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IlPriooI/OQ, ; All the 5.1mm love Palmer Cox’s Brownies.- . town to haveaset of these, so they Willi be given out FREE TO OUR READERS. All we ask is that you send this order to the publishers. Gets the Books. HomemHEM. cut This Out I GE'ER l 60:: Worth Free. ; HUBBARD PUB. 00.. 102 3 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Please mail me”. the Following Four 6N W :_ Palmer Cox Brownie Books: . " Gock Robm Busy Brownies . . Funny Foxes Birds’ Wedding Enclosed Please find 10c. to pay Wrapping and Postage. (smmrs ACCEPTABLE.) Send this “01-der”direct:to thefpublishers and books will be sent you by return mail Name, ............................................................ . .................. . Address, .......................... 4... .......... .State ......................... - .j'.‘ Charge to Account EVENING GAZETTE. Norwalk, Conn. 'wordless transactions. Ely back to primitive Simplicity. done on honor, not on paper. I ilars worth of the property her'e dealt :in proves that a bargain sealed with ’ the wave of the whip and the assenting 1 sales. 11111111111111:— 3. Wise _Man Keeps his Home Insured 1» ‘_ Against Eire...— ._ 1111 1111111111111111111311111 11.1.11. Minster. 00111. sszms 11111011111. - .1. . 111011111111 10111 0U read this advertisement. If it,had been yours and others had read it, how much good it might have. done. Send in‘your adv- and we will do the rest. Rates on'apphcation. ‘o1igi1:alsir.. binding.”-—Chicag0 Post. " THE Ev EN 111 g *G La E 'r'T E SELLING BY SIGNALS- How CATTLE ARE DEALT 1N AT THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. The Motion of a Whip as Binding as a “ 1itten Agreement—Thong mds of Dol- lam Change Hands With Only Signs to Indicate “he Contract. ’ The Chicago stock yards among the great marts of the world. In no other place, say those who ares-- most familiar with its daily routine“:- “ is so- large an aggregate of business; transacted in the language of gestures”, and without the “scratch of a pen” as' 'ij in the noisy pens of the stock yards“. A whip is held high in air, across a sea of clattering horns the signal is answered by the momentary uplifting of a hand, and a “bunch” of cattle worth thous- There is something splendidly, pic- turesque and even spectacular in these They ignore the artificialities of the complex system upon which modern business relation- ships ‘are almost universally maintain- ed. Trade i-n the cattle pens gets held- It is And the undisputed transfer of millions of dol- gesture of the hand is quite as safe and sacred as if the whole transaction were recorded “in black and white.” The trader in the wheat pit is armed with his tally card upon which he pauses to note the names of those with whom he deals and the amount, nature and price of the commodities bought and-sold. The broker upon the floor of the stock exchange places equal re- liance upon the quickly pencilled mem: oranda made at the .moment when the details of each transaction were upon the lips of those concerned in its ful- fillment. But the buyer and seller of the yards carry whips and not pencils, and their deals are recorded in memory instead of writteh upon trading cards. As well try to picture the old knights making laborious written memoranda of their challenges as to think of the rough and ready traders of the cattle yards pausing in their saddles to jot down upon paper their purchases and Such a procedure would bid de- fiance to the very nature of things and do violence to the magnificent uncon- ven-tionalit’y of every environment. “Is there never any trouble in this kind of dealing?” a leading commis- sion man was asked. g “If you mean, do the men go back on their bargains made by whip and hand? I can answer, never,” was the trader’s answer, as he brought his trim black horse to a halt in the cattle alley and leaned forward in his saddle. “There isn’t another place in America, or the whole world, for that matter, where so much business is done on the basis of personal integrity, without a written word to show for the transactions, as right here,” he continued. “And the method beats all the bonds 011 earth. The day’s business in these pens will run about a million and a half. And how is it done? Littleitalk, a consid- erable waving of whips and giands and no exchange of written documents be- tween buyers and sellers! “Here is a bunch of cattle that will figure up about $10,000. Over there in the other alley is a buyer who this morning offered me a price of $5.10. for them. I thought that I could do better, but the market has been a little off and I have decided to let the bunch go at his offer. Up to the present moment we have exchanged about a dozen words on this subject. Now, if he is willing to-pay the 'price which he named in the morning, I’ll show you how a $10,000 bunch of fat steers is sold without Word of mouth or a scratch of writing at the time the bargain is really made.” , ' ~ The commission man then straight- ened up in his saddle and waited for the distant buyer to look in his direc- tion. A moment later this representa- tive of a big packing house wheeled his horse about and faced in the direction of the seller. Instantly the commis- sion man lifted high his rawhide rid- ing whip and held it aloft. His atti- tude was as striking as that of a cav- alry colonel uplifting his sabre to con- centrate the attention of his regiment before making a desperate charge. The pose, however, was full of natural grace and freedom, and showed that the man was more at ease in the sad- dle than he could have been out of it. Only a moment elapsed before the alert eye of the buyer caught sight of the. upraised whip. The next instant he raised his hand a little above his head, held it motionless a moment and then dropped it with a forward me: e- ment. Quickly the seller repeated the motion of assent with his whip, and then, turning to his caller, said: ~ “That’s all there is to it. To a stranger this kindlof a performance looks like a long-range sign tall; be— tween deaf mu-,tes but we under: tend each other perfectly. We both 1 no.. how many cattle there are in the 3211:2121: and the price at which they baa-.2. 1. _ 1:, sold. Had we been within" ape-.1 distance of each other the trans. ;. would probably have been a verbal 0;: .1, just for the sake of sociability, but not because it would have made the bar—' gain better understood or any more A. scientific publication in Paris as— sent; that ophthalmia is increasingly frc .aent among bicyclists, owing to the dust and impulities raised by the wheel. According-to science sharps. the bike is responsible for more evils than escaped from the box of Pandora. it may soon be held accountable for is unique ’ 1 CHIST ,ivening Gaze H NewSBnys tNews Girl's. \ OVER 1100.00 WORTH. 0r PRIZES. WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BOYS 0R IQGIRLS IMABIONG THE LARGEST SALES PREVIHUS 2‘0 DECEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH. Each boy or girl will receive on coming to buy a stock of papers, :1 number. , To this . number will be credited eaCh day the number of papers sold. At the close of business on the evening of December 24, the aggregate of the sales of each. numbered seller will be on record in the business office oi this paper andthe prizes will be awarded. I . In this distribution of Christmas gifts not only the boys, but the girls now selling the GA- ZETTE may take part. Any bright lad or less can compete for the prizes on the same terms ' offered to those already on the list. All that is necessary is to apply at the GAZETTE counting room, give the name of the applicant and receive a number. The appended list of prizes speaks for itself. News boys and news girls 'in striving for them will not merely-be working for the prizes, but making more money than ever before. It is a great chance for bright boys and girls and there is little question of the way they will The 1 Prize List. No. l—A Scholarship of Ten W‘eeks’ Personal Instruction in the Academic, Business Telegrapby and Penmanship Departments of Easima‘n Business treat it. L‘horthand, TypeWriting, Goflege. ' No. 2—A Complete Course [Instructidn by Mail book included] in Shorthand, at Eastman Business college. . No, 3—A Complete Course [Instruction by Mail, without books] in Bookkeeping. at Eastman Business college. No 4—A Ten Wéeks’ Course [Instruction by Mail] in Shortband at Eastman Bus. college. No. 5--A Complete Set of Shakespeare’s 6 iness Works 8 volumes. No. 6—Pair of Nickel PlatediClubzskates. ' No. 7—Rugby Foot Ball. N0. 8—Boy’s Sweater, a beauty, one of the best. No, 9——Pair (if-Boy’s or Girl’s Fine Shoes. No. lO—Silk Gloria Umbrella. No. ll—Boy’s Sled. No. 12-F0ur-bladed Pocket Knife. No. 13—Silver Dollar. 1 N o. 14—One—half dozen Handkerchiefs. No. 15-Boy’s Windsor Tie. No. 16—Half Dollar. in Silver. Any News Boy or News Girl bringing $1.00 to this ofie‘e as a. new subscription to the WEEKLY GAZETTE and. NEW YORK WEEK-' LY TRIBUNE will be credited with 50 sales for every Subscriber obtained. -: +
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