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PERSONAL  ITEMS 
GALVANIZED  CABLE  STRAND 
For  Fencing. 
Thf  only  •mUnfactory  W’tr*  Ptnrt  Icnoivn, 
HANDSOME.  DURABLE.  CHEAP. 
r.  ft.  JUSTICE,  U  N.  &th  St..  FhiJadolpbJa. 
Williams’  Noiseless  Thresher 
1*IIK.‘<1DKNT  QU.iNT  IS  W  J'OarS  Old. 
John  Vouno,  uoti  ot  lirlL'luiiu,  Aas  but  one 
wife. 
A  sciTt.i’TOK  has  been  al  work  ou  a  model  for  a 
pale  coat  of  thought. 
A  cKMKiKHV  18  the  lu»t  place  In  the  world  lii 
which  to  htok  for  a  nuia. 
Wai.t  W1UT.VIAN  has  written  a  poem— “The 
I’rayor  of  the  Canuxui." 
A  CKa’i'AiN  man  whoHO  clotUoH  uhlne  from  ago 
thliik.s  hltuself  a  |)OlUhed  geutlemap. 
I)B.  I’KPi-KK  l8  .Medical  Ulret:tor  at  thoCeuten- 
nlnl.  Dr.  I’cpptjr’B  report  will  ho  road. 
An  editor  wanted  aouiotldug  Irom  the  pon  of  a 
f.ii'tner.  lie  reoclsod  a  pig  and  a  bill  fpr 
Tiik  Kii>i)eror  William  of  Germany  will  notsub- 
miU  when  truveUug,  bj  bo  dlHtlngulahed  la  any 
way  from  bla  retluuo. 
.Mi.Ha  Pb«kv,  a  lady  lawyer,  who  graduated 
from  Mlohlgitii  Unlversih)'  last  spring,  luws  recently 
won  an  Important  lawsuit  In  Ubloago. 
doi.nwiN  Svnii  wants  to  boo  tho  man  who 
knowK  that  IJiore  l.s  a  hereafter,  (loldwln  will 
some  day  think  ho  fcnowa  him  ;Ul  too  well. 
AoMtiui,  Vkk.son  Jacmon  died  recently  la  En¬ 
gland.  lie  was  the  original  of  Ouptaln  .Marryafs 
capital  oliaracter  of  O’Hrlon  In  “  Peter  Simple.” 
Mk,  I.anikr's  cantata  would  have  betrn  inuoli 
bi*tt.or  If  the  head  and  tall  of  It  had  boon  cut  off 
and  Bouio  other  llnc8  put  In  tho  place  of  the  re.  t 
of  It. 
A  l  AiiMKic  III  Berks  County,  reuiisyivanlic  has 
use!  tUo  rtamc  scytho  for  thlrty-ilvo  yoars,  and 
itxfiecUs  to  lit  ike  It  last  until  he  la  liljnsoU  cut 
down. 
.Siam  .\inerlcan  girls  ns  have  married  Chinamen 
pronounce  them  o.'cceUent  hushauds.  ‘Molin'’ 
does  all  the  work,  while  his  wife  reads  all  the 
novels. 
.'Vn  Ohio  clergyman,  jiraylng  In  his  church  was 
Intiirrupted  by  his  dog,  which  trotted  up  the  aisle 
and  pnipit  stains  and  put  hLs  paws  ou  his  mas- 
tcr’.s  shoulders. 
A  ('HEyKNNB  editor  says  the  only  way  to  treat 
tho  Indians  there  is  to  boot  them  out  of  town. 
Pshaw!  you  wouldn’t  Klckapoo-r  fellow  for  noth¬ 
ing,  would  you? 
I.UKK,  tho  Jockey  who  rode  Petrarch  In  the  Two 
I'housand  Oultiea  race  at  Newmiirket,  England, 
HUhseipiently  i  iHp'lved  an  auunyinous  gift  of  .6500, 
encUxseil  in  an  envelope. 
Anna  Dickinson  cleared  $100  by  bor  opening 
night,  and  If  she  Is  a  failure  Hho  has  money 
emmgli  to  buy  a  siiiing  bat  and  a  now  dress  and 
go  Uonie  looking  real  sweet. 
Tub  2,i5ii)th  anniversary  of  the  foundation  of 
Home  by  Komulus  was  celebrated  in  that  city  on 
the  2:id  of  April,  with  an  Illumination  of  the 
aiithpie  monuments  and  relics. 
'I’HB  young  man  who  was  oilcrod  a  situation  In 
a  tobacco  factory  at  IVvo  dollars  a  week,  half  of  It 
to  be  iiald  In  dne-i.mt,  replied  that  he  dUln'tchews 
U)  accept  any  sucli.  chores  as  that. 
Don  Cakuis’h  horse,  upon  wlUch  ho  Intended  to 
make  bis  tiluiuphal  entry  Into  Madrid,  has  been 
put  up  lit  raiiie  in  that  capital,  Tho  proceeds  are 
to  go  In  Uhl  of  tho  wounded  campalgiiei'S. 
TiiK  editor  of  the  Itocky  Mountain  Nows  la 
worth  $5iiit,0ii0,  iiiul  yet  bo  labors  away  u.s  It  be 
eouldu't  afford  two  calico  shirts.  Ills  wealth 
con.sIsLs  of  notes  of  baud  from  roving  Indians. 
(iKN.  John  A,  KiriTKK,  who  owned  tho  ground 
upon  which  California  gold  was  first  discovered, 
Ls  now  said  to  bo  a  very  poor  man,  whose  friends 
arc  petitioning  Congress  toi  vote  liUn  a  peiLslon. 
A  Paik  of  iruliann  twins  HO  years  old,  If  wo  may 
believe  tho  t:hlc.ago  Times,  want  to  puss  them¬ 
selves  off  as  a  centenarian.  Ueballng  society 
will  iiloa.se  eoiniueuce.  Wo  stand  by  the  twins. 
A  MOUNTAIN  of  superior  white  chalk  has  been 
discovered  In  Idaho,  and  now,  If  a  never  falling 
spring  Is  In  close  proximity,  an  enterprising  man 
might  start  a  tialry  there  without  Investing  in  a 
single  cow. 
A  lUKBisiiuno  man  who  boasted  he’d  never 
seen  the  horse  that  could  throw  him,  was  lauded 
111  a  druggist  .show  window  live  mluutos  after¬ 
ward,  amid  a  chorus  “  There’S  alight  In  the  win¬ 
dow  for  thee.” 
Now  subaorlhe  for  tho  new.spaper.  An  eminent 
physician  says :  <  )ne  of  tho  cheapest  and  most 
enicleiit  chest  iirotoctors,  when  unexpectedly  ex¬ 
posed  to  cold,  raw  winds,  Is  a  folded  newspaper 
Inside  the  vest, 
Ani>  now  hl.storlan.s  tell  us  that  Montezuma 
was  pot  .such  a  huge  fellow  after  all,  but  only  a 
simple  Indluu  Clilcf,  minus  luarble  halls,  bags  of 
diamonds,  and  mouiiUliis  of  gold  and  silver.  Just 
like  tho  rest  of  us. 
Macaci.rv  says  of  Mrs.  Beecher  fttowo:  “lam 
glad  that  l  mot  her  so  seldom,  and  sorry  that  I 
mot  her  at  all.”  And  of  her  book  (Uncle  Tom’s 
Cabin) :  “  It  Is  the  most  valuable  addition  that 
America  has  made  to  KugU.sh  literature.”  The 
value  ot  the  compliment  to  the  book  depends  upon 
whether  ho  read  It  before  or  after  he  formed  Mis. 
S.’s  acqualutaucc. 
Olb  Bunn  has  just  returned  from  a  most,  sqccess- 
fui  tour  in  Egypt,  where,  according  to  a  promise 
mailo  to  the  King  of  Swedeu  and  Norway,  he 
played  on  the  lop  of  the  pyramid  Cheops  on  his 
his  last  birthday,  Peb.  6.  Having  accomplished 
this,  he  telegraphed  to  the  King,  who  answered 
him  iinniedlatcly : 
“  I  thank  you  for  your  telegram  and  rejoice  In 
all  your  success.  Osoak.” 
Patent  Carbon  Plow, 
Wood  or  Iron  Beam 
}lard«'Ai 
VnowD 
•AlMUUiCit. 
CARiioihlk 
Carhmi  /.•»  a  prnt'fu;al  iiiUixtrt<  of  StM,  Inm. 
and  otfuT  metah.  CaM  in  fonn-,  harder  than 
afei'f  nr  any  surfanf-rkitled  iron.  Will  unoiir  in 
any  hoU.  Com's  U'sa  than  sUel,  and  hut  a  trijle 
more  than  east-iron. 
w/>N-’ 
The  Ilion  Patent 
For  I.lKht  Kunnlna,  Easy  ManaKoroent,  Slinpllcity,  Durability,  and  the  (rreatest  amount  cf  arain  Threshed 
and  Cleaned  In  the  shortest  time  without  waste,  stands  unequalcd  by  any  Threshing  Machine  In  the 
world.  Warranted  ns  rcprosonlod,  or  may  bo  returned  to  us  at  our  expense. 
For  Circular,  vlving  full  particulars,  address 
M.  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 
St.  Johnsville,  Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y. 
A.  i*.  l>ltilLK¥,  liaclno,  \V1«. 
MAKCKi.I.US.  UoclieHicr,  N.  Y., 
Agent  for  Western  New  York. 
Self- Discharging  and  Hand 
Lever  Hay  Rake. 
Matthows’  4iiardcii  Seed  Drills 
and  irfatihewA*  Ilniul  CnliiTators,  are 
the  most  rehable,  durable,  ^ 
popular  and  .salablu  ever  pr.i-  ^ ^  ..j.  f^j^T 
duend.  ftold  separate  oroom./TQY^Ba^^ 
biheci.  8ond  for  Circular 
Maniifartiircd  only  by 
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For  prices  and  further  luformution,  address 
ItK.ni.NL!T«.N  AtJ’I.  C’O., 
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HORSE  HAY-FORK 
BEST  IN  THE  WORLD. 
Manufacturers  of  Agricultural  Implements, 
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MAY  BE  SEEN  AT  CENTENNIAL 
Doscrlpt.lvt?  Catalogue  sent  free. 
PKMYOCK  MANl  I'ACTI  UIXC  CO. 
Kcnnctt  Square,  Chc.sler  Co.,  l‘a. 
III.KY  IM,D\VS.-TIIE  SI 
are  tho  only  maiiufacturiirK  ot 
TAYLOR  RAKE 
Over  1,200  First  I*ri:es  ami  Premiums  airardea. 
Six  aurereul  styles  made,  incluCUuy  Hand, 
Fo<f{.  ami  .Self- Data  id  ay  JlaK'e. 
The  best  and  clieaucst  In  th<‘  cnnrket.  Bo  sure  and 
see  one  before  purchasing.  Manufactured  by 
II.  U.  TAYI.OK.  Dnyton,  O. 
Circulars  sent  tr*f  on  applicatioH, 
OSBORN’S  SULKY  PLOW 
NEW  FORCE  FEED 
BUCKEYE  GRAIN  DRILL 
LIGHTKST  OF  ITS  CAPACITY  LV  ISK. 
Sperinlly  ndnpicd  for  u»«'  In  n  hilly  conn 
try.  Send  for  a  Oirniilur.  Manufactured  by  the 
BATAVIA  STEAM  KNtilNK  CO.,  Batavia,  N.Y. 
the  only  I'lowing  Machine  that  has  proved  a  perfect 
success  m  nil  kinds  of  soil.  Any  kind  of  plow  can  be 
attached.  The  piowtiiun  rides  and  handins  the  plow 
with  ease,  reguluilug  the  dcpUi  ntui  width  of  fiirrnw. 
The  draft  for  tnc  toaro  is  materially  h.ss,  nml  the 
ordinary  Inbnrtnn*  mode  of  plowing  Is  reduced  to 
onti  <>t  cum  fort  and  ease. 
The  Meadow  King  Mower, 
and  oLlicr  Agricultural  Iniiilomouts. 
CO., 
Truiiiniisbiirg,  ToiiipUJiiH  tie.,  N.  Y. 
wltli  Fertilizer  Attsicliment, 
OVER  35,000  IN  USE 
IIAV  l.UAUSK.  liu.rov.<,l  tor 
1!H9H.  lucJudiUK  Wiud.Breuk  Attaohiuent.  War- 
ranted  to  pitch  u  Uiu  of  hay  from  the  witirow  in  flve 
Dilnutea.  and  take  It  as  oluun  as  by  the  bund  fork. 
Adapted  to  all  ordinary  meadow  land,  and  to  any 
farm  wagon.  Manufactured  by  S’l'KA'l’TOfS  A  CUL- 
LLIM,  Agricultural  W orks,  Meadvllle,  I'a.  Scud  for 
Descriptive  Circulars  early. 
Lawn  Mower 
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TWO  STVI.KS  HOttSB  MAOlIlNEfi. 
The  most  complete  uud  perfect  Lawn  Mowers  In  the 
World. 
The  sales  exceed  a  other  J.awn  Mowers  combined. 
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