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Tue penitential seasonof Lent is over, the time of the singing birds has come and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land. A great many people wil be married in the next week or two who never were married before, and not a few will enter on a second or third, or even more frequently repeated trial of connubial felicity, Eggs will be at a premium, Why should people celebrate Easter with eggs when the savory hen-fruit has not been a specially forbidden luxury during the lenten season? That isamystery, though possibly it is not wholly unconnected with the ornithological fact that ter gen- erally occurs at a time when the hens are beginning to emerge from their winter tor- por and lay themselves seriously down to the real business of life. There will be a burst of activity in our churches and u renewal of life at our theatres, and, on the whole, peo- ple generally are glad that Lent is over. Lent is not regarded as a pleasant season. In communities where it is very strictly kept people usher it in by a little spree that they call the Carnival, which serves to blow off superfluous steam and keep them quiet dur- ing the forty days when the church enjoins quietude. And Easter, as marking the end of Lent and the entrance of spring, is a pop- ular time. It isa time for the dawning of new clothes; spring bonnets put in their cheerful appearance, and, as the bills there- for do not commonly come around till a | little later, it is a season of universal rejoic- ing. Wherefore Tar Jupce takes this oppor- tunity of wishing all his friends and readers, and their friends and friend’s friends—in short, all the many thousands whom this paper will reach, a very good time this Easter. | TO THE DEATH. Homersang ofthe fearful war and ten siege that blotted out Troy. Milton sang of the struggle that resulted in casting the fallen angels out of heaven, and Adam and Eve out of Paradise. Why should not Tue Jvpoe sing of the quarrel which may result in throwing Freddie Gebhard and Jimmy Livingstone out of the Union Club? It isa theme replete with fearful possibilities; illu- mined by the lurid light of Freddie’s colos- sal intellect, or by the bibulous eloquence of Livingstone’s commanding genius, it would make an epic. Tie JupGk can only do his poor best, and leave the brighter colors to imagination and his artist. James Livingstone told Frederick Geb- hard, that he (@ébhard) was a liar and coward, Whether Mr. Livingstone spoke with the authority of an expert on such mat- ters, or not, does not appear. Presumably he was right, as Mr. Gebhard did not contra- dicthim. Whether that fair and frail exotic, professionally known as “Lillie Langtry” had anything to do with the matter is uncertain. A year ago it might fairly have been inferred that anything that concerned Freddie would concern the Lily equally, but times have changed. ‘Those who profess to know say that Mrs, Langtry is not at the bottom of the latest emeute; some insinuate that another womanis. Fickle Freddy! Left Lily!) Who will decide between them. Meanwhile, the interesting fact remains that Freddy has been informed that he is a liar and a coward. is not, as a rale, remarkable for his pugna- city, but Freddy has been known to have his, nose smashed with a good grace on a former occasion. Perhaps the experience was pain- ful and he did not wish to repeat it. Per- haps Mr. Livingstone—but then, Tue JupGE is unacquainted with the avoirdupois of the two men and does not desire to make invid- ious observations. The words passed, but not the blow. Let us see if the end is yet. Dark and mysterious in the hazy back- ground lies an almost forgotten law known as the code duello. Over the distant hills of New Jersey lie little quiet retreats, shady meadows, secluded fields which would have been described by an Irish gentleman two generations ago as “Swate places for the settlement of any little difference between two gentlemen. Dark and bloody hints have been dropped of a possible resort to these sequestered shades. ‘The improved fire arms of the day have been referred to as even better calculated to adjust any little matter in dispute than the duelling pistol The New York dude | of old. Freddy's courage has been called in question; likewise Livingston’s sobricty. Tho | Jersey Lily, or some other unknown fair, is | lurking in the background. Will an appeal to arms be in order? ‘To be sure, it is just possible that such an appeal might result in one or the other of the appellants getting hurt; but even if they did, their removal would not effect a serious diminution in the producing classes of the State, and both would have the satisfaction of getting their names in the papers, even more frequently and emphatically than they have done al- ready. To be sure, this m hardly prove an inducement to Freddy, who was swept into notoriety in Mrs. Langtry’s train, but to Mr. Livingstone it would prove arunning stream of purest joy. And if, | perchance, they met and did not hurt each | other—which is quite possible, as neither of them would probably be very steady under fire—then they would have the notority and the rapture, without the bullets!) They had better think it over, and if they decide to meet and will apprise Tie JUDGE in season, he will have an artist upon the spot; though, | in the amateur duel, the position of the looker-on is popularly considered far more dangerous than that of either of the princi- ples. quasi THE CINCINNATI RIOTS. :kE is nothing more unmanageable and sonable than a crowd, and a mob is nothing more than an ebulition of public hysterics. The mistake that has always | been made in this country in dealing with | mob has lain in an exhibition of over |Ienity at the outset. In Cincinnati. we had a terrible example. The people were justly outraged and incensed at a pal- pable miscarriage of justice. Mass mect- ings were held, mob spirit prevailed, and an armed attack was made upon the jail. Here the time to crush out the riot in its inception, but nothing was done, and the mischief spread. Many lives were sacrificed, millions of property destroyed; the original cause was forgotten and the riot became a battle between the organized and armed militia and the unorganized and half-armed mob. The ranks of the latter were swelled by loafers, thieves, and the abble which always hangs upon the heels of any crowd or disturbance for the sake of what can be made out of it. The rioters became drunk with liquor and excitement; the streets of Cincinnati were converted into | @ battlefield and the gutters ran with blood. | And all this in one of the greatest and wealth- iest cities of the United States, which arro- gates to itself the premier position in certain matters of art and culture. How little a wrong, comparatively, was it that this mob undertook to redress. How ter- rible and grievous the wrong it perpetrated in the unsuccessful attempt to redress it. What matter whether Berner hanged or not? Vile murderer as he was, his life was not have comicbooks.com