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' Should be taken if yoiir Stomach
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'' ' ' er the dlneases it entails
- .: . ( mosteffectually and speedily
bn any vsd all other emedlescBtiaed,
John and FAinily Tj&it tho Circns.
TirTHAT yon wouldn't charge any-
,, J T, thing for lettin' a mere enna into
that go in, wrould you? : No madame, yrq
would not charge a cent ; our booK-necpor
is sick, but you will have to pay half price
before he can enter. Wby, ho ain't but
ten.1 ' Can't ' help1 that madame, thorn feet
of his is what takes , up room. I ought to
ask you' a dollar and a half, but twenty-five
cents will do. Woll there's your money,
but it's a swindlo come on, darling, .
What oil hovin and airth ails you, John
Simmit, that you drag that ohild right by
everything, and don't give hira a chance to
see anything ? Slack up a little j I've paid
for these tickets, and am going to see what's
going on, and if it don't suit you,' you can
poke ahead. : ' ' ."
There, Isabel, look there ; don't you seo
his jaw drop and his chest go up and down?
That is the dying zoua-vo, just as ho looked
when he Was dying. O tny, I can't look at
him, John ; keep hold ot . myhand. Is ho
alive f No; he's ombalmod, and they run
the body by steam, so tho show feller told
me.' That woman there is his sweetheart,
waiting for his eves to net dim so he onn't
see her go for his watch and pockot-book
to remember him by.
Get off my corns, you tarnal1. great lub
ber you : can't you get around without
running over people ? If I had you but-
side I'd put such a head on you . that you
would have to iret into your shirt feet first
for' a month. Got to stop somewhere ?
Well, what of it? You had better keep off
from my mud hooks, confound your pic
ture I
There, my childreu, you see an allegorical
representation of what drinking leads to,
There is the " drunkard and his family."
Ohl most horrible of all 1 Here, Maria,
hold the twins up so that they can have a
good view, while I boost Johnnie. What
ails tho ;womau'B eye, pa? and , her logs is
cut off. That is tho effect of whiskey, my
child. The drunkard has "pastod" herono
on the cyo, and the stuffing run out of her
legs from riding on the cars. . But see that
big bottle sticking out of the man's vest
pocket what Is In that?.' Old rye, my boy
and that red ooldr you seo 'oil the drunkard's
nose , and face . is the bloom" that's on tho
rye. All drinking mon carry pint bottles
of liquor in their vest pockets. But you
must take warning, my son, and never car
ry the accursed stuff thus, hide it in a more
secret place in your boot!
There ! thoro is the family of the tem
perate man in that cage. Look, children 1
seethe difference between this scene and
the one you have just left. ' Here the man
that don't drink is seen sitting in bis house
surrounded by his wife and children, who
wear their Sunday clothes all the week,
Seo tho bullfinches and panots sitting
around on the trees. Everything betokens
comfort and wealth. If you don't drink,
Johnnie, you will have a wifo, two children
and a parrot and side whiskers when you
are a man. ' , ' " ' '
Come, ladles and gentloman, , move on ;
don't stand staring at one thing an hour
at a time. . Here, you big lummox, get
out of tho way and give that woman with
a bile on her elbow a chanco to seo. Pass
right on into the next tent.
Oh. father, come and see this cage of
monkeys. Let go of my coat, you young
rascal : don't, tear mo to pieces ; you'vo
seen them uasty little monkoys a hundred
times before. Mister, why don't you give
your monkeys fine tooth combs ? They
wouldn't have to work half so bard iC you
would. '
Look at that showman's red face : what
makes him blush so, father? I don't know
mv daughter, unless it is because he's a
good templar on a strike, ,or about to join
Mie i WKur ucer uiiiincra, uiluu uui uiuto-
meuU His face looks like a piece of raw
beef. . Yes. that's a fact, and como to
think of it, that's why ho walks up and
down before the animals' cages, so as to
make them hungry and
keep them in good
condition.' '
Look, Imogone, what an elegant shade
of green on that parrot's tall ; 1 would give
the world to have a dress of that shado,
and gloves and parasol to match,
That's a pelican, dearest, the bird with
the gaiter, in the littlo cage on your left.
The thing that looks like a swelling, or as
if he had the mumps, 'tis the pouch
whoro1 it lays its eggs and carries its
young uutil they are old enough to cut bait
and fish for themsolves. . How does it lay
eggs in thore? That's more than I know,
Naturalists state that such is the fact,
however and that like the opossum it cor-,
ries its young there until they can go it on
their own book.
I don't believe you, Nathaniel, and I'm
going to ask that showman. Miutor, what
is that bladder undor that bird's chin for ?
That's what he uses as a life preserver,
madam, when ho is out fishing and happens
to wade into a doep hole that is over his
head, which, is not often, as you will see by
length of bis legs. Ho frequently fills it up
with fish when traveling, so as to. have a
lunch with him. lie also puts it ovor his
bead when it rains as a water-proof,
, TtfauYyou sir;' "''
'. Is that an ostrich, sir ?,
, Yes'm, that his tho hoss stretch, so called
because be runs fauter than any 'oss and
stretches his neck all tho time tor grub,
We just fed'm on a keg of railroad spikes,
but if you have a pocKet knllo you .would
like to givo him I will see that he receives
it when he is hungry. ,. ,
Take your hand out o f my pocket, you
rascal I ,. . ,
My hand wasn't in your pocket. . ,
Yes 'twas, I felt it. .
Your own hand is in there now, what
are v'ou blowing about? " '
Well, I swear to gracious, so it is. I beg
your pardon, mister I saw that sign there,
look ' out for. pickpockots," and feeling
something moving in my pocket, I thought
it was your hand. I am so used up by
this crowd I can't remember which end
I'm standing on.
Well, Mario, I declare, I never thought
I should livo to, see a giraffo. Where is
Joshua, I wondor ? . Back in the other tent
looking at the " Sleeping Beauty," I'll bot
a cent. You stay here, Marie, and I'll go
back and give him a hint that he'll re
member. . , . . ,
There goes the band Como on quick, or
we wont got seats Novor mind tho camels.
Fans, . nice cool fans Hurry up moth-
hero's a seat Ain't this hot Here's
your nico lomonado Thore's that hateful
Marv Spriccrs : look at hor hat If I had a
baby as young as that I would stay at home
Don't bow to John Smith ; he s tight-
There they como Oh ! Oh ! 0,h t
Political Anecdotes.
It is related of a worthy Connecticut
yankce that he declined a nomination to an
elective ofBco on tho following grounds:
' I have lived," he said, "a long and tol
erable respectable life. " I have established
my sons in business. I have married my
daughters comfortably. My grandchildren
have arisen to call mo blessed. I can get
up a good,audionce at a family gcathering,
all tho members of which listen to me with
respect. My neighbors treat me with
courtesy. Shall I forfeit all this by sotting
up my fame as a target for politoal oppo
nents. Decidedly not." Perhaps tho old
gentloman was right. There is, however,
another side of the case and .another anec
dote in point.,.. A blameless and respect
ed old man, like many other " innooeuts,"
desired an elective office. .. Ho was not
positively good enough to be remarkable,
and there was no striking event in his life,
or point in his character, on which he could
effectively ' be abused. His nomination
made no show, and he was likely to fall by
default. A friond volunteerel to insure his
election, but would not in advance dis
close the process. In a few' days the 'as
tounding " political" fact came out that
the worthy candidate in his youth " stole a
horse." The opposition charged. The can.
didate's friends defended. A very excit
ing canvass arose, the point of thief or no
thief bearing as much on the political ques
tions supposed to be in issue as the col
lateral points raised at election times gen
erally do. The "horse thief," was trium
phantly elected by tho reaction in his favor
when the charge was domonstratod to be a
falsehood; a thing . easily done by ," the
friend," who had published . only such a
charge as could not be substantiated.
Curions Wills.
Chambert' Journal gives some strange
facts and figuies appertaining to will mak
ing: In 1814 Lady Francos Wilson, daugh
ter of the Earl of Aylesbury, was informed
by Archdeacon Potts that a ' parishioner of
his, named Wright, then lying dead at a
poor lodging in Pimlico, had loft her a val
uable estate in Hampshire.'' The fair lega
tee ridiculed the idea, as she knew no such
individual. ' However she wont to Pimlico,
and recognized hor defunct friend as a
constant frequenter of the opera, who had
annoyed her by continually staring at her
i uwiei
One would naturally suppose that the
friendless man had fallen in love with the
lady, , or been attracted, perhaps by her
resemblance to some lost love of his youth,
There may have been some tender fueling
in the case ; but then, how are we to ao-
count for his leaving 4000 to the Countess
of Rosslyn, 4000 to the speaker of the
House of Commons, and f 1000 to the)Chan
cellor of the Exchequer. all of whom wero
ignorant of his existence? The worthy
archdeacon would have soouted the notion
of the man being insano, for had he not
proved himself in his right mind by loaving
him iuuu " as a mark or approbation of a
sermon he hod hdard him preach ?"
In 1772, a Monmouthshire squire loft
20,000 to a laboring man to whom ho
would not speak while living. A Mr. Fur-
stone left 7000 to the flint man bearing
his surname who should ' marry a female
Furstone. '" ' : ' " '
Z3T Rov. Mr. Laurie, 'of Erie, changed
with Dr., Chapin one Sunday,, and. soon
after ho appeared in his desk people began
to go away. Ho watched the exodus a few
minutes, and then rising, said, in a deep
voiue, clearly heard throughout tho. church,
and with just sufficient Scotch brogue , in
his voice to givo racinoss, to bis words :
" All those who came here to , worship Al
mighty God will please join in singing a
hymn, and while they are doing so, those
who oame here to worship E. II, Ch&ptn
will have an opportunity to leave the
church." .Ilia audience did not diminish
after that. -- t.t,
BOGGS TRONT AY ARD. ,
'E have recently movdd into a house
T " that has a ' front yard. ' Wo have
always lived in houses whose ' front ' yard
was in the street ' . Children will play in
the yard whether there is a street running
through it or not. 'After two or three had
barely escaped being run over by the teams
that insisted in running through our front
yard,' my wife said we niust rent a yard
that hadn't any street in it. ' So we did.
But Lord I the children don't make any ac
count of it. They are in the street as much
as ever, accumulating their daily supply
of narrow escapes.
Wife Said the yard looked bare without
shrubs and flowers and vines. I hinted that
a little grass would help it, too. She asked
me if I knew where I could get some, and I
told her I knew a little grass widow on the
next street if Bhe ' would do. I retreated,
followed by tho rolling pin.
One morning, as I was going away, wife
asked me to bring her a few " annuals"
when I came back. I wondered what she
wanted of annuals as I rode down in the
street car, but I am accustomed to a blind
obedience to her requests, so when I went
home at night I brought hor some annuals.
There woroJ"Dr. Jaynes' Annual Alma
nac," I remember " The Odd Fellows An
nual Offering," and a "Now YearV Ad.
dress " for 1803, aud the "Birth Day Gift"
and numerous annual addrdsscs before agri
cultural associatatlons that had accumulat
ed on my hands,
Good gracious !" exclaimed Mrs. Boggs
(she never swears liko that except undor
great excitement), what have you brought
mo ?
"Annuals, Mrs. Boggs," said I. "You
said you wanted some annuals and here
they are."
Then Mrs. Boggs, burst out laughing
and cried, "Why, you old fool you (we
have been married twenty years and Mrs,
Boggs calls me pot names yet. the annuals
I meant are flowers, such as verbenas, pan.
sios daisies, morning glories, mignonutto
and the like, to set out in our front yard."
Then she took all the annuals I had been at
so much pains to collect and set them out
in the back yard among other rubbish,
The bext morning she asked me if I
thought I could get her some roses for the
front yard. Told her I knew a man , who
had got a lot of early rose potatoes, but it
wasn't tho right time a year to set thorn
out. (I have an idea that ground is much
bettor employed in raising a potato than
in raising a flower, unless it bo a barrel of
flour.) Wife said I hadn't a bit of taste.
Bhe then gave me a memoranda of roses
she wanted. I was busy all day, but just
as I was about taking a car for homo, I
thought of tho roses. I referred to the
memoranda and found the following:
Get a few geraniums, fuches, helio
trope, roses, bourbon-running rose, " Prarie
Queen," golden tea plant, vines, English
Ivy, Wandering Jew, seeds, etc"
I studied it hard hut it was slightly in
comprehensible. Sho bad evidently got
things mixed up.' However, I wont to a
florist's and told him what I wanted. Said
I "Give me a few geraniums and a few
she's, and "
"A few what?" asked tho flower man,
looking puzzled
" A few she's," said I, turning vory red,
I know, for I couldn't tell for the life of me
what my wife wanted ' of a few she's
about the place, she could never live in the
same house with anothor woman
As the florist looked more staggered
than ever, I handed him the memoranda,
when ho burstod out into a loud laugh.
"Why, man,'! ho cried, "rt'suetos she
wants 1" and then he roared again
, ," Well, whatever it is, give me a couple
of yards of it anyhow, front and back
yard, too," t ,, ' t
You see I was mad.
I got the things the memoranda
seemed to call for at various places, and
went home. "Hero, Mrs. Boggs," said
I, testily, "are the things for the front
yard."
" Why, what Is this?" sho cried, as I
thrust a two-gallon jug upon her among
other things. , .
" Bourbon, my dear, I found it on tho
memoranda. Pretty ' thing to set out in
the front yard, though, now long do you
s'sposo it'll stay there with the neighbors
we've got?" . " .
" Boggs, you are an infernal ; that
memorandum was Bourbon Rose. But
what is thlB nasty little book ?" holding up
a dime novel with a highly-colored title-
page representing a gorgeous squaw on a
fiery untamed mustang. ,
"That? Why you ordered It, didn'tyou?
That is Running Rose, or tho Prairie Queen
one of the Beadle's you kuow.
, My wife carried it arms length and threw
it into tho stove. . , Then she took the jug
of bourbon and emptied it luto the back
gutter, (While she was gone I concealed
Alexander - Dumas,. "Wandering Jew,"
which I had also purchased, for I began to
see that I had made a terrible blunder in
filling the order.: , (I have ascertained since
that " Wandering Jew" is the name of a
vine, but, how was I expected i to know all
about it?). , ..: .... .
"Here, my dear," said Las my wife
entered the room again, desiring to molify
her, " here is some ivy, I know that Is
right, for I hired a boy to go out into the-
woods.and toll it". 2 ,., ,, 1 u , p
'Gooutirl the woods and 'cull It!"
shrieked Mrs. Boggs, suddenly dropping it,
"why, Boggs, you villain, that's pizen
ivyl"V f, . 1.1.5 i -'J; , . W.I
So it was. , Dear 1 dear 1 ho w . was I ex
pected to know anything about it ? I didn't
know there was any other kind of ivy ex
cept that which grows in the woods. I went
around for a week or two with both hands
done np la a linen rag soaked in salt and
water, and Mrs. Boggs' hands looked like a
pair of boxing gloves. , I will never moddlo
with ivy again, ivy notion.
But my mishaps are not all related yet.
I planted tho seeds I had brought, and
what do you think came up ? - A lot - of
gourds, sunflowers, .hollyhocks and pump
kin vines I ' , ' ,
" What are those?" said Mrs. Boggs, ex
amining a flower bed where I had stuck
some plants. Then she bent down, scrutin
ized the leaves closely, and with a scream
pulled them up by tho roots and. threw
them away. ,
" What is the matter now, my dear ?" I
groaned.
" Tomatott and cabbage plant!" shrieked
Mrs. Boggs, and fainted away.
We fixed it at length. Wo hired a land
scape gardener, and turned the front yard
over to him. Mrs. Boggs bossed tho iob.
and under her eagle eye very litte land
'scaped gardening. A hose 'bocame neces
sary, of course, to sprinkle the grass' and
flowers, so he bought one properly furnish
ed with a nozzle and sprinkler. Mrs.
RKKS B0i"g out marketing one evening,
requested me to take the hose and sprinkle
the front yard. - 1 - 1 ' 1
I had never operated such a contrivance
and made horrible work of t. I forgot to
substitute the sprinkler for tho nozzle and
played havoc among tho plants and flowers.
Whore ever tho stream struck a plant it
was either scooped out or driven into the
ground out of sight. '. The flower-beds
looked as though they had been fooling
about a water-spout. I was disconcerted
at the ruin I was working, aud turning
around to see if my wifo was coming, I let
the stream go full drive in my neighbor's
face who was observing mo from his parlor
window. Ho yelled and I turned it quickly
around, firing into a passing baby wagon.
Baby screamed, and gotting a dose into
my own eye, I popped it next into the face
of Mrs. Boggs who was just entering the
gate. . That concluded my performance
with a rubber hose. ,
If you know of any one who wauts to
rent a house with a front yard, send me
word. Fat Contributor. .
Turned Black.
It has been ascertained that the fumes
of the purifying rooms of gas works, will
cure the whooping cough. To test it, the
wife of a city morchant, took two of
her children there. The superintendent
very kindly waited upon her to the rooms.
After a few moments he noticed a black
streak along the font bead, near the hair,
but supposing she had made it by some
crook from her fingers, thought nothing
more of it, and he loft the parties to inhale
the vapors. When ready to depart, ho sug
gested to the lady that before she went
back to the city she had better look into a
mirror, which she did and was not a little
surprised to find her face as black as char
oool, from the hair around to her ears, and
under tho chin. ; -
After much scrubbing with soap and
water, she succeeded in making herself
White; ' She inquired anxiously of the su
perintendent, who is a family man, and
knows how it is himself, what could pos
sibly have caused it lie very politely in
timated that it might be .something she
put on her face before she came there, which
she indignantly denied she didu't " pow
der," not she ! ' ' '
"Madam," said he, that's too thin.
You can't cheat the gasworks."
Hew to Enjey Life.
, It is wonderful to what an extent people
believe happiness depends on not being
obliged to labor. Honest, hearty, content
ed labor is tho only source of happiness, as
well as tho only guarantee of lifo. Idle
ness and luxury1 induce premature decay
much fastor than many trades regarded as
the most exhaustive and fatal to longovity.
Labor in general actually increases the
term of life. It is the lack of occupation
that annually destroys so many of the
wealthy, who,having nothing to do, but play
the part of drones, and, like them, make a
speedy exit, whilo the busy bee fills out its
day in usefulness and honor. Let young
people heed the above facts, and remember
that industry labor is not only requisite
to success In any calling, but also the great
source of health and happiness.
tWIt is assorted upon the authority of a
distinguished physician, that it is a rare
thing to find a person decidedly fond of
fruit becoming intemperate..'' Tho two
tastes are said to bo antagonistic We are
fully persuaded that good ripe fruit is one
of the very best remedies for thirst. A
regular fruit eater drinks but littlo water.
When there is no doslro for' wator there is
littlo1 probability of thoro being thirst for
Intoxicating beverages.