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This page is primarily **advertisements and humorous short anecdotes**, not political cartoons. The content is typical of Judge magazine's mixed format. The visible humor pieces include: 1. **A domestic joke** about a neighbor's repeated requests to borrow items, escalating absurdly when she asks to borrow "fried fish"—satirizing social obligation and intrusive borrowing. 2. **Political wit**: A brief exchange between "Mr. Pitt" and "Mr. Penn" about the 17-year locust (cicada), with Penn suggesting it's been called "worse names"—likely referencing tensions between Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh politicians, though specifics are unclear. 3. **Senator Sorghum quip**: A satirical jab at campaign finance, where the senator claims relief from "responsibility" as the campaign ends, implying he felt burdened by campaign money collection. 4. **Folk wisdom** attributed to "Arkansas Thomas Cat" offering rural observations on pride and human nature. The page is otherwise dominated by period advertisements for patent medicines, soap, chocolates, and shipping lines—typical of Judge's revenue model.

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* Please, Mrs, So-and-so, mother says would vou lend her a little bit of black-lead and some Pepper and the big flat-iron for an hour?” Vie, Mrs. So-and-so was very busy just then, ahd rather put out about something, so she aiid, "No; I haven't got time to look for them, Tell your mother I've got other fish to {ry this morning.” The girl went, but was jock ia two minutes with a dish and another ** Please, mother says could you lend of the fried fish ?"—7id-Bits, One wi you wiil cure your painful tft. "is erbout all some people eber hab.—Sooner ah later pride is sure toe step on ‘All de wurld lubs a lubber,” “ Sid s is erbout as humble as he 't after he has had it awhile.—A great man is one who knows how to make some udder feller pad- die his canoe fo" him.—Lots ob people burn de dodges behin’ dem, an’ den nearly drown dem- selbes tryin’ toe git back.—W’eneber yo" hab a proposition toe git sumfin’ fo’ nuffin’ bit will pay yo’ toe walk eround by de furthes’ way.— Arkansaw Thomas Cat. 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