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A DOG AND A STRING.

The Paris _Figaro_ reports a conversation between an optician and a
customer of an inquiring mind:

A near-sighted friend went to an optician the other day to change the
glasses of his spectacles, which had become too weak. He was given the
next number lower.

"After this number, what will I take?" he asked.

"These."

"And after that?"

"Those."

"And then?" asked the myope, with an anxious air.

"Then," said the dealer, "I think a small and sagacious dog, with a
string attached, will be about the thing."

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GOOD MANNERS.

Sydney Smith, in the following paragraph, suggests the moral basis of
good manners:

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those
qualities which our fellow-creatures love and respect. If we strive to
become, then, what we strive to appear, manners may often be rendered
useful guides to the performance of our duties.

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A CARD.

_To every purchaser of our Holly Scroll Saw we_ give free _full-sized
Designs, Blades, Drill Points, Manual, &c., which would cost, if bought
separately at the stores, over_ $2. _The GENUINE Holly Scroll Saw, with
this_ rare offer, _is to be had only of Perry Mason & Co., who were the
first to place it in the market._ Get the best. _The GENUINE HOLLY is
the best._

HOLLY SCROLL SAW.

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We do not need to represent it as worth $23 or $30. We do say that it is
the best saw in the world for the price. The hundreds who have purchased
it at our office are surprised that it can be made so well and sold so
cheap. It is easy to operate, almost noiseless, very strong, all iron
and elegantly ornamented. It has a powerful Drill always in motion; a
Tilting Table that can be adjusted in a moment by a thumb screw. It is
the greatest mechanical invention in the art of Bracket Sawing ever
produced. Any boy with a little mechanical skill can earn one or more
dollars per day, and thus pay for his machine in a little time. We
cannot praise the Holly Scroll Saw too much.

ON RECEIPT OF $3,
which is the price of the Holly Scroll Saw with the Drill, we will give
free the following valuable list of articles. With this Saw and these
splendid Designs any boy or girl ought to make enough money to clothe
themselves for a year, besides filling their homes with beautifu