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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several brief social and political jokes targeting late 19th-century American figures and issues. **Top cartoon** ("A Little Misunderstanding"): A woman tells a man returning home with flowers that their neighbor Pat arrived "with a daisy load on"—meaning drunk. The joke plays on misunderstanding "load" (drunkenness vs. a literal load of flowers). **"Hum of the Court"** section consists of short satirical items mocking: - President Arthur's charity toward street children (contrasted with the writer's preference for gold donations) - Henry Watterson's snobbish views of Englishmen - A widow who won a lawsuit but fled to escape lawyer fees - Various other contemporary figures and social absurdities **"Severe" cartoon** (bottom): Shows poor children in a tenement, with text referencing "Jimmy the Lad's money to take care of"—satirizing childhood poverty and street life. The overall tone is typical *Judge* fare: punching at political figures, social hypocrisy, and contemporary news items with dry wit.

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Hr—* Here comes Si—* Poor man, hi under his great burdens. day's labor.” Mian of the Court. “The president is a Democrat,” says the Buffalo Express. By Jove! that's ne Vietoria has thirty livin; last mail yet to hear fro ‘and-children and A child in this city was born without a mouth; but as it is a male child it still sur vives, Rattenberg’s baby has the royal loc Asin addition it fails to resemble its pa, the queen is | well pleased. | words on leaving * Really,” she said, As t Cameron's last Am “T have nothing to say.” A were very wise, New England assumes to furnish honesty for the whole country; but Boston has come to be the hub of all embezzlement. ; The Troy Time perance in. subst rticle on “tem meaning, we suppose, not the genuine article, but a very fair imita tion, Cutting promptly denies the report that he contemplates t ‘apture Mexico; bat this will not protect the Rio Grande against confla gration, The Rochester Herald says Mrs. Praed, who works in collaboration with Justin McCarthy, is on the bright side of thirty Really, we didn’t think her so old An exchange says that in Tennessee all courting must be done in presence of the old folks, So there can be courting of that kind, can there? Well, well! Dr. Mary Walker says Belva Lockwood's candidacy for president was a farce. That's treason; and we have suspected the doctor of it ever since she put on the pantaloons. A private citizen of Pittsburg personated an alderman, and naturally enough soon found ir neighbor Pat home with a dais; load’ on.” t's a wonder how h ages to bear up ‘0 doubt he feels happy to be home again after a hard self indicted. His crime consisted of mar- ing a couple without the requisite author- ity. A writer of foreign letters says he couldn't in decency tell all he knows of the American women in England who are looking out for husbands. Perhaps he thus advertises a letter which he is going to write out of decency. President Arthur, whenever he went walk- ing in Washington, loaded his pockets with small silver for the boysand beggars. Therein he resembled the writer somewhat though our preference in these little charitie is geld. Henry Watterson says he desires to say | nothing of moment about English society, in his opinion every Englishman after Albert | Edward is a snob. Glad Henry didn’t let him. | self out. What if he had made up hismind to be unpleasant ? | An Alpena widow won a lawsuit, and then | fled to Detroit to escape her lawyers, who | Wanted $30,000. As a general thing it costs | more to pay the lawyers than to win the suit | and that widow is entitled to a vote of thanks | from the entire country. | A porter on the New York Central road knocked a man down, and the man sues for 380,000. Inasmuch as the man was a Califor the demand iy doubtful if the faction. nian and on his honeymoon, | quite reasonable, though it porter got that amount of satis Colonel Ritchie of the Saratoga Journal- title probably hooked from a disabled veteran, | has been absent from home a good deal lately {and we note the curious coincidence that a | comparative stranger in the central portion of ichigan has succeeded in capturing twenty es. Chaunsey Depew says he was nervous for the first time when he stood up to orate to Liberty. The size of the goddess had some- thing to do with it, perbaps. Frequently men are made nervous by women of less than the average stature—and there is so awfully much of this brass woman. The ruling powers of the salvation army forbid courting on the part of soldiers holding office lower than that of captain, and decree that there shall be no marriage without their consent. The order may bring about some virtue among the silly shriekers, but in that case it is more than likely that the army will ' be broken up. SEVERE. Jim Sweeney! come hack wid dat cent. hoodle, sa-ay ?” MATILDA ANN (rho has given Jimmy the taffy money to take care of —“ Here, you Did yer want to sneak off ter Canada wid yer