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This page from *Judge* magazine contains several distinct elements: **The Main Cartoon** (titled "A Sufficient Call"): Shows two women at a piano where a man appears trapped or pinned beneath it. The satire likely comments on domestic entrapment through courtship/marriage rituals—the piano being a Victorian symbol of female accomplishment, now weaponized to trap the suitor. **Carl Pretzel's Philosophy**: A column of German-accented aphorisms offering social commentary in broken English. These are cynical observations about marriage (requiring two tickets instead of one), political hypocrisy, and hidden virtue, reflecting *Judge*'s satirical voice. **Supporting Content**: The page also includes fundraising notices for the Grant Monument Fund and advertisements for household products (porous plasters, fountain pens, indurated fiber ware). The "Rhymes Where It Grows" section ridicules American regional accents and dialect poetry. **Overall Context**: This represents typical *Judge* content—mixing domestic humor, social satire, and advertising while maintaining an irreverent tone toward contemporary American life and manners.

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The * Judge's " Second Prize Offering | Grant Monument Fund. the examination of the competitive papers in the second coutest, Just closed, has so far progressed as to enable ale ely that a decision will be reached in time for Th 0 In next week's Jepax fewe of the paper jepalar in the contest, a complete list of all the other persons tall | for, together with the aggregate number of votes - New York, June 20. Por Kicuano T. Garexee, Association, Josed find check of the Judge Publishing Co, prvcreds of the second prize contest Instituted by nt fund. venience, and oblige, Very truly yours, W. J. Augett, President, & proceeds of the second Jvve is day, and to: present their acknowled; the to the proposed General Grant at Riverside Park, received from your Journal, Very cruly yours, WARD T. GREENER, Secretary. IT RHYMES WHERE IT GROWS. Mr. J. H. Williams of Norri that a southern poetess rhymes “corn” and “gone.” Well. that's correct; that’s a good thym » the poem was written and the author can’t Le responsible for the vagaries of ion all over At In the land of d myrtle, where they say “ coan ” what is the matter with making Now in the own complains a key did he and collaborator ithe next line of the couplet with ** yexter- but he of Arkansas goes calmly and cor- rectly on wit toe di ae aurmaount can and “calf” with poet in the republic iting an ode te ate, would mai but the peo, would use olll-fashioned times th bleeding. ple who live on the line bedding. u Pennsylvani seep on. and three to cove A COMMON.-SENSE REM at In the matter of curatives what you want is something that will do its work while you continue to do yours—a remedy that will give you no inconven- | — ience nor interfere with your business. Such a remedy is ALLCOCK’S POR- OUS PLASTERS. These plasters are purely vegitable and absolutely harm- less. They require no change of diet, and are not affected by wet or cold. Their action does not interfere with labor or business; you can toil and yet be cured while hard atwork. They are SO pure that the youngest, the oldest, the most delicate person of either sex can use them with gi eat benefit. | kitchen machinist. npire of Arkansas if |+ uther bed to} CARL PRETZEL'S PHILOSOPHY. Efery dog vas hafe his day times, and efery cat hafe her night out, ‘oost der same like a Der man und_vomans vas one, vhen dhey got sphliced, b hafe to buy dwo dickets vhen he oes on 8 mit her. | Polidical honesty vas der second-hand cousin | of a religious hypocrit. | Der farmer mans, dot lets der weeds grow his |farm yard ub, can raise a mortgage on ‘em in a leedle vhile. Der feller dot can vhittle a pooty goot charac. ter out of der rough chibs of efery day life, he vas ondidled to haf a goot abbetite on his tomb- shtone, Der real dreasures of dis worldt vas so shmall det a feller could shtuff em all on der outside in of his heart. It looks as if the president were being beaten over Drum’s shoulders as well as over his own. iG OF FOUNTA THE YALE TRIUMPH. Warranted Unconditionally. Prices 0c. to. $7.00. Send for Catalogue or call and see it. DO YOU WANT A PAIL? KEPT BY Mention Juvae. ‘polit 135 William street, N.Y. | No hoops to loosen, BRIEFS. Stone walls do not a prison n acage. Shove that gold Jacob Sharp in Buffalo EF. ry A. Livermore sa} ns open to wi won't have to work at on bars cuspidor this way here are 127 o¢- nd by the men Bits, “Haven't you—aw care how much I have to pay Larry Donovan wants to pp from the feet-high bridge at Clifton, Eng., but the police don't t hit it. Donovan would make his twenty-first st le from the bridge.—Koch- exter Post-Express, To find out how old a lady is—as lady.—Dansville Breeze. It is better to rise with the lark than with the bent pin.— Burlington Free Press. The scarcity of farm ds and the plentitude of tramps offers a nice question for study to the onomist.—The Saratogian. Tdon't — Harper's Bazar. some other y town for Demand unprecedented. R, W. TANSILL & CO.. Chicago, TO | FAMILIES AND FARMERS. DO YOU WANT A MILK PAN? or any family utensil for HARD service. Light, Strong, Durable, 1 ndsome, € No bottom to drop out ASK FOR INDURATED FIBRE WARE, ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. Union Indurated Fibre Co., 110 CHAMBERS STREET, New York.