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GILLIS BROTHERS & TURNURE, ART AGE PRESO, 70-70 FULTO “veer? je VOL. VI. SEPTEMBER 3p, 1885. NO. 140. 1155 Broapway, New York. Published every Thursday, $5 a year in advance, postage free. Single copies, 10 cents. Back numbers can be had by applying to this office. Vol. I., s0 cents per number ; Vol. II., 25 cents per number; Vols. III, IV. and V. at regular rates. Rejected contributions will be destroyed unless accompanied by a stamped and directed envelope. Tt Genesta's crew could not get water of the Marble- | headers the other day because they were Englishmen. | Evidently the Marbleheaders are behind the 7rébune, for they do n't know the Revolution is over, . . . NOTHER social misunderstanding in Kentucky; her | husband and her brother fire fifteen shots at each other before “honor” is satisfied. Kentucky “chivalry” seems to be looking up, as there have been several affairs of this kind recently. When a Kentuckian’s “honor” is at stake he begins to drink and shoot, and as soon as any one is hit he is satisfied. It may be himself or some other fellow, but he is happy. . . EWSPAPER comments upon Mr. Vanderbilt's action in regard to the West Shore Road convinces us that the great millionaire is doing his best to ruin the widows and orphans who have heretofore been fortunate enough to hold | heavy interests in this prosperous road. The fall from an eighteen carat failure to a guaranteed six per cent. stock is conclusive proof of this, and is but another evidence of the offensive methods Mr. Vanderbilt has lately employed in thrusting his money into the pockets of the needy. * . . T is a well-known fact that Mr. Hubert O. Thompson has Mr. Cleveland's written resignation in his trowsers pocket, to be presented to the Senate as soon as the President incurs the ex-Commissioner’s displeasure. We strenuously advise Mr. Cleveland, therefore, to stick to the woods until the Gubernatorial campaign is over, for it has been proven beyond the possibility of a doubt by the New York 7rsbune that whatever he does he is bound to displease his friends ; and, as far as we can see from a perusal of the great Repub- lican organ, the only friend Mr, Cleveland has outside of the little patent rebel horde which Mr. Reid keeps in his private office is Hubert O. Thompson. We should hate to have Mr. Hendricks in the Presidential chair, and if it be true—and we have it on the undeniable authority of an opposition editor—that President-maker, Dr. Burchard, has signed the Vice-President’s commission, we fear that there is serious danger ahead. The President cannot stick to his fish line too closely. . . . HE Marquis of Corks, the light weight ex-husband of Mme. Patti, obtained a divorce from his operatic spouse—probably on the ground of cruelty. This, of course, suited the Diva to a dot, but having rid herself of the unpopular Marquis she is now confronted by Mrs. Nico- lini, who steps up with a lien upon the would-be Mr. Patti, claiming that he is worth $50,000 to her. This is a sad case of the impediments in the way of youth- ful lovers. And unless Mme. Patti is willing to give up a week's wages for a controlling interest in her favorite tenor, this unhappy couple will be forced to bow their heads to fate and wait patiently for the coming of the Angel of Death—to the present holder of the Nicolini mortgage. . . . ASSACHUSETTS seems to do more toward getting the country into trouble and out of it than any of her sisters. She gives us the Purtan as an offset to that row she got us into with England about a hundred years ago over some tea that was dumped in her harbor. She certainly does well in the slugging and yacht building line, and we think, as good Americans, that the Purttan is going to distinguish herself. She is handicapped with a name that is enough to hold anything back. A rapid Puritan! * Were the Puritans in charge of affairs to-day they would have the owners of the yacht publicly whipped for indulging in such frivolous practices, and probably burn the boat as a witch, * . . T seems like tempting fate for the Democrats to nominate Gov. Hoadly a second time. His mouth should be muzzled and his feet fastened securely to prevent the usual complications which arise between them whenever the Governor goes into politics. . . . T is a significant fact that Sea Serpents are never seen off Asbury Park. . . . HE weather which a more or less tender Providence has seen fit to give us recently must have raised havoc with the prophets. When it comes to hunting up extra blankets and going back to winter clothing in August, we cannot help feeling there is mismanagement somewhere. We hardly like to lay the entire blame upon the present Admin- istration, but there is a Democrat at the bottom of it. Of this we are conyinced. comicdoo eS an enOR Ro Me Foy 525 Waneen Av. OO”