KEEP COOL 
P. O. Hox 5,600. New York City. ) 
This Is a combination Of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents in all the best dis¬ 
trict* of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas *o render us ail 
the assistance they can In currying out our enter¬ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any proflt ou our Importations), wnicli will enable 
ns to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever been known, and of those line qualities 
that seldom reach the interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping tho consumer will take an Interest Incur 
enterprise, and send at onco for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our go^ds, 
we remain, 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church Ht„ 
P. O. nox 3,000. New Kuril City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, In January, 
1874, by tho Conspmora importing Tea Co., in the 
(juice of tho Librarian of Congress, Washington, U.C, 
BY I. W. SANBORN 
When the weather’s hot—if you can— 
Keep cool; 
When your spirit’s wrought—ami you can 
Keep cool: 
When your pride Is touched and your patience tried 
And you seek for a xouu to be ** suttstL'd,” 
Keep cool. 
When your blood Is warm and your temper hot, 
Don’t “fly ” Just then, you had bettor not; 
Reflect for a moment, count one, two, three, 
Then count li aguln and see how you'll be— 
Keep cool! 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS 
Indi-oent—A Parsee. 
Ours at lioiuo—the baby. 
A head wind—a sneeze. 
Dubious weather—W'ether or no. 
The first thing In a boot Is the lout. 
Notes of admiration—love letters. 
A i n oh-ton ed man a tenor singer. 
The coming woman—Annie Versary. 
Queens of 'ArtsFemale graduates. 
A girl of in-bread usefulness— Sally-ratus. 
A suucksful firm—Messrs. Gwin & Wynne. 
Ai.l the colors of the ’spect-rum—A toper’s 
nose. 
People who sell coal do buisness on a “ large 
scale.” 
Hanging is brisk, but with a falling ten¬ 
dency. 
ACADEMY of DesignA young ladies’board¬ 
ing school. 
Moderate thine expenses; be not Idle : keep 
thy counsel. 
Motto for medical students—De mottuis nil 
niel hi» n-'i: in. 
Speaking of tho Israelites, wore they not to 
the manna born. 
When under weigh, sailors can tell whether 
or not the soa Is heavy. 
Why 1b a kiss like a sewing machine V Be¬ 
cause it seams so good. 
What horn produces the most discordant 
music ? The drinking horn. 
In what colors should babies be dressed? 
Wby, in fancy colors, of course. 
A Boston murderer wants his execution 
delayed, as he is in poor health. 
It makes a great difference whether glasses 
are used over or under the nose. 
“ Heat generates motion ’’—Illustration A 
small boy sitting down on a hot coal. 
A Western man who bit his neighbor’s nose 
off was bound over to keep the piece. 
“ THIS,” thought a boy, while being trounced 
by bis fond papa, “ is very like a whale.’’ 
What Is It which has a mouth and never 
speaks, and a bod and never sleeps ? A river. 
“ Sambo did you over see Catsklll Moun¬ 
tains?” “No, sab, but J’vo seen urn kill mice." 
If a person follows punning for ten years, he 
Is sure to pass Into the ranks of decade pun¬ 
sters. 
QUERY?— When Dlcken9 wrote his character 
of Dot, did he have in mind “ a girl of the pe¬ 
riod ?” 
What is it that, that with one s is exceeding¬ 
ly useful, but with two s’s is altogether use¬ 
less? A Needle. 
A person looking at some skeletons asked a 
young doctor present where he got them. He 
replied, “ We raised them." 
A TOURIST who was asked in what part of 
Switzerland he felt tho heat most, replied. 
“When 1 was going to Horne.” 
“They fired two shots at him,” wrote an 
Irish reporter: “the ilrst shot killed him, but 
the second shot was not fatal." 
A blind mendicant wears this inscription 
round his neck: “Don’t be ashamed to give 
only a halfpenny. I can’t see.” 
A kleptomaniac excused himself from the 
charge of stealing on the ground that he took 
the articles In a lit of abstraction. 
Dirty days hath September. 
April, June and November, 
And from February until May 
The rain It ralnctli every day. 
All the rest have ilrlrty-oue, 
Without a single gleam of sun; 
And If uny should have thirty-two. 
They’d be dull and dirty too. 
Shakespeare’s “patience on a monument,” 
doesn’t refer to dootors’ patients. Because you 
FARM for SALE 
Fine Stock farm of 400 acres in Atchison Co.. Kan¬ 
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Ac.; only 20 mile* from Atchison, tin* railway center 
of Kansu*: most improvement* made In ls7l. Large 
new house: good outbuilding*; one milo of new 
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WOLCOTT HR OS., 
Real I’m an- Broken), Toledo, Ohio. 
“ A. LITTLE KNOWLEDGE,” SzC. 
Ignorant. Filly.—' 1 0, see ! John’s cutting the sparrowgrass !” 
Superior Being.— “Ho, sparrowgrass I ’Taint sparrowgrass ; it is sparagus grass. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Fur.llltlen to Club Orgnulzern. 
Send for New Price List. 
T HE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P.O.Box m3. 3l & 33 Vesey St., New York 
Claim to have brought out the best Sewing Machine 
for manufacturing uses ever produced. 
IT IS CALLED TOE 
IT IS VERY STRUNG, 
VERY SIMPLE, 
VERY' EFFECTIVE, 
AND PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY TO ALL 
WHO HAVE TRIED IT. 
Testimonials furnished on application. Examina¬ 
tion solicited. 
Address as above, at 
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Or at Branch Offices in all leading cities. 
These remarkable instruments possess capacities lor niusrcul cfloci and expression never petore attained. 
Adapted for Amateur anil Professional, and an ornament In any parlor. BEAUTIFUL NEW STYLES NOW READY. 
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