Tip Top Weekly No. 80: Frank Merriwell as 'Anchor' — page 31: what you’re looking at

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‘TIP TOP WEEELY. 29 iP lOPWEEKLY A PUBLICATION FOR YOUNG AMERICANS. “An Ideal Publication for the American Youth.” NEW YORK, OCTOBER 28, 1897. Terme to Tip Top Weekly Mall Subscribers, (POSTAGH FREE.) Smonths - - ----- 65c.{ One year - - « - © 6 = $2.50 4months = - - 5 . «= « 85e, | 2 copies one year - - - - 4.00 6 months - - - = -. - $1.25 |] 1 copy two years - - = - 4.00 How To SEND Mongy.--By post office or express money order, registered letter, bank check or drift, at our risk. At your own risk If sent by postal note, currency. coin, or postage stampe in ordinary letter. RECEI pTs.~- Receipt of your remittance ts acknowledged by proper: change of number on yourlabel. If not correct you have not been properly credited, and should iel us know at once. To CLUR RAIskits.—Upon request we will send sample copltes to aid ron In obtaining subscribers, All letters shonld be addressed to STREET & SMITH’S TIP TOP WEEKLY, 232 William St., New York City. Christmas Money! $25~GOLD~$25 Which is your favorite character in Tip Top Weekly stories aside grom Frank Merriwell him- Self P ‘Five prizes of five dollars gold, each, ‘will be given to the writers of the five ‘best letters on the above subject. If you read the famous “‘Merriwell” sto- ries you must have formed a liking for-one of Frank’s companions. Write us a BRIEF letter, stating your favorite and giving the reasons for making the choice, and address the letter, or postal card, to “Character Contest,” Tip Top Weekly, Street &. ‘Smith, 238 William Street, New York This contest will end DECEMBER. 11. 1897, and the prizes will be forwarded to the ete., and as our young frien s Day, Calks With —6«Cip Cop Readers, The readers of the Tip Top Weekly will find in this week’s story a graphic description of a famous spurt —the tug of war. Fora trial of strength aud skill there is probably nothiug to equal it. ‘iugs of war, however, are not as much in vogue in college aports as in the army and navy. At all athletic competitions in Louth services the principal event is the tug of war be- ween scratch teams. In‘ Frank Merriwell as Anchor; or, The Winning Pull in the Tug of War,’’ Mr. Stan- dish gives a thrilling account of a match at New York. The next story in the present Yale series, entitled “FHrank Merriwell’s [nitiation; or, The Seeret Order of Pi Gamnil,’’ will be a description of the popular hero’s experience while being initiated in one of the inany secret societies for which ‘‘Old Eli’ ia famous, Readers desirous of eee back numbers in good order should purchase a Tip Top Weekly binder, a description of which, with illustration will be found on page 32. . ovale ee Pe Correspondence. ‘“‘Athlete,”? Troy, N. Y¥.—The ‘'All-Arerica Eleven’? for 1806 was composed of the following pluy- ers: Baird (Priuceton), full-back; re es and Wrightington (Harvard), half-backs: Fincke (Yale), quarter and captain; Gailey (Princeton), cen- tre; Wharton and Woodruff (Pennsylvania), guards; Churek (Princeton) and Murpby (Yale), tackles; Gil- bert (Pennsylvania) and Cabot (Harvard), ends. Annie J., Savannah, Ga.—Polishing wax for furni- ture is thus prepared: YVFour three ounces of oi} of tur- pentine over four ounces of white wax inan earthen vessel; cover the latter with strong paper, aud place it in warm water on the back part ofa warm stove to melt the wax. When both substances are united, let the mixture cool until it becomes solid and assumes a whitish color; then add and mix with it two ounces of strong alcohol. Wash the furniture with soap ‘water, and, when dry, apply tbe polish in a thin layer with a woolen rag, rubbing first gently and then more vig- orously. Allow the furniture to stand for half an hour, and rub once more thoroughly with the woolen cloth. C. H., Chicago, Il.—Many strange stories have been told of prosperity to the finder of a horse-shoe, but such superstitious ideas are fast dying out. We are personally acquainted with a man who blames iis ill-success to the finding of a horse-shoe. He picked it up in the street, carried it home, polished it nicely, and awaited his good luck, In the course of a few weeks be lost his situation, then his health, and as be was of a superstitious natnre, he thought some one had bewitched the horse-shue, so he threw it: away. Strangs to relate, he secured another situation in a very short time, and. like the ending ofa fairy story, he was prosperous, wil] probably live long, and die bappy. You, therefore, need not worry because you only found half a horse-shoe, as your luck or misfor- tune will not be altered in the least. Sport, Savannah, Tllinois.—Recitations, debates, songs, dialogues, etec., are vary goal and interesting school exercises for Friday afternoon, and we are ut a loss to suggest anything that could be better. However, as you appear tired of the above exercises, and desire sonething ‘‘new,?? why not propose a course of lec- tures on different trades or professions, the study of stenography, and the practice on type-writing ma- chines? Books on all subjects can be hought at small cost or horrowed from the public libraries: You may be able to buy a second-hand type-writing machine by writing to the manufacturergin New York, We ara aware Chat it requries money to buy books, machines, at school are not bur- dened with too much money, it would take them some time to save enough to buy the outfit for the Frida afternoon exercises. If yon are as entbusiastic on th subject as your letter would lead os to suppose, rot ought to be able to interest some of the moneyed pso- ple in your town and get them to su be. ConniclooolkKS