Life — December 15, 1892 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE At SeIgseRs Ni uly, & WANTED TO SET. 66\)/HAT is the matter with that hen 2” WH Sia Hosen lady's gue When she observed a clucking fowl The former had impressed. “+1 think,” the Hub-ite quick replied A sedentary yearnin, F day, when the pork packer was going down Wall street. the father of twins, and the pl and he used to wander about the streets thinki he had provided for one only. ounger man, making or unfortunately for him, he had been made —Boston Courter his way in New York, he him. He could not attend to business, how he was to feed two mouths where He wore a worried look—you see, he did not expect them, and of course it rattled him considerably ; moreover, he thought everybody knew it, and if he saw a particularly sympathetic man in’the crowd, X. felt in his bones that the man was saying to himself, ** Sorry for you, old fellow, but I've been there myself.” And so he went down the street with a load‘on his heart and a bent head, until he suddenly ran bump! into something. _It was a frowzy-headed newsboy, but the boy with a keen sense of trade, looked up into X.'s face and cried: * Extra Sun, sit?” ** Yes," growled the packer, * just my luck."—Boston Budget. IT was at the close of the wedding supper, when the guests had all gone, that the father- in-law observed to his daughter's new husband : * Oh, by the way, Cubbage, of course you know that my check for $10,000, displayed among the presents, was merely to sustain the credit of the family. Yeucan give it back to me now.” “Oh, that's all right, sir,” replied the young man. ‘It will get back to you in due course, through the bank, You see I thought the credit of the family would be best main- tained by depositing it to my credit, so 1 lipped out and did s0, just before the bank closed."=Browning's Monthly. A WITTY individual one morning wagered that he would ask the same question of fifty different persons and receive the Same answer from each. The wit went first to one and then to the other, until he had reached the number of fifty. And this is how he won the bet, He whispered, half audibly, to each : “Tsay, have you heard that Smith has failed 2" What Smith 2" queried the whole fifty, one after anothei the bet had been fairly won.—Cincinnati Inguirer. and it was decided that acker’s Tar Soap. IS PURE, ANTISEPTIC, LATHERS READILY, SOOTHES IRRITATED SKIN. Its use for Bath and Shampoo gives. one a sense of exquisite cleanliness. It removes Dandruff, allays Itching, makes the Hair Soft and Glossy; and WARDS OFF CONTAGION. Violet AND Lilac TOILET WATERS AND OPAL SMELLING SALTS. CELEBRATED | HATS, Ladies’ Roand Hate and Bonuete And The Danlap Silk Umbrella. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet, asd & 234 Sts, tlandt Bt, A GRAND COMBINATION YALE MIXTURE FOR THE PIPE. ‘A Delightful Blend oy St. James | Parish, Lousiana, Perique, Genuine | Imported Turkish, Extra Bright Plug Cut, Extra ‘Bright. Long Cut, and | Marburg Bros.’ Celebrated Brand “Pickings.”” MARBURG BROS “LIFE” BINDER Obeap, Strong and Durable. Will hold 36 Numbers, Address OFFICE OF “LIFE,” 28 W. 23d Street, New York. SPAULDING& Co. (anconponatao.) Gold ana Silver Smitha, For the Holiday Season ELLE OF NELSON Whisky is distilled for the finest trade, and for the purpose is bottled at the distillery in Nelson County, Ky Is guaranteed to be a hand made sour mash of the finest quality. No whisky produced ranks higher. No first-class club, hotel, bar or saloon can afford to be without it. Adapted especially for gentlemen's sideboards and fot sickness. Price $15 per case, containing 12 bottles. Received by us direct from the distillery, Address Acker, Merrall & Condit, NEW YORK, N. Y. D“LY We show a most complete stock in Dias monds, Watches, Storling Silver. ware, Clocks, Jewelry, Bricea- Brac, Opera Glasses, Fine Bilver Mounted Leather Goods, Silver Toilet Sets and Works of Art, si able for Wedding and Holiday Presents. 36 Ave, de l'Opera, Paris. State & Jackson ba Chicage. 18th Edition, postpaid, for ase. (or stamps). THE HUMAN HAIR, THE HUNCADACE: Why it Falls Off, Turns Grey, and the Remets 4° The extraoedinary. success of this heauti-| By Prof. HARLEY PARK CER, F.R.AS {ul blay compels Mr, Daly to po:tpone the pro- }C, F: Loxc & Co. tos Arch St. Philada. duction of "AS YOU LIKE IT” until Dec. r3.| “Every one should read this’ little bost’ Matinees Wi anesday and Saturday. —Athenaum, Jubilee Number of Life To be Ready Dec. |8th. Commemorates the Tenth Anniversary of LIFE'S Existence THEATRE, Every night, 8:15. It gives portraits of Lirr’s artists and contributors, with characteristic comments concerts} Lire’s origin and growth. For sale by all newsdealers, PRICE 25 CENTS. comicbooks.com