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A WOMAN'S INFLDENCE CHAPTFA L MAPvlAKET. On the afte^oon of a day early i April two todies were driving along lev?.' country road. One was evidently a stranger to th place and its surroundings, for she ot served the scenery with curious inter est, and frequently questioned her com r\or>irkTi nhniit. rhp nprsons and residence they passed. The other, who drove th handsome bays with an unmistakabl air of proprietorship, was an old resi dent. She had found her way to this smal but pretentious town some years before and, building a handsomo home, hai since devoted her energies, supple mented by the mngical influence o money, to gaining an entree into its ex elusive society. Both were deep in conversation, whei a turn in the road brought them face t face with a young girl riding. Mrs. Downs was in the act of check ing her horses, but the newcomer, a though quite unconscious of any 6uc Intention, nodded indifferently an rode on. "The proud piece," commented th Blighted lady, endeavoring to hide he chagrin. ""Who is she?" questioned her coie panion, glancing after the rider wit some curiosity. "Miss Leigh. You remember pointed her home out a few moment ago." "Ahl Then she's the heiress?" "Yes, an heirness now, though a yea ago she was poorer than her own cook I never could tolerate her, but I man age to keep up a show of friendship She'll be one of the leaders of sociot here when she gets rid of her mourn ing." The speaker concluded this remarl with a very visible frown. Sh? wa forcibly reminded of her own doubtfu position and her inability to disregan anv person or thins that could con tribute to her social advancement. Annexation was intkel a burnini question with her. and while she foun her dollars an important ally, her lac! of a presentable grandfather was decid edly a drawback in the furtherance o her ambitious aspirations. "A graceful rider and quite a prett; girl," remarked her companion, break ing in upon these unpleasant reflec tions. "Where did she get her money? "From her uncle. The case is alto gether peculiar. It seems that ho father was disinherited for marryinj contrary to his father's wishes, and he uncle, being the only other child, cam in for all the property. A fortunat thing for him, as you say, though, ap parently, he had some scruples abou Enjoying his good fortune, for his fathe was scarcely buried before he began t< search for his brother. "Yes, he found him dying, I believe, i] some obscure California town. Mis Leigh came to Elmwood. That was five years ago, and now she has inherit ed all of her uncle's money. He die* last October, and his son " I? "-Si? son! You don't tell me he has i ?<)n." "He certainly has. I am not surprise* *.t. vour astonishment. It seems almos impossible that a father could enrich niece at the expense of. a son, yet tha 1b -what Mr. Leigh has done. "The young man gets something, o course. Two thousand a year, I believe A email sum in comparison with th whole." 1 "A very unusual case. Perhaps h intends the young people to marry. "Perhaps, but as they have never eeei each other, the result is scarcely prob able. The son has been in Europe fo the last five years. He was considers quite wild, I am told, and he and hi .lather quarreled frequently. Nodoubl that fact had some connection with th terms 01 the win, out, I think there wa unduo influence somewhere " ? With this broad accusation the subjec was allowed to drop. Meanwhile th object of these remarks was pursuin her way homeward. Mrs. Down*' companion had oalle her pretty, but the wcrd scarcely di< her justice. Her face, while lacking perfection c feature, was singularly winning and at .tractive. If the mouth were a trifl broad, the full red lips with their ex pression, half pleading, half imperious made ample compensation. If the nos deviated from the straight and perfec line, the fault was forgotten in the clea contour of the beautifully molded brow the liquid depths of the clear gray eyes and the sweet personality beaming froi the expressive countenance. Absorbed in thought of an unpleasan character, as evidenced by her very per ceptible frown, the rode on, quite lostt hef surroundings, until her horst through force of habit, rather than th Sliding hand of his mistress, turne to a broad elm-lined avenue, and sh looked up in some surprise to lind hei self at home. Ten minutes later she had diveste herself of her riding habit, and mad her way to her sitting-room. A brighl cheeiful apartment whose tasteful fur nishing revealed something of the indi Tidualitv of its owner. "I was sure x snould find you here, she said, approaching the old lady es tablished before the glowing fire, an laying her cool hand against the warn: smooth cheek. "I'm afraid I shall hav to assort some authority. You shoul bo enjoying this delightful weather JJiss Hilton." l uare Bay i snciuiu, was tru* u able reply, "but you- see I'm lazy, m, dear. I've had a nice nap. Did yo ride alone, Margaret?" "Yes. except lor my thoughts. I ha* a 'whole best of them for company Keally, I'm as ero-s as a bear." "1 am sorry lo hear it. "What hav you been thinking of.'" "Oh, everything. Papa, grandfathei %nd yes, anil this hateful money." ".Hateful, Margaret? Then you don' share the world's opinion of that usefu article." Margaret drew a chair close to Mis Hilton, and seated hersolr upon it, a she replied. "Not the world that Mrs. Downs rep resent?. I met her u while ago. Sii wanted to stop, of course, but I ius rode on. Awfully rude, wjwn't it? couldn't help it. I detest her. Sh wouldn't care a snap of her ttng'.-r fo me if I wore poor, but simply beoaus Oh! I. hate such people! Than! heaven, I'll soon bo away from them fo Awhile. I told you I was cross, Mis filitoJ*-" aeo it, my dear," was the half gra response. "Have you quite decided gt? to that outlandish place?" "What a doleful expression. If tl jutlandish place moans Siascoii6et, 1 afraid I must plead guilty to such dreadful decision, and I think I sh find my experience both novel and < ' lightful. 1 moan to do just as I plea r Take another nurne and forgot Marga Leigh entirely. I'm tired of her." "Poor Margaret Leigh. I fear j don't appreciate her; and since you i quite determined to go to that land end of creation I suppose the bostthi for me to do is to hope you won't cret it." ' Margaret laughed at this view of 1 matter. "You see, lam not looking for beau I 6he 6aid, with mock gravity. ."I've I ways lilted oia men Deuer man you ones. I'm sure those delightful old flf I ermen will suit me immensely. Besid I'm tired of civilized 'life and sha generally, so I welcome something g< uine for a change. I suppose you thi I have a very carping disposition, but do so want to air my grievances. II n were not too undignified I should like a lie on the floor and 6cream." "Don't do so, my dear. The doctoi e right. You do need a change. I do > recognize iny old Margaret." "A flattering way of expressing an \ flattering opinion," laughed Margar s giving Miss Hilton's hand a rebuk e little pat. "I am growing degenero e am I not? I feel outrageously reckl to-day. I have a most overpoweri desire to shock this prim and sever 1 proper neighborhood. Don't look so >. proving, Miss Hilton. You could J scold if you tried, and I'm afraid I ti advantage ,of that knowledge. Y< 4 ? ? 1- n . TI* _ " expression reminus me 01 air. ?e> > 'Ho was dilating on my grandfathc virtues this morning?to me, of all pi Q pie, mind you!?when I stopped his e 0 quence, and horr.fied him in the b gain by saying if my grandfather wa - specimen of the good men, I prefer] 6 the bad. I do, too. I don't believe t] h because a man goes to church ev< d fsunduy and occasionally puts his na to a subscription list, whero it can ? 6een and read by the neighborhood, tl 1 he is entitled to any admiration on tl account. There are other varietief i* charity which I admire more, and th h my grandfather did not possess. I dn 6ay he belonged to the class of abn J mally good people who are perfec s content in their own self-righteousnc They are precisely the kind of indiv uals I detest. Give me an out-and-< r 6inner any day. I'm certainly glac ? didn't know him, because I'm afrai* - should dislike him even more than I ' now. y "Don't scold me, please, Miss Hilti I know such feelings are neither k: nor just. I try so hard not to have th( * but when I think of papa I " s She paused abruptly, her face ? il voice filled with emotion. i Miss Hilton stroked the bowed h< - with an infinitely tender caress. "I wo ue the last to blame your loyalty to y< g father," she said gently, "but I wish j d could forget." k "How can I forget?" was the tear answer. "How can I forget the pove f and want that embittered my fath( life and caused my mother's death? 7 you had known papa as I did," 6he d - tinued, more quietly; "if you had und - 6tood his hopes and ambitions; if 3 had 6een how his sensitive nature shre - from his uncongenial surroundings, r guessed how his heart longed for 6 sweet peace and restful influence r home, you would be unforgiving t 0 His father deprived him of all tl e made life worth living. I can ne' - forget that. The time nas been whei fc felt hard and bitter to all the world, r cause one man had been so cruel to h: 3 The money I enjoy now would hi made his life so different. It is so hi ^ for me to think of this. I know I sh s regret all my life that uncle found us J late. All these thoughts rush over when I think of my grandfather, e i then I feel inclined to express my op ion strongly. 1 I "Yoy can't understand my bittern because you are always easy and genl 1 I don't believe you could be angr] t you tried; but I have a very fire of pi a sion in me, and it flares up on occasii t "Let us talk of something else. I I tell you of my letter from Cou 'f Brian? No? I intended to. It cai ' after luncheon. I wonder he cares 0 write to me. Yes, I know I wrote him first, but I felt called upon to e that. I was so unhappy over the "v " that I wanted him to know how I 1 belled agninst it with all my soul, "i - remember what a candid, generous 1 r ter he wrote in answer. This letter d equally characteristic. He tells me s is coming to America soon. Do j know, I am really anxious to see hir % "I am sure you will like him," put 5 Miss Hilton, with suspicious haste. Confess I always had a tender place t my heart for Brian. He has some < ? cellent traits, despite his shortcomin g He lost his mother when he was v< young, poor boy, and his after traini d was left in the hands of servants, a was not very judicious, as you m Imagine." 'I "He and uncle quarreled a great de - didn't they?" asked Margaret, afte 0 thoughtful pause. > "Yes, quite oflen," was the answ ' "Brian spent money more freely th e his father approved. Your uncle 01 ^ remarked to me: 'If Brian were ) r sure that I would pay his bills he woi be less industrious in making them.' l? think he was rather anxious for him a marry and settle down to the pract ^ of his profession. He could not toleri t a man with no occupation." "I agree with him there," returr 0 Margaret quickly. "I perfectly aboi \ nate a man without ambition. If I I e a husband of that disposition I'd nu d him do something or I wouldn't lis e him around me." "Still," ehe added more thoughtful d "uncle need not have disinherited 1 e on that aocount. Such.a courso sec t, to be a peculiarity in this family. - humiliates mo to fejl that my com i- here had anything to do with it.!1 ** -I am sure your mero coming had r Margaret, lour uncle evidently 1 >- Boms good reason for Mb action. I th d ho believed that leaving Brian an i. come sufficient only for tho necesities 9 life would morally force him to use d own exertions to secure the luxuries '? prizes. You can see the force of 6i an argument." Margaretv shvok her head unc< y vinced. 'J "The argument and reason may good," she agreed, "but I don't cart d be the instrument for the working oir the benefit. It makes me feel respor ble for my cousin's inconvenience, i e I hate it." "You allow pride to blind your Jui '? ment. Your regret is quite ineffectt You couldn't, if you would, return t money to Brian, unless? * ' "Unless what?" Miss Hilton hesitated. 3 "Unless vou marrv him.' 3 Margaret (lushed at theBe words. "He is not tho kind of a man I i mire," she returned after a thought t pause. "Indolent-o and want of ambit j are not commendable characteristics. f<'?r I should become disgusted, or would, which would amount to the sa 0 thing. Try to think of some other ph ^ Miss Hilton; and while you are puzzl your dear old brain, I'll answer so letters. And do forget the things I _ ?3id. I'm always repenting of SQjnethi LV0 I've said of done. I canTafford" to ": to your good opinion." With these words Margaret left 1>at room, and Miss Hilton's eyes folio m her with a veiy loving glance. "Dear Margaret," she said gen a11 "Dear, dear child." se" [to be continued, j ret ~ ou RELIGIOUS REAJM ire 'sng PERFECT 8ALVATION. re- Our salvation, so far as perfected in life has a negative and a positive si' - something is to be subtracted and somet 110 else to be added, to make it complete. feet salvation implies the elimination of x," guilt of sin. Guilt is the trade mark of al- manitv; wherever you see a man you set mg who has incurred guilt. In all history find but one man who could stand up in es face of day and say. "I have not sinn ' The spirit convicts of sin. Ui HIS ur;~ ^aid a canning, ii^ui men urc cvusuu ; * to cry oxit for help and deliverance 1 IQk the intolerable sense of guilt. No burden ; I heavy as the burden of guilt: it crushes ! it to the earth ; it causes the soul to rei i to that no human hand can lift it. But. thi to God, there is an Arm mightier! J . jg Christ came into humanity and unbarrec ' >t gates of death on purpose to afford mar liverance from the guilt of sin. He is abl< is willing : at Histouch your puilt will di 1Q* pear. Perfect salvation implies deliver! ?ti from the power of sin. Sin is a great tyrant Lng had us in hold, barred and guarded, ite, loaded with chains. On the plea of 1 egs Jesus breaks the bars and sets tho caj; ln? free. But he bears out the chains. Tho ,1: often concealed under his clothing,he cc ? at length to And how heavy they are r?" what great power they have over him. n't not only needs to get out of prison, but ike of himself as well ; tastes, passions anc sur petites are too much for him. The bb. pardoned out of sin's prison, !r>3 somehow has a strange power i gQ_ him. But Jesus is a complete Sav 1 the work He began in you He is ah complete ; He stands ready with His si ar* sword to strike off the fetters of sin anc s a make you an entirely free man. Lool "ed Him and live. Behold ! now is the acce hat hour and the day of deliverance. He wl ;ry a perfect, is at the same time a present me viour. Perfect salvation implies, also, incoming of the Divine fulness. Subtrac hat doesmuch : addition does more. The P ; moval of the guilt and power of sin is a p aaj achievement, but the coming of the 8 5 oJ of God is greater. The presence and p< ese of the Spirit complete the work of our re- vation. The fulness of God comps is to or- the vacuum made by the casting out of tly 'ln?' soul is thus restored to its normal )S8 dition. It was made for God, and can id- *ts completeness only in Him. The ful I *\f flrirl rr{vac nc onntrnl r.VOr filirsoll over our pride and passion and selfish i J and ambition?holding us in our allegii J 3 and devotion to Jesus Christ,with the w do and sin under our feet. The divine ful steadies our lives and movements, give rection to our labors, and powers to . : words and example. With all this, the ind nPi,s 0f (j0(i js our grari(] source of eon ;m, ?a source which never fails us, is neve adequnte. is Always the resource and md adapted to the hour and exigency. CHRIST OCR SACRIFICE FOR SIN. Whatever else may bo true of the wor our Christ for humanity, no theory of it is o fou pMe which overlooks or belittles its sa< einl aspect. Perhaps men always will ful tinue to differ as to why it was necessar rtv him to die for our redemption, and thei y 1 ,,f cu,./,rol /li ?I?'g ; nil C-ll-Iimiil Ui nuui iu ca*.u vi ovivtiti * * ' jf I ent views of the subject. But the Chris I church undoubtedly is right in the b I which it always has held that human for* er" I ness and salvation are secured thrc rou J Christ's blood actually shed upon the ci ink i Even to that theory which puts most em or j sis upon his service as our g the ' example his death is essential, 0f the richest and most precious sji QO | ual experiences recorded have I hat ' ^ue chiefl>' to the conviction that Chi ? I sacrifice for us has made pardon poss l'e* j for the guiltiest and opened the way of 1 I j demption to every one who chooses to e be- j therein. Christ's sacrifice saves us. im. not as a matter of course. It saves < ive him who accepts it penitently for him ir(j Amid all which is mysterious in the di dealings with mankind these truths si tofi ' out c'earan(' definite, that ''whosoever may come" to God through Christ aytl m? he who comes t?y? "shall in no wise tie lQd out." But he must will, an'3 jnust cc JJ- nM he niust act. He r [ realize his need of availing 1 p_9 self of the sacrifice which Jesus St I made for him sufficiently to ipduce hir . respond heartily to the divine invitation f " i command. If his appreciation of his dee 18- tion and destitution apart from Christ be on. keen than that of others, no matter so i )id acute enough to move him to the necesi sin ' steps. Too much speculation has been g jjja to the effects of Christ's sacrifice upon i0 divine character and upon Jesus him.1 . Its effects upon ourselves are more to . Duroose. Ilfchtly comprehended it 9? motes the deepest" gratitude and devo pill to him. The Christian whose thouKhts re- ter seldom and indifferently upon Chr ou sacrifice is likely to be one of the mostsu et- flcial piety, the* least consistent behai js the weakest influence for righteousr ve The sincere, strong, growing believer dv much in thought and loves more and r ,, to dwell upon what Christ has done for 1 n. i in "I ALL THE STABS ARE OUT. . " Now all the stars are out. Arcturus 1 o . | his sons and the bands of Orion : the p ! planets fly like lampads running with t gs- . torches: there is no film between us ; irv j hang out of heaven like living spirits. ng : summer skies are ever stripped so bai ,nd even a breath between. How near the ' lay I stellations are, how we seem a part of tl to be going on with them, how they s\ I ! down towards us out of the Milky Way, ' | Path of souls up which our imagine r a travels towards universes beyond and beyond, and comes out upon the far su er. uai light, while the wind sings by us as lan knew the way! And they grow p ice and the moon sends a glory before jot as she floats up, up, up?so uld roi*e 'n summer- so high she rides t night! In the middle of the highest sky . spreads her wings like a great hovei *? brooding mother, while far, far off and I 'ce the stars still hang like distant palace lij. n.tfl wiint liiviml limtcPK what sharn shadow the snow, wlmt reflection into heaven, i led height. what depth. what tenderness in nj. mLlnight blue, wliat sense of divine j lad enee?for exalted and enlarged to all . limit of our vision on this winter night see the skv is full of God !?Harriet Pre.' lve SpofTord, In Congregationalism iy? DEALING WITII CHILDREN. ilm in dealing with children and persons o ims ferior education, it is often best to ass It that they know more than they do rn ing than less. Sui*h nn assumption m them ashamed of their ignorance and dies their pride and ambition. They lot, mediately try to gain the knowledge \v iad they llnd themselves expected to pos ink On the other hand, if they sen their i jn_ ranee taken for granted. they someti 5 feel a sullen mortification whieh dea V, desire for improvement. "If we're so , down, what's the use in trying to be di ':0 ep.t?" is their ery. A little girl said oi .Sunday school teaeiier: '"She always t it for granted that we don't know anyton whatever about the lesson, juct because don't happen to know all that she does, it's so discouraging! If she'd only le j (ell what we know and not do all the 1 l ? intr iiers'*lf. I believe \vM every one c; learii more." It is this same spirit w lbl" makes hriirlu ?-5iii?lr<*n hooks \ tnu t?*n down "to tlii* level of their underst in;:." as tin* authors suppose.while they [lj(- with a^i'rmss those de.-igued Tor n Ittl. older | rrsuus. tho The greatest evils are from within us from ourselves also we must look for greatest wood. f.?r Ciod is the fountain i but reaehes it to us by our own hand, when all tilings look hadly around ahou then only we shall liud how excellent a a(-j_ tune it is to have God for our friend, ai fui all friendships that only is created to port us in our needs.?Jepeinv Tavlor. ion ' * I he Gold In Aufitrnlnfiia. uie From information received by the Dlr< in, of the United States Mint, he estimate: in# production of gold in Australasia during m_ calendar year. 1895, to have been $44,28{ , aeainst 541,761,000 for ih? calendar j , 0 1894, an lncreusa of 5*2,525,000. in a i 1688 CONVENTION HALLS. tho wed WHERE **lESIDENTfAL CANDIDATES WILL BE NA3IEO. Famous Buildings in Which Former National Gatherings Met ?Ideal Structures For St. Louis and Chicago. /"""VHICAGO inaugurated the idea this [ / that National convention halls V V should be Imilt to hold a hlno i. ? i % -* * <r h pe? multitude uacK in Aiay, ioou, the when it built the immense wooden hu- -wjgwam made famous by the first !?ne nomiuaticn of Abraham Lincoln, says the Times-Herald of that city. Since ed." then the National Executive Commitader 'tees Q{ the two leading parties, in lo'rom cnt'no their conventions in Ruch is as cities as St. Louis, Minneapolis, CinmeD cinnati and so on, have always deaJI.z0 manded assurance of the abilitv of inks esus I the i des,He sapince he and iaith _/ ?n S3 r v >mea . , ^ rJ V. and r- ( He . "% V ;M I out C-.y leto ^ ^ rtioD re- CHICAGO COLISEUM, WHERE DEMOC ;rcat |J4er such cities to seat, feed And sleep a sal- great crowd. (Jj1 The most famous holla in which Na*on* tional conventions have been neld are find (or were), the two Chicago wigwams ? nees the Lincoln and the Cleveland wig"es? warns?the old Exposition Building ance on a&d the Auditorium orld and tbe Exposition ha\ls in St. Louis, ness Minneapolis and Cincinnati. It would s0yj be hard to say which of these was fUl_ most satisfactory, but in the minds of ifort those who have attended the National r in- conventions of the last twenty-five p years the wigwam idea is least liked. The wigwam that sheltered the lost Democratic National Convention is esk pecially condemned because of the ,om_ general feeling of insecurity on the ?rifl- night of the storm that drenched the con- entire crowd within the walls of the re^p ramshackle hall, and because it was ffer_' large enough to hold more people than tian could be properly managed. With elief the Coliseum this year, however, the iiurh Democratic Committee will be able to r0c8. house its convention comfortably and phu- securely, so that such storms as that ;reat which threw the last convention intc ilrit- a PaD'c not be noticed. been As the railroads of the country have ist's developed, hotel accommodations insible creasecj, and newspaper telegraphing ntej multiplied, big convention halls have l'et not only become the fashion, but alonly self. | and , will * -. cast f "L~~? _ n^t ^ ^ ^ w'th ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION BUILDING, WHI Teat heir they most ft necessity. The Lincoln wigNo warn was the first convention hall thai eon- ?ave a ^bera^ 8Pace to the press nnd ienii the telegraphic force that rccited tc ring the country at large the history of thai the event as it was enacted. The architect of the wigwam and of the Democratic per- wigwam of 1892, as wel>, had in mind if it a theater. The convention in the fir6l "her wftB on stage, the press lo" occupied the place of the orchestra, to- and the audience was in the pit and she the galleries. In the Democratic wigfaint wam l^e 8*ar8 *^e j?uvention were 'hts. on *be stage, the press occupied s on places in the wings and back of the vhat Ktage, the ordinary delegates were in *''u the pit, and the audience in the galTZ leries. we The Charleston convention of 1860 scott Tnoo Violrl in a Viull tVinfr wfinlrl nnlv seal 1500 people, and the three Baltimore conventions of the sa:ne year were held, one (the Douglas) in a theatre, f in" the Bell-Everett in a church and the tl r Breckinridge in a hall with a capacity ukes of not more than 2000. But halls oj kin- that size will not answer now, for !ik"j there are 200U delegates and .Bess, representatives of the press who have Kiio- business to transact in the convention UK'S ^ ilt'iift nvr- s i i*' v ^ j&V I aii i 1 P P, ligKli our ' 1 ^ ? ttt\tt/\ntttit tvt ct t attt? wttptip t?t ami i ftuf"uiuw.u x.i 0*. i-vw, ? t 1IS, " ^,jr" | building, to say nothing of the throngs sup-1 outsiders. The rule is that there are two convention delegates to eacb electoral vote, so that there are twice as many as the membership of both ,ct0. houses of Congress. Besides these i the there are the Territorial delegates, r the and behind each delegate i3 an alter eor na^e- Many of these alternates at' tend the conventions whether their principals do or not, and must be pre vided with places. Another calculi tion in figuring on the seating oapi city, and by far the most imported too, is that there will be about te spectators to each delegate. The old exposition, on the lake fron Chicago, where several National coi ventions were held, is said to have bee particularly well suited to that use j regard to size, arrangement and a other considerations. The Coliseu j and Tattersall's, had either of the been picked by the Democratic Cor mittee, could have been arranged much the same way as was the old e position building, and would accoi modate about as many people with hearing distance of the speaker's stan The Auditorium, which held the co vention that nominated Harrison ai Morton, was in great favor with a ce tain element for the Democratic co Tjontinn New York has had but one Nation i convention of either of the great pol A . 11 .: RATIO CONVENTION WILL BE HEL , tical parties, the Democratic, of 186 which Dominated Seymour and Blai and that was held in Tammany Ha Baltimore, in the early days of t present great parties, was the gre political convention city.. It had t' convention that nominated Van Bur and Johnson, and the next four th succeeded in the Democratic part that of 1840, when Van Buren w . nominated the second time, and -wit : out a Vice-President, that of 184 which named Polk and Dallas; 18-1 ! whicU named Lewis Cass and Butle and 1852, which named Pierce ai ; King. Those conventions were easi accommodated in ordinary sized hal s for the crowds that attended th< i were as nothing compared to t ! throngs that flow into convention citi i nowadays. i The Democratic convention of 185 which nominated Pierce and Kin i was held in Cincinnati, the first o i in the "West. That of 1860 first h > at Charleston, S. C., but adjourn without accomplishing much, toBal more, where Douglas and Johns in fliA finl/1 orroincf T.1 ' ? CiU plAW^U 1U VUV UV*U( coin and Hamlin, who were named i the Chicago wigwam. The Repub cans moved their next convention Baltimore, where Lincoln was renoi i inated, and Johnson succeeded Hai lin in the second place on the tick( :RE CLEVELAND WAS NOMINATED IN 18 - I 'TVinf fKrt T^nma hpi^ tVl i XU(?V JWU4 VUV ^VUiW*!?kw ? ; fir6t convention in Chicago, and no: 1 inated McClellan and Pendleton. > 18G8 they went to New York for t ; only National convention ever held ; that city, and named Seymour a: : Blair as their leaders. In the sai I year Grant got his first nomination ; Chicago, with Colfax in the secoi i place on the ticket. In 1872 Grant was renominated [ Philadelphia, with Wilson, th< Democratic opponents, Greeley a: i Brown, being nominated at Baltimc I ?the last National political conve i tion held in that city. In 1876 Tild and Hendricks were nominated at J Louis, and Hayes and Wheeler at Ci cinnati. The iatter city also held t 1 next Democratic convention, that ; 1NR0. which nlaced Hancock and En lish in Uio field, their opponents, G< > field ana Arthur, being named in t Exposition Building in Chicago. i In 1884 the Democrats came back Chicago, and, by nnming Clevela ! and Hendricks, ended a long line Republican vicfcDries, those nominf deleating Blaine nnd Logan, who we i nlso named in Chicago. In 1888 t Democrats nominated Cleveland ai II'UBLICAN CONVENTION WILL BE IIEL > Thurman at St. Louis, and the Repu i licans remained in Chicago and nam Harrison and Morton. In 1892 t Republicans took their Harrison ai Eeid convention to Minneapolis, ai I the Democrats named Cleveland ai | Stevenson in the Chicago lake fro I wigwam. On more accounts than that of J \ability to handle the crowds, thei * > fore, Chicago seems to be a favorite ca' i- convention city. It has named the wi i- successful tickets for the last four 1 t, Presidential elections. T1 in Architect S. S. Beman has made Ti public the plan of the great Coliseum an t, at Chicago, in which the Democratic be a- National Convention is to be held, by fn The convention hall proper will oc- dii m cupy a space of 450 by 300 feet at the dl north end of the Coliseum. The m speakers' stand and platform for memm bers of the National Committee aud 3ij n- 400 eruests will be situated to the east, in and immediately in front will be desks x- for 250 reporters. n- Directly back of the speakers' stand an in and in ready communication with the a? d. newspaper platform will be the tele n- graph room, with tables foT hunid dreds of instruments. Extending en r- tfrely around the building willbe a n- gallery forty feet wide, toward which will rise the rows of 6eats in the great I al amphitheatre. Two thousand eeats W ti- will be reserved for the delegates and m alternates. The seats will rise slowly Is as they stretch back from the speak- ftfl ers' platform, and will be separated wjj from the public sections by a substan- ? tial railing.1 Thirteen thousand seats have been allotted to the public. A , striking innovation will be the grand v public reception tall, 250 feet square, larfje enough to hold comfortably 10rC00 men. The Coliseum, it is said, will be the largest building under a single roof in | the world. A large force of men is I hard at work and the contractors have no doubt the building will be completed before June 1. The new auditorium which St. Louis 3 has built to accommodate the Republi- ? can convention covers an area of 46,- di 800 square feet, with a frontage of 260 feet and a depth of 180 feet. In spite w wi Igi X s rnimmT: I I LAFAYETTE HALL, PITTSBURG. 0] (Birthplace of the Republican Party.) a] ~ 1 c< of the fact that it will remain starding tl only a few months, it has been bailt y, with an eye to exterior beauty, as well ic as interior comfort and convenience. _ It is "Renaissance" in style and graceful in every line. The space allotted to the delegates and alternates covers an area of 18,000 square feet in the center of the auditorium. The seats will be on a level, and not in tiers. Immediately in front of the speaker's stand will be 921 seats for the accommodation of delegates. There will be 1 two inclosures for alternates. Each of these inclosures will have accommodations for 462 alternates. The space allotted to the delegates and alternates will be open, with no pillars to obstruct the view. The speaker's platform will occupy a central position on the n {1th side of the hall, in front of thefdef gates and opposite the main . entrance. J Directly back of the plat- / form will^e seats for the National I, S3. Committee, and still further back ac- v commodatipns for invited guests. Ex- fy eir tending from speaker's platform to the f m- right and left will be seats for 450 \ In newspaper representatives and 200 < he telegraph operators. Surrounding the ' in immense open area on three sides will J ad rise tiers of seats for spectators, formne ing an amphitheater, from which the in general public will be afforded a splenad did view. The total seating capacity of the ground floor will be S000. at ? to WIGWAM AT CHICAGO, WHERE LINCOLN WAS A nd NOMINATED IN 1S60. c< of * >es Overlooking the convention hall " re proper will be .1 gallery forty feet h he j wi-.le for spectators, with a seating ml j capacity of 6000. In the center of the . northern section of the gallery a stand I large enough to accommodate a band cl 1 - - ? ;ii Tl.o m ot iou 2-"eoes win uc cicucu, total seating capacity of the immense E structure will be 11,000. ai There will be four main entrances, b( one on each side of the building. In 6? addition to these there will be live , entrances and five exits on each side f1 lea.liae to and l'roin the ground tloor. *n In all, there will be tweuty-four entrances to the ground floor and as et? j many esits. There will be separate r entrances and exits to and from each ^ section of the auditorium, making it t? possible, according to Architect Tay- ^ 1 lor. lor 8000 people to pass into the 5* D. building anil secure seats in the lower ? portion of thei Vuilding in lese than b. ten ninutes. I T ie gallery will be e(] reached by tweMkeparate entrances ; be ?nil six flight^^^Hrs. at id The bui<i^^^^H)e built of wood, tl id heavy throughout. (K id The hard wood* tin- pi ish^^^^^^^^^^Hsupplied from an jj^^^^^^^^^^^Kasuring rn with arc 11 be $50,000. The site extents from Twelfth find urteenth street on Clark avenue. Ml le ball will be less than a mile from j^H y of the downtown hotels, and can reached in less than ten minutes car lines, which in most cases lead cect from the hotels to the site. ' ? k vnxv MiRRIEB COUPLE. r. and Mrs. Frank Shade Proud of Their Unique Distinction. ^Hj Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shade, thd H isllest couple in the State of India, live at Kendallville, and Kendallie is rather proud of the unique THE SMALLEST COUPLE IN INDIANA. ' j^H stinction. Mr. and Mrs. Shade have red in Kendallville for many years ith Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gilbert, ho are qnite wealthy, and take a eat interest in both. Mr. Shade,who HH not quite three feet high, has a IH xuriant growth of hair, wearin&JU^^^^H ng, heavy beard. His hair reacheslHH ;low the waist, and when open covers nch of his form. He nsaally wears 'Hjj in braids, often covering it with a |H st. Mr. Shade and his wife are )od conversationalists, and both are iquainted with up-to-date topics. r. Shade enjoys a good joke, and [thai is a good souled fellow. He is ty years of age. His wife is a few QB :ars his junior. Her former home as in New Haven, Conn. Like Mr. jade, she is also well known and has any friends and is a pleasing little oman, Mr. and Mrs. Shade seek no jtoriety, and it was with great diffi- HH ilty that the Chicago Times-Herald ?rrespondent gained their permis< on to allow their picture to appear. r. Shade is an enthusiastic Pythias, id now holds the ofSoe of inner lard. He abstains from liquor and ibaeco and is no stranger at the . HH lurch. He reads every day the our- B| mt events and is not slow in expressiK bis views on matter? of common mcern. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shade e in good health and enioy life to s fullest extent. . A m mW The Teu? Year-Old Klnjj of Mysore. HI Maharajah Krisinarajah Wagayar ahadur are the official titles of a indu boy not yet ten years of age, BH ho is the King of Mysore. He is one I the chief native princes of India, id his late father, whom he has sue* J^H ;edtd to the throne, was known as le "model prince of India." The oung rajah is being prepared for the ?fty position he will occupy with j^H w; I Wmfa I r-feii ' I Jg|nli| I iii? i IISk 1 Mun^ I MAHARAJAH KRISMARAJAH. Ufi reat solicitude. He has English and Hfl ative tutors, who wiil turn out a rince and a pundit at the same time. 'uring his minority the affairs of the .^^B rovince are conducted by his mother BH ad his late father's minister, Sir E. heshadri Iyer, as co-regents. The ^Hj outhful miharajak was recently visit- ^^B 1 by Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India, ad the occasion was celebrated with ^B| inch eclat. The little fellow is an apt ^^B :holar and speaks English as fluently ^^B 5 any boy Ox his age. In his studies e is as far advanced as boyi four or ve years his senior would be in this BjH Duntry. He is modest, but realizes ell that he is a trifle more important lan anybody else in his neighbor- HH ood. ; hH >'o Danger of a Crush. KH The area of the United States, exuding Alaska, is ju^t 3,000,000 square iles; the average density of the New gland Stares is seventy-one inhabitits to the square mile, so that it may i said that the Union could easily ipport 210,000,000 souls, or three mes its present population. Meanme other fast fields are opening to ivite immigrants. Canada, Brazil, jnnisli America ana Australia are ich of them larger than tbe United intes. Each of them could find room ir 200,000,000 settler.*, whicU shows iat there is no motive to fear that^^^J le world will be overcrowded for many sutures to come.?31. G. Mulhull, ia orth American fie vie tv. flH The Tastuess ol the Oceans. The surface of the sea is estimated Hfl ; 150,000,000 square miles; taking HID ie whole surface of the giobe at 197, ^Rfl )0,000, and its greatest depth, supased to be equal to that of the high>t mountain, or four miles. The FaHe Ocean covers 78,000,000 square iles, the Atlantic 25,000,000, the LeditsiTanean 1,000,000. ,