Life — April 2, 1896 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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LIFE A cow and a mule were harnessed together and hitched to a plow, and a woman was holding the plow and ripping the soil of Kansas up the back at a great rate as I rode along the highway. I halted to watch the novel sight, and as she caught sight of me the woman stopped her team and came striding across the furrows to say: “Hello, stranger! Did ye stop at the shanty ?" “Yes, stopped for a drink.” “* Was the children all right?” “ saw seven or eight playing on the grass and having a good time. the did man?” “ Pegged out last fall.” “Do you mean he died 2” ** Didn't do nuthin’ else fur about three months, and finally got thar. he's gone to a better land, and I'm working to pay up his debts!" “Then you are a widow, of course ?” Where's Yes, “Sartinly. Goin’ to settle out here ?” “ Possibly.” “ Married 2” “Want me?” “Stranger, shake!" she exclaimed as she came nearer and extended her hand. “You ar’ acritter as knows your gait, you ar’, and it does me good to meet you. Lands alive, but the men who come along here don’t know ‘nu‘f to pound sand, and I.waste about three days a week on ‘em! I want a critter to say yes or no right off the handle and hev done with it. So you don’t want me and the young ‘uns and the mule and the cow and the claim ?”” “No, ma'am.” ‘ONuff sed—so long—gee up thar’, you critters, and git around the field afore another feller comes along !"—Detroit Free Press. “The LATHER man; an every-day possibility.” WILLIAMS sor" has always been famous because of the soft--rich-.creamy Lather it makes. This wondrous lather is so thick—and so moist that it can be moulded into forms of various shapes—which will retain for long periods of time. Most soaps produce a porous—frothy—foamy Intbercar Sede © that dries quickiy—al Waially dimppeare—teatang'a Shin surface rough and parched. Because WILLIAMS’ SHAVING Soap never dries on the face—heals while it softens—and makes shaving so easy and so luxurious— it has en. joyed for more than half a century the reputation of being the Only real Shaving Soap. principal forms — are sold by Dealers every- Willams’ Soaps—in three where. Williams’ Barbers’ Soap, 40 cents, This is the kind your bar- ber should use. it is also “Genuine Yankee" Soap, 10 cents. Williams? Shaving Stick, 25 cents, Oldest and most famous Strong, metal-tined case, cake of shaving woap inthe For Tourists’ and Travelers world. une. Tons of it sold yearly to ities. 6 cakesin a pact 40 centa, Nota. —If your dealer does not have these soaps—we mail them—to any address—postpald— on receipt of price, AU three kinds sent for 7 cents in stamps. aad hans London: 64 Great Russell St., W. C. Address THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO., GLASTONBURY, CT., U. S. A. The Rocky Road to Dublin is hard on the bicycle and rider unless you have The only tires a rider can wheel home on without shia Palmer Tites "mc eeeisost DURABLE - GUARANTEED - FAST PALMER TIRES ay Expensive and only found on matled on request. THE AIA DERIVED FROM ) ¥ FIBRE CHAMOIS Used and endorsed by LILLIAN RUSSELL Mes. FRANK LESLIE. MpS. JENNESS MILLE! R é aps iF FICULT —S0F DESCRIPTION “ST Otis Ry ‘a DELIGHTFUL —S. BLEND A 202. TRIAL PACKAGE qy Post PAio rons 2Scerts MARBURG BROSI-anteo 0 SER comicbooks.com