The Forrest City times., 1888-03-03
Why Elaine Withdrew

The story of the letter has come from several sources which coincide on the material points, though varying In de- tail. Mir. Blaine decided last year not to be a candidate before the convention unless the fall elections should give promise of decided Republican vic- tory Notwithstanding all the en- couraging bulletins that have been sent out about him, his hcal.h is not good and he and his wife are worried ]. about it. On Mrs. Blaine more than on her husband has fallen the pain of the assaults against his character and political methods. She does not want him to be candidate again. and she earnestly entrcated him to that effect. After the elections were held MT. Blaine came to the conclusion that the presidential battle would be hard fought, and that the strain would be more than he could bear. He yielded to bis wiie's desires and wrote the letter Of declinaton and withdrawal that was published two weeks ago.
 This letter was put in charge of his friends to be published, and ono story goes that 1t was to have been pub lished as soon as the results Of the election were made known and befor @ congress assembled. A large part of his friends, when the fact of the letter became known to them, protested against its publication as being in- juriovs to the party and unwarranted {. They wanted Mir. Blaine to stay in the field and to accept the nomination, which they believed was sure to come f. Iu flafr bo 1aft a a withheld for the time being then con- gross convened and the president sent in his annual message, and drew the issue of. a revenue reform and a lower tarif in opposition to the protection tariff doctrines. Mir. Blaine at once met the president on this issue in his eabled interview, and his friends hoped that the letter would be with drawn. Its withdrawal was urged by leading Republicans in congress and in New York city. So strong were these efforts that at one time 1t was reported that the letter had been with drawn. The news Of it was becoming more and more spread. It had either to be withdrawn or given to the pub lie In an unauthorized way. Mir. Blaine | decided by cabeling to have the letter pu Isl ed. There are many Interesting things m connection with this letter, | and they are just beginning to be made known, and one Of these facts is that | the letter is much older than it's date.
 
 ] The Senses of Color and Sound Related.
 some interesting experiments on the | reciprocal influence of organs of sense | have been rt tcently made by Herr | Urbansrhtsch of Vienna. His general | conclusion is. says Nature, that any sense excitation has tor result an in- | crease of the acuteness of other senses. Thus. sensations of hearing sharpen tho visual perceptions. If colored 1 plates are placed at such distance | that one can hardly distinguish the colors, and various sounds are then pro- | duced, the coiors become generally more distinct the higher the sounds. | Similarly, one can, while a sound affects l tho ear, read words which one could 1 not read before. Again, the ticking of a watch is better heard when the eyes are opened than when they are closed. Red and green increase auditive per- ] captions; but blue and yellow weaken them. Several musicians. however, were agreed that red, green, yellow and blue caused an iEtensification of sound about one-eighth; while violet had weakening effect. Taste, smell and touch are under like laws. Light and red and green color increase their dclicacy while darkness, blue and 1 yellow diminish 1t. Under the influence i of red and green, taste extends from the anterior border of the tongue to the | whole surface. On the other hand, a strengthening of smell, taste or touch exalts the other sensitive perceptions. 1 Specially interesting is the reciprocal influence Of touch and the sense Of tenn perature. If one tickle the skin with q hair and plunge inc hand In hot water, the tickling sensation ceases; on the contrary, if the hand be placed in cold water and a part of the body tickled
 the temperature is felt more vividly, Herr Urbansehitsch finds n this re. ciprocal action an explanation of sup posed double consective sensations on. excitation of one sense.