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This page from *Judge* contains several satirical pieces typical of 19th-century American humor: **Main Cartoon ("The Latest Dodge"):** Shows a tramp threatening a homeowner, demanding money or he'll "hang myself here." The satire mocks the era's vagrants who used self-harm threats as extortion tactics against property owners. **"A Minstrel's Alms":** A narrative poem by William Washburn satirizing sentimentality in popular literature—a minstrel's music seduces a squire's daughter, and a beggar profits from the chaos. **"For the Petit Jury":** Brief satirical quips on contemporary topics: Cleveland's removal of Republican office-holders, the dog-star (Sirius), cheap Washington hacks, and wordplay on poetry. **"Rapid Transit":** Mocks the discomfort and chaos of urban streetcar travel, where passengers compete for seats and violence ("clubbed") is commonplace. **Final note:** A Pennsylvania teacher's cruel punishment of students using corn cobs—compared unfavorably to animal treatment, invoking Henry Bergh (animal welfare advocate).

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THE JUDGE. A MINSTREL'S ALMS. It fell on a day in leafy June, When ladies tender been Blithe Harry with his fute « Went lig tune ea, down the A hundred maids, there were no more, A minstrel may not li At window, Repressed a risin yrden nd door A cripple blocked his way to beg Aco 2 mi “Lag ind, be that thy task, Thou shalt not lack a fe They saw Squire Acres swolle His daughter s Now, Cripple, try thy nimble wit, Well may it thee betide.” sit al wife beside, Then he: ** Give alms to ch: Twofold will Heaven rep “Tem ‘Thou limping loon, aws not my soul with u Then Harry: 'S The proof will soon appear.” He pressed bis 1 And blew a whistle clear. aire, your heart you wrong, + to his fairy “TM play a If slut rem Myselfwill pay the Cripple’s fee, If not and we'll agree,? 1 your eyes, T name the prize The first note merry Harry pl daughter's What thief Ob, gentle n ances drop y foolish heart waylays? tel, ste She listened, trembled, Dushed and sighed, Then bent ber timid knee, dh, minstrel, spare my maiden pride And pay your court to me." eyes open wide. My wife, my land be thine; than life ring child resign.” Loud Harry laughed, the Cripple took A large and shining fee: om tender bi Ale js the minstrel broke, ed walls two or three, WILLIAM WASHBURN, Rapid Transit. the world’s a Yes, a belt line ar, None of the back sea but le atcach end and wor both ways, the back seat man frequently finds himself unexpectedly ahead, u want uniform con the trip, take a middle seat und be satistied with it. nis stage carries the males, and man should be provided with a fair, as se who are not are often clubbed. Con- siderable enjoyment is found along the way, but coming to the destination is generally a grave matter. “All speare. round trip once a y sengers seem to Want a * the vehicle has 3 says Shak- making the 18 YLVANIA TEACHER punishes re- fractory pupils by making them stand on the floor with corn cobs in their mouths. It is also a common practice in that district, we are told, to give refractory colts, etc., corn intheear. Bergh is wanted out there wrt throughout | | and For the Petit Jury. sriously, is the dog-star a Skye-terrier? They had cheap hacks in Washi time. George took one hin: Cherry Tree. 3 cannot be darned well. 3 they cannot even look Striped stocki Jenny June. rned well. Whenever the re patient, the Indians saucerer. sok upon him as a The old Jews knew all about hydrogen and oxygen, You remember the formula: “HO, every one that thirsteth.”” Tt is foolish of M World for libel, Dr. Pasteur for treatment. or Grace to sue the Cleveland will not remove many Repub- lican office-holders, they say,—not more than sixty or seventy thousand, is gently informed ‘that ty” is perfect rhyme for “silhouette!” ball was well known in’ the Garden of Eden. Ise why are we are told, that things pen innin Cleveland s he is ‘‘alone a good deal.” So the ladies think. If he had been a four- -half loan he would have been taken long One of the Chinese cava commanded by a woman y regiments is as beautiful as vation doctor cups a | Tt would cost less to go to | Arkansas lady who sends us a poem |* {she is brave.” But how brave she is. the paper doesn’t say ‘There was an old diver of Dover Who murmured ‘ Moreover! Moreovi But when ‘twas a blunder He sh “more under!” This lively old diver of Dover, Machinery may be expected to lose by |friction. It doesn’t know any better. But how do you account for all of these tired young men carrying canes with such en- thusiasm, and wasting their strength all the while? We call Mr. Field’s attention to the fact that there ought to be a monument to Julius Cwsar. ‘There is danger that these great men will be forgotten if their tombs are not ornamented, and Julius has not even a gravestone, Briefs Submitted. R, MORGAN, “Whats that ere axe for?” inquired a turalist, pointing to the axe hanging in the unboat cabin, Oh, that’s hung there merely in case of jan ax-ident,” replied the porter, One of S: mayor of am Jone: yhors on s the janta the father of a family while the aldermen are the uncles and wnnts. Ifthe aldermen are much like their New York compeers he might have finished the figure by saying that every lover of clean government is a cussin’, Another point of resemblance between the busy editor and the industrious burglar is | their common dislike of long sentences. THE LAT Tramp—“ See here, boss. what will you DODGE. w give me if I don't hang myself here? You know anything like thet would depreciate property ! comicbooks.com