Life — February 12, 1891 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE: GORS AT NuLLis TOROGGANING down on a slippery slide Is the blissfullest kind of bliss; But it isn’t so funny when you strike a stone And land uo sn0k pray axtt isa —New York Herald. A Poor country congregation found itself badly in want of hymn- books. The clergyman applied to a_ London firm, and asked to be sup- plied at the lowest (Church) rates. The firm replied that on condition the hymn-books contained certain advertisements, the congregation should have them for nothing. Necessity knows no law, and the minister sorrowfully complied, thinking to himself that when the advertisements came they could be removed from the leaves, The hymn-books arrived, and—joy of joys—they contained no interleaved advertisements. At the thanksgiving service the good parson joyously gave out the Christmas hymn, and the congregation sang the first verve with fervor. When they reached the last line they found that this was what they had been singing : “Hark ! the herald angels sing, Beecham's Pills are just the thing ; Peace on earth and mercy mil ‘Two for man and one for child.” —London Star, the whale-ship Syren, while on a visit to the PacifcTOcean, met with an adventure which would have proved fatal to all hands but for a quick stratagem of the mate. One fine day, off one of the Pelew Islands, all the boats being after whales, and but'a few men left aboard the vessel, a large band of armed natives suddenly swarmed over the bulwarks.’ The crew fled to the rigging, leaving the naked, howling savages in full command of the ship. The mate, on coming alongside, took in the situation at a glance, and quickly ordered the men to open the arm-chests and scatter on deck all the tacks they could find. In a moment it fairly rained tacks upon the naked savages. The deck was soon covered with these little nails. They pierced the feet of the islanders, who danced about with pain, which increased every step they took, until, with yells of rage and agony, they tumbled headlong into the sea and swam ashore.— Zhe Century. ANGELIN. : The man I marry must be handsome, brave, and clever, TomPKin Dear me! How fortunate we have met.—Exchange. Fair Skin. - as Soft as Silk. writes: “1 A Kansas Girl on Horseback syeed nat my time in the open air in the saddle, on the OAKLEY’S Handkerchief Extracts ARE OF ACKNOWLEDGED SUPERIORITY. prairie, and in spite of the sharp western winds, my skin is as soft as silk, and as fairas any one could wish—all due to Packer's Tar Soap, which T have used for years, and consider the finest thing for the complexion." Packer's Tar Soap is pure, mild and curative. ‘A luxury for Bath and Shampoo, It soothes while it cleanses, > HELIO-VIOLET saceT powner- For Sale by all Dealers. CELEBRATED HATS, Ladies’ Round Hats and Bonnets and The Dunlap Silk Umbrella. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. 224 and 234 Sts, and 181 Broadway, near Cortlandt St. NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila, (7 Agencies in all Principal Cities. Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 1889. FOR BEAUTY For comfort, for improvement of the com- plexion, use only Pozzoni’s Powder ; there is nothing equal to it. Boston OAKLEY’S Queen Cologne. Cure by Absorption, when all other porous plasters fail. Try one and be convinced of their sterling worth. sc. at druggists. Grosvenor & Richards, Boston. comicbooks.com