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This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of Judge's political humor circa the 1880s-90s. **"Never Handicapped"** mocks Little Arthur's acting, suggesting he performs without natural talent or barriers to overcome. **Political commentary** criticizes Democrats' fear of "free trade" rhetoric, comparing their reaction to seeing a ghost. It also attacks Ben Butler as a hypocrite—preaching free trade for others while protecting his own interests. **Cleveland mockery** ridicules Democratic efforts to defend President Grover Cleveland's ancestry, suggesting his grandfather's necktie was so long it could hang him. **"The Champion Campaign Cipher"** decodes "Harrison and Morton" (Republican 1888 candidates) as hidden messages, satirizing campaign mystification. Other pieces joke about domestic life, blindness, and Wall Street brokers in typical period comic-strip style. The overarching theme: mocking Democratic vulnerability on trade policy and defending Cleveland against Republican challengers.
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producer was simp! nore largely enriched. Free trade is a straight ine projected out of taniff reduction and will result in the embarrass- ment first, and then the destruction, of our in- ries; and with com- petition removed will produce an enhances ment instead of a low- ering of prices. ). HE DEMOCRATS, assume to be very urageous, but if you y “Free trade” to them they feel as if they had seen a spook ¢jaculate with great haste,“ It wasn’t us—it was that other man.” [8 THIS weather one is foolish to wear and his flesh and bone. What is needed now is the corporeal existence that around with a vanished hand LiTrLe ARTHUR—" Mr, Blessington plays Uxere Tom (a fitter rival)—" Ve ought Livtie ARTHUR—" Why?” Unsere Tom (Ae help it.” reaches to find the substance surrounding its soul that has vanished itself. E. GIVE. no significance to the statement that Ben Butler is out for protection, B. F. is a free-trader by nature as to other people, and a protectionist merely for himself. THEY ARE NOT running Cleveland on the merits of his ancestry, but they wish they might. rest on Grover’s ear, The hat of Grover's grandfather might his necktie is so long around that the grand- father would look upon it as the wherewith to hang himself, T IS A WORLD of compen- sation. We observe that the infatuated girl is killing her lover now. There is this difference between her and the other party, however; she generally manages to kill herself as well as the indi- vidual who has just preceded her. HE Albany Times is very de- voted to the Democratic party, but it thinks the safety of the country demands the elec- tion of Harrison and Morton. That is patriotism of the highest altitude, and may the editor of the Albany Times never come down. a ate HE MAN who is most in- tensely opposed to the free- whisky idea accredited to the Republican party is a man so intoxicated that he can’t get him- self out of the ditch or say five words without splitting the same into five times that number of inconsecutive syllables. All he can do is to brace himself up ntly to vote the Demo- ratic ticket. SoneNHEIM Miss GoLnnekc— rock ofer dere.” NEVER HANDICAPPED. beautiful AT THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. al peauties dey vos her T vos joosd lor 299 SAFE. “Hello, Brow: What are you doing out this late hour? You'll get rats.” Brown (bic) “Nixey! Wife in the country PITY THE BLIND. First blind man —"Anyone in sight, pard?" Second blind man First blind man —"Let’s have a glim- mer. You shuffle and Meat, PESSIMISTIC. Wiggins— It is sad to sce the morbid and pessimistic tone of the literature of to-day. Why don't people drop this high-trage i ness and come something . Uncle Tom," en his tecth)—"* Nobody ever embarrasses him by looking at him if they can ly) it’s natural now, bet that if [were to ask you this minute for five dollars until Saturday night you'd say you were very sorry, but you had just paid a bill and only had your car-fare left. THE CHAMPION CAMPAIGN CIPHER. That the words “1 tain a prophet rrison and Morton” should in themselves con- c utterance regarding the coming clection has probably not heretofore been discovered, By the application of the champion campaign cipher (caveat filed) it becomes apparent at once, Following is the de: Reverse the significant words of the phrase and the phrase itself and we have * Notrom and Nosirrah.” ‘The “d” in the conjunction monstration, is really superfluous, seldom distinctly pronounced ; therefore it is elided. Now, com- bining the syllables in their proper relation, and punctuating and capitalizing accordingly, we Not Roman; no, sirrah !" or, “Not Roman! no sir, ‘rah! ‘The significance in both cases is the same. The old Roman will not be successful; and of course veland will fall with him, have: THE POLITE BROKER. He was a Wall street broker, And the pink of courtesy. Toa duchess or a stoker, He always tried to be. Though his tastes were rare and costly, It was quiet on the street, And he lived, just then, on mostly Anything at all to eat. And when “ Mutton,” which he hated, Said the servant, “sir, of ham,” He answered, as she waited, “Thanks: my favorite dish is lamb.”” SHE HAD THE IDEA. Miss Evin— Shall Oi take the machane to mow the carpet, ckin at dot lofely face on der - mum?" (Presents sweeper.) comicbooks.com