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- LIFE: “While there's Life there's Hope. VOL. XIX. MARCH 17th, 1892. No, 481. 28 West Twesvy-Tutrp Street, New York. Published every Thursday. $5.00 year in advance, Postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year, extra, Single copies, 10 ce Back numbers can be had by applying at this office, Singlecopies of Vol I. and II. out of print. Vol. 1, bound, $30¢0; Vol. I., bound. $15.0 Back numbers, one year old, a5 cents per copy. Vols. Ili to XVI sive, bound or in flat numbers, at $10.09 per volume. Subscribers wishing address changed will greatly facilitate matters by sending old address as weil as new. Rejected contributions will be destroyed unless accompanied by a stamped 1d directed envelope inclu: I’ would appear that of all “ har- bitrary gents ” now extant, the two wilfullest are David Hill and the youthful Emperor William. The excuse is made for William that he has the ear-ache so badly at times that he is hardly respons ble for what he says or does, The excuse made for David is that his political necessities are exigent, and that he has yot to hustle if he in- tends to arrive. t the explanation gives entire satisfaction in either case. March mobs make Berlin lively for William, and David 1s kept awake by kickers outside of his machine and rebellion within it. Both his experience and William’s give comfort to the friends of Republican government. It cannot be said SN [ ® BLAINE has always been known as a 22 IVE man with a very kind heart, but his benevo- lence never showed more clearly than in the pains he has taken to give his son's ex-wile a good start on the stage. ‘To be sure it will be said that he re- opened the controversy with the Nevins fan preliminary to his own reappearance on a broader stage than that of any theatre, but Lirr does not share that opinion. It has no expectation that Mr. Blaine will ever be a presidential candidate again. As for his argument with the Nevins ladies, the temptation to speak out was very strong, but he labors under the disadvantage of being in a tight with women, and women who are willing to say much uglier things about him and his than he is about them and theirs. HE unusual prevalence of murders, suicides and thefts in high life suggests the great strain of contempo- tary existence, especially in great cities. When a man of respectable antecedents and previous good character com- mits some unaccountable crime the ready explanation is that he is insane, and facts are usually produced that give that explanation a reasonable basi It has not yet been found necessary to make periodical tests of the sanity of the average citizen, but that may come. W ORD comes from Yoko- hama that the example set by Mr. Edward Dea- con at Cannes has found favor in the sight of one Hetherington, an American naval officer, who has killed an English- man whom he believed to be unduly devoted to his wif Ifa man has a mind to shoot under such circumstances, it may not accord with public policy to discourage him too much, nevertheless it seems likely that Lieut. Hetherington’s zeal outran his discretion. He might at least have waited until he learned how Deacon came out, for although what a man may be allowed to do in Cannes may afford no safe rule of conduct in Yokohama. Still experience is experience, and a discerning person will contrive to profit by the experience otf his fellow, even though allowance has to be made for differences in time and place. LiFe may have a defective moral sense, but it admits a con- viction that home cannot be made happy with a pistol, and that if the woman prefers the other man the best way out of it is to send her her passports and let them both go. If there is a crime that can be surely trusted to entail its own punish- ment, it is the crime against the famity. is interesting to notice that iot of Harvard is mak- ing another of those Spring trips in the West that contributed so much to make Harvard the envied of all her sisters. As an educational drummer Dr. :liot has no peer. He carries no samples. Sometimes his visits are preceded by the Harvard Glee Club, but usually he is content to represent in his own person what it may profit a man to. imbibe a full set of Harvard culture at the only place where it may be had. At various convenient centres DrsEliot has established agencies where orders are taken and estimates made ; but culture is laid on, as hereto- fore, exclusively at the institution at Cambridge. comicbooks.com