Puck — November 28, 1877 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. Ir is no small job to make intelligent use of the glorious right of suffrage. In the recent Mississippi election W. H. Sims was elected Lieutenant-Governor by about 100,000 majo- rity, while on the same day the people voted to abolish the office.— Worcester Press. In Plymouth Church he preached a noblesermon On the effect Heredity has had; The faults of ancestors, he said, determine Our tendencies, or whether good or bad. And yet it seemed unkind—unfilial, rather— We ne'er heard anything against his father. Graphic. “‘Wuo's your pastor, my dear?” asked a good old lady from the country, addressing her daughter, who has been living in the city for half a year or so. ‘Really, mother, I hardly know. I never saw him. He was away ona vacation last summer, and now he has started on his lecturing tour for the winter. 1 may get acquainted with him next spsing.”— Chicago Evening Journal. Even if Minister Welsh was once a slave- dealer, as the N. Y. Sun alleges, why should Mr. Dana go into hysterics over his appoint- ment, and at the same time encourage and ad- vocate the election of men who were not only slave-holders, but who attempted to destroy the Union to retain their slaves? (‘This is not a conundrum, We know why he does it.)— Norristown Herald. Aw exchange says a strict Turk is obliged not only to wash his head, face, neck, ears and féet, but also his tecth, at each of the five daily calls to prayer. And howa mussulman can be adevout Turk and still be so dirty that the dogs hold their noses and howl when he comes on their side of the street, is as great a mystery as how, in more civilized lands, aman can be a church-member and teacha Bible class of young ladies, and still get away with $49,000 worth of forged paper when the time comes.— Burlington Hawkeye. AMENITIES OF WESTERN JOURNALISM.—The Napa Xeporter started a story that the long war between the Ukish papers, Aleck Montgom- ery’s Democrat and Belle Lynch’s Dispatch, was about to be ended by a matrimonial con- tract between the editor and the editress, and the merging of the two papers. Aleck vigor- ously denies the story in a half-column edito- rial. Belle more tersely declares: ‘ The indi- vidual who furnished the private report to the Napa Reporter regarding Uncle Aleck and us, must be a lunatic, and fails to know that to marry, ‘wo must be willing. In this case nei- ther would be; Aleck would as leave have a hyena, while we would prefer an ape.” So the war goes on.—Alta- California, Wuen it was proposed, years ago, to build steamships of india-rubber, old sailors objected to the innovation on the ground that such ves- sels would rub out the equatorial line, This, it appears, was not the only objection. Certain parties, disregarding the fears of the old sailors, built two india-rubber vessels—one in New York and the other in Liverpool. When fin- ished, these steamships sailed on the same day, with a full passenger-list, and when four days out they collided with each other in mid-ocean. The rebound was tremendous, and the first thing the captains knew, their respective vessels had bounced back to the cities from whence they started, and the distance accomplished in four days had to be traversed over again. Al- though the passengers were charged nothing extra, some of them were so mad that they threatened to get out and walk. ‘These facts have just leaked out, and it affords us much satisfaction to be able to present them, for the first time, to the public.— Nautical Novelist of Norristown Herald. The Truth at Last. In order to protect the public against imposition, and asa rebuke to unscrupulous advertisers, the Judges 6a Pianos at the Centen: bial Eshibition, Philadelphia, 1836, have given to Steinway & Sons the following CERTIFICATE: “« This is t0 certify that the piano-fortes of Messrs. Steinway & Sons, comprising Concertand Farlor Grand, Square and Upright, exhibited by them at the Centennial rposition at Philadelphia in 1876, presented the great- est totality of excellent qualities and novelty of construct. ion, and in all points of excellence they received our highest average of points, and accordingly our unanimous opinion concedes to Mess. Steinway & Sons ‘Highest legree of excellence in-all their styles.” Dated July 28, 1877. WK. Utiven, E. Lavassaun, aera Venwer, Janes C: Watson, josern Henny, E: Hitcano, PAL. BaRNAKD, Writs Twomson, Hi Gro. F. Bustow, J. 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To supply the demand for the above-named illustration, depicting the ‘‘ Mormon’s Empty Pillow,” and owing to the fact that the edition of “Puck” containing it has been entirely ex- hausted, the cartoon has been published asa single sheet, and can be obtained from any newsdealer in the country. “PUCK” PUBLISHING CO., 13 North William Street, New York. PUCK’S Pictorial Department SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Havinc completed all necessary arrangements, and in compliance with numerous requests, the publishers and proprietors of Puck take pleasure in announcing that they have opened a GENERAL DESIGNING OFFICE, where the services of the best artists in America, including those of the dis- tinguished cartoonist, Mr. JOSEPH KEPPLER, are employed in furnishing all kinds of Illustrations, in the most perfect style, on short notice, and at reason- able rates, The Theatrical Profession will find it to their especial advantage, in arranging for LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, to apply at this office, where Mr. Joseru Kerecer is in personal charge of the department. Address, Puck Publishing Company, 13 N. WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.