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A Owqpi iru kiat a eollar button two i yarn ago, and recently Che button ™ ' found la the womech of • alaugbtered { cow Am cxcliange aroudtaa bow la the j world the cow got under Ibe bureau Co ' get Che collar bunco. That U the quea ' lioo. There if something lingular mbool , tfaeUl ofanr-ftarbuttoo or etad. Let 1 K Mod drop 01 the floor to plain right, ■ orbed, aa though endowed with life, and J b ia the moM a-ngular thing In the world, r that a man, bowcrer bra re and noble ordinarily, wfll get mad and amy things that f were better oneaid. We hare beard of a | to keeping tx»*l for a brewer, all oc ae- J coast of a ri lit Mud. He waa getting J ready for dumb one Bandar rooming. | and waa Harding hi front of the minor 1 In hla nnden'iirt and pants, hla euipcn- ' den hanging no his hips, and hla white j ahlrt la hla lends, engaged in patting the , collar Mod la ha customary bole. In audi < time aa yc think not hla fingera 1-rcatuc ell thnmhe and the button fell prone upon ' the floor, mtoo prooe hot juat paooe | enough. The pioua man aaw it gUateu aa U fell, and br stopped to pick H up. when It dhappemaed. Be dropped the aiirt and bagan to look for it, and aa he aewrd orer the different kinda of terry day dotbet on the floor end did not find It, he asked fab wile why in the name of the Twelve A poet lea. alx didn't wateh It. She sand It waa all > f>e could do to watch bcr own Jewelry Then be arites her to hrip And It aa be lied got to ret to church or there would lea aearcity of acrmooe that thy. Khr l< d him to get a atalr rod and poke wnnpd eed* the' borcas, and alx went to im kin/ ufi her eoratt ia the moat tatkaJ tij; manner. The ploua mad s * ik>yfoo bra aiomae.lt and tried to feel oc^r.' the borrau. knocking buskin nff/ir arm by the operellon. lit 11 itm "fa lot of marbles, aome bah-pina, a hair bra* hod a piece of hoop akirl of the rintagt if Iflgl, but could not find a

^ collar button. TBBBr»aa< «ew57 and »> lb: minuter heard the last bell ring fee church he thought of ibe congregation walllifg for him to girr out the hymn, end aaw hi. wife who had go^jmoat rtwdy for church alt down 00 the ^^o pull oil fab at- < k. iap, while lie w^^ nearer ready than srbeu he got fab cart washed, lie waa ' preuymad that » for a minirirr. Like a man. he bid it nil to fab wife, and aaked why abe didn't fly around and help him. She said a man ought to be able to corral hla own abirt Muds, and suggested that hereafter be lb a Bring to it, when ehc polled off roe Hub sfcoc that rite had put «uld atud 1. II rot.'Jri ebe belpsdbim fix in fab and be got into bb clothe, pretty qoh k sad rery mad. Be nearly adding h.r ail the way for not looking la bet abor at fliat for the atud. and wfarn he arrirctl at the church duo, be was dripping * Ufa preaphaUon. He bad forfultoe hi' handkerchief, and borrowed bU vrth-V, wiped the prenphalkm UT. and palhsd down the aMe aa meek and pioua aa though he had Just come from a mia•iooary naeting. He preached a beauUfol aermoe oo "Tklth,^ and then resigned \hia pastor- :e ami looked for a chance to VM work at wane otter busincse. It i> dkualai U.at a little thing like the baa c! swba of a man's Uft, and troe of the • •alalia a few moutte ag". at the MM MM lie thinks the elder has lNbWriM-f«l'' Sea. te- w ia.awl.lor November •wma ri - -- adftne in splendid style ta 0 Altai Mkfcpietlt. by H. B. tab. SteflM lata simmer." ThU IbMHfar tepaKire that will be "^phb fltateaa i m&ei»tfae first wbKfc hi foe Ltefoaa urirt'.wi lire tMcp tl-tre rflbe beginning rd another . aefU#, "-by aw. her favorite. Prank R. StqWion Be wrltra of boy and girl life in ite liiirternrh century, and while the dotThUte '0 lit'. •; f « fascinating a. TtLnU ring n-iaitr r. s„d ao Himlfophic 83 f i^TcKVT from Ban it Tha i -arrk. ami duinfi of "Tad- LinBta? rtL' m Preatarm Lnc-. W, p t b «1 hi the wraith of the Ink*. Sisn-.-c isstssbr. teen hat. Utrea hare iprutsf up with miles of MreeU and ted Udure the year w- nut. O.Vwrfl mnkmgi. like atonal fire.. 1' light, aahaa and deaohtioe behind 'h. Three an trartl of bleu; woudbod in which the qacuttur* * -New Vert and Phibdellag and the tumult husy-J.nT The whore of Ihtwribdaflaerf «1 locality is •wi. ferfteawocukntpre^. tU- hutchm in:, reraa Bock of sho p ::i pnafoctirr to BO way b tha power of the pram ■seaar^.ayreegmwi — w^ka 'Hte otwy.r.a. nr teen rmw » :

mSrfrom'er'glvre prcratae of even incrrmwd rxcdleocc for the magaztoe dur55 sz, i that the CmrwT i« anlMtlooa erer for Ite iiainlatlmi of Aanricao woortengrari aa witness the frootispieoe portrait of Florence Ktabttagab and the full-pap portrait of Henrr Jatnca, Jr.. bcah by 1 Hdridge gingriey'a beantlfnl full1 engrarioe, direct from nature, of a , riew In Sew England wood, (aocompuy which la a description by the engrarer. of bb manner -A working,: the fulhpge ! reprodoction, by Kroell, of en hkal I bronxe head which b one of Ibe cratiy art-trreeorta of the Briflab Museum; and ' the many other ptatuire fay well-known artists, tame of which hare a special toI tenet aa the expoocnb of a process of art art aide of the Sorruibc-r Odtcit b eo cooapicpoOT, the contenu ' offer striking proofs of tendency to make > literary aide of the magasioe paral mount and of the greale* poreible excel- ( . and importarirr.in travel, Wograpby. • fictioo, poetry, orilictun. and in the dia- ! cuarion of the foron.-t p«hUc qutatiuot , In earnest of this tendency, the Norcmr ber Crrn rv prerenu a paper on "Venice" (profoaeiy illuMrated) by Henry James Jr.. a remarkably able and enter- ; lainlog article oo "Victor Hogo" (wntlen f expresrirely for the CrutrraT), by the r celebrated Frencli nirreliM, AlpbcmK , Oaodet, who describe, hi. pcracinal talcro>urse with the poet and petals a wood- ' portrait of Victor Hugo which will bee oncne biatotical— of the strong argument I in the negative to the ripe question "la , the Jury riyatem a Failure ?" by Albert , Stickur. who argues for the abolilioo of 1 the tyncm and auggrsu a substitute, r Other prominent feature, of the numa her are Edward Egglcrtoo'. deacrilklon of d "The Beginning of a Satton," the firrt of bb aerie, on life in the American Colo. nie«, IliciUustratioD. wbieh inclade many d curious old cfrawing. id Indian life, for t which the magazine U indebted to the P courtesy of the Brili'h Muaeum : a finely tllurt rated paper nu "A Hew Profession ' for Wcanen." In which Franklin H. Sorth J dcerrihea Ibe Belle.uc Training School for d nurse* and Mrs. f.ucv Mitchell'. Ulut- . t rated paper on "The Sculptures of Ibe Great Pergaraon Altar," which are among ' the new end Important diicoreries. • The fiction of Ibe number comprises the d first chapters of Mary llaliock Foote'a , nnrel "the Lad Hone Claim," whlcl: carriea the reader into new and tubterrashort atory by Frank R. StockUm. entitled ■f "The lady and tire Tiger," which i. in hUmoatjjulrt ami whiareici seuu and. .1 :j tte — " - '.a^^^T^^ta I

io llecnre atcaltb. : , ' «?SE . 5Sk^Sa^c°e5^^»eS»=°'ia. ' -^-R°r^' Wom aTn'p l"",roCTtrcT* K d ^ ■ Bad news b to hand from Dakota, ' j where the wheat crop, which every coe j auppowid to have been ariely hoosed long ago, has been In great measure rained by I exceaaive rata. Happily the country baa « been upon- the whole so bountifully , blessed that the deficiency In DakoU will t not materially affeetlbe general pobllc. f A Vexed t'lrrgyman. ^ Even Ite patience of Job would bell poaunu tw aim u, IK- 1;, ard. Vet. »ow vrrj J Dr'aWSKlw* tareovery f« CwJ^pilcn. a H. *■ g.aasTpi drea «ure. t») '' quruloning aome.liUle black cblldrrn on the fifth chapter ol MaUbca'a Gcajekand J 0 hi aaked, "Who are the meek?" A Uu ' tie fellow answered, "Thore «bo give •oft anaware to rough questions." c Write to Mrs. Lydis K. Ilnkham. 233 . » Western aveooe, Lynn, Mass., for panie phbta ndatju^vrbr roarivr |iina-nits a of her Veg^^Aitabca^nn all fvn.'afe ^ Well, yea, Arab! mighl go on the itagc. 1 and U be does we recommend him to ae- ' e bet for hi. play 'The F-.d'a Bertngc.'Quinine anpcraedco. \ " rre panlcolars are adnrtaament. rerreb by e II. A. Kraaadyand Marry * Mrerey, cat* W.J ' A irmber of a faahlfiiaft1 eongrtga- t lion called at a marie Store and inquired : ' "Hare you the notes of a piece called the " fjong of Sofamoal" adding, "Our pastor , ' referred to it yesterday a» an exquiaile ' gem and my wife would like to play it.'t Stinging, smarting. Irritation of the c urinary passage., diseased ditcfaaigea, a cured by Buchc|iubia. »1. at draggtrt.. ? Premtidby rx|nrea. »l®, « forflT K S. Wkt-tn, Jersey CTdy, K. J. ^ Tha paradise for sportsmen just now b [. Fairfield, Iowa. During a storm there >- the other night wild docks gathered in b the town In ructi great number, that they * extinguished the electric light and defa moliabed all the globes. Several hundred i- were pjfcd up dead. * The proprietrari of Ely 's Oreem Balm , " do D0t damn it to he a cure-all. but a ' sure remedy for OaUrrtf Colds In the | b<Apply int/TitaMrih with Hub finger. "A beautiful melodrama, ' remarked a gtmtbsaaa la the parquet. "You may ■a think It tnelk»." replied hb taleriucu- ^ Clan you find a caae of Bright'. Dieeaw 1 Sir John Andemjo. Physician ExUaoria dinary to the Queen, Is dead. Blia., Ibe *- phyrician of American Iheaidenu, ia still & alive. ^ In out family of tea for over two year. to There are twenty large Presbyterian ctareteawbh vacant pulp Ma in the Bisk ■r. WAa^'tol c^p^taM rentt-ly " btlity. Ac. (1. at druggist'.. Pttpaid by express. »!.3S. t l,*l£ E. 6. Wxt-tag» ^ JrrwyOBy. K.J. X- 1 could rearcriy apak;it «a. ahmal be baa mil hern ».i ci4r nor vome ao'suoug Ea E-"-?®' - Dealer is BoMsqnd Shoe* Rtaatolk, k! ;

GO TO THE PHILADELPHIA Cheap Boot and Shoe Store, ^ Grades, Widths and Styles, ftntk boots aisti> shoes, , SCTTABLE TOR TALL A KB WINTER SEASON, And a full Lin* of Plain and Fancy Slippers. ALSO A FULL LINE OF GOB8AMER8. j No,re»hl.u,attrera°«aa Pwure ^TVnOPF. BOOTS AND SHOES!. STYLE, QUAUTY AND PRICE CANNOT BE SURPASSED. ONE PRICE ONLY. ' SCI OVB ri-» GAITERS. ALSO, A FULL Ht-TPI.T Of : FINE W^LL- PAPERS , V ELDREDGE JOHNSON, f» 68 WASHXNQTON 8TBEET. : new boot and shoe store. WM. H. BENEZET'S ; m iffl) CEffliL ti SHOE STORE ' 51 Wasto£tan Street, Cape May City, N. J. ; "mi- ww- h.benezet. GEO. J. BURKHARDT'S SONS. ROAD BELOW CAMBRIA STREET, ,J — ; yOAP

i w-<ri 1 PHILADELPHIA. ' ' CEDAR WATER TANKS SECOND HAND TANKS reaUi JL^loJ^ere^l^p J toeiloa MUM lrwm, PEA SHORE AND TERRA COTTA WORKS, AUGUSTUS REEVE, Proprietor. TERItA COTTA DRAIN PIPK l«e » late Mae. BUT PtTX. KLUE ITPK, CUIKSEV TOPS, an an am patterns. TIRE BRICK. TIKI CI.AY. Ae. AND ALL GRADES OF RED BRICK. ' :*1 MARKET STREET. camden, n. .T. c. b. coles, LUMBER MERCHANT, KANUTAcmtxa or Qua Sask, liHis, Moiliinis, Braciets, Ml Saviiic ail Boies. OFFICE, NO. 14 KAIGHN'S AVENUE, OAMDEN, Xf.4J-.

jBuildin0 ?«atfriit, «tf . J EREMIAll B. BCHELLEKGEB'S ^ LUMBER YARD " ber tn ibe eoonty. of every quality to ran ibe iM.ne rare wnrra pinx. r e am, eoo g^nrtiso LATH. -p. auintiijk or all atnd».ef_ rLOOKlNG, ntamx STT'Fg, picixth. yf ooaa-iy scnDxrtoct j "PETARD WARE. ; a c=^=|gAaH. Dooaa, auitoa. I • j § anrmntit, moulding a I Snn ^ l i and bkacuts. HOT-BED 8A8H. hand eaila, kgwzl poaril balcstkm; building axd uocskkxii'ing hand* waue or gvaht descbhtion, PUMPS. PUMPS. PUMPS. SLATE MANTEL SHELVES. . HBNOTJMDWCM^ j i Jn»bta.y CAMDEN. K.J. : i ?Rarblf ?ard. ' QAI'E^MAY CITY MARBLE WORKS, p.

Saints, Oils, &r. y j. mexvlk. 1 008. OF LAFATETTE AND JACKBON ST»„ PAINTS. LEAD, LINSKfi OIL, '- - _RFJ1UTH OF VBPgNTINg, PATENT LIQUID'PAINTS, VAMKISHES, WINDOW HI. ASS, rtjlIN AND ORNAMENTAL. I ALL AT PHILA^J'HIA PRICES r^ARKER'S TTATg BALSAM I SJS " *p5 PARKER'S GINGERTONIC | g gaariafire Acaltk Bad Shtaftli gcriarer.^ I haSair' aWafSiSatit Fyaw j M fla M MMMtototo ERRORS OF: YOUTH. I JMSBBHBaB Js?2B«B^WS5F

^tows. «an8fs, Sinwarf, <5tr. THE CHEAPEST PEACE; ,) , BEHEZElTi|o^^&^C'^ DENNIS LANDING. £ HOODS CHEAPER THAN EVEB-flgPQpy cr-J» rait tan ryra amaatiae^i AU^LFnn[fcA^lf»^«lfcre55T^^^KS«*'lS* a— f ' ' "" L 1 °r* j 1 la last everyttua* I or aaoeeartal hotree-tre^w^fcrea mfte »at~ m* m ***. aha mm 1 1 STOVES — FURNITUKE BE.|jwiOI>»Th W » « > Ax good as new at abort aetiee. Ortera far rBiifw taaiaar biaaam |aba*i Patent Sprtno and Ilair aafaaf Ti .« • b « baa a. it and it cent cogSters iJsuJp »mr aaw m Vtaa J. C: Ni'd 5 1205 Mark<k sc^?£ Fhiiaaciphia. I FURNITURE. BEDmNG, /UPHOLSTERING. arte. of dnag bj^me, Uon-tb t~qa, W» aa m every ar«clewaa«ni plain agana. aat -Jf effete aige*-"-** iaaaa>M«aaaw 1 J-OT. (Mr prteea are lew tor ttt qfxmy dr pokW n »-iw ■«« are aakl ite ban mi J localed. IM nut forg, t the nambtr. Vk> J. C. HANO V.CO . TWELVE HUNDRED A^etfEMARKtT STRICT. • . " • kf- ; I'AiT. M V1! I'OINT ^1|LU]#R YARD. * Building Lumber of all kinds |sAl»nWi»i to Ci«fs*»nk ' FRAME TIBER, 'siiSfi BOARDS, SHUffiLES,; FLOORING _BfkAr.r»4u - A. FLOORING >♦ /

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girthing. One of the great points we •have reached "w - oar PUlfincBM topwA !" : h! il j eoyaKn this an-? evcrv other! ' j*. t !u Ma-!- j ! menu, at r*»«-rtnrd <oat. j j Oor .fokV for tfee FaJS .nri !| jCcanang %'m(rr > «rentri feti t" ' " (|4a»« In FWfy pmrtirwtor. | | /rertfoi 8a1plhe. ; • Ad sales made eallefeiUmy nr • ' I Hw wmy premyUy refunded. ■ : idir Mta, aaao • font j "The penn HARROW BEST IN THE WORLD it ias no equal

The Petw Harrow .4^. w ■ , oo : . J i -.1 Pt'im Harrow A Tha Pwn Harrow tmatuQ. to MOM V suare A -IX AThe Pttnn Harrow - / JT ~ i The Penn Harrow ^ The Penn Harrow , rfs rX»mial!iS=ias&S3- ' till lilMI lilDHCnillH CO. CAMDEN. N. J. HEALTH IS WEALTH. ' j : ! gJS»VM;? bfS want' mapriZ I Start u' 'S tfwSaSTSretS SwS'care? ! i. j

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