Judge — June 6, 1885 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK, TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. (Ustre Starrs axo Casapay PUBLISHING COMPAVS 824, 326 and 828 Pearl >i NEW YORS THE JUDGE TS AND CONTRIBUTE TO CORRESPONDED EP-CoRREMrCSDENTS WILL PLEASE TAKE SoTICR THAT T Twem ows misk, WHERE stu POSSIRLLITY FOR sr Wore wu oe IS IT POLITICAL SUICIDE? He had no business on the Civil Service Reform bridge, anyway. The Mugwump police are discreetly reticent over their fail- ure to prevent his jumping off, but they concur in the feeling that it is evident now that he came on the bridge for the purpose of signalizing his plunge, diving the deeper into and coming up the nastier from the dirty pool of Democratic politics. He was not a regular traveler on that bridge, and this fact was what attracted so much attention of the Mugwump cops to his presence there, At first they felt much elated to find so unexpected a visitor to their proud structure, and made a good deal of him. He was somewhat ‘‘set-up” by this at- tention himself, and for a while seemed to think he not only ran the bridge, but was its projector and owner as well. The whole scene was changed, however, when his old associates began to appear, and called him to return to his Democratic friends with many threats and imprecations, in view of his remaining on the bridge. ‘The appear- ance of a strong delegation of the Rank and File in the river below, and a cabinet with life-savers, forced and induced him to return to those who chose him by the shortest cut— downward through the air. Heis off the bridge and has slipped through the hands of the Mugwumps. How he will survive the plunge remains to be seen. He went down ‘‘ groggy” and it is doubtful if | da = | that bound THE JUDGE. j his backers in the tug can resuscitate and | put him in condition for another jump in | 1888, But it was rather a sorry ambition to try to distinguish one’sself as the National Champion Diver into the dirty Demoer: stream. CHARGE, CHESTER, CHARGE. There is still the undecided contest be- | tween the keepers and the frequenters of sorts—which shall lose its “ sand” rt the field to the other? If the excurstonist proves longer in purse and love of p does in chee seaside re and de: winded ure than the keeper nd charge, then the will continue to be thronged. But as the ing and appetite of the coast lly without limit, of the visitor are limited, it | that the cast will at last rer | sion of the chaps who char bills. For, mark you, with one of these fellows you could get ahead of John the Baptist, and of Herodias, too, on a charg resorts guard are practic nd. the resources safe gamble in posses- aayonet with THE OLD WORLD INCENDIARY. Afghanistan is something more serious than a bone of contention to the empires her on the North and South | respectively; and England’s dilemma is not only the preservation of her Indian posses- sions; she must Afghanistan. Afg war in her rude grasp. Russia demands of England that if Af- ghanistan be the dividing line, that country shall preserve the peace as well as mark the boundaries If Eng istan between herself and Russia, lertake to keep Afghanistan fhe power that uses the Afghans 1 must be responsible for the Afgh: This is the real danger of an explosion in Asia and Europe. No one can keep the Afghans in order, and any rash act on their part involves some great powers. Thus these semi-savages hold the peace of Europe, and can any day apply the torch to the explosives underneath all diplomacy and palaver. become responsible for nistan holds peace or ! an- sh must order. a buffer ‘conduct. A Name for Exportation. If Mr, Baptiss W. Hanna will please accept one of the many foreign consulates alleged to have been urged upon him and take him- self thither forthwith, he will oblige the long-suffering Average Reader. No objec- tion to him personally. Undoubtedly he is qualified t copperheadism, or * offensive ” some other atrocity, for office under this ad- ministration, and we hope he'll get it, pro- vided it is foreign. his tortnrous nai ‘That's what’s the mat- | ter of Hanna. We do not care to have him bay-less. Let him take his chaplet and git” and then achap can be let to rest. Poor lone Hanna, go. What we object to is| RULINGS. Not Out “‘Wuio is left to mourn for Logan? one.”—[Democratie style, fall of ’84. of style now, A Democratic paper, regarding the ap pointments thus far made, says it is difficult , to find suitable Democrats to fill all the ofli- ces, ‘The morta and Northern ity among ex-confederates ecesh must have been much greater than was supposed. We are likely to have as many and as encouraging a variety of hells as the ancients had. The new version of the Old Te: ment establishes a new one of moderate tor- ridity and calls it, ‘* Shee That is a hell ofaname! Who can allay the pain of 4 tack in his foot o’ nights by repeating ¢ “She. ol!” rapidly and in varying emphasis? Tue CoNrEDERATE R. M. T. Hunter, ba federal a pointment. — President Davis and the rest of his cabinet are yet to be rewarded. Hun- ter was on earth before during Jackson's administration. Ie is a more archwological find than old Jackson, Cleveland’s Noachi- an Minister to Mexico. Why doesn’t the Iministration dig up Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr and give them appointments? Seeretary of St. eceived 4 Wes tie delegation of the of the Republic to protest rand Army Manning gainst the removal of Union sol- diers to make way for civilians erates, the g thies were all w uilled on Secre and confed- t secretary said his sympa- h the boys in blue, but if they were offensive partisans they must not ct to be retained in office. That settles What more offensive partisanship could of than to at the exp at, ny one be guilty Solid South? oot “THE JUDGE'S” FASHION PLATE. No. THING ORNITHOLOGICAL. comicbooks.com