Judge — July 8, 1899 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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

ETIQUETTE FOR THE FOURTH. KEEP moving about on the Fourth. It is always the innocent bystander who gets shot. The evening of the Fourth is a very auspicious time to sit with your best girl and watch for shooting stars. Should you accidentally shoot somebody with your toy pistol don’t add insult to injury by telling him that you didn’t know it was loaded. If you should buy a pyrotechnic cigar to hoax a friend with be sure to mark it in such a way that you won't light it yourself by mistake. If you give a little private display of fireworks from your front stoop it is cheaper in the end to hire an experienced man to set them off. The cautious pedestrian will continue to walk in the middle of the street for fear the mischievous kid at the windows should drop a lighted fire-cracker down the back of his nec If you own a warerelic in the shape of a mauser (~~ rifle don’t think it is a harmless weapon just because the Spaniard who once possessed it was unable to hit y A CAN-ON-CRACKER. anything with it. J. 1 O'connmet, STANhws Me cencan JUL WORLD‘ NO. XXV.—ROVAL hE On England’s empire never sets ‘The universal sun: Nor e'er the English heart forgets Its fairest, dearest one. ‘The Indian gem, the Ceylon pearl— ‘And yet, no puny stripling— Is the royal Bengal British giel ‘That's sung by Rudyard Kipling. TOO DANGEROUS Bobbie— Why must I go outdoors to shoot off my crackers? I never did before.” Mrs, Crabshaw—" But, my dear, we now live JULY 4TH, 1899 in a fire-proof house.” Tue ‘That's what they call spare-ribs and cabbage on the Fourth.” THOSE LITTLE RED STICKS. DABY'S FOURTH-OF-JULY COMPLAINT.” AVANT some red. sticks, like the rest of the boys— Those sticks that go "fizz" with a beautiful noise T think it is dreadfully selfish ao a Dkk : 18) SAAN That he won't give me one of pa sed his little red sticks. arte A is Title red stic ta a & bit At first. I was good, for I thought I could coax ‘The new playthings from grandma or some of the folks. “‘Twouldn't work; so I've screamed till I'm tired and sick, And still they won't give me a single red stick. nua €. DOWD, AS USUAL. Cobwigger—* What happened A ROYAL WELCOM when the committee was all ready “ Lady, wouldn't yer like ter contribute ten cents toward de Dewey celebration ?” pag en Io Lapy—" Toward what?” to shoot off the fireworks? : Brccan—"' De Dewey celebration, mum. Every drink I take ter-morrer will mean three extra yells fer de hero uv Freddie—"\t rained.” Manila and de fourth of July.” comicbooks.com