Judge, 1889-06-29 · page 11 of 16
Judge — June 29, 1889 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** from Judge magazine, not political satire. The main text consists of: - **Whimsical poetry** about finding dreams in imaginary places ("Lollipop lane," "valley of Overthere") - **"Carl Pretzel's Philosophy"** — ethnic humor featuring a German-accented character dispensing folk wisdom - **Literary parody** of Tennyson's "The Splendor Falls," rewritten to mock urban vice (gambling, fighting, police corruption) - **Advertisements** for Kodak cameras, Sohmer pianos, Youmans hats, and mucilage The only satirical content is the Tennyson parody, which gently mocks turn-of-the-century city life—crooked gambling, police indifference, and street crime. There are no identified political figures or current events being targeted. This appears to be a typical Judge issue mixing light verse, ethnic stereotypes, and commercial advertising.
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JUDGE 195 WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, On the thirty-second day of the thirteenth month of the cighth day of the week, (On the twenty-fifth hour of the sixty-first minute, we'll find all things that we seek. ‘They are there in the limbo of Lollipop lane—a cloud- island resting in air ; On the Nowhere side of the mountain of Mist in the valley of Overthere, On the Nowhere side of the mou: of Overthere, On a solid vapor foundation of cloud, are palaces grand and fair; ‘And there is where our dreams will come true, and the seeds of our hope will grow On the Thitherward side of the hills of Hope in the hamlet of Hocus Po, On the Thitherward side of the hills of Hope in the hamlet of Hocus Po We shall see all the things that we want to see, know all we care to know ; For there the old men will never lament, hey never will squeak, In the Cross-roads corners of Chaosville in the county of Hideangoseck. and the babies In the Cross-roads corners of Chaosville in the county of Hideangoseek, (On the thirty-second day of the thirteenth month of the cighth day of the week, We shall do all the things that we please to do, and ac- complish all that we try, On the sunset shore of Sometimeoruther by the beauti ful bay of Bimeby.—S, HW’, Fuss in the Vankee Hlade When Raby was sick, wo gave her Castoria, When sho was a Child, she eried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, ‘When she had Children, she gave them Castoria CARL PRETZEL'S PHILOSOPHY. Dhrue charidy ockubies der befront parlor of der he Der Almighdy gif efery feller some brains, but he dond did put schollobs on of em, Der feller dot vas hafe a great idea of himself, it vas an efen bet dot it vas der oney idea he vas got already. The genuine Angostura Bitters of Dr. J. G. B. Sie- gert & Sons are the most efficacious stimulant to excite the appetite. Ask your druggist. WHERE NOW IS MR. TENNYSON? ‘The splendor falls on city halls And penitentiaries old in story ; ‘The nervy pugs with ugly mugs Fight battles fierce and gory : Know, sheriff, know there’s lots of wild moon Laugh, sluggers, laugh ; you're safe in ing, fighting. The young sport kicks against the pricks, And strives to buck the smiling tig With childish bluff he drops his stuff On games as dark as Nile or Niger : Whoop, gamblers, whoop, while knock-kneed cops are rambling ; And whoop ag: 3 they'll never know you're gambl gamblin gambling. O hark, O hear, how faint and clear, And nearer, clearer, farther going, ‘The dead-sure tips are passed by lips Whose owners lisp of what they're knowing : Speak, sportie, speak, the sheriff's hard of hearing : Slug and gamble, pugs and thugs ; end by bering, beer- ing, Deering. —tufiato Express, - THE NEW M oD DEL AIR-TIGHT RUBBER TIP epee MUCILAGE. Pat'd in U. 8., Cai Gt. Britain, Europ Australia, Cork! NO) Excretion Spilling! ‘Neater, Cleaner, Stroager, BETTER THAN EVER. Fon Sate Everrwurne. NO HIVAL! NO EQUAL! THE BEST MUCILAGE IN THE BEST BOTTLE. in of Mist in the FAIR PHYLLIS, As through the rain fair Phyllis goes, Her cheeks a-flush with timid pride, A bashful glance each gallant throws, As through the rain fair Phyllis goes, And wonders if the maiden knows Her dexter shoestring is untied, As through the rain fair Phyllis goes, Her cheeks a-flush with timid pride. —Boston Commercial Bulletin, NOSE -GAYS. Somebody says a man can get roaring drunk on ater, Well, so he can on land.—Awhester Post. rest, Drinking is said to be an indication of good feeling. But it isn't the following morning that the good feeling appears. — Yonkers Statesman, ‘The Charleston (8, C.) Budget has an article headed | ‘Water on the Rar." Water has been noticed on the bar, but it usually comes on as a side dish.—Ainne- apolis Tribune, An exchange says, ‘The smile is the same in all languages.” “It varies in our land, however, in the matter of size, from half a finger in New Orleans to four fingers in Boston,—Ainncupolis Tribune, A BAD CASE OF TRIOLET. We have our opinion of triolets in general, and of this one, by William Wallace Cook, in particular : When Tam dead 1 do not care ‘To lie in state ‘neath pulseless stone. My soul will not be lying there, When I am dead I do not care For marbles cold, Just make my lair A grave, with brambles overgrown, When 1 am’dead T do not care ‘To lie in state ‘neath pulseless stone. Indeed, if we were to express our opi in general, and of this o somewhat thus : n of triolets 1¢ in particular, it would run Don't fret your gizzard, Willie, dear. Since we have read your triolet, We'll raise no stone above your bier. Don't fret your gizzard, Willie, dea But just lie down without a fear, And let us, if we can, forget. Don't fret your gizzard, Willie, dear, For we have read your triolet. —Washington Post, Mas, Wixstow's Soorimxe Svaur for Children Teething ; soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Il pain, cures wind colic and diarrhwa, "25 cents a PROTOPLASM. Take the microscope and look Down on any living tissue, Lo! before you Tike a book Lies the’cell ; and from it issue Others, and in ail we trace Viscous globules each one has’em, You're of life the very base— Protoplasm ! If Ltake a single drop, You're in such a strange condition your movements never stop, As if guided by volition. Ardently we watch you whirl ; Science breeds enthusiasm ; You're as giddy as a girl— Protoplasm | ‘Tha Every blade of grass, each flower, All that owns a life organic, Every man that lives this hour, Hoasting of his thews Titanic ; Looking backward, we can see, Over life as o'er a chasm, How all spring at first from thee— Protoplasm ! ‘Thus, it seems, to thee we owe Ail we are and all we may be* Man, the microscope says so, Was a protoplastic b: Here's your health, then, since you bring Life, that physiologic pase ; But for thee T could not Protoplasm ! —Hoston Gazette, At a “temperance” dinner: Ferguson —" Thank heaven, we have got to the Roman punch. I alway: call it’ the life-saving station on these occasions, Dumley—"* Meaning, | suppose, that by the time you reach it you are a total wreck.""— Boston Post. Among bulls of E iglish parentage recently per trated are these, says writer in the Boston Gl ** After the door closed,” writes a novelist who is widely read just no y foot slipped into the room, and with her own hand extinguished the lamp.” chariot of socialism,” wrote an editorial w ing and gnashing its teeth as it rolls.” ‘The charity association,” wrote a reporter, “*has distributed twenty pairs of shoes among the poor, which will dry up many atear.” "1 was sitting,” writes another novelist, “at the table enjoying a cup of coffee, when a gentle voice tapped me on the shoulder. I looked around and saw my old friend again,” The Kodak. A WARNING, USAUTHORIZED panties are ai a Camera which they the Kodak, loaded with our film, (We are the only manufacturers of continuous films in the world.) We warn the public that the sa Camera is entirely unsuitable for using our films and we decline to be responsible for any failures resulting from its use. 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