Life — March 30, 1893 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, Have nothing to do with the case; 'T is the cold piercing winds and the rain and the sleet That roughen the hands and the face. "T is Packer's Tar Soap that will quickly remove This roughness, and leave in its stead A dainty complexion; and also will prove Delightful for washing the head. 'T is pure, antiseptic, emollient and bland; Aromatic the lather it yields. No soap in the market has such a demand For the curative power that it wields. A LITTLE Harlem boy who has a maiden aunt who is very fond of cats has been in the habit of officiating as executioner whenever the kittens multiplied around at his auntie’s to a degree that even that venerable feminine cat fancier could not support. Asa natural result he became very expert at putting kittens in a bag, together with a big paving stone, and contigniag the whole lot to the tender mercies of the Harlem river. As it happened, only the other day the little Harlem boy's mother presented her husband with a couple of daughters in the shape of a splendid pair of twins. ‘AS a great favor Johnny was allowed to go into the room to see his newly arrived sisters. He gazed upon them with a languid interest for a few moments, and then, looking up at his father, said suddenly : ‘Say, pop, let's keep the one with the blue eyes.” It was kept.—New York Herald. Youxe Turter: My overcoat is getting to be so tight that I am afraid, when I go, I shall have to ask] THE CIRCUS 18 IN TOWN AND EVERYTHING HAS nm with it. BEEN DONE TO SHOW THE REMARKABLE INTELLI- : lL assure you, Mr, Tutter, nothing would give me greater pleasure.— The C/ud. GENCE OF THE ELEPHANT, EXCEPTING THE ABOVE. =) JHE YHOROUGHLY ARTISTIC CHARACTER OF ALL OUR 5) PRODUCTIONS, FROM THE SIMPLEST ARTICLE OF TABLE-WARE , ‘{ TO THE MOST ELABORATE ART PIECE, IS EASILY ACCOUNTED = FOR- WE ARE THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF SILVER- i» WARE, IN THIS COUNTRY, IF NOT IN THE WORLD- A GREAT BUSINESS CAN COMMAND THE BESY TALENT: >), ALL OUR PRODUCTIONSARE THE RESULT OF COMBINING “N \& THE WORK OF THE MOST TASTEFUL DESIGNERS AND 4 THE MOST SKILLFUL ARTIFICERS- Co NOTHING CRUDE OR IMMATURE GOES FROM OUR ESTABLUSHMENT: CRITICAL EXAMINATION JS CORDIALLY INVITED: OUR ASSORTMENT INCLUDES NOVELTIES AND BIJOUTERIE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ALSO A MOST COMPREHENSIVE STOCK OF STANDARD ARTICLES OF HOUSEHOLD USE AND ORNAMENT: GRHAM MFG. Suversrms BRoADWAY, @R.IOTH SE NEW YoRK. comicbooks.com