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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1891)
HOW HE PROPOSED, I took her little hand Id mtna. It quivered liken bird. And as I felt hi touch dlrlns A trcmhlliiR kIrIi I heard. Momentous time' Should I proposal1 i know not what to say; Ap I Ix'hold my oliihlnf Rosa i fell my hnlr turn Rrayl 1 ttrouglit of Byron. Scott and Moor), Ah. could I but recall A bit of their poetic lore? 1 once had known It all. 0 woman In our hours of ease," ! blunrioritiirlv unhl And then I thought my totifruo would f aoq u-1-.iieu Hint I were dead. My heart was beatlnj; like n flail. And yet my Hps were dumb: The clock that Iiiiur uioti n nail Ticked louder than a drum I could not mi', for, strange to tell. The air seemed full of Miioke Then from my tonpue the fetters fell. And then and then I spoke. "1 lore you. dear'" 1 said In hattoj "I love you. loo'" she said; And then I clasped her dainty waUt And klsst-d her lips of red Then came a lUxxl of poetry. I spouted ynnli of rhyme. And she it ROltiK to marry me In apple blcMsom time S M I'eck In Harper's Buv CAUGHT TllKlujllGLAH. "I am very sorry to Icavo you, boys, but ninco Aunt Sarah needs mo so badly 1 think it is my duty to go." said my mother, as father was preparing to help ber in the- carriage. "Oil, we won't mind it In tlio least." replied 1 The carriage was soon lost from view around the curve in the road, and we wero masters of the place. Wo lived in a country villago of New England, in a large, old fashioned, ram bling house. Mother had received word that her sister was very sick, and as it wa only a few miles, father was going to drive over with her, and then come back the next day We were all to take our meals at a neighbor's house, and. altogether, we expected to have a line time by ourselves. By "we" I mean Fred, my brother, and lnj'Holf, unless you counted the dog, Fritz. In that caso there were three of tis. We busied ourselves at first one thing and then another until it began to grow dark. After supper we tried to read, but somehow we could not get interested in any Ixiok or paper that wo could find. "What if a burglar should come around hero to-night what would you do'-" in quired Fred. "DoV" replied 1 in scornful tones, for 1 rather prided inyM'lf on my courage; "why, of course, we would do the best we could. If he was stronger than both of us I suppose then we should have to .give in; but if he is not then he hail bet ter keep away from here!" "Hut there might be two of them." "Well, let's talk about something else. It is not probable that anything of the kind will happen." said 1, quite willing to let the subject drop, siuco Fred was bound to have more than one of them. "Will Andrews, "continued Fred, "told me today about a cousin of his that had his house entered at night by four men, and they bound and gagged him, and then made him give up everything that they wanted." "Oh, thill's nothing!" 1 replied, and proceeded to give an account of another one more dreadful than that. Wo told of first one terrible thing and thou another until it grew late. ""Well, let's go to bed." and taking the Jamp. I started lo lead the way. "I'd just as soon woe! I go first, Fred not lecause I am all. i i." 1 hastily add ed, for fear be would think that I was a coward, "but because because" "Didn't you hear something then?" asked Fred, us he drew closer to me. "That's nothing but the wind rattling the vines on the stoop." answered 1. Wo finally got to bed, though not with out a good many looks about tho room, ah tho stories that we had been telling ?aeh other had -the effect of making us rather well, a little careful. Father was the possessor of a largo old fashioned revolver, and. armed with this, we felt reasonably secure against auy attack that might be made upon us. "Are you sure that you locked tho door?" inquired Fred after wo had got into bed. "Of course 1 have." I replied, with noma sharpness, for I always wanted it distinctly understood that I did not make tucli foolish mistakes. 1 think it was about U o'clock when Fred pulled me by the arm and wokome up. "What's the matter?" 1 asked. "Listen Somebody's in the hall." Tho room was perfectly dark; but wo -ould hear Homebody going up to tho farther end of the room, which was very Jarge, and then we heard tho closet door creaking on its hinges. Fred trembled, and bo did 1, wholly forgetting the revolver which was rest ing eacefully under my pillow. "lie's gone in the closet," bald Fred, between his clutches at me. And then what did that boy do but nlowly crawl out of bed, go noiselessly up to tho door of tho closet and shut itl It wasu large, imissivo door, on strong hinges, with a largo bolt on tho outside, which he fustened. 1 then and there solemnly mado up my mind never to plague Fred wMi being a coward again. Ho hurried back to tho bed and took hold of mo, and then wo both ran to tho other end of tho hall to mother's room. Wo locked tho door this time, jumped into bed and pulled every ono of tho bed clothes over our heads. Wo heard tho burglar making considerable noiso for Mime timo and then all was quiet, except tho beating of our hearts, which Fred insists to this very day that ho heard. Tho closet was largo and contained a window, through which tho burglar rould havo cscajwd had it not been 60 high from tho ground. "Fritz is barking right under that win-, tlow," said Fred, "Yes. I wonder why ho did not bark when ho was coming in? Do you 6up ivoo (hero' inoro than ono of them?" I iuqiilred, "Perhaps there's a dozen, and If thej should set the house on tire, then what would we do?" he answered. "If 1 only had the revolver, I" "No. you wouldn't." put La Fred. "You had it once and never did a thing with it. even when you had the chance." For the first time. 1 think, 1 allowed Fred to taunt me with being a coward. We heard the clock down stairs strike twelve, when wo were sure it was nearly daylight. "Have we got to stay here all night, with a burglar caged up in our house?" inquired Fred, as lie stuck his head out from under the clothes for a few minutes. "Don't know what else we can do." I replied, unless we dress and go over to Mr. Andrews' house." "Hut there's probably a whole lot of them waiting in tho yard to shoot us down, or do something else to us, if they only get the chance." 1 was not at all averse to remaining where I was. as 1 don't think there wasa single thing that I wanted ever so much not even a new pair of skates that would have tempted me to crawl out from under thoe bedclothes for the brief space of live minutes. Finally the nightdid wenr away, some how, but wo thought each minute was an hour As soon as it was fairly daylight, we dresned and hurried over to Mr. An drews', never once stopping to even look at the door ol the room in which our visitor was con'ined We told our story, and I am sorry to say that we made it a trifle larger than it should lime U'cn At first Mr. Andrews would not believe us; but at length he took his hired man and started lor the house. We followed, not caring to be the first ones there. They took nothing to defend themselves with, despite our protests that wo were sure the robber was armed. We were anxious to keep up our good record, and so boldly stood by whilo they opened the door to the closet. The door (lew open and thero stood Frit, our dog! Alas for our bra very 1 It did not amount to much now, since most any bodv could get up courago enough to shut a dog up in a closet. Mr. Andrews was at first surprised, and then, when lie fully realized what we had done, ho laughed until ho could laugh no more. "Well, never mind, boys." ho said; "you really thought that ho was a burg lar, and it took as much courago to do what vou did as though ho had been one." I think wo could havo stood it very well if Mr. Andrews' hired man had not told everybody that ho met about it. Tho boys at school made our Uvea utterly wretched. It was soon forgotten, however, by all except Fred and myself; and I don't think that wo will soon forget tho night that we kept poor Frit, shut in a closet, under tho delusion that wo wero doing something courageous. Clifford Trem bly in Ooldcn Days. Fortune in Siuull Things. The New Jersey man who hit upon the idea of attaching a lubber erasing tip to the end of load pencils is worth 200,000. Tho miner who invented a metal rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth of coat and trousers pockets, to resist tho strain caused by tho carriago of pieces of orw and heavy tools, has mado moro money from his letters patent than ho would havo mado had ho "struck" a good vein of gold bearing quartz. Fvery ono has seen tho metal plates that aro used to protect tho heels and soles of rough shoes, but every ono doesn't know that within ten years tho man who hit ujkhi the idea has made !?2u0,000. As large a mm as was ever obtained for any invention was enjoyed by the Yankee who invented tho inverted glass bell to hang over gas jets to protect ceil ings from being blackened by smoke. A 6implo thing? Yes, very. Frequently timo and circumstances are wanted be foroan invention is appreciated, but pa tieuco is frequently rewarded, and richly rewarded, too, for tho inventor of the roller kato has mado 1,000,000, not withstanding tho fact that his patent had nearly expired before tho value of it was ascertained in thocrazofor roller skating that spread over tho country 6overal years ago. Tho gimlet pointed screw has produced moro wealth than mos' silver mines, and tho Connecticut man who first thought of putting copper tips on tho toes of children's shoes is as well ofFas if ho had inherited $1,000,000, for that's tho amount his idea has realized for him in cold, clammy coin. Tho common needlo threader, which every ono has seen for salo, and which every woman owns, was a boon touccdlo users. It isn't at all intricato and any 15-year-old boy might havo thought of it, but ho didn't. Tho man who invent ed it has nn incomo of $10,000 a year from his invention. Few inventions pay better than jwpular patented toys. A minister mado 50,000 over in England by inventing an odd littlo toy that danced by winding it with a string as a boy winds a top, Tho man who "in vented" tho return ball, an ordinary wooden ball with a rubber string at tached to pull it back, mado $1,000,000 from it, Tho person who invented tho most recent popular toy, "Pigs in Clover," will bo rich before tho leaves turn tliis autumn, for thero is an un precedented demand for it, and station ers cannot supply tho demand. A half dozen factories in tho cast aro turning them out by tho tens of thousands, but tho publio wants moro than tho factories can make. Pittsburg Press. The Office Seeker anil Mutt Quay. "Confound tho luck," exclaimed a man from Bradford, Pa., "I can't find Sena tor Quay anywhere. I go up to Ida houso ind thoy tell mo ho is not in. I como hero and try to wmd in a card and thoy tell mo it is executive session. If it Isn't an oxocutivo sossion tho senator is not In his seat. I go up in tho gallery and look down and boo him sitting thero. I como back hero and bond In my card ind tho doorkeeper cau't (lnd him. For llireo dayd I'm been looking for Senator Quay and I haven't found him jet," Wtuidngton Utter, FARMANDGARDEN Truck Farming- in the United States. PROFIT PER ACRE VARIES. Truck Farmers Have Carried Soioncc of Farming Nearor to Perfection Than Any Other Class. Truck farming 5s one of the leading branches of agriculture in this country, and it is estimated that upward of 1(X iKM.OiM are invested in the business. .Mtbouyh a comparatively new industry, it has i 'tohahly assumed larger prox"r tion than any other rural occupation for the length of time it has been in exist ence , and the marvelous fact is that dur ing the periods of agricultural depression it bus always proved profitable. The profit per acre in truck farming varies trom year to year, and is dilleient in ditl'erent localities; but generally, where intelligence and expeiience are "brought to the nusines", about 40 to nO per cent, is profit. This represents the profit after all expenses in work, taxes and seeds are deducted, but there is the considerable item of transportation eliminated from the question. Truck farming proper is that carried on so near to large cities that the produc" can be carried to tho markets by the farmer's own teams. The truck fanners have probably car ried tho science of farming nearer to perfection than any other class of tillers of the soil, and many of their methods would be of value to the wheat and corn growers. There is little doubt but tho same profits could be obtained in' other lines of agriculture if the same progress ive anil intelli 'i?nt spirit were, mani fested. Net prolitH of .f 100 an acre is certainly leniunerative, and this in what the average truck farmer calculates upon, and he generally succeeds in com ing up to his calculations. The question of expense is one that does not deter the progressive truck farmer from securing what he considers the bes-. Their expenses are sometimes enormous near large cities, and it isesti m.ttxl that seed alone for this cltifs of farm-M averages $1,500,000 annuallv, which means that they purchase only tho very best. Seedsmen find their liest customers ft the thousands of truck farmers scattered all over the country, and thoy otl'er only their best to those who me not as a rule to be found nii ping. Truck farming is intensive farm ing, a 'id only as many acres as can be cultivated thoroughly are brought into use, and the very highest yield possible is obtained front every square foot of soil. Improved methods of drainage, eeono ideal but plentiful use of fertiliz ers, careful cultivation and continual ex perimenting are the price of success in this work. Special crops are also raited by the market gardeners, and some of these have been improved so by their cultivation that they are wonders in their rtiiy The watermelons, cabbages, peas, asparagus, celery, potatoes and Leans that are raised near the large cities sur pass anything ever sent to market, for thev are produced under the most favor able conditions by the truck farmers. The extent to which this branch of farm ing has been carried frequently causes great fluctuation in the prices in large cities, and small prices are realized for the goods. Hut the tone of the market is quickly restored, and the next con s'gnnient'is likely to bring large prices. The result is that those living some dis tances from the larger markets cannot compete well with the truck farmers liv ing in the suburbs, for, while the former have to run the risk of sending their goods to an overstocked market, the lat ter can closely watch the condition of the prices and take advantage of any high ones. Even the presenceof trustworthy commission merchants on the scene will not always avert poor icturns, but they help to mitigate the evil. Market gardeners have so far congre gated only around tho very large centers of population, mid the competition among them is becoming stronger every year. Smaller cities frequently have to depend upon these larger cities for their supply of goods, for thev have no regular honie'sourco from which to obtain tho goods. It is in the suburbs of such places that market gardeners and truck farmers are needed. The ruling prices here are often higher than in New York, Chicago or Boston, and the demand far exceeds the pupply. If there is any good opening in farming, it is probably in such a line as this, and any truck gar dener with pluck, energy, intelligence and perseverance might open a good market for his truck goods near hun dreds of the small cities of the Fast and West. 1'oultrr Hint. The following mixture is found by an experienced breeder to bo admirable both for producing egg material and for making healthy, strong bodies. Three sacks of wheat, "two sacksof broken corn, two sacks of oats, ono bushel of ground oyster shells, one bushel of broken char coal, one gallon of sulphur and one-half bushel of rait; all of this thoroughly mixed. Town-raised chickens need some meat, and this, boiled and chopped fino, is given them two or three times a week. In tho country, whero they can pick up worms and catch insects, the meat is not necessary. It Ih generally reported that the de mand for eggs and birds this spring is in excess of the supply in tho -West, and that tho hatch haH been good. The con dition of affairs indicates a healthy growth of interest in pure-bred stock, and that another season's business will lw profitable liecauen of the supply. The dullness complained of for three or four years past is manifestly at an end. So delicate and nourishing an article of food as an egg is well worth all it costs. It is juut as easy to have hens laying at any setson of the vear as to have cows give milk. Thero 1b no luck or chanro about it. It is natural for hens to produce eggs, and under favor able circumstances they will lay freely. Ado) ph Sutro, the rich Californlan who made liia money by the great mining tunnel that Ix-urs his name, Ih to turn his fine collection of nearly 40,000 volumes into ii free public library for the benefit of San Franciuco jeoplo, PORTLAND MARKET. The Whpnt Miirket Verr Unlet - Kgg Scnrce Poultry In UoimI llettinml. Oranges and bananas are plentiful, but Sicily lemons are still scarce. Kggs are very scarce. Poultry is in good de mand, and the supply is first-class. Cal ifornia butter has been driven almost entirely out of the market by the Oregon I article, trade in staple groceries is only fair at present, and brighter times art looked for in a few weeks. Coffee is still at present prices, and is almost sure U go higher. The supply is very short. Tin: WIIIIAT M VKkl i. i The market continues very quiet, with , no change to be noted in the condition.. Foreign markets present no new featuris, The demand for cargoes is quiet, but , values steadily bold. .Mark bane wheat 1 and llour show a tinner teudemy. l'lu demand for spot wheat in l.iurpool is . rather better, and option closed higher under more active trading. Produce, l-'rult. Kle. j Win: t Walla Walla. Vallev. I $1.00 per bushel. Flock IJunte: Standard, $5. 25; Walln Walla, s 5. oil per barrel. Ovrs Quote: uTottiSc per bushel. It vv Quote: f-lOGS 17 per ton. Millstitits Quote: Hran, $10.00, Shorts, f-M. (X); Ground Ibirlev, ftlXOoV JM.0O; Chop Feed, $l!5(f-0 per' ton; liar ley, $l.'.'f(t l.IU) percental. "lh"rrmt Quote: Oregon fancy cream ery, i!7l.c; niiicy dairy, L'L,lau; fair to good, 17l...octiOc; common, Uc; Cali fornia, 2-l-B(2-le per pound. Oiikksk Quote: Oregon, Hi; 15c; Cal ifornia, 11 (if Klc per pound. Kuos Quote: Oregon, lSo per dozen. Poultry Quote : Old Chiekons..OO ; young chickens, fl.OOitt-t.ol); 1 Micks, 8.rU(f 0.00 ; Oeese, nominal, $12 poi dozen; Turkeys, 18c per pound. Vkoktahlkh Quote: Cabbage, $1.50 l.t0 per cental; Cauliflower, 1.115 per dozen; Celery, DOo per dozen; Onions, 2c per ibund; Cali fornia. '2c; lJeets, $1.60 per sack; Tur nips, $2.00 per sack; Potatoes, (it)(370c per cental; New Potatoes, llBc pel pound ; Tomatoes, $:i.00 per box ; Asparagus, 4ot5e per pound; Oregon, 10(al5c per pound; Lettuce, llMe pel dozen ; Green Peas, 6c per pound ; String Beans, 12c per pound; Rhubarb, 4c per pound; Artichokes, 40c per dozen ; Pars ley, 25e per dozen; Radishes, 10c per dozen bunches; young Onions, 10c per dozen bunches. Fiumts Quote: Ixs A uncles Oranges, $2.2o02.6O; Riverside, $:i.(R)(t:i.2r ; Na vels, .f 4.60t.(5.r0 per box; Sicily Lemons, $7(ii 7.o0 ; California, $4.50(5 per Ihix, Apples, $1.0002.50 per box; Hananas. $2.50&?:i.r0 per bunch ; Pineapples, $i.(K 08.00 per dozen; Strawberries, 16c pei pound; Cherries, 1 2 sr, (if 15c per pound, Gooseberries, ."xiftic per pound. M rs Quote: Caliiornia Waln'its.ll ls 012'ac; Hickory, 8lai:; brazils, 10011c; Almonds, ltfl"8u; Fill nuts, i..0llo; Pine Nuts, 1 70$ 1 8c ; Pecans, 17(flhej Ooeoanuts, 8c; Hazel. 8c; Peanuts, 8c per pound. Fisii Salmon, 8c per pound; llalbut. l'-,lflc; Cod, Mc; Soles, 10c; Flounders 10c; Shad, 12c; Carp and Catfish, 5c. Canned Salmon, Standard No. 1, $1.;15 per case ; No. 2, $2.55. Stiiple ( rocerle Cokkkk Quote : Costa Rica, 22c; Rio. 215c; Mocha, .'50c; Java, 25.c; Ar buckle's, lOU-pound cases, 271.i1 per pound. SuoAits Quote: Golden C le; extra C, 47,,e; dry granulated, fi7se; cube crushed and powdered, ()'.,' per pound ; confectioners' A, 53.,c per pound. Svitrrs ICiistern, in barrels, 47055c ; half barrels, 50(i68c; in cases, 56080c per gallon; .f2.25M2.50 per keg; Califor nia, in barrels, 10c per gallon; $2.25 per keg. Dkanb Quote: Small Whites, 3?.fo; Pink, ;i1.,t;!iae; Uayos, 43.c; Huttor, 4kc; Linias. 4'4c per pound. DitiKD FittTiis Quote: Italian Prunes, 10lt.((M2o; Petite and German Prunes 10c per pound; Raisins, $1.7602.25 per box; Plummer-dried Pears, 10llc; sun-dried and factory Plums, 11012c: evaporated Peaches, 18020c; Smyrna Fiirs, 20c; California Figs, 0c per pound. Rick Quote: $5.75 per cental. Honey Quote: 10(el8o. Salt Quote: Liverpool, $10, $10.60, $17: stock, $11 per ton in carload lots. Canned Goods Quote: Table fruits, $2.25, 2s; Peaches, $2.60 j Unrtlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.(55; Strawberries, $2.60; Cherries, $22.60; Blackberries, $2.25; ItaspberrieB, $2.75; Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.40. Pie fruit: Assorted, $1.60 per dozen ; Peaches, $1.05: Plums, $1.25; Hlacklxirrles, $1.65 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35 1. 05, according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.1503.50; Sugar Peas, $1.251.G0; StringHeans, $1.10perdozen. Fish: Sal mon, ; sardines, 85c1.65; lobsters, $2,253.25: oysters. $1.50 3.25 per dozen. Condensed milk : agl brand, $8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champion, $0.00; Monroe, f0.7t per case. The Meat Market. Beef Live. 44WjC; dressed, 78c. Mutton Live, sheared, 4c; dressed, 8c. Hogs Live, 5K5c; drossod, 78c Veal 57c par pound. SMOKED MEATS AND LARD. Quote: Eastern Hams. 1213o; Oregon, 10)612)c; Break'ast Uacon, 12013c; other varieties, 8llc; Lard, 9Uc per pound, MUcelluncoui, Hides Quote: Dry Hides, selected prime, 809c, Ks less for culls; green, selected, over 65 pounds, 4c; under pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 3 ftlfctXn' tnttfltllrn ftl7ftRln Innn (u7l oc . Blieiirllnirs inri)k" Tallnw itnul 4i i wool uote: wiuametio valley, 18 20c: Kastern Oregon, 13010c per pound, according to conditions and shrinkage. IIoi'H Nominnl. Ouotn na . . pound, Wails Base quotations: Iron. $3.00: BUel, $3.10; Wire, $3.76 per keg. Shot Quote: $1.75 per sack. Coal Oil Quote : $1.05 per caaa. Tho .Sullor' Wuu.l Pile. A Washington county bea captain as pired to fit a handsome pile of firewood this winter, and worked lustily with aaw aud inc. Proud of his exertions, he called on his wife to gaze aud admire. "Phtobe," lie bawled, "how does tho pile look from there?" Back was wafted tho answer, "Quite a pilo, William I 1 think if vou wero to move the well curb it could lw teou from the utroet." LewiaUiu Journal. Our Latest and Greatest Premium Offer ; THE MAMMOTH CYCLOPEDIA, ism larajv mm) llpn'llltY Tin Mikmotii Cetormwntilni aeemplfH Chlneae .ItfunMf, the pel of In.lli, Afrka, lliliiuuf, aula ' l l, t f Mi. neat Imrrlcau Cltll War, pro Taltailne ItflanJ. Itornru. Hutmati. Ihf Canjalcti laluda, fiiae'tr i.liatrl ellliniitiirrona infc-loln of ibt RfWlllon a Sertla, Kalfiarla, Tarlary, Cihlner an, Tnlili, lb Arab, eni!te Ih.t i f A, ?n.a from lla ttlaftortrr b? Colurabua to Tulaa, Mf tleani, floulh Amrrleatia, Amffltan Indian. Krp the pir'rii' lii t M Jeatlrtlcna of finiout balllra anl liana, Slam.if. Abrailnlana, Nerwealana. BranlatJa. alaa. iniri.ll .III e.flila In Iht loalort or an nallooa. cnronoioncai l.UioO.i'te., Mr UKMlIt V. Ti t-rrMt wor ccntilnMri Mtf f ill II v Vlttii f lb VrtltM HUt", from WMblncttMi to IUi'.immi w nit i iimitt unit oihrr IHuttratlcni, tlio Urn anil I mitditi NnMbM) ltinprtf. bkkf irr, IttrtHi, Wllllnu l'M.. KfH.Um.u lunkitn. IlMirr TUr, PnfI WtM-itfr, an.t fx m 11 taTramrii ant hot, pottl, (rtura'a, tltrfjtntu, tic, tn Ibe nriii ill? MlltHTl.Tt'ltP. Vl.il.) lilnli.nl nr,,l .ttfttlni ti I m lift a, ural'(i f ftM rrct, fatM an. I ttnet, ff lllltera, Nim tmrlfinfni t lUf't-k ratting, lucludl ik Hip ttratmrnt of itiaiaraof 1iriif tl nnlniaU , otilirr kttpluc, anJ how mailt in cfMfu an 1 1 mfliaMa, kfptn(,Utrr farming, Tha irraimi'iit of lliff subject la fonilta and tihatulltt, ainl irndtr thf w of k of jti ral ( i act leal uit to farniera amWtocknicn, noit ri ri, rrm:. nio u nin it, mon utM i.ima totrowrtaef nil kltul f tfgetiblft anA fruit, aa fathtrtj fiom tbt efrlri.ca of lie moM .ucaiirul l.ottlcultutlitt. A IH'II ITl.rTi'ltl.. titilftia anl Uni for liouif 1,001(1111, tarn aD'l other ottutlilua, nlilt taluabla ufftlcot to 1liOt IllltuJitlft lo t'UllJ llorr.HOI,l. Tlil work rdnUtni IrUI and tritM ilprt fr aim oit ttry Intagltiabladith for trrakfait dlnntr an.l tea. thi drrartnirnt alnno bclti worth ntr than nine trniha of the foflk booLt aolj . almott Innimtf rub-la hlnti, lirlpa aud aug f rillt'iit lo tiouifkaiptro , deiigniaiiit aucitatlona for inaklnf luanr bfautlful thltn for tho adornment of home. In needle work, einbrol 1er,T. eto ; Mquoii flortcultnro, lelllni how to be auerefafut with all (he varloua laotl t tollat lilnta, ItUlIng bow to preaentaod beaullf; Iba compleiloii, bandi. teeth, Loir, etc., etc. MariT -lolltri In deetori bllla will U aared annually to efrf ponfMer of tbli tiook throiili tho valuable Information lierrln contained. 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