THE . SCBANTOX TBIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY G, 1896. a. TBE WORLD OF WSMIND Topics of latertst to All Members of the Ccotle Sex. HEALTH AND HOUSEHOLD HIXTS Car rally Selected Realpea. Suggeettona a to the Cara of tka Uoma sad Other Mantra Catering lato tVoan'i Widening Sphtra. "Idota! Idots! Damme, it I were their father I would spank "em and put 'em to bed." It was. aaya the Cleveland World, an Englishman who said it, but many an American father will agree with him in regard to the proper pen alty tor the behavior of a lot of silly girls at the dock when Paderewski nailed the other day. They chattered like a lot of English sparrows; cor nered the object of all this fuss iu the saloon when he ceme out of his Htateroom on the steamer; begged him for an autograph; be tilted to shake hands with him; hoped he wouldn't be seasick: told him his hair looked Just Itivelv: begged htm not to rut it off; and when they were forced to leave the boat threw flower at him. waved their handkerchiefs wet with the tear. ihcy had ahed and then branded to each other of the number of autograph they had secured, or the number or ex tra handshakes they had gt out of him: how they were not going to wash their hands until they were absolutely obliged to. In order to keep the "touch," wished thev had taken passage with him, and encaged in other like follies as the Httletlngdonwneei.sKi sauru away. ii i! :i It is difficult to believe, the World continues, that any American gin couia Indulge In this sort of hysteria and not be ashamed of It afterwards. Hut they somehow contrive to. Other na tionalities are supposed to be more dem onstrative and go into ecstaeles over '.rifles. Hut they would have nam worn oeatlng the record in the Paderewski craze. Probably when they are older, thev will look bnck upon It a grown men do upon their foolish boy tricks and monkey and donkey work, and wsk themselves how thev could have been such fools? For In explanation It ought to be said that these wild and silly creatures are, for the most part, of the schoolgirl type, who In other countries would be shut uo In boarding school or convent; not allowed at concerts un attended, or be found on the dock In a great metropolis seeing ore a nig' wle-aed nlano pounder. As the Eng lishman said. If they had been his daughters they would have been "spanked a.nd put to bed" for escap ing from the restraint of parents or guxrdiuns and benavinir wun sucn ltn propriety. I! I! It The notorious freedom of the Amerl :an grll gives her opportunities of this lnd of display her hoydenlsh and more ir less youthful spirits in a silly In stead of In a tomboy manner. It Is due lu a great measure to the Indulgence of those high spirits which In the coun try, where there would be plenty of room for It. would find vent In romping and mischief. For this reason it Is not a serious as It seems. Of course all who have Inriulced In the foolery over the nlnno nlaver were not schoolgirl? in age or condition; but they were of the schoolp-irl type that lias not learnea self-control. Pernor some of them never will, but will stay sehoolirlrls all their lives. That these silly rreatures are not the victims or tlielr niimirnnon for the musician and the firtli t Is proved by what he raid recently in regard to the heat and his long hair. When he talked of cutting It off his managers protested that it would be in the nature of a breach of faith with those womer who came to see him more than they did to hear him, and who, like unto those, as he took his departure, Deggeu him not to shear those renowned locks, in ither words, his managers were afraid hst If shorn of his locks he would be like Samson wean as oiner man and unable to fill big halls full ,-.t women. It Is a passing phenomenon, however, and will toon stive place to something else to furnish the pretty silly things a topic for their matinee hysterics. For It Is to be noticed that nothing of the kind occur when men are around at tne evening concert. ii i! i! - "A Woman" writes as follows to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: A level-headed Scotch worklngman in unonkintr of the woman's paper, said: I think the place tor women is In the house, and If more of them would stay there there would be a better chance for men to get work. The shops are full of girls and when they get mar ried what docs a man get? A doctor's bill." Is this the opinion of only one man. or does It represent the sentiment of many? Is here not a growing con viction that the industrial movement among women has been carried too far and that some of the evils which af rilct society now are the result of It? .Should women be encouraged to be come wage-earners when there is no necessity for It? In a normal condition of society the woman's place Is In the home and every effort should be made to keep her there; to try to force her out of It is a blow aimed at the home, the foundation of society. II II II Man's normal condition Is that of wage-earner; the best interests of so ciety are conserved by aiding him In every way possible to maintain that position. Experience has proved that the employment of women and children has not been a real help to men. Rich ard T. Ely in his Political Economy says: "As a rule It seems to fall to benefit the laboring populations on the whole and for any length of time for the wife and children to earn money, even apart from all other considera tions than money-getting." E. W, Be nd has called attention to the fact that in the textile Industries of Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut, where tha women and children work, the earnings of the entire family are no larger than In other Industries like those In metal, in western Connecticut, where only the man works. A reduction in wages mean a lower standard of livng. This 1 the meaning of the terrible struggle now going on among the laboring classes. - They are simply trying to maintain their present standard o liv ing. This they know they cannot do if they have to compete with cheap la bor, and thus be compelled to submit to a reduction of wages. Many elements enter Into the question of wages, but the chief one Is the law of supply and demand. Other things being equal, thoae who work cheapest will receive employment. Women work cheaper than men, hence they have the prefer ence in all kinds of work which they can do as well as men. Girls can get work much easier than boys. Employ er prefer them because they expect to retain them longer. Boys, when they arrive at manhood, are not willing to work for the same wages a young women. They want to earn enough to support two. It 1 no use for a uoy to learn any kind of work tha women art employed at, for they work so much cheaper than he can afford to when he becomes a man. Now, when women are forcing themselves into almost ev ery kind of work what are young men to do? II II II The employment of women ha so In creased the supply of men in those oc cupation where only men are em ployed that the wages have necessarily been lowered. Should women try to force themselves into occupations which are now open to men? If there is not work enough for both men and women, and there ovldently 1 not at present, I if not better that men should be allowed to have It? Then they could support the women and not have to be , i upported by them as o many are at present'. Would It not be better for all women if It were rule thut any position which paid a salary .large enough to support a familv. and could be tilled by a man as well as by a woman, that the man should have the pretereuceT.. il II !l The question -What to eat and drink duiing the warm months to insure the best health?" is an Important one. ine Chicago Times-Herald late.y secured from eminent physicians certain sug gestions along this line that may have value. At any rate, we shall repro duce a few of them. While all the au thorities consulted pointed out tne oir ftculty of laying down rules sufficiently siiecMe to lit fpeclal cabes. Dr. J. O. Kiernan renarked that "In a general way meat, which is too extenlv.ly used anyhow, should be cut down In hot weather. Pork, especially, must be avoided, for It is a great heat producer. Too much meat In the diet throws too much work on the liver and kidneys and other orguns, and that means fae collection of a whole lot of wasts ma terial In the system, and the production of nervous troubles and disease. The Individual should eat as -much ripe fruit as possible; avoiding unrip fruit, which produces summer diarrhoea and condition of that kind. Every one should keep his skin In good con dition and his head cool. Spirituous alcoholics must lie largely av Ided. There are large number of people r whom beer Is injurious on account of stomach troubles, and they Should let It alone. The same Is true of most of the wines. Sweet milk and buttermilk are most excellent drinks In the sum mer season; but milk sweetened with baking soda, which Is often the case, Is of course Injurious. Much of the Ice cream that Is sold Is sold la poisonous from two different sources a chem ically prepared vanilla instead of the real article, and the use of milk that Is In process of decomposition. Hut lev ream property trade is nn excellent V.'.nB In most conditions. The so call d temperance drinks are harmless, I be lieve, with the exception of certain gnes that have a tendency to cause ferment ation In th stomach. Coffee upsets the stomach, and the same Is true of Iced tea. though popular opinion is to the contrary. In a general way the best advice Is for each to take his own ob servations In matter of diet, and fol low up the use of those article of rood that produce the best results. A cold sponging night and morning Is a very good thing." i . Dr. William Watigh contends that cold drinks stop the digestive process; a glass' of cold water suspend diges tion for one hour. "Hence," ho says "cold drinks should not te used within one hour of eating. -Annthar, is that peivplratlon carries off mlC th;in waier from the blood, and by presplrlr.g free ly and drinking, water. Jhe blood Is drained of its salts. By this means many persons may become so exhaust ed that they will tall in a faint, and this Is erroneously called sunstroke quite frequently. To avoid this In tne case of persons who sweat freely. It is wise to use remedies whlrh check per spiration, the best of which Is probably cold sage tea. With a little ncid phos phate this relieves thirst and checks the perspiration which produces It. A fa vorite drink among the Irish is oat meal water, and this Is issued to men n-tin wni'lc lii the ill erooms in the United States navy. It Is looked upon a- a valuable means of sustaining strength in persons exposed to sucn great nem. i mnv be raw or cooked, ac cording to the tpsf. I have Introduced thin drink in numbers of factories in Philadelphia, where it has proved to be of great value. Ii i! Ii gays Dr. Homer Thomas: "One rule it Is abf olute safe to fellow never to ent unless you are nungry; nvi v.,,,.,.. nt a mnriclons. overfed arpe- tite. but n positive longing and new! of food. It Is hardly po si' le f r a meal to be undigested if one has a aecia;a aim definite longing for the articles of food i.mtnken of: hence, in a general wuy, eat about what you crave, but make a distinction between the tastes which are natural and those which have been artlfleinllv cultivated tnroUgll UlFSipa tlon." Finally, Dr. Cleerger writes: a a n tirnnd rule, people should eat. In any kind of weather, what they find agree with them tu mey can unuru iw a tn drlr.klre. the same rule might ap ply, though opinions as to certain ,irh,b ncreeintr with the health of the drinker. Certainly, spirits and beer can do no one any good In hot weather, whether It Is Imagined that they do or not. Plenty of cold water can rarely do harm, In Bplte of unfounded fears to the contrary.' a il I! SELECTED REC1FES: rmiiul Onions. Peel one uuarl of me dium-seized white onioim, place them In a saucepan, cover with boiling water, add olio teuioonful of suisar, boil till nearly done; add one teaspoonful o salt, boil a few minutes longer, then drain them lu a colander. I" the meantime melt one uui.ee of butter, udii one-halt tabuspoon- ful or nour, stir tinu cook iu ui.uui. aid one-half pint of hot mills, cook two minutes; season with one-quarter tea spoonful of white .pepper ana a sprlnkie of salt, put tho onions in a hot dun. and pour the sauce over it. Good Housekeep- ing Unft-Hholl Clams. Procure fresh ly opened soft-shell clams, remove ihem with a fork out of their liquor on to a sort iwi ami after ilrvlnar lay the clams on a dish, dust over with Hour; then take each one separately on a mn, uiy m In beaten egg, then roll In cracker dust; inv ih.m thna iiroDsred on a clean board for thirty minutes to dry. Place a fry ing pan witn one ounce ui iui? mm ,.r, m,nv nt butter over the lire: as soon as melted put In as many clums as will conveniently go In; fry light brown, first on one side, then on the other; fry tne remainder the same way, using more lard and butter if necessary. Arrange them nicely on a hot dish, and serve with bis cuits and butter or buttered toast. In placo of lanl or butter, beef fat or larding pork muy be used. Good Housekeeping. Kuisin Sauce. Put one cupful of raisins In a saucepan; cover with one-half cupful ,.f wnicr. one-half cunful of White Wine, and boil twenty minutes. At the same time place a saucepan wun one lauteapuuu ful of butter over the lire: add one fine. cut onion, a little fine-cut ham and car rot, cook five minutes, then add one heap ing tablespoonful of flour; stir for a few minutes; add one pint of boiling water, one tablespoonful of liquid beef extract, throe cloves, one bay leaf, six crushed pep- purs, one blade of mace, one even teaspoon ful of salt, one-quarter teuspoonful of pepper; cook ten minutes; then strain It Into a clean saucepan; add the raisins, re turn the saucepan to the tire; add one ta blespoonful of lemon juice and one. table spoonful of suisar; cook for a lew min utes; tnen serve wun ooueu ocer tongue or boiled ham. Good Housekeeping. Shoulder of Lamb, Stuffed. Remove tho bones from a shoulder of lamb except the leg bone, which must be left on. Spread the shoulder open, season with salt and pemicr. nil with veal or sausage force. meat, sew it up, rub one even teaspoonful of seasoning salt over the meat. Put one pound of salt pork In a saejeepan, add two onions, one carrot, a bouuuet and twelve whole peppers; lay the shoulder on top of this, aild ulltcient Dolling water or ororn to nearly cover the meat: put over it but tered paper, -then the lid, set over a mod erate lire, and boil slowly one and one half hours; then take out the meat, lay It In a roasting pan; strain the broth, re move all the (at; pour the broth over the meat, set In a hot oven, roast twenty minutes, basting frequently; dress ths meat on a hot uisn, remove the threads cut the Dork Into thin slices, and gar. nisli the shoulder alternately with the sliced pork and boiled cabbage rolls. Melt one ounce of butter In a saucepan, add one tablespoonful of flour, stir a few min utes; add the broth from the meat; If too thick reduce it by boiling to ono pint of sauce. Pour a little sauce over the meat and cabbage, and serve the remainder In a sauce bowl. Good. Housekeeping. Freeh Mackerel a l'Allemande. Select three large fresh mackerel, make a small opening near the heads, draw out the en trails, then wash and dry with a clean. soft towel; rcpt -with a sharp knife three small incisions en both Bides of -each nh, Mix one aven .tablespoonful of salt with one-half even teaspoonful of pepper, and sprinkle In equal portions over each fish. Butter a shallow taking pan', ltiy the mackerel In, sprinkle over fine chop'pel onion, and pour over each fish n little moiled butter; put one-half cupful of Rhine wine In the bottom of pan, add one quarter uupfel- of mushroom liquor, cover .the. fish with buttered paper, place tho pan In a medium-hot ov'eu. and bake till done, about twenty la twenty-five minute. -In tne meantime prepure the following sauce: put into a small saucepan one tablespoon ful of line-chopped sha.lot or white onion, one-half clove of bruised garlic, two ti- bicsuoouruis ot nne-choppd musnrooms. one-half even teaspoonful of pepper, one evn teaspoonful of salt, cook and atlr six minute without browning: then add even teaspoonful ot suit, cook and stir minutes: then add one pint ol broth, cook slowly five minutes; then draw the sauce pan to side or stove, adding one-nair ta blespoonful of fine-chopped parsley. Mix the yolks of two eggs with the Juice ot bait a lemon, add slowly to the sauce, and as soon as the nh is done remove careful ly to a warm dish, adding the gravy from the mackerel to the sauce, mix well, add small piece of butter, stir until melted: then pour over tho fish. Serve with pota toes a 1'AUemamle. Good Housekeeping. v hole vt heat Hread. A tested recipe for whoie wheat bread, which we are Kin I la note la becoming a part of the diet of every weli-nourished family, consists of one pint of boiling water poured into a pint of miltc. Cool the liquid and when luke-warm add one cako of compressed yeast dissolved in half a cupful of warm water. Add a teaspoonful or salt tnd enough whole wheat lo make a batter that will drop eanly rrom spoon, neat thor oughly live minutes, cover, and stand In a place that Is moderately warm for three nours. bnougn wnole wneat to maito a dough should then be added gradually. hen stlrr, knead on your board until ine mass Is soft and elastic, but not sticky. Make the douah Into loaves, nut In grcastd bread-pans, and after covering, stand aside one hour. The time tor bak ing will depend on the size or the loaves. If Inng. French loaves, bake thirty min utes in a quick oven. If lurge square loaves, bake one hour at a moderate heat. When crusty bread Is liked the douh may be made tn sticks and baked In pans made for that special purpose. Another tested .recipe that requires less handling and that is used by Miss Johnson, Is made in the following wuy: Hrald one cupful or milk, add a teaspoonful or butter, tht same quantity or suit, a teaspoonful or sugar, and one cupful ot water. When lukewarm add one-half a yeast cake un I enouuh whole wheat flour to make a thin batter. This should be done In the morn ing, as the -bread rises- quickly. After making a smooth butter let It rise until very, light.. Add Whole Wheat gradually and beating continuously until as mucn has been added as you can stir conveni ently. If the Hour Is not added gradually, and' well mixed, tho bread will be coarse grained. Turn, into greased tins, ana when light, bake: one hour In a moderate oven. ...... '.i-.. (Mi HOUSEHOLD HELPS: Beef and mutton possess the greatest nu tritive value of ail meats. A vegetable brush Is almost a necessity In a well-regulated kitchen. Lettuce and rplnach always-need It, iind so do nearly all green vegetables. if a piece of camphor gum is placed In the drawer whtre are kept dress wal'Jts that are trimmed with steel it Will prevent the steel from tarnishing. If In doubt about ens', drop them in a quart tin of water. If tin y float they are over "ripe" and not fit tor use, A good unit has a clean, cloar-looklng shell. A small piece ot canme may oe maue to burn all nlsht by outline Unelv powdered salt on It until It reaches the black part or the wick. A small, even light may be kept in this way. It is said that If Darslev Is eaten with onions or a salad containing onions, the odor of the onions win not arrect mo breath. The oprlgs or parsley should be eaten as you would celery. In choosing poultry young birds can be told by their having smooth legs and combs. Always select plump ones. A laiKe chicken or turkey is much more eco nomincal to buy than a medium-sized one. To stain wood to look like ebony, take a solution of sulphate of Iron and wash the wood over twice. When the Wood becomes dry apply two or three coats tf a strong decoction or logwood. Wipe the wood ury ana pousn wun a nannei wet in Unseed oil. If .there be dust, sand, or an eyelash In the eye It shuuld bo removed tenderly by means of a camel's hair brush or the rollid point ot a tine cambric handker chief. Hold down the lower lid with the foretinjrer of the left hand and turn up the-upper lid with the first linger. Here Is an excellent method of removing grease spots from a waxed floor. Pour spirits of turpentine on the spot and give it time to soak, in the wood. Then cover with powdered talc and press with a warm but not very hot Iron, The talc will absoib the grease. Brush oft and polish the place anew with wax. Light-colored evening gloves may be dry-cleaned easily at home In a very short tune. The govts must oe put on ine hands or on wooden dummy hands, (hen rubbed all over with fine Fuller's earth and next with a dry flannel, and finally shaken to get rid of the powder. Mix a little French chalk with sifted bran and rub the gloves with this after the former process. ink may be taken out of paper tn the fol lowing way If the stain is not too old: Take a teaspoonful of chlorinated lime and pour over it Just enough water to cover It. Take a piece of old linen and moisten It with this mixture, and do not rub, but pat the stain, and It will slowly disap pear. If one application does not remove the stain- let the paper dry and then ap ply avaln. A simple rice pudding, It frosen, I a de licious dessert. To make such a dessert boll a half cupful of rice until tender. Measure one and one-half cupf uls of sweet cream, whip It to a froth, and a quarter of u cupful of powdered sugar, and flavor. If wines ere used, sherry or maraschino will be pleaaauter thun vanilla. Mix the lice and cream, and put in a pretty moid. Pack In the freezer three, or four hours before serving. Kerosene oil is in a house for many pur poses besides burning in lamps. It Is Hiiid It will take Iron rust and fruit stains from almost any kind of goods without Injuring the fabric. Wash the stained part in kerosene as you would In water. The spots must be washed In the kero sen before they have been put Into soap and water, or it will do no good. In wash ing windows or mirrors, if two or three spoonfuls of kerosene be put Into the water the work will be done more quickly and with better results. II Ii ' II HEALTH HINTS: Wormwood boiled in vinegar and applied as hot as can be borne on a sprain or bruise is an Invaluable remedy. The affected member should afterward be rolled in flannel to retain the heat. Sometimes the Juice or a lemon taken In a glass ot slightly sweetened water on rising will quell a morning headache. It has always been considered a healthy drink to tako at that time. An excellent remedy for a cough Is made by slicing two lemons thin and adding to them 10 cents' worth of whole flaxseed, 10 cents' worth of licorice root, one gill ot water and a little sugar. Boll until quite thick and strain. . Treatment of Black Eyes. There Is noth ing equal to tho tincture or strong Infusion of capsicum uunuum mixed with an equal bulk of mucilage or gum arable, and with the addition of a few drops of glycerine. This should be painted ail over the bruised surface with a camel's-halr pencil and al lowed to dry on, a second or third coating being applied as soon us the first Is dry. If dosie as soon as the Injury is Inflicted this treatment will invariably prevgent blackening ot tho bruised tissue. Tne same remedy has no equal in rhumatlc stiff neck. Medical Kecord. . For the stomach's sake, don't boil tea. Only a barbarian will do that. Have the teapot perfectly clean, then scald with hot test water. Put In your tea, an even tea spoonful for each person, if It Is good tea, and if it Isn't, dont use It al all; pour over It boiling water, exactly the quantity that will be needed, set in on a hot tea stand or hot plate and throw over it a hot towel or tea cozy,-and let It stand for three minules, then It Is ready to serve. It will come from the teapot ut most colorless and will taste like the nec tar of the gods, If you haven't forgotten to warm the teacups. Freckles will reappear, no matter what one may use to remove them. Mild acids, such as wuter and lemon Juice, butter milk, sour milk, vinegar, muy ba used "with safety" to wash the freckled parts mop on and permit to dry without wiping. Do this at bedtime. Wear a thick veil when exposed to the sun or wind. Black heads and plmpies frequently result lroi.1 errors of diet, Indigestion or constipation, particularly the last-named. Netiic-tinu to bathe Is another cuiise of skin blem ishei. Every one should scrub with wa ter and soap (preferably hot water If the complexion be bail) from head to foot every day. Exercise out of doors is alio needful to Insure a good complexion. . Chronle Kheiirantlsra Cured. Dr. B. H. Hettinger, Indianapolis, lnd., ays: "For several month after sprain ing my ankle I -wax severely afflicted with Rheumatism. I finally tried Det chon' 'Mystlo"Cure' for Rheumatism, and in 4 days could walk without my cane; two bottles cured me sound and Well. I take great pleasure in recom mending the 'Mystic Cum' to all. who are nlHlcted with Rheumatism." Sold by Carl Loron. Druggist,, Lacka wanna avenue, Scran ton., ,. , i , THE CONVENTION OF 1880 Aa Elogucat Kevicv of a Traly Memorable Occasioi. THE CELEBRATED OLD GUARD It Stood by Great fro Start to Flalsh ad West Down With Color Fly lag Reoolleetiona of the Straggle. Prom the Chicago Times-Herald. When that grand procession swept down Michigan avenue on the 12th day of November, 1879, and finally turned Into the broad thoroughfare of State street, there was but one name on the lip of the multitude. If the people of Chicago had been called upon at that moment to select a chief magistrate for the nation. Grant would have been chosen by mighty acclamation. He had Just returned from hi trip around the world. Kings, emperors, potentates ot every dtscrlptlon had showered honors upon him: but he had borne It all so modestly, had kept auch a "level head" through it all, that, he had endeared himself anew to the people and stood before his countrymen more popular than ever before. And through what strange paths had he been led to this eminence! In view of that record no man short of middle age ought to despair of great success tn life. . . I'p to 40. Grant's life had been utter ly commonplace. An army officer, he had resigned. A real estate agent and auctioneer, he had been unsuccessful. A farmer, he had failed to satisfy even his modest ambition. He was not a striking or heroic figure aa he walked that morning in April, 1861. up the streets of Gulena bound for Springfield, but In a far larger sense than he real ized he wu going to the rescue of the republic. Unconscious of exceptional powers, he inarched a If directed bv fate the path that led to the command to that pinnacle of fame, where for fif teen years he stood the foremost citizen I of the earth. THE STRANGEST FIGURE. I call him the strangest figure In our history! We marvel at Lincoln, and well we may; but Lincoln developed gradually, and early exhibited sign of genius. He was a lawyer of local cele brity, a legislator, a member of con gress, long before he came Into national prominence, but Grant, at middle age, waa, a I have said, distinguished In nothing, successful In nothing; a brave soldier in the Mexican war, but living In that little community unknowing and unknown. And yet, even Joan of Arc, with the mysterious voices of heaven calling her, never went more conlident ly to tho work of her high mission than this unknown soldier of Galena. And here he came at laat from a tri umphant Journey abroad, to meet with a reception which, like mighty perfume, pervaded the nation. Grant reached the zenith of his life' fame at that moment, for Just beyond the glare and glitter of that marvelous triumph, lay the bitterness of his Ant defeat. It need a Napoleon to successfully conduct a presidential boom. The field Is against the favorite. A boom im plies intimate friends, confidants, trusted engineers of the boom. All the politicians are envious and suspicious of a favorite and set about having a favorite of their own. A multitude of things entered Into the defeat of Grant. The third term figured largely, of course, but It was not near so potent a working factor against him as the suspected monopoly of his cause and of his friendship by certain prominent politicians, known as "bosses" of the party. In Chicago, which seemed the storm center from the opening to the close of the cam paign, social Jealousy and personal envies had no email part in determining the result. They began with the selec tion of the committee of 100 to receive Grant, and the informal reception the same day In the parlor of the Palmer house. They grew more bitter when the Invitations were sent out for the Calumet club reception, and when cores who thought themselves entitled to an invitation were left off the list. Indeed, hundred of little thing con tributed to swell the army of the oppo sition. It may be remembered by some who participated in the demonstration In honor of Grant that the latter, after standing for upward of an hour on the balcony of the Palmer house, review ing the- procession, was taken inside while bands and drum corps and socle ties continued to march past. AN AFFRONT TO VETERANS. Away down that line marched 500 veterans of the war, They had served with Grant In his first successes. As yet they had not caught sight of his fuce, but they were marching In his honor and counted on giving him a soldiers' cheer as they passed the reviewing stand. On they came, proud, erect, filled with the old spirit which ani mated them fifteen year before, when they had entered Vlcksburg under the eye of the quiet man who would look upon them today with a soldier's pride and a comrade's sympathy. They reached the balcony, but their general was not there. They peered at the group which stood where he should have stood, but the man for whom they had marched five miles on that bleak day had apparently abandoned them. The column passed the Palmer house and broke into groups. The 500 veter ans looked upon the affair as a personal affront. It was a small seed, but it flut tered down by the wayside and became a germ of discontent. Grant heard of the mistake when It was too late to rectify It. Some one had blundered, that's all. It was, of course, believed by most people that the leaders who were advo cating Grant for president had an un derstanding with him, but, as a matter of fact, no one had Inside information regarding his intentions and up to a few months before the convention even the foremost champions of his cause lived in dally fear that he would refuse the use of his name aa a candidate and throw them Into a grave embarrass ment. It wa Just when they began to feel confident that he would consent that he sent word around one night, laying he would be glad If I would call, as he had something to communicate. He was then staying at Colonel Fred Grant's house. Of course, as a news paper man Intent upon a "scoop," I was very prompt in responding. I was quite sure he was going to talk about hi candidacy, but I was doomed to disap pointment. He wanted to add some thing further about Mexico, of which he had been speaking and from which country he had lately returned; and no effort could Induce him to discuss the question of the presidency. An Incident occurred, however, which illustrated the stability of his friend ship. Just as I was preparing to go a number ot gentlemen called as a sort of committee to warn General Grant aprn'.nrt E. B. Washburne, widely known as statesman and diplomat, who, they Insisted, was playlntr him false. The spokesman was a plain, blunt man, and he tnlked In a plain, blunt manner. "Washburne pretends to be your friend, general," said he, "but he's do ing everything In his power against you. If you go on trusting him, you'll regret It." I doubt If Grant would have replied to any one else, but he did to this bold and. no doubt, sincere man, and he used substantially the .words that Btil wer puts Into the mouth of Richelieu, when the lntter speak of one he loved: VHe was my friend." says Richelieu, "ere. I had flatterers and when friends were brothers." "Ho was my friend," said Grant, "when I needed friend. It I enr't trust him, I can't trust any body." . It wa '.he manner a much a the words that told the futility ot further e.".ort to move General Grant, and the spokesman sat dowu, silent and dtsap- ! luiiiiftid AlmvtMt - llie Hum moment ' one of the ladies vf the household en tered the room and said: "General, here Is Mr. Washburne and his daugh ters." and the old soldier turned to greet his friend with a heartiness which showed how unshakeu was hU faith in him. I shall not dwell cn the incidents ot the contest, which rugod from January to June In the ranks of the Republican party. The excitement grew in Inten sity, and as the day approached for holding the primaries In Chicago the Interest and anxiety became almost paltituL Locally, at leat. the lasue was well defined. It was Blaine and Washburne against Grant, and the tickets were thus designated. . AN UNFORTUNATE BLUNDER. During the day on which the pri maries were held an absurd but rather unfortunate mistake occurred in the First ward. About S o'clock the pro prietor of one of the hotels, an ardent friend of Grant, heard that tho votes of his employes were being refused, and I he hurried to the polls to protest. A ! long wrangle occurred. He stood at ! the window protesting and the voting was stopped. He wouldn't budgo and the judges sent for an officer. An offi cer came, und finally a truce was patched up. It was agreed that cer tain of the employes who made oath to their residence In a prescribed way might vote. The swearing In of these votes took a great deal of time and j finally the hour of closing arrived. On , the minute the window came down with a bang, leaving nearly 230 voters I fumbling their tickets and looking into each others' faces. The hotel man came Into the Grant headqunrters a few mo ments afterward and. throwing his hat on the table, declared he had got even u-lth tlinan n-hn liu.l l ..I...I n ..t,.n kla men out of their vote. It hurl rumilt- i ed. he said. In keeping out 200 or 300 Blaine und Washburne "fellers" who were standing In line when the pulls closed. Hearing this I Immediately became fearful that the boot was on the other leg. I happened to know tiat two en eigetlc young business men of Chi cago (since very prominent financially and politically) had arranged for a couple of hundred of men in their em ploy to accompany them to the polls about 3 o'clock. They were enthusias tic Grant men, and I said to myself, If they have failed to get In their vote the First ward Is lost. I ran downstairs. and almost the first man I met was the senior member of the firm, wet, be draggled, disgusted. Sure enough. It was as I had feared. Every one of his men, numbering nearly 200, had failed to get In his vote, and what added to the disgust was the fact that the ward elected anti-Grant delegate by a ma jority ot Just fifty-seven. THE CONVENTION. It was June S when the national con vention assembled, a vast crowd be sieging the exposition building. A rep resentatives of the royal house of Eng land came Into the hall, looked down on the myriad of faces that ranged them selves In never-ending circles before him, and went away; with what emo tion we know not, but with the spec tacle a lasting one In his memory. Im possible It should be otherwise. Here was the republic Incarnate, the majesty of a mighty nation sifted and sorted for a great work. It had Its forbidding aspects, but Its majestic features over shadowed them. Finally the moment came when candidates were to be pre sented, and the vast audience became hushed and orderly. It there Is any oratory in a man such an occasion will bring It out, and an audience realizes that when It listens to a nominating speech in a national convention It Is llstelng to the supreme effort of a speaker's life. Few speeches of this character, however, have lived beyond the occasion that Inspired them, that of Ingeraoll nominating Blaine at Cincin nati being the notable exception, fol lowed by Garfield's nominating Sher man and Conkltn's nominating Grant at Chicago. Reading over Garfield's speech after all these years, I am not surprised that it maue us autnor the nominee, Instead of the man it ostensibly advocated. The bitterness, the strife, the apparently I Irreconciliable differences between the friends of Grant, Blaine and Wash- ! burne were agitating every mind. What would be the outcome of such enmity? I Garlleld came forward like an arbitra- ' tor. His words were like the soft music ! of whispering pines after the frightful i storm has passed and a gentle zephyr stirs the boughs. A father's words to unruly children, tired or endless quar reling and bickering, could not have been more persuasive or effective. The convention voted as It had intended to vote, but Garfield and his words were In the minds of the delegates Just the aame. Remembering the scenes the bitterness, the tumult, the danger of a revolt or a split at the outcome of the Intense feeling listen to his words: GARFIELD'S SPEECH. I don't want to say a thing which shall Intensify the feeling, but 1 have rem on this platform tonlcht what looked to me like the disembodied spirits of the liberal parly of ls72. I am In favor or no such resurrection. When the bolter dies I w-int him to die the death that knows no wak ing. But now It seems as If all the tombs Of all tile Hfl!-phflilA nf tl,- aau I....I rifled, and their forms relleshed and set up t iciv iu Bira u law 10 ine itepuollcaiis of Illinois. I beg you to deal justly with us. Nominate John Sherman, If you will; do It fairly, and when the hysterical gen tlemen who are afraid he Is not popular enough to carry Illinois are Inquiring their way to the polls the old guard will be planting the flag of victory on the citadel of the enemy. Nominate James G. Blulee. If you will, ami when the gentlemen who are cheering so loudly In the galleries to- naiii mn ico.-mik unuer tne sort sum- I m,er sky. tired of politics and disgusted with Its fatigues, you will find the follow- ' " ' miem oiu soiaier nwnke by their camp flres and carrying the banner of the sluggard onward to victory. NOMINATION OF BLAINE. Mr. Blaine was put In nomination by Mr. Joy, of Michigan, an excellent man, but not an orator and not well pre pared for his task. After speaking a while he threw the convention into con vulsions by nominating "James II. Blaine." This absurd mistake in the name of the great Maine statesman dis gusted his friends and they wore great ly relieved when Senator Frye seconded the nomination in a speech of remark able eloquence. CONKLING FOR GRANT. Then Conkllng more hated, more feared and more admired than any man In the convention probably the great est man In the convention, came for ward to nominate General Grant. As a rhetorical effort Mr. Conkllng's speech wis a. marvel. As an arraign ment of Grant's enemies It was terrible, but as an adroit plea for friends It waa not a success. He said he rose to propose a name with which the party could grandly win a htme the most Illustrious borne by living man. "Standing on the highest eminence of human distinction," he continued, "modest, firm, Belf-polsed, having filled nil lands with his renown, he has seen not only the high born and the titled, but the poor and the lowly In the uttermost parts of the earth, rise and uncover before him. Vil ified and reviled, ruthlcsi.ly aspersed not In other Intids, but his own, assaultu upon him hnve seasoned and strength ened his hold on the public heart. Cal ummy's ammunition had all been ex ploded, the powder hns all been burned once, and the name of Grant shall glit ter a bright and lm;erlshabli Btar In the diadem of the republic when those who have tried to tarnlnh It are mold erlr.g in forgotten graves and when their names and epitaph have van ished utterly." , "aentlemen," said h" In closing, "we have only to listen above the din and look beyond the dust ot nn hour to be hold the party advancing, Its ensign resplendent, marching to certain vic tory with It greatest marshal at Its head." At the clo3e of Mr. Conlillng's speech there wa a scene of Indescribable en thusiasm lasting for many minute, but at last there was a lull, uud Mr. Bradley, uf Kentucky (now governor), rose to second the nomination of Grant. His speech was remarkably eloquent and had a visible effect on the floor and In the galleries. In closing he said: "Kentucky. Mr. President, holding In her bosom the ashes ot the great com moner Henry flay) and in her heart the memory of her best and greatest native son. Abraham Lincoln, instructs me in the name of these and of her hundred thousand brave soldiers who marched under his command to second the nomination of U. 8. Grant." EMERY 8TOnRS. There was one other speech that at tracted wide attention, made in general debate In the convention, by that strange anomaly among men, .Emery Storrs. of Chicago. He didn't want the anti-Grant delegates from Illinois ad mitted. They had spoken for them selves, and he told how they were chos en and who some of them were. It appeared that a number had bolted Republican nominations and some had been prominent In organising the liber al party In 1S72. He further said: Vr. President: I have witnessed the ex traordinary scenes of this convention with deep solicitude. As I sat In my seat this assemblage seemed to me a human oo-an In a tempest. 1 h . ve iwn the sea iajlied Into foam and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the dullest man, but I remember that It is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea. from which all heights and depths are measured. Uentle men of the convention, when your enthu siasm has passed, when the emotions ot this hour have subsided we shall llnd be low the storm and passion that calm level of public opinion from which the thoughts of a mlchty people are to be measured, and b which their rinal action shall be de termined. Not In this brilliant circle, where 1.1,000 men and women are gathered, is the destiny of the republic to be decreed for the next four years. Not here where I see th faces of 7jA delegates waiting to cast their lots Into the urn and determine the choice of the republic; but by t.OiHutiO liivsldi-H, where the thoughtful voters, with wives and children about them, with the calm thoughts Inspired by love of home and country burning In their hearts there Uod prepares the verdict which will de termine tho wisdom of our work tonight. Not in Chicago, In the heat of June, but at the ballot boxes of the republio In the quiet ot November, after the silence of de liberate Judgment, will this question be settled. There was more general applause when Store closed, that Is, applause In which all sides took part, than at any other time. THE BALLOTING. On Monday the balloting began, and continued for two days and thirty-six ballots. A remarkable thing, probably forgotten by most ot the delegates and spectators, was a speech by General Sheridan. A delegates from Wyoming had cast a vote for him, and Sheridan, always so loath to stand before the smallest audience, surprised the chair man by asking permission to say a word, a request which was granted, though in defiance of all rules. The general simply said that It was of no use to vote for him, tor al) he could do with such a nomination, even If he had It, was to turn it over to hi best friend, Grant. Some idea of the remarkable feeling aroused may be gained from the fact that this brilliant soldier, so retiring and diffident, was sufficiently wrought up to go out of his way and commit almost a breach of propriety to aid the cause of his old commander. By what strange accidents do we rise or fall, escape or encounter disaster! Was It Carnot, who, gilding out from a dinner party, put his hand by mistake Into the pocket of Robespierre's great coat and pulled out a list of persons to be beheaded, with hi own name at the top? On the fifth ballot after Sheridan's speech Grant's vote ran up to 311 There was Imminent danger of a stampede to him; but the field united against hiin, and on the next ballot crime the break for Garfield. He raw it and turned al ternately pale and red, then rose in his seat, with deprecatory gestures, but sank back, while hi breast heaved with excitement. "Before every public man," he had said once upon a time, "yawns a preel pice. Sooner or later he shall stumble and fall over It." Grant had reached the brink. The chasm which wa to swallow up tho man from Mentor was just around the summit, concealed from view, but he went on to Its mortal peril none the less surely and swiftly. If that convention could have looked forward with prophetic eye for twelvemonth to that scene In the Balti more and Potomac depot In Washing ton, bow tt would have shuddered and hesitated. Nay, If Garfield himself could have seen, as In a vision, that spectacle In the rotunda of the capltol fourteen months later, how he would have drawn back, and how hollow would have sounded the cheers that greeted his great triumph. "Often when we yield to hope and calculate on success," says Mme. de Stael, "the gable thread Is blending witn its tissue and the weird Bisters dash down the fabric we have reared." THE END. The end came quickly! The flood swept all before It all save the faithful SOS who had linked themselves with bands of iron to the man of Appomatox and who went down with their ranks unbroken. Immediately after the nomination Conkllng moved to make It unanimous, and was followed by the chairmen of many state delegations. Finally a short, rather stout man from the left of the hall arose. He was not very widely known at that time, but on the third ballot some delegate had given him a vote for president. He was Benjamin Harrison, or Indiana. He said that Inasmuch as he had re. celved this one vote, the Kentucky delegation behind him Insisted that he was a defeated .candidate and ought tn give In Ms adhesion to the nominee. "So I want to say to the Ohio delega tion," he continued, "that they may carry to their distinguished citizen the assurance of my ungrudging support. I bear him no malice and later, on the stump in Indiana and whatever else my voice can help, I hope to be found. And so ended the convention. What most Impresses me at this distance from that great gathering Is, first, the gross injustice done Grant, one of the most tenacious and unflinching sup porters of a republican form or govern ment ever known. In charging that he was an ambitious Caesar, Intent upon establishing an empire on the ruins ot the republic. It was one of the violent and diseased products of nn lll-tem pered campaign, to be sure, but It made a wound deeper and more lasting than any bullet, a wound scarcely henled by the striking proof of love exhibited by the whole nation a lew years later. The second rellectlon Is on the brevity of humtin life! Not quite sixteen yearn have elapsed since the convention, and yet every man prominently before It, save one, has passed away. Grant, Blaine. Onrileld, Arthur, Conkllng. Lo gan. Sheridan, Storrs. Wlndom all gone. Sherman alone remains. Could there be a stronger commentary on the vanity of human ambition, the folly of human strife? Gilbert A. Pierce, AS TO RAPID EATING It Is All Kiaht If You Chew Voot Food Well. Professor Norton says there is a prevalent Idea that slow eating is fa voralc to digestion, but this Is often fal laclous. The Important point Is not that we cat slowly or fast, but that when wo do eat we chew with energy. Of course, where the haste Is due to some mental anxiety, this may Injur iously lnhlbt the secretions. Slow eat. Ins begets a habit of simply mumbling the food without really masticating it. whilst the hurried eater is inclined to swallow his food before proper maatl cation. Hence, hurried eating Is bad, but rapid mastication may be advantage ous. It concentrates our energies on the act In question, and hence mure thoroughly accomplishes It. Moreover, energetic chewing stimulates the secre tion of saliva in the most 'adorable manner. ANNA IVOR'S REQUEST. , Personal letters reach Mrs. Plnkh&m t thousands; soineaakiag advice, and otaers, like the folio kvL.,-, telling of what Lydia E. Puxkhasn Vegetable, Compound has done and will ever con tinue to do in eradicating those fearful female complaints so littie understood 7 pnysician. All womb and ovarian trouble. Irregularities, whites, bearing-down pains, displacements, tendency to can cer and tumor are cured permanently. " I feel aa if I omul mv Ufa tn mm Vegetable Compound. After the birth 01 niy Da do l wa very miserable. I had a drawins? train In tha lower nast. oi my bowels, no strength, and a terrl- oie nackache. Every day l failed. My husband aid if I would try a bottle of your Vegetable Compound, he would get it for me. The chanee waa won derful After 1 had taken the first half bottle I beiran to have crreat tatth in it When I had taken three bottle, i wa well and growing stout. It la a pleasure for me to write thl tr mm I only ask women in any way afflioted witn lemaie troubles to try it." Mi. Ansa Ivob. Pittaford Mill. Sntiand 0. Vi, - CM SKETCH OF MARK HANNA. v On View of th Amiable CenerallaalsaO of th MaKlaley Boom-la Polities fol th Fna of It. W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record. Mark Hanna 1 one of the most prom Inent and influential residents ot Cleve land, o., where- he was born about fifty-two year ago. Hi family were New England people, and came out early to the western reserve. His fa ther was engaged In manufacturing and In shipping cool and Iron ore, and the three sons, "Mark," "Met" and ' Doc" Hanna, inherited- the busine, which they have extended In various direction until their interest now amount to several millions ot dollars, and Include, among other things, the largest rhipyard on the lakes. The Mannas have built a great many of the fleet ot 8ecl and iron vessel which carry coal from Cleveland, Buffalo, Ash tabula and other porta on the lower lake of Duluth and other ports on th upper lakes, Including Chicago and Milwaukee, and bring bock Iron ore, lumber, wheat and flour. They also built the fine passenger steamers that run from Buffalo to Duluth In connec tion with the Great Northern railway. Many of these steamers belong to the Hanna "boys," because when they have no order from outsiders to keep their shipyards busy they build boats for themselves, and they have iron furn aces and iron mines and coal mines to furnish their own cargo. Mark Hanna was one of the earliest stockholders In the Standard OH com pany. He and his brother had small refineries In the neighborhood of Cleve land, which were amalgamated with those of Koekefeller, Andrews, Flagler and others when thnt great corpora tion waa formed, but I believe he dis posed of his Interest some year ago, and if he holds any stock In the com pany he at least has no active hare tn it management. A RAILWAY MAGNATE. He la also a large owner In street railways both In Cleveland and Buffalo, and there are few prominent enter prises in nis native city wnicn ne n not encouraged and In which he Is not Interested to some extent. He stands at the head of the list of public-spirited citizens. He In always ready to re spond to any call upon his time or abili ties or pocketbook. whether it Is char itable, political, religious, industrial or commercial. He built an opera house when nobody else would do It, then sold It out to a company. He has assisted In establishing parks and clubs and pleusure resorts. His own home.which is a magnificent villa on Lake View avenue, in the suburbs west of Cleve land overlooking Lake Erie, is always full or guests. He has a winter resi dence at Thomusvllle, Ga., where his hospitality Is equally lavish, and Mr. Hanna has been known to say that she "always sets .the table for as many people as the dining room will hold, for :ihe never knows how many guests her husband has Invited to dinner." Mr. Hanna has appeared In politics once in four years since Senator Sher man, who Is his Intimate friend, be came a candidate for the presidency. But after the presidential convention Is over he goes bark to his business and attends to his own affairs until anoth er campaign come around. He Is not a candidate for any office, and never has been, although he has frequently; been offered positions and solicited to become a candidate for elective honor. He and Major McKlnley have been Inti mate friend for many years, and when the latter decided to become a candi date for the presidency he asked Mr. Hanna to take charge of the canvass. The latter has done so without hope or expectation or reward, and, although Governor McKlnley, If elected, will un doubtedly ufier him any office within his gift, nothing would induce him to ceept one. Wherever Mark Hanna Is known he is respected, and his word is good for anything. And, furthermore, he Is un selfish and patriotic and spends as much time and ability looking after the interest of his friends and the publlo is he does in looking after his own. BI G THAT CUTS METAL. On Species of American Beetle That Has shnrp Horns. From Popular Science. The Zopherus mellcanus Is the only known specie of American beetle that has strength enough in its mandibles to cut metal. This curious faculty was accidentally discovered by F. W. De voe, some years ago. A friend had sent him some specimens of this queer Insect from South America. He wa) busily engaged when the insect ar rived, and simply provided temporary quarters for them In a glass Jar having apewter top. Within less than forty-eight hours they had cut holes In the metal suf ficient to get their heads through, and would soon have escaped had their operations remained undetected. She Got a Sent, She came Into a West Side car with her husband a big, blue-eyed man with a sub dued air. Every seat was taken, mostly by men whose noses were burled In their evening papers, fine glanced about mean ingly, but no one offered to- make room for her. "Don't seim to be any seats vacant," remarked her hu?bajid. Her Hp enrven imperiously. "Never mind," she said: "these men will all get off at the first saloon." In the derk of tho tunnel three men In her neighborhood sought the back plat form and sho took the places of tw of imiiu wun h. nine sign, in muuhub vnraaco necera . .
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