Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 10, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 July 1884 — Page 1

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Yarious Sources. [ <!ONGUESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. W ben the Senate met on the 7th a meswas received from the House announc-non-concurrence in the Senate amendmentis to tho bill 'making temporary provision for the navy. Alter deba e or a political character, the position of the Senate was receded from. Mr. Bayard offered a resolution ot thanks to the President pro tempore (Mr. Td ntinds1, for the able and impartial manner in which he had presided, which was unaninonrover, the rcupuropriatims, which for pensions alone this year amounted to *66,000,WO, i«stng the aggregate to *259,201,087. Mr. Edmunds, in declaring the session adjourned “ ' idean appropriate address_ ; being absent in Chicago, Mr. Kentucky, was elected Speaker pro tempore; and Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a resolution tbanking-him for the “just, remtirkable aud charming manner’ displayed fn (dosing the session. Adopted amid applause and laughter. In order to piss away time a number of amusing motions were made, and finally, at 3 p. m., the session adjourned. msOKU, AND POLITICAL. The Senate confirmed Thomas C. Reynolds, of Missouri, as a member of the commission to secure more harmonious trade relations between the United States and several countries in Central and South America. Pbime Minister Ferry, of France, told Li Fang Pao, Chinese Ambassador, that he half China responsible fdr the Lang Son mffair, and redress would be demanded. The celebrated German physician, Dr. Koch, who went to Toulon, says that the disease there is Asiatic cholera and of a bad type. He thinks it will spread to Germany and other countries. On the 8th the National Democratic Convention met at Chicago and was called to "order by ex-Senator Barnum. Ex-Gov-ernor Hubbard of Texas, selected, as temporary chairman, made an address that

created entnusiasm. committees were appointed, and the Convention adjourned until the 9th.' In dedicating a church recently Archbishop Croke exhorted his hearers to pray that Ireland may become a nation again. , Emi’eror William of Germany arrived at Gastein on the 8th. Ground Hog, the Cherokee brave, will be banged September 20th. According to the British Secretary of War there is no intention of sending an expedition to rescue General Gordon unless such action becomes imperative. On the 8th Ben Lusbie, known far and wide as the lightning ticket-seller, died „t Columbus, O. Phillip Hamilton, youngest son of Alexander Hamilton, died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on the 9th, aged eightytwo years. On the 8th Mrs. Jeanne Neuville, of St. Louis, Mo., was run over and killed in Hew York. Hon. W. F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, was agreed upon as permanent chairman of the Hational Democratic Convention;: and the other temporary officers were made permanent? On ,t!ie 9th the Democratic National Convention completed its organization by the choice of Hon. Wm. F. Vilas, of Wiscon sin, as permanent President, and the usual complement of officers^ The Committee on Resolutions not being ready to report, .’pgrilHrtkffte were made, and the names of Bayard, of Delaware, Cleveland, of New York, Carlisle, of Kentucky, Thurman, of Ohio, and McDonald, of Indiana, were presented. The Convention adjourned until the 10th. On the 9th Leland- Stanford was elected President of the Central Pacific Railway Oompany. Tub supporters of ex-Senator Thurman at Chicago appeared on the 9th with rod bandana handkerchiefs ground their white hats, and passed through the hotel corridors cheering for “the old Roman.” Genseal B. F. Butler’s name was not presented before *the convention on the 9th gt Chicago, but it was declared by his friends that the Massachusetts irrepressible had not withdrawn his hopes as a dark horse. For receiving illegal fees, J. W. Hague, of Pi ttsburgb, Pa., has been disbarred from practice as a pension attorney before the Interior Department. Colonel Ingham Coryell, prominent in New Jersey politics for many years, died on the 9th at Flemington, in that - State. Senator-elect Blackburn, cf Kentucky, has gone to the mountains of Virginia for a few weeks’ stay, in hopes of recovering bis health, which has been qnite poor of late. Senator Logan’s letter of acceptance is ready, and only waiting for that of Mr. Blaine before being made public. Both will be given to the public in a day or two. Tub National Democratic Convention, reassembled on the 10th, and on a further call of the States, Randall, of Pennsylvan a, and Hoadly, of Ohio, were placed in nomination. The presentation of Cleveland’s name received seconds from Connecticut, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, and after various motions an adjournment was taken until 8 p. m. At the evening session a resolution eulogizing Hon. Samuel J. Tilden was read and adopted amid the wildest applause. Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, as chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, presented the platform ; and General Bntler, of Massachusetts offered a minority report, and made a speech in support of his report. The majority report was adopted. On tha first ballot for the nomination of candidates for Presi

to a choice, 647. Before another ballot was reached, the Convention adjourned until the nth. b Lorn Chabtbek, the actress, who held U mortgage on the Park Theater, New [York, has purchased the property. IT. JfcnrEKSOK Cooudgi has resigned as President and director of the Oregon Rail* Kray <fc Navigation Company. ■ This belief is expressed by Dr. Koch that ■n English ship carried the cholera to TonIk the 10th Mr. Blaine attended the commencement exercises of Bowdoin College I Brunswick, Me., made a speech and held reception. Ok the 10th Sanville,. editor-in chief of ytdt <P Union of Mexico, and who was aniahod from that Republic as “a perniions foreigner,” landed at New York. Coiiftrollkji Cannok has directed that n as sessment of MO per eent. he levied on te shareholders of the Marine National lank of New York. - ■ ' ' i AnnAKGi MEKTS are being made by the adefiendeut Republicans of Boston, who ppoa e Blaine’s nomination, for a general onferenee of Independents so soon as the wmceratic nominations shall have been tad*. It will probably be held in New Jobs Bright hopes the powers of the ritijh Loris will he curtailed. He will bin the reform agitation. On theHth Prince Albert of Sweden n»r* Lwly escaped drowning by the wrecking I bis yacht The crew were drowned. HTJUIassignmentofEverett & Weddell, Ejvnte hankers, Cleveland, O., was ankpced on tie lltb, Liabilities, $1,000,. dent, the result was: Cleveland, 882; Bayard, 170; McDonald, 66; Thurman, 83; Carlisle, 27; Randall, 78; Hoadly,3; Flower, 4;' Tilden, 1; Hendricks,!; necessary

Ok the 11th the National Democratic Convention at Chicago completed its labors by nominating, on the second ballot, Hon. Grover Cleveland, the present Governor of New York, as their candidate; and Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, for YiceI'resident, by a unanimous vote of the Con* vention. There was the wildest enthusiasm over the nominations. Minister Dowell’s condition is much improved. Ok the 11th Wm. Hart, charged with setting fire to the Cincinnati Court-house during the riot of last spring, was acquitted. Comptroller Cannon, on the 11th, di rected an assessment of 100 per cent, on the share-holders of the First National Bank of Monmouth, 111. Manage^ Gye, of Dondon, denies that he has engaged Nilsson, Albina and Bembrich for the coming season in New .York. ■ General Butler declines to say what he is going to do in the campaign. Cleveland’s nomination was celebrated by the County Democracy of New York by firing 100 gun3 in the Cit y-hall Park. The Democratic platform is pronounced by Sunset Cox as the finest ever promulgated, and be regards the nomination ol Cleveland a very strong one. The new National Democratic Committee will meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, July 24, when a permanent organization will be perfected. Hisrv Ward Beecher says that he vrtll vote for Cleveland for President, and claims that as an Independent Republican he has that right. Bayard to Cleveland: “Accept my best wishes for your triumphant election and aBsorance of my thorough and ‘ steadfast support in the canvass.” The editor of Harper's Weelclg, speaking of the nomination of Cleveland, says: “1 regard the nomination as the wisest one ’the Democratiovparty could have made, and I believe it will be satisfactory to the independent voters.”

CUIMES AND CASC/LLTIES. On tie 8th Wm. T. McClelland, a prominent young Pittsburgh man, attempted to commit suicide, first by jumping into the river, then with a knife, and tried to shoot the officers who rescued him. Henry Summers and May Whitney were found on the sidewalk at Austin, 111., on the 8tb, with bullet holes in their heads. The man, who may recover, says the girl did the shooting, but as the pistol was in his hand, it is thought he did the deed. At Toledo, O., three lumberyards burned on the 9th, the aggregate loss being over $35 >,00).' On the night of the 8th W. L. Lamb, one of the owners of the Buckeye Tobacco Works at Toledo, O., was shot by a burglar and will probably die. On the 9th Liddell, a magistrate of Lurgan, Ireland, was shot at while driving with his wife, and the latter was wounded. A New York salesman, named Leonard Davis, has been arrested for forging the names of editors of newspapers to requests for theater, railroad and steamboat tickets, which he sold to scalpers. Thre e persons have been arrested as accomplices. Fire damaged the Hamilton rubber factory at Trenton, N. J., $41,000 worth on the 9th, and several firemen were hurt. On the 10th the interior of the royal armory at Madrid burned; contents saved. A young lady named Gertie Phillips, of Salineville, O., who was missing since June 27, was found in the woods on the 9th with a pistol-ball hole in her head. A party who was with her that day was arrested. Fire destroyed Sburmer & Teagle’s oilworks at Cleveland, O., on the Uth. Loss, $20,000. On the 11th Bradford, Pa., was visited by the most disastrous fire in the history of the city. Four persons were burned to death and four others were badly injured. On the 11th a collision occurred at the railway junction at Bayeux, France, by which forty persons were injured. There were forty-seven deaths from cholera at Marseilles during the twentyfour hours ending the 11th. Unofficial reports place the number at seventyfour. On the evening of the’ 11th J. B. Bose, Harry Jasper and Vincent Angelo, members of the Modoc Rowing Club, St. Louis, Mo., were drowned in the river by being run into by a ferry-boat at the foot of Spruce street. Jos. IV. Miller and Wm. B. Hazeltine, Jr., who were in the same boat, were rescued. MISCELLANEOUS. The mortality from cholera at Marseilles has increased so rapidly that a panic has ensued, and all who can are leaving tho city. It is feared the disease will spread on account of the migration. A case was reported at Nice on the 8tb. Efforts are in progress to extend the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Bead. It has been decided by the Ohio Coal Exchange to import Swedes and Hungarians to take the place of 3,00} miners now on the lockout in the Hocking Valley; also to start mining machines. , As the result of an oversight no appropriation was made by Congress to carry cut the treaty provisions for the survey of the boundary line between United States and Mexico. It is found since the adjournment that Congress neglected to make the usual appropriation for the printing of National bank notes. Under the banking act the Comptroller of the Currency is required to furnish new circulation to the banks as they call for it, and the Government is reimbursed by them when the notes are issued.

iwo Petersburg, (Va.) cotton factories bare shot down, and some of the tobacco factories are working on half time, owing to doll times. It is now considered that war between Trance and China is Inevitable. England has reinforced her infantry contingent at Cairo, Egypt. The Secretary of the Interior has consented to suspend the sale of- lands within the grant in what is known as the Golf and Ship Island case of Louisi ana, as settlers have complied with requirements of 'the department. It is asserted by the Spanish Minister at Washington that the reports afloat of the proposed sale or transfer of Cuba by the Spanish Government are untruthful and absurd. A BATTALION of French marines from Tonquin has landed in Madagascar. The Baltimore & Ohio Company has purchased the Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Toledo Road. Efforts are being made by the windowglass workers to unite the European Association with the American. The coal miners of Plum Creek and Sandy Creek, Pennsylvania, decided to demand three cents per bushel for mining. Thebe were five deaths from cholera at Toulon between 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. on the 9th, and fourteen deaths at Marseilles between noon and midnight. •• Ah advance payment of $<133,333 has been made by tha Secretary of the Treasury to the President of the World’s Exposition at New Orleans. France and Portugal are report ud ns having concluded a secret treaty againut China, '

Oh the 9th the National Colored Press Association in session at Richmond, Va., issued an address to the country, congratulating the colored race on its progress, in she City of Mexico the Government Commission and the Merchants' Committee met aDd determined that they should receive stated sums from individual merchants instead of the stamp taxes. Thk Seventh Infantry, stationed at Ft. L?wis, will attend to the settlement of the difficulties announced between the whites and Southern Ute Indians in Eastern Utah. On the 10th two cases of cholera were reported in Transylvania. At Palu, Austria, a man was arrested on the 9th charged with being implicated in a plot against the Emperor. The rumor that Russell Sage is about to retire from business is denied by Cyrus W. Field. Twenty-six deaths from cholera were reported at Marseilles on the 10th. At Cleveland,on the 10th,MaudS. trotted a mile in 2:1211 while exercising. In Dublin a fund is being raised to pay the expenses of Editor O’Brien in the recent libel suit. On the 10th the Supreme Temple of the United States Patriarchal Circle met at Columbus, O., with two thousand members present. At its session in Boston on the 10th the National Association of Commercial Travelers elected Thomas A. Young President, and I. R. Trask, of St Louis, Mo., VicePresident The Canadians defeated the American Lacrosse team at New York, on the 10th, by a score of 6 to 1. On the 10th the German Bundesrath adjourned, but will soon be reconvened to consider cholera matters. Admiral Courbet telegraphed to Paris on the 10th that he had occupied a town on the Chinese coast. At Shoo Sing Fu, China, a rebellion against the Tartar dynasty has broken ont, and rebels are in possession of the city.

Ihe cotton report of the Agricultural Department shows Shat the general average condition of the cotton crop is one point higher than when the last report was made. The corn and wheat reports are also favorable. W. R. McGill, late "President of the Cincinnati & Eastern Road, is now said to have committed suicide, instead of accidentally falling from the door of the baggage car. He is said to have raised money fraudulently and was embarrassed. The British Parliament will soon be prorogued, but will meet again in October, when it is thought a franchise bill will be prepared that will prove more acceptable to the House of Lords. The San Francisco Call professes to have information that China has collected money from Chinese in the United States amounting to $600,000 to aid in making war on France, and that the conflict will soon commence; also that Germany and China have an understanding with each other. In the Honse of Commons on the 10th the Chief Secretary of Ireland announced that persons recently charged with crimes in Dublin would be prosecuted; whereupon the Parnellites created confusion by plying questions. Ox the 11th a case of Asiatic cholera was discovered in a suburban town of Paris. The German authorities are taking every precaution against cholera. The Sepublique Francaise denies that Admiral Courbet has occupied a town on the coast of China. The Secretary of State says no reciprocity treaty has recently been concluded between Canada and the United States. The roads leading into Italy are blockaded by Italian troops to prevent the introduction of cholera. ' The arrest of a Dallas (Tex.) man it is believed will remove the seal of secrecy so that extensive frauds in connection with the sale of Texas school lands will come to light. In the United States Court at St. Louis, Mo., Judge Treat, on the 11th, decided sections 184,185, 186 of the Revised Statutes of the United States unconstitutional. These sections relate to summoning witnesses in pension and other cases. On the night of the 11th Cleveland and Hendricks ratification meetings were-held in a great many towns and cities of Rew England; and there was a grand display in San Francisco. Official reports from Toulon, France, state that thirteen deaths from cholera occurred during the twenty-four hours ending the 11th. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In a railroad accident on the Baltimore & Ohio Road at Washington, D. C., on the 12 h several persons were killed. West Winchester, Ontario, was visited by a $200,000 fire on the 12th. A circular relative to collecting the tax on fruit brandy has been sent collectors by the Treasury Department. The cases of cholera discovered-in Paris are declared sporadic. The State Department will issue a report on the condition of labor in: all countries, together with wages, cost of living, etc. Paul Loscher shot his wife at Montague, Mich., on the 12t^, and then tried to kill himself, but bis wound was not fatal. Lynching was threatened. Rebels seized Asis, a port on the Rad Sea, six miles south of Suakim, on the 12th. Jos. Sxidekstricker, thirteen years of age, shot and mortally wounded Curley Eshenbaugh, only six years of age of /Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 12th. ! Judgment was given in the Eno case at Quebec on the 12th, and the extradition of ■the prisoner was denied*. \ Geo. Sloan, of Chicago, was killed on a railroad train near Milwaukee, on the 12tb, by sticking his head out of a window while crossing a bridge.

deaths from cholera at Marseilles are becoming so numerous that the wildest ; panic prevails, and the people are fleeing in great numbers. The situation at Toulon Jis almost as bad. Delegates to the National Prohibition Convention are already arriving at Pittsburgh, Pa., although the Convention does not meet until the 22d. The Tammany delega'ion returned to New York on the 13th. John Kelly refused to talk on the subject of Cleveland’s nomination. Pnor. Packard, of Bowdoin College, died suddenly at Bath, Me., on the 13th, aged eighty-three years. Kikg John of Abyssinia has sent an elephant to Queen Victoria. Rt. Rev. Wm. Jacobson, I?. D., Bishop of Chester, England, is dead. A decided change for the better in the army uniforms for enlisted men will be made, according to reports at Washington. Criminals sought the life of the Emperor of Austria on the 13th by misplacing rails on the track, but the Emperor was not on the train. Lowell, United States Minister to England, has recovered. He gave a dinner oi* the 12th. Wm. G. H olden, a salesman with the Babcock Fire Extinguisher Company, New York, was arrested on the 13th charged with forging orders. More arrests have been made at Dublin, in connection with the Cornwall-O’Brien Jibe!.

TILE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

. GROVER CLEVELAND. The general public needs an introduction to the Democratic candidate for President. ■Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., March 18, 1837. He is descended from an old New England family of eminent respectability. His father was Richard Cleveland, a Presbyterian Minister, who removed from Norwich, Conn., to New Jersey. Grover obtained as good an education as possible from the common schools, and at the age of fifteen years he was sent to the academy at Clinton, Oneida Coun'y, N. Y., where he remained for a short time. The family then moved up on the Black River, to what was known as the Holland Pateut—a village of 530 or 630 people—fifteen miles north of Utica. The elder Cleveland preached but three Sundays in this place, when he suddenly died, Grover first heard of his father’s death while walking with his sister in the streets of Utica. This event produced the usual break-up of the family, and we next hear of Grover Cleveland setting out for New York city to accept at a small salary the position of un-der-teacher in an asylum for the blind, where, at the time the since well-known Gus Shell was executive officer. He remained there two years. HK GOES WEST.

Being of an energetic and ambitions nature, however, young Cleveland started out at the age of seventeen to seek his fortune in the West. Something like a poetic instinct turned his steps toward the city of Cleveland, O-, but stopping in Buffalo to visit his uncle, the Hon. Lewis F. Allen, he was induced to make that place his home. “See here,” said his uncle, a wellknown stock breeder, “I want somebody to get up my herd book this year. You come and stay with me and help me, and I’ll give you $30 for the year’s work, and you can look around.” Here it is that we find the boy annotating shorthorns out at Black Rock, two, mitts from Buffalo. But he kept his eye out for a chance to enter a law office while he was editing the stock book, and one day he walked boldly into the rooms of Messrs. Rogers, Bowen & Rogers and told them what he wanled. There were a number of young men in the place already. But. yonng Cleveland’s persistency won, and he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and have the use of the law library. For this he received the nominal sum of of three or four dollars a week, out of which he had to pay his board and- washing. The walk to and from his nncle’s was a long and at that time a rugged one. Ik LAW AND POLITICS. After four years in the office, in 1859, Cleveland was admitted to practice. In 1863 the question of who should he appointed Assistant District Attorney for the County of Erie was warmly discussed by the young lawyers in Messrs. Rogers & Bowen’s office. There were several who were both eligible and anxious, but it does not appear that young Cleveland advanced his own claims. Indeed, it is a fact that after the matter had been pretty well cauvassed they all agreed that he was the person that ought to have it, and they urged him to accept it, and he was appointed. Although only twenty-five years old, be acquitted himself creditably and won much popularity during tbs three years that be held the position. In 1865 he was nominated by the Erie County Democrats for District Attorney, but was defeated by . elf on. Lyman K. Bass by a small majority. Mr. Cleveland formed a law partnership with the late Major L V. Vanderpoel in 1866, but Major Vanderpoel was elected Police Justice soon afterward, and Mr. Cleveland became a member of the firm of Laaing, Cleveland & Folsom, of which the late Senator A. P. Lining was the head. In the fall of 1870 Mr. Cleveland was elected Sheriff of Erie County, an office which he held tor three years. Soon after retiring iErom the office heenfmd Into copartnership with his old .politictggfcjversarv. Congressman Lyman K. Bass, under the firm name of Bass, Cleveland & Bissell. Upon the removal of Mr. Bass to Denver, Col.,, a few years ago, the firm became Cleveland, Bissell & plc®rd, andi it now ranks among the first in Erie County. MATOS, GOVERNOR AND MAN. In 1881 when a large proportion of the Republicans of Buffalo revolted against “ring” rule, Mr. Cleveland was shrewdly nominated by the Democrats as their candidate for Mayor, in the expectation that bis personal popularity would win the votes of the disaffected Republicans. AL though Mr. Cleveland refused to make a personal canvass he was elected by more than 5,000 majority in a city that can usually be counted on for from 2.000 to 3,009 Republican majority on State or National issues. As Mayor Mr. Cleveland commanded general respect. Bis election to the Governship a year later is within every one’s memory. This brief record covers the whole of Governor Cleviland’s public career. The Democratic candidate for President is a little above the medium height, with a portly and well-proportioned figure. His head, which is set sqnarely upon a pair of broad shoulders, is well shaped, and is surmounted by a thin layer of dark hair tinged with gray. His features are regular and full of intelligent expression. His eyes are penetrating in their glance. He wears no beard, but a heavy dark mustache completely covers hiu month, and underneath is a square, firm chin. In his movements Mr. Cleveland is deliberate, dignified and graceful. Among his intimate friends he is a most agreeable and entertaining gentleman. In his profession Mr. Cleveland has been tin industrious student, and, although still young and comparati vely unknown as a practitionei, he stands high in the estimation of those who know him. He has earned a competency at his profession. As a speaker he is a self-contained and eloquent. Mr. Cleveland is a bachelor, and is a member of both of the large social slabs of Buffalo. Cl.EVELAND AS A WORKER.

a gooa many anecdotes aoout uovemor Clereland hare of course gol; into print. For instance, an Albany corfespondent remarks: “Governor Cleveland is a tremendous worker. Very few men have devoted as many hours to work within the past year and a half as lie has. Certainly no Governor of New York State of recent times has been at his desk as early and has kept at it as late, Half past eight in the morning finds him there, ancl, in the busy days, midnight also finds him there. It is no unusual thing to come across that portly figure at one or two o’clock in the morning on his way from the office to the Executive Mansion, half a mile away. The only hours of absence are those devoted to lnnch and dinner. With the assis ance of Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, his private Secretary, the Governor carefully reviews all bills, and if a doubt or an unwise provision appears he sends for the lintroducer of the bill and points out the defect. Many previous Governors did not take this trouble, and thereby give the maker of tlie bill a chance. They vetoed without any warniug whatever. This work that has been voluntarily assumed by Governor Cleveland, was done in tbe time of Governor Cornell by three paid assistants of high legal ability. When the warm weather comes Governor Cleveland is not ashamed to strip for his work and to ait at his desk costless while a throng of visitors file in tnd out olt the audience chamber.” Another: The State provides the Executive Mansion and the i'urnlture—all else is paiid out of the Governor's salary of H0,0 K). The hot-house is not paid for by the State, neither are the numerous public

receptions which a prominent official most give. Governor Cleveland otten sends flowers to the several hospitals! and his hand is always open to deserving charities. He keeps no horses, not only on account of the expense, but chiefly because he does not like tbenl. Althou - h he is a heavy man, yet he always walks to his office and to his church—the Fourth Presbyterian—' which is about a mile away.

I I fHOMAS A. HENDEIOSJ. Unlike the candidate for President, Mr. Her.dricks, nominated for Vice-President, is an old acquaintance of the people of the United States. He is the game Hendricks who was named for the same place with Til* den in 1876. His biography, bri fly, runs a* follows i He belongs to a family which traces its descent to the Huguenots on the father’s side. His: mother was of Scotch origin, a native of 'hambersburg, Pa., and a member of a family that belonged Id the Scotch Covenanter school. His grandfather Was a member )f ' the Pennsylvania Legislature during the administration, of George Washington, his father’s home was the resort of politicians, and an uncle was one of the Secretaries of the In* (liana, Constitutional Convention which met in 1816, also Democratic Governor of the State in 1819, and two terms elected United States Senator. It will thus be seen that Governor Thomas A. Hendricks comes bit good stock, representing the sturdiest elements of our population. He was born in Muskingum Conn y, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Threw years later his father removed to Indiana. Mr. Hendricks gradua ted at South Hanover College, in 1841, and studied law at Chambersourg, Pa., v here he was admitted to the bar in 1848. Returning to Indiana, he was elected to the Legislature in 1848, and was a member Of the State Constitutional Convention, in 1850. Prom 1851 to 1855 he represented the Indianapolis District in Congress, inthe next fouryears was Commissioner in the General LamiLOifice under appointmen t of President Pierce, and from 1861 to 1809 was a member of the United States Senate. In 1872 he was elected Governor Indiana for the term ending January 1, 1877. He was A Candidate for president in 1868. -On the twenty-first ballot he had 132 votes, against 135J4 for General Hancock. At this juncture Horatio Sevmonr

» as sprung upon the Convention and unanimously nominated. He was a candidate for the first place in 1576. but then, as now, was nominated for the Vice-Presidency. Governor Hendricks has many admirers amon-' the Bourbons, especially those of Indiana. One of them, nominating him eight years ago, declared that there was no spot or blemish on his public or private character, and thon pronounced his Democracy as “catholic as the Constitution itself.” And a third declared that ho was “endowed with capacity for continnons effort, tenacity of purpose and simplicity of habit.” For several years Mr. Headricks has been in 1MOOC health. , * ^ —. » » » - ■ Teach the Children to Think. Strength of mind is not equivalent to per eet ba'ance of judgment, or evenness of power. As a rule, specially Strong-minded persons are given to single ideas, which an; held with great tenacity. In Ten tors represent this, as well as advocates of particular ideas. What is called strength of mind is the result of independent thinking. Hence its basis is real thought. The first element toward it is inducing the young to think. Hence incorrect Flunking should not be rudely reproved, but kindly and gently corrected., Every encouragement should bo given children to think. Thought stimulates thought, and hence living ideas put before children in the home circle, at table or elsewhere, has its value in this direction. On the other hand, the rude represss on of an unguarded or incorrect thought is injurious. Encouragement to hold fast to an idea till it is disproven is another step in this form of education. The more. ireumstance that some one does not agree with it proves nothing. Nor does it follow that the disagreement of an older person is to be accepted as final. Before an idea or opinion is abandoned it should be satisfactorily seen to be wrong. The moment one aeeepts or abandons a thought or opinion at the ipse dixit of another they betray weakness. Leadership is one thing and dominancy another. It is well, if we have not the qualities of leadership, to be willing to be led; but to have our minds dominated and controlled is another and entirely different thing. The important lesson to impart to children is that of sound, independent thought. And if it lead to strong-mind-edness—that is, tenacity of opinion—it will be well— provided opinions becarefully and thoughtfully formed. —Pliiladelphia Call. —Other cities, other, manners. Your Bostonian delights in* making h'mself attractive-by a coating of tan and sunburn so thick as to look like lacquer, ami your Washington man, riding a bicycle, protects his delicate complex--idn with a Japanese parasol, beneath which he looks out with a pensively artistic air that would provoke eyen a Back Bay boy to sarcastic continent, and would arouse a mob in some d stricts. As for Washington women, they have no more idea of the lofty joy which irradiates the soul of the Boston girl when she discovers a gennine dark brown Mount Deseret freckle than they nave of the Concord School of Philosopy.—N. i. Pos%

—As a man who thinks he is sharp, ami whom his neighbors know to be dishonest, was walking along an uptown street the other day, a uttb boy behind him suddenly said: “Lid yon lose this strap, mister:1” at the same time holding np a new shawl-strap. The sharp man looked around, and seeing that these was nobody near, said: ‘‘Yes, thank you,” gave the boy a dime, and walked off, saying to himself: “It isn’t often that I get left.” The boy ran around the corner to a street veudor’s stand, bought another new strap for five < tit >, and went forth to lind a person who had “lost” it.—N. Y. Ledger. —A letter from the City of Mexico says the capitalist who goes into that country with the idea that he may drop in upon some rich piece of propertv for a mere song will quickly discover his mistake, the Mexican propertyowner is quite as alive to the worth of bis estate as his brethren in any part of the World.—C.ocjyo /inter-deejn. • —The financial stringency in New York has produced one excellent effect. Fashionable dres-makers say that hundreds of ladies have begun to make their own gowns—-# T. McraUf,

Hie Democratic fiatromu The following is the fall text of the plat* form adopted bj the Rational Democratic Convention i The Democratic party of the union through Its Representatives, in National Convention assembled recognizes that, as the Nation gtowi older, new isiaes are born Of time and progress and old issues perish, but the fundamental principles of Democracy, approved by the united voice df the people, rema n and will ever remain as the best and only security fof the continuance of free government. The preservation Of personal rights, the equality of all citizens before the IaWf the reserved rights of the States, and the supremacy of the Federal Government within the limits of the Constitution will ever form the true basis of our liberties, and can never be surrendered without destroying that balance of rights and powers which enables a continent to be developed in peac? and social order to be maintained by means of lot a! selfgovernment; but it is indispensable for the practical application and enforcement of these fundamental principles that the Government should not always be controlled by one political party. Frequent change of administration is as necessary as constant .recurrence to the popular will, otherwise abuses grow, and the Government instead of being carried on for the general welfare becomes an instrumentality for imposing heavy burdens on the many who are governed for the benefit of the few who gove n. Public servants thus become arbitrary rulers; this is now the condition of the country. Hence a change is demanded. The Republican pfcrty, so far as principal is concerned, is a reminiscence; in practice it is an organization for enriching those who control its machinery. The frauds and jobbery which have b en brought to light in every department of tfce government are sufficient to nave called for reform within the Republican party, yet those in authority, made reckless by the long possession of i ower, have succumbed to its co/ruptitig influence and have place 1 in nomination a ticket against which the independent, portion of the party are id Open revolt Therefore a change is demanded. Such, a change was alike ne essaryin 187«, but the will of the people was then defeated by a fra id which can never be forgofc t m nor condoned. Again, in 1850, the chans:* demanded by the people was defeated by the lavish use of money contributed by unscrupulous contractors and shameless jobbers who had bargained fof unlawful profits or for high offices. The Republican party during its legal, its stolen and its botlght terms of power, has steadily docaved ih moral character and political capacity. Its platform promises afe now a list of its past failures. It demands the restoration o' our navy; it has squandered hundreds of millions to create a navy that does not exist. It calls on Congress to remove the burdens under which American shipping has be?n depres e i; it imposed and has continued these burdens. It professes the policy of reserving the public Tands for small holders by actual settlers: It ha? given away the people’s heritage till now a few railroad? and non-resi-dent aliens, individual and corporate, possess a larger area than that of all our farms between the two sea«. THE RBPtTBLJCAN PARTY. FALSE PRETENSES.

it proiesses a prt Terence ior rree institutions; it organized and tried to legalize a control ot State elections by fe. Oral troops. It professes a desire to elevate labor; it has subjected American workingmen to the competition of the co vict and imported contract labor. It professes gratitude to all who were di>» abled or died in war leaving widows and ot** phans; it left to a Democratic House of Hep* resenia ives the first effort to equalize both bounties and pensions. It proffers a pledge to correct the irregularities of our ta iff; it create 1 and has continued them. Its own tariff commission confessed the noed of more than twenty per cent reduction: its Congress gave a reduction of ie^s than four per cent. It professes the protection of American manufactures; R has subjected them to an unceasing Hoc d ot rranufactu ed goods and a hopeless competition with manufacturing nat ons. not oae of which taxes raw materials. It professes to protect all American industries; it has impoverished many to subsidize a few. It professes the protection Of American labor; it has depleted the returns of American agriculture, an industry, followed by half our people. It professes the equality of all men before the law, attempting to fix the status of colored Citizens; the acts of its Congress were overset by the decision of its courts. It “accepts anew the duty of leading iti the Work of progress and reform;” its caught criminals are permitted to escape through contrived delays or actual connivance in the prosecution. Honey-combed with corruption, outbreaking exposures no longer shock Its moral sense. Its honest members, its independent journals no longer maintain a successful contest for authority in its counsels Or a veto upon bad nominations. That change ii necessary is proved by an exist ng surplus of more than *100.0)0,000 which has yearly been collect© i from ft suffering ? eople. Unnecessary taxation is unju t taxat on. We denounce the • Republican party for having failed to relieve the people from crushing war taxes which have paralyzed business, crip dei industry and deprive i labor of employment and of just reward ~ The Democracy pledges itself to purify the Administration from conu* tlon. to re;trre economy, to revive respect for law, and to reduce taxation to the lowest limit consistent with due regard to the preservation of the faith of the Nation to creditors and pensioners, knowing full well, however, that legislation affectir g the occupations of the people should be cautious and Conservative in mettol, not in advance of public opinion, but ie?ponsive to its demand. TARIFF REVISION. The Democratic party is pledged to revive ;he tariff in a spirit of fain:ess to all interests. But in making a reduction in taxes it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries but rather to promote their healthy growth. From the foundation of this Government taxes collected at the Custom-house have been the chief source of Federal revenue; such they must continue to be; moreover many industries have come to icly upon legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must te at every srep regardful of the labor and capital thus involved. The process of reform must be subrect in the execution to this plain dictate of justice: A’l taxation shall be limited to the requirements of economical governments. The necessary reduction in taxation can and must be effected without depriving American lsbor of the ability to compete successfully with foreign labor and without imposing lower rates of duty. tuan will be ample to cover any increased cost of production whic h may exist in consequence of the higher rate of wages prevailing in this country. Suflfic ent revenue to pay all the expens es of the Federal Government, economically administered, including pensions, intere-t and principal of the public debt, can be got under our present system of taxation from Customhouse taxes on fewer imported articles, bearing heaviest oa articles of luxury and bear.rg lightest bn articles of necessity. We therefore denounce the abuses of the exi t:ng taifff, and, subject to the preceding limitations, we demand that Federal taxation shall be exelusive‘y for public purposes, and shall not exijeed the needs of the Government, economically administered. INTERNAL REVENUE. The system of direct taxation known as the “•internal revenue” is a war tax, and so long as the law continues the money derived therefrom should be devoted to the relief of the people from the rema ning burdens of the wa r and be made a fund to defray the expense of the care and comfort of worthy soldiers disabled in line of duty in the wars of the Republic a ad for the payment of such pensions as Congress nr ay. Irom time to time, grant to such soldiers, a like fur.d for the sailors having been already provided, and any surplus should be paid into the treasury. We favor an amendment of continental policy based upon more intimate commercial and political relations with the fifteen sister Republics—of North, Ceiiktral and South America —but entangling alliances with none. We believe in honest money, all the gold and silver of the Constitution and a circulating coinage l _____ . v _ medium convertible into such money without loss. EQUALITY OF ALL.

Assorting the equality of au men Deiore toe law, we hold that It is the duty of the Government. in its dealings with the people, to mete out *. Dial and exaot justice to, all citizens of whatever nativity, race, color or persuasion, re'UioiWOr political. Webelieve in a free ba lot and a fair oount, and we recall to the memory of the people the noble struggle of the Democrats in the Forty-fifth and Fortyaixth Congresses by which a reluctant Republican opposition was compelled to assent to legislation making everywhere illegal the presence of troops at the polls as the conclusive proof that a Democratic administration will preserve liberty with order. The selection of Federal officers for the Territories should be restricted to citizens previously resident therein. We oppose sumptuary laws which vex the Citizens and interfere with individual liberty. We favor honest civil service reform and the compensation of United States officers by fixed salaries; the separation cf church and State and the diffusion of free education bycommon Schools, so that every child in the land may be taught the rights and duties of citizenship. While we favor all legislation which wil‘ lead to the equitable distribution of property’ to the.prevention of monopoly and tp the strict enforcement of individual rights against corporate abuse, we ho'd that the welfare of society depends upon a scrupulous regard for the rights of property as denned by law. LABOR AND LAND. We believe that labor is best rewarded where it ts freest and most enlightened. It should therefore be festered and cherished. We favor the repeal of all laws restricting the free action of labor and enactment of laws by which labor organizations may bp incorporated and of all sneh legislation as will tend to enlighten the people as to the true relations of capital and labor; believe that the public lands ought, as far as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual settlers: that all unearned lands heretofore improvi lently granted to railroad corporations by the action of the Republican party should be restored to the public domain, and that no more grants of

land shall bo made to corporations or be allowed to fait Into the ownership of alien abWe are opposed to all propositions wbi4, 1}pon Any pretext. Will convert the general government into a machine for collecting taxes to be distributed among the States or tbe Citizens thereof* FOREIGN POLICY. It! reaffirming Die declaration of the Democratic p'atfonn of that ”tl e iberal n?i»* e'ples embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence Knd saretoned in the Constitution, which make oof i the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every ballon, have ever beeri cardinal pdncfples in the Democratic faith,” We nevertheless do Hot sanction the importation of foreign labor Or the a amission of servile races, unfitted by habits of training, religion or kindred for absorption into the great body of bur people, or for the cit izenship wtfiefa our laws confer. American civilization demsfidsi that against the immigration or importation of Mongolians to tho-e shores our gate# be closed. The Democratic party insist* that it is the duty of this Government to protect with equal fidelity and vigilance the rights of its citizens, native and naturalized, at home and abroad, and to the end that this protection may be assured, Unite 1 states papers of naturalization swed by courts | of competent Jurisdiction must be respected by the executive and legislative departments of ourown Government, and by all foreign powers. It is an imperative duty of thl? Government to efficiently protect all the rgbts of person? and property of every American citizen in foreign lands, and demand and enforce full reparation for any invasion there yt. An Arawdcwr citizen is only responsible to his own Government for any act acne in his own country or under her* tag, and can only 1® tried therefor oa her own soil and according to her law’s, and no power exists in this Government to expatriate an Arne ican Citizen to be tried in any loregn land for anv sueh ao^. This country has never had a welldedned and executed foreign policy save under Demo * ratio administration, That policy has ever been, in regard to foreign nations, so lou r as they do not act detrimental to the interest* of the country or hurtful to our citizens to let them alone. That, is a result or this policy we rceairtbe acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, Ca ifornia and of the adjacent Mexican territory by purchase alone, and contrast these grand acquis tions of Democrats statesmanship with the purchase of Alas':a, the sole fruit of a Republican admm* ititration ttt nearly a quarter of a century. THB MISSISSIPPIThe Federal Government should care fof and improve the Mississippi River, and othef great water ways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior States easy add cheap transportation to tide water. MfeKCHAWT MARINE. Under a long period ©f Democratic rule and policy, our merchant marine was fast overtaking, and on the point of outstripping that of Great Britain. Under twenty years of Republican rule and pol cy our commerce has been left to Brit sh bottoms, and almost j has the American bag been swept o* the high seas. Instead of the Kepubli »n ra t.**s

ruie ouu puuvj wu.i mci wnamo and tailor?, flying the stars and stripes iu every poit sutnesstuly searched out a market tor the variei products Of Ame ieio industry. Undent quarter of a cen’urjt of Bepub: can rule and policy, despite out-m ^tmest advantage over all other nations in high paid b»b»r. favorable climates and t' einin.r soil, despite the freedom of trade amor g all tfcete United States; despite their population by the foremost races of men and an annual immigration of the young, thrifty and adventurous of ati nations; de* spite our freedom here from the inherited burdens of i f t and industry in Old World monarchies—their costly war navies, their vast tsxeoiuuming, non-producing standing a mies—despite twenty ye trs ef peace, that Bepub'iean rule and po!iey have managed to surrender to Great Britain, along with our commerce, the control of the markets of the world. Ins ead of the Republican paity’s British policy we demand in tx half of the American Democracy, an Americiu policy. Instead of the Republican party’s d seredlt d scheme and false preten e of friendship for Amei ican iaboiweis pressed by Imposing tsxrs, we demand in behalf of the Democracy freedom for American labor by reducing taxes, to. the end that these United States may compete with unhindered powe s for the primacy among nations in all the arts of peace and fruits of Bberty. TILDE*. With profound regret we have been apprised bv the venerable statesman, through wt ose person was struck that blow stth - vital principle of n pjfjlios (acquicDdsnee in the will of the majority!, that he can not permit u# again to place in his hands the leadership of the Democratic hosts, for the reason that ih* achievement of reform in the administration of the Federal Govtr iment is an undertaking now too heavy forhis age and failing strength. Rejoicing that his life has been prolonged until the general iudrmnt of our fellow countryne n :S united in the wish that wrong were righted In bis person, for the Democracy of the United St Uos we offer to him in his withdrawal from public cares not only onr respectful sympat ly and esteem, but also that, best homage of freemen, the pledge of our devotion to the principles and the cause now inseparable in the history of this country from the labors and the name of Samuel J. Tilde n. With this statement of the hopes, prin iplos and purposes of the Demcemtio party, the great issue of reform and cl ange in administratration is submit e l to the people in calm confidence that the popular voice wilt pronounce in tavor of new men, and new aBd more favorable conditions lqr the growth of industry, the oxters on of trade, the employment and due rew.v d of labor and of cap til, and the general welfare of the whole country. -—-« »». ♦ Surprise Parties. Thoso who read the “Bad Boy's Diary” some time ago hare some notion,* perhaps, of what the Americans call a “surprise party.” It consists of some one issuing invitations in your name-—which, to put it mildly, involves forgery— and then invading your house with his guests and insisting on dancing: which, in plain language, is an offense tor the Police Court. If you are particularly good-nature-l or wish to be fa-hionable, you accept it as a matter of course, and join in the fun or go away as you like; but it seems to be an unheard-of thing to remonstrate, for in doing so yon only show your own absurd, selfishness. Surprise parties, people will be sorry to hear, are just now (juite the correct form of amusement m “high life” in Paris: and as it occas'onally happens that- what is fashionable in Paris becomes so in England, there is a new terror in store for those who wish to be fashionable. It is George Eliott, we believe, who. In her essay on Heine, says that nothing shows the difference hetween men so much as what they find amusing. A joke that would make the clodhopper roar, falls flat on a more cultured intellect; but a people who enjoy surprise parties, one would think, must have got down to a very rustic level in their appreciation of the “funny.”—Mt. Jamnsir Opposed to the Aspirate.

W baits the aspirate; is it a consonant; is it a Towel; is it a letter at all properly so called? i maintain that it is not, that the letter H when used simply to express the aspirate has no independent existence as a letter or vocal representative, that the phonetic difference between air and hair, between Arry and Harry, is merely due to a difference in . the amount of force with which the vowel sound is projected from the month, and therefore the aspirate, or rather the degree of aspiration of the "initial vowel should be graduated according to force of expression demanded; that genteel people are all wrong and vulgar people generally are rationally and c'assically right. When I say classically I refer to the original basis of the English language. I could show by the history of English orthography thatthe prefixing of the letter H is( pwgA arbitrary, as indicated by the' stipHvai of such spelling as that of hour, herb, honor, etc., and that the existing vulgar practice cf aspirating every vowel which requires a ‘ hemphasis” was the original practice, while the modern usage is a feeble perversion of energetic English, and lit for nothing stronger than drawing-room vapidities.— 77b: (Sen; termin's Magazine. —A live oak tree at Indian Rivsr Narrows. Fla , measures twenty-three fcet and ten inches in cir. umfer«n«str feet fro® the ground

FACTS A5D FIGURES. J —About 40,000,000 pennies werw owned in the United States duringl883. —There are 209 Varieties of cherries, 60 of apTicots, 239 of peaches, 1,08T of pears and 297 of plums. —The crop of wheat this rear bids fair to reach - 520,000,000 bushels, 100.000,000 in e\cess of last year.—Tf. Y. Herald. —In three weeks’ time one hundred tons of buffalo bones were slapped from Ipswich to Chicago as fertlizers.—Chicago Times. —During the last three years the ex-, ports of silk from Japan to England only increased about twenty,per cent. , whereas those for the United States increased 150, and those of France aud^ Italy 250 per cent. —From New (Means to the City of Mexico via El Paso, it is only 2,423 miles; from St. Louis it is 2,573 miles; from Chicago it is 2,874 miles; from Washington it is 8,408 miles, and from San Francisco here it is 2,499 miles.— Chicago Times. —Daniel Sedford, of Asheville, N.,C.„ found a ruby on his farm a year Ago and was glad to get $ 15 for it. Tne man Who bought it was glad to get $3,000 for it.' The- $3,000 man was glad to get $6,000 for it, and the buyer, was glad to get it for that, for he sold it Thursday for $18,000.—Detroit Post. r-The time is coming when it will pay to plant varieties uf corn which are especially rich in starch for the manufacturers, or in nutritive elements for the feeds s. A few skilled specialists are at work developing varieties having marked characteristics of value. But as varieties change rapidly in different soils and climates, there is plenty of room for many workers in this direc- » tion.—Cincinnati Times. —Some idea of the expense of run-, t ning a first-class theater may be gleaned from the following figures given to a New York Herald reporter by a man

ager oi tnat city: newspaper advertising, $14,517.60; bill poefe, $2,637.28; local posters and bills, $£l93.55; gas. $2,800; calcium lights, $1,146; electric lights in front of the theater, $860; employes’ salaries, including orchestra, ¥28,731.52; license, $500; incidental expenses, including the necessary scenery furnished by the theater, properties, etc., $5,507.38, Total, $58,901,23. This covers a season of irorty weeks, and doeanot include rent. —There are in the United States 0 Philadelphia^ aad-8 Pittsburghs. while the record of other eities is as follows: Brooklyns, 18; Bostons, 11; Baltimores,' 5; Buffaloes, 16; Burlingtons, 17; Charlestons, 17; Chicagos, 4; Cincinnatis, 8; Clevelands, 10; Columbuses, 19; Daytons, 25; Detroits, 5; Indianapolises, 2; Louisvilles, 5; Lowells, 15; Memphises, 8; Milwaukee?, 3; Nashvilles, 14; Omaha?, 5; Portlands, 24; Quineys, 25; Richmonds, 22; Springfields, 25; St. Josephs. 15; St. Louis’, 4; St. Pauls, 12; Toledos, 7; Washingtons. 30; Wilmington*, 13, and WilL iamsburghs, 28.—Chicago Journal WIT AND WISDOM. —Generosity may be weak, .mercy also; clear sighted justice's hould be thr foundation of all our actions. —-Strength must be found in thought,or It will never be found in the words. Big sounding words, without thoughts corresponding are efforts without effect.— William CoSbetl. —An Irish magistrate asked a prisoner if he was married. “No," replied the man. “Then,” replied his worship, amid peals of laughter, “it is a good thing for your wife.”—N. Y. Ledger. —The dog is not so much below tuan-i kind, and is certainly to Ire congratulated rather than commiserated on ono thing—he doesn’t have to send his collar to the laundry every week.—Lowell Citizen. —Not what she meant.—Governess— Now, tell me, Ethel, what letter com os after H? Ethel—Please,, Miss barker, I don’t know. Governess—What have I got by the side of my ncse? Ethel— A lot of powder.—Judy. —At a college examination, a professor asked: “Does my question embarrass you?” “Not at all, sir,” replied the student—“not at all. It is quite clear. It is the answer to ft that bothers me.”—Golden Lags. - “My daughter, you ought to have some aim in life,” said a Burlington father to his thoughtless sixteen-year-old. “O, l am going to, papa,” was the enthflfeiastic reply."- “I have got my beau already!”—Burlington Hawkeye. —A French chemist has discovered by a process of inoculation a preventive of hydrophobia. A Norristown man is trying to secure some of the virus. He says that evety tim'e he goes home late at night be finds his wife mad.—Norristown Herald. —“My dear madam,” said the doctor, “if your little fellow can’t sleep, I shall prescribe a soporific, ” “Thanks, doctor,” replied the fond mother, “I do hope tre’H take It, hut Pm afraid not. 1 never could get that; boy to take kindly to soap in any form.” —“Doctor, I want to thank yon for your great patent medicine.” “It helped you, did it?” asked" the doctor, very much pleased. “It helped me wonderfully.” “How many bottles did you find it necessary to take?” “Oh, I didn’t take any of it. My uncle took otie bottle and' I am his sole heir.’.?—N. Y. Sun. ■—Fond parent—“Well, Johnny, how are you getting along at school?” Johnny—“Oh, first rate. 1 started on ‘ third, hot I am on first now.” Fond parent—“Glad to hear it, my son. Always try to be first. There is fifty cents for your industry.” Johnny -“Ain’t that nice! I’ll try to get higher yet.’* Fond parent—“Higher? How can you be higher than that?” Johnny—<*wjr enough. I can get to be short stop or pitcher.”—Philadelphia- Call.

Expected It, A man in Arkansas, who was last fall bobbing around in a lively manner to organize a railroad company and run a Tine from Helena to some, point in Kansas, was interviejyei by a New Yorker who knew something of railroading; and who said: "Colonel, the grading alone will cost an enormous amount of money.’' ■ "Yes’’ . "And there are some very costly *» >■*- - "And for a part of the way there is a very poor country, while for the other part there is already another line.” “Exactly.” "I don’t believe tlie line will pay.” “NorL” ' "Then why are you so anxious about building it?” •‘Simply to see it pass in to tl of a receiver, and I shall be ceiver!”—IPafl $(rce( Hews, into the hands dl be the re3»