Life — August 26, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE:. Electric Lights for Every Country Home We manufacture isolated lighting plants suitable for farm-house, cottage and small factory use, ranging in price from $250.00 up to $375.00. _ In addition to furnishing current for the lights, the outht furnishes power for pumping water, sawing wood, churning butter, ete. ‘Write for information to-day The Dayton Electrical Mfg. Co. 128 St. Clair Street Dayton, Ohio He Went to Sleep, But—— Recently a friend who had heard that I some: s sufier from insomnia told me of a sure nd I'll warrant you'll be asleep with- in half an hour.’ I did as he suggested, and for the benefit of others who may be af flicted with insomnia, I feel it to be my duty to report what happened, so far as I am able to re- call the details. (The report is from the Good Health Clinic.) First, let_me say my friend was right, go to sleep very soon after my retirement. a friend with his head under his arm cam and asked me if I wanted to buy was negotiating with him, when the dragon on which I was riding slipped out of his skin and While I was consid bull with two 1 wall and-said d first climb up and rig 3 1 was sliding down the mountainside the brakeman came in, and I asked him when the train would reach my station. “We passed your station goo years ago,” he said, calmly folding the train up and. slipping it into his vest pocket At this juncture the clown bounded into the ring and pulled the centre-pole out of the ground, lifting the tent and all the people in it up, up, while I stood on the earth below watching go out of sight among the clouds above. Th awoke and found that I had been asleep almost ten minutes—Argonaut. Taking Care of the Dog Henry Blossom, the author of Checkers, had a woolly dog he was showing to so1 friends in front of the Lambs Club in New York Outcault, the cartoonist, came along. Blos. som exhibited his dog “You want to be careful about dog, Henry," warned Outeault seriously. one and had a lot of trouble with him st be careful about washing him. If you eyes will get sore and he will die. he would haul Tue teacher was describing the dolphi habits. And, children,” she said impressivel single dolphin will have two thousand’ off- spring.” “Goodness!” gasped a little girl in the back row. “And how about married ones ?""—Every- body's. WILTON LACKAYE. Thea up spake deep Witton Lackaye, "There is really no reason whaye The professional Should Iaventa new skit When * RAD-BRIDGE * and Lile youcan baye."* Easily Distinguished “This,” remarked Mr. Cane, “is my photo- graph with my two French poodles. 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