s the last book that will ever
be written will be in the same vein. But for all that the world is
growing better.

During the last dozen years there have been many efforts made to urge
people to indulge in certain little self-sacrifices of their own
choosing in order to save money for charity. Special societies have been
formed with this end in view. Large societies have inaugurated annual
self-denial weeks, and have sent out envelopes in which the self-denial
money was placed. The returns from the small collections have massed
enormous sums.

A story issued in the interest of this feature of charity tells how a
little girl, because of her poverty, had nothing to give up for the sake
of another, so she decided to sell her pet dog, that she might have an
offering. The ways in which "do-without money" is obtained are many.
Some go without certain articles of food. Others walk instead of ride in
the street cars. Entertainments and excursions are given up and their
cost duly noted.

A Suggestion and a Promise.

P. E. Hawkins writing from Taunton, Mass., tells how to cure
skins--information we have printed from other sources, but we had not
done so when he wrote--and adds:

"A pretty mat for a lamp or ash-receiver can be made by cutting the skin
its entire length on the lower side of the animal. Then cut felt or
cloth after the shape of the skin but larger, and sew the skin to it.
The mat will be prettier if the felt or cloth be scalloped or 'pinked.'
Any bright color will do. May write again describing the method of
catching herring in the Taunton River, and the way the fish get above
the East Taunton dam."

Let us have the herring morsel. Thanks.

The Fun of the Amateur Editor.

In answer to your request in your issue of June 11th, I write to
tell you that I do not hire my paper printed as the other
correspondent does. The name of my paper is _Our Young People_,
and the printing on each of its four pages measures five by six,
slightly larger than the _Amateur Collector_. _Our Young People_
is eleven by eight when open. As we print it ourselves it does not
cost much actual money, but it does cost quite a good deal of
work.

Our press has a five by eight chase--that is, it can print about
five by seven. Our outfit cost sixty dollars in the first place;
but this once bought, it does not cost much money to keep the
paper running. At first