New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26

| There was a young man of Sing Sing-but perhaps
it will 10 best TO make plain prose statement OF
this matter though tho line to metre in writ
| ing OF romance and war He was jealous Of his
wife from whom he had been separated after two
days of married life. and when ho asked her why
certain yonng man came to see her so often, he
found him elf suddenly slapped to his mouth and
| kicked as to his shns Then he determined on re-
vcnge He did not shoot her or him. nor did he take
| poison himself Ho lay IN wait for the young man.
| anRered him by some remarks, and when the young
| man wckedy swore. the husband had him arrested
aud stood by in iendsh exultaton while the judge
| fined him So for profanity. This was safe and
| peaceablo vengeance. aud may be commended to
husbands of fiery and impetuous disposition.
may be led, when their shins are kicked, into some
deed of terrible rashness
This is good news that comes from Kansas. To
the credit Of that young Western State be it said
that she does not purpose to be rendered " bleed
ing" by tho blood of prlze-ighters Her Attorney
General has announced his intention not only of
preventing Slade aud Mitchell from falling foul of
each other within the borders of Kansas, but, in
order that the fight may be nipped in the bud and
the appearance of evil avoided of forbidding them
oven to train on her soil for that babarous sort of
law breaking Ii all our States and Territories
would take an equally righteous stand it would
not DO long before the prige-fghter would 90.
Be sure you're right, then 90 ahead, is piece of
advice that may he commended to Mr.. Swift OF the
Warner Observatory. He rose TO remark night
two since, Just as Lord Colerdge arrived here, that
he had baGged another comet Now he rerises to
take it back-it wasn't a fine fat comet Mt ALL but
only an nconsequentIal nebula. The fact that Mr..
Warner pays O bounty of 5000 ON the first comet
discovered this year doubtless has tendency TO
induce Mr. Swift to address any stranger that he
secs abroad IN the heavens comet. the wish that
IT may DO a comet being father TO the convection
that it is a comet. 1t cannot but annoy comet
of any standing among the celestials to bo con-
founded with such trash as nebul@ and hence a
really humane observer will be careful not TO fall
INTO such mistake. Nor must our Rochester friend
expect to secure all the 5000 przes The astronom-
ical race is not always to the Swift.
According to The Syracuse Courier q the carpet
knights of Republicansm are to meet at Richhed
Springs in September. "Carpet knights" is toler-
ably severe. but wo cannot but think that If 1t
had occurred 10 The Courier to call the Republican
delegates to the Rchfeld Convention rectangular
parallolopipedons IL would havo felt better sat-
isfod with Its narrowing work.
The old discouraging conundrum, who will
watch the watchmenf" Is clothed with fresh sig
nihcanoe by circumstance which happened in
Brooklyn yesterday. conductor on one OF the
cars was arrested for crooked practices, and upon
his person were found too of those metallic guar
dams Of tho coincidence known as the bell
punch. 1t seems that this ingenious II not ingenu-
Gus gentleman was accustomed to ring first Of
the punches and til, the other-that being his
idea Of fair divide The result Of course WA that