Life — May 29, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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LIFE mediately filed away ina vault at the Safe Deposit Company until he can account for his mysterious ac- tions. Upon his person were found the missing Gov- ernment bonds, while the $10,000,000 specie was dis- covered in the lining of his coat which he had left at his broker’s. The ex-President states that he merely went out for | a walk and wanted some car-fare, a complex statement which carries conviction on the face of it. His actions have had a very depressing effect on the | market, as Presidents were quoted this morning at 71, while this afternoon the stock ran down to 20 and no takers. The bank has resumed. The question now arises : sumed ? What has the bank re- J. K. Bancs. STILL ANOTHER. ED-HEAD CHARLEY, the millionaire burglar who has just rendered New York society incon- | solable by leaving the city for twenty years on a State appointment, sent a cheque for $10,000 to the New York Asylum for blind watchmen, before taking his departure. Mr. Charley thus adds another name to the honored list of criminal philanthropists. “ He1cH-HO !” said Mrs. Spriggins, “I see that poor old Mr. Wilkins has died intestate. I allus said high livin’ would ruin his innards.” RENDER: VNTO $CI§SOR$ THOSE THINGQS WHICH ARE SCISSORS - HIS FIRST CIGAR. THAT little boy was awful sick, Weknow for we 've been thar,” And more than that, his mother quick, Called in for help his * par.” His “ pap ” was made of sterner stuff, 'T was years since he was young, . And when the boy cried, ‘ hold ! enough !" The blows the harder stung. —Chicago Sun. First Cabman—* What did you charge that stranger for driving him around the corner to the hotel ?” Second Cabman—''1 charged $4.97. 4.97? That is a queer figure. “« Because $4.97 was all he had.”—Phil. Eve. Call. "ivy did n't you make it an even WASHINGTON'S EXAMPLE TO HIS COUNTRY. “ Johnnie,” said a girlto her bashful company, as they occupied remote ends of the sofa, the other night, ‘‘I see that a lady in New Jersey, 104 years old, boasts of having been kissed by Washington.” “Yes,” said Johnnie, ‘I saw it, too.” “ Suppose you were to become a great man like Washington >" “* Well ?” said Johnnie. “And I were to live to be 104 years old ?” “Well?” said Johnnie. “T could n't say of you what the old lady said of Washington, could 1? Then he kissed her.—Chicago Tribune. “A NOVEL OF GENUINE POWER and VITALITY.” Cavanagh, Sanford & Co., Says the Christian Union of Stratford-by-the-Sea. 16mo., (American Novel Series), $1.00. HENRY HOLT & CO,, N. Y.} No one can furnish “Old Crow” Rye Sour-Mash Whiskey unless purchased from us. We have taken every barrel made since Fanuary, 1872. We have also HERMTy- AGE three to seven years old, all sold absolutely pure, uncolored, unsweetened. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton St. & Broadway and 27th St. GREAT HOSIERY SALE. JAMES McCREERY & CO. | | dies’ Fancy Lisle Hose to their same for the balance of this week. These goods are all of this season’s importation, and at the price are unexceptional bargains. |JAMES McCREERY & CO., Broadway and 11th St. having added 200 dozen La-| Special Sales, at 50 cts. a pair, | | | they will continue to offer the | Merchant Tailors and Importers, 16 West 23d STREET, Opposite 5th Ave. Hotel, NEW YORK. All the latest London Fabrics regularly imported. fine 149 escenuat gunilioe of pine tho escent eles ‘Durabuity and rea Sswa uill actic f ie of writing, Ivison, Blakeman, Tavlor & Con N.Y. BELFAST IRELAND THE “A'N ‘Aempeosg z& ‘ssOu ‘H AUNAH comicbooks.com