Scene: Home of The Mouse.
He is discovered trying to get into the ice-box for something to eat.
Enter Chasem Cheese, the brave detective.
The Mouse is surprised at the entrance of Cheese.
Desperate struggle.
The Mouse seizes a keg of gunpowder, hurls it at Cheese and blows him
into a thousand pieces.
But Cheese will not give up.
Startling and thrilling climax:
A piece of Cheese chases The Mouse off the stage to quick music.
* * * * *
That’s as far as I can get. That finish to Act V is so strong I don’t
know what to do for the other four acts.
A piece of cheese chasing a mouse has got anything beat that I ever
heard of in a drama.
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WHAT SONGS ARE POPULAR IN—
Philadelphia: “Please Go ’Way and Let Me Sleep.”
Kentucky: “Trouble.”
Kansas: “I Guess I’ll Have to Go, ’Cause I Think It’s Going to Rain.”
Chicago: “Blue, Blew, Blew.”
Milwaukee: “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows.”
New Orleans: “Creole Belles.”
Coney Island: “My Water Lou.”
Sing Sing: “A Bird in a Gilded Cage.”
APPROPRIATE SONGS FOR—
Earl of Yarmouth to Alice Thaw (before marriage): “Can’t Live on Love.”
(After marriage): “Home Ain’t Nothin’ Like This.”
Grover Cleveland: “If Time Was Money I’d Be a Millionaire.”
J. P. Morgan: “Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven.”
Andrew Carnegie: “My Money Never Gives Out.”
Wm. J. Bryan: “If I But Knew.”
Jeffries to Corbett: “Just Kiss Yourself Good-By.”
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It astounds! and then some!
HAIR RAISING!
STARTLING! AMAZING!
Sophie Lyons
QUEEN OF THE BURGLARS.
_BY SOPHIE LYONS_
The Uncrowned Queen of Crime
In this epoch making book in which truth makes the wildest imaginings of
the wizards of fiction dull and commonplace, Sophie Lyons, known to the
police of two continents as the shrewdest, cleverest, brainiest, and
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and reveals the most desperate characters of the underworld, the
millionaire aristocrats of crime, as they plot, plan and later execute
their dark and incredible deeds. With breathless interest we watch these
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magic manipulators of gun, dynamite and jimmy.
Through the Whole Gamut of Crime,
Stupendous and Blood Curdling.
We are personally conducted by the Queen of Criminals. Read how
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was dishonestly made, and learn in spite of enormous ill gotten gains
WHY CRIME DOES NOT PAY.
TENSE! THRILLING!! BLOOD CURDLING!!!
FICTION OUTDONE! ROMANCE ROUTED!
The most fascinating and astounding narrative of the underworld ever
placed before the public.
The work contains 268 pages of reading matter besides being fully
illustrated and bound in handsome paper cover printed in colors.
Price 25 cents, for sale everywhere.
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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NEWS AGENTS AND BOOKSELLERS
will do well NOT TO READ our latest Joke Book just issued, unless they
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IT IS BY
RAYMOND AND CAVERLY
AND IS ENTITLED
The Wizards of Joy
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These professional fun-doctors and dynamiters of sorrow have
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Thousands will embrace the opportunity to secure this good material in
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receipt of =PRICE, 25 CENTS=.
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING CO., 57 ROSE ST., NEW YORK.
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OGILVIE’S JOKE BOOK SERIES.
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Fun On Draught.
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Five Hundred Merry Laughs.
The Funny World. One hundred illustrations.
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Tho Comic Cook Book.
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Jack Robinson’s Yarns.
Funny Experiences of Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.
Two Thousand Prize Jokes.
A Bad Boy’s Diary. Part 1.
A Bad Boy’s Diary. Part 2.
Blunders of a Bashful Man.
Trials and Troubles of the Bowser Family.
Ten Funny Stories. By Opie Read.
The Travels of a Tramp.
Widder Doodle’s Courtship. By Josiah Allen’s Wife.
Our Drummer’s Trip Through the Sunny South.
Six Tank Tales. By Clarence Louis Cullen.
New Irish Yarns. By Mickey Finn.
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New German Yarns. By J. Joseph Goodwin.
Tales I’ve Heard Told. By Lewis A. Leonard.
Race-Track Stories.
Base-Ball Stories.
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The King of Unadilla.
Miss Slimmens’ Window.
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Corse Payton’s Joke Book.
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How About It? Joke Book.
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A Bad Boy’s Adventures. No. 2.
On a Fast Train Through Georgia.
Slang Fables From Afar.
A Feast of Fun.
Opie Read In Arkansas.
The Smiles I’ve Caused. Part 1.
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The Smiles I’ve Caused. Part 3.
Twelve Kentucky Colonel Stories.
Here’s to Ye; or, Toasts for Everybody.
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A Drummer’s Diary.
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New Jokes by Old Jokers. No. 4.
Drummers’ Samples.
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Hot Stuff Jokelets.
A Thoroughbred Tramp.
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On the Hog Train Through Kansas.
Side-Tracked.
Easy Money.
Lew Hawkins In Black and White.
Barber-Shop Joke Book.
Hiram Birdseed at the Fair.
On An Army Mule Through Virginia.
Ogilvie’s Slow Train.
The Sunny Side of Life. By A Merry Widow.
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Going Some.
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When the World Laughs.
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THE
FUNNIEST
BOOK
issued in years is the one giving the account of the humorous adventures
of our old acquaintance
HIRAM BIRDSEED,
AT THE FAIR.
There is no “frost” about this book. It’s about the only thing at the
Jamestown Exposition that made a real hit, and YOU ought to read it.
Pronounced by critics to be the best thing since “David Harum.”
The book contains 245 pages of solid reading matter, 8 full-page
illustrations of the Exposition, and 25 full-page illustrations of
Hiram’s funny experiences. It is bound in paper covers handsomely
printed in colors and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address
upon receipt of only 25 cents in stamps or silver.
_If you enjoy a good laugh, don’t fail to send for this book._
Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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Are You Interested in Things Theatrical?
If so, don’t fail to read the new book just issued entitled
STAGE SECRETS
AND TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
BEING THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR.
By FRANK LEE.
This book is all that its title implies as far as the life of those on
the stage is concerned, and especially as regards the snares and
pitfalls to be avoided in making contracts disadvantageous to an actor.
We give herewith some of the subjects written about:
The Vaudeville Manager’s Easy Graft.
The Actor Must Take All the Chances.
How Managers Rob One Another.
The Actor’s Fitful Game.
=Tricks of Managers and Agents.=
What the Actor Does With His Money.
Looking For Work.
The False Alarms.
Furnished Rooms.
=Actor’s Salaries.=
Playing Parts.
Stage Hands.
About Burlesque.
About Moving Pictures.
The Theatrical Clubs.
What Makes a Successful Sketch.
=How to Get Ideas.=
=What the Actor is Up Against.=
How to Get On the Stage.
How to Write Songs.
The One-Night Stands.
The Hotels.
Getting “Canned.”
The Dressing Rooms.
=How to Get a Big Salary.=
=Photo Play Writing.=
Graft.
Vaudeville’s Seamy Side.
The author of this book has been through the mill, and knows whereof he
writes. Don’t think you know it all, and that this book cannot tell you
anything you don’t already know. One little point may be the means of
securing for you =Ten Dollars a Week= more salary than you would
otherwise receive, and if so, the cost of the book is money well
invested. You need the book and should have it.
It contains 120 pages, bound in paper covers, and will be sent by mail,
postpaid, to any address on receipt of price, =50 Cents=. Send for it
to-day, this minute, and you will never regret doing so. Address all
orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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WELL! WELL!! WELL!!!
[Illustration]
Talk about your mystery and
detective stories—
THE MYSTERY
OF THE
RAVENSPURS
By FRED. M. WHITE,
is certainly a hummer.
Mr. White stands in the forefront of the mystery and detective story
writers of the English speaking world to-day, and this is one of his
best and latest books.
Do you like surprises that make your eyes open wide? Sustained
excitement and strange scenes that compel you to read on page after page
with unflagging interest? Something that lifts you out of your world of
care and business, and transports you to another land, clime, and
scenes? Then don’t fail to read
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs.
It is a romantic tale of adventure, mystery and amateur detective work,
with scenes laid in England, India, and the distant and comparatively
unknown Thibet. A band of mystics from the latter country are the prime
movers in the various conspiracies, and their new, unique, weird,
strange methods form one of the features of the story.
Read of the clever detective work by blind Ralph, which borders upon the
supernatural; of walking the black Valley of Death in Thibet, with its
attendant horrors; of the Princess Zara, and her power, intrigue and
treachery laid bare; of the poisonous bees and the deadly perfume
flowers. Unflagging interest holds your spell-bound attention from cover
to cover.
NEW! UP-TO-DATE! ENTERTAINING!
The book contains 320 pages, bound in paper cover, with handsome
illustration in colors. Formerly published in cloth at $1.25, now issued
in paper covers at =25 CENTS=.
For sale by booksellers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, upon
receipt of price. Address
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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FRENCH DETECTIVE STORIES,
By EMILE GABORIAU.
We call your attention to the following books constituting the best
works of the most widely known and popular writer of French Detective
Fiction—EMILE GABORIAU.
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MONSIEUR LECOQ.
THE HONOR OF THE NAME.
THE WIDOW LEROUGE.
THE CLIQUE OF GOLD.
CAPTAIN CONTANCEAU.
THE THIRTEENTH HUSSARS.
THE MYSTERY OF ORCIVAL.
_Marvelously Mysterious Stories,
Wonderfully Woven, Entertainingly Written,_
holding the reader spell-bound with interest. The stories are
delightfully treated, and from the beginning of the plot through each
succeeding discovery of the wonderful French detective, one’s interest
is increased and expectancy raised until the end of the book is reached.
To bring these clever and entertaining stories within the reach of all,
we have just issued the above books in paper covers. They contain about
200 pages each, are printed in good, clear type on novel paper, with
cover illustration in colors. For sale by booksellers and newsdealers
everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of price, 25 cents
per copy, or any 5 for $1.
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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HERE’S ANOTHER ONE!
If you have read any of the detective stories which we have recommended
to you, such as THE WORLD’S FINGER, MACON MOORE, Etc., you know that our
statements in regard to their being “the real thing” were not overdrawn.
We now have another one just as good, which we unhesitatingly recommend.
It is entitled
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THE HOUSE
BY THE RIVER.
BY
FLORENCE WARDEN.
WHAT THE REVIEWERS SAY OF IT.
“Florence Warden is the Anna Katharine Greene of England. She
apparently has the same marvelous capacity as Mrs. Rohlfs for
concocting the most complicated plots and most mystifying
mysteries, and serving them up hot to her readers.”—_N. Y.
Globe._
“The author has a knack of intricate plot-work which will keep
an intelligent reader at _her_ books, when he would become tired
over far better novels not so strongly peppered. For even the
‘wisest men’ now and then relish not only a little nonsense, but
as well do they enjoy a thrilling story of mystery. And this is
one—a dark, deep, awesome, compelling if not convincing
tale.”—_Sacramento Bee._
“The interest of the story is deep and intense, and many guesses
might be made of the outcome, as one reads along, without
hitting on the right one.”—_Salt Lake Tribune._
This book contains 310 pages, printed in large clear type, and is bound
in handsome paper cover. It is for sale by booksellers and newsdealers
everywhere, or it will be sent by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of price,
25 cents. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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MACON MOORE,
... THE ...
SOUTHERN DETECTIVE.
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Here is another rattling good book that we unhesitatingly recommend to
every one who enjoys a thrilling detective story. Each chapter contains
a startling episode in the attempt of MACON MOORE to run to earth a gang
of moonshiners in Southern Georgia, whose business was that of
manufacturing illicit whisky.
His capture by the “Night Riders,” and his daring escape from them at
their meeting in the Valley of Death, forms one of the many exciting
incidents of the story.
One of our readers writes to us as follows:
“I was absolutely unable to stop reading “Macon Moore” until I
had finished it. I expected to read for an hour or so, but the
situations were so dramatic and exciting at the end of each
chapter, that before I knew it I had started the next one. I
have read it three times, once while practicing exercises on the
piano, and shall read it again. It is a corker.”
The book contains 250 pages, is bound in paper covers, and will be sent
to any address by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of 25 cents. Address all
orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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LAUGH! YELL! SCREAM!
Read It! Read It! Read It!
A Bad
Boy’s Diary
By “LITTLE GEORGIE,”
The Laughing Cyclone.
THE FUNNIEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
In this matchless volume of irresistible, rib-tickling fun, the Bad Boy,
an incarnate but lovable imp of mischief, records his daily exploits,
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convulsions of laughter and aching sides force the mirth-swept body to
take an involuntary respite from a feast of fun, stupendous and
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In the pages of this excruciatingly funny narrative can be found the
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the old to become young, the careworn gay, and carking trouble hides its
gloomy head and flies away on the blithesome wings of uncontrollable
laughter.
IT MAKES YOU A BOY AGAIN!
IT MAKES LIFE WORTH WHILE!
For old or young it is a tonic and sure cure for the blues. The =BAD
BOY’S DIARY= is making the whole world scream with laughter. Get in line
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Address all orders to
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DO YOU ENJOY
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reading a book that has just enough dash and piquancy about it to cause
a smile to wreathe your face? A book that tells in an extremely humorous
way of the doings of some smart theatrical folk? Life is many sided, and
our book,
THE LETTERS OF
MILDRED’S MOTHER TO MILDRED.
BY E. D. PRICE,
shows one of the sides with which you may not be familiar.
Mildred is a girl in the chorus at one of New York’s famous theatres,
and her mother is a woman who “travels” with a friend by the name of
Blanche. The book is written by E. D. Price, “The Man Behind the
Scenes,” one well qualified to touch upon the stage-side of life.
The following is the Table of Contents:
Mother at the Races.
Mother at a Chicago Hotel.
Mother Goes Yachting.
Mother Escapes Matrimony.
Mother Meets Nature’s Noblemen.
Mother Joins the Repertoire Company.
Mother in the One Night Stands.
Mother and the Theatrical Angel.
Mother Returns to Mildred.
Read what Blakely Hall says of it:
“I don’t know whether you are aware of it or not, but you are
turning out wonderful, accurate and convincing character studies
in the Mildred’s Mother articles. They are as refreshing and
invigorating as showers on the hottest July day.”
The book contains 160 pages, with attractive cover in colors. Price,
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The Confessions
Of a Princess
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A book of this sort would necessarily be anonymous, and the name of the
author is not essential as indicative of literary ability, the strength
of the story depending upon its action as revealed through the laying
bare of the innermost secrets of a “Princess of the Realm” whose
disposition and character were such as to compel her to find elsewhere
than in her own home the love, tenderness, admiration, and society which
was lacking there, and which her being craved. Position, money and
power, seem to those who do not possess them, to bring happiness. Such
is not the case, however, where stability of character is lacking and
where one depends upon the pleasures of sense for the enjoyment of life
rather than on the accomplishment of things worth while, based on high
ideals.
The writer has taken a page from her life and has given it to the world.
She has laid bare the soul of a woman, that some other woman (or some
man) might profit thereby. The names have been changed, and such events
omitted as might lead too readily to the discovery of their identity.
Each the victim of circumstance, yet the _price_ is demanded of the one
who fell the victim of environment.
_The Confessions of a Princess_ is the story of a woman who saw,
conquered and fell.
The book contains 270 pages, printed from new, large type on good paper,
bound in paper cover with attractive design in colors. For sale by
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cents. Bound in cloth, price, 75 cents.
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
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500 Toasts
[Illustration]
We do not hesitate to say this is the best and largest collection of
original and popular toasts published. Hundreds never in print before
and all the classics by world-renowned authors:
Longfellow
Wordsworth
Mrs. Wilcox
Burns
Tom Moore
Thos. Hood
Ben Johnson
Scott
Thackeray
Goldsmith
Byron
Shakspere
This is a book for all classes. There’s no telling when you may be
called upon to propose a toast. To be unprepared means embarrassment.
Send for this book and memorize a few. By mail, 15c; cloth-bound, 30c.
Mention “500 Toasts.”
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A Thousand
Conundrums
[Illustration]
This is a companion book to our “500 Toasts.” It is pocket size and
contains enough conundrums, riddles, etc., to last you for years. Here
are one or two taken at random:
Q. If a bear went into a drygoods store, what would he want?
A. Muzzlin’.
Q. Why is a new-born baby like a storm?
A. Because it begins with a squall.
Q. What is a good definition of nonsense?
A. Bolting a door with a boiled carrot.
Well, boys, there are 997 more of these conundrums, and if you want to
have a bunch of fun with your own girl, or some other fellow’s girl, you
should send for this book at once. By prepaid mail for 15 cents.
Any of the above books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of price by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose
Street, New York.
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OLD WITCHES’ DREAM BOOK
AND
COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER.
You dream like everyone else does, but can you interpret them—do you
understand what your dream portends? If you wish to know what it means,
you should buy this book, which contains the full and correct
interpretation of all dreams and their lucky numbers. This book is also
the most complete fortune teller on the market.
We give herewith a partial list of the contents.
Dreams and Their Interpretations.
Palmistry, or Telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand.
Fortune Telling by the Grounds in a Tea or Coffee Cup.
How to Read Your Fortune by the White of an Egg.
How to Determine the Lucky and Unlucky Days of any Month in the
Year.
How to Ascertain Whether You will Marry Soon.
Fortune Telling by Cards, Including the Italian Method.
The book contains 128 pages, set in new, large, clear type, and will be
sent by mail, postpaid, to any address upon receipt of 25 cents in U. S.
stamps or postal money order. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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The Model Letter Writer.
A comprehensive and complete guide and assistant for those who wish to
become perfect correspondents. This book contains Sample Letters of
Compliment, Inquiry, and Congratulation; Letters of Recommendation,
Letters of Business, Advice and Excuse, and gives Rules for Punctuation,
Postscripts, and Styles of Addressing, etc.
=It also contains love letters, giving the correspondence between a
young man and a young lady, on love, courtship and marriage, and should
prove indispensable to all young people.=
You cannot afford to be without this book, as you do not know at what
time you may have to write a particularly important letter. If you have
a book of this kind on hand to consult, it may be the means of bringing
to a successful end matters of great moment, and upon which may depend
your entire future happiness, well-being, and success in life.
The book contains 128 pages, is bound in paper covers with handsome
illustration in two colors, and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any
address upon receipt of 25 cents in U. S. stamps or postal money order.
Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
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OUR
ENDEAVOR
in selling books to you, is to have you feel that you are getting _your
money’s worth_. We therefore desire to call your special attention to
the following
Four Books In
ONE,
You are Courting,
which If You want to Court, or
You want to be Courted,
you should obtain at the earliest possible moment.
_HOW TO WOO; WHEN AND WHOM_, which gives full and interesting rules
for the etiquette of courtship, the time and place for
conducting the same, and some good advice as to the selection of
your partner for life.
_COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE_, which tells how to win the favor of the
ladies, how to begin and end a courtship, and how to “Pop the
Question;” and also gives full information in regard to the
invitations, gifts, ushers, bridesmaids, conduct of the wedding
ceremony, etc., etc.
_THE LOVERS’ COMPANION_, which gives the flirtations of the
handkerchief, parasol, glove, fan and napkin; also, the language
of flowers; how to kiss deliciously; and a cure for bashfulness.
_THE POPULAR LETTER WRITER_, which tells how to write business,
social, and love letters, giving numerous examples of all.
This valuable work, containing the _four books above mentioned_, is
issued in one volume under the title =HOW TO WOO=, and it will be sent
to any address, postpaid, upon receipt of 25 cents in postage stamps or
money. Address
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD OF A
COMIC COOK BOOK?
We publish a book under that title, and it contains more good laughs to
the square inch than any book in the market. Notice a few of the
recipes:
TABLE MANNERS.—In carving, should the bird slip from under your
knife, do not appear covered with confusion, although you may be
with gravy, but simply say to the lady in whose lap the bird has
landed: “I’ll trouble you for that hen,” or words to that
effect, and proceed with the autopsy.
TO BOIL FISH.—Place the bird in a kettle of cold water and let
it boil so gently that the water will remain about as warm as a
June day. By so doing the fish can swim about in the kettle, and
come to the table, along with the other guests, in a not
overheated condition. It will require about eight minutes to
cook a fish weighing one pound, and of course, only four minutes
to cook one weighing twice as much.
TO FRY FISH.—Remove the works from the interior department, pick
off the scales, remove the teeth, and fry in a frying pan—or
anything else which fancy dictates.
CHICKEN CROQUETTES.—Having stunned a heavy set hen, croquet the
dark meat through three wickets. Loose croquet the bust and
other blonde meat until you are a rover. Chop it all up and add
something to make it stick together, mould it into sausages,
roll in bass-wood sawdust (the croquettes, not yourself). Fry in
red-hot lard.
CALVES-FOOT JELLY.—Get a yard of the material, i. e., three
feet. Chicago beef is best, as the calves have the largest feet.
Cut off the calf for future reference. Wash the feet, applying
chilblain remedies when necessary, boil them for a while or so,
add enough glue to thicken; stir in a few molasses, strain
through a cane-seated chair. Pour the amalgamation into a blue
bowl with red pictures on it, and send the whole business to a
sick friend.
ANGEL CAKE.—Chop up green apples, raisins, bananas, in
quantities to suit; stick them in dough. Feed to the children
and the angel part will materialize.
ROMAN PUNCH.—Only a Roman nose how to prepare this dish
properly. To prepare it the other way add some rum to your
punch. This should be served before the roasts at dinner, but
should be eaten frugally, as it was a Roman punch that killed
Cæsar.
EMERGENCIES.—Should a child swallow a button, lower a
button-hole down its throat with a piece of string, pass it over
the button and yank it out.——If you see a runaway horse
approaching and are unable to get out of his way, speak to him
firmly, saying, “Lie down, sir!”
TO TELL A BAD EGG.—This depends entirely on what you wish to
tell the egg. If it be bad news, break it gently—this applies
both to the communication and the fruit. The former had better
be made by telephone, with the safety plug in position.
TO BREAK A COLT.—Hit him across the back with a sledge hammer.
One blow should be sufficient to break him—or at least break his
back.
TO MAKE ICE-WATER LAST.—Prepare everything else first.
Sent post-paid to any address upon receipt of fifteen cents in stamps.
Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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=How to Read Character by Handwriting.= By Henry Rice. Even to the
uninitiated eye there is a greater or less degree of difference in every
handwriting, such as the slope of the letters, the upward or downward
slant of the line, the coarseness or delicacy of the writing, its
neatness and legibility. What the uninitiated do not know is that each
of these peculiarities is indicative of the character of the writer, yet
a student will be surprised to see the revelations which a few moments’
intelligent perusal of a specimen of handwriting will afford him. Over
sixty specimens of handwriting and letters are given in this book, with
comments by Mr. Rice as to the different characteristics from a
scientific standpoint. Graphology opens up a new field for intelligent
effort, and the rapid strides it has been making the past few years bid
fair to soon place it above Palmistry, Astrology, etc., in point of
popularity. Book sent postpaid for 25 cents.
=Pursuit of Virtue.= By Roland Burke Hennessy, author of “Beautiful Bad
Broadway,” “When a Young Man’s Virtuous,” etc. This is the latest from
the pen of Mr. Hennessy, and we consider it one of the best stories he
has ever written. The scenes are in and around New York and abound with
many thrilling adventures. This book also contains the following short
stories:
Peeping Into Paradise
An Act of Heroism
A Wise Gazabo
Synonym Sammy
A Great Scheme
The Man Without a Hoe
Love’s Tokens
A Moral and An Experience
What Three Maidens Dreamed
The Matinee-Girl
Etc., etc.
—all in all, it would be hard to find a book of light reading of more
interest than the above. All the above sent prepaid on receipt of price,
25 cents.
=Fortune-Telling by Cards.= Here, indeed, is a book every young man or
woman should have. To-day “playing cards” for an evening’s enjoyment is
a most popular pastime. No matter where you are, no matter where you go,
nowadays “playing cards” is the thing. When played solely for amusement
it is a most innocent entertainment, and at the same time a great
memory-trainer. You must have often noticed at card parties, while
sitting or standing around waiting for late arrivals to come, there are
a few moments when you wish they’d start, or you wish there was
“something doing.” Just at this moment is your chance to make a hit with
your fortune-telling by cards. No matter how “bum” you are at it, the
girls will flock around you four and five deep. You will be the king
bee, as it were, and you will have the inward pleasure of making the
other boys feel like a long skirt on a rainy day—very damp. In addition
to the above, “Fortune-Telling by the Magic Crystal” is gone into in
detail, giving all the symbols for a correct divination of the future.
“The Oraculum: or, Napoleon Buonaparte’s Book of Fate” (specially
translated) is given here for perhaps the first time in the English
language. A table of questions generally applicable has been compiled,
and sixteen pages of answers, to suit any temperament or individuality,
are given. “Fortune-Telling with Dice” is very complete, giving an
assorted list of thirty-two answers to questions for every possible
throw of two dice. Get this book, study it, and spring it on the “bunch”
at the first opportunity, and if the girls don’t say you are certainly
IT we’ll refund the money. There’s many a time you’d pay $10 to make a
hit with ONE girl—here’s a chance to make a hit with any number of
them—all for 25 cents.
Any of the above books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of price by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose
Street, New York.
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Were You Ever
Side-Tracked?
[Illustration]
Whether You Ever Were,
or Not, You Cannot Fail
to Appreciate ...
HARRY L. NEWTON’S
GREAT JOKE BOOK
ENTITLED
“SIDE-TRACKED.”
There is really “something doing” in this joke book. It has been
pronounced IT with a capital I. One hundred and twenty pages of clean,
fresh, bright humor—=not a dull line=!
Harry L. Newton, the author, has declared it to be his masterpiece, and
his assertion is being borne out daily, as our sales are increasing very
rapidly. The first edition of 50 thousand was sold =in less than two
weeks=.
If you want to laugh and grow fat, read “=Side-Tracked.=” It’s cheaper
than the price of a pound of meat and just as satisfying. So get busy
boys, and order a copy before the other fellow beats you to it.
“=Side-Tracked=” contains the greatest lot of slow-train stories ever in
print. This book is getting so popular you see people reading it on the
streets, on the cars and in barber shops. There hasn’t been such a run
on a joke book in years. Get it! Get it! Get it! Enjoy it and pass it
along. Push it along. It’s a good thing. It contains 120 pages, bound in
paper cover handsomely illustrated in colors, and will be sent by mail,
postpaid, to any address upon receipt of 25 cents. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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A THOROUGHBRED
TRAMP
[Illustration]
“A Thoroughbred Tramp” was written by thoroughbred writers and is a
thoroughbred publication in every respect.
As a “Tramp” compilation it has every other book backed off the
boards—and then some.
One hundred pages of unalloyed joy, spiced with whole bunches of
delirious gladness, and seasoned with inimitable wit.
That’s pretty strong, but it goes—and so does the book.
Some of the best writers in the country have taken a crack at supplying
the material for this volume.
That’s why we boost it so strongly. We feel that you will get your
money’s worth and won’t be disappointed.
We’re not in the business to disappoint anybody.
When you pick up this book and open the first page, hold on to your
sides or something will rip. At about the fifth page, call your wife to
help you hold them. If you have no wife, call in somebody else’s. When
you reach the middle of the book, call for the whole family and you’ll
all have a merry-go-round.
Will send you copy by prepaid mail upon receipt of price, 25 cents.
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Popular
Recitations
[Illustration]
A new collection of old and new favorites for home and stage uses. For
want of space we mention only a few to be found therein.
=Face on the Bar-Room Floor, Jim Bludso, Whisperin’ Bill, ’Ostler Joe,
How Salvator Won, Little Meg & I, Casey at the Bat, Kelly’s Dream,
Shamus O’Brien, The Dying Actor, The Village Blacksmith, The Volunteer
Organist, Annabel Lee, A Story of St. Peter, Casey’s Tabble Dote,
Courting in Kentucky, Gunga Din, Old John Henry, The Betrothed, The
Clink of the Ice, The Yarn of the Nancy Bell, Walk, & many more.=
This book contains 128 pages, printed from new plates in large type,
with attractive cover design in colors. Price, 25 cents.
Either of the above books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co., 57 Rose St., New York.
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[Illustration]
THURSTON’S CARD TRICKS,
(The Greatest Magician Living,)
gives a full description of Thurston’s sensational rising card trick;
also his famous continuous front and back hand palming of cards,
together with a great number of his new and heretofore unpublished
tricks. You can learn them for the purpose of making money or to
entertain your friends. The book contains 83 pages with 45
illustrations. Price, paper bound, 25 cents.
HAND SHADOWS ON THE WALL
shows how to produce shadows on the wall by the arrangement of one’s
hands held in front of the light. Every position is fully illustrated,
and the book will afford a good evening’s amusement for the grown-ups as
well as the children. Paper bound, 25 cents.
HOW TO BEHAVE.
The guide to true politeness. Every person wishing to be considered
well-bred, who desires to know the customs of good society and to avoid
incorrect and vulgar habits should send for this book. It contains table
etiquette, street etiquette, how to overcome bashfulness, the art of
conversing, and many other things too numerous to mention. Price, paper
bound, 25 cents.
YOUR HAND IS YOUR
FORTUNE;
[Illustration]
or, Modern Palmistry. We have published a cheap edition of our Modern
Palmistry book under the above title, to enable those who are interested
in this subject to secure for little money the same material for which
we charge 50 cents and $1.00 in another form. It is a complete book on
palmistry and will be useful to all who wish to learn this art for the
sake of making money. It is fully illustrated, contains 192 pages and is
just what you are looking for to enable you to tell the future by
reading the hand. Price, paper bound, 25 cents.
Any of the above books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price by
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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=Talkalogues.= Illustrated. Some of the best monologue and cross-fire
material ever published, now in print for the first time. Such good ones
as E. P. Moran, Joseph Horrigan, Leontine Stanfield, Harry L. Newton,
Edwards and Ronney, etc., are the principal contributors. There is a
wealth of material in this book for the up-to-date performer, amateur or
professional, and while it is fresh is the time to make a hit with it.
Some of the shorter selections are just the stuff for encores. Or they
can be assembled and strung out in such a manner as to keep the audience
screaming while you are on the stage. The “rapid fire” by Harry L.
Newton is worthy a place on the most select bill. All the above,
postpaid, for 25 cents.
=Taylor’s Popular Recitations.= A new collection of old favorites for
home and stage use. Read the contents carefully. Gems from the pens of
James Whitcomb Riley, Eugene Field, Robert J. Burdette, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, S. W. Foss, John Hay, Rudyard Kipling, etc.:
Casey at the Bat
Volunteer Organist
Countersign Was Mary
Yarn of the Nancy Bell
Farewell
Life Lesson
Matter of Business
Metaphysical Dilemma
Old Sweetheart of Mine
As My Uncle Ust to Say
Tale of Conscious Virtue
Thankful Parson
Yaller Dog’s Love for a Nigger
Bedrock Philosophy
Bedtime
Bohemia
Casey’s Tabble Dote
College Revisited
Courting in Kentucky
Der Vater-Mill
Faces We Miss from the Stage
Young British Soldier
Trilby
’Ostler Joe
What to Do with a Water-Melon
When the Green Gits Back in the Trees
Whisperin’ Bill
Violets
Two Sinners
Hamlet’s Soliloquy on Death
Father’s Way
Walk
Gunga Din
Honest Confessions
Jim
Jim Bludso
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kelly’s Dream
Letty’s Globe
Face on the Bar-room Floor
Little Breeches
Little Meg and I
Level and the Square
Covered Bridge
Dying Actor
How Salvator Won
Old Stage-Queen
The Popular Song
Village Blacksmith
Worldly Way
They Were Mixed
My Sweetheart of Long Ago
Old John Henry
Our Two Opinions
Over the Crossin’
Parson Snow’s Hint
Retrospection
Sadie
Shamus O’Brien
Sherry
Father Phil’s Subscription-List
Teamster Jim
That Queen
Betrothed
Clink of the Ice
Annabel Lee
Psalm of Life
Rustle Convert
Story of St. Peter
Printed from new type on antique laid paper. Is hand-sewed and opens
flat. Cover is an attractive design printed in colors on double enamel.
Price, 25 cents.
=500 Toasts.= We do not hesitate to say this is the best and largest
collection of original and popular toasts now published. Hundreds of
original toasts never in print before, and all the popular toasts by the
world-renowned authors:
Wm. Makepeace Thackeray
Henry W. Longfellow
Sir Walter Scott
William Wordsworth
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ben Jonson
Bobby Burns
William Shakspere
Oliver Goldsmith
Tom Moore
Lord Byron
Thomas Hood
These toasts are arranged in classes under the following captions:
“Toasts to Sweetheart,” “Toasts to Wife,” “Toasts to Woman,” “Toasts to
Man,” “Toasts Cynical,” “Toasts Patriotic,” and “Toasts Miscellaneous.”
This new book, “500 Toasts,” is a book for all classes. There’s no
telling when you may be called upon to propose a toast. To be unprepared
means embarrassment. Send for this book and memorize a few toasts.
Mention that it’s “Will Rossiter’s 500 Toasts” that you want. Send
to-day. By mail, 15 cents; cloth-bound, 30 cents.
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DON’T MARRY
This book was not written with the idea of advising people =not to
marry=, but rather with a view to giving them advice as to =whom NOT to
marry=. You can readily see how important the marriage question is, how
it will come into your life, and how your decision may be your uplifting
or your downfall.
This is a question no one is free from, and this book will not only help
you to decide, but will result in life-long happiness. “The genius of
selection is the rarest of faculties.”
The following is a list of contents:
Don’t Marry for Beauty Alone.
Don’t Marry for Money.
Don’t Marry a Very Small Man.
Don’t Marry too Young.
Don’t Marry a Coquette.
Don’t Elope to Marry.
Don’t Dally About Proposing.
Don’t Marry a Drunkard.
Don’t Marry a Spendthrift.
Don’t Marry a Miser.
Don’t Marry Far Apart in Ages.
Don’t Marry too Old.
Don’t Marry Odd Sizes.
Don’t Marry a Clown.
Don’t Marry a Dude.
Don’t Marry From Pity.
Don’t Marry for an Ideal Marriage.
Don’t Break a Marriage Promise.
Don’t Marry For Spite.
Don’t Mitten a Mechanic.
Don’t Marry a Man too Poor.
Don’t Marry a Crank.
Don’t Marry Fine Feathers.
Don’t Marry Without Love.
Don’t Marry a Stingy Man.
Don’t Marry too Hastily.
Don’t be too Slow About It.
Don’t Marry a Silly Girl.
Don’t Expect too Much in Marriage.
Don’t Marry a Fop.
Don’t Marry in Fun.
Don’t Spurn a Man for His Poverty.
Don’t Marry Recklessly.
This book contains 112 pages, size 7 × 4-3/4 inches, printed in large
type on good quality paper, is bound in durable paper cover, and will be
sent by mail, postpaid, to any address upon receipt of 25 cents in U. S.
stamps or postal money order. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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VAIL’S DREAM BOOK
AND
COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER
By J. R. & A. M. VAIL
You dream like everyone else does, but can you interpret them—do you
understand what your dream portends? If you wish to know what it means,
you should buy this book, which contains the full and correct
interpretation of all dreams and their lucky numbers. This book is also
the most complete fortune teller on the market.
We give herewith a partial list of the contents:
Dreams and Their Interpretations.
Palmistry, or Telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand.
Fortune Telling by the Grounds in a Tea or Coffee Cup.
How to Read Your Fortunes by the White of an Egg.
How to Determine the Lucky and Unlucky Days of any Month in the
Year.
How to Ascertain Whether You will Marry Soon.
Fortune Telling by Cards, including the Italian Method.
A Chapter on Somniloquism and Spiritual Mediums.
The book contains 128 pages, size 7-5/8 × 5-1/4 set in new, large, clear
type, and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address upon receipt of
25 cents. For sale where you bought this book.
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JUST OUT
TEMPTATIONS OF THE STAGE.
There is probably no other book of this kind on the market that tells so
much truth from Stage Life as does this one. If there is, we do not know
of it. We herewith give the contents and leave you to draw your own
conclusions:—
[Illustration]
Ever in the Limelight.
“Propinquity” _versus_ “Association.”
Flattery.
See How it Sparkles.
Gambling—Drugs.
Dangerous Pitfalls on the Road to Success.
My Narrow Escape. _By Della Fox._
Girls in Burlesque Companies. _By May Howard._
A Nation at Her Feet. _By Pauline Markham._
Jane Hading’s Career. _By Herself._
A Woman’s Blighted Life. _By Jennie O’Neill Potter._
Cigarette Smoking.
A Unique Sensation. _By Nina Farrington._
Yvette Guilbert’s Songs.
A Tragic End.
Triumphs and Failures. _By Isabelle Urquhart._
A Mad Career.
Likes to Wear Tights. _By Jessie Bartlett Davis._
Jolly Jennie Joyce.
Thorns of Stage Life. _By Maud Gregory._
The Stage is Not Degenerating. _By Eva Mudge._
Ethics of Stage Morality. _By Jessie Olivier._
Stage-Door Johnnies.
The Pace That Kills.
Stage Love Letters. _Mlle. Fougere._
From Tights to Tea Parties.
Cure For the Stage Struck.
Stock Companies.
In Other Walks.
The above book contains 128 pages, bound in paper cover handsomely
illustrated in colors, and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any
address upon receipt of 25 cents. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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=ACTORS’ MONOLOGUES AND JOKES.= This book contains the complete
up-to-date monologues, word for word, of such well-known “stars” and
“top-liners” as:
George W. Day,
Charlie Case,
James Thornton,
Low Sully,
John W. Ransone,
George Fuller Golden,
J. W. Kelly,
James J. Morton,
Lew Bloom,
Digby Bell,
James J. Corbett,
Elizabeth Murray,
Loney Haskell,
George Thatcher,
Frank Cushman, etc.
This collection contains just the things you’ve been looking for—funny
jokes and funny sayings. If you want to be popular when out in society
you must have some funny things pat to your tongue to say, and when you
get the boys and girls to laughing it’s a sure thing you’ll get invited
to every party. If you are going to “act out” in the amateur show that
the boys are getting up, this book has just the piece or monologue you
want. We send it, postpaid, for 25 cents.
=STAGE JOKES.= A big hit. Nothing in the way of a book of up-to-date
jokes and funny sayings has been published in years as good as this
book. It is just the thing you want for home use and for all kinds of
entertainments, and we can best convince you of its merits by naming
some of the well-known professionals who have contributed their best:
Weber and Fields,
Rogers Brothers,
Ezra Kendall,
DeWolf Hopper,
Joe Flynn,
Mark Murphy,
Marshall P. Wilder,
George Thatcher,
Nat M. Wills,
Lew Dockstader,
Joe Welch,
Charlie Case,
—and many more just as well known. You can see why this book is so much
better than others—it is not “written to order” by any one man, but
contains the best efforts of nearly fifty of our best and most popular
comedians. Nos. 1 and 2 now ready. Either book, complete, 25 cents.
=HOT-STUFF JOKELETS.= Hand-lettered and illustrated. “The Unkissed
Maid”; “A Fool Story in Three Chapters”; “Monologue,” by Edwards and
Ronney; “The Chaser”; “Get Your Money’s Worth”—and hundreds of other
choice things are illustrated with the funniest cartoons you ever saw.
There is positively nothing on the market to equal this book. So
original is it that the advance orders from the news and book dealers
totaled 25,000. If you want the best, and appreciate an artistic
publication, send for “Hot-Stuff Jokelets.” Price, 25 cents.
=CARTER’S MAGIC AND MAGICIANS.= There is no use talking, but the girl or
boy, man or woman, who can do a few simple card tricks is the “cock of
the walk” in any sort of social gathering. The tricks in this book are
so clearly explained and illustrated that it takes but a very little
while to get proficient in the art. The girls flock ’round you as thick
as flies on a “squashed” tomato in the sun. There’s nothing like it. You
may not be sporty, you may not spend money with them, but if you can—“by
a simple twist of the wrist”; “now you see it and now you don’t”; “the
more you watch the less you know”—and do it well, you are just the real
fellow. This book is the latest and best on the market. All the new card
tricks and sleight-of-hand monkey-doodle business. Price, 25 cents.
Any of the above books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of price by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose
Street, New York.
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FORTUNE-TELLING
BY
CARDS, DICE,
and
CRYSTAL.
[Illustration]
Here, indeed, is a book every young man or woman should have. You must
have often noticed at card parties, while sitting or standing around
waiting for late arrivals to come, there are a few moments when you wish
they’d start, or you wish there was “something doing.” Just at this
moment is your chance to make a hit with your fortune-telling by cards.
No matter how poor you are at it, the crowd will flock around you four
and five deep. You will be the king bee, as it were, and you will have
the inward pleasure of making the others feel like a long skirt on a
rainy day—very damp. In addition to the above, “Fortune-Telling by the
Magic Crystal” is gone into in detail, giving all the symbols for a
correct divination of the future. “The Oraculum: or, Napoleon
Buonaparte’s Book of Fate” (especially translated) is given here for
perhaps the first time in the English language. A table of questions
generally applicable has been compiled, and 16 pages of answers, to suit
any temperament or individuality, are given. “Fortune-Telling With Dice”
is very complete, giving an assorted list of 32 answers to questions for
every possible throw of two dice. Get this book, study it, and use it at
the first opportunity, and if the girls don’t say you are certainly IT
we’ll refund the money. Here’s a chance to make a hit.
The book contains 100 pages, fully illustrated, is bound in paper cover,
and will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 25 cents.
Address
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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GOING SOME!
[Illustration]
These books contain more laughs to the square inch than any other joke
books on the market. Each book is equivalent to a vaudeville show of two
hours’ duration, and every book on this list has our unqualified
endorsement. =Price, 25 cents each.=
THREE HUNDRED FUNNY STORIES.
TWENTY GOOD STORIES.
A BAD BOY’S DIARY.
BLUNDERS OF A BASHFUL MAN.
TEN FUNNY STORIES. By Opie Read.
THE TRAVELS OF A TRAMP.
ON A FAST TRAIN THROUGH GEORGIA.
WEBER AND FIELDS’ FUNNY SAYINGS.
WEBER AND FIELDS’ STAGE WHISPERS.
A DRUMMER’S DIARY.
STAGE JOKES. No. 1.
STAGE JOKES. No. 2.
A THOROUGHBRED TRAMP.
ON THE HOG TRAIN THROUGH KANSAS.
SIDE-TRACKED.
EASY MONEY.
LEW HAWKINS IN BLACK AND WHITE.
HIRAM BIRDSEED AT THE FAIR.
ON AN ARMY MULE THROUGH VIRGINIA.
OGILVIE’S SLOW TRAIN.
THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. By A Merry Widow.
GOING SOME.
PICTURE JOKE BOOK.
FLIGHTY FUN.
LOVE, COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
TEMPTATIONS OF THE STAGE.
BEHIND THE SCENES.
THE CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG GIRL.
VAIL’S DREAM BOOK.
The above books are for sale by all booksellers and newsdealers
everywhere, or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of 25
cents per copy, or any 5 for $1.00. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING CO., 57 ROSE ST., NEW YORK.
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THE SHADOW OF A CROSS.
BY
MRS. DORA NELSON
AND
F. C. HENDERSCHOTT.
[Illustration]
“The sweetest American story ever written,” wrote one critic in
reviewing the story, which first appeared as a serial in a magazine of
large circulation. A strong inquiry for the novel in book form
developed, and we have just issued the book to meet this demand.
The story is wholly American in sentiment, and every chapter appeals to
the reader’s sympathies, as the whole book pulsates with pure and
cherished ideals. The love theme is sweet and intensely interesting.
Through the political fight, the victory and the defeat, the love thread
is never lost sight of. The intense struggle in the heart of the heroine
between her Church and her lover is of such deep human interest, that it
holds the reader in ardent sympathy until the happy solution, when the
reader smiles, wipes the moisture from the eyes, and breathes happily
again.
While the narrative is intensely interesting, it is more; it instructs
and educates. To read it is to feel improved and delighted. Don’t miss
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SENSATIONAL
FRENCH FICTION
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BY ALPHONSE DAUDET,
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$1.50 WORTH FOR 25 CENTS!
Old Secrets and New Discoveries
CONTAINS INFORMATION OF RARE VALUE FOR ALL
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AN AUTOMOBILE
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THE CAR
AND THE LADY
By GRACE S. MASON and PERCY F. MEGARGEL,
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J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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Transcriber’s note:
Ad Page 1, ‘them’ changed to ‘then,’ “and then some”
Ad Page 1, ‘maginings’ changed to ‘imaginings,’ “the wildest imaginings
of”
Ad Page 1, ‘OGLIVIE’ changed to ‘OGILVIE,’ “J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING”
Ad Page 2, ‘commedians’ changed to ‘comedians,’ “of German comedians”
Ad Page 4, ‘Field’s’ changed to ‘Fields’,’ “Weber and Fields’”
Ad Page 6, comma changed to full stop following ‘Canned,’ “Getting
“Canned.””
Ad Page 8, ‘LECOC’ changed to ‘LECOQ,’ “MONSIEUR LECOQ”
Ad Page 8, full stop inserted after ‘LECOQ,’ “MONSIEUR LECOQ.”
Ad Page 8, full stop inserted after ‘LEROUGE,’ “THE WIDOW LEROUGE.”
Ad Page 8, full stop inserted after ‘$1,’ “or any 5 for $1.”
Ad Page 9, full stop inserted after ‘767,’ “P. O. Box 767.”
Ad Page 11, ‘ordres’ changed to ‘orders,’ “Address all orders to”
Ad Page 14, opening double quote inserted before ‘500,’ “Mention “500
Toasts”
Ad Page 14, comma inserted after ‘Company,’ “Publishing Company, 57
Rose”
Ad Page 15, full stop inserted after ‘market,’ “teller on the market.”
Ad Page 18, question mark changed to exclamation point following ‘sir,’
“Lie down, sir!”
Ad Page 20, ‘containes’ changed to ‘contains,’ “contains the greatest”
Ad Page 21, full stop inserted after ‘anybody,’ “to disappoint anybody.”
Ad Page 24, full stop inserted after ‘YORK,’ “STREET, NEW YORK.”
Ad Page 27, comma inserted after ‘Company,’ “Ogilvie Publishing
Company,”
Ad Page 27, full stop inserted after ‘York,’ “Street, New York.”
Ad Page 31, full stop inserted after ‘P,’ “P. O. Box 767.”
Ad Page 33, ‘exhiliration’ changed to ‘exhilaration,’ “is an
exhilaration,”
Back Cover, full stop inserted after ‘YORK,’ “STREET, NEW YORK.”