Life — April 19, 1906 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Safe A =W YORK man was stopping for a month at an inland town in Florida. This man is exceedingly fond of swimming, but has a horror es, and this fear kept him from indulging favorite sport in the nearby river. He was fishing one day, and mentioned his desire and the burrier to its enjoyment to his guide, a lanky and 4 orrowful “cracker.” Ne. HIS Gun has many advantages Oh, I kin fix yo’-all up all right,” the guide ¢ e , over any other gun. The j, and led the way to a beautiful litle % y q barrel reacts against a stiff e distance back from the river. “Ain’t } spring; reducing the recoil ¢ in hyah,” he said. ‘ 1 ets and thus preventing shooter's head- he Northerner enjoyed a half-hour’s sport p " f ache and flinching. There is no in the clear water, and then coming back to the ‘ hammer to catch and cause acci- te sand beach began to dress. He then ob- 7 a dental discharge. The solid erved that what he had taken to be several logs B breech and side ejection of ting upon the water were in motion. } 3) the shell insure safety.! ‘Wonder what causes those logs to move?” wy i List Prices, $40, and Upwards h f ? Apply to your dealer Send for Catalogue ‘m ain't logs,” his guide calmly replies “i “4 Remington Arms Co chewing on a straw, “them’s ’gato ILION, N. Y. ° hwwcome there ain’t no snakes in hy Reser diy! Bamiees New aCe keeps 'em et up.” —Har per's Weekly. Depot: 86-88 First Street, San Francisco, Cal. Glorious Gotham [8 SEW YORK—Every forty: seconds an migrant arrives. OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND [very three minutes some one is arrested. ~ ix minutes a child is bom. G d H t l Ss t M t Every thirteen minutes a pair get married. Engadine, Switzerland, 6,000 Feet Above Sea Every forty-two minutes a new business firm Every forty-eight minutes a building catches t Every forty-eight minutes a ship leaves the Every fifty-one minutes a new building is erected. Every fifty-two seconds a passenger train ar- rives from some point outside the city limits. Every one and three-quarter hours some one is killed by accident. E seven hours some one fails in business. Every eight hours an attempt to kill some one * r ap tail Mi 4 ‘ ; @ id Mit ie eight and one-half hours some pair is . DUES STIG Every ten hours some one commits suicide. : a ae a it two days some one is murdered.—Un- identified Exchange. “Po YOU think cating late at night hurts you?” “Well, it rather depends on the size of the check.”—Town and Country, KREMENTZ | THE HOTEL DE LUXE OF THE ALPS Rack of the Nutton tnsures Permanent Satts~ Delightful Summer and Winter Seasons For Plans and Prospectus, address Seid by Jentlers and Hakccatthers. Weta ter beckees AMERICAN OFFICE, PERCY W. DAVIS, Manager ‘The Story of & Collar Button. IREWENT? & 00, 60 Chestaat St, Newark, J, 1414.79 Dearborn Street, Chicago On the faction. the XK comicbooks.com