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This page from Judge (a major American satirical magazine) mixes advertising with humor columns and one notable cartoon. **The Main Cartoon:** "With a neck like that what a fine thing it must be to be thirsty!" depicts a caricatured figure with an exaggerated long neck—likely a giraffe or giraffe-like creature—being offered a drink. The joke plays on the physical advantage: a long neck would allow extended drinking, making thirst almost enjoyable. **Context:** The page is primarily **advertising**—shoe companies (W.L. Douglas), wheels, beauty treatments (Woodbury's dermatological services), wine (Vino de Salud), and publications. The satirical content is minimal and scattered. **Poetry & Humor:** "Old Letters" is romantic nostalgia verse. Brief quips mock patronage politics ("plum of patronage and apple of discord are one and the same") and President Cleveland's tariff policies affecting labor. The page reflects late-19th-century American middle-class concerns: consumer goods, beauty treatments, and light political commentary alongside sentimental literature.

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HO! CORDOVAN, FRENCHE.ENAMELLEDCALF. * 94.5559 Pinel $5.59) poe SOLES, 928 EN NaS the middleman's profits, Our shoes equal custom work in style, easy Aiting and wearing qualities, Wehavethem sold everywhero atlower prices for the valuogiven than aay other make. ‘Tako no %u>- sultote, If your dealer cannot supply you, we can. If the temperance men want to convert the world they will forthwith discover a microbe in beer. — Buffalo Express, WHEEL is ball bearing, set in steel cups playing against steel cones. Running easy—riding easy. jo wheel has better material, better finish, better design than the Turnsiat. Up and guaranteed. Write today for catalogue of styles, prices, etc. The Ames and Frost Company, Chicago. ‘The plum of patronage and the apple of dis- cord are one and the same fruit these days.— Schenectady Union. VICTOR SASE! ‘ay In ordering, give ain HEWES & FOTTER, 42 Chasncy Street, Boston, Mans, Fren'ship lasts longer dan lub, an’ iz mo’ re- liable,—Arkansaw Thomas Cat. THE AUGUST NUMBER OF JUDGE'S LIBRARY is now out, and will be found to be superla- tively funny. Price 10 cents. ‘To be had of all newsdealers and train-boys. OLD LETTERS. | Last night some yellow letters fell From out a scrip) 1 found by chance, Among them was the silent ghost, ‘The spirit of my first romance And in a faint-blue envelope ‘A withered rose, long lost to dew, Bore witness to the dashing days ‘When love was large and wits were few. Yet, standing there all worn and gray, ‘The tear-drops quivered in my eyes To think of youth’s unshaken front, The forehead lifted to the shies, How rough a hill my eager feet Flung backward when upon its crest I saw the flutter of the lace ‘The wind awoke on Helen's breast. How thornless were the roses then, When fresh young eyes and lips were kind ; When Cupid in our porches proved How true the tale that love is blind! But Red-and-white and poverty Would only mate while shone the May ; ‘Then comes a bag of golden crowns ‘And jingled Ked-and-white away. Grown old and niggard of romance, T wince not much at aught askew, And often ask my favorite cat What else had Red-and-white to do? And here's the bud that rose and sank, A crimson island, on her breast Why should I’burn it? Once again Hide, rose, and dream. God send me rest! —Norman Gale, trade yo'r reput but yo’ kin nebber trade Thomas Cat. fur a dollah, back.—Arkansaw thel—" L wish | had a new doll.” Your old doll is as good as ever. Little Ethel—" Well, 1'm just a8 good as ever too, but the angels gave you a new baby. Good News, **T've got a cold or something in my ‘ead,” was what the simple little chappie said. The summer girl, with roguishness demure, replied, “Ob, it must be a cold, I'm sure." —Boston | Journal. ‘The Sohmer piano has successfully passed the most severe critical test by the highest mu- sical talent in the world. By the president's signature labor day has been made a legal holiday. Mr, Cleveland’s tariff policy has given labor many a holiday.— | Saratogian, TAN and FRECKLES REMOVED. ALso Eczema, Pimples, Dandraff, TATION FREE. Moth Patches, Moles, Warts, | ss! Superfluous Hair, Red Nose, J) Wrinkles, Black Heads, Birth Marks, Olly Skin. Largest establishment {n the world for treat oie ai cra canberitn cone clo i Gaara tans Ri erica for the Counpledion JOHN H. WOODBURY se CRUMATOLOSICRL eerrun ston gnc peney “With a neck like that what a fine thing it must be to be thirsty !" ENGLISH VENETIAN BLinbs. Made on a new principle, A at sight. ‘most. convenient (inside) blind in the world. Di ble and decided! able in price. Wi Eatalogue and Price:tist, Over Noes are in daily ALWANY VENETIAN BLL Albany, §. BLA BOOKS.itcesztinne Jand made to order by FINDLIEK & WIBEL, 121 Nassau Street, New York. The dog never perspires, but he makes up for it by zeal in hanging out his tongue.— Som erville Journal, ven OF paste rot fenta wanted everywhere. Vas Fess, Nee aes debe Cm. GENTLEMEN! _ Keg Don's suffer longer with imperfect and PP unreliable Cortan Buttons. A ae ji ‘inate, Y Cy. —ouUR— Illustrated Press, NEW MONTHLY PICTORIAL FOR THE FAMILY. Subscriotion, SO cts. per Year. No American home can afford to miss this opportunity of securing at small cost a High-class Journal of surpassing artistic and literary excel- lence. It Will Interest every Member of the Family, The Puzzle and Chess Department, conducted by one of the most noted of American Puzzlists, is alone worth ten times the subscription price. BEST OF ALL TONIC WINE eee of the PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS AND VINODE SALUD Composed of the purest * L: ima” Wine of §) 1 and benefici inandan most healthful barks and herbs known. Aids atseations restores wasted tissue, in- duces sleep, gives tone and health to the entire system. La grippe and malaria are conquered by it. Imported by ROCHE & CO., 503 5th Ave, and 120 Broadway, New York. Send subscriptions either in form of cash, cheque, money-order, postal- Note, or postage-stamps (if of the two-cent denomination) to Our Illustrated Press, 110 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. Desiring paper of superior excellence and uniformity can secure it of the makers of the papers used in LITHOGRAPHERS the various publications of THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY. comicbooks.com