Life, 1887-03-10 · page 6 of 18
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 134 This page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"On the Eve of Discovery"** - An illustration showing figures camping near a mountain, accompanying a narrative about an expedition discovering a geological formation. The text references "The Greatest Show on Ice" and mentions a pump christening. 2. **"Dispatching News"** - A section about messengers delivering news of the discovery to Life and New York daily papers, with accompanying sketches of people traveling rapidly downhill. 3. **"A Colossal Advertisement"** - An illustration of a giant fossilized iceberg shaped like a human head with elephant tusks, presented as a natural curiosity of the explored region. 4. **"A Serious Case"** - A joke dialogue between a Philadelphia patient with insomnia and a doctor, establishing a humorous medical scenario. The overall theme appears to blend adventure narrative, news satire, and medical humor typical of Life's satirical content.
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- LIFE: ON THE EVE OF DISCOVERY. * We passed the night beneath the spreading branches of a petri- fied forest, listening to the booming of the canyons in the distance, LISTENING TO THE BOOMING OF THE CANYONS. and lulled into gentle slumber by the tuneful song of the coyote."— Vol. 1., chap. 17. * «© « A COLOSSAL ADVERTISEMENT. “Among the natural curiosities of the region explored we found a colossal iceberg in the form of a human head with elephant tusks, | securely fastened to the side of the mountain, The commander, who had seen such things before in the course of his travels, manifested no surprise at this discovery, but called our attention to the adamantine qualities of the cheek, which he said was unequaled in the history of advertising. With due pomp we christened it ‘The Greatest Show on Ice,” and reluctantly left it to its lonely grandeur."—Vol. XV/., hap. 43. chap. 43. . y 7 DISPATCHING NEWS. JU‘ Messengers with full accounts of the discovery were immediately dispatched to Lire, and the New York daily papers, The trip down the mountain side was exciting to the last degree, and rather wearing upon the constitution, but the survivors express themselves as regard- ing the expedition as the most fascinating reminiscence of their lives. “The monotonous runjacross the prairie was enlivened by several deadly attacks on the part of a Wild West Show on a grand scale, but beyond the loss of one day’s rations, and a hot keel which destroyed one vessel and seventeen manuscript volumes of reminiscences, no serious damage was sustained."—Vol, LV,, chap, 110. For Sale by all Newsdealers, LX. Volumes, gromo, A CuRE for poverty — Sinecure, A SERIOUS CASE. “ OCTOR,” said a Philadelphia patient;“+I’m troubled with insomnia, and I want you to do something for me.” “ Do you lie awake most of the night?” asked the physician. “No, I'm all right at night, but I can’t get any sleep during the day.” comicbooks.com