Life — November 17, 1898 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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ETRE Seva ViOliNS Wo will send two or A Special Offer tires oid Violins on approval and allow an examination of 7. days. Our new collection of old violins, owing to the depressed conditions under which it was bought, presents the Greatest Values Ever Offered, No teacher, connoisseur or student can afford to let this opportunity pass. No parent having a child desiring a satisfactory violin should delay corresponding with us. Wa oifer fing old violins possessing @ smooth and mellow tone, dated, 1570 to 1810, from $23 up- ward; Artists’ violins from $90 to $250. Mag- nificent violins by the greatest of the old mas- ters, from $40 to $5,000. A formal Certificate of Genuineness accompanies every instrument. Oar collection of over one thousand old violins fs tho result of many yearsof patient search in Europe by our connoisseur and no instrument can be duplicated, F new catalogue of “Old ‘Ou Ficlins,” 22 pages, is profusely Beautiful trated with quaint labels, Catalogue oo c-anid given biographies of the FE old makers, besides containing ree full description of the old vio- lins making up our collection. To prospective purchasers we will send a copy free. Easy Monthly Payments May Be Arranged, Chicago, $27 (In writing pleaso mention this publication.) DESIRABLE ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, TENNESSEE, MISSIS- SIPPI, LOUISIANA, Etc. The Miinols Central R. R. offer Tourtsts every possible comfort 1u the way of superbly equipped trains and | quick tine to all Southern and Western points, Weekly Tourist sleeping car to San Franctxco via New Orleans, Cirenlar descriptive of route and picture showing interlor of Tourist car sent on request to C. A. Floren General Eastern Agent, Hlinols Central R. Rt, 387 Bro way, New York City. Proofs of Original Drawings in LIFE. “THESE proofs are hand- printed on Japanese tissue paper. Large double-page Proofs, framed in Gitt, Encuisu Oak, or a White frame, includ- ing transportation within one hundred miles of New York, $4. Smaller proofs, $2. Proofs without frames, but matted and mounted ready for framing, at half above rates. The first edition of “LIFES” Picture Gallery ts exhausted. A new and more altractive edition will be ready about November 10th, and will be sent upon re- celpt of ten cents. Life Publishing Company, 19 West 31st Street, N. Y. CITY. There are other railroads, but if you can get a ticket via the New York Central you know you will have not only the best service and make the fastest time, but when you reach your journey’s end you will find yourself in the centre of the city to which you travel, and having Passed over the most comfortable route you will vow never to go by any other. “A word to the wise is better than an unabridged dictionary to one who can’t read.” Martin Farquaar Tupper. For a copy of “The Luxury of Modern Ratl- Way Travel, ‘send two 2-cent stamps to George HL. “Dantels,’ General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Staiton, New York. Now is the Time To Put an Anchor to Windward. The season of colds, coughs and all the attendant evils ts at hand. Our ‘Old Crow RYE” Whiskey should be in” every household, and at the first symptoms use it. It Is the purest stimulant tn the world, and will not disappoint you, Bay from reliable houses only. H. B. KIRK & CO., SOLE BOTTLERS, NEW YORK. Agents for the Great Western Champagne. The Improved BOSTON GARTER Is the: recognized STANDARD for MEN'S WEAR. Keeps the Stocking Free from Wrinkles} DOES NOT BIND accidentally. SOLD EVERYWHERE Semple Fatr{ Sik, $0e. y Mail Cotton, 25¢., GEORGE FROST CO. BOSTON, MASS. RUINART Ladies Going to California Want comfort en route, which was always a distinc- tion of The California Limited—Santa Fe Route. This year an observation car is added, with a spacious assembly room for ladies and children. Address General Passenger Oftice, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rallway, CHICAGO. 700 kinds—jo0,000,000 madé yearly. DIXON’S AMERICAN CRAPHITE PENCILS JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO, Jerecy City. N.S. Those Fine English Tosca Pat up Pat up by W, D. & H. O. WILLS =! of Dewi Fags ‘S04 famous famous the world over for their sa By gbtained for you py your deal fi * W. SURBRUG, Sole Age: Capstan Bird’s Eye Westward Ho 159 Pulton Street, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com