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PERSONAL  ITEMS 
Manufacturers  of 
Katk  Kanuoi.i-ii  KoHEits,  tUP-  succcssrm  aciress, 
now  playliiK  Iti  Boston,  »«iyRthat  Aiiiiii  Dickinson 
has  genlua  and  tUiil  she  will  succeoil. 
TiiK  rales  of  fare  are  posted  lu  the  Philadelphia 
street  Cal'S  In  live  languuip.'S.  The  conductors 
knock  down  fares  In  every  known  Uingunge. 
A  OKANGKii  writes  to  a  rural  paper  to  ask  “  how 
long  cows  should  be  mllkr-d  ?"  tVhy  tlir;  same  us 
short  cows,  of  course,  adds  nnotlier  rural  editor. 
“TiiKivK  are  SSS.lltH  silver  dimes  In  a  barrel.’ 
We  are  going  to  bunt  lor  that  barrel. 
DOCS  any  one  know  how  many  au  old  stocking 
liohLs? 
.JOHN  Ecci.ks  of  the  South  Wales  Survey  Deparl- 
meiit  has  luveuted  a  llUiographlc  process  which  Is 
sal<l  to  be  a  great  luiprovement  on  the  coimnou 
practice. 
HTANUKY  WATKKMAN  WATKJtlOO,  0116  Of  tllC 
crJltors  of  the  St.  I.oula  Kepuhllcan,  will  run  for 
Aldcnunu  In  llu!  Seventh  ward  of  that  city. 
tVhy  don't  Alderman  rnn  V 
150ATIN0  Is  repoi'ted  backward  at,  Vassar.  Boat¬ 
ing  always  diu  lmv<*  more  pull-backs  at  Niissur 
than  at  l,he  other  eoUeges. 
Immaterial,  t  hey  do  it  with  skulls  up  there. 
Ki-EAKiNo  of  M  new  club  “with  home  comfoi*^'’ 
some  one  asks,  “  Why  not  have  a  home  with  club 
comforts  V" 
We  do,  but  It’s  a  secret  organization,  only  known 
by  its  ear  marks. 
In  Coi'Mca  the  octopus  Is  an  esteemed  article  c  f 
food,  in  fact,  a  “great delicacy.  ltlsllrstbolle(', 
and  then  roasted. 
The  great  ohjocilon  Ls,  that  you  can’t  cat  them 
on  the  half-shell. 
The  parents  of  the  Louisville  boy  who  swallowed 
a  slate  and  pencil  feci  cerlaln  that  he  Ls  destined 
to  “ligtire”  In  the  world.— f’D/c/han/f,  A'/K/efw. 
That  Is,  of  course,  pi'0'’ldcd  he  don’t  throw  up  the 
sponge.’’ — A(h\ 
CAKi.vi.K  thinks  that  do<'torri  who  nraetlcc 
surgery  on  live  animals  should  be  ludlcteu. 
And  as  he  has  cut  and  punetuiT'<t  live  animals 
about  fus  much,  and  moiv  disagreeably  lUau  doc¬ 
tors  let  him  bo  the  Qrst . 
M  B.iK’ruoM>y,  the  h’reiich  sculptor  who  mod¬ 
eled  the  colossal  sDiiue  of  l.lberty  for  New  York 
harbor,  has  arrlvod  lu  this  city. 
We  have  had  enough  accidents  Lately,  we  don’t 
want  itny  man  around  who  makes  faces  and 
busts ! 
The  Egyptian  Khedive’s  son  Is  expeelod  to  visit 
our  Dcnionnlal.  strange  that:  they  should  allow 
a  mere  youth  so  far  away  from  liLs  .Mummy’s 
apron-st.nng. 
No  danger,  ho  will  moot  his  ancesUir  Faro  in 
I’hlladelphla. 
No  nocturnal  visitors  are  admil/tod  to  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  grounds.  And  yet  they  expect  a  great 
many  Knightly  visitors,  shortly. 
Yes,  but  they  do  the  ma.'iou  work,  you  know. 
This  will  be  a  grand  display  of  elegantly  mounted 
“  dead  heads.” 
TuvT  “lowly lie  of  m-.ilartal  fever”  which  has 
prostrated  Mr.  Blaine  tells  the  true  story  tigalnst 
t,lie  charming  early  spring  weatlier  of  Washington 
and  Phlladelphln. 
If  it’sa  low  type,  leave  the  "  early  spring”  and 
take  another  font. 
A  STONE  ax  of  granite  welghlngthlrtcon pounds, 
verv  porf«a;t  and  symmetrical  In  t'orin,  was  recoui- 
ly  plowed  tip  on  a  farm  In  Marshall  County,  lllli.- 
ols,  near  an  old  Indian  trail. 
The  parly  don't  state  what  he  did  with  the  scalp 
of  the  other  man. 
DoNN  rivrr  Is  now  under  the  Investigation 
harrow,  a  fact  whleh  will  be  of  exceeding  eomfo:t 
to  those  who  havi-  snfTered  irom  Itie  prleksof  tin  t 
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I^Ol'ST’K  HAY  I.DADKR,  liiiuroveil  (or 
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Adapted  to  all  ordinary  meadow  lutid,  and  t<i  any 
farm  wagon.  Miiniifucturod  by  STU.tT'i’O.N  A  t’UL- 
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(1)11/  .mil.  Costs  less  than  steel,  and  hut  a  trijk 
more  than  cast-iron. 
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