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HH M- THE WORLD: SATURDAY BVENINO, DECEMBER 17, 1887: .... , .,. ,y ..... -., 1 LggggggggK. .. -y iKlv f P. T. Barnum's Letter to the American Boys. ' TC A II I II HI hA'7uu' P'T.Barnums ; B BAKWUM. THE GREAT BHOWMAS. J) tbu 0M WirvjU. CJn9da- ' I : What a Boys i Piters Wat or My PUcty.BoyJB" iSuic cj&v'JL J vUcgAv4 Dl IlllfV B fl V T A II I gggggggE .4i?oittrHairom 7Yay-Bully for Tom. That Froma Librarian. Pahtltheri Keu YprltFamtlV . , . , i ' J . it " l.s J - I 19 In Mm M WW BH H N II nil I 1H,, Tiger got his match anyhow. WU1 all these animals or Paptr. Neu York CTlK.-The newiidealenfhero - A.Q - f, tf "-.- Via ' '." &4 jTSM? -TV3v I U Ml II Fi II 1 H U 11 HI D ggfiggggS-- KTaUra in Barnum'ij Show next utmner? Iomco- have run out of your paper. I n Uh you to send Ato MV&KW LAJL lflAALiXrVjLV l) -7lSL' J ULAaI ;J QYJK. 3&Ato Wgf I 19 Bgg? WW H Uf III gggggggggB:.V tag to that show If I sell my hat. aire u (ho copltM for threo months, beginning with No. 7. "w ' I -- - - -. . . . T " " a7 f Fault Btobt Piput twice a week. Hip, hurrah I Inclosed please (lnd money order for SS. Our young J a II ggggggBHvii for Mr. Barnum and Tom Bradford. roaderi are craiy over ' My I'lucky Boy Tom " and A JL 2 4 ' JL. U v 1 . '" '"' OH ' ggggsHK';- Jack Sickles, his adventure In India. Address: t Yj . J JJI , LltU.AtA J A rt1lj jLl1 a"! 7 i? if O Af a J' ' I K I -ftgJSE " - r"3 "7"? "w - tf 4; ' ' Searching Fop Cuiraosities in India. 1 H'V "plucky Tom." Will Hohuhb. story for the column of the Nw Yobi Fakilt IJ' . D I . . Tom Bradford, Mr. Barnum's favonto boy hunter, wa3 in India when Bamum'a H if I ijl'- fVtlSS -tlLi lAfijL Vl. CLslJLJL C l'JELAMLh teqU'a?Arid0rnedtothe8rou,,d- " Rafter the fin, I R JVom on OM rt.-Yo should bo a.h.mod of fJISSlSSSlSi CU09 W tVH- Vlf OvOo .. f. i, ME. BARNUM SENT TOM THE FOLLOWING CABLE : I B JiSriMMSi. wU'"orMa , ,m 0 0 nr r. hurray Mil Hotel, N.Y., Nov. 2Ut,im. B K) ahBMkercrofts'tanie deer DarnumpuU reading "My Plucky Hoy Tom "to eating. Ycuri, f J . .., A V t1 -..i " . - " Tom Bradord, ucfcOW, Jndta. Hf all the folks era when he U hero with his clrous, etfeuW,t,rfm. n rt Bajioij. Orrauo. -VVw JjylWV04rT 4. . ?iVWvivC44UZ; iAsrAjLfAMA Every tingle animal, except St elephants, a rhinoceros, and a feio other ani- R , HIB and Las a grandmother oW enough to hare senso, JKosMnpfon, ft , v .. A r - -v- -. -. "T - ?!. . J mala, destroyed by fire last night in Bridgeport. Employ a full band of experienced H' J tljc.uenoughwlthouthls stor.es. - U , - 77 - .. SaT 4,,'A "" "toAto ' tC ""l'vS nffr for all the story of Barnum's "Plucky Boy Tom." Tom " the most Interesting I erer read. If Tom II II ,,,. . , . i n& Want It for my Christmas. Did Barnum catch keeps on, Barnum will hare the greauwt show on W. lt i V . . 1 V '. ' TOM BRABFORD REPLIED AS FOLLOWS : fU that lion that got out at Bridgeport when the plaoo earth, and no mistake. The bookseller here In- a . - . " -r- H ' .. f) A I 0 -U - -; - nr D fir r., nr.,.. rj rx xr xr B1 ' burned down! Con you glT0ii all the storyr creased his order for Famjlt Broar Papm this AAAAPX&S A VtfV U-JOiXjp" i.7 Tt-.aV. C,rV-Vvl rfS, Mr.. P. T.Barnum, Murray Hill Hotel, N.Y. MKftv William Jouwsoh. weeksacoples. Yours,eta, f w--fcTjifc v vv-vyi wVn 'W''x-w. -v k TTSr'rSfS Cable received. Very sorry to hear of your great loss. India will be sioured Hf , Boin)U,lnBan4 Thoiub Bbasiio. y --'... and fte twVdcst and fiercest animals ever seen in America trill be exhibited in the Kfey-t sJ J r A ft A w - l' Jti IT0 j - Greatest Show on Earth, if our lives are not sacrificed in their capture. HKf; ffV PLUCKY BOY TOM" IS PUBLISHED TO-DAY IH s LJULrVyA4 VOJVaJytu. rvUj Vvvcfic4 tom Bradford. HIP M.X XMWAX UVJL XUM. xarLJUJiDUllxllUJiAlaft .1 i? O Wo nro pleased to announce to our readers that Mr. P. T.Barnum has consented HIM fHB5ETlirjPS&-t "W " iH 'U !lAf.4-0 f - JL 1 i to write a storv for Tim New Yohk Family Stout Paper, giving p description of 1- itjsEssjr iJwa!IOlt5rt. alaTLi sZ?VU. 0 VlZ.LJV LWO ' LtU 0 ? T A l-tTuji Tom Bradford's adventures while capturing the fiercest and wildest animals in India ssHR'- ti3' ffl u MniH II V' ' - r-- ''VV " ' f for Barnum's great show. H (5 y ii4 liuv New York Family Story Paper Ifll. KOBMAH L. HUNRO, PUBL1SHEB, 24 and 26 Vandswater Slrest, New Yoifc iJjCUss-fe .7 n- otjt to-x..y. 1 "My Plncly Boy Tom" Is nt lo-iay in 1 N. I Family Story Paior. sssMUv , m 1M ssl amiMlias1"!' i ,u--.r r. im ssWuKk III Xraialiliue, Xeuralaiue W IXaraMue XraalfluB Bf I TLo Great Paln Curo Tlio Great Pain Cure. JBllll Tho Great Pai" QurG' Th Grcat 1ain Cure I 1 sBtf'l. Dtl I P'J Wri J HAL &77-C " JU T. . i 11 i t i ifBfll 8 nn mnmri wnm nnn unnniTnuiri said Griggs to his wife, and use NEU I i fcS -Cj ZZSSSSS H iriSAHEXTEEiiALE0iEDy.'l. HE WOULD NOT USE NEDRALGINE. RAlgine I - fP RECOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS. W&2?$ WLm ,mZir:Ml One application" NnintALarKE re ,lrvT . R ssV4nBk( - ..., s riinivi miaii- ,. i". HssH rjmECTIO!m-Shke the bottl & uno application 01 flEUBALarNE ro- JUuralglneCo.W.T. . ., H H.W P pot Jsans. Jan. i 138. pronounces NEUK ALGIIME .to lie fclBHW and rub the ageeted part tor afmff moves in many cases tho most oxcruciat- Qkntliuin: Lopt Sundsr morning I slipped on a ssMwIf' WturaWni Co. roT4sans.n.i?.is. ono of the most fortunato discoveries for 1WMU moments wltu the reinwly. inc nain the worst cases rarelv needing the floor of inv refldmce.nnd badly sprafntdmr Rl LUnK Z&Zftfvuuun u worth it. w,hjht in gold. tho benefit of tho human raco over made, IIEH3 the cure is immediate, t more than two or threS y net-Ui"b right hand, it .hm MetoWr, became Mac H t &- or tea or twelve years my tnd and eytshsTe ached nU.vn.lnlU. f.w ln.lina ., i.o f.,.,l , . sisHl fl . It mure limn two or mm, and blue, end nnlned me dreadfully. Having nair ra .fKi nearly Terrdsy. caused, I think, ir the resection of ospeciallylor laUICS, as the female sex aro IsHl H t?nt OATT w 1 CIICCCDeDC olinnM nt.on,l a bottlef il of Nr.onALoiNK In the liouse, I bathed HBIlJ th. straon in. wster.asl'was eight yeanon the North moro subject to neurit R a, nerVOUS lend- sisgHB FOB SALE BY B S.riFtFE1RTiRSes?i?JinC0Bend myhsnd with "it. It at once relieved the pain and mWM BraWtltlib ache, etc.. etc., whlcn this wonderful HI R Al I nDIIPPIQTQl' for this invaluable REMEDY. .bi;5!S!,hie&'or I Hi . lWgteffia,VJa8!la.f., remedy wiU cure instantly. WIS ALL UhUbblblbg Trico 50 cts. por Bottle. arsSngfe 1 ftl't: snaan), and after a few applications I was o much bet- HsBlfll H r.i sn nna 1 which I could not do at first. In a day or two, I m B3Bi F r MrfcoBWhaTayeUedforioyiaowI am not troubled ' gHHLH I rTIO, DU uonxB. V feel that I shall be entirely cured, thauks to Niv Kit l.r W the leut by my header eyes, and lean tbank Nsv- n.n ri 1 T n tvtt itt Tinnnnrnmn M I "piniisiminiisnnm iiwiiiiWiims 1W BALOINI. I also wish to mention that ttie NroiUI' fclj , feS"' FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. WS FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS, 2Szffl&lSS&m& 1 ' W -' 'BsffJfeltT. Price, 50 Cents per Bottle. iSy ) Price, 50 Cents per Bottle. I ""'SSBw I glggflgHb " i:''." ?.. - , , I i MSB