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Spanish women are great S’noras. 
Campaion Jewelry—Election ear-ring. 
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Theasury Department pastry- Mint spies. 
Ip rocks ever bled, they would bleed quartz. 
“ Belles " call a grest many people to 
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“ Union Is not always strength,” as Sir 
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mixing biarurn and water, 
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\Vtty does an omnibus conductor always try 
a silver four-penny piece with his teeth? To 
prove that It’s a four-penny bit. 
A popular writer, speaking of the ocean 
telegraph, wonders whether the news trans¬ 
mitted through the salt water will be fresh. 
A retired schoolmaster excuses his passion 
for angling by saying that, from constant habit 
lie never feels quite himself unless he’s hand¬ 
ling the rod. 
A Maine maid proved true to her lover and 
married him when he came back from Califor¬ 
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came back rich. 
‘‘What Is that dog barking at," asked a fop, 
whose hoots were more polished than bis ideas. 
**Why,” said a bystander, "he sees another 
puppy In your boots.” 
"Bless you,” said John nenry, with tears in 
hi* eyes, "she takes her own hair off so easy 
that perhaps she doesn’t know how it hurtB to 
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gimme a man who can plow around an apple 
tree 'thout touching the roots." 
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horse Into town, and" stopping lu front of an 
Inn, he requested a smull boy to hold him a 
moment. "Hold him 1" exclaimed the boy; 
Just lean him up against the post—that'll hold 
him.” 
A FACTIOUS party went Into a village dry 
goods store, the other day, and was observed to 
be looking about, when the proprietor remark¬ 
ed to him that they didn't keep whisky. "It 
would save you a good many steps if you did," 
was the quick reply. 
"Henry, why don’t you keep u supply of 
cloves In your pocket?" said an Albany young 
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"you wouldn’t theu have to run out after 
every act, and I don’t see why you are so awful 
fond of cloves anyhow I" 
A Cincinnati judge, who hail become per¬ 
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court duties, concluded a marriage ceremony 
recently with the encouraging remark to the 
happy couple—** You will now stand commit¬ 
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P8HAW? It’s easy enough to put up a stove 
pipe. All you have to do is to put on your kid 
gloves, take up your cane, and leave word at the 
tinner's, and when he gets ready, and don’t 
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fishing, he will put your stove up as slick as 
grease. 
A GOOD man made a pathetic address to a 
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concluding he.requested them to sing "Jor¬ 
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was astonished to hear shouted in one un¬ 
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trable.” 
The other day a ragged, red-eyed man stop¬ 
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A FELLOW somewhat "boozy" bad seated 
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ing somewhat affected by the heat and making 
a disturbance was being shown to the door by 
the usher, when he turned around and taking a 
good look at the minister, said in a slow, loud 
voice; "Such preackm’s that s’nough to make 
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Raw Ready.Price VI. 
Address MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
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(CIBCU1.AR. 
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any profit on our Importations), wnichlwiil enable 
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tht t seldom reach the interior, being sold only to 
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Hoping the consumer will take an interest In ou) 
enterprise, and send at once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods, 
we remain, 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. JS Church »t„ 
P. O. Box 5.509. New York City. 
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