, 1880-06-25
CUPID in POLITICS.
What n Lady Saw ut t;!ticn@o-t'oltes-
rlcn Tliut Possibly Saved tl,c american
U&cnnl,11r.

Republic.
Eorrt*psufen.e Ss,r l"r1; Sim.
CHICAGO, .Tline l4.-1.,we fur StMirNMiS
lost Minus lis head and changed thu t!e,ti-
nics Of Assyria; MI rloL"n,rn. caused thu
downfall of T'ruy; thu beautiful eyes vt
Urlsels Gust Greece thousands If lives and
heaps Ut treasure; Cicopatra's surprising
loyclnrss sent Antony IL ltis slratf, uni
wrapped Octnvius IN imnerlal purple; Ju-
,lith's marvellous henniy ltlIru!et IInl''-
tile glowing wife II CnM!at!ics srnrred, GyEcs
IL ttle throne Of Lydia: King IItnry's pts
s!ou lur Annc lsu!ey,l broke tilc, power nf llc
Catholic Church In EMg!ala; Mrs. Eaton's3
charnls npset Gen. ,lackHnn's cabinet; anl
the c!9nrirIrs nf a sapp,Ire-eyed l'eanty ut
tile Chc,E9 CnMvent!un possibly saved tlio
=, s%y 'ssspjS t;ns sen! # ts ss;ry to
exceedingly rretty, a11l dresses. IL the llost
cx4,lint l,.str. Her eyes were 1T rcr,llen'.
l',r, her hair tho cni.r nt tils finest t;uiMea
gold, her nusc hlii iaStrils tieilcntcly ellis
S'sa; sf m"%t% ,,;,1. ss rl , ~" s"n Aa % Iii
mt II wou3 interprnt tlls lAnslltgt {f her
eyes alu! fan. She I,ad ~ n1ieelntlon. ller
cul.tetrles weru natural. They wrre tho
99r ot 'hp Iss tssf' y aua r .r iis iat Mr sI,
hnt apparently ylslt.! ths ,cnnsrntnn to
see ulo .physleal ulMl intellectual Apollo
WHO flArSfl1lEttl THO turcts Ot lnIlAf1tlHs1h.
duwl! thu nlsls with naughty bcar!ng ntul
stately strfde. They were glances Ut c!lrlus-
ity tlllged with admErntiGil: hut curiosity
quickly cynporHtelE, a1Mt admiration alone r.
lnnIIIetl. Eacll hour Increased lis intensity.
At ttl,les Il WIS veilctl Under cloud Ut
eapriccs. llcr eyes aeet,ctl tn al,nt'uw lur
thoughts rs clouds nre sltHtlowed in 4 slln-
,.er landscape; II tug great n.Hm Ind been u
Bllu ro,!Id Mot hayo watcietl his ,noiluns with
Nlare etllstf,nt attention.
Nor did blan.c her. | l'ad scen Roscoe
conkling but twice. Yet, s,all | frnnkly
:.ttlired thu n'n,i. llc trars tho Imprint Of Y
arrogance; Ills courtesy is tho rsscnca OF
snaslty; lie lias n relilcd, manly, ,hcnNty,;
NOUS eyes, and lle dresses In fnuitlasa iastr:
liz Is n mental nngfrInn, III intellectual
loadstone lie looks rs though, lu WIS fMrn
to coM'nalld; .A''pllrat!tit inyolunt9rily tnl-
l,utu virtues tAncted sawa defect, II Il tt!o
sharply defined Y fornlr4 hy tho .n,l,,t IT Ills
l,uso. IL tclr'sets frDin Ills atlserwlsu blyM-
ntan appeara9mes. l. s1,EktSts \ l4lnt reia;
rraseriine. And this sharply. defined Is
!Atrlore4 III, Ills latr!iect,'.lity. George
William Curtis INV u ut Syracuse, But II II
aetTt thy XIII y % sfsst tnat !t olS ef ay H.
fuir !nlly II! THO cutlery entirely overlooked
Ii. I'l!u 'hiKh lnle brow, tho tnaining c,trls.--
1nnre interesting from tllu slight ttnHt Ut gray
which hnH gathered over tl,aill,-tllc Yc,le-
tim beard llllll Mlustncle, the s!cct-1tlse tye,
tic small. ear, thc shaptly white l!nials, tllu
nrcle4l neck, the x.llttrt', powerful shoulders,
Aill tAperinK fDrnl,-tlltBt Wert. chMrllingly
hlenueil, anil 1nAiu tho physique 1l Il iiail
tint would attract thu observation OF any
critic.
Mr. ConklEng felt the sappl.iro ayes as hi,
swept adoWm The nts'e. Electric Bixilals nuy
liaYa p,.ssed, perllups lllic0rsclnnsly. lie
gracefully bowed, apparently to tho slr!!eMtB
Wayes 1f npplnusa which wero ngituttng tAe
galleries. Me seate.l himself, leMt his head
toward Ills frlcll4s, consulted HArras anu
Carnot, ami stroked Ills beard; but oil tllls
time the electrical signals were workInE:, A
mental telephone was Il. ee;lselcss operation.
Possibly 1t wus ls!lhA talking to mind through
tbs npfsulrss medium ut the nyG.
ballat upon bnllOt was tnkGn. Tbs grent
leuder lsslied Orders II any were Issued, mt
cllanieally. Was llp blinded by tho lovely
lnlrrur lM the gallery? hAy, lnDre. lis In
tercst In tiie Indy Wis 40 Uvllent that II. Wus
observed! " three newspaper correspondents
OIL tho platform. who repeatedly turned nla
watched this progress Ut tho mental cnrrc-
spalllel!ct. Int tllu receiver Ut tho eiec-
tIic currents iiul n0 sight fur others.
liz WIS Mott On the 4't| plre f't storn.
III the Indiana, Wisconsin,. and Conneclie!it
delegations, hut tl,u Grant BA,tlsnn Wns haak
Lug III SMILES loating down FROM aboYc-