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LITTLE CAB.

From M widows I could look across
the court into tho apartment occupied by
the family of little Gabriel, who was called
'tLittle CAB.
His father was a cutter in a clothing
house. His mother was sickly and white
haired at As and expended all her health
In household duties.
He was an incurable invalid. His
crooked spinal column made his shoulders
rise to the level of his eyes. His legs were
slender and soft and bent under body
warped and thrown out of equilibrium.
He would not have been able to walk
without an orthopedic corset.
From this distorted trunk with hump
on the chest and one on the back rose q
head too large, but the face had exquisite
deIicacy and an expression of singular
poignancy.
Although he was 8 years old, one would
have thought him 20 from his thoughtful
face, his prominent forehead and his brown
black eyes so precociously pensive.
His father, mother and sister adored
him for his affectionate ways and his ex-
traordinary intelligence.
The physician had forbidden his work
ing, but to amuse him and to change his
surroundings they sent him to school,
where he forced himself to listen grayely
and to retain all that he heard.
One evening after school I saw him
seated under the porch of tho house against
the rooms of the concierge. His mother
had gone out to make some purchases,
and, his sister not yet having returned
from the shop he found the door of the
apartment locked. He was watching the
street with hungry eyes, while his express
sion indicated deep thought and mournful
resignation. While l questioned him the
pupils of his eyes threw observant and
frightened glances at me. During the in
terview his sister returned all out of breath.
"Oh, my poor Cab" cried She. 81 have
kept you waiting, and you are impatient,
amt you?'
"No, ? replied Cab, with calm, sllvery
voice. II said to myself only that perhaps
you did not want me any more and would
not come back. / am so sick and SO trou-
blesome. ;"
"Ah, you naughty boyl' murmured the
young girl, covering him with kisses and
then turning her eyes filled with tears to-
ward me:
stHe is SO little and so Intelligent. He
reasons like q grown person. What pity
that he is not strong! The doctor says if
he can go to Berck this summer the salt
air and the sand baths will probably cure
him. But it is far away, Berck, and it
would be expensive, but | am going to try
to make enough money to take him there. =
The courageous young girl worked from
morning until night to make the amount
necessary She broke herself Gown at her
machine. She folded, gathered, scanned
basted and sewed without rest. l heard
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peake Bay: I regret that I did not see
you, Tor free conversation would be Tar
iATio pa olsTactory than letter Wrlelns.
si mish 70 be perfectly frank WIN y, Gt,
90 ainqe frst became acqualntea WIN
!p"' nave felt for you warm lrlon a
an ana have always had entire GULL OIL.
a taa "a you. | confess, however, 9ii az
, U.,u Information 1 received IN regala W
your operations in Chicago had greasly
weakened this feeling and left palnlull
III upon my mind thaU you ii az
no1 uone by me as I would have uoIie ~
you under like circumstances. your leu
uoi onased away much of this lmpfes5loL,
gnu a perhaps the better way Woulu 10
lor me TO write no more, but TO treeS
conclusive. Still think it right Tor me
TO give you the general basis OF the I'M
presslons had formed.
MY Hfst impulse was to senQ you aI
once mass of letters from deiegaues
anu others attending the convention, DIV
MS would only create controversy
ana perhaps betray confidence, wnlch 4
nese letters is that, while you spoke
freely and kindly of me, yet thefe WAS
always kind of reserve in FAVOR OF
plane and a hesitation in pressing me
that indicated a divided opinion, tha5
partly by the divisions in the ONO dele
gatlon lost its moral strength, ana prac-
tically defeated me before any ballot was
had.
OFFERS OF DELEGATES NOT
ACCEPTED.
This general impression l could have
passed by, but it was distinctly stated to
me by delegates and friends of delegates
present in the convention, that they
proffered the votes Of large portions OF
their respective delegations to you with
the understanding that they were to be
cast for me whenever you Indicated the
proper moment This was specifically
said as to Indiana Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut and the Blaine portion OF the
pennsylvania delegation. 1t was SAID
that you prevented Massachu etts from
voting for me from about the tenth to
fifteenth ballot on Monday that nine OF
the Connecticut delegates held themselves
ready to vote for me on your call, Dut
that you put it off. and Harrison is
quoted as saying that rs votes from In
diana were ready to be cast for me Mon
day, at any time after O. few ballots. Dut
they were withheld on account OF repre-
sensations from the Ohio delegation. Mr.
Billings of Vermont is quoted as saying
that the Vermont delegation, with two
for me, but were discontinued with the
position taken by you, and doubted
whether you desired their vote for me.
These and many other allegations of
milar import, following one after the
other, led msto believe that you had
changed the position you took in the
early part of the canvass, and had come
to the conclusion that it was not wise to
nominate me, and that other arrange
ments for your future influenced you in
changing your opinion. This impression
caused me more pain than anything that
had TRANSFERRED since the beginning of the
contest.
assure you have no regrets over
the results of the convention Indeed
the moment it was over, felt a sense OF
relief that had not had for six months.
NO EVIDENCE AGAINST GARFIELD.
The nomination of Garfield is entirely
satisfactory to me- The only shade that
rests OH this feeling is the fact that Gar
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field went there Ey my selection to repre-
sent me and comes from this convention
with the honor that l sought.
| will do HIM the justice to say that |
have seen no evidence that he has con-
tributed to this result, except by his
good conduct in the presence OF the con-
yention. L had always looked with great
favor upon the contingency that if / was
not nominated after full trial and
Blaine was, you would be the candidate
for the vice presidency, and 1 had fire.
quently said to mutual friends that this
was my desile. The contingency of Gar
fields nomination / did not consider, for
supposed that as he was secure in the
Senate for six years, he would not desire
the presidential nomination, but as it has
come to him without his self-seeking 1T
is honorable and right, and I have no
cause of complaint. If believed that he
had used the position | gave him to sup
plant me, l would consider it dishonor-
able and would not support him; but
while such statements have been made to
me, l feel bound to say that have never
seen AN lmputatlon, and therefore he
shall have my earnest and hearty sup
port.
There are one or two features of this
canvass that leave painful impression
upon me- The first is that the opposition
to me in Ohio was unreasonable, without
cause, either springing from corrupt or
bad motives, or from such trivial causes
as would scarcely justify the pouting of
a school boy.
receive your frank statement with
confidence and acting upon it, will treat
you as of old, with hearty good will and re-
speot, and will give no further credence
to the stories | hear. You can have no
Knowledge of the extent Of the aocusa-
tions that have been made against you.
Yours very truly,
JOHN SHERMAN
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of my friends would have nomln n;on
Blaine at any period Of the oonvenulI:o ,l
but under the conditions then eAIs0i4 -
it was impossible to secure this youe "
either Blaine or Grant. The nnal ieoa ~
was the selection of a new canuluauo "AN
the nomination of Garfield. o;,,ad
sit is probable that if l had recelv ,
the united vote of the Ohio delegauio aia-
would have been nominated, as my TIC &c
tions with both Gen. Grant ana VT.
Blaine were Of friendly character, ou o
it is hardy worth while to commenS OF ~
what might have been. The COURSE %
the Ohio delegation was the supJeoo u
severe comment and perhaps OF unlounue
ed suspicious of perfdy on the paru "
some Oh the delegates. AS soon as ne a1
CT the movement to nominate Garneio
sent the following telegram to Mr.. Deh-
nison:
Washington, June s, 1880.
Hon. William Dennison, Convention
Chicago:
Whenever the vote of Ohio will De
likely to assure the nomination OF Oar
field, appeal to every delegate to voUe
for him. Let Ohio he solid. Make the
same appeal in my name to North Caro-
lima and every delegate who has voted
for me-
JOHN SHERMAN.
The moment the nomination was made
I sent the following dispatch to Garfield
to Chicago:
Washington, June s, $780,
Hon. James A. Garfield, Chicago, ILL.,.
/ congratulate you with all my heart
upon your nomination as president Oh enc
United States. You have saved the he
publican party and the country from
great peril, and assured the continued
success of Republican principles
JOHN SHERMAN.
APPARENT EVIDENCE OF PER
FIDY
In time I became thoroughly advised
of what had occurred at the Chicago con-
yention and had become entirely recon-
oiled to the result though frequently
afterward I heard incidents and details
which occasioned me great pain, anu
which seemed to establish the want OF
sincerity on the part of some of the dele
gates, and tended to show that for some
time before the meeting OF the conven-
tion the nomination of Gen. Garfield had
been agreed upon. After the close nau
numerous letters from delegates OF other
States complaining bitterly OF the con-
duct of the Ohio delegation, and giving
this as a reason why they had not voted
for me. was assured that large portions
of the Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
Jersey and other delegations had notlned
Gov Foster that they were ready TO Vote,
for me whenever their vote was required
but no such request came from him. The
matter had been made the subject OF
public discussion in the newspapers.
was content with the result, but was
deeply wounded by what I could not but
regard as breach of faith on the part OF
some Of the Ohio delegation, and es-
pecially of Gov. Foster, who had peen
fully advis ed of my feelings in regard to
his course I received letter from MIN
on the 23d Of June, answering the ailega-
lions that had been publicly made in re-
gard to him, and explaining his action.
In reply, wrote him the following
letter:
A LETTER TO GOV. FOSTER.
Washington, June 80, 1880
Dear Sir Your letter of the 23d came
while was still absent on the Chesa-
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The following is the text of Senator
Sherman s reference in his memoirs to
the Republican national convention of
1880 which nominated James A. Gar field
for the Presidency which has been
the subject of some newspaper
discussion in the past few days.
During the month of April delegates
were selected from the different congress
ional districts of the State of Ohio to at
tend the State convention, to meet On the
2Sth of that month. Prior to the conyen-
tion the question of the nomination was
the subject of discussion in every district.
The sentiment in my favor was clearly
expressed in nearly every county or
district of the State. On the Sth OF
April wrote the following letter to a
friend.
Mr.. Mckinley is still in Ohio and
presume will be there for some days.
have today written to him at Canton,
covering the points you name. You had
better write to him yourself, giving the
list of appointments desired.
There is rong feeling that Garfield,
in order to save his district should go to
the Chicago convection as delegate.
He is placed in very awkward a96ltuue
now If the district should be against
my nomination, it would be attflpuueu
to either want of influence on his part,
or what is worse, q want of sincerity in
my support. In view of the past this
would be very unfortunate thing Tor
him. This is delicate matter Tor me TO
take any part in, and L leave it entirely
to your good Judgment and kind friend
ship.
While in Ohio l had consultation at
Columbus with Gov. Foster. ex GOV.
Dennison, and a number OF other per,
sonal friends, all of whom expressed
great confidence that by the time the
State convention met the friendly feellng
in favor of Blaine in some of the DIS
tricts of Ohio would be waived in defer
ence to the apparent wishes OF the great
majority. In that event, IN case my
nomination should prove impractlcable,
the whole delegation could very easily
be changed to Mr.. Blaine. AS to GEN.
Grant, though he had many warm per.
sonal friends in Ohio, yet on account I
objection to a third term very lew ue-
sired his nomination.
GEN. GARFIELD SOUGHT AN IN
TERVIEW.
Prior to the State convention [ had an
interview with Gen. Garfield, which he
sought at my office in the department,
and there he expressed his earnest desire
10 secure my nomination and his wish
to be a delegate at large, SO that he
might aid me effectively. He had been
chosen, with little or no opposition,
United States Senator, to fill the place OF
Thurman, whose term expired March 4,
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1881 had no doubt of the support Of
Gov. Foster, with whom / had been IL
close correspondence, and who expressed
a strong desire for my nomination.
was permitted practically to name the
four delegates at large, and had implicit
confidence that these delegates woulc
| take the lead in my behalf
The State convention which met on the
| 2Sth of April, was exceptionally large ano
was composed of the leading Republicans
of Ohio, who proceeded at once to the
| business before them. The persons
| named by the convention as delegates al
| large to the national convention, to as
semble in Chicago on June. were Wi
liam Dennison, James A. Garfield,
Charles Foster, and Warner M. Bateman
! who were Instructed for me. The Ieso-
| luton of the convention expressed the
preference of the Republicans of Ohio IL
| favor of my nomination and recommend.
ed that the vote of the State be cast fol
| me.
A COMBINATION AGAINST SHEER
MAN.
The trond of public sentiment, al
shown by the newspapers, indicated thai
Grant and Blaine would each have very
strong following in the national conven
LlUu, Uuu Uutb UilG COuG6SO pCuNooAA e~NO--
might lead to my nomination. After
the State convention, it was generally as
sumed that | would receive the unlteG
vote of the delegation IN conformity Will
| the expression of opinion by the cOnyen-
ton. During this period lew Leading
men. whose names do not care to men
| ton. made combination OF tnose uh,
friendly to ME and agreed to disregard
the preference declared by the state con
vention During the month OF May the
| feeling in my favor increased, ana many
of the leading papers in New York and
in the Eastern States advocated my noIni-
| nation as compromise candidate.
At this time I was in constant commu-
nication with Gen. Garfield, by letter
and also by interviews, as we were both
in Washington. On the 10th of May he
wrote me.
to assume division in the Ohio delega-
tion. We should meet and act as though
we were of one mind, until those dole
gates who are hostile to you refuse to act
with us, and if we fail to win them over,
tho separation will be their act, not ours.
THE CONVENTION OF 1880.
The national convention met juno ?,
1880. 1t was called to order in the Expo
sition Hall, Chicago. by Senator j.
Donald Cameron, and a temporary organ
ization, with Senator George f. Hoar al
president, was soon perfected. An effort
was made by the friends of zen. Gran
to adopt the unit rule, which would al
low majority of each State to determine
the vote Of the entire delegation. Thi'
was rejected.
-Four days were occupied in perfectine
the permanent organization and the
nomination of candidates for President
During this time a minority of nine o.
the delegation of Ohio announced theil
determination to vote for Blaine. This
was a fatal move for Blaine, and UNI
doubtedly led to his defeat. Nearly four
ffths of the delegation was in favor Of
my nomination, in pursuance of the ex.
press wishes of the Ohio convention, but
they were all friendly to Blaine, ano
whenever it should become apparent that
my nomination was impracticable. the
whole delegation should easily have been
carried for lhim without division, and
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THE DEFEAT OF SHERMAN.
THE Senator's Comment on The Famous
Convention of 1880.

lie Does OF Accuse Gem. Garfield of Open
Treachery-Gov. Foster the Suspected
Mantle Combination Against sher-
man.
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FOR ETHER SEX.

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directly 30 the seat of tile
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L. G. Fowler, Ger. Congress-
and Lafayette SIS PortlSr3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
FIGHT With q Mad Dog.

WARRENsBURG, Mo-, July 2T.-H. s.
Townsend and his son, living LEI this
city, were bitten yesterday evening by
4 mad dog. The boy was first attacked
and bitten i'll the leg. His father en-
deavorcd 10 rescue the boy and was
grappled the dog by the throat and
held him until assistance arrived, and
the dog was shot.
Tennessee papers are telling of q
romantic marriage nj Memphis a few
days ago, where, in order TO be safe
from the interference of the Directing
father Of the bride, the couple were
married IN the county Jail, the jailer
being a friend of the bridegroom, and
agreeing to keep the troublesome
parent outside until all was owe But
the point about the ease that is apt to
strike a nonresident of Tennessee as
most notable it is merely mentioned
incidentally there's that a prisoner
awaiting trial for assault and battery
acted as best man, going from the
Jail to the county court with the order
to get the license; supporting the
bridegroom during the ceremony in
the j~ailer's parlor; giving away the
bride, and performing other functions
that might seem strange in a prisoner
not so f~avorably situated as II in Il
Tennessee jail,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
THIS is A A STORY.
Battle With a Pair of White-Throated
Black Reptiles.

NEW YORK, July -31.-This story
comes from Patchogue, a city having
a reputation for the veracity of its
people. While three young men were
rowing on Patchogue Lake, near
there, two black snakes darted from
a yellow turf of grass and crawled in
to the water. The young men scream
ed when the snakes reached the boat
side. The female snake put her head
on the edge of the boat and tried to
crawl in. The men drove her off, and
with her mate she put back for the
marsh.
At the time of this adventure, two
ladies', Mrs. Cochrane and Mrs. Rod
gers, came upon the Gene rowing in
a skiff. The snakes turned toward
their boat. Both women screamed,
but Mrs. Cochrane prepared for fight
When the female snake raised her
head from the water she was struck a
terrific blow on the head with a stick
in the hands of Mrs. Cochrane. The
bull snake now reached the boat, and
Mrs. Cochrane not caring to fight two
snakes at once sat down and rowed
for the shore. She just reached it az
the female snake managed to get in
the boat. Both women jumped ashore
and Mrs. Cochrane picked up an CA
and finally succeeded in breaking the
snakes head. The bull snake escap'
ed. The female was nearly five feet
long and a real white throated one, {
very poisonous reptile.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
SILVER SENTIMENT DYING.
Currency Comptroller Eckels Talks
About the Illinois Situation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August MIR.
James Eckels, Comptroller of the Cur
rency, returned this morning from a
trip to Illinois, during which he gath
cred some information as to the situa-
ton in that state. He said to-day:
ssThe main feature of the outlook in
Illinois from a Democratic standpoint
is that the state convention which
meets next year to select delegates to
the National Convention will not adopt
a free silver platform and will not send
free silver delegates to the National
Convention. This confident statement
may sound strange, in view of the ac-
ton of the Springfield convention,
which declared SO emphatically and
apparently unanimously for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, Civ
ing the impression that its declaration
was the voice of the Democracy of
the state, but even in the short space
of time which has elapsed since the
action of that meeting, there has been
a remarkable change of sentiment in
| Illinois. The free silver tide has sub
sided with a rapidity which has been
appalling to those politicians who ex-
pected to float into power upon its
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
Our Religious Prosperity.

TItll lHc II. bbs News.
The religious returns of the census
OF 1890 have just been published, and
show the existence of 143 denomina-
tions and 1856 independent organiza-
tions, with a total of 2O,612, SOC COM
~municants. In five of these denomi-
nations there are over II, O0O, 900 COM
municants out of the whole number.
The Roman Catholics foot up to about
three-tenths of the whole and make,
with the Methodists and Baptists,
seyen-tenths of the amount. About
Oue-half of the Roman Catholics are
in the 12i cities with a populations OF
5000 and upward. Nearly one-half
of the members among the Methodists
are in the cities, and the Episcopalians
are largely an urban population. New
York takes the lead in the number of
communicates and in the value of its
church property, which is estimated
at $50, 900, 900. Philadelphia has the
first number of church editices. The
returns of the Protestant denomina-
tons show an increase since 1880 of
$3.50, lbs, which is 20 per cent greater
than the increase of population.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
The Columbia Herald SAYS: n

The Columbia Herald says: No
travelling g~roceryman does anything
to help this town. He gives nothing
to churches, schools or public enter
prises. He spends no money here.
He pays no taxes. He has nothing in
common with our people. He can
swindle you-and often does-and you
can't help yourself. He has no store
down the street to which you can re-
turn goods that are not up to the
sample. The itinerant merchant has
no reputation to sustain. He can
cheat with impunity. The home mer-
chant is and does the opposite. He
bears his share Of the burdens of good
government. When a subscription
paper is passed he is first approached
He spends all his money here. He
builds q home which enhances the
value Of all property. He helped pay
for the church in which you worship
and the school to which you seni
your children. He cannot afford te
misrepresent his goods or swindle
you. Self interest alone would pre-.
vent that.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-08
TRIMBLEs' ROsEATE VIEWS.
The Kansas City Man Expresses Him
self on Silver and Democratic
Prospects.

WASHINGTON, August IL. Med.
Tsimble, of Kansas City, who is at the
Arlington with his wife, tells Washing
ton through the Post to-day that the
town Is prospecting and that the state
will be economically all right in 1895.
"Despite the call which has been
issued for a Democratic convention to
declare on the silver question, there
need be no great alarm over Mis-
souri," Mr.. Trimble is quoted as say
ing. "Adherents of sound money
ind there are thousands of them with.
in the ranks of the Missouri Democ-
racy-are in no wise disconnected,
The free silver idea is losing force
everywhere and prosperity will
squelch it as effectually as a freshei
will kill off chinoh bugs. By this stime
next year there won't be anything
left of it more than the "Reminiscences
of a nightmare. The whole state
wear a broad smile on account of the
enormous corn crop aud the Demo
Gratis will get together and bear the
Republicans ouv of sight in the year
of our Lord 1862