Judge — February 24, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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# "Too Much for Even Them" - Judge Magazine Cartoon The central cartoon depicts a chaotic shipboard scene with sailors and cargo in disarray. The caption reads: "CAPTAIN KIDD (to a very lazy buccaneers):—'This is the worst luck I've had since I've been a buccaneers.'" The accompanying text references a ship "loaded with Limburger cheese" with a "Port the helm and git out of here!" The satire appears to mock a situation involving extremely unpleasant cargo—Limburger cheese being notoriously foul-smelling. The joke equates even notorious pirate Captain Kidd finding conditions unbearable, suggesting the cheese's odor surpasses even criminal depravity as something intolerable. The cartoon satirizes American commercial excess or poor quality goods through this absurdist comparison, though the specific historical context remains unclear from this excerpt alone.