Judge — May 8, 1886 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE. 7 PROOF CONCLUSIVE. man, but it is much more elegant to have a good many wants with some one else to serve them. To get the full effect of Maggie Mitchell's youthful freshness and beauty please look through the small end of your opera glass, There are twenty-seven cities in the west that in twenty-five years “expect to have a larger population than New York.” This is a grow- ing country. A western merchant, if he has long side whiskers and a high fore- head, never advertises in the local papers without an accompanying illustration of himself. The Sandwich Islands are for sale for $14,500,000. If we ever dip into real estate on a large scale, which from the present outlook is a trifle dubious, we shall try continents. Dr. John Hall declares wine is a good thing to drink in ‘“ modera- | tion.” We agree with the reverend doctor so far as the wine is con- cerned, but isn’t that word “moderation” a trifle too strong? Last week Chicago had a population of 750,000. Since that time | four babies were born on Wabash avenue, which brings it close on to 800,000, Fifty thousand increase a week is not bad—for Chicago. At acharity fair in Berlin the crown princess of Germany has been | selling sausages at $35 a piece and sponge cake at $l'aslice. Any man who will mix sponge cake and sausage ought not to higgle about the price. Queen Victoria, before her marriage, always arose at 8 o'clock and devoted the whole morning to business, Now she sleeps along until nine or ten o'clock and then takes her breakfast propped up in bed. Queen Victoria is a good deal like other women. Moruern—‘ Sure that ain't yer father walking home eo early?” Mmxe—“‘Och, devil a bit, Fadder always rolls down whin he gits to, that hill.” TK [NTERMISSION. With a shoemaker the last is the first resort. ‘This world is a good world and weighs 5,856,000,000,000,000 tons. Dishonest bank cashiers are not exactly insane, but they are flighty at times, A coachman can be distinguished from a gentleman by the rosette on his hat. Princess Isabeau recently inherited $1,000,000. The Princess Isabeau | ideal of a girl. ! “Will you hustle feet with me?” is a western way of asking a young lady to dance, With Hugh Conway the ruling passion is strong indeath. He will probably write stories forevermore. A new bonnet and a wet Sunday will keep things uncomfortable in a household from early morn to bed time. A Milwaukee man is taking hot baths to cure hydrophobia. He ought to send the water to Pasteur for virus. An exchange discusses ‘‘The Drama of the Future.” With many of us the drama of the future will run largely to tragedy. “Uncertainty, wonder and the exercise of skill” are said by Sir James Paget to be the essential elements of healthy recreation. Those are the essential elements of draw-poker. But poker isa healthy enough tecreation if one’s chips hold out. SHORT AND TO THE POINT. Emerson says, ‘‘ What can be so elegant as to have few wants and Tee. pe what's good to make the moustache grow ? serve them one’s self?” We have no desire to get the better of a dead |ARBER— comicbooks.com