implored, not pronounced, upon our A Sign of Progress ?—Dr. Parkhurst 
beloved country, and the people dis- in speaking of the decadence of home 
persed, having enjoyed themselves so- life, in the Ladies’ Home Journal, says : 
cially as never before upon the Fourth “ Women, also, if we can judge from 
of July. Yes, there were fireworks in appearances, are less matrimonially dis- 
the evening ; with Mrs. Dudley, I had posed than formerly. A good many 
almost forgotten them. Hut the Fourth avenues of employment are opening to 
would be incomplete to some without them that formerly were either closed 
them. _ b. m. T. against them, or if not closed, considered 
a little unfeminine, into which they are 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. now entering in considerable and in- 
Write the order for patterns separate creasing numbers ; and it has sometimes 
from other matter, give bust measure seemed as though the immunity from 
and pattern number, and inclose 10 cents conjugal dominance or matrimonial mis- 
Each pattern is complete with instruc- chance so secured, was a consideration 
tions for cutting the garment and put- Wl th them. . It may be due to a feeling 
> that woman is so much of an oars-woman, 
g g » ler. that she can paddle her own canoe, and 
6374. Little Girl's Dress. to a feeling that if she can do so, she 
would rather like to demonstrate the 
r Lhe short body, in Greenaway style, fact to the other sex. There may be noth- 
is neatly fitted by under-arm and shoul- ing in this, but things have, sometimes, a 
der seams, and is closed in back with little of that look - However that may 
t _.. „ . . ,, .. be, marriage is not taken as a matter of 
pearl buttons, and buttonholes. Full course , as Wh as formerly, either by 
puffed, sleeves, of fcisliion<if)le width, ctre young* men or young* women. 
TAKE IT NOW 
THE BEST SPRING flEDICINE 
“Late last Spring, I began to realize that, from some cause, 
I was losing strength. In short, 1 was a victim of that tired 
feeling. I had also, for some time, been annoyed by small 
sores on my forehead. Remembering Ayer’s Sarsaparilla 
received medal at the World’s Fair, I began to take this 
remedy. At the end of two months, having taken three doses 
a day, all sores had vanished, and I felt as if I had almost 
renewed my youth/’ — L. Naegele, editor and proprietor 
Montana Staats-Zeitung, Helena, Mont. 
w r the only world’s fair 
SARSAPARILLA 
AYER’S PILLS Break up the Constipated Habit. 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
Poetry? Can 1 define it? you inquire. 
Yea; by your pleasure, 
Poetry is Thought, in princeliest attire, 
Treading a measure. 
—Duffield Osborn in Harper's Weekly. 
-Jas. L. Hughes in The Arena ; 
“Every male enemy of the home may 
vote.” 
....Atchison Globe: “A great many 
rich people keep themselves so by acting 
poor, and fully as many poor people 
make their condition worse by trying to 
act rich.” 
... .Cincinnati Tribune : “ ‘The great 
trouble with young men who want to 
see life,’ remarked the corn-fed philoso¬ 
pher, ‘is that they imagine that there 
is none of it worth seeing by daylight.’” 
....Ruth Ashmore in Ladies’ Home 
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books. If your town is not large enough 
to have a circulating library, then act 
like a good Samaritan and give to your 
less fortunate friends of the great, rich 
pleasures that come between the covers 
of a book.” 
92 5th AVENUE. 
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Writ* to-day. 
KING OF ALL 
BICYCLES 
KNIVES AND POCKETS. 
W IFE : “ Will you sharpen this 
knife, husband ? ” 
Husband (taking knife and examining 
edge): “ What have you been doing to 
it, cutting iron ? Isn’t this the one I 
sharpened just the other day ? ” 
W. : “ It’s the only sharp knife I have 
to use, and I remember that it was the 
14th of last September, just six months 
ago, when you sharpened it the last 
time.” 
H. : “ Well, I can sharpen it, I sup¬ 
pose ! ” (Goes out.) 
H. (entering) : “ Here’s your knife ! 
Now, if you don’t scrape the kettles, or 
put it in the dishpan in a lot of hot dish¬ 
water, or throw it in with all the other 
knives, or cut apple stems and pear cores 
with it, you’ll have a sharp knife.” 
W. : “ That is, if I don’t use it, I’ll 
always have a sharp knife ! ” 
H. (impatiently): “Oh! You want to 
learn how to use a sharp knife respect¬ 
ably, that’s all.” 
SCENE II. 
II. (holding garment) : “ Say, wife, the 
pockets in these pantaloons are full of 
holes! Can’t you mend ’em ? ” 
W. : “Why, yes; but, let me see, didn’t 
I mend those pockets just the other day?” 
II. : “ I don’t believe you ever mended 
’em ! ” 
W. : “ Well, let me have ’em.” 
H. : “Do fix ’em up so that they’ll last, 
and a fellow won’t he forever losing 
everything.” 
W. (after mending pockets) : “ Here 
are your pantaloons ! Now, if you don’t 
put your knife or your money or your 
pipe or your tobacco or a lot of string 
and a bundle of old papers or your hands 
or anything into those pockets, they’ll 
outlast the rest of the garment.” 
NENNO. 
waste of harness and shoe-leather! 
Vacuum Leather Oil is best. Get a can 
at a harness- or shoe-store, 25 c a half¬ 
pint to $ 1.25 a gallon ; book “ How to 
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free ; use enough to find out; if you 
don’t like it, take the can back and get 
the whole of your money. 
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing 
everywhere—handy cans. Best oil for farm ma¬ 
chinery also. If you can’t find it, write to 
VACUUM OIL COMPANY. Rochester, N.Y. 
to send for our ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of 
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SOLD! 
UNDER A fstliS 
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The C. F. Guyon Co., Ltd.. Managers 
The Leading Conservatory of America 
Carl Faelten, Director. ^— 1 
Foundedin 1853 by r I 
E. Tourj6e. 
Ilf II I ninCQ— ; 3c. to.50c. a roll. Send 8c. 
IHfHlaLi rnren for 100 fine samples. $1 
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Not of the preparations of coloring 
matter and essential oils so often 
sold under the name of rootbeer, 
but of the purest, most delicious, 
health-giving beverage possible to 
produce. One gallon of Hires’ is 
worth ten of the counterfeit kind. 
Suppose an imitation extract costs 
five cents less than the genuine 
Hires; the same amount of sugar 
and trouble is required; you save 
one cent a gallon, and—get an un¬ 
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for HIRES and get it. 
„ oi Send for Prospectus 
i^^giving full information. 
Frank W. Hale, General Manager. 
Do Your Own Leather Work! 
OG0QQQ0OO 
and all similar complaints absolutely cured. Weart’* 
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E. W. WEART & CO., Philadelphia, l’a. 
Root’s “Simplicity Process” enables any man to 
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$1.25; Hamestraps. 8c.; Hitchstraps, 15c.; Breast- 
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saddlery, etc., etc., cheap. 
Root’s Iron Lasts and Repairing Outfit, $2. Solder¬ 
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Catalogue free. THE ROOT BROS. CO., Plymouth,O. 
THE CHAS. E. HIRES CO., Philadelphia. 
OLD RAZORS HOLLOW CROUNO" 
are the facts developed in my treatise on the 
“New Water Cure,” as practiced by Dr. Hall 
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With first-class 2-qt. rubber Fountain Syringe, 
6 ft. of rubber hose, 3 nozzles and check-valve, 
postpaid, $1. THJil ROOT BROS. CO., Plymouth, 0. 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
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while Teething. It is the Best. — Adv. 
Do you want a good mowing machine? 
If so, we can tell you how to get one for 
a few hours’ work. 
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