Life — February 8, 1900 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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TRIE aetna | SEIS§ORS AT NvLLy THE PLAINT OF DYING HUMOR, Jaws HaMiTON LEw18 once made himseli famous by iid be un excorlation of General Grosvenor, Me illustrated the Ite ny heart no tore ; ability displayed by the Genenal when scotched In discusston, ‘That nothing now induces me Lewis mild that he always fell lack on the Stars and Stripes, ‘To roar. and held his own with r ay. At ree in of an Incident tn the life of @ gambler ou the Mixsisalppl. After days tny walstcoat heave pursuing his vocation a long tine he became converted, Jolatly with my heavin Joined the Baptst church and began to preach. It was his As noon as ever I perceived Pleasant duty to Immerse those whom he had converted to A Jext. |. On one partics fon the banks of the ‘The simple pun, the patent w: Mixsissippl were ined with people to sce a baptism by thts Would take me in the dlaphrasin 5 reformed gambler. He had alittie grandson conversant with Butnow:{ hasdiy care (or these his grandfather's career, who, before the ceremony, had K Cont, slipped a pack of cards Into the old tnan's pocket. time came for the Laptia,” continued Mr, Lewis, Henan, amid the hosannns of the throng, went water. All at once there slipped from his pocket out Feoutd not giggle, not It 1 on the stream an ace of diamonds, then a king, then a queen Was paid. aud a jack, following with a ten-spot. Frightened with dls- ‘Ata ety heaton te very Tees may, the boy's mother turned to him and sald T harhor no religious doubt Oh, ducky, What have you done? Dear, dear, your poor And am but sixty-four, or there. old grandfather will never get out of there all ihoats EN tout of there allver* repeated Jack. + Well, If grandpap can't get out on that hand he alu’t the man he Time was when Land others laughed ; used to be. "— Washlagton Post, many an apoplectte ft Was traced directly to a shaft Of wit; Talmost fear—1 know not why— ‘That Langhter’s fount has been mishald ; AT @ dinner In Rottingdeal lately, a Royal Acaderniclan stated to the company the curtous fact Hhat sugar and sumac ty would find the harness-joint, are the only two words In bs pronounced as the vulueratde spot, shu. ‘There was mn ere: tn the discovery, 4 to have a potut when Radyard Ripling was heard from the other e jt. — Owen Serman, in * Cap and Bilis,” Uritain. ‘The Inte: nmpany. Hream's Bullding, Chancery lan . England, AGests Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! “THE WILS ISTILLING CO., THE MATMILLAN COMPANY: NEW TORK. M" le, Brainand Der. Bz Eustace H. Miles, M.A. The Luteand Lays. By Charles dtaart Welles, Mn The Golden Horseshoe, By Stephen Bonsal. Hine Women May Born a Living. By Helen Chan Candee, G. P. PUTNAM'S BONS? NEW YORK AND Lo¥ Dox, The Stage asa Career, By Philip @ Hubert, Jr, Polk Songs from the Spanish, By Helen Muntingter “My proudest boast,” declared the lecturer, whe | pected hls statement to be greeted with cheers, “ts ti Was one cf the men behind the guns!" “How many miles behind?” piped a votce trow | gullery.— Patladephia Press, “Lame that Mra, Kruger always cuts Oom Paul's hatte “Say, you can t expect such @ mats to be afrald of ay thing on earth, cas yout "— Cleceland Plain Dealer. “WotLp you mind telling me how you became a soca ful man? ? asked the visltor. “Why, | couldn't talk about that now,” answered man, with a worrted look,“ It'x too early tn Ife.” “But you have made a fortune and engineered gr enterprises and secured the confidence and applause of people and— “Oh, yes. But that’s all in my regular work, Here you heard about what we're dolng now 1!’ “Why er, H can't say that I have. “ We're going to give a party. IU'Il be one of the tig ever, and you'll have to walt till my wife sees how I before It's decided whether 1m @ success or not.” — Washington Se ECHOPEAN AGENTS—Mesars. Brentans, Avenue de i'Overa, Maris, Has stood the test for years and won wide popularity, It is Mellow, Pure, Delicious. W2, LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, 3d. E. P. MC KISSICK, ( Acknowledged to be the best appointed Proprictor. and most perfectly kept all the year resort hotel in America. The Battery Park Handsome Club GOLF LINKS have] tiouse for use. of no equal in the a South, either in ma-| Hotel Gucsts, Beau- terial, attractions, or | tiful drives in every condition, Mr, Ber- ‘ ¢ A hard. Nicholls, pro.| direction. Fine Liv- fessional in charge. | ery. Tourists en route either to orfrom Florida may secure tickets reading via Asheville. Send for beau- tifally illustrated pamphlet. | COLLAR BUTTON INSURANCE GIVEN WITH EVERY REMENTZ One-Piece Collar Buttos Made of One Piece of Metal Without Seam or Joint. .... Yon get a new one without charge in case of acciéett of any Kind. Best for ladies’ shirt waists und childres’s dresses, The Story of a Colter Button gives all pat Uiculars, Postal us for tt, “All Jewelers sell Krementt puttous, KREMENTZ & CO., 60 Chestnut St., Newark,H2. A 24-Hour Train to Chicago Every day—NEW YORK CENTRA comicbooks.com