Life — June 2, 1892 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE AT SeIGSORS A WLS THE FOUR DEUCES. THE deuce of Spades is that they dig our graves, And build of clinging clay death's narrow palace. The deuce of Clubs is that they make us slaves To midnight revels, orgies and slakewallahs. The deuce of Diamonds is that, when we woe, Their purchase stands us in for sums tremendous. The deuce of Hearts is that they prove untrue, And for a newer spark to limbo send us. —Exchange. nglish bishop, returning from ‘a tour of the States,” occupied a large double cabin with his wife, who was somewhat querulous and exacting. One night, during a hard storm, the lady complained of close air, and her spouse dutifully arouse and opened a port-hole, whereupon a big wooden ball bobbed in, and kept on bobbing. The bishop knotted up its string and hung it oa the wall of the cabin ; it bumped as the vessel rocked, and annoyed the lady further. So the pa under his pillow, after which peace and | ‘ient bishoy lumber. let out the loops and put the tif he next day at dinner the bish recounted his adventures of the night, and bridled with intense delight at the roang laughter which greeted the story. map !—ah—tn. ning conductor !"— Argonaut. The captain recovered sufficiently to gasp : . my lord! that ball you slept on hangs at the end of Ste ahip's Ig Iwas in the office of a friend of mine the other morning, when a rather sec looking young chap came in, and, nodding to him in a jaunty way, said: “ Billy, old man, I want to borrow a dolla “H-m:m-m,” replied Billy slowly ; dollar last week.” “So you did, said the visitor ; Billy pondered a moment and rephed : “well, if I remember rightly, I loaned yoo but Iam dead strapped and must have a dollar nos! ‘Well, you're no good; I am convinces and so rn not lend you a dollar, but I'll give you one ; how'll that do?” “First rate,” responded the shameless the cash was not forthcoming, he added * replied Bill Philadelphia Record. riker; and then, after a moment or so, & Well, where's the dollar you are going » mitingly, ‘* I'll give you the dollar you borrowed last wert’ AN old servant stepped in and laid on the counter a prescription for a mixture co» taining two decigrammes of morphia. with the utmost care. What a shame!” then said the old woman, nudging his elbow, near ; it is for an orphan girl !"—Le Siecle, The chetnist weighed the dangerous medias “Don't tee “That excellent antiseptic. . . Chronicte, Baltimore. Packer’ s ‘Tar Soap, “In which the well-known soothing and healin properties of Pine-tar are skillfully combins with Veg —Medical Times, 3 —Medical CELEBRATED HATS, ‘Ladies’ Round Hats and Bonnets And The Dunisp Silk Umbrella. 478 & 180 FiNh Avenue, bet. 224 & 234 Sts. Aluxury for Bath and Sham-| aod 18: Broadway, near Cortlandt St. NEW YORK poo. Soothing and Refreshing. | pater Hoese, Chicago. ‘914 Chestoct St., Phila, Destroys odors. Wards off EW Agencies in all’ Principal Cities. Contagion. Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 1839. ctable Oils and Glycerine.” ew York. 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