Judge, 1888-04-21 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 21, 1888 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: **"The Result of Merit"** — A large advertisement for Brandreth's Pills, a patent medicine claiming 50 years of success. This reflects 19th-century medical advertising's common exaggerations and unregulated claims. **Small humorous anecdotes** at top and scattered throughout — Brief jokes about Muskegon liars, pop-corn eaters, and romantic misunderstandings. These are genteel period humor with no specific political target. **"Why Wife Is a Terror"** — A domestic joke suggesting a man should be patient with his wife's "sufferings," reflecting Victorian gender attitudes. **Other ads** — Violin outfits, tea sets, tailors, and medicinal products typical of late 19th-century publications. The page contains **no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures**. It's representative of Judge's mixed content: satirical commentary elsewhere in the magazine paired with advertisements and light domestic humor filler.
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JUDGE POSSIBLE—POSSIBLE? A Muskegon liar's tal on the lake last week an unpar: non was presented. There ix a pl north side « lake that never freezes wing toa thermal spring that bubbles ug the bottom, It is usually avoided, but Capta Coaster forgot all about it until his boat, the * Fly- | ing Dutchman,’ was too close to a Clap- | ping on all sail, the cap) going at the rate of ninety miles an hour. * Dutchman’ m is about twenty but the warm, damp surface of th sing the intensely ‘cold steel runners, froze fast and | was drawn out by the momentum of the boat, lying across the su ea long, elastic b "Tacking the boat sharply | ain was . which had grown cold outer end, snap snort off and a bent sapling with the top cut off. Thousands are visiting the curiosity, as it towers two rods through and a_half mile high; but. it is to be blown down with dynamite, a5 such a hole ix not needed here.” surprised and brittle spring erect lik THE RESULT OF MERIT. When anything stand stands a test of fifty years among a discriminating people, it is pretty good evidence that there is merit somewhere. Few, if any, medi- cines have met with such continued success and popularity as has marked the progress of BRANDRETH’S PILLS, | f which, after a trial of over fifty years, are conceded to bethesafestand most effectual blood purifier, tonic and al- terative ever introduced to the public. That this Is the result of merit, and that BRANDRETH’S PILLS perform |?’ all that is claimed for them, is conclu- sively proved by the fact that those who regard them with the greatest fa-| vor are those who have used them the longest. BRANDRETH'’S PILLS are sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or Sugar-coated. VIOLIN OUTFITS. Hox, Hed ; bow, book, set strings, Ane box, b beat set strings, | i anywnere after three ‘charges abeukd our puede not ry anter., Price Ust free by sending og muiteal poms oweat prices ry day to all parts of the United Stat ran furnish any one de ‘our Fellabllity retere Parties living nearest your hu CHAS F. HANSON & CO., 317 Main Street, Worcester, Mass, PARSONS, SC ARL ETT & CO., TATLIORS, S98 FIFTH AVENVE, Murray Hilt. NEW YORK hose china Tea Set, Dioner Set, nd Muss Hose Totlet Set. Watch. Brass Lamp, | a dollar bill. For full particulareaddress GREAT (MEWICAN TEA CO. SUand'S Vesey St., New Y oF. Dont be a Clam Magistrate (to. witness)—"* Do you know the of an oath, Uncle Rasta K I reckon I d for foahteen yo" mule "New York ers think that there is no more precious nature than to be the object of a baby’s first sweet smile, but bachelors would rather have Journal of Education, jorham man has eaten 60 much pop corn the past winter that his wife now has to feed him on glue and molasses and wet him down with the garden sprinkler every morning to keep him from blowing away.—Gorham Mountaineer. If there is any time when a woman realizes her helplessness and dependence upon the opposite running for dear life after a street-car with a #leepy conductor no man near by to whistle, —Brookline Chronicle, Miss Gushington’ (enjo: think you have a lovels About what does such a fine horse cos Mr. De Lyle—*Two dollars an hou—oh—er— yes, that he worth about eight hundred dol- lars, Miss shington, '—Epoch, ing a sleigh ride)— horse, Mr. De Lyl “wy WIFE IS A TERROR!" said a mild-tempered man i snaps als, fault continually. | 1 ’t be too severe on her, my friend er sufferings. position, and ill he Favorite you little as lost her former the cause. Dr. e her well. ts bearing-down pains, and the long list of ills that nder women miserable, no medicine can com- pare with this, It is the only medicine for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold ruggists under a positive gu © satisfaction in every case, or money refundel, See guarantee printed on bottle wrapper. For all derangements of the stomach, liver and ake Dr. Pierce's Pellets, or Anti-bilious Granules. In answer to Mr. James Whitcomb quiry, “ Heigh-ho, Babyhood! Tell you linger?* we will state that by going to the iat. some aft. he will find out.—Minneapolis Tribune. DEAD PEOPLE king around in our midst all the time; mbition, enterprise and progress, they get on, and live and go ity poverty. Live people she Co., Portland, Maine. ar and upwards per hour. Allis free, and learning all should you’ conclude not to engage no harm isdone, You can live at home and do the work. Either sex, all ages. A great reward awaits every worker. Write and see. Capital not needed; you are started free. All can do the work. No special ability required. Cod-liver oil is now adulterated with petroleum, according to a Washington paper. That's ali right, though, Any scheme to disguise the taste of cod-liver oil is permissible.— Pittsburg Chronicle. The sucee some of th B. F, Johnson & Co., Ric 4 marvellous. Tt is not an unusual thing for their agents to make as high as $20 and $30 a day, and sometimes the profits run up as high as $40 and $50-—even inore. But we hesitate to tell you the whole truth, or you will scarcely believe we are in earnest. Write them and see for yourself what they will do for you. agents employed by A popular poet begins a ve in silence, stiller than still nd yet, might be supposed, this does not describe a mau | whose wife st has talked at him for four hours ly.—Rochester Post-Express. ‘Yoo.can live at home and make more moory at work for us than at anything ella the world. Either sea iall ages, Coste _Rrouuai rate Terme vis Address, TRUE A COy Augusta, Maine. GURESDEAF:=: FUTUSCOR GSS trateny, Cer. 10 sey \y Pece’s Pat, lurnoren Cosmmven Kaw Dacus. Woupere beard diately. Comm tavistle.” Often vncestel in rene "Adare or cull co Ton! Sine tiv jap. honah. | antee fromthe | A Concentrated Liquid Extract of MALT and HOPS. MANUFACTURED BY SPECIALTY OEP, PHIL. BEST BREWING CO. Aids Digestion, Cures Dyspepsia. Strengthens the System, Restores Sound, Refreshing Sleep. Priceless to Nursing Mothers, —— Recommended by Eminent Physicians, plies FOR SALE BY ALL DRUCCISTs, RMSTRONG BRACE! ELASTIC SUSPENDER WITHOUT RUBBER. COMBINING COMFORT AND Dp Norubber used to these goods. Nickle P Brass Springs furnish the Plasticity Your Dealer for Sent by mall, atthe followin ‘A Qual Ask GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, BAKER'S _ Breakfast Cocoa, Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, from which the excess of Ott haa been removed. It haa three times the strength of Cocoa mized with Btarch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and {s therefore far more ecooom! MIWA cal, costing less than one cent a | cup. It ia delicious, nourishing, strengthening, easily digested, and edatrably adapted for tralide ae SYRACUSE. N.Y, soi Ke av 32 8 Boston | oe yp eS Robert Sneder, Engraver 96-98 ‘ion Street New York 21 BEEKMAN STREFT. paitively cured by COREY CAN KEME Purely vegeta. i a case of failure known. Thi so strong is our faith we will send aa trial b sufferer FREE. Address an} F. HE TD MEDICINE C CO. 30 Park Place, and 16M Street, New York comicbooks.com