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Mr. FECHTER evidently regards them as completely + identical; and in his acting, as in his pronunciation, + uniformly prefers the former to the latter. He has + recently exemplified this by his personation of CLAUDE + MELNOTTE, in that most tawdry specimen of the + cotton-velvet drama, the LADY OF LYONS. This melancholy + event took place a few nights since at the French + Theatre, that mausoleum of the illegitimate French drama. + Miss CARLOTTA LECLERCQ, an actress who deserves the + highest praise, and who would receive it were it not that + a doubt as to the proper pronunciation of her name + prevents the bashful critic from mentioning her when + flushed with the generous enthusiasm of beer, played + PAULINE, and a number of Uncertain People played the + dickens with the rest of the <i>dramatis + personæ</i>. Every one knows the play, and no one + cares to hear how the Uncertain People mangled it. The + audience naturally took no interest in it until the third + scene of the first act was reached, and shouts of "Long + live CLAUDE MELNOTTE" were heard from behind the scenes. + After which everybody remarked, "Now he's coming," and + rubbed their lorgnettes with looks of expectation and + corners of pocket-handkerchiefs.</p> + + <p><i>Enter</i> CLAUDE. "Gif me choy, dear mutter, I've + won the brize."</p> + + <p><i>Mother</i>. "Humph! What's the wally of it, my + boy?"</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "Every thing. It is wealth—the 'ope of + vame—the ambition to pe worthier of PAULINE. Ah! I lofe + her! I 'ave sent a boem to her. My messenger ought efen + now to be returned."</p> + + <p><i>Enter</i> GASPAR. "CLAUDE, your verses are + returned! With kicks! I could show the marks of them, + were it proper to do so in the presence of a mixed + audience!"</p> + + <p><i>Mother</i>. "Now you are cured, Claude."</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "So! I do sgatter her image to the winds. I + will peat her menial ruffians. I will do a fariety of + voolish actions. What 'ave we 'ere? A ledder? (<i>Reads + it</i>.) BEAUSEANT bromises I shall marry her! Oh! + refenge and lofe! I will marry her, and pully her + afterwards." (<i>Curtain</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Young Lady, who reads Dickens</i>. "How sweet he + is! So romantic! I do love this sweet, lovely play so + much."</p> + + <p><i>Accompanying Young Man, who regards himself a + critic on the ground that he once knew a + ticket-speculator</i>. "Yes. It is one of the best plays + out. It's so full of gags, you know."</p> + + <p><i>Young Lady</i>. "Gags? What are they?"</p> + + <p><i>Accompanying young man, who, etc.</i> "Gags is the + professional name for nice tabloze. Scenes where they + stand round in good positions, you know."</p> + + <p><i>Enthusiastic Man, who has come in with a pass</i>. + "Well! I've never seen any acting like FECHTER'S before. + It's magnificent."</p> + + <p><i>Veteran Play-goer</i>. "I hope I'll never see + anything like it again. He reminds me of a bull with + delirium tremens in a china shop."</p> + + <p><i>Rest of the Audience</i>. "Only four more acts. + Thank goodness we've got through with one."</p> + + <p><i>Act II. Enter Uncertain People. They recite in a + timid and indistinct tone the prescribed fustian. They + are followed by</i> CLAUDE, PAULINE, <i>and + others</i>.</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "These are peautiful gartens. Who blanned + them?"</p> + + <p><i>Mdme.</i> DESCHAPPELLES. "A gardener named CLAUDE + MELNOTTE. He wrote verses to my daughter. Ha! ha! Also, + he! he!"</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "This GLAUDE must be a monsous imbudent + berson."</p> + + <p>PAULINE. "Sweet Prince, tell me again of thy palace by + the Lake of Como."</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "A balace lifting to eternal summer its marple + walls, from out a closuy power of goolest voliage, + musigal with pirds. Dost like the bigture?"</p> + + <p><i>Enter Mdme.</i> DESCHAPPELLES. "Oh! Prince, you + must fly. The minions of the Directory are laying for + you. Take my daughter; marry her, and go to Como." (<i>He + takes her and flies R.U.E. Curtain</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Young Lady, who reads Dickens (wiping away the tear + of imbecility)</i>. "How sweet! how sweet!"</p> + + <p><i>Accompanying Young Man</i>. "Yes. It is so natural + and touching. I have never seen a finer actor behind the + footlights."</p> + + <p><i>Everybody else</i>. "Hey! What's that you say? + Asleep? Of course I wasn't."</p> + + <p><i>Act III. Enter Uncertain Persons as before. They + ultimately go out again. Applause. Enter</i> CLAUDE, + <i>his</i> MOTHER, <i>and</i> PAULINE.</p> + + <p><i>Mother</i>. "This young man is of poor but honest + parents. Know you not that you are wedded to my son, + CLAUDE MELNOTTE?"</p> + + <p>PAULINE. "Your son? Hold, hold me, somebody!"</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "Leave us, mutter. Have bity on us." (<i>The + old lady leaves</i>.)</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "Now, lady, 'ear me."</p> + + <p>PAULINE. "Hear thee? Her son! Do fiends usually + indulge in the luxury of parents? Speak!"</p> + + <p>CLAUDE. "Gurse me. Thy gurse would plast me less than + thy forgifeness." (<i>He rants in broken English with + unintelligible rapidity for next half-hour, until his + mother puts an end to the universal misery by carrying + Pauline off to bed. Curtain</i>.)</p> + + <p><i>Young Lady, who reads Dickens</i>. "Oh, how sweetly + pretty!"</p> + + <p><i>Accompanying Young Man</i>. "Yes. He is even a + better actor than MCKEAN BUCHANAN."</p> + + <p><i>Voices from all Parts of the House. "Let's go home. + I can't stand two more acts of this sort of + thing."</i></p> + + <p>One of these voices was the soft, silvery and modest + voice of MATADOR, who went out, and sitting upon a + convenient hydrant, (not one of the infamous cast-iron + abortions with an unpleasant knob on the cover,) + contemplated the midnight stars, and seriously meditated + upon Mr. FECHTER. And in spite of a previous unhesitating + belief in Mr. DICKENS' critical judgment, and in spite of + a desire to find in Mr. FECHTER the greatest actor of the + age, he could not perceive in what respect that + distinguished gentleman deserves his world-wide + reputation. Is his manner natural? Is his elocution even + tolerably good? Is his pronunciation of English words any + thing but barely intelligible? To these questions a + mental echo answered with a melancholy negative. And when + the occupant of the meditative hydrant demanded to know + what single merit could be found in Mr. FECHTER'S acting, + his only answer was a suggestion from a prosaic policeman + that he cease to put idiotic questions to the unoffending + lamp-post.</p> + + <p>There are those—and enough of them to fill any + theatre—who sincerely admire Mr. FECHTER; but it is + impossible to resist the conviction that their admiration + is only a dutiful acquiescence in the judgment of Mr. + DICKENS. With the utmost desire to do no injustice to a + genial gentleman, who conscientiously strives to carry + out his theories of what acting should be, the + undersigned is forced to confess that Mr. FECHTER in an + English play is a spectacle so hopelessly and earnestly + absurd, as to call for commiseration rather than for the + laughter which it would deserve were it professedly a + burlesque entertainment.</p> + + <p>MATADOR.</p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <table align="center" width="800"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td> + <p style="font-weight: bold;">EXCELSIOR.</p> + + <p><i>The Gold Hill Daily News</i>, of Nevada, has found + a big sapphire—a regular Koh-i-noor of gems. It + says:</p> + + <p>"While at San Francisco, a few weeks ago, we had the + pleasure of seeing the SANGALLI ballet troupe at + MAGUIRE'S Opera House, and the artistic, glowing beauties + of the Sapphire dance yet pleasurably linger in our + memory."</p> + + <p>The dance in question, which the Gold Hill editor + describes as "a higher order of the famous 'Can-can,'" is + new to us. It makes us feel "blue" to think that we have + never seen the Sapphire dance. "Higher" than the Can-can! + Good gracious! if heels go higher in the Sapphire than in + the Can-can, may we not be pardoned for inquiring, "What + next?"</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Nought for Nought.</p> + + <p>Alas! that poor SYPHER should Cipher to gala A seat he + must evermore Sigh for in vain; But why should we Sigh + for poor SYPHER'S defeat, When his friends couldn't + Cipher him into his seat.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="text-align: center;">Entered, according to Act + of Congress, in the year 1870, by the PUNCHINELLO + PUBLISHING COMPANY,<br> + in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United + States, for the Southern District of New-York.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + <span style="font-weight: bold;">THE FINE ARTS IN + PHILADELPHIA</span><br> + + <p>PHILADELPHIA, April 12.</p> + + <p>Dear PUNCHINELLO: A few days since I received a card + of invitation for admission to a private view of a very fine + collection of pictures, by European and American artists. + I visited the galleries, accompanied by an amateur friend + who has a fine artistic education, having travelled some + six months on the Continent. Being engaged in the + picture-auction business, I am not altogether a tyro in + art, and determined to send you a few notes taken on the + spot, the combined effort of amateur friend and myself. + The walk to the gallery, extending over a half-hour in + time, was taken up by my amateur friend aforesaid, with + an endeavor to give me some general ideas, more than + initiative, with reference to art matters. For instance, + he said the public liked glitter and varnish in a + picture, but it does not follow on that account that the + picture is good. He then mentioned the + "Mimminée-Pimminée" style, and the + "Pre-Raffaelite" style, and the Rarée shows of + art, and I had the whole subject so jumbled up that my + artistic ideas became quite confused. He made a + quotation, giving me to understand that it was not + original; it ran as follows: "Indifferent pictures, like + dull people, must be absolutely moral." I am not + sufficiently informed to quite comprehend this selection + from another man, but as we were at the time about + entering the galleries, I remained quietly + ignorant. + + <p>The first picture that attracted our admiration was a + "Sheep scene," by Lambdin. Every particular hair on the + old ram is well made out. The frame on the picture is + beautifully embossed, with a rich velvet border of + sea-green mandarin pattern.</p> + + <p>The next picture worthy of notice is a "Street in + Venice," by Canal-etti—a singular specimen of this + artist's first manner. The figure at the crossing is + rendered with great feeling. It is needless to mention + that the street is covered with water, which is + beautifully clear and transparent, showing the depth of + mud and slime during the dry season. The frame is + ornamented with flowers in relief, and gilt in the very + best manner.</p> + + <p>"A Musical Party," by Bass-ano, is very highly + finished, especially the party, who have evidently been + inhaling stimulants. This picture is painted on a gold + ground, and is considered a rare specimen of Italian art. + It was formerly in the Campo-Santo-di-Pisa + collection.</p> + + <p>The frame is the blue-lotus pattern, very curiously + gilt and chased. This style of frame would sell without + difficulty.</p> + + <p>The picture called the "Star of the East," by WEST, + has a scolloped frame in the Tuscan style, with extra + fine enamelling. This is a very singular picture. It must + be admitted that this frame is finished with great + care.</p> + + <p>There is a frame made from a curious kind of wood, on + a picture by CONSTABLE, entitled the "Midnight Arrest." + The picture is certainly a matchless gem, very low in + tone. The mosaic border to the frame is quite unique in + its design.</p> + + <p>Among the works by American artists, we notice some + remarkably fine productions. The picture by a lady + amateur, entitled, "The Toilet of a Girl of the Period," + demonstrates the progress our artists are making in genre + painting. The subject is rendered with great purity of + feeling, and the smelling-bottle in the foreground adds + greatly to the spirit of the composition. The frame is + highly ornamented with scarce Japan gold, elaborately + chased in a superior manner.</p> + + <p>There is a picture by Miss T——n, called the + "Blonde's Revenge," that evinces talent of a superior + order. This picture has been noticed by various New-York + and Western journals, but I do not consider with any + degree of justice to its surpassing merits. The color is + equal to a beautifully polished Pompeiian brass + door-plate; the drawing is immense, though truth must + compel us to say that the costumes are rather slighted. + The principal figure of the group, which is taken from a + French model, seems to stand right out from the canvas; + this I consider a very high point of excellence. Visitors + should be cautioned against approaching this picture.</p> + + <p>I regret that time will not permit me to give you any + further notice of this collection, but I will endeavor to + get my amateur friend to go often and obtain notes for + me. Unless I accompany him, however, I fear he will not + pay sufficient attention to the frames.</p> + + <p>Yours, G.</p><br> + + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Cometh Up as a + Flower."</span></p> + + <p>Very likely it does; but there is one thing that don't + go down as the Flour—and that's the price of + bread.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">ASTRONOMICAL + CONVERSATIONS.</p> + + <p>[BY A FATHER AND DAUGHTER RESIDING ON THE PLANET + VENUS.]</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">No. II.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> OH, FATHER, what funny things are caused by + the revolution of a planet!</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Well, revolutions are not always such funny + things, as those wretched creatures on the earth up there + must have found out by this time.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> How dry you are, pa! I didn't mean the + revolutions on a planet, but the revolutions of a + planet.</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Well, a distinction, I admit. But what are + you driving at?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Several things. For instance, seven + revolutions of the planet Earth produce a new number of + PUNCHINELLO—a funny thing, as you often say + yourself.</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Well put, truly.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> And seven revolutions also give rise to the + Revolution itself, which (being a woman all Right in head + and heart) I regard as about the funniest thing + going.</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> "Funny," child? Why, I never saw any thing + less so. It is dreadfully serious. It is even sanguinary; + sadder still, abusive and vulgar. What is there comical + about coarseness?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> You don't take my idea, father. It is funny, + because it assumes so much. It does not realize that + womanly modesty is the great obstacle to its success, and + that if it was as well endowed with that quality as the + average of American women, it would promptly cease to + revolve.</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Why, HELENE! what has set you off? Where did + you pick up this nonsense? What can you possibly know of + Women's Rights, as I believe they call the new + Movement?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Why shouldn't I know something about it, + when it has been in your mouth for months? And ain't I a + woman? Besides, don't we women know some things by + instinct?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Well, well, child! I wish you could know + Astronomy by instinct; for I begin to see I've a job + before me, if only to keep you to the point.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> The Compass-point, do you mean, father?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> No; the Study-point. Do you call this + studying Astronomy?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> I think, pa, I like the practical part + best.</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Ah, that which allows you to study the + Fashions in Broadway! Well, woman is woman, I believe, + the Universe over! But, come; a short lesson, to begin + with. Here is a fine view of Saturn, with his Rings.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> "Rings?" Are they anything like the New-York + Rings you have read about?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Well, yes; no, not exactly; but a Ring + within a Ring, is a phrase that applies to both subjects, + just now.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Oh, pshaw! I thought you meant finger-rings! + What does Saturn want of Rings?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> And what does New-York want of 'em. They are + there, and there they'll stay!</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> But I mean, what does a gentleman want of + rings?</p> + + <p>F. Don't we find, every where, that the most + Saturnine, the dullest, and stupidest, and lowest, are + generally the fondest of this sort of ornament?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Oh, dear! Father, how you do try me! (Do see + him, gazing away, when he knows I'm dying to get a + squint! He pays me no more attention than though I was a + mere ANTHONY! Why, what ails him?) Father! Father, dear! + what—what's the matter? Why are you crying?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Come here, and look; quick! Oh, HELENE; + isn't it horrible?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Why—what is it, father? Console yourself; + it is a good way off to say the least! [Looks a moment.] + Why, it's those savage Freedmen, I do declare! about to + sacrifice that amiable-looking white! A tender-looking + man; is he what they call a Ku—Ku—</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Klux? Oh, no. That is a Missionary; and the + blacks are not Freedmen, as you suppose, but Cannibals. + They are about to roast him. You see the fire?</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Oh, quite distinctly! look, father!—he is + making a sign to them. What does it mean?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> [Looking.] It means that he has lost the use + of his tongue—probably from fright—but would like to + write something.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Like so many other tongue-tied scribblers! + Do they let him?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Oh, yes; they bring a board, and a piece of + chalk.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> How large is the piece?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> The usual size. He is writing.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> What does the poor fellow say?</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> He is laconic. He merely writes—</p> + + <p>COOK ME RARE.</p> + + <p><i>D.</i> Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo!</p> + + <p><i>F.</i> Boo-hoo-hoo-too!</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">WHAT I KNOW ABOUT FREE + TRADE.</p> + + <p>DEAR PUNCHINELLO: In a paper of such great influence + as PUNCHINELLO, vast subjects should be set before the + community. I know of none vaster than Free Trade. You + see, every body understands that subject and nobody can + explain it. I propose, therefore, to turn the light of my + penny dip upon it, and to set forth, in concise language, + what I know about free trade.</p> + + <p>It must be premised that there is a great deal to be + said on the other side, and that nothing can be more + abominable than free trade to a protectionist, unless it + be protection to a free trader. Free trade is—well—free + trade is—well—let me illustrate: cigars made out of + cabbages are not nice; not to put too fine a point upon + it, they're nasty. We are greater at raising cabbages + than we are at sprouting cigar tobacco. Under these + circumstances the free trader (he's a smoker, or if he + isn't, his aunt or sister is) says we want Havana cigars + to enter our lips without the taint of revenue. That's + free trade.</p> + + <p>Every youth is a free trader. Don't you remember your + own youthful follies? If you are of the male persuasion, + would you have traded your jack-knife for TOM SMITH'S + bull-pup, if there had been a tariff on the pup. Or, if + you are of the feminine persuasibility, would you have + swapped your crying-doll for BETSY JONSES' ring-tailed + cat, if the cat had been compelled to crawl through the + custom-house and pay duties? Besides, don't you remember + how often your mother deprived you of a second cup of + tea, on the plea that it would injure your health? Much + as I respect your mamma, I can not refrain from informing + you that that plea was false, and that it was the absence + of free trade that deprived you of a second cup of China + whiskey. Then you know that the lump-sugar, the raisins, + the cake, etc., were always locked up in a pantry. All + the result, my dear sir, of an absence of free trade.</p> + + <p>Now that you have grown up, the result is the same. + You must have your soup, and (I do not mean to be + pathetic) what is soup without salt? You must travel on + the cars, but what are cars without rails? But, alas, + salt and rails are in the black list. What do you care, + whether or not TOM JONES and BILLY BROWN make money out + of their salt and iron mines? You want cheap soup and + cheap riding. Then every time that you pay one hundred + dollars for your wife's dry-goods, you have the ecstatic + pleasure of knowing that you are paying fifty dollars + because Mr. JOHN ROBINSON can't make goods as cheap as + the English manufacturers.</p> + + <p>In the natural state, man is a free trader. When our + good Christian brethren give an Indian a string of beads + for a buffalo-skin, the Indian charges no custom duties. + He don't want to keep beads out of his country. When LOT + swapped his wife away for a pillar of salt, the trade was + free. When the Americans traded away good ships and + cargoes for Alabama claims, not a word was said about the + tariff. These, however, are cases in which nature rather + gets ahead of civilization.</p> + + <p>See the result of the lack of free trade in our + country. The brick manufacturers must be protected, so a + heavy tariff was placed on the foreign article. Our brick + men, finding that they had a soft thing, tried to solve + that conundrum which the Israelites gave up: "How do you + make bricks without straw?" They made a patent brick, + built the Howard Museum in Washington, (was it a museum + or a college?) the thing tumbled down, and a + Congressional committee sat among its ruins. Poor Gen. + HOWARD is in a muddle, and wishes, from the bottom of his + heart, that we had free trade in bricks.</p> + + <p>Then, morally, see the high position of the free + trader. Poor men who must have tea or cigars or English + or French manufactures, are never driven to smuggling, + where free trade prevails. The free trader would even + abolish the tariff of two dollars and a half, imposed on + human chattels who land at Castle Garden.</p> + + <p>That's all I know about free trade. I thought I knew + more. I'm afraid I haven't illuminated the subject; + however, I will turn my lantern next week on + protection.</p> + + <p>LOT.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p>Illustration: <b>SHOCKING AFFAIR.</b></p> + + <p><i>First Heavy Swell.</i> "WHAT'S THE MATTER, OLD + FELLOW?—UNDER THE WEATHER, EH?"</p> + + <p><i>Second ditto.</i> "WORSE THAN THAT. <i>I've burst + my shirt-collar!</i>"</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">OUR FOREIGN + CORRESPONDENCE.</p> + + <p>(BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)</p> + + <p>Your representative's little speech at the great + PUNCHINELLO dinner may be better imagined than described. + A few words, however, may give you its <i>animus</i>.</p> + + <p>"If," said I, "in this illustrious company, one may + indulge in a Wellerism"—</p> + + <p>"Spell it with a we, sir, if you please," whispered + SAMIVEL, who stood right behind me.</p> + + <p>I resumed. "I have to say, that my feelings at this + hour are too many for me. Perhaps I might add, that the + courses have been so also. As my friend SOYER used to + observe when we were together in the Crimea, astronomical + and gastronomical laws are alike fixed. And one of them + is, that the precession of the dinner-plates, and the + nutation of the glasses, do not promote the music of the + spheres. But, Mr. PUNCH and gentlemen, although not one + of the heavenly bodies, indeed altogether terrestrial, + one feels, naturally, rounder in his orbit, and a little + more likely to see stars, after such a dinner as this, + than before. Do I not, indeed, see around me now, all the + stars of the intellectual firmament? Are not SIRIUS and + ARCTURUS here, in their glory, as well as ORION and the + rest? As my old friend CRISPIN would say, their name is + legion! I would blaze, gentlemen, too, if possible, in + honor of the occasion; but, as I can't Comet, meteors + fall in lamentation of my poor ability.</p> + + <p>"The day we celebrate is truly a great one. Since the + time of OLAF, the Northman, our Anglo-Saxon-Celtic race + has loved its jesting philosophers. No fools are they, in + fact, even when to that name they 'stoop to conquer.'</p> + + <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> + <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">'The wise man's folly + is anatomized</span><br> + <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Even by the + squand'ring glances of the fool.'</span> + </div> + + <p>"The sundry contemplation of my travels, in which my + often rumination wraps me, is a most humorous + sadness.</p> + + <p>"But, gentlemen, your walls have, if not ears, + tongues, to recall the glorious humor and wit of our + race. HOGARTH looks down upon us. ADDISON tells us of + dear old Sir ROGER de COVERLEY; I am sure he must have + been the grandfather of Mr. PICKWICK. STERNE makes us + weep on one side and smile on the other, at the mention + of my UNCLE TOBY; GOLDSMITH, at the remembrance of + himself. And so does TOM HOOD, the prince of humorists. + THACKERAY we all remember; and neither he nor his Vanity + Fair will ever be forgotten. DOUGLAS JERROLD, and JOHN + LEECH, too—the only tears they ever made men shed were + at their graves. And who can fail to feel like a + "pendulum betwixt a smile and tear," when he remembers + our ARTEMUS WARD? Over the water now we have some yet; of + whom we count "the TWAIN one;" and we can get up as good + BILLINGS-gate as ever went to market. Then, for right + Saxon wit, have we not SAXE himself? And, for the + luminous, PETROLEUM, the ex-postmaster of the + Cross-roads?</p> + + <p>"I represent a name, gentlemen, new with us, yet old + in Europe. You are well aware that, in Italy"—</p> + + <p>"<i>That</i> might 'uv been tuk for granted; as the + donkey said ven his dam called him a hass"—whispered, + rather loudly, SAMIVEL, behind me.</p> + + <p>Now whether it was the Thames atmosphere that had got + into my head, or whether it was SAM WELLER'S unexpected + remark, I am unable, to this day, to say. But, somehow or + other, my speech had, by this time, gone up. So I went + down. If the speech was a rocket, I represented a stick. + Perhaps JENKINS may yet wake up to the importance to the + civilization of the century of reporting in full CHARLES + DICKENS' speech, and BULWER'S, and the rest. If so, I + will send them on. PUNCHINELLO, however, was honored as + he deserves, at this dinner. Now for a little serious + news.</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">GREAT BRITAIN.</p> + + <p>JOHN SMITH, Esq., (son of the <i>elder</i> Smith,) + finds it necessary to contradict the rumor that he is + going to the United States. He is fearful lest there may, + possibly, be another person of the same name in America; + which might cause confusion.</p> + + <p>On dit that one of VICTORIA'S daughters was to be + engaged to be married to a young member of the house of + ORANGE. But it is believed now to have been a sour + orange.</p> + + <p>Rev. Mr. MACKONOCHIE has been warned by the Bishop of + London that he must reform his ritual, in some + particulars. The Bishop is especially incensed at the + censer; and waxes censorious about the wax lights. He + insists that Father MACKONOCHIE must use Stearine or + Spermaceti. Moreover, when water is mixed with wine, it + must not come from the East River; and the wine must be + red. Blue wine will do if he can find any.</p> + + <p>Church parties are much excited about Mr. MIALL'S + Church-liberation scheme. But why so? Will not any Rev. + who has a living, say, "Who takes my living takes away + <i>my all!</i>" A bad pun; but a good argument. They + should not <i>miaul</i> about it, at any rate.</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">FRANCE.</p> + + <p>PIERRE BONAPARTE has gone to be king of the Feejee + Islands. It has been stipulated that he shall not shoot + more than one man in a month; and part of the tenderloin + is to be given always to his Majesty's Prime + Minister.</p> + + <p>M. GUERRONIER'S remark in the Senate, April 19th, + requires explanation. He said that "Europe can be + tranquil only when France is satisfied." He was alluding + to the necessity of an early supply of copies of + PUNCHINELLO; without which that excitable population can + not be kept in a satisfactory state. I have made + arrangements to have them forwarded accordingly.</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">GERMANY.</p> + + <p>POTOCKIS, new Minister of Public Instruction, has + offered his resignation. The reason is that a deputation + of the professors and teachers called on him to say that + it would take their pupils a year to learn how to spell + his name. It is TSCHABUSHNIGG. —PRIME.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p><br> + <span style="font-weight: bold;">POOR CAPTAIN + EYRE.</span></p> + + <p>It is really outrageous to find fault with poor + Captain EYRE. If ever a man had a full and perfect + defence to the accusations which are made against him, + EYRE is that man. Not content with offering one excuse, + he offers a large and varied assortment of excuses, any + one of which ought to be quite satisfactory. For example + he asserts:</p> + + <p>That instead of running into the Oneida, the Oneida + ran into him.</p> + + <p>That his ship struck the Oneida so lightly that he + never knew there had been any collision.</p> + + <p>That he saw the Oneida just after he had run into her, + and that she did not appear to have lost any thing but + her skylights.</p> + + <p>That he stopped his engines and blew his whistle, in + order to show that he was ready to offer any needed + assistance to the Oneida.</p> + + <p>That the reason why he did not stop his engines and + offer assistance, was that the collision had so injured + his own ship that he thought best to make at once for the + nearest port.</p> + + <p>That he never dreamed that any assistance was wanted, + and therefore did not offer it.</p> + + <p>That he would have gone to the assistance of the + Oneida had not one of his lady passengers been so + frightened by the collision that she begged him to make + all possible speed to land her.</p> + + <p>That not a single one of his passengers knew there had + been a collision, so light was the shock of the + contact.</p> + + <p>That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it + is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.</p> + + <p>Captain EYRE has returned to England, and asks, on the + above grounds, that he be reinstated in command of his + ship. It would be absurd to refuse so just a request. His + defence could not well be more full unless he were to + strengthen it with an alibi. If Mr. SOLOMON PELL still + pursues the practice of the law, Captain EYRE should at + once employ that eminent barrister to prove an alibi for + him. His justification would then be too conclusive to + admit of question.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">CRITICISM OF THE + PERIOD.</p> + + <p>[AFTER THE MANNER OF THE "NATION."]</p> + + <p><i>Milton's Paradise Lost.</i>—The demand for a new + edition of this cumbrous piece of blank verse, proves + what we have often said, that the want, in CROMWELLS + time, of a literary journal of the character of the + <i>Nation</i> has had a permanent effect upon literature. + Had we been in existence when that obstinate and pedantic + old Puritan wrote, we might have suppressed him. Still, + there is no knowing what women and children will not + read. While MILTON'S lines certainly measure generally + about the same length, it is preposterous to call by the + name of poetry what could be written in prose with so + little modification. It is true that the same objection + might be applied to HOMER and SHAKSPEARE. The former has + the advantage of being written in Greek, so that very few + people can read it. SHAKSPEARE has a popularity that is + partly accounted for by the low taste of the people who + have gone to the theatre to hear SIDDONS rave and GARRICK + declaim, or who will persist in admiring MACREADY and + BOOTH.</p> + + <p>As to MILTON, we have detected, with the aid of + foot-notes to an old edition, a multitude of the most + absolute plagiarisms from various authors. From the Bible + mainly, and also from the Greek and Latin poets, he has + taken nearly all his ideas; and every one of the words he + uses are to be found in the dictionary. Talk of + originality, after that! His conceptions also are + sometimes absurd; for instance, the Address to Light. No + one, who has not been stultified by theological + nebulosities, ought to fail to know, as <i>we</i> knew + when we first began to go to school, that a blind man + cannot see anything at all. Therefore it is an insult to + the understanding, and paltering with all the rational + inductions of modern science, for an educated writer, + stone blind, to say a word about light.</p> + + <p>In fact, the whole plot of the poem flies in the face + of the cultivation of the Nineteenth Century. Such ideas + as Paradise, Adam and Eve, and angels, are getting + obsolete. While it is not to be expected that ordinary + persons should have the intelligence or learning of the + Editor and contributors of the <i>Nation</i>, we yet + wonder that they are not always ready to abide by the + instruction we are prepared to give them, at the small + price of five dollars a year. Subscriptions received at + this office.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">INTERIOR ILLUMINATION.</p> + + <p>It gives us joy to state that the celebrated Dr. MILIO + (of whom we have never heard before) has invented a means + of illuminating men's interiors. The doctor lives in + Russia; and he takes you and throws inside of you "a + concentrated beam of electric light;" and then he sees + exactly what particular pill you want, and he gives it to + you, and you go away (after paying him) exultant! This + quite does away with the necessity of a bow-window in the + bosom, so much desired by a certain ancient + philosopher.</p> + + <p>Mr. PUNCHINELLO begs leave most respectfully to + announce that he has determined to import, at any expense + whatever, one of Dr. MILIO'S Concentrated Electric + Beamers. With this Dr. PUNCHINELLO does not intend to + engage in private practice. His purpose is to throw the + light directly into the Body Politic, whether the B.P. + requests him to do it or not. Dr. P. confidently expects + to make some most extraordinary discoveries of various + diseases—of greed, foolish ambition, ossification of the + heart, moral leprosy, chronic stupidity, latent idiocy, + and that very common and often unsuspected complaint + usually known as Humbug. (<i>Humbugna Communis</i>.) His + fee in no case will exceed ten cents per week; and + patients WILL BE illuminated by the year.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">THE DREADFUL STATE OF + THINGS OUT WEST.</p> + + <p>A dispatch received at this office from the office of + the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> states that the utmost public + distress is prevailing in St. Louis. A frightful + pestilence is raging, complete anarchy prevails, most of + the merchants have gone into insolvency, and ruin stares + St. Louis in the face in the most aggravating way.</p> + + <p>A dispatch from the <i>St. Louis Democrat</i> states + that the utmost public distress is prevailing in Chicago. + A frightful pestilence is raging, complete anarchy + prevails, most of the merchants have gone into + insolvency, etc., etc.</p> + + <p>A dispatch, from the <i>Cincinnati Gazette</i> states + that the utmost public distress is prevailing in both, + St. Louis and Chicago. A frightful pestilence is raging, + complete anarchy prevails, most of the merchants have + gone into insolvency, etc., etc., etc.</p> + + <p>The most painful part of the matter, in Mr. + PUNCHINELLO'S benevolent eyes, is that each city appears + to be perfectly delighted with the misfortunes and + miseries of both the others. Instead of getting up + subscriptions for each other, they chuckle and crow in a + perfectly fiendish manner. Until they can behave better, + we shall postpone the subscription which we propose to + open in their behalf.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p>Illustration: <b>PERSONAL GOSSIP.</b><br> + (From the Daily Press.)<br> + "THE WINNER OF A $25,000 PRIZE IN THE HAVANA LOTTERY<br> + IS A BOOT-BLACK OF BROOKLYN."</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">A Capital Letter.</p> + + <p>The property-holder who Lets his houses at reduced + rents.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p>Illustration: <b>A TOUCHING INCIDENT IN CONGRESS.</b></p> + + <p>THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GENERAL BUTLER AND + GENERAL<br> + SCHENCK, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TARIFF BILL.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">COLONEL FISK'S + SOLILOQUY.</p> + + <p>THE NINTH TEMPTATION.</p>Would I were young enough, to + go to school,<br> + Or could but pitch upon some golden rule<br> + For knowing what I am, and what to do,<br> + When to the public gaze I am on view.<br> + I'm Colonel, Admiral, and President,<br> + A theatre manager, and resident<br> + Director of the Opera House, and mine<br> + Are Erie and the Boston steamboat line.<br> + Of merchant, banker, broker, every shade<br> + Am I; in fact, a Jack of every trade.<br> + More varied than the hues of the Chameleon;<br> + Far heavier than Ossa piled on Pelion<br> + Are all my duties! Really it's confusing,<br> + At times, to a degree that's quite amusing.<br> + When am I this, when that, when which, when what?<br> + And am I always FISK, or am I not?<br> + Thus, constantly I get into a fix,<br> + And one thing with another sadly mix;<br> + Many a time absurd mistakes I've made<br> + In giving orders. When I'm on Parade,<br> + And ought to say, "Fours Right," by Jove! I'm certain<br> + To holloa out, "Come, hurry up that curtain!"<br> + Going to Providence the other night,<br> + I ordered all the hands, "Dress to the Right!"<br> + I saw my error, and called out again,<br> + "Hold on! I meant to say, The Ladies' Chain."<br> + At Matinée the other afternoon,<br> + When all the violins seemed well in tune,<br> + I sang out to the Bell Boy, "What's the hitch?<br> + If the Express is due, you'd better switch!"<br> + My order seemed the boy to overwhelm—<br> + "Lubber!" I cried, "why don't you port your helm?"<br> + I made a speech the other night at mess,<br> + And what my toast was, nobody will guess;<br> + It should have been, "The Union"—'twas, "Be cheery,<br> + Boys! the toast we have to drink is—Erie."<br> + The boys laughed loudly, being the right, sort,<br> + And said, "Why, Admiral! you're hard a <i>port</i>."<br> + One time, when GOULD and I were on the cars,<br> + I thought th' officials of the train were tars;<br> + Told them to "Coil that rope and clean the scuppers,<br> + And then go down below and get your suppers."<br> + This must be changed, or my good name will suffer,<br> + And folks will say, JIM FISK is but a duffer.<br> + To feel myself a fool and lose my head,<br> + Too, takes the gilding off the gingerbread;<br> + And makes me ask myself the reason why<br> + On earth I have so many fish to fry?<br> + The fact is, what I touch must have a risk<br> + Of failure, or it wouldn't suit JIM FISK,<br> + I'll conquer this, too—keep a secretary<br> + To help me out when I'm in a quandary.<br> + I will not budge! My banner is unfurled,<br> + Proclaiming FISK the Problem of the world.<br> + <br> + <br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p><b>Query for Lawyers.</b></p> + + <p>If a man throws a huge stone at his wife's head, would + he escape punishment on the plea that he only meant to + Rock her to sleep?</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p><b>A Spring Blossom.</b></p> + + <p>Blossom Rock, in San Francisco Harbor, has just been + blown up with gunpowder. Of course Blossom Rock went "up + as a Flower".</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p><b>Justice in the New Territory.</b></p> + + <p>Whatever lack of law there may be in Alaska, + PUNCHINELLO is quite sure that there is Just-ice enough + in that domain to satisfy all demands.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p><b>A Rumor.</b></p> + + <p>It is rumored that the Fenian Organization have + offered Mr. FECHTER the position of Head Centre, in + recognition of the merciless manner in which he mangles + the Queen's English.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p>Illustration: <b>THE FINANCIAL INQUISITION.</b></p> + + <p><i>Grand Inquisitor</i>, U. S. GRANT. <i>Associate + Inquisitors</i>, G. S. BOUTWELL, F.E. SPINNER, JOHN + SHERMAN. <b>Executioner</b>, C. DELANO.</p> + + <p>ASSOCIATE SHERMAN. "WELL, UNCLE SAM DOES STAND A GOOD + DEAL OF PRESSURE. EXECUTIONER, KEEP PILING THE WEIGHTS + ON."</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">NOW WE SHALL HAVE IT.</p> + + <p>It has always been one of the sorrows of our life that + we were prevented (by business) from being present at the + building of the Tower of Babel. To say nothing of the + great knowledge which we should have acquired of the + ancient languages, it would have been jolly to have + marked the foreman of the works swearing at the laborers + in Syriac, while they answered him in Hebrew, Chaldee, + and the Chinese tongue. However, as a next best thing, we + shall attend the meeting of the American Woman Suffrage + Association, which will be held in Washington during the + next session of Congress. We have as much regard as any + body for the drums of our ears; but for the sake of a new + sensation, we shall be willing to risk them. We can + imagine at this moment, the astounding effect of the + Grand Double Palaver! All the Senators and + Representatives are either barking, or bawling, or + screaming, or shouting, or yelling in the Capitol, while, + to complete the elocutionary duet, all the American women + are simultaneously indulging the unruly and unbridled + member. What the precise effect will be we don't profess + to say; but we confidently predict some valuable + discovery in the science of acoustics.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">FORTY-FOUR TO FOURTEEN.</p> + + <p>[IN WHICH THE YOUNG MEN OF THE PERIOD ARE TAKEN IN + HAND.]</p> + + <p>Forty-four is going to talk (with a pen) to Fourteen. + I am a female; and forty-four, as just hinted, is my age. + Fourteen is also a female—just the age I was once. How I + recollect that day! I was full of romance and hope; now + I've no romance, little hope, and some wrinkles. It is a + fine thing to be fourteen. I should like to go back + there, and make a long visit. But that can't be. How much + I wish it could! If only there were life-renewers as well + as hair-renewers! They called me pretty at fourteen—said + I had pretty ways, (one of them was one hundred and + thirty-five avoirdupois,) and would certainly be a belle. + But I proved too much for that. One hundred and + seventy-five cut off all hope. I sighed, ate nothing, + studied poetry, did a good deal of melancholy by + moonlight and otherwise, but nothing came of it. I made + myself as agreeable as possible; but it was the old + story—I was too much for 'em—I mean the young men of + the period. I dressed and gave parties. I took lessons in + singing of Sig. Folderol, and in dancing of Mons. + Pigeonwing, and could sing cavatinas and galop galops + with the best of them. Ma said I was an angel, and Pa + declared I was perfect. But none of the young men said + so. My dear Fourteen, it may be just so with you. Your ma + and pa may say you are angelic and perfect; but where's + the use of it, if nobody else can be made to see it? I + tried my best to catch the young men in my net. But, + provoking things, they wouldn't be caught. Between + ourselves—mind, don't blab it out—young men are the + greatest noodles that were ever put upon the face of the + earth. I never yet saw one that could be depended upon to + stand by. I am sure, as you know, no one ever stood by + me—when there was a parson at hand. At fourteen I didn't + much care where they stood, if it wasn't on my corns. + Twenty years later I shouldn't have been so particular. + But I don't much mind now, bless you! You wont at + forty-four. There's nothing to these young men. All talk, + pretence, audacity, and paper collar, I assure you. I've + studied all of them. They are the same now as then. Human + nature, you know, my dear Fourteen, is the same + yesterday, to-day, and week after next. I used to think + it wasn't; now I know it is. These young men—monsters + that they are—will pour the nectar of compliments over + your face, and the acid and canker of abuse down your + back; and all in the same breath, if they get a chance. + Pray have an eye and an ear out for them. If you go to + Long Branch, or Newport, or Saratoga, or the White + Mountains this summer, just look out for them. They are + dreadful creatures at home in the cities, but doubly + dreadful at these resorts. You are young, simple, + unsophisticated. I was at your age. But I soon got over + such weaknesses. You must very soon, or be a ninny. + "Simple," "artless," "unsophisticated," and such terms + mean simply softness. Whatever else you are, or are not, + don't be soft. The mistake of my fruitless life has been + that I believed, in other years, all that was told me by + the other sex. They said to my face that I was a beauty; + at Mr. Jones's, they said I was a fright. They said I + sang like a Patti; at Brown's, I screeched like an owl. + They said I danced like Terpsichore; at Smith's, they + declared I wabbled round like any other lame duck. They + said my taste in dress was the pink of perfection; at the + Duzenbury's, I was scandalously deficient in every thing + of the sort. It's a way the young men of that day had + with all the girls; and they go the same vile way now. + Pray don't have any thing to do with them. I don't, and I + wouldn't for the world. Folks say I'm prejudiced against + em; but it isn't so—I hate 'em. It is healthy to hate + what is hateful. It is healthy to hate a bundle of + broadcloth, kerseymere, buttons, and brass, and it's my + delight by day and dream by night. I'm forty-four—you're + fourteen. I've seen the world—you haven't. You look + through rosy glasses; I through the clear, naked eye. My + advice to you on the young men question is this: Discount + nine words in every ten spoken to you as absolute + trash—the gush of mere evaporative sentiment. If you are + called pretty, graceful, accomplished, neat in dress, + comely in person, that your eyes sparkle like diamonds, + and your lips are poetic, with whole volumes of such, + just make up your mind that there are plenty of fools + around trying to make a sillier one than themselves. It + may seem very fine for the moment, but it will realize + something very different afterward. Suppose you are not + caught up? All the better. I'm forty-four, independent, + free, a slave to no man nor monkey. Better live, to write + your own tale than be the abject one to another. Better + be forty-four and yourself, than a cipher belonging to + some body else. Far better beware of the young men than + be worn by them. At least so thinks and says</p> + + <p>FORTY-FOUR.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">A NEW RAILWAY PROJECT.</p> + + <p>While every one agrees that a railway running through + the city of New-York, and transporting passengers with + rapidity from one end of the island to the other, is an + absolute necessity, no one has yet hit upon a plan which + satisfies the public. The Society for the Prevention of + Cruelty to Animals objects to the Elevated Road, on the + ground (though it is in the air) that the cars will + continually run off the track, and, falling on the horses + and dogs in the street below, crush them to a fatal + jelly. The Arcade plan is objectionable to the + shop-keepers, inasmuch as it will change the great + thoroughfare into a street consisting exclusively of + cellars, thereby driving the buyers elsewhere. + Conservative people, who like old things, naturally + dislike the Pneumatic Railway, and vehemently assert that + "they'll be blowed if they travel over it," which will + undoubtedly prove to be true. Evidently a new plan must + be devised if every body is to be satisfied. That plan + PUNCHINELLO rather flatters himself that he has + invented.</p> + + <p>It does not seem to have yet occurred to any one that + we are not necessarily shut up to the single plan of + fitting a railway to the city. Why can we not fit the + city to the railway? Every body remembers that when the + Mountain wouldn't come to MOHAMED, that eminent preacher + went to the mountain. Here we have a precedent worth + following, To build any sort of railway in New-York will + take time and money. Why, then, should we do it when + there are plenty of nice railways already built in every + part of the country? There is a very nice railway + completed and in running order from Pokertown, in Montana + territory, to Euchrebend, just across the line in Idaho. + All we have to do is to box up our buildings, together + with the Central Park, the sewers, the docks, and the + Tammany Hall General Committee, and express them through + to Pokertown. The city can then be set up on each side of + the Pokertown and Euchrebend Railway, and then we shall + have the desired state of things—a railway running + through the heart of our city. This plan is both novel + and easy. At all events it is easy of execution in + comparison with the Arcade plan, and it presents no + features to which any one can reasonably object. Drawings + of the city as it will appear when this plan has been + carried out are now in process of publication, and will + soon be for sale at this office. (N. B.—Shares in the + Pokertown and Euchrebend Railway, and lost along the + route of that admirable road, also for sale on + application to the gentleman whose able pen presents this + scheme to our readers.)</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">"Curses Come Home," + etc.</p> + + <p>The gay young men of New-York are said to be terribly + addicted to the use of <i>absinthe</i>. They pick up the + vice in Paris, and hence arises the singular paradox + that, even after they return home, they still continue to + be Absinthees.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">A Logical Sequence.</p> + + <p>Paper made from wood cannot be claimed as a modern + invention, for Log books, as every body knows, have been + used by mariners since ever so long ago.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p>Illustration: <b>MODERN MATRIMONY.</b></p> + + <p>Young Wife. "YES, DEAR, MY HUSBAND IS ALL I COULD WISH + HIM TO BE."</p> + + <p>Husband (who is making bread in the back room). "I + WISH I COULD SAY AS MUCH FOR HER."</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">ABOUT A BLOCK.</p> + + <p>A "COUNTRYMAN" writes to us, asking whether the + extension of "Murderer's Block" is among the current city + improvements, He says that, on recently visiting this + city, he had great difficulty in determining the exact + locality of the sanctuary in question. Some said it was + in the Eighth Ward; others located it in the Seventeenth. + A policeman in East Houston street, in reply to the + query, "Which is Murderer's Block?" waved his hand with a + gesture indicative of unlimited space, and said, "You are + on it." Not pleased with the impeaching tone of this + reply, our informant made his way to another ward, where + he put the same question to the first policeman who came + along. Without giving him a direct reply, the officer + winked, shifted his quid of tobacco so as to display his + Check to full advantage, and pointed with his thumb over + his shoulder at indefinite city "slums" behind him. Let + the "Countryman" understand that, as things are at + present, he may stand almost any where in the city and be + within a marble-shot of "Murderer's Block." Perhaps + Superintendent JOURDAN is quite aware of this.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Neptunian.</p> + + <p>Is it correct to speak of the waters of the Black Sea + as the colored element?</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">SONG OF THE RETURNED + SOLDIER.</p> + + <p>[WITH REMARKS BY PUNCHINELLO.]</p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">I'll hang my harp on the + willow-tree,</span><br> + + <p><i>(And that's a very sensible thing for him to do. A + hand-organ is what he wants now.)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">And I'll off to the wars + again;</span><br> + + <p><i>(Not much. A fellow with only one leg, and perhaps + but half the regulation number of arms, is not wanted in + the ranks.)</i></p> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">My + peaceful home has no charms for me,</span><br> + + <p><i>(Of course not. He gave up his home and business to + go to the wars, and he can't expect to have all these + things when he comes back again, you know.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The battle-field no + pain.</span><br> + + <p><i>(A great many other fellows besides him found the + battle-field no payin' place.)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">The country I love stands up in her + pride,</span><br> + + <p><i>(That's so. He's right this time.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">With a diadem on her + brow;</span><br> + + <p><i>(Referring probably to what SUMNER calls the "dire + Democracy.")</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">Oh! why did she flatter my boyish + pride?</span><br> + + <p><i>(Because she wanted men; that's all.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">She is going to leave me + now!</span><br> + + <p><i>(By no means. He can play his organ on the corner + as long as he wants to.)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">She took me away from my child and + wife,</span><br> + + <p><i>(That was all right enough. He couldn't take his + wife and child into camp.)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">And gave me a shoddy suit;</span><br> + + <p><i>(Entirely the fault of the contractors.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">I quite forgot my good + old life,</span><br> + + <p><i>(That was perfectly proper. People in camp have to + forget that sort of thing.)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">While they taught me to march and + shoot.</span><br> + + <p><i>(Good lessons; worth learning.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">She seemed to think me + above the men</span><br> + + <p><i>(Made him corporal, most probably.)</i></p> + <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Who staid at their homes, + you see;</span><br> + + <p><i>(And if he fought on principle he was above most of + them.)</i></p> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Oh, had + I jumped the bounty then,</span><br> + + <p><i>(Horrible idea!)</i></p> <span style= + "margin-left: 1em;">It would have been better for + me.</span><br> + + <p><i>(That's not so certain. To be sure, in that case he + might have got a good office in some of the Departments, + or been made a Consul, but why should he complain? He has + a first-rate organ, and nobody hinders him from sitting + on the corner and grinding it the livelong day, if it + pleases him. And then there's the honor! His country may + not think about it, nor the people who give him pennies, + but if he feels it himself, what more need he want? How + ridiculous it is for some persons to insinuate that a + rich and powerful people, who can grant hundreds of + thousands of dollars to railroad companies, and North + Pole expeditions, ought to be ashamed to see their + disabled soldiers begging on the corners! Absurd beyond + comparison!)</i></p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">NO GHOST AFTER ALL.</p> + + <p>MR. PUNCHINELLO, having been often scared out of his + senses (which are usually very good and trustworthy + senses,) by double tattoos on his library table, and also + by the eccentric movements of the table itself, is happy + to announce that, after all, there is nothing in it. + There is a Dr. HAMMOND who has sent all necessary + explanations to the <i>North American Review</i>. We do + not understand them at all, but they are highly soothing + and satisfactory. It seems that Mr. P. (in common with + less distinguished characters) has "a gray tissue." This + does not refer to his coat, but to something inside of + him which renders him the nervous creature that he is. + Well, not to make too scientific a matter of it, it + appears that our "gray tissue" operates upon our "spinal + cord," and raises the old boy (if we may be allowed the + expression) with our brains; and this, in some way, but + really we do not exactly see how, produces the raps, and + leads us to suppose that we are hearing (dear old lady!) + from our grandmother. It is astonishing how simple these + mysterious matters appear after a scientific + explanation.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <center> + <p style="font-weight: bold;">THE DOG-BREAKER'S + DIFFICULTY.</p> +<p>THE DOG'S HEAD is VERY GOOD FOR A POINTER, BUT THE +CONFOUNDED TAIL <i>will</i> CURL.</p> + +<p>A PLAN IS DEVISED FOR STRAIGHTENING IT.</p> + +<p>RESULT.</p> + + </center><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Philological Query.</p> + + <p>Is the following sentence, which Mr. PUNCHINELLO finds + in that respectable paper, the Boston Advertiser, to be + considered as English or Latin?</p> + + <p>"The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the + Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente."</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">A Place Appropriately + Named.</p> + + <p>SIGH-BERIA</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">FISCALITIES.</p> + + <p>Let no one read this title—rascalities. Fiscalities + are very different things. (<i>That is to say, out of + Wall street.</i>) PUNCHINELLO always had a strong liking + for fiscal subjects, and even now he would be glad to + write a fiscal history of the United States, provided he + was furnished with specimens of all the various coins, + bank-notes, greenbacks, bonds, and such mediums of + exchange that have been in circulation from colonial + times until now. (<i>That is to say, he'd like very much + to have the coins and things, but if any one takes up + this offer, and wants to keep his coins, a money-order + for a corresponding amount, or ordinary bills, in a + registered letter, will be entirely satisfactory.</i>) + But as he can not write a book this week, he desires to + draw the attention of his readers to the fact that fiscal + expansion ought to be the great end of man. (<i>That is + to say, it often is, but in a different way from what + PUNCHINELLO means.</i>) For instance, look at Colonel + FISK, of the glorious Ninth! Had not his vigorous + intellect been closely applied to the great questions of + fiscal economy, is it likely that the steady expansion of + his corporeal being would have given such a weight to his + wisely-planned movements? (<i>That is to say, if he + hadn't got rich he wouldn't have got so fat, and then + buildings would not tremble when he drills.</i>) A man + who is perfectly proportioned in a fiscal point of view, + can call himself a monarch of the world. The elements + will own they are his servants, and the seasons will + mould themselves to suit his will. (<i>That is to say, he + can have one hundred and fifty fine young women to dance + the Devil's Torchlight Cotillion in his own theatre, and + he can sit there, if he wants to, all alone and look at + them just as long as he pleases; and not one of them dare + stop till he's ready.</i>) Space bows before such a man, + and shrivels itself up into a mere nothing. Land and + water are alike to such a one. It matters not to him + whether the waves roll beneath his possessions, or the + solid ground upholds them.</p> + + <p>ST. CECILIA sits at the feet of this great exponent of + fiscal expansion, and TUBAL CAIN dwells serenely in his + court-yards. (<i>That is to say, just wait until you hear + his new brass band!</i>) Now, who would not be as this + financial monarch? Who would not say: "I, too, can do + these things?" (<i>That is to say, which of us would not + gladly take every cent the good FISK possesses, and let + him beg his bread from door to door, if we only got a + decent chance?</i>) If it were not for such shining + examples of the power of wealth and the glories that it + is capable of placing before our eyes, the souls of + ordinary men would much less frequently be moved to + extraordinary effort in the line of pecuniary progress. + (<i>That is to say, if old FISK did not change the ballet + in his Twelve Temptations so often, and did not keep on + getting new dancers, and dressing them all up different + every week or two, we would not have to raise a dollar + and half so frequently to go and see the confounded + thing.</i>) But it is of no use to try and calculate the + vast advantage of Fiscal expansion. Even with a WEBB'S + Adder, PUNCHINELLO could not do the sum, and it's pretty + certain that it would make WEBB Sadder, if he tried it. + Among other things, a man of fiscal solidity is never + unprepared for emergencies, and, if necessary, he can + resort to extremities of which ordinary people would + never dream. (<i>That is to say, have you seen FISK'S + last legs?</i>) Therefore, it becomes us all to endeavor + to have a share in the prosperity of which we see such a + shining example, (<i>that is to say, PUNCHINELLO does not + mean for us all to go buy stock in Erie,</i>) and mayhap, + even the humblest of us may, in time, be able to whistle + "Shoo Fly" in marble halls. (<i>That is to say, even a + poor ostler may get along very well if he attentively and + industriously waters his stock.</i>)</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Interesting to Mr. + Bergh.</p> + + <p>"Dog's-Ear" shirt-collars (the ones that stick up and + are doubled down at the points,) are coming into + fashion.</p> + + <p>Says young SOLOMONS, the other day, "I want something + new in collars; I shall cut my Dog's-ears." And he went + and did it; which is decidedly interesting to Mr. + BERGH.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">An Interesting Patient.</p> + + <p>New-Haven enjoys an elephant that has corns, and is + about to be operated on by a chiropodist. There is a + largeness, approaching to sublimity, in the idea of an + elephant with corns, though it naturally suggests the + query, "What Boots it?"</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">A Dogged Problem.</p> + + <p>If Sir WALTER SCOTT'S dog was worth—say—ten + "pounds," what was his Kenilworth?</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">CONDENSED CONGRESS.</p> + + <p><b>SENATE.</b></p> + + <p>The gentle CHANDLER is occasionally goaded to rage and + rhetoric by perfidious Albion. The other day he had one + of these deliriums. In the language of the bard.</p> + + <p>He shook his fists and he tore his hair Till they + really felt afraid; For they couldn't help thinking + <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">the man had been + drinking.</span></p> + + <p>He wanted to annex the Winnipeg district. It was true + that the Winnipeg district was an unmitigated nuisance to + England; and probably it would prove an unmitigated + nuisance to us if we annexed it. But it would make Great + Britain mad. The dearest object of his life was to madden + Great Britain. What was Great Britain? What business had + she on this continent? None but the right of conquest. It + occurred to him that that was all we had ourselves; but + that made no difference. His motto was, Great Britain + <span style="font-style: italic;">est</span> Carthago, or + <span style="font-style: italic;">delenda</span> must be + destroyed, or something of that sort—he forgot exactly + what. He knew we could whip Great Britain, and he wanted + to fight her. That is, he wanted some body else to fight + her. It would be the proudest moment of his life to + serve, exclusively as a sutler, in the grand American + army which should go forth to smash Great Britain. Queen + VICTORIA was only a woman. Therefore he would fight her + single-handed. Let her come on. Let her son, who was a + snob, come on. Let Mr. THORNTON come on. Let every body + come on. He defied every body. He expectorated upon every + body. (Mr. CHANDLER by this time became so earnest that + seven Senators were constrained to wait upon him, but it + produced no sedative effect.) Mr. CHANDLER kept on in + this manner until he had challenged the population of the + planet to single combat, and then subsided, and ordered + five hundred copies of the morrow's <span style= + "font-style: italic;">Globe</span> to send to various + potentates and constituents.</p> + + <p>Mr. DRAKE said of course no body minded CHANDLER. But + there were some glimmerings of sense in CHANDLER, and he + thought the Winnipeg war would be a good thing. Perhaps + CHANDLER might be induced to go out there, which would + make it pleasant for the Senate. Mr. SUMNER said he was + disgusted, not with CHANDLER'S principles, which were + excellent, but with his quotation, which was incorrect. + He considered correct quotation far more important than + correct principles. Every school-boy knew that + <span style="font-style: italic;">delenda est + Carthago</span> was what Mr. CHANDLER attempted to cite. + To be sure Mr. CHANDLER was not every school-boy. (Cheers + for every School-boy.) Mr. SUMNER took advantage of this + occasion to relate several incidents of the life of + HANNIBAL, and closed with a protest against the accursed + spirit of caste. In support of this view he sent to the + clerk's desk, and had read a few chapters from KANT'S + Critique of Pure Reason.</p> + + <p><b>HOUSE.</b></p> + + <p>Schenck scatters members to flight whenever he + introduces his tariff bill. This disgusts SCHENCK, and he + has been trying to bring back the erring Representatives + by the use of the Sergeant-at-Arms and fines. The House + has lately amused itself by listening to excuses.</p> + + <p>Mr. BUTLER'S name was called. Mr. BUTLER was not + there. Mr. SCHENCK proposed to fine him.</p> + + <p>Mr. COX objected. Why, he said, should the sweet boon + of BUTLER'S absence rouse the anger of SCHENCK. He would + suggest an amendment that BUTLER be fined when present + and blessed when away. The less they had of BUTLER the + better.</p> + + <p>Mr. AMES was making money, and therefore he could not + come.</p> + + <p>Mr. DAVIS was prosecuting MCFARLAND, which he + considered better fun than discussing the tariff.</p> + + <p>Mr. FITCH had gone to take a bath. Mr. LOGAN said that + was ridiculous. He himself had never found it necessary + to absent himself on such a ground. No representative of + the people ought to take a bath.</p> + + <p>He was sorry to see this tendency to aristocracy on + the part of members. West Point and the bath-tub were + undermining our institutions.</p> + + <p>Mr. POLAND said that he had been to call on a + clergyman. Mr. LOGAN said that was worse if possible than + the bath. He much preferred immersion to sprinkling.</p> + + <p>Mr. SWEENEY (who is Mr. SWEENEY?) had been + superintending the birth of an infant SWEENEY. Mr. KELLEY + said a man who would basely look after his young when the + fate of pig-iron was trembling in the balance, was + unworthy to represent American freemen. What was the + interesting situation of any individual, male or female, + compared to the interesting situation of "fish-plates." + The same fiendish spirit that animated the Confederate + armies was still alive. But it now found expression in + vile and insidious attacks upon the "scrap-iron" which + was the pride of every true American heart. He did not + hesitate to say that the man who would vote against an + increase of 7000 per cent, <span style= + "font-style: italic;">ad valorem</span>, upon railway + iron would, if his cowardly soul would let him, have + aimed the pistol of the assassin at the late Mr. + LINCOLN.</p> + + <p>Mr. LOGAN said there was no occasion for Mr. KELLEY to + say any thing about any man from Illinois. He, LOGAN, + could take care of that State without KELLEY'S + assistance. He had observed with grief and shame that + KELLEY had made several more speeches this session than + he (LOGAN) had. He did not intend to suffer this in + future.</p> + + <p>Mr. KELLEY said he voted for his constituents, who + were ironmongers; but ho spoke, in an iron-ical way, for + the whole country. He meant to speak early and speak + often.</p> + + <p>Mr. SCHENCK upheld the income-tax. He said it bore + very lightly on Congressmen, for none but honest men were + compelled to pay it.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p><b>OUR LITERARY LEGATE.</b></p> + + <p>Minister MOTLEY is a gentleman, a scholar, and, though + last not least, as genial a diner and winer as ever put + American legs under a British peer's mahogany. There was + a time when he was for avenging British outrage by + whipping John Bull out of his boots, but now, clad in a + dress-coat of unexceptionable cut, he deprecates the idea + of international breaches. As a diplomatist he could + scarcely show more indifference to the Alabama claim, if + the claim itself were All a Bam. He roars for recompense + more gently than a sucking dove. When he presented our + little bill a <span style="font-style: italic;">grand + coup</span> was expected, but the trans-atlantic turtle + seems to have shut him up. Listening to compliments on + the "Dutch Republic" he forgets his own, and renders but + a Flemish account to his country. Not content with + following the festive footsteps of his illustrious + predecessor, REVERDY, he has made new tracks to every + hospitable nobleman's door. The scented soft-soap of + adulation is his "particular vanity," and under its + soothing influence he seems to be washing his hands of + his official responsibilities. In point of fact, MOTLEY + has deserted his colors, and, as a diplomat, is by no + means up to the American Standard. As it is clear he + cannot maintain the <i>prestige</i> of the Star Spangled + Banner abroad, we call upon the Government to give him + Hail Columbia, and order him home.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p><b>CONS BY A WRECKER.</b></p>Where are women wrecked? Off the + Silly Islands.<br> + Where are men wrecked? Some off Port, some Half Seas + over,<br> + some off the Horn, or wherever they Chews.<br> + Where are rogues wrecked? In the Dock.<br> + Where are brokers wrecked? On the Breakers.<br> + Where are children wrecked? Some in Babycome Bay, and + some on the Coral Islands.<br> + Where are bad musicians wrecked? On the Sound.<br> + Where are would-be sharpers wrecked? On the Mighty + Deep.<br> + <br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + + <p><b>BOOK NOTICES.</b></p> + + <p>IN SPAIN AND A VISIT TO PORTUGAL. By HANS CHRISTIAN + ANDERSEN. New-York: HURD & HOUGHTON.</p> + + <p>A good summer book of nearly three hundred pages. As + usual, ANDERSEN is not abstruse in his way of putting + things. His narrative is adapted alike for the juvenile + mind and for the adult. There is no periphrasis in it. + One understands his meaning at a glance; therefore the + book should be a very popular one when summer time sets + in, and people look for some quiet + <i>délassement</i> which will not compel them to + think.</p><br> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + <br> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + + <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" align="center" + width="800"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td align="center"> + <p>BARGAINS IN CARPETS.</p> + + <p><big><big><big><b>A. T. STEWART & + CO.</b></big></big></big></p> + + <p>ARE RECEIVING BY EACH AND EVERY STEAMER<br> + <small>THE</small><br> + NEWEST AND LATEST DESIGNS IN<br> + MOQUETTES AND AXMINSTERS,</p> + + <p><big>ROYAL WILTONS,</big><br> + <b>BODY BRUSSELS,<br> + Crossley's Velvets, Tapestry Brussels,</b> <span style= + "font-weight: bold;">etc., etc.,</span></p> + + <p>AND THEY ARE ALSO<br> + MAKING LABRE ADDITIONS<br> + TO THEIR<br> + REGULAR STOCKS OF<br> + <big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">ENGLISH BODY + BRUSSELS.</span></big></big></p> + + <p><b>ROYAL WILTONS,<br> + $2 50 AND $3 PER YARD,</b></p> + + <p><b>AXMINSTERS,<br> + $3 50 AND $4 PER YARD.</b></p> + + <p>TOGETHER WITH</p> + + <p><b>INGRAINS, THREE-PLY, COCOA,</b><br> + <small>AND</small><br> + <big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">CANTON + MATTINGS,</span></big></big><br> + <small>ENGLISH AND DOMESTIC</small><br> + <span style="font-weight: bold;">OIL-CLOTHS, + etc.,</span></p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;"> + <big><big>BROADWAY,</big></big></p> + + <p><b>4th Ave., 9th and 10th Sts.</b></p> + </td> + + <td rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;"> + <p style="font-weight: bold;"> + <big><big><big>SPECIAL</big></big></big></p> + + <p><big><big><big><big><b>PUNCHINELLO + PREMIUMS.</b></big></big></big></big></p> + + <p>By special arrangement with</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big><big>L. PRANG + & CO.,</big></big></big></p> + + <p>We offer the following Elegant Premiums for new + Subscribers to</p> + + <p>PUNCHINELLO:</p> + + <p><big><big><b>"Awakening."</b></big></big> (A Litter of + Puppies.) Half Chromo, size, 8-3/8 by 11-1/8, price + $2.00, and a copy of PUNCHINELLO for one year, for + $4.00.</p> + + <p><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Wild + Roses."</span></big></big> Chromo, 12-1/8 by 9, price + $3.00, or any other $3.00 Chromo, and a copy of the paper + for one year for $5.00.</p> + + <p><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Baby + in Trouble."</span></big></big> Chromo, 13 by 16-1/4, + price $6.00 or any other at $6.00, or any two Chromos at + $3.00, and a copy of the paper for one year, for + $6.00.</p> + + <p><big><big><b>"Sunset,</b>—<b>California + Scenery,"</b></big></big> after A. Bierstadt, 18-1/8 by + 12, price $10.00, or any other $10.00 Chromo, and a copy + of the paper for one year for $10.00. Or the four + Chromos, and four copies of the paper for one year in one + order, for clubs of FOUR, for $23.00.</p> + + <p>We will send to any one a printed list of L. PRANG + & CO.'S Chromos, from which a selection can be made, + if the above is not satisfactory, and are prepared to + make special terms for clubs to any amount, and to + agents.</p> + + <p>Postage of paper is payable at the office where + received, twenty cents per year, or five cents per + quarter in advance; the CHROMOS will be <i>mailed + free</i> on receipt of money.</p> + + <p>Remittances should be made in P. O. Orders, Drafts, or + Bank Checks on New-York, or Registered letters. The paper + will be sent from the first number, (April 2d, 1870,) + when not otherwise ordered.</p> + + <p>Now is the time to subscribe, as these Premiums will + be offered for a limited time only. On receipt of a + postage-stamp we will send a copy of No. 1 to any one + desiring to get up a club.</p> + + <p>Address</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big>PUNCHINELLO + PUBLISHING CO.,</big></big></p> + + <p>P.O. Box 2783.</p> + + <p>No. 83 Nassau Street, New-York.</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="center"> + <p style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big><big>A. T. + Stewart & Co.</big></big></big></p> + + <p><small>ARE OFFERING<br> + IN<br> + ALL THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS<br> + OF THEIR</small></p> + + <p><big><big><b>RETAIL-ESTABLISHMENT</b></big></big></p> + + <p><small><span style="font-weight: bold;">UNUSUAL + ATTRACTIONS</span><br> + IN</small><br> + <b>PRICE, QUALITY, AND STYLES OF<br> + GOODS</b><br> + <big>JUST RECEIVED</big></p> + + <p><small>per late steamers, as well as from the recent + large Auction-Sales, to which they respectfully request + the attention of their Customers and the + Public.</small></p> + + <p><big><b>BROADWAY,</b></big></p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Fourth Avenue, Ninth and + Tenth Streets.</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="center"> + <p><big><big><big><b>A. T. STEWART & + CO.</b></big></big></big></p> + + <p>HAVE OPENED<br> + A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT OF</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;"><big>Sash-Ribbons, + Neck-Ribbons, Roman Sashes, etc., etc.,</big></p> + + <p><small>IN NEW STYLES AND COLORINGS.</small></p> + + <p><b>At Extremely Attractive Prices.</b></p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;"><big>BROADWAY,</big></p> + + <p><b>Fourth Ave., Ninth and Tenth Sts.</b></p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + + <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" align="center" + width="800"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td width="66%" rowspan="2"> + <br> + + <center> + <p>Illustration: <b>POLICE POLICY.</b></p> + + <p><i>Policeman.</i> "THAT'S HIM: OVER THERE PICKING + THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S POCKET."</p> + + <p><i>Green Youth.</i> "THEN WHY DON'T YOU ARREST + HIM?"</p> + + <p><i>Policeman.</i> "WELL, IT MIGHT MAKE HIM FEEL UGLY + TOWARDS ME, I LIKE A QUIET LIFE."</p> + </center> + </td> + + <td align="center"> + <b>"The Printing House of the United States."</b> + + <p><big><big><b>GEO.F. NESBITT & + CO.,</b></big></big></p> + + <p>General <b>JOB PRINTERS,</b><br> + BLANK BOOK Manufacturers,<br> + STATIONERS, Wholesale and Retail,<br> + LITHOGRAPHIC Engravers and Printers,<br> + COPPER-Plate Engravers and Printers,<br> + CARD Manufacturers,<br> + FINE CUT and COLOR Printers.</p> + + <p><b>163, 165, 167, and 169 PEARL ST., 73, 75, 77, and + 79 PINE ST., New-York.</b></p> + + <p>Advantages. All on the same premises, and under + immediate supervision of the proprietors.</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="center"> + <p><b style= + "font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Bowling Green + Savings-Bank,</b><br> + 33 BROADWAY,</p> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">NEW-YORK.</p> + + <p>Open Every Day from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.</p> + + <p>Deposits of any sum, from Ten Cents to Ten Thousand + Dollars, will be received.</p> + + <p>Six Per Cent Interest, Free of Government Tax.</p> + + <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">INTEREST ON NEW + DEPOSITS</span> Commences on the first of every + month.</p> + + <p>HENRY SMITH, <i>President</i>.<br> + REEVES E. SELMES, <i>Secretary</i>. WALTER ROCHE,<br> + EDWARD HOGAN, <i>Vice-Presidents.</i></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <center> + <p><small><b>PRANG'S CHROMOS</b> are celebrated for + their close resemblance to Oil Paintings. Sold in all + Art and Bookstores throughout the world. PRANG'S WEEKLY + BULLETIN: "Bo-Peep," "Queen of the Woods," "First + Lesson in Music," "Travelling Comedians," "City and + Country Life." Illustrated Catalogues sent on receipt + of a stamp by</small></p> + + <p><b>L. PRANG & CO., Boston.</b></p> + </center> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <center> + <h2>PUNCHINELLO:</h2> + + <h1><b>TERMS TO CLUBS.</b></h1> + + <p>WE OFFER AS PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS</p> + </center> + + <center style="font-weight: bold;"> + <p><small><small>FIRST:</small></small></p> + </center> + + <p><i>DANA BICKFORD'S PATENT FAMILY SPINNER,</i></p> + + <p>The most complete and desirable machine ever yet + introduced for spinning purposes.</p> + + <center style="font-weight: bold;"> + <p><small><small>SECOND:</small></small></p> + </center> + + <p><i>BICKFORD'S CROCHET AND FANCY WORK MACHINES.</i></p> + + <p>These beautiful little machines are very fascinating, + as well as useful; and every lady should have one, as + they can make every conceivable kind of crochet or fancy + work upon them.</p> + + <center style="font-weight: bold;"> + <p><small><small>THIRD:</small></small></p> + </center> + + <p><i>BICKFORD'S AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTER.</i></p> + + <p>This is the most perfect and complete machine in the + world. It knits every thing.</p> + + <center style="font-weight: bold;"> + <p><small><small>FOURTH:</small></small></p> + </center> + + <p><i>AMERICAN BUTTONHOLE, OVERSEAMING, AND + SEWING-MACHINE.</i></p> + + <p>This great combination machine is the last and + greatest improvement on all former machines. No. 1, with + finely finished Oiled Walnut Table and Cover, complete, + price, $75. No. 2, same machine without the buttonhole + parts, etc., price, $60.</p> + + <center style="font-weight: bold;"> + <p><small>WE WILL SEND THE</small></p> + </center> + + <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" align= + "center"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">Family Spinner,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $8,</td> + + <td align="left">for 4 subscribers and $16.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No.1 Crochet,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $8,</td> + + <td align="left">for 4 subscribers and $16.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No.2 Crochet,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $15,</td> + + <td align="left">for 6 subscribers and $24.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No.1 Automatic + Knitter,<br> + 72 needles,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $30,</td> + + <td align="left">for 12 subscribers and $48.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No.2 Automatic + Knitter,<br> + 84 needles,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $33,</td> + + <td align="left">for 13 subscribers and $52.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No.3 Automatic + Knitter,<br> + 100 needles,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $37,</td> + + <td align="left">for 15 subscribers and $60.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left">No.4 Automatic Knitter,</td> + + <td align="left">2 cylinders,<br> + 72 needles<br> + 1 100 needles</td> + + <td align="left">price, $40.</td> + + <td align="left">for 16 subscribers and $64.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td colspan="2" align="left">No. 1 American + Buttonhole<br> + and Overseaming Machine,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $75,</td> + + <td align="left">for 30 subscribers and $120.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left">No. 2 American Buttonhole<br> + and Overseaming Machine,</td> + + <td align="left">without buttonhole<br> + parts, etc.,</td> + + <td align="left">price, $60,</td> + + <td align="left">for 25 subscribers and $100.</td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + + <p style="font-weight: bold;">Descriptive Circulars</p> + + <p>Of all these machines will be sent upon application to + this office, and full instructions for working them will + be sent to purchasers.</p> + + <p>Parties getting up Clubs preferring cash to premiums, + may deduct seventy-five cents upon each full subscription + sent for four subscribers and upward, and after the first + remittance for four subscribers may send single names as + they obtain them, deducting the commission.</p> + + <p>Remittances should be made in Post-Office Orders, Bank + Checks, or Drafts on New-York City; or if these can not + be obtained, then by Registered Letters, which any + post-master will furnish.</p> + + <p>Charges on money sent by express must be prepaid, or + the net amount only will be credited.</p> + + <p>Directions for shipping machines must be full and + explicit, to prevent error. In sending subscriptions give + address, with Town, County, and State.</p> + + <p>The postage on this paper will be twenty cents per + year, payable quarterly in advance, at the place where it + is received. Subscribers in the British Provinces will + remit twenty cants in addition to subscription.</p> + + <p>All communications, remittances, etc., to be addressed + to P.O. Box 2783.</p><br> + + <p>PUNCHINELLO PUBLISHING COMPANY</p> + + <p>No. 83 Nassau Street,</p> + + <p>NEW-YORK</p> + <hr style="width: 45%;"> + + <p style="text-align: center;"><small>S.W. GREEN, + PRINTER, CORNER JACOB AND FRANKFORT STREETS.</small></p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table><br> + <br> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, +1870, by Various + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCHINELLO, VOL. 1, NO. 7 *** + +This file should be named 8p10710h.htm or 8p10710h.zip +Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, 8p10711h.htm +VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, 8p10710ah.htm + +Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Steve Schulze +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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