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This is a collection of brief satirical comments on contemporary figures and events, typical of Judge's "Hum of the Court" gossip column. **Key references:** - **Boulanger**: French general whose political ambitions apparently depended on his appearance - **Crispi/Rudini**: Italian political figures (Crispi trying to use Rudini as a political vehicle) - **Ben Butler**: American general/politician whom a judge snubbed - **D.B. Hill**: Likely David B. Hill, New York politician - **New Orleans mob**: References ongoing post-Reconstruction racial violence in Louisiana - **Mrs. Langtry**: Famous actress being managed by British aristocrats - **Richard Mansfield**: Actor compared unfavorably to Edwin Booth - **Jerry Rusk**: Secretary of Agriculture planning to document cattle brands - **Blaine**: James G. Blaine, presidential aspirant - **The Kaiser**: German Emperor Wilhelm II The page mixes political commentary with humorous personal attacks on public figures' character, appearance, and ambitions. The bottom cartoon shows a dialect humor exchange about measuring something's size.

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JUDGE HUM OF THE COURT. BOULANGER having lost his good looks, there goes his entire reputation, S RUDINI a mere jackass, that Crispi should select him as the best conveyance to ride back to power on? MB; HURLBERT is acquitted of the charge of breach of promise, but that of a breach of the proprieties still stands, MITH WEED is doing so much threatening against D. B. Hill that he is likely to totally himself before the time comes for action, UDGE who snubbed Ben Butler still lives, but that’s because the general hasn't sufficiently recovered from his astonishment to get mad about it. HE MUST be a most excellent citizen who is bla Ned by some of the clubs, and if he hadn’t been black-balled what would have become of him ? STATE RIGHTS, gentlemen. The state of Louisiana must take the responsibility of the New Orleans mob. But as goes the state of Louisiana so goes the union, N ITALIAN grinding out “ The star-spangled banner " is an inspiring spectacle until the monk- ey passes around the contribution-box to get pay for his patriotism. ORD ABINGDON and six other sporting-men will manage Mrs. Langtry until further notice, and the consequent theatrical failure will be unusually spectacular and interesting. THE OUTLOOK for new diseases, or old ones with new names, is promising throughout the year; but the grip, which apparently includes all diseases, gathers in the most chips. RICHARD MANSFIELD, in the view of the Chicago Mail, is the man most likely to wear the mantle of Edw Booth. Mr. Mansfield acts well on the stage, but not so well in his more frequent appearances in the newspapers. N HIS TARRY in Texas Jerry Rusk learned the brand of every cattle-owner between that state and Colorado, and proposes to present the same in brilliant colors in his next an- nual report. Yet they say that Jerry doesn’t want to be presi- dent. JOSEPH GUNN of Hartford swallowed steel filings and small screws for a time with apparent immunity, but finally tried a teri-penny nail with such poor success that he is likely to die. It is difficult to account for such foolishness. Mr. Gunn should have been satisfied with his habitual powder and shot. UncLe Ezra (scratching his head) —** Well, sah, dat depends. ne gaye . Ef you're talkin’ "bout de bulk ob him, dat depends on his size ; but HEY SAY that Mr. Blaine i ef you're talkin’ ‘bout de taste ob him he's de biggest t'ing in is anxious for it, won't take creation! it, will accept it if he can get it SIZED UP BY AN EXPERT. NoxtHerRN vistron—"Well, Uncle Ezra, how big is a nd couldn't be hired to have it on any conditions whatever. It will be remembered that we said so long ago. ERMAN is at home, not to fix his fences, but to repair his barn, ‘The barns and things y for some time back. Some of their doors swing on only one hinge and a mighty poor hinge at that, EMILY WEAVER of Goshen, Ind.,a handsome young woman, married a man of eighty and left him the following week. Nothing can suit some young women, This one would proba- bly have rebelled if she had got a man of a hundred and fifty. THE INSANITY of Anna Dickinson is the most intellectual yet recorded. She tells a straight and a reasonable story, and sticks to it. Yet how queer insanit Certain experts who have not yet been before a board of lunacy commissioners insist that that is the best possible evi- dence that she is not sane. THE KAISER says he thinks he was called by heaven to be the kaiser; and we dare say that if Germany is ever whipped he will be a good enough logician to believe that he was called by heaven to that unhappy situation, It is a fine thought when one is nicely situated that heaven has something to do with it; but the tramp has equally good reason to make heaven responsible for his loneliness of a wet night when he sleeps in a crate every hole of which enlarges itself to let in more rain, comicbooks.com