Life — June 7, 1888 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE: aa ‘f ht REQUIESCAT IN PACE, THE Harrison boom is dying hard (Oh, the broken lily is sad to see.) Its beauty now is sorely marred, ’Twill soon be entombed in the cold church-yard, With honors of war by a corporal’s guard. —Chicago News. TELEGRAPH EpIToR (fo chief): This dispatch about the woman who threw a pailful of hot water over her husband is too long. What had I better do? CuIEF : Boil it down.—TZexas Siftings. MONTREAL Lapy (to American financier): Do you not find our Canadian climate rather cold, Mr. Boodler ? AMERICAN FINANCIER: Oh, not at all; it agrees with me. I left New York because it was too warm for me there.— 7exas Siftings. TeAacHER : What advantage had the old Greeks over us, Hans? Hans (drawing a long breath) : They did not have to learn Greek. —Fliegende Blatter. THE man who was looking about for a paper that didn’t have anything to say about the tariff, finally purchased a paper of pins. That was the nearest he could come to it.—Norristown Herald. 329 EpITOoR (fo assistant) : In this obituary notice, Mr. Getaroundlate, you say his many friends will shed a tear! Shed a tear is a trifle weak. ASSISTANT : How would shed a tear or two, answer? EDITOR (dudiously) : That's not much of an improvement. ASSISTANT : Well, make it his many friends will shed two or three tears, then. EDITOR : All right, let it go at that—Epoch. “Yes, dear, I have recorded our marriage license,” said the Chicago youth, displaying the document to his heart's delight ; ‘and now we can get married as soon as you will say the word." “But, George,” exclaimed the young lady, in consternation, “are you sure this is right? Isn’t there something lacking ?” “Something lacking ? I don’t think I follow you, dearest,” “T suppose I'm a silly little fool, George, but don’t call me an ignoramus now, will you? But I always supposed that a marriage license had a divorce coupon attached.”—Boston Transcript. FASHIONABLE DAUGHTER: Mamma, do you really think it is wrong for me to flirt in a mild sort of way? FASHIONABLE MOTHER (ferrified) : Clara, I am surprised at you. ‘The idea of an unmarried person flirting !—San Francisco Wasp. Maun (before the laughing hyena's cage): How mean ! we've been twenty minutes and the hyena hasn’t laughed once! ELLa : Strange, and he’s been eyeing your new spring hat, too !— Tid- Bits, One of the queerest things about agriculture is to see a Congress- man plant garden seeds among his constituents, and then look confi- dently forward to a crop of votes next fall.—Somerville Journal. Here JuNtAp X Co. CELEBRATED HATS AND Packer’s Tar Soap Will Cure Dandruff. FACT! My son, a good maxim for you to adopt is this : Get your work done yesterday, so that you may rest to-day."—Harper’s Bazar. Palmer House, Chicago. 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