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other public works will be added. An
Orphan Asylum, conducted by private
charity, is one of the benevolent enter
prises of the city.
Salem is well built, a good propor
tion of the business houses being sub-!
stantial brick structures. Of these, the
Chemeketa House, the Bank building,
and the Opera House and Commercial
Hotel, are handsome structures, as well
as many of the stores. Three daily and
three weekly papers are published here,
among the rest the Willamette Farmer
a valuable journal, weft representing
the interests of Oregon agriculture.
The Fair Grounds of the State Ag
ricultural Society are just outside the
town limits, and arc every year being
made more and more attractive, as the
Society gets out of debt, and com
mences to realize a profit on its man
agement. Salem never has been and never will
be anything of a speculative town. It
is steady and sure, having a certain
prosperity guaranteed it by its location,
and the character of its people.
The Oregon & California railroad
has a station both at Salem and at the
Fair Grounds, the latter only in use
during the annual exhibition, which
I calls together the people from the
I length and breadth of the country.
Eastern Pi hlications. We have
made favorable arrangements with all
. LI' 1 ...Ln
tne leading buieru puwwof wfivra"
by we are enabled to furnish the eastern
papers and magazines at less than the
publishers rates. Send us your list
with a three-cent stamp for return pos
tage, and we will give you our price. ;
For instance, a person desiring to sub
scribe for Harper's Monthly. Scribner's
and Frank Leslie's Illustrated, w ould
require three letters, nine-cent postage,
three postal orders, thirty cents. Sub
scription, $12.00. Total, $1.39. By
sending the order to us, it would re
quire but one letter, and w e will furnish
tbe three publications for $10.50; all
1 other publications at a like reduction.
DoMKSTlCATK TllOl'T, HoW TO
Brkkd and Gkow them. A 36 7 - page
volume of the above title, by Mr. Liv
ingstone Stone, has reached us. It is
without a doubt the most complete
book of the kind ever written, and Mr.
Stone handles the subject understaml
ingly, he having had years of practical
experience as a trout breeder. We
have perused the work carefully, and
assert that any one taking any interest
at all in fish-culture, will enjoy the
reading of this elegant volume as a rare
treat. The mechanical part of the
work was executed by J. R, Osgood &
Co., Boston, which is in itself guar
antee of its elegance.
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