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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains editorial commentary and two satirical cartoons from an undated issue of Judge magazine. **Top cartoon:** Depicts a figure in period dress, likely commenting on political or social hypocrisy, though the specific subject is unclear from the image alone. **"Overcautious" cartoon (bottom):** Shows a bridge policeman warning a carriage driver against allowing "crank jumpers" on the bridge. This appears to satirize either excessive caution by authorities or public anxiety about a contemporary threat—possibly referencing anarchist concerns or reckless behavior—though the specific historical reference is unclear without additional context. **Editorial content:** The text discusses various political figures and social commentary, including references to General Logan, Democratic nominations, and Cleveland, suggesting this addresses late 19th-century American politics, though exact dating and all specific references remain uncertain.
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W. J. Ame, Haney R Hart Bensnano GrLLas ~ 1. GRroony GW. Hotmes, Je, Prepenice W. NOsTRaxD PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK President ~ as Vice-President Art Dey Fattor Manager Advertising Manager ~ TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS UNITEO STATES AND CANADA. Is ADVANCE, ‘One copy, one year, or 22 numbers, One copy, sx months, or 3 numbers, One copy, for IB weeks... cents each. THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., Single coptes FPr-Ievoe Is for salo regularly at the Ame change in Paris and the Americ hange in Low Or TWo EVILS it is better to choose the—that is to say, the third. GENERAL Bootn's artic should be very popular. know. of salvation It's English, you OF THE KINGLY and more or less majestic Georges it would appear that Henry proposes to be the last. ‘THE PLATFORMS of the tw@ state committees— When you have nothing to say, say it boldly | and with all your might “GERONIMO AS HE 18” is a heading in an exchange. It would be far more pleasant to know Geronimo as he isn’t. Axbert Epwarb is not undutiful or avari- cious, but sometimes he thinks it sad that somebody doesn't prorogue the queen. AN OLD WoMAN in London without hope or| money claims to be the daughter of George IV. | This would seem to indicate that sheis without pride too. ill be It makes one sick to ist all his life on specta als. A SCIENTIST says the coming man bald and toothless. thitik of having to e cle and spoon vict Mr. Georak Joxes has grown so cool toward | his esteemed contemporaries that his little river has hidden itself beneath a mass of dark, for- bidding ice. Cause and effect. Every DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE on the pan-electric committee is defeated for renom- ination with the single exception of Oates of Alabama, and as for him he prefers thistles. ONE WOULD THINK from the record of Mr. Geronimo that he led the Democratic party of uae: offensive a partisan for all that that he ought to go, THE STARTLING PROPOSITION that Mrs Lang- try would be attended by her husband having been successfully disproved, we may assume with entire safety that the drama is itself been doing some good The general is a He knew well enough that t with those prohibitioni shrewd politician. aine was all rig on the stump. Wuat Propet De Vo | his warm weather around in winter. That sultriness of last week was unspeakably mis- placed. We must have ourJohn Calvin when it can be made a little comfortable. Ir Mr. WitteLaw Rep will get up an ex- pedition to look into the Black river country we hereby guarantee that he shall be made a present of the stream thus known, with only the fish and the water-power reserved. THE PRESID adays these mentioned, inquire reminiscent! land? For heaven's sake! who It will appear presently that they are about as forgetful as he is. had some old friends. HENRY GEORGE is one of those thinkers who imagine that with nothing to start on and an utter absence of brain or ability the average man can multiply his chances by nothing and come out with three good, square meals a day. The late Mr. Jeremy Diddler was a thinker of that kind too. A FATAL UTTERAN When R. Codman, mugwump of Boston, said that if the Democrats nominated straight-out Democrat instead of Cleveland he shouldn't vote for the nominee the Liberty on Bedloe’s island took up her scattered hands from the ground, applied them to her some- what misplaced countenance, and wept till the Joutflow ran in eight large and continuous streams through her emotional fingers. It is such things as these that produce revolutions; and it is a significant fact that from the moment of that utterance nobody has caught i" single fish. ‘D THE FAVORITE. The power behind the throne is not necessa- rily greater than the throne itself, but it is by no means without its influence. They credit little Dan Lamont with being the king ‘or- ite, and there may presently arise the question |as to which is the favorite and which the king. wants is to bring 4 Jittle while ago, indeed, there was a propo- sition in one of the papers to nominate Dan for president, and this little boom may itself over considerable territory. It mu: |admitted that the king did write those v messages and he did catch those fish, t nothing of the charming lady whom he cer- jtainly won before the favorite led in to arrange the details ; but the public services of the favorite have been numerous although rendered ina private capacity, and some day y get too much credit for them. We desire to bring no dissension into the circles of the court at Washington; but beware, your majesty HOME AGAL They come trooping back, the summer wan- derers, a truly miscellaneous company, tired lof their roving and glad to have the rest for vhich most of them have searched in vain. Fifth avenue opens her mansions, the rooms whereof are filled with light and beauty and music ; the artist studies with keen zest the jlights and shades of home ; the theatres are given up to new ideas in old form and old ideas in new and curious shapes, and the sparkle of eyes set in nut-brown and eager faces shows that they are enjoyable whether they are inva- riably good or not. There is an aristocracy of idleness whose re- turn is half as noticeable. Its luxury is vicious and its enjoyment is the more keen the more lit shows dirt. It comes shambling in, sun- his old district; but we do insist that he is so BRIDGE POLICEMAN—** Kim doon out 0’ thot now an’ open the dure uv yer wagin. that'll be havin’ any av thim crank jumpers shmuggled on the bridge.” It's not me comicbooks.com