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have now on hand a large supply ol Iluov'a Tatnit
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lelecis of the complexion and imparts tn it
gratifying cleurntsi and amootlmoBK.
Sulphur Hath are cdnlimied for mi
Ting eruptions and tthT OiacKSfS of the skin.
s we!l ui Rheumatism and Gout. Gle-nn'it
.Sulphur Soap produces the same etfortH
t a meet trifling expense. This admirabtu
-specific also SeeiUly honls rrt, bruwat,
tcaltU, burnt, tpraitii and rtfi. It rrmovea
-dandruff and prevents tlie hair from fulling
-out and turning gray.
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JONES' BROS, & CO.,
(Formerly John Jones & Son,)
Grain & Produce
MERCHANTS,
llrlck Warehouse, Front St., above Market.
Newport, Perry County, Pa.
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riiODUCU.
SEEDS AND
RAILROAD TIES
We have constantly on hand,
FISH.
SALT.
1'LASTER,
CEMENT,
COAL,
IRON,
STEEL,
HORSE SHOES, &C. &'C.
FOR SALE AT THK LOWEST RATES.
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Newiwrt. July 20, 1S75 tf
JEWPORT DRUG STORE.
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patrnnae.
lruy and Medicines,
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e Alaitafull stock of
Concentrated Remedies,
ESSENTIAL OILS,
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IlAIlt OIL,
AND
FANCY' ARTICLES.
Also always on Hand,
PURE WINES & LIQUOR
FOB
MEDICINAL anil SACRAMENTAL
l'URPOSES
q- q
physicians on ntms
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B . M . ED Y,
Newport, Penn'a.
JB". HARTZELL,
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XKHrIORT, PA.
Sole Agent for Lorllard's Superior Tobaccos.
Country Merchants supplied with Goods
at Fhlladfllphia prices.
4V Your orders are solioiled. 9 44
w.
. S. COOK & CO.,
Acre to sell all kinds of
LUMBER AND SHINGLES,
for I.F.Srt MONEY than any other dealers in this
county. Vie will also take good Timber on the
stump or delivered at our Mill In exchange for
Lumber, ac. We use Clearneld Fine and Hem
lock only.
W. R. S. COOK CO.,
Seviport,iPerry Co., P.
October 10. 1976.
IM COHTANT NOTH.K flubscriber
Ule of the firm o( Rhoadea Smith, would
respeetfully inform the citizens of BLAIN
and vicinity, that he has opened a WAIiON
MAKEK SliOP, and la prepared to uiake new
wagons and repair old ones at short notice, aud
at from TEN to TWKNTY percent, cheaper than
the old nrm.
"UlvemeacalI. (Satisfaction guaranteed.
JACOB SMITH. .
Blaln, Augusts. 1867.
' t 'r7"-'n-ri.y
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sloner, A LI. rejected applications may lie revived.
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Contested Land 'ases proseeiiled before the II.
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Intmlor. 1'rivate Laud Claims, MINIM) and
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Ovuif SCGf MorJificntions -
YlWi KffllffiiSDJTS OF EVBifEOIESS
7JRBAHKS & mmGt.
STMUTST.KIIULIPHIA,
JJOME MANUFACTURE.
LOOK OUT!
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ten calling upon them w ith a supply of good
of my
OWN MANUFACTURE. .
Consistlugof
CA8S1MERS,
OA8SINBT8.
FLANNELS, (Plalnand bar")
CAUPETB, co.t
toexchangetor woo orsellfor cash.
J.M.BIXLFK.
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.: I.'jl.
t"A Kt'iitucky liiu-kwootlHiiiiiu re
cently a wagon for tho first time,
an J lie wntHied it clost-ly, HiippoHlng tliut
liif-vititltly the lilnil wheel wouM over-
tuke the amiillt'r fore wlieeln nntl "fmituli
up tlie hull dui iii'd rlggln'."
.
ff-y A nrwuther In Arnblu, havlnir for
his text a iMii tlon of the Korajt "J huvo
fnlletl Notth, nftor twice repeating his
text, ituulo n long tmuHe, when un Arab
present, thinking that he wan waiting
for an answer, exclaimed : "If Jfaoh
will not come, cull on aomehoily else."
-
fjgrHtiine time ngo a pupil in a ilenf
ami dumb nnylum In New l-'nglniid read
a portion of tho lunik of Job; when
ufki'd to write out his underHtundlng of
Job's Kuncring, he wrote ns follows:
"The litird hulled Job seven duys."
C3T A little hoy In Hprlngfleld, Miisst.,
after his e,untoniiiry evening prayer, a
few night ngo, continued, "mid bless
lniiiiiiiiu and Jenny and Uncle Benny,"
adding, nfter a moment's panne, the ex-
plunutory remark, "his name Is Hon
kins." '
C"" lie fore we were married,' suid he
to a friend, "flie used tt say 'bye byo' so
sweetly when 1 went down the steps."
'A ml now what does, she say l"? asked
the friend. "Oh, Just the same," ex
cliilnied tbt! limn 'if.y fvii' "
"Ah, I see,' said the other,, she only
exercises a little different lsell, over
you."
A iiost-otllce clerk whs recently
floored by the following direction ou n
lelter:
"Wood
John
Mash."
It was explained ufter ward to mean
"John Underwood, Andnver, Mass."
. . .
U-f A gentleman riding, came to the
edge of a moruss which he considered
unsafe. Seeing a pleasant lad, he asked
him w hether the bog was hard nt the
bottom. "O yes, quite hard," replied
the youth. The gentleman rod on, but
the horse began to sink. "You rascal,
did you not say It was hard at tho liot
tom," shouted he. "Holt is" rejoined
the lad, "but you are not half way to it
yet."
.... - . . . .
ffJT A village doctor went to yisit a
patient in a neighboring hamlet, anil
took with him his gun, thnt he might
wing any gume he encountered in cross
ing the fields. A peasant meeting him
on the way, asked whither he was going.
"To see a patient," was the answer.
"What, then," said the peasant, "do
you really fear to miss him in the ordi
nary way, thnt you take your gun with .
you '"'
Painting a Bull.
When Farmer Uudge,' in the upper
end, rend that a bull painted by Kosa
Bonheur sold for five thousand dollars
he remarked to his wife that ho didn't
nee how a coat of paint could so greatly
enhance the value of the animal, hut if
Rosa didn't charge more then ten dollars
he would get her to paint his bull in
thespriug. Ami his economical wife
replied that she thought he might paint
it himself and save his ten dollars. The
Indications now are that the bull will lie.
painted.
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, A Puzzled Clergyman.
Bill Clin k, a colored clu.ss-Icudcr in
Georgia, visited a brother's hen-roost,
fell and broke his neek. The pastor of
his church was terribly bothered to get
his funeral sermon in proper shape so
that brother Clark's character would not
sutler. He went at the Job In this man
ner: "There are circumstances connect
ed with liU death that are perplexing.
If, after he fell and lfore he stmck the
ground, he repented 4f his sins, there
can lav liofjuestion but that he i now iu
glory; but there wan mighty little time
for him to think about it."
A Scared Dutchman.
A Dutchman liaving moved to the
fur West, was told that the bears were
plenty aud to look out for them, ami he
thus relules his first iluy's cxcrluiice on
his new place :
Veil I vos blowing gl..se to dcr woods,
unt vo (linking upout i-ears, veil all at
von st, I seen a pig plat-k pear making
for me like tunder. Vos I sc-art if 1
vas I eau't help it, you'd be tscart neider,,
veil I vos not mooch seart too, put I run
like ter tuyfel, pecause I did not vant
der plaek rascal to get too glose to me,
tint I never looked pock till I got over
der venee, tint deu I got kinder mad
like, and der ur vw running like tun.
der and ktiUen der oder way, and - it
vant nopodlea pear too, only mynheer'a
Bin Wit 'a plaek tog, uut no t vent pork t
blowing tint didn't" see- nov pear Cyef
since.