Life — February 17, 1887 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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

HOW. HE WANTED IT DONE. RIEND: Now, Charley, I'd advise you to have the operation per- formed by Dr. Sawbones. He fis a very skillful surgeon, and will perform his work in a rare manner. PATIENT (alarmed): Rare? I'd rather it be well done. ENNYSON is said to be engaged in | an adaptation of “When this Old | Hat was New,” for the Queen to sing at | her jubilee. GOING INTO THE MINISTRY. ATHER: I hear you've decided to go into the ministry, Samuel. Son: Yes, father. FATHER: So you're going to work for | the Lord, eh? Son: Yes, father, but I trust it won't be long before I shall get a $10,000 salary. E have Knights and Peers in this Republican land just as they have in England. Only our Knights deserted the Piers for | the sake of higher wages. T is customary to poke fun at the Eng- lish for saying, “’Arf 'n ‘arf,” but we think that a much better way to say it than the German “holluf undt holluf.” POPE, PRUSSIA AND PEACE. COMPLETE understanding has been reached by Prussia and the Pope on questions of Church and State. They are as happy as two P's in a pod. T is said that the French have reason to fear an epidemic of Krupp. POOR ENGLAND! The U.S. Navy (with its fiercest voice): TAKE CARE, OR, BY THUNDER! THERE MAY BE AWA’ A. COHESIVE TALE, comicbooks.com