In answer to the questions in your letter, we would refer you to Poor's "Manual of Railroads."
I see in The Great Round World the notice of a handless brush. Where can it be bought. Who are the manufacturers? Please inform me, and oblige a reader of The Great Round World. Respectfully yours,
G.W. Currin.
Bloomsburg, PA., June 3d, 1897.
We are very sorry to be unable to give you the information you desire.
Our Invention and Discovery Department is not in any sense an advertisement column.
We have facilities for learning of all the latest inventions, and we
give our readers those that we think would be of interest to them. We
can, if you wish, give you the name and address of the inventor of the
brush, but we cannot tell you if it is already on the market.
Editor.
I am much pleased with The Great Round World.
Do you think that the Cubans will take Havana soon? I hope they will because I think it will, end the war.
Do you think that Greece will fight Turkey any more?
I am going to have a new bicycle; it is to be a Remington. Do you think it is a good make? Yours truly,
George B.
Tuxedo Park, May 31st, 1897.
We think the Remington a first-class bicycle, and hope you will have a
great deal of enjoyment with yours. Editor.
This is the first letter I have ever written.
I take The Great Round World, and it is very nice.
Yours truly,
Groton, Mass. Joseph W.P.
I am very much interested in your paper, and especially the Cuban war accounts, and I hope that they will get free soon. My teacher gets the paper every week, and soon I hope to get it myself.
I am trying to get a hundred subscriptions for your paper.
Wishing you long success, I remain
Your faithful reader,
Merritt T.W.
New York, May 24th, 1897.
Many thanks to Joseph W.P. and Merritt T.W. for their kind letters. We are very pleased that Merritt is trying to get subscriptions for us, and hope he will succeed, and be able to earn himself a first-class bicycle.
"The Taming of Polly," by Ellas L. Dorcey; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"Harry Dee," by Francis J. Finn; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"Percy Winn," by Francis J. Finn; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"Claude Lightfoot," by Francis J. Finn; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"A Summer at Woodville," by Anna T. Sadlier; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"Three Girls, Especially One," by Marion A. Faggart; published by Benziger Bros., 1897, price 85 cents.
"The Scrape that Jack Built," by C.A. Liljencrantz; published by A.C. McClurg & Co., 1897, price $1.25.
"The Fatal Diamonds," by E.C. Donnelly; published by Benziger Bros., 1897.
"The Boys in the Block," by M. Fegan; published by Benziger Bros., 1897.
"My Strange Friend," by F.J. Finn; published by Benziger Bros., 1897.
We have received from the A.D.F. Randolph Company a copy of a very interesting game called "Kindergarten in Missions,—American Indians" ($1.00). It consists of a number of cards with pictures of Indians and different scenes in an Indian Village; these are to be cut out and put on stands which are also furnished, forming, when complete, an Indian Village. It will be great fun cutting these pictures out and afterward doing the various things with the Indian Village, suggested in the directions.
They also send an attractive "Pocket History of the Presidents," containing portraits, together with a little historical sketch of each. In the book is also a list of States with their estimated wealth, and a number of other details of great interest; price of this little book is 25 cents.
We have received a number of copies of "The Story of Washington," a bright little book, written, and illustrated also, by children, compiled by Jessie R. Smith, of the Santa Rosa Public Schools; price, 20 cents.
Our boys who are contemplating business and are anxious to fit themselves in bookkeeping will be delighted to know of "Waggener's Bookkeeping Simplified." It is the most compact little book for this purpose we have ever seen; everything is condensed in seventy-seven pages, and nothing seems to have been left out that is necessary to a good, clear, practical knowledge of the subject. Publisher's price, $1.00.
The stories published in this little volume have been issued from time to time in the Philadelphia Times, and it is at the request of many readers that they now greet the world in more enduring form. They have been written as occasion suggested, during several years; and they commemorate to me many of the friends I have known and loved in the animal world. "Shep" and "Dr. Jim," "Abdallah" and "Brownie," "Little Dryad" and "Peek-a-Boo." I have been fast friends with every one, and have watched them with such loving interest that I knew all their ways and could almost read their thoughts. I send them on to other lovers of dumb animals, hoping that the stories of these friends of mine will carry pleasure to young and old.
Every boy and girl is interested in what is going on about them. The authors of this series have gathered together the most interesting kind of information, and have told it in a most entertaining way.
Copies will be sent post-paid to any address upon receipt of price named.
1. Foods and Beverages, by E.A. Beal, M.D. Contains reading lessons on the various kinds of Foods and their hygienic values; on Grains, Fruits, and useful Plants, with elementary botanical instruction relating thereto; and on other common subjects of interest and importance to all, old and young. 281 pages. Cloth, 60 cents.
2. Every-Day Occupations, by H. Warren Clifford, S.D. Quantities of useful facts entertainingly told, relating to work and workers. How Leather is Tanned; How Silk is Made; The Mysteries of Glass-Making, of Cotton Manufacture, of Cloth-Making, of Ship and House Building; The Secrets of the Dyer's Art and the Potter's Skill—all and more are described and explained in detail with wonderful clearness. 330 pages. Cloth, 60 cents.
3. Man and Materials, by Wm. G. Parker, M.E. Shows how man has raised himself from savagery to civilization by utilizing the raw material of the earth. Brings for the first time the wonderful natural resources of the United States to the notice of American children. The progress of the Metal-Working arts simply described and very attractively illustrated. 323 pages. Cloth, 60 cents.
4. Modern Industries and Commerce, by Robert Louis, Ph.D. Treats of commerce and the different means of conveyance used in different eras. Highways, Canals, Tunnels, Railroads, and the Steam Engine are discussed in an entertaining way. Other subjects are Paper Manufacture, Newspapers, Electric Light, Atlantic Cable, the Telephone, and the principal newer commercial applications of Electricity, etc. 329 pages. Cloth, 60 cents.
Measures 2-1/4 x 2-7/8 x 3-7/8 inches, makes a picture 1-1/2 x 2 inches, and weighs only 5 ounces. Delivered ready for 12 exposures without reloading.
The Lens is of the fixed focus type, and of sufficient length of focus (2-1/2 inches) to avoid distortion.
Has improved rotary shutter and set of three stops for lens. The slides for changing stops and for time exposures are alongside of the exposure lever and always show by their position what stop is before the lens and whether the shutter is set for time or instantaneous exposures, thus acting as a warning.
In the quality of the work they will do, Pocket Kodaks equal the best cameras on the market. They make negatives of such perfect quality that enlargements of any size can be made from them.
The Pocket Kodaks are covered with fine leather, and the trimmings are handsomely finished and lacquered. They are elegant, artistic, and durable.
For pictures 4x5 inches; delivered ready for 12 exposures without reloading. Size of camera, 4-7/8 x 5-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches; weight 2 pounds 2 ounces; length of focus of lens, 6-1/4 inches.
Fitted with an achromatic lens of superior quality, having a set of three stops; has two finders, one for vertical and one for horizontal exposures; and is also provided with two sockets for tripod screws, one for vertical and one for horizontal exposures. Fitted with improved rotary shutter, for snap-shots or time exposures. Can be loaded in daylight. Handsomely finished and covered with leather.
Those who fail to secure the necessary number for the bicycle may make selection from this catalogue.