Life — October 29, 1903 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE LAY OF THE CITY PAVEMENT hey took a little gravel, And they took a little tar, With various ingredients imported from afar. They hammered it and rolled it, And when they went away They sald they had a pavement That would last for many a day. But they came with picks and smote It To I vater main; And y called the workmen To put it back again. To run a railway cable They took it up some more; And then they put it back again Just where it was before. They took St up for conduits To run the telephone, n they put it back again rd as any stone. took it up for wires To feed the "lectric Nght, And then they put it back again, Which was no more than right. Ob, the pavement’s full of furrows ; There are patches everywhere; You'd like to ride upon it, But it's seldom that you dare. It’s a very handsome pavement, A credit to the town; y're always diggin’ of it up Or puttin’ of it down —Chicago Inter-Occan T $l soRS Av WLLy IN the event of Queen Wilhelmina leaving no direct heir, the throne of Holland would fall to the share of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Welmar. On one occasion, when visiting a public school, he noticed two boys of striking similarity of appearance. “Those two must be twins," the Prince sald to the principal, who assured him that such was the case. Then, turning to one of the lads, be sald to him “What Is your name?” “Heinrich.” “And how old are yout" “Six.” Then, you?’ Even the boys saw the blunder and grinned their appreciation of the royal “bull. turning to the other, he asked: “And xchange. A youno man in his sbirt-sleeves and a straw hat was observed one of the hottest afternoons this week wheeling a baby carriage backward and for- ward in front of one of the small houses in the vicinity of Fairmount Park. He appeared hot, but happy “My dear,” came a voice from one of the upper windows of the house. “Let me alone, can't you?” he called back, and went on wheeling and mopping his An hour later the same voice came from the window in earnest and pleading tones: "George, dear Well, what on earth do you want?” he asked. “Have the water pipes burst?” ‘No, George, dear, but you have been wheeling Anna’s doll all the afternoon, Is it not time for baby to have a turn?"’—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Live ts for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain, The International News Company, Bream‘a Batlding, bancery Lane, London, IF GENUINE Always the Same! WILSON WHISKEY, That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING Co, Baltimore, Md. REVISING COLLEGE YELLS. (A movement to revise and censorize the col- lege yells has been proposed.) ‘The raucous yell Of old Cornell And the whooping bail of Yale; The Harvard howl And the Princeton growl To a milder tone must pale. The U. C, shriek And the Vassar squeak And the Hopkins ribald blare; Northwestern's yelp Ot a lion whelp Shall be softer on the air. The Wellesley squeal And the Stanford peal And the rab, rab of old Knox; The West Point cry And the Fiske ki yi Must eliminate their shocks. And the hoop-te-doos Of the Oskaloos Shall be made more circumspect— But the college yell Will sound Ike—well It will hold more intellect ! —Chicago Tribunc. “Mu. Nozz.eToN,” she sald, “if you try to hug and kiss me again, I shall call papa.” “Where is your father?” he asked. “He's in the Yellowstone Park, will be beyond mail or telegraphic communication for three weeks.""—Chicago Record-Herald. C., Engiand, AGENTS. | The Thorough Ageing Hunter | Whiskey Fructifies and Purifies Its Superb Qualities. WM. LANATIAN & SON, Baltimore, Md COOK’S MALTO- Zire-~7| A Pure, Perfectly Cooked Rice Malted. RICE contains (OOK. energy to the human that grows out of the ground. more nutriment and supplies RICE, body than anything The Egyptian Cigarette MALT as a marvelously beneficial stimulant man has known for generations, but only yesterday did he learn to combine it to the greatest advantage. COOK’S MALTO.-RICE is a perfect blending of Malt and Rice. IF IN HASTE TAKE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. comicbooks.com of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY— MILDNESS— PURITY At your club or dealer's