d. Ask for HIRES and _get_ it.

[Illustration: HIRES' Rootbeer]

THE CHAS. E. HIRES CO., Philadelphia.

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[Illustration]

Carry in pocket. Takes 25 perfect pictures in one loading--re-loading
costs 20c. Ask your dealer for it, or send for free booklet "All About
the Kombi."

ALFRED C. KEMPER,

Branches: London, Berlin. 132-134 Lake Street, Chicago

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CARD PRINTER =FREE=

Sets any name in one minute; prints 500 cards an hour. YOU can make
money with it. A font of pretty type, also Indelible Ink, Type Holder,
Pads and Tweezers. Best Linen Marker; worth $1.00. Sample mailed FREE
for 10c. stamps for postage on outfit and large catalogue of 1000
Bargains.

R. H. Ingersoll & Bro. 65 Cortlandt St. N.Y. City

=DEAFNESS & HEAD NOISES CURED= by my =INVISIBLE= Tubular Cushions. Have
helped more to good =HEAR=ing than all other devices combined. Whispers
=HEAR=d. Help ears as glasses do eyes. =F. Hiscox=, 853 B'dway, N.Y.
Book of proofs FREE

[Illustration: If afflicted with SORE EYES USE Dr. ISAAC THOMPSON'S EYE
WATER]

Harper's Catalogue,

Thoroughly revised, classified, and indexed, will be sent by mail to any
address on receipt of ten cents.

By W. J. HENDERSON

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Elements of Navigation

With Diagrams. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00.

Afloat with the Flag

Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental. $1.25.

Sea Yarns for Boys

SPUN BY AN OLD SALT. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental,
$1.25.

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Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York

_For sale by all booksellers, or will be mailed by the publishers,
postage prepaid, on receipt of the price._

[Illustration: THE BABY ELEPHANT'S MISADVENTURE, OR THE SATISFACTION OF
HAVING AN EFFICIENT PARENT.]

A SAFE METHOD.

The treasures of the Bank of France are said to be better guarded than
those of any other bank in the world. At the close of business hours
every day, when the money is put into the vaults in the cellar, masons
at once wall up the doors with hydraulic mortar. Water is then turned on
and kept running until the cellar is flooded. A burglar would have to
work in a diving suit and break down a cement wall before he could even
start to loot the vaults. When the officers arrive the next morning, the
water is drawn off, the masonry is torn down, and the vaults opened.