Show the three roost remu kable books in the world w 0 ald were prepared without pen ink type or paper one is a prayer boo book k manufactured by a firmat weavers at lyons france it is woven of the purest silk the letters appearing in black ott on a white background a black border surrounding the page and with such nicety nicely is the work donl done that in spite of the biffi difficulty alty of such a pattern the letters lire are perfectly regular in shape and clear to the eye the th book I 1 is s now said to be in ID the government library at paris an another other very remarkable book also said to be in paris I 1 is sa a homily of some mediaeval media eval monk whose name does not appear on its title page its It pages are arc ot of vellum and the letters composing the words ire are cut in the material the work having been done either with i a V very small sharp knife or paid of e exceed x cat angly delicate scissors the vellum pages are interleaved interleave d with very t phlek lat blue paper so that the letters a 1 04 blue it ij said now to be the proper ty of the descendants of prince de ligne the third book which carue came not from the printers hands is a swed ish translation of the four gospels the pages are parchment the letters are cut from very acry thick Ock silver leaf and fastened to the pages with a cement that has successfully withstood the iest test oi of time the initial letters 3 are arc of gold lial leaf very thick and fastened to the viges depages in in the manner mentioned the taxi of the work is unknown neither does it ben bear the name of the laborious toiler who probably during years of timet patiently cut letter after letter and fastened them in order on his bis pae according to the figures of the crop reporting board of the U S department of agriculture issued august ath there is s a considerable u sid erable increased increase over VIM WV fujil of I 1 wheat ayi and na atin at in general of this dwter S winter wheat shows hows i a tola total acreage of 10 ares acres or per cent 4 p mor 1 h lian was reported for 1912 v y rice chos hows axi an increase of 14 per cent in ii aar acreage ae and all wheat shows an ini f 40 crease ol 01 83 per cent corn oats I 1 w rye re MO buckwheat tuck buckwheat wheat and white pol potatoes agoes s scow fow substantially the same acreage as kf for 1912 with in an increase of 11 per cent recorded for oats spring wheat barley and tame hay shows decreases ranging from 37 to 25 per cent flax shows a falling on off of per cent the condition of the apple crop is per cent which is about 23 per cent less than the ten year average the estimated yields show the following conditions spring wheat shows a decrease ol of bushels the estimated yield of corn is about bushels below the 1912 figures oats a decrease of about bushels barley a decrease of about bushels potatoes a decrease of about bushels tobacco a decrease of pounds flax a decrease of bushels and hay a decrease of tons there are arc also some slight decreases ohwn in the estimated production of rye and buckwheat the increases are in winter wheat the preliminary estimate of which shows in an increase of bushels all wheat an increase of bushels and rice an increase of bushels the quality of winter wheat is 13 per cent as against per cent last yen year it is therefore slightly higher than the six year average which is 91 per cent the quality of tye rye is about the same sime as last year the fall in the production of oats is somewhat offset by the amount of oats remaining on firms farms august which is estimated at about bushels or about more bushels than were dahe oahe forret carmi on august liti lit 1912 ripe tomatoes for sale at I 1 J 0 |