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THE WEEKLY CONSTITOTION: TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1884.- TWELVE PAGtisJ
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain
ment of tho Boys and Oltla Who
Read The Constitution.
n. wHilnB for tbia department. wrljc plainly, oj
ene'ilde ol youi p??n??r. aud put "Our \ (rang Folta
In one comer ot jour ciiv????k*.j
"~Tbe other day. to toy great rurprtae. my brother
Dlch walked in with hi. lltilo flock oIlhroe-Tid.
lany, and Eva-and. alrlnc me a haaty kirn, re
alio aero getng to Boaton, but therebelns mreral
Caere cl mraaela in tho itreot they were afraid to
ran tho riak ol infection. They bad ll??d In ?????
loots since Teddy was a year old. and Id never
???cm the younger children. They aeemed quite
wiDlcatoatay with me, to the arrangement was
aide. Eraand Lany toon grow sleepy and were
carried np to bed. but Teddy was wide awake and
announced that ".Inc# he had grown such a big
boy he never went to bed with tho children.
"How old are yon Teddy 7" I nak??d.
Mjtol eight. Boon to be*mgn U*do Ned uys.
???Who 1* Uncle Ned???? . . .
M 0b! mamma's brother, an* he lire* with us an
tell, no stories ???moat every evening 'bout heroes.
Unde Ned la very fond ot heroos an'
Teddy spoke as If homes were ??me particularly
sice kind of cake. . _
???What heroes doe* he tell you about Teddy.
"Oh. 'Leas nder. an??? 'I???olcon, and Leaser, an oh
laU; but 1 toll you what I llko beat, auntie,??? bout
the man who wont to look lor something where It
wa> to awful cold, you know, and dl int come
tack an' hie wife got awful anxloua about him
an' she got some men to go aud look for him and
aomaeflhtm didn???t ccrae back either, and Lnclo
Bed raja they was all heroca/cauao they knew tho
'dieter and yctthiywcnt. Whatwu htaname,
anntle, ho winl to look for tome way to get some
. _ a .1. l.. ... ten ItilrV?' 1
"Blr John Frankltn7" I anggested.
'Ihat'a it, auntlo, I alwaja forget It moat l nolo
Xcd rays he thick, ibeie???i a way and 1 mean to go
and loeklor It when I art big."
???'Heaven lotbld,??? I thought, looking Into the
deep, earneateyca.
??????J???ve Iriid beivg a hero," Teddy went on a alow
aardltatlrc tene, "but It alnt any uao. romethlng
always happens. Now onoday I remembered the
Xcman man that was going to bo burned toraomo
thing he'd done, end they thought he'd bo scared,
bnt ho wasn't a bit, ho held hla hand tight In tho
Ore sod turn! It blu.lt, 'cause It bad done wrong,
he raid, and one day 1 thought I'd try and pul my
hind on thestovo 'oatue I???d pulled Ihe cat's tail,
when mamma fold mo not to, and it burnt awful
and I nil d and 1 burnt a hole In my sleeve, and
mamma raid I mnstu't ever do so again I and then
another llmo 1 tried lo maka my pony go down tho
atrpa In tbo garden, like Putnam you know, and bo
threw mi off In a roee bush, and papa said I was a
gocie. But Uncle Ned raja maybo I???ll be a hero
yet, end 1 laid I would Iht dralcbanco I got, hut It
would have to bo when there'e nobody 'round to
brotoer, aud wo go to school about a mile fr,m
homo. I have tome kinfolks In Georgia, out don"
know when 1 can go there to aeo iht m
Your Itltlo friend, SfATTlE Bl'IIf,
Terry, Klealsslppt, February 17,1M4.
Dean At'tir Bosia:???I am a youth going to achool
loft viry dne young lady, aud wo have a very good
school???between SO and to icholare. Ofcoursesomo
of them get whipped and have to stay In aomeUmes
at rtceaa, but I guess that la all right. I hope It
will teach ua boysand girls Ihe Importance of im
proving every moment of our time. Wo are the
fniniwa * ???
would liavo to be
loth VI."
Wv bid quite ft fall of mow that ulgbt, but the
inn camo outln tho allernoon and the boya beggod
to go out In a eled that had been thele tathen.
which they had found In me garret. Dick told mo
they were u??ed lo being out all day at home eo.I
contented. Toddy Inioimed me aa they paiMd tho
window that bo and Lany were " 'eplorere,??? so
warning thorn not to 'apioie Into tho.notvdril I
wont tack to the Ore and a hook I waa anxloua to
Inlth. Eva wna in tho kltthsu with Dinah, and
fooa llmo Ifotgot about the boya, It wsa only
when I found by tho lolling light how lata It was
gettlrg. that lw.nttotbo kitchen toicolf tho boys
had como in, t could sco nothing <n them from tho
front window.
"Dinah, I'm worried about tho boys, they ought
to bo bomo, soo Its boglnulug to snow again,"t r
??a!d, loklng anxloualyoul tbo window.
Now, mtuy, don???t you wortlt yersclf, I sco 'om a
lltilo wbllosgo, next llmu they pasture window
I'll call'em In.-???
Bo I went hack to Iho patlor, but not to go and
look lor my llttlo nephews, when I heard a rattle
at the dtor, little unsteady feotetepe In tho hall
ead Teddy half etaggered in tho room laying faint
ly:
"I 'sped wa'e found him, anntlo.??????
??????Found whom? Where???sTanyT" I asked hurry-
leg toward him.
"Oh! Lany'a all right, but I don't think Blr John
Itasklln feels very well."
"Who!" I asked in ameeement
??????Why the man that was lost, auntie, 1 'member-
id hla name ta anon aa 1 aaw him, Tany and ma
found him In Ureanow."
Too much bewlldtttd to ask any iurlhor quea-
Uona lo my ocoentilo nephew, I hurried to the
door. There alood Lany beside tho sled on which
???at, or rather crooked, a small old man, wretchedly
cloihid and almostlntln.lblt Irem tbo cold.
"Bun for Dinah quick, Toddy," I raid.
At my sudden exclamation tho mudlo ol rags
stirred suds f.lat voice mumbled something about
**tha dsillnts??? and his "feet rein??? /nun-," The
yeermature was really almost helpless Irora the
raid, bnt with the help ol Dlneh and Fanny bo
maasgrd to hobble Into the kitchen where I loft
klm.ture of bis receiving wIm and tender treat
ment, lor Dli ah waa bom nnreo aa well aa cook,
and my nephawa vary solo care. Fanny hurried
away for dry ololbeaand a warm bath for Lany who
waa begfnlrg to shiver with the cold. Eva was
hungry and IretUng lor her supper. andaltogeUier
for about an houri'Mfurlon reigned In ray quiet
domicile. Teddy looked on with a sort of sober
gtsdarm. lie said to me at 0rat:
"I think I???ll wall to tell yon 'bout It ???till other
folks get done. Unde Ned rays 'Han't pleasant
when everybody talks."
And In tho orus'ant stir gotug on about mo I
phased l nclo Ned for his Irasons.
Only onco alter that Toddy broke out with:
???Won???t she be glad!"
"Who, dcarf"! questioned.
"HU wife yon know???Blr John Franklin's."
Tkan Indeed 1 ventured to hint that our Nlberu
Ian friend In Ore kitchen was not certain to bo Blr
John, merely because he had been lost In tho snow,'
hat ot tho lmposslhlUty of over fludlug him now I
sold nothing, let Uncle Ned tell him In hb owu
began lo snow and ibn man fell down egaln and be
aald: 'Ye'a'll have to leave me darllnu. l ean t go
iver anoiber s???ep,' So we got Mm on the sled again
* I gave Lanj my mlttena to put on Ms own,
M bb bands was odd; bnt he was awful heavy
Ing up from (Da gate, and Lany ramdn t pull
and
'cftOfet
cowing up from the gat*. ana Lany epujou* v??n
much, too know, ana I iftw you by the Brv ftna I
couldn???t mske you bear, 'cau* * ntflh'oarwsJtao
dry;??? *nd ft bravely suppressed w>b flnlabed tbj
sentence. * Aud now. auntie, after we 'splored
rucb along lime ft Isn't him,??? be Mild preacntly
ibatia trua. deftr," I aald quietly
. jj
wv???, but it will
do you food ftli your life Ioi*|g to remember that
jou havesaved this poornuu???s life, my brave little
Teddy, for do you know, Avar, tbo lane you went
on la ft very lonely one? Hardly ft person goet over
(bat road all winter long, the snow drift, s'* there
I only wonder bow my poor liule toy* found their
W *'ttnPwestock branchea lo the auow where wo
were Tplorbig. caae any aarrlven aboula yme
???in**, i couldn't bare found tbo way only for
thftf."
t ueae two bad had ft narrow escape after all ftud
Involuntarily I drew him citsertome.
???Tieas don???t bold my band ao tight, auntie,' he
iid. apologetically, "aometnlof hurts."
"Let mi-ace. Why Teddy!"
All acroas both bsnda there was ft row ot cruel
Misters. Teddy looked at them with equal won*
dvr.
??? Why itmuatbave been when I gave my mittens
to Lany; the rope rope did feel awltif bard."
1 stooped and bouud the burning little Ungers.
???Uncle Ned was right, Teddy; you bare been ft
heroaf<er all."
Teddy opened bis eyes wide.
"Havo I! Won???t be be glad! Why, i
m???t it funny? When I tried
anntlo,
. some-
and now when 1
come itself ???
_ thought; that is
generally the way it c?? m?? a. ???fit. Nicholas.
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
THE DRIFT OF THE PARTIES AND
UOBUF OF PARTY LEADERS.
Talk on the Tariff???Presidential Gossip???
Politics and Politicians AH
Ovef the Country.
Chicago and July 8th.???The democratic
national committee met in Washinj-tnn city
and aelected Chiccgoand Jnly 8 as tho place ??? .. -
j , , ./ n.??? ?????????????????? of justice has been in all ita branches and to
and dale of tho national democratic convert- r , rf J Mnt ,h B f, 0 ia to congress. The knottiest
more to do than we bad
anticipated Hitherto we bare token only
the evidence of examiners of tbedepartment
who have been looking through marshals'
office* in the south."
???There have been Borne ugly developments,
???tSel*, 8 1 will say ibis much. We are satis
fied that tbe investigation did not come too
soon, and we hope to be of some service in
securing a better administration of marshals'
officer iu the south. We have not gone to tbe
bottom of tbis branch of tbe subject
yet, though we mean to do k>. We have de
termined to find exactly wbat the department
F. Warwick, tbo city aolicitor-el.ct,
isa young men of thirty-three. John Hun-
b??r, tbe receiver of taxes chosen, wu unop
posed by tbe democracy. Jacob Purnell, a
colored man, and the first ever elected to any
office in the commonwealth, wu sent to tho
common council from tbe seventh ward.
wrong, and
Wasn't thinking soon til. It all Juste
"Bless jour oearcblld hesri ???.111
Onr Letter Box.
DXAS AtmTft'iia:???Can jnu,lre me any Infor
mation concentres the star in planet that rises lu
tee westimmsdlsnly??/t??rttieeuu left I'joueau
1 will be so much obliged, as I am rt. eply ion r-
eaieq lu tfc 1 bejte "our column" will bo full of
Interesting latter, every wetk. Yours truly,
Lena LkOan.
Brooks Station, Oa??? February 19.
Tho planet to wblcb you refer Is Venua; wbicb
will bo our craning star until July Jlth, and then
our morning star tbo rest of tho year???Metcury
being tbe evening star from that period. Venus
continues alternately morning and evening star
for a period of S9J tlajs each time.
Draft Aunt Bl'.ib:???I am a little Ulnlaalppl girl
eleven yeara old and my peps baa bten taking tbe
CoxtriTUTlojs ever since I could remember. I am
dollahted that you are going tobavo acomerfor
tbe young folk, f bate three sfaurs and ona
tion. Tho location of the convention at Chi
cago fa regarded as a victory for tbe conserve
tive element of tbe democtatic party. It is
claimed by enperQclal observers a* a McDon
aid victory, but tbo attitudo of Randall and
other well known friend* of Payne Insure
that this action increases bis chances. Mor
rison is distressed because his moat entbu
slulic friend* in congress and on the
committee were for St. Louis. The eastern
men sro industriously pinning to the P*yoe
boom in tbo Interest of Flower, Cleveland,
Slocum, and other men in tiiot section who
are available for tbe vice-presidency. Al
together, tbe action of tbe committee is most
satisfactory to the congressional leaden. It
is taken aa meaning a safe ticket. Tbo mem
bers ot the committee reinaa to express a
preference aa to Ibe nomination, still there is
much talk of the old ticket, Tiiden aud Hen.
dricks, and tbe prevailing opinion Is that it
will win if hoisted.
re nopeof our count,y, and we should let Ibis
.Wr friend. uhasuxF. Adams.
Covington, Oa., February 2i, ihsi.
Dias aunt Bc.is:-I am a little girl nine yean
old. My father Isa farmer, and a subscriber loTux
Uosstitutiom, and wa all love to lead It. 1 like It
heap bailer alnoo you commenced to publlih let-
lore from children. Wasn't It funny bow Freddy
bad hla tooth pullodt-lhe Idea of a cow pulllog a
tooth. I have toon lo achool a mils over a year,
and I want to go now. but our teacher got married
and wo bavo no school now I wish you witult
SDOUl HIT CUUK1II|C. IUT mniuiu* in ii ui mii* mu
cook 1 am jou? Llcud aud a irleud to i uk i om<
HITHTItiN. 1'EARL McCOWftM.
JKonjib, On., February 23, .'894,
Dxak Aunt Susie:???1 want to tell you how wo
do at school about our compositions. Wo band
them to our tcftohoraa soon as wo write them, and
Friday allcrneou ha reads them all aloud, polntlug
; the name ol tho writer) ao
_ know a boy unaor eighteen that la workiui; lor
hlmtolf aud mliiR wtUtoo, lloi* a larmur and
* nnino la B. J. Myrlck,
Your Irleud, F.ula Carson.
NollonvlJJe, Oft., February 21,3884.
Dear aunt sum::???I go to achool and llko it very
well though our toaoher, Mr. Hill, Is yery strict.
haro four broihors and four slaters, and oaoot
my slaters la In Uoorgla with my uncle, wo take
tery littiul for farmer* 1 havo no pots and only
tho noiea 1 study at school. 1 wfah somo of our
young folks would wrlto to mo. If any ot them
will 1 will bo ao glad,
Your frleud, W. N, Maddox.
KasuDVllle, Ala., February 17,1884.
1)ea?? Aunt Huhe.-I have been working for my
self two year, aud have made about three hundred
dollars, besides paying my board, buying my
clothes and paying my father somo money. 1 went
to school for about three months (luring Ihe time
aud am now teaching school. 1 did not have one
cent to start on. My advice to all juung people la
not to bo dJacouragcd by /allures at drat, but to
try aaaln. There la nothing like trying and a brave
James D. 0'Kxm.ky,
Dotigboriv I???oaiofitm, fiavraon cutintjr, ua, So on
arj lo, MM.
Dana aunt Buna:???Aa I wu looking over His
CosarnuTioN, I cbaticfd lots* four Invitation lo
glrla and boja lo wilte lo Jon. I thought m, time
ebat wlih jou on rapar.
Mr. Kilwan). I am vtrj
anti UJ Hko ibe botj btoa lo Improve
Jour, Wishing averjancceaa to Our YoungFulka
Department, 1 am jour llltla friend.
Alwr a time Lauj sad Bra wore both lucked In.
lo tad, and thru 1 wrapped Teddj in a warm
akawl. aud than lining down before the lire In mj
Mttlugroom, 1 held him In mj lap aud 1st him toll
hk Store In Ml own quaint war.
???YoaiM.aanU??,??????he commenced, ???whan Lauj
and ms want out to 'aplore jou attidwa mustn't
x et into anj anovr dtlfu sad there wasn???t nothing
bolanow drifts around here, eo we went out into
ihe road and wo 'aplored a good while and wo
didn???t find nothing. Aud then, bj and bj, wo
come to a UlUe narrow toad that went np a hill
sad we went up there, and It waa awful cold, and
Uiate i raw somethingljlng by the fence, aud Lanj
aafcl It waa a beu and he didn't care lo *001010007
more, hut I toid him if wu was real 'aplorere we
ooaht to 'aplore everything. 80 I went np aud
???.plorcd and It was a man. 801 told Lany 1 'apecied
tax'd found him now, and we mtut get him home
In jsn, bnt Utc man was awful sleepy, and when 1
Mkrdhimnphe talked awful funny, jnat like
I InM him It S-'.t nr-t.,,.
-...... . - tale him 10 my auntie's house, end
then be said ao funny, 'anil Jo's darilnir Then
sere I'll be either trjtnV"
Iy'e nsroeaefooi Imitation ot the brogue wu
1. bnt he gave me no time tor laoghter???Ms
whole heart waaln the atoey-. .
4 toe, when ho ic???d down and Mid ???Oh t Ha
a study Molly be this night and tbi child an ttarv-
1???. Then Lany began to ere and be wanted to
come heme, bnt
Botrov If he'd help mt cat i??lr John Franklin to
'???ok: my x??oor little brother was
???ronuu coke>Al??] he'd iry and 1 ridpd
abtle tev-ithtm, but 1 ceuldn'i go very
Etuis Lows,
Marietta, Qa., February JO I8AI.
ARE CYCLONES MORE FHEQUBNT THAN
FORMERLY.
KnrroMUo.virrrtmo.v: In yanr Sunday's issue
aniwcr to an Inquiry from a correspondent, yon
my opinion la divided aa to whether there are
more cyclones now than In former yean; that
atny persons think the facilities for the rapid
transmission of nows being greater, every little
whirlwind U reported, which waa not tho earn
yean ago.
With your permission, I desire to my a word
upon this subject. It will not bo denied that newe
le much more rapidly dlaremluated at the present
day than it was twenty or thirty yoan ago. It la
Ukewlto true that our loading Journals are much
more euterprtalog In the collection of Important
current oventa than formerly (aa witness The Con
armmoN'a admirably appointed and organised
sirpeoloorreepoudents.) But granting all this, I
do not think it Is t sstUlActory explanation of Ibe
frequency with which we are shocked by tbo alettes
ol the cyclone's wild work. Certainly such terrtto
storms aa we hare had of iato yeara, oarrying death
and destruction through wholo stater, could not
have occurred twenty or thirty years ago without
eliciting much comment In the new.papere, and
making a deep aud lasting Impiefston upon
the public mind. Think you, Musts. Editors, the
youth of this generation will he likely lo forget the
fesrfnl cyclone ol the 19th lost? Wilt It not rather
go down as a tradition to future geuerationiT II
this bo tiue, do you think it probable that theta of
ur who were young, twenty to forty years ago,
oiuld havo forgotten occurrences eutaUlu'g inch
widespread devastation and leas of life?
Now, that there were local cyclones, which swept
through ltmttcd districts In tho south ???before the
war,??? I am aware, but their course wu seldom
more than, mite In extent. Of tho frequency of
tbato comparatively Insignificant storms, I have
no accurate knowledge, bnt that they were of ran
occurrence in Georgia, 1 infer from the fact that
I oarer beard of more than on* pterions to lsn.
Long before that year Georgia wu penetrated in
almost every direction by railroads and telegraph
linet ao that had these remarkable disturbances
been common, It Is hardly to he supposed we should
not have heard ot them.
I am no scientist, hut I cannot help believing
that the world la J tut now undergoing radical at-
noaphertc changes. Thera are various theorie-,
u we have aU seen upon these auhjecu: whfen la
the correct one, or whether anyone that huy.t
been advanced lithe true ouo.l don???t pretend to
know, but that there are unu.ual forces ??t work In
nature, 1 conUdcnUy believe- Are the curve
which produce or set UMM ferc.a into active nto lou
umrormry, or are lUy Ur.-ly to omit-uv trr an
1 d,-Unite period, creating Hke disturbances? W
SkNATOB Babscm's Opiniok*.???Senator W.
H. Ilnrnum raid Beta to day that it- was
not probable that Mr. Fnyne
would be a candidate for tire presidency; that
it was beat bn sbouid not be. Ur l???ayne ia
too old to stand tbe atraln. He would be used
up by tbe cunveu, and have no strength left
for tho office, if elected. Wby, there would
be n hundred thousand office toekera in
Washington on inauguration day, and
every one expect - tbo old occupant*
to be turned out within two weeks.
It will take a younger man, and a vigorous
one, to withstand that pressure, I was talk
ing lust night with a man whose relations to
Mr. Payne are so close aa to make his utter
ances semi-authoritative. He Btid; Under no
circnmrtances will Mr. Tayne's name go be
fore tbe national convention. If it is not
fully understood before thst meeting that he
is not a candidate, there will be such an
announcement as will set the matter com
pletely at rest.
I asked my Informant bow he regarded
Tiiden, He raid; "Mr. Tiiden is for Mr.
Payne, and has been for a long time. He is
notand will not be a candidate himself. He
has one foot In the grebe. It Is impossible
that he should make a canvass in his present
physical condition. Mr. Payne could have
the nomination beyond a question it ho was
a candidate. There la abundant proof of
that fact, and it is that fact that should make
it oiear that tbe statements of bis friends that
ha is not a candidate are sincere, and you
will bear very soon of the death of tbo
Payneboom.??? When vou do, you may know
l?? tm tmm Af* VioitR'i nwn nnnldafila.
It Is from Mr. I???syne's own unalterable dfeis-
ion not to bo a candidate."
Conclusions drawn to-night from the drift
Conclusions drawn to-night from tho drift
of discussion eliminated Senator Payne from
the presidential race.
problem will be tbe star route prosecution*.
A t first tbe committee did not intend to in
vestigste them, but I believe wc have about
determined to do so. There will be a great
mau of testimony and records which it will
not bo easy to examine. Tho work before
us is by no means pleasant,
but it is worth doing well,
and may grow mere interesting as it pro
ceeds/'
A Spicy Talk with Boscoe Conklino.???
ller. John Snider relates, lu the Globe-
Democrat, the following spicy talk with Res
cue Conkling in tbe New York club rooms: I
said, upon being presented: "I am glad to
know you, sir, although I have been one of
your moat earnest political opponent*; so
anti-stalwart of tbe most pronounced type."
I said tbis because I wanted to sec tbe "quills
upon the frttlul porcupine at once." I was
not distppoinied The ex-ieontor turned his
eyes upoo me with a look of pity not uamin
gled with disdain end said, with marked cour
tesy, but with s tinge of the dictatorial in bis
tone: "May task, sir, what you mean by an
anti-stalwart????
??????Certainly, sir; the strongest symptoms of
auti-stalwanism iu ray case were found to be
opposition to the third term, and what is
generally known asbossism.???
"The old cry. Did you ever think, sir, that
you can???t do 'the simples? piece of work, of
any shape or fashion, without having a con
trolling head, who may or may not be
called tho 'boss,' but who will be 'boss??? in
reality 7 Do you want a political party to
be anything but a flock of sheep with tbe
beliweatber about? I am sick of this misera
ble Hull'about 'bosses,' coming from men all
over the country who never did a day???s
political work in their lives. (I don???t intend
my remarks to he personal, sir.) But now
the republican party has gotten rid of it*
'boss.' Every man who wu a head taller
tbauhis follows has been killed off. Itisan
army that has shot its own leaders in tbe face
of tbe enemy. Now, I hope tbecranksare
satisfied. ' And wbat is tbe result? You have
lost tbe lower house of congress, anil that is
only the beginning of your losses. Of course
' have no present interest in tbe contest, be
cause I am o'ut of the whole thing. lame
republican and expect to remain one, hut I
icjiuuituau nuts CAjiuns sv svuihiu vraaw, "ws. a
have no sympathy with this method of fight
ing in a headless army."
??????Tell me, senator, if you feel like speaking
Iod,should
publican party in respect to the Tiiden and
Hayes controversy."
iiWt. "
What Mr.. GuoucyTuinkb ofTilden.???
Mr. Oroudy, the member of Jho national
committee* for Illinois is, quoted assaying
would accept, he could be
thst, if Tiiden .
nominated by acclamation. He admits, how
ever, that ???the old ticket??? is an easy modo of
expression. It saves a man from committing
himself to anyone; It la a sort ot rhetorical
stopping plnco. No one else, of nil tho num
ber that has assembled here, bss had any
thing to say about the old ticket, and ono
millR MJ BU) nuuuh iuo utu uuaui, nuu uuu
might easily forget that there had been an
old ticket ao far aapublio expressio a are con
cerned. Only two names are aofar men
tioned with any persistence. They sro Me
Donald and Morrison, and the narao of Mc
Donald ia most frequently heard.
Grant, Astuub and Edmunds.???J. II. Me-
Cullagb, cilitur ot the St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat, will be remembered as the origlnatur
ol tho Grant boom.
???ft abiiiiy and fitness for Ibe position were
the only things to bo considered," said Mr.
McCnllagb. ???Mr. Eilmnnda would, in my
udgment, be entitled to tbe republican nam-
.uaiion for prealdenb In those qualifications
he stands pre-eminent.???
"What stands in hla way, then, Mr. McCul-
Mr. Arthur. A very large number of re-
B uhlicana, including even those who concede
ir. E lmunds's superior ability and states
manship, feet that Mr. Arthur has a strong
claim upon tbe nomination, I agree with
them, and will be glad to support him.???
"And on what prominent facts are his
claims based?"
"Oh, on many. For instance, he is en
titled to a very large portion of tbs credit
which attaches to the reduction of the dem
ocratic majority in New York from 1U3.000
when Cleveland was elected, to leas than JO,-
000 at tho last election held there."
"Rut will bis claims be acknowledged?
Will he bo nominated?'
"If be esn get tbe delegation front his own
state, I think be will be."
"Could not Senator Edmunds cany New
York, think you?"
???Most undoubtedly ho could, Not only
that, but I think he could bring an almost
solid delegation from oil the New England
states." .
"And what about Logan?"
"Oh, he stands no chance at all."
"So you think the contest narrows down,
virtually, to Arthur and Edurands?"
???Yes. Edmunds is not, so far as I know, a
confessed candidate, but his friends are urg
ing his claims, and it amounts to iho same
thing. Themis one thing which is, but
should not be against him, and that la tbe
aiily prejudice which exists in tbe west
against us eastern man or 'yankce.' It is a
senseless objection and it it difficult ta under
stand wby it exists."
???Wbat will be the iaiue of tbe coming
campaign? Will the tariff question figure
prominently?"
???Not at all; it will hardly form a feature of
the campaign. There is not enough difference
between tbe official utterances of tbe two par
ties on that question to admit of a contraL???
???What will tm the issue then? Will the
???Id ones be made to do duly once more????
"Yea; tho ???bloody ahlrl??? and that sort of
thing.???
???Don't you think that's about worn out?"
"Not by any means. There are at least two
more president* in the bloody shirt."
Looking Toward Blais*.???Recently the
News Register sent postal cards to fire
hundred leading republicans in the city and
county, asking tbeir first and second choice
for president. The following result shoe;*
that Blaine ia ab-ad by a luge majority.
First choice: Blaine 3?0. Lincoln 10, Logan
17. Edmunds 17, General Sherman 11, Harri
son 2, McKinley 1. Arthur 1, Grant 1. John
Sherman 1; total first choice, ??0. Second
choice: Lincoln 120. Logan 00, Blaine 60,
John Sherman 42, General Sherman 40,
Edmunds 37, Arthur 13. Harrison 11, McKin
ley 5, Greslmm i, Hayes 1, Wisdom 1, An
thony 1, lngersolll, Taylor 1; total second
choice, 423.
IavrsnOATiNO OmciAU.???To-dsy I asked
r. Hemphill, of South Carolina, who issue-
id on the committee to Investigate exjiend-
uros in the department of justice, when the
lort of hia committee would be ready. He
said: "It may be months yet before we c:m
. finish our investigations. Since we a???arteU in
j uj-tu them their ecope has been necessarily
1 enlarged. We find A great deal
Well, it is difilcult to say, at this late day
what would have been wise and just policy
in such an issue, Tbe policy should have
been marked with consistency at least.???
???Which, in your opinion??????
It was not, sir. Judge these facts. The
electoral commission declared that Rnther
fraud B. Hayes (strong emphasis on tbe
fraud) had received tbo electoral vote of
Louisiana. After tho accession ofRatber-
franil B Hayes to the presidency be affirmed
that Packard, who had received some 3,000
less votes than Samuel J. Tiiden, was gov
ernor of that slate. If Packard was governor
then Iiutherfruud (tbe word evidently a
sweet monel) held his place by tbe moat pah
paple fraud ever perpetrated.???
???That, surely, was a miserablo blunder."
???It waa worse than a blunder, sir; It was a
crime,"
Tbis with increasing emphasis.
"You were not a member of tbe electoral
commirslon, if I remember rightly, Mr.
Conkling.???
"No, air. I was not In favor of tbo creation
of the commission,'in fact, but we bad lim
ited ourselves in the senate by an absurd ten
minute rule, and I knew I cuuld not give my
reasons for opposing the commission inside
of tbat time, and so I remained silent."
"Wbat do you think of the future pros
pects of tbe party, Mi. CoDkling7"
"I am entirely out of politics myself, and
so ignorant of party movements that I am
the last person in the world to come to with
each a question.
"laniuota very enthusisstlc republican
myself," I s id, ???bat I believe heartily tbat
the democratic parly will not go Into power
next year, no matter what ciuidldato they
???elect.
"Well, sir, I am by uo means as sanguine,
and I fail to we on intelligent basis for your
expectation. But I protend to no knowledge
in the matter. Bat mark tbit, air: Ol one
thing I am certain in ray owu mind???tho
democratic party will elect the next presi
dent, Remember, I do not say he will be a
democrat, but I do say that that party will
be the determining factor in the result,"
Anything to Bsat Artuub.???Now that the
dates of both the national conventions have
been annonneed, the gossip regarding the
candidates becomes more interesting, ft is
the manifest Intention of friends of avowed
presidential candidates lu tbs republican
parly to scatter Arthur???s strength. There
seems little doubt that they would re
gard the absence of a solid New York delega
tion to Chicago in Arthur???s favoraseoncluiive
against hit chances. Several Important meet
ings have been held here since the widely re
ported Buffalo conference, all of which have
aimed at Arthur's overthrow. The latest con
ference baa not broken up. Senator Logan
came over yesterday from Washington,
and lost night he met cx-Senator Gbafiee, of
Colorado, aud several others, who hero be
come interested in tho enti-Atthur move
ment, aud tonight tho cry is raised of
"Anything to beat Arthur," Chaffee, Logan
and Emory Stores, of Chicago, spent this af
ternoon with General Grant, and then
Chaffee, os loigan'a friend, visited Wfiitelaw
Reid. The Tribune of late has been calling
attention prominently to divided preferences
in tbe party. Postmaster General Gresham
rode out with General Grant this alter-
uoon. Emory Stores said to-night:
???Y???ou may quote me as say
ing that Gresham totd me tbis afternoon that
Logon can carry Ohio; that he can poll as
large a vote in Indiana as any other man, and
is probably stronger in Indians than any
other republican, and that it is sbsnrd that
Arthur's friends to this cffecL??? Ex-Senator
Cragin, of New Hampshire, said to
night that ha had Information while
in Washington last week .that Ar
thur was favorable 10 Edmunds if be can
not himself secure the nomination.
He predicts that New England will
be solid tor Edmunds. The fact tbat
Logan's friends are in close
communication with tbe half-breed leaden
here is believed in some quarters to indicate
a general undentanding among all the ele
ments opposed to Arthur, whether upon
principle or tor personal reasons. Edmund*
will take away many votes from Arthur in
New England and New Y???ork, while Logan
will taka a large vote away in tbe west and
south. Senator Chaffee, who is managing
Logan???s affaire, was a Blaine man four years
ago and a general plan for breaking down
ArtbnrinNew " * ??? * * *
York and elsewhere is cred
ited to the studious ex-secretary of state.
PatLADSuniA Elections.???'Tbe elections
for mayor, city solictor, and receiver of taxes
have gone republican by a decisive majority
Illinois Expoblicass???The republican
state central committee held a session here
to day, which was attended, not only by tbe
committeemen, but by prominent republi
cans from the entire stale. Among the others
present were Governor Hamilton, ex-Govern-
or Oglesbv, Congressman G. K. Davis and
General J. B. Hawley, all ol whom made
speeches. A resolution offered by
Congressman Davis indorsing the adminis
tration of President Arthur in strong terms
was adopted, A resolution denouncing the
democratic congressmen tor passing the Fil*
John Porter bill and urging Senators Logan
and Culiom to fight it in the senate, was also
adopted.
Fostkb's Views.???Charley Foster says the
nomination of Arthur will give Ohio to the
democrats by 60.000. Durbin Ward says th
nomination ot Payne will giro Ohio to th
republicans by 60,000. Suppose Payne and
Aribar ore nominated?
Tilden and Hendbicks.???A call to-day
npou George W. Mann, of this town, found
him ready to talk politics, and enthusiastic
in bis belief tbat a grand victory awaits tbe
democracy In the next national contest with
tbeir wily adversary.
???Wbat will probably be the leading issues
in this campaign????
"I think our mottoes should be tariff re
vision; an honest administration; down with
ring rule; no increase of salaries; no north,
no south, no eust, no west; non-interference
with state rights; no bloody shirts; a govern-
ermuentof the people and for tho people;
end with a long pull, a strong puli,and a pull
altogether, next November the acclaim will
go forth, all over this broad land, 'Gtory to
God in the highest, peace in the United Slates
aud nood will for all parties.??? "
"Who would you name as your choice for
presidential candidate?"
???It gives me great pleasure to answer this
question. My candidates ere Samuel J. Til-
uen and Thomas A. ' Hendricks, if they are
well enough to hold up tbeir hands and he
sworn in. Honesty and jasiice demand the
nomination of the ticket ot 1870. It woald
electrify tiie whole people, and tbe sneak
thieves who stole the office eight years ago
would be consigned to the eternal infamy
which theyso richly deserve. I could,however,
cordially support General Hancocc, who was
cheated out of the office four yeara ago, or
General Butler, who gave Massachusetts such
a grand and hnmaneadministiation last year,
doing more in behalf of the poor oppressed,
down trodden and unfortunate in one short
year than all the dnde, three-penny states
men can do if they should live to be as old
as Methuselah.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Genkbal Dorset Toombs on Wendell Phil
ips: ???He waa an infernal machine set to music."
Randall ami Rowcrans is the democratic
presidential ticket suggested by a correspondent of
tho Pltaburg PosL
Tub coalitionists of Virginia claim that
even under the new apportionment Urey can elect
lour member* ot congress
Tub Texas legislature is investigating the
aw of blood hounds by tho state prison authori
ties in pursuing escaped convicts.
Tue Mississippi legislature has Deen polled
and found to stand thirty-eight lor Tiiden and
thirty- five for all other presidential candidates.
Samuel J. Tilden hts got his allotted three
score and ten, if he hasn't got tbo prcddency.
His friends have just been cslebratlng bis 70th
birthday.
Because a majority of tbe members of the
Mississippi legislature declare In favor ot Tilden,
tbo Vicksburg Herald call! them a lot of Irreclaim
able Idiots.
Tuebe seems to be an occult connection bo
tween tbo management of local politics and tbe
butiners of liquor soiling. Seven of tho Near York
board of aldermen are liquor sellers.
Secbetaby Lincoln's refusal to attend a
banquet of tbe Harvard alumni In Washington
because Protestor Greener, oolored, waa excluded,
Is said to be be a bid for tbo colored vote,
Tue prospect of the passage of the prohlbl'
tory amendment through tbs New York legislature
Is more promising. It was ordered to a third read
ing in the assembly last week without a division,
Euoby .Stores, of Illinois, to an inter
viewer: "Ican say with a great deal ofccrtalnty
that Blaliio Is decidedly opposed to Arthur and
baa spoken In tho most favorable terms of Logan."
Tue president???s friends in New York claim
more than two-thirds of tho dclegatos of that stale
to tho national convention, bnt other republican
do not concede; him much over half of the delega
tion.
Tue next atato to come into tho union, if
the Indians ate willing, ought to be tho Indian
territory. In tho greatest of American countriee
there mt/ht well be one distinctively American
commonwealth.
Accobdiso fo Jim Weaver Ben Butler
would sweep Haesacbusetu, MichUau, Illinois,
Wirconiin, Kansas aud Nebraska, aud would not
lose a slate that Tttdcn carried, fits campaign
would not be tquoled lu cnthuelatm by any other
In our history.
Sexatob Milleb denies tbat Arthur can
secure tbe delegation from New York to Chicago. He
says tbe ptesldent has lost the friendship of th*
boya" because slues ho moved Into tho while
house be has held bimrelfabovo them.
Tuebe is a s??? rong effort being made by tbe
Michigan grccobsekers to push General Butler
into the Acid as oil Independent candidate for the
presidency. Ex-Congressman Crapo, of Mam-
cnusttis, savi that of hliown Enowicdge hundreds
ol letters come to Duller weekly from Michigan
urging Mm to take such action.
Gxnenal Joe Wueelxb wishes to go to con
grass egaln from Alabama, and'haa announced
himself u ecindldate for the democratic nomlua-
lion in tbe eighth diatifcL The Selma Times says
tbat his chances will depend much on whether
Congressman Duke Pryor wants to be returned
egaln, and that It ia probable Wheeler can get the
nomination ove- any man except Mr Pijor.
Senator-elect Hesbv B. Payne, in an in
terview published in the Cleveland, Ohio, lleiald
of Saturday, says: ???I have never intimated that
I would consent to allow my liamo to be used as a
prtfloenUsl candidate, and I will not. I do not
want tbe oOc*. Aa a choice between tke two posi
tions 1 bad much rather serve as senator than aa-
ska oa?????? and MavtnvtllMIIHpf flf nrMlfffllt. 1 *
tame the eftree and responsibilities of preildeat. 1
Senator Pendleton, If be e?er did feel ??ny
disappointment 0T*?bi* failure to secure bI* re
elect ion to tbe senate, bfts wholly recovered hi*
equilibrium. He take* the matter In the ipfrlt of a
term but it did not teem So ordered; ao I am sit*
Ufled.???
Tub Kentucky Legislature is taking one
more turn at tbe capital removal controversy. A
bili appropriating I3C0.C00 to finish the buildings
at Frankfort U defeated because a msjority think
that a move should be made somewhere, but yet
HUMtfR OF THE DAY.
SOME OF TSTE CARIOSITIES OF THE
PAB^QRAPUEMW.
Worth a Licking???Who Turn Dat Hog
Loose???Tennessee Stock Com
pany, Etc,, Etc,
Clarence Demtog's tty*ways of Katuro&nd Life.
They tell at Charleston, S. C, ot a conversion
overheard between two negroes, one of whom was
a follower and the other on opponent of Robert
Small, who, at the time of tbo story, was a candi
date for some political odea in the state. Said the
adherent: *???A mighty able man Mr. Small is, I tell
yer; a mighty fine man, a mfghty big man.'
???Y'e*,??? an*wered the other, ???bnt rot *o bJg ??s God,
though.??? ???Well, an*wered the candidate???s friend,
???Mr. Small???* young yet???
A balloon with two aeronauts in the car had
ascended from some southern city. It came down
in a cotton field where a dozen negro hands were
at work. One ot the balloonists stayed to hold the
air ship, while his mate ran towards the negroes for
help. Iho black group had been standing with
dilated eyes and trembling knect,
watching the coming of what they thought
a celestial apparition. The instant they saw
they, took tor a heavenly messenger
wb*(
yell ol leer they OtuheO Hr the woods. The
stranger followed clo*e]y, throwing out volumes of
profanity, but ail tho fugitive* e*c??ped except one,
who was lame This poor fellow was fairly agon*
iced with terror. Ho heart the apparition g*iu t ag a
When I was close at hU heels. be t imed, *nd, to
propitiate the Being, fell on fail knees, looked ftp-
pealing up in tho pursuer???s face, and witn clasped
hands cried, ???O Masta Jesus! How's your pa????
Worth ??? Licking.
Editor???s Drawer in Harper???s for March,
Some years ago, In Georgia, that band of
Cbrhtian* known a* Afcenrionlst swere
having a grand revival. Ono day,
when tho meeting waa in full force, a storm
came up, and a young gentleman who was on
hunting with hi* servant took retoge la the church
door. Being curious to aeo the service, the two
hunters crept up into the gallery, and there hid in
a place where thoy could observe without being
observed.
???Come, Lord, come, oar robes are ready. ???Coxae
Lord, come,??? cried the preacher, while all present
are a loud ???Amen.???
MsrM Gabe,??? whispered Cuffy, lifting his
miuutur uueu; -tome, Lora, come; we
read) for thy coming- Come. Lord, cume.'
???Do, Mars* Gabe???Do Jlstiemme gib???em jist one
little toot,??? pleaded Cuffy, wetting his bps and
raistng his horn.
???If you don???t drop that horn, Cuffy, I'll whip you
within an inch ot your life,??? whispered the exas
perated master.
"Blow, Gabriel, blow; we oro ready for his com*
ing. Blow, Gabriel, blow,??? pleaded the minister.
Cuffy could no longer resist the temptation, aud
sent a wild peal ringing from end to end of the
church; but long before its last echo died away his
master and himself were the only occupants of the
building.
???I????? ready fur de licking, Msrva Gabe,??? said
Cuffy, showing every too-it in bis head, ???fori
???elate to gracious it's worf two lickings to seede
way common farm cattlo kin git ober de ground
wld skeared ???SsenslonUts behind ???em.???
"IVho Turn lint llo* Loom.???
From tho Merchant Traveler.
At a certain hotel in Peora, where ihe meals
were not always what they should bo, a merchant
traveler, ono day sat down to the table. He put a
dollar under a tumbler, and, callinga waiter said.
???Do you see that dollar, Jim????
???Y'e*, sah,??? replied Jim, with a grin.
???Weil, now, Jim, I want you to got me a real
good, first-class dinner. You understand????
???Yes, fab.??? and Jim set ont about furnishing
a feast fit for ft king. He bad do time to see to
anybody elce. He hunted up uew dishes, put ex*
tra touch** ou everything, aud kept hla eye on ihe
mouth be win!
???Yes, ssh,??? grinned tbo darky, in anticipation.
"Jini, do you sco tbat dollar???? putting his hand
on Jtin ?? generous way.
Yes, ssi.???
Well you will never see Itogsin,??? and it went
into his pocket and out of the dinning room, while
Jim indIguantly remarked; ???Fo???do Lawd, who
turn dat hog looco in heah????
Teantiue Stock Compute*.
From the Wall Street News.
A smart-stepping citizen of Tcnce^eo was in
New York a few days ago to see about raising money
for ft proposed railroad lino dowu in his county
and when ssked to explain, ho said;
There is no txplanation about it. This is to be a
railroad two hundred miles long.???
But about the company????
Oh.th
elected.??? .
What???s the capital????
"Oh. that???s been organized and all tbo officers
"Fifty million dollars.???
"How much stock has been taken????
"About 8300 worth.???
"What???only $300 worth!???
That???s all m su r, and if you follows dowu here
will only pitch iu and gobblt up the rest of it, wo???ll
ahead and mako things hum.???
Tbo Vo???sorlty of It.
From the Philadelphia Call.
What a vulgar set thoso Simpsons are!??? said a
Now Y???ork young woman to her mother. ???1 declare
am almost tempted to out their acquaintance eu??
^???vfbat havo they been a-doing of???? asked tho
mother, with fA-hionablc languor.
^ You rezmmber Jacksou???Jfary Jackson???who
used to work for ua? fine was employed iu tome
capacity ia tho kficoen, I think.??? ..
???Yea, 1 remember the girl vory well, and a nice
young woman me was, too, Always neat and re*
special??????
Yes, sbo was an excellent servant. She fa now
employed by tbo dtmpsons, and, mother, what do
yon suppose they call her????
???Caiinet???? npetted iho mother; ???why, they c
call her Jackson, of course.??? ^ '
???No, they do not.??? and hero tho young lady???s
lip curled scornfully. ???They call her Mary.???
Scene In a Fur*Went Itulaarant*
From the Bismarck, D. T., Tribune.
??? You infernal idiot! can???t you understand plain
English? 1 want a glass of water???water to drink???
and I want Is quick!???
In dexperatton tho waiter hunted np the pro
prietor and totd him the story The landlord looked
puzzled, and himself entered tho diningroom and
poroached the stranger and tatd: . .
Excuse mo. rir; but my waiter is ft little hard of
apporoached thus'.rAUgcrand fatd
??? Excuse me, rir; but ny wain- ??
hearing I will use your order. ???
???1 ordered a glass of water???nothing but straight
^???Pin sorry," replied the landlord; ???but I can???t
accommodate you. There Uao llttae call for tho*>
?????'"n drink* hero that it doesn't pay to keep ???em.
got somo prime Kentucky whisky iu the bar
1 his meal In tllcnco.
no locality ha* a majority ol Its own. Lexington
cads, and * ** "** **
since the stato existed, and it 1?? said that the per
* v for time spent upon It Item
l provide the Buildings so much
Tuk prohibitionists in the Iowa legislatare
have had to endure many tribulations since the
settfon began. They have only oce majority ia
the house. One of theJr number died, another is
tick in bed, while a third has been injured by a
fall; meanwhile legislation affecting the temper*
variously estimated it from 0,000 toO.OCO I ance question has had to wait Lastweekaprohi*
WilliamB Smith, brought forward for mayor
by the Cameron clan, w??s reluctantly ac- j prohibitory icguiation were united on the
pled by tbe local machine republicans. He : opposing candidate, and II is hoped that the other
_ president of the select council and ?? mmbca will soon be able to appearand take their
belongs to eight secret societies. Charles
A Millionaire,
From the New Y???ork Graphic.
Who Is this hard working man? This is the mil*
llonaire, the man who wanted to bo rich and has
got rich, and U getting richer every day. Is he the
happier for It? HappyT Bless your son], he's
mor ? talsoxable, fuller of caret aud anxieties, and
harder worked than ever. De is tho veriest davc
of them all. He is pnihed with bnslness aud busi
ness Is pushing him. He has so many
irons in tho fire tbat somo of
them are burning his fingers while other*
are getting cord. His prevent life Is a rush from
the meetiugol this board to that board and thence
to the other board. He is director In this company
aud truatce in that and silent partner in another,
world without end, aud mo:e coming. He hadn't
time to eat, and hardly to sleep, aud when he does
lay fa is poor head on tbe piHow he can???t stop busi-
ne??s plans and scheme?, hopes anti fears from
whlriingand whirring through It. He can???t take
a day to spend In quiet ont ot
town, and If he could he would tsfen all
of his business with him into the wood?. lie is a
???lave and a victim. Hit millions in bank don't
bring him so much enjoyment as docs a new ten
gets the more he wants. U you could see him just
as be ts, and where he Li Inevitably going, aud now
he is going there, you would only pit? him. fie ia
one ol the coming victims of dementia paralytica???
One Too Hair far the Ban.
From a Michigan Exchange.
Mrs. Fannie Crapo, of Waverly, Van Buren
county, had the misfortune to lose her barn and ell
IU contents by fire lest week. She was in the habit
at night ol putting live coal* in her hen coop, elo*??
to the barn, to warm the hcua to Induce ??>_????????-1 * uy
rggs It did greatly encourage the Leu*, kt.u says,
but it was cse toe many for the bam.
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