Judge — February 26, 1887 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Sages DIFFERENCE.” pee a ‘A DISTINCTION WITH A (Time 6 a, m.) “Hullo, Mr, Brown! What are you doing ap “Oh, ‘ breakfast. Why “Tm trying uu up 80 early | are up a breakfast for my ap- rhetoric that ever disfigured a public document. | Bat the intent aper is just; the pat- The president has put his awkward foot down on the most stupendous and inexcusable of all national robbery. Th soldier of the past is thoroughly provided for. It us consider for a brief moment the soldier and the civilian of the present and the future. A PRETTY STATE OF THINGS. It may be remarked, judging from the recent dinner of the Republican club, that the grand old party is in a pretty good condition. Some. thing has been said as to consprcuous absences and letters of regret; but there was at least no call for the ghost of Andrew Jackson as the xd representative of the principle id the letter of one very live man y raised the Delmonico roof, and lence of life and health that arc greatly to be respected. THAT WICKED TOWN. There was a time when Brooklyn was some- what know the city of churches. Latterly Mr. Beecher has pronounced it pure and of ex cellent repute; but Assemblyman Bacon sa; on the other hand, that it is all that is villain- ous in polities and much that is hopelessly bad in morals. The investigating knife is to be and we can hope only for the while regretting exceedingly that such unsavory reputation should be separated from us merely by the narrow stream that the bridge. Ithas been proposed to reform Brooklyn by g her to New York. Perhaps there is no other MOT SAMUEL, BET ROSCOE. _ Several papers insist that Samuel Jackson | Randail shall be the Democratic candidate for | President, partly because he is for protection and partly because of the significance of his middle name. The Democratic party is for free trade, but we suppose a little difference of that kind makes no great difference in the | ciplined arr 3 ling, who is not known for his tariff views as much as Samuel Jackson is, and who is quite | as able a man and a far better Republican. For months the leading Democratic papers have been running him for every vacancy, and of | course they will be delighted to have him for | their chief standard-bearer, deserted. He must, run, THERE WUST BE PROXIES. There is much in the proxy business begun by August Spies and Miss Van Zandt. Why, for instance, if one is about to h ickness should he not confer that responsibility upon some accommodating friend or hired mendicant. who is of no particular use? If his debtor is not wholly responsible would it not be well to select Mr. C. Vanderbilt as his debtor's proxy ? If one is himself impecunious why not confer upon Mr. Roswell P. Flower the credentials necessary to satisfy his creditors? And then | there are the little matters of birth and death. | There are cases wherein it would be far better to furnish a substitute for the birth; but, hav. | ing got here and been acciimated, it is annoy ing to have to give up the experiment at the very moment when you most want to stay. MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE. If Uncle Sam talks fight it is because he dreams. When he awakes he will find that he has nothing to fight with, With coasts undefended, and without a navy, he is as totally at the mercy of a foreign enemy as if he had already surrendered. In a few | ks he could have a vast and tolerably dis- y for Iand purposes; but we are to He must not be war hereafter, and the proper ar- | ob: ticle of defence lies in keeping the enemy at sea. Meanwhile, however, it is a cheap nation that will submit patiently to insult, and it must be borne in mind that, with the money which congress is at last disposed to grant, it will not take long to create defence which might last several sieges to scorn. Mr. Blaine proposed a congress of the nations | of North, Central and South America for pur- | poses of harmony and mutual protection. That is a pretty good topic to discuss in ‘connection with the existing agitation. A BROWNING BROWNING. Woe purpled, weal prankt, I Mt speed, if tt lingers Life's substance and show aro determined by me Who, meting out, mixing, With sure thumb and finger, Lead lock the due length in all smoothness and glce, All tangle and grief takes the lot—my decree. This is by Robert Browning. With all due respect for Robert, for whose opinion we have usually the largest deference, it must be firmly remarked that in this tance he is totally mistaken. The JUDGE personally attended the trial of Mr. O' ; and, while Judge Barrett certainly assumed more of the woe purple than was strictly allowable, and grievously prankt in behalf of the general weal, he did not put himself on any such conspicuous pedestal. The lead lock may be admitted to a tent, and the smoothness was obvious; but the glee was not there. Granted that the tangle and grief were on exhibition; but they are usually ui dable, and why make a pocm about such ordinary things t Robert, what is your age? Is this the senil- ity of childhood, or merely the excessively ripe curity of a too flush maturity ? ing ex- AT THE PATRIARCHS’ BALL, Youno ScHuyLER VaN DeERK (tho haa been assigned to a fair partner from the west)—“ Shan't we look into the supper-room, Miss Beefe 7” Miss BEEFE premises. There, however, is Roscoe Conk- (from Omaha)--** No, thanks; I'd rather round up than pasture any time, [et hee go now, for the home ranch under the fiddlers. Whoop la !”