Life — August 13, 1891 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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LIFE T $e1GGORS AvT NvLLY) RETRIEVING THE PAST. HEN Mabel was discreet sixteen, he was so prim and so sedate, he was so dignified of mien, So calm, unrufiled and serene, You would have thought her thirty-eight. 83 “Twas the lion of the day once in my life,” said Sam Davis the other night, as he sat with Judge Beatty and a party of friends at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. ‘1 was on my way from Ogden to San Francisco in the days when the porter had the run of the sleeping cars, and we had a lot of Eastern tourists aboard. My berth was near the rear, and when the porter reached me he was mad, The largest tip he had received was a nickel, and in some cases he had been given 1 and cent pieces. Thad paid for one night, and when he approached me said “Ry the way, are you the man who blacked my boots ?” . boss.’ * That was a nice job, and here is $3 you." ‘When he had passed on a Maine man slipped over cautiously and asked me confidentially if that was the usual tip. “<Tip!’ [exclaimed ; But now that Mabel's thirty-ei; Oh, what a difference is seen ; She's struck now such a giddy gait, the it at so brisk a rate You'd surely take her for sixt And goe: “-THar’s a very pretty charm on your watch-chain, Mr. S iss Tiredtodeath.” “Lam very glad you think so, “The chain is very pretty, too, isn't it?” “Tam quite delighted that you like it. «Is your watch pretty ?” * Well, you can judge for yourself.” “What, Mr. Stayforever! Is it really quarter of eleven ? "—Boston Courier. would have dreamed it was so frightfully late rendered. * The fact was I had simply porter nothing. ministered, boss. Boston Courter, S foreve} PRINTER: Who Constitution. It shan’t cost you a cent to get to "Frisco. “em you're one of de Ri The word was passed and in a few minutes I was famous. attention was shown n all sorts of invitations. IRATE SUBSCRIBER : He's in the loft Yes, and that’s just what T want to see him about tar belonged to me, and I want the editor to pay for it—Atlenta ‘no, sir, | was simply paying for services id for my berth, and had given the Asa result the information spread through the car and orter reaped a harvest. smoking room and the porter said : A few moments later I strolled into the That was a good rebuke you ad- V0 just othschilds traveling in disruise.” Every and when I reached here I was burdened with San Francisco Examiner. I demand to see the editor. Where is he ? The citizens tarred and feathered him The Prickly Heat, Chafing, Dandruff, Odors from Perspiration. Speedy Relief by Using acker’s Tar Soap. “It Soothes while it Cleanses."" Medical and Surg. Reporter, Phila, EDENIA AND Goya lily. CELEBRATED HATS, ANE Ladies’ Round Hats and Bonnets and The Dunlap Silk Umbrella. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. 224 and 234 Ste., and 18: Broadway, near Cortlandt St. NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila, WI Agencies in all Principal Cities. Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 18%. SUMMER BRANCHES: BAR HARBOR, NEWPORT, Kittredge Cottage, 8ST Thames Bt. Mt. Desert 8t. LEWANDO’S Fancy Dyers—French Cleansers all Summer Clothing Cleansed 4 Pressed to look like new. 17 Temple Place, Bostow, 36s Fifth Avenue, New Yorx. Largest in America. Mat Orricas: Some people make idols out of old-fash- ioned remedies, and by thelr use subject them- $ to false imagina- sion: sacrifice and even orture. But PILLS are praised all over the world as a painless and effectual remedy 2 for all Billone Disorders, arising from } Weak Stomach aired Dig 2 Constipation, Disordered Liver, and 3 they will relieve Stek Headache in twenty Y minutes. There Pie act like magic, and no imagination is necessary. Prepared } only, by Thos. Beecham, St. Helens T- Lan- d cashire, Ragland. Of druggists, or m: $ by B. F. ALLEN CO., 365 Canal St., > 3on receipt of 250. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON. School of Drawing asd Painting. The sixteenth year of this school Sa im drawing fron and in decorat tomy and Perey pective, Farben 4 W Henson, C, Howard t inden th (Decoration), Edward Anatomy), and A, K. Cross (Perspec- tve), Pupils are allowed the free uw: he galler- jes of the Museum. For circulars detailed information, address: Miss Elizabeth Lombard, Manager. ARE YOU DESIROUS ? ofa pleasant, moderate and even heat throughout the verest winter weather? The Gurney Hot Water Sys'em will give it to you. For further particulars see our pamphlet book “How Best to Heat Our Homes.'* Free on Application. Gurney Hot Water Heater Co, Mention this publication. sain orrice 163 Franklin Street, Boston, enancnes: 71 John Street, New York. 47 So. Canal Street, Chicago. 246 Arch Street, Philadelphia. comicbooks.com