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The husband: "Well, my dear, did you see some beautiful things on< your mountain excursion ?" The wife : " The guide J-old me to look where I walked; - all I w»i able to see was my boots 1" A stockholder in :a. Western, narrowguage railway made a call at headquarters the other day, and remarked to the president, " I notice the gross receipts for October show a decrease over September." "Yes, sir." "Can you explain the matter ?" " Certainly, sir. In September we carried a family of. seven persons from Dashville to Blacktown, and the receipts were swelled. During October we'only got hold of a r blind ' man, two cars of lumber, and a dozen barrels of salt, and the receipts shrank.". " And what, is the outlook ?" " Splendid, sir. So far this month we have more than paid for the wood and oil for the locomotive, and if we get a shipment of six hogs as promised yesterday, I believe we can pay the"conductor at least 5 per cent, of his-back salary." A Sympathetic Question.-^The new, attendant of the watering-place bookstore stood behind tbe counter with his head a little on one side, and a>white hnndkerchief around his neck, when a dainty summer sojourner tripped in, and fixing her blue orbs upon him, asked-r-" Have you a 'Newport Aquarelle?'" to which, with a thankful smile, he replied— I'IN o inarm, I don't think it's nothin' but a common bile."—Boston .Commercial Bulletin.' '-■/"--'• Holloway'B Ointment—Sores, Wounds, Ulcera ions, and other diseases affecting the skin, are capable of speedy amendment by this cooling and healing unguent, which has called forth the loudest praise trom persons who had suffered for years from bad legs, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure *" had long passed away. 'None but those who have ex- , perienced the soothing effect of this Ointment can form an idea of, the comfort it fce^ows by restraining' ■ nflammation and allaying pain. Whenever Holloway s Ointment has been once used it has established its own worth, andhasagain been eagerly sought for*«sthe easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous •complaints. ■ In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout, tjie same appneafiou, property used, gives wonderful relief,

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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4785, 10 May 1884, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4785, 10 May 1884, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4785, 10 May 1884, Page 4

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