Life — May 12, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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bune publishes tt London an It illustrates the tre jon at the present time: JOHN BULL ANO U! John Bull had once a litt Who ran away from The hardy fellow, full of joy Loved in the West to ri He had the daring of bis sire, He had the gen! Saw pushing little Sam John Bull But Sam hit out at one So poor old John fc He grew at Freedom's call, And millions went to worship him, So he made room for all: Mighty Uncle Sam, Glorious Uncle Sam, From sea to sea, Spread dauntless Uncle So John Bull, with proud and loving heart, This message to him sends: tried to stop his growth, peace was lov And ceased the youth to boun. To inanhood’s lusty force and vim . brave and free following poem! fr ot Parlia ot English {Dear Sam! of me you are a part, We must—we shall be friends! United we'll dare war's alarms Shake hands, my boy—my Sam! Hurrah: come all the world in arms, We will not care a— The Union Jack of John! ‘The Stars and Stripes of Sam! Shall rulers be, on land and sea! Three cheers for John and Sam. Loudon, April 19, 1898, William Allan, M. P. Pompous axn Weattay Distitiea (to his partner): Isay, Worts, what name shall I give to my pew mansion Hall or Darnley Hall: Worts: Call it Aleohol.—London Graphic. Iy certain parts of Scotland, when a father presents his infant for baptism he is expected to pass a slight examination in the Shorter Catechism, One day a collier went to his minister to bespeak him for the christening of his child * How many commandments hae yet ister. asked the min- “Twenty.” rejoined the collier, who was forthwith sent back to pursue his studies in elementary theology. On his way he met a brother miner, who was going to the minister on a similar errand. “How many commandments hae ye, Jock?” asked the first. “Ten.” “Oh! you needo't trouble him wit ten: I offered him twenty the while, but he wasna satisfled."— Wave, For sale by all Newedeaiers in Great Britain. The Inter national News Company, Bream’s Building. Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England, AoENTS. Double Value The wastes others have in scatter- ing their energies over half a dozen models we save to you by making but one model of the wonderful '93. Waverley Bicycles SH O Write faveriey Catalogue. Indiana Bicycle Co., Indianapolis, Ind. BICYCLE NONE BETTER 1898 CATALOGUE MAILED FREE MONARCH CYCLE MFG.CO. | CHICAGO ane j Tohacco % > Paris; Saarbach's News Exchange, 1 C Germany, Agents for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Through South africa, LP, The Exige of the Orient. By Robert Howard Reset The Unquiet Sex, By Helen Watterson Moody, Stories of Foreign Authors. French. Vols. 1 act The Girt at Cobhurst. By Frank R. Stockton 1. $ STONE AND COMPANY: CHICAGO AND SEW Yor. A Realized Ideal, By Julia Magruder. Here, There and Everywhere. By M. E. W. Sherec The Londoners. By Robert Hichens. 7 IN AND COMPANY: BOSTON ASO Sew Yost The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Kowe. Rodolfo Lancaini, D.C. LL.D. Penelope's Progress. By Kate Douglas Wizgin DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY: NEW Yor: The Bookman Literary Year Book, Edite\ by Jame Macarthur : James Macdonell, Journalist. By W. Robe Nicoll, M.A. Folks from Dixie. novanton. sur By Paul Laurence Dunbar Hassan: A Fellah. By Henry Gillman, Bostee Litule, Brown and Compan The Open Boat. and Others. By Stephen ( York: Doubleday and McClure Company. The Rise and Full of the United States. By a Diph mat, New York and London: F. Tennyson Neely. The Gospel of Freedom. By Robert Herrick. York: The Macmillan Company. Afloat on the Ohio. By Reuben Gold Thwaites. 0 cago: Way and Williams, ‘rrant Wor ane. Ner y Mrs, Burton Harrisoo. Ner Boy I Kner, and Four Dogs New York: Harper and Brothers. Red and Black. By Marie-Henri Beyle, Transla! by E. P, Robins, 2 vols. New York: George H. Richy and Son, By Laurence Hutte OPEAN AGENTS—Messra. Brentano, 37 Avenue de Opera. larastrame, Mayency Where accuracy and precision are essential, Waltham Watches are chosen. cg eee petp en oben Oo en SOND HN HHH) LI Hn Ot tt tt net? <n ten O41 Hem HE ea