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+ LIFE: AMUSEMENTS. ALY'S THEATRE! A NIGHT OFF; EVERY EVENING at &1s. Aagustia Daly's New Comedy, ANIGHT OFF. Ada Rehas, Mrs. Gilbert, Miss Dreher, Miss Irwin, Charles Fisher, James ‘Lewis, John Drew, Otis Skinner, Charles Leclerea. MATINEE SATURDAY AT = it and Express. '—Tribune. or, A LEAF FROM BALZAC. “ Lrresistibly amusin ‘A brilliant success. B JOU OPERA HOUSE. BURLESQUE. ILES & BARTON, pemees and Managers. HTH MONT! RICE & pIxey's BIG RURL! ESOUE COMPANY. an EN bores ue night in the Reaciosting, spectacular ue ie ty THE SIGHTS IN ROBINSON CRUSOE'S FRIDAYS, Mr, RICE'S new songs, (C1T'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW and * THE WALL STREET BROKE! tumes, effects, &c. Seats Secured Three Weeks In Advance. The New ryceem Theatre, 4th Ave. and ayd Street. Agi Academy of Design. WESLEY SISSON, Director. Will open to the publicon Easter Monday evening, April 6th, with STEELE MacKayr’s five-act drama entitled DAKOLAR. Prices, $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. All seats virtually on the aisles. 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The Atlantic Monthly says of the author that she is “a Murillo in literature," and that the story ‘is one of the most artistic creations of American literature.” Says a lady, herself an author: ‘To me it is the most distinctive piece of work we have had in this country since ‘ Uncle Tom's Cabin,’ finish of style is beyond that classic.’ truly an American novel,” says the Boston Advertiser. “Ramona is one of the most charming creations of modern fiction,” says Charles D. Warner in the Hartford Courant. ‘‘The romance of the story is irresistibly fascinating,” says the /ndependent. Sold by all booksellers, Mailed, postpaid, by the pub- lisbers. ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston. REIMS, March, 1885. Charles Graef, New York: Dean Sie.—It is our desire that you acquaint the patrons and friends of our wine, through the public journals, that all Champagne sent by us to your country in future will have a Waite Band on the Neck of Each Bottle, running under the original label, with the words “ YOMMERY, & GRENO” printed thereon in Plain Black Letters. We shall continue to send to the United States only first quality Champagne, the same as we have always sent, and we earnestly request con noisseurs and friends of our Brand to refuse any not having the Brand alluded to above, that they may not be deceived, “Our cases will have the same marksand numbers as heretofore. Yours most faithfully, Vue. POMMERY & FILS. New York, March 16th, 1885. Referring to the above letter from Messrs. Vve. Pommery & Fils, I beg to add that after April rst, 1885, no leaky or broken bottles will be exchanged by me unless they bear the White Band, “ POMMERY & GRENO.” Yours respectfully, CHARLES GRAEF, Sole Agent for the United States. 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 HERMIT- AGE four to seven years old, all sold absolutely pure, uncolored, unsweetened. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton St. & Broadway and 27th St. g WARREN STREET. comicbooks.com