BLAND WAS NEAR IT
. OTHER FAMOUS MEN WHO“ HAVE
MISSED THE NOMINATION.
Instances Where the Nomination was So-
cured, But the Election Lost. Clay,
7., “hater, Tilden and Blaine were Disap-
("pointed in Their Time. ’
Richard P. Bland was the truly logi-
cal candidate,before the Chicago Con-
vention which nominated William J en-
hinge "Bryan, which'fact leads one to
regard Presidential lightning as the
most eccentric form of electric energy
known to either science or religion.
The men who missed the Presidency
were in most instances the men who
seemed at the time most worthy of the
hunt. Clay, and Blaine were again
and again within an ace of gaining the
coveted prize. , Daniel Webster, the
modern Demosthenes, and Horace Gree«
lay, died of broken hearts because the
ambitions of their lives were denied
them. '
I Aaron Burr just missed the headship
of the nation. He was a man of remark-
ably brilliant mental attainments, 'and
into the Presidential contest of 1800 he
- entered with his accustomed energy and
determination. The Republicans tri-
umphed, but between the two highest
candidates, J eflferson and Burr, there
was a tie, each receiving '73 votes, which
threw the election into the House
of Representatives and Burr lost.
* Henry Clay would probably have been
President but for the grip upon his rep-
ntation of the famous “bargain and
corruption” charge which, constantly
repeated, pursued him through the best
part of his public life.
Daniel Webster, incomparable as or-
ator and defender of the constitution.
never had but one really good chance to
become President and that he put aside,
for the very good reason that it was
unworthy of him and his great reputa-
tion.
The causes which contributed to the
loss of the Presidency by Samuel J. Til-
dan are fresh in the public mind.
The election was very close. The
' electoral vote, as finally declared, was
185 for Hayes and 184 for Tildeu. Til-
dsn had a majority of the popular vote,
his vote being computed as 4,28 4,265, as
against 4,038,295 for Hayes.
The result of the election was for a
long time in doubt, each side claiming
the victory. Both parties claimed the
States of Florida, Louisiana and South
Carolina.
An act was finally passed by Congress
referring all contested election cases to
a Commission, composed of five Sena-
tors, five Representatives and five
Judges of the Supreme Court, the de
cision of which Commission was to be
.iinal unless set ac‘de by a 'iconcurrent
note of the two Houses of Congress.
"Thoflommission refused: 130.530 behind
the certificates of the "Governors, and
onMarch 2 declared Hayes duly elected
Prwident of the United States. He was
inaugurated March 5, 1877.
No leader in the Republican party has
so often been a candidate for Presiden-V
tial honors as was James G. Blaine.
For nearly 20 years his name was in
everybody’s mouth whenever a Nation-
al Convention assembled.
A recent writer on the subject has
wisely saidthat Blaine would have been
marinated in 1876 had not the gas been
turned on in the convention hall.
There is still an unsatisfied doubt in
many minds as to whether the “Plumed
Knight” was not actually counted out
in 1884, and there can he no two opin-
ions as to the certainty of his nominee
tion in 1888. but for his own declination
infavor of Harrison.
The election in 1884 turned upon the
State of New York, and, as Will be read
ily recalled, the State was lost to the
Republican party by the narrow margin
of 1,047 votes. This was the nearest
Mr. Blaine ever came to the coveted
Asabove stated, he only missed the
Presidency by a fluke in the Conven-
tion of 1876. On the first ballot at that
Convention he received 285 votes out of
a total of 754. On the seventh ballot
' his vote rose to 351, lacking only 28 of a
majority, but at this supreme moment
the gas in the Convention Hall was
turned 01!.
In the Convention of 1880 Blaine was
again prominent and powerful as a can-
didate for nomination, and on the first
ballot received 284 votes.
General Benjamin F. Butler,warrior,
lawyer and Governor of the State of
Massachusetts,was once within a hair’s
breadth of becoming President, al~
though he knew it not. When Lincoln
was renominated for the Presidency in
1884 the second place on the ticket was
oflered to Butler. He declined it. Lin-
coln and Johnson were elected by'a
great majority. '
Butler was the candidate for the
Presidency of the Greenback and Anti-
Monopolist Parties in 1884 and received
133,927 votes. He was a little far off
that time and perhaps thought with re-
gret of his declination in '64, when but
one short year would have stood be-
tween him and the highest place in the
nation.
PUNISHMENT TO FIT ,CRIME.
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“Come out 0’ dar, boy! Dem‘ain’t
yeah peaches! Doan’ yo’ know youse
layin’ yo’self liable ter impeachment?"
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THE EVENING GAZETTE"
TRAINING OF INDIAN PRINCES.
The Education Virtually Makes a Man
Without a Country.
The Indian nobles and princes trained
by England do not become bona tide
Indian nobles and princes. In a ma-
jority of cases they develop into En-
lishmen of color. Although their faith
are never interfered with, and pains
are taken to preserve all peculiarities of
caste, something which neither they
nor their tutors could thoroughly ex-
plain divides them henceforward from
their subjects and dependents, making
them almost foreigners on their heredit-
ary estates and developing in some a
profound melancholy or sense of “un-
satisfaction,” if there were such a. word:
in others, an inner scorn for those
among whom they have to live, and in
all an ability to play the part most to be
desired, that of men capable of recon-
ciling West and East, and slowly lead-
ing their subjects toward a higher
though still an Asiatic civilization.
We heard a few years ago a
complaint uttered by one of them, a
most successful collegian, to an Eng-
lish friend, and could not but think it
very pathetic.
“I am,” the Prince said, “a hopelessly
isolated man. N 0 one in my family .or
in my dominion understands my
thoughts, nor is there any one to whom
I can unfold myself. My house"—-or
as he would say, the ladies of my house
-“regard me when I speak with strain-
ing ears, as if they were trying to catch
the sounds of a foreign language. I
have no friend and can have none. My
Ministers, though they obey me and
look up to me, regard me as I should
regard a sunyasee, as ruled by motives
which they do not comprehend, and
warn me that the changes'I should like
best to introduce would shake my au-
thority to its base. I am consumed all
day by ennui; I can find no enjoyment
in the national amusements, and I can
see that the English amusements which
I still enjoy strike my people as both
tiresome and undignified.” .
Our report is as nearly verbatim as
we can manage, and the Prince who
spoke thus, after governing well for a
year or two, gave up the struggle with
his fate, took to drinking, abandoned
the reins of his administration to who-
ever would take them, and, but for an
occurrence romantic even for Asia, and
utterly outside all probabilities, would
have ended by ruining his State, which,
indeed, he did render in his search for
excitement, nearly insolvent. His was
it may be, an exceptional history, but
the circumstances which preyed upon
his mind must prey upon the minds of
almajorlty of his comrades, for they
would prey upon English lads of the
same position if educated throughout
youth in foreign habits, foreign litera-
ture, foreign ways of thought, and,
~.-above all,-. foreign aspiratious.
A SONc THRT'TOUCHED HER.
'Twas Sung in Midsummer Where Men
“Vere Scarce.
“Arms virumque cano.”
The Boston girl’s eyes filled with a
tender light as she bent over the well-
worn volume of the [timid and softly
spoke the words, but the Vassar maid
in a nearby hammock only stirred un
easily in her sleep.
Wiping the mist from her gold-rim-
med glasses witha violet scented hand-
kerchief, the Boston girl hugged the be-
loved book to her bosom and again her
lips parted,
' “Arms. virumque cane,” she repeated
dreamily,‘and once again the sleeper
stirred.
Deftly hooking the glasses in the deep
indentations that marked the bridgeof
her aristocratic nose, the Boston girl
glanced over the woman-tenanted hotel
piazzas, over the woman-dotted sands,
over the woman-filled surf.
“I sing of arms and a man,” she mur-
mured, a. low, chilling sigh escaping
from the icy depths of her cold-storage
chest.
, “What’s that?”
The Vassar maid awoke with a scream
of delight.
“What’s that?” she repeated sitting
up in the hammock; “what’s that about
arms and a man?"
It was as if a Samaritan had whis-
pered “water” in the ear of one half
dead with thirst, or “food” in the ear of
the starving.
Her quick eye swept inquiringiy,'ex-
pectantly, hopefully, longingly over the
hotel piazzas, the sandy beach and the
seething surf, and then filled with tears
of disappointment.
It was the same old familiar scene.
“Arms and a man, eh?” she cried
passionately. “If there are any within
the range of a telescope, they must be
for the Cuban insurgentsl"
Like summer rain the tears of disap-
pointment fell.
“Women, Women everywhere, rand
not a man to wink,” she moaned weari-
ly.—Ear1 H. Eaton.
“’ell Authenticated. .
Elsie—The report you heard about
Edith’s engagement must be true. I
heard it from a. number of persons.
Ruth—From whom?
Elsie—Well, Miss Brown, Miss Jones
and Miss Robinson.
Ruth—On! I told them—Brooklyn
Life.
The Difference.
Mr. Frankstown—There goes young
Mr. Homewood, cycling With that pretty
grass widow.
Mr. Point Breeze—Yes;he’s deeply in-
fatuated with her. He tells me he can’t
live without her.
Mr. Fra’nkstown—That’s odd. I
know her ex. husband very well, and he
confided to me that he could not live
with her.—Pittsb‘urg Chronicle-Tole~
graph.
Not a. Complete Cure,
"1 am told Swillit has been to Dwight.
Did he get cured?” '
“I am afraid not. He didn’t stay long
enough. I saw him next day after he
came back. He said he’d been taking
the Culey Katina-Chicago Tribune.
' son OBE’SITY. ‘
Not Medicine, But Exercise and Diet Pro-
duce the Best Results.
As -a matter of fact, the very best
method of reducing obesity is not by
taking any of the medicines which are
advertised for the purpose—which. al-
though they may agree with some, often
prove very disastrous to others—but by
resorting to ordinary means, such as by
taking plenty of exercise, especially
walking, using dumbells in moderatibn
in the morning when unincumbered by
clothes.
These should not be heavier than
from two pounds to four pounds, and
should be used for about ten minutes. '
Turkish baths are also very useful
things to reduce this adipose tissue, and
a cold bath every morning is a ver;
great help. _ .
No heavy meal should be eaten imme-
diately before going to bed. and at all
times things of a. fattening nature
should be avoided, such as pastry,
sweets, puddings. All these things.
with many others, tend to make flesh,
and they are therefore. better left alone
altogether. -
A meat diet at any time is not nearly
so fattening as one composed of other
things; but if the ‘diet is restricted al
together to meat, the probabilities are
that although the body may lose in
weight, the complexion will suffer, so
that it really becomes a question or
which it is best to do, and this is best
settled by avoiding extremes, eating at
regular hours, and not taking food at
all times M at all hours.
HORNETS KNQCKED HIM CUT-
l‘he Logger Who Over Estimated Hill“
Fistic Ability.
In the logging camps of Michigan
- might makes rights, and the man who
has whipped all comers in fair fights is
king of his camp.
One of these, said a logger to a Wash~
lngton Star reporter; was very boastful
of his exploits. He had been the victor
In a dozen fights, and no one cared to
enter the lists with him, but every man
In the camp hated the champion. Go
ing into a saloon one day, he announced:
“I’m tired of these babies in camp. I
ain’t had a good fight in Michigan. I
can whip my weight in dogs, Wildcats
or anything that breathes for a hundred
dollars.” ' '
A meek looking man took the bet and
arrangements for the fight were .made.
It was to take place in a closed room.
one week from the time the bet was
made.
The day came and the champion
called, “Bring on your animile.” The
man who had bet against the king of
the camp brought his antagonist in a
large sack, which had been deposited
behind the stove in the saloon where
the match had been entered into, the
weather just beginning to get cold.
The gladiator entered the room. the
sack was emptied and the 'peOple
crowded at the window to see the con
test. Out of the sack came three large
hornet nests, the occupants of which
had been revived by the heat.
They issued from the nests in swarms
and lit all over the man. He fought
them for a minute or two, then, with a
yell, jumped through the window, car-
rying sash and glass with him, never
stopping until he reached the river, into
which he jumped.
“Said he could whip his weight in
anything that breathed,” remarked the
meek little man, as he pocketed the
stakes, “but about five pounds of hor-
nets knocked him out in the first
round.”
CHICAGO’S FIRST CHINESE VéAGRANT
Chung Sing Hohn Says His Fortune Left
'with His Queue.
Chung Sing Hohn is the first China
mm, according to the police, ever ar-
rested in Chicago charged with being a
vagrant. He was arrested on Thurs-
day night, and yesterday Justice Un—
derwood fined him $25. Hohn has had
many misfortunes since he came to this
country. He has also been prosperous.
He was one of the several Chinamen
who brought a number of Chinese ac-
tors to this country from China during
the World’s Fair. Hohn placed all his
capital in this enterprise, but it was a
failure, and he was rendered almost
destitute.
Several weeks ago Hohn encountered
another misfortune, which, he says.
has ruined his life. He was standing in
Clark street, when a negro attacked
him with a razor and cut off his queue.
Since that time he says he has had no
ambition to work or accomplish any
thing. The woman designated by Hohn
as his wife was formerly known to the
police as Molly Mott and later as Hazel
Mead. She was the companion of Dyer
Scanl'an during his famous battle with
ever a score of Harrison street police
ofiicers, for which he went to J oliet.—-
Chicago Record.
The Joy of ‘TVhist.
“I don t see what enjoyment you can
find in playing whist night after
night.” ,
“You don’t? My dear boy, the game
gives more opportunity of calling your
fellow men asses, dolls and idiots than
any other possible social occasiou.—-Cln~
cinnati Enquirer.
_ A C‘ever Shopkeeper. ,
1. birthday book has been made up
by an enterprising London storekeepez
from the announcements of births in the
newspapers. A little before the child’s
birthday arrives its mother receives a
typewritten letter calling attention to
the {suitable gifts in the tradesmar’s
stock, with wishes of many happy re.
turns of the day.
Desirable Tenants.
“Are you a chess player?" asked the
landlord of a prospective. tenant. “I
much prefer to have my houses occu-
pied by chess players.”
“No, I am not a chess player, and I
can’t account for such a singular prefer-
ence.” .
“It is simple enough. Chess players
move so seldom, and only after great
deliberation.” . .
1
you :havsen’t mo idea how dry a :man
COSTLY BICYCLE FADS.
Wheels Ornamented with Silver and other
Metals to Gratii'y Whims.
In anticipation of the season some
fashionables are ordering wheels with
silver adornments, handsome silver
lamps and other accessories.
The foundation of these wheels must
always be steel tubing, since the finer
metals are too soft for the purpose; yet
they may be made very beautiful, with
silver tracery over the entire frame, the
pedals, handle bar, saddle and tool bag
fairly encrusted with silver ornamenta-
tion. The ends of the handle bar are
sometimes made of ivory, while the'
skirt guard is laced with white silk
cord.
For these ornate wheels silver lamps
are being prepared, which will range in
prices from $35 to 33100, the latter being
embedded with pearls. The cyclometer
are made of nickel, with silver mount-
ings, and on the handle bar is fastened
a dainty silver bracket from which
hangs a silver watch; price, 810. Toe
clips will not be used with these ma-
chines. The entire outfit will cost
$450.
No gold whatever is being put upon
wheels. As an experiment one wheel
was entirely plated with gold. but with
very unsatisfactory results. Our fash~
ionables will trust themselves only on
machines of solid metal. Each rider.
however, will have her monogram or
crest on the silver name plate which is
fastened to the frame. These frames
can be secured at a very reasonable
figure, and are within reach of every
wheelwoman. — New York Evening
Telegram.
Leave the Carpet Up.
One half of the secret of being com-
fortable during the heated terms of
summer and early autumn is included
in suitable furnishing. There are two
ways of "treating a room; one makes it
close, stuffy and unendurable even to
the sight; the other makes it so inviting
and so cool looking that it will tempt
one to abide in it and forget the torrid
terrors of the unsheltered out-of-door
spaces. No room can possess this de-
light if it is carpeted. The very sight
of the woolen carpet and curtains and
upholsterings makes one shrink back
and dislike to touch them in mid-
summer. ‘
'-Diving’ 'Makes 111m Dry.
The able bodied man came out of the
saloon, wiping his hands across his
mouth.
The gentleman in the long coat and-
short trousers approached him and
said:
“My misguided friend, am I right in
assuming that you have been tampering
with the demon rum?” -
“Rum? N aw,” said the able bodied
one. “I only had a. glass of beer, and
unless you ever worked at any rtrade.
gets.”
“What is your calling, pray?”
“I’m a diver.” — Indianapolis J our
cal.
Merit
“Merit talks” the T I ks
intrinsic value of
Hood’gSarsaparilla.
Merit in medicine means the power to
cure. Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there-
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. It will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the best, in fact—the One True Blood Purifier.
Prepared only by C. 1. Hood 8: Co.', Lowell, Mass.
E“: 233d ’5 Pills 1purge, pain or
drugglsts. 250.
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C l lOIl illlll,
'Every gallon of paint made by the
Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and
ground in pure Linseed Oil. All shades
are mixed and ground by machinery
seven times, making them uniform and
even. Compare the size of cans and
weight with the cheaper makes. You
get an honest gallon. Give it a trial and
"you will be convinced.
H. .H. WILLIAMS
17 Main St.
Do not
gripe. Al
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Comfort does not mean warm in one «room
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all rooms in zero weather.
Expense is not all in coal bills. Poor
joints leak gas, light castings crack and
burn out. Repairs in winter mean discom-
fort and sickness. The doctor’s bill would
have purchased a Bay State Furnace and
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