Life — September 24, 1891 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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SARS A ma SO DIFFERENT. SHE said “* good-night ;" she said it o'er, As maids oft have to She said it twenty times or more, And still she wasn't through. ‘Tis strange how different people are : Her father, big and gruff, Exclaimed it once And that proved quite enough, Tuts: reporter saluted a gambler as he stood on the afterdeck of a Bay Ridge boat last evening coming from the races. This is the cc versation * Win of lose 2" by reporter —good mon surface in words : ‘Twas thinking,” said he, ‘how easy some men can weep, shed tears, yes, cry like women. Only to-day a big man came to the back of my box with a ticket on King Hazem. It called for $50 Prickly Heat, Chafing, Dandruff, Odors from Perspiration. Speedy Relief by Using Packer’s Tar Soap. **It Soothes while it Cleanses."’ Medical and Surg. Reporter, Phila. EDENIA AND Goya leily. was heard afar, —Washington Star. Big play on last race." n. “He was not elated; { something, and his thoughts presently came LIFE There he stood with tears runni: lown his face and his ticket, ready to be cashed, in his hand. Poor “fellow, 1 thought, that will help him out of some tight place. ing for joy ?” ‘Ope,’ said the man. orry you won ?” said I, surprised. y he replied.” , what was the matter with him ?" asked the reporter, una- 4 down his curiosity. Had hay fever,” said the gambler, looking far, far away.— York Commercial Advertiser. A Hixpoo fable relates that Pandy Cholic, the apothecary, was engaged in transplanting an apple tree from an orchard to the side of the common road when he was greeted by a learned pundit, who re- proached him as being engaged in a useless labor. * Of what avail is it," asked the pundit, **to plant an apple tree in the hard soil ?" “Of much avail,” responded Pandy; “for know, O most learned pundit, that the dreams of an apothecary who dwells in a land of small boys and green apples are sweeter than those of a poct slumbering in the rose garden of Shiraz. The knurlier the apples, the earlier the boys, and, yea, in good time myself to heal them for a consideration Go to, punidit | thou art too learned to be practical.""—Boston Trans- he did not smite, °”** A ZEALOUS boor once remonstrated with a Brahmin.“ You don't believe in the true God,” he said. The Brahmin shrugged his shoulders. ‘ Very likely," he answered : “but if my God couldn't make a better gentleman than your God bas made, 1 would exchange him for a black dog.—Otid's Metamorphoses. CELEBRATED HATS. —AnD— ’ Round Uate and Bonvets and The Dunlap Silk Umbrella. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. 224 and a3d Sts. 4 and 18: Broadway, near Cortlandt St. ri Cc es NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila . . O87 Agencies in all Principal Cit Notwithstanding the advance of prices Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition. 889 | in the East, and the increased cost caused by the new Tariff bill, we shall continue to sell all of Oriental Rugs and Carpets at old prices. “A DROP OF DEW.” (Trade-Mark.) A Concentrated Perfume. Do not take a substitute. ~ That same dew, which sometimeson the buds s0 cents per bottle. mail. 560 Washington St., THEODORE METCALF CO., Boston E. FOUGERA & C€O., New York BOSTON. Are You in Need of Fine Stationery ? How is it that every lady desiring the most select corres- pondence papers insists on having those made by the Whiting Paper Company? It must be because they are the best. Ask your stationer for the “ Standard Linen,” and you will use no other in future. Wuitinc Parer Com- pany, New York Offices, 150 and 152 Duane St. comicbooks.com