Show IT is hardly worth while for con arcs to haggle and chaffer over the galary of the IT S president fifty thousand dollars is not as much as a good amny of the idle kip van winkle miniature princes of ocr many get and we may one day get a president who is worth the money for instance samuel J tilden Os tombstones one frequently reads the inscription death only could separate us but the parisian wit has improved on this on a monument in n cemetery of the gay seine capital is the following inscription bere lie mr paul lanoir and ame mme J leblanc bis mother in law death only could unite them BOB says the name of tilden suggests a surf certainly dont you remember how that pow erful surf swept the whole united states in 1876 with a majority of and this surf will rise acain in november 1880 and sweep away all the republican corruption and fraud and clear the land for an honest government by through for and with the people THERE WERE united states citizens who voted the democratic ticket in 1876 they were defrauded of their victory disfranchise ed of their citizenship by a wily fifteen puzzle arrangement there will be ak least this coming november who will assert their democratic principles and they dont calculate to submit to any more electoral turning out board HAS shuf far bled the united states to the amount af pf a round million dollars for ahe hon oralie men who got away with the fifteen puzzle in february 1877 and defeated the popular will and the nationiel nati onil mind on how much giving he will retire into the ignominy of private life is hard to tell maybe ho spent it all for methodist sunday school tracts THE JOINT rule now under discussion in congress for counting the electoral votes provides for tho meeting of the two houses and the tho electoral packages by the vice president if objection be mado to receiving any such list two houses shall return to their respective chambers and buch election if both houses do not concur in receiving a list it ahall still be received but if they concur in rejecting such vote it shall not be counted in the case of more triin one list for the same state if tho houses do not concur in receiving either it shall bo rejected used lo 10 icaran amulet which his mother a devout itoman catholic had placed around hi neck a short time before her death lie would sometimes speak of it in a half serious way as a protection against barm four years ago he was eu on the steps ot the capitol just as be is now struck after the stepi of the blute house he was carried home unconscious and balf undressed when he came to himself the amulet was gone and he in spite of constant efforts has never been able to recover it just as his constant efforts of getting tho presidential nomination will be fruit lega this comes from losing an amulet called bla probity A GOOD comes fron chicago through the convention correspondent of alie baltimore Balti moro sun the crowds at the palmer evinge much curiosity in watching ageorgia colored gentleman by the name of quarter who is now practicing law in new york and who Is here in the interests in teresta of the sherman boom mr quarter is in tow of ex sheriff dag brooklyn who is a new york delegate and intends to vote for sherman quarter ia very black he coara a blue coat an open shirt with a big brilliant pin stuck in it light pants and kid gloves A sen ration was created when be marched into the big dining room ot the palmer house tonight to night arm in arm with mr daggett and look a seal directly opposite lo 10 mrs don cameron and mr lovi morion the guests dropped knives and fork and started and the colored waiters gathered in groups and watched and chattered and republicans to whom uch a wa brallior new did pot admiration A YEAR or so pat a heavy clunky booking piece of iron upon the pavement ortho establish woolford tyler on light street wharf chicago few persons would notice alio article but thos who do remark is peculiar shape it i a portion of tho loci chich WM upon alio dreaded confederate ironclad merrimac which eunk the U JS anse cumberland and congress was made in the shape of a V but one side of it haa been broken off the head however mcain intact upon the remaining flange i visible an indentation of an cincu or two in depth eald to hare been caused ay a til fired monitor hi her engagement with alio ferriman ferr imao in Inn road which ended by ilal finking of the latter alio was raised about years ago and her iron copper brass etc were by lewis bacad co of chicago |