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Tous las Mutras exemplaires originaux sont film^s «in commandant par la pramiAre page qui comporte une er-'7 The \\\)\\\\(nJ LORNF ^MKRCK COLI.KCriONr^/CANADIANA ■*Wi<»|'iii uith tlMMi ha.Hls. ainll.r.MiKl.t that uhich th.v i.a.l sl)ni.. h..th nt hlur, and of purplf. an'! wo/ks. ami alms dee.ls whi( h she did." '•In like manner also that women adorn tliemseKes m modest apparel, with shame-fare-lness and s.-l.rietv; not witii braided hair, or «old. or pearls, or costlv ana- : but. wlmh be- coineth women professing godliness, with go(,d works." >• Behold : I come (piiekly : and my reward is with mi. to gi\e ever> man according as his work shall be." HOW A DOLLAR GREW on A WAYTO WIPE OUTCHURCH DEBT. Our Chht. Ii wa^ in it out. Wr ( ould not do it hv one effort, hut ue would demolish it hit hv hit. and as h-it' a' hit as pos.ihle at a time; and hv ditt.rent methods. The plan .ul-pted for the past year was this-. We ha r< turn thf 'ii'.-'nt with the -ains. The aim of ea. h uas I is.' n..llars; .niisi.l.r.d hv all v.rv hi-h. ami hy s,,ni.' .pii..' h.'voii.l th.'ir rea( h. Mahin- .dl'wan.'e tor thirt\ who mi-lit .hop out hv th.- wav. w,' .vprct.'.! uith much mis-iviiiK that the total sum r.ali/- cd w..uld 1).' One ih.Misan.l D.illars. That wouhl hase been hands.ime and to the lastin;^ .reiiit of th.' u.uk. rs. 'I'li.' return, however, show..l .i sum consi.lerahlv .>v.r Two 'i'liousand Pf)!- lars cl.'ar K'MU. What foll.nvs will show liou it was don.', .\part. how.ver, from the tinancial success of the scheme, there were otlur most beneficial result.^. Some of tli.in were these : ;. It mad. the nieiulx'rs .)f the C'liurch better ac.piaint.M] with each other, and int., rested .n each other's work. i y^ — i— 2. It Rhowrd not only thr strennth of a iiniicd pull, hut the •trrtiKfh of fhr iiidivi.l ijI p. ill. .ifid jjave ^lad surpris.- to many whi) Jaiuud that th. y vvcn .i| littl<- valin- In tin- Chtiuh. J. It Kavr to many, who hv n-asoii ot dt-lit atf htalth .iml the infirmitU's t.f aKP, Horrowfiilly thotiKlit «.f theniHi Ives, s.. far an ("hiirs (ailing- away tlir fnergU's of the mt'itd>ers nt fhi- < liiii. h. and .Ii-ipatniL; tin ni amonj; things Rood they may bo, hut niitsuK; IhcLhiir. ii, whilst the Chnich is in tiPcd of everyone's iitniDsf . 5). And l.i.f hut most KiatifyinR— it kept th.- ( hi,i( h con- tiniialK in th.- n,in'i <.i the worker, and unit '\(dllir ( hm. h and >;ave Hiins.Ii' fiif if ' "i-ft vi.'.ji- h^ht so shine hetni<- men that thcv may see yuui j^.ckI works, and glorify youi 1 ather which i.s ui heaven."' The Minister. OM; IILNDKI I) AND SI.\'r\ I)i)L1.AKS. It was at the annual meetiiiL^ ..t the \\ .muiis Ihinie Asso- ciaticiii that the liisf uicnti.in (U the '[ al( nt wa- made. Wdiat is it ? what di)es it mean - were the (piestiuns put liMm all -id.s (,f the room. Silence u as called for. and it was ;hen explained at length. i;a( h woman in the Church was to he asked to take one rhdlac. to hi' called tlie Tal-nt. and . ndeavor in her own way to make as much a- -h. cmild In it <|iirint, the year. Thus a portion of the labor in lessening; the del)t on thcviiurdi would be K'iven to every one found willing; to take it. At the meeting; twenty-two dollars were j^iveii out. some iecei\inf,' them very cheerhilly and a tew uith considerable hesitation. Kvery mind was at once exercised as to how even on.' dollar wa> to h, -alli- ed, not to speak of five, wliich was alluded to as a probable average. It was distinctly laid down that only profits w(' outUy. 1 >»«» appointed convener of the tchente. Thi» meant many vi«it« a(i') much time, so 1 went hutiir to ponder the matter and arratiRe not only tor roniuU of visiting, hut for procuniiK » More of «nKK«>tion* for those that on the acore of utter inahility mi>;ht decline to receive the talents. Hefon- riinlit I li.il re«olveii tn »p«-nd my own dollar on thr printer and th«- dry K'xhI** mere hant. From the latter I Ixninht jo cents worth of colored wool, of whii h ! iiia.h- several sleeve pulls. To the printer I paid 50 cents for priiittng icx) copies of some good Scotch recipea. The meetiuK was on Wednesday. All the rest of the week was very stormy, so I reuiaiiied at home and had a husy time making' sleeve pulls o( dilt;h hitterlv cold, and olt ! started with my bajj .'ld six recipes at ten cetits eaiint.i .uul Inim;- int: ten rents j,'aiu already ; aiiU four sleeve pulls .it htteen 1 iiits, thus pavim: tor tlie wool and having' a ^ain of tfiirty cents, iml li;i,l :;i\rn nut ri-lit t.il' iits. Ever>' da\ 1 ui.iilc a iciimd. and every evening tliere was a similar ^\.i<\ t.ile t.. tell, profits made and talents di-trihuted. In less than a t.)itniKlit SSt> were ont as talents, and 1 had made «7.45. It is needless to sav tli.it hv this time 1 was thoioui^iiU interesteil in the ■.( heme, ami more th.in anxii'iis to make iiK.iies mv^ell .iiid tn show other-- liow the\ miuht do the ^amr. I cnroui aiicd thnii also ii\ ^uuiK them order- ,is tar as 1 coiiKl. \>^ it was onl\ h\ mutual h.iMn^,' and selling ih.it ih.- I'l.m roiild he -^ui( . .stullv carriiil out. Hy the middlr oi Icliiiiary there were zm worker-- enrolled, ;itid 1 had hanked *Jo. besides l.avin- a little in hand. At intervals 811 more were ^iveii out, and this madf the total ot j ;o women, bound \<\ the talent to d.) their he^t tor the I liurch during the year. .\nd lure 1 wouM --as, how murh pltMsurr 1 derived trom the kiiulK wav 111 whuh I was received at all the luunes and eiK-uuraged l)v the w illill^'ness of all to take the dollar and do what they could with it. l-'.ven busy mothers with lar^e families seemed eagei to help, and I more than )nce said "good-bye" saying' to invselt that such a one niii^ht. with excellent reason, have said "no" to me. \Vh n tlu luo recipes were all sold I got 60 more printed for lu cents, and every one was purchased — makinK a total return of •15.40. The pulU, of which I iuanuthtn>; new. ! hail th«* C'liiiH li photoKraptw:!. two \i«'w« of tin- interior and tin Church hall. I lusf I sold tlunu^ thf >«ar, tin* last as llw yrar waH cloKinK. ami rrali/ed fnmi the Halo lio. S«'veral small anil very i|uivt, alii'Dst private, »aleH wer*' held at intervals in the hall, when 1 "I ilways most foittmati- in dispohiii>; of many of my things. Al llifse salet* I sold the tollowim; list of ;«r»i< !• •'. uhu h 1 macU- K»n< rally in the evening h»»ur«: 7 knitted Rhawls, different suv» and colorn, IilOM ; 4 bar)y jackets. Ij.iy; 2 cashmere dresRes, | j ; cashmere rlo.ik and shawl, *i.4S; H muslin pinafor -s. f4.»»o; c> print overalls. 14.70; iH li« tl protectors. •1.74; I l)«'d omit. Sj ; h aprons. %i ; n>ar- malade. IlHo; HU^arcd ilates, §5.15 ; painted china, •12.75. In addition to my own work, I sold "«<» p .hikN of l.oney, >;aininK •s on it ; jS copies of tlu- " rilj^rims Pro^uss " .iikI the "Child's Life «>f Christ." cUariiiK 5i();and rj-! illuiimKiv.d texts of Scripture, which brought in a profit of •is. and a small ;lit in tin did C Diintry. and hrou^ht ()\i 1 liv a triciid, hast to he added t > the al)o\c. and tl.v- whole will -liM,s liuwiny dollar urew to (UK lumdnd and sixty. With its I. till n closes one of the happiest yearh in my lit<', .uid 1 nsay add one of uiy hiisiest ; liciue its hajipiiK^- I doi:lit not. I should like to thank all vsho have tpi iiiiia;.;r(l .md lulpt d im- li\ biiyiiij,' iiiv thilij^s. Without thtii hilp iiiv I .ilt iit would have l)i-(ii .1111- dull. II -till, i desire s|H(iall\ to th.ink oik tiinid vv ho. by his >;enerous offer at the bet'inniiiK ol tht \tar to siihst iil)f .1 sum ecpial to my j^ains, imparted to iiic an energy which lasted till the work was hnished. Ihi- iiioinin^ I received his che(|ue. \vitli .1 ((iiiiiiliin. iit.us noli . Should th'' 1 aliiit Im- t.ikcn up a^iiiu a- ih'' WCiiien's work toi aiiotlur \cai. 1 wi'l he a t^lnd and willing worker. The result, e.xci-edmi; oiii most saii;;tiine e.xpeCtations, shows a spirit ami a power in the confiiej^ation that warrant the hope of reaching by a sqcond effort — not fti.ooo — hut SA.iXXi. E. S. .\1. — 5— TWENIN l.k.Hl l)i.'l.l.AK> AM) TU I \ ^^ MM'. fKNTS. At the l>r»:itiriit>^ of thr year wln.i the •uggcstioii u.i-^ maUe that rvcry woman in St. Andrew's, »h& w. willing to takf it. •hnuUI rt'ccive the tlollai to inwiit. in order » lenwn the hcavv indebtcdncHK of the con»(r 'Ration, tne tt.oHt tanuninf diil tiot rxpt'Cl to approxiinatr thr result— nmny indeed a«c«'|»t;a>;e heinK a wonderful incentive to eflfort. In the present case, the first dollar w.i-. iiis<-,t.il m tnateiial for cold rreani. hfiu^ht at wholesule pill. •>, uliich when sold at druKKist's retail gave an additional c.ipitii to tli. iii\' ir,l m .i few articles ot tancy wf)rk. iiut as ust hi! must combine uitli ornamental work in any Migcessliil sale, the next veiitur«- \sas five sets of dinner-mats, which all sold. 1 lie umertaintv of all investme'its was however proved whetj anotlu-r hall al.' of j6 tickets fill tli«' concert — the fatigue it lost iIocm not cdiiiiI. .\j;ain. this shop sent out tonics, hair r.'>«tiiii I . m " • tocth powtler. I cosmetic, and an exci-llenl loticn l>'i . happf^l haiicls — the la-.t ina\ hf ord.i.il iioa, -.lod r.t.iiiices given on appli cation. I'or variety, candy was tried, .'f uhich 5j lbs. have bt en sokl ill tlirt'c months, part for Santa I l.iiis— but indeed were it not for the sake of the cause. . I t'liipMi.iry distaste for :.ii^ar in every form, would . n^uc. All these sales hroii^ht the prohts to S^S.-'o. I'.iit the pleasure that all this work atfoidetl ( aiiriot be counted ill tlollars and cent>. ..i.d i.-. an iiicentiv.- t.> tiiture etiort, and ifevi-ry woman in the congief^ati.'ii ^vill .ImIi, rb" t she may live to .-.ee lb' u licil.' debt wiin-il mit ; tlu- bapps tlioip.;bt> lu-i webs wi" weave while so 'iii^aL'ed uill ciiiiipcii-atf tor all her toil and sclf-sacritice. for it we do rwo- lu'^t. aiiLjels can do nu mere nnd tlio cnniiiiriulation that uc all desire shall at last ho he. ml tKMii tile Master's lip.^, " Shr Ii.ith (lone wliat she couUi." A. E. n. ht-li,L;ht. W'li.it oMiM I do? I used to ■^ a!i;l >liort-l>ri'a(! that hicmls pronoiuic- i:li:vi:n dollars. No one t'Hik tlu^ Talent more uilliiiL;l\- than I did. hut I laii hardly think tliat aiuone was more }>ii//letl than I was, what to do with it. i'or d.iys ideas eanie oiil\ to he dismis.-.ed as iu;- pradieahlr. hut I kept thinking. helie\in!^ the jiroverh that where there i.-. a \m1I ther<' is a wav. Many thinf;s useful and profitable which others could do. and ladies f^'eiierally can do. wor(^ forbidden me. I had to -;uard tiie preeious i;ift of sij^'ht a> inuih as [)ossii)le. doliiL; no tine work bv di tlie 'I'aN iit liiiid. My one dollar lia> j^iown to elexen dollars, .uid thouu'li not satistied myself, mv pleasure in uoikint; has been L;reat. and St. Andrew's is dearer than ev<'r to me. -M. Cj. ]■( )K'l■^■()^I: i>< )I.i.aks. There i- no ion:aiii-.' in my tale. M\ Talint i;if\v b\- hard work. I bake my own bread, so I inve-ted tl, dollar in floui. and baked additional loaves to order. Mv married childMii and the Manse were mv first enstoniers; throu'^'li then- ^oo(l rei'ort others came, until at last I had as much work as 1 couM possi- bly do. I have Used in all h^o lbs. .)t flour. Alon.i; with bakin;.; 1 carried on (piite a little trade amon^ my friends in ln-iid-ilift'st\ of which I made ijo bowls. Duriuf; the hot weather wh.en this work ceased, I knitted several pairs of stockiii'^s. It was won derful the interest I took ii: the work when once I had iiKide a little grxin. I seemed to understand a little of the miser wlien watchin.t,' the hoard always increasim,' and knowin.i; that no- body but myself knew how much was there. Hut a ,i;reater pleasure than miser e\-er knew was mine when on tin d,i\ ap- pointed I gave up my treasure, «4i— tfie profit of my labour, to the Church. Here I am at the beginning of another \ear bal.- inj; still, and a fresh hoard has been be,L,Min. i camiot under- stand how any one can be an idle membc r in the Chureh. 'I'hev do not know how- mu(h they lose b\- keeping; : how miieh they j^'ai i bv givim;. especialK' wb.eii that ,i;i\in,i: ■- from dail\ doiTig. 1. H. F()L'rti;i:n doll.aks. I wonder if anv of you will care to hear what bccau'c i^( my Talent. Well, about a year ago I was given by my . linister's wife one dollar. l«''i' ' ' M them, and -eiieiallv sold a ixiltle or two. One day 1 was ^reatl\ ciicouia-ed 1)\ a la l\ who had l)om;ht some tiom me, saviii.t; it was c.iii-in- lit i hair to -row. and thai sh< had heen tellniL: others ai)oiit it. 1 wa- deji-htid. Ixm aiise 1 couhi th.n recommend it. which I ( .Mild not hone^tlv lia\e done heforr. The same la(I\- \cr; kindlv sold several hottles for me in Mont- real and Otta-w.. Mv little -ains he-aii to iiiciea.se and I still k.pt on. .At a litth sale held hv -,om,' oi the ladies who had a Talent. I procured some ince fresh hiittei. I disposed ot .|iiite a lew pounds. ;uid this added a little nif>re. I also made cookie s and cheese Straus which sold .|iiickl\. Since then I have done little, as home duties at Christmas time kept me fully occupied. Now the time mr i^isii:- in mv Kains ha- arrived, and mv one- dollar has ir.creased to fifteen d( liars and fifteen cents. This is more than I ever anticipated. I wish I i oiil.l have done more. but e\eii this w ill show what we can do if we work as thou;,di we meant to win. We shf)uld also. I tiiiiik, learn a lesson from this. I mean v.e should try and make use of the talents ( iod has f,'iven U-. l)ethe\- many or tew. Let us not la\ tliem aw a\- in a napkin, hut tr\- and aiid to them. In so doin- we will learn to he happy, u-sehil l.eiii,i;s, not liviii- for self alone, but strivin.s; to be of I .e to others : and so >;o on and on. till at last we reach the «oal. and hear those blessed words : •• Well done. .i,'ood and faithful servant : (Miter thou into the |o\- of th\ Lord." F. TW1•:NT^■ r\\() DOLLARS. I was not offered a Tah at ; I had to ask for it. I suppose people think that a ladv who has reached her eii^hty-ninth vear is jiast work, and shoiilii he alloweil to rest. 'I'he Hook does not speak in that way. •• Occupv till I coine," are the words— the r,'iin it liefore I sold it. and my little nest e^'K i»l profits aj^peared to me. hut to no other, for every one was ketspin^,' their K^dns a mighty secret and why should not I do the same - Well ! day hy day ;ill tliroiif;h the four seasons of the yt'ar. sometimes when not feeling well, sometimes when onlv fairly well. lUAcr at an\ time feeling; (piite well. 1 plied ni\ needle ami threail. for hefore one tai)le cover was done, another was ordered. The 'Uily change in the work was the varietv of colours that wa.-- ch isen. Tlif ' loth was sci'.rlet, riib\ . crimson. >;reen\ hlue. snowy white and the flitter was of as manv colours, so 1 did not tire. M\ •■den. for that is what I call luv private sittinj; room, was a hiiss scene .ill the time, and no news seemed to he hroujiht into it. i)iit. this one's Talent, and that one's Talent, and the conse(pience was that visitors and their coin crsatioiis instead of hinderin,!; only helped inc {greatly with tnv work. •• Well, ' said tlu minister one da\ . to whom I had revealed a little of my secret. "I believe you will outstrip and put to shame a'l the stron,i; youn^,' women m the Church." 'l hope to shai. (^•x)ily. ' said I. '-hut those that do noth.in^. or do not do > r i)est." Well what did 1 make out of mv one church dollai' ;' Just l\veniytwo dollars I after paying all expenses: and these my .qains my ;,'itt ot lovim; labour I cast into the treasnrv of CTirist's Ciiurch. feeliuL^all the blessedness of f;i\in^' and wishinj; that it were the whole sum needed to pay for the building of it- Wliat the i;ains tor m>- self? I keep puttinj; that question away but it will not j^'o. I know that if 1 onlv occupy till He come. He will say more than — Thank you ! though even those two words from Him would satisfy my heart. M. — Id — FiF-Tv. nvr: dofj.af^s am. thif^tvninf cf-nts. F Fi.-inllv know Fi„w to „'ivc von an accmnit ..t •• Flow inv dollar KH-w," F„.cai.sc F did not h.'Kin -like th- otFi.Ts-F,y thf outlay of $i only, and then trading on what was inadr hy i'l Ft was thi- «.nd of Jnnr l.rfor,. F n-aclwd Canada, and havinK heard F.ffnro IravuiK l-.nK'lan.l of th<" "Talent s< iirnie.' and that on my arrival ! should ho vx^wcUn] to take part in it. F l.e^'an to <-onsuier ways and means. F-vervthin^ that eonl.l l,e don,— in an ordinary way-to niak.- nione • would he started lonp hefore my arrival, and all work snspende F must say 'f think the lawful working of the scheme, bv starting with $1 only, mach the better plan. F:ieginning as F did, with a debt of 8r8 to clear off, is apt to be very discouraging to the worker. F^. B. SIXTF'F-N DO F.LARS. H. .\F.— The worker is one of God's afflicted childrcr.. She is seldom fr,^e from neuralgic pains in the head, while often she sufTfers exceedingly. In addition to this she has become almost blind from cata^a-"^ '^ K^fV. „,.^., i'_:i..:__ 1 _ _, — li- do III tht* (lark and uhrn not in exMciiie pain ; and what she roiild do she did do. Not only si), hut she was sincerely thank- ful fy loii^inf^'-house keeper and have no time for work out of mv own special line. I therefore spent my Talent at the market. I invested it in onions, cucumbers, cauliflowers, peppers, etc., and made a fine assortment of pickles. " Better than Lazenbv's " said manv a customer, and I had (juite a brisk trade. I also matle a quantity of ketchup, for which I had good sale. Ther,-' were no losses and llie clear gains were sixteen dollar^ and three cents. I am unconscious of any addition hav- ing been made to my labors. It was "othing to make a little more of these things when one was at it. I was careful neither to undersell the merchant nor overcharge the purchaser, and no doubt I owed a good deal of mv success to this. K. M. FOUR DOLLARS. Mv home is in the country, six miles tiom town. There are beautiful woods around it, in which ferns (f many varieties are found in great abuiHiance. and large beds of the lovely triliuni both white and purple. .Mv purpose was to make rustic baskets and boxes of silver birch, fill them with ferns which are always favorites with citv people, and take them into market. I also meant to mark the triliums nhen in flower and dig up the bulbs —12 — in autumn, f-^r many people want to have clumps of them in thf^ir Karil»'ns. I belu-ve that I could have (iotic wojj had cirruin- star IS not iut'Ttcrrd with mv plans. Howt-voi, 1 have made four ciuliars. Calling niysi-lt "an unprofitahir servant," I hope to do much better another time it entrusted v itli a Tah'nt. A. \V. FORTY DOLLARS. I am a very busy wife and mother. ha\uif; cverythinR to do myself. With hesitation, theri'fore, approaching,' to reluctance I took the Talent. 1 should ceitainly have been firm in rctiisiiif,', but my Scotch spirit of independoncc would not allow me to witness other people doiuK my share of the work. ICr a whole month the Talent lay in the iiapkm. 1 could not think what to do with It, and had it not been for the casual remark of a neij^h- bor. I belii've I should ha\e l)een thinkinj.; in vain still. This neighbor had hr.>n;.;lit bac k a bowl in which I had sent her some '• potted head," as they call it in the Old Country, or head- cheese as they call it in this land, and she remarked that it was so good that I nii^dit make mv fortune !)y it. " Well," I thought, "if I could make my Talent grow by it, I shall be content with- out the fortune." It was winter, very frosty, so I bought several heads and shanks— for the greater the (piantity bought the cheaper it was—and using part of it I prepared it with unusual care after the Scottish mode, and when done I had twenty-four pounds for sale at ten cents per pound, besides several pounds of fat, the skiunnings, also at the same price. My neighbors bought it all, and wanted to know when I was going to make more. 1 had found my uoi k. So every week till the hot weather came, atid aftei it uas past. 1 made one and often two makings a week, averaging from eighteen to tucnt\ -four pounds a mak- ing. Customers all oxer the town came to me, and a Scottish friend who kept a .stcjre disposed of all that I was unable to sell privately. One dav I sold forty-eight pounds. There was a great deal of labor in it. biil the e.xiitement was great when I found the profits so great, and I had banked twenty-fne dollars before the heat put a stop to cooking. At the end of the year, i icLKuutd liial i hud sold over one thousand pounds of "potted i —13— hea'.l," several hundred weight t bnnos at forty ccr.ts a rwt., and three dollHr-. worth of rod cm rant j<'lly. AdtliiiK to th s a bov's ( ap and .1 few collars, I had a total ^;ain oi toity duUais. I ai » btiil uiakmg " potted head." FIVE DOLLARS. I took the Talent gladly but not beinj; very strong covdd not work at it as nmch as I would have liked. I had all my own work to do. so could onlv Kiv<: wiiat tiin;' was lett. I livetl u\ an neighborhood where ther- 1^ no sale for fani iii.iiu ol the ways and customs diH'erc-i it tr mi tlio.,c in tlio id i oimtry. Thert', thf |n>. ipir f»ive niore to tin n ("Inn. h. In it il.i not work so mil li liu It H( IT all sffiii ti) wDik 111 iiiif wiiv 1)1 aiKitlier, and tlio iiiOiU\ rccjuiitrd si'fius to !)«• not. Working; en f.iiiiK appears to create a deeper interest in Churcli affairs. W Inn 1 w a-^ ask- < il til l.iLc a Tail lit. it uas Sij;;t;este(l tli.it I ^IimuM h.ikc Scut, li oat cakf.-> and si'oiiea, and with t!ir siiKnestion camf a weekly order for the same. Thus em diii a^^ed, I adopted tlir sn^'.^estion and at once eomiiieiired I akinj;. I liad dittiriilt\ in L;ettinK the rif^lit oatimal. tor it must not he r«>imiil\ L;rMiii(l lor i akf^. hut I f;ot it .it l.i-^t. ( iiice startid, 1 never iiii^.eil .i -,iii;;le week; even wlieii tile ui.i'.lier was at its hottest. 1 huked ami tRe supply of haimocks and si'ones ua>< sent out to iii\' custeimis. i-'idiii this source alone I made mv ^aiii S7.00 ; and I have he^un aj^ain .imi I l>elie\c til, It 1 -li ill do '.)etter. t.ir 1 .1111 now hetter known and m\ e.ikt ^ are i;ou(.l. J. G. ri:N DOLLARS. I spent m\ dollar in this v .i\ : I hoii^lit i ll>. ot lard for 15 cts.. tlour. -^iiu'ar. eL,'->. crcaiii of tartar and soda foi ;3 cts. On Saturday nioriiin}^, the only free da\ I lia\e. for I am a hiisy school mistress, even mv evenings taken up with exaniiiiinL; pa pels, I turneii these materials into temptinj,' cru.xinelles - five dozens of them — and grained 25 cts. on 50 cts outlay. This lim I pursued till I li.id hiked perhaps a hundred do/en>. The other half of mv dollar I -.pent on nuts and su^'ar ^nd in the course of the veai made. I daresav. 50 lbs. of nut candy, maple cream and — '5— taffv. N'v pr<»fit» a«i hakrr ami rotifcctionrr won 9i proved t. b. too e.\. pensive so I decided to ^ive tin ui up. When the season came I in.KJe catsup, jellies and jams, which quickly sold. Tb.n hav. inn be«'n taught by a Sc< tcb baki r bow to iiuike slmrtbread, 1 made sever.-d rak.s. and the result was that .,rd Scotch. I made quite a bit of profit out mI this, i al-.. Kik- 1 a few wholesome familv loaves and nave t;ood weight and K'^t a^im. My next ven- ture was emery rushi.uis. I had no trouble wbatrver is dispos- ing of two dozens of these %crv useful articles. Moccasins for babies was a good idea. They 1 --k- .1 -. pi. tts they sold them- self. i att\ war. imv la-t investment. I am very sorry that I did not tluuk ot it sooner, a- iiotliin.i: paid like it. It brouL'bt cx.n.t- ly three hundred p. r c t ut. I'.y disposing' of cake siceveh .dcrs- bow ties and ball.. on match-holders, in addition to xshat has bf.Mi nhitcd. iiiv dollar i^iru to t\v.nt\ dolhir regret it did not t,'ro\v larger. 1 ,1 r profit. J- 1' SlXTi:r-N DOLLARS ANPTniKTV^IX (T Such work was quite ntw to ine ; indtcd I had experience in making money in any way. I had oeen ed simply to give a part of what I got. I have now knowledge and gained a u- w pleftsure. that of giving cost me something and ! regret that it w...- not mine had been thinking for a fev days what I could do but ed on nothing, when s iddenly at diuner my resolution I had been eating chicken, and the " nurrv thought " .-,-, :„, _.!-.ti> T !ji;l it ;>.-.!(!;■ : in a few ho'ir's it was tr NTS. had little accustom- groun in what has sooner. I had decid- w as made. was lying ansfigured into an old divinr. Thr joiTit rn! ! Ii.nl rnvrrrd with wax, a littl>' trill <*f whitt* Wiiol riiiiiid tin* hack and heads lor rves; aradftrnir contiime rovrrrd ih.' I>i»nv lr>,'s. atid tlir ridicidon-, rreatioii waii .1 |>;ri>wiii>; i.n .1 In n , n.iu 1 .irn .1 littlr sla\«' dMUMu .1 l«» vvi|>c a pi'fi." It sold alnii-r. I mad.- all kinds of h,;iii< , biinrfiv daiiH's, t'Xf|iiisit«' daiidits, m (.;t() niiristiols— and it would 1). ij li ti sa\ lidw tiiarty (ioztMi went to n.atkrt. My fripfids all ov«T tlu: town krpt thrir * merry thoi »;lits ' for uu\ so that I h i-tv fxpiCted. betake myself to the kitrhen ifid iriake cofTee that rivalled the famous Everhtn. I used to i.il.. a tahlc at tlir lutle i|iii> t -ales in the (liiiri h hall, < i6.j<). The thoii;;ht that iii\ own fingiMs made it, is \i-v\ phas- ing to me ; and that people think that I have doni- well is \vy\ gratifying and iiu ouraging. I.. A. I ll\ i l)t d.I.AKs. 1 had lid) one idea: I ha\e many now. I .,pent luv dollar on apples and made pure cider vinegar. No hnrtfnl arids could be found in it ; it \^as what they term perfectly unsophisticated. .\fter the hrst expense it increased almost on nothing, recpiiring only the parings of apples used in the house. \ et out of the noti ing I was constantly niaking a something ; and from no labor I was making some profit. Ih. liu^:.>t liic conld iiavc a \ inr-ar factory. It needs no hands; and buyers come wiihout any loud calling. I made ?5 in the short time T had it. and uith the interrupted attention I gave it. — 17— TKN !>' '! ! Ah's \I\ tiiiii- is pntlv well hll»-<| up willi hniisrhnld .lutu s, .umI iM>l<.iiiUl tlo nothing III the w.i\ ..» MvMMi; or knittiMi:. I il (m iii\ 111 i^iIiIhii-. •>nmc •xri'llrnl Ifa tli.it I h.ii' .1 .|ii.iimt\ u ^ that « vir\ i>ni- tiiii'f 'ia\r. I h»' ^^aiiiv hail to I" irturii Pil just uliJ'ii 1 %^a. l>«-^;iii!iiii;; tn . ad li ■^ii^lil "t main wavs <.t •.volklIl^;. \U\{ I lia\i tlir I alii'l a^;all. ami it < kkI coiitliiurs ilif in-rdi il litaltli and ^ttini;tli. and rin umstaiu r^ < li:im;<- tint, I ^hall make e\cti a lntt.r shnu than a j;aiii of ten taU'iits more. s. c;. TF.N TIOI I.AK-^. I keep a small ston of ^,'ror.•rll s, and what 1 did with my TaW-iit was ti.is I hmi^dit '«ad piriciU. iiiarhK s, Jrw s harps, and i)iit thiin in a j; lass tasi hy tin iiis« ist-s. \\ hni tlu'sr wen- sold at tin- usual profit, I pun liasr-d sisrral undrfss«>d dolls at a lew ( (Ills racli. -mall h. fflis nf s( . nt. pictiur l)i>uks. rtr. Uhiii I had disposed of these. I Miitunil on other thin^s-Msitinn I ards. ("hristma-i cards, seveial kinds of i heap to\ s. l"u:,toiiurs lioiit^ht these thiiiKs with then othet puichases; aii Hou^i . I Ik heait wi^li- - that the hand could have done more. - ■ ^• nini:tei:n noi I-aks. The north wind blew it-> chillint; blast round the comtortalde homes of the Kood Scotch people of the city wht n it became known that many of them were possessed of a Talent. Vhr- u\ winds and the humble po.sition of the merctirv in the tli'-iinome- ler suggested lo me thai liie w aimer i kf-pi uvy ar.iiar tr.r nrnci I, ,„iBl,. urow. So I m.,lr *«> >"'' ,^^, , ,,, ,.,, ,hr .lock. ,„ OV.TM. Wi"K. I" k"!- ■« "•"'••••;,'„,,«„,.,., k..:,, them Irom ::.":;:;." ;;;:;ic..,r:.:.:,':.o,.. who .l ...,,, «.v. .««,....... ;, ., ,. . n„. c„,..i,..r.... ,„.. .h. proper .hu,« .or >^un« ,„. «.. .«d. n,y .......l-K .nod ■ t.. haU . 1 ^ ^^^_ ^_^ ^^^ .wan. l.....,r.,sMM:.ii.. |„.lMnk'>y" I ,^^ ,,_, torty puiu.ils. ♦«.„„tv T ilents. It has :;»rl:;::;:r:;;:|3£-~;::;:;-:::rs i;r— s» -":; ."'. ■* - •■ "- -■- when applied by t!.e ri^;ht ^.crson. j ^^ TEN DOLLARS AND FirTV riVI- CENTS. I be.an bv bnvin^ cut flowers, and theso I dnided into small ..::;.^r:o...et.Ntoo..e.totbelU^^^^^^^ hold and realized a considerable profit. 1 toun were as ready purchasers o^ thcso as the ,e,.^n.er. A^ O. rest of mv eains were >;ot no.n t<.tf,r. which also ,s a .n<.st pr school wo,k with .he -«p<,on of a -^ ^« ,_,^^„^^ ,„ made a much greater show. As il .»,_ |^ ^'l^^^^^^-^^^^^ ' returoins as my protit leu uouarii-u ;;:.;-" £. M. — I.J— TWENTVMVl. DOI.I \US. On^* thinj; I know, my 1 al'-iit dul u<>t ijnuv likr jonih' Rniird, ill -» HiiiKlc tii»;lit. It ic fii>;tii. It grt'w niowiy , -)iit 1 hrliPvCvl in trie peihcvfranrc* of thr auiiitu aiiJ uttfM.dint; to it aiui oncnurj^jitiq it. The sij;l)t of a larK» ami bratitilui inoth »u»(K<'*t('c| to nu" thr tnakin^ of thorn ; ho I npcnt my dollar on thr necraaary iiiaicnal, cotton wool, paint aniii.itiMiis, (jiiitc ni-w sprc iiiu-iii to the naturalist, and thry »old well. Mit; prolif on imcIi was imt ituirh. hut ma'iv^ittlt'H makv a " inickk'." ai. I hIhii sr\f;itylour h.id lucii di-^piisrd ot I h.td icali/i'il '.rvcM dollars and lorty cents. I am n.itui.iM". sir. and ii'. first attrniMt ! ; unc was a jjreat trial to luf. I Imi tini'-^ I p.issrd tlw h , • r. inc \rn tiirillg to knr)«.k, but llK .;!.i i^us icrfptiou I n (. « I and the sale of two SO emboldened me that I scarcely kmw ni\s,lt. I found tli.it pc ijil-' were pleased to be asked to buy. 1 d.iicsay tlicrc IS ,1 ';ii.h1 df.il ill i)rif"s iiianmr and also in a fan pm f . 'I In- lu-xt tlun;; 1 vi-nturi'il to try N^a>» Si'oti h bn-ail and immi haggis, which brou;;ht me considerable j,'ain I even tried sonp and ftinnd it p.iid well, for workmen took it to ihcir workshops instead ot t ■*ii(l iiu iift ^^ns on the wliolo wcif 1 umttin I)(jllars. I may add that in doiiiK tliis wuik my studier. wne not nf^;li-cti'd as the examinations showed, nor (Hd m\ •,'randinotlier receive less kind attenti(Mi at my hands. i:veryone thinks it is a large snm for me to have raised. I am i,'iad that 1 nave succeeded so ....11 N. H. ti:n n(M.i..\Rs. The story of how my Talent ^lew is easily told and is short. Th.e dav hefore I got it 1 had finished a rope hasket h'om a pic- ture which I had seen in a hook, and next day sliowing it to my neighbor I was ottered ho cents tor it tor the Tali'iit l-"und. This was my start. I then ht)n,L;ht materials for tiie purpose of mak- ing photo frames after a clesign I had seen in the States, and I got 50 cents for each of these. Then I received orders for four duster bags made of Canton t1;innel, and tuo woollen capes at 'iz 50 a piece. In such ways my one dollar grew to ten dollars, and though it im just double what was gi\-en to me as the sum to he aimed at, I wish it had reached three figures, but even that couid not e and every dav. save Saturda^. an.l .,ot ho,ne o„lv at in tervals tor .t .s e.,hteen uules out ^,: town. Souu e sai h v a couple of hens ar,d set then. ; you wUi have cp.ite a u", tt • of ponltry for the u.arket. I thought of t but did no no ..h.-d ti.«n.e.and^^^':;jL,i:::ir^^^^^ out. J made, however, .soinethin^' hv it Tl,..„ who a,.. ha<, Ta,e„,s a,,., „a., .^./a n„,.' ^ ^^^ .j™ r^^ on,:" 7JT "" ' """","' ""''■ ' ^■"' >' ■-'""■■" no me. Tickets „-e,e p, „„..cl at ,,, .-etits each a„,i sold vaiMdlv n the cty at,d a,„o„, o„r wide circle of friett.ls ,„ the cm ,m We .nves,ed ,„ ,„ ,„ e„fe.. s,„a,- : did honestiv ,,. , , ; chocola e '''■'™"°"- '-^>'" "k'-s. '-■"i-oa, „al,nu. vathUa, ilioeolate, letuun. ..ponKc cakes, fntit cakes, cheese cakes m, b|sc..,. of all ki„d, wete teady i„ ,„a„t,ti s fo "he - .„' t walks, „.as a, its best abla.e with fl.,„,„, ,„■ eve „ "a, J everywhere on the taller shrubs anlfr i ^^A ""^and of fantastie .ho f , *"'"'' *'""- Chinese lanterns scene he 7" ^ '"'""^ '°'°^^' ^" g^^^ brilliance to the scene between the sn.kin, of the sun and the rising of the n.oon — 22 — for an earlv departure of our guests was not contemplated. All the auuuKenients weri« mad.' ; everythii.K w.is perfedt— even the ,,ld taiMi hoiis.' decorated prohisely witli tlowers, for our lloral wealth is the wonder of all who know our place. The day ranie-alas what a day— sunless, rauiy -decidedly rainy— a dcduf hunderin-s. li^lituings reaselers. However, we had „„tl ,. do with the arraii-in- of the wather and we waited with ^ >d conscience to welcome our K'le^^ts. .\nd they came forty m all ; t;ot a portion of the entertamiuent. were invited back, and bore the invitation to all the others, and when all came, a f,'oodlv compauv, my dear old home never in my recol- Itctioi, lo.^ked so bright except when sister was married. It was a fea^t of pleasure to us all and to no one more than dear mother, who had entered with all her heart into her ^'irls' plans. The moon saw the happv party home, and I counted before puttm- out mv h-ht Ten dollars, filtyhve cents, as my >hare of the pro- ceeds alter ali expenses weri' paid. ^ • "• TWENTV-L'IGHT DOLLARS. Mv hrst i^ains were made of cakes and fancy articles, and vfry slow work I found it. ^ivin- much labor and bringing in little juotit. I felt disct)uraged until one day a letter reached me enclosing a small sample of tea, one of those chance adver- tisements th;'t flv about the country in the hope of somewhere t^ndmg an agent. I tried the --a, found it really excellent, and rnade'up mv n-ind for the venture. I had just made sumcient monev to purchase a small chest and ordered that at once— in the meantime asking mv friends to, at least, give my tea a trial. I was warmly patronized and found my new trade not much trouble and fairlv lucrative. The tea reached me in ^ lb. packets, and upon the sale of four of these I made 25c. By the time I finished mv first chest I had a little more money in hand, and could order two diff.^rent kintis of tea so as to suit the tastes of my customers. I did not confine myseli entirely to this line, but mv return of S2S was principally made in this way. I think it is a good investment for anyone who has a very busy life as I have, for it is not necessary even to be always in the house, when purchasers come, as anyone can give the tea out. ^ G. E, S. cau,o,„,„,.,,,,n,,.,,,,, J; ,;■'■-,,,«, . .,., I,,.. '™l< .nv (an,,. a,„l I |„.,,,„ ,„ „"" ';""• , Th,- 1 al,.„, ,.,„.,„„ ^'"y .H.nts,.f,lK,s.s,uf,.n„. "aKranc; an.i ,„ ,|,, ^.■.!^M';t^ -....„..,.,_, ^in.K n,pmowsfV,r hospitals .u:,|,,';;r ■"'^- '""•■ "-«- small mirrors. cVr.. and h„x,.s,.,..,,-H'^H ' ';' '"^^"^^■'''• I-ok more than prcttv. '"' ""'' -'"'i^f'^'*! Autuuut hares ran l,<. <. . ,. ."°s, brilliant a , loir ', ''"■" ""' ■""' '•' ''"^^'■'^'"" "' •'■'^ lobby window in wint-T. niaku a i)ca::tif'il varictvofll,t.„-fsi,,^,-i-,ll, i ■ , '"■ '* ■' -"■»' ar. found ,„ ,,»,",„,,,";:,'", T' T^'' *;"""''- ■'< ---'-< k.uU. '■ally o„ pases ,.f s,„„ nape, U 1 '!"" "?■'«'= "'^"' '""»''■ pot= and sold in l^owfr. ^rv. or put into small \V,U flou-ers . .ui U- lt vvitli .i^ ■•h.-ve ; also r">t plants. liirch nark-\vvv pi. tty baskets and tiMwer-pot i-..vers atul st.m.l. r nia,-./--Make colleitions same as of flowers; also pretty crnaments blended witli other devices as small water colors ot sea shore scenes. ,S7/.//s-c-over boxes or picture f.aines with small ones. 01 „,ake collections. I'eopl.' \W^^^^A inbmd like to have such thui'-s. 2. — 10 rilOSl. I.ININO IN 11" 'iiv. /'»v.sYrcV.-Make preserves, can iVints. \c.. for your friends who leave the city in summer. r,/Av,s— Receive orders for your friends' "At Ib.uies"; and at any tnn. be ready at the call of telephon.- t(. supplv for atter- uoon tea anv titd)its of pastry. iahU Dco>yati,ws—]W. ready to lav oui the table lor parties. /'<,M;rs-\Vatch for these if for small thin.^sand yon will t^nd ^ood sale, tor pt'ople are alwavs looking for novelties. Lessofis-Some classes in lan^naj^es and China paintin- can be formed, sav from six to eight, not more in a class. /)„,,„„.._Mauv housekeepers dislike this work or have little time for it. "^ Take in linen, old lace. .S:<-., from yonr tnends and neighbors. Same may be said ot markum. —27— -'^••••^'•'•.i...ioH..n;,,,,..;T:;;a; j^:'^''''''''^^^^^ ^^^ti,l;;.a,Hlu„„l,ll..■,^,„„,,,l■,, -n ,"" .'""■' ''""'*"" '" ■ii;; .ui.l sinKi„K. ^- ^•'""•'"''v I- -a..l ,,, pla,. /./W..U.«„.--Make designs ,.., „„.. «'-lH pay a small ....„,„■ J;' \ ', '" ""■'"""t-S -ouhl tl.-.u. 'nuu.Ho,, u,.,,. ,h,.u- .hopping d.me for •-•''anjie of these. ""' '"^'"''^ -^"'J rt-ular cx- J-TC. A,.,. UMKTMKK UV,N.. „ ,,,, "K r.\ikv. iillv. |^'>"otl..asl,a,u,.,ltose.l: l.vl .,|,rrwise ^'<'^^"''I-.I.I.' In, not buying: (his would |„. the he.t. ' '"'"" ^''^' ■^■"''^•- ^^'"-^ ^ '1'*- last days are ■ ''""'^''^^'^""'^'; '^^'■tion rather that rash- •\i"ihi.h; those who look Irnv lilt little prevents^::! ion: ^'"'"^ '>f .-penditure and profit ' care Hank yoin- -ains as soon as th.v r,.^. i a Deil in rl. '^'^t^^ "ever desirable. i''ccii 111 tile iipppccTri- .. . 1 ™ '''^UChhl.S C).- THIS PAMfHI.irr VVII.l GO TO THI: rA'.h.NT fCNlJ. i