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This page contains multiple short humorous anecdotes typical of Judge magazine's satirical commentary on American life, circa early 1900s. **Notable content:** The opening cartoon depicts Noah (biblical reference) boarding animals for an ark, with a neighbor mocking him for lacking a mule—the joke being the mule's stubborn reputation makes it the one animal Noah couldn't convince aboard. Other brief jokes target contemporary frustrations: a burglar finding nothing to steal, a poet's "burning" Georgia accent, and recurring complaints about coal rationing/pricing (referencing early 20th-century fuel shortages or inflation). One anecdote satirizes rural voters' indifference to the gold-silver debate, caring only about practical purchasing power—coal and food affordability. The remainder is advertising for Packer's Tar Soap, Sohmer Pianos, and other products typical of the era. **Context:** These represent working-class anxieties and humor about economic hardship and daily inconveniences rather than explicit political satire.

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Noah was leaning over the rail of the k, smoking his pipe contemplatively waiting for the rain, when a jeering neighbor came along. Well, Noah,” said the neighbor, you got all the animals aboard?" No,” he replied.‘ We have no mule. you wish to engage passage?” \nd the next day it began to cloud up. ‘hicago Record-Herald. D. > burglar softly opened the door of »ped inside, and searched the roughly, but tcaling. Darn him!" he soliloquized me satisfaction out of him, room found nothing worth “Tu any Thereupon he set the alarm-clock on the bureau for the hour of three and softly departed. —Chicago Tribune. “What kind of meat have you tl . Larry?” asked the board. “What bothers me mo the Georgia poet, burn.” If the poet will send all the fucl of that kind that he has to spare to almost any ‘is the thoughts that northern coal-bin he will not only relieve his scorching feelings, but at the same time will carn the gratitude of countless admirers.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kujus—"Nossuh! Ah don't “trouble wif de boss at de shop.” fe Remus—"Huk! Yo" reformed yo'r way: mo is pure, mild, invigorating and antiseptic. It soothes while cleansing, and for more than a quarter of a century has been The Standard For the Hair and Skin) ‘The Packer Mfg. Co., 81-83 Fulton St, New York. THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE| LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, gous eats Tht wR df wale \D ntepy mnt $C wuee TRom DANDR ae suburbanite’s ‘sleeping apartment, |“ id the butcher, “L've|1 suppose they were afraid people @ teak and. sonié bet wouldn't know they had coal.""—Plila- ais delphia Record. | Mr. Smith (in street-car)—" Madam, remarked ‘Greater Sew ‘otk. “I am supposed to die of a broken heart,” said the unmanageable actress. “Now, how am I to know how a person| with a broken heart behaves?” “'lltell you what to do,” answered the cold-blooded manager. “You study the author of this play after he sees your first performance of it.""—Washingion Star. “So. you are not concerning yourself about the ratio between gold and silver?” “No,” answered the rural voter; | what T want to see now is some definite | and satisfactory relationship between a five-dollar bill and a ton of coal, or two bits and a pound of beef.” —IWashingion Star. Good health is real wealth—Abbot's, the Original Angostura Bitters is a veritable fortune to the weak. Mrs. Muggins—"Did you hear about your neighbor? She was overcome by coal-gas.” | Mrs. Buggins—" That's just like them take-my seat.’ Mrs. Fones ( fifteen minutes) at the next corner. Mr, Smith—"That's all right. 1." Chicago Fournal. has been standing No, thanks; I get off So do “igg —" How docs he rank as a seulp- “He doesn't cut much of -Philadelphia Record. a BUILDING BONES. GREAT IMPORTANCE MAVE oF THAT CHILDREN PROPER FOOD. A child will grow up with weak and 1 bones or strong and sturdy frame, Pending on the kind of food given, That's why feeding the youngsters is of such great importance. “The childre do not select the food—the re: arent or guardian, or with you if you select the food for a boy or girl The scientific selection of this food should begin a when the deli tenderest care. listoga, Calif, ago my little’ niece was When medical aid was calted, one physi- cian pronounced the case cui of the spini other called it softening of the bones and gave but little hope of her recovery. For weeks she had been fail- ing before her parents thought it any- thing but trouble from her tecthing, “She had been fed on mushes and soft | foods of different kinds, but at last her ‘h could retain scarcely anything. time she had become a weak skeleton of humanity that could not much more than stand alone. “The doctors changed her food several s put on Grape- times until finally she v Nuts, which she relished from the first and ate at almost every meal, and her recov- ery has been wonderful.’ She has been gaining ever since jn strength and weight. he has eaten dozens of packages of Grape-Nuts in the last year and a half, and the child is now a rosy-cheeked and healthy little girl, still clinging to her pe-Nuts. tt is plain the food has saved her li giving her bod: 10 Keep it weli and the bone mat Name given by build_ with. Co., Battle Creek, Mich. to Postum On one side povert On the other reasonable independence | for your wife and family. Which ? | Get free b klet. No importunity. maiden. postor? be too cautious these days. mind bringing me one of those abstracts of title T hear so much about before I give you my answer ?"—Chicago Post. always does exactly what I te Jor. weal —Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune, fiction in them than t never say what we think of each other.” “And you're really a lord?" said the} “Of course. Do you think I'm an im- “As good as any other’? — is NOT tobe tolerated—the Best Ale in the World is Evans’ GW. EVANS & SONS, established 1786, Hudson, “No; oh, no; but papa says one can’t Would you said the proud pay Oh, back up!" jecred the bold bache- | You bragging fathers make me —"not to do,” concluded the proud “You shouldn't be so at drawing conclusions. Back!" y read the advance really more is in the book The caly URE. NINPRAL WAT CARBONIC, ARTIFICIAL VICHY, SELTERS, CLUB SODA, Etc., are also itself.""—Baltimore Herald. 1p in bottles for ot sent by {rei Press to any part of the United States, Or- | “CARL H. 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Paidfor insurance n force ght hundred and two millon dllars or early | Situated on what» Lnown asthe Sand five milion pais, with acts over sixty milion doe lars; surplus over nine million dollars ; annual income | js not surpassed in the f Geors It has a climate tha for dryness and fer part of the U MUTUAL LIFE, bl 5 Chestnut St. EASY MONEY =: Address Chas. Johnson, FO. 807,Chienge | oftce For Barbers, Cigar oF Nowsdenlars, cad Philadelphia. |e over thirty-three million dollars; a total payment to ders since the foundation of the company of ixty-eight million dollars, record speaks for itself. ¢ GOLF COURSE. Those who wish to nd excellent shooting. now more about this progressive company and of its popular policies which are adapted to all ages, and for allamounts from fiteen dollars toone hundred thousand alan, would de well to commanicare with the ho For Booklet with full information, address Cc. G. TRUSSELL, Mgr. Best Line to Chicago and the West-NEW YORK CENTRAL,