Tuey sat side talking politics, and presently the man in the white plug hat inquired: “Colonel, whom do you consider the groatest living orator?” The colonel coughed, stroked his ohin whiskers and made no reply. At the end of the block he got off Without a word, and a passenger on the oppo: site seat leaned forward and said to the white hat man: “That's a pretty blunder you made! Why, he's the very man himself!” “Is thut nol” gasped the other, he ran to the platform to wateh out of sight, and him Sm —— fmportanet, When visit or leave New York City, save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at tne Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen tral Depot yon segant rooms, fitted up ata cost of one i $1 and upwards per i Hestaarant 1 the best, stages and road to all depots. Famlies can live e353 money at the Grand to1 than at any other first-class hotel in the million ¢ day. k supplied elevate dl better A, Horse cars, -- - Irate CuvsromMer—'‘See here, sir, when I was over last'week, 1 bought a silk dress pattern of youn at §2 a yard and you sand the former price was 85.” Dealer—**Yes, you bought it at our grand bargain sale,” “Exactly, Well, my wife says that stufl has been selling in Philadelphia right along at $1.50 a yard,” “Indeed!” “Yes, sir, What did you mean by saying the former price was $5?” “Bat it was.” “When?” “During the war,” New Gien—*‘Ou! Missus, there's something tho matter with the milk.” Mistress—*‘Mercy me! What is it? New Girl—**A yellow eroum has gathered on top of it. I'm 'feared it's spoiled.” Mistress—** Where were you brought up?’ New Girl—**In New Yorriok.” Mistress—*‘1 thought so,” The Conflict Between disease and health is often briet and fatal. is better to be provided with cheap and simple remedies for such common disorders as cough I te., than to: the risk of contract atal disease thr . Hall's Balsam is 2 diseases negled Dr. Wm and ly sale remedy ior ail If taken in SEASON uaAy save you that terrible disease been known and u it is no exaggeration « } best remedy in the world for onsumptl or Iany that cougus, —————— ‘““It is my opinion that we are on the eve of a great panic,” said the man on the soap-box at the grocery store, “I have never known such universal distrust in financial circles as there is now, and unless there is an early re- turn of public confidence I shall not be surprised at a general crash. Why, a man that I have known all my life refused to trust me for a 15-cent string of fish this morning, and they weren't very fresh fish either. I don't see how moneyed men can help feeling very uneasy in the midst of such a state of affairs. I think I'll draw my money out of the bank and invest it in land.” “Rough on Dentist” Tooth Powder. v refreabis Clonts- EEIsta, > -_- “I po not believe in this nonsense about Friday being an unlucky day,” said Mrs, Minks “Don’t you, my dear?” replied Minks, who was a trifle out of humor, “I believe in it though, Friday you will remember was the day I was foolish enough to ask you to marry me.” *‘AlL, ves,” Mrs, Minks responded. “so 1t was, and I was foolish enough to accept you. Yes, Friday is an nulucky day.” Soorsrurn young ladies who in the fanny columns of the newspapers dur- ing the past one hundred years have promised their sweethearts that they would marry them when the Washing- ton monument should be finished are beginning to look around now for some convenient loophole of escape, Ihe Best for Butter. There is but one best color for butter, and that is Wells BR ichardson & Co's, Improved Batter Color, ao candid inves- tigator doubts, itis the best butter color in the world; is free from sediment or impurity, always ready for instant use, and it imparts to Lutter that rich dan delion yellow, without a tinge of red, which is the acme of desirability in any butter color, A —————— ~**What is a traction FProvresson gine? Bright Standent—“A locomotive running on ordinary wagon roads,” Professor —- “Correct. Why is called a traction engine?” Jright Student—**It is called a track: shun eugine because it shuns tracks.” s—— Thin People. Health Henewer” restorea health and ures dyspepsia, sexaal debiinty. $l. sn APIO Fravps have been discovered in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery the Navy Department, If the ‘“Trea- sury” 1s to be “bled” at all, it seems eminently proper that the operation should be performed by the officers of the Bureau of Medicine snd Surgery. assis it “Wella vigor, « Carbo.lines, He wins at last who builds his trust In loving words and actions just, Reoextry the representativej of called in pretty well stocked up?’ he inquired. “HBusiness’s flatter nor a flounder,” was the reply. the rest of the Wall street thieves have nor Gilderoy’s nothing. Ain't got $500 worth of goods “Al, indeed,” exclaimed the visitor. “I sep by my memorandum that in my company for 810,000. Suall have to cancel the policy for frand.” “Oh, well,” stammered the merchant, that makes a difference; that puts » pew face on matters, I took you for the tax assessor. But the fact is, I got in an invoice of $8,000 of new goods this morning and actually have in store at this moment $12,000 worth of goods, Won't yoy step over to the Transit House with me a moment and see on man?” eeams—— Mow to Save Money, and we might also say—time and pain as well, in our advice to good housekeepers and ladies generally. The great necessity have a perfectly to convenient for relief existing always sale the and remedy irregularity, constant pains, attendant upon uterine ¢ us to commend strongly and unqualifiedly Dr, Pierce's ‘Favorite Pres best triend. It will save woman —functional and all the i symptoms liso irders—induces re ription’'—woman's money. SrraxcER—‘*There is a place called sity, ain't there?” Londoner—*“ Oh, yes; any cabby will take you there.” “Can you hear 'em talk?” “Hear who?" “The fishmongers, and the rest of * Of course.” “Are they very sensitive?” “In what way?" “Would they object taking fotes?” “I do not cateh ing notes of what?" “Why, of the expressions they use.” “Well, I declare! What do you want to takes notes for?” “Well, you sec L am a Cnicago itor, and want to prime up for Presidential campaign.” to seeing me your meaning. ‘LTak- ed- the Horer Curerx-—'‘I had such a scare last night, Jast after I ge my room I heard my diamond stud fall on the Hoor, The gi was not lit: I had no matches in my pocket, and the match-box was at the other end of room. Yon can imagine how afraid I was to move,” Guest—*‘Indead I can; glad to see you escaped.” Hotel Clerk—*‘1 escaped?’ Guest—*‘Yes; if you had stumbled over that stud you might have broken your neck.” * rey db ie 130 TE the but I am em —— Loss of Flesh and Strength, ppetite, and or iying 1 Lime, Are f their real siate, erfect as nRcialion, 11 orm i toaresl li LAOTUGETe] JIVE ferry img I tol to his head and threatened to blow his brains out, unless the girl who had refused him would consent to have him, was cooly told by the young lady he would have to blow brains into his head first, He blow, didn’s a———— ““Beex having your boots half-soled?” asked Tom. “Well yes," said rho was looking a little seedy; *‘but they're not half s’old as my bat.” And it was three o'clock the next afternoon before Tom understood just what Le meant by it, 3 en 4 ’ -_— A Jersey man was once thrown hundred and fifty feet by an express train, when he picked himself up, for his hat and re marked, “Well, it I don't find that hat, I'll make the company pay for il.” one - rita Yiee hd ¥ ' A imitators, bu no 13 1 + has Dr, atarrh Bemedy. — th pp Ax old rail-splinter im Indiana put the quietus upon a young man who chaffed him upon his bald head, in these words: “Young man, when my head gets as soft as your:, I can raise hair to sell.” - on - A pocror went out for a days hunt- ing, and on coming home complained that he hadn't killed anything, “That's because you didn't attend to your legi- timate business,” saad his wife, - “Wine, your mother ever marry again?’ he inquired. ‘‘Not with opinion thus far, and not a step-father.” ————— Piso's Remedy for Uatarrh 1s a certain cure for that very obnoxious disease. A “Ane you satisfied with the arrivals?’ asked Mr. Mosquito of his wife, as they resort, ‘Oh, yes,” sho sweetly sung as Proclaim the use of Carboline, tpt ome “Is your wife aquainted with the dead languages?” of a Newman man. was the reply, uses is entirely too warm to have been dead very long.” a “Maybe she is,” Bed Bags, Flies, munks, cleared out by “Rough on Rate.” im—— AD WSS “Dox'r give it away, please, Se. she had been engaged. . gentleman, *‘I bill” c—- Riixf's Great Nerve Hesorsr of the age for all nerve fita stopped free. Send to I hllzdeiphia, Pa A a ——— su p- Dn. 1 diseases, Arch the All Street, si enit,” asked his favorite niece, “why Masons wear a pin with a ‘CG’ in it?" " ‘“t is the same with men as with Mothers If you are failing: broken, worn out and ner. vous, ure “Wells' Health Eenewer.” fi. Dra Narive—'‘well, how do you like town?” BStranger-—"Very nice place, Just consider that there are 00 greiuitons presentation of it.” | leave it daily.” condition. The more valuable he sed, the larger will be his returns, and when he dies the larger will be the pat- ix up the old home, then, Clean out the fence corners. Destroy the weeds, Grub out the hazel and thistle, Burn out the stumps, Clean off the stones, Make a paradise on live on it while you remain on earth yoa lie in yonder graveyard? Plant ont young orchards so that your family may enjoy the good fruit that you have the foresight and energy to provide for them, A weLL-INFoRMED dairyman estimates that fully 90 per cont, of the cows of the country drop their calves between the first of Febuary and the last of May. This leaves the supply of good butter quite limited during the winter, with prices correspondinly Ligh. dairying, which is so rapidly becoming do much to remedy this, more than better markets or higher prices to commend this system, One strong argument in its favor is the leis- ure the farmer has to devote to dairying during the winter, 'I'his system equali- zes his year's labors, the summer being given to crops, the winter to his stock and dairy. The rose bugs are apt to be very The best remedy 18 to shake them off into a pail The loose slug is often very All kinds of rapid re- soap, petrolenm, ect, but the best thing of all 1s to set a boy to crush by finger and thumb, It is astonishing how rapidely they are de- stroyed by this process, This is true of most of the larger insects, Hand picking or crushing is by far the best remedy. Peg down where a heavy mass of flowers is desired, Tho side shoots push more freeiy for this treatment. Roses may be propagated by laverin as well as other plants, roses Prov. Saxnory has made iments some exper. in feeding grain to stock al pas. ture which indicate that even with milen cows the grain does not pay for the in- creased expense, There is a decided difference in the of pasture at different times, even in the same season. Perhaps with rich grass in June feedin extra may pot be profitable. But early in the season, when grass is watery, and later, when pastures are dried up, we are very confident that extra feeding is the better policy. value 54 TaAT tools to cut grain or grass snould be kept well sharpened is pretty generally understood. But there is equal advantage in keeping a good edge en hoes, cultivators and other imple- ments working the soil itself, ‘“‘As dull as a hoe,” has passed into a by-word indicating obtuseneas, but with good farmers the pot dail. Do not put last year's cultivator into the corn or potatoes without examiving the teeth, If muenh worn get new ones or send the old to the blacksmith to be made as good as new, hoe is ithe citer Neven use manure from the stable on as the seeds of scattered, which germinate, grow up pd disfigure the lawn. A fertilizer made of 200 pounds of sulphate of pot- ash, 100 j saperphosphate and 100 pounds of suiphate of ammonia will be { The quality 1s suf- Inwnas, weeds are thus younds found excellent, ficient for an acre, and should be applied in October and April, hall the amount used at an apphoat being ion, Ir there is a wooden floor to the hog- pen, no matter how high it is made, there will every year be a considerable amount of valnable manure find its way through. Kven the earth under the floor, to the depth of six or eight inches, will make a good fertilizer, A hogpen floor should be laid with the purpose of taking np every second year, and it will generally need it if made of soft lumber. Oxz of the worst weeds in the nowly- seeded meadows 18 the white daisy, It is especially abundant on fields, where young clover has been pastured after the grain with which it was sown has but. Cattle will eat the white daisy when made into hay only when starved to it, eo that enough is lost by depreciated condition of stock to offset whatever nutriment it may conlain, been Time is the rider that breaks youth, Step after step the ladder is ascend ed, PILES: CURE for PILES, Price 81, at droggista, repaid by mall, Samples FREE Address, CANA KSI" Makers, BOX 2416. NEW YORK. or sent ive Organs rrr eC ICIALY TOD. Adopted in Prompt return of Vigon ’ men 8% to 812 Pamph +. 0681 Falton BLN. Y Ie canes, £3 1 84 clans, IT 18 A SPECIFIC POR in ouring Bright's Dissase, Palos in the hack, Loins or Sides, Retention or Non Retons Kidney & Liver Troubles, Madder, Urinary and Liver Diseases, Dropey, Gravel and Diabetes, tion of Urine, Price 81 2% Send for Iastested Pamvhist to MUNT'S HEMEDY C0, Providence, M. ¥, HOLL BY ALL DRUGGISTS DR. LINDSEY’S BLOOD SEARCHER The Great Remedy, etures Rolla, Pimples, sore Eyes, Scrofula, Malaria, and all Blood Discases, R. E. SELLERS & C0., Prop’s, PITTSBURG PA, a little different from her neighbors’, One successful woman made sn pair of | dark brown felt; they reached jast to the floor; did not lie upon it at all About half a yard from the bottom was | placed a baud of plush at least half a | yard wide, and of the exact color of a pusey willow bud, just before it shows | i { i ite shade of gray, These bands were of | or- or ornamentation And yet, in a day of no embroidery ¢ome, and satisfactory to the eye, Dox'r Uverpo 1r,—Mr, Labouchere, with respect, does not believe that gastronomic en- joyment 1s to be obtained at a French banquet, As one reason for this, he says that servants hurry you too much the courses, of which there This is a fault by no means confined to France or to banquets; itis rampant at many a pri- vate dinner table in New York, would we bid our hostess have a well marked sufliciency dishes, but not so great a variety as to confuse the palate and overload the stomach, With a superabundance of cheer on the table that which is around it becomes unavailable of A Goop Custarp.—A dainty custard for tea or to be served with puddings is made of two tablespoonfuls ot corn- starch to one quart of milk, three eggs, and sugar and flavoring to suit your taste, Deat the whites of the eggs sep- arately and to a stiff froth, Cook the custard by placing the basiy in which you mix it in another pan of boiling water; when it has thickened take it from the fire, and beat in the whites of the eggs. This is the time to add the flavoring extract also, The egg is sufficiently cooked if rapidly beaten into the hot custard, and the custard is rendered almost as light as whipped cream, and it may be heaped in glasses, or be put i large glass dish, nto one iia—— Tuas banana has come to be almost a necessity in thousands Northern families to whom it was nnknowa a few years ago, They are fried and served as an entree; pies are made of them with a delicate upper and under crust with plenty of sugar and a of spice, but when sliced thin and mixed with chopped pineapple or with chopped oranges they simply de- At breakfast they are served by removing the skin, cutting the ba- HADAS Iwo pieces, Cross-wise, piling them on a pretty china or fancy plate, ¥ Ol 1 suggestion are licious, in and p——— Ose of the neoessitios and luxuries f the toilet table is a bottle of water in which you put as much pow dered borax as will dissolve; keep put. ting 1t 3 to th bottom and remains When you take your bath, or simply wash your face and hands, pour al og this into the washbowl; it softens the water and removes soil without making the skin rough. It is good to use also when you wash the children’s hair, much sosp is universally condemned for that purpose When you feel that cleanliness demands soap a little pure Castile soap is recommended Hoxe-wapr Dror cupful of granulated f g fuls of S80 O ¥ 1 Yoana . a} n until it begins to fall there, ied 1c na mwrie ly Cages. SURAT, bal 0 2 iard, 1 egg, wupfuls Of Mix the i shortening well together: and ur of fee-cupiul o flavonng baking powder an 1 3 y Le 3 ¥% £F and | } aud flavoring io the egg, well beaten, Thicken with fl t t Have the oven the on ti Florence 1 bake. Ten min ns. utes should suflice, Mixcep Ham, —~Cut up & pound of cold boiled ham very fine and season it with a little cayenne pepper and powdered mace. Put this, together with a gill of good cream and a half a pint of veal stock, into a saucepan and sot it on the fire where the contents may become hot but not boil. Now have some slices of Fleischmann's Vienna bread, nicely toasted and but tered. Place these upon a hot dish, spread over them the minced ham and serve, Fesexcoe or Ham, Take a ham boae, remove all the remaining meat from it, saucepan with the pieces eof broken bone, adding a little thyme and pars ley, eight or ten peppercorns and a pint and a half of stock made of the bourllon du beeuf, Set the saucepan on the side of the fire, where the con'entis may simmer very gently until all the flavor is brought out, which may take from two to three hours. Then strain and bottle for use, s———— nana griddle cakes are nice for breakfast on a cool summer morning. brown. If eggs are plenty one or two addition. should be fried more slowly than buck: whent cakes, a———— cuit dough of five or six inches, over and fasten the edges together, together until full, then put into the pan a little water, sugar end butter, Esagxor or Musarooms, ror Frav- ORING AND Unavies Chop up the mushrooms and put them into a sauce- pan with a little lemon juice and a Het the sauce. Now let all boil gently for ten minutes sot away for use, “That is my daughter's he made a fortune through the law.” | “Yes; the law made me kis father,” ec r—————— “Waar a blessing it is” said Pat, “that night niver gomes on till late in the day, when a he couldn't even if it was morning.” - Jomeay Toast, —Melt a piece of butter about an inch square, stir into | it two eggs, cayenne pepper to laste, add a few drops of apchovy sauce; but- tered toast, all cut to the same shape, and serve hot, — Ax English physician says aman ean stop a fit of sneezing by erawling down stairs head first, Almost anything can be cured that way, if BlRIrs Aare steep enough, Funerals, however, are Very expeunsiva, the Health and Happiness. 2 2 DO AS OTHERS COUN J HAVE DONE. : disordered? 3 Gl iered s ERY EYave, asi 5 tel doctors in , Mich Aro Edney A rt nerves weak? 2 fr t ney f WEAN eS ve gre. M. NM. } eveinnd your a rw % not 3 sawin, Ed, Christian Monitor Ci Disease? 3 ay waler was just Fras K "Wiis =, I Suffering from > vy. Wort isthe» *i #u used. Ulves al Is your Back lamse 2 of roll t % 71 Zidnevw Ki Aral Y Le me Sous wd Have you oh ~vrr oar decd tormented t gor remanentiy oor ALL AGH fact, falied, jonas, (Ma gists at HOw. a " Inrgost, ohegiws i . r » AT Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one min wie, Gorma r « er k Oot and ¥ POR ® s ' a, ny fay 13 . r ning, PAINS =a Hemrt Disease, Sore Pain In the Chest, and all pains and acho either ) deepassted are instantly 7 lieved and iy cured the wellknown Hop Master, ( § as tis of the medicinal virtues of fresh Hops, Gums, Palos and Extracts, i ie indeed ¢ best painkilling, stimulating * siz and strength nie Por Plaster ever mada, lap Flasters are pold bY all druggists and country stores. gh conte or five for §1 00 Mailed om ressipt of HH oP price, Hop Plaster Oo Proprietors and Mann send ¥ nded sot 5 « * «*a"e LW Coated tongue, bad breath, sour stomach and dlsvnse enred by Hawley's Stomach and Liver Pills, 25 ota, SEB ERS SBE REN BERESERLENED SN «+ LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S . 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Address P. W. Ziwoarnn & Co, Phila Por Men, , warn, sate. Bosh tems, Civinie Agency, 188 Fulton Fi, New York, RR) $a 4 MA men FOR PAIN. CURES - . Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toota che Sore Throat, Swellings. Sprains, ir trl ae, Burns, Seanlds, Frost Bites, ABD ALL OTHES BODILY PAIRS ASD ACHES Boia t sapiets aud Desire avons #5 belie THRE CHARLES A 4 «x LE & y Dr where ¥if Languages Yori en Beitimare [E) Be. C. 8 A BIST TRUSS EVER USED. Les pape od ; s damm $60.5 TON WAGON BCALESB. Beam Box. Tere Hew ¥ reighy i. Froe Prios 1 a ry ress SOUES OF BIFGELAWTON, BINGHAMTON, NK. Xu. \ ser. / LADY AGENTS r= mane empovinent and good salar Fae z Queen Clty skins $ miock ing mu pporiers cto, Baste pie out ree. Address (eaeam = Clty ruspender (o., Oude, 8. AGENTS WANTED ror the LIVES oo» BLAINE AND LOGAN a Agente af Free Presphts oy keno ar HARTFORD FLALISHING 00. Hartford, Comm LOE pe e. BO per ' In the human body ERADICATED by uaing cLARK'S WORM SYRUP! INFALLIBLE et————— An olddime remedy. Safe and offectn. alin Bs action., "rice 25 cents an bottle. 24 FOIL SALE BY DRUGGISTS. “a STOPPED FREE F A ar walows rueerd. " inane Persons Restored 4 Dr. KLINE 8S GREAT NERVE RESTORE® for all PRATR & NERVE DISEASES Onl “ww cory for Nevwe Af ection. Fits, Bpiirpoy, wie INP ALLIBLE if taken sa Smad Ne Fur aller Treatine sod Je visi hottie free 50 Fi patients, they pay erpeess charges ou Hoy a. received, Send wp, P.O. and expees 600m oh Wiad to Dn KLINE got Arch Sa Frinaciphis Pro Druggien. BEWARE OF LIT ATING FRA UDR a REVERS BLE COLLAR CO. FAOTORY CARDS JAR, tng from Wasting PERSOKAL OTHER rostorat! GUARANTEED once for fr Areus Pamphl “w VOLTAIC BELT CO. Marshall, Micky Asis Shan a . BLAINE & |CLEVELARD & .«.LOBAN, | "HENDRICKS, oie te pare, $1.50. 50 yraend. Agents vars #) make hoy wns, ot ones, Hartford, Cowan, Walnst eat Hair Restorer, 18 te entirely UMerent from ni others, ROA 08 118 neem Hair Restorer. 1) wilh immediately free the head from all dandroff, restore Badr to ite satural solos, snd produces s new gw where it has fallen off, Tt does pot affect the hon ithy, whieh sulphur, sugar of lead and pitrabe of wiver po . It will change light of faded hair J. and UN, Onttento GOOD NEWS. 0 L TO reatant indeonacrls over of fared. Now's pour Lune ta erdare for our osielr bed r. BR LUTZES SPECIFIC FOR WOMEN, $2 iw Yad BUWEN, hh 430 & OO, Le Sr, Indeiphin Pa. #0" Dr Late treats Tonads diene asa Cre guaranteed by Pe, n i» the prscialist. Fase al ono; we aperalyvon of delay (rom business | tested by hendrede ol cures, 831 Arch Bi, Phila Send for cirouing. A dvios Pra an
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