b'BF 1874 \n.S4 \nCopy 1 \n\n\n\nI. \n\no \no \no \n\n\xc2\xa7 \n\n\n\n4 \n\n\n\nM \n\n\n\ni-xximv ]Eix>x\'X\'xoia-. \n\n\n\nh: \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCDJEl, \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\nLEAVES OF DESTINY \n\n\n\nA Fortune Teller in Verse. \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\\^l \n\n\n\nAM^P, \n\n\n\nICAN EDit \n\n\n\n10^ \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n^^^ \n\n\n\nA \n\n\n\n^. \n\n\n\n\'^*^^\' \n\n\n\nv^^ \n\n\n\nJ \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHTED APRIL, 1882, BY E. S. WELLS, JERSEY CITY, N. J. \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No, 1 \n\n\n\n\nBEWARE OF FRAUDS. \n\nThe original and only geniiine "Rough on Rats" is manufactured \nby and has the name of Ephraim S. Wells, Jersey City. N. J., on each \nbox. We employ no traveling Agents, nor Peddlers "Rough on Rats" \nis put up only in Boxes- \n\n\n\nPrice iFii^ST eiditiotst. S Cents. \n\n\nT H E \n\n\nSEASIDE SIBYL; \n\n\nOR,, \n\n\nLEAVES OF DESTINY \n\n\nA FORTUNE TELLER IN VERSE. \n\n\nj^ IvIe: RIO -A.:]sr eiditioisj. \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHTED APRIL, 1882, BY E. S. WELLS, JERSEY CITY, N. J. \n\n\n\nTHE SIBYL\'S CURE.-^^^^\'^^ \n\n\nFor love \xe2\x80\x94 be you sure \n\n\nThat makes the eye dim \n\n\nThere is but one cure. \n\n\nOr cripples a limb ; \n\n\nYourself, then, resign \nTo marry, or pine ! \n\n\nThat mars all your beauty, \nAnd pleasure and duty. \n\n\nThis grave operation \nRequires consultation. \n\n\nWhy this should be so \nIs a puzzle to know. \n\n\nThe Sugar and Spice \n. Will make the cure nice. \n\n\nIf you take my advice, \nYou\'ll be well in a thrice. \n\n\nThe pain in the heart \nWill quickly depart. \n\n\nAway with your lotions. \nAnd villainous potions \xe2\x80\x94 \n\n\nI\'d fain say the same \n\n\nAnd, if you have sense, \n\n\nOf every pain \n\n\nSpend a very few pence \n\n\nThat ruffles the temper \nOr maddens the brain ; \n\n\nTo make your ills fewer \nWith -Wells\' Health Renewer." \n\n(2) _J \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLEAVES OF DESTINY. \n\n\n\nDIRECTIONS FOR CONSULTINa THE SIBYL :-Draw for a number \nfrom slips nuinbered from 1 to 100, and see corresponding- \nnumber in. Ijeaves of Destiny. \n\n\n\n1. \n\n\n\n3. \n4. \n5. \n\n\n\nYou\'ll meet this year on Brighton Strand, \nOne destined for your heart and hand. \n\nChoose one \xe2\x80\x94 if you are shrewd, \nNo safety lies in multitude. \n\nEndless flirtation \n\nDoth seem your vocation. \n\nBracing air and embracing arms, \nGive Coney Island especial charms. \n\nYoung or Old ? Love or Gold ? \nHot or Cold ? Given or Sold? \nToss odd or even \xe2\x80\x94 you\'ll be told. \n\n(3) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 2. \n\n\n\n\nBase Ball Season. \n\n\n\nA man in Chester county, Pa., has paid \n$125 and costs of prosecution for thrash- \ning a lawyer in his office, but he says \nthe amusement was worth every cent of \nit. \n\nA malicious story is afloat to the \neffect that a Meriden girl went back on \nher lover because he was so bow-legged \nshe could not sit on his lap. \n\nEmma Abbott carries a dagger on the \nstage that is worth $16,500. This dagger \non the stage is exceeded only by the \nlie off the stage. \n\nIt is said that figures won\'t He ; but the \nfigures of some women are verj\' decep- \ntive, to say the least. \n\n\n\nDrawing\' \n\nLesson \n\nNo. \n\n\n\nGood for Ljidies \n\n\n\n\n}m (1entleme!(. \n\n\n\n(4) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 4. \n\n\n\n6 Some natures change on change of name, \n\xe2\x96\xa0 But like the rose you\'ll be the same \n\n7 For music and balls, \n- You\'ll have nursery squalls. \n\n\n\n8. \n\n9. \n10. \n11. \n12. \n\n\n\nThe right one cometh from New York, \nWith heart and purse as light as cork. \n\nAway with pride and cold disdain, \nOr you\'ll too long a maid remain. \n\nDon\'t have for motto \xe2\x80\x94 *\' Both best," \xe2\x80\x94 \nBut \xe2\x80\x94 \'\' Choose one, look at the rest." \n\n\'Tis simply true, tho\' now you may laugh, \nThat you will worship a golden calf. \n\nThis year a lover will with pride, \nWatch thee sporting in the tide. \n\n(5) \n\n\n\n\n"The Finish."\xe2\x80\x94 Jerome Pakic. \n\n\n\nWhen a man dies suddenlj\' " without \nthe aid of a physician," as an Irishman \nonce said, the coroner must be called in. \nIf a man dies regularlj^ after being treated \nby a doctor, everybody knows why he \ndied, and the coroner s inquest is not \nnecessary. \n\nWe have just received a sample copy of \na new song, entitled " Put your arms \naround me, dear." Any lady who desires \nto try it, can_ do so by calling at our \noffice after business hours \xe2\x80\x94 we mean the \nsong. \n\n" Union is not always strength," as Sir \nCharles Napier said, when he saw the \npurser mixing his rum and water. \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 5. \n\nTHEY MUST GO! \n\n\n\n\nThe thing desired found at last. Don\'t die on the \npremises. Ask Druggists for " Rough on Rats." It clears \nout Roaches, Bed-bugs, Rats, Mice, &c. 15 and 25c. Boxes. \n\n(6) \n\n\n\n.jiDiES, Its Just LofELY. \n\n\n\nSend 10 Cents to E. S. WELLS, Jersey City, \nN. J. , and receive by return mail a beautiful \n* \' EouGH ON Eats " Iron Holder. Its splendid. \n\nAlso, 15 Cents for a New Chromo, in seven \ncolors, 13x21 inches, elegant for any room \nor office,- entitled " Household Troubles." \nBest thing out. \n\nAnd 10 Cents for a set of large size Scrap \nBook Cards in colors ; amusing, instructive, \nbeautiful. \n\nAnd 35 Cents for Song and Chorus of \n"Rough ON -Rats." This is immense. Just \nout. Everybody crazy for it. \n\nAnd 5 Cents for "The Seaside Sibyl; or \nLeaves of Destiny." A fortune teller in \nverse. Filled with comic illustrations. \n\nAll together, 50 Cents. \n\n\n\n13, \n\n14 \n15, \n\n\n\nAt Ocean Grove you\'ll forsake wordly notions \nDrink nothing but tea and attend your \n\ndevotions. \n\nA heart and fortune you will gain, \nIn this summer^s grand campaign. \n\nBefore you go too far, \n\nBe sure there\'s not another side, \n\nThe brighter side to mar. \n\n\n\nA O A life both long and wisely spent, \n\n1 U- With children to your heart\'s content. \n\n4 \'y Happy when single, but not content, \n\nA \' \xc2\xab You\'ll marry in haste and soon repent. \n\n\n\nmarry \n\n\n\n4 Q Lovers and books romantic \xe2\x80\x94 \nlO. M \n\n\n\nMusic* of the grand Atlantic \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nThis year will make you nearly frantic. \n\n\n\n\n(7) \n\n\n\nThey say when Bismar<.k greeted \nGrant, he smiled one of those fatherland \ngrins, held out his hand and exclaimed: \n" Vegates, sheneral ? I vas overcome mit \ngladness by myself to see you ; sit mit \nyourself down. Adolph, two beers, right \naway, quick, so helup you gracious ! " \n\nIt has cost $223,000,000 to look after \nthe Indians during the past ten years. \nThe Indians may be poor, but so are \nseveral persons in New York and other \nlarge cities. \n\n" What I\'d like to know," said a school- \nboy, " Is how the mouths of rivers can be \nso much larger than their heads." The \nboy has evidently not yet seen much of \nour congressmen. \n\n\n\n(8) \n\n\n\nDrawing: Lesson No. 7. \n\n\n\n\nThe supper was laid on a table trim \n\nWhen out comes, roaring, my young son, Jim, \n\n" Oh ! daddy, the rats ! A dozen or two, \n\nAre gobbling the supper, and baby too." \n\nMy wife, with a scream, seized iron and broom, \n\nI clutched a bottle, and made for the room. \n\nNever was heard such a hullabaloo ! \n\nIt woke up the cat, and terrier too. \n\nThe terrier thought we were hunting the cat. \n\nGot a grip of her tail, as she went for the rat. \n\n\n\nJim, with his hatchet, tumbled over a pail. \nAnd tried to hold terrier back by the tail. \nI caught Jim by the wool, but rather too late \xe2\x80\x94 \nThe table received such a bump from his pate \nThat teapot, plates, lamp, chairs, baby and all. \nWere upset on the floor, mid *rash and squall. \nThe people about shouted " Murder! Fire !" \nAnd the Police rushed in the cause to inquire; \nThey\'d listen to nothing we wanted to state. \nBut to the next station lugged me off straight. \n\n\n\nSwore I was drunk \xe2\x80\x94 nearly murdered my wife. \nAnd of my poor infant endangered the life. \nBroke tables, chairs, and the crockery ware ; \nWhen the Justice said, " What a savage old \n\nbear" \nNot heeding a word my poor wife did swear. \nImprisoned and fined, I cursed my sad fate. \nWhen lateljr I learned, but rather too late, \nInstead of depending on traps, dogs or cats. \nMy only protection was "Rough on Rats." \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 8. \n\n\n\n19. \n20. \n21. \n22. \n23. \n24. \n25. \n\n\n\nThe \'\' Mig-hty Dollar" cannot buy \nThe love for which in vain you sigh. \n\nLook in the glass and you will see \nYour source of power and frailty. \n\nA well known line you may transpose- \n\'\'A thorn is always near a rose." \n\nYou nobly strive to make it known \n\'\' \'Tis bad for man to be alone." \n\nBefore the present year is out, \nYour wedding cards will be about. \n\nDrifting away, day by day ! \n\nNo one to say, \'\'Stay! oh stay!" \n\nA heartless flirt ; you\'ll penance do \nFor all the innocents you slew. \n\n(9) \n\n\n\n\nA gentleman was examining an um- \nbrella and commenting upon its fine \nquality. \'\' Yes," said a person pres- \nent, " he fancies everything he sees." \n"And," added a third party, " is inclined \nto seize everything he fancies " \n\nIf there is anything in this world \ncalculated to make a man forget ttiat he\'s \nbeen to hear IMoodey and Sankey on the \nprevious evening, is to bounce cheerily ou t \nof bed in the morning and light on the \nbusiness end of a tack. \n\nA New Jersey female institute con- \ntains thirty-four red-headed girls, and \nthe principal dispenses with gas and all \nother artificial light. \n\n\n\nFacial Drawing- Liessons. \n\n\n\n\n\nHave you seen the Song and Chorus of \n"Rough on Rats"? \n\n\n\n\nThis man believes in Patent Medi- \ncines, and has used "Wells\' Health \nRenewer " to advantage. \n\n\n\nThis man don\'\'t believe in Patent \nMedicines; rather go to his own Doctor. \nLook at him I \n\n\n\n(10) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 9. \n\n\n\nr\\n To you, Tm afraid, it is useless to preach \n\n^0. About the temptations of Rockaway Beach. \n\nQ\'y Merry and free your revelry! \n\n^ \' \xe2\x80\xa2 Soon tired you\'ll be of devilry ! \n\nQQ You\'ll give up athletics; \n\n\n\n29. \n30. \n31. \n32. \n\n\n\nAnd take to aesthetics. \n\nOn some fine day not very remote, \nYou\'ll meet your match on a Rockaway boat. \n\nYour head is hot, your heart is cold \xe2\x80\x94 \nI pity your lot when you grow old. \n\nWhen you\'re seized with fits aesthetic, \nTake at once a strong emetic. \n\nWith throbbing heart and trembling hand \nSoon at the altar you will stand. \n\n\n\n(11) \n\n\n\n\nThe Lady Hahberton\'s divided skirt for \nfemales is to be exhibited at Kate Field\'s \nco-operative dress association establish- \nment in New Vor":. It won\'t do. The \nonly divided skirts in vogue are those \nworn by ballet girls, which divide high, \nthe upper quarter only being worn. \n\nA New York hotel proprietor, who \nthought of raising his rates, has wisely \nconcluded to retain his present prices \xe2\x80\x94 \n$5 and S5.50 a day. This will be hailed \nwith gratitude by clerks and others, \nwho make only $8 or $10 a week. \n\nThe editor who said his mouth never \nuttered a lie, probably spoke through \nhis nose. \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. \n\n\n\n\nYou can\'t tickle "Rough on Rats" with a straw. \n\n\n\n(12) \n\n\n\n\n25c., 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. \n\nGreat Triumph.\xe2\x80\x94 The universal success of \nWells\' Throat and Lung Balsam, in Consiunp- \ntion, Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma and Pulmo- \nnary diseases, is attracting notice throughout \nthe covmtry. It is without question a remark- \nable preparation, and has given abundant evi- \ndences of peculiar efficacy in controlling Pul- \nmonary diseases. Cures of severest forms of \nlong standing throat and lung affections report- \ned every day. Relief is immediate and certain. \n\nCures Catarrhal Throat Affections. \n\nTo be Permanently Esteemed, a medicine \nmust possess virtues so marked as to be plainly \napparent. The good name attained by "Wells\' \nThroat and Lung Balsam is evidence of worth. \nIt has proved a thoroughly reliable, trustworthy \nfamily cough cure. Can never be given amiss. \nThe best possible remedy in any and all affec- \ntions of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Even if every \nother means fail this gives relief. The only \nremedy of any service in whooping cough ; being \nalways reliable and safe, is such as one friend \ncan take pleasure in recommending to another. \nE. S. WELLS, JERSEY CITY, N. J. \n\n\n\n33. \n34. \n35. \n36. \n37. \n38. \n39. \n\n\n\nYou\'ll count amongst your future joys \nSix little girls, six little boys. \n\nBefore you sip, take firm grip, \n\nYou\'ll have no slip \'tween cup and lip. \n\nYour pace, I fear, is rather fast \xe2\x80\x94 \nYour love\'s by far too hot to last! \n\nThe greatest blessing you will find \nThat Love should be completely blind. \n\nInconstant as the fickle wind. \n\nFrom day to day you\'ll change your mind. \n\nNewport is the grand resort \n\nFor those, like you, intent on sport. \n\nA blow on the pier \xe2\x80\x94 a plunge in the brine \nIs all that\'s required to make you divine. \n\n(13) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 11. \n\n\n\n\n" The Springs." \xe2\x80\x94 Sar.a.tog.ji. \n\n\n\n" Pa, I guess our man Ralph is a good \nChristian. \' \'\' How so, my boy ?" " Why, \nPa, I read in the Bible that the wicked \nshall not live out half his days, and \nRalph says he has lived out ever since \nhe was a little boy." \n\n" What is that dog barking at," asked \na fop, whose boots were more polished \nthan his ideas. ""\'Why," said a. by- \nstander, " he sees another puppy in your \nboots." \n\nA popular writer, speaking of the \nocean telegraph, wonders whether the \nnews transmitted through the salt water \nwill be fresh. \n\nSpanish women are great S\'noras. \n\n\n\nFALSE MODESTY. \n\nth?7|-^L^\'\'V^ ordinarj intelligence knows \nmat Kidney Disease, Affections of the Bladder \nand Urmaiy Coniplaints,are as legitimate and \ncommon to both sexes (aU classel of society), \nas those mvolvmg any other portion of the \neconomy. Therefore, a remedy possess^! \nunprecedented virtues in treatment of thSI \ndiseases should have a respectful hearing If \nafflicted, you will have reason to rejoice over \nthe day you commenced the use of P\'ROIT\' \nSFml\'-^^S gpCHlJ-PAIBA (see\'^other pag^! \n81.(X) per bottle, at Druggists. Sent to kny ad- \ndre ss on receipt of price, $1 ; 6 bo ttles, $5. \n\nBUCmjIpAIBA; \n\nPROF. CHAPIN\'S BUCHTJ-PAIBA.-A \nquick, complete cure for all Urinary, Kidney \nBladder and Genital Diseases, in male or \n^f,^^^^,?^\'\'^^^^^^\' I^iabetes, Gravel, Diffi- \nculty of holc^g or passing Urine, Gleet, Tur- \nSli J"\'\'^ ^.^^^ ^\'^s* a^d other Deposits, \nStricture Irritation Inflammation, Inaction \nWhites, Impure or Diseased Discharges, Con- \nteTcf ^^seases. Pains in the BSck and \nThighs, Draggmg Down, Dripping. Ulcers \nTumors, ^opsy, Enlarg\'emen? Vh-oS,\' \nBlot^y or Puss-Matter discharges &c fil 00 \nCHAPIN\'S INJECTION FrEUR i*s to be \nu^ed with BUCHU PAIBA in cases of Ii^purl \nor Diseased Discharges. Price (with Svrinffe-T \n|1. His CONSTITIJTION BITTER S:KSl><\'\' \ndnyes all traces from the blood. Price $1 \' \n>.\xc2\xab?i?i t"" ^^"ledy to be had of druggists, or a \nof 1i oS^\'fi^^T?.?.?^\' * V^ address, on receipt \n$5 0) A- ^""^ ^^^^ ^^ assorted. \n\n\n\n\nE. S. WELLS, 22 Summit Ave., Jersey City, N. J. , . .,\xe2\x96\xa0 -: - ..==,^^ \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0 ^ (14) \n\n\n\n40. \n41. \n42. \n43. \n44. \n45. \n46. \n\n\n\nLovers come, and quickly go \n\nWhen they find your heart like dough. \n\nThe slightest rebuff makes you ready to die, \nSo fatal the kick from a gay butterfly. \n\nLike Wilde, and such aesthetic guys, \nYou ape an angel in disguise. \n\nWhen weary of sands and the wild waves\' play \nTo the glorious White Mountains fly away. \n\nSo rich but sad ; suppose you try \nThe Tonics of Adversity. \n\nEver dreaming \xe2\x80\x94 never domg. \n\nYou\'ll gain nought by seaside wooing. \n\nUnless you resolve more social to be \nYou must stop at home, like the Heathen \nChinee. \n\n(15) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 13. \n\n\n\n\nAsBUKY Park \n\n\n\nWhat is the difference between a tube \nand a foolish Dutchman ? One is a hol- \nlow cylinder, and the other is a silly Hol- \nlander. \n\nA man may forget his business, his fam- \nily, and all the sacred obligations of life, \nbut he always remembers where he got \nthat counterfeit bill. \n\nThe furniture recently sold at the As- \ntor House in New York, was rich with \nhistorical reminiscences and insects. \n\nA Washington man who was treated to \na " 25-center," slipped back to the cigar \nstore, the other day, and economically \nexchanged it for " three for a quarter." \n\n\n\nDrawing: Lesson No. 14. \n\n\n\n\nOwners of Vessels, Tenement Hodses, \n\n\n\nDra-wingr Liesson No. 15. \n\n\n\nFARMERS, &c. \n\n\n\n\nSave Hundreds of Dollars toy Using \n\n"ROUGH ON RATS." \n\nAn entirely new discovery. Clears out (don\'t die in the \nhouse) Rats. Mice, Crows, Ants, Bed-bugs, Roaches, Musk- \nrats, Skunks, &c. \n\n(16) \n\n\n\nMA! APPLE PILLS. \n\n\n\n\nMAY APPLE PLANT. \n\n(Sometimes called Mandrake or Podophyllum.) \n\nThe extract from this plant is the chief ingredient \nin WELLS\' MAY APPLE PILLS. These Pills con- \ntain no minerals ; are harmless, operate easily, yet \neffectively, having special tendency to the Liver and \nremoval of a bilious condition. If you try them you \nwill never use any other. At Druggists or by mail. \nE. S. WELLS, JERSEY CITY. \n\n\n\n47. \n48. \n49. \n50. \n51. \n52. \n53. \n\n\n\nYou will love and run away \xe2\x80\x94 \nAnd live to love another day. \n\nYou\'ll have good cause to bless the day \nYour eyes beheld the famed Cape May. \n\nYou shall have a busy Summer, \nFlirting hard with each new comer. \n\nBe merry now ; no more you\'ll laugh \nWhen you have found your bitter\'\\i2M. \n\nYour sorrow may endure a night, \n\nBut joy will come with morning\'s light. \n\nThe darling of your heart\'s devotion \nIs on the broad Atlantic Ocean. \n\nCheer up ! cheer up ! I plainly see \nBright golden days in store for thcc. \n\n(IT) \n\n\n\nDravring- Lesson No. 16. \n\n\n\n\n" I\'oR THE Ikon Piek\xe2\x80\x94 iJUvtcr." \n\n\n\nA paper watch, in good running order, \nhas been e.xhibited by a Dresden watch- \nmaker. Made, we suppose, from prom- \nissory notes which had been running on \nforever. \n\n" Every Little helps," said old man \nLittle, when he called his wife and two \ndaughters out to assist him split up a \ncord of hickory wood. \n\n\\\\\\ Alaska you can buy whisky for 14 \ncents a quart ; and murder and villainy \n.ire correspondingly cheap. \n\n"Lelles" call a great many people to \nchurch \n\nWhat\'s in a name ? D. Seaver drives \na St. Louis milk\'wagon. \n\n\n\nDrawing" Liesson No. 17. \n\nROUGH ON RATS ! \n\n\n\n15c, per Boi. Large Size, 25c \n\n\n\nAn Economical and. Complete \n\nFljJosectJug.tocUnt \n\nBed-Bug. Rat, Mouse \n\n\xe2\x80\x94 AND \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nMosquito \n\n\n\nA 15 cent box of "ROUGH \nON RATS," used as directed, \nwill keep a house free from flies \nand mosquitoes the entire season. \n\n\n\nSOLD BY DRUGGISTS. \n\n\n\n\nWELLS\' \n\n\n\nHEALTH \n\n\n\nRENEWER \n\n\n\ngreatest Eemedj- on Earth! \n\n\n\nCTJi^ES \n\n\n\nHEADACHE, \nDYSPEPSIA, \nNERVOUSNESS, \nDECLINE, \nSOUR STOMACH, \nAGUE, \nNIGHT SWEATS, \nMALARIA, \nJAUNDICE, \nWIND ON STOMACH, \nHEARTBURN, \n\n\n\nNERVOUS WEAKNESS, \nDEBILITY, \nLIVER COMPLAINT, \nIMPOTENCE, \nINDIGESTION, \nCONSTIPATION, \nWEIGHT IN STOMACH, \nPILES, \nRESTLESSNESS, \nSEXUAL DEBILITY, \nFORGETFULNESS, \n\n\n\nFEMALE WEAKNESS, CHILLS, \n\nWEAKNESS OF THE GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS. \n\n\n\n(18) \n\n\n\n54. \n55. \n56. \n57. \n58. \n59. \n60. \n\n\n\nYou\'ll go back, when the weather cools, \nTo taffy-pulling and singing schools. \n\nLike the flow and ebb of tide \nYour spirits rise and soon subside. \n\nBright visions rise, as this year falls, \nOf concerts, theatres and balls. \n\nAt Saratoga\'s famous springs \nAn era bright for you begins. \n\nSing when you\'re sad \nAnd soon you\'ll feel glad. \n\nWhen summer\'s heat and sport are o\'er \nIn Florida you\'ll seek for more. \n\n\xe2\x99\xa6 \nAvoid all that sin and cruel temptation \nWhich assail all young folk in the summer \nvacation. \n\n(19) \n\n\n\nDrawing: Lesson No. 18. \n\n\n\n\nRural Shorts. \n\n\n\nA Leeds paper says that a young \nwidow in that city, who writes well, is \ntraining herself for an editor. Who is the \neditor ? \n\nDid you ever know a country town \nthat hadn\'t the best brass band in the \nState ? \n\nIt is difficult to tell how much a fish \nwill weigh by looking at the scAles. \n\nA statistician estimates that courtships \naverage three tons of coal each. \n\nThe easiest way to pay a gas bill is to \nburn kerosene. \n\nLament of the sidewalk : \'\' Everybody \nis down on me." \n\n\n\nDrawing Lesson No. 19. \n\n\n\n\nOur Occupations Gone ! " Rough on Rats " did it. \n\n\n\n(20) \n\n\n\nOA You\'re building castles in the air, \n\n^ A \xe2\x96\xa0 To end in grief and dark despair. \n\n^Q On Sea Girt beach entranced you\'ll be \n\nyJ^\' By charms more rare than scenery. \n\nOO Sunflower, lily and daffodil \n\n^"O* An empty purse will never fill. \n\nryi Blue and white \xe2\x80\x94 your sole delight; \n\n^^- Yellow and black are put to flight. \n\n^t^ You lack the courage to say \'\'No," \n\n^^- Hence all your troubles here below. \n\nftf^ Lawn Tennis is the pastime sweet \n\n\n\n67, \n\n\n\nWhere a life partner you will meet. \n\nEnjoy the sunshine while you may \xe2\x80\x94 \nToo soon the chance will pass away. \n\n(21) \n\n\n\n\nPolo." \xe2\x80\x94 Newi-okt. \n\n\n\nA Texas Judge is credited with the \nfollowing decision : " The fact is, Jones, \nthe jail is an old, rickety affair, as cold \nas an iron wedge. You applied to this \ncourt for a release on bail, giving it as \nyour opinion that you would freeze to \ndeath there. The weather has not \nmoderated, and to keep you from freez- \ning, I will direct the sheriff to l.ang j\'ou \nat four o\'clock this afternoon . \n\n" Remember," said a trading Quaker \nto his son, " in making thy way in the \nworld, a spoonful of oil will go further \nthan a quart of vinegar." \n\nThe most effective way for a boy to \nlearn a bee sees \xe2\x80\x94 by just putting his \nfinger into the hive. \n\n\n\nDrawing Lesson No. 21^ \n\n\n\n\nar: \n\n\n\nBottles. \n\n\n\nThe success with which Welt^s\' Throat and \nLung Balsam has met proves it the most remark- \nable medicine of the past or present. Its effects \nare so evident ar d well attested that it is attract- \ning attention from all classes of society. It is \nwithout question the most reliable remedy for \ntroublesome coughs that has yet appeared. \n\nE. S. WELLS, PROPRIETOR, JERSEY CITY, N. J. \n\n\n\n-M \n\n\n\n^^T^ELLS\' \n\n\n\n\n:jS: \n\n\n\n3PXX.X-S \n\n\n\nFor Billioasnessj Liver Goinplalnt> \nDyspepsia and Constipation. \n\nThe Original and Genuine are only made by \n\nEPHRAIM S. WELLS, Chemist, \n\nCor. Monticello & Harrison Aves. JereeyCity \n\n\n\nThese are the ones you want. \nYou do not have to take a hand- \nful to get the effect. They act \npleasantly, properly, no grip- \nmg, no calomel, no injury in \nany weather or climate. Re- \nliable, healthful, a pleasant \nFamily Pill, a great improve- \nment, eq\'ially good for children \nor adults. The best, purest \nand safest, for Headache, In- \ndigestion, Dyspepsia, li uUness, \nBiliousness, Liver Lisease, &c. \nPurely, Strictly Vegetable, \nmade from juices of f reshherbs. \nThey Pukify the Blood by \nremoving inert and effete \nmatter from the system, and \ngiving activity and health to \nthe Liver and Stomach. \n\nCure Headache, Dullness \n\nand Depression, Want of Appe- \n\nthe overloaded Stomach and Bowels, and producing \n\nile, stimulating the secretions and restoring the \n\n\n\n:^ \n\n\n\ntite, &c., \n\na healthy\' flow of \n\nclogged up system to healthful activity. , ,, \n\n8^== If You are Bilious, tongue coated, bad breath, head hot, dull \nor aching, stomach heavy or sour, if bowels inactive and passages hard \nand occasional looseness, if your sleep is broken (.tossing about in bed), \nif you get up unrefreshed, if your skin is sallow, eyes yellow, if heavy, \ndull pains in back and limbs, if you are drowsy, indisposed to talk or \nact, if any one or more of these symptoms, take a dose of "WELLS\' \nMAY APPLE PILLS, and follow it up with WELLS\' HEALTH BE- \nNEWER, the greatest tonic on the face of the globe. Pflls, 25 cents. \nRenewer, $1.00. \n\nOf all the organs the Liver is laost commonly out of sorts, and \nwhen it is so everything else goes wrong. The Liver is the great \nregulator. \n\nThe coppery taste in the mouth, the greasy feeling about the \nthroat and stomach, the sour stomach, the bilious feeling in general, \nradically relieved by these pills. Safe in any weather or climate, \nalways effective. They search every corner of Liver, Stomach and \nBowels. If you want a thorough Pill, use them. 25 cents per box. \nThen invigorate and tone up the system with WELLS\' HEALTH \nRENEWER. $1.00 at Druggists. \n\n(22) \n\n\n\n68. \n69. \n70. \n71. \n72. \n73. \n74. \n\n\n\nAvoid whate\'er your spirit vexes \xe2\x80\x94 \nDespise \'\' old women " of both sexes. \n\nSmiles and tears \xe2\x80\x94 hopes and fears, \nThe rainbow hues of early years ! \n\nSweet and bright as the month of May, \nYour life shall seem a holiday. \n\nYou once extolled the "Age of Reason" \xe2\x80\x94 \nYour mind will change this very season. \n\nYou prized too much, as you\'ll confess, \nA life of single blessedness. \n\nYou\'ll break the heartless law of fashion. \nAnd own at last the tender passion. \n\nLike Oscar, and his crew, \nYou are \'\'too utterly too too." \n\n\n\nBra-wing: Lesson No. 22. \n\n\n\n\n"A NiBBL \n\n\n\n-Glen Island. \n\n\n\nThe story is told of a New Bedford \nclergyman, now dead, who was asked by \nan Irishman to marry him. " Why, Pat, \nsaid the clergyman, " what have you \ncome to me for? Why don\'t you go to \nthe Catholic priest?" "I\'ve been to- \nhim, yer honor," said Pat, "and he told \nme to go to the devil, and I\'ve come. \n\nThey are shipping apples from Grand \nRapids to Rotterdam, Holland. They \npack them so that they won\'t Rotterdam \nbit on the way. \n\nA Kentucky judge has decided that a \nman has no right to harness his wife to a \nplow, no, not even w-ith a mule. And yet \nwomen complain that they have no \nrights. \n\n\n\n\nMrs. Hash \xe2\x80\x94 " True ! I did agree to board you for ten dollars a week, but I didn\'t know you were going to take \'Wells\' Health \nRenewer \' before every meal." \n\n" Well, madame, if you will purchase a box of \' Rough on Rats \' and clear out all the rats, mice, flies, mosquitoes, roaches and \nbedbugs I will pay two dollars per week extra \xe2\x80\x94 but I can\'t think, for a moment, of giving up the \' Renewer,\' " (24) \n\n\n\n75. \n76. \n77. \n78. \n79. \n80. \n81. \n\n\n\nYour sole recreation \xe2\x80\x94 \nTo cause a sensation ! \n\nYour photo-book will change this year, \nAnd former fav\'rites disappear. \n\nTo keep single, you\'ll contrive, \nUp to prudent twenty-five. \n\nYour destiny is hard to fix. \nBitter and sweet so freely mix. \n\nLove requited \xe2\x80\x94 vows well plighted ! \nHearts and hands for aye united ! \n\nThis year a treasure you\'ll discover \xe2\x80\x94 \nA brownstone house and brimstone lover. \n\nThe wedding bells soon merrily \nShall ring a chime to gladden thee. \n\n(25) \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 24. \n\n\n\n\nJohn Smith was born, baptised, arrested, \nshot, buried, married and sentenced to \nthe penitentiary for life, all in one week, \nrecently, in Omaha. This did not pre- \nvent his having his tooth pulled, and \nstopping his paper on the following \nMonday, either. \n\nIndian corn in North Germany often \nassumes a place among the household \nplants. It is regarded there as tropical. \nIn our country it becomes tropical only \nunder the name of Bourbon, and then \nit warms a man up so that he feels as \nif he were under the tropic of Capricorn. \n\nTo do business a man must have . \ndollars and sense. \n\n\n\n\nDrawing- Ijesson No. 25. \n\n\n\n\n\nBRAIN-NERVE. \n\n\n\nNervousness is the sense of feebleness, or lack of stability \nof the nervous system as distinguished from the rest of the \nbody. The number of those in the middle or higher classes \nof society who, without being ever actually sick, never know \nwhat full, rejoicing health really is\xe2\x80\x94 who live constantly in \na lower plane of being than is normal in man, who are weak \nall over, though not specially and constantly weak in any \none organ, and who, though they may never experience \npiercing and grinding pam, yet suffer at times, if not \nalways, that profound exhaustion which in many respects is \nfar worse than pain\xe2\x80\x94 is very large, and is or has been \napparently increasing. \n\nFor this condition there is no remedy or treatment so ad- \nmirably adapted as WELLS\' HEALTH REN EWER. The \nevidence, daily adduced, from the thousands who have and \nare using it, bear testimony to its remarkable powers as a \nbrain, nerve, vital and physical rejuvenator. \n\nIt may be had through all druggists at $1.00 per bottle, or \na bottle sent by express to any address on receipt of $1.00 : \n6 bottles $5.00. \n\n(26) \n\n\n\nTHE EXCESSES OF YOUTH \n\nAre drafts upon old age, payable with interest. The victims, \ntherefore, should lose no time in availing themselves of the \nremarkable restorative properties of WELLS\' HEALTH \nRENEWER. It is specially designed for just these cases \nand for those older who are lacking in animal vitality and \nvigor. It enables the system to recuperate rapidly and \nsupply the drain thereon. Don\'t fail to try it. It produces \na complete restoration to full power, giving to the aged or \nearly wrecked of either sex the vigor, buoyancy and fresh- \nness of youth. $1.00 bottle at druggists. \n\n\n\nBIGHT SIEATS \n\n\n\nARE a sign of Weakness, Decline, \nWasting, Debility in some form ; may \narise from excesses, too much drinking, tendency to CON- \nSU M PTION or over-mental or physical exertion, &c. What- \never the cause they are dangerous, a siu-e sign of utter \nbreaking down. \n\nWELLS\' HEALTH RENEWER \n\nWill stop and break up night sweats in two to four days, \noften sooner, and strengthen the entire organism against \ndisease and premature decline. The "Renewer" is not a \nquack medicine, but an imequalled Tonic of True Merit. \n\n\n\n82. \n\n83. \n84. \n85. \n86. \n87. \n88. \n\n\n\nSighing and dying and wretchedly trying \nTo look jolly and pleased when you\'d like \nto be crying. \n\nWhen you go out to sea to fish, \nYou\'ll catch the very thing you wish. \n\nTo Asbury Park you will repair, \nWhere men may smoke and drink \xe2\x80\x94 the air. \n\nYou soon must solve the problem grave \xe2\x80\x94 \n**An old one\'s pet, or young one\'s slave"? \n\nIf they are blest, whose quiver\'s full, \nYour lot shall be right joyful. \n\nSome dress to live : but you, I guess. \nLike many, only live to dress. \n\nA sphere in life you will ensure, \nWhere men are true and women pure. \n\n(27) \n\n\n\nDrawing Lesson No. 26. \n\n\n\n\nThe "Seaside Sibyl" on the Df.ach. \n\n\n\nAn Indianapolis cat got to playing with \na small turtle the other day, and was \nhaving a nice time tumbling it around, \nwhen suddenly the turtle\'s jaws closed \non the cat\'s tail. There was some very \nlively tumbling then on the part of the cat, \nto an accompaniment of her own selection. \nTwo hours after she was seen examining \nthat tail tenderly, evidently wondering \nif the piece would gro\\. out again. \n\n"What are the churches doing for \nhumanity ? " asked Brother Talmage. \nFunny he "does not knew ; they\'re getting \nup fairs. \n\nTailor mea-suring fat ^ customer \xe2\x80\x94 \n" Would you hold the end, sir, while I go \naround ! \' \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 27. \n\n\n\n\nLecture on *\xe2\x96\xa0\' Rough on Rats." \xe2\x80\x94 " This is what killed your poor father. Shun it. Avoid anything containing \nthroughout your future useful (?) careers. We older heads object to its especial \'Rough\' ness." (28) \n\n\n\nOQ Tennis, polo, bathing, boating \xe2\x80\x94 \n\n\n\n90 \n91 \n\n\n\n93. \n94, \n\n\n\nPicnic, music, flirting, doting \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nThese your pastimes best worth noting ! \n\nWhen vanities bring weariness, \nYou\'ll seek a rural wilderness \xe2\x80\x94 \nMeet penance for your wickedness ! \n\nUnless you\'re a Mormon, or Turk, \nContented you\'ll be with this year\'s work. \n\n\n\nQQ Your seaside dreams of love and money \n\n\n\nWill end in country milk and honey. \n\nHow sweet to thee is love\'s young dream \nWhen gliding down the placid stream. \n\nDear captive feet are now set free \nTo skip and dance right merrily, \nAs winter stealeth o\'er the sea. \n\n(29) \n\n\n\n\netter in the candle," is \nnew song. It\'s a pretty \n\n\n\n" There\'s \nthe title of \n\nproduction, but yet we can\'t help think\' \ning that if the letter stays there long it\'s \ngoing to get scorched so that no one \ncan read it. \n\nNoisy little boys in Cincinnati are told \nthat right in the centre of the hind hoofs \nof every live mule there is a little lump \nof gold, which can be easily dug out \nwith a penknife. \n\nThere\'s one pleasant thing about house \ncleaning. A man can straddle hims\xc2\xablf \nout in the parlor for a day or two and \nspit on the floor without spoiling a \nBrussels carpet. - \n\n\n\nDrawing- Lesson No. 80. \n\n\n\nQ fZ You\'ll meet many cranks at the seaside \nyjOn this year \xe2\x80\x94 \n\n\n\n96. \n\n97. \n\n98. \n\n99. \n\n100. \n\n\n\nIt must be the Comet that made them so \nqueer. \n\nYou\'ll have in place of dance hall skips \nHoly greetings from brethren\'s lips \xe2\x80\x94 \nPrayer meetings : good fellowships. \n\nThe happy day is drawing nigh \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nTo all your pains and cares good-bye ! \n\nThe summer dies, and birds of prey \nTo city haunts now fly away. \n\nYouVe leaving now to meet no more \nThe only one you could adore. \n\nTo young and old I bid farewell, \nAnd will next: year their fortunes tell. \n\nt31) \n\n\n\n\n\' The Place Wheke the Good Folks \nI Go." \xe2\x80\x94 Ocean Grove. \n\n\n\nThe time for a man to stand firmly hy \nJob\'s example is when he washes his \nface with home-made soap and begins to \npaw around over the chairs with his eyes \nshut, inquiring foi a towel, quick, and is \ntold that the towel is in the drawer, but \nthe keys are lost \n\nA Mexican girl living at Tusceolo has \nthree well developed arms. She can do \nup her hair without cramming her mouth \nfull of hairpins. \n\nNothing does a doctor so much good as \nto prescribe an ocean voyage for a sick \nman who can\'t raise enough money to \npay his street car fare down town. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs \n\nSO" \n\n\n\nO \n\n\n\nu \nh \n\n\n\npi \nin \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIT\'S \n\n\n\n^ a. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3f \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0a =^a c S ^ \n2 I M o c n jo T \n\n5^ \n\n\n\nP!^Hi2 5 rt> a> M \n\nH, >?d tt> 1 on cl-r; \n\n\n\n2 P-rs 5^?P \xc2\xab! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCD m _ \n\n\n\nPI \n\n"0 \n05 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Si s \n\n\n\nmi \n\n^ r3 \n\nZ CO -<1 \n\n= \xc2\xa7\xe2\x80\xa2?\xc2\xab \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3 iw tJ iiu \n\n\n\ni: \xe2\x80\xa2 1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nO 05 (C c. \xe2\x80\x9e- \n13 \xc2\xbb m g-tn \n\n\n\n\n\n\n:\xc2\xa7 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nQ p,CD O \nf? (1i M 2. \n\n\n\nSs \n\n\n\na* \n\xe2\x96\xa0o O \n\n\n\nl^S^ - \n\n\n\nt(\xc2\xab t+d t:*o Hrfp Q \n\nS P Pim Ea\xc2\xbb_i f?v< 50 \n. tsar-? B^S^g^PH,e \nO* B cats e-2.p-i 3 \n\nja&*n W;^c6tTj^ \n\n\n\n\ni \n\n\n\nDrawing\' Xiesson No. 31. \n\n\n\n.A.SK: F-OR \n\n\n\nLIBRftRY OF CONGRESS \n021 650 929 8 ^ \n\n\n\nmfrim \n\n\n\n\n15 CElsTT & 25 OEISTT BOIXIES. \n\n\n\nEvening Journal Print, Jersey City, N. J. \n\n\n\n'