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LADIES' FLORAL CABINET^ 
NEWSPAPER WAIFS. 
A little girl ill her second term at school, was 
amusing herself one clay at home by writing texts on 
a card. One read in this way: “ Little children, keep 
yourselves from idles." Pretty good advice, though 
not exactly what the Bible verse means. 
Yes, my son, it is quite commendable in you that 
you should wish to see the world, but remember there 
are better ways of seeing it than through the bottom 
of a tumbler. 
Botanists report the discovery, among the flora of 
the far West, of a plant whose stalk resembles the 
human leg. Of course this must belong to the leg- 
human-ous order. 
People who go crooked here cannot be expected to 
enter into the straight gate above. 
Plantation Philosophy.— We never feel so mad 
arter we shed tears. D9 cloud ain’t nigh so dark 
arter the rain falls. Many a woman what won’t wash 
her chillun at home delights in washin’ dishes at a 
church fair. De worst sort of boastfulness is showed 
by de man what thinks dat he can entertain you wid 
a long story. Dar is many a rule what won’t work 
both ways. Whiskey will produce a headache, but a 
headache won’t produce whiskey. No man should ——^ H 
be looked on as a fool on account ob what he doan’ j “^ld gchoM (aMpathicj physician, and was con 
belebe, but on account ob what he does belebe. A tided to her bed for eight months. She became a 
too easiness ob conviction ter strange ideas is caused ^^^'neuralric^ from taking sohlttonToi ar- 
a mighty heap ob trouble in dis world.—Arkansas j .S^hina and morphia? She hadnnum- 
Compound Oxygen and was induced to tiy H. M 
this time I was losing about half a gill of blood a laj. 
I could not sleep soundly, very little appetite, nut 
very flighty memory. . - 
“In less than two weeks after taking the C 
pound' Oxygen I was like a now person. Hio deed¬ 
ing had stopped entirely, my appetite became 
healthy, my sleep improved, and my memory ecnm 
good and steady. , .. 
“ X have continued its use «“til the present t mo 
September 1st, 18S-1, enjoying good heal l 1 ’ ^^oth 
e„h-n* rn,d imnroved powers of enduianco, 
mentally and plij sicallj. , , . , W1 r,.,,miniincl 
•• During the first six months I took the ConiF>oy 
Oxygen regularly, as prescribed ; siuce that umo 
only occasionally, as needed to keepimy l *’ < -‘ ll L j n l 
I might mention that I have had ^ree attaclcs of m 
eipient pneuonmia, at diftereut tunes, but that 1 npw 
feel that my lung power is excellent and moto activ e 
than at any time in my life. or r„l re- 
•• There have also been a number of wo derful ve 
suits that have come within my observation Horn the 
use of Compouud Oxygen, a few of which 1 w ill 1 e 
late to you: 
One night an old lady from the country slept in the 
house of a friend in town. Her bed happened to bo 
a plain hard mattress, so much recommended as 
healthier to. lie upon than a bed of down. Next 
morning the old lady was asked how alio slept over- j 
•lit “ No very well,” was the reply, “for my auld | 
hmies are salr wi’ that hard bed o’ yours.” “O. but 
T et (l0 y 0 u not know that all the great physicians 
that it is healthier to sloep on beds as hard as a 
hoard!” replied the host. “Oil ay,’’said Janet; “an’ 
“suppose that’s what you toon bodies ca’ Board o’ 
Health.” 
A Boston dude was making an evoning call upon a 
Beacon Street young lady last week and among the 
many subjects which came up for intelligent discus¬ 
sion was the Chrysanthomum show. 
Have you visited the Chrysanthemum exhibition 
V0t ?” asked the young lady. 
“Oh, dear,.no,” ho said; “I And such things very 
trying, y’know; lam not what you call a literary 
man at all, and such performances are a duced bonli, 
^ “It doesn’t require a very pronounced literary :| 
tasto to appreciate a Chrysanthemum show,” said 
the young woman with a tired glance at the clock. 
“ No / Well, perhaps not so much a literary taste, 
know, as a fondness for—for—the antique—the | 
Traveler 
A Concord philosopher, whose wife knocked him 
out of bed in a rage and bunged his eyes, tells his 
friends that he is suffering from inflammatory room, 
mate-ism. 
An Indian chief bears the name of 44 Looking-Glass ." 
He is the terror of the plain.—Boston Transcript. 
\ 
“ Mamma, what's a book-worm? ” 44 One who loves 
to read and to study and collect books, my dear.” 
The next night company called. Miss Edith, who 
wears rings innumerable, was present. * 4 Oh, mamma, 
look at Miss Edith’s rings! I guess she is a ring¬ 
worm, ain’t she?”—Springfield (O.) News. 
What part of grammar is remorse? Syntax. 
A New York man went. into a crowded car and 
asked if he could have the seat which was then occu¬ 
pied by a hat, whose owner was sitting in the next 
seat. The man, angrily grasped his hat, answered, 
‘'Yes, take it, if you’re a hog.” 
44 I’m so near one that I guess I’ll take it,” said the 
other. 
When a lady living in Chelsea sent to London for a 
doctor, she apologized for asking him to come such a 
distance. “Don’t speak of it,” answered the M.D., 
* I happen to have another patient in the neighbor 
semeaand strychnia and morphia. ------ 
ber of skillful physicians attending liei during the 
many years which passed nntd December, ISbl, with¬ 
out much relief or encouragement. She then began 
he use of Compouud Oxygen. Scarcely three 
months had elapsed before she showed signs of great 
improvement, and has continued to improve stead- 
! ilv, until at present she considers herself enjoying a 
large share of good health. Her hearing is much 
improved, the neuralgia has almost entirely disap¬ 
peared; the nervousness is scarcely noticed, and slie 
is able not only to attend to her household and other 
duties, but to walk several miles at a time when it is 
required. She rejoices to bear testimony to the 
blessing Compound Oxygen has conferred upon her. 
“Another Lady friend, of advanced years (nearly 
seventy). was suffering from debility induced by an 
injury received about a year before. Her spirits be- 
ment was noticeable, until at present she is enjoying 
excellent health, her appetite and sleep are normal, 
she is lively and contented, and her mind is restored 
to its usual activity and balance. 
44 1 could give many instances of its good effects 
which have come to my notice, and only recommend 
; it from friendly motives and a desire to alleviate suf- 
| fering. 
! “ I remain, very respectfully, 
“ A lady friend was token sick in 1863 with a severe y th P classical y’ know,” replied the 
tool.- of abdominal inflammation. She was tieated ancient—the the class , •> 
“ W. G. P. Brinckloe, 
“Editor and Pub. of the 4 Odd Fellows' Journal .’ 1’ 
A “ Treatise on Compound Oxygen containing a 
hood, and can thus kill two birds with one stone.”— history of the discovery of and mode of action of 
Columbia Spectator. 
If a man cannot cut the grass in front of his house 
he might as well be no mower.—New Orleans Pica¬ 
yune. 
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE EDI¬ 
TOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE “ ODD 
FELLOWS’ JOURNAL.” 
- Hui.mevtlle, Pa., September 1st, 3833. 
“Das. Starkey & Palen.— Sirs —Having experi¬ 
enced so great a benefit from your COMPOUND 
OXYGEN, I desire to give my testimony as to its 
great value as a curative agent. 
“ In the spring of I8S1 my health began to fail, so 
that I became a great sufferer from debility, nervous¬ 
ness and loss of sleep and appetite. 
“ After trying several remedies and continuing to 
grow weaker, I almost in despair gave up the hope of 
living. 
“ To add to my sufferings, in October of the same 
this remarkable curative agent, and a large record 
of surprising cures in Consumption, Catarrh, Neu¬ 
ralgia, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of 
chronic diseases, will be sent free. Address Drs. 
Starkey & Palen,’1109 and 1111 Girard street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. * 
Growth of a Large Industry. 
Such has been the growth of the business of Wm. 
Knabe & Co., piano manufacturers, that even their 
immense factories have not been large enough for 
them. To accommodate this increasing business, 
they have leased a large and convenient building just 
opposite their factories. The building was formerly 
used as a tobacco factoiy, and its size suits well for 
the purposes to which it will now bo put. The build¬ 
ing is on the southwest corner of Eutaw and West 
Streets, fronting 155 feet on West Street and 45 feet 
deep, with an engine-house 40 by 45 feet. It is torn- 
stories in height, with a basement. By this extensive 
addition the firm will bo able to increase its produc¬ 
tion to seventy pianosa week.—Ba/ftmore American. 
slim, trying to hide his feet. 
I do not see that the ‘antique,’ the ancient, or 
the ‘classical,’ as you are pleased to call it, has any 
particular connection with such a display. ^ 
“Well, possibly not very much, y’ know,” he 
assented, knocking a pieco of bric-a-brac off the | 
table- “it all deponds oil how one looks at those 
things, y’ know. By the way,” he coutinued, “ who 
is it that plays the part of Chrysanthemum ?” 
“You seem to be laboring under some mistake,” 
replied the young lady politely. “It is nut a play, 
simply an exhibition of flowers bearing that name. 
“Bah Jove,” said the slim, “Ihad obtained the 
idea that it was something of the nature of a Greek 
tragedy, y’ know.” / 
A little later he bade her good-evening, and while 
on his way home a gust of wind blew him against a 
lamp-post and killed him. 
Parsons sometimes get answers they don't expect, 
even from children. One of them was questioning a 
Sunday-seliool class about the parable of the Good 
Samaritan who fell among thieves on the way from 
Jerusalem to Jericho. Bringing the story to a point, 
he asked: “Now, why did the Priest and Levite pass 
by on the other side ?” A scholar held out his hand. 
“ Well, my boy, why did the Priest and Levite pass 
by on the other side?” “I know,” said the lad; 
“because the man was already robbed ."—Sheffield 
Telegraph. 
“ Sake Bind, Safe Find !”—Youug Spoonbill: “Au, 
my dearest Miss Shillinworth, if I may-1 have 
long wished for this sweet opportunity, but I hardly 
dare trust myself now to speak the deep emotion-. 
But, ’n short, I love youl—and—your smile would 
shed—would shed—would-” MissS.: “Oh, never 
mind the wood-shed 1 How’s your aunt’s money 
invested? and where are the securities deposited?” 
—Punch. 
There is a farmer in Pennsylvania who has been 
married three times, and has had thirty-four chil¬ 
dren, most of whom are alive. Ho is a great 
local curiosity, and a tow days ago lie went to a neigh¬ 
boring town, and had n “tin-typo” of himself taken, 
with a placard on Ills breast hearing the inscription: 
“ J. 0. K., the Father of Thirty-four Children.” 
Most Absurd.— Very Correct Spinster: “Never 
mind, Mabel, you will soon be better. Why, I often 
did the same thing myself when I was a little girl.” 
(N. B.—Mabel has bumped her head falling.) Mabel 
(a bright idea suggesting itself): “01i,Tseel That’s 
what papa moans when ho says you’re cracked.” 
[Catastrophe. | — Jucly. 
