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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1891)
9 '4 Eating by the Alphabet. "Have you got anything hero begin ning with k" tliat's good to cat?" in quired a new customer in a well known local delicacy market, last Tuesday. "How will pickled kidneys answer?" replied the clerk, after a moment's thought. "First rate. Give me a dozen cans. The kitten's life ia saved," exclaimed tho strange patron, with enthusiasm. "1 told my wife." he continued, "that if 1 failed to send homo a kangaroo, dead or alive, before 2 o'clock, 1 should expect to find the kitten served up for supper in the latest Chinese style. Hut your happy thought saved her. "You see we all got tired eating the same things day after day, and so last month we agreed that during December wo would legin and eat up (or rather down) the alphaU't. taking one letter a day, with bread, potatoes, tea and coffee, thrown in as staples. "So Dec. 1 we inaugurated tho dietary system with a bill of fare consisting of apples in many forms, apricots trickled, asparagus, almonds and tlio staples. The next day's menu was beef, beets, beans, biscuits! buttermilk, bacon and lon lons. "Tho following day wo feasted on chicken, codfish Im?.h. clams, celery, cu cumbers (fifty cents each), crabs, cheese, cake, crackers, crullers, carrots, canned currants, canned cherries, citrons, cider, catsup and candy. And so it has gone on. "The fifth day woidd have been a fast day had it not been for eggs, but wo made an Raster of it. Yesterday wo dined, breakf asted and suped chiefly on jellies. Today your kidney suggestion saves us from sfarvation, whilo to-inor-row wo will grow fat on liver, lamb, lobster, lettuce, etc. "A queer thing about our new food departure is tho number of things it has led us to put in our mouths which we never thought of iKifore." Buffalo Express. Thread Spool. Among the peculiar industries which flourish in western Maine is the making of thread sKols. They aro cut from smooth, white birch timber a wood which works easily by various kinds of improved machines. There aro nu merous mill:) throughout the lumbering region, where the birch is sawed into strips alMMit four feet long and from ono to two inches in width and thickness. These strips then go to the spool facto ries, to be converted into spools. Tho processes they are put through aro nu merous, and one of them, the method of polishing them, is quite interesting. A barrel is filled nearly full of them and then revolved bv menus of machinery and taking until the spools are worn smooth by rubbing one against another. Spool manufacturing is tho most im- Iiortant industry in several of tho vil nges of Oxford county, and will doubt less continue m until tho supply of whito birch timber is exhausted. Tho manufacture of shoe pegs is another peculiar Maine industry, though shared m to some extent by other New England states. These are cut from maple and white birch by machinery, and aro worth at tho factory from thirty-live to ninety five cents n bushel. The compressing of sawdust is also a nourishing business in Bangor in that state. There is a firm there styling itself a "compress com pany," who convert sawdust und shav ings into solid bales by compression, which finds ready sale in the largo east rn cities. Timberinan. Ilni'M'iimnshlp of Mi'tlruu Hoys. One of the finest and most inspiriting sights of small town life in Mexico is the horsemanship of tho boys from 8 to 17 perfect young Centaurs, as much at home in the saddle as Arabs. How they go thundering through the streets, what luarvelously short turns they make, and how instantaneously they como to a short, sharp slop in a headlong gallon! These country towns of Mexico uro tho nurseries, so to spea!; cavalry, an arm of th of tho national .service in which Mexico excels. The I. nest sight in tho world, ono on which the gods must look down approvingly, is a high spirited lad astride a good horse. A Mexican boy takes to tho back of a horse as a Cape Cod l)oy does to a boat. At no age is a rider bolder than in that enchanted period of existence lying between child hood and manhood. A Mexican lad, in default of a saddle, will enjoy himself hugely bareback, lie early learns to use tho rope or riata, and, beginning with lassoing dogs anil pigs, ho advances to mules and cows, and finally essays the roping of a lively bull. So expert "do they become that in war thov frequently drag their enemies from their saddles by a skillful cast of the rope. Some of my younger friends hero seem to me to live on horseback. They como home at noontime to snatch n bite, as most boys will, but off thoy aro again on their tireless horses. They havo tho good fortune to live in a country which enjoys u climate wlucli makes out-ol- door life possible all the year round, and J tho country lad, continually on horse-1 UaCK. grows up StraiglU, lOUUSl una daring. Host on Herald Mexican Letter. Hunting Iihslers. For a seaside bport tho visitors to a Cuban watering placo havo devised tho safo pursuit of lobsters. The author of "Tho Pearl of the Antilles" describes tho chase: For this sport a big barge is secured, and after having been furnished with carpets und rugs for the ladies' accom modation we proceed to navigate the shores and creeks of the harbor. Three or four black fishermen accompany us and bear long torches of wood, by tho light of which the ground beneath the shallow water is visible. Our proy is secured by throwing n net, in tho meshes of which the lobster be comes entangled; but should this provo ineffectual a long jiole forked nt ono end is thrust over tho creature's back, and as ho struggles to free himself from tho pronged embrace a nimble negro dives into tho water and captures him alive. Great excitement prevails when a Iol etcr comes on board and bounds among our crew and passengers. Youth's Com panion, Tlie Cat Joined In. A cat was found in tho organ during tho services that were taing held in tho Masonic homo at Hroad street and Oer tnantown avenue. (Jen. Wagner pre sided nt the organ, and whilo tho hymns wero taing sung the pussy joined in with moro vigor than harmony. When the music ceased tho cat took a rest also. Whilo tho Scriptures wero taing read the cat broko forth again in a volloy of music, her voice pitched in C sharp, and cervices had to ta tusciidcd whilo Licit. Wagner served a writ of ejectment on tho follno. It was supposed to have boon locked in tho organ siuco Sunday last, nnd was very muuh etuocli.teU. I'hlmdelphiu Record, ME ON KLKCTRieiTY. THE MOST TION MARVELOUS INVEN OF THE AGE. A Complicated Apparatus anil the Vnrl on lu Which It Can He Put Ita Great Versatility It Great Ilranhack. A New Stale ul Thing. I.lttla did H KranKlln wot thnt some day the little -.turt ha uuiilo when be baited bis pin liouu with a goud conductor and taped the l.w browed mid fallowing nluibua w ith tin buoyant Kite and the pickle jar of electricity linn crudely acquired would be the jk trom whim inventors and scientists would hatch out a system which could not only encircle the i;lolie with messages swifter than the distil of IMni-btu. but that anon the llUhl of day would tie tillered through a cloud of cahlre. loaded with destruction sulll cienl for u whole army and the air be tilled witn death dealing itail(;IUl( wires. I am not an old foy though 1 may have that apiienpinco. and I rejoice to te the world move on. One by one 1 havo laid aside my own eiicuintwntii; prejudices in order to tmp up witn the pnxwion. Havo I not Krndiially adopted everything that would in tny whv enhaueu my opportunities for ad vancement, even through tedious evolutioa, from the (aper collar up to tho linger bowl, eyether and nyether To return, however to the subject of elec tricity I have reeeutly sought to fntuoin the tyle and motif ot a new system which is to be introduced into private residences, hotels and police headquarters In pnvato nou- It will te u-il as a burglar's welcome. In hotel it will Lane the mental strain off thetiellliov relieving hi in also of a portlou of hi. uiinienoui Hilary at the same time, tu the polnv department it will do almost everything but eat peanuts from tho coruer stand the system Is on exhibition in a largo room downtown, with the signals or boxes on ono side and the annunciator or central station on the other Hy walking from one to the other, a distance in all of thirty or forty miles. I wiu, enabled to get a blight Idea of the principle It l.- certainly a very Intelligent system. I never felt mv own inferiority uny moro than I did lu the presence ot this wonderful Inven tion. It will do almost anything, it seemed to mo. and the main draw buck seems to bo J Its great versatility, for It thereby becomes so complex that in order to liecoum at all in timate with it (Kilicemeii ought to put in two year at Yale ami at lea-t n year at lipsic. An extended course ot study would thus ier fwt hlin in this line, but lie would not then t.e content to act as a policeman He would want ui tie u scientist, with dandrulf on his coat collar and a tar iiwhv look. I'heu. again, take tho hotel schemo, for in sUtnce. W e go to a diul which is marked room There we find that by treating it In a certain wuy it will uniiounco to tho clerk that room 3"-' wants ii fire, ice water, Imis ink. (Mijier lemons, towels, lire escaie, Milwaukee seu. pillow shams, New York World, menu. Croton Irappe. carriage, laun dry physician, sleeping car ticket, berth mark tor -cuiio. Haltord vinco, hot Hut irou tor ironing trousers, baggage, blotter, tidy tor ciiair or any ot those things. In fact I have not given half the list on this huromo ter lieeuuse I could not reinemlier them, though I may have added others winch wero not on the indicator The message urrives ut the olllcti. but the clerk is engaged in con versation with a lady He does not jump when the alarm sounds, tint continues tho dialogue. Anothei guest wins tho otllco that he would like a copy ot The Congressional lloeord The messngo is filed away automatically, and the thrilling conversation goes oil 'Then No. 7 t-0 osks to have his mail sent up No. ii want-s to know what tune the 'bus leaves tlio house forthe train going east, and whether that train will connect ut Alliance, O., with u tide water train tot Cleveland in time to catch the I Jike tihore train which will bring bun into New N orK at ?:.). and whether all those trains are reNrted on tune or not, nnd it not, will the oillce kindly state why? Other ( guests also manliest a morbid curiosity through their transmitters, but tho clerk does not get excited, tor ho knows that all those remarks are Hied uwny in tho largo black walnut box at the back of the ollicu. When he gets ready provided ho has been through a course of study in this brand of business, he takes one room at a tune, and uddressiug a pule young "Hauistcr I'olisher" of the name of " Front,'' he begins to scatter information, baggage, towels, morning puiiers., time tables, etc, all over the house It is also -.iiposed to bo o great tune saver Cor instance, No (IS wunts to know the correct time He moves an indi cator around like the combination ot a sfe, readi u lew pages of Instructions, and then pushes a biitnui, perhaps. Instead of ring lug tor a hoy unci waiting for him some time, then asking him to obtain the correct time Hi the oillce and come bark with tho informa tion, conversing with various people on his way Irnck and exeetiiig compensation for it, lt,Kmst can ask the oillce and nx-eu-e tho un(iw, WU,0ut getting out of lied. You ,.,.. H ....ii tnr ivrtain hour, and nt thnt time your own private gong will make it bo disagreed le lor you that you will l: glad to rtse. Again, it you wish to know tlio amount ot your bill, you go through certain exercises with the large barometer in your room, and, supiKising you have been at Hie house two days and have had a lire In your room threo times uuil your bill is therefore iV.ti. 18, tho answer will come back and lie announced on i your gong as follows One. pause, three, ! pause, two. pause, one, pause, eight. When ! there is a cipher lu the amount I do not 1 know what the method is, but by using due i care in making up the bill this need not i occur 'Thin system l ulso supjiosed to keep Its oyo ! peeled for policemen and inform tho central station where the patrolman is all the time; I also as to his temiieruture, pulse, perspiration I and breath It keeps u record of this nt tlio 1 main oillce on a ticker of its own, and tho I lutortnation may be published in tho bociety I column of the paper lu the morning. ! Klectricity and Spiritualism have arrived jut that tage of perfection where a coil of ! wire and u can of credulity will accomplish a i great dent. The tune U coming when even j greater wonder will tie worked, and with electric win. the rapid transit trains and ' the Ktigluh sparrows under the ground, the j dawn of u tietter uud brighter day will lie j ushered in 'The car driver und the truck man hall lie down together. Itoatoti will not rise up agultol litidon, he that heretofore slag iliall go forth no more to slug, and melt thull leant scrapping no more, IJill Nye in New York World. 1 he I'luy on Wnril. A RrooUlyn man propo to Import mon keys und train thum to liecninu UxjtbluekM. Would Uiu puhlic put up with ucu moukey khluistr Texiu tjiftuiu. Cood Advice, If four hat blown tut In tlio street follow It plncldly und with gentlu dignity. Bomobuly nUu will chuMi It for you. Harper' Uaur, AN ARAB IVORY RAID. A. Cruel Attack or One Trllie I'pon Ac other In the Wilds or Africa. I Soon after Tippo Tib's occupation of Stanley Falls in 1879 rumors reached Yabuli and tho neighboring villagos of j oppression and twrsecution by tho Many ema. Chiefs met together to inquire of j each other the reason of this invasion, i Less than three years after Stanley's fight with the Basoko at tho mouth of tho Aruwimi, tho Manyema mercenaries of tho Arabs attacked and destroyed sev eral villages higher up the samo river, having traveled overland from tho Congo through the dense forests below Stanley Falls; and descending the Aruwimi river in canoes they laid waste all tho villages by tho way, capturing men and women, nnd imposing fines of ivory for their re- j demption upon thoso of tho natives who wero fortunato enough to escape to tho woods. Although every precaution was taken by tho people of Yabuli to guard against , surprise, they instinctively felt impend ing evil and a gloom settled over tho villago affecting young nnd old alike. They all appeared to realize their iso lated jwsition, escapo being impossiblo 1 as their neighbors wero nt enmity with them and with each other, and tho poor wretches lived in a condition of fear bordering upon panic. , At last tho evil day arrived. Early one morning, just before daybreak, they wero suddenly startled by tho loud re ports of the Manyema guns. Tho forest around the villago appeared alivo with armed men, who rushed among their dwellings from all sides, firing reckless-, ly, sometimes in tho air, into tho doors of tho huts, and at tho panic stricken savages, who rushed toward tho woods for shelter. A few of the braver natives stood their ground and hurled spears nnd knives at their assailants, but ono by ono they dropped, shot by thoir bru tal enemy. After firing their muzzlo loading mus kets many of tho Mnnyenia rushed upon tho natives and clubbed them with tho butt end of their guns. Tho women en cumbered with their children, whom they wero bravely trying to carry off to tho shelter of the woods, wero soon over-. taken by the Manyema, who roughly threw them to tho ground and bound their arms and legs. Nearly two-thirds of tho women and children wero capt ured, including tho favorito wifo of Ioko; but many of tho men and a few women managed to escapo to tho woods. Herbert Ward in Seribner's. AVas Once the Oueen'ii. Missing a literary treasure supposed to havo been once in tho possession of her majesty the queen! The precious relio referred to is a copy of tho original edi tion of "A Christinas Carol." presented by Dickens to the author of "Vanity Fair," with tho interesting autograph inscrip tion, "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles Dickens (whom ho made very happy onco a long way from homo)." Tho story runs that tho queen possessed a 6trong desire to own tho little volume in which tho names of these two great contemporary masters of fiction wero thus associated: that an unlimitod com mission was given for its purchase, and that it eventually became- her majesty's property for tho sum of 123 10s., and was immediately transferred toher'keep ing. Tho original authority for tho state ment appears to havo been tho lato Mr. Hotten, the publisher; but it is moro important to note that Dickens' biog rapher, Mr. John Forster, has given it additional currency. Tho strango part 1 of tho matter, however, is that tho royal librarian knows nothing about it, except that no such book is included in tho col-, lection tinder his care. Londou News. I Climate of Southern California. Winter as we understand it east of tho Rockies does not exist. I scarcely know how to divido the seasons. Thero aro at most but three. Spring may bo said to begin witn uecctnher anil end in April; summer, with May (whoso days, however, are often cooler than thoso of January) and end with September; whilo October and November uro a mild au tumn, when nature takes a partial rest, and tho leaves of tho deciduous trees aro gone. But how shall wo classify a climato in which tho strawberry (none yet in my experience equal to tho east ern berry) may bo eaten in every month of tho your, and ripe figs may bo picked from July to March? What shall I say of a frost (an affair of only an hour just before sunrise) which is hardly anywhere severe enough to disturb tho delicato heliotrope, and even in tho deepest valleys where it may chill the orango will respect tlio bloom of that fruit on contiguous ground fifty or u hundred feet higher? Charles Dud loy Warner in Harper's. Overlooked In the Kxciteiiieiit. Ho (on a raft in mid-ocean) There, dear, taste fhis orange marmalade, and tvhilo I scan tho horizon wrap my great coat around you, Sho How great! how noble! how self sacrificing! But, darling, aro you sure yon will not bo too cold? Ho You forget, Maud, that I havo on ray Ascot tie, Clothier and Furnisher, A ... I. O IT, .14 bllliusitl tJ llJJ ,1,1. Jllr r).iri,Wu 11 liiu,,i t ntnnlmtiniitil ior ineir cuuureu or giving mem auvico upon tho subject, should study their temperaments and inherited tendencies. i Children of consumptive parents should 1 I seldom engage in sedentary occupations, I I Those who havo inherited weak hearts ' should not engage in work involving . i much sovero strain. Senator Evarts is somotimoa known to ' work constantly at his desk for ten or twclvo hours. During tlio preparation of tho judiciary bill, at tho last session of congress, ho sometimes sat in his chair writing nnd dictating from 8 in tho, morning till G in tho evening. Tlio all linen shirt is ono of tho Inxti Hex of luxuries. Tho man that has onco experienced the "feel" of a fine ail linen shirt will economize in every other direction in order Unit ho may continuo thJiockl fwL SIGHTLCSS BUT NOT HELPLESS. The AclMe Ituslness l.lfe of a Chicago Man VI ho Is Wholly lillnri. The wonder of West Harrison street is a blind man, William F. Bnschick, who lives at 1H5, where he conducts a retail cigar and confectionery store. A casual observer would not be apt to discover that the storekeejier is totally blind from the manner in which lie moves around and shows off his goods. Mr. Bnschick keeps his own accounts, waits on the customers, takes in money and hands out change us deftly as any saleswoman in n down town store. He seldom makes mistakes in handling coin, and if any Vdy wero mean enough to try it would not be an easy matter to pass counter feit coins o:: him. His sense of feeling is keen, and p r haps more so as a result of the ab.seiu'e of sight. He hands out any brand of cigars asked for, and his sensitive linger tips light upon tho right brand of chew ing gum without any fumbling. His eyes, which aro not concealed from view, aro a beautiful dark blue, and a stranger looking into them would not guess that they were so utterly useless. Mr. Bnschick buys all his stock, going down town on tho street cai-s and about the crowded streets of tho business sec tion of tho south side without a guide. Ho never loses his bearings. When ready to return home he waits quietly beside a peanut stand and asks the ven der to tell him when a Harrison street car conies. This car passes his store, and ho intuitively knows when it is opposite his home. Ho jumps from the car whilo it is in motion. He walks about his store and turns sharp corners without mishap. Ho can walk straight to n door and grasp tho knob without fumbling it, or trip down stairs as lively and as gracefully as a young woman, and never makes a miscalculation when reaching tho last step. Ho is a candy maker and makes all the candy he h"11s. As is usual in ca.ses of blindness, the loss of this man's vision has quickened his sense of feeling and hearing. When his eyes went out of business their available assets appear to have been transferred to his ears and finger tips. His ability to locate objects by sound is wonderful. This was demonstrated ono night when a burglar broke into his store. Tho rob ber left hastily with a leaden bullet in his anatomy, as spots on the lloor proved tho next morning. Tho blind man handles a revolver cleverly and shoots accurately for one so heavily handi capped, locating the object to be aimed at by sound. Chicago Tribune. Not A Itogether Modern. The opinion held by many peoplo who havo never had their attention especially turned to the work of Jean Jacques Rousseau is not that he was a benefactor of his kind, but in reality ho was ono of tho first apostles of the modern methods of education, and it is only after all this lapse of years that his ideas havo como to be widely adopted. It is he who onco said that wo came into the world igno rant, but with capacity; that education begins at birth; that wo learn incredibly in tho first years, and that as impres sions supply our first knowledgo thoso impressions should ho of tho best and should bo presented in tho right order; that tho first cry of a child is a request, tho second a command; that destruct iveness in a child is not cruelty, but activity; that the sin of children is thoir weakness; that strength brings about virtue, nnd he who can do all things will never do wrong things. This wo see to bo undoubtedly good reasoning in tho light thrown on the subject of lato years, and understand ing now how greatly our children aro affected by what they see us to bo wo com prehend more fully what Thales meant when ho said that men must live in tho consciousness that all around them is filled with gods, and that this should keep them moro chasto than if thoy wero in tho holiest of temples. Harper's Ba zar. When Japanese Children Din, Wo stopped one day at a pretty and rather modest temple shrine, where sat a clean polled, benevolent looking priest, with big rimmed spectacles astride his little nose. Before and nbovo and about tho shrino hung littlo children's frocks, their tiny shoes, pretty littlo bolts, dolls, und other playthings. "What is this)'" we asked our guldo. "When littlo children como to dlo their mothers bring their dresses and play things here, and put a littlo money lu this box, Kvery day tho priest offers prayers that the little ones may bo iniulo happy after death, and have nice things nnd pretty playthings when they go to stay up there with (iod." As we talked, a heart stricken mother came and tossed her coin into tiio box, and as sho placed tlio littlo bundle of her dear one's pretty clothes in the tender priestly hand, we thought thero was hut one thing better than this, the saying, "Suffer little children to como unto mo, and forbid them not '' Japan Letter. VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS Oe HERBS , FOR TH C CURE OF AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISING FROM A DISORDERED STATE of thc STOMACH OR AN inactive: liver. ror? sale: ay au. DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS. Our Latest and Greatest Premium Oft THE MAMMOTH CYCLOPiBDIA, IN f rfxrf lisiVN -v-i Al? mm 11 IfjL Volume L II ITOK Y Tut MMMftn Ctemr nieonlilrn itomptrt ' m ' i tiStmrr cf th it! Aroerloit CItII Htf, rro tu i II net itPil, wlili tiHinrroin AtiftfdotM of th lM'i Ui n a c .mi'tt i 11 t t f Amu icm from li dUtfot fry tr CVliimhu t II. rr-iil Hum (frufhls dp crlptton tt ftmout bttllM iil tmtoitnttt t'-ut in the lilt lory of ll itttlooi ehronulojElJtl Uuorj.ct. ,tu lliom: VI'll V. TltUfffti firkcnulfittit Mtm f til id i'ifMit of Hie t'nltM Stntf, from Wahlnitfm I ll.trnoit itti ilinlt mtd ollirr IHuairutlon. tlio Iv ttid I .turn In ..f Nnpoltnii Hriiiiiirie, Slink? rMte, Hytoti, William (mi llrtiiaiithi Ifftiikliu, IImim OIir, lUhlfl Vtttfl tnl i liitoii tnifnipn, mit hot geutrtli, eltjmtii, tie, tinuu tu i he recent aj Amtirri.iTlli:. Tah.aUe Idnttanl t-frul e,irthn. ' " CI "Q,cn ,tM,OJ ly iinereaunK an4 i I HHiifra, tifaihiftof nell eropa, aieaii.l feiirre. frrtlllrert, nITuciiTe. I inn IniptciiifhK ; hieM.M'k taltlna. hiphidliiK the treatment ef rOltl'.MlN 11 t(D FCTP. Inleteatlor. dpaerlrtlfn. Ithit diiaeanrdinetlo anlntala , poultry keerloe, and how made 1 1 at el, of the culture and preparation for market of lea, caflee an. .'eful and piolltalil. te keeplni , dairy farnilnn, ele. The chocolate, cotton, Has, lie tup, auger, rice, nutmeg, eloier r Rinient ef throe auhjecta la crmtrdete and eNmthe, and tender a the work of rieat radical uie to far met a audi took mm MOIt I H t'l. l t ill:. Herein la Klren the moat uerul hlnla toRioMeraof nil kind tif veftetatlra ant frulla, aa fathered from the eapetleticeef ihe tnot aucceaiful liotlU'ulturlils. AltriHTi:r'ITIti: miljtna ant plana for liouiea.eottaiea. I'AMi and otlier onth'iUJlu ji, ltti raluablt auggeitlont to thne hitendllig tn tulld. 11tlt!Hi:ilO!,1. Thla work eontalna HIM and teatel rrclpaa .r nlmoit etery ItinglntMedlih for hreaklait, dinner and tea. ihla department alono teliif worth mote than nine tentba of the cook tiookaaold t almoil InnutneraMe hlntt, helraand aug retlona lnhnuekeeperat detlfiistnd auifcatlona for tnaklng many heimtlful thluga for the adornment of home. In needle work, emhrol lerr, eta. ; hint on floriculture, telling how to be Biierenarnl nlth all the tarloua plants: toilet hlnte, trilling liow to prmert anl beautify the complexion, tiaude, tratb, titlr, etc., eto. .MF.IMOAI.. Manydo'.lara In doctor' Mlla will be eared anntinliy to every poivemor of thli book through the talueble Information herein contained, It trlla how to cure, bf alnipte yet rellahlAliotne remedlea, aeallable In every household, every dleaio an I aliment that la curable, lhl defartmenl fonulng a complete medical book, the tatua of which lu any home can hardly ht computed In dollure and cents. INVKNTIOX AMI IH(OVi:itV. Ilemarkably Inter, eating deorliuloiia of great Intentions, Including tlio Steam Ihiglne, theTelfprat.li, the rrlntlng Press, the Dectilo l.lght, theHeivlng Mnclilne, tho Telephone, tlio Type Wtlter, the Type Hotting Machine, the Cotton Oln.eto. TIIH WOltl.tl'M WOMIFIti, (traphlc deacrlptlona. beautlfullr Illustrated, of tho Yellowstone lati, Vosemlte Valley, Niagara Tails, tho Alps, Paris, Vesuvius, Venice, Vienna, the Canons of Colorado, Mammoth Cave, Natural Hrldge, Watklua Ulen, the White Mouutalue, eto , etc THA VF.LH. Deserlpllons, profusely lllustraled, of the life, manners, customs, peculiar forms, rltea and cervuionlea of the Tront tho nlmtB hrlef nummary of lla contentu aomo Idea of what a remarkably Interentlnff, InatrttclUej ami' TnluahliMtotk tho Mammoth Cyci.op.wdia In tuny b palneil. yet hut a fractional part of th topic trrate.l Ira tlila iirrat work liavo boon tiamnl. It Ian raat etorehouao of itaoful ami entertaining knowletlRe unqueatlnn nhly ol tho heat ami tnoat valuahlo woika over publlMiPtt In any lain! or IfltiRUflRO. No homo ahouhl bo with out 1' t)U la a work to hocnnaulted ovry day with rosanl to tlio varloua perplexing qiieatlnna that conatantlr" arlan in wrltlmr ami mnveraatlou, by tho fanner ami hotmewlfo lu their dally dutUi auj pureulte, aud foe con eluuoui reading no work Is more vtitertalulug or Instructive. 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