Life — August 30, 1883 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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‘THIS IS CARELESS LITTLE HANNAH; SEE HER EATING THIS BANANA, AND DISTRIBUTING THE PEELINGS IN A MOST PROMISCUOUS MANNER. THIS IS THE PA OF LITTLE HANNAH 3 Goor SAKES ALIVE! HOW CAN A MAN PERFORM SUCH QUEER GYMNASTICS ON A SMALL PIECE OF BANANA? TO OSCAR. VER the sundering sea, whose wind-blown foaM Sweeps backward to his home a fond adicU, Comes a tall stranger ; once by much the firsT Asthete in England, Though the hair is cuT Round his mild face, even the stern shampoO Will not wear out the brains that yet remaiN. In former times our thought must pierce beneatH Locks that hung thick as the white winter fleecE Down the calm front of sheep on stormy leA, Ere we could guess what treasure there lay hiD, Tray dollars are taken at par by the four spot. It is believed in Boston that Professor Slugger S. Sullivan is the inventor of the reversible cuff. Iv the voluminous talk on “Soap” in which our Democratic contemporaries indulge, it is of course nat- ural to expect a little lye. A Missourt exhorter boasts of the proud fact that his revival has attracted at least half as many persons as went to a recent circus, and nearly one-third of the number are now attending the trial of Frank James. THAT ten mermaids, four sea-serpents and a pirate were successfully seen in New Jersey this summer, shows up the amazing turpitude of the Louisville Ex- hibition Committee in awarding the first prize to Ken- tucky whiskey. Carpe diem.—A good day for carp. Vade mecum.—What ‘ll you take? A l'Anglaise.—A dude. Pour acquit.—Received payment (obsolete). Absence d'esprit.—Total abstinence. Alter idem.—To change one’s idea. Ars longa, vita brevis—Cut it short, and write on but one side of the paper. Béte noir.—A colored tramp. Ad nauseam.—A patent medicine “ ad.” A perte de vue.—A saucy look. Argumentum ad hominem.—Y ou 're another. Cuas. F, Luatis. Now that the telegraph strike is over, let us move immediately upon the works of the enthusiastic oper- ator in New York, who cannot see you dancing at the window with your message, wild to send it off and frantic to catch the train that is just moving, until he has made his victorious move in the game of checquers he is playing with the operator in Denver. All re- forms in telegraphy were not definitely accomplished by the failure of the strike. comicbooks.com