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; LINCOLN 'AN'D Hmuu.
no Farmer's Preference in the Matter
of the YieePrcsideney. / ‘
I had hoped to see Mr. Hamlin renomi-
hated, and had anxiously given Mr. Lin— ‘
Cain many opportunities to say whether
he preferred the renomination of the Vice
President; but he was craftily and rigid-
ly non committal, knowing, as he did,
what was in my mind concerning Mr.
Hamlin. He would refer to the matter
only in the vaguest phrase, as “Mr.
Hamlin is a very good man,” or, “You,
being a New Englander, would natural-
ly like to see Mr. Hamlin renominated;
and you are quite right,” and so on. By
this time Lincoln’s renomination was an
absolute certainty, and he cheerfully con‘
ceded that point without any false mod-
esty. But he could not be induced to ex-
press any opinion on the subject of the
selection ofa candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. He did go so far as to say that he
hoped that the convention would declare
in favor of the constitutional amend-
ment abolishing slavery as one of the ar-
ticles of the party faith. But beyond
that. nothing.
I may say here that when I returned-
from the convention I made a verbal re-
port to the President, and entertained
him with an account of some of its do-
ings of which he had not previously
heard; and he was then willing to admit
that he would have been gratified if Mr.
Hamlin had been renominated. But he
said:
“Some of our folks [referring as I be—
lieved, to Republican leaders] had ex-
pressed the opinion that it would be wise
to take a \Var Democrat as candidate for
Vice President, and that, if possible, a
border State man should be the nominee.”
Mr. Lincoln appeared to be satisfied with
the result, saying, “Andy Johnson, I
think, is a good man.” Nevertheless,I
have'always been confident that Lincoln,
left to himself, would have chosen that
the old ticket of ISM—Lincoln and Ham-
lin—should be placed in the field. It is
reasonable to suppose that he had re-
salved to leave the convention entirely
{min its choice of a candidate for the
second place on the ticket. —— Century
Magazine.
THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY.
Sprung Out of an Oath Bound Order II
This City.
The American party sprung out of a
secret and oath bound order that was
formed in New York for the avowed pur-
pose of checking the influence of foreign
born voters, purifying the ballot box and
keeping the Bible in the public schools
In the city of New York, where voters ol
alien birth had become influential, the
order flourished exceedingly, and when it
was extended to other States it attracted
many on whom party obligations sat
lightly, while the old parties were either
breaking up or undergoing a purging
process.
The Democratic party had generally
been in favor of easy naturalization. The
term of residence requisite to lawful natv
Italimtiou, at first fixed at two years.
was extended in 1795 to five years; the
Federalists, in 1798, stretched this to four-
teen years, but in 1802 the Democratic
Republicans cul it down to five years,
Men who left the Democratic party be-
cause of its domination by foreign voters,
or who dropped out of the \Vhig party
when it began to show signs of decay, now
found an asylum in the American party.
The American party flourished exceed-
ingly in 1852, and reached its meridian
greatness in 1855, when it obtained a con-
siderable foothold in the South and car-
ried important elections in the New Eng-
land States, California, Kentucky. Texas
and NewYork, and showed great strength
in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana. The party made
preparations for entering the Presiden-
tial contest of 1856, and actually did set
its standard in the field; but the rising
tide of opposition to the further extension
of slavery eventually swamped the or
ganization, and it finally went under,
long before the breaking out of the war of
the rebellion.—Scribner.
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THE BRIDGE’S GREATEST CRUSH.
Weird Scene About the East River In;
on the Evening of January 21.
The great crush on the Brooklyn Bridge
in the early evening of January ‘31 of this
year was undoubtedly the most severe
strain the bridge" has ever received from
dead weight. For nearly two hours there
were fully 2,500 tons of people distributed
along the structure at a given time. No
greater strain from foot traffic will eve!
be knowu, probably, on the bridge. All
the bridge authorities declared that it
was the largest throng in its history.
A dense winter fog had fallen over the
city and harbor. The ferrybouts‘lo Brook—
lyn for‘z'iicarlyan hour had ceased run<
ning. It was at 5 o’clock in the after-
noon, and thousands turned frhm the fer-
ries to the quicker transit of the bridge.
Accidents at either end of: the bridge had
completely suspended the service of the
ears, and then the thousands and tens at
thousands turned to the promenade and
.egau a march that was slow and really
as dangerous as transit by boats in the
thickest Weather.
Up around the New York tower the
crowd turned and twisted. The women
were pale; scores of men were laughing,
alf, boistci-uusly, as a boy whistles to
keep up his courage, and there seemed to
be a nervous dread akin to hysteria per-
“ding the entire crowd. Out on the
cent-er of the bridge the throng was omi-
nously silent. Really weird was the situ-
ation. . ' .
The crisis was reached at the Brooklyn
tower. There the crowd had to go down
a flight-of Steps, and there was the great-
est danger of falling. Had one woman
become liysiericaltherc and fainted noth-
ing could have preVented a trampling to
death. That. throng could not he stopped
any more than a river can be stopped
when anyone falls into it. No one did
faint and no one fell.
I asked Superintendent Martin, of the
bridge, whether he had made any special
computation of the strain the bridge had
undergone in those two hours from half
past 5 o’clock until half past 7, and he
said he had not, because there seemed to
be no necessity for it. Each cable of the
bridge is able to withstand a strain of
12,000 tons, and the strain from this crush,
estimating the ~1.0000 persons on the
bridge at one time at an average weight
of 1'35 pounds, would be only 2,500 tong,
He said, however, that the conduct of
the people illustrated wonderful self con-
trol, and he had no doubt that if the
crush had come in the early days of the
structure a panic would have resulted,
and the loss of life would have been
greater than on the opening day of :h
_ bridle. ' .
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' Gardens that swallowed his companion
,door. but to any one who seeks advice on
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THE LANNIBAL BOA.
THE SNAKE THAT SWALLOWED Hla
COMPANION lS DEAD.
no Lived to Digest Illa Friend. and SC!-
vived Several Months. but Died Appar-
ently of Another Ailment. The Victim
'as 9 Feet Long and the Other but 11.
It is announced that the famous boa
constrictor in the London Zoological
is dead. .
The extraordinary tragedy in which
this snake figured is a. matter of record.
The recently deceased snake, it appeared,
was on excellent terms with his room-
mate, a somewhat smaller boa con-
Itrictor. One night some pigeons were
given to them. In the morning the
keepers found only one snake in the cage
and no pigeons. The only possible con-
clusion was that the big snake had swal-
lowed his friend.
A careful examination of the evidence
in the' case made one theory appear prob-
able. This was that one snake had had
a pigeon in his mouth and that the other
had seized it, perhaps playfully. When
a snake has closed his jaws on a large
object he cannot relinquish it, owing to
the fact that his numerous teeth slant
backward and that the jaws are dis-
tended. Iu this case the bigger snake,
it would appear, was absolutely com-
pelled to swallow the smaller.
The big snake did not die of indiges-
tion, but survived " the tragedy many
months. Possibly sorrow preyed upon
him, for he recently died in generally
broken health.
Shortly before the snake‘s death the
superintendent of the gardens wrote this
account of the case:
“Since January, 1894, the two fine
specimens of the common boa lived to-
gether on friendly terms in one of the
large compartments of the reptile house.
The snakes are usually fed at dusk once
a week, and on the evening of Oct. 5
Tyrrel, the keeper of the reptile house,
placed two pigeons in the den of the two
boa. constrictors. The larger one seized
one of the pigeons, and no doubt swal-
lowed it, after which the keeper closed
the house and left. On his return the
next morning he was astonished to find
only one boa in the compartment instead
of two. and from the enormously in-
creased size of the remaining one he
concluded at once that the larger boa
had swallowed its companion. That this
was so was evident to all who visited
the house.
“The enormous enlargement of the
creature‘s body was most remarkable.
It had no longer the power of curling
itself round. as snakes usually do, but
remained extended nearly its full length
in a straight line, and appeared to be at
least three times its normal size in cir-
cumference. It was almost painful to
see the distended skin, which had separ-
ated the scales all over the middle of the
body. After examining the snake my
expectation was that it would ultimately
disgorge its companion. I have, however,
been disappointed. Recalling to mind
a formerand very similar case in which
the decomposing body of the snake
swallowed caused the death of its de-
stroyer, I had much doubt about the di-
gestive powers of this animal. But in
the present instance the snake has not
only digested its companion, but has
regained its appetite as well as its normal
Size.
“011 Friday, Nov. 2, the keeper, find-
ing the creature moving about as if in
search of food, placed a pigeon in its
den, which was seized and swallowed
immediately. I have had this voracious
serpent measured, and find it to be eleven
feet in length. The one which it swal-
lowed was about nine feet in length.”
Florence Nightingale at 13.
On the 15th day of May she celebrated
her seventy-fifth birthday—as great a
woman and as great a public benefactor,
and as much of a heroine as she was
forty years ago, when she went forth
from her comfortable home in England,
not as a more nurse to attend to the
wants of the wOunded and dying British
soldiers in the Crimea, but as a fearless
organizer of a great field hospital sys-
tem, which the British war office author-
ities, staff officers.- and generals had
looked upon as a. more matter of after-
thought in the preliminary arrange-
ments of one of the most difficult cam-
paigns in the history of the civilized
World.
Miss'Nightingale ioathes anything in
the form of publicity. To journalists
she never opens her mouth, nor even her
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3 question affecting the interests of the
sick or those who nurse them a hearty
welcome and a word of encouragement
and counsel are always cheerfully ac-
corded. She has a very comfortable
home on one of the best streets in the
West End of London, but spends most
of the year at Claydon House in Buck-
inghamshire. the home of her sister.
Lady Verney,
She is a tall woman, rather stout, with
gray hair and fine, open face. Although
a great sufierer she does not show a
trace of it. She has not known what it
is to be without pain for many years.
Her features are finely modeled, while
her hands and feet are very small. Her
voice is low and musical. She often
reads aloud, and sometimes she bums a
song or a hymn. She is very devout and
an omnivorous reader. Her room is lit-
tered with newspapers, magazines, writ-
ing paper, pencils and letters. She is
always cheerful.
A Qualified Answer.
Dukane—What is the order of Cincin-
nati, Gaswell?
Gaswell—I was never in the town
more than twice or three times, but then
I gathered the impression that the usu-
al order was beer and bologna—Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
His Miscaicuiation.
Hts—Certainly a New York flat would
be large enough for us tWo. .
She—Not with» the present style‘ 1
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