Life — February 11, 1892 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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was sei AYA) iy PNT SEIQSORS AT NvLLv§ ‘A CRUSTY old bachelor, not liking the way his landlady’s daughter had of appropriating his hair-oil, filled his bottle with liquid glue the day before the ball to which the girl was invited. She stayed at home, change. FONTENELLI cn} when ninety years old, passed before Mme. Helvetius without perceiving her. “Ab {" cried the old lady; “that is your gallantry, then? To pass before me without even lvoking at me “ICT had looked at you, madame,” replied the old beau, ** I could never have passed you at all."—Argonaut. Mrs, BLinxs: Where in the world is Mr. Blinks's revolver? I forgot to take it from under his pillow this morning. New Girt (a recent arrival): What's tt like, mum ? Mrs. BLinxs: It's about so long, with a crook at one end, and it’s bright, like silver. New Gres : I don't know, mum, unless it’s that thing little Tommy *->LIFE: A DOCTOR finds it difficult sumetimes to secure for the patient the quiet necessary for his recovery. One doctor, however, was equal to the emergency. The fussy, worrying wife of 2 man who was ill came up to him as he was leaving the house, asking : ‘* Oh, doctor, how is he? How is he to-day 2” “Above everything, he must positively have quiet, so I have written out a prescription here for a couple of opium powders,” replied the doctor. “When shall he take them ?- When shall I give them to him ?” “Him?” said the doctor. "I've prescribed them for you.” Exchange, A LAbY belonging to a community called the "Sisters of St. John the Baptist,” in New Vork City, was spending a month, not long since, in one of our backwoods districts. Going to the post-office shortly after her arrival, she asked if any letter had come for Sister Remardine, The tural postmaster looked bewildered for a moment, ister who ?" he ister Bernardine,” repeated the lady, ‘a sister of St. John the Baptist, Well, I should rather think not,” replied the man, with an ous laugh ; ‘I guess he's been dead pretty neara hundred years, Kate Field's Washington, is hammetin’ tacks wid.—Good News. Chapping, Chafing, Dandruff, Odors from Perspiration. Speedy Relief by Using Packer’s Tar Soap. **It Soothes while it Cleanses.”’ Medical and Surg. Reporter, Phila, DENIA AND Goya leily: cCovvniaxra. CELEBRATED HATS, —AND— Ladies’ Ke Hats and Bonnets and The Dunlap Sik Ombretia. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. 224 and ag¢ Sts., end 181 Broadway, near Cortlandt St., NEW YORK. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila FT Agencies in all Principal Cities, Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 188. THE CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY. St. Valentine's Day is Coming. Our assortment of Choice Valentines can now be seen on our counters, or lists will be sent on application. E. P. DUTTON & CO., PUBLISMERS AND STATIONERS, 31 West 23d St., - New York. Spaufdingg Co. — |... Gold and Gilversmiths. There is no more acceptable gift to a | gentleman than some article in solid silver for use in the library, or at the desk or reading table; Calendars, Blotting, Ink Stands. and a host of useful and orna- mental objects too numerous. to name here. All are fully described in our little “Suggestion Book,” which will be mailed free to intending purchasers. We are always glad to send articles selected from this little book to responsible parties on approval. Address Batate and Jackson gete., Chicago, BU. 30 Gove. de B'Opera, Baris. Oregon Investment. Prune 5 Fer Cont. Net rine vcter than Ons Bonds. Investment Share Certificates of ‘this Company for sale on installments. Cxors ann Hanks never raic ix Oreuox, Send for our new Prospectus. Tun Fans Trust & Loan Co., Poniand, Oregon ALY’S THEATRE, BROADWAY & joth STREET. Evenings at 8.15. Matinee Wed. and Sat. LOVE IN TANDEM. | VHITING Why do those who have u: always use it ? manufactured It is the most beautiful of any made, and is } especially for the requirements of polite | °S PAPERS! sed Whiting’s Standard paper society. Be sure to get it and accept no substitute, Wurtinc Paver Co, 150 and 152 Duane St, New York. FRAG comicbooks.com