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Yale’s Defeat at Henley.
The expected happened and “old Eli”
met an honorable defeat yesterday.
Our boys did all they could and angels
could do no more. They were fairly
ontrowed, but by so .narrow a margin
that the contest is not likely to end with
this year’s defeat. Yale clearly has a
future and will profit by this exper-
r'ience. I’The defeat abounds in useful
lessons to Yale’s athletes. It is a con-
soling defeat that wins only praise from
friend and foe and leaves our boys no
self-reproach.
Effects of Free Silver.
Bishop J. M. Thoburn, who has spent
many years as a Methodist missionary
bishOp in India, is visiting friends in
Cincinnati. In speaking of the financial
condition of India he said, the other
day: “They have the silver standard in
India, have had it for centuries, and it
has received a fair trial. It would ruin
this country and bankrupt everybody.
The foundation of business is stability,
and with a silver standard you can
never have it. In Calcutta I can buy
this suit of clothes for $40 to-day, and
perhaps for $20 to-morrow, and the
next'day it will be $50. You can never
tell from the number of dollars you
own how much you are worth. The
country is at the mercy of the money-
changers and speculators The idea of
going to a silver standard from a cold
one is too ridiculous for serious con.
sideration. 1 have seen enough of this
in India.”
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National Conventions.
The first political national convention
of any kind ever held was in May 1832.
Ithad been called by the friends of
Henry Cray as early as 1831, but it did
.' not meet until 1832 when Clay was nom-
inated for President with John Ser-
geant for V.ce President.
The Democrats have held twenty na-
tional conventions, including the three
held in 1860. The first six were held in
Baltimore, and, with a single excep-
tion, in the month of May. The first
met May 12, 1832, and nominated J ack-
son for President and Van Buren for
Vice President. The conventions of
1836 and“1840 nominated Van Buren for
President and J ohnson for Vice Presi-
dent. In 1844 Polk was nominated for
President with Silas Wright for Vice
President, but Wright declined and
George M. Dallas was nominated.
In 1848 the convention met at Balti-
more on the 22d of May and nominated
Cass for President, with Butler, of Ken-
tucky, for Vice President. A bolting
Free Soil Democratic convention was
held at Buffalo soon after the nomina-
tion of Cass, and nominated Van Buren
for President and Charles Francis
Adams for Vice President. In 1852,
after a bitter sruggle between the old
Democratic leaders, Pierce was nom-
inated for President and Senator Kine,
of Alabama, for Vice President. In
1856 the convention met in Cincinnati
and nominated Buchannan for Presi-
. dent with Breckinridge for Vice Presi-
dent
' In 1860 the Democrats held three
national 'conventions, composed of the
same delegates. The first and only
full convention met at Charleston on
the 23d of April, and continued until the
3d of May. A number of the Southern
delegates seceded after the adoption of
the platform, and the convention ad
journed to meet in Baltimore on the
185h of June, where it nominated Doug:-
lass for President and Herschell V.
Vice President. The
Democrats who bolted at Charleston
met in Baltimore on the 22d of June
and nominated Breckinridge for Presi-
dent with Lane, of Oregon, for Vice
President.
In 1864 the Democratic conventiOn
was held in Chicago ,and nominated
McClellan for President with Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, for Vice President. In
1868 the convention met in New York
on the 4th of July and nominated Sey-
mour for President with Frank Blair,
an old Republican, for V.ce President.
In 1872 the convention met in Baltimore
on the 9th of July and nominated
Greeley for President and “B. Gratz
Bflg for Vice President, and adopted
\
with the Liberal Republican ticket the
platform that had been adopted at
Cincinnati.
For the first time in the historyfl of.
the country a national convention was
held west of the Mississippi when the
Democrats met in St. Louis on the 27th
of June, 1876, and nominated Tilden for
President with Hendricks for Vice
President. On the 22d of J une, 1880,
the convention met at Cincinnati and
nominated Hancock for President with
English of Indiana, for VicePresident.
In 1884 the convention met at Chicago
' and nominated Cleveland for President
with Hendricks for Vice President. In
1888 the convention met again in St.
Louis on the 5th of June and nominated
Cleveland for President with Thurman
of Ohio for Vice President, and in 1892
the convention met in Chicago ‘on the
2lst of June and nominated Cleveland
for President and Stevenson for Vice
President.
It was deemed a great tribute to tie
West when the Democratic convention
of 1856 went as far'West as Cincinnati.
In 1860 the Republicans went West-
ward to Chicago, and it was the loca-
tion of the convention at Chicago that
nominated Lincoln over Seward. Since
then both parties have held most of
their conventions at Chicago, and the
Democrats have twice crossed the
Father of Waters to St. Louis, and the
Republicans did the same this year.
When national conventions were first
instituted, Baltimore was the most cen-
tral city of the Union, but since then
the march of empire has gone West-
ward until both Chicago and St. Louis
are cast of the centre of our great
oivi‘liz ition .fl__
.
THE OLDVE-ST' FAMILY.
The Mikado Has aLine of Ancestors 2,500
Years Long.
Not many people know how far back
the lines of the old families of various
countries run. It is a peculiarly in-
teresting topic, ”however for the reason
that those generally thought to be of
the most ancient lineage are really com-
parative mushrooms as regards an-
cestry.
Out of the four hundred barons in the
British House of Lords, all of whom
are popularly considered to be possessed
of ancient lines of descent, only about a
dozen actually date back six hundred
years.
Of all families in the British Isles the
oldest is the Mar family, of Scotland.
which can trace its lines into the dim
past of 1093.
Other famous old European families
are the Campbells, of Argyle, 1190; the
family of Talleyrand, 1199; the family
of Bismarck, 1270; and the Grosvenor
family, the Dukes of Westminster,
1066. In 955 the Austrian house of
Hapsburg had its beginning, and in 864
the House of Bourbon.
But in carefully preserved lines of an-
cestors some of the other nations of the
world overshadow Europe. Far older
than any European house is the line of
Mahomet, dating back to 570.
Chinese old families and Jewish 01d
families abound, all with lines of .de‘
scent that even the haughtiest British
peer would be willing to give his rent
roll to possess. But there is one house
which goes back so far that beyond
doubt or ‘cavil it is the very oldest in
the world.
This is the family of the Mikado of
Japan. In an unbroken line Mikado
has followed Mikado for more than two
thousand five hundred years. During
all these centuries the line has been kept
perfectly, and son has succeeded son
without an exception.
The present ruler of Japan is the one
hundred and twenty-second of the line.
To emphasize fully the enormous
weight of years of this lineage, it should
be stated that the Mikado’s family is
older than five of the seven great relig-
ions that Max Mueller mentions as pos
sessing Bibles-New York Journal.
WATER THREE DOLLARS A QUART.
A Place Where Aqua Pura Costs as Much
as Wine.
In speaking of the Papazo Indians,
Mr. McGee said:
“They inhmit a country of broad
plains, with mountain ranges between.
The mountains are remarkably rugged
and rise sharply from the lowlands.
All over the plains live the Indians.
The country is one of the most arid re-
gions on the face of the globe—a whole
year passing sometimes without a drop
of rain. Geologically, it is a curious
place; The streams rise in the moun-
tains, but never reach the sea, and the
debris carried by the rivers, instead
of finding its way to the ocean, is spread
upon the plains, the rivers drying up
before they reach the sea. _ Semland, in
the State of Sonora, was never seen by
a white man until about two years ago,
when the Bureau of Ethnology sent out
an expedition to explore that region.
The natives are constantly vigilant
every moment, from day to day, week
to week, month to month, year to year,
expecting and dreading the approach of
an enemy.
- “They were always prepared for any
emergency. The dearth of water éwas
the greatest obstacle to the exploration.
Every drop we used was carried from
twelve to fifteen miles by men under
heavy guard. Water there is more
valuable than gold, and often we meas-
ured it out in spoonfuls. In‘ counting
the dangers and labor of securing water
we estimated its cost at from $3 to $4 a
quart.”—Baltimore American.
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