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."
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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
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Information lierrln contained. It telle how to cure. r elm pie
vet reliable tionia remedies, available In everj houaehoM, every
ddeaae anl ailment that I curable, thla department forming a
complete medical book, the valna cf whleh lu auy homo can
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THAVKKR. Pcecrlpltons, profnaelv Ulaalraled.of the life,
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Mi line, ineieiearapn, ino rnnunc I'reaa, me
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llluit rated the many wonderful and beauilfnt thing found axih
botton of the ocean, the plan',, flowtra, ahello, flihti, tto. II ka
wlit pearl dlrlng, coral (Itblog. etc., tto.
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natlitlciof (be globe, Itadlog govtrDtatati ot the world,
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