Life — December 20, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Based on a photograph of the Peerless at Monte Carlo, Attained Excellence Built to satisfy the requirements of the tourist, the Peerless Limousine adapts itself to all conditions, Featured in the Limousine are all the im- provements of our 1907 product. Several new features have been added to make the Peerless car still higher in quality and even more thoroughly reliable. 1. Drop frame, eliminating side way. 2. Pertect balance. 3. Larare cylinders, more power. control, Simple speed 5. Imported springs, three springs rear, filled. ‘ease of entrance and egress; safety and durability, Model 16, $5,000 The most refined and exacting taste finds in this car every requirement perfectly urious comfort and adequate protection richness of finish and appoit pointments; responsiveness of control; reliability, stability, 1907 Limousine Model 15, $6,000 A booklet describing the new Limousine, and general catalogue Q of 1907 Models will be sent on request PEERLESS MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 2$49 Oakdale Street, Cleveland, Ohio ‘We stull exhibit only at the 7th National Automobite Show at Madison Square Garden, January tsthetth, 1907 Meister A.L. A.M. MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK - $2,000,000 Surpius and Undivided Profits, $7,500,000 OFFICERS: James K.C Capital - - - Levi P. Morton, Presileat Thomas F. Ryan. Vice-Pres HOM Few Charles H. Allen, Vice Pres Charles A Yaul D. Cravath, Counsel ye. Vice Pres. Secretary ‘pant, Treasurer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Levi P, Morton F. Ryan HH. Allen J J. Berwind Jaco! Harry Payne Whitney The Good Cheer of Christmas Evans’ le There’s a smile in every bottle and good health in every glass Clubs. Hotels, Kestaurants and Dealers The Postmaster’s Report HE, following is a verbatim copy of the first report made to Postmaster-General Cor- telyou by a newly appointed postmaster in a rural district of North Carolina: “muster Jorge Cortelyou, President of The United States.—Dear sir been required by the instrucions of the post office to report quarterly, I now fulfil that plesent duty by reporting as follers. The harvestin has been goin on purty wel and most of the naburs have got thur cuttin about dun, wheet is hardly a average crop on rollin lans corn is yellerish and wont cut morn ten booshils to the aker the health of the communty is only torrerable meesels and cholry has broken out in abought 2 and a half mile from hear, thar are a powful awaken on the subject of religion in the Potts naburhood and many soles are bein made to know thar sins forgiven. Miss nancy Micks a neer nabur had a new baby but he is a poor scraggy little feller and wont live half his day this is about, all i know and have to report the present quarter give my respectsto MISS Cortelyou and subscribe myself yours trooly.”—Harper’s Weekly. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “its perity has made It famous,” Indisputable HE Illinois Central Railroad runs through a large district of southern Illinois familiarly called “Egypt,” out of deference to its largest town, Cairo. When the first tracks of the railroad were being laid through Egypt the division super- intendent of construction went one day for a drink of water to a well beside the cabin of an old Kentucky darky, who had found freedom and philosophy on the north side of the Ohio River. The old man was smoking his corncob pipe in the shade of his sycamore tree. “Well, Uncle Sambo,” said the railroad builder as he hung up the gourd on the well sweep again, “don't you do any work at all?” “Me? Yass, sahr. I work six months every winter on a flatboat on dat river yonder.” “Well, I suppose when we get the railroad through you will want to come in with us, and get a job ona flatcar.” “What for?” “To work, of course.” “No, sahr! Ain’t nevah goin’ to. be ‘nough work on your railroad to keep no man busy si months in the yeah. Can’t you sce dat river yonder, flowin’, flowin’ ?” “Yes, what of it?” “Well, sahr, de Lord He made dat river to float things down on, and der ain’t no use buildin’ a railroad to enter into competition with de Almighty."—New York Times. Discouraging “WOU look discouraged.” “Tam. Another college has just con- ferred the degree of LL.D. on my Uncle Ben- jamin. There isn’t likely to be much left for me when he dies.”"—Chicago Record-Herald. The Pleasure of Doing Good ALTER all, there is only one Lire, and the sell- ing of it is the least of its profits. —Publisher and Retailer. comicbooks.com