Judge — June 25, 1887 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. THE PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS. It is well enor to have the design for Grant's monument ; but previous to that it will be well to have the best design for raising the money to pay for it. GIVE US MORE MEN. An increase in population is always desired. Not exactly because the larger the number the greater the growth and the development of enterprise, but because it makes it possible to get the jury wherewith to give a verdict in the case of a rich mai ‘A HOLLOW SUBTERFUGE. There is a town in Massachusetts that claims to be a great summer resort for the mere reason that it is bounti- fully supplied with mosquitoes and katy- dids; but these things cannot deceive your man and woman of experience in the social world, - ‘GORGEOUS HOSPITALITY. Boston, it is said, paid a thousand dol- lars a day to keep Kapiolani supplied with flowers. That was most remarkable, both as an indication that New England stinginess is a lost art and that the author of the statement is the most reckless of all ‘A GREAT TRUTH, Mrs, E. W. Wilcox writes : “There lies in the centre of each man's heart A longing and love for the good and pure."* We have suspected this for the last tive years, and it is so pleasant to have one’s unuttered thoughts thus given the sweet- ness of poesy. NOT THE SLIGHTEST CURIOSITY, “T don't know where hell is,” says Sam Jones, ** and I don’t want to know.” Here y son. A thousand times here, and more to come. There is a certain kind of information that makes one extremely unhappy the more he gets c ; and if we never become possessed of this little matter of geographical knowledge so help us heaven we'll try to get aiong without it. modern masher.— Punch. THE REsL CAUSE OF IT, When Colonel D. 8. L nt got back from the Adirondacks his face was much more swollen th that of any other member of the party. He could hardly see, and his cheeks were putfed out to twice theusualsize. But really there was nothing sus- picious in that. It was doubtless the mosquitoes and black flies ; and be- sides Mrs. Lamont was with him. THE CORRECT INSTRUCTION. The gentler sex should be warned against wear- ing celluloid bustles. A lady thus equipped. sat down on a lighted ci; stump in India, theother day, and the result: was the bustle and stum were totally destroy und the lady severely burned. It is strange how easy it is to draw wrong con- ‘ 3 Doctor—“The only thing I fear is that the patient clusions, Now we might have a relapen" — Our artist tries to illustrate the absurdity of our present costume —Indeed the absurdity of concealing the native beauty of our form under any costume whatever, by exhibiting his horse clothed as a imagine the lesson of the incident is that ladies with celluloid bustles must not sit down on lighted cigars. INFANTINE SCINTILLATIONS, Mother (teaching Sunday-school lesson)—'‘ Now, Annie, whatis a peace-maker ¢” Annie (aged five, and devoted to doll-rags)—" Why, mamma} don’t you know? A dress-maker of course.” Tommy (viewing young lady visitor critically)—" I don’t think God knows how to make girls very well.” Panic-stricken mamma—* Why, Tommy ! Tam sure you think Miss de Jones is lovely.” Tommy (stoutly, and intent on giving honor where honor is due) * Yes, but 'tain’t no thanks toGod, for she’s been fixin’ on her hair and things all the time I was gettin’ my kite out of the cherry-tree by the spare-bed-room window.” PECULIAR STATEMENTS IN OUR EXCHANGES, ylish fans for very young ladies composed of quilt feathers have satin bows on the handle.— Fashion journal. When the young ladies are not composed of quilt feathers what sort of bows do they have on the handle ? Miss Emma_Rosinet, the well-known young artist, is soon to be married, Miss Rosinet is most successful in her designs.—Art news in daily paper. This seems to bea case in which a de- mand for explanation might be embarrass ing. Mrs. Von Brown sent regrets with flowers which were received with thanks —Society slop. Mrs. Von Brown probably wishes she had kept her flowers and made ‘em happy with the regrets alone. In the fourth ward Senator Smith is dangerously ill.—Political discussion in the Trumpet. Why does he ever go there then ¢ The most economical way of making coffee is to let the boiling water percolate through an unbleached muslin bag.— Domestic Health. Well, that is certainly cheap enough, and if it does what is claimed for it this simple receipt leaves Hermann way, way behind. ‘ALL SATISFACTORY. In commendation of Phelps the Boston Herald says the American people have seldom been represc nted better at the court of St. James than they arenow. We see. Phelps is there, and all the rest of us have been rejected because we are not properly accredited. WAS HE LASHED? Attention is turned temporarily from the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg to the question whether Admiral Farragut was lashed to the rigging. The weight of evidence seems to be in the negative ; fore it again appears that we are unmaking history hand over OO NO REFORM THERE. The fish stories told by Mr. Cleveland have cre- ated grave doubt in the mugwump mind. The mind doesn’t doubt the accuracy of the stories, but it thinks that Grover after winning the fish should have gently returned them to the aqueous enemy he won them from. AGREAT TRUTH. The noise that doesn’t countis the subject of : editorial in the Pittsburg Dispatch. Ah, dear boy! if you abolish that we shan’t haveany noise at “Help hetp t de collapse am come ! de collapse . 0 all. comicbooks.com