_Sambo._ "BOFE PARTIES SEE'D ME, AND SO I'M GWINE TO SPLIT."]

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A Sporting Con.

Why is the famous horse DEXTER like a musical conductor?

Because he beats Time.

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Theatrical Item.

Since Colonel FISK, Jr., floored that other manager, he is known in the
profession as the great floor manager.

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Good News for the Birds.

In Westchester county a fine of $25 is hereafter to be levied upon each
jackass in human form who shoots birds on Sunday. It is to be hoped that
the little bills may thus be saved from holiday havoc by persons who
object to incurring large ones.

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[Illustration: CONSTERNATION OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE NEW YORK
_SUN_, (INCLUDING THE OFFICE BOY,) ON SEEING CHIEF EDITOR PECKSNIFF DANA