He is never alone who has a copy of Jarby's 'Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium of Literature, Science and Art,' published by Jarby & Goss, New York, and sold for the trifling sum of five dollars a volume, one dollar down and one dollar a month until paid, the book delivered when the first payment is made.

And that, my friends, was the book I had, and the book you see before you." The minister put out his hand.
"May I look at the volume ?" he asked, and Eliph' passed it to him with a nod.
"From the first the book was my friend, philosopher, and guide.

I had no matches.

Page 416, 'Fire, Its Traditions--How to Make a Fire Without Matches--Fire-fighting, Fire-extinguishers,' et cetery, taught me to make a fire by rubbing two sticks, as the savages do.

I had no weapons to kill the fowls of the air.