Puck 1905-08-23: Vol 58 Iss 1486

Page 1

Se ee eee eee on 1 - ie “ f No. 1486. PUCK BUILDING, New York, August 23, 1905. ' TEN CENTS. => oy a. 7 ania, } CS an ~ er ————— ae i ae ; — e - we _ aa - e14 a a 7 : aN = ao 2 ) fA : ys Daf fe : ~~. « “ . : . ~~, 2) ; K ee f —E / “O/s sf ZL ; \ cml 4% ) (7m ~f f 2 € a ~ fA. eS 4 fi “MAQ® 4 =* = ly fre pe Ta lyr Z — . . Axe Or Aa | / : ~ Wea. Fe Copyright, 19C5, by Keppi , Entered at N. Y. P.O. as Second-ciass Mail Matter. ROS Nee ee | 4 2 4 pr it KS i : a > at THE DREADED GUEST. ‘“‘LeT ME SEE! WuHom SHALL I CALL ON Next?”

Page 2

KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN Publishers and Proprietors Corner Lafayette & Houston Sts., New York PUCK No. 1486. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905 A. H. FOLWRLL, Editor Published every Wednesday. $5.00 per year. $2.50 for six months. $1.25 for three months. Pavable in advance. «What Fools These Mortals Be!” Berore Niko.ta Testa proceeds to “throw the earth out of its orbit” he would better speak to Mr. Rockefeller about it. John I). may prefer to keep his property as it is, and one orbit is as good as another. Mavor Betcuer of Paterson is said to be on his way to China. If China will extend its bovcott so as to exclude American mayors, Paterson will not object. |v wouLp be a pleasing and appropriate compliment if the inhabi- tants of Leopardstown, where Croker is building a residence, should change forthwith the name of their baliwick to Tigerstown. (Correct PRINCIPLES, correct policies, correct methods, always have brought and always willand always must bring favorable results.—Secre/ary Shaw. A healthy, growing deficit, for example. JeROME’s REMARK that, compared with some of their successors in Bossism, ‘Tom Platt and Dave Hill were models of political pro- priety, may suggest to a mind or two that perhaps Bill Tweed him- self was only a bungling amateur. ASTRONOMER LOWELL has succeeded in photographing the greater canals of Mars. How many years were required to build them, and how much graft and red tape was involved, we may learn when communication with the red planet is established. M, Wirrte, ’t is said, consumes forty cigarettes daily, and the other peace envoys no doubt burn a respectable number. Vanished is the day — a x ma ‘* When passed the sacred calumet From lip to lip with fire- draught wet.”’ The modern pipe of peace Is a paper pipe, devoid of romance. Who’s gota match ? “|r 1s probable,” says a neighbor, apropos of the extra session, “that the President’s ideas about tariff condi- tions will receive at- tention.” The amount of attention which said ideas will receive, however, will depend very largely upon what those ideasare. To certain ideas upon the Tariff, Con- gressional attention min- utely resembles a snub. TEDDY IN TRUSTLAND. **As to the trusts, it has become our conviction that in some cases it is impossible longer to show leniency.” — President Roosevelt to the Chautauquans. A FitrsspurG GENius has invented a machine that turns out forty pies a minute. But not the kind that m—r u—d to m—e. WE arE willing to believe Willis Moore’s statement that there is no graft in the weather department. Gambling on advance weather tips would be hazardous business. A safer play is to copper the official forecasts. | SHALL earnestly study and assist in the unselfish exploitation of the Philippines under President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft.—Bourke Cochran. The sounds which you hear are the heartfelt relief sighs of the President and Mr. ‘Taft, both of whom now realize that the crisis is past and all ahead is plain sailing. Tue Brazitian Government has planned to add to its navy three battleships, three armored cruisers, torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers and three Holland submarine boats. _ It is possibly Brazil’s intention to seek prosperity via the deficit route. BeEARINS IN mind President Mckinley’s last address, the Merchants’ Association is to urge upon the Senate the importance of the ratification of the pending reciprocity treaties. If the Merchants’ Association is n’t careful, it will be courtmartialed for high treason by the Hon. Charles A. Moore. THE MANUFACTURER of a piano-playing machine advertises that “it means an abundance of the best music and without unduly taxing any member of the company, as is usually the case where hand-playing alone is avail- able,” But how about unduly taxing the neighbors ? There is always the chance that the hand- player will drop dead. ) A FLOATING EXPOSI- TION of American goods is to make a 6,000-mile tour of the world. How would it do to have a touring exposition of American goods in this country ?— on the port side, the goods with the Amer- ican price upon them, and on the starboard side, the same goods with the rates plainly marked at which Europe, Asia and Africa may purchase them. We commend this plan to the Protective Tariff League for use in its worthy “campaign of education.”

Page 3

y | H/ | AW = Wi ) = “ SOMETHING IN THAT NAME. THE WaLRUs.— Hooray! Here comes the Roosevelt! THE POLAR BEAR (excifed/y).— Roosevelt? Good-bye, Tuskley! f Me for the open sea for a few months vacation! e€ e DAI-NIPPON’S RISEN STAR. O 1903 y OWN a Frisco street flees a pagan Jap, Encircled, like rat in a torturing trap, 3) By a ruffian cordon of ‘‘civilized”’ whites. e Turn whither he will, in his ’ harried flights, n ASRS IES With a blow or a kick ora shoulder-block They buffet him ’round like a shuttlecock— 1e The while a helmeted limb o’ the law l€ 3etrays his glee in a coarse guffaw. Vv ng Fierce imprecations in Nippon tongue I- From the lips of the wretched quarry wrung ly But add to the zest of the gauntleting; ? Nor yet do his pidgin pleadings bring “¢ Aught save derisive taunt and jeer — 1- No sympathy ’s wasted on brown man here, d. For a Jap’s a Chink, in the Western view, ' And a Chink ’s fair game for a hoodlum crew. n a 1905. of Down a Frisco street struts a Japanese, Ww Chesty and dapper and quite at ease. re His haughty bearing and scornful eye yn Bespeak the pride of the Samurai 1s And calm contempt for the lowly white. = Disdainfully, as when Norman knight de Viewed humbled Saxon’s bended knee, r- He swells with a new-found dignity. n, rd In recollection, the wild ‘‘ Banzai!” ds Proclaiming the brown man’s right of way ly O’er Cossack trench or embattlement ch Sounds clear again. He thrills content 1d With the passing throng’s admiring gaze — se Gone is the meekness of other days. Lis Avaunt! there, you of Aryan clan — iff Make way for the mighty Nippon man! Edmund Stover. THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 8 touch of sunburn makes the whole world skin. The Summer Girl makes cowards of us all. he proof of the picnic is in the eating. Surf bathing levels all ranks There's no fool like a summer fool. Jf * Z Es) EON Flirting is its own reward. A hand in the hand is worth two in the gloves. A little Summer Girl is a dangerous thing Seaside communications cor- rupt good manners Absence makes the heart go yonder. Hilarity covers a multitude of sins. Faint heart never won four ladies. Money makes the time go. Take care of the tents and the towns will take care of themselves Two chaperons are better than one. A man is known by the secrets he keeps. Nice men tell no tales. In a multitude of Summer Girls there is salety It’s a long head that has no turning. It’s a sea breeze that blows nobody good. Carolyn Wells, COTTON ASSETS. — had just invented the cotton gin. ‘ “No,” he sighed, “there ’s more money . in inventing the cotton leak.” Herewith he sadly perceived that he could never be up-to-date. RIGHT IN LINE. , 6 i le ’ere seven-year-old nephew o’ mine,” said the Old Codger, “is likely to be noted some day on account of his originality. Adam and William Tell and Sir Isaac Newton and my beloved little nephew, just last night, all had adventures with apples, and the result in his case was as different from that in any of their cases as their’s were different from each other.” EM GLAcnens. PRECISELY. GENTLEMAN WITH GRIEVANCE.— This auto breaks down every ten minutes. CONSCIENTIOUS DEALER.— What of it? GENTLEMAN WITH GRIEVANCE.— You said there were none better! CONSCIENTIOUS DEALER.— There ain’t!

Page 4

A STOP-OFF AT LIMERICK. RAIN was winding through an odd-appearing country, even to the eyes of a seasoned vacationist. Trees, houses, cattle and humans wore an aspect unconventional, to say no more. Some of them stood on their heads. Referring to my guide-book and time-table, I learned I was in Nonsense Land, and drawing nigh to Limerick, the principal town in the valley of the Jingle. The guide-book assured me it would be worth while to stop off at Limerick for an hour or two. Many interesting people sojourned there during the silly season, Gilbert had once honored the town by a brief visit, during which he composed his famous ‘‘There was an old man of St. Bees.’”? Edward Lear, Limerick’s favorite son, was buried there—his grave was one of its showplaces. Limerick was also the summer home of that most versatile writer, ‘*Anon,” who is credited with many of the best jingles in the limerick anthologies I obtained a stop-over privilege from the conductor and debarked. A bus, labeled ‘‘ Limerick House,” stood waiting, and the busman approached with the salutation : “Fine day! Looks a little like rain. I see you have come by the train. If you ’re stopping with us Climb into the bus — You'll hunt for a better in vain.” Not much of a limerick, I thought. It was imperfect in form and lacked spontaneity; doubtless the busman had it was relevant, and your true limerick is not. Designing to impress these techni- —. cal points upon the busman, and also to show him what I could do offhand, I replied: ‘There was a young Yogi of Gobi, Whose ears were uncommonly lobey. ‘I sit down so much,’ He explained in low Dutch — That logical Yogi of Gobi.” ‘*Just do that?’’ asked the busman. ‘*Right off the reel,’’ said I. ‘*Pretty good,”’ he approved, and fell to composing another, which fortunately was unfinished when the hotel was reached. The clerk greeted me briskly, and re- marked, as he swung the register around: ‘*Good morning? How are you to-day? Fine weather for putting in hay. Our rate is two plunks— In advance if no trunks. Excuse me, but that is our way.” Mr. SLICK (as the car leaves for the Beach). —Now we ’l]l have a nice, restful ride, my dear. PUCK all I wanted was luncheon, anyway; and having settled the score I wandered into the dining-room. A faded table girl filled my water glass, and recited, in a sad, sing-songy voice: ‘‘Chicken gumbo, roast beef and roast lamb, Pork sausage, veal cutlets, fried ham, Mashed potatoes, string beans, Boiled onions and greens, Rice pudding and four kinds of jam." I made a selection from the welter, including one kind of jam, and after luncheon strolled up the hill back of the town to look upon Lear’s grave. The spot was marked by a handsome monolith, on which were chiseled a score or more of the quaint characters Lear had made famous, such as ‘‘ The Old Man with a Beard,” ‘‘The Young Person of Crete,” ‘‘The Young Lady of Lynn,” etc. ‘The epitath ran as follows: Shed, stranger, a sunshiny tear Hic jacet the bones of E. Lear. His bones were all funny, His nature was sunny, His fancy fantastic and queer. I wept copiously, and moved down the hill again. On my way I encoun- tered half-a-dozen countrymen, who accosted me in limericks, good and bad —mostly bad, and commonplace to the last degree. Limerickese, it seemed, was the only language spoken by the natives, and I was getting rather tired of it. But to show them that I could turn a verse with the best of them I hailed a home-faring yokel with the following tour-de-force: ‘“There was a Perpetual Palm used it a thousand times before. Besides, ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. That, wearied by ages of calm, Cried feelingly, ‘Wow! Please kick upa row. This quietude gives me a qualm.’”’ I omit the yokel’s reply, which was really not worth while. I continued on my way. As it was still half an hour to train time I decided to pay my respects to Anon. He lived, I found, at No. 99 Gibberish Avenue, a few doors from Drivel Street, and seizing the knocker, which was ornamented by Lear’s head, I made my presence known in the fol- following fashion: “Rat-tat-tat! rat-tat-tat! rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat! rat-tat-tat! rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat ! Rat-tat-tat-tat tat! Rat-tat-tat !| rat-tat-tat ! rat-tat-tat!’’ ‘*Why, how original! ’’ cried a mu- sical voice within, and a pretty young woman with yellow hair threw open the I assured him that it was all one to me Mr. Siick.—Just what I said! An empty car! It door. Besides the perfume of her pres- whether I paid then or a year from date; pays to come down here and get your pick of seats. ence there came out the bouquet of Ill. Mr. SLick.—Can’t you find a seat anywhere, my man? Mr. Hocan.—If I kud, don’t yez think I’d tek it, ye fule?

Page 5

Mrs. SLICK. —James, she is standing on my foot! Mr. SLick.— Madam, you are — — There goes my hat! freshly brewed tea. Remarked the Fair One With the Golden Locks: ‘‘Good morning! So glad you have come! Do you take tea with lemon or rum? Or would you prefer A jigger of myrrh? That's relished immensely by some.” Unable to repress a poetical inspira- tion, I replied: “There was a young man named Ben Hur, Who never took tea without myrrh. ‘But I’d rather,’ said he, ‘Take myrrh without tea, For then I should not have to stir.’”” ‘*You wish to see father?” said the Fair One With the Golden Locks. I bowed and was conducted to the library. tleman I found Anon in my ten minutes’ And a very agreeable old gen- chat with him; and while his daughter served the tea—with rum and a slice of lemon — he drew off for me an autograph copy of his famous jingle — ‘‘There was a young lady of Niger, Who rode on the back of a tiger. They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile—on the face—of the tiger. Mrs, SLicK. — James, to get a seat again! ! I returned to the station on the Limerick House bus. The busman was much preoccupied. ‘*Haven’t you finished that jingle yet?” I asked him as we rode along. ‘‘No,” said he. ‘‘Somehow or other I can’t seem to get by the first line — ““*There was a Young Native of Fiji.’” ‘‘Pshaw!” said I, ‘‘that’s easy; the easiest ever! Just listen to this: “There was a Young Native of Fiji, Which subscribed for the Tokio /ij7. But without a good map He could n’t read Jap— Which piqued the Young Native of Fiji.”’ ‘*You’re a genius!” cried the busman, embracing me with the greatest enthusiasm. ‘‘Nonsense!”’ I replied, repulsing him, though secretly pleased. that right along.” ‘“‘I wish I could!” the busman sighed; ‘‘but I have n’t got the knack. Here’s your train.” So I left him, and Limerick. boundary of Nonsense Land. ‘I do And a quarter-hour later I crossed the Bert Leston Taylor. I "ll never, mever, NEVER try JuMBLED CHorus.—I’m fainting, James — cigarette — awful — Say, what ’s eatin’ youse?— Ah’s a lady, Ah is Der ideer ! — Ring the bell! THE PIANO. N the days of our ancestors, the nearest approach to the piano was the spinet. It attracted little or no attention except from persons with a taste for music, and in the hands of most performers it re- sembled the modern piano about as much as the gazelle resembles the elephant. Those, however, were the days of small things when Refinement and Culture had n’t been brought (forcibly) into every home, when children were not dragged by one ear to perch on a revolving stool and the comedy had not yet evolved their familiar torture other, when musical substitute for the rhythmic tom-tom per- formances of an earlier barbarism, and when there was no money to be made out of exploiting the idea that self-respect and a piano in the parlor are necessarily synonymous. It never occurred to the struggling laborer that he owed his daugh- ter a musical instrument — and even if it had, the Devil had not yet refined his in- genuity to the point of inventing an instal- ment plan by which he could purchase it The piano, as we now know it, is a large box full of fine sounds and strange discords. It is easier to get at the discords than the fine sounds and ability to distinguish between them is confined to a small minority. No home is supposed to be complete without it; yet in these days of the thin-walled apartment house many a home has been wrecked by its proximity. And the curi- ous thing abovt it is that on Sunday, when the world is supposed to rest from its troubles, you can call in the police to stop a quiet group of citizens from play- ing golf in the seclusion of a country club, but you must grin and bear it if your next-door neighbor puts in the day dis- turbing the whole vicinity with what he is pleased to call a musical instrument. What the world needs is a new medium of sound expression, musical or other- wise, that shall be confined within a small radius and give everyone a ‘‘ square deal.”’ no turning.” r ts n't a bad world where a man may hug a delusion any time and have this always as beautiful as he likes. POULTRY MAXIM. ‘Speaking of proverbs,” remarked the Early Bird, ‘‘it’s a short worm that has

Page 6

PUCK AS AY down yondah in de medder lan’ de birds dey am a-singin’; W De medder lark he warble high, de ole hawk swingin’ in de sky — De sun he walim de soft green grass, whah de clovah bloom am springin’ $ Mah little gal ain’t nowhah nigh — Oh, honey, come; Ah ‘m lonesome. Ercross de fiel’ on de ole worm fence Ah sees de turtle dove, A-cooin’ to his sweetheart and a-tellin’ ob his love; De quail he whirr thu de underbresh; Mistah Rabbit tell his mate to hesh — Oh, weakness ob dis human flesh! — Mah honey, come; Ah ’m lonesome. De hummin’ bees am kissin’ all de clovah on de hill; De little wren a-totin’ hay her lovah’s nes’ to fill; De flowahs nestlin’ in de sun; thu de cohn de breezes run — Ob dis whole worl’s co'tship Ah got none — Oh, honey, come; ; Ah ’m lonesome. (47% Harris Merton Lyon. SV — oA. Mei Ni Ye, n> ‘ “ y : Ne S ‘i & Av. * f; " oo x | > é -- - ke ee ‘ ‘ WN SAS | ae ae .. . 2 te POR EM Rk Ge YES be = — eae \% \ i =r NM) Lr y Aj yaa : ‘ J M/ A CARD PACK FABLE. ea EARLY LINKS. ie perceived the top of Ararat. “What a beautiful tee!” he ex- claimed. Herewith he anxiously waited to lay out the golf course. Pack OF Carbs dwelt long in Amity until one Day certain Distinctions began to make ‘Themselves Manifest. The Ace, King and Queen determined that what the Pack needed was an Exclusive Circle to give it Tone. Consequently they organized a Set that in- cluded all the high Cards down to the Nine Spot. The chief Business of this Set was to look down on the other Cards. Every time the Pack was shuffled, so that a Member of the Set came in con- tact with one of the lower Cards, there were Sneers and Heart Burnings. The Pack NO SOUNDING. AN CuptpD has a dozen wiles His unsuspecting foes to keep; Beware the hammock, you may be Rocked in the cradle of the deep. began to work badly, as the Higher Cards, THE TEST. in their endeavor to keep away from the IK NICKER.— Is he a successful business Lower Cards, wrinkled themselves across f We K man? the Face and turned themselves down Yi; \\ BockER.—I suppose so, he boasts at the Edges. The Pack drifted down in the World, until it was thrown out of the Woman’s Whist Club, where it had learned its Ideas about Social Distinctions, and was used for Penny Ante at a Bartenders’ Social Club. Finally one Day it was taken Home by the Porter of the Club, who gave it to his little Child. The little One picked up the Cards and flung them high in the Air, and they were swept away into Oblivion by the Wind —all save one Card, which fluttered into a Corner of the Garden. The Child picked it up, crying: “Oh, | am going to keep this pretty that he is going to be investigated. UNDISMAYED. i ie Frugal Housewife was not dis- mayed. however. “Tt is true,” she said, “that the bird which the butcher has sent up is much too tough to serve for dinner, but I daresay I can trim my new opera hat with it, very effectively.” A PHILOSOPHER. HERE Was a man in our town, and Y Z he was wondrous wise; he jumped wr into a bramble bush and scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes x Card always. It is the nicest One were out, he philosophically said: “Well, of the Lot.” I ’ve seen everything, anvhow,” and saun- _ Now this particular Card was the A MEAN BANK. tered home to bed. — a _peerspamamd astwascared in gays, naceas—Why, Enron what's _ os the trouble? Beer fundamentals of economics are ‘What matters a Lifetime as the Deuce, so wenger csngtiiighir Panacea tnaeone — Few of us, perhaps, vigil ‘ I ’ll be able to withdraw my funds when Mr. a sufficient definition of price, but we all longas lamthe High Carda ond?” . oo e High Card at the End AWE. Lawson gives the word! know when we have n’t it about us.

Page 7

PUCK FROM APPEARANCES. H1ramM.— What in tarnation be them queer-lookin’ things fer? JUDGING SAMANTHA.—I s’pose that’s where them bold hussies run an’ hide when they see any one they know a-comin’! THE COMING ECLIPSE, Special to Puck. APE PemMICAN, Labrador, Aug. 23.—This section of Labrador is overrun with Cook tourists and other excursionists, who have come to witness the eclipse of the sun next week. A distinguished bunch which arrived this morning includes Chauncey M. Depew, James Hazen Hyde, Judge Parker, Herbert Bowen, Iz Durham, and other citizens of the United States whose interest in eclipses is personal and acute. An experience meeting will be held to- night on the beach, and the following programme has been prepared : ‘* How it Feels to be Totally Eclipsed”’ Judge Parker. ‘¢ The Penumbra of the Vice- Presidency” ..Charles Warren Fairbanks. + MGRICINR OWNSTEND ” o.0000,-00s0sees Mayor Dunne of Chicago. ‘*What to Talk About While the Shadow Is On”..Senator Depew. ‘The Cash Surrender Value of an [clipse” J. Hazen Hyde, ‘‘The Sweeping Shadow of Bill Jerome”.......-. Murphy and Odell. ‘“‘Lit’ry Eclipses,’? by one of last season’s popular novelists, same now unknown. Music will be furnished by a glee club composed of the mem- bers of the Brooklyn National League baseball team. Cablegrams of sympathy have been received from King Oscar and Czar Nicholas, and greetings from Prime Minister Balfour. A lovely time is expected. TAINTED FINANCE. CURATE — somewhat of a Saint— Sought funds his small chapel to paint, And with every donation Went this conversation: “T hope it ain’t tainted ?” “Tt ain’t.” REVISED VERSION, T WAS a dark night. ‘The rain came down in torrents. Flashes of lightning at times lighted up the dense atmosphere. Sud- denly in front of the inn at the edge of the clearing, a man on horse- back drew up and quickly dis- mounting, rang the bell. Presently the lights inside moved, and a woman shuffled forward. * Take my horse,” said the man, “and give me food and shelter for the night.” At thesame time he flunga huge carpet-bag on the floor in front of him, and the contents jingled. The woman’s sinister lighted up as she saw the bag, and hastily bidding her guest enter, she called for a man to take his horse. Then showing the stranger and his carpet bag to a room on the floor above with the usual trap door in it, and telling him that tea would be ready in ten min- utes, she went to summon her husband. As soon as the stranger was alone, he hastened to open the carpet-bag. It was filled with gold. Placing it carefully under the mattress where it could surely be seen, he descended to the floor below. : His supper was waiting for him. ward and shook hands cordially. “ Have n’t seen you for some time,” he said. “No,” replied the stranger. “I’ve been busy —too busy to eat. What’s on hand to-night?” “ Usual thing,” grinned the landlord. Supper was eaten in silence. At the end the guest an- nounced his intention of retiring. He was given a candle that flickered in the dull light, and was just about to move off up- stairs when the landlord stopped him. “Well, my friend,” he said, “how will you have it this time? Will you be strangled, hit over the head with a jimmy, or slide down through that trap into a well?” The stranger paused. *“Can’t you give me something new ?” he exclaimed. “I’m sick and tired of this sort of thing. Here I ’ve been a dime novel character all my life, and it’s getting monotonous. Can't you do some new stunt ?” : The landlord grinned gleefu!ly, showing the usual two fangs. “Sure!” he observed. “We're nothing if not up to date. At three o’clock in the morning you ‘ll slide out on a chute into the middle of the road and be run over by an automobile. After which Maria and I will shake for the ducats.” | face The landlord came for- RURAL PROSPERITY. ES,” remarked the farmer, after ex- changing five hundred dollars fora gold-brick, “if yew don’t find that money entirely satis- factory yew kin bring it back any time and git your brick back ag’in!” |" might be discourag- ing to see ourselves as others see us, but just think how it would hurt our feel- ings to hear about ourselves what others hear about us. “ OUT OF THE CYCLONE CELLAR, _—— makes perfect nuisances.

Page 8

a J.OTTMANN LITH.CO. PUCK BLOG.N.Y. THE TARIFF UncitE Joz Cannon.—Oh, Sir, you would not ‘urn these helpless,

Page 9

TARIFF TOTS. these helpless, half-c. ? you ; wn babes out into a cruel world, would yo

Page 10

AUTOMATIC KWWOCKE e| es AT DEAR OLD CONEY ISLE” We TRY THE HUMAN CAN NON ¢ r 3 SHOTS FOS 25 ' mabe A outs Eve you CAN Gl , ee 0 ae puzzle. pies the high seat in the band-wa gon, but the unsuc- cessful man comes in on the last load, if at all. We all admire the suc- cessful man, but who, oh, who will throw upa single hat for the man whom everybody callsa worthy-person -but - alas-he-has- no- faculty. When a man loses his faculty it leaves him in as bad shape as an old maid aunt of mine who hid a hundred dollars in her bustle, and then went and lost the bustle. Some people are born with a faculty, and some ain’t. Many a promising litile mushroom grows up to be atoadstool. When the successful ~ BD THE MARCH OF PROGRESS. PERPLEXED MASTER OF TORTURE.— By my racks and screws, but these Twentieth Century victims are a BOBBY JONKS ON SUCCESS. day and is called “Colonel” ger Is the art of getting it. It isn’t what you want that be a mighty hunter and catch lions with a lasso is now long and thin makes you fat; itis what you get. The successful man occu- and is called ‘ Professor.” They are treated a lot worse than mine ever were, and yet they seem to enjoy it! ; while the boy whose ambition was to Instead of grabbing it and putting it out at interest like the other boy, he kept cutting the wool off from the sheep that laid the golden egg until he pumped it dry. Man is an animal and is composed of land and water—the land being the dust fromwhich we riz and the water being used to stick it together with—also arms and legs, head, stomach, heart and the vowels, together with his din- ner or supper, as the case may be, and oc- casionally a club foot. The bump of success is a little knob just next to your hump of hope, only if you are a married man per- chance your hump of hope is dent. Money makes the ego and | egotism is the art of being stuck on your- man was a small boy like you IN JUNGLE SOCIETY. self and getting your name and me he got all he could Mrs. JACKAL.—Do you think, dear, I’d better invite the Monkeys to my next ball ? in the papers. This is all and kept all he got, and now Mrs. LEOPARD.—Perish the thought! Why, evervbody knows they ’re nothing I know about success. he wears a white vest every but climbers. Tom P. Morgan.

Page 11

Cleanly Our Brewery is as clean as your kitchen. We clean every tub, vat, tank or barrel—every pipe and pump—every time we use It. We wash every bottle four times, by machinery. The very air is filtered. That 1s one reason for purity. = “7 The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous. ~~ _

Page 12

Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés. Batjer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Sole Agents for United States. The Highest Grade After:-Dinner Liqueur Liqueur MBRIQUEE ATARRME Pa ces Pres Chartres LIQUEUR | Known as Chartreuse | | =a pees THE PRUDENTIAL HAS THE STRENGTH OF It Address Guards particulars and rates of Policies. GOO MAO si6 5 65cicscccvccasces: GIBRALTAR of Gibraltar—that colossal towering rock, a sentinel of the nations, of strength and stability, keeping its sleepless vigil. WILSON WHISKEY THAT’S ALL! CONDEMNED the hanging! PRINCIPLE. MURDERER.—Stop This is non-union rope! A tablespoonful of Abbott's Angostura Bitters in a | glass of sweetened water after meals is the greatest | aid to digestion known. The the emblem Another sentinel stands ready to guard against the straits with which most men or their families have some- thing to do, at one time or another—especially their families. 1y all be ive free can do this. in to-day. The Prudential is that guardian—easily yours, for you and your family, against the day w hen you or they are in the straitened ways ‘of adv ersity. your advantage to learn how “The Prudential Fill out coupon and send it It will be to The Prudential Insurance Co. Incorporated as a stock company by the Stute of New Jersey. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. Home Office: NEWARK, N. J. Straits s A’d barvel at your lavishdess, | their names. GoLpDED Rob. O, golded rod, I gaze upod— Ka-choo !— | The yellow that you spread abroad — Ka-choo !— With spe’dthrift folly—dothi’g less— You pile it od, I bust confess— Ka-choo! O, golded rod, the poet’s sig— Ka-choo !— | About the glory that you brig— Ka-choo !— I’b dot ad expert, I adbit, Codcerdig gold—I’b stradge to it— But yours looks buch like cou’terfeit— Ka-choo! —Chicago Record-Herala. | MANAGEMENT. First TRAMP.—You are the first fei- ler that ever got a square meal from that woman. How did yer manage? SECOND TrAmMp.—I told her I’d found ten cents, and asked her to di- rect me to a free-lunch saloon.— Vew York Weekly. Not NECESSARY. He.— Well, at any rate, our women never have the prefix Honorable to No; I ’m glad to say that women don’t have to! — Yonkers Statesman. A. D. 1950. “And what,” inquired the visitor as he pointed ahead, “is that small but tasteful structure ?” “That,” replied the native, “is the Hall of Fame.” “Oh. And what is the mighty marble building over there?” “That? Why, that’s our Hall of Eminent Grafters.”"—C/eveland Plain Dealer. A SHORTENED DESCRIPTION. “Don’t you think that Miss Osteer has a great deal of repose?” “That woman standing with her elbow on the piano?” asked Miss Cayenne. * Fes.” “That is n’t repose. That is plain pose.” — Washington Star. “Musk perfume will drive mos- quitos away,” says a medical writer. It will also drive a man away. — Washington Post. THE OFFICE boy who thinks that he can make himself popular by whist- ling all the latest popular tunes to his employer while he works hasn’t tact enough ever to be appointed ambassa- dor to England.— Somerville Journal. | Gillette Safety NO STROPPINCG. NO nowinc. Be HE old-fashioned razor witha forged blade is as undependable as the weather — good one day, cranky the next—needs honing—always needs something to make it work! The new razor, the GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR, has 72 double-edged wafer blades that are not forged, but are hardened, tempered, ground, and sharpened by secret and patented processes. Each blade gives from 20 to 40 shaves— comfortable, thorough, satisfying shaves, Gillette Razor Blades require no hon- ing or stropping; hence a big saving of time, trouble and expense. New blades when needed cost so little that after they have become dull may be thrown away. 12 new blades, $1.00 The Gillette Safety Razor costs com- plete $5.00. Sold everywhere at this price. Is beautifully finished, triple sil- ver pkate; comes in a compact little velvet-lined case. Shaving this way is an economical lux- ury, and you get without further expense more than. 400 Shaves Without Stropping ly at less than one cent a shave. Ask your dealer for the GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR and accept no substi- tutes. Hecan procure it for you. Write for our interesting booklet to- day, which explains our 30-da = trial Offer ; if offer. Most dealers make th yours does not, we will. Gillette Sales Company 1162 Times Building, 42d St. and Broadway New York AnChBAT? MIXTURE a ** No one Who smokes | URBRUG'S | ~ ARCADIA MIXTURE could ever attempt to describe its delights.’’ Why? The Tobaccos are all aged; thoroughly | seasoned, Age improves flavor; adds mildness; pre-| vents biting. 'In the blending, seven countries, from| | Latakia to America, are called spon. | Made since 1876. Surbrug’s “ Arcadia” is in a class by its —nothing so rich in flavor — so rating in quality. A mild stimulant The Delight, iy he Pleasure when it dawns | on you will be lasting. AT YOUR DEALER'S. | 'THE SURBRUG CO., New York City ———— ll ee a a a a a a a ee’ : ‘ : 4 4 4 4 4 ’ § 7 32, Bx,

Page 13

witha pendable one day, —always ‘k! SAFETY fer blades ardened, ened by ) shaves— ig shaves, / no hon- saving of t so little ll may be 1.00. osts com- at this triple sil- act little mical lux- r expense S ping -LETTE no substi- iu. ooklet to- free trial Offer ; if ‘TURE describe ; thoroughly | nildness; pre | untries, from | called wpot class by is vr — so exhila-| ‘Id stimulant | vhen it dawns >R'S. w York City ee . BALTIMORERYE Toh mas 453 =) f WM LANAHAN & SON BALTIMORE. | The Exquisite Flavor Hunter Baltimore Rye ind its mellow deliciousness appeal most strongly to people of refinement, hence it is called b AAD ADDAAAAAAAAAADAAAAAADAAAADADAADAAAAAAAALL ALD SOSOOSOSS SHSSOSSOSS SOS OSGSSSS SOSSSOSS SHSSSOSSSSS SSSOSOSSOSSOS The American Gentleman’s Whiskey Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. 009000900000 SSSSSCOCSOSOOOOOSD é 09069000 0O0000O6 600000008 THE YELLOWSTONE PARK, LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION, AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, An Attractive Fall Tour via Pennsyl- vania Railroad, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged a special personally-conducted tour to visit the Pacific Coast, including the Yellowstone Park, Portland (for the Lewis and Clark Exposition), and the beautiful resorts among the Colorado Rockies. This tour will leave New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and other cities on the Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday, Sep- tember 2, by a special train of high-grade Pullman equipment. The itinerary will cover a period of three weeks, the party reaching the East on the homeward journey September 22. The special train will be used by the party over the entire route, ex- cept during the five and one-half days in the Yellowsto 1¢ Park, when the fine hotels now inservice in the Great Preserve will be uti- lized. The train will be side-tracked in Portland for occupancy there, and all meals en route, except in the Yellowstone Park and in Denver, will be served in the special dining car Round trip tickets, covering all necessary expenses for twenty-one days, $200 from all points on the Pennsylvania Railroad except Pittsburgh, from which the rate will be $195. For itineraries and further information apply to ticket agents; C. Studds, Eastern Passenger Agent, 263 Fifth Avenue, New York; or address Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. > Scilla HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE, 2 34 and 36 Bleecker Street. tkaxcH Wanxnouse: 20 Beekman Street, } Rew Sonn All kinds of Paper made to order tien ‘GOUT & RHEUMATISM inte Great English Remedy TA BLAIR’S PILLSBageat Sa, Eviective, 50c. & $1, ACZAMIM Brooklyn, N. ¥. ae ve CECE CUPP UC e UP eee Ueereeeeuuuy =| @ ® = Tne Standaurel IBramadls = S—| These cigars are acknowledged as the STANDARD BRANDS |= —4 of Imported FIAVANA cigars everywhere the world over. P= = AFRICANA CAROLINA ESTELLA INTIMIDAD be = ANTIGUEDAD COMERCIAL FLOR DE CUBA J.S.MURIAS > —a BOCK Y C4 CORONA FLOR DEMURIAS PEDRO MURIAS sc CABANAS DON QUIXOTE FLORDEYNCLAN ROSA DE SANTIAGO =! CARVAJAL ESPANOLA HENRY CLAY VENCEDORA =| ROSA AROMATICA MANUEL GARCIA ALONSO VILLAR Y VILLAR = These justly famous factories now stand alone pre-eminent after = ears of highest excellence in their production as having acquired =" and sustained the first place in the World's Havana Cigar Wade. —. = BAYAN = t4-Fs ——t7 _—— D =) TOBACCO, aeap COMPANY - ) % 11 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK,NY. A SELLING AGENTS FOR THE WORLD & = ) by a Wd we eo Ro a el el a el eo a oo a ee el a a el a ab el a el PARC EOE LEceceeneoneeccooacecenoean) Crop Reports. In the speculation shop, You must know, The condition of the crop Causes woe Unto some, to others joy, Who with margins daily toy, While the blackboard grows its figures in a row. Thus they watch the prices flop, Filled with hope, Guessing who ’ll come out on top — From the dope— Till there comes a sudden freeze- Out —- so-called in marginese. Do they know enough to quit the game then? Nope. — Indianapolis News. A Suspicious Native. ‘Do you think there is anything in theosophy ?” said the woman with an inquiring mind. “Yes,” answered the man of sordid instincts. “Judging from the cost of books on the subject I should say there was money in it.”— Detroit Free Press. WEARY. “Oh,” sighed Mrs. Oldcastle, “I’m so sick of the proletariate !” «So are me and Josiah,” replied her hostess. ‘We ’re goin’ to give it up and go back to coffee, even if it ain’t the best thing for the nerves.” — Chicago Record- Herald. Not PARTICULAR. He.—She believes kissing goes by favor. SHE.— Oh, yes; and any man who kisses is in favor with her. — Yonkers Statesman. A VIcTIM. “War is truly a terrible thing,” said the nervous man with a pallid face. “But you are not a soldier.” “No. I am a stenographer and typewriter.”— Washington Star. Ir A man smiles and looks pleased when you pay him a compliment, pay Dry and WET DANGERS. “There ’s just two things that break up most happy homes,” observed the Pohick philosopher. “What ’s them?” inquired the Squedunk ignoramus. “Woman's love for dry goods an’ man’s love for wet goods, b'gosh!” Belair (Mad.) Times. A PLANKED Carp. When fishing, if you catch a German carp, clean it and hang it out in the sun six weeks to dry, then nail it to a pine board and cover it thorouglily with salt or mud. Let it stand for two months longer and then bake it two days. Remove the nails, throw the carp over the back fence and eat the board, but never eat the carp.—CZifton Hill ( Mo.) Rustler. THE DIFFERENCE. Tommy.— Pop, what is the difference between charity and philanthropy ? Tommy’s Pop.— Merely, my son, that philanthropy can afford to hire a press agent.— Philadelphia Record. A Brilliant Historical Novel Monsieur d’en Brochette by the Humorous Syndicate JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ARTHUR HAMILTON FOLWELL ond BERT LESTON TAYLOR 29 full-page Illustrations by FRANK A. NANKIVELL = ‘*Monsieur D’En Brochette,” is a capital travesty of the romances of the sword by American imitators of Alexandre Dumas which have been so numerous and popular in the last few years. The satire is keen and even the victims cannot fail to ad- mire the skill with which the sharp thrusts are given. The Cleveland Plain Dealer. This ‘ historical’’ account of cer- tain of the adventures of Huevos Pa- sada Par Agua, Marquis of Pollio Grille, and Count of Pate de Foie Gras, is a clever and amusing burles- que on the novel of histrio—adven- ture. Weconsider it strange it has not been done before, but it is cer- tainly well done now. —Detroit Free Press - The adventures which Robert Gas- ton de Launay Alphonse, Marquis of Pollio Grille, Count of Pate de Foie Gras, and Much Else Besides, suc- ceedsin crowding into the short space of forty-eight hours are astounding. —Louisvilie Courier-Journal ONE DOLLAR IN HANDSOME CLOTH BINDING PRICE All Booksellers, or mailed anywhere on receipt him another one. In time you may be able to borrow money from him.— | Somerville Journal. of price by PUCK, New York

Page 14

Lea & Perrins’ Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE | The Peerless Seasoning. The housewife who knows the delicious- ness of a weil-cooked Plate of Cold Meats, has a revelation in store in LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE. It gives un- usual relish to Cold Roast Beef, Mutton, Lamb, or Beef Tongue, Baked Beans, Mac- aroni and Cheese, Chops, Salads, etc, John Duncan’s Sons, Agents, New York, Weekly service from New York Southern Pacific Steamer Line FIVE DAYS every Wednes- day at noon. Arrive New Orleans following Monday — Connecting with Peaceful Waters rail lines for Louisiana, Special Excursion Rates | Texas, to Pacific Coast, option returning all Rail. Berth and Meals included on steamer. Mexico, Arizona, California. INQUIRE Boston, 170 Washington St. Philadelphia, 632 ¢ eames St. x 349 Broadway Baltimore, Piper Building, New York, j 1 Broadway Baltimore St. Syracuse, 212 West Washington St. **A NIGHT ON THE LOCOMOTIVE OF *THE PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL,’” The New York “Herald’s” Thrilling Story of a Ride on the 18-Hour Flyer. Few persons have not felt a desire to take a ride on the locomotive of a fast express train, to sit in the cab with the engineer and feel the throbs of the lifelike engine as it rushes over the rails. Such an experience on a mile-a-minute flyer is especially fascin- ating. It is not given to every one to take such a ride, and this makes the interest the greater and the desire all the more keen. To tell its readers what a ride on the fastest long-distance train in the world is like, the New York //eva/d recently sent a reporter from New York to Chicago on the locomotive of ‘*The Pennsylvania Special,’ the eighteen-hour train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and published his experience in a late issue of that paper. So fascinating is his story, so full of life and so vividly told, it has been reprinted in pamphlet form with the original sketches and ph ttographs repro- duced It is a remarkable recital of the sen- sations experienced in the locomotive cab, and of the iron nerve and clear vision which yuard the fastest and most notable train the world has ever seen A copy of the story will be sent on receipt of a two cent stamp by Geo. W. Boyd, Gen- eral Passenger Agent, Pennsylvania Rail- road, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. New York to Buffalo, via NEW YORK CENTRAL — Finest One- Day Railroad Ride in the Wot He.—lI will object. York Weekly. Iv THE OLD Man. | | am so afraid your sees: SHE.—Don’t worry. much influence in this family. — Nex | is hard for a man stomach to understand how anybody avoid starvation. can ever steal to Somerville Journal. ware a Papa has n't) with a full FERDINAND WESTHEIMER & CINCANNATI, O ST. JOSEPH mo RED TOP RYE purity a rr ULI AMERICAS FINEST WHISKEY SONS LOUISVILLE. KY It's up rom 4016) it NEW YORK OFFICE 1358 BROADWAY FINANCE. JupGe. —I fine you ten dollars! PRISONER.— All right, dis note fer me I tink I kin raise de money! Add a little Abbott's Angostura Bitters to a glass of wine and you'll be surprised what a delightful tonic it makes. THE ‘THRASHERS’ DINNER. Jedge — now if you ’ll jest endorse How strange to my mind are the scenes of those thrashings, When old recollection just gets a good holt; The long dinner table with oodles and lashings Of eats stacked up high for the thrashers to bolt — Fried chicken, potatoes, and jelly, and pickles, And biscuits, with puddings and pies in their train Which made the great day, when the yield of the sickles Was garnered, almost drive the women insane. The big thrashers’ dinner and the work it made for ’em Was surely enough to drive women insane. —Indianapolis News. Mosr people would n’t have much to say of their neighbors if they only said something good about them,— Chicago Daily News. The well known SPARKLETS C?° in PARISs , which had such an enormous success with its “Spark/ers” fop preparing instantaneously Soda Water and «i! other sparkling drinks, replying to a great public want has just placed upon the market - ) CEODEUINE for the immediate preparation of CARBONIC ACID ATHS @ la mode die Nauheim, recommended by the highest European and American medical faculties for eart Disease & Ladies Complaints. PROSPECTUS FREE SPARKLETS C’, GOO GENERAL AGENTS WANTED MENNEN’S BORATED TALCUM TOILET POWDER After Shaving. Insist thatyour barber use Mennen’s Toilet Powder after he shaves you, Itis Antiseptic,and will prevent any of the skin diseasesoften contracted, A positive relief for Prickly Hem, Chafing and Sunburn, andall afflictions of the skin, Removes all odor of perspiration. Get Hennen’s—the original, Sold everywhere, or mailed for 25 cents. Sample free. ‘ GERHARD MENNEN CO., Newark, N. J. THE Russian taxpayer will doubtless find that the payment of an indemnity also corresponds to Gen. Sherman’s definition of war.—/Vashington Post. A PRETTY woman in tears may be more or less attractive to some, but it| never pays a homely woman to cry before a man.—Somerville Journal. Tom Lawson may be a nothing to show that “fakir,” ‘Tom ever as a Cloak for a baking-powder lobby.—Xansas City Journal. MoRAL | suasion is all right in its way, but there when it backed shotgun. Daily News. are should up with Ir DOES N’T quire as much times be a| — Chicago | -pa- | to sleep as it does to fish, but the men | ' can’t see it that way. —Atchison Globe. tience to puta ney | | To prove the excellence of COOKS [HAMPAGNE 2 freee try a bottle. Sick people drink it as an invigorator; well people as a tonic. Quality and purity make it the favorite Champagne. SERVED EVERYWHERE AMERICAN WINE CO., ST. LOUIS How ‘*Pa, when is man famous ?”’ TO KNow. as Senator Stone alleges, but there is went so far as to invent a “health society” a ‘When somebody discovers that he has stolen all his ideas.”’ —Chic. Record-Herald. THERE ARE little Rojestvenskies, just as well as little Togos, but the papers don’t seem to find out | how smart they are, —Atchison Globe. | MOOS ey Puck’s Original Oo” Drawings The Original Drawing of any Iflustration in PUCK may be bought by persons who desire A Fine Birthday Present. A Suitable Euchre Party Prize. An Appropriate Picture for the Parior, Library or “Den.” * Or who wish to use them for decorative purposes generally. Price, Size and Character of Drawing will be sent on application. Give number of Puck and Page, and address PUCK, NEW YORK. RRA ton Ad

Page 15

e much ey only them.— ARIS which arikiets” for 1d all other ublic want DONIC ACID ended by t | faculties for Cc’, Paris, ANTED eee ee u’S LCUM ET IER . laving. r use Mennen's he shaves you, will prevent any ften contracted,| or Prickly Hem, ‘skin, Removes original, Sold| le free. ark, N. J, Illustration by persons rize. the Partor, r decorative of Drawing d Page, and YORK. ———— Ans | De se ne a Wotl Most Nourish- ing Drink for Everyone All the Time Ale A Monopo_ty. If no. xe in this world did wrong Anc truth in triumph laughed, Some - mple rogue would come along An corner all the graft. — Washington Star. ‘May those who are single Get wives to their mind, And those that are married True happiness find.” SOLE PROPRIETORS WHITE, HENTZ &CO. Phila. and New York Green Tita. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS i793 ESTABLISHED ENOUGH FOR HIM. I des can’t read my true love— She tell me ter depart, But yander is de melon, En I read de melon heart! My true love frown en leave me, But what de use ter pine ? De melon don’t deceive me, - His red, ripe heart is mine! —Atlanta Constitution. FROWN AND SMILE. s Pop ‘tog “Yes, my son.” “What is a Prohibitionist ?” “A Prohibitionist is a man who frowns when other fellows ‘smile,’ my son.” Jonkers Statesman. Nor A Goop SHow. Hicks.— That is the author of the piece sitting in the box over there. Wicks.— Hush! You don’t want to be sued for criminal libel, do you ? Somerville Journal. IN ESKIMOLAND. Mr. PEMMICAN (out of breath).—H-h-h-h-h-has the d-d-d-dog-train for Sealetteville gone yet ? TICKET AGENT.—It does n’t leave till a quarter to March. Mr. PEMMICAN.—Just my blooming luck! Ran a hundred and two miles thinking that darn train was due to leave at half-past February! USE ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE BOKER’S BITTERS | | | “=MADE AT KEY WEST.— 5 CIGARS FOR \\\ AL hine o17 TW" It not only gives u high, glowing,dur- 2.2\ 5 A powder to be shaken into the shoes. Your feet i a ; | ” ti ‘ly able polish to all metals, but the polish feel swolie, nervous and damp, and get tired easily. Antidyspeptic A tonic, an appetizer and a delicacy in mixed drinks agape pcelegdaauas ‘ ‘ Ifyou hay» smarting feet or tight shocs, try Allen's pinta ve It — the feet and makes walking wie dive ae ' Bar Keepers Friend easy. Cur s swollen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails, 4 I 7 : . : blisters and callous spots. Titioves pe om bun- THERE are 193 lawyers in New York prisons. Sometimes we are tempted las*s, it will shine on! It benefits ali metals, minerals o cea er » ' , ; ‘ fi . c ‘ i M5e 1 ib box For sale by a : —— 's wor ae and comfort. Try it /to think we don’t do justice by our lawyers in the easy-going West. = wale pS mg eg By th nad gr dy A %Se. Don cept any substitute, Trial package-FREE. Kansas City Journal William Hoffman 295 E. Washington st.,lndianapolis, Ind. Address, \llen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. ; Short Sixes They will delight all sorts and -onditions of readers.— Pittsburgh Nispatch, More Short Sixes _You smile over their delicious: surdities, perhaps, but never ar because they are “awfully tunny.”— Boston Times. Made in France Though the creations are de Maupassant’s the style is Bun- ner’s, and we are well acquainted vith that quaint humor and orig- inality.—Detroit Free Press. Bunncr’s Short Storics Five Volumes in Paper, $2.50 Five Volumes in Cloth, 5.00 or separately as follows: Per Volume in Paper, $0.50 Per Volume in Cloth, 1.00 For sale by.all Bocksellers, or by mail from the Publishers on receipt of price. s %& Address PUCK, New York The Suburban Sage Mr. Bunner in the present vol- ume writes in his most happy mood.— Boston Times The Runaway Browns Will bring more than one hearty laugh even from those unused to smile.—., Ph @ S Bulletin.

Page 16

4iubiaiae LAT | she fi EL asi — oe we real —, — a sin + ~*~ ‘ » es eae er tested ZL Se, zag e

J OTTMANN LITH CO. PUCK BL0G.NY

THREE ’S COMPANY. 'S A CROWD.