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•’ or puinpiiicl iiiliy explaining the uoove 
illustration, address 
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Of sizes and capacities to suit nil wants. 
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mit attlr Jfcjutnor 
8PARK8 AND SPLINTERS. 
In Spain at a dinner party the oldest lady is 
always seated first. In other words, she is the 
senior-eater of the occasion.— N. Y. Coin. 
Adv. 
“At the Monaghan petty sessions, a soldier 
charged with stealing sis ducks from a poultry 
yard excused himself on the ground that be had 
“ taken thorn for a lark.” 
There tiro probably not less than 9,437 col¬ 
umns of papal obituaries in type in the United 
States. Does tho^good man comprehend how 
expensive his obstinacy is ? 
CoNKUNO says of Morissey, “ I never saw him 
but I learned something.’’ That's the experience 
of a good many persons; hut It costs so like 
the deuce to “ see” him .—Worcester Frets, 
An Irishman, seeing a vessel very heavily 
laden and scarcely above the water’s edge, ex¬ 
claimed : “ Upon my sowl, if the river was but 
a little higher the ship would go to the bottom.” 
Wheiif. there’s a will there’s a way. Liberal 
Scotch farmer, giving Lis work people a dram : 
“ Aw'm sorry, Mrs. McDougal, ye canna take a 
glass on account of your temperance principles.’' 
Mrs. McDougal: “ Hoot, man ! Ye jist poor’t on 
ma hap (a roll) an’ I’ll oat it."— Punch. 
Youno men, steel your hearts against the in- 
siduoug young woman who will make her ap¬ 
pearance at the church fair and smile on you 
and try to induce you pay two dollars for a ten- 
ceut pen-wipor.—Noting woman who expects to 
run an ice cream and cake table at said fair. 
The Anglo Dmzilian Times tells a story of 
an Argentine second lieutenant who made a 
“ pronuneiamento” several years ago in the city 
of Gonientes, bu t was beaten and captured. At 
the courtmmrtial he was asked what post ho 
held. “ l was commamler-iu-chicf of all the in¬ 
fantry of the revolution.” “ How many men 
had that infantry ?” “ Seven men,” was the 
stern reply. 
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A TUiB is a combination of 
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Flower Seed for 1878 will be sent FREE, <n 
January, to all who apply. Customers of last sea¬ 
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collections nr vegetable seed ever sent out by any 
seed house* In America, a large portion of which 
were grown ou my six seed tarsus. Hrlntnl direc¬ 
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