The Portland daily press., 1886-02-02

was too poor to pay it. Colerdge says he told the
woman he would pay the money, and ran a. aiter
to stop him. When he brought the letter back
she said, Now, / told you not to pay for It" and
she showed him the letter, and he found it was a
blank sheet. Coleridge asked her what it meant.
The woman said, SMy husband, before he went
away, said he would send blank sheet if he was
quite well, and, therefore, save the cost Of pos,
tagev Mr. afterwards SIR Rowland Hill heard
this anecdote, and the result was the Penny Post.
Thousands find enickrelief from indigestion and
sick stomach by chewing Colgan's Taffy Tolu. 5
cents bundle.
An old chap who has been conducting private
bank in a Missouri town for the last four or I'VE
years was told by several citizens IN December
that he ought to come out on the first OF rhe year
with an annual report. "What fur?" he asked in
'sWhy, to let the people know how you stand f.
Soon after New Years day the old man tackled
up paper on the bank door reading, Notlce-
This 'ere bank has got S65 900 behind her. She
don't owe nobody a cussed cent. Good paper dis
counted as heretofore, and nobody proposes TO
cut sticks for Mexico or Canada"
Henry Sehenhals, foreman Henry Krug Pack
ing Co., st. Joseph, Mo-, uses DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil with his men for sprains, cuts, bruises,
chapped hands, etc. 1t is the best.
a
carries large proportion of tannin, and which,
when used in the manufacture OF leather, IS 1oun0
to give extra weight to the arncle producea. luis LIE
plant is of annual growth Indigenous TO the des-
erts and dry uplands, andls known es gonagTa. ~
has root somewhat longer and more scraggy
than the cultivated beef tnough ~ ~
its tannin properties to be about three Tunes as
great as the ordinary oak bark and that in all es-
sentias it is superior to such bark In the manuac-
ture of leather and Immensely cheaper.
1--WE are selling the Athlophoros and have sold
good deal of it. use the article in my family
occasionally, as required reports A. S. Black
man, a New Haven, Connecticut, druggist regard
ing his dealings in Athlophoros
An Irishman who was sleeping all night with
negro, had his face blackened by practical joker
sight of himself in a mirror; puzzled, ihe stopped
and gazed, and finally exclaimed: "Begorra,
they've woke the wrong man"
Carters Little Liver Pills will positively cure
sich headache and prevent its return This is not
talk, but truth. One pin a dose. To be had of
all druggists. See advertisement.
The author of the sNiikado' is credited with
having said "that husband can hope to be he
70 in his wife's eyes only two months before ne
is married and the month after his DEATH 1t
certainly mas Jk6 SdUlf1C SlDdCk 0ADcIbs WIZ 10
reported to have replied to Mrs. Marie Bancroft,
the actress, when she playfully asked, "Whabage
am 2" 81 really can't say, but you don't look 1t"
Those unhappy persons who suffer from ner
vousness and dyspepsia should use Carters Lit
tie Nerve Pills, which are made expressly for
sleepless, nervous, dyspeptic sufferers Price 25
cents all druggists.
Candidate for post in an aristocratc parish
"Yes; and what duties should have to undes-
take?"
Archdeacon-"Well, as junior curate you would
be required to dine at the hall twice week, at
tend O'Clock teas, musical evenings. AT homes
and dances when required; picnics, lawn-tennis,
and garden parties; make yourself generally
agreeable to all the young ladies in the parish;
and, let me see-oh, yes! read the second lesson
at the evening service
SCOTS Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver
oil with Hypophosphites heals the in
inflammation of the throat and lungs-gives
strength-makes blood, tones up the nervous sys-
TEN, and will absolutely cure Consumption in it
early stages.
Reading in bed is condemned as very bad hab