Life — July 7, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE OLD ARMY HARDTACK, ‘Tne bullet-proof naratack! Bombardment.—To knock a certain portion of Cuta int ‘The iron-clad hardtack! the sad sea waves and have that certain portion rise up next ‘The old army bardtack we ate In the field, morning aud say to the Spanish Mintster of Marine: “They —Charles E. Sprague, in he Mail and Express. never touched me.’ Cervera.—A juggler with ships; also, the man who holds the long-distance record for keeping bis ships out of harm's way. See Tennyson, page 214: Swift keels are more than coronets, How dear to my heart are the war-tine mementos, I've cherished in mem'ry of sorrows and joys, In the days when I tramped through the dust of Virginia, Or splashed through its mud with the rest of the boys; Barrie, the French dramatic author, calling once upon ‘There's a rusty old sabre Lever will part with, & friend whose opinion he wished to have regarding his new “ faded old c oe ‘ket of blue, comedy, found him dying, but, notwithstanding, proposed to A battered canteen and a haversack holding read the play. “Consider,” sald the man, “I have not more 3 Some squares of the hardtack we all had to chew! than an hee to live.” “ Aye,” replied Rarthe, “ but I assure , eS ae aes disappear; ‘The tron-bound hardtack! you this will occupy only balf that ttme.""—aryonaut, SPCCAE, Laderds the Fant who gets ‘The moss-covered hardta Cervera, Vere de Vere: ‘The old army bardtack we all had to chew! Sie: Do you think love Is an illness, as the doctors claim? Coal.—A hard substance used by newspapers for the pur. He: Well, yes; something of a rash nature. ose of defeating the Spanish Army. There was hardtack from wars of a past generation, —Indianapotis Journal. Cuba.—A piace that costs a lot of money to give away, Which remained unconsumed Ul about" . Pronounced “Kooban " by some Spaniards and pronounced It was rumored that some, which defled mastication, Tux tender adection of Mrs. Gladstone for the dead states- a nuisance by young King Alfonso. Was marked * Vera Cruz” or was lettered “ B. C. man was characterized by implicit faith and reverent devo- Defeat.—A Spanish synonym for victory. See Cervantes, What a triumph was this for the sktil of the hake tion. An English Bishop was a guest at Hawarden Castle, page 98: Indestructible product, defying tme’s tooth! and joined Ina conversation with Mrs. Gladstone and others Brave Don Quixote fell, and cried: Bat it could not resist the assaults of our grinders, concerning the Armentan atrocities. “There 1s one above “Oh, Sancho Panza, see! ‘The grinders we had In the days of our youth. who knows,” plously concluded the Bishop.“ Yes," reptted The windmill runs the faster since ‘The Bunker Hilt hardtack Mrs. Gladstone ; “he'll he down in a minute or two. He's It took the breath from me!” The 1812 hardtack! upstairs washing his hands Just now.""—argonaut, ‘The old army bardtack we ate tn our youth! Fleet.—A flock of Spanish ships which runs around the Tux following definitions are submitted for the purpose ocean and declines to let Its pursuers put salt on its tal Oh! youth can make feasts of the coarsest of viands, of teaching the young {dea how to shoot the Spaniards: feathers. And never again shall we veterans feet America.—From the Itahan words “ Christopher Colum- Mule—A sad-eyed animal of commerce, used prind. Sach a zest In our lives as ‘way back tn the ‘60s, bus,” meaning “1 saw tt first, bat the other chap beat me to pally by the Spantards for triumphing purposes. Sce Blauco's When hardtac Need to create a “square” meal. the telegraph office.” The Spanish pronunciation of the — ‘ Poems on Passton,” page 72: Though now we may dine at more sumptuous tables, word 1s usually preceded and followed by large exclamation ‘Oh, mule, in life thou serv’st me well We'd gladly exchange all the dainties they yield points. A viet’ry to denote; For the hearty enjoyment, the youthful digestion, Blanco.—A patron satnt of typewriting machines; also, In death thy sirloin goes to swell < oned the hardtack we ate in the fleid. an authority on mules. My daily table d’hote. —Aaltimore News. sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. 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