June £§ 
(Slit and Ihtmar. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
Spirit of the press—Cider. 
A seedy occupation—the florist. 
The best life policy—Keep out of debt. 
What is the form of att escaped parrot '< A 
poily-gone. 
What the girls say: “ A thing of beauty is a 
boy forever.” 
What is that a poor man has and a rich man 
wants? Nothing. 
Consolation for old maids—“ Misfortunes 
nevercome singly.” 
To remove (landruff— Go to Arizona and in¬ 
terview the Apaches. 
The herring is a near relation to the shad—In 
fact, an ’erripg brother. 
Why 1h a drawn tooth like things.forgotten ? 
Because it is out of the head. 
It is sad to see people squandering money 
und know you cannot help them. 
In reporting a banging match, a Nevada 
paper always heads it “ The Latest Noose." 
Why should the last boy born to a family be 
named Doxology ? Because he’s the last of the 
hims. 
An Irish doctor lately sent his bill to a lady as 
follows: “To curing your husband till he 
died.” 
Why Is coal the most contradictory article 
known to commerce? Because, when pur¬ 
chased it goes to the cellar. 
“ 1 go through my work," as the needle said 
to the Idle boy. “ But not until you are pushed 
hard," as the idle boy said to the needle. 
CONSIDERATE father; “You should eat 
Graham broad, my son; It makes bone. Re. 
■ponsive youth: “H’m, I’m ’bout nil bones 
now.” 
Mns, Cobb, of Illinois, bas left her husband 
because be gets corned too often. He says 
that 'tls beoause she wants him to shell out 
too frequently. 
"Why Jennie, you look good enough to 
eat,” said a loving husband to his wife one 
morning at breakfast. “Well I’m eating as 
fast as I can, ain’t 1? " 
"Can you Inform rue,” said a student to a 
book-seller, “whether I can And anywhere 
the biography of Pollock?" “Yes I dare say 
you will And it. in the Course of Time. 
A YOtJNa lady, while out walking heard for 
the llrst tirno her mother's Intention to marry 
again, and she was obliged to sit down and cry 
about It. She oould not go a stop-father. 
A bacheloii recently made a will, leaving 
bis entire furniture to be divided among the 
girls who refused him. “For to them,” ho i 
added, feelingly. "I owe all my earthly happi¬ 
ness. 
" Every tree is subject to disease," said a 1 
speaker In a fruit-growers’ convention. “ What 
aliment can you Und on an oak?" asked the 
chairman. “A-corn," was the triumphant 
reply. 
Some Ingenious observer bus discovered that 
there is a remarkable resemblance between a 
baby and wheat, since it is cradled, then thrash- 
ed, aud finally becomes the flower of the ' 
family. 
A mother and father are trying to force 
their daughter to marry. Daughter (loquitur): 
" There are many reasons why I won’t marry 
him; In the first place, he is too hideous and 
stupid 1" Mother (with dignity): “Stephanie, 
did I not marry your father!’’ 
"I SHOULD think you would be ashamed to 
pitch into that little boy," said a pedestrian, as 
he caugiit a big bootblack culling a small news¬ 
boy. “ Ye would, hey ?” sneered the lad, as he 
gave bis nose n wipe. “ D'ye think I’d go for a . 
big boy and get, all pounded up 1" I 
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DISCRETION TUB BETTER PART OF VAMB. 
WILLARD’S 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BOOK 
NOW READY AT THIS OFFICE. 
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Every Farmer and every Family where 
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and is replete with 
PRACTICAL HINTS, 
SUGGESTIONS, 
and INFORMATION 
NEW AGRICULTURAL 
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of value to every one who makes Butter. It 
contains 171 pages, in which the subject is 
treated both scientifically and popularly. 
Among the new topics of interest, and which 
heretofore have not been presented to the pub¬ 
lic are; Prof. Wilkinson’s plan for controlling 
temperature in dairy rooms; the Swedish sys¬ 
tem of setting milk for cream in ice water; 
the new practice adopted at the Ridge Mills 
Creamery, and the recent method for improv¬ 
ing skimmed milk in skimmed-cheese manu¬ 
facture. These are very fully discussed. 
Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of $1. 
Address 
BUBAL PUBLISHING CO„ 
78 Duane St., New York. 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. 8 Church -Street. r 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. ) 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United State-' on 
the mutual principle. 
We hnve experienced agents In all the best dig. 
tricts of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas -o render ns ail 
j the assistance they can in carrying out our enter- 
| prise, as we make a specialty ot SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS' ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any proflt on our Importations), wnieb will enable 
us to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever been known, ami of tho’c fine qualities 
that seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest in ouj 
enterprise, and send at once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain onr goods, 
we remain. 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church St., 
P. O. Ilox 3,309. New York City. 
according to Act of Congress, In January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., In the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C, 
BUY MILLER BRO’S CHEMICAL PAINT. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased FactIItie* to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price List. 
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P. 0. Box 5843. 3i & 33 Vesey St., New York 
CEM) FOR CIRCULAR of the best Paint in 
I Q the world to RUBBER PAINT CO., Cleveland, 0. 
WOLCOTT BBOS 
Real Estate and Loan Brokers, 
Cor. Summit and Monroe Sts., 
TOLEDO, 0. 
Real Estate purchased, managed and sold on com* 
mission. Large properties and manufacturing estab¬ 
lishments a specialty. Money loaned on Heal Estate. 
All money und papers remitted through banks. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
Buy the CHARTER OAK LAWN MOWER. 
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Claim to have brought out the best Sewing Machine 
for manufacturing uses ever produced. 
IT IS CALLED THE 
IT 1.8 VERY STRONG, 
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Or at Branch Offices In all leading cities. 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, conducted by 
our jolly friend, Hon. D. D. T. Mount!, leads all the 
papers of Its class in this country- it is edited witt 
great care and has a targe variety of interesting and 
instructive departments for the family and me ore- 
side. Convenient in form, remarkably neat in typog¬ 
raphy. abounding in timelv illustrations, and well 
fllled with the choicest of matter, both original and 
selected, it bas no superior In Its peculiar sphere.— 
Yonkers Gazette. 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker is an excellent- 
Agricultural paper, and very popular As u family 
visitant it 1 b hard to beat in the attractions it holds 
forth for young und old. We are pleased to see that 
Mr. Moouk Is full of his old enterprise aud bent on 
making the gager better and better front year is 
year .—Yates Vo. Chronicle. 
