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the value of the Cloned were supplied Carpenter and A. W. Batcheller. Leading the rare Confederate stamps are the issues of Goliad, Texas. Eight varieties are known- All are practically un obtainable. The scarcest are the tive cent gray and the ten cent red, with the name "Goliad" misspelled at the top of a square of ornamental type border. In the centre is ' the denomination, either "5" or 4,10" at the bottom being the ' word "postage " At the left hand side is the name of the - postmaster, "J. A- Clark " On the opposite side is the word, - "Postmaster." " Both of these rarities are valu- el at $1,580. Another variety, of the denomination of Ave and ten 4 cents, without the name of the postmaster, is valued at $1,000 when it appears on pink paper, "While on ordinary paper a speci men is quoted at $."00. The five cents and the ten-cent dark blue are likewise valued at 3ooo Apiece. - In the fifteen hundred dollar . -class is a live-cent blue stamp is ; ' sued at Livingston, Ala. It is . r&lher ornamental in pattern. At -either side is the inscription. "Livinston Postmaster " In the centre on a shield is the numeral 5," with a sun and spreading 4'ays overhead, while at the ex "treme top and bottom are the words "Paid and "Cents." ' - All the same value is rated the tWp-cent agreen gray stamp of Macon, Ga. This shows the , , words "Two Cents" in the cen tre Of a small rectangular stamp of ornate border. Tue stamp is ttom is the name postmaster, J. McUor- mick- This stamp is valued at $1,000. Two other designs of the tive cent denomination, made up of a border, with the name of the postoffice at the top and the post master at the bottom, but with out the words "Paid"and"Cents" at either side of the large numer al, the colors being green and carmine, are valued at $00 and $100 each- At the top of the customary "Paid5 cents." The value of this rarity, which is the only known variety issued at this postoffice, is $HC0. Gonzales, Texas, furnished two stamps which are among the scarcest of the Confederate is sues The design of both show ed" a small rectangle, with the firm name of "Colman & Law, Booksellers and Druggists," at the bottom being "Gonzales, Tex as, ine two varieties or this ujlc nuuwu, uic live auu tun ucu- cent, the former gold and dark blue, the latter gold and garnet. These are estimated to be worth $1,000 each- The five-cent black stamp is- 1 ' ... ' ra,d r A itfully, A r in; is the iety is TTr-fc i I wain LiAti f. V VMM v. t ,f . I -r M r-f oca 8c; - it a i '-is. - -f.v.r. s Peruvian GucUjo and Ni- t.he7T?tr with t.lvi Dublic. and far.ronage of rhe past, w Carlylc, bertoti. N. C Ttae Limit ol Life. "The most eminent medical sci , enist are unanimous in the conclu sion that the generally accepted ' limitation of human life is man year "below the attainment possi ' bid with the advanced knowledge of which the rsc is now possessed Thecritical period, that determ ined its duration, seems to be be- tween 50 and 6' the proper can " of. the body ftdTi ring this decacl. i" cannot be too strongly urged ; care Iessuesa then being fatal to longev ity. Nifnre'-'Jt helper after fl it Klectrio ritters, me scientinc tonio medioine that revitalizes ev ery orgaia of the,body. Guaranteed by all Druggists. tOc. sued at urove hui, Aia., is o very crude design- It is sti larger than the average of the provisional issues, with the in scription"Po At Grove Hill, Ala. In the centre is the word "Paid below in two lines being Cents." This stamp is valued at $1,000. The Helena, Texas, stamp of tive cents was most simple in de sign, being composed of a type border almost square in shape At the top is Helena " A large figure "5" occupies the central portion at the bottom Postage," This stamp was printed in two colors, black and buff and black and gray, each variety being es timated to be wortli $1,000. The ten-cent yellow stamp, of Beaumont, Texas, shows a square of light and dark shaded rule with "Beaumont at the top and "Paid" in the centre. At the How's Tbls? Wi offer Oiip Hundred I.,llar Keward for myo tp ..f C.'iticni tliMt cannot l.e eurt'd by iUli'v Catarih ure. V. I. CHENEY I O , Tel. tin, O. We th UDdir-lunorl hav known K J. Ohe y f rtue wt '5 yi-rx ttul U-liev In in per. otlv ho Tbl in all biiH'r.opH t ansactloun i1 ft nnct'llv .i.i i.i carry out ny obllitr- don made by lilfl firm. Wil.OINU. KNiM ft MARVIN. Wholesale UruU ts, Toledo. O . Hall'i (latai rli . i- taken inter ally, aot tn(? dlrect!y u on the bloo. a il mucoun sur faces of i e nyso-m Ihsii onbi l 01 free. lJrt(i7be ne'hlt le. 8 1 i by all DruKlilsta. TaVe Hrti;h r'auiil; fllU (or oiiKtipailun i 1 1 fl 1 a iiiiB wora, raia," nderneath this is 5 Cts." Unattractive as thisexample may be, still the collector values this black bit of prper at $1,000. The five and the ten-cert red brown-green stamps of Victoria, Texas, are each ualued at '$1,000. Thev show a rectangular frame, at the top of which is the word "Victoria," at the bottom being "Postage." In the centre in very small letters is the inscrip tion "J. A. Moody, P. M," with a lary;e,tigure "5 underneath. Built up of different kinds of type border were the two, five and ten-cent stamps of Union- town, Ala. At the top of this stamp were the letters "GSA," the word "Postage. " In the cen tre, Directly below this in the figure "5," enclosed by paren thesis marks, which divide the word "Paid." At the extreme bottom is "Uciontown." The two-cent green-gray-blue and the five-cent green are each valued at 11,000, while the ten- i cent denominination of about the same design, but printed in red, is classed among tne scarcest varieties and is valued at $1,500. Tellico Plains, Term., had two varieties of stamps, five and ten cents, both printed in red. At the top of a plain border of rule is "M. F. Johnson, P. M." In the centre, within a square built up of type-border, is "Paid 5, while at the bottom, in two lines is the name of the issuing office Both vareities of this stamp are valued at $150. A fie-cent red stamp of Rhea town, Tenn., is quite similar in design to the stamp last des cribed. with the name of 'D Pence. P- M.' at the top. This variety is valued at 200. Pleasant Shade, Va., issued a stamD made of tvoe Jacrder. At the top is Pleasant Shade, Vir ginia." Under this, divided by a line of border, is the word "Post $200. Nashville, Tenn., has a rare stamp in the ten-cent green bear ing the name of "W. D. McNish, P. M., Nashville, Tenn, "in a cir cle in the center of the stamp, which encloses "Paid 5," sur rounding by a smaller circle of eleven stars: This is quoted at $150. The most valuable collection of Confederate stamps is that owned by H- E. Deats, of Plem ington, N. J. This includes almost all the rare varieties and also nearly every other stamp is sue of the South during the Civil War. Mr- Deats is the leading authority on these stamps and his collection is valued at-$35,000. Cost of Crime In United States. Uarper'g Weekly. m, . . ,. . , Ine cost of religious work in The cost of crime to the gov- v,a tt,; ctf., :.. who wuiucu. oiavrjs la CUUI UlllUS. The cost of foreign missions, COmDrisincr all dpnnminar,iri ia $80,000,000 is expended in a cer- $7,000,000; home missions expend tain percentage of the mainten- tQe same 8Um. We spend for ance of the Supreme and Federal education$200)000,000; for church courts. United States district I expenses and ministers' salaries, attorneys, United States mar- '$150.000. OOd Hn.nitM Hn,i ernment reaches the enormous sum of $140,000,000. 'Ofthissum Men Who Made Their Way. I'r igreialve Farmer i Within less than as many months' three of the country's strong captains of industry have hppn I'omnvorl from thai r nrm- ! mands by death. President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Kailway met a tragic fate in a collision on his own road Thanks giving Day; shortly afterward President Cassat, of the Pennsyl vania died, and last week, after a brief illness, President Alfred United gtates present9 so Wo I rw r f t-Vi fioo Krvj rrl Air T.lnti ' shals and the Secret Service Bureau; part of it is the cost of crime to the Treasury Depart ment to prevent smuggling, the cost of crime to the army and the navy and to the Post office and to allied departments. The government loses by smuggling and postal frauds, &c, add the $60,000,000 to make the aforesaid total In the last statement, which is only an estimate of what the national government pays for crime, it should re remem bered that there are no reliable figures on the subject. In esti mating the government losses at $60,000,000 a year for smuggling lraud, &c, the writer has on ,'deavored to keep strictly under the mark. It is estimated that the government loses from $75, 000,000 to $100,000,000 a year by smuggling alone, while the post office frauds are beleived to have cost the government something like $40,000,000 a year. The details cost of crime in tin me Endorsed by the County. "The most popular remedy in Otsego County, aad the best friend of my family' writes Win. M. Diet, editor and publisher of the Otaeffo Journal, Gilbertsville, Hi tt .? -v ir; VT T: X., 18 1JT. rvlUg B nVY XlDUU.voijr. It has proved to be an infallible cure for coughs and oolds, making short work of the worst of them. Ve always keep a bottle in the house. I believe it to be the most passed away. The death of these men and the succession of others to office have brought into promi nence some notabe facts of bio graphy. President Spencer rose to his command by gradual pro motion from rodman in an engi neering corps; the same story of advancement by reason of capaci ty and efficiency is told of Presi dent Walter, and of Mr. McCrea, the new -President of the Penn sylvania, each of whom also rose to the Presidency of his road from the position of rodman; while President Finley, who suc ceeded Mr. Spencer as President f the Southern, began his d ireer as a telegraph messenger boy Mr. Carnegie gave to one of his books' the title of "The Empire of Business. Incidents like those above quoted furnish a good beginning for a book on the "Democracy of Business" a democracy giving opportunity to the greatest and the least and recognizing and rewarding the efficient use of opportunity. Croup c m posit vely be stopped in 10 minutes. No vomiting n . thine; to sicken .l:A.Mnnn ll i ! "I A eu..l t ll (I I- 1 1 valuable prescription known tor anil safe Syrup, called Dr. Shoop's Croup Lane and Tnroat diseases." Guar- i Cun, does the work and does ;t quickly. nnteed to never disappoint thel- Sh op's Croup Cure ts tor Croup 'otu . r,;. KfU akme, remember It does not claim to taker, by all drug stores Price 60c cure ; dozen ailuienU. it's for Croup- auU $1.00. Trial bottle free. I that's all. Sold by all dealers. astounding figures In 1907 tin cost of crime in Greater New York was $85,562,133,24. Th State county, and city authori ties outside of Greater New York spent for It 542,605,472,75. Ii-forty-five States (New York ex cluded) the expenditure wa- $697,080,000. Criminal losses b. tires totaled $100,000,000- B customers frauds the national government lost, $60,000,000 During this one year the loss ii wages to $100,000 state prisoners was $28,080,000, awhile thelos. in wages of 150,000 prisoners in city and county jails was A6. 000 000. The grand total, there fore, of the cost of crime in tht United States reaches the stupen dous figures of 11,076,327,605 ' pensaries for the sick poor cost us $1,000,000. Cicy missions and rescue work of all kinds de mand and receive $8,000,000 hum anitarian work of every kind, $12,000,000. Our Young Men's and Young Women, s Christain Associations cot $5,000,000 wnile all other moral and social work in the United States re quires an expenditure of 5,000, 000. The total expenditure lor humanitarian unci religious work is, then, $549 000,000. As against his, the toual cost of crime in th; United Mates for the vear reached the incredible total of $1,076,327,1)05.99. That is to say, we spend mure tnan $500,000,000 a year more on crime than we do ou all spiritual, ecclesiastical, physical, humanitarian, educa tional, and healing agencies put together. Stimulate ttae Blood. Brandreth's Pills are the great bloo. purioer 1 hey are a laxative nil bio i tonic, they act equally on the bowels, ;he kidneys and the skin, thus cleansing th system by the natural outlet of the bddy They stimulate the bloo I so as to enab.i nature to throw off all morbid humoti and cure all troutil s arisinsr from an itn pure state of the bio d. One or two takei every night will prove au invaluable ren Each pill contains one grain of soli extract of sarsaparilla, which, which.wn oth r valuable v getable products, mak it a blood purifier of excellent charactei Brandreth's t ills h ve been in use fo over a century and are sold in every dru and medicine store, eitka jplain or sugai I coaled. How's Your Liver? It will pay you to take good care of your liver, because, If you do, your liver will take good care of you. Sick liver puts you all out of sorts, makes you pale, dizzy, sick at the stomach, gives you stomach acht, headache, malaria, etc. Well liver keeps you well, by purifying your blood and digesting your food. There Is only one safe, certain and reliable liver medicine, and that Is Thedford's Black-Draught For over 60 years this wonderful vegetable remedy has been the standby In thousands of homes, and Is today o iavonie uver medicine in the world. It acts gently on the liver and kid neys, and does not Irritate the bowels. Itcuies constipation, relieves con gestion, ana purities the system from an overflow of bile, thereby keeping uie coay in perrecc nearai. Price 25c ' at all druggists and dealers. - Test It. y- i". ailve tis i w y u are liring. Let the people
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