and rapid progress of
Japzni in imit tion of “'esterii improve-
' ml Is‘ the proseiioe of
“.l‘lL ofstnnips, om.) . ‘Oi ‘
and printeil on paper of native
iiianiitactiir .
The rertuit (‘,il1lllgt'< of the Spanish
(Sort-rnineiit are lll:Il’k('ll by the various
devices employed ' the republic of 1570,
by a licad oi" libort it i mural crown:
the are . ion of King Ainailoo, by a line
series at postage lamps lvoarint; his pur-
trait: his alu ' by the issiiuoi‘ a
st-t o' slainps. i lh soatml l'i;;iir<-. repro-
si-nt the ll:-public of Spain. Stainps
lliIVi‘ also been issued by Don (‘:irlos,
onsly one is liul in inqui 0 into the war,
and in :i sliori time learns the rolatioiis
‘l'l‘l h,-ivo ovistvil :imi do exist ln'lii'vi'ii ‘
ion and his ooiiiitrv.
A ll. a siainp ('llllI‘i".IH" t-oiiit-s iiiio
possvssioii ol .i st-toi'sl:iinp:4 from Monie-
iiouro, or per in Snrvia. Imiiiirii-s:irti
niailv, id liistory and geograplivciiiiio
lulu] ‘loin-ll him “'lll‘l't‘, lhosr- coun-
lriiwi are siliinti-d. Ilu‘ ]H‘I‘l)l(‘ inhabilin '
llll‘lII and theirimportanceintho polili ‘
iiorld.
W’ h roncwed iiitvrestlie follows their
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by native art- ;
l
l
,op4-n to him n4-iv regions i'or ilionulit,
0 aiiilsiiddo-iilv
l'Il!'“x]l;I'>i
striigglc for iiulepoiidiw;
lho ':ims in UN‘
coin
wliirh he v:i5.zvrly avails liimsi-ll‘ oi. and
this iiiii-easiir ' :iii d untiiiiiuly. illl‘
' curl. in pli-nsiiro t’lN‘slI('l.l[1-ll
l ‘ ‘s iirgiiii; him on.
Agaiii, the [Iilll.l1l' sl, ulioilwr ho lv(‘
lr:arned prolessioiial or llllllllllirlls :iin-i-
tciir, is LLlll',L’lll Ilirls about llls4‘<IlllllI‘)'
and the world he llVl‘N in, u llli'll l'lIIIl(l be
brought to bear on his llllllll in no Ilillbr‘
way.
lle is also told llw siaiiulzirul oi’ nur-
T(‘lll. oftlie various i-ivilmiil luirllulls of
the glolit-; what <'oiinti'ii-s Hl'l‘ l‘illt-ll by
lilllgs and l1II('l5ll>, and u hat II.ill"lls on
the earth are midi-r the ii-tie this at a re-
public.
'l‘lic:ilbiini oiitlio 4-ullm-ior I ' ii lltlllilllill
portrait gallery uiihni itsi-ll. and gives
pliilatt-Jy at once a lull!‘ lII:tl’k('ll Zlllll LlL-
itlo-ii.
Anotliertliinp:1iivor:ihl<'liillirst
orpliilaiely th viiliiww tint’ post. re
stninp collevtioiis. A St. Louis iiitoriiriy,
Mr. John K. Tiilaiiy, posses. es probzilily
the finest and most valii-.ilrlt- stamp (‘ol-
lwtioii in this uoiiiiti; . l-is (N-li('(‘liIill
numbers lU,lUa S]li‘(‘llllL‘IlS. iiivliilliiig -MU
s. ys iuid prooi , mid 1076 revenue
stzmips.
Tlii-re are few iiner oolli-i-tioiis to Inc
found in liiii-ope. I would tw Hlliiltli‘ to
1 e a value on Mr. ’l‘iilaiiy's ('tIlli‘(‘-
tioii, altliougli it would he wortli thun-
sands of dollars.
There are several t'nir- oollvt-iloiis in
' . iimzton, iiunibcriiiu ' tioou to
-WW, and one (‘I)l‘il2IIlllll;,.'
'l‘iicro are large (‘.<lll(‘t‘liIills
York, Boston and other cities, and (‘H1-
loviors in almost l'Vi'l viIla;;t- and city
in the l‘nii<-d St o
one i'i>Inark we nine-t ll('l"(' add. that
the mere size of ii r>olh- llull ' ' -
i-oiiiiiioiidziblo lhiiigz, or at It
to be proud of. long pu
much either of industry or iiitelliuvin-0.
can secure ii largo colleclioii. llui
have Ii jiidicioiis Sl'li‘i’ilUlI, even if not
iiiolmliiiiz iiizmy r. re or (‘.Iv&llV tinnps, so
as to ' iiiisi-iiieiil and in l viion, is
afar “'0l'llIlEl‘1lllll, and this is wiiliin the
reach of almost every lioy.
NIIMICRE. 4'l‘ Ii 4- ii 0 w Caslmicre
stanips are printed in ink instead oi‘
“'lI’.(‘I"-(‘()llil'.‘-l. so the do:-iizii much more
d". tin:-,t, and the vol us ii ill not camp on‘
iftlic stumps" nro put in wait‘ as the old
water-colored oiu>sditl. as III: [pirllC‘(‘[t)]‘.<
have found to their 1 ppointineiit iind
cost. Tho men ixsllikk t-:
‘ llllllll, s -irlvt.
i -‘ I
vnco
Hr,
]HiI]IIi‘.
I‘nii.i. The now issiioof Chili, with
small portrait of 1'.-luniliiis, s H.”-
protty. The values are:
)I.ii‘izi1'ii's.-'l‘Iiclaststmnpsrecei ed
from this colony are SlIl'(‘li:II'L'(‘(l with
value in cents and rupees. that being the
new eiirreiic . The vi . - '
2 omits, lulu-.
4 H brown.
8 -L hi u i‘.
13 M is’(‘zII'l(‘l.
17 -‘ m.-.-.
.5 -- l)lllt‘>2l‘Ct‘li.
as “ lll:tllVl’
50 “ l'lIICI‘llIKl.
2% riipt-cs. mauve.
lliiinsn hi‘ Ono of the rarest
stzunps of lh" is n‘ina is that witi
llilil‘ 1<.>3. 'l‘ho l‘(‘(]llli‘l‘lIl(‘lilS for stanips
by the Donn-r r ‘tint (rilico must have
been Very small at that time. as there
cent and 4
% sets have been
pnblislu-d lIi‘(‘ that tinw. the last hav-
lll).‘,'9 SUIIIIIN i ngin.-.: in value lroni l
omit to Elli con
l%n.i'I,ii,.-'l'lit- new series for Brazil
will be an orn:imi-ni loan rv..]l..p;i,ms'
if we iiI:I)‘jlul;:i- by Illt‘ ‘A nr Vllllli’9 l-
l’l‘ll(I‘V I'(3(‘l‘lY1‘4l. ’l’ln- l‘ll2I'lH'llIL' is ex-
ipi slle, and the ('olivi's are iloliniio and
well clios
on. 'l‘l '“ ":llIIi' are:
.t.irl4-t
co I in.
loo ‘ utmii
‘lilo “ st i
Tlicso n s give :i I .ipit.il portrait of
the tH'GHllI]!llHlli‘il liinporor as ll(‘ appear-
ed on his l‘i’(‘l‘IlI visit to the lVIIlll‘il
States.
With such great liciwiitsto Iuxtlm-ii-i-ti,
stainp t-ollvvtiiu: should be no luntzor
looked upon a. -i inere child‘
but as a sciciicc, an art, a i-,oi;il,l.iatioii 0
both.
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