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12 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. * * / mm