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THE BUBAL UIW-VOBSCER. 
DEC 4 
CATS-ABIANCA. 
A cat sat on the old back fence, his comrades all had 
fled, 
And as a natural consequence things flew about his 
head: 
Boot-jacks, bottles, stools and bricks, the neighbors 
wild did fire. 
But he his chops did calmy lick and loudly yelled 
“Ma-ri a '.’-Life. 
When the tailor gets rich it is by shear in¬ 
dustry.— Philadelphia News. 
A kitchen proverb—things rubbed against 
a grater become less.— Lebanon Gazette. 
Pigeons lose their mind more than other 
birds. They are so flighty.— Michigan Far¬ 
mer. 
What’s all this fuss about raw material, 
anyway? Let it be cooked in the heat of the 
campaign.— Life. 
In Boston the neck of a chicken is called 
Napoleon, because it is the only bony part.— 
Texas Iron News. 
Conductor (in crowded street-car): “Move 
up! 5 ' Suffocating passenger.: “Gracious! 
Where? On the rootV'—Fuck. 
The difference between ladies and ducks is, 
that ladies are dressed to kill, while ducks are 
killed to dress.— Somerville journal. 
It ceases to oe a matter of wonder that a 
sailor sticks to his ship when it is remembered 
that he is a tar .—Binghamton Republican. 
The ancients believed that the whole earth 
was square, but then they had never had any 
dealings with a traveling ^peddler.— Burling¬ 
ton Free Press. 
“You fellows charge a very high price for 
pulling teeth,” said a real estate dealer to a 
dentist. “Oh, I don’t know about that, ” was 
the confident reply, “we only charge a dollar 
an acher.”— Time. 
sMuertistcfl. 
Re) 
seth Arnold$ 
COUGH KILLER 
Dr. Seth Arnold’s 
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Druggists, 25c., 60c., and $1.00. 
PIIAKC’S POTATO CHART 
Compiled from information obtained from ail the 
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