Life — June 5, 1890 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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* LIFE: THE POWER OF MUSIC. OPEN POSTAL CARDS. Fa My Dear Quay: JUNE 1, 1899. Don't resign. Die in office and be quick about it. Yours ever, i CARLYLE SwuTH. Dearest John: . JUNE 1, 1890. The letter you mailed me from the Postmaster-General’s office on March sth, 1889, has just reached me. If you get this card before you go out of office in "93, please regard it as an acceptance of the appointment. Love to the Presi- dent. c. s. M1. My Dear Mr. President : JUNE 1, 1890. I have seen Edison, He suggests that if you stand behind a magnifying glass fifteen feet in circumference, well up toward the glass, people with weak eyes will be able to see you at a distance of four feet. The cost should be def.ayed by the Government for the sake of appearances. Yours truly, CARLYLE. “HAR YO’ GOT ANY MEDICINE DAT WILL PURIFY DE BLOOD?” “YES, WE KEEP THIS SARSAPARILLA, AT ONE DOLLAR A BOTTLE, IT PURIFIES THE BLOOD AND CLEARS THE COM- PLEXION.” “WELL, BOSS, HASN'T YO' GOT SUMFIN’ FO" ABOUT FIFTY CENTS, JESS FO" DE BLOOD? I DON'T KEER ABOUT DE COM- PLEXION.” comicbooks.com