, 1881-06-12

mind Of Jones to provide Conkling with
reasonable excuse for continued existence
Monday evening, therefore, ut DclMollicu:
/ Jones gave 4 very handsome amt elaborate
dinner to ten or twelve people of yari0u:
sorts and conditions. lie gathered rount
him some of the drolcst characters IN the
ulctropos,--all on account Of Conkiing. Ton
| 0chiitrcc. tho Gnscon Of the South Ito whom
a:n indebted for my jnlormatton} was there St
WIS Jim keene. So were eight or ten other
equally incongruous persons. Tho design oil
Jones WAS to generate, under the influence OF
what MIR. Swivcller called "the rosy" new
purity for the partylcss Coukling. Conkling him
self WAS Of course invited, and OF course re-
| spcndcd personally.
| Now, it wis upon the card of the benevolent
Jones to unite with gastronomic friendly tics at
his hosptablo board Conkiug aud Dana Of the
Sun. Jones knew TINT Conkling was quite will
ing to shake hands with Dana. lie felt pretty
| confident TINT Dana, who has long been cordially
! supporting the Senatorial AUX In the Sun, would
| have no objection to shake hands with Conkllng-
hut being Il very wary and dramatic person,
Jones took care, for fenr OF accidents not TO let
either Dana or Conkling know beforehand that
| each Was 0t,ing to meet tho other 1t happened
| that Conklux came early. 1t happened, also,
| that Dana came late. In the interv,ti poor Tom
| got into conversation with Conkllns, who was
rs.dlant and actua9ty aifabie One Of the first
I things the !ucxess Ochiitree did WAS to con.ratu
lnte Lonklf1:. "n tho prospect OF his hartnnn!xa
wa "eo wa Ip
| or three shrcwd questions drew from Ochiltrec
Il full and complete confession OF Jones bencr-
sstHy and see 1t out. His second and more sensi-
| bic was to disappear. 1.-The construction which
red Vi t Rus Fl sa b. mak as
| anu prejudicjaI to inc. Personally like and
admire Mr. Dana, and nothing would give me
greater pleasure than TO take him by the hand
and 1ESUrG him, With sincerity. 1f dis.
tinEuishcd consideration. But just now, as a
public man; ia peculiar preeicament, l really
the world. Ill say goodnight"
Dana. smiling like baldhcaded and intellectual
cherub Of the mtcst propensties, came JUST in
tttnc toEet the second plate OF soup,
masn t favored with au invitation to the din
ncr, but Tom Ochiltree tells nc it was an Amax-
ingiy luxurious affair, The menu was FIRE.
the stories told after coffee were exceptionally
pointed But though tho principal business Of
the festival seemed to bc a brisk exchange Of
were not rejected before the joviAl party sep
arntet-at : O'Clock in the n1urn ing-t wns
on tne Gea Of nsI and
start u new Autobiography party, without dis
1inction Of arc, race, Sex or previons condition
startled tho siumbcring cashicr down.
stairs Roscoe Conklinx was proclaimed the
0ehitrec 81 says g that 1m K Keenc "l.'' IS to he the
financial hacker Of the anti-nopopolists. and
that he wolllu himself like nothing better In tho !
fact that he has nine horses entered at Saratoga,
anu has got to keep his eye on his 'niggers."
However, be has "hedged' to the extent ct con- |
sentiun TO be the Secretary Of tna new 'moye- t
nent,"-proyided that operations 1rc not begun |
before he has lost the various races for which he
has entered his colos. Ochtrce, as you may I
know, is never sanguine about anythlng,-ex- !
ctpt IN the pnst- lie happens Just now to be a
lltele a1ead OF the 5,ane. according to the Hour,
tE lrn fro f, HI
lie to bet ia II on Irottu0is ID hundreds-to tho
ultimate satisfaction OF Demonico.
ting to be quite an institution with our upper
crust keenc Is not enjoyng the luck which
has attended l.oril!ard. but ho keeps on spend
ing money with praiseworthy enterprise In II
desperate hope Of getting hold of something in
the way OF international equestrian glory.
JIM KEENE.
kecne, by the way, is quite character. !
He is small, dark, bilious man, with large
head and Il short beard, and an expression Of
heattache. This expression hap
pens to be a fair index Of his condition, for
lie is hardly ever free from bilious influence.
by birth he is 4 Cockney, though he is about
US un-Ensllsil IL person i'll appearance as erer
came from the bounds of Bow bells. They
say he is 4 very refined and wel1-inforlned
man, anu lie certainly does not look as if he
were very coarse-grained. Butlle surrounds
himself with dclectable parcel Of parasites.
About the most Objectionable is that juicy old !
'arty Sam Ward. Ward, you know, delights
ii the very doubtful title of 1.-THE King of the
.oDby,n' and owes his CORONATION to the fact
nat nc has addressed more eloquent argu-
nenfs TO the Congressional st0tnacfl titan |
my other cook i'll Washington. lie is a fat,
'Arpie-jowlcd. apopIectic old fellow, with 1
!atu!e1t air Of gentiiity such rs | have oh :
cryed i'll buffers who had grown rich enough
2 rum cating-houses Of their own Ills pro-
Ese Is tlat OF stout dwarf elephant, Ut fair
addicted to innumerabe "gpcs"
AeehG INTO custody Us SOON as lie emerged i
rom Californian society. From tho motncut he | I
onght MS tirst tress coat for kccnc the pres
way. hns becn his social tutor. lie sctccfs !
.ecne's wines, orders his clothes, ovcrlooks his :
me II he desires to keep his show Of beinr Il
t:', @ In "Pe9lennis" think, YOU viii
lo old chap is us arrogant rs 4 man well can IT,
nd since he accumulated Ss)j.tDO las found :
ctmon'co's gooa deal too small fur him. :
JAY GOULD.
4 sensational report i'll this mornings i
.orld, headed Another Lie Nailed" is the $
ttcst proclamation Of Mr.. Gould, who, Of Z
purse, owns and controls that once enter . :.
|l'llng newspaper Somebody, somewhere o
the Southwest, is supposed to have tclc- Il
lap'lett tho Associated Press that Mr. Gould ! .
rs shot and killed. The telegram, was int !, II
edlately attributed TO tic Wall-strect bears Ii
part Ut n Scheme to dupress Stocks It | 81
lrlls out, however, that nobody III any t
ewspaper Office has seen the original tele- p
am. 1t ltas been stopped Oil its way to i
ew York by some unknown power Tile s
opposition is, therefore. that no such tcle- z
am w;ts eyer sent or received, and that Mr. II
oufd caused tie Invention Of the whole story ~
give color to his clever theory that there is a. o.
bear "syntlicate to originate false news ~ ~
.Nterous hints are constantly thrown out by ~ ~
Juids sDle surviving organ, the H'ofId> that ="
q financial editors OF the Herald. Tri3,,,e Sun
ID GrNptfc arc mcrcunarIes 1T the bear arMy
style the Uofld Guulus sole surviving orsln
cause the Tribune, fortunately, has passed CT
It OF his uncanny grip. D. O. Mills, the Calf I'll
rnt Infl!ionare, rs q wedding prcscnt, turf1cd I A.