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Show Serltr vt tttL.tn. Tho nlmlebone which were once used for the hoopkIrt, corcU nnd staya of tho fashlouablo woiuiu, ami whUi were often secured only at the merit loo of br.iv omen's Ihe, ore being largely rt'ptnivil by ordlniry born and coiujMMiItloii Invented by cIeormeii VImUUne grow scaruer nnd dearer t'ryjiar. Tho nuuunl product hi fallen from about 1,000,000 pound secured by (be old tlmu SJilllng cshI. with ancient uppUancva, to about SOU, 000 pound, obtained by the modem whaling sleamslitp with machine and gun. The price of w halt bono hit risen from ft uuro tritlo to about the dollar o pound. Mcrtnr, |