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‘LIFE: “While there's Life there's Hope.” JULY 30th, 1891. 23 West Twenty-Tiikp Street, New York. VOL. XVII. No. 448. Published every Thursday _$5.00a year in advance, postage free. Single copies ro cents. Back numbers can be had by applying to thisoffice. Vol. L., bound, $30.00; Vol. II., bound, $15.00, Back numbers, one year old, 20 cents per copy, Vols. IIT-to XVIL., inclusive, bound or in flat numbers, at $5.00 per volume Rejected contributions will be destroyed unless accompanied by astamped and directed envelope Subscribers wishing address changed will greatly facilitate matters by sending old address as well as new. UR friends of the Powhatan Club of Richmond are doubtless gratified at the decision of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, that the mortal relics of the President of the late Confederacy shall rest in the soil of Virginia. Mrs. Da ys that her natural inclination y her husband at Beauvior, but the waters of the Gulf approach so near that seat, and the soil is so easily dispersed, that she fears that Mr. vis’s remains might be washed away before the South had finished with them, So there is to be a great monument to Mr. Davis at Rich- We trust that it will be big and handsome, and fit to recall for centuries to come the man under it, and the in- mond. e experiences for which he was so largely responsible. * * * struct N O adequate monument has yet been raised anywhere to Lincoln, but it may be said that Lincoln is hardly dead enough yet to need much of a monument. He is still constantly under discussion. Magazine arti him appear at intervals as short as ever, No statement of what he thought or did about any matter of importance, can be put out without being tossed about and sifted with a controversial zeal bordering upon ferocity. Such any contemporancous man has, or les and books about personal knowledge thinks he has of Abraham Lincoln, he seems disposed to re- gard as a possession of high value, and if any other man idate it, he proceeds The din of the compli- McClure and Nicolay le information about mlin, should be a makes atement that threatens to inv, to make it ot for that other man. ments recent hanged by Messr: as to the validity of their respective in: Mr, Lincoln's sentiments anent Mr, I warning to all peace-loving persons who know anything about Mr. Lincoln to write out their facts for posthumous publica- tion only, * * e } R. BLAINE is to be felicitated on feel- ijing able to enjoy so great a variety of health. No American whom we recall has equalled him in this particular since the year 1883, or thereabouts, when so much uncertainty prevailed as to the physical ability of Mr. Tilden to take the field again at the head of “the old ticket.” The reports abc Mr. Tilden then were as conflicting as those about Mr. Blaine are now, but it will be re- membered that when the time came, the representative of the old ticket who went on the new one was Mr. Hendricks. It would be hard to name an American who, by his abilities and disabilities, is better qualified for ¢ life than Mr. Blaine. cli Fed he * . * HE discomfort brought upon certain American yachtsmen by the en- forcement of a silly regulation about port charges, may result in good. Our navi- gation laws are in direful need of over- hauling, but vessels under our flag are so scarce on salt water that the chance to expose their deficiencies by enforcing them, rarely offers. Laws that compel Americans to sail their ships, or even their yachts, under foreign flags, need tinkering, and it is only because they have done their work so effectually, y haven't been tinkered before now. . * * L" hears with regret that Mrs. Langtry, 8 formerly known as the Jersey Lily, has ~ been kicked in the face by an English gentle- man, whom she had regarded as a true friend. It is reported that her beauty has been per- manently marred, but that what she has lost in looks. been more than made up to her in guine: Mrs. L. has not been altogether fortunate in her gentlemen, most of whom have an unlucky faculty of getting into court. * * * T isto be desired that our Republican friends shall not threaten to run any more New York statesmen for Governor until it comes ¢ \ time for them to havea convention and actually ake a choice. Mr. Depew was threatened with the nomination, declined, and fled away to Europe, taking his family with him. Mr. Cornelius Bliss, finding himself in like peril, has done the same. Americans are in Europe this Summer as it is. There is no occasion to driv ers away who might stay at home if allowed to dwell in peace. So please, gentlemen, don’t talk any more until the time comes. Too many comicbooks.com