TLru lias beon n Kepiratnu b"tcf n
n uptown l.ivrr ntH his werthcart.
"She presented liim with Ler phoio
tgrapb, which tie, ou his bonded knees,
wore he would always wear next to
ihf heart. Ijast Sunday evening h
fulled out his handkerchief from bis
back pants pocket, when lot the pho
Uogttifh fell at his lady's feet. She
Ntays he is cither a liar or else bi beart
'is not in the right place.
The BurliDgton, Vt., Free Tress is
'Tesponsible for the assertion that there
are large qantities of Fenian arms and
'equipments stowed away in the north
ern part of the State i hogsheads
and boxes, in barns and other hiding
places, in charge of Irish farmers
along the frontier.
A little girl in Lie Wigtown, Me., was
ordered by her stepmother to wetr
gloves to school aa a means of curing
her of biting her nails. The child re
turned borne bareliandod, and the step
mother not only replaced the gloves
fot sewed then fast to the flesh at the
wrists.
There is an office in Faris where ar
ticles found uro taken to be restored
to their owners. They ore daily regis
tered by clerks, one of whom was late
ly beard to call off three umbrellas,
one watch, two rings, one pair of
boots, and fivo babies.
Tombs threatens to start a newspa-
rer. His dream of calling the roll of
is slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill
Monument seems to have faded "into
the infinite azure of the past," but his
"cusseducss" is going to keep to be
buried with him.
The natives of northern India were
greatly alarmed the other day, by
what was supposed to be a large mete
oric stone, shooting eastward with ter-i
rifio velocity, but it afterwards trans
pired that it was only Dom Pedro on
bis way to China.
A North Carolina farmer, to catch
the theivee who fcd been stealing his
neat, put some strychnine on oue of
the hams in h'a eraoke-honse. He had
tforgotten which one, and the whole
family dare not touch one of 150 hams.
About fifty missing letters were
found recently in en old pump at
Washington, having been slipped n-n
by a mistake for a letter box. Doubt
less the senders thought their missives
had gone up the spout long ago.
"I say, ma," exclaimed a little
minx of thirteen, "do you. know what
the pyro technical remedy is for a cry
ing infant?" "Gracious goodness roe,
no; Inever heard of such a diingl"
""Well, ma it's a rocket."
.-"(Pray, Mr. Professor, what is a per
iphrasis ?". "Madame, it is simply a
circumlocutory cycle of oratorical!
noroeity, circumscribing an atom of
1 .1 1 l . 1 i r l . i
lucumv, .josi, in veruai proiunuuy.
"Thank you, ir."
Said an old man to a young game
ster: 44Do yon waut ma' to tell you the
best throw you can make with those
dice?';. "Yes," was the eager reply.
"Throw them away," -said the old
man. . "
Susan Fletcher Smith, an American
lady has bequeathed her body for dis
ttetion Os the Royal -College of Sur
geons, London, only asking that wom
en students shall have the first chance.
Byron wrote: "How sweet to hear
the watch dog's honest bark!" From
which we infer that Byron never at
tended a midnight sociable in a far
mer's mellon patch.
Juvenilo soliloquy : "I wouder what
makes ma say she's not at home when
Billy Donne's mother rails, and t.h?n
send me to bed without ray eepper
uien s. ew a lie 7
Every year a Georgia farmer culti
vates a distinct piece of cotton, which
he calls "preacher patch," because
the avails of the crop go to the support
ef his minister.
A young man in Jersey City- was
urged to marry, but he replied : "I
dou't see it. My father was a sioglo
roan, and he always got along well
enough."
- "If there is no moonlight will you
uneet me by gaslight, dearest Julian
na?" asked he. "No, Augustus. I
won't, I am no gas-meter," replied she.
Now, verily, the ulster creepeth out
its -summer euflin, and fehaketh off the
chips and cayenne pepper, and rouseth
itself to a sense of its importance.
Patriok, lamenting his late better
'half, said, "Och, she was a jewel of a
wife. She always struck me with the
son enu oi the mop.
It is not generally known that Maj.
Andre's remains were taken from
America and interred in Westminister
Abbey m 18121
When Job said, "My wife is swifter
than a post," he probably meant a
tgate post, as that is always fast to
the fence.
An Irishman was opce asked why
-he wore his stockings inside out: "Be
- cause thore is a hole in the other side,"
"Jie replied.
"Havel ot, my son, given you
everv aflvantacre?" "O ves : hut T
coulan't think of taking advantage of
you, latner.
Young: ladies, the new shade is "an
tique purple." It is about the tint of
an election eye two days old.
A man has been arrested for taking
icings as ibey come.
SQUARE GPJUQ PiATJOS
Kotailed at Wholosalo Prices,
toco for taso.
0B0fort300.
t700f0r300. '
800for3S0.
TIIK
"MENDELSSOHN" PIANO CO.
4 VK STRUCK
IIAIII VAX PR1CIIS.
Only One Prleo for Cash, and a low on.
NO DEVIATION.
We give no discount.
Wal ILV nri o rrn vi t m' ri-t ntu. w.1. ! 1.
double the prices of all Pianos.
We look to tho People, who want a first
class Piano nt a fair profit over cost of
. ...... . . . . tir- . . .
iiniiiunuvure. e appoint me 1 OOpie OUT
sireiits. and clvn fhnm mm Pinnna
O ' - - - . . . it . iiiiit'ii en i yi i.
as any agent can buy equally good Piano
of any other manufacturer, giving the
People. In a reduced price, what is usually i
expended in rninmlsainna mnt rrnUk
traveling and incidental expenses. '
i hq -Meuoissoiin.'' 1'iano Co. can sell
you 71 octave rosewood case Piano, 0 feet
10 iiK-tiea lnnir with -fVi-mt. i-mm
. . . . . . ...... ivi nri
carved legs, serpentine and plinth mould
ing!, wiiu improvements, including
Full Iron Frame,
Over Strung Rasa,
Agraffe Treble, and
French Grand Action,
which only accompany the best Pianos of
tho most celebrated makers, at the very
low price of flit), $275 or $300, according
to style or case, or wilh four round cor
ners and full agraffe for $.T0, and guaran
tee them In every respect equal to any
mini niiviu i iMiiiusr siyie, or no sale.
Tho "MfiiiitnlKKMhn" rfu.,A ), . r
-'.it. . mnv 13 MiniiVI IMU-
tured from tho very best materials, and
vy me most sKuieu ana nnmiieq work
men. Tho manufacture is conducted by
one of tho most experienced Piano manu-
im unci a in cuunirj-. this is no now
ent-prise, turning out a poor and choap
piano, rario from green wood, and by
ereener mechanics.
Our Piano is nnsurpnssed by any in tho
market for its rich and powerful tones,
and its ndantnti
sympathetic, mellow and singingnualitios.
We are willino- to nlaro It huMo nn
other make of Piano on its merits, either
in beauty of case, or excellence of tone.
iiiiu at juui me money or equally good
instruments.
"The best tho cheapest"
When it costs the leat money. :
All Pianos fully warranted for fivo years.
Send for our Illustrated and descrip
tive Circular.
The "Mendelssohn" Piano Co.,
Office of Manufactory,
' MBROAbWAY.N.Y.
ONLY HIHIEDY FOR
HARD TIMES.
CHARGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
All wanting Fmit Farms,' especial! ad
apted to the growth of the Vine, where it
is an established succem and pays large
profit. The land is also adapted to the
growfrh of Peaches, Pears, Applos and
fcinull fruita; also Grain, Grans and Veg
etables. - . . v . .
Many hundred of excellent Vineyai h.
Orchards and Farms, can now be seen.
The location isonlvS4 miles south -of
Philadelphia, by Rail road, in a mild, de
lightful climate, and at the very doors of
the New York and Philadelphia Markets.
Anoiuer juuiroau runs direct to New
1 ork.
The place Is already large, successful
nnd prosperous. Churches, Schools, and
other privileges are already established.
Also, mM factories of Shoes. Clothinir.
Glass,' -fetraw Goods, and other things, at
wmrn uinereiu iscni Ders oi a IHBlliy can
procure employment. "i '
It has been a health resort for some
years past for people suffering from pul
monary affections, Catarrh, Ague, ana de
bility; many thousands have entirely re
covers.
A new brick hotel has Just Veen com
pleted. 100 feet front, with backlmildines.
four stories high, incbading French roof,
ana nil modern iropprvewonis Tor the ac
coinnihdation of visitors.
PrtW of Farm Iand S25.00 nor. acre.
payable installments, within tho period of
iuur years, in wiis cinnaie, planted out
to vines, o acres ot land will o jnnt fully
as niuca as iw acres inriiier nortn.
Persons unacnuainted with fruit erow
ing can bacome familiar with it in a short
tune on account of surroundings. ,
Five acre, one acre, nnd towtTTcjTs,' in
the towns or Janrtisvulo and VIneland
also for said.
Whilst visiting the Centennial Kxhibi
tion, Vineland can "bo visited at small ex
pense.
A paper containing full information.
will be sent upon appVieittion to CIIKL1-1
K. LAND1S, Vineland. N. J., free of cost.
Tho following is an extract from a de
seription of Vineland, published in the
rvew iorK rriDuno, by the well-known
Agriculturist, Solon Itohmson :
All tho farme rs were of tho "well to do"
sort, and some of them, who have turned
their attention to fruits and market irard-
ening, have grown ri:-h. The soil is loam,
varying from sandy to clayey, antl surface
gently undulating, intersected with small
streams and occasional wet inea&ows In
which deposts of peat or mut'k are stored.
sutlicicnt to fertilize the whole upland sur-
iace, aucr it nas ieta -nausted or ita
natural fertility.
It is certainly one of fhe most extensive
lertuu irats, in an almost level position,
oiivi nuiuiiue i-onuiiion wr pleasant mrm
iug, that we know of this side of the West
urn prairies. We found some of the old
est larins apparently jam a profitably
I'lwuucuvu i ii-ii urn cleared or forest
fifty or a hundred years ago.
The geologist would soon discover the
caiiBo of this continued fertility. The
whole country is a marine deposit, aedall
through the soil we found evidenes f
calcareoua substances, generally in 'the
form of indurated calcareous marl, show
ing many dininct forms of ancient shells,
of the tertiary formation and this marly
nubstance is scattered all through the soil,
in a very oornminuttKl forir, and in the
exact condition uiost easily tsainimilated
by mich planU nn the faranr desires to
turivate.
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DON R AT TUB
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IT rataiiu U the vtrinct of ttv t.Vjlit-Runniiig "DOMESTIC," iacluilinj the Automatic
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-1'lce noiice our i'ATK.M HAU DKN ED CONICAL BEARIN'US on both tho Machin
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ceptinjc onr "Stanilard"' Itlt-k inj in'placo
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This brand is inndo tr compete with
other American and French Blackings,
boll" inferior to our "Bent."
Rixhy's "Best" Blacking will aave its
entire cost In the wear of your boot and
aboea.
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The most convenient and wnoni'cal
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11 Voa. ITS 175 Washington HU, X. Y.
SIDDALL'K
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The ChepBt Sp that can ) uA p,r
. 1 the following rfou:
lat. One-bar will go as far as two ofanT
oilier.
3d. Only half ihe unual rubbing linif
required, there is a caving of irKre
than the entire cost of the Soap n
Jalor alone.
d. Tho clothes are made Sweet, Hean
and white without J'.oilinaror Said
inp, thus all injury tothein isavoil.
el. There is a favintr in fuel and
hard work, and the washing in done
in about half the usual time.
It is also guaranteed under a penalty of
fA ft V rfA turn li.l tr. tnin.A .l,..L..t.
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person to awertain the truth of therio
statements, it would never pay the pro
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of advertisiuR and claim iuh decided
merit for his Hoap unless he knew from
poaitive experience tliat it wou'd prove to
be in every respect what is claimed for it.
This is also a superior Soap lor Toilet
and Shaving purpose.
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Col. Watson, proprietor if trie Henry
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yi us, and present propi ieuu-, lias leased
the house for a term oftvetrs, and has
newly furnished and htU'if it throughout,
ile will keep a htrictly liiht-class houso,
and has accommorhttitui for 300 guebts.
Terms only i er day.
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