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This page is primarily **advertising with light editorial content**. The main pieces are ads for Dr. Sheffield's toothpaste, Boss crackers, luggage, steamship travel, Scotch whisky, and other products. The editorial content consists of three brief **humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons: 1. "The Amiable Spider" — a nature story about spider behavior 2. "Taking No Chances" — a joke about a farmer refusing anesthesia at the dentist 3. "Vexations of New Riches" — satirizing newly wealthy people's social anxieties, particularly a woman uncomfortable with her new butler and the social demands of her elevated status The satire targets **upper-class pretension and the discomfort of the newly rich**, a common theme in early 20th-century humor. No specific political figures or events are referenced.

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LAB Dr. Sheffield’s Anti: Septic Creme SHEFFIELDS CREME Used by the Elite of the World Since 1850 Try, Dr, Shettielare coth Powder put go ceeteatontly for Tourlete. ocean) SOLD. EVERYWHERE. OUCH ROE ZcERA 177 BROADWAY 688 BROADWAY 723 SIXTH AVENUE cross Lake Erie BETWEEN: TWILIGHT AND DAWN Tho D. & B. Line Steamers leave Detroit i .) weekdays at 6:00 p.m , Sundays at 400 p.m. (ceutrai time) and from Buffalo daily at 6:80 m (eastern time) reaching their destination 10 bext morning. ‘Connections with early morning trains. Superior service and }) lowest rates between eastern and western states. Rall Tickets Available on Steamers Michl- Send two cent stamp for illustrated phlet No, 27 F = Address, Dept. C, Detrolt, Mich. Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co, : The Amiable Spider 3 ate spider is not usually credited with amia- bility of temper, and so the proofs brought forward by M. A. Leciallon in La Nature of its material affections are the more interesting. The species concemed is one which makes its nest and web in the cars of cats. The nest of one was broken open, the mother taken out, and another female spider put in, The latter on entering looked around and at once began to close the entrance. When the mother spider is brought back the usurper tries to defend herself, and they exchange blows through the opening. Then the mother goes round the nest to find another en- trance and the usurper tries to escape. She is forced, however, by the other to retire a; the nest. Making a third attempt while the mother is absent again, the usurper escapes, though hotly pursued. Assuring herself that her enemy has really gone, the mothcr enters her nest, and after a while begins to close the opening. The usurper is then placed on the nest three times but alw: retreats in haste. spider, it thus appears, will readily adopt another nest, but will not defend it as she would her own. If, however, the usurper has had possession of the nest for twenty four hours, she will not leave it volun , and will defend it vigorously against its true owner. A spider kept from her own nest for eight days does not try to recover it nor show any interest in it.— London Globe. Taking No Chances . OLD Pennsylvania farmer, while on a visit to Philadelphia, says a writer in the Public Ledger, was taken with a violent tooth- ache, and calling ona dentist, was infotmed that the tooth must be extracted and that he had better take gas for the operation. ‘The patient agreed to this, and then started to count his money. The dentist remarked, “Oh, you need not pay me until I have finished. “T reckon not,” replied the farmer, “but if you are going to make me unconscious, I thought I'd jest like to see how I stand.” Vexations of New Riches WOMAN on the North Side, with a new husband and a new house and newly carved funiture, has a new butler, just imported from Europe. She is very uncomfortable; in fact, she has a new pain almost every time the new butler addresses her, Upon arriving in Chicago the butler’s first self-appointed task was to leam the social value of names, Each day that a large and fashionable function is announced in the paper he says, with absence of expression: “You will be going out, of course, this evening, madam?” “Going out? No; why?” “T understand that madam is to assist Mrs. So and So.” As fashionable entertainments, one after another, have filled the calendar and madam has been at home in dressing gown and slippers the butler’s demeanor has become more and more cool and lofty, until the poor woman confided to her best friend that she feared he would cut her the next time she ordered potatoes au gratin,— Chicago Inter-Ocean. Shaving Without Soap Brush on Cap Half the trouble of shaviny ‘comes from soapy lather rul the face. ~~” EUX-E-SIS is an English preparation, for a quarter of a century ted by men of rebneméat and nice babi. debcate, demulcent cream which quictl hardest beard 10 Taito caus por aree with twice the e In leaves the skin smooth, solt and entiely free from irritation. It is a treasure tap: jut Eves and a razot make a complete shaving set. _ Ideal f a unfety razor. Nove genuise wit nature of Aimee Lloyd in fed sak on tsbe Sold by best druggists, 40c. a tube Extra large, 75c. Send jor explanatory boo Park & Tilford, 917 Broadway, N.Y. Import Agents for U. S. Manalauted by Ames Lerd &e Co, SUMMER HOMES in Green Hills of Vermont and Lake Champlain Terms $4 to $10 per week New trains between Boston, New Vork, Springfield and Vermont points. As good 2s any on the continent tso-page iilustrated brochure mailed free on receipt of 6. in stamps for postage. Address A. W. ECCLESTONE, Ry., 385 Broadway, New York. DO YOU DRINK SCOTCH? S.P.A., Central Vermont SANDERSON’S “MOUNTAIN DEW" SCOTCH Is a real Scotch. comicbooks.com