Judge — May 2, 1891 — page 10: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE QUEST OF THE PILGRIMS. NE by one through the city stréet In sorrowful search we go; At curbs and crossi of fate stalks close behind, And a will-o'-the-wisp before, As sadly onward our way we wind Like beggars from door to door. Oh, happy birds, if we could but know Your blithesome and merry quest ! Out of the free four winds that blow To fashion a home-like nest. Alas! we are only wretched men, Seeking by night and day Some place of shelter as round again Comes the pitiless first of May. MADRLNK . marDcKs, AN INCOME ASSURED. Dracon Yatterny —"* Well, young man, ef I gibs yo’ my daughter's han’ what am yo" prospecks fo" makin’ a livin’ Lazy JOUNSING —"* Fust-class, sal I’se often admired Cicely’s work at de wash-tub when passin’ by yoah doah.”” POPULAR FALLACIES. T a taste for terrapin is indicative of good breeding phrenologists ever practice upon their own hea an ivory-bound prayer-book indicates religious ard That uncut volumes add anything to the value of a librai hat a key ever yet struck the key-hole at the first attempt. ‘That editors believe the pen to be mightier than the scissors. ‘That there's something to jest about in the advent of triplets. That playing with toy soldiers paves the way to military glor ‘That good penmanship is the first requisite to authorial succe ‘That women lavish more affection on children than on lap-dogs. “That the spring poet is a greater nuisance than the obituary bard. ‘That a high hat and patent-leather shoes confer gentility upon a man. That you can find a barber who is aware of his opulence of language. That there are more wicked and dishonest men in prison than out That rosy f position Tha ise to pay That the romantic and sentimental maiden has no thought of her lover’s bank account. ‘That a woman sliding on an orange-peel is as funny as a dude doing the same saltatorial act. That a man is a crank simply because an isrepressible yearning for great things overtakes him. ger-nails and white teeth indicate a benevolent dis- a formally executed note is worth any more than a verbal prom- Now, Marier, why will you keep a-talkin’ agin’ ter- old Peter Flaxseed, mos’ ninety, and bas allus smoked ham-house. tao ‘ow--"* Humph! He might a bin a hundred by this time if ke A PHILISTINE’S VIEW. $6] YOU think music is really the food of love?” “Some kinds. I think Wagner’s music is the food of desp LOVE IS NOTHING. SS\JIAT'S the matter?" asked his friends, W Nothing,” he replied. “e's in love,” the people whispered. “Love is naught,” the cynic cried. CAUSE FOR REGRET. tell me that Edwin Booth is already sorry he announced his tention of retiring from the stage for a ti “It must be hard for him to give up actin “Tt isn’t that. He has seen the pictures of himseif published in the western newspapers.” HIS HEAD WAS LEVEL. Site —* Which do you prefer skating on, ice or asphalt ?” MW *T haven't the remotest idea which is the s As a matter of choice I should unhesitatingly select the soft, sandy § comicbooks.com