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26 SPECIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL OFFER. i COMPLETE STORIES By POPULAR AUTHORS. THs book contains the largest and most varied collec. tion of entertaining, thrilling and amusing stories ever published in a single vol- ume, It contaims no less than seventy-lve stories, each one of which is pub- sf lished complete and una- bridged, written by the OD {| most famous authors of il Ke America and Burope, tt among whom axe Mrs. Emma D, E. N. South- worth, the Author of <Z) ‘Dora, Thorne,” Mra, Ann 8, Stephens, Mrs. Ma: Agnes Fleming, Miss E, Braddon, “ The Duch- ess,”? Sylvanus Oobb, Jr., Emerson Bennett, Josiah Allen’s Se Au. sta, Mary Kyle Dallas, Red Buntline, and many others. These stories are all extremely interesting, and so varied in character as to please every taste, embracing Love Stories, Domestic Stories, Detect- : Ive Stories, Stories of Ad- venture, Sea Stories, Border Stories, Humorous Stories, Stories of Railway Life, Dramatic Stories, SY Stories, etc., ete, We have space to enumerate only a few of the titles, as follows: ‘The Mysterioug Robbery,” “One Win- ter ig t, “The Discarded Baby,” ‘The Operators Story,’ ‘A Nite of Trubbles,” “ Adventure with a Bu falo>? “The Murder of Aunt Deb,” “The Wralth’s Wed- ding,” The Black Dwarfs of Granita,” ‘The Old Woman , in Green,” ‘+ Van Arden’s Revenge” “A Terrible Adven- ture,” ‘A Transparent Mystery, The Oashier’s Story,” 4“ Adventure with a teeta sets iat and 60 others, Every story‘lover will be delighted with this book, which con- tains more for the money than was ever before given. 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Never before was 60 grand a collection of complete novelettes by so many famous authors published in a single volume, Each novelette is published complete and unabridged.. The book contains 64 large double-column pages, bound in at- tractive paper covers, and will be sent by mail post-paid upon receipt of Baie Ta Cents. HOME AMUSEMENTS. 4 ~ This book contains a Mm eh & ee splendid collection of games, puzzles and other diversions for BpG AL a tner nes DOL lic and private enter- tainments and even- ings at home. It is BED the thing for even- ng parties and the family circle, and will prove a ee fund of enjoyment for every time and occasion, Tt containg an immense Dumber of Parlor Games and_Forfeits, including all the fa- vorites, new and old; a large collection of Il- lustrated Lebuses,Puz- gles, Cnigmas, Ohar- ; ades cod Conundrums with their answers; a copious selection of wonderful end amusing Tricks, Diversions, Pastimes and Experi- ments, the performance of which will serve to astonish and amuse all your friends; a valuable collection of Fableaux Vivants and Shadow Pantomimes, with full instructions for producing the same, and a considerable number of Acting Charades and Proverbs, A copy of this valuable book should have alplaes in every home, *8 it will provide amusement and recreation for every memder of the family every day in the year. Itisa book of 64 large, donble-column pages, neatly bound in attractive paper covers, is handsomely illustrated, and = us sent by mall post-pald upon receipt of only Tem ents. How to Train Animals. EXSrY porn who has ever visited a circus or menagerie has mar- velled at the wonderful intelligence displnyed by trained horses, dogs and otheranimals, And yet these feats, 80 aB- tonishing to beholders. are easily taught, and any animal is capable of acquiring them. This book was written by gn experienced animal trainer, and tella you how to teach your horse to follow you, to stand without holding, to ait up, to lie down, to kick when told, to shake and nod his head in snswer to questions, to jump, to stand erect, > to waltz, to kiss, to fetch and carry, to fire off a pistol, to eat at table, to turn 4 Land organ, to felgn lameness, to walk over you, etc. It tells you howto train mules to perform feats similar to the above, It tells you how to teach your do to leap, to walk erect, to dance, to jump rope, to git an lie down, to beg, to give hls paw, to sneeze, to spéak, to fetch and carry, to walk on stilts, to go up and down a ladder, to stand on his head, to walk on his fore legs, to sing, etc. It tells you how to train elephants, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, squirrels, beara, buffaloes, wolves, hyenas, crocodiles, alligators, cats, goats, hogs monkeys, rata, mice, frogs, toads, snakes and birds o every kind. With this book as s guide you may teach any animal you own to perform the most remarkable tricks and feats of Intelligence, and the ease with which it may be accomplished will surprise you. Itis a book of 64 large, double-column pages, handsomely ilus- trated, bound in attractive paper covers, und will be sent by mail post-paid upon receipt of only Ten Cents. The Handy Cyclopaedia ‘OF, EVERY-DAY WANTS! This book is ® com- pendium of tseful and valuable household in- >| formation. It contains | hundreds of valuable recipes for making and doing almost sya arae }] about a house, and } filled with hints and sug- i estions which will be \\3 ound worth the welght 1 of the book in gold to SA aaa This greal 0 fund of informa- tion is alphabetically ar- ranged, 60 that any par- ticular subject can be turned to in a moment, It istherefore & book for daily reference and con- suey and the infor. mation it imparts will Baye money, time and Jnbor in every household. 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Very few farmers are Practical Poultry Keeper, aware of the large profita that are to be made from the keeping of poultry, provided the right meth- ods are pursued, and are therefore daily neglect- ing # branch of thelr bus- iness which will bring 4 more profit,in proportion to the amount of capital invested andthe timeand labor required, than any other brauch of farm work. This is an entirely new book on etal keeping, just published, embraces tl the lat- est ideas on the subject. 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This bool, as its title indicates, is a collection of valuable facts, figures, statistics and dates—a compendium of valunble information for the nse of every man, woman and child. The informa- tion it contains is so ar- “| ranged as to be readily accessible, and it may be | referred to at all times in | settlement of the various questions that constant- | ly arise in writing and conversation. 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