Judge, 1891-07-04 · page 3 of 18
Judge — July 4, 1891 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on Philadelphia politics and American independence themes. **"Intercepted"** (top): A domestic scene where Aunt Mizpah scolds "Mary" about Uncle Nathan's movements in Philadelphia, referencing political intrigue during what appears to be the Revolutionary era. **"The Independence Bell"**: A patriotic poem celebrating the Liberty Bell and American freedom, featuring the line "Kings are but men, and men are free." **Lower sections** include brief political notes: St. Clair McKelway comments on sympathy for murderers in Philadelphia, while another item discusses an assassination denial and rumors about figures named Hippolyte and Maceda facing execution—likely contemporary scandal reporting. **"Conscience-Stricken"** (bottom): A two-panel comic showing characters debating moral responsibility, with dialect humor typical of the era's satirical style.
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INTERCEPTED Aut Mizpant (whom the bridegroom never heard of Philadelphy on your weddin'-tower, an’ he says, says he, fer a long time, an’ it'll make me feel easier, ‘And crown anew the ancient bell ‘Whose clarion echo gave to men ‘The signal of a tyrant's knell, When leaped the blood in pulsing veins, While flashed the word from sea to sea, “Strike, if it must be, with your chains! Kings are but men, and men are free.” HILADELPHIA sleeps, but with one eye open. They do the biggest stealing there since the time of Tweed. eee T. CLAIR MCKELWAY says the prevailing sympathy for murderers is maudlinism, Not so, sir—not so. It is idiocy. sass R. HURLBERT was told that Wilfrid Murray was going up Broad- way. “Let me clutch him !” exclaimed Mr. Hurlbert, rushing fran- * Well, well, Mary, you ain't changed a bit. ‘ou go right down t' York, meet ‘m at th’ station, an’ go right along with ‘in. Your Uncle Nathan heerd you was goin’ t' take in You've wanted ter go THE INDEPENDENCE BELL. And rolled the cannon's thunder far, While shook the trembling, startled earth, ‘And gleamed on high the cold north star To light the way for freedom's birth ; And now beyond that stirring scene Columbia, our mother, waits, Where Liberty, with brow serene, Stands at her open, sea-worn gates. Oh, fissured relic of those times When shrilled the fife and throbbed the drum ! ‘Though hushed are now thine iron chimes, The soul within thee is not dumb. Thy message still with us remains, ‘A watchword for the years to be— “Strike, if it must be, with your chains! Kings are but men, and men are free.” tically to the Battery; but when he got there Mr. Murray had reached Fourteenth street and lost himself in the crowd. eee ‘THE NEWS is not satisfactory. The report that Hippolyte had been assassinated is denied, and there is nothing tending to show that Bal- maceda is in danger of the death he deserves. Only decent citizens are being killed in Hayti and Chili, and some people think that whatever is is wrong. CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN. Ixe—"Look here, Eph! you tell me dat ‘splosyan dun blow up de cote-house ?” Er—" Hope I blow up m'self if didn’t.” Epu—'* Great Hoodoo, spar’ me !"”