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To be had of all respectable Wine Merchants, Grocers and Druggists. “While there's Life there's Hope.” No. ior; VOL. VIII. AUGUST 26, 1886. 1155 BroaDway, 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., $1.50 per number ; Vol. II., 25 cents per number ; Vol. III., IV., V., VI. and VII. at regular rates. Rejected contributions will be destroyed unless accompanied by a stamped and directed envelope. HE President has gone on his vacation. made a pathetic appeal to the newspaper correspon- dents tolet him alone. He meekly confesses that he is goingto | the Adirondacks with his wife and mother-in-law, and says that | he has himself arranged to convey to the public such intelli- gence of his movements as is necessary to the repose of its mind. But he earnestly desires that he shall not be trailed by spotters or have the details of his daily life wrested from his personal keeping, since such a course would defeat the objects of his trip. Lire cordially hopes that its contemporaries of the daily press will respect the President’s wishes in this matter. Of course it will involve self-denial for them to do so. It is en- tirely possible to keep him in sight most of the time, for the President is a large, opaque body, he has not Mambrino’s hel- met, and there are keyholes in the doors even of Adirondack hotels. Our neighbor, the Western World, in particular, will want to get beats on its contemporaries, by depicting the trout that succumb to his hook, and in estimating their weight ; and doubtless the Suz will be tempted to ornament its valuable Sunday edition with portraits of him, taken while | pulling on his stockings or changing his shirt. To publish what it is desirable to keep private is unquestionably the first law of newspaperdom, and the more privacy is sought, the | greater is the “enterprise ” of the journal that invades it. Nevertheless, for this once, brethren, give the man a chance, Don't weigh his fish, but have him free to estimate their pon- | derosity according to the dictates of his conscience. No mat- ter about his wife’s dresses orthe demeanor of his mother-in- | law. The Chief Magistrate has had a long season of hard work. He has done a great deal, for better or for worse, and needs to have the strain relaxed. Give him a rest. * * * ONNYBROOK must look to its laurels or Belfast will purloin them. Belfast’s reputation is advancing with great strides. There is no town in the world that is its equal to-day in the chances it offers to Irishmen to get their heads | broken, or to stop bullets with their bodies, Before he left he | R. HOWELLS says he considers Boston the most in- teresting city in the world, and doubtless the Hub fairly hugs itself to hear him say so. It is trying bravely to live up to the reputation its literary microscopist has given it. It even appears to be tempting Mr. Howells to enter into competition with his admired Zola, and the ingenious Gaboriau. Parson Downes has not. yet been materialized into literature, and when he is finished, Mrs. Robinson of Somerville remains. The narrative of the exploits of which this remarkable woman is suspected reads like Italian history or a story by Dumas. While the evidence that has been thus far produced may be insufficient to convict her, no prudent man would eat at her table without first providing himself with a porcelain-lined stomach and a set of copper intestines. We fear that Mrs. Robinson’s career as a boarding-house keeper is closed. * * * HE Cutting incident still keeps the newspapers busy. No war has yet resulted from it except, incidentally, a bel- ligerent outbreak from a Washington editor who lost his tem- per, and “‘sassed” the President. It is to be hoped that the mission of Mr. Sedgwick may result in a satisfactory solution | of the difficulty. Certain of the men of El Paso are very positive in asserting that the conduct of their Mexican neigh- bors has been at divers times superlatively inconsiderate. They say, in effect, that the citizens of Texas who are opposed to pitching on Mexico are selfish persons who have property, and might lose it if war broke out. Itis of courseirritating to men who have only principles to be restrained for the sake of the property owners. But property is useful, even though it be- longs to some one else, and deserves some care. It ought to be possible, and doubtless it is, to teach Mexico good manners without going to the expense of thrashing her. * * * IFE kisses its hand to the Irish-American land league, and wishes that the Chicago convention may bring all good luck to Erin. The canonization of Mr. Gladstone, and the exaltation of Mr. Parnell to the MW power must be among its immediate results, with home rule to follow, very shortly. * * * ITH this issue LIFE changes its printers, and in so doing, we wish to express our thanks to Messrs. Gilliss Brothers and Turnure for the solicitude they have con- | stantly shown for the welfare of the paper. The quality of the work needs no comment from us, and none can appreciate | better than ourselves the unceasing care and promptitude which have contributed so largely toward the prosperity of the enterprise, and the peace of mind of its editors. Outside circumstances alone necessitate the change — and in parting with the co-workers of our early days, we wish them God-speed and continued prosperity. comicbooks.com