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This page is primarily **advertising and commercial content** rather than political satire. The dominant features are large advertisements for department stores (E. Ridley & Sons, James McCreery & Co.), opticians (Waldstein), and clothing retailers (Jones), promoting fall/winter goods like dress fabrics, hats, gloves, and household items. The only editorial cartoon visible is a small illustration labeled "SOZODONT" (a toothpaste advertisement) featuring a caricatured face, likely mocking dental hygiene or promoting the product through humor—typical 19th-century advertising practice. The scattered text fragments appear to be satirical commentary on contemporary society (wives, weather, Princeton students), but lack sufficient context for clear political interpretation without the full articles.

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PUCK. 547 1 Association is daily demonstrat- ing the anmsthetic effects of nitrous oxide gas in the painless extraaion of teeth. The number of patients certifying that their teeth had been drawn without pain, and that the gas was pleasant 43. This includes from one te y teeth extracted. Jo. 19 Cooper Institute, New York. IMPURE BREATH isthe most disagreeable result of de- cayed teeth, a3 well for the afflicted ‘one as for his surroundings. ‘The cause thay saally be removed b by cleaning the teeth daily with the popular, fragrant SOZODONT. rdens the gums tens. the’ teeth—Gentlemen, that smoke should regularly use SOZODONT. It removes the disagreeable smell of Tobacco. ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT. 1879 JONES 1840 OPENING FALL AND WINTER GOODS. # * m .* JONES * FANCY GOODS. MILLINERY. Boys’ SUITS. GLOVES, ee Hovsarurnisec Goons. SILVERWARE. GLASSWARE. * CROCKERY. He CHINA. * * jshth Avenue * * * head CLOTHS. DOMESTICS. UPHOLSTERY. FURNITURE, DRESS Goons. SUITS & CLOAKS. SHAWLS, SKIRTS, &. * Ed Newest styles of x: Person: d House! eee Have just opened twenty cases of Rich and Rare Noveltics DRESS GOODS. Fine Medium and Low Priced Plaim Fabrics, AN ELEGANT CAMELS HAIR at 61.00. per yard. Oxford Suitings, SMALL DAMASED DESIGNS now $0 fashionable in Paris. STRIPEO EFFECTS FOR PLAIN SKIRT AND JACKETS. The most exquisite designs in EVENING TISSUES ever imported. Embroidered CAMELS HAIR AND ARMURE FOR COSTUMES ENTIRERLY NEW. Joun Ketty expects to come in for gate- money, anyhow.— Washington Republic. Joaquin Miter has lived nearly fifty years. —WN. Y. Herald. And yet they call Americans hot-tempered and impulsive.— Boston Post, Tue evil of men’s wives lives after them, while the good which they do is seldom spoken of with safety to a step-mother.—.Zoronto Gra- phic. Tue Nez Perces squaws wear their hair coiled on top of the head. ‘Their husbands wear it dangling from their chatelaine belts—Worr. Herald. ‘Tue approach of cold weather, which gives them the chance of swearing that they never drink, is gladly hailed by red-nosed men— Phila, Kronikle-Herald. Men who shoot their wives for fancied wrongs and then kill themselves make a great mistake. They ought to reverse the operation and kill themselves first.—Afodern Argo. .THe best excuse for suicide we ever heard was of the fellow who said he wanted to get into the next world before all the soft places were taken up.— Boston Transcript. “ SetH GREEN wants sportsmen to return to the water all trout under seven inchesin length.” If that was done the series of New Hampshire fish stories would have to be wound up.—JBos- ton Post. ‘THE words “ majolica jar” are pronounced “ ma-yol-ica yar” by persons of culchah, and with such an accent as would be given by a mouth talking while holding hot mush—J. O. Picayune. “Ip I have got to die, I would rather be shot to death with muskets than starved to death,” says Zach Chandler. And he prefers to be “shot with a pocket-pistol.” — Mew Haven Register. Ocroser is the happiest month for the tem- perate farmer. The glorious days have then arrived when he can fill up on whiskey and blame his intoxicated condition on hard cider. —Phila, Kronikle-Herald. Two Javanese princes are the present lions of London society. It is possible they Malay their heads together and pay a visit to Amer- icaa—. Y. Mail. Javanesy time making that joke?— Boston Comm, Bulletin. “Tr is useless to argue with a man who wears a number five hat and a number eleven boot” was the remark of-a disgusted debater who had been holding a session with a remarkably obtuse and contrary individual.—Mew Haven Regis- ter, Tue students of Princeton are evidently neg- lecting their studies. Nearly three weeks have elapsed since any of them have been arrested for cleaning out a beer saloon and making night hideous with their howls. A great deal of money expended in educating the youth of our land is simply thrown away.— Norristown Herald, Puck is severe on religions generally and the various roads which are supposed to lead to Heaven, but there is sufficient truth in the cartoon to make men think that ec-'esiastical display and rhetorical clap-trap are not the means which the Savior and his Disciples used to lead souls to a better life. —V. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Bartist minister, fishing near Cape Cod, catches a strange fish and asks of the skipp “What manner of fish is this, my good man? It has a curious appearance.” “Yass! Only been ‘round here this year.” “ What do you call it?” ‘We call ’em Baptist. Why so?” “Cause they spile so quick arter they come out of the water.”—Bangor Commercial, D THEATRE. hoay and $34 St. STAND Broads Haxparsow, Proprietor & Manager. EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE, at 1.30. THE ORIGINAL PINAFORE. THE ORIGINAL PINAFORE. THE ORIGINAL PINAFORE. Admission asc., soc., $1 and $1.50. Waldstein, Expert Optician, pera eo eit en Se, WALDSTEIN, 41 Union Square, Cor. Broadway and 17. Str. E. RIDLEY & SONS, Grand and Allen Sts, N. Y. WE ARE OFFERING THIS WEEK Bargains in our 52 Departments LADIES’ HATS. LADIES’ FULL NAP BEAVER HATS, BEST QUALITY, $2. LADIES’ FULL BRUSH HATS, $1.25, $1.60, $1.80. LADIES’ and MISSES" PRENCH FUR FELT, 2 800. 78 $1. WOOL FELT HATS, nest finisb, .quiry and ti (empair which the Public 2Se., 80c., 65. AMERICAN FELT HATS AT 20c. EACH. MEN'S, YOUTHS’ and BOYS’ NOVELTIES, MUCH UNDER HATTERS' PRICES. ‘ CLOAKS and MANTLES. ONE LOT OF NEW WINTER MANTLES, TRIMMED, SILK FRINGE AND STRIPED MOIRE, $6.90, $7.60 and $8.60. MANTLES, $12.50, $13.60, $14.50. IMPORTED MANTLES AND SACQU! S LSTER AND GOSSAM ONE LOT RICHLY TRIM! 40-tnch BLACK (all wool) CASHMERE, 4 48.4och FINE (all wool) BLACK CASH 46-inch HEAVY oud FI 100 PIECES ALI-W 20 PIECES HEAVY FUR-BACK RIBBED CLOAKINGS, 66.10ch wide, $1.50, HALF PRICE. 100 BROCHE LONG SHAWLS, $10.60 ond $12.50, KID GLOVES. LOT OF LADIES" 3-BUTTON GLOVES, 25e. 500 DOZEN LADIES" 4-BUTTONS, 89¢. A PAIR. OUR “MONOGRAM”? GLOVE WARRANTED IN E' way, buttons. S-battons, «buttons. buttons, Sie. $1.45, SPECIALTL FOR INFANTS & CHILDREN, NORMANDY BONNETS, CAPS, CLOAKS, ete. WORSTED SHAWLS, HOODS, WAISTS, eto. HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS TIN, IRON, WILLOW, AND CHINA WARE. CATALOGUE AND PRICE-LIST SENT BY MAIL UPON RECEIPT OF 15 CENTS. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. E. RIDLEY & SONS, 309, $11, 311 1-2 GRAND 87. 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 08, and 10 ALLEN STREET. ‘We. $1.20. Try the “PUCK”? CIGARETTE, ‘Manufactured by B. Pottax, New York. comicbooks.com