Judge — September 4, 1897 — page 7: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Suge NOTHING NEW. Against the claim that electric lighting is a modern invention comes the assertion that Noah un- doubtedly had an ark light.—/udgr. HY, sure! Didn't Noah make an ark light on” Mount Ararat? ces SAME THING. Mrs. Peck—" Henry,what does this war-correspondent mean when he talks about the ceremony of signing the capitulations?” : Z Mr. Peck— Oh, 1 sup HOW DID SHE KNOW?—A BATHING SKETCH. pose that's some outlandish Youxe Lay oN LeFr—"* You are from Chicago, are you euphemism for the groom's not?” YounG Lapy oN nicitt—'* Ves, Who told you? You are Part in the marriage con- the fifth person who has asked me the same question to-day.” tract, TAKING NO CHANCES, SS THEN there is no hope, doctor?’ asked the fair woman, her face bedewed with the tears of a great grief. “None at all,” answered the savant, murmuring “ How she must love him!” in a soft aside. : “You are sure?” “ Perfectly sure.” “Well, I'll risk it, I'd hate, though, to buy that bit of black goods and have him get well on me.” WHEN ‘LEETA SWIMS, — = RONDEAU; WHEN Lecta swims, ah me! the ripples seem Athrill with wondrous ecstasy and teem With jewels caught from mirrorings, that flee ‘Adown the pebbly paths like flashes free ‘From sparkling depths; and all’of these agleam YACHTING. A guy “trope.” They weave about her neck and waist, nor deem ‘That e’en a one’s too lavish of its beam To deck her dimpled feet adoringly, When Leeta swims, And I? Ah, well, Town I weave a theme And sigh it may not prove a jeweled dream; And since no kissing ripple T may be, T wish that always she could float with me, And then the pool were life's eternal stream, When Leeta swims, NO. CAUSE FOR SUSPICION. Wh ht Mamma —" Who's been into the sugar- bow! YS Ulige. again, children?” . /1 ZL 2 WS Beth (with two lumps still in her pocket) — Baby, IN THE FACE OF DANGER. I guess. You can't “spect Tony 'n' me, for we're too Dusty Ruoapes—" Did you ever read that parable about the moth and the candle?” big to get into such a little place.” Hyproptonta Sam—" Yes. Are you afraid we'll get wet if we stay here any longer?” THE OLD STORY. ARE the boy and man fighting? No, the boy and man are not fighting. It is a son try- ing to.tell his aged father that toothpick toes are the most comfortable shoes made. BAD Turner—" What be- came of that girl to whom | you were so ardent a suitor?” Downs (ruefully) — “Clear case of mistaken identity, { didn’t suit her.” THE TRUTH OF aay, IGNORANCE. DOUBTFUL AS TO OTHER WORLD. Rep Ruse—" Hallo, Ike! Why is it I don't see yer scorchin’ with yer “ wat 'S that law- — wife ov late a in’ ALKALI Ike—"* She's gone over th’ divide, pard.” TIME ALONE CAN MEND. fake? Reo Runz—"Sho! Tdidn’t know she wuz dead.” One puncture that completely baffles the Prove, Ezra?” F ALKALI -a8, Rube, Poor Calamity won't scorch any more in subtle workings of the ‘* quick-repair™ kit. “A lullaby, Jane. these diggin’s. comicbooks.com