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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER SO, 1881.
Tux Baltimore American says' that""3n
Blaise it beyond doubt the moet univer-
aally popular men in the country at this
tine.
Ir the Virginians don'tetop trying to pot
lead into one another, their bodies will
need a good deal of readjustment by soc-
geons.
PaxsiDor Abthub’s manner is said to be
very winning with children. This speaks
well for him. No man can be bad whom
children lore.
A Sxroiwho escaped from Herat and has
arrived at Quetta says that four British
soldiers captured at the battle of Maland
were sold into slavery there.
* Sbutob Gxonoa H. Pjarourrov, of Ohio,
is to lecture in Boston on the evening of
October 24, by invitation of the Civil Ser
vian Reform Association of that city.
Tax number of insane persons in the
United States is put down by experts at
100,000, and the same authorities say that
from ten to twenty percent, are curable by
present methods.
Thz extraordinary popularity of the
Princess of Wales in England is due to
good looks, good nature, and very pleasing
manners. She is not in the least an intel
lectual woman.
Tax Princess Imperial of Germany has
concluded her long visit to the Isle of
Wight. The Queen could not find room
for her at Osborne, but the Duke of Bed
ford lent her his fine villa.
A xxAcnxa of sewing was wanted in a
girls’s normal school in Philadelphia, and
of thirteen candidates who presented them
selves only two were able to pass a satisfac
tory preliminary examination.
Thx Washington Post says that there is
not a Northern Senator engaged in this
Mahons compact who would dare go be
fore his own people and in an honest state
ment of facta attempt to defend himkelf.
Ma. Gladstosx is now in excellent health.
“I can eat a good dinner and sleep all
through the night,” he said to a friend not
long ago, “and aa long as that goe^ on I
shall be able to do what more work ie ap
pointed for me.”
Tnax has been serious rioting between
the Hindoos and Mussulmans at Mooltan,
a the Punjab, owing to the latter slaugh
tering cattle. The military quelled the
riots. The temples, mosques and shops
were much damaged.
A xxxxniQ of Cleveland iron-masters
unanimously adopted the recommendation
of the reoent meeting of deputations of
Scotch and Cleveland iron-masters at Car
lisle to reduce the make of pig iron 12j£
per cent, for six months.
Thx Duke of Hamilton intends to raise
the whole of the rents on the Island of Ar
ran, in Bootiand. In some esses the ad
vance is several hundred per cent. The
Duke has recently lost hesrily on horse
racing, and his tenants will have to pay for
his folly.
Govxaxoa Fostxx aaya that General Gar-
fitld never had tima enough to do his work.
He never had an idle hoar. The Governor
visited the President on the evening before
he was shot, and found him more like the
old Garfield than he had been since his
nomination—es cheerful and buoyant as
schoolboy.
John T. Scbnkt&xs, of Syracuse, was
shot in the hip nearly twenty yean ago in
the army. Ever since to* wound has
been a running sore, requiring daily-dress
ing. A few days ago, in trying to remove
what appeared to be a mast of pus, toe ball
came out encrusted with portions of dis
eased bone.
Tax ootton crop in Texas, according to
Senator Maxey, who so stated in St Louis
the other day, will be cut down to one-third
of what it was last year. He anticipated
no suffering, however, from the decrease in
any crop, for the reason that there is rail
way building enough going on in Texas
to keep all the working people of the State
employed for the next six months.
It is said at Belfast that the tenants of
Mr. Parnell’s brother in Armagh have de
cided to appeal to the commission under
the land act for a redaction of their rants.
The Sootish chamber of agriculture have
drafted a scheme for a land bill for Scot
land, providing for an adjustment of rents
by arbitrators, a revaluation of forms and
for power in the tenant to sell hie holding
Thx New York Tribane on Friday, the
23d, gave a eonspictoue plaoe to an elegiac
poem upon Garfield, the last vane of which
contained thie graeefo! allusion to Presi
dent Arthur:
"Ay! who tees worthy now may take that
chair,
If our first martyr's spirit on one hand
And this new ghost upon the other stand.
Saying: Betray thy country if thou dare "
Thx official statement of toe result of ths
autopsy was signed, not only by the phys
icians who had remained in attendance
until the President's death, but also by
Surgeons Barnes, Woodward and Rayburn,
who had been relieved from attendance
sometime before. It was as if, in this
tragedy, toe various acton who had from
time to tims taken part in it gathered on
the stage at the culminating scene.
Still another comet ie amid to have been
discovered—this time by Mr. Barnard, of
Nashvlile. It was first seen on the night of
the President's death; and ware it the first
of toe year, it is quite sure that the super
stitions would have in some way connected
the two eventa. Bat tide year has baen too
prolific of oomoto to make the coincidence
noteworthy. Still, if it haa been a year foil
of comets, so it haa also been a year foil of
strange and startling events.
8m Willux Comas, who was knighted
Bt Holyrood by the Queen, is the head of
the celebrated publishing firm of William
Collins, Sons A Co., with which he baa been
connected for upward of fifty yean. For
three yean be was Lord Provost of Glas
gow, and while in offloe did much for toe
improvement of that oity. He originated
a subscription for the distressed working
classes and one for the unfortunate share
holders is the City of Glasgow Bank, both
of wbioh found a hearty response. He has
been through life a prominent member of
the Liberal party to Scotland, and forseve-
eral yean has been president of the Sootish
Temperance Society. Few men an more
respected in the west of Scotland.
A last writes to the New York Herald in
this way, and as women are the but of let
ter writers perhaps it will be right to use
her own language:—”1 waa down town buy
ing some books and dry goods, and when I
appearance—with flushed cheeks and a gen
eral air of dilapidation—would have shown
to any mnioular man that I was an invalid.
Thru or four of ths men who were sitting
in the car said:—‘Black goods have gone up
a good deal to-day and we have made a
good deal of money; but women who go
shopping should not expect favors.' ”
“■srtetelsrlh, tenet Is Past.”
On yesterday all that was mortal of
James A. Garfield waa consigned to the
quietness of the tomb. True, it was done
in great pomp and in the pretence of
more people than ever surrounded a single
grave before. A nation wept, and the
hearts of millions were centered npon that
sacred spot. Still a few feet of mother
earth was all that ibis great man could
claim. Like the poorest who wept around
his bier, he wist become the companion
of dust, and bis manly form food for
worms. Thus doth the grave mode our
affections and laugh at the parade and
glitter of the pageantry with which we
bear the honored and the revered to its
opening mouth. A few moments of un
restrained grief, and it closes its portals
over that which we have so fondly linger
ed—the mortal remains. In utter dark
ness we leave that form and return to onr
place in the great procession that moves
on in the busy affairs of life, and we will
soon forget that we, too, are mortal.
Happy will the nation be If it will only
profit by the sad lesson of this hour. If,
out of this great sacrifice, should come a
unity of heart and puipoM In all sections
of the laud; if, out of this great sorrow,
should spring a higher appreciation of our
birthright as American citizens and arouse
our deadened consciences to a better com
prehension of the duties and responsibili
ties growing out of. this relation to the
country, James A. Garfield has not died
in vain.
It teaches ns also that the welfare of
the nation is not dependent upon the life
of one man, however valuable tbet life
may be. In the language of the dead
hero, “God reigns and the government at
Washington still lives,” and will lire if
the people will only take this great lesson
to bean and, following the lead of Provi
dence, turn from their wickedness and
evil ways to a better life.
And now that “we have buried our dead
out ot sight,” the mind naturally turns to
ward the poor, miserable wretch in yon
der prison wails. .What of him?. Insig
nificant as has been bis former life, and
most despicable his crime, yet he has
caused a greater commotion in the civil
ized world than any slugle man in all the
history of the past. If his punishment
was to be meted out according to the
magnitude of the crime, ten thousand
such lives could not make a suitable rep
aration. He has hut one to give. “May
God have mercy upon his soul.”
ThtyCta’tHsIp IS.
Under the leadership of the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, some of the people in the
West have become so dependent upon
the “spoils and plunder” system, that
while there is nothing belonging to the
government of value lying about loose,
they take possession of railroad trains
and express messenger’s safes. These
robbers take to this business naturally,
having been trained up under that system
by the organ of the great whisky ring of
the good old days under Grant. They
say they can’t help it. It seems natural
to take hold of everything in reach which
is needed for their comfort or luxury.
The first gang hare nearly all been cap
tured, and we hopo the five vllilans who
were engaged in the last train
robbery, and that ail will
have the privilege of “going
into dose quarters,” where they
will be deprived of the reading of the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, and after a few
years of hard labor and humiliation tboy
will learn better than follow such teach
ing. We regret that it will lessen the Re
publican vote Iu Arkansas and Missouri,
but the good of the nation demands it.
CsMmI Xealrnatleaa.
The Washington Republican, the organ
of the stalwart wing of the Republican
party, says seversl members of the cabi
net tendered their resignations to Presi
dent Arthur immediately after the deliv
ery of his inaugural address. We don’i
believe it, but this is in accordance with
the general usage. Of coune they were
not accepted. Another rumor says that
all had tendered their resignations and
that they had been requested iu the usual
form to continue iu charge of their re
spectlve departments. This was under
stood to be a mere formal matter of po
liteness, aud not as in any manner affect
ing the future disposition of the ques
tion.
Ttelsa. W. ftWisfisw at He—ti
EJitor* Telegraph and Messenger—But
few men are bettor salted to legislate for
the good people of the county or Houston
than the above named energetic, highly
cultivated and honorable gentleman. He
has always been ready and determined
daring the post session of tbs Legislature,
to do what lie thought wae best for his
constituents as well aa for the whole peo
ple of the State. HU views are broad
upon all questions of public policy, and
but few enjoyed more personal popular
ity with the members of the House. He
was on the general judiciary committee, in
which be served with much credit to btm-
aelf, and with more than satisfaction to
ths committee. Asa speaker his points
are made very dear, commanding the fall
attention of the House, ana he is foil of
wit and humor. He has certainly reflect
ed much credit on his constituency and
will long be remembered as a most useful
and honorable legislator. X. -
Tux Peacock with His Fkathebs
Oct.—If there ever was a more undigni
fied s'gbt connected with our system of
politics than that of Roscoe Conkling, as
he stands before the American public to
day, it has escaped our notice. In his
imperial arrogance he demanded of Pres
ident Garfield the withdrawal of thename
of Collector Robertson, and the President
refused. Then he appealed to the Senate
of the United States to sustain him in his
quarrel with the administration. The
Senate refused. Then he resigned, and
appealed to the Legislature at Albany to
say he waa right by giving him a new
commission. The Legislature refused.
As a last resort he took his grievance
home to his neighbors in Oneida county,
and appealed to them to indorse him by
sending him to the State convention. He
carried his own ward in Utica bv working
all day at the primary meeting like some
aspirant for a constableship, but tbe as
sembly district went sgslnst him. When
the convention met yesterdsy to choose
delegates to the Stste convention, his
friends found themselves in a minority,
and thereupon they went oil in a corner
by themselves and got up a bolting dele
gation with Roscoe Conkling *t its head.
What a fall is there my couutrymen.”
The Mtmr inisin Cases
It is reported that Just two weeks be
fore President Garfield was shot, he in
structed the Attorney-General to push the
star-route cases to prosecution at the ear
liest moment. Itis now understood that
President Arthur will sacrifice “my
friends Dorsey and Brady,” and that
Col. George Bliss, an intimate per
sonal friend of the new President, is now
bard at work upon the cases to have them
ready lor the October term of court. “Let
no guilty man escape,” will have a new
signification in connection with this mat
ter.
Eastkax, September 26.—The citizens
generally, and especially the ladies, met at
3 o'clock, p. m., in public meeting at tbe
court house to-day for the purpose of
uniting in appropriate memorial aervioes
on the death of President Garfield. Maj.
O. B. Armstrong was called to the chair and
opened tbe exercises by a few touching re
marks. Mr.J. Bishop, Jr., was requested
to act as secretary. Mr. J. F. DeLaey
offered a'series of resolutions expressive of
the sentiment and feeling of this commu
nity, which were responded to in eloquent
and pathetic addresses by Dr. Harris
Fisher, Col. D. M. Roberts, Prof. John B.
Johnson, Col. 8. A. Hall, Mr. J. Bishop,
Jr., and Rev. P. A. Jestip, after which the
resolutions were adopted by a rising vote.
The meeting was one of the largest of ths
year. The Eastman oornet band also
graced the oocasion with their preeenoe.
Religious services were also bald in the
Methodist Church.
Miss Laura McGhee is fully installed aa
assistant in the Eastman Academy, and
is giving satisfaction.
Dr. G. T. Latimer, of Blackshear, ■ a
skillful and experienced physician and
surgeon, has moved here and will make
FAatinwn his home..
Sheriff Sapp lias arrested Jack Hutchin
son, an escaped convict, and lodged him
safely in jail.
The colored people have had a suitable
memorial service in their church.
Our merchants continue to receive their
fall goods. The farmers are all busy gath
ering their crops. CoBBaeroanasT.
HpeeHer Bsw saf the gsw
A very pleasant little incident, attesting
tbe high estimation In which the House
of Representatives holds its presiding
officer, occurred Immediately after tbe ad
journment of tbe House, in tbe Repre
sentative hall, on Saturday evening.
The Home bad continued In session for
the transaction of business until “the
sbsdes of eve were fslUng fsst,” and on
iu adjournment the stentorian voice of
tbe clerk anuounced that tbe members
would remain in their seaU and that tbe
Speaker would please stop where he was
outhe floor. All paused, and expecta
tion was ou tip-toe to find out what was
to be done. Mr. Hammond, chairman of
the Judiciary committee and tbe acknowl
edged leader of the body, arose sod iu
chaste aud beautiful addn-as expressed the
feeling of tbe House towards iu presiding
officer, Hon. A. O. Bacon. He extolled
in words of high eulogy, but as Just
and well designed as they were eu
logistic^ the ability, impartiality and effi
ciency of the presiding officer who had
for so long a time conducted tbe business
or the House, and had won the confidence
and esteem of every member by his fair
ness and consideration for all, as well as
their admiration for tbe ability and
promptness which he had ever displayed
in the discharge of the duties of his diffi
cult position.
Mr. Hammond concluded by calling up
Hon. Pope Barrow, who in a lelicitous
and feeling manner told of his first ac
quaintance, about twenty-five years ago,
when they stood together in the college
campus, with A. O. Bacon, then a slender
and fair-haired stripling. Tbelr acquaint
ance, then begun, bad grown and riper ed
with years, and bad never been interrupt
ed by a moment of estrangement. He
had watched the course of his college as
sociate from that time to this—bad notic
ed his rise stop by stop In public position
and his constantly growing popularity
in tbe regard of the people.
He, too, highly eulogized the con
duct of Mr. Bacon as Speaker, and his
services to the State in that and other po
sitions. Mr. Barrow concluded by pre
senting to the Speaker, on behalf of the
members of the House, a beautiful walk
ing cane beautifully mounted and fin
ished.
Speaker Bacon responded la a feeling
and eloquent address, thanking the don
ers for their handsome gift, and assuriug
them that he highly reciprocated towards
each aud every ouo of them the kindly
regards expressed by their spokesman.
His remarks were sympathetic and manly,
and elicited the hearty applause of the
House. He concluded by gracefully ac
cepting the gift as a testimonial of tbe
esteem of bis fellow-members, and prom
ising that he would carry it tbroach life,
and that it should descend as a treasured [
legacy to his sou who bore the same name
as himself.
As the hall had not ibeen lighted, dark-
was spreading its pall when the speaker
concluded. It was the most pleasant oc
currence of tbe session, and impressively
attested the strong mutual confidence aud
affection existing between tbe Speaker and
tbe members of the House. M.
Cewilll— at SIm Slats Treasury.
Elsewhere will be found the satisfacto
ry report of tbs joint Legislature commit
tee on the condition of tbe State treasury.
Tbe Treasurer, Major Speer, has proven
gert into anetovated raUwayoar 1^ did -t, -able and mtoeptitmaJiy efficient
Sow e sign in m, behavior that I claimed officer, anfcdeeerves all tbe good words of
or wanted e seat. At tbe fairs time my tbe committee.
The White XMitaia lsteiqr.
A week or so ago a most daring robbery
was perpetrated In “the land of steady
habits, and moral culture,” and almost in
sight of one of the leading hotels, the
Glen House, in open broad day light.
General W. S. Holt and lady, of Macon,
are.in that vic.nity, and tbe General, in a
private letter to a friend in this city, from
which we are permitted to make tbe fol
lowing extract, says:
“A few days’ago a most villainous rob
bery was committed iu these mountains
near the Glen House. A gentleman
named Andrews (from Boston) with his
wife,were riding along the public highway
inabuckboard,wbenhe was suddenly con
fronted by a daring villain and made to give
up his pocket book containing $300, bis
watch, and bis wife’s jewelry to the
amount of $500 more. The wife appealed
to Ills love for his mother and slsteis,if he
had any, to spare her jewelry and be gen
erous to a woman. He answered be had
both, but ids sympathy was at a low ebb,
as he was more iu want of money than
affection at the present time. He finally
consoled her by telling her that it was not
her original purpose to relieve her of her
trinkets, hut that she had so much “gab’
be thought it was his duty to “put a stop
on it.” Whilst be was making tbe party
disgorge, the stage with several passen
gers aud six bones attached, were in sight
aud witnessed the robbery. So soon as he
went through tbe first party he ordered
the stage driver to haul up and attempted
to secure one of the leading horses, but
the driver, using the Issb, succeeded iu
breaking away and made good their es
cape, the robber, however, sending several
bsiis after the retreating stage from his
pistol. Now, this ail happened in this
land of “steady habits and moral ideas.”
I have amused myself often, since this
occurrence, by suggesting tbe necessity of
organizing a strong police force to protect
the guests of the house when sitting on
the front gallery after tea. Prior to this
I had frequently been annoyed by ques
tions touching Southern brigandism, bat
after this no more Interrogatories will be
propounded.”
Siorros Castelab refused to take the
prescribed eatb as a member of tbe Span
ish Cortes, and cited the caae ot tbe noto
rious Bradlaugh as a precedent. The
Spaniard is off in this matter, as Brad-
laugh was willing and did swear all man
ner of oaths. It was his want of rever
ence for tbe oath that kept tbe frisky
Englishman out of Parliament.
Tb* IsSlMl Pragmas nsa.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Advertiser sets forth tbe stalwart
programme in tbe coming extra session of
tbe United States Senate. It is as fol
lows, as mapped out by a Republican
Senator. He tayi:
' “I was aaksd by President Arthur for
my opinion touching tbe advisability of
calling an extra session of tbe Senate to
elect a President pro tempore. I argued
against It, for tbe reason that tbe Demo-
crate would Insist on electing one of tbeir
number before they would consent to al
low tbe new Republican Senators to take
tbeir seats. Of course we could not per
mit a presiding officer to be elected unless
our new Senators participated in tbe
vote; and, if this Just demand was denied
us by tbe Democrats, we would filibuster
until we carried our point, so that there
would probably be a deadlock in the Sen
ate until the regular session in Decem
ber, when tbe House could elect a repub
lican Speaker, who, in tbe event of no
President of tbe Senate being chosen
could succeed to the presidency.”
This is certainly refreshing, and a step
toward tbe restoring of good feeling be
tween the parties. We are glad, however,
that they have thus , early taken this
stand, for a discerning public can deter
mine where the difficulty lies In the way
of setting tbe government into harmonious
movement after the severe strain upon
it for the last few months. It is the
resalt of the folly of the Republi
can party that there ia no President
pro tern, of the Senate. It is through
a miserable blunder upon the part of
Conkling and Platt that the Democrats
are now in the majority. By their own.
stupidity and perversity they stand before
the public condemned of suicide. Thieir
foolishness then is only equalled by their
impudence now in asking the Democrats
to surrender the advantage gained by
tbeir folly. We should like to know the
name of this remarkable Senator, who
proposes to go into the filibustering bus
iness. His name should be handed down
to posterity as the originator of this brll-
lisnl method of thwarting tbe universal
desire of the American people in protect
ing themselves from the possibilities of
anarchy and disturbance. It seems he
not only determines a policy for the extra
session, but also for the regular session,
seeing that a Republican Speaker would
succeed to the Presidency, in case theie
was no President of the Senate elected,
Would he stop tbe whole machinery of
legislation rather than permit the Demo
crats to exercise a legal right which falls
to them without tbeir own solicitation,
and for which they are la no way respon
sible ? This would seem to be his theory,
It is gratifying, however, that President
Arthur did not believe in this method of
procedure,and called an extra sesison,leav
ing the party to assume this responsibility
if they dare.
Ben's verses Meaner.
Mrs. Jessie B. Fremont, the brilliant
wife of Gen. J. C. Fiemont, has put iu
most touching plea for the mother of tbe
dead President, in the New York Herald
of last Suuday. While contributions by
thousands are made for the benefit of the
wife and children, she ssys that the aged
mother is never mentioned. Perhaps no
one In the bestowment of tbeir benefac
tions ever separated in their minds the
claims of the devoted mother from that of
the wife of President Garfield. Surely
she cannot be forgotten by the American
people. When the gallant son had s worn
allegiance to his country aud fidelity to
the office to which he had been elected,
the very next moment he reuewed his al
legiance to that mother, and by a token
in the presence of an assembled multi
tude, be pledged anew his fidelity to that
affection which bad been tbe one con
spicuous trait of his character. No, no,
the mother will not be forgotten lu her
sorrow and feebleness, but down to the
river will her pathway be smoothed with
affection’s offerings, and every effort of
kindness that a grateful people can be
stow. There never was a more beautiful
exhibition of mutual affection between
mother and son than that existing be
tween the illustrious President and his
sged mother. The world cannot let such
an example die.
Mies la Atlanta
As will be seen by our dispatches, al
most a not waa precipitated on Monday
night, in front of DeGive’s opera house, in
Atlanta, where memorial services were
being held. A policeman, who was at the
door, was assaulted by a negro man, who
was soon joined by others, and a general
riot was imminent. It was said that there
were over 25,000 people iu the street, and,
becoming panic-stricken, a scene of the
wildest confasion ensued, in which many
women and children were crushed.
The police managed to arrest about
twenty of the ringleaders, but cn tbeir
way to the jail an attempt was made by a
large crowd to rescue the prisoners, dur
ing which many persons were wounded,
The rioters were finally jailed, and by
midnight comparative quietness reigned,
We hope it will not be renewed, and that
amicable relations will be restored be
tween all parties. A disturbed condition
of the city would be disastrous to Atlanta
just now.
SoB-Zaroreeiacut or Law.
Judge Cocke, in his charge to the grand
jury at the recent session of the Circuit
Court, in Volusia county, Fla., said upon
this subject:
Here, I may remark, la an evil, and it
is rapidly pushed to the front as the most
pestilent one in American society. We
refer to tbe nou-enforcemeut' of law. It
has become quite the fashion these latter
days to make law subservient to public
sentiment. Its enforcement or non-en
forcement depends largely upou what
public sentiment is. Bight and healthful
public sentiment makes the law a “terror
to evil doers,” while a diseased public
sentiment stays its proceedings. Nor does
it matter what la tbe character of that
seutlment, whether it be the
sentiment of the bad or good
element of society, the result is
the same; ouly let it be remembered that
aathevteioua classes are usually lathe
preponderance, especially iu the large
cities, we an practically under tbe con
trol of a morally diseased public senti
ment. That sin, bold and braxen-foced,
lifts its bead in tbe open light of day un-
blusbingly, that law breakers walk our
streets and an betimes received on equal
footing with respectability at our social
gatherings, we all know. TLe truth of
this is illustrated all over our broad laud
to-day. And sucb a principle, wherever
it may obtain, is destructive ol all social
order, and needs only to be sufficiently
perpetrated to ensure tbe downfall ot the
ample of Republican liberty:
Evxx a President, after all, ia a mortal
man, says tbs New York World. If Pres
ident Arthur should take it into his bead
to unroof the treasury buildiug aud let a
little light In upon the operations of th
ring, his conduct might be thought to be
dictated by strongly human motives, and
yet no one would censure him very severe-
y no matter how disagreeable the results
might be to ex-SecreUry Sherman.
—ifctwg A le Medfe.
London World September 7.
Tbe subject of bathing is one of absorb
ing interest to the seaside idler. Not only
is your own dip a joyful event In whatever
fashion yon take it, but when that ia over,
other people’s bathing will serve as au
amusement for you tor a great part of tbe
day. It is wonderful how people crowd
round tbe little bathing huts at the fash
ionable French watering places and strive
to get a seat as near as may be to the
plank along which tbe performers trip
from their dressing rooms. The strange
and divers inodes of dressing which are
adopted by these bathers are as interest
ing as the promenade toilets, aLd
often as elaborate. Here is a lady whose
bathing dress is hidden by the big c'oak
which is wrapped around her, and a sun-
bat bait hides bar face. But when she
reaches the water’s edge and throws off
her cloak it is very evident that her ma
rine costume is of the simplest sort. She
walks away into tbe deep water, aud pres
ently throws herself upon it, flings out her
gleaming arms. She can swim; she revels
in tbe water; she goes out fsrther and
farther, at last the boat rows after her; she
climbs into it. Ia she tired, then? Not
a bit of it! She stauds up, dripping in
tbe sunshine, laughing with enjoyment,
while tbe boatman rows further out. She
is going to have a plunge I Presently sbe
comes” swimming back ' to tbe
shore aud stauds a moment to
get breath before she wraps her cloak
round her. Her hair Is streaming wet down
her back; her skin looks dazzling white
with the sea water; her face is bright and
sunburned. She is as bright as the sun
shine, ■ as fresh as the morning. This
woman knows what it is to get some real
good out of life. But she is all by herself
here, at a fashionable watering-place, and
what a merry child of nature she looks
among the women who delicately duck
themselves, at tbe water’s edge, with a ter
rified air, as if they might coiue to piecea
under a larger wave than usual.
Tbe lady who has been out swimming
appears untidy and undressed among tbe
elegant beauties; she may iiarmouize well
enouge with tbe sea and sky, but not with
these others. They preserve a perlection
of appearance even when they have been
under the water. True, they keep their
heads dry; the clusters of curls must not
be disarranged. Aud they look very nice,
although there is a certain stiffness and
artificial elegance about them. The
beauties are beauties still; they do not
swim, and do uot look as if they could;
but still they are verry pretty, aud tbeir
lovers sit gazing upon them with content
ed admiration. The men who are not
omnipotent iu knowledge fancy that now
they may bo satisfied of the reality ot the
charms which have captured them.
Could anything be more trying than a
dripping blue bathing-dress? Yet
Amoret’s lovely contour is just as perfect
as when she is in full toilet, with all the
arte of the milliner exercised upou her.
And so, satisfied, charmed, delighted, the
lover who, like Viola, may yet swear “by
innocence and by youth,” watches Amo-
ret trip up the plank. He has no idea
how much trouble tbe little lady has
takea to please him. lie would be sur
prised if lie could guess how iacecsantly
she labois that his eye may be gratified.
It is wonderful how kind women are in
this respect—how they devote themselves
to the task of pleasing their admirers.
The task is an arduous one, when once a
woman has fairly sot herself to it. A
painted isce must be painted always, and
ever with equal skill, or disil
lusionment is the result. False
curls, dyed dalr, trust be guarded
and kept out of tbe water; must be worn,
and worn with caro, even iu the sea. A
perfect figure Is a very charming thing;
and tbe lady who gets a great corset
maker to add just a little to her charms
is a happy woman when she is dressed
and finds herself the centre of admiration,
lint once put on, this figure pursues her
always; it is like a secret—she must carry
t with her everywhere, until at last tbe
grave becomes her refuge from this In
cessant companionship. Certainly it is
impossible for her to leave it in her bath
ing but and go down into the water to
stand dripping, with all her defects re
vealed, before tbe curious eyes of half a
dozen admirers, who have secured posts
at the very verge of the waves in order to
gaze upon her,
This is an evident impossibility, aud so
the fashionable beauty who visits the sea
side goes provided for all emergencies.
Iler corset maker has fitted her for the
sea as well as for the promenade. She
braves tbe ocean safely, knowing that she
will look as well in tbe water as out of it.
O.'course, it is quite impossible that she
can swim or intrust herself in any reckless
manner to the waves. She may he grace
ful and show herself. to advantage, but
sbe must treat the sea as a dangerous
acquaintance, apt to take liberties
if not kept at a distance.
Her curls, herrouge, her powder aud
her waist are all matters which must ever
be kept In mind. So sbe forms one of that
elegant crowd iu elegant bathing dresses
wnTch keeps bobbing up and down at tbe
water’s edge m wbal seems to real swim
mers and lovers of the sea a very funny
and rather inane fashion. Whether she
gels all she might out of her dip U a ques
tion best not. discussed. Nothing would
Induce her to sacrifice her appearance to
hor health or comfort. And after all it
would be a great loss to other people if
she were less careful of hereelt aud
elaborate In her toilet. She Is very
interesting to the others who have taken
then own dip early, and have got plenty
of time to look ou at this bandbox beauty,
taking her habits of London or Paris into
tbe very sea with her—she looks so oddly
Tbe Ten XQuestion
There Is to be considerable contention
among the leaders of botu political parties
in reference to the tariff in the near fu
ture. There was a great deal of impa*
tieuce, not to say indignation, manifested
against tbe members of tbe last Congress
because of their evasion of this question.
It must be met, and every man will be
celled npon to meet tbe responsibility
openly and frankly. Tbe enormous
amounts wrung iu many instances from a
helpless people, in tbe way of taxation,
would startle tome persons if they would
only stop for a single moment to consider.
The present high tariff produces, it is said
by competent authority, over fifty mil
lions more than is needed for carrying on
the affairs of the government. This tax
being au indirect one, it is like applying,
as physicians do, leeches to evei / part ot
the human body, and while the
loss of vital strength is - felt,
it is not sufficient in amount
to cause general alarm. But this
continued blood-letting process will bring
on bodily prostration, when a clamor for
relief will come up from every bleeding
limb. Then tbe public may be enabled
to catch a faint conception of the grinding
effect of this protective tariff taxation on
the people. There is scarcely an article
in common use but what Is made to pay
tribute, sometimes as high as fitly per
cent.; for the benefit of tbe protected
class. The tariff^ as It now stands, is not
laid primarily for revenue, but to give
American manufacturers the benefit ot a
higher price, and this price must come
out of the American people at last. This
s what protection means.
“Tariff for revenue only” is the cry ot
tbe masses, and especially so in the South
aud West where tbe masses are au agri
cultural people. In a new country pro
tection might be beneficent for a
time, but not in a great na
tion like this where the industries
ot tbe country have become vigorouts,
expanded and powerful, and are prepared
to euter with confidence into the field of
fair, free and uuivereal competition. This
high protective system prevents the ex-
pansiou of our foreign trade, aud thus de
feats the end sought by commerce by
needlessly enhancing prices.
The sophistry of the protectionists is so
gauzy and transparent that it does uot re
quire a penetrating genius to discover its
falsity. The plea that it makes to the
workingman, that it increases the wages
of the laborer, ia mere fiction. Does not
every intelligent laborer recognize the
fact that, white it ostensibly increases the
amount received for wages, It imposes
a tax that heavily increases the expenses,
and that the excess received for produc
tion only goes to enrich the employer,
while it impoverishes the employe. This
is a simple rule and can be easily worked
out.
This is, as we remarked a few days ago,
a living question, and must be met. We
also gave President Arthur’s view of the
subject, which will, no doubt, be em
bodied m his policy, and that of the
Republican party. It is pointed aud
plain, aud nobody need be
misled by it. Let the people, through
their representatives, meet this question
boldly, and demand not only a revision
but a reformation of the whole system,
so that Us provisions may be in haimony
with the best interests of tbe country.
They, the people, must show the precise
road to be taken, and then their repre
sentatives and servants will, without
much decay, move iu the direction indica
ted. Protection thus far has been able to
hide itself behind unseparated duties, tan
gled principles and vaguegeneralities, and
it has profited more by concealment than
by any other device. If it is a good thing,
as the protectionists claim, why conceal
Feel Pretty Well.
Philadelphia Time*.
, Dorsey and Brady announce that they
Doth *68i pretty well, all things conaiderea.
and feel sure of the old man.
On* Thing to Be ThaaKfat For.
Washington Republican.
Amid our national sorrow, let us not for-
get that we will have no bulletins to wrestle
with. Thie is on* thing to be thankful for.
anyhow.
All Beuaa.
Philadelphia Time*.
. Hugh Hastings, Arthur’s next friend and
journalistic spokesman, declares that Mer
ritt's management of the New York Custom
House wiU be shown up before the next
session is ended as one of the most oorrupt
of corrupt citadels of Hayesiem, surpassing
even the star route and • Ho wgate expoe-
la Btanad.
French Paper.
with his wife aud friend, is seat ad on
the beach, when a passing gentleman bows
to tbe fnend. “That is monsieur R.,’’ ho
says, “the eminent divoroe lawyer, who has
never lest a case.” “Ah!” cried X. and hi*
wife, in the same breath, “present us.”
Am VayrasataiM Cmtttam.
Washington t or.
The ooinoidence of two ex-presidents be
ing present at the swearing in of a Presi
dent is without precedent in history. Gen.
Grant and Gen. Hayee chatted briefly to-
g ether. Gen. Hayes is a trifle sunburnt,
at is looking in the fall bloom of health
So also is Gem. Grant.
"Crsata" Stent to the Anginas.
Washington Star.
■ From July 2d (tbe date of the assassins-
tioa) to September 1st there were sent to
tbe insane asylum .-at St Elizabeth, 54
cranks, against 8S for the corresponding
period last year. Of these 28 were males
and 26 females. It is believed that the
large majority were made crazy by the act
of Uoiteau.
**•
Globe-Dc mocrat
^•cto-AS£a5.»s«f
tefcns,
ft. . Sun.
Science is knowledge; that 0 i,:- k
knows. Science foundthe ball in W ( k , fi, ona
ident's body. It made the £
autopey, when the President was d2ad.‘ “**
Aa Evidence of Call are.
Boston Herald.
Who says the Indian oan’t be civfli~w»n
ssfl&’SsFsatfsSSg
A B1 nailing Cear.
Philadelphia Time*.
The Boston Poet tolls ot an Idaho girl
who was sitting under a tree waiting for
her lover, when a grizzly bear came along
and approaching from behind began to
hug her. But she thought it was Tom and so
just leaned back and enjoyed it heartily
and murmured “tighter,” and it broke the
bear all up and he went away and hid in
the forest for three days to get over his
shame.
Inconsistent.
Bot’on Transcript.
“A lie is not only wi ked," said, the teach
er, “it is mean aad ignoble.” “Well, pa
doesn’t alwayB stick to the truth.” retamed
the litigious pupil. “I heard bun tell ma
the other day thatshe sometimes made him
blush to the very roots of his hair.” “But
perhaps he did blush to tbe very roots ot
his hair.” “No jie didn't, eithei. Ho hasn’t
got any hair; he wears a wig.”
Asylums far Bomeos and Juliets.
On Old Gentleman in the Xe to Orleans Time*
Do you suppose for one moment that
youth who is perhaps earning twenty-five
dollars per month and who has had little
or perhaps no experience in society, is fit
ted to become a husband ? Why, the ques
tion is absurd, and doesn't admit of argu
ment. On the other hand, ia a school girl,
who has not yet tasted the pleasures that
balls, parses and sociables aiono afford,
fitted to shoulder the responsibilities of a
mother ? Children who want to get mar
ried are crazy, and they shoold be treated
like crazy people. My plan is for every
State in the Union to be provided with i
love a-ylum, officered by efficient and Iron
orablo persons, selected by the Governor.
The asylums should bo sustained by taxa
tion. When young people are determined
to marry, one or both of them should bo
confined in the asylum until they have cn
tlrely recovered from the determination.
A Prediction Tbet Fell True.
Washington Disoatch to Baltimore Sun.
On Saturday, August 27th, the day when
the physicians gave up the President, Gen
eral R. D. Massey, of this city, a personal
friend of the President and a well known
lawyer, in an interview with n reporter in
New York made the prediction that if the
President died it would bo on September
19, which was an anniversary of the day on
which General Garfield won his promotion
ns Major-General, when serving under Ger
eral Pap Thomas, “the rook of Chicka-
mauga,” September 19, 1S63. General
Garfield was a believer m dates, and on
several occasions said he thought ho would
die on that day. The Sun correspondent
was particularly struck with the prediction
at tho time, and remembers reading it to
one of the President’s physicians on the day
the Cincinnati Enquirer, which contained
the interview, reached this city. The post
it« t-. ii .1., l)nAI , ponement of the time of death to that date
its Character? Let the light shine upou % waB looked upon as very peculiar, and the
i. —j — . verification now is one of the many strife
it and no longer avoid clear definitions
and examination. But every effort to re
vise this measure, that is made by Con
gress, is loaded with amendments which
strangle it In its very birth. The protec
tionists know that inquiry would be fatal.
Hence they avoid it. But the time is
coming—is now here—when they must
come out from their hiding place, and
pass tbe ordeal of investigation.
ing incidents of the tragedy.
Tbe
HMU* !J
Interpr*tallow of Low.
In Washington City tbe quid nunc* are
greatly troubled about a section in the
revised statutes relative to the Postmaster-
General. This section has produced con
siderable comment among the interpreters
of the law. The following is the section
iu question:
. - -I .... , , - Soction 888. There shall be at the
out of place under the open sky, In the seat of government an executive depart-
,.b w.t.r -hun -i..n«» ment t0 ha known u lh# post-office de-
ro lgta water, which, when it gives beauty,
gives beauty of such & different typo from
hers. She is a part ol the everlasting com
edy of life, ana without her the seashore
would lose one of its most entertaining
features.
Tbe Hen. Z th Cato a, ot Stewart.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger—I
cannot refrain from mentioning among
the many prominent members of the
House tbe Hon. Z. D. Coffin, of Stewart.
He appeared as a new politician, but had
hardly taken his seat before it was pre
dicted that he would bo one of the strong
est and most influential members, which
piediction has been fully verified. It is
universally conceded that he is one of the
very ablest men in the Legislature, with
powers of discrimination of the finest
order, and by his liberal, manly and im
partial course has endeared bimself to the
entire body.
He waa not one who was always upon
tbe floor, but when occasion required it
he spoke in that clear, logical.Websterian
style which commanded attention and
carried conviction to every heart. His
county could not have sent a more wor
thy, efficient and abler man to represent
them aud the State of Georgia, for as one
of tbe leaders of the finance committee Le
did stalwart service to the Stste. I pre
dict tbe day is not far distant when tbe
people will honor themselves by confer
ring Congressional honors upon him.
Atlanta.
Odb esteemed contemporary, the New
York Tribune, will now htve lime to de
vote some space to the canvass in Ohio.
Mr. Bookwalter has been greatly neg
lected of late. He hasn’t been called a
liar, nor a scoundrel, nor a turncoat for
nearly a fortnight.
Sbnatob Jones, of Nevada, is autho:-
lty for saying that there wilt be no need
of a mistress at the White House, as Pres
ident Arthur is afraid of the malaria, and
will not occupy it. Hla private secretary
will have room* there.
The Bethlehem steel works, a powerful
corporation in Pennsylvania, propose to
invest $800,000 at Birmiugbam, Ala., iu
work* for the manufacture of Bessemer
steel.
Littkll’s Livino A ok, for September
24th is at hand. Its table of contents ate
attractive. Terms, $8 per year; Littell A
Co., Boston, Mass.
partment, aud a postmaster-general, who
shall be the head thereof, and who shall
be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and conamtof tbe Senate,
aud who may be removed In the same
manner, and the term of the postmaster-
general shall be for and during the term
of tbe Fresider * by whom he is appointed,
and for one month after, unless sooner re
moved.
Under this section It is claimed by some
that as the tenure of office of the Post
master-General does not continue but for
one month after the term of the Presi
dent by whom he was appointed, there'
fore the term of Postmaster-General
James expires by law ou tne 10th of Oc
tober, or one month alter tbe death of
President Garfield, and that the vacancy
will have to be filled by reappointment or
by tbe appointment of a successor.
How much will the doctors’ bills be?
■is the interesting question Coming up In
tbe public mind.
A Level Head.—Tbe Brooklyn Iimee,
a Republican paper, and the only one so
far as we know, has had tbe manliness to
speak out and counsel wisdom iu refer
ence to the United States Senate. It says:
“Why should not the Republicans, un
der the circumstances, quietly concede
the organization of the Senate to tbe
Democrats? If they should select for
President pro tern, so able and broad
minded a man as Senator Bayard, as it is
now said they will, why should not the
Senate and the whole country accept the
result cheerfully ? We are very strongly
inclined to think that such a course would
have a most excellent effect upon tbe
country.”
A cobbksfondent of the New York
Sun earnestly entreats President Arthur
to give tbe cold shoulder to Grant, atyi
says if Grant is suffered to hang around
tbe White House, as has been the fashion
around the President’s own house for the
last eighty days, that his administration
will be a failure before it fairly begins.
Tuk gallant Lamar, in Misaisaippi, is
having things all his own way. So far
every legislative county convention has
bean instructed to vote for him for United
States Senator, and his progress through
the State amounts iu every section to an
ovation. He will be his own successor by
a large majority.
GerBeld Family
Press—.
Washington Star.
The mourning dromes for Mrs. Garfield,
her daughter, (Mias Moliie Garfield), and
Mrs. ana Mist Rockwell, were made up on
Tuesday by Lord & Taylor, of New York,
in tbe remarkably short time of two hours
and a half. The dresses are of the finest
mourning material, called Henrietta!
trimmed with tbo finest English crape, but
made up, as befits the solemn occ /sion and
Mrs. Garfield’feweU-known dislike of os
tentation, in the simplest style and moil
excellent taste. The principal of M-s.
Garfield’s drosses may be said to oonsist of
deep folds of crape, tbe underskirt being
trimmed with a fold eighteen inches deep,
and the overskirt, which is of a very plain
and unpretentious nature, with a deep fold
to match the underskirt. The waist is cut
in basque shape, and trimmed
with deep rovers of crape, and
with collars and cuffs to
match. Mrs. Garfield’s hat is a simple
round bonnet made of folds of the English
crape, having a deep, rioh veil of the same
material falling in graceful folds over the
bead. The inside of the hat is finished
with a simple widow's border. Miss Moliie
Garfield’s dress is a plain girlish costume
suited to her tender years. It is composed
of a skirt of Henrietta, trimmed on the
lower part with a bex-pleating three inches
dc:o, which ia heeded with a row of five
t.’oks. There ia no overskirt, but a simple
scarf drapery of crape, finished with a bow
on ths left aide. Tbe dress is completed
by a shirred waist set into a yoke confined
to the waist by a handsome belt and bow
if crape. Misa Mollis'a hat ia a flare, made
of very rich mourning silk, with facings
trimmed to match. The hat ia finished
with heavy crape bands and bow.
Wbat Dr. Agaear Bure.
Long Branch Telegram to Herald.
The exact narrative ot tbe last days of
James A. Garfield can be gathered from n
cloud ot witnesses. Now that death has
removed the seal of secrecy from the lips
of many of those who were aronnd him we
are enabled to learn the exact nature of
the wound, his suffering and tie cause of
his death. Dr. Agnew, in speaking on the
subject to your oorreeponaent yesterday,
said: “When I first opened the wound of
the President I felt that President Garfield
had received his death blow and I have
never had any hope of his recovery. At
the same time it was my duty aa well aa
that of my associates to fight for his life,
trusting to the resources of science, the as
sistance of nature and the interposition of
Providence in the affairs of men to rescue
him from his fate. I have never seen,”
said Dr. Agnew, “a more patient sufferer.
His mind continued clear and logical.
Only yesterday when I was talking to him
he made a curious illustration of the na
ture of bis disease, which shows the
clearness of his faculties. *lf,’ said
the President, ‘the good po ntt of my
troubles and the bad points were
placed together in parallel lines I am afraid
the line of the bad would far exoeed the
other.’” Dr. Agnew raid that the Presi
dent had daring bis illness kept himself
familiar with his case. There were two
classes of attendants around the President
during hia illness—the first hopeful, trust
ing and governed only by tbeir hopea and
personal judgment of the situation. Among
the— may be classed Dr. Bliss, the two
Rockwells, Gen. Swaim, Mr. Brown aud
the immediate members of the family,
with tbe exception of Mrs. Garfield. The
other class was composed of Dra. Agnew
and Hamilton, Mrs. Garfield and it may be
said the President himself, from all that
your correspondent can teem from con
versation with the attendants. He never
had any illusion as to hia fate. Hia re
moval from Washington to Long Branch
waa ths last expedient that even tbe most
sanguine of hia friends regarded as a rem-
Always Ahead,
Washington Stpublican
In Prussia a man has been arrfsf^i e~
spitting at a policeman. We
things better in America. Here the
man spite at the citizen aud evernfc
goes on pleasantly.
A Btagntor Feet
tf Y. Sun.
It seems singular, if not altogether inex
plicable, that the only suooessfu! attempts
to assassinate rulers, daring the present
century, should have ooourred ia Rusiia
and the United States—one under au abso
lute despotism and the other und:r repub
lican government.
BU—*a lut Went*—Ke ryeisia,
Hew York Tribune.
Dr. Blisa, in the course of a brief conver
sation with a correspondent of the Tribune,
said that the whole history of the case was
being officially prepared and would bo made
public as early as possible, and would oer-
tainly bear out the assertion that there was
)y»mia in the President’s system. He
1 that the antopsy justified in every par
ticular the treatment of the case.
ThsMMsr aFsrelfaSsat
Hew York Sun.
The Second Battalion ot Hackensack re
cently halted In front of the Republican
office and formally presented the editor
with a goat, which they had unaooonntably
brought back with them from the Hohokre
encampment. Tbe editor tied it to a Gor
don press, and it ate the inking rollers.
Next he tamed it loose in the editorial
rooms, where be could have an eye on it,
and awoke in the oourse of an hoar to find
it on top of hia desk devouring copy. Then
he gave it to the devil. The devil sold it
to a butcher and the butcher killod it.
He Third Term.
H. Y. Sun.
At tbe very beginning, ai.a in the most
friendly spirit, we earnestly exhort Gen.
Arthur not to do anything or allow any
thing to be done that will stem to favor tha
scheme of making Gen. Grant I’rc-fidcut
of the United States for a third term.
There are many things that the new Presi
dent can do with the hearty Bpplause and
sympathy of all the people; there is one
thing that ho cannot do without arousing
deep, universal and abiding indignation.
No third term!
We Live sad Calesra.
H. Y. World.
Itis a gratifying fact, as illustrating the
growth ot knowledge and the abating of
political prejudices, that none of our es
teemed Republican contemporaries have
called in question the regularity of Presi
dent Arthur’s being sworn in by a State
judge at .New York. In 1*77, when they
professed to apprehend that Mr. Tiiden
might qualify in such a manner, oar es
teemed ^contemporaries proved to their
own satisfaction that a President could
only be sworn in by the chief-justice at
Washington! We live and unlearn.
A Benaltert Cnlo-i.
H. Y. Tribune.
Aronnd thegraTO of Garfidd the whoie
nation is ga< hered. There is no North, no
South, only a united band of brothers,
whose hearts are subdued aud softened by
a common grief. Not since the war, in
deed not since many years before the w. v,
has there been such a complete onion of
the two .sections as there is io day. TU,
Southern journals vie with those of the
North in the fervor of their expressions ■ .
sorrow for the grand man who has go'
Not a harsh word for him, for the po. .j
which elected him, or for the section which
he re presented, can be found iu any South
ern newspaper of this sad week. Whetl f
this cordial harmony will continue wh- <
the keenness of oar grief shall have be* .1
dulled by time, is another matter. At
present it is only onr purpose to note its
existence. Whether it continues or uot.
both sections cannot foil to be more chari
table toward each other for this period ol
mutual sorrow.
At tlae WluU lloate,
Washington Star. Saturday.
All the clerieal force at the White Houso
was on dnty to-day as usual. Mr. Brown,
President Garfield’s secretary, only was
absent. Ho went West with tiiu President’s
remains and will not return until next
Wednesday. The request of Preside it Ar
thur that Mr. Brown continue his duties ns
-rivate secretary is only temporary. > •.
. O. Reed, who has long been Preside't
Arthur’s private secretary, will succeed I .
Brown. The latter, it is thought, will c- >
tinue on duty as a member of the cili,. 1
household. President Arthur has directed
that tbe work of the executive office go on
as nsual at the White House. The offic J
mail is received there and acted upon as
before the death of President
Garfield. Tbe mail to-dav was
very largo, bat contained no applicsf'on
for office, they have not comiaenoed to
come in yet. The President has not ind -
cated when he will want the White Hooks
for his occupancy. If he goes iu at r.” •_
will not be for some time. The house w't
have to bo cleaned and new carpets rnd
furniture put in it. The carpets and furni
ture of the house are old and worn ont or
moth eaten. In the public part they are
bat very little better. Directions for clean
ing the house and getting it in order have
not yet been given. AU of the late Pre.'-.-
dent’s papers hnve been sent to Menlo.-,
together with bis library, j ha private
p operly of the family has not all been
sent away yet. Some of it haa been
shipped, but a good deal, consistingof
pictures and similar articles, will require
time and care lu their packing.
Whet I'oagrtM Did lor Dra. Llncela
Washington Star.
It is a matter of discussion at this time
what Congress will do for Mrs. Garfield.
In this case the act passed iu relation to
Mrs. Mary Lincoln,wno:-e husbuud was also
assassinated while President, is of interest.
There were three acts of the kind passed
by Congress. Tbe first act passed when
Congress came together after the assassin
ation of President Linooln was as follows:
“That the Secretary of the Treasury p*y
out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated to Mrs. Mary Lincoln
widow of Abraham Linooln, late President’
of the United States, or in the event of her
death, before payment, the sum of $2T>,0C0;
Provided always, that any sum of money
which shall davo been paid to tbe personal
representatives of the said Abraham Lin
coln since his death, on account of his sal
ary ns President of tho United States for
tho current year shall l>e deducted
from the said sum of $25,CC0." The
amount thus granted to Mrs. Lincoln was
the salary of the President for one v
Now that salary is srj,CL J. In February,
'*C6, Congress passed the following act:
That ail letters and packets carried by
post to and from Mary Lincoln, widow of
the late Abraham Lincoln, be carried free
of_ postage during her natural life.” In
1870 the following act was paseed: “Thst
the Secretary o’ the Interior be onuis
hereby authorized to plaoe liisnameof
Mary Lincoln, widow of Abraham Linooln,
deceased, late President of the United
States, on the pension roil, and allow and
pay her a pension at the rate of $3,0C3 per
annum from and after tbe passage of this
act”
UarStM’i Say«nUll*M
Courier Journal.
As to the alleged superstition of President
Garfield, an old friend writes: “He waa
carious in that way, and it was cariosity
more than superstition that Jed to it He
had a long string that went by forty-two.
There were forty-two in tho class in wbioh
he graduated at Williams. His regiment
was numbered forty-two. When hi* little
girl died, In 1888, he measured her for
burial, and told meshe measured just forty-
two inches in length. There were lots of
those coincidences, and he had wonderful
ingenuity in working them ont. For in
stance, I hav ■ been with him when he was
given room No. C7. He would say: ‘Do
you see that six timet seven make fony-
__ w ,4*0?’ He bad a check given him at the
edy. Some of the attendants—Dr. Agnew, dt pot numbered 1,246. Hewonldsay: ‘See
especially—did not favor the removal to! there, again. One and two make three,
Long Branch, because they believed that three and four are seven, and six time*
the President’s case was without any hope seven make forty-two.’ Bat then, any one
of recovery, and that the oootingeauies of that- has ingsnnity can get things of that
a journey would only add to hia sufferings, sort.”