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“Jenny, show this bald-headed old noodle 
some cheap Btuir, will you ? There's Jim Spooner 
jess come in, and I want to see him.’’ 
Mrs. 8. chuckled, and Spicer thought they had 
bettor walk on and see what there was at the 
further end of the store. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTER8 
Bue-babb fences are becoming very popular in 
New Jersey. 
A man’s temper is most valuable to himself, 
l_i i i i 
[Jones has just purchased some choice Plants. 
PMDMURCH 7’-1616 
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MANAGING A SALESWOMAN. 
The subject was the employment of women as 
salesmen, or “ salesladies,” as the latest euphem¬ 
ism has it. 
Mrs. S. said she always “ hated to buy any¬ 
thing of a womau.” 
“ That ts bocause one womau dooB not know 
how to use another," said Spicer; “men have 
no difficulty in dealing with shopwornon ; lemme 
show you, and as they entered the toy-store lie 
blandly approached an apple-faced girl, with 
ilaxen h&ir.douo up in small pats over her fore¬ 
head and slightly raising his hat, asked to be 
shown some toys Bui table for a child of three. 
Apple-face turned a cheap locket hanging at her 
neck, right side out, smiled, and said, “yes, sir." 
Spicer turned his eyes around in triumph, but 
his ears unfortunately heard the shop-belle say, 
soto-voico: 
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Many a man haB ruined his eyesight by sitting 
in a bar-room looking for work. 
Two things a man should never get mad at, 
what he can, and what ho cannot help. 
“What is a bat?” asks a contemporary. As 
far as our education extends, a bat is a thing to 
encourage a oat to get off a back fence, and is 
composed of half a brick. 
A down-town man who went to church last 
Sunday, remarked afterward that he preferred 
the organ to the preacher. He said there 6eemed 
to be a stop to the organ. 
A Georoia negro twisted a mule’s tail ttfmrge 
it over a fence. The small attendance at the 
funeral next day showed that the people didn't 
care if he did twist the mule’s tail. 
An Illinois youth invested Sil 60 in a New 
York firm to discover “ How to appear well in 
society.” The recipe which he received by re¬ 
turn mail, was short, simple, and easily under¬ 
stood : “ Always keep your nose clean, and don't 
suck more than one finger at a time.’’ 
A Western would-be philosopher has discov¬ 
ered where the army of tramps which perambu¬ 
late the country were manufactured, and he says 
they are out of “the workshops of soulless 
monopolies. ” The poor fellow ought to be caged 
before making auother such startling discovery. 
Alexander, pacing up and dowu before his 
tent—“Pshaw! Let him wave his sandbag 
Sheriff, if he wants to. Would, however, that 
Alexis, with his bold white terrier, were here!” 
Enter a Cossack—“Sire, Djbtubrichktiveohmag- 
debig is taken.” Alexander—“ Upon my word: 
Well, speed the news to Ivan Bulk Ho, villain! 
Say to Nokopoitchitsky that ere nightfall our flag 
must be in Wbandiakapomensivideky.” Retires 
to consult the map. 
An old-fashioned clergyman named Moore was 
riding on horseback one stormy day, enveloped 
in a loose cloak of large proportions and having 
a broad scarlet collar. By the aotiou of the wind 
the cloak was tossing about in all directions, 
when a gentleman rode up on a spirited horsed 
which shied and almost threw the rider. “ That 
cloak of yours would frighten the devil," said the 
gentleman. “You don’t say so!” replied Mr. 
Moore; “ why, that's just my trade.” 
A gentleman, took his little boy to a model 
farm to see the wonders of the place. After 
they had been there a short time the little fellow 
ran crying to his father, being at the same time 
pursued by a big turkey cock, which was trying 
to get a piece of bread out of his hand. “ What 
my boy, said the father, “ are you afraid of a 
turkey? Why, you ate part of one yesterday.” 
“ Yes papa,” responded the little fellow, wiping 
his eyes; “but thiB one isn’t cooked!” 
Every Farmer and Every Owner of a 
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SHOULD READ 
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