Judge, 1896-04-18 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 18, 1896 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements**, not political satire or comics. It contains one minor joke cartoon but is dominated by product pitches typical of 1890s publications. The sole cartoon shows a ragged man (labeled "Haggard") at a door telling a woman he seeks work but "can't git nuthin' ter me perfession." She asks what his profession is; he replies he's an "anglomaniac." The joke is wordplay—his made-up profession literally means someone obsessed with angles or geometry, playing on his ragged appearance suggesting he's desperate and delusional. The rest of the page advertises bicycles (Stearns, Crescent, Iver-Johnson), pipes, plasters, soaps, corsets, tires, and other consumer goods. The only social commentary appears in a brief text anecdote mocking a steamer wreck as a "blessing of Providence" for poor salvagers—dark humor about coastal ship disasters providing income to locals.
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TON A CONCENTR Dobbins’ Floating-Borax Soap is 100 pe! cent. pure. Made of Borax. It floats. Costs you same as poorer floating soap. Worth more. If all this is true you need it. Order one cake your grocer ; you'll want a box next Nouncl) Constable K2Co, LADIES’ FURNISHINGS. House Sacques and Gowns, Fancy Trimmea Waists, Silk Petticoats in Changeable Silk and Fancy Effects, CORSETS, PARIS LINGERIE, BRIDAL TROUSSEAUX, INFANTS’ OUTFITS. Peoadwoay L 1916 de NEW YORK. INCHES HIGH 25° Ragged Haggard (at the door)—" I'm wi ter work, maddim, but I can't git nuthin’ ter me perfession.” Mrs. “Snapperton— I'm! What is your professior Haggard—" Lam an anglomaniac.""—/Harper's Bazar, “ROYAL SHORTHAND. os tally pre Waten so} Liner ar any dangeros CERTAIN, SAFE. M Rekvi 1 Gs, New York, N.Y. ,A SURE GC CORN 1 SURE. @ Dain or dang A’ Salves Derfectly harm! BIGYGLES The Yellow Pellow The Stearns isa modern wheel of ad vanced construction, Lightest, strong ind the longest. The ‘06 Mailed Free passes all former models. b.G. Stearns & Go., Syracuse, N.Y. THE TINKHAM CYCLE CO., New York City Agents, 06310 West sorb St. An Absolutely Clean Pipe at Last. For scarcely more than the value of an ordinary pipe we furnish the V. & F., fitted with our removable aluminum tube, | ‘The practical utility of this invention is evident, and ihe very nature of the metal used insures freedom from any taste whatever. Pipes of all styles and prices from qsc. upward, Our Leader—Genuine French Brier, Amber Mouth-piece, $1.50. Agents wanted, On sale at all tobacconists. Vv. & F. PIPE CO., 37234 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. SSS IN WSSVV If you want a sure relief for pains in the back, side, chest, or limbs, use an cock’: Porous Plaster BEAR IN MiIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- tions is as good as the genuine. 1896 Crescent Catalogue Mailed on request. We are adding to our list of Agents Western Wheel Works. Factomy: Crcaso, EAstinn Ornice: New Yor, We have been for a number of years person- ally familiar with the Sohmer piano, and be- lieve it has no superior in those excellent quali- ties which make a perfect instrument. It is to be especially praised for its volume, richness and carrying powers. No person can hear it played without being convinced of its superior- OFF THE GOODWINS. Yes, miss ; it's bin a wery ‘ard winter, I dunno what a poor man would ‘ave done for ‘is livin’ if a steamer or two ‘adn't run on to the sands by the blessin’ of Providence.” — Sketch, HARTFORD SINGLE TUBE TIRES Wo re A MaRTroRD TIRE IP's RIGHT. THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO., Hantrono, Conn. BRANCHES, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. $— TRY THE “BRACER.” Campbell's Extract of Tomato Will straighten you up in 10 minutes. Druggists and others. Discovered and prepared only by JOS. CAMPBELL PRESERVE CO. CAMDEN, N. J. FY MMe Se SMe Mo Mie Sle SMe Ser Me SMe SM Mle MW Mo Seo Si THE HALF-HOSE narare STAMPED — of Fit Well, Look Well, Wear Well. They are ne only hatf-hose consiciand in accordance with THE SHAPE OF THE HUMAN FOOT. 97 Sold by the trado generally, and obtainabl ced Bribe ttt seneaty sat lo direct from tho makers, who will send ON THE TOE tS Moltman’s asstasTasears D0 tr -doeautneedit Mago tae jinys with boiling water or milk, Bold everywhere. The Iver-Johnson’s_. Arms and Cycle Works of Fitchburg, Mass., MAKE Good Bicycles for Everybody, cries RICH OR POOR. Our Free Art Catalogue de- SLES” — scribes our full line of Iver- Johnson. Cycles—and also Fitchburg Cycles. SHAW STOCKING CO., Lowell, Mass. FAS TS AS TS AS TS AS TS AS AS AS TS AS AS AS AF ASAE 266 Nine splendid models. Send for it.