Life — April 29, 1897 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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* LIFE: Dvrinc the flood of five years ago I visited the section below Memphis with a newspaper artist. One afterpoon we were perched on the top of a bit of highland viewing the waste of waters when an old negro approached and offered to sell two fine roosters. With great volubility he explained that the fowls had eaten so much corn that he could not afford to keep them longer, and therefore he had decided to sacrifice them and stop the drain on his corn crib, ‘* Where did you get them, uncle?" I asked. The old man looked at us quizzically for a moment and then said with a chuckle, ‘ Yo’ gemmen are from the No'th, ain't yo’?"" “ Well, yes," I replied, ‘but what has that to do with it?” “ Recuz, sah," he said, ‘no Southern gemman evah asks a niggah whah he gits anything."—Chicago Times-Herald. “Do you think he’s worthy of our daughter?” asked the old gentleman, doubtfully. “Worthy I" exclaimed Mrs, Bloomer, as if ‘why, he has a record of twenty-six century runs. stonished at the question ; Chicago Post, A SMALL company of fishermen were seated in a Cardiff hostelry. They were telling fish stories. “The most exciting day's sport I ever had," said one of the company, an American, ‘was when I was off Labrador. I was with two others; each had two rods, and we were simply pulling out fish as fast asever we could putin our lines. I forgot,” he added, in a thoughtful tone, ‘ what those fish were.” “Whales?” suggested an Englishman, with an attempt to be sarcastic. “Whales !"" said the Yankee, with a deprecatory wave of his hand; " why, man, we were baiting with whales !""—Answers. DURING the progress of the famous Beecher-Tilton trial, the celebrated preacher was reading the editorial comments in the Su, ‘1 wish Dana would not say such severe things about me,” he said. Eli Perkins, who was in the room, remarked that Mr. Dana had recently declared in a lecture that it was right and proper to publish in a newspaper anything the Lord permitted to happen. ‘Dana goes beyond the Lord,” said Beecher.‘ He publishes things that the Lord didn’t permit to happen." — Wave. prompt service. HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON A marvelous example of skillful workmanship —The only bicycle with absolutely true bearings. Saving in cost of machinery and labor enables us to furnish ‘96 6 0 patterns of Waverleys, improved and perfected, for $60. Catalogue free from us or the dealer. INDIANA BICYCLE CO., + = Indianapolis, Ind. Accessible location, excellent table, “The change has come!” NEW PRICE, $80! We admit the justice ef the public's id for fair prices on the best of and have so perfected ovr methods, with a view to improvement and economy, that we can now place a popular price on ‘RAMBLER BICICES | $8oO | “The highest high grade price that's fair, and earnestly invite in- spection and comparison UNIQUE BOOKLET YREX AT ALL RAMBLER aGectes GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. Chicago. Boston. Washington. New York. Brooklya. Haviland China It is important to buyers that they should be informed that the only ware that has always been known as Haviland China is marked under each piece: siland 95 i an ‘ On Decorated China. Limog On White China Detroit. Cincinnati. Buffalo. London and Coventry, England, ; For more than a Quarter of Century We have barrel of Old Crow Rye made, It is the best brand produced in Amer- ica, the distillers receiving a larger price than for any other brand. No other house can bottle it. H. B. KIRK & 60., 69 FULTON ST., Also Broadway and 27th St. taken} every Qa