Judge — April 22, 1899 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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age A HERO. BOLDLY he ted where brave men fought and fell, Unmoved when death ap proached in awful might Bat entering his home in dark- ness—well, He quakes with fear until he strikes a light! nauna ¢, DowD, THE DIFFERENCE, 6 S\JA-AL, yes,” said the Ww honest farmer, re- plying to the remark of a neighbor. “That's a fact. What with the lay-grippy in the family, an’ a broken leg, an’ visitors, an’ a sick hoss, an’ the kitchen-end of the house burnt off, an’ bad weather, an’ soon an’ so forth, includin’ natural laziness, I'm pretty far behind with my work—'bout as far, I guess, as the fool-killer is with his'n, But "— he stroked his camel-hued chin-whiskers with one horny hand —“ there's one consolation. I guess likely I'll ketch up after a spell, an’ I'll be jammed if 1 believe the fool-kiler ever will KNOCK-OUT DROPS. LIKE “HAND - ME - DOWNS.” Mabel—" Say, ma?” Mrs, Manyblessed —* What, darling?” Mabel —“ Well, you know you said that Charlie looked like pa, Marion like grandpa, Helen like Aunt Lizzie, me like you, and the baby like Uncle Bill, Now, what I wanted to know was whether God makes babies specially for certain families, like dressmakers does dresses, or whether he just makes them and then hunts up folks that look like them and gives them to them ?” THEIR OWN FAULT. Moss Moopus—"So you bet ten dollars wif Jim Jackson on de prize-fight. Which lost 7” Pare. PorninGr—" Oh, we bofe lost. We let old Judge Talent hold de stakes, and aftah de fight was over darned if he didn't have us brought before him and fine us each ten dollars for betting !” A PRACTICAL MUDITE. _ Manila major-general — \ earn that in you I have a treasure as a reconnoitring spy —that no man can equal you in wading through muck, morasses, slush and slough.” American soldier — Well, your excellency, as a suburban com- muter in New Jersey I hope I haven't waded through fourteen slushy springs for nothing.” 1. Colonel Eggleston tells the society of crowing hens about his great deeds at Santieggo. 8. Killed and ate a large number of Spanish flies. 4. The meeting breaks up by his being obliged to ‘iss all the hens, POPULAR LOVE OF DARING DEEDS, comicbooks.com