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# The Judge, Page 2: Satirical Commentary on 1880s America This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"The Telegraphic Strike"** argues that telegraph workers' strikes harm the public good. The editorial advocates government ownership of telegraph systems to prevent labor disputes from disrupting national communication—a progressive position for the era. **"A Modern Sampson"** compares Senator Dorsey to the Biblical figure who destroyed his enemies' temple at great personal cost. The satire suggests Dorsey, having been used as a political tool by the Republican Party, may now sabotage the party out of revenge, accepting mutual destruction for vindication. **"Getting Ready for the Race"** mocks Samuel Tilden's presidential ambitions, suggesting his age and frailty make him an unlikely candidate despite lavish support from newspaper editor Watterson. The tortoise-and-hare reference questions whether money alone ensures electoral victory. A brief item on "Criminal Carelessness" condemns pharmacy errors causing deaths from mistaken ingredients—calling for stricter standards in medicine compounding.

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THE J 328 Pea NO’ UDGE. | Sts, (Franklin S THE TELEGRAPHIC STRIKE, Mayy | us the telegra the ir fered with, tl ties of ployers and ¢ the right of best terms he able; but ould n disputes abou try dy for this tial guarante trouble—will the duties 1 ex line would result facilities int comp: they would 1 egraph s to be entr ofa vule ard ly, sons have the We pl 1 mploy iblic s re, thi work witl | ing < the m: t the is ta graphers, however, est, and the publ the obvious moral, ‘The moral is, crm Union Telegraph | tem of the country. That | be inter: | ould | he merey 1 heard of out- | safree country, and man to make the | his employers is indis- the public ice of the coun- at the mercy of strikes or it w The only true a y the ( stal te leg resnlt y t sh only substan- rence of the n of tel rmment id in the assumpti iovernment. hunder G ¢ngland, graph system has work. | ng in an alm st perfect | 1 cost to the it revenue to ot be difficult | diminish me result some scheme for purchasing the and rom th a further conv pushing of teleg districts whither the extend them because Of course a postal-tel- | be ran with other views | phic THE JUDGE. than to make money and though 4 bly result, that revenue would unq would no lon: be the first consideratior ‘The telegraphers’ strike, and the uneasine oned, mark graphic history eminently nt interference. and inconvenience it has oce in tele an cy suited for Gove A MODERN SAMPSON. Wien Sampson pulled down the pillars and involved himself and his foes in a com- mon ruin, he had it many wrongs to avenge on the Philistir and he did not | ‘set his life at a pin’s fee,” if, by sacrifici Indeed, it, he could get even with them life, to the blinded and captive seareely have seemed a thing of much Ina very similar position docs Senator De sey stand today. For ** life” read *liber- *and for ‘eyes? read ** wealth,” and for “Philistines” read tl Republic arty” ant the is clear enough 1 the law, but h ped it ata mighty sacrifice of weal reputation, If he « y has es n pull down the pillars of Republicanism, he has little to lose by be- nvolved in their fall ne Tis ¢ everely, dU he has a very sweet revenge to closures have already; and little sympathy with the shaken t surely one can hav men who used him first as a tool or complico—it matters little which—and after- wards as at. Doubtle many a man, from Blaine down, a scapes ss there is who wishes that Dorsey had been taken better care of. GETTING READY FOR THE,RACE. Mr. TILve is ¢ eom to be them ing to run: seem to hope that > will develope | very unexpected turn of speed when the time And th who cannot the Jes so lavishly supplied by Mr, Watterson, and view Mr. Tilden athlete of thew and endurance, out of the ‘That fa- t the race n and sinew comfort they mi f the hare and the torto nt us (no pun intended) th fable is 0 ways to the swift nor the battle to the ind though, in the race which Saml. is to be entered for (if he lives so long) he will searcely catch any hai ping, still doubtle forting one to his dherents, All the public nd may the best man—be he hare or tortoise—win. desires is to see a fair rac CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. Tue daily pay ‘ons! to chronicle fatal acciden arising from the nce of drug carelessness or igno! 8’ assist- Sometimes senic for epsom salts; sometimes it is laudanum for some harmless mixture—but the end ikes is too often a cor- quest. It is a pity that that should be the’end of it. The more legitimate end mart tern ants in compounding medicines. it is such mi oner’s of imprisonment fo nt, can | the fable must be a com- | ntly called upon | the careless dis] right to stand beh he kn what manner of dru ling. But if these men are cul- at shall be a short time since, er, who certainly has no nd the counters of adrug store u he is han pable, w aid of the druggist who, in reply toa woman who asked to be directed to a doctor, from her description undertoc the symptoms, to pre. | scribe himself, a ad put her up a medicine | which poisoned her husband within twenty- four hours Ilave we any better use for our State prisons (since the seaffold is presuma- | bly unattainable in such acase) t an forsuch rant, dangerous F pretenders Th ul the poor, who grudge a doctor's fee, and who counter prescriptions | are all too ready to trust behind a few big bottles quack who sits Colored waterand It appears that tion had been in the habit in-cure them, pretends he in qu in this manner for some time for the death ns husband is not the only We c happy-¢ kind of way, like of the old rhyme ribir —not always successfully, of this poor w hat has been 1 dat his doors. well imagine him going on in p-it-to-chance s come to 1 I physics, bleeds ‘em, sweats ‘em; And if they choose to dic Why then, of eo If they chance to die, Lets Say ‘twas nature did it; If they chance to live Why © the doctor credit.” This kind of practice should be discour- aged at this epoch of the nineteenth century, and in acity like New York, few sal- u acertain type of dr to discourage it. ‘The > some mens that their per y examples am would do much is nothing that will ful as the knowl erty and com rt depend upon their making deadly kl be encouraged to be careful by every means we can devise, no mistak . and people who. hi drugs sho CITY NOISES. A svi recently brought by a lady in West certain Mr. Smith business opposite up forcibly the nitisancs 53d street to restrain from carrying on his d: her premises, bri of noise, which is so extremely prevalent in this city. In the ease de: noise of milk-eans and d tin tion a great That the ry wagons, in qu 3 to be said upon both sides. con- ing as it does practically all night, cre- ates a pandemonium well nigh unbearable, listened to it, will readily aps there is nothing noisier as in which milk is carried, and assuredly those who handle them do not particularly consult the nerves of the people who may be Then a peculiarity’ of t anyone, who believe. I than these great tin ¢ within carshot. business is t | is at its noisiest during hours when the ma- jority of mankind desire to be slumber—and who could slumber amid a fu- | silade of milk-cans? On the other hand, the buried in comicbooks.com