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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Moves in the best society—The fan.— Farm 
Journal. 
A KNOTTY question—whom shall we marry? 
—Merchant Traveler. 
A lot with which everybody is content—A 
lot of money .—New Aye. 
Motto of the massage doctor—1 knead thee 
every hour. — Boston Beacon. 
Why is u bootblack like a bee? He im¬ 
proves each shining hour.— New Aye. 
When a man buys a porous plaster, whether 
he likes it or not he generally sticks to his 
bargain.— -New Aye. 
“WHAT’S afoot now?” asked Will Wide¬ 
awake, the reporter. “Twelve inches, still,” 
answered a pert small boy, as he shot out of 
sight.— Life. 
Goethe once said: “We ought to look at 
some picture every day.” But then, that was 
before the old man saw the pictures in the 
daily press .—New Aye, 
A frenchman in Loudon claims to have 
discovered a certain root which allays hunger 
and thirst. He probably refers to the root of 
all evil .—Boehm Transcript. 
The waiter’s ready explanation: “How can 
you give such a dirty napkin as that?” “Beg 
pardon, sir, got folded the wrong way, sir. 
There, sir, how’s that now ?”—New Aye. 
A mttlk girl’s father has a round bald spot. 
Kissing him at bedtime not long ago, she said: 
“Stoop down, popsy dear, I want to kiss the 
place where the lining shows.”— Traveler's 
Record. 
A SCIENTIST has discovered that the mosqui¬ 
to’s mission is to purify stagnant water. Why 
in the name of common sense doesn’t he keep 
away from people, then, and attend to busi* 
ness ?—Burlington Free ITess. 
“Come, Bobby,” said the old gentleman, 
“you must go to church this morning. When 
I was a boy your age, 1 had to go to church 
twice every Sunday.” “I spose I’d go to 
church twice every Sunday, too,” said Bobby, 
beginning to get. ready, “if I had to.”— Indi¬ 
ana Farmer. 
“That makes the third time you’ve trod on 
my foot,” said : .an in a t-owded hall, speak¬ 
ing to a fellow who stood just in front of him. 
“Are you certain it’s three times?” replied 
the fellow, looking around. “Yes, I am.” 
“Well,” said the aggressor, “you seem to be 
better in arithmetic than I am, and I reckon 
you’d better keep on with the count — Arkan- 
saw Traveler. 
“On, my friends, there are some spectacles 
thatupeu'son never forgets!” said a lecturer, 
after giving a graphic description of a terri¬ 
ble accident that be had witnessed. “I’d like 
to know where they sells ’em,” remarked an 
old lady lu the audience who is always 
mislaying her glasses.— Life. 
Mr. Gunn discharged: Counsel had been 
questioning a certain witness named Gunn, 
and, in closing, he said to him: “Mr. Gunn, 
you can now go off.” The judge on the bench 
seeing the pun, gravely added: “Sir, you are 
discharged.” Of course, an explosion in the 
court immediately ensued.— Youth. 
Disgusted Settler : “1 have farmed that 
quarter section for two whole years and 
haven’t raised enough to fatten a grass hopper. 
It’s nothing but red sand. If I’m not mistaken 
you told me I could make a living off of that 
farm from the very start.” Real Estate 
Agent: “That’s what I told you, sir—you 
could make allying off of it, and so you could: 
the further off the better .”—I 'royressive Farm¬ 
er. 
Fogg: “The most wonderful thing I ever ex¬ 
perienced !” Brown: “ W hat’s so wonderful V' 
Fogg: “I asked a railroad officer a question 
about, his road, and he answered me prompt¬ 
ly and frankly.” Brown: “That is rather 
queer. What did you ask him?” Fogg: “I 
asked him if there was going to be'another 
train put. on next week.” Brown “And he 
said- ?” Fogg: “Said he didn’t know.”— 
Bust on Tran script. 
gUmtisiug. 
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GOOD NEWS 
TO L ADIES. 
The Syracuse Nurseries oiler for the Fall of 1887, a large and unusually choice stock 
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Also covers for AGHICI LTUKA I, 1 >1 PL KM ENTS, W AGONS and Waterproof Covers for all 
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POTATO CULTURE. 
A Treatise on same sent free, by 
ANpinwnlt M’f’u Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Thi^’-. /hat killed your poor father. Shun it 
Av~ malting containing it throughout your 
futirtr-ascful (?) careers. We older heuds object 
to its special • KOUGH’NKSS.’ 
DON'T FOOL S’/TsS J - 
effort*with insect powder, Isirivx Or. . 
what not, used at random all over s'* 
(lie house to get rid of DCCTI CC 
Konehes,Water-bugs, DLL I LCo IJMiX 
For two or three nights sprinkle 
“Round os Rats” dry powder, In, * V 
about and down (hi* sink, drain J w 
pipe. First thing in the morning ” * 
wash it al) away down the sink, drain pipe, when 
all the insects from garret to cellar will disap¬ 
pear, The secret is in the fact that wherever lu- 
seets are hi the house, they must A flliro 
drink during the night nUAuilEu 
Clears out Hats. Mice, Bed-bugs, Flics, Beetles. 
“Rough oh Hats” is sold nil around the world, 
in every clime, is the most extensively advertised, 
and lias the Largrat sale, of any article of its kiud 
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DESTROYS POTATO BUGS 
For Potato Hogs, Insects on Vines, etc., a table- 
spoonful of the powder, well shaken, in a keg of 
water, and applied with sprinkling pot. spray 
Syringe, or whisk broom. Keep it well stirred up. 
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"ROt/CHo«R/\TO“ -CLEARS OUT- 
jft'JiA BED BUGS, 
FLIES. 
Roaches, ants, water-bugs, moths, rnts, mice, 
sparrows, jack rabbits, squirrels, gophers. 15c. 
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TO UK HR1.D AT 
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ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 8. 
Premiums greatly Increased. New features added. 
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