Judge — December 18, 1897 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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A KLONDIKE CHRISTMAS FANCY. (Mabel og.) THE river's freezing fast, ‘The snow begins to fly. ‘The summer-time is past At last, And winter fills the sky. I watch along the drift, And o'er the silver hill, ‘The raven circle swift And lift His note so sharp and shrill. Imprisoned by the snow, Shut in from all the world, I hear the tempest blow And know Old winter's flag ’s unfurled. Yet Santa ‘ll push his prow Across the icy swell, And bring the toy bow-wow, But how, Is more than I can tell. BA MUMKTTFRICK. JACK-IN-THE-BOX (to Santa Claus)—"* You fixed me up to scare the children, but you seem to be afraid to look me in the face yourself.”* AN ANALOGOUS NAME, Trivvet—" Some persons call an air-ship a sky-cycle.”” Dicer—" Well?" Trévvet— If that is a correct term, why shouldn't an ice-wagon be called an icycle 2” Christmas Judge. THE HEIGHT OF AFFLUENCE, Erne1—'* Is your uncle so rich be has money to burn ?” Mavo—" Oh, he is far wealthier than that—he has got so much money that be freezes to it.” JUST HIS KIND. Weary Wig ins— Seeing that I'm always on the road I thought it. would be a good idea for me to get a play to travel in, and | want you to write it.”” Playwright—* What kind of a play do you want?” Weary Wiggins—Oh, any old kind that's got a meal in every act.” FABRICATION—A synonym for lie.” Found very convenient by political orators in parts of the country in which personalities bring their own re- ward. ONLY NATURAL. DorotHy (céosely ging a kornet that has come in through the open w indow)— “There! I should think any fly’d know better'n to lace sotight’s that.” BASE INGRATITUDE. ALKALL Ike (disconsolately )— “Yep, [sent me dear little niece in Boston some Christmas presents, ’ she never even acknowledged ‘em. Bronco Pete—** Dat so? W'ot did yer send her?” ALKALI Ike—"' A live tarantula an’ a piece lynched wi v de rope Injun Dan wuz ComMmaMy 1097 BY THE JUDGE PUBLISNING COMPANY OF KEW YORK, comicbooks.com