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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Pugilistic. NcH “Did Miss Billy- urns net as if it was a severe blow when she didn't get the prince'.“” Belle "Ye ; »he took the count." Phila delphia locoed. “What's the matter with Jimson?” "Doctor says it’s a complication. Feed pale girls on Scott’s Played ping-jn.nir. ¡pdf. bicycled and ga>t a niotoi car, and the tour kinds of Emulsion. faces wcie too much for him." Lou We do not need to give a!' don Answ rs. Eezymark "A lady told my fortune the reasons why Scott’s yesterday, and she »aid I would meet Emulsion restores the strength with a financial reverse." Sceptiek and flesh and color of goof "And diil you?" Eeeyma-k "Sure! She charged me $2.“ Ohio Stute Jour- health to those who suffer . mil. "Troubled with dyspepsia. are you? from sick blood. Did you ever trf any oftnv medicine"" 1 he fact that it is the best asked the druggist. "Oh, yes; but it that that gave it tome. I had preparation »f Co l Liver Oil. wasn't it long before l took any of your «tuff.” l icit in nutrition, full < f healthy —Yonkers Statesman. “Uy the way," reminded tlie curious s.imulati. n is a sugge tion as inquirer, "what’s n, synonymous ex t > why it d ¡os what it does. pression for'talking shop?'” “Well." replied Joakley, "there's “tonaorial Scott’s Emulsion presents emporium,' and hairvutting jiarlor.'” Col Liver Oil at its best, —Philadelphia Press. Hangin’ On.— Lariat Luke—“What fullest in strength, least in I ecatne of that hanger-on fruni th’ east?” Horrible Hank "lie’s still taste. bangin’ ont" luirint l.ukc “Down at Young women in their the Red Eye saloon?” Horrible Hank “ teens ” are permanently cured —“Naw ; bangin’ on tew a cottonwood tree nt th’ edge of town." Ohio State of the peculiar disease of the Journal. The Point of Difference.—"Y’ou don’t bleed which shows itself in mean to cite your government its an j alcness, weakness and nervous- example of a republic.” “Well," an n-.ss. by regular treatment swered the South American dictator, "there’s only one little difference be with Scott’s Emulsion. tween our republic and yours, instead It is a true b'.ood food and of elections we have revolutions."— Washington Star. is naturally adapted to the cure Two Sinners.—“It is very wrong to of the blood sickness from tell a falsehood,” said his mother to lit'le Jimmie, who had caught him in which so many young one. “Then we're both offul sinners, ¿J o women nin't we. maw?” queried Jimmie. suffer. i "Both! What do you mean?” "Why, W: wi’l be eh<! to send you told Missus Smith yesterday that you hoped she’d call again, an’ after a sempk to *ny sufferer. she wuz gone you said you wished Te we that this picture in she’d never come again.”—Ohio State th? t‘>nu ■ ’ a blh 1 < i the Journal. wrapper of e ery bottle of iiìlood h.niul.-'iOQ >nu buy. SCOTT &. DOWNE. Chemists, 4OQ Pearl St.. New York SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. THE ORIGIN OF GOLF. dame U«« I'lrst l*lny««l l»> n scotch Ybilli IU m < ro«bk and n I'rbbl«», The man or woman who has b«*coine tnterekted in golf must needs know something of it» origin <wr in ><ot- land. In hi» book. "The Art of Golf." Sir W . G. simp»on tell» the follow ii g pretty »lory as to how the gauiv had its beginning: “A shepherd leading his sluep would often chance u|H>n a round p< l>- ble. ami. having In» crook in hi» hiiud, would »trike it away; for it is as, itu i i table that a man with a »tick in lii» hand should aim n blow at any h . -e object lying its hi* path as that he »hould breathe. Over pastures green thi» led to nothing; but < nee upon a time n certain shepherd, feeding hi» sheep on a link», perhaps that of St. Andrew», rolled one of these »tones into n rabbit scrape. “’Mary." quoth he. “I could not do that if I tried.'a thought which ner«e<l him to the attympt. But a man can not long persevere alone in nny nrcii- <xis undertaking, so Mr. Shepherd hailed another, who was hard by. to witness the endeavor. 'That is e.'»y.' said the friend, am!, trying, fa led. They now searched the grass for tie roundest »tones, und Inn ing deepened the rabbit scrape, »«> that the stones might not jump out < f it. they set themselves to practice put t ing. “The stronger hut less skillful shep herd. finding himself worsted at the amusement, protested thnt it we» a fairer test of -kill to play for the hole from a considerable distance. With this arranged, »h»' game was found to be much n ore varied and interesting The sheen having meanwhile strayed, the shepherds had to go after them. "This proving nn exceedingly irk some interrupti. n. the» hit upon tl e ingenious device of nnilicg a circular course of hole«, which rnnbled them to p’r.y and herd nt the «ame toe The«e bole« Iwing now many mid far apart, it Isecnme necessary to mark lhetr wbcrMboots, which was easily done bv men ns of n tag < f woo, fr' -» a sheep nttaehed to a stick, a primitive kind of flu<» still owed ■ n many gr. . r » almost in its originnl form. Since these early days the essentials of the ganu- have altered but little.” Scotsman's Precise Folly. California has C3.000 acres of prune Maj. James B. I’ nil. of world-wide trees. repute as a pilot r f celt I rifles < f the Oil fuel is used exclusively in the 16 concert stage am! the "lyceum." tells melting furnaces of the new Philadel of a waiter, a Scotsman. < f whom he phia mint. The temperature in these once inquired the exact time to leave furnaces can be raised to 1.000 de to cntch the morning boat plying be Many nowsjKtpcrs have lately ¡given currency grees. tween the riser town where lie was 1o n porLs by Irresponsible parties to Uic effect It is said thnt the flint which forms visiting and the next stopping ¡dace t ha t the substratum of Loudon is nothing itinerary. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHiNtCO but petrified sponges. An examina on “ his Weel. I canna' tel! ye jist whit time had entered a trust nr combination : we wish tion of tlie fossil sponge or flint shows 'twill be; lint if ye'll leave five min- to assure the public that tliere is ho truth in ilites afore ye see the steamer cornin' such reports. We have been manufacturing its structure. sv wing machines for over a quarter of a centu The stick insect of Borneo, the larg roon the p’int. ye’ll jisf be hi time to ry, and hitvv cMablislieti a reputation fur our- cotch it. sir.” Philadelphia Times. s Ives and our ma«*hinos that is the envy of all est insect known, is sometime, 13 inch others. Our *• Nrtr Hunicn machine has es long. It is wingless, but some spe lfa«l tb«* Most 5<lrnre. never been rivaled ns a fhmi’.v machine.—It cies of stick insects have beautiful In responiling to the tnast "Sciener stands at the headofali Grade sewing colored wings that fold like fans. machines, and stands on its own merits. nt a bnnq'iet in New York recently Several factories have been built in TJbe “JVetr Jfomr” is the only really President Pritchett, < f the Maxachu- Germany for the manufacture of HIGH GRADE Sewing Machine Institute of Technology, told "forest wool ” out of pine needles. It on the market. this story: "In a Ilortcn i-chool the It is not necessary for us to ent« r into a trust is used for making underclothes and to save our credit or pay any debts as we have for stuffing mattresses and furniture. other day a teacher »aid to a »malt boy: ’Who won the battle of New Or no debts to pay. We have never entered into One of tlie most important indus leans?’ 'Why Jim ( orbett. of course,* competition with manufacturers of low grade cheap rnachin* s that are made to sell regard tries attaching to the cheap power was the answer. *H..w did thnt la|c- less of any intrinsic merits. Do not be de now produced by Niagara is the eliv pen?' asked the teacher, thiuki: g fo ceived, when you want a sewing machine don*t s< nd your money away from home; call on a trical tearing apart of the molecule of set the boy right. ’He won.' was the “ New Home" Healer, he can sell you a common salt resulting in the forma prompt reply, 'because he had no re better machine for less than you can purchase tion of caustic soda and bleaching science than the other guy.’"—Chi elsewhere. If there is no dealer near you, powder. cago Chronicle. write direct to us. A portable street light of great il THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO luminating power is the device of the An Acrobatic Pianist. ORANGE, MASS. Westminster county council for les A Milan corrcsp. n<!ent telJa of a New York, Chicago. Ill., st. Louis. Mo., Atlan sening accidents from London fogs. ta, Ga., Dalias, Tex., San Francisco, Cal. A cylindrical tank 18 inches in diam pianist named Bancia, who at Venice eter ami two feet high is charged with recently set himself to break the rec 25 gallons of petroleum, and com ord of piano plating, so far as time Apparently what the pressed air forces vapor from the oil is concerned, was a 40 TRY A into a standpipe provided with a musician bad to surpass burner. On igniting the torch flares hours’ sitting at the instrument. This up 18 inches to two feet, with a power he undertook to do by hammering the keys for 50 consecutive hours, that ap- of J.tMH) candles. I ailing period being only br< ken by Leroy Beaulieu, a well-known econ three short rests of ten minutes each. omist of Paris, has declared that the This feat was duly acconiplished in leisure class of men will have to work the presence of a committee of doc too rr- trajfctcbt : ootm tba ^ s - hst Heiph» st 50 »»rd» ,»<■.<••’ sf IftO »»r-4 for their living in 1052. He made this tors and ntuiicians. When the two 4.23 ir-he . 4UÛ YARDS TRA jr<T -SY interesting statement in a lecture on days, two nights and two hours bail Heigh. f st I'O varC« the conversion of the French three and expired. Bancia played the Italian na Jrt 3« incurs The Up »o-daf- irm in hi.~h rn«r'*rrr«**ir—“x one-half per cent, debt into three |ter tional anthem with a jubilant flourish, is rhe Î? iO ¡•'arlin vith Sm< ke/rss .Sac/ cent, bonds. He said that tlie rate of and left the piano amid the enthusi- Rarrrl us:ng 7«? <0/fi; Premure Car- interest is constantly decreasing, and •istic cheers of an enormous audience. predicted that in the next 25 years The whole of the receipts were given capital will be glad to get two per t>> the fund in aid of the survivors of cent., and that 50 years hence such the recent volcanic disasters in the first-class securities ns government West Indies. London News. bonds and railway securities will bear one per cent, interest, "which,” said PlacloK the lllnme. the lecturer, “will compel all except Miss Oldtimer It is not for lack of the very large capitalists to work fora opportunities that I remained unmar living, and the leisure of the class of ried. .HE MARLIN FIRE A'iMS COMPANY people now called well off will be abol Her Niece—I presume no»; but the NfW HAVEN, CONN., U S. A. ished.” men do not always take advantage of the opportunities that are offered lirr Mnrlrrdom. them.—Woman’s Home Companion. Sylvia—I’m surprised to hear that Isabel married young Dashingt.n af ter declaring that he wasn’t good enough for her. Phyllis Yes. Init later she declared This signature is on every box of the genuine that he was too pood for any other tumou girl. s<> she married him out of sheer Vie remedy that cure« n cold tn one «lay Formerly sympathy.—Chicago Daily News. THIS TRI? Reduced to FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Nev? Idea Wozan’s Magazine Laxative BromC'Quinine One Dollar 'T'H!3 is the cheapest and best * Far.ion Magarir.e r.ow be- ! re the Amt-ican public. It shews New iders in i’ashior.!. in Millinery, J in Emtroidery, in Cooking, in Wjma: a Work ar.d In Reading; , beautifully illustr. ted in colors ai.d i in black. a~d whit ■. Al ov, all, it I t-..'vs the very fashionable N ew I dka i 1 made fr-m N ew I dea P at - - .j. which c.t only IOc. each. Send Fiv? Cents To-day ,1 . .r,. --.ryot m • ftea IttAWoso's ' - w.’iss. ar: u, ■- bar t r «at va.u t i:.s rxn«y tt can rue you KtW «D'A PC3LISniNa co ’ .Inttvir Nev York. N Y. Whni It Was. Madge—Ihdly seems to be worrying over some! king. Marjorie Yes. she sat on the bench all <iny yesterday, and doesn’t know yet whether she will tan or blister.— N. Y. Sun. castotiia . Bean the Ihe Kind Always Bought a‘““’ O Bear« the O B»»r« the 8iiT" ‘ jl - - xju . • __ AlWIfl BOLgT.t OIXTM E.XTS and eupporitoritH will rot, positively caniict--do more then relieve you. ¡5 It requires an internal rt-mtdy to remove tlx; cause »ml ettect a permanent cure, Ask your «iriiggist for l)r. Perrin’» Booklet on thesub- ject. .<3 T O n. X A . THE OilEAT JftMlLYMEMcjNE Th * lb •T'l's Bin'. Drau. ht hat syveil dueler.'bill I f r mere Ilian sixty y ‘ltrs. Fur the i. muioli f..m- ily nilm<'nts, aim li iu t»1- nun, imltgvstion, liuti! culd i. buv. i I coin- plaints, chills tuiJ fever, biliuu - tie is, headiu lies und utlcT like eompLiinti no other inediirio is noeeiiary. It invigorntoi and ng- ul.it.>i tl>«> liver, ai'i ts di > tion, stimulat.’.» iu tion of the kidney:, nurifiiM the blood, and purgo* tho Lowvls of foul ax".i:m l.uiot: t. It cures liver complaint, i.uligi »tion, our st .n.v.'h, di.’-ine ", ihills, rheumatic pains, sidi.ud.e, b.w.k- neh *. kidnev trouble", cote.tipat.on, iliirrlnea. Iiilioti ne»s. piles, hard cold » and li -ad u bo. Every ilrug- gist has Tliedi rd's Block-1'ruurl.t tn i-r.t paid.-tges and in f iuta- moth f r t?l.xy>. Never «••»•« pt a substitut;'. in i t on having the original made by the C!utttiai<M’;:u Meuicin * t'.nnpaiiy, I bcU.vc Thedtord’s Black.Drsu ¡hi Ii the best nx in« un c-r.h. It 1» good for any n -.d every h’rg. 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