He waltzed out of a Liberty itreet
front door yesterday, followed by a
washboard and two ban of Babbitt's
soap; and as he straightened himself
and walked firmly down the street, he
remarked: "A man must draw the
line somewhere or ha can't be boss of
the bouse; and I'll be hanged if I'll
fiump more than one barrel of water
or to do a washing, and there ain't no
woman can make me do it, unless she
locks ma Id. Home Sentinel.
There was a New York lunat;.o in
Philadelphia recently who wanted to
"proclaim liberty throughout all the
land," and he accoidinly climbed up
the lightning rod to the State Honse
roof and rang the new bell for full fire
minutes. He was arrested, but a man
with energy enough to climb a light
ning rod on a hot day like Monday of
last week should be left go.
Norwich Bulletin: The new belt
for ladies is said to be made in clasps,
four of which go around the waist It
will be difficult, however, to improve
upon the old style of belt, which is
made in the shape of a coat sleeve
and has an arm inside of it. We have
observed, however, that this kind us
ually requires more than four clasps.
Whitehall Times : We saw a mos-
3uito work about ten minutes jester
ay, trying to get bis bill through the
akin of a man who owes us two years'
subscriptions. How we laughed at
that demoralized little insect as, with
a look of disgust, he folded up his
little bill, placed it in his pocket, and
went for another victim.
"Can you change this William for
me?" said a young man who present
ed a $50 bill at the counter of the
Gloucester National Bank, recently.
"Yes," said the Cashier, "but why do
you call it William?" "Oh, I'm not
f&mihar enough with that kind of a
thing to call it Bill," was the quick
reply.
A prayer meeting was held in James
Jt osiers cell, Warrenton, Missouri, on
the night before he was hanged. "Are
you ready to die ?" asked a clergy
man, at the conclusion of the exercis
es. "Guess I'll have to be ready in
the morning, acyhow." he said, and
winked at a bystander.
They were talking of a death, when
one man asked : "What were his last
words?" "He didn't say anything," was
the reply. "That's just like him,"
said the first man, with aa approving
nod. "There was no gas about him.
He was all business."
"You mast cultivate decision of
character, and learn to say "No," said
a father to his son. Soon afterward,
when the father told the son to chop
wood, the boy said "No" with an em
phasis that showed a remembrance of
the lesson.
The intelligent druggist in Cohoes,
N. Y., having given a woman hellebore
instead of rheubarb, from which she
nearly died, she is now giving him the
first sylable of the name of the poison
in a suit for damages.
A citizen of Dakota took a Turkish
bath in Omaha a. few Hat aero nnd
lied within an hour. The verdict of
the jury was: "He hadn't ought to
have"got so much of the mud off of
mm at one time.
A loving British wife's postscript to
a letter addressed to her husband in
New York: "Dear William, I have
perused the nolice renorts and morom
k. - o
returns every day, hoping to see your
uaiue.
An editor, quoting Dr. Hall's ad
vice to "eat regularly, not over three
times a day, and nothing between
meaJs," adds, "Tramps will do well to
cut this out and put it in their bank
books."
A blighted being, whose nose should
i
curve ks a Deacon or warning to the
youih of our land.
dresses this year are laboring under a
vioiem aiiaca or delirium trimmings.
A sensible writer advises those who
would enjoy good eating to keep good
natured, for, says he, "au angry man
cannot tell whether he is eating boiled
oabbage or stewed umbrellas."
A Camden man lugged a butcher
lenife around for two hours. nflWinw tn
kill any one who said he wasn't Moses,
a Vt I 1 a A
or uiDiicai ume. livery one said he
looked just like Moses.
There is something wonderfully
grand and impressive about the roar
of thunder, until you discover it has
soured the last half-pint of milk in
the house.
Boarder "Has the red-haired girl
gone away ?" Landlady : "Yea, sir."
Boarder: "I thought so. I found a
black hair in the butter to day."
A New York man has christened
his daughter Glycerine. He says it
will be easy to prefix Nitro, if her
temper resembles her mother's.
The individual who called tight
boots comfortable defended bis' posi
tion by saying they made a man for
get all his other miseries.
"Did any of you ever see an ele
phant's skin?" inquired a teacher of
an infant cUss. -"Yes, sir." "Where?"
"Qu an elephant."
It was a little boy in New Jersey
who said : "Yes, soda water's good ;
It's like your foot's asleep."
A prominent poulterer in Montreal
was fined 110 recentlr for plucking a
fowl while it was ktill alive.
SQUARE Gh'MB PIANOS
Retailed at Wholesale Prices,
tooorortaso.
600for630O.
700 for 6300.
800 for S300.
TIIE
"MENDELSSOHN" PIANO CO.
HATS STRUCK
HARD PAN TRICES.
Only One Price fur Cash, and a low one,
NO DEVIATION.
We give no discounts.
We par no agents' commissions, which
double the prices of all Piano.
We look to the People, who want a first
class Piano at a fair profit aver cost of
manufacture. We appoint the People our
agents, and give them our Pianos as low
as any agent can buy equally good Pianos
of any otbermanufacturer, giving the
People, in a reduced price, what is usually
expended In commissions, rent, freight,
traveling and incidental expenses.
The "Medelssohn" Piano Co. can sell
you a 71 octavo rosewood oam Piano, 6 feet
10 inches long, with front round corners,
carved legs, serpentine and plinth mould
ings, with Improvements, Including
Full Iron Frame,
Over Strung Bass,
Agraffe Treble, and
French Grand Action,
which only accompany the best Pianos of
me most ceieoratea makers, at the very
low price of 250, $275 or $300, according
o siyie oi case, or wun tour round oor
nera and full agraffe for $150. and a-uaran
tee them In every respect equal to any
Piano made of similar style, or no sale.
The "Mendelssohn" Piano is manufac
tured from the verv best materials, anil
by the most skilled and itnished work
men. The manufacture in conducted by
one of the most experienced Piano manu
facturers in the country. This 11 no new
enterprise, tuning out a poor and cheap
piano, made from green wood, and by
greener mechanics.
Our Piano Is unsurpassed by any in the
market for Its rich and powerful tones,
and its adaptation to iho human voice in
sympathetic, mellow and singing qualities.
It sneaks for itself.
We are willing to Dlaoe It beside anv
other make of Piano on its merits, eitheV
in Deauty or case, or excellence of tone,
and "at half the money" of equally good
iusiruuitfy ts.
" I lie best the cheapest"
When it costs the leat money.
All Pianos fullv warranted for five veftrn
Send for our Illustrated and nonet-lru.
tive Circular.
The "Mendelssohn" Piano Co.,
Office of Manufactory,
OH 50 BROADWAY. N. Y.
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All wanting Fruit Farms, especial! ad
apted to the growth of the Vine, where it
is an established success and pays large
profit. The land is also adapted to the
growth of Peaches, Pears, Apples and
nuivu iruiuj ; aiso uruin, urass and veg
etables.
Many hundred of excellent Vineyards
ureuinu ana arms, can now he seen.
The location ia only 34 miles south o
Philadelphia, bv Railroad, in a mild. d
lightful climate, and at the very doors of
tu? ior jw huu x unaueipnia jtiaracts.
Anothor Railroad runs direct to New
York.
The place is already large, successful
and prosperous. Churches, Schools, ana
otuer privileges are already established.
Also. manilfilitariaa nf liliua rMilil
Glass, Straw Goods, and other' things, at
wuiuu uiuerent members or a lamiiy can
procure employment
It has been a health resort for some
years past for people sufferinsr from duI
monary affections. Catarrh. Atrun. and do.
bility ; many thousands have entirely re-
A new brick hotel ha lust hAAn mm
Dieted. 100 foot.
four stories high, including French roof)
uu an mouurn improvements lor the ac
eommodation of visitors.
Price Of Farm T.anri 9S no nor .
payable installments, within the period of
iuur j er. in una climate, planted out
o vines, zu acres or land will count fully
no v-i 1 1 . . K 1 . lA f . .i : i -
on m m-run iunner noun.
Persons unacouainted wih fruit trrnw
ing can become familiar with it in a short
time on account of surroundings.
Five acre, one acre, and town lots, in
me towns oi ljanaisvine and Vlneland
also tor sale.
Whilst visiting the Centennial Exhibi
uon, viueiauu can be visited at small ex
pense.
A naner enntninlnr nil tnTnumAtinn
will be sent upon application to CIIRLES
iv. liAiMuis, vineiand. JV. J., freeof cost
1 lie following is an extract from a de
scription of Vineland, published in the
new iorK irioune, oy tne well-known
Agriculturist, Koion lloblnson:
All tho farmers were of the "well to do"
sort, and some of them, who have turned
weir aueiiuon 10 rruits and market gard
ening, have grown rk-h. The soil is loam,
varying from sandy to clayey, and surface
gently undulating, intersected with small
streams and occasional wet meadows in
which deposta of peat or muck are stored,
sufficient to fertilize the whole upland sur
face, after it has been exhausted of its
natural fertility.
It is certainly one of the most extensive
fortile tracts, in an almost level position,
and suitable condition for pleasant farm
ing, that we know of this side of the West
ern prairies. We found some of the old
est farms apparently just as profitably
E reductive as when first cleared of forest
fty or a hundred years ago.
The geologist would soon discover the
cause of this continued fertility. The
wholo country is a marine deposit, and all
through the soil we found evidences of
calcareous substances, generally in the
form of Indurated calcareous marl, show
ing many distinct forms of ancient shells,
of the tertiary formation ; and this marly
substance is scattered all through the soil,
in a very comminuted form, and in the
exact condition most easily assim in dated
by such plant as tho lurmer desires to
cultivate. 12 tin
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A COMBINED POLISH BLACKING AND
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Kxperts and Professional Bootblacks in
New York, and all other lare cities where
this Blacking has been introduced, ac
knowledge its superiority overall import
ed or domestic Blackings in use, as an
Elegant Polish and Conserver of Leather.
9IOTICE.
Blxby's "Best" Blacking has a Red and
Blue Label. Do not be deceived by ac
cepting our "Standard" Blacking in place
of "Best." The Standard has tho label
stamped into the tin cover.
Thia brand is made to competo with
other American and French Blackings,
but is inferior to our "Best."
Bixby's "Best" Blacking will save its
entire cost in the wear of your boots and
shoes.
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Bixby's French Laundry Blue,
IN SIFTING BOXES.
The most convenient and economical
package, and the only combined Blcach
and Blueing Powder in use.
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Manufacturing Chemists,
11 Nos. 173 & 175 Washington St., N. Y
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e in every rospect what is claimed for it.
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