Judge — February 10, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"The Whole Story"** (top): A domestic scene where a parson relates how he mistakenly told Miss Haggard she resembled Jonah when catching her fishing. The joke plays on the biblical whale story. **"Ten, of Course!"** (middle): A dialogue satirizing a historical editor's arbitrary decision to date John Rogers' martyrdom by always adding "one for every ten"—mocking pedantic historical methodology and editorial guesswork. **"Away to the Westward"** (bottom, two panels): A slapstick sequence showing a near-sighted rancher with a hog, culminating in the animal escaping. The humor derives from physical comedy and frontier mishap. The page exemplifies Judge's typical mix of domestic humor, intellectual satire, and visual gags aimed at educated, urban readers of the Gilded Age era.