Life — December 22, 1892 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Silk and Wool Goods, VRILLE, NICOISE, Veloutine, Ondine, and Bengaline. PRESH ASSORTMENTS AND COLORINGS IN PLAIN AND FANCY BFFECTS. White for Wedding Gowns. Light Colors for Evening Wear Fancy Effects for Street and House Wear. Rroadwary KA 19th st. Meo York. SeSesesesesesese SeSeSe: liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef The Standard for Purity, Flavor and Wholesomeness. Genuine only with Justus von Liebig’s S “= signature as shown: eseseseseseseses e5ese5' BATTERY PARK HOTEL, ASHEVILLE, out the year. } magnificent ¢ ; hydraulic hall; tennis taful drives and first-class livery. The house is Jocated upon a plateau covering eleven acres, one hundred feet above the level of the city, and is within five minutes’ walk of the post office, churches, opera house and For’ descriptive printed matter business houses. apply to E. P. McKISSICK, Manager. A BRITISH humorist named Lockwood often visits extremely wealthy and hospitable friends in the country. These friends have a room ready for him whenever he cares to occupy it. The house is seven miles from a railway station or telemaph office, He once telegraphed them from London: ** May I stay over Sunday ?” His host paid ten or twelve shillings to the messen- “Of course; but don’t telegraph.” od innocently replied, by telegraph : “Why not?"—Argonaut, A NEAT example of the royal retort courteous was that on the occasion of the king’s visit to Dublin in “Ata court held there, Lord Kinsale theught fit to air his ancient hereditary privilege of remaining covered when before the sovereign. George the Fourth, whose sense of propriety was wounded by this breach of good taste on the part of the Irish peer, said to him, *My Lord of Kinsale, we recognize your privilege to wear your hat in the presence of your but it"does not appear whence you draw your covering your head in ihe company of gonaut, : Well, Hiram, what's the good word ? : Gosh all hemlock! thar ain’t jis is the third mornin’ the caow pail; and the speckled roosters got a shingle nail stuck in his crop. Silas: Well, ye ain’t got nobody to blame but yer- If; [told ye beow ‘twould be, if ye voted for the dim- micrats.—Boston Courter, word! over my Turr Muccs: Gee! Here comes de cop, an’ it's too late to run, Barve Howes: Hol’ on; Hog wash! Some slosh Raw! Hoot Raw! e innocent policeman merely murmured about the toughest looking students I ever and passed on.—/ndianapolis Journal. Dr. Lyon’ S Perfect Tooth Powder. Thoroughly cleanses the teeth am! purifies the breath. Used by peopia of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Sold Everywhere, USELESS. “RVER, HERE'S A GERMAN T FOR VER IN New Yorx.” “Good Gracious, Hikam! How FOOLISH. You 1 CAN'T UNDERSTAND A WoRD oF German,” cLock 1 VI fix tim. By gosh! Ham fat! Ding bat! kNow The most perfect toilet powder is VELOUTINE FAY 8B NONS OTHER Caution. — Nove Ornaiae durthens beormg the mond « FRANCE p end the tenstare CH. FAY. Grand, Upright and Square. Moderate Prices, TO RENT, INSTALMENTS AND EXCHANGE 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., N. Y. DIXON'S iu PENCILS Are unequaled for smooth, tough leads, If your dealer does not keep them, mention Livs, and send 1s cents in stamps to the Joseph Dizon Crucible Co. of Jersey City, N. J. for samples worth double the money. {t fs worth your trouble. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE LIFE’S JUBILEE NUMBER, To be Ready About Dec. 24th. Elaborately printed and embellished with matter pertaining to LIFE’S birth and growth. Price 25 Cents. For Sale by all Newsdealers. comicbooks.com