(CIRCULAB. 
('oQsnmers  Importing  Tea  Co*) 
No.  8  Clinrol*  Slrc«», 
New  ITork  City. 
P.  O.  Box  6,50B 
Tilts  Isa  combination  of  capitalists  to  sapplftbo 
consumors  of  Teas  tlirouBhont  the  United  States  on 
the  matuaJ  principle. 
We  hare  experienced  agents  in  all  the  best  dls- 
ulcts  of  China  and  Japan  to  select  Teas  espeolallT 
for  our  trade. 
Wo  expect  ererr  consumer  of  Teas  "o  render  ns  ail 
the  asystnnca  they  can  in  carrying  out  our  enter¬ 
prise,  as  wo  make  a  specially  of  SUfHLYlNG  CON- 
SU-MKIIS  u.NJjY  (and  allow  no  middlemen  to  make 
any  proilt  on  our  importations),  wnicii  will  enable 
UM  to  supply  them  with  Teas  at  prices  lower  than 
have  ever  been  known,  and  of  those  flnequalitte 
till  i  seldom  teach  the  Interior,  being  sold  only  to 
Uie  lares  cities  and  among  the  very  wealthy. 
Hoping  the  coBSuinoT  will  take  an  Interest  in  our 
onlerprisc,  and  send  al  once  for  n  circular  with  full 
oxplajjUtloDsof  how  to  proceed  to  obtain  our  goods, 
wc  revutin, 
hlost  respecifully  jours, 
Consumers  Importing  Tea  Co.) 
No.  N  Church  8t., 
P.  O.  Bo*  0,a0».  New  York  City. 
Entered,  according  to  Act  of  CJongress,  In  January, 
1S7),  by  the  Coneamers  Importing  Tea  Co., 
Ottco  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  Washington,  D.O. 
BFASES  AND  SPLINTEBS, 
A  TIE  game — Oetting  manied. 
To  what  ago  do  hogs  attain  ? — Saua-ago. 
The  inim  who  would  like  to  see  you— the  blind  ■ 
man. 
It  makes  a  hen  lender  to  lay  a  while  after  she  ; 
is  dead. 
A  MAX  born  without  feet  must  necessarily  be 
no-to-rious. 
“  You  may  tread  on  mo  for  $4.”  Placard  on  a 
pair  of  bootn.  j 
Wiiy  is  a  snlar  cs’liiiso  like  a  w'oman  whipping  ^ 
her  boy  ?  Jiecause  its  a  biding  of  the  sun.  I 
The  man  who  inulertook  to  walk  against  time  ' 
has  given  u]),  but  time  is  still  going  ahead.  | 
We.vu  men  are  the  hardest  to  oontfOl.  They 
have  no  more  baokbouo  tlian  ananglewonn. 
Ay  odd  mamage  is  reported  in  Bland  County, 
Va.— that  of  Mr.  Alien  Hannah  to  Miss  Hamiah 
Allen. 
Isn’t  it  rather  strange  that  one  of  the  health¬ 
iest  Btatos  in  the  Unioir  should  be  named  Chol- 
cra-do  ? 
The  chap  who  is  quoted  as  being  “  as  honest 
as  the  day  is  long  "  had  better  take  a  back  seat 
until  next  spriug. 
Wht  iiUE-:t  the  letter  “  D"  be  the  most  won- 
deiinl  letter  in  the  silpbabot  ?  Because  It  Is  the 
oanter  of  “  wonder.  ' 
B.ihTi.Err  is  homely,  while  his  two  daughters 
are  tho  oppoiriie,  and  the  boys  have  named  tliem 
the  Improved  Bai  tlett  paii'. 
The  following  toast  was  given  recently  i 
"The  la 'lies!— may  we  kiss  the  ghls  we  please, 
and  please  the  girls  we  kiss !” 
IIoNESTX  and  happmess  seem  to  be  alike  in 
this  partienlar  -those  who  have  the  most  of 
either  soem  to  make  the  least  of  it. 
"  Ma.tiy  Cnr.F.SP,  is  in  the  Ht.  Louis  jail.”  How 
are  the  miUy  fallen !  But  perhaps  her  arrest 
was  "  smear-kase  "  or  mistaken  identity. 
A  scuooEHoy’s  composition  on  the  ox  : — “An 
ox  doo3  not  taste  so  good  as  an  oyster,  but  it  can 
draw  a  bigger  load  and  nm  twice  us  fast. 
A  Westehn  paper  says : — ‘‘  We  ai'e  publishing 
n  tri-weokly  now.  We  get  ont  a  paper  one  week 
and  try  lilte  blazes  to  get  it  out  tho  next.” 
The  Chinese  have  a  saying  that  an  unluokj’ 
word  drooped  from  tlio  tongue  cannot  be 
brought  back  again  by  a  coach  and  six  horses. 
"A Farmer”  advines  strangers  who  wish  to 
get  teeth  inserted  gratis,  to  go  and  steal  his 
fruit,  when  they  will  find  his  watch  dog  on 
guard. 
Bov,  when  you  slide  on  the  long  banister,  of 
the  front  hall  staii’s,  and  go  down  to  the  bottom 
BO  fast  tlmt  it  bums  you  clean  thiough  your 
trowsors,  that's  friction. 
A  Mount  Bethel  townshii}  fanner  cut  open 
an  old  hornet’s  nest,  just  to  examhie  the  inside 
arrangement.  He  says  ho  thinks  ho  will  be  able 
to  Boc  bis  bam  in  about  two  weeks. 
A  YOUNO  man  w'lio  went  aljout  Monday  morn¬ 
ing  snuffing  and  blowing  his  nose,  explained  to  a 
friend  that  "She  didn’t  have  .ady  fire  id  de 
p-viior  Suddy  dight  iid  id  dwas  hlahe  code.” 
Charivari  tells  of  a  negro  named  Domingo,  in 
on©  of  tho  French  colonies,  w  ho,  speaking  of  the 
advantages  of  the  Christian  religion,  said: 
There  wtis  a  time  when  I  knew  nothing  of  God 
or  the  devil,  but  now  I  know  and  love  them 
both.” 
It  is  of  these  hoUday  times  tliat  the  poet 
speaks : 
“  The  Turk  awoke ; 
That  bright  Oream  was  his  last !” 
Tlie  word  "Tiu-k”  being,  of  course,  poetic  li¬ 
cense  for  turkey. 
The  other  day  a  would  -  be  fashionable  lady 
called  at  a  neighbor's  at  what  she  thought  would 
be  supper-time.  "  Come  in,”  said  the  neighbor  ; 
"  we  are  having  a  tableau.”  "  I’m  so  glad,”  said 
the  visitor;  "  I  thought  I  smelt  them,  and  1  like 
them  better  tlian  anything  for  supper, 
Durino  a  reoent  examluation  of  a  class  of 
youngsters  in  one  of  the  Chemung  county 
schools,  tlie  teacher  asked  i-"  Wliat  is  monarchy?” 
and  was  immediately  ausw’ered  by  a  bright  little 
Ijoy : — "  A  countiy  governed  In'  a  king."  "  Who 
would  mle  if  the  king  should  die?”  "The 
qnoen.”  “And  if  the  queen  should  die,  who 
would  be  the  ruler  ?”  “  The  j  nek.” 
"  How'  is  your  beef  ?”  asked  one  gentleman  of 
guothc-r  wliile  dining  in  a  cheap  restaui’ant. 
BETWEEN 
'T'llAt:  ClSIVTliTmVTjVI..  JVEW  YEA-JR. 
JoTuUliCifi  (musing  as  he  awakes,  Jan.  Ist,  1876). — “A  hundred  years  old  this  year,  am  I? 
WeU,  I  feel  like  a  boy  I”  _ 
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