Judge, 1886-11-20 · page 13 of 16
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one notable editorial cartoon titled "THE MOST UNCERTAIN PERSON" centered in the layout. The cartoon depicts a disheveled, worried-looking man—appearing to represent an uncertain or anxious everyman figure, though no specific identity is labeled. The style suggests he embodies general anxiety or indecision rather than a particular political figure. The surrounding advertisements—for medical remedies (Emerson's Albumenoid Food, cures for catarrh, consumption, deafness), household goods, sewing machines, and dubious "get-rich-quick" schemes—are typical of late 19th-century publications. These ads often made exaggerated health claims now recognized as fraudulent. The page's satire appears implicit: *Judge* magazine likely used such advertising to mock consumer gullibility while simultaneously profiting from it—a tension between editorial skepticism and commercial necessity.
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Siape: SEPALSEIN GARMENTS ALL THE NEWEST SHAPES, RALSKIN. GAR- MENTS, THE STYLES, QUALITY AND PRICES CAN- NO? BE BEATEN BY ANY HOUSE IN THE FUR TRADE. HENRY SIEDE, Standard Furrier, 14 Went 14th st, bet, Sth & 6th Ave, Ne ¥ ESTABLISHED % YEARS. SEND FOR, CATALOG 2 CAL 1.F Ruslan Bul Dog, $2.50. STERLING-AMERICAN BULL DOG, Heat $3.50, 25 Cal. THE ALFORD & BERKBLE CO. AMBERS ST., N. ¥. © BOX 2002, ~ CARRIAGE RUGS, TRAVELING RUGS, WRAPS and SHAWLS. ve the largest and most elegant line of these goods York City, including many novelties that cannot be wand at any other store. They are offered at very low Warrasted “S. & W." Bull Dog. E. A. NEWELL, MEN’S OUTFITTER, 859 BROADWAY (one door above TO THE LADIES Call and examine our improved ADJUSTABLE DRESS and SKIRT FORMS. Indispensable in eve se all fatigue of standing to have dresses tried on, draped IRT FORM, adjustable to any smail dx an umbrella when . SEND FOR CIRCULAR. DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINECO, Broadway and 14th-st., New York. - CATARRH ELY's CREAM BALM. We have never handled a catarrh remedy that hax in- creased #0 rapidly in sales ax Ely's Cream Balm or that has tion—C. N. Crittenton, 5 Put ton St., New York City. A particle ts applied into each ‘wiceats at Drugalsts ; by mall ELY BROTHERS. Druggtats, Owego, ‘The “ busted ” With loud, bewailing " cusses" All the good money be hath spent For unavailing trases, Now braces up, where'er he dwells— From Lapland to Liburnia He knows that there is one who sells A certain cure for Hernia, FRINK’S RUPTURE REMEDY Will quickly cure any case of Hernia or Rupture. anation and testimonials free. Address O, FRE roadway, New-York i ITISOUR AIM to furnish everything in the way of Necessity. Com: fort and Luxury, that the Sick or the Lazy ran deare. end for our 5O-page ll. lustrated cataloaue de- seribing | our’ Reclining. Ralling. Carrying, and Siaht Cha.re, bous, Tables, Trays, Back Rests, Crutches, Rubber, Sanitary Goods, Coummouts, arth Closets, @c. THE SAROEST MASCPACTERING ComPASY, S11, $16 BROADWAY NEW YOax. A Fearful Leap. Into the abyss of poverty, over the precipice of shortsighted ness is taken by thousands, who might become wealthy, if they avail themselves of their opportunites. Those who write to Hallett & Co., Port jaine, will be informed, free, how they can make from $5 10 $25 a day and upwards, Some have made over $50 in a day. You can do the work ‘and live at home wherever you are located. Both sexes; all ages. All is new. You are started free. | Capital ‘not needed. Now is the time, Better not delay. Every worker can secure a snug little fortune. For “ worn-out," “run-down.” debilitated school teachers, milliners, seamsti ousckcepers, and over worked women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all restorative tonics. It is not a “ Cure-all,” but admirably ful- ‘fills irpose, being @ most potent Specitic for nesaes and Diseases peculiar to women. Las well as uterine, tonic and nerviner mparta vigor and strength to the whole system, It promptly cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloating, | weak back, nervous prostration, debility and slcepleranens, {nt elther sex.’ Favorite Prescription ts sold by, druggias under our positive guarantee. See wrapper around bot Price 81,00, of six bottles for 85,00. = large treatise on Diseases of Women, profusely, tlluatrated with colored plates and numerous wood cuta, sent for to stampa. Address Wont Street, Buffalo, N. Bi press of MacMillan & Co., is an English story of the past and present with a decidedly religious tendency. Mr. Shorthouse is already known as the author of ‘Jean Inglesant” and ‘The Little Schoolmaster Mark.” THE MOST UNCERTAIN PERSON. 1E, Biltous Headache, and Promptly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pellets, vial, by druggists, UMEN A LB FOOD oD aS (OYsrrprics anus] sngements of the stomact isis unrivalled. It is to the stomach, ailays permanently relieves dyspepsia. If your druggist does not keep It, send 15 cents fc ple box. | Samples free to phys and bowels, with The raiser of rutabagas who listened to D. B. Hill's agricultural addresses and then voted to! suit himself. lcoessful Y One who rx. Treated red Bat y | was deaf twenty-cigh by most of the noted specialists witho mac} tn three months, and wince then particulars sent on application. TLS. PAGE, Xo. ft West Mist St., Sada Bailey Fowler has mixed love with the! land and labor problem very successfully in “Irene, or The Road to Freedom.” a book of 612 Pages from the press of H. N. Fowler & Co., 1123} Arch street, Philadelphia. Sentiment is always| JURGE’S Clubbing Rates WITH POPULAR PAPERS York City 0 N 1 ‘ave ‘baw “cored. laden ‘sod TWO BOTTLES PRE, ‘tineate to any eatieree,Olve ‘DRT. A SLOCUM, 141 Peart Sty New York. Poarnvs and Pesesvert ESSE P.CHILDS BRONCHITIS. 130.000 patients have applict, Treatment local _ GATARRT EE te thove cored An every locality ia the country. “Address in order, and the problem mentioned especial interest just at this time. Poreearty twenty years, the ‘as eoppiled the oaly boo Rev. T. P. Childs, Troy, 0, is of Nuinber 3 of the Log Cabin series, by Edward 8. Ellis, entitled ** Footprints in the Forest,” issent out by Porter & Coates of Philadelphia. This | series is genuine but harmless Indian literature, and has the requisite amount of romance along JUDGE and HARPER'S MAGAZINE for - - 87.00) with a deal of history that every youth should JUDGE and HARPER'S WEEKLY for - - - 87.00/ understand and be naturally interested in. It is And Magazines. WE WILL SEND YOU FOR A YEAR SUDGE and HARPER'S BAZARIor - - - - 87.00 JUDGE and HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for 85.00 JUDGE and THE CENTURY MAGAZINE for 87.50 JUDGE and ST. NICHOLAS for - - - - - 86.00 Subscriptions are in all cases payable in advance. Remittances may be made by P. 0. Money-order, Regls- tered Letter, Bank Check or Draft. “JUDGE PUBLISHING CO,, POTTER BUILDING, 38 Park Row, New York. a healthy substitute for the dime novel, the pur- chasers of which ought to be scalped. Henry James's novel, “The Princess Casa- massima,” has been issued in book form by Mac- Millan & Co, The JcpGe hasn't the time or space necessary to pitch into Henry James this week, but, knowing that that amusement is un- avoidable, reserves the privilege for some future occasion. Meanwhile the book will be read with pleasure and profit by half the novel-reading populace. “The Modern Telemachus,” by Charlotte M. Yonge, from the press of MacMillan & Co., is a novel the idea of which was taken from “The For 15 years has been a standara remedy with | Not a secret. with impaired mental faculties nervousness, debility, over-exertion ; refreshes w Phosphite, not a Laboratory Phosphate. tone and all great brain workers, For sale by all druggists, or mail, $1. It aids in the bodily and wonderfully in the mental growth of children, n regain their strength b CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. Physicians treating mental or nervous disorders. Young men It restores the energy lost by A Vital y its use. eakened vital powers in old or young. It is used by the Emperor Dom Pedro, Bismarck, Glad- . CROSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N.Y