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This page contains miscellaneous satirical commentary typical of Judge magazine's format. Key items include: **Political/Social Jabs:** - Mocking Cleveland's thankfulness for not voting, and a swipe at Thomas F. Grady - Commentary on D. Hill and G.C. (likely local political figures) exchanging regrets over cornerstone-laying ceremonies - Criticism of the "pan-American congress" pretense, attributing the idea to Bolivar (1825) rather than Blaine **Social Satire:** - Nellie Bly (the famous globe-trotter) joked about circling Earth in thirty minutes with Edison - A wealthy American who married an Irish barmaid made a better deal than a girl whose father paid ten million for a "played-out prince" - A new ladies' club where members distrust each other immediately **Humor:** - Beer quality declining along with quantity - Lawyer earning $25,000/year from $5,000 practice - Lower illustration: country manners ("Mandy") versus city etiquette The page reflects Gilded Age concerns: political patronage, wealth disparities, and changing social customs.

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BE THANKFUL that the legis- lature of this state is Republi- can and will so continue. sete THE QUALITY of beer is said to be deteriorating. Likewise, we believe, the quantity of it. Pei POEM—When D. Hill lays a” corner-stone G. C. afar off gets; when by G. C. a stone is laid D. Hill sends his regrets. IXTEEN MEN in Chemung county voted for Thomas K. Beecher, and Thomas calls them fondly the sweet sixteen, eee M*. CLEVELAND is thankful because he didn’t have to vote, and the defeat of Thomas F, 19 MORTON says he has no bar in his new hotel, but Fran- Willard says she knows bet- . Very well; what did she take? eee EAUTY RUSSELL eloped with her father the last time. Her father is said to be remarkably young and fine-looking for a m= of his years. ORAKER dollars a year to make twenty- five thousand a year at his law practice. If anybody sheds tes over that situation he'll have to use a pump. M*: five thousand eueke LADIES’ CLUB has been in existence just two weeks, and each lady is looking in blank amaze- ment at all the other ladies and Grady makes him sing a sweet song. U NDOUBTEDLY good will come out of the trouble in Brazil, though they do say that it’s a Brazil wind that blows nobody any good. ie from Paris last month. REET-MUSIC is not good; but if it is liked by a vast majority of the people, which seems to be the case, the organ-man must resume his grind and the little band its blow, os [tls ED that Jimmy Husted will retire at the end of his present term; so it may be safely assumed that Jimmy will run again. F NELLIE BLY, globe-trotter for the orld, succeeds in her present undertaking she'll go right to work, with Mr. Edison, to put a girdle round the earth in thirty minutes. THE YOUNG AMERICAN of wealth who went abroad and married a pretty Queenstown bar-maid made a far better bargain than did the young lady whose pa paid ten million dollars for a played-out prince. HE NEEDED TO BE EXCUSED. “'T see now why Cousin Tom begged our pardon when he "t that he, down there?” es; he’s talking to that horrible Mrs, Flite who eloped mutely inquiring where it is best to commence the quarrel, eee HE PRETENSE that Blaine was the originator of the pan-American congress or that it was in any sense a Republican conception is without foun- dation, Such a congress was proposed by General Bolivar of Colombia in 1825, before Mr. Blaine was born, and by others at various times since.— St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ach-h! That's what you call thunder if you happen to live in St. Louis. see THE FIRST SERMON of Brother Talmage in Rome was delivered November tenth, and the very next morning it appeared in full in a great many papers all over this great country. Rome sermonizing in Brooklyn and got his Rome inspiration after he reached the holy city. : QP POSITION is the life of business. “Hooray” exclaims the Lime- kiln Banner, “Another great victory! The Banner was the first paper to give the great news of the hanging of Ferguson, the burning of the orphan asylum with its tremendous loss of life, the murder of the fam- ily at Schenck’s corners, and the great prize-fight in which, both men were killed. They don’t get ahead of the Banner ary time—hooray!" CITY AND COUNTRY. ncle, don’t tuck your napkin under your chin that way. : Why, when you was a gal up in Squeehawkit you know what you'd got from Aunt "Mandy if you didn’t do so!” It dew, eh? Tt looks odd.” comicbooks.com