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Happy Childhood.
[ ’ How pleasant it is to gazé on the
nnocent amusement of happy
;h ildhood ! There is little Johnny
[playing beside the newly painteTF
ifence. He draws his dainty finger
lover the moist surface, making
beautiful arabesques and undeci
pherable hieroglyphics that would
set an antiquary into hysterics of
, picturesque by its borrowings from
the fence, and his face and hands
are effectually disguised in the pig
ment. Happy, careless^innocent
childhood! And he Recons John
ny's mother. ..How ea^eFly she
seizes her darling ! How closely she
hugs him in her fond embrace!
Now she disappeared with her dar
ling within doors. AVhat are those
sounds which issue thence I It is
Johnny’s voice. Is he laughing
merrily over the remembrance ®f
his recent sport ? Possibly ; but it
does not sound like laughter." Again
we say,’ happy, happy childhoocT.=
Boston Transcript. *
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“Gould any boy or girl break that
thread?” asked Mr. Moody. ‘ Yes,
yes,” came up from all parts of the
hall. “ Break it to bits then,” said
Mr. Moody-and..in gp instant the~
thread was
torn K to pieces. Then
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Mr. Moody went on: “Although
that thread is a very little thing —
I could bind t*he strongest man
with it. 1 could wind it round ami
round him until he was a helpless
,pr’fSffHT'r;"and"'he rwild neve© brook
it and escape.” Following up this
line, Mr. Moody gave a short and
impressive talk on little sins, en
tailing the children’s serious and
eager^ttention to the close.-— Hi.
Fell Against A Sharp Edge.
This is furnished by Mr. Win. Will,
1613 Frankford Avo., Philadelphia, Pa;
Some time since I received a severe in
jury to my back, L>y falling against
the sharp edge of a marble step, the
stone penetrating it st least a half-inch,
and leaving a very painful wound.
After sufi'ering for a time, I concluded
to apply Ht. Jacobs Gil, and am pleased
to say, that the results exceeded my ex
pectations. It speedily allayed all pain
tod—a w u l li ng nn.l byenntinuedL.USfix.
made a perfect cure; I really think it
the mos>t.afHcticions liniment I ever used.
— Rockfofd (Ill. ) Rvyiider.
Good Company.
The Cream of nil Hook, of Adventure. .
A NOTED BUT ÜNTITIÆI» WOMAN.
[From tho Boston GZOie.]
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(Il a B i Bi n b
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may be truthfully called Hie ‘Dear Friend of-Woman,”
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as some of her correspondents love to cali ber. She
is scalously devoted to her work, wliirfh is the outcome
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of a life-study, and is obliged to keep Elx lady
NEAR
assistants, to help her answer tlie large eorresp<indcnce
FLORR9CE, ALABAMA,
which daily pours In upon her, each liearlng Its special
b arrier rt s uffering', iff jnJ f
release ftrea 0fejfe__
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Vegetable Compound Is a niedicire for good arid not "
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evil purposes.. I have personally investigated it and
am satisfied of the truth of tills.
T.
B.
LARIMORE,
tin account of its proven merits. It is recommended
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en.l prescribed by the best phydeians ta the country.
One sayB. “It works like a charflixnul saves much
jrain. It will cure entirely the wolwt'form of falling
«if tho uterus, Leucorrhoea, irregular .and painful
Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, I- n.-iminatlon and
Ulceration, Floodings, all Displace .e-nts npd the con
TO ACKN’TS.
sequent spinal weakness, ami U especially adapted to
the Change of Life.”
It perm-rites every portion of the system, and gives
GOODS
new life and vigor. It removes faintness, flatulency^
destroys all craving for stimulants, and rollcvcs weak
ness, of the stomach. It cures Tdoating, Headaches,
IT yon arc out of Employment and want to
Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
Start in business, yon can mako fropi $3 to $10
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling.of bearing
a day clear, and take no risk of loss, we will
down,causing pain, weight and backache, fs always
send \ou'on receipt of $11, goods that will sell
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nllT,‘ul ‘.y ii- use II. will at n il times, and
««.■dily ia a ta.i»r days for
If the A^ent. fail»
under all circumstances, net In liarmony- with thfi law
to sell these goods’in four days, they can return
that governs the female system.
all unsold to its, and wo will return them their
It costs only $1. per l>ottleor six for S"., and is sold by ' money, can anything be fairer? We-take all
«J Aiggisti Any advice rvqu ¡red as to apudal eases, and
i-i«k of loss, and ti e Agent gets - tart, d in a bus
thenames Of many who have hern rrrtnrtsi tn perfect
iness that, will be permanent. and piiy from
health by the use ot the Vegetahlo Coinponnd, can be
$1 (MX) to $3,000 a year Ladies can do as well
obtained l>y addressing Mrs. I’., with stomp for reply,
as men. We want” an Agent in evejN' county.
at her home in Lynn, Mass.
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Full particulars free. Address, U. H. Manufact
For Kidney CoBijdaint of rither sex this coni)s>nnd is
uring Co., No. 116 Smithfield Street, Pittsburg,
unsunswsed as atAindaut
nlLndaut trutiinonialM
testimonials show.
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Pa.
12-31-3m.
“Mia Pinklianj
’s Liver Fills,
Pills,"
“ aro
Hip
” says one writer, **
trnrld
for
tho
cure
of
Constipation,
thr best tn the
Biliousness anil Torpidity of tbe liver. Her Blocid
TY Greatchance to make money.
Purifier works wonder-sin its special line and bids fair
/Ujl/iThiwo who ahvavs take ad
to equal tbe Compound in its popularity.
vantage of the good chance« for making money
*A11 must raspect her as an Angel of Mercy whose sole
that are offered, generally Iteeome wealthy,
ambition is to do good to other*
while those who do not improve such chances
ph i ia«|wl ph to, Pa-
(g)
Mrs. A. M. D.
MARS’
A
President,
AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER ’
UNSOLD RETURNED.
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Little Lottie to her friend: “I
have so many cares. Yesterday a
One evening a lady of New York,
little baby sister arrived, and papa
while on her way home at a late
is on a journey. It was only a
hour, without an escort, was ap
piece of luck that mamma was at
proached by a lewd fellow, as the
home to take care of it/’
boat on which they rode“ neared its
your old things look like
land, < who asked :
remain in jx.v-rty. We want many men, wom
new
by
using
the Diamond Dyes, and
en, l«>vs and girl« to work for us right in their
“Are you alone ?” “ No, sir,” was
yort will be'happy.^ Any of the fashion BAPTISMAL ROBES.
localities. Any one can do the work properly
the reply, and without further in able colors for ten cents.
from the first start. The business will pay more
rpiIE “LADIES AID SOCIETY” OF THE than ten limos ordinary wages. Expensive
terruption, when the boat touched,
fiirn ialied free. No one who engages fails
1 Christian Church, Portland, is prepared to outfit
“ If I have ever used any unkind furnish
’* Baptismal Robes ” to those desiring, to make money rapidly. You can devote your
she jumped off.
at prices from $5 to $7, according to kind of whole time to tlie work, or only your spare mo
Full information and ill that it needed
“ I thought you were alone,” said words, Hannah,” said Mr. Smiler, cloth. These will be «ent by mail to any part ments.
sent free. Address S tinson A Co.. Portland,
of
the
coast.
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erald
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the fellow, stepping to her side reflectively, “ I will take them all St., Portland, Or.
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lady. “ Why, I don’t see any one ; to use them over again,” was the
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villain’s heart, and with these part- nificent exception to this is found in
205 & 207 Leidesdorff, and 529 Commercial Streets,
Kidney-Wort which invariablypeTforms
ing words, “ You keep too good even more cures tlihn it promises. Here
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thia Coast, together with a ccmnlet»» stock of MUler 4k R i c h a rO’ a B c o tch Tape, and
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can furnish at a momcnt’B notice anything in the Printers' line from a. bodkin to a.
Cylinder Preet. We have a. very large stock of Now and Second-hand Printing
lady to enjoy good company.— Hu Eastern relatives. ** She took bitters
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for a long time» but without aLy good.
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ral Home.
Washington Jobber», Washington Hand Presses, new Baxter Steam Engines (just
So when she heard of the virtues of
Kidney-Wort ant got a box and it haB
Mr. Mo)dy gave the children of completely cured her liver complaint.”
Glascow, Scotland, a striking ob
ject lesson in one of the recent chil
dren’s meetings in that city. Pro
ducing from his pocket half a dozen
reels of white thread, he spread
them out among the audience until
the white threads were stretched
along the galleries and from bench
to bench. Ife gave no explanation
1 of the meaning of this procedure
until the process was completed,
and by that time the curiosity of
the children was fully aroused.
This is a boy’s composition on
girls: ** Girls are the only folks that
have their own wav every time.
Girls is of several thousand kinds,
and sometimes one girl can be like
several thousand girls if she wants,
anything. This is all I know about
girls, and father says the less 1
know.about them the better off I'
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