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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
NEWSPAPER WAIFS. 
During the organization of the schools last Mon¬ 
day in a certain town in the suburbs the children 
were interrogated as to the occupation of their 
fathers. The question reaching a bright little six- 
year-old girl, she responded that her father was a 
florist. “ A florist?” asked the teacher. “ Where is 
his greenhouse?” “ His greenhouse! Hehasn’tany 
greenhouse, ma’am.” ‘‘ Why, then, do you call him 
a florist?” “Oh, he makes floors for Thompson & 
Taylor.”—.Boston Globe. 
“Will you pull the bell?” she asked of a man across 
the aisle as the car reached the corner. 
“No, madam,” he answered with a bow, “ but I 
will be most happy to pull the strap which rings the 
bell.” 
“ Ah! but never mind! The strap is connected 
with two bells, and you might stop the wrong end of 
the car!” 
And the look she turned upon him was full of tri¬ 
umph veneered with cayenne pepper. 
Near-sighted old gentleman (entering store)— 
“Have you any linen dusters?” Young Snobson 
(with h s most sarcastic manner)—“ I am not a clerk 
in this establishment yet, sir.” N. S. O. G.—“Not 
yet a clerk, eh? Errand boy, I presume? Well, legs 
are as good as brains in some departments.” 
“So you are the new girl,” said the boarders to the 
pretty waiter lass; “and what name are we to call 
you?” “Pearl,” said the maid, with a saucy toss of 
her head. “Oh?” asked the smart boarder, “are 
you the pearl of great price?” “No; I’m the pearl 
that was cast before swine,” retorted the pretty 
waiter. There was a long silence, broken only by 
the buzz of the flies in the milk pitcher. [Anony¬ 
mous. 
A CASE OF PARALYSIS. 
We give the results of a year’s treatment in a bad 
case of paralysis of long standing, showing the 
effects of Compound Oxygen in its slow but gradual 
work of vitalizing the half-dead nerves and giving 
the sluggish life-forces a new and better action. 
In the latter part of February, 1883, a gentleman 
residing at Montpelier, Vt., wrote to us a statement 
of his case. We take from our record book the fol¬ 
lowing abstract; 
“Age 60. Paralysis. First attach, in September, 
1874, affecting only one arm, and from which I 
entirely recovered in a few months. In March. 1875, 
had another attack which involved the whole left 
side and was attended with great nervous prostra¬ 
tion, but in two years I seemed quite well again and 
was able to do some work. The third and last attack 
ivas in the fall of ’77 and came near killing me. For 
two weeks I was perfectly helpless. Since then I 
have been gaining slowly. Can now go about the 
house and wait on myself ; but my greatest trouble 
is weakness. Am very nervous ; sometimes mental, 
and again physical exhaustion. I see double all the 
time ; feet and hands always cold." 
A Treatment was sent March 5th, 1883. In a week 
after commencing its use our patient wrote: 
“ Extremities are delightfully warm, a new sensa¬ 
tion for me. I am encouraged.” 
From that time we had regular reports through 
the year, showing very slow but steady gains and a 
state of fluctuating hope and discouragement on the 
part of our patient. 
March 30th. “Left arm lies limp and heavy at 
side; circulation improved; veins in hands begin to 
swell out and skin to look red and healthy; the noise 
in head is departing.” 
April 6th. “Am weak and numb and sore, and feel 
miserable.” 
April 28th. “ Eyes have become very bad, showing 
objects double and much blurred.” 
May 10th. “ Circulation, appetite, and breathing 
all improved; last few days feel renewed nerve 
power and strength flowing through me ; the paraly. 
sis has partly left my disabled side." 
September 4tli “While walking was seized with 
sudden weakness.” 
September 10th. “ Weakness has increased until 
this morning I could not stand upright: had a good 
night’s rest and felt well until I attempted to get 
up.” 
October 22d. “ Frequent fluctuations from good 
to bad." 
January 11th, 1884. “ Slight gain in some ways ; 
good appetite and some flesh.” 
February 3d. “ There is a general toning up and 
improvement of the whole system .” 
March 10th. “Eyes look more healthy; there is 
not that glassy side-look like a stare as before.” 
For the next month improvement was still more 
rapid, and on the 8tli of April we received the follow¬ 
ing warmly expressed letter: 
“Dear Doctors: —Behold I bring you tidings of 
great joy. My mouth is filled with laughter and my 
tongue with singing. That is to say, that I am feel¬ 
ing altogether better, and if the indications don't tell 
untruths I am rapidly improving. 
“ The results in the last week have heen marked, 
direct, and all that I could ask for. I begin to realize, 
in fact, what I have looked for and hoped for for a 
year past. I am gaining strength and in spirsts , I 
am gaining rapidly; instead of feeling shiftless and 
dreading any little service, I am longing for a bright 
sun, clear, warm sidewalks, that I may walk out. 
“ The improvement has been so marked and is so 
hopeful I am almost scared, and looking myself 
over and carefully studying symptoms and recalling 
the physical weaknesses of the past six years. I 
question: ‘ Is this really me, the paralytic?' Of 
course, gentlemen, I am fully prepared from the 
present phase of affairs to sing the praises of Com¬ 
pound Oxygen ‘ with the spirit and the understand¬ 
ing also.’ ” 
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. 
Drs. Starkey & Paler, 
1109 and 1111 Girard St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
The young women of Newark, N. J., have bound 
themselves by oath not to kiss any-man that chews 
tobacco. We shouldn’t think it would be necessary 
for a woman to take oath in order to refrain from 
kissing the tobacco-chewer. However, we don’t 
know much about New Jersey, and kisses may be 
more difficult for the young ladies to get than we 
have any idea of. 
“This is a very disagreeable duty,” said the re¬ 
turning European tourist as he ponied up at the cus. 
tom house.— Brooklyn Times. 
Strawbridge & Clothier’s Autumn “Fashion 
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also instructions in fret-sawing by John’s wife. 
Fo r-page supp'ement with each copy. Strawbridge 
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The Knabe Piano, which has such a wide popular¬ 
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every way to any other Piano in the world. The suc¬ 
cess of this Piano has only been attained by years of 
careful study, and the Knabe, with its excellent 
singing qualities', its great power, the elasticity of 
touch, and superior workmanship, is justly the fav¬ 
orite. Herr Faelten’s piano solos at the recent Wor¬ 
cester festival, the Schumann’s concerto, in A minor, 
op. 54, and Liszt’s Rhapsodie No. 4, which were so 
highly praised, were both performed upon a Knabe 
Piano; Herr Faelten pronouncing it to be the best 
Piano he had ever seen.— Boston Traveler. 
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