PREPARING FOR MARKET. 



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countries, and large offers have been made for the right 

 to use feather-bone in making whips, corsets, etc., but 

 the inventor chooses to reserve his rights. One who 

 has never given any attention to the subject scarcely 

 comprehends the demand fora substitute for whalebone. 

 This commodity is said to be even better for many pur- 

 poses than the whalebone which it imitates. 



