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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
CITY SHOPPING. 
Within a few years there has been developed a fea¬ 
ture in the business of city stores which has reached 
marvelous proportions, and seems destined to grow 
in favor with ouyers as well as dealers; we refer to 
shopping by mail. In these later days a large dry 
goods establishment is incomplete which has uo ex¬ 
tended facilities for systematically meeting the wants 
and answering the inquiries of its patrons who never 
visit the store—some of them, perhaps, a thous nd 
miles distant. So great are the proportions to which 
this branch has gi\*wn. that • nterprising houses issue 
elaborate catalogues showing, by numerous illustra. 
trations, various styles of goods and tbe range of 
prices according to quality, size, etc.; and these are 
often works of art themselves, and the information 
they eontain make them of value in the homes to 
which they go. 
Under our present postal laws purchases made in 
any of the large cities may be sent to the remotest 
portions of our land for 16 cents per pound: and aided 
by the elaborate catalogues referred to, u buyer in 
Kansas or Georgia may select from a stock of goods, 
worth a million dollars, just such articles as she de¬ 
sires without leaving her own parlor tand buy them 
as cheaply as one who visits ihe city store), and have 
them delivered to her with her mail from the village 
post-office within a few days. 
The dwellers in distant parts of the land are appre¬ 
ciating these facilities more and more, and if any 
word of ours tends to prompt to more frequent use 
of them, we shall feel that the word has not been 
spoken in vain. 
To get an opinion, from the merchants’ standpoint, 
of rhi* fe cure of their business, we made inquiry of 
several houses, ana from the replies received submit 
one, in full, which shows how city dealers appreciate 
shopping by mail and their disposition to keep pace 
with the widening demands upon them. Messrs. Le 
Boutillier Brothers. 48 East i4th Street, write as fol¬ 
lows : 
“In response to your kind invitation to give our 
experiences and opinion of the mail order business, 
we are very happy to state the following facts 
in regard to this branch of our business. Gur mail 
order department by steady growth has proved a 
signal success. Encouraged by the continued and 
rapid increase of mail orders, and the uuivers.il 
satisfaction expressed by our patro» s. we are now 
making this deparnne t a special feature of our 
business. 
There can be no question of the beneficial results 
of Tnnil shopping to those inaccessible to this market. 
Prompt and careful attention to orders and the Lest 
bargains are guaranteed. The growing popularity 
of this method of shopping attests its profit to those 
living in remote localities, and unab.e to visit our 
dky. We therefore earnestly recommend to the 
public this as the most convenient, economical and 
advantageous means of supplying their wants.’* 
New York— Con tinned. 
H. C. F. Koch & Son, 
Le Boutillier Bros., 
Le Boutillier Bros.. 
Lord & Taylor, 
James McCreery & Co., 
R. H. Macy«& Co., 
E. Ridley & Sou, 
Sixth \ve.«& Twentieth St. 
48 East Fourteenth St. 
S7 West Twenty-third St. 
B'way & Twentieth St. 
B'wav & Eleventh St- 
Sixth A ve. & Fourteenth St. 
Grand Street. 
Philadelphia ; 
Strawbridgi* & Clothier, 
Sharpless & Sons, 
Joliu Wj. namaker. 
Boston: 
Jor.lau, Marsh & Co. 
Mark Twain recently visited Watkin's Glen, and 
was more delighted with it than anything he had over 
before seen in *he Western Territories, California, 
tin- Sandwich Islands, or tlie Holy Land; and this is j 
what he says of a single feature in this delightful 
range of bewitching scenery: “ If one desires to be so 
stirred by a poem of Nature wrought in the happily 
commingled graces of picturesque rocks, glimpsed 
distanc« s, fv liage, color, shifting lulus and shadows, 
and falling water, that the tears almost come into his 
eyes, he need not go away from America to enjoy 
such f.n experience. The Rainbow fall in Watkin's 
Glen is an example." 
Well up in Botany. —Yes, she visited the country, 
and considered herself superior to ignorant common 1 
cultivators. She was learned in botany, and with 
lofty airs told Farmer D she knew every plant that 
grew. The fanner, coming from the field one day, 
plucked a cluster of blossoms, and carried them to 
the house. ** Do you kn< -w these blossoms? ” he asked 
of her. “Oh, yes. of course I do,” she replied 
“ They are very rare, and so beautiful; too sweet for 
anything. I am familiar with these flowers; these 
grow on trees in the woods.” 44 What is their name?” 
asked Farmer D. 11 Why—really—I can’t recall their 
botanical name just now; but I suppose you have 
some vulgar m.me for them.*’ •‘Well,” replied 
Farmer D.. “ we ignorant farmers call them potato 
blossoms.” 
ON THE VERGE OF DESPAIR. 
None but physicians know how large a number of 
people there are whose lives, throu-h sickness and 
pain, have become a burden hard to endure, and 
whicn not a few would g adly lay down ; and few 
physicians, we might say none, are called upon to 
treat as many of these desperate and almost hopeless 
Of course, differei t houses will strive to offer 
special inducements to bring this trade to them¬ 
selves. One offers to take back anything unsatis¬ 
factory, even cut goods ,* another offers to send, free 
of postage, the goods bought of them, and other 
inducements will be p. esented from time to time to 
secure this profitable trade. It is a pleasant reflec¬ 
tion that the most responsible houses engage largely 
in filling mail orders- removing the necessity of I 
takin g any chances on unknown or irresponsible 
firms. 
Among the prominent houses catering to ’‘mail 
order ” patrons, we name in 
New 
Arnold, Constable & Co., 
Best A Co., 
E J. Denning & Co., 
O. Jones, 
York: 
B’way & Nineteenth St. 
West Twenty-third St. 
B’way & Tenth St. 
Eighth Ave. 
cases as fall to our lot. They are submitted to us 
from all parts of the country, some of those who 
write detaili ig their sad condition with a cry of pain 
in almost every sentence. Take tbe following from 
one *-f this class of sufferers to whom no physician 
had been able to bring relief : 
“Oh ! what would I not give to feel i cell! I nevrr 
feel well. I work a little while, thou lie down a litt e 
while. I have just cried myself sick to-day, and yet 
I know I cannot chan c things, if I weep my soul 
out. Of a truth, my soul has never known anv.hitig 
else bui sadness. I f el that I have had more than 
my share of sickness and suffering. Nearly every 
night, i s I lav mv suffering body and we .ry. sad 
heart down, I think ‘ thank Heaven ! I am a day’s 
march nearer home!’ But then the thought of 
another suffering to-morrow adds to the heaviness 
and weariness of m^he. i-t ” 
Without going into a detail of the complication of 
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discuss from which this pntiont was suffering we 
will give an extract from ono of her letters wrltua I 
several weeks after sho began using Compound Oxj. j 
not cough, unless I take cold. Do not suffer so mud 
from nausea ; have fewer vomalng 1« 
severe ; have less headache, of shorter' duration tmd 
ess evere; have not had more than half a cl.ua 
tainting spells since using Cmuponud Oxygon, t chile 
bejorc I teas subject to them often daily. II v breath- 
ing is more natural. 1 do not expcrionco the same 
sense ol suffocation 1 used 10 so frecniontly Do not 
have so much palpitation hut 1 suffer from coustlna- 
lion. I cannot help thinking that ns oilier dlstrea. 
mg symptoms have yielded this must also " 
Three weeks atter tho above was dated wo re- 
ceived tho following report: 
* 1 so happy to inform you that I continue to 
imp'Occ. Il.ivo had but ono vomiting spell since 
writing you. My headaches have been greatly re¬ 
lieved; they are not s * frequent or distressing. My 
bow Is move occasionally without i lie aid of artificial 
means which is most encouraging. Have not en¬ 
joyed so long a respite from pain and sore tliroal 
jor years. Am weak aud nervous, hut do not de¬ 
spair. 1 am ga ning slowly but surely. If Oxygen 
mil help m -, none needd>‘>pair, Jor I wa.msnearthe 
g> at e os one could be and > ccp out. I am phvsicallj 
weak, yet how much have I endured and still endure 
and live. You have been exco* dingly kind, and I 
only hope you will not grow weary of me. If I must 
li' e 1 want to bo mad • as c •infortablc as possible. I 
cling to you as my Inst ami only hope. I hope, 
through the use of Compound Oxygen, to ho some¬ 
thing besides an example of patience in the world." 
If Compound Oxygen will give this measure of re¬ 
lief, aud uo more, iu a case of suffering lik** the 
above, is not its discovery one among tlie greatest 
blessings which tlie age has given to suffering hu¬ 
manity ? Th *t t will do more and better for our pa¬ 
tient, if she perseveres in its use, we know. She 
may uever be a thoroughly well woman, but with the 
right care of hersc i and the use of Oxygen when¬ 
ever slie feels the need of its help, she can fairly look 
for a degree of physical vitality and comfort which 
will change tho whole order of her life, and make of 
it an enjoyment instead of a burden which she 
would g adly lay down. 
Our Trcati e on Compound Oxygen, giving a his¬ 
tory of the discovery, nature aud action of this re¬ 
markable curative a .rent, and a large report of cures 
made in the last twelve on thi’tcen years, sent free. 
Address: 
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, 
1109 and 1111 Gir»rd Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa 
We perceive an itt-m going the rounds of the pres 
t»» the effect that glass sningles are being manufac 
tured at Pittsburgh, : cnn. This is an item of interes 
to had boys, who have strong-minded and stron* 
armed mothers, who believe in good old-fashione 
customs in bringing up, or rather, taking down, pn 
cocious children To spank a child with a gla? 
shingle, particularly if sufficient force were used t 
splinter tho shingle, would bo a very paiuful procect 
ing. In fact it might almost be called, if wc were * 
depraved ns to attempt such a pun, a very shiuguli 
affair. Referring to the glass shingle as an implemei 
of family discipline, we arc reminded of wliat the i: 
quisitive little boy said to his mother: •• Mother, whi 
does transatlantic mean?” “It means across tl 
Atlantic.” •* Yes. I thought that was what it mean 
Now, ma. if transatlantic means across the AtlnutS 
1 suppose that transparent means across tlio parent 
knee, in which case I suppose that I might call in 
self a transparent boy.” The mother heaved a sig 
She saw through tho transparent joke. Now win 
the glass shingle comes Into family use, the unltl< 
will be admirably preserved by tho application of tl 
transparent shingle to tho transparent boy. Tl 
opaque sliinglo is a thing of tho past.— Texas Sij 
ings. 
