Judge — February 25, 1899 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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EVOLUTION. He used to wear long, flaxen curls ‘And collars nicely trimmed with lace ; ‘And maidens used to stroke his bead ‘And say he had an angel's face. (Ten years have elapsed.) ‘To-day his hair is coarse and straight, The Sohmer piano is rec sic-loring public as one of wor ner 1 nei night isn His countenance is freckled, and ‘Yovacco-stains lurk on his lips, While he can swear to beat the band. —Cleveland Leader. nized by the mu- the best in the i. Visit the warerooms, Fifth avenue, cor- Twenty-second street, before buying else- tvs. Olive—""It is rumored among the ors that your husband beat you last Is it true?” Mrs. Poplar—" There . word of truth in the report. He struck several times, but failed to hit me, You he played with the St. Louis nine last ‘Chicago News. Dr, Bull's Cough Syrup at once for Kate—"* 1+ is better to have a cheap engage- ment-ring: than to have a cheap fellow to be engaged to.” Nellie—"*1 don't know. One is more apt to lose her fiancé than her engage- ment-ring. Therefore it is wise to secure as valuable a ring as circumstances will allow."— Boston Transcript. Only one original—many counterfeits. Ab- bott’s, the Original Angostura Bitters, eclipses all, See the name on every bottle, Get it at grocers’ or druggists’. When I’ve been very good all day, ‘An’ I hear papa shout, T run to tell my mamma An’ get pa’s slippers out. But not when I've been very bad, An’ mamma's going to tell; It's then [ hide his slippers— When I hear my papa yell. —Philadelphia North American. Angostura Bitters, prepared by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert for his private use. has become famous as the best appetizing tonic ‘Tis now the hunter roams the fields OVER PIPTY MILLION DOLLARS. ‘The financial report of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, published to-day, states among other interesting items that the surplus of the society is greater than the surplus of any other life-insurance company in the United States or Europe. Surplus measures both the strength and the dividend. vying power of any financial organization, and the policy-holders of the Equitable cannot but be interested and gratified with the society's report of the trans- Actions of the past year. The assets now amount to $258 369,298, and the surplus $57,310,489. The ouistan Jing assurance now exceeds nine hundred and eighty-seven million dollars, and of disbursements during the year 1898 more than twenty-four millions was to policy-hold- ers, year amounted to over one hundred and sixty- cight million dollars over and above thirty mill- ions declined by the examiners of the company Collectors of unique obituary notices may be interested in the following, which appeared re- cently in a rural paper : Farewell, dear, suffering John ; All your trouble and pain is o'er. Dreary nights and days of anguish bee hits and gripe. It tas stood the test, and 1s With several barking Towsers, ‘Thou shalt never know no more. possovely a rehable remedy, | LMC 2 (oo erertiost| And finds when night-time settles that Gone from the ones that loved you dearly ; ELL Syrup costs but 95 cents He's only bagged his trousers, Gone to Him that loved you more; — —Baltimore American. Come Ad vee) another angel ee {uc—"* What sort of a foot-stool was that you at has: gone to-s notes: berore: gav your husband?” Ske—* What are you| A Chicago woman has written to Governor New! Vork Evening: Sum: faleiog about? I didn’t give him any foot-| Pingree that she has heard of his potato-patch- sto: 1 gave him a beautiful hand.worked |es and is sure he can find her a rich husband. | _ Blynéins—"* Heard anything from our friend cove: for the mantel-piece.” //e—'' Ob, that | The connection between the two is not quite| Twiggleigh lately? Poor fellow! the doctors was it. Tknow he told me it was something | apparent. Even a Chicago woman should| gave him up, I'm told.” MWynkins—" Yes; H) he could put his feet on.”"— Yonkers Statesman. | know that you don't dig millionaires out of | but he retaliated by giving up the doctors, and hills —Buffalo Express. | now he's recovering.”— Baltimore Life, “1 have a pressing engagement, love,” And then, as if to prove it, Tupman—"* hear you are building a new house?” well build an old one, you know."—Aoston Traveler. \F YOU'’RE A ‘The new assurance written during the | He said, “and we must part.” He pressed her to his heart. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Snodgrass—"" Yes; 1 couldn't very | The good name & | good quality of | BETWEEN THE ACTS | LITTLE CIGARS | ‘ has caused many manu- facturers to imitate them. They are now sold in tin boxes—1o for to cents; 50 for 50 cents. There are other tin boxes but no other little cigars as good —as clean—as desir- able as ‘‘Acts.”” You can use them scores of times when you cannot stop to buy or smoke a cigar. Youcan carry them convenient- ly, as the box of 10 fits any pocket. Letussend you 50, post paid, for 50 cents—they will save you their cost. American Tobacco Co., 507-529 W. aad St., New-York City. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. Outstanding Assurance, Dec. 31, 1898 $987,157,134.00 : -. 198,362,617.00 Examined and Declined ............. ........ Assurance Applied for in 1898.. 30,318,878.00 New Assurance Issued...............2.200042+ 168,043,7 39.00 Income in 1898....... Assets Dec. 31, 1898 Assurance Fund..........$198,898,259.00 and all other Liabilities, _2,160,550.27 50,249,286.78 258,369,298.54 201,058,809.27 Surplus............. Paid Policyholders in 1898 57:310,489.27 24,020,523.42 HENRY B. HYDE, PRESIDENT. J. W. ALEXANDER, V.-P. comicbooks.com