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|¡ss Lirnpip’s Lovers. « y . H I'n-vloiweveulng, and had not h.^n able to "so earlier. As he betrayed, nevertheless, » «-itain hesitation iu his manner, she led the conversation, and askrd him whether he "ill enjoyed Lady Carnabv'a ball. He lia I he Mild, pretty well; and then ensued a pause! uuruig which Horace ratherawkwardly took a »eat at Lydia’s side on uu ottoman uud gazed at tlie , ar]>et. Mr. Freake was not altogether stupid, but even wits often become rather dull when they are meditating an ini- moluite proposal; and the situation i.< so try ing to almost every man who finds himself In it, that it amply excuses the exhibition of a little uneasiness uud nervousness. Mr. Freake certainly was nervous, but he sooti recovered himself. our father is at the meetiir;, I suppose I'citt you feel it very dull Uli by yourself here, Miss Lirripip. ’ 'I Hi no! I hate been singing; and all dav l nave been painting." "Hut dull, 1 mean, without society! I know tnat 1 do, and I have much more society I susptyt, than you have. Unless I go out, the evenings, 1 find, piiss very slowly. I cannot get the excitement of work, for, of course, one can’t point by artificial light; and if 1 li'Lk * gl'ut'‘'ally g,J to ***** over *ny [Chamber»’ Journal ] h*’ •"« It, Lirripip hu'l a pretty face ate I flee h’r '• < ,, year, not to »peak of ex[«-etu- H a Pretty faces are common enough, KI in tin**' days of agricultural <k |»res- KT^jd stagnant trade; but a girl with five Kiu^ah'l a year and a pretty face into the is a positive phenomenon, and, as Kb ca» not fail 10 ,M‘ K’^atly admired by a Kober of more or less eligible» young men Krb a taste for beauty of the must substan- Klkin'I. Even middle-aged bachelors uwoky Knitbeir habitual indifference when, on KDrr introduced to a lovely damsel of two- twenty, they are conscious that th * pos- K-01- of a considerable fortune stands !«•- K-thein; for flit hough money is the root <,f Kevil, it is a root which most jH>ople very Kllinglv undertake the risk of cultivating. ■Sin'c Lydia Lirripip was thus beautiful Kd thus rich, it is not surprising that she Kt not only admirers—men who dared to Kfauncertain things; but lovers, too—men ■bo had the presumption to hope. It is true Lt Lydia encouraged none of them, for she K| quite satisfied to Hve at home with her Kh«rr Gen Lirripip, in Bruton street "I think that you must be difficult to Ltvenor square, and to ride in Rotten Row , please, Mr. Freake. You have a lovely studio, ■tbe morning and to drive inthepark in and you ought always to l>e able to amuse L afternoon. But, fortunately, young men yourself among such beautiful things os you "o-d. rounti. I I,)!!"! require encouragement;nay, in oer- have in your house.” Kin affairs the less encouragement they re 7 Pr^ “No! I don’t think that I am difficult to 1 '“'litar. I live the greater their persistency becomes; please, Miss Lirripip, for I know exactly «fei ,4 Ld considering that healthily constituted wliat I want The fact is that a bachelor’s King women seldom, if ever, give any en- existence is not suited for a man of my feel «Mitili turageinent to young men, the persistency ings and sympathies. I live wrapped up in ie to retij. g these lai ter in the face ot alarming diffi- my selfishness, and feel my heart growing 'Mil of, talties is a matter on which all of us may colder and colder every day. I have beauti two, i Jeartily <•» ngratulate ourselves. Indeed, but ful things in my house, but they don’t satisfy '«Ke. after lrthe persistency who knows whether the me. I want living beauty—something which “s# à. borld would go round/ I may really care for and do for—something »“Koiuem I [t was the height of the London season, and which shall make my life complete. And vrrtirji 4 Lydia Lirripip vent with her father one it was to talk to you about this, Miss Lir 'pwtivtí. kening to a great ball at the countess of ripip, that I came to see you this evening.” 8 PUH farnaby’s. Everybody was there—everv- Lv lia experienced a curious sensation tee tie |odv, that is, of rank and fashion—and ere which she had never felt before. "I ih 1 he had lieen in the brightly lighted rooms “Y ou know, I suppose, Miss Lirripip,” he hr five minutes Lydia was engaged for all continueil, “what 1 mean. You know that “til th, ne dances on the programme. Now, to most I [ since I first saw you, three or four years ago, a» trat, jf her partners she was only engaged for a I have loved you.” And Horace took Lydia's **“■-. Md I Ingle valse or polka, but, for old acquaint- unwilling hand. “Can you,” lie went on, d tuaui- nce’s sake, or for some other reason, she al- “learn to love me? Will you be my—” 1K knowt >wed three gentlemen to take two dances Ratatatattatattattat! There was a knock liunlre] acb. It was no doubt very indiscreet of her at the front door, and Lydia was greatly re ' “1 t¿ d do so. But in one case at least it was also lie veil. 'll corp, I frery good-naturod of her, for she permitted “Is somebody coming up?” asked Horace rmii.a. I fid Sir Pertinax Popinjay, who, as everyone anxiously. “Oh, I so much want to tell you «“'kit I ail. Say you are not in. Send them away. mew, was far too stiff and gouty to move "cusió I [bout proj>erly, to put down his But let me stay. Promise to let ine stay.” 'd tutte I lame for the only two sets of lan- A voice, evidently Mr. Merton Murley’s, 1er. Lg| I ■( Sir Pertinax was effusively grateful was now audible from below, the drawing 'll tk# I Knd smiled his sweetest upon her as he room windows being open and the voice east!» I ■eturneil her programme, and Lydia, inst-’ad being loud. “It is Mr. Murley,” said Lydia. “I expect Kf regretting her kindness, felt thoroughly ■awarded by seeing that she was giving pleas that he only wants me to give some message ure to the grav-haired baronet, who. thirty for him to my father. He will not detain me. K-ears before, had been a noted dandy, but But if I let you stay, you must not talk any Bvho now struck her as being simpl v a prosy more as yon have been talking, Mr. Freake.” At this moment there were footsteps on the Kid fellow, whom very few girls would be Bikely to dance with. Lydia’s other favored staircase, an I Horace, without another word, fled incontinently into the back drawing- i Partners wm-e Mr. Horace Freake— a young Krtist who had that year for the first time room and rapidly drew the curtains behind I ■exhibited at the Royal academy—and Mr. him so as to conceal himself from the new ■Mri ton Murley, a man who had no profession comer, who immediately afterward was an- I Band no occupation, and who, if he had a [ nounced. Mr. Murley was not so nervous as Mr. i ■private income, derived it from it source not Freake had been upon his first appearance. generally known even to his friends. He shook hands with Lydia in an easy and | I In this world many strange coincidences ■happen. Two chemists have been known to light-hearted manner, paid her an airy com pliment, seated himself comfortably opposite I ■make exactly the same discovery on the same her, and, without many preliminaries, ■day; and two astronomers have claimed to revealed the object of his visit. “I know ■ catch sight of a new comet at almost the same that your father is out, Miss Lirripip,” he ■ moment. It is not, therefore, incredible that, said, “and I may as well confess at once that ■ while dancing these six dances with her three 1 have deliberately taken advantage of liis ■ favored partners, Lydia casually mentioned Ito each of them that upon the following even- absence to come and see you upon a subject which nearly concerns my happiness. I ling her father was going to take the chair at should have spoken about it last night but [the annual meeting of the Society for the that I could not command your attention | Encouragement of Cold-water Bathing on save for a few minutes at a time. Now, how I the Continent; that she was not going, but ever, we are safe from interruption.” I would lie alone at home; that she wished that “But, Mr. Murley,” said Lydia, “it would I girls were able like men to amuse themselves; be so much letter if you would call when my and that she envied her partners their clubs, father is in.” their theatres, and their sociable smoking “Oh, that is not important, my dear Miss concerts. Nor is it incredible that, having Lirripip. It is a subject that may be settled I heard this, Sir Pertinax Popinjay, Mr. Hor by you alone.” ace Freake, and Mr. Merton Murley all made “Please, Mr. Murley, do not tell me about up their minds to call upon Miss Lirripip it now,” pleaded Lydia “The windows are upon the following evening, and to make to open, you know, and there are servants about her certain avowals, which, although they the house and—” had long meditated them, they now felt im Katatatatatattattat! pelled to make as soon as possible, and with This time Horace, as well as Lydia, was out any’ unnecessary delay. What these greatly relieved; but Mr. Murley was furi avowals were may be guessed; but why’ the ous. “Let me see you to-morrow,” he said, three gentlemen all determined at the same hastily. time to make them is a question which can “Yes! no! no!” returned Miss Lirripip, not be explained, although the fact that thankful for any opportunity of getting rid Lydia that evening looked even prettier than of him. “Good-by, Mr. Murley, good-by!” usual may possibly have been one of the And the same servant who showed up Sir causes of the extraordinary’ coincidence. Pertinax Popinjay showed down Mr. Merton Lydia little dreamed, when in the small Murley, who glared at the baronet With a hours of the morning she dropped off to look which spoke volumes. sleep, of what was hanging over her. Sir “My dear Lydia,” said Sir Pertinax as he iph Pertinax had made no sign; Mr. Murley had offered both his hands to Miss Lirripip: “you Illi not been more attentive than had for some were really charming last night. I never saw time been his wont ; and Mr. Freake had been such a perfect sylph in my life, and many IT* actually more dull and uninteresting than people agreed with me. You were the belle nd Miss Lirripip had ever seen him. She there of the room. There is no doubt about it.” > is “I'm sure it is very good of you, Sir Perti fore slept soundly, and was undisturbed by yo fears of the coming evening and its visitors. nax, to say so,” returned Lydia. “But I ío- thought that the countess herself—” The following day was wet. The general, “Oh, the countass! She and you cannot be who had lived for many years in India, and to had a liver which caused him to be somewhat mentioned together, my dear. Every one irascible, shut himself up in his library and said so. And beside, the countess of course lie savagely studied the statistics of Cold-water is married. She has met her fate. Ha, ha! m Bathing: and Lydia, who could not go out, But you—you are still—my dear Miss Lydia. d- painted in her boudoir. The Lirripips dint'd I may be a fool, but, upon my honor, I have at 5:30, to enable the general to get to the come here this evening with the determined meeting ut 7:30; and as he had taken intention of asking you whether you will no exercise during the day, and had have me. You know I worship the very >■ been quite unable to master all the informa ground you stand on.” And, to Lydia's great tion he required relative to the average of consternation, the old gentleman, ere she it cleanliness upon the continent, Lydia s could prevent him, gallantly knelt at her father was not in the liest of tempers. “Sit feet, and took her hand, with the evident in- 0 up for me,” he said; ‘‘I shall be in by 11:30.’ tion of pressing it to his lips. “Do get up, please. Sir Pertinax,” said Miss These were his last words, as, the carriage t having been announced, he hurried away Lirripip, forgetting for a moment that Hor i from the table, stopping for an instant at ace Freake was within hearing, but anxious r Lydia’s side to kiss her hastily on the top of that the baronet should not make himself un I the head. ' And Miss Lirripip was left alone necessarily ridiculous even to her. “You in solitary grandeur, sitting atone end of the can talk just as well if you sit down: but r dining-room. She did not stay there long, really you mustn't talk in that way. I don’t want to be married; indeed, I don’t. You but went to the drawing-room, whither she bade the servant bring two candles, which know I like you very much, but I could not but dimly lighted the large apartment. Then, possibly marry you.” Sir Pertinax rose with dignity an 1 looked taking her seat at the piano, Lydia began to rather disappointed. “I had hoped, Lydia, play and sing alternately. that you liked me well enough even for a Tha drawing-room at Bruton street was busban«I. What you say, however, may not like many* other London drawing-rooms. It be final, because nothing can alter my regard occupied the whole of the first floor of the for you, and perhaps in the future you may house, save where in one corner the staircase think better of me.” ascended: and it was therefore L-shaped. the “I could not think better of you than I do, longer arm of the L having three windows returned Miss Lirripip feelingly, “and you do looking out into the street, and the shorter not know how sorry I am that this has hap arm one window looking out over some mews pened. We can never again be the same to in the rear. Heavy curtains of tapertry each other. I am so sorry.” hung between the back and front portions of Sir Pertinax l»*gan to feel sorry too, for, the room, but were usually looped up: and up to that evening, he and Lydia had always in the back room was the piano at which, been like uncle and niece, and in an unea.*j within the halo of the two candles, Lydia way, he turned the conversation into another Lirripip played and sang. channel. But he could not for long carry it She had considerable knowledge of music on, and in less than a quarter of an hour he and a fine voice, and, wrapped up in her oc said good by, like a sensible man as he was cupation, she started when the door of the in spite of his weakness, and «lepartoL front room opened and a servant, who was No sooner bad he quittal the room than to her invisible, announced Mr. Horace Horace emerged from his hiding place. Freake. Lydia blushed to remember all that he had Lydia rose and received her visitor, mean overheard :but he did not allude to it. “ Lydia, time ordering the gas to tie light«?«!. It was he continued, almost as if nothing had hap ^:30. Why had he calle«! at that hour* pened to disturb him, “I love you truly, and Why had he not come in the daytime, while with all my heart. Will you, can you, learn •he was so dull, rather than just when she was to love me, for your love alone will make me singing? But, upon the whole, she was glad to *••• Horace, who, no doubt, simply desire«! completely happy P “Do not ask me, ’ replied L>dia, who was to inquire how she was after the dance of the once more seated. “You know what 1 have PIANOS. just none through. My head is in a whirl " "But think how happy you can make me. m 1 II AG 5.(MM) New and Second-hand Pianoe J OO Per Year. Ml Aral IX at half price. Piano» $75 and up. Anti Lydia! You would be everything to me. as ■ IHIIUU ,ell Piano Factory. 24 i 2tl Ellis St.. S. j iiide»* 1 you are already, and I would spend all my days in making you ha* pv.” tlELTON PIAMIH. HKKIIAM It is unnecessary to chronicle the whole of Pianos, Standard Organs, Sheet Music, and Musical Merchandise of every description at the Wourl the further conversation that took place. MuUc Store. *3.*» Miirkel Mlrrrl. san I rnn- the San Francisco WEEKLY Suffice it to say that at last Miss Lirnpip cisco. Send for our catalogue of 10-cent music. ALTA, being determined that every family »hall be discovered not only tha: she could, but that enubled to read the beat CHAS s EATON. she actually did, love Horace Fn ake a little. weekly newspaper published ASSORTED 1)1 A NOS-Decker Bros.. Behr A. Hr M - BENHAM Emerson, and J on tiie PueiHc Coast, have an<l on the strength of that she promised to I and C. Fiaher. Musical Merchandise Organa— mude arrangements with the maiTy him. Masvn. HamlinX < 'base, Kohler &. » ii.4se.137 Post St ,S. 1 luanufacturers for fifty thou sand gross of their splendid Horace was in the act of presuming upon eftfiftawvcKiu your own town. Term» »ud <5 outfit 1 tens—including the popular th:s promise by kissing Lydia for the first *25 U □ tree A'Wrww H M 4L i ktt t Co.. Port laud. Maine l>rr.nds known as the Central íiicijlc, Falcon, Engrossing time, and was enjoying one of the happiest t.stub). Ladies (444), Busi moments of his life, when a .other of those ness, Colorado and ALTA furious ratattatots shook the bouse. pens, the last-named beau tiful pen Iteing specially tie- “Another.'” said Mr. Freake, with a smile. •. *t11 ?** <r signed and mude for thia Th© Strongest and Best! “I shall go back to my retreat until we splendid premium. consumption . THOMAS PRICE Analytic Chemist, pronounces know who has arrived, for now 1 must l>e on There will be a j>en for every member of the household the GIAN 1? BAKING 1’oWDER nearly one-third —to suit every hand. This magnificent useful pre the spot to look after you.” And in spite of stronger than any sold on the Pacific Coast mium will be sent, post paid, FREE to every person Lvdias protestations, he once more retire I S an F rancisco , September 24, 1883. ® 7 ft A W EE K. *12 a day at nome eawiy made. Cwstlj sending $ 2 for one year's subscript ion to the WEEKLY II. E. BOTHIN. President Bothiu M'f’gCo.: J J ^outfit free. Addresa T bvk A Co.. Augusta, Maine. ALTA. Now is the time to subscribe and gain for to the back drawing-room. D ear S ir :—After careful and complete chemical your family use an article indispensable in every Two minutes afterward the general, very analysis of a can of Giant Baking Powder, purchased household. Remember, to the getter up of a club of m»il 25c. Oirc^Mt five, or more, we send an equal number of boxee of by us in open market, we find that it does not oon- hot and very angry, stanqted up stairs taiu alum, acid phosphate, tiwra alba, or any injuri these fine peas to the etÜMtcrilierH, uiul the same to O Vx •••OfriM). J.S. Bilica A CO., 3* Dey St.. N.Y- and burst into the ¡»resence of his ous Bubstanoes, but is a pure, healthful Cream Tar agente, for commission. Every box contains ONE TULL tar Baking Powder, and as such can recommend it daughter. “Everything has gone wrong!” G ross of P enh . (B R TÍ1 ® nil IHT day at home. Samples worth 85 free to consumers. WM. T. WENZELL i CO , U>U IU U>ZU Addreaa S tinson & Co.,Portland,Maine he exclaimed. “They voted me ont We concur1 Analytic Chemists. of the chair; they Hew in my face; R BEVERLY COLE. MU. N. P. N. V. No. fl. - S. F. N. U. No. 82. J L MEARS. M D . Health Officer. they decided that the wretched for ALFRED W PERRY M D..) Members of San eigners don’t want cold baths.” And he W A DOUGLASS. M. D., - Franciseo Board The old and reliable WEEKLY ALTA, now pub AUd. ALERS, M. D . J of Health. pounded with hisstick, which he had brought lished under a new management oh an Independent Democratic journal, contains the most complete news up with him, and looked at Lydia, as though Mhiuufhctiirrd by flic of any pa|»er on the Pacific Ooaat, and is especially she were the cause of his discomfiture. noted for its correct commercial and financial features; BOTHIN M’F’G COMPANY. has the latest news from every important centre in the “W ell, papa,” said Miss Lirripip, sooth- 17 and 19 Main Street, San Francisco. Union, ns well us by cable from abroad. It is the clean higly, “ all the better. Now you won’t have family paper of San Francisco. Two thouaiaud atltchea a minute. 1 he only thousand ■ neo to spare no effort« or expense to secure to go to any more of their horrid meetings.” The necessity absolutely flrst-clua» Sewing Machine In the its Determined circulation in every family of this Coast, the sub At this juncture Horace, who was troubled for prompt and ef world. Senton trlul. Warranted » years. scription price has been placed at these very low Mend for Illustrated Cutuloyue and ficient household with a slight cold, gave forth a stifled and Agents AYanted. Till. Vt 1 l.sON St. TV* figures : Single subscription, including a premium remedies is daily JI. ING M AC lilN F. CO.. Cbivugo or New York. of one full gross of extra fine, fully finished pens, infinitesimally small sneeze. 82 00 per year—every pen warranted. With every growing more im “Lydia,” cried tha general, as he threw club, of not less than five, extra boxes will be perative, and of sent to the getter up of the club, equal to the num these Hostetter’s himself wearily int» an arm-chair, “I’m sure dr iieivley s ber of subscriptions. Upon Stomach Bitters is there’s a cat in the back drawing-room. Go receipt of the single sub the chief in merit TO TUB scription price (82.00) at our and turn it out. And Miss Lirripip, having and the most pop- office, a box of these superior £. ular. Irregularity no alternative, went cautiously behind the neus will be immediately £ of the stomach forwarded, ami the WEEK heavy curtains, and was there received in her g and bowels, mala- ALTA sent for one Ne-vine known. LY' lover’s arms. ~ rial fevers, liver year, making the subscrip tion in reality only ONE “You cannot speak to him to-night,” f complaint, debili DOLLAR per year. ty, rheumatism whispered. “He would not listen to and minor ail T" T" Ï™ (Liebig s Extract), the Address all communica You see how cross I10 is. Come again to ments, are thor- U Ba f" »"Wonderful Nutritive and tions to the Alta California! morrow.” Publishing Company, 620 oughly conquered California street, San Fran STOMACH by tins incompar- M La fa I Invlgorator. Horace, therefore silently took another kiss; cisco, Cui. Biir i“’,e ,illlll|.v res’or- and Lydia, having unlocked the little-used ajxti > B H fl & ativeanil lnvdiein- Walter Turnbull, door of the back room, chased him, with * w ' al safeguard, and (Pyrophosphate), Tonic Manager. many expressions of animosity, down the it is justly regarded as the purest and most com prehensive remedy of its class. For sale byfall for the Blood, and Food softly-carpeted staircase, and with a cry of Druggists and Dealers generally. for the Brain. “Shoo, cut!” finally let him out of the front door. AV hen she returned to the drawing-room, This Valuable Discovery, lately prepared ami sold in Portland, Oregon, has been extensively used in S3 <><> Per Year. Gen. Lirripip gave vent to some angry ex that locality, and performed many astonishing cures pressions of hostility toward the entire feline As a >rrvinr and Tonic it is ummrpas»v»l. lhe combination of < eiery, Beef and Iron, has ahowii tribe, and when he had thus delivered him to possess wonderful power to build up broken-down self went off to bed. constitutions, and restore vigor to both mimi and body. How the story ended may easily be guessed. It is an efficient remedy in cases of genera I DeIH illy. Sen oils F.vhaHsiion, Meeplrsauess, 'rural When Lydia’s father was in a cooler mood, ••ia DvsiM,i>,»ia. Loss of Physical anti llciiial Horace found uo difficulty in obtaining his Power. I ciliary DiiHriiliic*.and inall Ih* ran ur TORPID BOWELS, ine nt o of Health, where an efficient and agreeable consent to* tho marriage, which took place BEST Tonic and Neri inc is required. three months afterwards; and to the eml of DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. PREPARED AND SOLD BY their days, neither Sir Pertinax Popinjay nor From these sources arise three-fourths or Mr. Merton Murley had any idea that a third the diseases of the human raee. These —AND— L LUTHELL, COX & CO., person was present when they proposed to symptoms indicate their existence: T.oss of Healing Remedy Miss Lirripip in Bruton street, Grosvenor Appetite, Bowels costive, Siclc ILead* 537 Clay Street. - - Sat. Francisco. nche, fullness after eating, aversion to I IN THE WORLD. square. exertion of body or mind, Eructation of food, Irritability of temper, I.otv I The "Local Hit” Man. spirits, A feeling of bavin« neglected some duty, Dizziness»Fluttering at the [Arkansaw Traveler.] 5, P.O.Box 2271 S.F. C al . H. WILSEY, Heart, Dots before the eyes, highly col The “local hit” man of the minstrel show;is ored T rine, CONSTIPATION, and de Of the firm of Fairbanks & Wilsey, has just returned from France with a 0 7 1 a great humorist. He has uo education and mand the uso of a remedy that acts directly choice lot of Norman Stallions. The ONLY DIRECI could not couple two sentences of English to ontho Liver. AsaLiver medicine TUTT'S importers from Franco to the PacificCoast. Selected by THE DINGEE & CONARD CO’S PILES have no equal. Their action on tha him with great care from the best stock in France. 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Chester Co., Pa. For sale, in wood or glass, by the Agent, by express on receipt of 91. got you that time—er haw, haw—he put it on or sent Office, 44 Hurra, Street, New York. S. P. MIDDLETON, you—er he, he.” «UTT’S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREL No. 116 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. The Douglass Jerrold of the stage is called back, and while he rakes the strings of a banjo, says: “Oh, yas, got de bes’ lookin’ J A D ami INFALLIBLE gal in town. Oh, she’s awful fine. Got a foot IN CUllI'NQ like Col. Jaglin's.” Another roar. Col. Jag- EVER FAILS. lin’s face grows as red as a terrapin’s eye, and Epileptic Fits, .s he tries to laugh. His friends slap him, and Spasms, Falling c the fools in front of him turn around, stare 8 Sickness, Convul- impertinently and explode. Ten dollars a h ss week is not a salary commensurate with the slons, St. Vitus Dance, Alcoholism, — 1 o §0 accomplishments of the local hit man, and Opium Eating, Scrofula, and all the manager should better reward him. .a 5 S ts In fact, lie should kill hiru. Nervous and Blood Diseases. C/3 z g C^”To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary Men, < 3 ® One Hundred and Three Men Knew Merchants, Bankers, Ladies and all whoso » a sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros All About Hun Spots. g- tration, Irregularities of the blood, stomach, [New York Journal] ►* 03 or Kidneys, or who require a »ervo T5 An old street scientist in New York has bowels CO tonie, appetizeror stimulant, Samaritan .Very- s been renting a venerable telescope to such ins is invaluable. ts u curious passers by as desired to gaze at the sun and would pay a nickel for the privilege. proel......------------ Quite a crowd collected each day and patron wonderful Invigor age was liberal. It became rushing when the ant that evereuRtain- veteran fakir hung up a sign, “One day only ed a sinking system. rgr$ 1.50 per bottle. —a free view of the sun.” The line extended TheDR ».A RICHMOND half a block. Old Deacon Pennyman, who MEDICAL CO .Sole Pro-1 lives in Harlem, and walks home to save car prietors, St Joseph. Mo ------------------------------ fare, concluded to take advantage of the free Sold by nil Druggista. (28) This BELT or Regenera tor ‘J made expressly for For testimonials and circulars send stamp. show as he came by. He took position 103 in the euro of derangement« EEDI5GI0A’ & CO.. Agents, ban Francisco. of the generative organs. the line and at the end of an hour he was No. There is no mistake about Helf regvlating 3. His face wore an expectant air, and as he this instrument, th© con tinuous stream of ELEC wiped his brow, for it was hot, he asked the Incubator! TRIC IT Y permeating through tho parts must exhibitor: From $20 up. restore them to healthy Send for descrip “How can you afford to do this for nothing, action. l>o not confound tive price list, etc. this with Electric Belt« my friend f’ Thorough bred advertised to cure.all Illi “A wealthy and philanthropic man who from head to toe. It Is foi Poultry and Eggs. tho ON E specific purpose 1011 Broadway, wishes to enlighten the people on the appear rculars giving full information. a«idress < :hcuvei Oakland, Cal. Belt Co., 103 Washingtuu bL, Chicago, 11L ance of thé sun pays me so much a day to B oot G rafts . show it; your turn now.” Seedlings, Cuttings, The deacon bent down, craned his neck as Seeds, Etc. if he was going to cover all the spots at once, and saw “Smiggin’s Sun Stove Polish.” The — deacon solemnly followed 102 wise, sad men down the avenue. ASK FOR Bond us n list of what you want and we will Wliat Hid They Hay ? A quote you a price for [Boston Globe.] tne same, boxed and 7VT freight prepaid to I ha«l the honor lately to perch at a lunch ABK FOR 111. any of tne principal counter near two young men of the genus railroad towns in Cal M burlesque. As near as I could find out, they ifornia, Oregon, and The great remedy for Washington Territory were discussing some manager, and as near as I can remember this was a fragment of If you don't want anything this in ar Bend for their conversation: ‘"Him, pardnerf” said Price List and get posted for another season. one. evidently in reply; “why, he's N. G. I Ami all Diseases of the Throat ami alwas thought his nibs wan yaller, and now I Take no other. Lungs. know it. He took out a quishy fake last sea Niagara Nurseries—Established 1S3V. son, and queered himself from way back. Jf he'd stuck to cross-road snaps he’d been solid to this day, but he got the big head, and that All Dealers in Medicine sell it. settled it. I know the guy. 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