་་་ Policeman: I SAY, BOY, WAS THERE ANYBODY KILLED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT? for the neat, economical $35 to $50 for the elegant and swell $5, $6 and $8 for Trousers that are simply remarkable. Nicoll-like -nobody else tries to offer such Trouserings for so little. Stores in all principal cities. (Copyrighted.) BEATS EVERYTHING. SO DOES THE TRITON BRAND OF PLAYING CARDS For beauty and quality unequalled. They are "SQUEEZERS," have SUPERB FINISH, PERFECT SLIP, and are double enamelled. The favorites in Parlor, Club and Camp. All Dealers have them. SAMPLE PACK mailed on receipt of 25 cts, Be sure you see the word TRITON on the box and wrapper of each pack. Our MASCOTTE BRAND isthe best 15c. card made. Ask your dealer for them. N. Y. Consolidated Card Co., West 14th St., N.Y. ¡E. COUDRAY'S BOUQUET CHOIST and A Pleasure: That's the happy combination found in Hires' Root Beer You drink it for pleasure, and get physical benefit. A wholesome, refreshing, appetizing, thirst quenching drink. One package makes five gallons. Don't be deceived if a dealer, for the sake of larger profit, tells you some other kind is "just as good"-'tis false. No imitation is as good as the genuine HIRES'. WE ARE OFFERING MORE BIG VALUES THROUGHOUT OUR STORES AT PRESENT THAN EVER BEFORE. WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR SALES IN CHINA, GLASSWARE, SILVERWARE, AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS. EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN Men's Neckwear WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT OF ONE OF THE BEST MANUFACTURERS HIS ENTIRE SEASON'S PRODUCTION OF NECKWEAR, CONSISTING OF 5,000 DOZEN KNOTS, PUFFS, TECKS, FOUR-IN-HANDS, WIND- MANY OF THESE GOODS WERE MANUFACTURED FOR RETAIL AT $1.50 A PIECE; BUT WE PUT THEM ON SALE AT THE EXCEP TIONALLY LOW PRICES OF .19, 24, .34, .44, .64. This ace painted on the rock is the It was in a third class carriage on the Lancashire trade-mark of the United States Printing and Yorkshire Railway. The talk all the way had Co., Cincinnati, O., and all "United States" been about foot-racing. One young fellow had crowed so lustily as to what he could do on the cinder track Playing Cards have this trade-mark for the that an old fellow sitting in one corner of the compart-Ace of Spades card. It is printed on every ment thought he would take it out of the youngster. "So tha con run a bit, con tha?" he said. card case. None are genuine without it. "Aw reckon aw con," was the reply. "Aw'll tell thi what aw'll do wi' thi. Aw'll race thi Mention where you saw this advertisement, for five peawnds if tha'll gi' me a yard start." enclose a two-cent stamp for postage, and get "Done; wheer will tha run?" in return "The Card-Players' Companion." THE UNITED STATES PRINTING CO., RUSSELL & MORGAN FACTORIES, CINCINNATI, O. "Up a ladder!" came the answer, amidst roars of laughter."-Exchange. 66 WHAT was the longest tennis game on record? Do you know?" "I'll give it up." "Go and read your Bible, and you will find that Jacob served seven years for Rachel."-Exchange. False Economy, Is practiced by many people, who buy inferior articles of food because cheaper than standard goods. Surely infants are entitled to the best food obtainable It is a fact that the Gail Borden "Eagle" Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant food. Your grocer and druggist keep it. SUFFOLK is a little town in Virginia, full of deadheads and prunes. One night last season Mestayer and Vaughn appeared there in "The Grab Bag," before an audience comprising a select few of Suffolk's 150. I happened to be on the door between the second and third acts, when a small boy came down from the gallery, full of tears. Boo hoo-I wants my money boo-hoo-money back," he sobbed. "What's the matter, my little man," I asked, don't you like the show?" "Yes, sir, I boo-hoo-like the show-boo-hoo-all right, but I'm afraid to-boo-hoo-sit up there-boo-hoo-by my H. H. Carter & Co., Publishers, Boston, Mass. self."-Dramatic Mirror. Flandrau & Co. NEW YORK. 372, 374, 376 Broome Street. Elegant Carriages OF THE BEST GRADE, FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY, And of Every Variety of Design, Color and Correspondence Solicited. HOTEL BRUNSWICK Hotel Brunswick Perfecto. EQUAL TO ANY IMPORTED CIGAR. We prefer you should buy of your dealer; if he does not keep them, send 1 for sample box of 10, by mail, to JACOR STAHL, JR., & CO., 168th St. and 3rd Ave., N. Y. City. Pears' is supposed to be the only soap in the world that has no alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially ALLSOPP'S Sold Everywhere. E. I. ZELL, Agt., 92 Pearl St., N.I. A Sample Cake of Soap and 128 page Book on Dermatol ogy and Beauty; Illustrat ed; on Skin, Scalp, Ner vous and Blood diseas sent sealed for 10c also Disfigurements li Marks, Moles Warts, India Ink an Powder marks, Seam Pittings, Redness of Nom Superfluous Hair, Pin ples, etc. WOODBURY, DE MATOLOGIST, 125 Wes City. Consultation free at office or by letter JOHN H BY MAIL 5042d Street. New Yor 8 Cakes for $1.00. LIFE BINDER. CHEAP, STRONG AND DURABLE. Will hold 26 numbers. Mailed to any part of the U. S. for $1.00, postage free. ADDRESS OFFICE OF LIFE, 28 WEST 23D ST NEW YORK. ttes du Czar LATEST NOVELTY FASHIONABLE PARIS PERFUME VOLUME XIX. MAY 24 1892, NUMBER 491. C NEW YORK, MAY 26, 1892. at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. To Writers of Advertisements As we propose advertising very largely this winter, and shall require a number of bright, original, pointed and forcible advertisements, illustrated and otherwise, we have decided to offer the following prizes as an inducement to the geniuses in this line to give us a sample of their quality: First prize, $200.00. This offer is made subject to th condition that we shall have the privi lege of purchasing any of the adver tisements offered at the price of $10.00 provided they do not receive either o the above prizes. Competition oper until August 1st. The winner of th first prize can probably secure per manent employment if desired. Fo full particulars as to the nature of th article advertised and general informa tion concerning same, address New York, P. O. Box 1877 15, 19, 24, 34, .44, 64. WHIST PLAYERS Send for free copy "Whist, the gre Whist Monthly. Whist Pub.Co.,Milwaukee, W |