Judge — October 14, 1899 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK AT THE JUDGE BUILDING. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. STATES AND CAMADA It ADVANCE, One co One copy” for thirteen wees fncluding the Cuatstmas Juoce. FOREIG. SCRIPTIO! Sorcign com 90 International news company, Bream's building, Chancery avenue del Opera, Paris: saaroack's news exchange, Me Gorman 7 Corner Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street, New York. EW Circulation larger than any other cartoon weekly in the world. E97 NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS.—The contents of Juooe are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Britain. Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and vigorously prosecuted, THE PROVERB reads in France, “Set a thief to catch an innocent man,” GERMANY. ought not to have stopped with Alsace-Lorraine. She should have taken the whole of France. HAVE THE FRENCH made themselves as hated by the world as the Jew is hated by the French? THE FRENCH are looking ardently for a military hero. If they won't. take General Mer- cier why not take Major Esterhazy ? eee R. GOEBEL may be guilty of robbery and murder, but when he re- fuses to drink whisky that becomes a sin of omission that cannot be overlooked. se] NEVER intend to get old,” says Sara Bernhardt. That is right; and do we not know that a thing of beauty, however attenuated, is a joy for- ever? [7 WOULD be easy for the Mormons who go south to escape lynching by keeping away from Voice, ( from stairs)—"* Ethel!” Erie" Ves, papa? Voice. there. Doesn't that nev- er occur to them until they are dead? AS THE GOVERNOR of Idaho has never worn a necktie, two things are evident—he never stole a horse and he belongs to the very cream of the far-west aristocracy. ing on Broadway."* It MAY be true, as a Virginia court decides, that the wife can never be the head of the house, but there is much in that power behind the throne which is greater than the throne itself. vee OLONEL BRYAN needn't say that whether he runs for president depends upon the platform. The platform will be made to fit the man this time—not the man the platform. WE ARE TOLD by James Creelman that Jobn'R. McLean has wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. Impossible. Enough of anything else is enough, but too much money isn’t half enough. cee COMMODORE VANDERBILT and the late Cornelius differed largely on the question of morals, the latter having been an exceedingly good man. Possibly there was a row when they met over there, but we feel ‘sure that the older man got no advantage over the younger one by cutting off his inheritance. AN INTANGIBLE Please tell that young man that if he thinks he woald like this house for a permanent residence the place is for sale on easy terms at the office of Skinn & Shark, in the Equitable build- WILLIAM'S ASSISTANT. HE CHARGE is made that the administration is prolonging the war in order to insure its return to power next year. Possibly, possibly ; but we suspect that Aguinaldo has something to do with it, too. THE TRANSVAAL. THE UITLANDERS outnumber the Boers three to one. They want naturalization and the right to vote without renouncing their rights as subjects of other governments. Usually the majority should rule; but suppose three Chinamen to every American should come here with a simi- lar demand, would we give ourselves up to the Chinese empire or would we fight? SEX IN CRIME, A YOUNG WOMAN who typewrites for a living got an office-boy to draw the money on her forged cheques, then divided the money with him, and then played cards with him and won his half back. The honor that prevails among thieves is a dubious article, but it was hoped that when women became persons of that character there would be some im- provement. A DEMORALIZED ARMY. LIONEL DECLE, who has served as a private in the French c: says the French private is treated by his officers as a criminal ; is cordial hatred betweefi rank and rank; the army of France could not to-day contend successfully against a half-civilized foe, and in case of battle very many officers would be shot by their own men. Does the Dreyfus trial leave any doubt that that is the situation? THE LEAST WE CAN DO. MB: BRYAN says he doesn't be- lieve in the immediate with- drawal of our troops from the Phil- ippines, but that they should first establish a stable government and take measures looking to eventual independence. That is about the McKinley idea. The troops must win, and beyond that nothing what- ever is settled; but they can have their independence with safety only under the flag of the United States. TWO BOOKS. THAT A BOOK has been widely read may be other than a compli- ment. Two of the stu- pidest books are mention- ed among the three or four most read —* The Choir Invisible,” which was dis- ss appointing in almost every chapter and abominably so at the end; and “ David Harum,” which has hard- ly a redeemable feature and, as good books are planned and constructed, is a miserable botch, Perhaps it may be said that the best books are the books least read. HINT. BLOODSHED FOR CHURCH AND STATE, THE KAISER says the kingship is religion and the army and navy are peace. But it seems that the atoning sacrifice is necessary, and there- fore the blood shed conjointly by prince and soldier is the cement that holds the parts of an empire together. We have been told before that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church, but it has not been known that kings have been in the habit of shedding any portion of it. However, that of the princes will do. SOCIETY AND THE NEWS. WHY GIVE Miss Grant's engagement any more notice than that of an ordinary girl? asks the Rochester Democrat. Why not? She is prominent because of her relationship as well as her engagement. She belongs to society, and that is no discredit. The notice does not indicate snobbishness, but respect for and a proper discrimination as to news. An ordinary engagement is not news, for few people care anything about it. The society reporters are right. Miss Grant and her young man are news. comicbooks.com