Life — April 23, 1885 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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OHN L. SULLIVAN is informed that there is no penalty attached to punching coins, except the loss of the coin, This will probably deter the gentleman from making any assaults on the currency. NE of the favorite colors this year is Absinthe. It is not the color of the crude liquor, but a whitish green, as when mixed with water. We shall soon expect to hear that Brandy and Soda Pink will be much worn in summer, and the fashionable tint for | fall costumes will be an ‘Alf and "Alf Brown. * . * H RY JAMES taking his monthly rise out of Boston, and Mr. Howells still raising Silas Lapham in the pages of the Century present an edifying and—paradoxical as it may seem—not elevating spectacle. reached the top, and the Bostonians should be allowed to float off into dim etheriality, for which its lightness peculiarly fits it, . . . 6c O, Georgiana, Chess-men are not sold at pawn shops, | although many a man has had his ex-checker re- newed there.” . . . ING ALBERT EDWARD, the next, has certainly im- proved his opportunities with the Irish people by spending lots of money, and gambling on the green in the Emerald Isle. His mother ought to raise his wages for his services as missionary. It could be easily done by levying a tax upon his Celtic Hosts. . . . ¢¢ PQQUNGE,” is the name in which the French Minister of Finance rejoices. It is most appropriate that the Bunge should be connected with the Bar'l. . e . AN English historian remarks, that had Henry VIII. lived to-day, he would, on account of his enormous bulk, have been one of the wonders of the age. The gentleman is somewhat in error with his figures. Henry was a Two-der, . . . EWS from China fails to announce whether the French have stopped running yet or not. They don’t seem to be having such a Tamsui thing of it after all. It is about time Silas | BANK NOTES. [Soon to be Put in Circulation.) 1. R. JOHN C. KENO requests the pleasure of Mr. James D. Fish’s company at luncheon on Wednesday next, at one P, M. CHATEAU MONTMORENCY, Quebec. Il. Mr. J. D. Fish regrets that he cannot accept Mr. Keno’s polite invitation for Wednesday next, being confined to his room by a severe case of Adversus Verdictus, contracted while in court last week. Mr. Fish likewise begs to enclose his card, announcing his retirement from financiering and en- gagement in other enterprises. Ill. J. D. Fis [Late for the Marine Bank and Still Later for Canada] Begs to Announce to His Patrons That He Has Retired From Financiering. Mr, FISH Will Shortly Open an Office at No. 31133 Sing-Sing-on-Hudson, with a select assortment of fine contract labor shoes. Running shoes a specialty. Also in stock a fine lot of free- stone gravel, custom made, under State supervision. Terms: 100 per cent. off for cash. New York Agent: Ferdinand Ward. * . . PIG-TORIAL SHAKESPEARE, pee & « "Thu, ( ee) HAM-LET. . . . EN. BARILLAS has been made President of Guatemala. A position fraught with peril, inasmuch as every able- bodied citizen in that State is, in himself, a regularly incorpor- ated Rebellion, liable to break out at any moment. Barillas was, in fact, the only man in the State who could vote at the election, the other inhabitants suffering from po- litical disabilities for conspiring against the government. This accounts for the General's election. * . . Pad GUNSED COX has at last reached his destination. | When the Porte and the Envoy first met, the full extent of the distance from the Sublime to the ridiculous became apparent. x * comicbooks.com