Life — September 10, 1896 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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sh journal tells of an amusing rebuke ad- ministered to a sharp bargainer, one of those persons who always wish to get more than their money's worth, ‘The offender in the present instance was a woman, who sent the following advertisement to a London paper : “A lady in delicate health wishes to meet with a useful companion. She must be domestic, musical, an r, amiable, of good appearance, and have some e in nursing. A total abstainer preferred. lortable home. No salary.” A few days afterward the advertiser received by ex- press a basket labeled: “This side up—with care— perishable," On opening it she found a tabby cat, with a letter tied to itstail, [tran thus: “ Mapasm—In response to your advertisement, I am happy to furnish you with a very useful companion, which you will find exactly suited to your requirements. She is domestic, a xood vocalist, an early riser, possesses an amiable disposition, and is considered handsome. She has had a great experience as a nurse, having brought up a large family. [ need scarcely add that is a total abstainer. As salary is no object to her, she will serve you faithfully in return for a com- fortable home.” Lorb Cartes Beresrorp isa man of few words, Speaker, we ought to catch these men, give ‘em a fair trial, and then hang em.” Receiving an invitation to dinner at Marlborough House one evening, he replied by wire: ‘Sorry can't come. Lie follows by post.” — Argonaut. ‘Tus is a story that Charles Henry Webb tells of a western experience of his. He happened to meet an old arquaintance in San Francisco a few years ago, and s there was grand opera in the city just then, Mr. Webb took the young daughter of his friend to hear “Faust.” The girl was just out of a convent and had never been in a theatre in all her life before. As the curtain rose Mr. Webb handed her a pair of opera glasses, The girl looked at them fora moment. Then she raised them to her dainty nose, sniffing at first one side and then the other. “Why,” she said, as she handed the lorgnette back to her companion, ‘you ain't got any salts in them,” —Washington Post. When her majesty was at Balmoral recently, she visited an old cottager living near. On leaving, her majesty graciously said to the old lady who had been entertaining her: “Well, Mrs. —, you will now no longer be afraid of me, and I shall expect you to pay me a visit.” HAM COMPANY, NEW YorK, ()DGAR FAIRFAX. Craddock. Mr. Mercer of New York, By Florence Nightenga By Annie Heari Wile Cind>r-Path Tales, Copeland and Day. Heavy Odds. By Marcus Clarke. BR. Lippincott Company. By William Lindsey. Bostee Philadelphia: 3 Tney tell a story of Dr. Silver party in North Carolina. It is related tha q ion, ina lonely field in his native state, be ae a bull of the most ferocious kind, a bull with a rece of casualties as long as a “Pop” platform. The charged at once, and in deadly style. 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