Life — March 23, 1899 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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«LIFE = ak Add) iL | (} al ONE OP THE WITNESSES WHO FAILED TO APPEAR. Man's Undoing. “ HAT’S become of Primblel Why, didn’t you hear about it? Well, well! It was odd enough, to be sure, and quite a tragedy in a lim- ited way. Poor Primble! You remember how circum- spect he was in his conduct, and how thoroughly he looked it? Well, when Filkins got intothe paper as the man who was seen in Newark two days before the sale of the bottle- holder that figured in the poi- soning case, Filkins began to get rattled about it, and to think he needed moral support, and he finally went to Prinble and offered him two dollars and a half to walk up town with him afternoons. Primble saw no harm in taking him up, and was seen with him almost daily for a month. So when Jecroloman’s wife disappeared, leaving a note saying to drag the East River, it put Jeroloman under a cloud for a while, during which time he bargained with Primble to walk with him on Fifth Avenue three times a week, from four to five, at three dollars for cach appearance. Pritoble was building up quite a business as a moral disinfectant, when suddenly his engagement to Miss Strait was broken, on the ground that he kept bad company, and immediately afterwards he lost his job in Stringham’s bank for the same reason. After that, of course, he had no reputation that it would have paid anyone to hire, and I don’t know where he went—to the Klondike, or Cuba, or some place. It was too bad, for I think the whole thing began in good nature, and, barring bis greed, which was really due to his haste to be married, he hadn’t a vice in the world, “ Will he ever come back? Ob, I daresay, All he needs is to grow wicked enough to Icarn the need of showing a proper regard for appearances, He'll be for- gotten in three months, and, if he has a good summer in the Klondike (if that’s where he is), very likely Miss Strait will take bim on again, A New York man ought not to be permanently affected by a little business reverse of that sort.” Mr, Bruin: DOCTOR, 1 SUFFER SO TERRIBLY WITH INSOMNIA THAT I CAN'T SLEEP MORE THAN 1WO MONTHS AT A TIME DCRING THE WINTER. HE moral of the irrepressible conflict betwoon tho backers of Sampson and thoso of Schley is that no considerable fight should be permitted to take placo ashore or afloat without tho presence of a competent rofereo, There was no referee at Santiago, and now, though it is evident that the fight ought to be called off and a new meeting arranged, no ono has authority to do it. One Con- gress has given up the job of straightening out tho tangle, and thero is no present prospect that the next will do any bettor, Another Remedy Needed. UMSO : It is said that onions will cure the grip. Cawker: What is recommended as a remedy for the onions ?