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NIAGARA FALLS.
l. WR ate Excursion, via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

ShkASy ~ Ah1EA ASssAA UuN'
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany has selected the following
dates for its popular ten.day excur-
sions to Niagara Falls from Phila.
delphia, Baltimore and Washington;
July 2lst, August 4th and 18th, and
September LIST, 18th and Goth. An
experienced tourist agent and chap
eron will accompany each excur.
sion.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passages Oh any regular train, ex-
elusive of limited express trains,
within ten days, viii be sold at $40
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash.
ington and all points on the Della.
ware Division $3.50 from Lancas:
ter; $3.50 from Altoona and Harris.
burg; $500 from Sanbury and
Wilkesbarre 1915 from Williams
port; and at proportionate rates
from other points. A stop-over will
be allowed at Buffalo, Rochester and
Wstkir' tIrning.
A special train Of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run
with each excursion.
Tickets for a side trip to the
Thousand Islands alexandria Bay)
will be sold from. Rochester, good
to return to Rochester or to Canaan
daigua via Syracuse within FIVE
days. at rate of $3.50.
For time of connecting trains and
futher information apply to nearest
ticket agent, or address George W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila-
deiphia.
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RENTING BY THE MONTH.
a New Method of Economy In Keeping
a Driving Horse.

Driving Horse.
What's horse clubf" asked the man
In the silk hat.
Didn't you ever hear Of one?'' respond
cd che man doing the bulk Of the talking.
think not. Go ahead and tell us.
Well, you know it costs more than
good many people want to spend to keep
q horse and vehicle, whatever kind it may
be. Indeed in the cities it is quite beyond
tho means of most. In the smaller towns
of the country 1t is more nearly possible,
for horse may be boarded at any country
livery stable for $40 month, and some
times even less, If done by the year. But
even under such favorable circumstances
there are many people who don't like to
own horse and board him at stable,
where he may be badly treated, or he may
get sick and die, or keep him at home,
where he is liable to be worse treated than
In livery stable. That being the case,
know of liveryman in one of the towns
] visit, place of 5000, who is enterpris
ing enough to mako the effort to meet the
wants of that kind of people. This man
went around among his acquaintance I'M
til he found 25 who were willing to pay
him 10 month each for the use of horse,
just what they would pay for the board Of
one If they owned 1t. But they did not want
livery horses; SO he agreed to give each
patron tho same horse always and not let
1t go TO any other person.
"Then he began buying up secondhand
buggies and phaetons and good seryiceable
horses until he had So, 500 invested in the
private livery plant, as he called it. He
had to hire only one extra hand, and he
had room in plenty, 80 the additional ex-
pense beyond feed was not much. He had
been running his plant year when saw
him, and no told me that the entire ex-
pense was $3.50 a month, and that he took
in $3.50 cash every month, leaving him a
net profit Oh his So, 500 investment of ST.
200 year, and every member of the horse
club was so pleased that he was booked for
another year, and there were dozen APP
plicants for membership.
'Of course he lost something by putting
some of his good customers into the club,
but he got them for the year that way, and
he was willing to lose one 50 drive to pick
up 40 so cent ones. Now" concluded the
drummer, THAT you have learned what a
horse club IS, perhaps you might suggest
e TO your friends in the country and let
them try it once. Washington Star.
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DELIGHTFUL SUMMER TOURS.
Two Tours to the North via Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad


For the convenience Of those who
seek the most attractive way of
spending a Summer vacation, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
arranged two delightful tours to the
North. under the personally-con
Quoted tourist system, July 26 and
August Is. The points included in
the itinerary and the country
traversed abound in natures beau.
ties; Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls,
Thousand Islands, Quebec, Mon
treal, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes Cham
plain and George, Saratoga, and the
Highlands of the Hudson are all
rich in interest and rcplete With
natural attractions.
Each tour will be in charge of one
of the company's tourist agents, as
sisted by an experienced lady as
chaperon, whose especial charge will
be unescorted ladies.
The rate of 500 from New York,
Brooklyn, Newark, Trerton, Phila-
delphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore and
Washington covers railway and boat
fare for tbs entire round trip, parlor
car seats, meals en- route, hotel en-
tertainment, transfer charges, car
rage hre-in fact, every Item of
necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary. tickets, or
any additional information, address
Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, 1896 Broadway,
New York; $50 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn; 7S9 Broad Street, New
ark, N. j or Geo. W, Boyd, Assis-
tant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphis.
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32d National Enoampmen, G. A, r.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
September 5th 10 10th, 1893.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Fer this occasion tickets will be
sold at the low rate Of one fare fer
the round trip from all points on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad east
of Pittsburg, Parkersburg and
Wheeling, inclusive, good going on
September 3rd and 4th, and good
returning not earlier than Septem.
Der 9th, nor later than September
18th, except by depositing ticket
with Joint Agent at Cincinnati, be-
tween September 5th and 9th, inclu.
sive, and on payment of fee of twen-
ty-five (25) cents, when return limit
may be extended to leave Cincinnati,
to and including October I'd, 1898.
Owing to the great patriotic wave
sweeping the country at the present
time, great interest will be mani
tested at this meeting. Solid Vesti-
buled Trains of elegant coaches,
Pullman Sleeping Cars, Observation
Cars and splendid Dining Car Ser
vice. Three through trains daily
from New York, Philadelphia, Bslti-
more and Washington, and two from
Pittsburg.
Get full particulars from Ticket
Agent, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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VIVA. a Sham Battle Is Like.

The spectators could understand neither
its scope nor its extent They could see
that battles in these days are not fought
or won by steady onward movement,
with men marching erect and shooting as
they go, but by a series Of rushes, with the
oombatants throwing themselves fiat upon
the ground to avoid the fire Of their oppo-
nents. The more observant OF the speota-
tors could see also that victory In battle
meant the gaining Of certain positions
rather shan the mere killing Of fnen. But to
ell, to guafdsmen as well as to spectators,
the great puzzle of the day was how it
was all done. What power was there that
could bring these forces, without sign Of
command or communication of any kind
between them, into series of positions,
with retreats and advances over hilitops
and plains, through ravines and around
swamps and over bridges; that brought
order out Of great confusion; that made
each each soldier finally mere unit at
rest In long line Of other units at rest,
where but moment before each man had
been running leaping, cheering, shooting,
under that most powerful stimulant In
battle, the smell of powder?-"A An Ameri-
can Army Vancouver, by franklin Mat
thews, In Harper'e Magazine.
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Roman Epicures.

When at its zenith, The Roman
empire laid all the barbaric count
ries of the world under contribution
to supply the tables Of its mobiles
and wealthy citizens with the fine
luxuries of life Asia and Africa
poured in the rich spices and fruits
of the tropics. Germany and the
great north countries raised the
grain and wild berries; Italy and the
land of the Franks cultivated the
vineyards to make or express the
wines every strip of seacoast from
the Mediterranean to the Baltic con-
tributed its quota Of fish, and the
forests of Brittany yielded the wild
game ofthe woods--for the banquets
OF the proud, dissolute rulers Of the
empire. With the choice products Of
a great world 50 easily obtained
there were wanton waste, foolish ex'
trayagance and strange disregard
OF the value cf cyp'nsiye Injuries
and the historian dwelling upon these
times delight in recapitulatiog the
various articles of diet arranged in
tempting manner upon the groaning
tables at the great feasts and ban
quets.
But, excepting Nero's dish Of pea
cock tongues and Cleopatra S cup Of
wine with tue dissolved pearls in it,
the menu of our modern banquets
would compare favorably with those
spread in tie times when gluttony,
RIGHTEOUSNESS and greed for luxury
were insidiously sapping the strength
of Rome.-George E. Walsh in Lip
pincott's.
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Justice-"You are charged with
committing an assault on this man
and backing his eye. What have
you to say, sir?'
Condemnation honor, my wife
lost a pet dog, and caught this fell
low bringing it back"
Justice You are discharged. But
as for you, you scslawag, the next
time you steal a lady's dog and don't
keep it, I'll send you up for six
months. New York Weekly.
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Two Valuable Friend DIS

l. A physician cannot be always
had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains;
Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected
Keep handy the. friend of many house.
holds and the destroyer of all pain
the famous Red Flag Oil, 25 cents.
2. Many precious life could; be saw
ed that is being racked to death with
that terrible cough. Secure good
nights rest by investing rs cents
for bottle Of Pan-Tina, the great
remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con-
sumption. Bottles of Pan-Tina
sold at L. G. Matthaei's Drug Store.
Sept. 80 If
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Disappointed.

A bright little girl who sees and hears
everything that is going on around her
was present during conversation the
other day, In which gentleman acduaint-
ance of the family was described as q
"henpeoked husband" A few days later
the subject of the gossip happened to call
at the house while the little one was In
the parlor. She looked at him with great
curiosity for awhile and then, clipping
over TO her mothers side, whispered, 'He
don't look like q picked chicken. man.
ma. Troy Times.
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A Kansas paper explains why q
locomotive is like woman, and is
called "she.' They wear a jacket,
an apron, have hose, shoes, and
draw train behind them; they
have lap, need guides, ride wheels,
will not turn out for pedestrians,
sometimes foam and refuse to work.
They attract the men, sometimes
act very contrary, and it takes o
man to manage them.
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A Mute Receivers Speech.

Alphonce Hemphling, of Summit
township, Butler County, Penn,
made an affidavit that his twelve
year-old son, who had had st. Vitus'
Dance for twelve years, lost his
speech, was completely cured after
using three bottle of DIR. Miles Re-
storative Nervine, and also recovered
his speech. Thousands testify to it's
wonderful cure of nervous diseases.
dyspepsia, nervous debility, dullness,
confusion of mind, headache, etc.
Four doses of this Nervine cured
Mrs. W. E. Burns, South Bend, Ind,
who had been suffering with con,
slant headache for three months.
Trial bottle and elegant book free at
A NJ. Gilbert's.
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"My husband is so nice about ex-
planning these war terms to me.
know aggravate him awfully, too
sometimes. Why only think, had
to ask him this morning what the
seat of war was for!r
"Yes?"
Wasn't it foolish? But he is so
patient. The idea that | didn't
have sense enough to see that it is
for the standing army to use when
it gets tired"
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Attention, Old Soldiers.

The manufactures have instructed
E. c. Williams to give bottle of
Csc size of Foley's Collie Cure free
to the first soldier of the civil war
that applies for same. 1t is the
great remedy for Chronic Diarrhea,
Cramp Collie and all bowel com,
plants.
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Erect of an Iceberg.

Newfoundland has at times peculiar
visitor, which is thus described: 1.-THE CO.
casiopal grounding Of an immense iceberg
a short distance from the shore produces
an astonishing local climatic change dur.
Ing Its stay, preventing the ripening of
crops and garden fruits, but presenting at
sunset magnificent pfismatic or iridescent
effects -
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Quick Relief for Asthma

Foley's Honey and Tar is guaran-
teed to give prompt relief in all
cases Of Asthma. Do not class this
with other medicines that have fail.
ed to give relief. Give it trial. For
sale by E. G. Williams.
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Plants IN a Fever,

A Dutch naturalist In Java has made
remarkable observatiops on the increase OF
Temperature which occurs in certain plants
at the time Of towering. In ono case the
temperature In tho flower was 81 degrees
3. above the temperature Of the surround.
ing afr
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The "life tree" of Jamaica Is harder to
kill than any other species of woody growth
known to grboriculturists. 1t continues to
grow and thrive for months after being
uprooted and exposed to the sun.
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Incontinence of watnr during sleep
stopped immediately by DR.. E.
DETcHoNs ANTI DIURETIC. Cures
children and adults alike. Price 81.
Sold by L. G. Matthaei, Druggist,
Marti nsburg, W. Va.
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When You Take Your Vaca-
ton.

The most necessary article to have
with you (aiter your pocket book is
bottle OF Foley's Collie Cure. 1t is
an absolute prevention or cure of all
arrangements of the bowels caused
by a change of water, You are
likely to need it. For sale by E. c.
Williams.
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He Had Travelled,

Speaking Of the Mysteries of Paris, !"
said the literary boarder.
"The greatest one of them" said the
boarder who had been on o personally
conducted, sis the Language. "-Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
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Teacher-"Thomas, illustrate the
use of the word 'dozen.'"
Thomas--"Mary dozen like
school"
Teache' =" Mary correct him.
Mary | dozen Tom don't"
Harper's Round Table.
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More than one mothers first lie is
about the age of her ffye-year old
child when paying full or half faSe
hangs on her statement.
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There Ia No ? About 1t.

No question indeed with those
Who have used it, but that Foley's
Kidney Cure is absolutely reliable
tor all kidney and bladder diseases.
For sale by E. G. Williams.
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The man most prone to give ad-
vice'says that people are more un-
grateful than republics.
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Wonderful: Marvellous:

Are expressions frequently heard
about Foley's Kidney Cure. Do
not fail to try this great remedy for
all kidney trouble. For sale by E
G. Williams.
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Mothers, Save the Babies.

Summer complaint, dysentery and
dlarhea carry many babies to the
grave. Mothers, take warning and use
in time DR.. John w. Bulls Baby Syrup
toregulate the bowels andallay inhani-
nation. ''Wc have used DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup for thirteen years with the
best result. We would as soon be
without flour or sugar in the house as
this remedy. A. N. Burgess, Grove,
Ohio" Ask your dealer f6fN Or. john
W. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price IS cts.
For sale by Nj. A. Snodsr ass, 12N. Queen
street.
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THE ONLY True Blood Purifier
7 prominently in the public eye to-
dayis Hoods Sarsaparilla. Therefore
get Hoods and ONLY HOODS.
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LORD THURLow AGAIN.

When he was Lord Chancellor,
some obsequious friend said that as
Thurloe, the celebrated secretary,
was Of Suffolk family, proba bly,
Thurlow himself was related to him.
mo sir, replied the chancellor; in
that county there were two families
of the same name from one sprang
Thurloe the statesman, from the
other Thurlow the carrier / am de-
scended from the last"
When Lord Thurlow's patent of
peerage was being registered tie
herald inquired the name OF his
lordship's mother.
81 don't know vociferated the
chancellor in a tone of thunder.
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A truthful child ia mothers crown
of com fort
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Trying to love is an absurdity;
love is spontaneous combustion.
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A woman so angry that she is
speechless is most ironical but
thoroughly enjoyable sight for a
man.
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ANEoDoTAL LITERATURE.
Contributed to the Independent
by W. G,

Lord Thurlow had no mercy on a
rogrish attorney. He made a Ger
tain attorney pay all the costs OF an
infants snit, in which he was sole
ito-, on sccount Of the extremely
improper manner in which the case
had been carried or.
In another suit, upon the death of
a tenant for life who had been EMIT
led TO the interest OF sum of mon
ey in court, this attorney applied to
have the fund ont OF court, Oh be-
half of an individual who had be.
cone entitled TO the principal, and
the following legal catechising took
place
Thurlow-"H How, sir, do | know
that the tenant for life is dead 2"
Attorney-'I can assure your
lordship that he is dead"
TT she'll not take your assuc
rance as worth anything make an
affidavit"
The attorney made an affidavit,
swearing that the person was dead.
T,-"Well, and what do you ex.
peet from such an affidavit ? How
do I know that the man named in
the affidavit, and the man who re-
ceivci The interest was the same
person ?"
A.-"Thcn suppose that must
make affidavit of that also, but sure
~ am treated with a degree OF
suspicion and harshness that / do
not deserve. I'll make the affidavit,
but your lordship will allow me to
say that any other Judge would not
have required it. ] know, | must
know the man TO be dead was at
his funeral"
T.-"So you might be but how
does that prove that the man who
received the interest, and the man
whose funeral you attended, was the
same person ?"
A.-"My lord, hear me the man
who received the interest, and whose
funeral l attended, was my client"
T-"Why, sir, did you not men,
ton that at first? A great deal of
time and trouble might have been
saved. That he was your client is
some evidence that he..may be dead;
nothing was so likely to.kill him."
~
LORD THURLoW'S EXPEDIENT.
For some years after he was call.
ed TO The bar, Lord Thurlow was al.
most wholly unknown as a lawyer.
So slender were his means, that
while travelling the circuit he was
compelled to resort 10 the most ex-
traoydinary eXpedients in order to
dcfr4y lis expenses.
Tie once found himself utterly
destitute of money, and his usual re-
sources were wholly unavailable TO
enable him to attend court at a
town some distance from his resi-
dence. How to defray the expenses
# reaching the place for a time baf-
fed his ingenuity. At length he
hit upon scheme.
lie gent for a iivery-keeper, and
told him he wanted q good horse,
and asked him if be had one to sell.
He was assured by the man that he
had one which he could confidently
recommend. Thurlow then agreed
10 take his horse on trial, and if he
suited him he he would purchase
him at q certain price. The horse
vas sent next morning. Thurlow
used him for the purpose desired,
and then returned him to the owner,
with threat OF bringing an action
against him for venturing to set
gentleman on such beast, whose
faults rendered him only fit for
hounds food. His scheme worked.
lie got free ride.
~
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GROWN S IRON BITTERS
cures Dyspepsia, In
6age stion C D soi1ity.
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feeeiVe Its normal supply of the life giving
elements of the food and the BODY will be
properly uourished. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery acts directly upon the
stomach and liver. II puri6es and enriches
the blood, 1t Is the great blood maker.
hesh-bhildeT nerve tonic and restorative
II promotes the natural activity of the en-
TIE nutritive organism 1t puts an end
to the slow starvation that Is at the base of
many diseases. II does not make fabby
tat like cod liver oil, but firm muscular
TISSUES, 1t does not make corpulent PEG.
pie more eorpulent but builds up the sys-
TEN to the normal standard. :.
~ was run down with nervous prostra,ion and
female weakness and kidney trouble writes
Mrs MaTapda Ramsey. Of Smart Warren "a
Tenn. My bowels were constipated NJ
whole system was wrecked. My friends thought
l. would aie. ! had read Of DR.. Pierce's medi.
clnes aud sent for the Golden Medical Dicov-
ety., Favorite Prescription and Pleasant pei
lets.' In one weeks time began to sit up In
tWe weeks gould sit up all day, after being SO
naQ that had TO be helped In and out of bed I
have taken four bottles Of Golden Medical Dis
coVSIT ana TWO OF Favorite Prescription and
am 10 better health than have been for years.
Constipation Is the father of all manner
Of maladies. If it did not exist, or was in
all cases promptly relieved, the majority of
medical books could be safely DESTROYED
II is the easiest sickness to neglect and the
simplest TO cure. Dr.. Pieree's Pleasant
Pellets cure constipation every time They
cure 1t promptly completely and perma
nently They never gripe They don't get
you out o nights. . One Pelletn is n
gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic
druggists ksep nothing else just as good. y
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Castorla

.Castoria is an excellent medicine FOR Chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly tol6 ne Of its
pcod effect upon their children"
Dr. G. C. OsGooD,
-z.u xr.-..-
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Minutes are the mosaics of time,
the ages are those OF eternity.
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Castoria.

"C.storia is SO well adapted to children that
recommend it essuperior to any prescription
known to me-"
q. &. ARCHER, II. D.,
ill So Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. 2.
"our physicians in tho children's depart
inent have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with CastoTia,
and although We only have among our
medicG. supplies what Is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits CT fslstoria has won lock with
favor upon it,"
UarT.D HOSPITAL AnD DisPEssARY.
Boston, Mass
ALLRs C. SMrE. Pres
array Street, New York City.
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Teacher-Johnny, how did Mo.
BANNED spread his religion?
Johnny-Told it to his wife.-N.
7. World.