Judge — December 8, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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

AN OBJECT-LESSON. OOK at this, young ladies and gentlemen,” said the pro- fessor, who had his class out for work in the open air. “This is a truly remarkable discovery. Here is a human foot distinctly printed in the enduring rock. Look at it. No doubt it has been there since the neoplastic era. Ata very conservative estimate, I should say that this imprint was made ten thousand years ago.” The class crowded around the block by the road- side which bore the interesting impression, and all were somewhat awed by the footstep left by the prehistoric man, Not so a resident of the neighborhood, who burst into loud guffaws. “ My good man,” said the professor, “what are you laughing at?” THOUGHT HE “ORTER" KNOW. E HinamM—"* Hold on there, gol darn ye! Ye called this thing an ‘ orter. It’s goin’ so dinged fast I think I'd ‘ orter be out.’ ” Mr. Bortix—"' Doctor, I have a very particular prescription here to be filled, Do you think you can fill it?” Doctor—"' Certainly ; I am a graduate.” “I'm laughing about that footprint.” “ What about it, sir?” that’s a chunk of artificial pavement made of cement, and where my oldest boy Jim stepped into it last summer be- fore it was dry—that's all.” WILLIAM HENRY SIVITER, A SIMPLE PROBLEM IN DIVISION. Joknny—* Pa, what is the * servant-girl problem '?” Mr, Grinkam—* Finding how much money is due her at the end Of the second day.” . FOF PN IBS| A CATASTROPHE, Eprri— Ob, Perey! your present was so beautiful ! left the price-tag on—forty dollars.” Percy—" Oh, how careless of me!" Eprru—And I see you bought it at Dacey’s. there, would you?” Pexcy—"* Oh, not at all! With pleasure!” ; ou be And I know you wouldn't mind taking it back and exchanging it for one of those lovely forty-dollar brooches they have And you unintentionally Percy (an hour later, in his room)—"* This is what comes of buying a three-dollar-and-ninety-eight,cent ring and sticking a forty-dollar tag ‘on it! Oh, Lord! won't somebody please kick me!” comicbooks.com