Life — July 13, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Aw NvLLy A CERTAIN person In this country sent a friend of his in No one made any remark upon the temerity of th es Ir ts said that Professor Blackte often told this anecdey England perican edition of Ruskin’s works They were who invited Ambrose Merce to deliver a iecture before the “on himself.” This genital old professor used to form a vey bins, of course, and Were In peril of confit: members of thelr club. Blerce was so taken aback by picturesque feature In the Edinburgh streets, He was, when the constgne that tf b pul pe e unex pectedness of the request that, to bis own surprise, he wiry old patriarch, with handsome features and hair faliog er from Mr. Ruskin allowing the Looks to pass into found himself weakly accepting the td, and then humbly — in ringlets about tis shoulders ; no one who bad seen by land, the customs would release then. Accordingly. 1 le rasulting his callers conceruing the tople upon which they could possibly forget him. One day he was accosted ty Of request was sent to Mr, Ruskin, ited promptly an might desire him to speak. very dirty little bootblack with his, “Shine your boots, sky With charactertatic verve as follow President, a diguitied and very conservative lady, In The professor was tmpressed by the Hithiuess of the boys “Sir. Ido not see that your friend's desire to give you @ — reply to & novel suggentl turer-elect, remarked f, Present at my expense Is any apology for your Intcuston upon sotnewhat loftily that they we ub of neve women. “1 don't want a shine, my lad," said be.“ But tf yout me. Yours, ete., Jons Resin.” 1am convinced of that,” answered Mr. Blerce ina bland go and wash your face, Fil give you sixpence. ping offers the recipient of Mr. Ruskin's curt reply re: bis cynicism, “Shall Esty you are a clup of ofc w ‘ tow neighboring fountain and my fuses to part with the autogruph.—The Hookanan. —Neves-Letter. {his hand for the money. my lad," said the professor, your sixpence. Here it 1s, “Tt dinna AINESS house of Aberdeen, Scotland, recently engaged Tur MAID: Pine feathers don’t make fine birds. asoftice boy a raw country youth, Tun Max: No, Siuce millinery came tn birds to at In his thas i: don't get a chance to 3 first called upon t bell, inn query * : Again the ques the boy save an came for the fourth time, A MAN having accepted the germ theory of disease, was Jingly much seared all the thin “HAS your papa quit whipping you since he joined te Alas, what stall Idol he exclaimed, andin hisdespatr church +" + Oh, no; but he’s stopped saying It hurts him worse thi e microbes In his midst acquired a taste for which grew upon them, unl they were quite unfitted a, : Averted tewlbble twagedy Just now. THK late St nator Sessions, of New York, was a tman, In hls gratitude, became unreasonable, and : Mow? clerical looking than, always wearlng an tminaculate white voted against local option at the following election, 1d potind me to mincemeat If T dld ox his appearance was Ins speets deceptty = Detroit Jonrnat. vl ro, and | gave bin balf a ewown,” of Stephen Girard ergy nun — Exchange. should ever be allowed to ent at Philadel. EXCUSE me, but it seems tome that TF must have met pia, One day Mr. Sexstons approac e. you before, Are you not a brother or a near relative of “LET'S see; you're @ bellever in the theory that ace an't come In here,” said the Janitor, tate 97 Was the real Shakespeare, aren't you?” — TH ean't 1 tid the strange * Noy Lam Major Gibbs himself." Iwas ; but I've got « new clalmant no: sald the janitor, “excuse ime. Step right 10,7? An, id} That explains the remarkable resem: “Who is tte —Argonant. lance. '"—Exchange. “ Frotin —Cleretand Plain beater. Man, at ye bila’? ve been noddin’ ime ty Inst haut Exchange. For aate vy all Newsdesters iy Great Mritain, “The Inter. RUROPEAN AGuNTS—Messra. Brentano. national News Company, Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, Bt Avenue det" 3. ie land, AGENTS. aol Opera. fart Established 1823. Universal Satisfaction WILSON “ra The Purest Type of the WHISKEY. rei i Hunter 5 That s All! Baltimore Pretty boxes and odors Rye are used to sell such That ts att, but that}, touch if he saw them um ‘seerthing. "181! disguised. Beware of 3 Keep Your Back Numbers The || HAP Wist depends ie Best || Something outside of it. ~ ’ . 'N order to properly preserve your papers | Pi s’, th s § I so that you can exchange them for the anal) Whiskey || oath, hei nee eg bound volumes, you should have a ‘THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore Md. soaps as no one would aaa In America in the world is scented o LIFE BINDER ween not, as you wish; and the ORE @ We furnish these in black or red, to hold ne to Years Old, || money is in the merchat 26 numbers, for $1.00, postage prepaid Rich, Mellow. 3 “sg dise, not in the box. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Sold at all Fintclass Cafes and by Jobbers. || AU] gorts of stores sell it, especialy 19 West 3st Street, New York WM, LANAMAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. druggists; ail sorts of people aa using it. comicbooks.com