Entries must be received by us at Hartford on or before Tuesday, June 30, 1896. In case of a tie, the award will be made according to priority of receipt and entry. Address Department of Statistics, POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Right KIND OF Tires FOR RACING No. 75 Hartford Single Tubes--the standard racing tires, the kind Bald rode in 1895. FOR PLEASURE No. 80 Hartford Single-Tubes--the standard fast road tires, delightful, buoyant, comfortable. [Illustration] FOR SECURITY No. 77 Hartford Single-Tubes--the standard tires for those who are willing to sacrifice a little speed for greater security from puncture. The ideal tire for tandems. FOR ROUGH SERVICE No. 70 Hartford Single-Tubes--the standard tires for rocky, hilly country. * * * * * THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO. HARTFORD, CONN. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS Nos. 303, 404, 170, 604 E. F., 601 E. F. And other styles to suit all hands. THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. Postage Stamps, &c. $117.50 WORTH OF STAMPS FREE to agents selling stamps from my 50% approval sheets. Send at once for circular and price-list giving full information. C. W. Grevning, Morristown, N. J. JAPANESE POSTAGE STAMPS! Every one who sends me 20 unused stamps of his land will receive 20 unused stamps, in good varieties, from Japan. Sekigyokuken, Mitsunosho, Bingo, Japan. =LOOK HERE, BOYS!= 50 stamps and hinges, 15c; 100, 25c. Cheaper packets if you want. Sheets on approval. List sent free. Send Postal Card. W. C. SHIELDS, 30 Sorauren Ave., Toronto, Canada. STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo. =Stamps.= Approval sheets. Agents w't'd; 50% com. G. D. Holt & Co., 155 Pulaski St., Brooklyn, N. Y. =Stamps,= 105 all dif. fine S. Am., etc., 10c. Agt's w't'd, 50%. List free. Stockbridge Stamp Co. 1219 Shawmut Pl., St. Louis, Mo. =FINE APPROVAL SHEETS.= Agents wanted at 50% com. P. S. Chapman, Box 151, Bridgeport, Ct. [Illustration: Thompson's Eye Water] HARPER'S ROUND TABLE Not only is it excellent in its written text, but artists make its pages artistically beautiful.--_Chicago Inter-Ocean_, Feb. 22, 1896. 5 CENTS A COPY--$2.00 A YEAR HOW HECTOR SAVED THE TRAIN. SECOND-PRIZE STORY. BY S. O. RITTENHOUSE. "When may I hear the story?" "Well," replied Walter Preston, the genial station-master at Springdale, "it happened several years ago. I could tell you many more wonderful stories than this, concerning Hector, in which he displayed almost human intelligence. The only remarkable thing about this story lies in the fact that a number of human lives were placed in a position of deadly peril, and that all were saved--not in any wonderful manner, but, nevertheless, saved by Hector.