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Show Distinguished Men's Progeny. Ciiildren are not always blind followers of their fathers in their political preferences, prefer-ences, for the little son of Mr. James G Blaine's next friend, Mr. "Steve" Elkins, whom about four years ago Mr. Elkins named for Mr. Blaine, becomes furiously furi-ously angry whenever any one on hearing his name asks if he is named for James G. Blaine, and exclaims ex-claims : "No, I ain't named for that old Jim Blaine, and I wouldn't be. If you say that again I'll hit you." He has even made this saucy denial to Mr. Blaine himself, although the latter, when . the child was named, presented him with a silver cup and saucer, spoon and rattle in a very handsome case inscribed with his name. Mr. Elkins is politically in a magnificent mag-nificent minority in his own family. His own father and two brothers are Democrats, Demo-crats, and" his wife is the daughter of one noted Democrat ex-Senator Davis of West Virginia, and the cousin of another, Senator Gorman. Mrs. Elkins has four little sons, and three of them, including the youngest, Blaine named above are enthusiastic "Cleveland "Cleve-land boys," as they call themselves, and have been from the time of Cleveland's nomination. They and their youne uncles, the little sons of ex-Senator Davis", refused the bright ribbons with the names Blaine and Logan thereon which Mr. Elkins brought then in 1884 , when he returned from the convention conven-tion which nominated the Republican candidates, but they eagerly accepted , and have ever since worn the Democratic roosters attached to Cleveland and Hendricks' Hen-dricks' badges which their Grandfather Davis brought them after the Democrats made their nominations at Chicago. They -are most anxious to see President Cleveland, Cleve-land, and so ex-Senator Davis has promised prom-ised to treat his two little sons and three grandsons to a trip to Washington and take them to see the President, whom unseen, they have loved, so much. Washington Letter in Boston Courier. Madrid is reported to be in a fearful state of excitement over the report that Alfonso's widow will probably bear an heir. The Carlists are afraid that Queen Christina is preparing to introduce a bogus bo-gus son to her subjects. |