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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
NEWSPAPER WAIFS. 
The lady was sitting in the midst of her bundles at 
the shop counter. It was plain enough to be seen 
from her clothing, from her parcels, and from her 
languid air, that money was no stranger to her 
purse. 
Presently a cheaply but tidily dressed little girl 
approached with a bunch of Pond-Lilies in her 
hand. 
“Oh! Aren’t they lovely!” exclaimed the lady. 
“ Can’t you give me one, little girl ? ” 
The little girl draws a Lily from the bunch, rather 
reluctantly, and hands it to the lady, who seizes it 
with avidity. Then, looking at the bunch, she asks— 
“I suppose you could spare me a bud? It would 
look so pretty with this full-blown Lily, you know.” 
The girl selects a bud, and before she can separate 
it from the others the lady has it in her hand. With 
a most gracious smile, she says— 
“ I hope I’m not robbing you ? ” 
“Oh no, mum. I brought ’em here on purpose to 
sell ’em.” 
“Why, you don’t mean to say that you sell these 
beautiful flowers ? How can you ? ” 
“But I have to, mum. Five cents a bunch, 
please.” 
“ Oh dear, no. I don’t care to purchase them. 
These two will do for me—thanks.” 
Moral—There is none; but cheek is as good as 
money, when one has enough of it. 
ASTHMA. 
So far, in our administration of Compound Oxy¬ 
gen, we have not treated a single case of this dis¬ 
tressing disease without curing or greatly mitigating 
the severity of its attacks, and some of the worst 
cases known to the profession have come into our 
hands. It is really wonderful with what promptness 
our Treatment reaches and controls this disease, 
notwithstanding so many of the cases which have 
come to us have been complicated and rendered 
almost incurable by vicious treatment and the inhal¬ 
ing of poisonous narcotics. The following extracts 
from patients’ letters give the results in some of the 
more recent cases of asthma which we have treated: 
In December last a lady in Auburn, N. Y., came 
under our care. What her condition was will ap¬ 
pear from the following statement of,the case: 
“ Three years ago I was taken with a severe cough 
and asthma , wheezing and coughing constantly. I 
became much reduced and exhausted and could not 
lie down for want of breath. Am better in warm 
weather. Have binning feeling in throat and nos¬ 
trils and irritation in the ears. Cannot go out with¬ 
out tying up my head. Cough hard, but raise very 
little. South wind causes wheezing and choking up.” 
Four weeks after receiving the Treatment, reported 
considerable improvement. In March, three months 
after commencing its use, we had the following ex¬ 
ceedingly favorable account of what Compound Oxy¬ 
gen had done and was doing: 
“You doubtless have wondered at my long silence. 
I was waiting patiently and perseveringly to see the 
change in my system that I am now experiencing. 
I am so much better in many ways, and am very 
thankful. It is a rainy and unpleasant day and the 
air is very heavy , and still I breathe free and clear 
down deep. 
“ Oh! if I ever was thankful for anything , it is to 
be able to straighten up andbreathe freely. Asthma 
is getting to be among the things of the past. Once 
in a while in the morning I wheeze a little. It was 
wearing away my flesh; what I had seemed to just 
hang on my body. Now it is harder than it has 
been for years. It is now three months since I sent 
for the Oxygen. I am not well, but much better 
than I expected to be in so short a time. * * * 
“My little daughter is getting so fleshy, and can 
endure her studies with so much less fatigue. She 
never liked to take medicine, but loves the inhaler. 
* * * I am very thankful to you for this agent, 
and the great benefit I am receiving.” 
From another case of asthma we have this report: 
“Before I began using your Treatment I could not 
rest at night. Now I can sleep good. Go to bed at 
ten o'clock and sleep until morning, and feel rested 
when I rise. Before, I could not sleep much. At all 
hours of the night I was obliged to get up and 
cough." 
The following case, as stated by the wife of a sea¬ 
faring man, is quite remarkable. The letter from 
which it is taken is dated Millbridge, Maine, April 
13,1834: 
“In January, 1883,1 sent to you for a Home Treat¬ 
ment of Compound Oxygen for my husband, who 
was suffering with asthma,and had not been able to 
lie down for seven iveeks. He also had a terrible 
cough, and we felt afraid he was in consumption. He 
began taking it as soon as it arrived, and in one 
week he was able to go to bed and sleep well all night. 
In April he was so well that he decided to go to 
Australia (he is a seafaring man). I felt afraid that 
the asthma would trouble him again when he was on 
the water, but he did not have it but once, and that 
was soon relieved by taking Oxygen. That was in 
August, 1883, and he hasn’t taken any since. 
“Now he writes me from there that he has the 
best of health, and feels like a new man in every 
way. He had been troubled with asthma for nearly 
three years when he began to take the Oxygen. He 
sent to you for a second Treatment, but has had no 
occasion to use it.” * 
Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen is sent free of 
charge. It contains a history of the discovery, 
nature and action of this new remedy, and a record 
of many of the remarkable results which have so far 
attended its use. Address Drs. Starkey & Palen, 
1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Little five-year-old boy had been to school wearing 
the kiit skirt common to boys of that age. Some of 
the larger scholars plagued him for wearing dresses. 
After the holiday vacation he -was sent to school in 
a complete boy’s suit, of which he was quite proud. 
One of the girls wrote him a note, saying that he 
looked like a little man. In telling his mother about 
it he said: “ Mamma, Hattie sent me a letter telling 
me I looked like a little man, and I wrote her one 
and told her she looked like a daisy, only I couldn’t 
spell daisy, so I spelled cat.” 
A READER WHO HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A 
quiet, healtful, and attractive place to spend the 
summer, away from the dust, heat, and glare of the 
city, visited a number of places along the line of the 
New York, Ontario & Western Railway, and decided 
upon Liberty, Sullivan County, 119 miles from New 
York, and nearly 1,600 feet above the sea. 
He writes of it: “Around it tower the summit of 
the Blue Mountains, and the scenery is remarkable 
for its beauty, the rounded summits of Walnut 
Mountain, Thunder Hill, Sumac Point, the wild and 
attractive loveliness of the Mongaup Valley, the 
broad expanse of Broadhead and Lily lakes, the 
high altitude with the cool, health-imparting breeze, 
all took my fancy. The whole region I found to be 
free from malarial fevers, the height of the village 
above the sea level precluding hay fever and rose 
colds; the resinous perfume of the Pines, Hemlocks, 
and Cedars, make it a very desirable region through 
the summer for those troubled with throat, lung 
diseases, or rheumatism. 
The ride to Liberty over the New York, Ontario & 
Western Railway, I think, is unsurpassed for beauty 
and variety of scenery. From the starting point at 
Jersey City, it is a constant series of surprises, bold 
promontories, beetling cliffs, sloping plains, tunnels, 
high bridges, ravines, etc. The road is constantly 
winding a serpentine course, either around the base 
of lovely mountains, fastnesses, or scaling craggy 
heights, presenting one of the most picturesque and 
grand views in the world, and from the time it leaves 
Cornwall, there is a rapid rise in the grade till the 
highest point is reached, over 1,800 feet above sea 
level. 
There are many boarding places at Liberty. I 
stopped at the Liberty House, kept by U. S. Messiter. 
He has a nice place, well located, and sets a good 
table. 
I visited other places, but none offered so many 
inducements for health, comfort, scenery, etc., as 
Liberty. 
S UMMER HOMES AMONG THE MOUNT. 
AINS 2,000 FEET ABOVE THE SEA.—Copy of 
“ Summer Homes,” published by New York, Ontario 
and Western Railway Company, given away upon 
application. Gives list of over 250 Summer board¬ 
ing-houses, farm-houses, and hotels along its fine in 
Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Delaware, Chenango, and 
Otsego Counties, N. Y., with rates of fare, price of 
board, distance from station, etc. Apply at offices 
below. 
NEW YORK AND THOUSAND ISLAND.LINE, 
Via New York, Ontario and Western Railway and 
daily line of steamers from Oswego, (including Sun¬ 
day,) touching at Kingston, (Canada), Clayton, Alex¬ 
andria Bay. Pleasantest route to Thousand Islands. 
Night express, with Pullman sleepers, leaves New 
York 7 p.m., arrives Oswego 7:45 a.m.; boat leaves 
on arrival of train. Day express leaves New York 
8:30 a.m. Depots and ferries in New York foot of 
Cortlandt and Desbrosses streets, and West 42d 
Street. Time-tables, tickets, and copies of “ Sum 
mer Homes” at Nos. 162, 207, 201, 363,946, 1,322 
Broadway, No. 737 Sixth avenue, 168 East 125th St., 
5 Union Square. In Brooklyn, 4 Court street, Annex 
office, 838 Fulton street, 7 De Kalb avenue, and de¬ 
pots. Steamer egins trips June 29. J. C. ANDER¬ 
SON, General Passenger Agent, 24 State Street. 
Are you going to Boston or to any other New Eng¬ 
land point ? If so, please bear in mind that the 
Stonington Line are now running their steamers via 
the inside route. So passengers can leave New York 
at 5 p.m., from Pier 33, N. R., any day (except Sun¬ 
day) enjoy a cool sail on Long Island Sound, and by 
taking the first train at Stonington, arrive in Boston 
6 a.m., ahead of any other line, or can remain on 
steamer to breakfast until 7.10 a.m., and be in Boston 
at an early hour. From Boston, Steamboat Express 
Train leaves Boston and Providence R. R. Station at 
6.30 p.m. daily (except Sundays). 
N ew York, Susquehanna & Western R. R. 
Hew Route to Delaware Water Gap and Stroudsburg. 
Leave New York, foot Cortlandt and Desbrosses 
streets Ferries (Penn. Ferries) at 8.00 a.m. and 
3.30 p.m., for Hackensack, Paterson, Wortendyke. 
Pompton, Butler, Newfoundland, Franklin, Ham¬ 
burgh, Deckertown, Unionville, Middletown, 
Sparta, Washingtonville, Swartswood, Stillwater, 
Marksboro, Blairstown, Columbia, Delaware 
Water Gap and Stroudsburg. 
Paterson and way stations at 7,00, 9.30 a.m., 
12.00 in., 1.40, 3.30, 4.30, 5.00, 5.30, 6.00, 
6.30, 8.00 p.m. 12.00 midnight. 
Wortendyke and way stations, local trainsat 12.00 
m. 5.30 and 6.30 p.m. 
Local trains to Butler and way stations at 12.00 
in., 5.30 p.m. 
SUNDAYS: 8.00 a.m., for Middletown, N. Y., 
Blairstown, Delaware Water Gap and Stroudsburg 
and way stations. 1.00 and 7.00 p.m. for Pater¬ 
son and way stations. 
I. I. DEMAREST, Gen’l Pass. Agt. 
American House , Boston. 
Newly furnished, re-decorated and greatly improved by recent alterations. 
Convenient for Business or Pleasure. 
Particularly desirable for Families and Tourists. 
HENRY B. RICE & CO., Hanover, near Washington St. 
