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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It features commercial advertisements for various late 19th-century products and services, including: - Bicycles (Columbia, Victor, Club Cycles) - Food products (Liebig's Extract of Beef, Fosse & Blackwell's Jams) - Furniture and home goods (Roux & Co. curtains, parquet flooring) - Extracts and flavorings (Burnett's) - Hotels (West End Hotel, New York) - Various other goods The only notable editorial content is "The Sportsman's Lament and Joy," a poem about fishing disappointments. There is **no political cartoon or satirical commentary** on this page—it represents Life magazine's revenue model: mixing modest editorial content with extensive paid advertising to reach affluent readers interested in consumer goods and leisure activities.

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“COLUMBIAS” HICHEST GRADE ONLY. POPE MFG. CO. , TF raaklia St. BOSTON. * rosse & Blackwell's FRESH FRUIT JAMS ade from English Fresh Fruits AND REFINED SUCAR RE SOLD BY ALL GROCERS IN THE UNITED STATES. OR CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT. GEO. MATHER’S SONS RINTING INK 60 JOHN STREET, N. Y. HIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH UR SPECIAL - LIFE - INK. TULL LEATHER TOP. DIRECT TO ConsUMER. cr Saving 25 to 40% ROAD CARTS A speciatty. For full Miustrated Cata- P logue and COMPLETE “ay WORSE BOOK, sond = aix cts. in stamps. PIONEER BUGGY CU, COLUMBUS, oO. €/ LOUIS VUITTON, well-known Trunk Manufacturer, who has for € last thirty years astonished ed his pa- ons by constant new models cated a new ck, which for traveling good any yearsto come, the very b ats it out this year, and odel of trunk.” TI wice to ten differ Liebig COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF. INCOMPARABLE IN FLAVOR it Soups, Sauces, (Game, Fish, &c.) Aspic or Meat Jelly. One pound of Extract of Beef equal to forty pounds of lean beef. Genuine only with nature of J. von Lleblg as shown . tte. HOTEL BRESLIN, Lake Hoptacong, New Jersey. Filty miles from New York, NO MOSQUITOES. Altitude, 1,200 feet. Will be open for the sea- son of 189 on Wednesday, June 25. For infor- mation, address GEO, M. RROCKWAY, M Gilsey House, New York C er, Tue farmer now doth gird his loins and rise at half-past three, and stroll about, as happy as a mortal well could be. ‘Talk to him now of buncosteerers, of three-card- men, He'll smile and say he "* doesn't adem for sich ez them,” Small fear has he for sharps just now. Another thing's in order. He's getting all in readiness to skin the summer boarder.—Latwrence American, The NORTHERN SUMMER RESORTS Jowa and Dakota, acelsior Springs of of Wisconsin, Minnesot: not forgetting the famous Missouri, are niore attractive during the pres- ent season than ever before. An illustrated Guide Book, descriptive of a hundred or more of the choicest spots of crea- tion, on the lines of the Chicago & Milwaukee Railway, will be sent free upon application to A. V. H. Carpenter, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 1, FOR FIFTY YEARS MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRU for fifty years has been used by mothers for their Children while Teething. It soothes the Child, Softens the Gums, Allaysall Pain, Cures Wind Colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 250, a Bottle, DECORATION ROUX Furniture a Curtains. co. 133 FIFTH AVE NEW YORK, SUMMER SCHOOL Acad thon bea! excel Mw N. Tt Roni for etrealar, ARQUET: FLOORING # NATIONAL WOOD -MFG:C<, pe 129-Frete Ave-New YORK: ‘~ WAINSCOTINGS & CEILIN Esrimares civen wiTm an [0OD_GARPETING- * BORDERS ree RUGS: W PATTERNS & PRICES. ON APPLICATION-Oy We buy and sell bills of Exchange on and make cable transfers of money to f Europe, Australia, and the 0 West indies; also make Collections and issue Com- yey mercial ind Travelin, Credit. Gi Shae" parts of the world. Brown Bros. & Co., Bankers,59 Wall St, Letters *LIFE: The Sportsman's Lament and Joy. Once upon a noonday dreary, Whilst a-fishing, lone and weary, Luckless, thirsty, hungry, sore ; Presently a languid feeling Albresistless came a stealing O'er me, and I ruwed to shore. Down I lay there without cover, When the flies began to hover, ‘And the fleas skipped up my pants: Gnats and woodticks held high revel ; “ Skeeters “ stabbed me like the d ‘And the earth seemed black with ants, Vainly did I seek to slumber ; Bugs and spiders without number Danced like demons on my head ; Polecats. ‘possums, squirrels, ground-hogs, Lizards, turtles, beetles, pond-frogs Seemed possessed tO share my bed. ‘Thus I lay until the morrow, Wond'ring if surcease {rom sorrow er came to human kind. While the mists of morning lifted, O'er my nose a paper drifted, Gently wafted by the wind. Straightway, then, I ceased all musing, While the little scrap perusing There I read the blissful charms Of a sleeping-suit, inclosingg An imaginary sportsman, dozing Like some child in mother's arms. Thus I read and saw a picture Of a robe without admixture— Made of camel's natural wool, Made with folds that clasp together, Made to suit all kinds of weather— For winter, warm : for summer, cool. So I ordered one to try it Let no skeptic here deny Fleas are cuchred ! ** Skeeters " mute. Robed am I like king in ermine, Safe from every kind of vermin, ‘Thanks to " Jaexer's Sleeping-Suit 1” S.B. erage mran temperature for 10 years has been Flt Ang, 6. California, Manager the DEL CORO: {9 cents per ton for 10 years, $100,- 000 caah and aites at 110" per act worth 1, special inducements, uring ener pri HERG TOWN ANS AS, COAL “LIFE” BINDER. Cheap, Strong and Durable. PITTSBURG, Will hold 26 Numbers. Mailed toany part of the United States for $1.00, postage free Address: OF FICE OF “LIF 28 W. 23d Street, New York. at home. Send two cents in stamps for engraved Synopsis, and mention this jour- nak NAvgi¥: Ontoodby, Publisher Roches- ter, N.Y. “CLUB” CYCLES. HONETIC SHORTHAND—Exercises P corrected for Students who wish to study - SWIFT SAFETY, MOD! Simplest and easiest running market feties on the Six different kinds of safeties, from Stoo to Stas, All highest grade, and guaran- teed. Send for catalogue. COVENTRY MACHINISTS’ CO., La., 289 Columbus Ave., Moston, Mass, PREMIERE, QUALITE CIGARETTE the standard of punty s-4 ‘The faultless union of two matchless tobac- cos prevents that dryness of the throat usually juced by smoking other brands. Do na * allow prejudice to prevent you from giving this incomparable cigarette a trial. It is simply perfection, and a luxury, and not a low-priced article, Our Vanity Fair and other Smoking Mix- tures are the finest for the pipe. WM. S. KIMBALL & Co. 15 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. The Inglenook Wines. SOLD IN CLASS ONLY. Gottled at the Vineyards Iu California, Purity Guaranteed by the Pare ine Si ip of the State, Also Bottles Wired. $4.50 TO 87.50 PER CASE. [ According to Age. DISCOUNTS TO THE TRADE. H. B. KIRK & CO., Sole Agents tor the Cities of New York and Brooklyn. 89 FULTON ST., 9 WARRES ST., BROADWAY AND 27th ST. Established 1833. WEST END HOTEL, Fort Washington on the Hudson, W YORK. Only 23 minutes from 3oth Street and Ninth Avenue via Hudson River R. R. 12 minutes from Hotel to Cable Road (178th Street), connecting with Elevated Railroads. Large Airy Rooms with Bath. Exceptional Table. —-Stabling for Horses.— CHAS. SAUERLAND. BURNETT’s gerFECTL. Standard ~~ Flavoring e JOSEPH BURNETT & CO. BOSTON AND CHICAGO. TESTIMONY OF DELMONICO CHEFS AND OTHERS. This tx to Certify, That the Standard Flavoring Extracts of Jen ph Burnett Boston, Mass., viz., Orange, Kote, us, and we recommend the uniformly pureand reliable brand of Fi Extracts, When we demand the bes Burnett s” ACHILLE LENTZ Chef at Del HENRY GERMAIN «Chef at De F. FERE, Chef at Astor Hovst R. H, SILVERBRANDT, Chef at Orcutt get comicbooks.com