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THE CHICKGO LEDGER. -IIIIEDNESDI-TY. DECEMBER 14. I898. '
Pa’: Gtamexfonz. Popping the Question.‘ '
"Pa hrought home a grarnerione the other Tl'IlIee‘ilue5tl0el'i grave tohhei‘-VI popped.
d id Jh i. “Y ow wa a answrwas " o;
g::meris:ne is,“ din‘: you'.'oi“t's 2 thIng.whist Ally“ Dgigcvevlgllln i!r:‘vDl;e:i;t8thera cropped
you win up an‘ set a gain’ sn' sn times its . "3 1
taikin'. I dunno what makes it. out it sounds 1; yeg or no.4 ma,” “,9,
just '9 If there was sumhuddy in it. but there sirnp y asknd the maid‘
ain't. cause: looked once to see. "Well. now, I like this underwear,
“I as ed pa ow 'twns hired, an’ he sed there Bl" Wlll llle 0010!‘ lad?‘-”'
was sum rubbPr in it an- iolks sung or talked o---:.s<
up asinst it sn' it made marks on the ruhber. . '
air then when the thing waswoiind up 'twonid Chddhwdv
git oi: the same stuit Jim V nd Tommy, who are the noislest
. ms is
“But I guess pa was lryin' to tool me. It children in Yuritville. were playing.
“Let's on this doorstep." suggested
Tomi-ny. .
“No," Jimmy said, "there iSn’t any fun in
iiolng that. This is an empty house. Let's go
down the street and pay. I now where
ladies and gentlemen was tr!‘ ii: to replenish
his emuiy lhink tank by the balm)‘ sleep pro-
it, an' inn don‘t like the piece neither, hut pa T?
plays it all the ssmey. .
"An‘ last night ll rained an‘ pa couldn't go A‘ ‘he opera‘
All wits“-ll‘: domes“ ma“-'< ri.din' an‘ kept the machine goin' till most Jack-Do you think she is the wife of the
V mori-iln‘. He Dlayed everything all liziver an’ m;:nf::,m:;‘:l’;" Don.‘ Wu 5 e um she
’ - over as much as ten times. 1 shou think. > ' t‘ at . 1 M4; . 1 3-,; it t it t co
’ T""’b1‘ Efh" W37‘ All there’: one orrut zunny thing. mvnoimllzvs ill? were glass 9? Eunlres null‘ hex $’i“eii;’r1‘r“; ylour wi?e ebreosenlgq.
He had caught the youth in the alley lead- '‘There‘: a piece ‘bout a Kentucky home. An‘ T - you with Christmas? ,
ing to the stage entrance to the theater. and when D, put that on, it went ‘long all right . 4Mr.'Crnnk-About live minutes; the inmate
ll was no senile 00% “Y3 "19 Ch"=8$” till it got to ‘weep no more,’ an’ then it kept That Cooking. ‘W9 ‘en hole .
PM-' ' sayln‘ Ihat all the tlme: ‘Weep no more. ween Mrs. Be .i-lam"-I helieve there's a burglar l -‘ ‘”““" '
“lee! E0 of mev f9"0W5" 9“‘3"."e'-‘ ‘he 3'““‘,"- no more.’ 5'1‘ in sed he guessed the darned the satin? where I put the pie I baked thi‘; “Biggest Show ’Ccpt One."
"You'll wrinkle ml’ 005‘: “'3” WM‘ 5'0"“ thing was goin' to ‘ween 2- M I’ an’ so 2 arternoon. A circus was coming to it southern town
so it you don't look on stopped ‘er. He found n great big scratch on . Benham-If he tins the pie over on to him 5,... even. .,,,,.,, and Wm. mm, at-mm, .;
. H-9; Wlllwlll her, so he didn't use it no more. . e-ii never get up. radius or rlity miles or so had been iiiied with '
deigning to nnllce the protest. “alnt you the “I laid awake an ortul while llstenln' to it. - i .
. . w-%-4 announcements. An old
I roses to the an‘ blme hy I heard tn.-i hoilerin to on she 5 ye" Md den we
th i ht d 1 the t t line g h m 1 mi g > T0 CUREACDLDLV oh‘: DA! V ““g
" ' ‘ ‘“ " -‘f'J;‘s‘1':‘i:3. 2.“-‘ii siif‘ “‘ " ““ ””.““ - ..'.:a3;“i'&“ii“i“.‘i'1‘.“t.,‘:?.L':i‘ it-:.::" p tr“: “‘ ‘““.‘;“::.i:$-::i.“.:';“ “in. ass...‘
"What It I did, fellow?" answered the 3‘0l11l'I- “This mornln’ he had it gain’ agin while he [mulnb hn L 3. Q. on each isoist ' d'me 3.Wn‘;sm,
- ’ -what's ant?" asked the old-time
dnritey, pricking up his ears.
The other read again the legend or the
show-bills. - -> V
“You don't know what you is talking about.
' iii;
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son's. He use ter 6 me f-ro here. and dat was
a Show wuth seem’. Dat was the biggest Show
OIL dis earl. sho null"
T man had evidently not been to 9. ;
circus for marl)‘ Years. The ilarkles swear by ,
John Dobbinsun throughout the south, any-
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and I'm going to find out. mo. and don't you
go
"Your daughter!" exclaimed the youth. be-
ginning to see real trouble ahead. “Your
daughter: I-I-W21)’. me good fellow. l Wash‘!
trying to ilirt with your daughter."
in '
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“Read it tor yourseit, then," said the dude.
“I tell you that thing says this is the biggest
show on earth."
Tile ‘old man proceeded to spell out the bit:
letters. He waded h ough ”I3nl‘num d
Ba ley," and alter a rest began on the re-
mainder of the sentence: - - -
“P.-l-g-g-e-is-t S-ll-0-W o-n e-a-r-t-h 5-e-p-t.
f‘Certaiill)' not. it was all it mistake. I as-
sure you. Florist must have got it wrong. you
ltno - V . - . - V
"lvhy. certain. The girl the second item the
end was the one i had my eye aim". . .
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oliipmiin, jumping up and down in his glee.
g. . . e igges show 'cept one-dat one was
:'Ol:I":eai'r‘Ix:ht?ie‘IfED 3‘ "'$'i‘ri1moeiit"'iia ti3r:iT$”gi’r’i" ‘i; M" ‘?“‘>""'”“"-‘-’ "
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Liked It.
over s. r9ZI.llidl1bealI(:ill5(‘e [nub and tatte ,
user nyl o as een e Fa H, ,h .11,
chorus sixiee years? well. guess not I I I “,,d“,) P J‘,"",', 52;, 0 50"’ “ " 5 ti
i don't ick he tar out dl you it ll be hecause gag ecu N. am. wmnce on ‘M, the i
I Nlice an Eels h re 100 ult II’! N glrla tell you. Thev are awiul liars and will’
. teach you not to slight my daughter vlith your &?% g mm you even, ,,“m‘..V
flours an ' if it I’ 105! all zrw..% “Yes, but how nice they do it," replied the
Just at this juncture the fun Deanm 7 y onarnoreti youth. wiih a besiiilc smile.
‘ -no ., 4 , p , ‘.21
V - - lo %%,Mxx 21% v '
- , . Cauzlzt.0n- s The Idiot.
, . u on o Wei hing machine this after-
noon." said the cheeriul idiot. --were you
thinlting of suicide?" , 4
“Slllcliie?“ repeated the typewriter. >
“Yes. Doing a weigh with yourself." .
Wanted It Soon. . .
"6, yes," said Miss Flyppe. "v.VIr.vGayscl“l'lwis
a nice enough ieiiow. out he ought to have
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o you nowhedoesn't'.l" asked young
"Haw do I know? I can tell hand-me-downs
on Mlybod)‘ by ill? way the)’ lit." ‘
“ means." bitterly solllotlulzed young
n he Zotlibnatured ?'
'“‘‘'“55‘"‘' 3’ he ‘"‘"""" “" ’‘‘’’“"''‘“‘' -L‘; d- i d7 wh- 1 h - i ii- known him to speak kindly to his wife when Ell: Gerald-I1] hot you a kiss on the result of i.
" "W" ".‘“'- ""‘“‘ Y" "”‘I’.’ ‘D "“’ ‘$5 "" was r3’r‘iioi'-ihgmrf no ouS"nla3i:i"'efl'soLi'rl“?ii5) chest." , - r .ho next presidential election. ' ;
stand at no for my next suit. - “Geraldine-isn't there any election betoro .
i ’j"‘ ‘ was entin' bi-i-(ust, an‘ the door bell rung. ‘t“- ;
A Fa,-.s“,,,g Husband, "twins Il1E]lBhl]lOl"$. atn he sea I!l1ebnElEhYv>o,i]’: . .‘ - um ,
Mrs. siidiey-Charles is such a dear (allow! 52 “$13 ‘D Ey“‘.‘u‘fer9 ;'.”d“ock””“:.ghL we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
. He never goes away without kissing me. ed the neighbors might go hang tar any case at catsrrh that can not he
Mrs. Sewer -You don't sup ose there is ,,,..., M , cured by Hairs cam-n cure.
anthing -like ‘business hetore pleasure’ in his . h me“, m,,s‘e ,0, n ma men“, s F. .1.u?HE&$EY.& cdo..hProps.. Toledo. 0.
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mind when he is stuns away. do )0ll. dear. . am 3 now he was wn:og$3k'e[:a;m,e Elms” Ee:lSllE:t! .51 y:;le1'ki:l>1l;'nbel;‘.e‘;1a.
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Free to Invalid Ladies. Tress llle 3lf99‘ i‘n'.'2is2Eii.f.? yand ‘i‘ic:ll?C$lill):I agile] to“ c::r:
s..rs,.inai. am. In-nlaelltlhu cured in. Atler that sllualied rrom mornin- tiii nig an e D“, My obugmam made ‘ r '
i’e".fe'Zr‘3lii::'e't'if-'.‘..'i.'t'li-'e'i't7.'i'fdi3'1$i”ii'ri‘iiii’ii:5f-a"Z5$ri “ “ "““"" ""”' 5“'“”’.“‘ “ff ‘“: West 5-' Trlmx- Whvlesale Dr-Isslets. To-
) hovrlu suit. s'ildi-us )(ru.l..Hndnl:r,8onth izsnd, ind ,. em 3 on ltd '
"Ma ses pafil have to mind the landlordpbul “‘3,',,d;,.,g. K,,,,,,,, at , m,.v.,,' W,,o,e,,,..
' ‘ ‘f “' - i dunno whether he wil or no .' .,..“m,, -me.,,,g O‘
Pi-aoccupizd. > To a is catarrh Cure is taken internally, .
' g ‘ The professor had ialien downstairs and as Shattered idol. . .r.g e( upon the hide ucous
he .‘hoIlEtitlull)' nicked himself up ha remark-
Wm," “M mm um W” 1 Mt V "I used to think Barlow’: wire was is woman
who knew something. I imagined that she had
g . hi-sins and used them '
, -well. doi-i‘t you think so any "more?"
’ Thought Him a-‘Leak. “Let us drop the suhlect. she was my part-
ner in a duplicate whist roast last night."
I V HisLim.it.
“l have noticed. Clara," said the land isth-
er, "that. young illeanuoy has spent a good
deal ol time with you lately."
ii y all Drugg ts. Testirnonil tree.
:;(9%Y‘!-'7 ‘ ialrs Family Pills are the hest.
A Nice Prospect.
"Qld 'ou make a hit last night?“
. iiis daughter sighed ‘You are right, dad," -‘ixo. iit sometiodv in the audience did."
she answered, "hut t at is about all he has -j---ti
spent-" . ’ Grasped It.
--would you believe." said a thriiiloss young
M3105 H31‘ Fl)“ man to a triend. --that a tortune was in my
ilirs. Green has discharged her hired girl." x.-mp last evening '
tr "How iw?" ankvd tile mend :
“Ton vi-etty. was s e. - av
"Yes, indeed. why. she heard her husband "I shook hands with a girl whose ringers
cm me gm 9,, 'gngeL' v- > were covered with diamonds.
"So. at course, she has no earthly use tor
er."
As to Prices.
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man. or noon-. knrslnlrill-. an run... or this nanini man has his p re."
divert yleiillo the olden nti-trying power or thin [r ox‘, Man’. an agotigt has pm hi, prim so
""““’“"’- high that he wouldn't hr able in get it it he
illerl a thousand years."
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5...’. ‘i., as 125;: 3 W “Y 9“ e “" ‘M ’ ‘‘“'(-ll. i hear your i.ither coming in, and it The Mother-i sh ii n't he surprised‘ us
lJill(‘9l’-()1 QUIIDU. hl‘5 X81 Sillllf hungry? L-n‘t quite I2 0'Cil)(‘K." >r-ans mo II EVl‘l’l’ IIIKYIL I ,
wag
Hubble!‘-Oh, you frfl very tickle-:l over
Christmas t-oi-ninth rion l roll?
lit -mYt’9. and when it gets here you'll (eel
wry much rul up over it.