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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-26

The lady editor of the Stockton Leader
has got her back up, and thus advises
women not to enter into the married
state: "It is time this miserable statute
which annihilates the individuality of
a woman who becomes wife was ex-
plunged from our law codes, and until
then, women should resolutely set their
will against marriage" The fair and
gentle Laura is a married woman, and
knows just how it is herself.-Sdcra-
anentO Herald.
That is it exactly. We do knoaU just
what is is to be reckoned a chattel, in
law, to be met with musty old statutes
whenever we desire to purchase or dis
pose of property, or make contracts.
Because of such unjust discrimination
against married women, we are to-day
engaged in expensive litigation against
the city of Stockton to compel its recog-
milton of an amended code, which 80
generously ~ vouchsafes to married
women the right to make contracts
Leader.
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Useful Recipes.

Pounded alum will purify water. One
teaspoonful of alum to four gallons of
water will cause a precipitation of the
impurities.
The best way to catch hawks or owls
is to set up high pole with a steel trap
on top. The birds will often alight di-
rectly in the trap.
To make yellow wax into white wax,
the former is boiled in water, spread out
into thin layers, and exposed to the
light and air. This is repeated until all
the color is gone.
Bee moths can easily be killed in
large numbers by setting pan of grease,
in which is floating ignited wick, near
the hives after dark. The moths will
fly into the light and fall into the grease.
A mixture of peroxide of manganese
and water-glass is recommended to be
applied to cooking stoves when they are
red hot, as it is said to make good
backing, not as liable to burn off as
common black-lead.
In calculating the strength of iron
columns, the safe plan is to find the di-
ameter of a solid column necessary to
bear the compression, and then dis
tribute the same area of metal in tube
form of hollow column.
For the protection of iron and steel
tools against rust, Vogel recommends
solution of white wax in benzine. The
latter, heated, will dissolve half it's
weight of wax. This will preserve the
metal, even from the action of acid va
pors. Apply with brush.
The following rule for strength Of iron
pipes is based upon the fact that ten
inch pipe, one inch thick, will stand
the pressure of one hundred yards head
of water. The coincidence of one inch
of metal to every ten inches diameter
and one hundred yards pressure should
be remembered. For every inch in di-
ameter of pipe, increase or deduct lilo
of an inch, and for every yard of
pressure, increase or deduct 1-10O of an
inch
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-26
A FEW QUESTIONS.

If woman is the weaker sex,
Why must she toll and slave
From early dawn to late at night,
A husbands purse to save,
When stronger manhood thinks it hard
To labor half as long,
And to reduce the hours of toll,
VIII argue loud and strong?
If one needs time to rest and read,
Why, too, should not the other?
Has not my sister got soul
The same as my good brother?
If lordly man a glass must take
For strength his work to do,
Why, then, of course, the weaker sex
Must take as much as two.
If tits so nice TO chew and smoke,
AS many men now do,
And if in il much pleasure is,
Why should not women, too?
If woman must be pure and chaste,
Or be put under ban,
What reason is there that the same
Should not be dealt to man?
If one be welcomed to our homes
And graciously received,
Why should the other be shut out,
Perchance betrayed, deceived?
If woman early tolls, and late,
And gathers up with care,
That she her property control,
Is it not just and fair
If liberty our watchword be,
And freedom our keynote,
What reason is there, good and true,
That woman should not vote?
If man to walk all paths in life
The public voice permit,
Why has not woman right to fill
The niche she best can fit?
Did the Creator, the All-Wise,
Any distinction make?
What favOrs did He give to part
That others might not take ?
Or, is the law above all law
Alike for every soul,
Whate'er the color or the sex,
While endless ages roll
i [Woman's JOuTni
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Portland, November 10, 1876.

Nor CATCHING.-A lady school
teacher in a town in California, having
an inordinate dread of the smallpox, /,
sent home little girl because she said
her mother was sick and had marks on
her face. The next day the girl APP
peared at the school-house with her fin
ger in her mouth, and her little bonnet
swinging by the strings, and said to the
teacher: s'Miss -, we've got leetle
baby at our house, but mother told me
to tell you It isn't cdtchin'. - The teacher
said she was glad, and told her pupil to
take her seat.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-26

Lord Macauly's industry was untiring.
He would spend hours in the library of
the British Museum, hunting what
many would think an unimportaut fact;
and those who read his well-rounded
periods little knew with what labor
they were produced. His thrilling mar
rative of the "Western Rebellion" was
not written in his own study, but in a
cottage on the Somerset marshes, in
which he spent weeks, so that no detail
to be gained from the spot might be
wanting in his description.-GoldeI1
Age.
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GOOD MORNING forget to say
good morning Say it to your parents,
your brothers and sisters, your school
mates, your teachers-and say it cheer
fully and with a smile; it will do your
friends good. There's kind of inspira-
tion in every 'igood morning" heartily
and smilingly spoken, that helps to
make hope fresher and work lighter. 1t
seems really to make the morning good,
and to be a prophecy of good day to
come after it. And if this be true Of the
''good morning." it is also Of all kind,
heartsome greetings. They cheer the
discouraged, rest the tired one, and
somehow make the wheels of life run
smoothly. Let no morning pass that
you do not help to brighten by your
smiles and cheerful words.
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NUMBER 13.
THE MIsER.

A miser in the river fell; the wave
Ran high. A fisherman, his life to save,
Sprang in and cried, "Give me your hand,
And 1 will draw you safely to the land"
The miser, shuddering at the hateful sound,
Muttered, 81 never GIvE''-and so was drowned
i From the German
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-26

Cores spondents writing over assumed sigma.
lures must make known their names to tho
Editor, or no attention will be given TO their
communications.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-26

Round steel wire rope will bear more
than double the weight required to
break iron rope of similar diameter.
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abe aew nortBwest.

A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests of humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
of the Masses.
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THE UNIVERSAL IN RELIGION.

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY, OR NATURAL HIS
TORY OF RELIGION-A NEW SCIENCE AND ITS
SERVICE TO MANKIND.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14
Police Items.

David Montgory, a person Of color,
arrived at the station house this morn
ing with a cold, clammy sweat on his
brow and a general tremor in his limbs.
lie complained Of a goose growing in
his neck, which he feared would choke
him. Dr. Rice signed q permit to the
city hospital for him, where the feathers
OF the goose may be plucked so that he
a swallow it and fatten thereon.
L. B Alley was arrested Yesterday on
suspicion of horse stealing. He is from
Mississippi.
The Snowman Grady was let off with.
out a fine on account of the amusement
he afforded the boys Of Chelsea in the
balloon business.
Two brown nymphs du pave were fined
ten dollars each this morning for annoy.
ing a sort Of a luny boot-black, who is
partially deaf and dumb and not a little
mean.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
THE CITY.
M AZ HIS,
Wednesday Evening. ADrIl IA. Iszb
LEDGER LINES.

Extra table butter at Oliver, Fiunie &
Co.'S.
Colonel Gus A. Henry, jr., of Ala
bama, is in the city.
Captain VIM. Ruffn, who lately went
to St, Louis to live, is back among his
old friends spending a few days.
Colonel Marsh 7. Polk, editor of the
Bolivar Bulletin, one of our most vel
come and worthy exchanges, is in the
city.
The judge charged the jury in the
Cicallu case this morning in the First
Circuit Court, but no verdict had been
rendered at one o'clock to-day.
Mr.. Jerry Fealey, an old-time citizen
of Memphis, who went abroad and Ian.
guished at the village Of Nashville, has
returned to his earlier love and the
bosom of his many warm friends, and is
to be found at the old place, 3l3 Union
street.
The mail robbers mentioned in these
columns yesterday we're brought before
Commissioner Garrett yesterday after
loon. One of the negroes turned States
evidence. One named Henry Parks
plead guilty, and was put in Jail. The
others were discharged.
Mayor League has notified the young
aides of Miss Higbee's school that he is
having prepared a splendid gold medal
to be presented at the close of the SEES.
sion to the most efficient and punctual
scholar. The announcement, as a mat
ter of course, has created quite a Autter
Of anxiety and expectancy.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut,
rode over the city yesterday with Col.
Kellar, Mayor League and Colonel Gal
laway, and called at some of the city
schools. He made a talk at the Market
street school, and also at Miss Higbee's s
school on Court street, and expressed
his appreciation Of what he saw.
A meeting of our business men is
called for three and a half clock at the.
Cotton Exchange to consider what prac.
teal steps can be taken toward securing
a cheap and rapid transit of freight and
passengers between Memphis and the
gulf. This is a matter of the utmost i'm
portance, and will doubtless bring out
the business men in full force.
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An Alabama Poker Hand.

TUsoUMBIA, Ala, March Is. 1874.
Mr.. JOHN GLADEs-The following is
an incident Of recent occurrence, which.
we think down here, would not be en-
tirely devoid Of interest to you:
The parties to it were Bill j., the
sheriff Of our county Colbert, who, like
himself, is a jealous Christian poker
player who would {" straddle your
blind " quicker than he would his horse
Ephriam to serve a process, and says he
would rather beat a Jack full" for you
than capture the whole of the "Gad's
Hill gang" and a prosperous Teutonic
merchant Of our town named s..
The two we're travelling on the cars, and.
in order to pass away the time, engaged
in a game Of euchre. After playing
some time, the jolly Dutchman left his
seat to get a drink of water, and Bill,
knowing that he, too, had a penchant
for poker, took advantage of his absence
and dealt him a hand with four kings in
it, and turned up the queen for a trump.
Returning in a moment and lifting
his hand, s. at once conceived the bril-
liant idea of playing the hsnd at poker,
and accordingly suggested it % Bill, who
consented, prOUided that he might be al
lowed to discard one Of his cards aud
take up the queen. To this S. at once
agreed and the game proceeded. Says
s.; bill, l bets you Eve dollars" In
turn Bill raised him ten more. well"
says s., fifteen dollars will joost pay
mine expense and some odder tings, und
| call you, Bill" at the same time ex-
hibiting his hand with four kings, and
reaching for the money. Hold on
says Bill, l have four dcesl' N~ervously
and in silence the astonished Dutehman
gathered the cards and shufled them for
a moment or two. Then, with his chin
resting on both clenehed hands and his
eyes staring into uncertainty, he ex.
claimed Il say, Bill, now joost you
told me cot de HI dot queen had 10 do
NIT dot hand
And up to this good hour his mind is
perplexed continually to find the part
that card has played in the game.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14
Amusements.

MEMPHIS THEATER.-A good house
greeted Mr.. Owens at the Memphis
Theater last night. This evening he will
appear as Caleb Plummer," one of his
best representations, and will, as usual,
be supported by his excellent and popu-
lar company. A full and appreciative
house will be present this evening and
all the week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


-
The father Of all corns-pop corn.
Almanacs are ten cents apiece in
Nevada.
Sure to produce short crops-the bar
ber's shears.
New Bedford has but one whaler left
"a schoolmaster.
Signs of spring-the lightning-rod men
are on the road.
Order is heavens first law, and it has
never been repealed.
To make a tall man short-try to Dor
row five dollars Of him.
Ifyou are out in a driving storm, don't
attempt to hold the rains.
Chicago intends to have a botanical
garden. 1t already has a beer garden.
Detroit has a poet worth $1,000; but it
is superauous to say that he isn't a good
poet.
a puppy and an ACCORDION was the
marriage fee offered to a Cedar Springs
clergyman the other day.
Old Sol has been SO chary of his favors
lately that he a hardly be called a
prodigal sun.-St Louis Globe.
There is no more scandalous place
than Turkey, and yet that government
is without an American minister.
At the spelling school in Indianapolis
all the lawyers, editors, clergymen and
teachers went down on "ipecacuauha.
1t is no harm to shoot a cat in Yer.
mont, but if you happen to miss the cat
and kill a boy the authorities make an
awful fuss over it.
"Therel that explains where nv
clothes-lire went or" exclaimed an Iowa
woman as she found her husband hang
ing in the stable.
A New Orleans paper says the dollar
stores in that city are places where you
may buy a twenty-five cent article you
don't want for four times its value.
ut isn't loud praying which counts
with the Lord SO much as giving four
full quarts for every gallon" says an
Arkansas circuit rider.
In a case in a Detroit court last week,
ah%ack-driver 5 testimony was impeached.
As Washington said of Arnold 3 treason,
Whom shall we trust noR2'
An Italian nobleman has taken up his
residence in this city for a while. He
turns the crank with the same facility as
the rest of his brother xiles.-AHanta
NeWs.
A Boston journal prints directions
how to walk with safety down i%nelines of
plate. glass showered profusely with oil"
The best plan is to slide off and take to
the street.
We measured the riotous baby
against the cottage wall is the begin.
ming of a poem in a Milwaukee paper.
This is certainly an improvement on the
old plan of sitting down on the refrac-
tory squaller.
Will the boy who threw that pepper
on the stove please come up here and
get a present Of a nice book" said a
Sdnday.school superintendent in Iowa;
but the boy never moved. He was a far.
seeing boy.
There is a young lellow in Portland
whose future depends upon the result Of
the Brooklyn trial, because the girl he
loves has promised TO marry him if
Beecber is pronounced innocent; other
wise she declares that her confidence in
man will be destroyed and she will never
wed.
The spelling mania is taking queer
shapes. A Madison county (Ill) girl
has offered herself as a prize to the one
of her four suitors who outspells the
others. The trial is to come off in the
district school house, and twenty five
cents admission is to be charged, the
money to go towards furnishing a house
for the young couple.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

CONSERVATIVES, TAKE NoTIoE.-Every mo-
ment Of delay makes your cure more hope
less, and much depends on the judicious
choice of a remedy. The amount of testi-
mony in favor Of DR.. Schenck's Pulmonic
Syrup. as a cure for consumption, far exceeds
all that can be brought to support the preten-
sions Of any other medicine. See DR..
Schenck's Almanac, containing the certif-
Gates of many persons Of the highest respecta-
bility, who have been restored to health, after
being pronounced incurable by physicians Of
acknowledged ability. Schenck's Pulmonic
Syrup alone has cured many. as these evil
dences will show; but the cure is often pro-
NOTED by the employment of two other rene
dies which Br, Schenck provides for the pur-
pose. These additional remedies are Schenok's
Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the
timely use Of these medicines, according to
directions, DR.. Schenck certihes that NEST
any case of consumption may be cured.
DR.. schenck is professionally at his princi-
pal Office, corner Sixth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters
for advice must be addressed. u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14
SPECIAL NOTICE.
A Tonic Of Rare Merit.

There are many tonics, but few indeed
which produce any other effect than artificial
stimulation Of the appetite. This, so far from
being a benefit. is a positive detriment, II the
digestive organs are weak, because il induces
the patient to eat more than the semi-para-
lyEed stomach can act upon, and thus aggra-
Yates indigestion, There is, however, a tonic
which possesses the rare merit Of imparting
both vigor and regularity to the operations of
nutrition. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters pro-
woke a wholesome appetite, because they en-
able the stomach to dispose Of what it receives
with such healthful rapidity that at the
proper time for meals it is not torpid from in
digested matter, but Graves its timely susie
nance. 1t is the very fact that it facilitates
digestion that renders the national ssomachie
such a powerful coadjutor of nature in insti-
tuting those recuperative processes which
result in the recovery Of the general health.
Uninterrupted. vigorous action Of the physi-
cal machinery inevitably results from the use
OF this supreme invigorant and Alternative.
36-4l-d&W
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Arbitration conrt

The following cases were decided to
day; Prewitt, administrator, vs.. Jones;
Jenkins vs. Ecklin ct al, modified and
affirmed. The following cases are set
for hearing tomorrow: Sanford, execu.
tor, VS.. Norris ct al; Leonard ct al VS..
Malzer ct al; Ensley VS.. Scott; Price vs..
Price.
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LECTURES.

DR0F. 0. S. FOWLER IN GREENLAW
Il Opera House
Wednesday Afternoon, April l4th. al Q
O'clock, ADMISSION Zoe; TO Ladies only-FE-
MALE health, Etc. Illustrated by French
models
Wednesday Evening. April l4th. ats o'clock,
70 Gen lenien only, admission SOC MAN AND
W0 IAN
Consultations as to your own and childrens'
PHBENOu 0GY, best Business. Culture. ETC..
daily from 5 am till 10 pm at the PEA
April 18th only. 81 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

This new and elegant place at II
Monroe street continues to draw well,
and it is in every way a success. The
crowds who go there are served with the
best of drinks, and in the forenoon with
a choice lunch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

Rochester, Massachusetts, has a pro-
fessOr of mesmerism who, trying to mes
merise a bull recently by gazing in
tently at the beast, was tossed some dis
lance into the air, and now has his
doubts about the power Of the human
eye over the brute creation, though he
explains that this particular bull may be
neSr'sighted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

PROF. WALLACE, the daring aeronaut,
makes one ascent each day next week.
Don't forget the time and place, Chelsea
Bluffs, Monday and Tuesday. Al
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SPECIAL 3.

g HINs0N. DENTIST, ESQ MAIN ST..
y. Memphis, Tenn. Price for each plug
from one to three dollars in general Arti6-
cial set Of teeth from fifteen TO fifty dollars.
Special attention to directing children's teeth
Also Treats all Diseases of the
Mouth.
Office hours from 5 am. to- pm. 25 xxi-24
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$I 80! 81 5O!
Our Miles CATERS, 81 so.
KAHN q FREIBERG,
Corner Main and Poplar streets.
25 Lbs. for 81.

We are selling twenty-five pounds OF
choice Eastern Buckwhsat Flour for one
dollar, to close out the shipment.
3Sfl LYLE & SHIELDS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

RARE collection of plants and rustic
seats at Victor D. Fuchs, from the Mag.
nolia Nursery. "A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

|. D. CoNAwAY, rental and real estate
agent, has removed to No. 8 Madison
street, next door west Of old Office. TAO
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AVN AWNINGS !
MOSQUITO BARS AT
j. p.
A $50 Second street.

HAVE your water-pipes put in by
Browne. he is the best and cheapest
man in town. got
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

The LEDGER job Office is one of the
most extensive in the South and capa.
Bile of executing any class Of Job work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

RED SNAPPER received daily by express
at Victor D. Fuchs, Al Jefferson street,
25f
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Our linen grenadine, 12lc.
KAHN & FREIBERG.

Go to Mansford's, on the corner of
Monroe ond Second streets, for the latest
illustrated and daily papers, magazines,
etc,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

STRANGERS, GO to Converse's, 81 South
Court street. COT
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hiebsn;s.

Billy Lieben, the celebrated news
dealer, orner of Main and Jefferson
streets, will have on his tables tomorrow
morning choice Sunday reading matter
all the late pictorials, magazines, West
ern and Eastern dailies, etc.
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1874.

English and American magazines for
1874, zoe a copy, at Mansford's book and
news depot.
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Our real hair switches, 81.
KAHN & FREIBERG.
20 Cents Per Dozen

Oranges, sound and sweet, twenty-five
cents per dozen. LYLE & SHIELDS.
3St
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La CLARITA

Try it. We guarantee it to contain
all Havana filler.
1871 HARPMANXs, 296 Main street.
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\
MEMPHIS THEA1ER.
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18TH,
Engagement Of the great deIineator of Pa
thetic and Comic Drama,

JOHN H VEINS,
Whose presentations are Of such singular
force and beauty that they are unanimously
pronounced the very perfection Of art. En-
Eagements elsewhere limits Mr.. Owens en-.
gagement to SIX NIGHTS ONLY. lie will
be supported By the company from Varieties
Theater, New orleans.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY : Everybody's
Friend and Scion Single, Mr.. Owens as
"DeBoots" and "Solon."
WEENESDhY-Dot and Happiest Day of
My Lite, Mr.. Owens as Caleb Plummer"
and Gilman; Theo. Hamilton as John
Perrybing e."
THURSDAY-Victims and Forty Winks. Mr..
ovens as " Butterfly" and ''Spriggins
FRIDAY Self and Live Indian. Mr.. Owens
in four characters.
SATURDAY MATINEE-Married Life, Mr..
Over as " Henry Dove, Esq"
SATURDAY NIGHT-Paul Pry and Betsy
Baker.
Seats can be secured for the entire week at
Peabody Hotel ana Jheater.
SCALE OF PRICES - Dress Circle and Par
quette. 81; Family Circle, so cents: Gallery,
Is cents oextra charge for reserved s"ats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

MADAME VINCENT, at Crystal Palace,
is daily receiving fresh Norfolk oysters
which are served up in any style. 40
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ALL the latest magazines, dailies and
periodicals can be found at P. J.. Cole.
mans news stand and cigar store, No.
Coz Beal street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

AWNINGS of all styles made to order
also, mattresses and mosquito bars, by
MARTIN EYKE,
A 81 Madison st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-14

PLANTs-cabbsge, tomato, egg, eauli-
Craig's. 80